Chapter Twenty-Four: Miyahata

"China's largest casino, China Casino, officially opened yesterday, with a revenue of more than one million on the first day." "Industrial and Commercial Daily"

"Who is the winner of the first World Gambling Championship with a prize of up to 100,000 yuan, who is the Nanyang gambling tyrant? Or the Shanghai gambling king? Or is it a Japanese gambler? Or the British God of Gamblers............" Ta Kung Pao

"China's big gambling city, the Asian Gambling King Contest has become the World Gambling King Competition, with more than 10 countries participating." "Industrial and Commercial Evening News"

"The real gambling king Li Zhonghua Casino Chairman Li Youran made a ribbon-cutting appearance, could it be that the four major families began to suppress the new gambling king?" Nanyang Siang Pau

"Who is the real gambling king? Is it Zhabei in Shanghai? Or ........"

Early the next morning, all kinds of information about the opening of the China Casino yesterday were continuously disseminated to all walks of life through newspapers and magazines and other information systems.

And the protagonist of it is indeed no longer in Hong Kong, but returned to the Ye family compound in Foshan Mulberry Garden after catching a boat to Guangzhou early in the morning.

Ye family compound

"Master, is the Gong family's martial arts really as strong as the ones rumored outside?" Li Youran was drinking tea with Ye Man while asking about the Gong family.

"My master once told me that if you lose the two words "one horizontal and one vertical" in kung fu, then lie down, and only those who can stand are qualified to speak, what do you think? Ip Man didn't say it directly, but said very casually.

Li Youran thought about it and felt that it made sense, when it was really life and death, it was useless for you to say how good you can fight, how powerful the master is, and how profound the sect is, and the most important thing is to win.

After seeing Li Youran nodding, Ye Man smiled again: "Although the words are so, the Gong family is not simple. ”

"Oh"

Li leisurely looked at Ip Man puzzled.

"Let's go to the Golden Tower and have a look, it's good to have a look." Ip Man took a sip of tea and wrote.

In 1936, Foshan was still the era of Chen Jitang, the king of the Southern Heavens, and there was no war, and it was very common for men to go to the hall (brothel) at this time, just like going to a restaurant to eat. The most famous hall in Guangzhou is Chentang's Liuzhen, Li Youran and Li Zhao have been to it several times for business reasons, and the most popular in Foshan is the Republic Building of Eagle's Mouth Sand, which is full of gold, which is more exaggerated than those expensive hotels in Dubai now, so everyone calls him the Golden Building. It is the first Tangzitangzi (brothel) with an elevator in Guangdong, known as the prince in and out of the eunuch, which can make you lose all your money, you can imagine how high his consumption is.

It is a place where Ip Man's brothers often meet, Li Youran has also been to Ip Man a few times, in the dust, there must be people with temperament, many of them are hidden masters, ordinary people see Jinlou as just a place of ecstasy, but it is also a heroic place.

The old society talked about prostitution and gambling, and it was love rather than meat that went to a brothel to prostitute. At that time, you can't touch people when you go to Jinlou, and when you eat, people sit behind you, and what dishes do you want to be sandwiched to you, don't talk, don't laugh, very elegant. And they read a lot of books, no less than others.

When Ip Man and Li Youran came to the Golden Building, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, and it was crowded with people, so Ip Man and Li Youran went up to a private room on the second floor and sat down, drinking tea while waiting for Gong Yutian's arrival.

They didn't wait long, Gong Yutian took the disciples to the Golden Building, Gong Yutian has a broad mind, grand spirit, strong martial arts, is recognized in the martial arts as a generation of martial arts masters, grandmasters refer to a field or many fields have extremely high achievements, can bring forth the new, self-reliance; Or a master who accommodates hundreds of schools of thought and creates a new theoretical system by himself, that is, a master-level figure who has the ability to start a sect, is called a grandmaster.

Gong Yutian sat in the middle of the hall, and after seeing the people around him calm down, he said slowly: "I have only become three things in my life, merging the Xingyi Gate and the Bagua Gate, taking over my senior brother's class leader of the Chinese Warriors Association, uniting more than a dozen sects such as Tongbei, Cannon Hammer, Tai Chi, and Yan Qing to join, and finally became a northern boxer to pass on the art to the south." ”

Gong Yutian moved the paper fan in his hand and continued: "In the eighteenth year of the Republic of China, the Liangguang Guoshu Museum was established, and the Five Tigers went down to the south of the Yangtze River, which was negotiated between me and Mr. Li Renchao in this Golden Building (in fact, the Republic Building, the first time Gong Yutian came to the Golden Building, he did not come to prostitution, but to send a bomb. The bomb was prepared by Mr. Cai Yuanpei, and three days later, it blew up Fengshan, the general of Guangzhou, and the Republic of China began. That's why this building is called the Republic Building. It's a dusty place, but it's full of heroes. I am old, the newcomer is going to come out, my retirement ceremony was held once in the north, and the invitation of the Mengjing Martial Arts Association will be held here again this time, I want to say goodbye to the old buddies and old comrades in the south. After speaking, he hugged his fists around.

"In the northeast, I am my eldest apprentice Ma San, and he took over my class." As he spoke, he pointed to the big man behind him with the paper fan in his hand.

When Ma San saw that he was talking about him, he hugged his fists around with a serious face.

"Smack"

"Smack"

"Smack"

Congratulatory applause rang out all around.

Gong Yutian continued: "You have to show him, originally I wanted to do the last thing, which is to pass the southern fist to the north, but unfortunately I don't have time, at the retirement ceremony here, I think I am a southern boxer. He paused and looked around and said, "Of course, you have to approve of it, so let's pick one." ”