At the entrance of an alley in Old Beiping City, an old man wearing round sunglasses and a blue coat was sitting on the floor, eating peanuts and drinking wine with a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in front of him.
The old man has fair hair and a childish face, and looks like a worldly master with a fairy-like air, while the boy in shabby clothes in front of him is pretending to be old-fashioned.
"Old man, we have prepared good wine and food for you. You should tell me how you lied to me, right?" The young Li Ming had no patience, so he urged the old man hurriedly when he saw that he was drinking. p>
"A can of beer and a bag of peanuts, can this be considered good wine and good food?" The old man laughed angrily at Li Ming, so he blew his beard and said, "I wonder why you little kid doesn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young.
?"
"Tch, you are an old liar and I am a little hooligan. The word "respect" is not appropriate for us to say." Li Ming looked at the old man with disdain, reached out and grabbed the last beer and took a sip, and then said, "
Besides, I’ll give you all my belongings. If you don’t come up with something useful, I’ll really be reluctant to give you up.”
The old man stretched out his hand to wipe the wine stains on his beard, and said with a smile, "Why are you so reluctant? Anyway, I have already cheated you of my wine."
Seeing this ruthless old man playing rogue, the childish Li Ming suddenly lost his temper and became extremely angry.
It really happened that there was a leak in the house and it rained all night long. I originally wanted to learn excerpts from the novel and learn some tricks to deceive people to see if I could get a few dirty meals. I didn’t expect that this old liar turned out to be a rogue!
Damn it! Just treat it as if you stepped on old, smelly dog shit!
Just as Li Ming stopped his losses in time and turned decisively to leave, the old man's leisurely voice came from behind.
"There are twenty-four types of deception in the world. Among them, single-person deception is the most common. Now I will tell you a story about [fake horse taking off satin]..."
At any moment when the old man finished speaking, an ancient story unfolded before Li Ming's eyes.
There was a horse dealer named Chen Qing in Jiangxi who often brought horses to sell on Sanshan Street in Chengen Temple, Nanjing.
One day, when he was buying a horse, a richly dressed young man suddenly arrived holding an exquisite paper umbrella.
The young master fell in love with these good horses at a glance. After watching them for a long time, he asked Chen Qing, "How can I sell these horses?"
Since this was a batch of fine silver horses, the price was naturally high. Chen Qing immediately revealed the high price of forty taels of silver.
After hearing the price, the young master said happily, "I want this horse, but I can't ride it back alone. Besides, I don't have that much money with me. You can go get it with me."
Chen Qing did not doubt that he was there, so he led the horse and followed the young master.
On the way, he met a silk and satin shop. The young master got off his horse and put the umbrella aside at the winery. He asked Chen Qing to help look after the umbrella and said that he would buy two batches of silk and satin on the way, and then go back together.
The young master went into the silk and satin shop and deliberately bargained with the store. The store finally got annoyed by him and said he didn't understand the goods, so the young master said, "I'll show it to a knowledgeable person and we'll discuss the price right away."<
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The satin boss said: "With such a good product, it doesn't matter who you show it to! But you can't go far."
The young master pointed to the door and said, "My companion and the horse are outside, what do you have to worry about?" After that, he took the silk and satin and walked out. The shopkeeper saw that the horse and his companion were waiting outside the door.
Don’t overthink it and feel relieved.
At the end of the story, the young master naturally left and never came back, leaving the silk boss and Chen Qing to fight with each other.
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Nearly thirty years have passed, and Li Ming can still clearly remember how shocked he was when he heard this story.
He said he wanted to buy a horse, but he actually wanted to use a fake horse as a pledge. He threw up his umbrella and covered it with satin, which was the technique of taking off the satin.
"What? Ten paintings?!" Chi Uesugi blurted out in disbelief.
Stretching out his fingers to calculate this, Li Ming nodded and said firmly,
"Yes, but although your painting is good, it is not valuable now.
You have to know that I am a businessman first and foremost and a collector who loves oil paintings secondly. I will collect your paintings at this price this time. One painting is 5,000 yuan. I want ten paintings, which is 50,000 yuan."
After a pause, Li Ming stretched out a finger, smiled and said, "But I have a request..."
"What's the request? What do you mean?" Fifty thousand yuan is not a small sum for Uesugi Chi, so the latter swallowed hard and said.
Li Ming paused and continued, "Although your painting is good overall, the quality of the paint and the canvas are too poor.
I will pay you a deposit of five thousand yuan in advance, and you can buy some good materials. How about I have ten new paintings in a month?"
Money was one thing, and the sense of recognition made Uesugi Chiki nod without too much hesitation and said, "No problem."
After seeing that Uesugi-san agreed, Li Ming took out his wallet from his pocket, opened it in front of Uesugi-qian, then pretended to be suddenly discovered, patted his head and said, "Well, I don't have that much cash with me, what's your account number?
Shall I forward it to you?"
The previous information has stated in great detail: Uesugi-chien lives a monotonous life, pays a daily salary, and lives in seclusion, so he does not open a bank account.
"I... don't have a bank account..." Chi Uesugi rubbed his face, which had regained some of its color, and then said coquettishly.
After Li Ming accepted his wallet, he showed an incredible expression and said with a smile, "This won't work. I'm just here to see my friends, and I won't buy a painting from you just once, unless you don't do it again in the future."
Drawn..."
How could Uesugi-Chien, who regarded painting as his life, give up his faith? So he immediately retorted, "How is that possible? There is absolutely no way I would give up!"
"Then I won't be able to specially send you cash in the future." Li Ming shrugged and said, "That won't work."
"Then I... will do it now." Uesugi Qian said subconsciously after Li Ming put the words to his lips.
After getting the words he wanted, Li Ming thought for a while and said as if he had a sudden realization, "When you said that, I suddenly remembered that I also know a person from a bank. It can save a lot of time to do it there. Your legs and feet are inconvenient.
, I have nothing to do right now. After signing the contract, why not I accompany you."
Use the deposit as an umbrella.
Li Ming makes a game of Cai Zimen.
Using credit as a pledge, he defrauded a small bank of a loan of 50,000 yuan and used it as silk and satin!
Looking at Chi Uesugi, who was already cleaning up the paintings in the booth, Li Ming's lips curled up slightly.
In this game, can you tell which one is the horse?
