Chapter 38 Entering the Bureau

  "Unexpectedly, there's also a woman here to play." Wang Haodong muttered to himself, took a glance at the woman's face, thought she looked ordinary, and didn't pay attention to her anymore.

  After the gamblers arrived, Wang Kai exchanged a few pleasantries with familiar faces, thanked them for their support, offered cigarettes, and without wasting any more time, collected the money and started the game.

  Wang Haodong had thought that the woman was also a gambler, but unexpectedly, she was just a woman brought by a middle-aged guest. She didn't participate in the gambling and only sat on one side of the second floor's room, watching occasionally while smoking and exhaling mist.

  There are many card rooms in the city now, and the service is also very considerate. Tea and air conditioning are all ready because of the hot weather recently. The air conditioner on the second floor has been turned on, and Wang Dahai is responsible for the tea. He brought a stack of disposable paper cups, made tea, and put it on the table on the other side. Whoever wants to drink just needs to call out, and someone will run over to deliver it.

  Tonight's gathering only had six participants, so they could only collect 600 yuan in head fees. After Wang Kai collected the money, he waited for the guests to enter and asked with a smile: "Everyone, what do you want to play? Do you need me to provide any gambling equipment?"

  If guests need to provide gaming equipment, the venue will provide it. If not, only the venue will be provided.

  "Let's play cards for a while."

  The speaker was a man in his thirties, thin and small, named Lei Weibin. He ran a building materials distribution business in the town and was a wealthy boss, with three heavy trucks of the Ruiwo brand worth over 10 million yuan.

  Lei Weibin's net worth has already exceeded 30 million, often plays cards, and has some relationship with the monkey, otherwise he would not come to this place. After all, the facilities here are very simple, and this time it is to give Wang Kai face, specially came to support the scene.

  Wang Kai waved his hand and Wang Haoqiang brought over a set of Pai Gow tiles, placing them on the large round table.

  Lei Weibin opened the box, poured out the cards and carefully checked them again to confirm that there were no mistakes. He then handed the cards over to the other players for their inspection. Turning to Wang Kai, he said: "Wang Kai, can you get some beer? It's hot outside and drinking tea is uncomfortable."

  "I'll go get two boxes for you." Wang Kai nodded in agreement and let Dahai go out to buy beer.

  The sea brought back beer, and the gambling den has already started.

  Wang Haodong greeted Wang Kai and took Liu Lele downstairs to survey the surrounding environment. They found that most of the nearby households were still awake, with many people watching TV at home, and occasionally the sound of children crying could be heard.

  "Lock the gate soon, you and Biaozi wait in the yard, if there's a situation, use the intercom to speak." Wang Haodong's status here has reached the point where he can give orders, except for Wang Kai, others do things, so he didn't show courtesy, made arrangements.

  Liu Lele nodded, closed the big gate and brought over the wolf dog she was raising. The wolf dog was very sensitive and would bark loudly when someone approached, but the soundproofing equipment on the second floor was very good, so it wouldn't disturb the guests.

  After the arrangement was made, Wang Haodong asked Liu Lele to tune the intercom to channel 11. Then Wang Haodong went upstairs and told Wang Kai about the arrangement he had made. He nodded in agreement, handed over the intercom with earpiece to Wang Haodong, and let him be responsible for communication and personnel dispatch here.

  The card game has started several rounds, these people are playing big, each person in front of them has a pile of cash, with denominations of 50 and 100, the minimum bet is 50 yuan, the maximum is 1,000 yuan, with this kind of gameplay, people who are unlucky can lose tens of thousands in one night.

  Lei Weibin sat at the gaming table, playing for over ten minutes, and had already lost 10,000 yuan. He was not anxious or flustered, but instead picked up his beer and smiled: "It's quite enjoyable to play like this. It's not often that we can all get together, come on, let's have a toast."

  "Come on, cheers."

  "Cheers!"

  Several people gave him face, and even the woman who was watching, picked up her cup and drank it down like a man, then continued to play cards.

  Wang Haodong watched for a while, and Lei Weibin lost another 20,000 yuan within half an hour. The people at the table all won some more or less, looking at the red cash notes on the table, he had the idea of robbing them, but he knew that such things could not be done, so he also dispelled that thought immediately.

  These rich people, they don't take money seriously at all.

  Wang Haodong muttered to himself, his craving for money became even more intense.

  Another two hours passed, during which Wang Haodong occasionally used the intercom to talk to Liu Lele and ask about the situation below. Every half hour, he would personally go down for a while, everything was safe and sound, and no one came to make trouble.

  By around one o'clock in the evening, Wang Haodong's stomach was growling with hunger, and so were the others. They had prepared some food in advance, including braised dishes, beer, and large steamed buns. When they got hungry, they could just eat in the courtyard without needing to run outside.

  Having filled his stomach, Wang Hao Dong went upstairs, but found that Wang Kai had joined the gambling session. He couldn't help but frown, as the host was most afraid of being gambled against in his own territory. However, seeing how enthusiastic Wang Kai was, he didn't say much and quietly walked behind him to watch.

  Lei Weibin, who had been losing money all along, suddenly turned his luck around and made a big killing in all directions. Not only did he recover the money he lost, but he also won over 30,000 yuan more. Wang Kai himself lost over 1,000 yuan, and the rest was lost by other customers.

  The woman who was watching on the side had fallen asleep and lay down on the sofa beside her, looking at her jade body lying horizontally, snow-white skin, and slender beautiful legs exposed, also quite charming. Wang Haodong couldn't help but take a few more glances.

  "This friend is a bit unfamiliar." Lei Weibin said while dealing cards to Wang Haodong.

  Wang Kai smiled and introduced, "Bin Ge, this is my brother, new comer, named Wang Haodong."

  Wang Haodong nodded at Lei Weibin, who also smiled and scattered the cigarette butts. Wang Haodong lit another one and continued to watch the gambling game.

  After several hours of fighting, their wins and losses had already reached one hundred thousand, and the beer was also consumed quickly. A case and a half of beer had already entered their stomachs, and empty bottles were everywhere. Wang Hao Dong looked at it and felt messy, so he asked Wang Da Hai to come over and clean up.

  "Everyone is very happy tonight, Haodong, do you want to play a few rounds?" Lei Weibin said with a smile, and surprisingly took the initiative to invite Wang Haodong.

  Wang Haodong was not interested in this, besides, Lei Weibin was on a roll and his luck was strong, he wouldn't go up to give him money, so he shook his head.

  Lei Weibin saw Wang Haodong was unwilling, so he didn't say much and continued to deal the cards, continuing to win money.

  Half an hour later, a gambler who had lost nearly ten thousand yuan said, "I'm done with this game, let's switch."

  Lei Weibin won 100,000 yuan and smiled: "What do you want to play? I'll accompany you."

  "Explode the Golden Flower."

  "I'll go, I'm willing."

  Several players were willing to play Exploding Gold Flower, so Wang Kai got up and took out the deck of cards. After opening the box, he had everyone check it to make sure there was no problem, and only then did they start a new round of betting.

  Fireworks are played all over the country, from small to large, including miscellaneous cards, pairs, runs, gold flowers, gold flower runs, three leopard bars, and among miscellaneous cards, the smallest is 2, 3, 5, but can also eat three leopard bars, in general, it's a cycle.

  The woman woke up and wanted to join the gambling session of "Exploding Gold Flower". The man who brought her handed over 10,000 yuan for her to play.

  Lei Weibin invited Wang Haodong again: "The more people who play 'Exploding Gold Flower', the better, Haodong, let's play together?"

  "This guy is quite famous in town and has a certain status, he's invited me twice, if I keep refusing, it would be somewhat impolite to him, but now I don't have much money either, just play a few rounds symbolically, give him some face."

  Thinking of this, Wang Haodong took a look at Wang Kai and gave him a signal with his eyes.

  "Hao Dong, I'm not in the mood today, so I won't play anymore. You accompany them to play." Wang Kai stood up at this time and gave his seat to Wang Hao Dong.

  Wang Hao Dong had calculated earlier that Wang Kai had lost some money before, but then won a bit back. All in all, he didn't lose much, only about 500 yuan. Now that he can get up, it shows that he is a person with self-control, unlike some players who, once they enter the game, are unwilling to leave, and even after losing all their money, still have to borrow money to continue playing.

  Wang Haodong sat down, and Lei Weibin said: "Everyone comes here to have fun, what they want is happiness, no need to fight to the death, so don't bet too much. The minimum bet is 50 yuan, the maximum limit is 500,000 yuan. For each bet, the maximum for a face-up card is 1,000 yuan, and for a face-down card it's 500 yuan. The minimum for a face-up card is 100 yuan, and for a face-down card it's 50 yuan. Can't we just do that?"

  Others had no opinion, but Wang Haodong secretly lamented in his heart, because he didn't have much money, only one thousand yuan on him, and might not even be able to play a single hand. However, he made up his mind that if the stakes were small, he would just throw it away, at most losing fifty yuan per round as the minimum bet.

  Lei Weibin continued to talk about the chips for dark and bright cards, with the bright card being double that of the dark card. If someone gets a leopard (three of a kind), such as three fives or three nines, other players have to give them 1,000 yuan each as "happy money". After everyone agreed, he started dealing the cards and began the round of Exploding Flowers.

  In the upper city, the rules for playing "炸金花" are that the winner becomes the banker and deals the cards. The person to the left of the banker can cut the deck. After good cards have been dealt, the person to the right of the banker starts betting. That woman was sitting to the right of Lei Weibin, and directly threw 100 yuan from a stack of banknotes into the pot.

  Dark note is one hundred, bright note should be two hundred, the other few are also sealed cards. Wang Hao Dong sat on top of Lei Wei Bin, his chips were less, he simply looked at the card, at this time, Wang Kai was standing behind Wang Hao Dong watching, and found that Wang Hao Dong was a miscellaneous card, black peach 3, plum blossom 9, black peach Q.

  The miscellaneous brand is the largest in the middle single A, Wang Hao's card is very small and not worth 200 yuan at all. There was no chance to bluff, so he threw away his card directly.

  "Ah Kai, your brother is too timid, isn't he?" The woman said with a smile.

  This made Wang Haodong feel very uncomfortable, I'm broke, not like you, this woman, being someone's mistress can earn money, but he didn't say anything, just smiled slightly.

  "Of course, if the cards are bad, you have to throw them away. It has nothing to do with courage." Wang Kai said with a smile, took out a bundle of money from his pocket, still sealed, exactly 10,000 yuan, and threw it in front of Wang Haodong, saying: "Haodong, take this money and play with it."

  Wang Hao Dong knew that Wang Kai was helping him, so he naturally didn't refuse. In his heart, he had already made up his mind: if he was unlucky and lost the 1,000 yuan, he would take another 1,000 yuan from the money Wang Kai gave him and then stop playing. If he was lucky, then tonight would be a big win.

  This time's Golden Flower Bureau, plus Wang Haodong, there were eight people in total. Excluding Lei Weibin and the woman called Little Feng, there was a bald man, a man surnamed Jiang in his thirties, whom Wang Haodong temporarily called Xiao Jiang, and a middle-aged man who kept Little Feng as his mistress, surnamed Wang, everyone called him Old Wang...

  The first round, the woman's poker face was the best. She had Plum Blossom 9, Plum Blossom Q, and Plum Blossom K, which were all high-ranking cards. After several rounds of betting, some people with poor hands gave up. Lei Weibin never looked at his cards and kept betting in the dark. In the end, he compared cards with the woman and had a pair of 7s, so he naturally lost.

  The woman won 5,000 yuan with this one, and was overjoyed, her smile bursting forth on her face. However, Wang Haodong couldn't help but mutter a few curses when he saw the fishbone tattoo at the corner of her eye, thinking to himself, "What's she got to be so arrogant about?"