Chapter Ninety-Six: Making Something Out of Nothing
Seeing Honggu's shyness, Vaseline and Teapot didn't care about why Huang Xiaohao had such a wonderful trick, and only one thought flashed in their hearts: It's over, I'm about to lose!
Ranks, who was standing beside the two of them, didn't have such thoughts in his heart. It's just that he can't understand why Huang Xiaohao's tricks can be performed so seamlessly, so that he can't see a flaw.
Any trick or magic, as fantastical as it may seem, is actually based on scientific principles. Lankesi, who thinks he is well-informed and has good eyesight, just now he stared at Huang Xiaohao's hands and didn't relax, and his eyelids didn't blink, but he didn't see any traces of the tape recorder.
"Could it be that Ah Hao actually discussed with his little sister early in the morning to come to such a show? That tape recorder was hidden on Xiaomei's body a long time ago, were the two of them rehearsed? Impossible! ”
The doubts in Lankesi's heart were immediately voiced by the others.
"This can't be something out of nothing~!" A blonde, blue-eyed, suit-and-leather foreigner in his forties stood up, pointed at Honggu, and said in a very authentic Cantonese, "She is in the same group as you, and she secretly took out this tape recorder." ”
Hearing the foreigner's words, all the onlookers who had a little common sense in their hearts rolled their eyes in unison, and instantly replied in their hearts: nonsense.
How can there really be such a thing out of nothing? Whether it's tricks or magic, you have to follow the principles of science, okay? It's like not long ago, David Copperfield performed a magic trick to make the Statue of Liberty disappear, is it really the Statue of Liberty that was removed? It's just a trick to deceive the audience's vision. As long as the performance is wonderful and not recognized by the audience, isn't it a successful performance?
Besides, isn't it true that the beautiful assistants around those magicians abroad are not their trust, so they won't cooperate with the magicians to perform magic tricks?
"This foreign devil came out to deliberately find trouble." This thought flashed in the hearts of all the onlookers, and the next words of this foreigner also proved their conjecture.
"This gentleman, the phrase 'foreign devil' you just said is a racist insult, which is very impolite, especially in such a public place."
The foreigner faced Huang Xiaohao and said.
"Moreover, the magic performance of David Copperfield, a master magician in my country, is wonderful, especially the recent performance in New York, which is a sensation all over the world and shocks the world.
Huang Xiaohao looked at this foreigner who suddenly stood up to steal the show, a little speechless in his heart, the opening remarks were just him casually talking, this foreigner can actually go online, picking words to find ballast, idioms are used more slippery than him, this Chinese level has properly passed the eighth level!
"Uh-huh~! Who is this~? Huang Xiaohao also felt a little strange, there are a lot of foreigners on Hong Kong Island, but in this kind of civilian night market, it is still rare for such a foreigner in a suit and leather shoes to be mixed in, dressed like an upper-class elite. In particular, this foreigner is extraordinarily serious, so serious that people think that he is deliberately looking for trouble.
"Robert, you can call me Robert." The foreigner replied.
"Alright! Mr. Robert, first of all, I apologize for the inappropriate words at the beginning, and I have absolutely no racist meaning. Secondly, my performance has just begun, and this trick of 'making something out of nothing' is no better than the wonderful magic show in your mouth, please continue to watch. ”
Robert rolled his eyes, not bothering to correct Huang Xiaohao's mistake of calling him 'Mr. Robert'. Robert is his first name and his last name is James, either call him Robert directly or call him Mr. James, this 'Mr. Robert' is the wrong way to call him.
As a mature and rigorous former translator, Robert was really unaccustomed to the childish and rash speech and behavior of the man in front of him. However, he didn't continue, but followed Huang Xiaohao's words, took a step back, and returned to the onlookers in the front row, waiting to see Huang Xiaohao's next move.
"Ladies and gentlemen, just like this Mr. Robert said, I guess everyone present does not believe that my trick can really be 'made out of nothing and fabricated out of thin air'."
Seeing that the ghost guy who jumped out inexplicably to steal the scene retreated, Huang Xiaohao then said loudly to the surrounding audience, "But it doesn't matter, because next, it's time to witness the miracle." ”
Huang Xiaohao faced the audience around him and continued with a smile: "Any audience present can stand up and say what you want me to conjure, as long as the size of the item is covered by this black cloth, you can all bring it up." ”
Huang Xiaohao showed the one-foot-long and wide black cloth in his hand: "Does any audience want to come out and try it?" ”
"I, I~!" An uncle in his thirties stood up with his right hand raised high, with a very interested expression, and said, "I came to the night market to buy a Longines watch that has been advertised on TV recently, but unfortunately I haven't bought it for a long time, can you make it?" ”
Huang Xiaohao took a closer look at the Longines watch that the uncle was talking about, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
A Longines watch that costs thousands of dollars in a brand-name store, but this uncle wants to buy it in this kind of civilian night market, how is this possible? Unless it's the kind of high-quality copycat watch.
But uncle, don't you know that Hong Kong Island is going to hold an international business conference recently, during which it will clean up the atmosphere and crack down on piracy and infringement, and those high-imitation copycat hawkers will not dare to come out? Even I, who has just been released from prison, know the news!
Huang Xiaohao complained in his heart, but the expression on his face did not change, and he still said with a smile: "Okay, a Longines watch, uncle, please stretch out your hand." ”
The uncle stretched out his right hand according to his words, Huang Xiaohao covered the black cloth on the palm of the uncle's hand, and slowly pulled it up without making a mistake, but immediately lifted the black cloth, and the uncle already had a beautiful packaging box in his hand, which contained the Longines watch that the uncle requested.
The uncle's eyes widened, holding the watch that suddenly appeared, and looked at it carefully.
"It's true, it's really that Longines watch, and there is a brand certification in the box, it's genuine! How much does your watch cost? Sell it to me! The uncle held the watch, reluctant to let go, and said directly.
"Uncle, the original price of this watch is 3999 yuan. But since you're the first audience to step up and cooperate with me, and you love this watch so much, so be it! I'll give you a 50% discount, and you can take it away for 2,000 yuan! ”
The uncle had long confirmed that the famous watch in his hand was genuine, and now when he heard that Huang Xiaohao was willing to give him a five-percent discount, he immediately took out the money from his pocket happily. Of course, he also knew that during the meeting, he couldn't buy pirated goods and watch small movies, but he still saved one in ten thousand luck, and walked around the night market for several hours, but he didn't expect that he really picked up a big bargain and bought a genuine watch at half price.
The uncle grabbed the watch with one hand, and took out the money from his pocket with the other hand to hand it to Huang Xiaohao. Huang Xiaohao gave Honggu a look, and Honggu immediately came to her senses and stepped forward to collect money from her uncle.
"Who else in the audience would like to try it?"
"I~!" "I'm going to try!" "I'll come first~!"
With Huang Xiaohao's words, three or four people suddenly rushed out of the crowd, all of them were like the uncle just now, asking Huang Xiaohao to conjure up some small brand-name luxury goods, such as jewelry, brand-name watches and other items.
Huang Xiaohao smiled and conjured up the things they asked for in the hands of these people, but when they opened their mouths to buy them, they refused to give them a five-percent discount like the first uncle, but sold them at a higher price, which was more expensive than what was sold in the store.
These people naturally refused to buy Huang Xiaohao's more expensive things, and Huang Xiaohao didn't force it, so he took back all the things in their hands, and wrapped them in black cloth again, and these things disappeared, and he didn't know where he hid them.
These guys who pounced on them as soon as they saw that there was something to take advantage of, Huang Xiaohao didn't give them a bad luck charm, even if he had a good temper, how could he still sell things to them cheaply.