"Good!" Liu Xuan stretched out his hand to take the money, but said to Lin Jiangbei: "Stationmaster Lin, I may come back later this time." Because after meeting Qin Jiu, I would stay in the ballroom for a while, and then evacuate from the ballroom when the black light dance music was played at the Wheeldon Ballroom. ”

Like the black light balls that were popular in some cities at some time in later generations, there was also an unwritten rule in the dance halls of Shanghai at this time, that is, every dance party must play a black light dance music.

When the ballroom plays a black-light dance, all lights are extinguished, and the ballroom becomes a dark world where you can't tell your fingers. This environment, filled with countless illusions, has also become the craziest and most restless moment for male dancers.

Obviously, if Liu Xuan was to prevent being followed, it was obviously the wisest choice to slip out of the ballroom while playing the black light dance music.

Seeing that Lin Jiangbei nodded in agreement with his approach, Liu Xuan did not delay any longer and went out.

After Liu Xuan left, Lin Jiangbei immediately opened the suitcase, took out a bottle of yellow wax, smeared a thin layer on his face, and then took out an eyebrow pencil to modify the shape of his eyebrows, and then he put on a woolen windbreaker, tied a brown scarf around his neck, and then put a certain top hat on his head, and the image immediately changed to a resolute and cold man in his early thirties.

When he went to the bathroom and looked carefully in the mirror, he couldn't find any flaws, so Lin Jiangbei stepped downstairs, walked outside and stopped a taxi, and rushed to Zhaofeng Garden on Yuyuan Road.

After getting off the bus at Zhaofeng Garden, Lin Jiangbei raised his eyes and could see the glittering neon signs of the Wheelen Cabaret Hall flashing on the side of the street not far away, which was very eye-catching.

Lin Jiangbei did not rush into the Wheeldon Song and Dance Hall, but walked along Yuyuan Road unhurriedly. Soon, he figured out the surroundings of the Wheeldon Cabaret. He was particularly pleased with the fact that there was a branch of the Silver Car Company, one of the three or four taxi companies in Shanghai, diagonally opposite the Wheeldon Ballroom, with five or six taxis parked in front of the branch.

In other words, if any accident happens at the Wheeldon Ballroom, as long as Lin Jiangbei can rush out of the Wheeldon Dance Hall, he can jump into the taxi of Silver Auto Airlines and run away.

Lin Jiangbei raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the time was already half past nine in the evening, thinking that Liu Xuan should have already connected with Qin Jiu in the Wheelen Ballroom. So Lin Jiangbei walked towards the door of the Wheeldon Song and Dance Hall.

There were two doormen standing straight at the gate of the Wheeldon Ballroom, and seeing that Lin Jiangbei was dressed extraordinarily, the doorman hurriedly bowed and said hello, and pushed the door open courteously.

Lin Jiangbei's nostrils hummed slightly, he didn't look at the doorman, he walked into the door without squinting, and immediately a waiter greeted him from inside, bowed to Lin Jiangbei, and asked, "Boss, good evening!" How many are you? ”

"One!" Lin Jiangbei lightly raised a finger.

"How many dance tickets does the boss want to buy?" The waiter asked again courteously.

According to the rules of the Shanghai Ballroom, if the guest has a female partner, he does not need to buy more dance tickets, but only pays for the drink. If you don't bring a female companion, you will need to buy a dance ticket.

Dance tickets are generally purchased by waiters, one yuan a copy, a total of five dance tickets. When guests and dancers dance, they are given a ticket for each dance, but some customers are happy with the Bo dancers and often give generous shots, and it is not uncommon to give one at a time.

Although Lin Jiangbei came to the Shanghai dance hall for the first time, he was no stranger to the rules of the Shanghai dance hall, reached out and took out ten yuan and handed it to the waiter, saying, "Give me ten copies." ”

"Okay, boss!" The waiter couldn't help but smile. You must know that in Shanghai, except for a few top dance halls such as Paramount, Cirous, Lido, and Metropolis, it is rare for ordinary dance halls like Wheeldon to buy ten dance tickets as soon as they make a move.

He hurriedly took out ten dance tickets and handed them to Lin Jiangbei with both hands, and then stretched out his hand sideways to lead Lin Jiangbei inside.

Lin Jiangbei waved his hand and said to the waiter: "You don't need to lead the way, I'll just go in by myself!" ”

Hearing Lin Jiangbei say this, the waiter hurriedly stopped, stood sideways to the side, and said, "Okay, okay, boss, please take care of yourself!" ”

Lin Jiangbei smiled faintly, put his hands behind his back, and walked in unhurriedly, looking around. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the big Shanghai is worthy of the big Shanghai, even if it is an ordinary mid-range dance hall like Wheeldon in Shanghai, it is much more magnificent than the Guanhulou song hall, which is known as the first in Hangzhou.

Just look at the entrance hall of the Wheeldon dance hall is very open, the left side of the gate is an open field, and the right side is a road, about ten meters long, at the end of the road, go up a few stone steps, and then really enter the inner hall of the dance hall.

Lin Jiangbei stepped up the steps, gently pushed open the door, and came to the inner hall.

I saw that the inner hall was also very spacious, with a rectangular dance floor in the middle, and the band was located at the back of the rectangular dance floor, facing the main entrance of the inner hall. There are several rows of tables along the dance floor, and on the table closest to the dance floor, there are more than 20 dancers in gorgeous costumes, among which there are a few blonde and blue-eyed Western beauties, compared with Chinese dancers, these Western dancers' costumes are more bold and dazzling.

At this time, there were already more than ten pairs of men and women dancing to the music on the dance floor, Lin Jiangbei swept his eyes from the middle, and did not find Liu Xuan's shadow among the more than ten pairs of men and women. So I walked along the side and went inside, and finally chose a small hidden platform on the left side of the band to sit on the dance floor.

After he sat down, as soon as he put his trench coat and scarf on the chair next to him, a bewitching woman in her early thirties walked up to his platform, pulled out the chair and sat down, smiled at him charmingly, and asked, "The boss looked at the noodles, is it the first time to come to our Wheelen Cabaret?" ”

Just based on the style of the woman in front of him, Lin Jiangbei knew that it should be the head class of the Wheeldon Cabaret, so he nodded, "Yes, it's the first time!" ”

"Does the boss need a dance partner?" The female senior class smiled charmingly at Lin Jiangbei again.

"Of course you do!" Lin Jiangbei gently slapped the ten dance tickets in his hand on the table.

The female senior class's eyes lit up immediately. You must know that ordinary dancers in the Wheeldon Cabaret only earn two or three dance tickets a night. Even the most popular dancers only earn more than a dozen dance tickets a day. Although the boss in front of him was faceless, he prepared ten dance tickets as soon as he came in, and his strength was obviously extraordinary.

"I don't know what kind of dancing girl the boss likes?" The female senior class's eyes were confused, almost narrowing into a line, and it seemed that she couldn't come up to accompany Lin Jiangbei in person.

Lin Jiangbei's eyes were wandering around the dance hall, as if he was looking for his favorite dancer on the surface, but in fact he was looking for Liu Xuan's figure, and replied: "Do you have Oriental beauties here?" ”

"Boss, I'm really sorry." The female senior class shook her head and said, "Japanese dancers are basically in dance halls run by Japanese people, and rarely go to other places. BossIf you like foreign beauties, you can try our French dancers and Belarusian dancers, who are not only more beautiful than Japanese dancers, but also enthusiastic and unrestrained, and the custodian boss will definitely linger after trying them. ”

At this time, Lin Jiangbei had already found Liu Xuan's figure, and he was whispering to a man in his thirties wearing glasses in a secluded corner not far from Lin Jiangbei. Thinking about it, this man with glasses should be Qin Jiu.

Hearing that the female senior class recommended French and Belarusian dancers to him, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Do you French dancers and Belarusian dancers here speak Chinese?" If you can speak, you can bring me one. ”

"Yes, yes! Is it okay to eat at the beach and not speak Chinese? The female senior class pointed diagonally across the dance floor with her hand, and said to Lin Jiangbei: "Boss, what do you think of the French girl opposite?" If you're satisfied, I'll go over and bring her to you right now. ”

Lin Jiangbei looked in the direction of the female senior's finger, and saw a small and delicate girl sitting next to the platform opposite the dance floor, because it was sitting sideways, Lin Jiangbei couldn't see her appearance clearly, and could only see a long crow-colored hair supple from her shoulders, revealing a small side face, with extremely soft lines, and there was no clear and three-dimensional feeling of Western women at all.

Lin Jiangbei came over mainly to observe Qin Jiu secretly, and he was indispensable to his dance partner, so he just found a cover for his identity. As for why she is called a foreign dancer, it is naturally because of her national pride.

But at this time, seeing the girl pointed to him by the female senior class, Lin Jiangbei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked, "Is she French?" Why do I look like a Chinese? ”

"Boss, I'll call her over to you and you'll know, like a fake Frenchman!" The female senior class gently patted Lin Jiangbei's arm and twisted her waist.

Soon, she led the girl opposite to Lin Jiangbei's platform, and Lin Jiangbei saw the appearance of the girl in front of her clearly. Then it was confirmed that although the girl in front of her was small and exquisite, with black hair and a relatively soft side face, from the front, she was the appearance of an out-and-out European beauty.

"Boss, this is Miss Marguerite from France." The female senior class stretched out her hand to introduce Lin Jiangbei, and then said to Margaret, "Margaret, don't hurry up and ask the boss!" ”

Margaret hurriedly bowed to Lin Jiangbei and said, "Hello boss!" ”

Not to mention, Margaret's greeting is just right, and it is even better than many southern women.

"Hello, Margaret!" Lin Jiangbei nodded at Margaret, and then said to the female senior class: "Okay, let her stay!" ”

The female senior class smiled happily, and quickly pulled Margaret's sleeve and said to her: "Margaret, what are you doing in a daze, thank you boss!" ”

Margaret hurriedly bowed to Lin Jiangbei again, "Thank you, boss!" ”

"Okay, okay, you're welcome, sit down!" Lin Jiangbei waved at Margaret, pulled out the chair next to him, and motioned for Margaret to sit down.

Margaret thanked Lin Jiangbei again, and then sat down next to Lin Jiangbei.

"Boss," the female senior class smiled at Lin Jiangbei again, and pointed to the price list pressed under the glass of the table, "According to our rules, the guests have chosen their favorite dance partners, and they are ordering a bottle of champagne to celebrate!" ”

Lin Jiangbei lowered his head and scanned the price list, seeing that most of the champagne on it was seven or eight yuan a bottle, and the expensive one was only ten yuan. So he took out his wallet, took out a ten-yuan fiat currency, handed it to the female senior class, and said with a smile, "Then bring me a ten-yuan bottle of champagne!" ”

"Thank you, boss, please wait, I'll go and get it for you!" The female senior took the money and went with a smile, because according to the rules, she could at least pay three yuan from the ballroom owner for this bottle of champagne.

"Thank you boss, you are so generous!" Margaret sat aside and whispered to Lin Jiangbei. She was obviously very happy, because he was able to get two dollars from the ballroom owner for this bottle of champagne alone, which was basically equivalent to half a day's income for her.

Generous?

Lin Jiangbei shook his head secretly in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he had the ability to prepare sulfonamide injections, he would never have dared to be so generous based on his salary alone, even if he received the double salary of the Intelligence Department and the Zhejiang Provincial Capital Police Department.

As soon as the song and dance halls of old Shanghai are mentioned in the books of later generations, the words "Pinjin Grotto" are used, because if it is not a real rich and noble family, it is really unbearable to come here.

At this time, he couldn't help but glance in the direction of Liu Xuan and Qin Jiu again, and secretly thought to himself: Qin Jiu's betrayal of the Japanese intelligence is probably not just because of drug addiction. According to what he told Liu Xuan, he has to come to the Wheeldon Cabaret every night in Shanghai, which is also a lot of expenses over time, right?

Soon, the female senior class brought the champagne over, and then personally toasted Lin Jiangbei with a glass, and then retreated knowingly, leaving the space for Lin Jiangbei and Margaret.

Margaret toasted Lin Jiangbei with a glass of wine, and then said, "Boss, can I ask you to dance?" ”

Lin Jiangbei caught a glimpse of Qin Jiu leaving his seat and inviting a dancer into Shameless, so he smiled at Margaret and said, "Of course you can!" ”

As he spoke, Lin Jiangbei picked up the ten dance tickets on the table and handed them to Margaret.

Margaret couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, and asked Lin Jiangbei, "Are these dance tickets for me?" ”

"Yes, it's all for you, I'll cover your field tonight." Lin Jiangbei replied with a smile.

"Wow, you're so nice! Thank you, boss! Margaret cried out with joy. You know, she usually works all night, and even has to dance with more than a dozen guests, which is five or six dance tickets at most. Now that Lin Jiangbei gave her ten dance tickets as soon as he made a move, how could he not make her happy?

If she could make money at this rate every day, she would soon be able to pay off her mother's debts.

Lin Jiangbei didn't think too much about it. Anyway, since these dance tickets are bought, they can't be refunded, and they are still valid on the same day, what's the use of him keeping them in his hands? It's not as good as giving it to Margaret.

As for changing dance partners, Lin Jiangbei didn't even think about it, he didn't really come to dance when he came to the dance hall, it was enough to call a dance partner to come over to cover up, why did he change so many dance partners?

Lin Jiangbei put his arms around Margaret and stepped on the light dance steps and merged into the dance floor. Under his deliberate guidance, he soon came to Qin Jiu's side with Margaret in his arms. Sure enough, he sniffed a strong smell of Hailuoying from Qin Jiu's body. It seems that Liu Xuan's guess is indeed not wrong, Qin Jiu is indeed an addict.

After confirming that Qin Jiu was an addict, Lin Jiangbei spun around Qin Jiu without a trace, and when he reached the vicinity of their platform, Lin Jiangbei stopped dancing and pulled Margaret back to sit next to the stage.

"Boss, is my dancing bad that makes you feel bored?" "If that's the case," Margaret said, "I can refund your nine dance tickets, and you can choose another dance partner to dance with you." ”

"No, that's not what it meant." Lin Jiangbei didn't expect Margaret to have such a strong "dance virtue", he quickly shook his head and said, "Margaret, you dance very well." I just haven't had a good rest in the past two days, and I'm just a little tired. ”

"Oh, I see!" Margaret "suddenly realized", immediately poured a glass of champagne for Lin Jiangbei, and said: "Then boss, you should drink two glasses of champagne first, take a break, and after the rest comes, I will dance with you." ”

"Thank you!" Lin Jiangbei raised his wine glass, took a sip, and glanced at Liu Xuan inadvertently. I saw Liu Xuan also holding a wine glass, leaning on the chair and pouring himself a drink. He didn't even call a dance partner.

Lin Jiangbei shook his head slightly in his heart, and secretly said that when he went back, he would remind Liu Xuan that next time he had to go to the dance hall to meet Qin Jiu, he must ask a dance partner to play a cover, otherwise it would be easy to arouse suspicion if it went on like this.

Thinking in his heart, Lin Jiangbei asked Margaret: "Margaret, when will your black light dance music start here?" ”

Margaret couldn't help but blush her cheeks, glanced at Lin Jiangbei, and said solemnly: "Boss, it turns out that you are not tired, but you think that ordinary dancing is not interesting, and you want to wait for the black light dance?" I can tell you, when the time comes, I will jump back and forth with you, and you must not touch it! ”

Lin Jiangbei said in his heart, where is this? His original intention was to ask when the Black Lantern Dance would start, and then Liu Xuan could take advantage of the time of the Black Lantern Dance to retreat, without worrying that Liu Xuan would stay here for too long and expose his flaws, but he didn't expect Margaret to misunderstand.

However, he knew that it was useless for him to explain at this time, so he simply did not explain, but directly diverted the topic, "Marguerite, you are French, why do you speak Chinese so fluently?" Didn't you arrive in China early? ”

Margaret shook her head and said, "No, I only arrived in China more than a month ago. ”

"In more than two months, you have learned Chinese so well?" Lin Jiangbei looked at Margaret in disbelief.

"No, I knew Chinese before I came to China." Margaret explains, "I grew up in Annam with my parents, and I learned Chinese from my neighbors who were many Chinese diaspora. ”

"Then why did you come to Shanghai, China to be a dancer again?" Lin Jiangbei had nothing to do, so he was chatting with Margaret.

Margaret sighed and said, "That's a long way to talk. My father originally opened a clinic in Annan, but an accident took his life half a year ago. After my father died, my mother, because she was a nurse and only knew a little bit of medical skills, could not support the clinic, and finally followed the advice of a friend, and after selling the clinic more than a month ago, she took me and her friend to Shanghai, which is full of gold, to open a pharmacy. ”

"Choosing a location for a store is a long process. However, in the process of selecting the location for the store, my mother listened to the persuasion of her friend, saying that there is a casino called Sanxin Company at No. 181 Foch Road in Shanghai, which has complete supplies and considerate service, and implements 'three white hundred'. ”

That is to say, if a gambler pays 200 yuan to buy chips and has placed a bet, he can eat, drink, and smoke for free. The casino has a Chinese and Western restaurant serving exquisite dishes, and a bar serving high-end wines, all of which are available to gamblers at any time without charging a penny. ”

"If you come by car, the casino will pay the driver four yuan, and if you come by taxi, the fare will be paid by the casino, and if you come with a bodyguard, you will also be given four yuan for each person."

"My mother's friend told my mother that she could take advantage of the loopholes stipulated by the Sanxin Company Club to go to No. 181 and eat and drink without spending money. As long as two people buy 200 yuan each in the past, and two people collude to gamble on the treasure, one bets big and the other bets small, so that one person loses and the other person wins, and the wins and losses are in their own hands, so that they can eat and drink for nothing, and they can also be reimbursed for taxi fares, and the attendants can also get a tip of four yuan. ”

"But I didn't expect that after my mother and her friend went to the No. 181 casino, the shaker actually opened three leopards with the same dice several times in a row, whether it was a big bet or a small bet, all of them were eaten by the casino, and the total of 400 yuan in the hands of the two people lost all in a blink of an eye."

"At that time, my mother sold the clinic for a total of 800 yuan, and she lost half of it this time, how could she be willing? Then I wanted to turn over the book, but I didn't expect that in the end, the book was not reversed, and in the end I owed a thousand yuan to the casino moneylender, and the passport was also pressed in the hands of the moneylender. ”

"In the end, I had no choice but to go to the Wheeldon Cabaret to work as a dancer to earn money to pay off my mother's debts, so that I could redeem my mother's passport."

Lin Jiangbei sighed deeply after hearing this, this is really a sad story. At the beginning, Du Yuexiao opened this Sanxin Company Club on No. 181, but it pitted a lot of people, especially those who thought they were smart, and they all went to the free Sanbai Bai, but they didn't expect that in the end, they lost a lot of money, and finally spent two hundred yuan in the ocean, only in exchange for a meal of wine and food and a four-yuan tip from the driver.

But I don't want to think that after several years, people continue to be fooled. Even the mother of the French girl in front of her became a victim.

However, thinking that Margaret's mother planned to open a pharmacy in Shanghai, Lin Jiangbei's heart couldn't help but move, and asked Margaret: "Do you hold a French passport, or a passport of the French colony of Annam?" ”

"It's a French passport." Margaret replied.

"If it's a French passport, it's not that it can't be solved." Lin Jiangbei touched his chin with his hand and asked Margaret: "Are you sure that the passport is in the hands of the money lender of the Sanxin Company Club?" ”

"It's in the hands of the moneylender, as for whether the moneylender is from the Sanxin Company Club you said, I have to go back and ask my mother."

As he spoke, a melodious dance music was heard, and the whole ballroom was plunged into darkness - the time for the black light dance was up.

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