Chapter 7: The Fool Snake
In order for the two groups of us to familiarize ourselves with the train tomorrow in advance. The convoy also deliberately detoured to the railway line, giving us a glimpse of the train that was parked on it and was going to start running tomorrow morning.
From the outside, the train looks like an old-fashioned diesel locomotive. An old-fashioned black locomotive in front of it, forty or fifty cars hanging in the back, and dozens of staff members are doing the final checks around the train.
I glanced at the swarthy train and said to the fat man next to me: "What age is it, such an old antique should have entered the steelmaking furnace a long time ago, who would sit on such an old guy now?" "
Sun Fatzi also glanced at the train outside the window, and after laughing, he said: "What you want is this retro style, spicy, don't look old-fashioned outside, the inside is full of electric locomotives." It's not that I said, it's the retro style that's trending now. Fifty-two carriages hung behind the front of the car, thirty-five of which were occupied, the rest were restaurants, shows, bars, libraries, gyms, and of course the most important entertainment carriages accounted for ten carriages. Malaysia is a religious country, and except for a few licensed casinos, only this train allows gambling. Of course, their own citizens are not allowed to enter here. You have to have a foreign passport to get on the train."
Speaking of this, Sun Fatzi paused, looked at me and smiled, and then said again: "I'll tell you a little more refreshing, I asked a friend to check the performance of this train on the first day of operation last night." Spicy, guess how much money you made for the casino on the first day of this train? "
Sun Fatzi looked at me tilting his head and guessing, and without waiting for me to answer, he said to himself: "Seven hundred and fifty thousand US dollars, spicy, I made seven hundred thousand US dollars in one day just by train, so it is almost 300 million yuan a year, this train has been stopped for almost two years, how much less money has the casino made, who is not red-eyed?" It's no wonder they're so cheap. "
Sun Fatzi's words made me smack my tongue, and I couldn't say that I could not look at this old-fashioned train again, and it had a more rich atmosphere. It didn't take long for the convoy to leave the train, and after more than twenty minutes, the two of us were taken to the door of a hotel in the city center.
After getting off the bus, after the introduction of Vice President Li, I learned that the hotel where we stayed was also the industry of Spruce Group. Lin Binghuai, the owner of Spruce Casino and the president of Spruce Group, has been waiting in the hotel lobby for a long time. It can be seen that this half-old man in his fifties has put the hope of opening to traffic on our two groups.
After a few kind words, Vice President Li began to spare no effort to introduce the priest Matsushima Kaiichiro of Fukushima Shrine to President Lin, but unfortunately the appearance of this priest killing Matt and his exaggerated expression did not fit President Lin's spleen and stomach. After a few words, he turned to us.
"Mr. Sun, I have heard a few blind gold in Hong Kong talk about it for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to meet you. When I see it today, it's really better to meet than to be famous. A few years ago, I also had a relationship with Mr. Gao Liang, and he is also a person I admire, but unfortunately now Mr. Gao Liang is gone. President Lin took the initiative to hold Sun Fatzi's hand, and a little embarrassed expression appeared on his face, and then he continued: "Whether or not you can open the road tomorrow depends on you." "
Sun Fatzi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll give you a solid account here." As long as the train is fine, there will be no accident with the people on board. It's not that I said, the few of us are gathered, and the Baotang monk has a surplus to learn scriptures from the west, let alone let you drive a train to the casino. "
President Lin laughed when he said this, and pulled Sun Fatzi side by side towards the restaurant. Matsushima Kaiichiro over there was still accompanied by Vice President Li, and he met from afar for a while.
After a local luncheon, we were escorted to our respective rooms. I thought it was still early, and Sun Fatzi would arrange some program. But what I didn't expect was that this fat man actually said that he didn't sleep well last night, and now he wants to go back to make up for sleep, so that we can move freely and not bother him.
In desperation, a few of us had to do it alone. Huang Ran was called away by Wang Yang to chat, Er Yang was obviously not interested in the exotic atmosphere, and the two of them went back to their rooms and didn't know what to do. Shao Yiyi and Meng Qiqi went out of the hotel to visit the mall, and where there was Miss Meng, Zhang Zhiyan could be seen following behind.
I wandered around the hotel for a while, hoping to get into the café for a drink. But I didn't find where the café was after half the hotel, so I asked a service staff to ask, but I didn't think that his English level could not catch up with me. The two of us pointed fingers for a long time, and I didn't know that we thought two mutes were fighting.
Finally, it was easy to ask where the café was, but by this time I was in no mood to go for a drink. Just as he was about to go back to his room, he saw a man with long hair and a shawl coming out of the fitness room. The man smiled when he saw me, and was about to speak when someone behind him caught up and whispered a few words in his ear.
I really didn't have any impression of this person, so I didn't pay attention to it at the moment and went straight back to my room. At dinner, Sun Fatzi walked out of the room sleepy-eyed. Dinner was eaten separately from the Japanese, and after eating, we went back to our respective rooms, and when we met again, it was already six o'clock the next morning.
I thought we would get up early enough, but when we met Wang Yang in the lobby, we realized that the people from Fukushima Shrine had already arrived at the starting station of the train at four o'clock in the morning, saying that they were going to perform some blessing ceremony.
By the time we arrived at the train station, the blessing ceremony of the Japanese had not yet ended. In front of the locomotive, a circle was made with straw ropes, and three people in them wore white kimonos, white top hats, and each held a stick like a mourning stick, and they circled back and forth inside. One person outside was singing something in a low voice, and the three people inside made various movements according to his lyrics.
However, none of these people could find the figure that killed Matt yesterday, just as I was looking around in confusion. Sun Fatzi saw what I was looking for, his chin tilted towards the straw rope, and said, "Don't look for it, the one who takes the lead in it is"
Looking at Sun Fatzi's gaze, he saw the person who took the lead in the straw rope circle, this person's appearance was not handsome, he could only say that he was decent, there were no traces of makeup on his face, and his hair was combed into a bun and hung under his high hat. There's a little trace of yesterday's killing of Matt? After a closer look, isn't this the same person I met in front of the hotel gym yesterday?
At this time, the Japanese prayer ceremony ends. Someone untied the straw rope, and Vice President Li immediately went in and whispered to Matsushima Kaiichiro. Although I couldn't hear these two people talking, looking at Matsushima Kaiichiro's confident expression, I should be quite satisfied with the result of the prayer.
At this time, not only us, but also the action personnel from the train were watching the Japanese blessing ceremony just now. The resumption of the train line casino is quite fanciful, which has all kinds of services, except for the tourists who gamble money, the rest have everything, which is completely prepared according to the normal train operation plan.
Subsequently, it was the officials of the local government, accompanied by specialists, who checked the parameters of the train again. After confirming that there were no problems, the third run of the train line was announced.
The casino sent an escort, in addition to Vice President Li and Wang Yang, there was also a young man in his twenties and less than thirty. After Wang Yang's introduction, he learned that in order to show that the route was foolproof, the Spruce Group family actually let Lin Huaibu, the fourth-generation heir of the family and the eldest son of Lin Binghuai, president of the Spruce Group, participate in the train operation.
I don't know if it's because I'm scared, or if this Lin Gongzi is already kidney-deficient, and his face looks unusually pale. When he got on the train, his feet slipped, and if it wasn't for Vice President Li just now who helped Lin Gongzi in time, he would have fallen on the stainless steel steps above the train. When the time comes, I don't dare to say that it will be heavy, at least I won't be able to run away from being embarrassed. The next day, the headlines in the entertainment section of the local newspaper were all - the third generation of the Spruce Group was on the death train and fell on the spot in fright when he was scared by a ghost......
After Lin Gongzi got in the car, he was pulled to the bar by Vice President Li and was shocked. After Wang Yang watched all the personnel get on the train, he handed over a list of personnel to Sun Fatzi, and went straight to the point and said: "There are 115 staff members on the train, 15 supervisors from the local government, and 25 people from the escort on Spruce's side plus me." A hundred and fifty-five in all, and I will hand them over to you. Hopefully when we arrive at our destination tomorrow, there will still be a lot of people."
"You don't have to worry about this" Sun Fatzi smiled, and after taking the list, he didn't look at it, and after putting it away directly, he continued: "Lao Wang, didn't I say, how did the Japanese arrange it?" "
Wang Yang didn't mind the title of Lao Wang, he also smiled, and then said to Sun Fatzi: "You two negotiate by yourself, and we spruce are not suitable to interfere in the normal negotiation of your two families." But there is one thing I want to warn you of, that Matsushima Kaiichiro is not such a simple character. He has two nicknames in Japan, one is called Fool and the other is called ......"
Before Wang Yang's words were finished, Sun Fatzi gritted his teeth and said for him: "There is also a nickname called pit viper, I know a little bit about this buddy, he is called a fool before he is twenty years old, and he is called a pit viper after he is twenty years old." Actually, it's enough to put it all together - the fool snake."