Chapter 65 Planting lotus is to sink people into the river
At the beginning of Shanghai's lights, the neon lights shine on No. 181 Fuxi Road. This is a very prominent casino that everyone in Shanghai knows. On weekdays, all the people coming in and out are well-dressed upper-class people. At night,
There is even more entertainment and entertainment, the alleys are bustling with traffic, people come with jewels, and wealthy businessmen and ladies are everywhere.
The facilities in the club are luxurious and gorgeous, and the prosperity is like a fairyland. As soon as the door is opened, the luxurious and luxurious atmosphere comes. There are Chinese and Western gambling equipment for guests to choose from. People who enter the club feel like they have entered paradise.
The club has three floors. The first floor is for Pai Gow players, most of whom are ordinary people or hooligans. The second floor is set up as a roulette table, and the number of wins and losses is even more impressive than the first floor. The third floor is for
Mainly mahjong, the bets are often less than a few thousand. From the first floor to the third floor, there are bars, dining and rest rooms on each floor. The rooms are also disguised as prostitution and smoking service areas.
Niu Ba stared at the row of handsome guys sitting on one side of the hall, all of them with oily hair and pink faces, mainly flattering the female guests. He couldn't help but ask his fellow foreman, "Are they pretty boys?"
The foreman joked, "They're not called pretty boys, they're called Snowflake Fans."
Niu Ba was so frightened: "No wonder everyone's face looks like a hanged ghost. What's the point of scaring ghosts by rubbing it like that? I don't want it."
The foreman held a cigarette in his mouth and blew a smoke ring on Niu Ba's face: "Country bumpkin, snowflake powder is very expensive. It only costs 5 cents for you to carry 500 kilograms of rice at the dock! Look at those women who are selling a lot of silver dollars! You
My goal is to find a woman who can feed you steaks at Black Swan and sit on a Persian rug as her darling. It doesn’t take much, just five years.”
Niu Ba finally understood the occupations of this row of handsome guys and tugged on Brother Gui's clothes, "Brother Gui, I'd better hang out with you in the casino area. I can't do this job."
I, Niu Ba, Gui Ge, and Xiao Ma Liu reported to the casino area.
On the first day of work, the supervisor strictly required us to follow the rules and regulations:
1. The waiters are polite and considerate.
2. We provide free high-quality opium cigarettes, Chinese and Western food, various famous wines, famous cigarettes and hot and cold drinks, all of which are available on demand.
3. The high-end furniture is comfortable and gorgeous, and gamblers can enjoy it while resting.
4. If you go by car, you will be given five yuan to the driver and five liters of gasoline for each car for free. For those who don’t have a car, sometimes we will send you off in a car for free or purchase tickets on our behalf. In fact, these are all carefully arranged.
Bait, attracting customers to gamble comfortably and give money to the boss.
"Do you have any questions?" the supervisor asked.
A freshman: "Boss, what should I do if I lose all my money?"
Supervisor: "We have another service for friends. Those who don't have cash can exchange banknotes, antiques, jewelry, real estate, stocks and even clothes for chips. If you lose all valuable things, you can exchange them for chips from the clothes inside.
Take it off layer by layer and exchange for chips until you finally lose everything."
Freshman: "Bare butt, wow."
Xiao Ma Liu raised his hand confidently: "Boss, what should I do if someone dares not to pay?"
The supervisor smiled sinisterly and said: "It's easy to handle. The first time offender can be reprimanded, or the words 'wuyi', 'foul' and 'recalcitrant' can be burned on his arm with incense. If he offends again, he can be planted with lotus flowers."
Awu Luyong was the first to raise his hand and expressed doubt: "It's so cheap to grow lotus, how can it scare people?"
The supervisor smiled brightly: "Planting lotus flowers means sinking people into the river. Understand, little red man."
Everyone immediately let out a startled scream.
There are a total of 88 groups of waiters. We are junior waiters. Among them, Niu Ba and I are in a group, mainly delivering water and tea; Gui Ge and Xiao Ma Liu are in a group, mainly lighting cigarettes and serving wine to the guests, and other services are also done in pairs.
We work as a team, cooperate with each other, and supervise each other. We serve in the dedicated area on the first floor. We all wear uniforms, gloves, and black vests, and our demeanor is very professional, which is in perfect harmony with the concentrated and breathless expressions of the gamblers when the game starts.
There are more than a dozen gaming tables arranged in an orderly manner in the hall on the first floor. The venue is very lively today, and the bustling venue is constantly noisy. There is a ruffian named Ma Dazhuang who hangs out here all year round. Whenever he sees his old friend, he shouts
: "Oh, brother, come here! Why, let me push the pot and support you?"
"Okay." The old friend knew these people at a glance.
Another middle-aged woman walked in, first observed her carefully, and then carefully gathered around her, rubbing her hands nervously.
Ma Dazhuang asked his old friend with inquiring eyes. The old friend stroked his ears and watched the two people's small movements constantly falling into my eyes. I thought, 'These two people must know each other. Who will fall into their circle?'
Niu Ba dutifully pulled out the chair and let the guests sit down comfortably. A group of gamblers gathered around and Ma Dazhuang acted as the banker. The waiter was responsible for washing the Tianjiu tiles and coding them. He held the dice in his hand and yelled vulgarly.
: "Are you all seated?"
Tianmen is an old friend, so Ma Dazhuang asked: "Brother, how big is the stakes for today's game?"
The old friend smiled and said, "It depends on my luck."
"Hahaha, brother, I will accompany you today, and I will accompany you no matter what the number. Come on, come on, everyone, hold on!"
The old friend took out ten yuan, and the middle-aged woman ruthlessly took out ten yuan and pressed it on her face. "Bah bang bang", others also pressed their hands on it. Ma Dazhuang winked at his old friend and looked at the middle-aged woman, his meaning was obvious: big money
The fish is here.
This scene did not miss my eyes. The middle-aged woman cautiously and carefully held the bag on her chest. She was forty years old, wearing a thick skirt and heavy gown. A long hosta protruded from her bun, and there were heavy beads hanging on it.
The dressing up is almost an era away from that of Shanghai at that time.
Of course, this fat fish in Ma Dazhuang's eyes seemed to be a test, so he pressed ten yuan. I don't know how fat it will be! It's interesting.
"Snapped"
After the dice are played, six passes one, seven pairs of doors, and eight ends.
"Pah, pah, pah" three times, everyone copied the cards on the table. The middle-aged woman took the four tables, opened them and looked at them. She was dumbfounded. It took a long time to make a fuss about Jinping Dawu, tiger head, and a land card. How to match it?
Why is it that one and two can't be driven away, and there is no pair? The middle-aged woman handed over ten yuan.
Maybe she felt a little unlucky, so she took out another twenty yuan and pressed it. After the colored cards were played, everyone copied the cards. She took it over and looked at it. Her eyes were happy and she said: "Yes."
Sir, King Tianjiu."
At this time, an old friend was playing tricks with Ma Dazhuang under the table. The result of the transaction was that Ma Dazhuang acted as the banker's card and made it more explosive: "Auntie, I'm sorry, my name here is explosive. The front is for death, and the back is for death.
It's the emperor, bet the head on the head, and bet on the tail on the tail, you'll win a lot of money."
The old woman rubbed her eyes and looked. She was so frightened that she never thought of it in her dreams! She was suddenly sweating profusely. Ma Dazhuang leaned over and picked up the money and put it in his arms, "Thank you, auntie."
The upright brother Gui couldn't stand it, so he pulled the aunt and hinted her not to gamble anymore. The aunt, who was jealous of gambling, patted the table and said regardless of the image: "This table is not smart, the feng shui is not good for me, I want to go to the second place."
House roulette.”
Ma Dazhuang was full of pride and ambition: "Okay, aunt, Hua Mulan is now! I will accompany you to the end."
A group of people walked into the elevator, and the elevator slowly rose. Looking down through the iron gate, the crowded hall was unobstructed.
The most eye-catching thing on the second floor is the large roulette wheel in the middle, which is a rare foreign gadget in casinos.
After one round, the aunt lost all 100,000 yuan! She rubbed her chest and feet, pulled the foreman's trouser legs, and cried loudly: "Give me the money back. My husband asked me to deposit it in the Shanghai Bank.
Who would have thought that I would lose everything as soon as I entered this place, my husband is a Guangxi warlord."
The foreman kicked the middle-aged woman away with a look of disgust, "Tell me, even if the emperor comes, it will be the same. Since ancient times, I have been willing to admit defeat!"
As a result, the middle-aged woman was sent out of the house with 20 yuan. Unable to bear the pain, the middle-aged woman chose to hit her head against the wall and died. Blood instantly flowed to the ground. The foreman spat on the body, and the waiter quickly took her away.
Five minutes later, the club was singing and dancing again, and business was booming. It was no longer the unexpected moment five minutes ago, and all the scars were smoothed away in a few minutes. This is the Shanghai disaster, and everyone will be cleared away quietly.
of scars.
Pimp Ma Dazhuang and his good friend mysteriously walked to the counter, and the counter clerk paid them a reward. All this fell into the eyes of Gui Ge and Xiao Ma Liu.
After get off work, it was already one o'clock in the morning.
Wearing masks, Gui Ge and Xiao Ma Liu followed the pimp Ma Dazhuang and his good friends to the corner of the street. There were also a few gamblers nearby talking about today's gambling luck. Suddenly, the children buying flowers scattered on the street.
Running, Brother Gui grabbed Ma Dazhuang's throat. He separated Ma Dazhuang from the others and wanted to drag him to a darker place, but Ma Dazhuang tightly hugged the tree trunk with his arms and never let go. He curled up into a ball and hunched up.
Shoulders, try to protect your head and face.
What happened next made people feel that Gui Ge was cruel. Gui Ge beat the cowering Ma Dazhuang with his fists like a rainstorm. Xiao Ma Liu was also wrestling with Ma Dazhuang's old friend. Xiao Ma Liuying's weak body was basically not a head taller than him.
He had strength, but Brother Gui's momentum was overwhelming, and the other party had already collapsed to the ground.
Brother Gui asked with a voice hoarse from anger: "Let you do things that violate your conscience! Let you lie to others! Let your conscience be eaten by dogs!"
Ma Dazhuang suddenly woke up and made a sound like a slaughtering pig: "We dare not, please spare your life! There is an 80-year-old mother at home."
Brother Gui asked again: "Why do you always control the winning and losing?"
Ma Dazhuang is a standard softie in front of the machete: "Strong men, heroes, there are many tricks in roulette gambling, the main thing is to control the spinning person, pay attention to the weight of the hand, control its landing point, and you can also put it on your feet
Mechanisms like springs make the marbles jump into the cold spots. Don't kill me!"
The gamblers and friends did not dare to intervene. They thought this was another simple and crude feud and did not want to suffer bad luck. The flower sellers were still gathered around, but they were watching this scene with awe and interest. These were all children from poor families.
, I felt inexplicably excited when I saw the gambler being bullied, and I looked at the gambler’s expression with disgust.