"I'm Harry White."

"Hello Harry, I'm KP Lee, they all call me Lee."

"Lee, did you get an A in electromagnetism?"

"That's not the point, the point is, Harry, why are you here? Do you also come to experience mahjong? ”

"In 1919, Mr. Joseph Babcock of Standard Oil Company came into contact with mahjong in Suzhou, China, and fell in love with it. Mr. Babcock soon brought mahjong to the American Club in Shanghai, where Americans quickly learned and played mahjong, including my uncle Jim White. Harry looked at the table not far away and said, "The gentleman who insisted on scoring 20 points was my Uncle Jim." Uncle Jim returned to the United States last fall, took his mahjong with him, and opened the nation's first mahjong club---- which is here. ”

Li Kangping understood: "I see, the White Brothers Mahjong Club is opened by your family, so you appeared here." ”

Harry asked, "I'd love to know, why are you here?" ”

Li Kangping smiled: "Of course I'm here to play mahjong." Harry, can I sit down and play a few rounds? ”

"Lee, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Harry, do you think I'm here to play nine holes of golf?"

"Lee, your tone is always like this."

Harry moved to Uncle Jim's mahjong table, followed by Li Kangping.

The table was still arguing, and Uncle Jim gave in to the other three friends, and he said helplessly: "10 points is 10 points, now, let's move on to the next game." ”

Before the new hand starts, Harry asks, "Uncle Jim, my classmate Lee wants to experience a few rounds, can he?" ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Kangping, and Uncle Jim said, "Li, are you Chinese?" ”

Li Kangping nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Jim, I am Chinese." ”

"Mahjong was invented by you Chinese, let's see the strength of Chinese players!" Uncle Jim then got up and gave up his seat.

Li Kangping took a seat and shook hands with the other three friends.

"Jack."

"Carl."

"Benjamin."

The three friends reported to their homes, and a new round of cards is about to start.

Li Kangping blindly touched a mahjong, the feel is smooth, the texture is round, this is ivory mahjong.

Two cylinders.

Li Kangping said secretly.

He immediately turned over the card, and sure enough, it was a two-cylinder.

Li Kangping said: "Gentlemen, before playing cards, I would like to re-determine the scoring rules with you. ”

"We'll play the game, but we don't always know how to score the winner," Jack said. ”

"Who's to say it isn't, I think it should be reworked to make the scoring rules more reasonable," Carr said. ”

Benjamin said, "Thank you Jim for introducing such a fun mahjong game, scoring is at the heart of the game, and if the scoring system is confusing, it would be difficult to promote the game across the United States." ”

The three gentlemen are right, not to mention the Americans, even Chinese--- such as Li Kangping, he sometimes can't figure out how much money to charge for playing cards.

What kind of games do Americans like?

Fun, simple, exciting.

Mahjong has just entered the United States and is being tried to be promoted in a very small circle. As Carl said, scoring is the core step of American mahjong, and if the winner's score is not clear, American mahjong friends will inevitably lose interest in mahjong.

At this point, don't talk to Americans about overly complicated scoring rules.

Mahjong is a lot of fun, and there is no need for Li Kangping to be verbose. What Li Kangping wants to do is to highlight the two key words of simplicity and stimulation.

Li Kangping stacked thirteen cards, one tube ~ six tubes, and a single seven tubes.

"At this point, I have the conditions to win, you know, it's called 'listening.'"

"Uh-huh."

Li Kangping touched another seven-cylinder and put it into his one-word long snake formation: "I touched a seven-cylinder myself, and I made up seven pairs, so I was nonsense, and I was the winner of this game." ”

Jack asked, "That's right, seven pairs are winners, we all know that." So Lee, the winner of the seven pairs, will get 10 points or 20 points? ”

"First of all, I didn't touch or eat before I won, which means that I showed zero cards in the game, which we call 'empty in front of the goal'. To win a hand with an empty goal, I have 14 cards in my hand and my base score is set at 14. Li Kangping said this, and paused for the time being.

The crowd fell into deep thought, and for a moment, Jack said, "If you eat or touch, you must have less than 14 cards in your hand when you win, and the base point will be six or eight points, but it will definitely not reach 14 points." ”

"The difficulty of winning is significantly higher than that of 'full of goal', and the setting of the base score is very reasonable." The rest of the friends have realized that they are very smart, and they have an epiphany with a little dialing.

Li Kangping said: "My door is empty, and the basic score is 14 points. I drew seven pairs and should have doubled, so 14 times 2 is 28 points. If it wasn't for the self-draw, but Jack, Carl or Benjamin helped me make up seven pairs, I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the double, and I still scored 14 points. Gentlemen, you see, my 14 cards are all tubes, to put it in the way that Americans are used to, I got a flush, so I'm going to enjoy a second doubling, 28 multiplied by 2 to get 56 points, and that's the final score for my win in this hand. Empty in front of the door, self-draw, flush, you just need to remember these three core conditions, and you're good to go. ”

Jack exclaimed: "The door is empty, self-draw, flush, simple, reasonable, systematic, and at the same time fun, Lee's scoring rules are easier for us to accept than Jim's!" ”

"That's right, let's follow Lee's new rules and play until dawn!" The rest of the crowd agreed.

Uncle Jim was originally a little embarrassed, but after a while, he felt that Li Kangping's scoring rules were indeed more suitable for Americans.

"Thank you Mr. Lee for your contribution to our club!" Uncle Jim applauded.

Li Kangping instantly became the focal point of the club, playing a few games of mahjong with American mahjong --- according to his new rules.

Regrettably, Li Kangping did not win a game.

It can be seen that after the Americans understood and mastered the scoring rules of American mahjong proposed by Li Kangping, their card skills were quite good.

After a few rounds, Lee Kangping gave up his seat and moved outside the club with Harry.

"Your mahjong skills are not as good as I imagined." Harry said.

Li Kangping explained: "The game of mahjong depends on luck. Harry, I see that you don't seem to be too interested in mahjong, huh? ”

"Uncle Jim and my dad were avid mahjong enthusiasts, and I just joined in the fun and occasionally came to the club to play."

"Harry, it looks like you're from New York?"

"I was born in New York and now I live in New York."

"The United States shouldn't produce mahjong, right, the club's mahjong is brought from China?"

"When Uncle Jim came back from Shanghai, he brought dozens of sets of mahjong."

"How much did Uncle Jim spend on Chinese mahjong?"

"Lee, what are you asking for?"

"Oh, nothing, just ask."