Let's take a gamble. Shen Fang likes this proposal.
If the technology of gambling is compared to the art of war, then Shen Fang is undoubtedly the Han Xin of the gambling world. There is an old idiom story called "Han Xin orders troops, the more the better." It is similar when it comes to Shen Fang. This guy can make money in his hands. The "making something out of nothing" type.
Then again, where did Shen Fang's gambling skills come from?
A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse's son can make holes. Discourses like these seem to constantly prove the importance of "bloodline", but in fact, "environment" and "education" should be more influential on a person's growth than "bloodline".
And Shen Fang should be one of the most powerful arguments for this point of view.
Shen Fang was born into an ordinary rich peasant family, with plenty of food and clothing, and plenty of food and supplies. His father was a small landowner without any bad habits, and his mother could be regarded as a "lady" in the local county. Shen Fang has always been It is reasonable and reasonable to grow up day after day following the trajectory arranged by my parents.
It was a world of difference from his current life.
Then when Shen Fang was fourteen years old, he accidentally came into contact with the career he would engage in for the rest of his life, which was "gambling", from a tenant of their family.
At this point, many people will think that what I will tell next will be the story of a young man from a privileged background who went astray, lost all his family fortune, and finally turned back as a prodigal - in fact, I think so too.
But the thing is outrageous, it is completely different from what people imagined.
Shen Fang's "talent" is very high. His progress in gambling can be described as rapid. He has learned some quite profound tricks without any teacher. When he was seventeen years old, he was ready to leave home and start a career. By that time, his skills had already surpassed those of the gamblers who brought him into the business.
The reason why he is described as "the gambler who brought him into the industry" instead of "master" is because it is unique to this industry. There are no fathers and sons in casinos. There are quite a few cases where partners in the casino have lost their relationship due to their previous relationship and even ruined their career as gamblers. There are also many people who have lost their lives due to just one thought.
The tenant who brought Shen Fang into the business was just an ordinary old man. Judging from the fact that he had been a tenant of the Shen family for half his life, his gambling skills could only be said to be average. But only Shen Fang knew that he Although this "leader" has never won any big money, he always maintains his "not losing" or even "small winning".
The first lesson he taught Shen Fang before Qian Shu was called "let go", and this lesson is something that most gamblers never learn or do in their lifetime. It was this lesson that allowed him to quit the gambling shop unscathed, and also made Shen Fang an "undefeated" gambler. He didn't take a penny with him when he left home, but he always came home every year after the New Year. I can buy a few big things for my home, and then I can stuff a stack of banknotes with astonishing denominations in the corner of the kang edge. Of course, the so-called "undefeated" does not mean that he has never lost a single game, but that he will always win within a month or quarter.
There may be a large number of people who think that since this is the case, wouldn't it be enough for him to "retire" after accumulating a sum of money that would take him a few lifetimes to spend by relying on his gambling skills? Why do you still need to be a gambling supervisor in a gambling house? This is neither a very promising career nor a very "money-making" career.
You know, in the world of gambling, there is no such thing as "strongest", "undefeated", "invincible", etc. Such titles are both praise and shackles for gamblers, because here as long as they fail One fight, and it is very likely that you will fall into the abyss of eternal destruction.
In a game with strange bets, the "undefeated" Shen Fang readily accepted the challenge, and he tasted the bitterness of failure "for the first time".
He did not lose any external things such as "money", nor did he have a part of his limbs cut off, but he lost "ten years of his life." The person who defeated him was the chief gambler of the previous generation of Laizhou Gambling House. In today's gambling industry, Laizhou Gambling House is not the largest and most luxurious casino in Shengguo, but it is definitely the casino with the longest history. "Long-lasting" means This means that as fame and wealth accumulate, some special rules will be passed down, the most important of which is the position of "big gambling supervisor".
The bosses of Laizhou gambling houses can be used as bargaining chips in transactions. As long as the asking price is high enough, they can be replaced. Only the position of "big gambling supervisor" needs to be determined by gambling.
In order to commemorate and worship the founder Huangfu Yu, each generation of the chief gambler of Laizhou Gambling House can only sit for ten years, and the chief gambler must look for some young people with potential in the road at the end of his ten-year gambling career. , or wait for someone to challenge you, and then decide through "betting" who will win the title of Supervisor in the next ten years.
Logically speaking, the chief gambling supervisor of Laizhou Gambling House can be regarded as a landmark status symbol in the gambling industry, but Shen Fang has no interest in it because gambling is not a profession for him, but a "pursuit" ", he left home alone for the sake of unrestrained "gambling", but the position of chief gambling officer carries an extremely heavy responsibility.
Yes, he is obviously a gambler who has little interest in gambling, but he knows better than those ambitious gamblers that the gambling supervisor of Laizhou Gambling House needs "responsibility" more than "skills".
Things are unpredictable, but also funny. The gamblers who were determined to win this position were eliminated one by one. On the contrary, Shen Fang, who wanted to be free and easy, was handcuffed to the position of chief gambler.
Some people may say that since Shen Fang doesn't want to sit in the position of supervisor, why not deliberately show weakness from the beginning and be eliminated?
If you are Shen Fang, you will understand.
Back to the present, this is already the tenth year that Shen, who has just turned 30, has been sitting in the position of chief gambling supervisor.
Gambling, of course, is allowed.
But what to bet on, I still have to say two things.
"As promised in advance, I can accept the bet you proposed." Shen Fang thought for a moment and thrust the steel knife into the table. The blade vibrated and buzzed, while he sat down on He Nan's table. On the opposite side, pick the nail of your middle finger with your thumb. "But the premise is...don't even think about playing word games with me like 'I bet you'll cut off my hand'..."
In the casino, Shen Fang has seen many guys who hope to win through this kind of cleverness. When he is in a better mood, it is just to give the other party a chance to gamble again, but when he is in a bad mood, When the situation arises, it becomes "win first, then collect the bets that should be paid, and finally remove some other parts from this person."
He Nan... is of course a very clever person.
But on the surface, he looked like a completely decent gentleman: "Of course...since it's on this occasion, let's just bet money."
In order to let Shen Fang hear it more clearly, He Nan specially emphasized the accent on the word "money".
"Betting money?" At this moment, Shen Fang seemed to feel that he heard something wrong. He knew that the other party must be prepared, and he was ready to fight no matter what kind of strange gambling game it was, but gambling money-he Do you really know who you are facing?
This is... the "undefeated" Shen Fang.
"Ah... of course it's not a simple gambling method..." He Nan also started to use his cleverness: "What is the shape of money?"
Shen Fang couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in He Nan's gourd. After hesitating for a moment, he gave a very cautious answer: "Copper plates are round, silver notes are square, ingots are ingot-shaped, and as for the broken pieces of silver... …It comes in all shapes.”
"Hmm... do you think so?" He Nan took out a copper coin from his pocket and kept tossing it in his hand: "Then let's gamble with this copper coin..."
"Winning or losing depends on fate, success or failure depends on heaven. The result will be known as soon as the copper coin falls. I bet..." He Nan said to Shen Fang confidently.
Betting on the heads and tails of copper coins seems to be the "fairest" gamble, because whether it is heads or tails, the probability of occurrence is infinitely close to equal.
However, He Nan would not bet his hands on this half-and-half outcome - his copper coin was an extremely rare "wrong-faced coin".
In the Shengguo copper coin format, "Shengguotong Coin" is printed on the front, and the year number of the year of issuance is printed on the back, which is similar to "Yuanchu 3rd year" and "Chengwu 12th year".
The "wrong-sided coin" held in He Nan's hand was a copper coin with "heads" on both sides.
However, based on Shen Fang's experience, how could it be possible for He Nan to make such a self-talk decision... So he was stunned and stopped He Nan before he could speak: "Wait! This is what you have in your hand. There isn’t any mystery hidden in the copper plate, right?”
The trick... was revealed.
The trick...was exposed?
"Hey, hey..." He Nan said with a look of displeasure: "Don't talk to yourself, let me tell you the truth. This copper plate of mine is a rare coin with two heads on both sides, and it is also my lucky coin. oh!"
Damn lucky coin, then you will always win if you bet on heads! Shen Fang was so angry that he laughed. It was not like he had never seen or used techniques like this that used props, but it was the first time he had seen it said so shamelessly.
"Who said I'm going to bet heads or tails with you?" He Nan said plausibly: "What I'm going to bet with you is... the shape!"
Before he finished speaking, Shen Fang blurted out: "My bet is right!"
Shen Fang had already seen both sides of the copper coin. Of course, there was no reason to misjudge the shape. It was clearly round! In fact, if it were normal times, Shen Fang would not bother to pay attention to He Nan's rogue gambling methods, but tonight He Nan's series of strange operations made him feel angry.
Besides, will a round bet lose?
"That's it..." He Nan sighed softly, and then laughed twice as if he was having an epileptic fit: "You bet on the round... Then I'll bet on the 'square'."
Shen Fang no longer regards He Nan as a normal person. What he has to do now is to respect the entire gambling process, and then cut off He Nan's arm with a knife when the coin hits the ground: "It's up to you, you can Just throw it away quickly.”
Laizhou Gambling House naturally has many private single rooms for gambling. At the moment, He Nan and Shen Fang are in such a single room on the third floor for playing mahjong. Apart from the two of them, the two of them are sitting together. The gamblers and the busboy who had been waiting in the room happened to be witnesses.
He Nan gently threw the copper coin in his hand towards the sky.
Suddenly a gust of wind came in from the window, and all the candles in the house... went out.
"This is all such a fucking mess..." Others didn't dare to act rashly and kept silent, but Shen Fang slapped the table.
"Did you see it?" He Nan didn't know what method he used to relight the candle in the middle of the table.
Everyone didn't know what He Nan was talking about at the first moment, but in the next second everyone's expressions changed - although they didn't know where the copper coin landed, it was clearly reflected on the wall behind Shen Fang. A square white shadow appeared.
"It's Fang." He Nan smiled and flicked out the candle.
It's square.
Yes.
