Chapter 116 Accountant Lei
While Ah Si was watching the video, Zhang Nianzu sat at the door of the repair shop with his eyes closed. He didn't expect that losing a game would be so difficult. He couldn't help but feel tired. He held a handful of straws in his hand and stroked them one by one with his right index finger, hoping to master the legendary "one-touch" skill as soon as possible. This has become his main spare time activity in the past two days...
"It's broken!" Lei Tingting on the side suddenly screamed, which scared Zhang Nianzu.
"Ah Si hasn't learned the art of shouting at the top of his lungs yet, but you've already mastered it."
Lei Tingting grabbed Zhang Nianzu's sleeve and shouted, "It's bad, it's bad!"
"What's the matter?" Zhang Nianzu could see that Lei Tingting's hysteria was not acted.
Lei Tingting opened her eyes wide and said, "Mr. Tang gave you 500,000 yuan to buy the winnings . If we lose, wouldn't that be a breach of contract?"
"Fuck!" Zhang Nianzu sat up straight. He had forgotten about this in his excitement yesterday. He had made it clear to Mr. Tang at the beginning that he would win 500,000 yuan and lose 1 million yuan. They had decided to let Ah Si lose to Lao Jiang, but this was not Mr. Tang's wish. That was to say, if they lost, they had to return the money to him without missing a cent...
With a snap, the straw in Zhang Nianzu's hand was not broken by the light, but was torn off by him.
"What should we do now?" Lei Tingting was also anxious. 500,000 yuan was just her monthly pocket money in the past, but in the spirit of marrying a chicken and following the chicken, she knew that Zhang Nianzu would never be able to come up with so much money.
Zhang Nianzu pondered for a moment and said, "I can't go back on my promise to Lao Jiang. It seems I can only prepare to pay compensation."
Lei Tingting said: "But we have no money."
"Let me think about it." Zhang Nianzu's eyes were blank, as if he was lost in thought.
"Have you figured it out?" Lei Tingting asked impatiently after a few minutes.
"No."
Lei Tingting: “…”
Li Changgui was sitting on the steps next to him, holding an unlit cigarette in his mouth. He suddenly said indifferently, "Is our match a fake one?"
Zhang Nianzu looked at Li Changgui.
Li Changgui continued leisurely: "That is to say, we know who will win in the end, so we can place a bet."
Zhang Nianzu slapped his thigh and said, "Why didn't I think of that!"
Li Changgui said, "I thought about this when you promised Lao Jiang yesterday. I saw that you didn't mention it, so I thought you didn't care about the money."
Zhang Nianzu wanted to cry but had no tears. He didn't care about money. If he had an extra 500,000 yuan, he would definitely not frown at all. The problem was that he didn't have any money.
Li Changgui said, "Ah Si still has some money, and he bet it all on Lao Jiang." He shouted, "Ah Si, bring me your bag."
The bag was brought, and in addition to the whole bundle, there was also a bunch of loose ones. The uncle and nephew had spent some of them these days. Lei Tingting counted them and the total amount was more than 338,000.
"This is not enough." Lei Tingting thought seriously, like a senior accountant.
Zhang Nianzu didn't react for a moment and asked, "What's not enough?"
Lei Tingting said, "Based on the 1:1 odds, we bet the 330,000 on Lao Jiang. After winning, we will have 660,000. We will give 500,000 to Mr. Tang, and there will be 160,000 left. In the end, we still lost 170,000."
Zhang Nianzu said: "It means that the more money we have, the less we lose. If we have a few million, we can still make a profit?"
Lei Tingting smiled and said, "This is what people often say: it's easier to make money with money."
Zhang Nianzu thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, let's collect 350,000 and bet on Chiang Kai-shek tonight."
Lei Tingting was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you borrow some? It's a sure win anyway. You know, if you borrow one more dollar, you will lose one less dollar later."
Zhang Nianzu said: "It is not a glorious thing to play a fake match. We should try to lose as little as possible. The money we lose can be regarded as the fine we pay for cheating."
Lei Tingting stuck out her tongue.
Zhang Nianzu said, "Ah Si, let me borrow this money from you, I will return it to you later."
Ah Si said: "Look at what you said, you don't have to pay it back!"
Zhang Nianzu didn't say much, and asked Ah Si: "How is your practice going?"
Ah Si gave Zhang Nianzu a ferocious look, then opened his mouth wide but made no sound.
"Why is there no sound?"
Ah Si said hoarsely, "My voice is still not strong enough. I'll use it sparingly and shout when I'm on stage."
"Well, you two should practice well."
…
Just after dinner time, Zhang Nianzu took everyone to Dick Bar.
At the door of the bar, people were giving each other ambiguous looks as if something big was about to happen, and those who were very familiar with each other were whispering to each other about who would win and how much they had bought tonight.
Zhang Nianzu called Chiang Kai-shek at noon and got some information.
Knowing that the Tiger of Thirteen Spices was going to fight in person, the gang members were all excited. Jiang's fans spent a lot of money to buy their idol to win. There was a dispute within Thirteen Spices about who to buy. Ono Taro was only the nominal leader, without any connections. In the past, the people of Thirteen Spices would have bought Tang Ye's boxer to win, but Jiang was too famous, and Li Asi, who was on the same stage with him, was unknown, so this time most of the senior executives of Thirteen Spices bought Jiang. After all, it was also to support the brothers of the club, and Tang Ye couldn't be picky about the gift.
However, many people bet on Mr. Tang. Those who have been in this circle know that this old fox rarely fails and he has a group of loyal fans. Most importantly, several old customers quietly bought Li Asi, and when others asked them the reason, they just smiled and said nothing... The two sides were evenly matched, and finally the odds stabilized at a one-to-one level.
As a boxer, Lao Jiang had no time to entertain Zhang Nianzu and his friends. Zhang Nianzu had no time to think about anything else before he got something done - he had 350,000 yuan in his bag, waiting to place a bet. In order to make it even, he took out all the money from his bank card, and finally even the money in his pocket to make it even. The bar was crowded today, but the brothers who collected money in the garage last time were not seen. Zhang Nianzu then remembered Lao Jiang's words. This time the competition was very formal, and he thought that no one would collect cash in large amounts and place a handicap.
As he was looking around, someone patted Zhang Nianzu on the shoulder and said, "Brother, is that you?"
Zhang Nianzu looked back and saw that the man behind him had a piece missing from his left ear, his left shoulder was hunched, his left hand was missing his little finger and the edge of his palm was also missing. It was Jiutong.
Seeing that it was really Zhang Nianzu, Jiutong asked familiarly, "Are you here to join in the fun too?"
Zhang Nianzu hurriedly said, "Brother Jiutong, I was just looking for someone to ask, who should I ask for the bet?"
Jiutong looked at the bag in Zhang Nianzu's hand and asked in confusion: "What is this?"
Zhang Nianzu opened his mouth to him, and it was full of cash.
Jiu Tong was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "Oh my silly brother, how can you bring cash in a situation like this? Is this your first time watching this kind of competition?"
Zhang Nianzu nodded blankly.
Jiutong pointed around and said, "Did you see the guys wearing red vests? Go to them to place your bets. As a rule, we don't accept cash today, but we can only try. We are all here to make money, so who would refuse money?"
Zhang Nianzu handed the money to Ah San and said, "It's not convenient for me to come out, so you go and do it. If they don't want to accept it, come back quickly."
Asan took his schoolbag and left.
Jiu Tong then lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you betting on?"
Zhang Nianzu asked back: "What about you?"
Jiutong whispered, "I have inside information - there's a guy called Li Asi who is very powerful! I'm betting on him!"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "You don't want to gamble anymore, do you? Your sister-in-law doesn't care about you?"
Jiutong said: "I am the agent for others to bet on most of the money. I just bet 10,000 yuan myself, just to join in the fun."
Zhang Nianzu wanted to remind him but he couldn't say that, so he could only smile.
"You haven't told me who you're betting on yet?"
At this time, Li Ah Si leaned over and asked, "Brother Nianzu, where should I go to change clothes?"
Jiutong wondered, "Who is this?"
Li Ah Si said: "I am Li Ah Si."
Jiutong looked at Zhang Nianzu in surprise and said, "So you are one of the bosses! I misjudged you." As he spoke, he grabbed Li Asi and said, "Brother, tell me the truth, can you beat the Thirteen Spices Tiger?"
"Who are you? I'll tell you. Besides, can my words count?" Li Ah Si is not stupid...
Jiu Tong just chuckled and couldn't get angry.
Ah San came back empty-handed, and Zhang Nianzu hurriedly asked, "Did you take the money?"
"I bet." Li Asan said, "They really don't accept cash. I had to say a few nice words to get them to do it." He showed a digital card in his hand. All the information should have been entered into this card through the computer, including who was betting and the amount of money.
Zhang Nianzu asked cautiously, "Did you get it right? Did you bet on the wrong person?"
Ah San whispered, "It can't be wrong, we bet on Lao Jiang to win."
Only then did Zhang Nianzu feel at ease.
