Chapter 4: When the Cat Returns
After spending all the money on his body, Long Hao finally managed to get a few doormen.
There's no way, you can't mess with it and you can't afford to mess with it. Such a trivial matter as bringing dozens of catties of velvet into the factory, all kinds of doing things according to the rules can definitely make people collapse, and in the end they may not be able to do anything. Meng Fei's non-level speech doesn't have much effect, and even the department's speech is not necessarily good.
The only thing that works, is to get the real thing. Long Hao came from that era and knew it too well, so he declined Meng Fei's kindness. He ran until midnight, and when he was finally done, he dragged his tired body back to the hostel.
Sun Zhiming greeted Long Hao with roast chicken and beer, sincerely admired Long Hao for doing something almost impossible, and said that in the future, he would listen to Long Hao for selling cashmere.
"Not only do you have to listen to my brother when selling cashmere, but you also have to listen to other things. Let's put it this way, in the future, you will follow your brother and be your brother's assistant. Long Hao munched on the chicken leg and drank beer from time to time.
"What are you doing? Do you mean you carry me? Sun Zhiming looked at Long Hao, his expression was complicated.
"When my brother was most depressed, you trusted my brother, helped my brother, and my brother remembered it. In the future, if my brother wants to do something, earn a little money, set up a business or something, you will follow, you may not be able to make a fortune, and it is still okay to live a worry-free life. ”
"Brother, you're not drunk, are you?"
"What are you drunk? Hurry up and go to bed, and go to the factory early tomorrow. ”
Everything went smoothly. When he entered the factory in the morning, the doorman was smiling. Long Hao greeted them one by one and generously threw over a few packs of cigarettes. Not only this time, but also for the future.
handed over the velvet and issued the invoice, and Long Hao took the invoice and signed it one by one.
In the Procurement Section, he met the young Deputy Section Yao Zhili.
"You're that fellow Meng Fei?" Yao Zhili took the invoice, looked at it, and signed his name.
"Yao Ke, thank you! I'll be here in a few days, and I'll have to trouble you. Long Hao took out his cigarette and handed it over.
"Always welcome! The premise is that you must have the goods, and they must be good. Yao Zhili took the cigarette and put it on the table.
"You can rest assured that there are guaranteed to be in stock, and they are guaranteed to be good."
"That's good, I'll wait for you." Yao Zhili smiled, that expression was quite meaningful.
After receiving a stack of brand-new tickets from the cashier, Sun Zhiming's eyes narrowed into slits, and his saliva flowed half a foot long. If it weren't for Long Hao, he would have to divide the money in the finance department.
"I've done business anyway, isn't there a shame in it?" Out of the factory, Long Hao's face was full of disgust.
"Brother, you've earned so much...... There's a shady place over there, let's go! Sun Zhiming pulled Long Hao to a big tree.
Sun Zhiming was very neat in calculating accounts, and he came out in a few minutes.
"After deducting various expenses and counting losses, I made a total of 1,860 yuan this time. You contribute the most, take the big head, a thousand. I'll take the little head, eight hundred and six. Sun Zhiming counted a thousand pieces and stuffed them into Long Hao's hand.
"Zhiming, I just came up with an idea, and I can only get 20% of it. However, I have to take this thousand, and I will borrow it from you. Long Hao put the money in his pocket.
"What to borrow? Still twenty or thirty, are you annoying? Let's go and go home! ”
"We have to go to the department store first."
"What for?"
"I promised to give them a good life."
"Brother, I didn't say you, it should have been like this a long time ago. Aunt doll, that's what it is used to feed. If you don't feed your mother-in-law and aunt, what's it like to live? ”
"You kid, give a lesson to my brother?"
"What's the class? Walk around, buy things, go home. ”
Not long after leaving the city, I entered the endless desert Gobi. The shuttle bus was running smoothly, and many passengers fell asleep.
There was a commotion that pulled Long Hao out of his dream. When he listened attentively, it was another trick of guessing the red and blue pencils, and he couldn't help but pout.
This seemingly simple trick was rampant in the eighties and nineties. Many shuttles, especially long-distance buses, have this kind of trick, which can be described as a myriad of deceptions.
Long Hao turned his head to look at the back of the carriage, where several guys were noisy, encouraging the people around him to pay for it. He shook his head slightly, turned around, and closed his eyes again.
There was this kind of trick when he came, and he didn't pay attention to it, he didn't have a penny, he couldn't pay attention to it.
Now that I have a little money, I don't want to bother with it. It's not that I'm afraid of losing, but I don't want to cause trouble.
Listening to it, Long Hao felt that something was wrong. Looking back, a sixty or seventy-year-old man with patched clothes had red eyes, his hands trembled, and he couldn't stop sighing.
Look at the gang of crooks, they are packing their things, and it looks like they are going to withdraw.
"Alas......" Long Hao sighed and prepared to get up.
"Brother!" Sun Zhiming grabbed Long Hao's arm and shook his head in horror.
He knows Brother Hao too well, as long as he has a little money, this kind of thing will never be absent. I was deceived by this kind of trick before, and I still haven't figured out what's going on. Brother Hao has passed, and he must not be swept away?
"What are you doing?" Long Hao glared at Sun Zhiming.
"Brother, you can't go." Sun Zhiming grasped it tighter and tighter.
"I move my legs."
"Not to the back?"
"What are you doing in the back?"
"Oh, I thought ...... Hehe......" Sun Zhiming let go of his hand and smiled embarrassedly.
Long Hao slowly stood up and moved his legs and feet a few times. Seeing that Sun Zhiming was about to take out a cigarette, he immediately got out of his seat, turned around and walked back.
"Hey......" Sun Zhiming didn't catch it, and quickly stood up to intercept it, where was it too late?
Long Hao walked to the back of the carriage and stood in front of several people.
"Dude, want to play two?" A muscular beard lifted its head.
"Anyway, I have nothing to do, just join in the fun. Brother, trouble let's go. Long Hao pushed the guy opposite his beard.
The guy quickly stood up and walked down the aisle with a smile.
"I love to help others the most, so I accompany my brother to relieve his boredom. So, I'll talk about the rules first......" The beard raised the pencil in his hand.
"I looked at it just now, it's quite simple, let's get started!" Long Hao sat down on the seat, took out a wad of money, and took out ten yuan and put it on the seat.
He is not only familiar with this kind of trick, but also has done special research. Just two pencils, a red pencil, a blue pencil, or chopsticks or any two sticks, as long as you can distinguish them. Wrap the strap around either pencil and wrap it around the other pencil to guess whether the red pencil or the blue pencil will be the last.
Although it seems simple, those who don't understand will never win. Therefore, the best thing to do is not to participate, not to be fooled, and not to lose.
The beard is made of two pencils, one red and one blue, and a white band two centimeters wide. He folded the strap in half, wrapped it around the red pencil, then around the blue pencil, and then wrapped the strap all the way around and pinched it with his fingers.
"Just ten dollars? Okay, take your time. Red, or blue? The beard looked at the money that Long Hao had placed on the seat, and then looked up at Long Hao.
"Bet ten dollars first, and we'll come back if we win. I could see it clearly, it was a red pen, and I guessed red. Long Hao looked down at the pencil.
Not only did he see it, but everyone saw it, and the set was indeed a red pen.
"Okay, when you open the door, you will make my brother popular." Bearded and laughing.
"Thank you, big brother, let's open it!" Long Hao smiled, his eyes still fixed on the pencil.
"Okay, it's open, I hope it's red." The beard slowly turned the pencil and twisted the strap around.
"Red, red, it must be red!" Long Hao pointed to the slowly rotating pencil and screamed in a low voice, staring at the pencil at the same time, without blinking his eyes.
The beard smiled, constantly turning the pencil, and there was no superfluous movement in his hands.
A pencil was completely exposed, and everyone could see it clearly.
The strap is over a blue pencil, revealing a red pencil.
"Huh? What's going on? People exclaimed, as if they were still a little convinced.
"Hey, it's weird, I saw it on a red pen just now, why did it become a blue pen?" The dragon stared at the boss, and took the red pencil in his beard and looked at it repeatedly.
The pencil is neat and there is nothing wrong with it.
"Oh, I saw it on a red pen just now, why did it end up being a blue pen?" The beard pretended to be surprised. It's just that the performance is too clumsy and makes people feel funny.
"Hell, such a simple thing, can it still make a trick not work? Again, this time it's definitely fine. Long Hao returned the pencil to the beard, and took out another ten yuan and put it on the seat.
Compared with the beard, Long Hao's performance is much more in place. He had already understood that when the strap was folded in half, the two ends were not the same length, one end was a little shorter than the other, and the cat was tired at this point.
After the strap is wound, the fingers of the beard press the two heads of the head. I guessed red, and I talked loudly with my beard to divert the attention of others, and my fingers pressed the longer leader, and let go of the shorter leader. At the moment when the pencil turned, the short head turned over, and then bypassed the strap, and naturally put it on the blue pencil.
If you guess the blue, it's simple. You don't have to do any action, you can bypass it as you go, and it must be on the red pen, because it is already on the red pen.
Therefore, this kind of trick, unless the dealer deliberately does it, will never have a chance to win.
"Okay, come again! This time you're guessing ......" The beard takes the red pen, then puts the strap on the blue pen, bypasses the red pen, and wraps the strap around again.
"Guess the blue this time, it must be blue, open it for me!" Long Hao pointed to the pencil.
"No problem, it's definitely blue." Beard smiled and slowly turned the pencil away.
However, it backfired, and the strap was put on a red pen, which was real!
"This ...... I can see it clearly, it is put on a blue pen, how can it become a red pen? Long Hao pointed to the pencil, his mouth wide open.
That expression is all kinds of disbelief, and all kinds of disbelief.
"Alas...... There's no way around it, I also think about blue, but it's red, isn't this specifically against people? The beard tugged at the strap on the red pen with a sympathetic look.
It stands to reason that you should lose one or two at the beginning, give some sweetness, and "lure the enemy deeper". But when he saw Long Hao's unconvinced face, he didn't want to go around in any circle, so he came straight to the truth.
Hillbilly, what's not convinced? If you have the ability, you can do it!
"There was a repeat and a second, and there was no a repeat and a fourth. Come, go on. Long Hao took out ten yuan and put it on his seat.
"This ...... Okay, okay, let's do it again. Say hurry, red or blue? The beard glanced at the money on the seat, put the strap on the red pen, and wrapped it around.
"The first time it was clearly put on a red pen, it came out blue. The second time I saw it on a blue pen, it came out red. It means that this thing is reversed, then guess the blue, absolutely no problem, open! ”
"Okay, I guess it's blue too." The beard slowly bypassed the pencil.
However, when the pencil is bypassed, the strap is put over the red pen.
"This ......" Long Hao opened his mouth wide, glared at his eyes, pointed to the pencil, his fingers trembled slightly, but he was secretly laughing in his heart.
Why didn't you realize that you were so talented in acting? If you think about it carefully, this is thanks to the rich experience of the past few decades in the previous life, and I have seen all kinds of scenes, so I naturally became an actor.
"Brother, although I am the dealer, you really can't blame me, who knows...... Why don't you forget it? Today's idea is a bit back, find a place another day......" The beard looked at Long Hao, his face full of provocation.
"No! I really don't believe it, I have to get this face back today. I won three hands in the front, so I will play three more hands, do you dare to come? Long Hao looked up at his beard, which was also full of provocation.
You're a fool, Lao Tzu has crossed more bridges than you have walked, why do you want to play Lao Tzu?
The philosopher once said that a cat is good if it catches a mouse. Today, Lao Tzu should be a shameless cat!