The black and white teams in Macau took action together and began to hunt down the killer bat.
Ever since he conspired with Liu Chuan, Zhang Xiaolong has been very honest. He first climbed the King of Gamblers Building once, and then swam five kilometers on the sea to complete Liu Xiaodong and Huang Meng's perverted mission.
For Zhang Xiaolong, the difficulty of these two tasks is only moderate.
The later tasks are the troublesome ones. Zhang Xiaolong doesn’t know how to play bridge or wine tasting, but his marksmanship is pretty good.
In the past few days, Zhang Xiaolong hired a con man, a sommelier, and an etiquette master to teach him how to play bridge, wine tasting and social etiquette, so that he could live a comfortable life like an aristocrat.
Zou Beibei and Zhao Xiaoxiao were both very busy. They went out early every day and came back very late. Zhang Xiaolong knew they were in a bad mood and couldn't ask more questions.
Chen Tie came over with more than a hundred cavalrymen, and Zhang Xiaolong handed them all over to Zhao Xiaoxiao.
In the blink of an eye, on the 18th, all the contestants gathered at the King of Gamblers Building. Today there will be a bridge competition. Participants can choose a partner and use a single-round knockout. Those who reach the top four in the end will be deemed to have passed the exam.
There were a total of thirty-seven people participating this time, and some who were not confident simply did not come. After being divided into groups according to the number of participants, Zhang Xiaolong received a bye in the first round and directly entered the second round.
The partner Zhang Xiaolong found was Zou Beibei. Playing cards was secondary. He wanted to stay with Zou Beibei for a while longer and comfort Zou Beibei. Zou Beibei had been too nervous in the past few days and his face was very haggard. Zhang Xiaolong felt a little distressed when he saw her.
After a bye in the first round, Zhang Xiaolong took Zou Beibei to a nearby salon to sit and wait for the start of the second round.
Zhang Xiaolong asked someone to bring refreshments, hugged Zou Beibei and said softly: "Beibei, I called Feng Dong yesterday. He said that the response to the new film was very good, and it has entered the top five in the rankings in just two weeks."
Zhang Xiaolong didn't want to mention Rong Biqing's matter because he was afraid that Zou Beibei would be sad again.
"Xiaolong, I know you are worried about me, thank you."
Zou Beibei leaned in Zhang Xiaolong's arms, Zhang Xiaolong hugged her tightly, and the two just leaned against each other quietly.
Zhang Xiaolong was thinking about finding a topic to relieve Zou Beibei's depression, but in the current atmosphere, he couldn't find a topic, so he just stayed together quietly until someone came to notify the start of the second round.
Zhang Xiaolong sat down at the card table and was still looking at Zou Beibei affectionately. His opponent couldn't stand it anymore and coughed a few times before Zhang Xiaolong came to his senses.
Only then did Zhang Xiaolong discover that his opponents were A Guo and Detonator Guan Zhihong.
"Long time no see." Ah Guo's greeting was very cold.
Detonator Guan Zhihong's tone was kinder. He said: "Thank you for Ximen Qing's matter. He used to be a very philanthropic person. Since the incident, he has stopped looking for women. He has red eyes all day long and looks for people to fight everywhere."
Zhang Xiaolong said: "No need to thank me, I pity Wang Ruoxuan, not Ximen Qing."
"I know, but I still want to thank you."
Zhang Xiaolong looked at Guan Zhihong and asked playfully: "I disabled your hand, but you are so polite to me. Don't you feel cruel to me?"
Guan Zhihong touched his arm subconsciously, without showing any anger. Instead, he smiled harmoniously. He said: "Of course I will be cruel to you, but I can't take revenge on you now, so I have to let go, otherwise I will get sick."
, it’s not like we don’t even have the chance for revenge.”
Zhang Xiaolong nodded at him and said, "You are a real person."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and started to draw cards. While sorting out the cards, A Guo suddenly asked: "Miss Zou is with the landlord?"
"Yeah." Zou Beibei just nodded.
"At the beginning, Ms. Zou said that she wanted to marry the winner of the Macau Finals, so I came to compete. The landlord got there first. Isn't that considered a violation of the rules of the game?"
Ah Guo said this to Zhang Xiaolong.
Zhang Xiaolong looked at Zou Beibei and said: "How can marriage be decided by a competition? If two people cannot love each other, being together will only hurt each other."
Zou Beibei looked back and smiled, with Zhang Xiaolong's shadow in her eyes.
A Guo and Guan Zhihong who were standing by were stunned. The happy woman was so beautiful.
A Guo smiled dirtyly and said: "What a complete defeat! I just said that I don't know how to pick up girls. If I use force, I will definitely not be worse than anyone else."
Zou Beibei ignored him at all and concentrated on playing cards.
Zhang Xiaolong, on the other hand, chatted and laughed happily, and seemed to be good friends with A Guo and Guan Zhihong, constantly diverting the attention of A Guo and Guan Zhihong. By the time the two people realized what they were doing, they were already helpless.
A Guo threw the cards on the table, cupped his hands and said, "Admit your bet and accept defeat. Brothers, please take your leave now."
Zhang Xiaolong cupped his hand. He saw a hint of unwillingness in A Guo's smile, and more of a grudge. This man may not be able to kill the enemy in battle, but he has become more dangerous.
At the end of the second round, there are ten pairs of contestants left.
Zhang Xiaolong didn't know his opponent in the third round, he only knew that he was from gambling king Zhang Feng. Because his opponent didn't talk much, Zhang Xiaolong also chose to play silently.
In the conference hall on the top floor of the Gambling King Building, the big guys from various forces stared at the screen without blinking. Some were nervous, but some were very cheerful. They kept changing the channels, and you could watch
To each player's cards at each table, for the sake of fairness, they cannot notify their own players.
But now all the big guys are looking at Zhang Feng.
"Haha, King Gambler, your subordinates are too incompetent. They can't even play such a good hand. Are you deliberately letting Zhang Xiaolong do it?" Sack, who had been watching the game calmly in front of the screen, pointed at the big screen and said sarcastically.
Laugh out loud.
Sack's men were all wiped out in the first round. When he saw Du Wang's men giving way to Zhang Xiaolong, he felt angry.
"Really?" Zhang Feng looked at it and then said: "Maybe he performed abnormally. If he loses the game, I will definitely punish him when he gets back."
Sacco said: "You should really punish him." He couldn't eat the grapes and said the grapes were sour.
Everyone present didn't participate, but they didn't understand why Zhang Feng wanted to help Zhang Xiaolong. His men must have made arrangements for waterproofing.
This kind of competition may seem fair, but there are a lot of tricks going on behind the scenes.
Moreover, Guangshan is not here and no one is willing to come forward. It is not worth offending Zhang Xiaolong for such a trivial matter.
Zhang Xiaolong in the court also felt that the opponent was trying to protect himself, because his opponent didn't seem to know how to play cards at all, and he would win even if he picked up a bad hand. Could this be the legendary secret operation?
At the end of the fight, even Zhang Xiaolong felt embarrassed and asked: "What do you call them?"
"You don't need to know." These players were resentful and spoke very rudely.
Zhang Xiaolong understands this brother very well. No one wants to lose in the field they are good at. Zhang Feng's men must be gambling experts. It is a shame to let them waterproof in official competitions.
"Thank you King Gambler for me."
"It's good that you know."
The third round ended with five contestants left.
There are five contestants left. The four except Zhang Xiaolong are Jia Lin, Fang Yucun, Jiang Jue, and Ma Yuantao. These four are all business elites. Zhang Xiaolong is the only gang player left, which makes the gang leader upstairs.
Everyone felt very embarrassed.
In the fourth round of the game, in order to ensure fairness, everyone plays stud together, each with one million. When the first person loses all his chips, the game ends, and the remaining four people are considered qualified.
The five players sat down and the cards were dealt. Zhang Xiaolong’s card was J, which was the biggest. He threw all his one million chips into the field without looking at the hole cards. Amid the astonished eyes, he smiled calmly and said: “I don’t know how to do this.
Understand, we can decide the outcome in one round and save ourselves the trouble."
The other four people looked at each other, and Jia Lin asked, "Brother Landlady, don't you want to see your trump card?"
"I don't understand. What's the use of reading it? Just open the cards."
Jiang Jueshu raised his thumb and praised: "Okay, happy." After saying that, he pushed all the chips into the field.
The remaining three people hesitated for a moment. If they abstained, no matter who wins or loses, Zhang Xiaolong or Jiang Jue, they will all pass. Fang Yucun and Ma Yuantao withdrew their cards one after another and refused to follow.
Business elites are really a bunch of cunning guys.
Jia Lin smiled and said, "Sorry, I won't follow either." He also put his cards down.
Zhang Xiaolong said to the lady who dealt the cards: "Deal the cards." After saying that, Long leaned back on his chair and watched the cards fall into place one by one.
Both Zhang Xiaolong and Jiang Jue had bad cards. They were all bad cards with different suits and no pairs.
Zhang Xiaolong laughed and said: "If they follow, your cards will definitely be useless."
Jiang Jue said: "It's up to us to decide the outcome now. It has nothing to do with them. It's only a million dollars, so why should we care."
Jiang Jue first turned over his hole card and made a pile of sevens with the famous card. Jiang Jue made a request. Zhang Xiaolong picked up the hole card and threw it on the table, and unexpectedly made a pair of eights.
Zhang Xiaolong looked at Jiang Jue with a wry smile and shook his head, and then looked at the three people beside him who were chuckling with joy. He felt that Jiang Jue was a good person, he was courageous and courageous, and he was a trustworthy person.
Zhang Xiaolong said to the host: "Now there are four people left, we should be considered qualified."
The host nodded and said: "Yes, the gambling can continue. The gambling king has prepared a gift for the winner."
"It's enough to pass the test. I have no interest in playing with three useless idiots." Zhang Xiaolong stood up and called Jia Lin: "Jiang Jue, let's go have a drink together. I like your temper. Maybe we can be friends."
Zhang Xiaolong greeted Jiang Jue and left. The faces of the three people sitting there were extremely ugly. Zhang Xiaolong despised all three of them with just one sentence.
Zou Beibei, who was waiting on the sidelines, shook her head and said with a smile: "You are really bad. If you say this, you will tell them how to see others in the future."