After finishing the call with Secretary He, Shi Li looked at the time.
I found myself sleeping for more than ten hours.
"But we have booked the top floor of the club for the whole night, so there shouldn't be any rush."
Thinking of this, he slowly got up from the bed and slowly washed up.
Then I walked out of the room and found that no one was home.
"By the way, it seems that all employees of all card halls can participate in tonight's private viewing."
"Mushrooms have never been to the club before, but they seemed to have said they wanted to join."
As for Slime and Aqing, they will definitely not miss such occasions.
Anyway, Slime will always find a way to get a title like honorary employee.
When I came to the dining table, I saw a sealed plastic bowl on it with a note underneath.
Shi Li took a glance and saw that the plastic bowl was filled with mushroom green snot porridge.
Pop.
He slapped the bowl away and picked up the note.
The content on the note was indeed left for myself.
[Master, I left some leftovers on the table for you]
This is Slime's handwriting.
【grass!】
The straw man doesn't know many words and his handwriting is crooked.
[We can’t wake you up, so we’re leaving first]
This is Ah Qing's handwriting.
[Tonight the card room requires uniform dress. I'll leave your clothes by the door.]
It seems that mushrooms are more reliable.
"White shirt, dress pants, and a tie."
"Isn't this a formal occasion tonight?"
He picked up the clothes that Mushroom had carefully folded and placed on top of the shoe cabinet, and changed them in just a few seconds.
Looking in the mirror, I find myself looking quite handsome.
I walked out of the community, took a taxi, and soon arrived at the club building.
Perhaps because all the card halls in the city had booked the entire venue tonight, there were few customers and no food in the buffet hall on the first floor.
Shi Li could only walk towards the elevator on an empty stomach.
"When we get to the top floor, ask the waiter to bring some food."
The elevator door opened and he walked in.
After pressing the top floor button, the elevator door began to close slowly.
"Please wait a moment!"
Just then a girl's shout was heard.
So Shi Li pressed the door open button.
"Thanks!"
A beautiful girl with fox ears ran in breathlessly.
She reached out her hand to press the floor button, but saw that the top floor button was already lit.
"You want to go to the top floor too?"
He withdrew his hand, and his beautiful phoenix eyes looked at Shi Li.
"uh-huh."
Shi Li nodded.
"My name is Feng Xiaohu. Which card room are you from?"
The girl smiled and extended her hand to Shi Li.
"Show card hall, time stand."
Shi Li shook the other person's hand.
The little hand is soft and tender, but not as soft as Slime and Mushroom.
"Show card hall? I've heard of it. It seems to be a card hall with a long history."
Feng Xiaohu tilted his head and gently supported his face with his hand.
"Hmm? Are you from Lanlan City?"
Shi Li reacted immediately.
Although he basically doesn't know other people in the local card room, as long as he is from the local card room, it is impossible for him not to know other local card rooms.
For example, he himself can name the Xiu Pai Hall, Wang Defa Pai Hall, Hengheng Pai Hall in just a few minutes... um, what's the name of Ah Xiong's card hall?
Well, I can only count 3 out of 17.
But he is definitely a special case.
"Yes, many members of the card club came to our city this time."
"They all regarded this long trip as a way to relax."
Feng Xiaohu smiled playfully.
"Which card parlor are you from?"
"Balanced Card Hall."
The other party's answer made Shi Li raise his eyebrows.
This guy looks about the same age as me and comes from the Balance Poker Club. Could he be one of those young rising star players that Lao Wang mentioned?
After a few simple conversations, the elevator reached the top floor.
[Ding Dong! ]
The elevator door slowly opened, and Shi Li could see that the top floor was just as lively as usual.
Many people gathered around various game tables and enjoyed a pleasant evening.
Shi Li didn't know which ones were from this city and which ones were from Lanlan City. In short, everyone was having a great time together.
He just wanted to say one thing about this.
"This mushroom man who was killed by a thousand cuts."
Because he discovered that what he was wearing was the exclusive attire for waiters tonight!
Didn't I just beat its Three Kingdoms Mushroom deck in one game? Why is it holding such a grudge?
Just wait and see how I’ll get back at you someday and make you run naked in public!
Oh, it wasn't wearing any clothes, dammit.
"Um, how about you go and get busy first?"
At this time Feng Xiaohu also noticed the waiter's attire and obviously misunderstood Shi Li's identity.
Fortunately, at this moment, a man with a crocodile head who was passing by happened to pass by the two men.
"Hello, brother!"
As soon as the man saw Shi Li, he immediately greeted him respectfully.
"Huh? So you're from the card room too?"
Shi Li came with Director Xiu for a few nights and recruited some younger brothers.
"Brother, are you working part-time?"
Alligator Head asked curiously.
"No, we just wore the same clothes."
Shi Li said as he took off his tie and rolled up his sleeves.
"Well, this looks much better. If you roll up your trouser legs, you'll look even more handsome."
The crocodile head held his chin and said seriously.
It just rolled up its trouser legs. It can only be said that different races have different aesthetic tastes.
After greeting, the crocodile head left.
"It seems like you're doing well here~"
Feng Xiaohu poked Shi Li with his elbow in a familiar manner.
"How about showing me around a few times? Let's see if there are any new ways to play in your club."
"Hmm? All right then."
Shi Li thought it was nothing, so he agreed to the other party's request.
In fact, he had no interest in this kind of occasion tonight. If Director Xiu had not given the order before, he would not have come.
A place like a club is only fun to come when you want to.
As the two were walking in the top-floor hall, Feng Xiaohu actually discovered a new game.
"Huh? What's that for?"
She pointed to the far wall, where she saw a huge disc with a diameter of more than 3 meters, divided into various color areas.
"Well, it's flying cards. "
Shi Li took a look and asked in confusion, "It's a very common game, don't you have it over there?"
"Flying cards?"
Feng Xiaohu's eyes widened when he heard this: "We have some over there, but we've never seen a plate this big!"
"Then let's go and take a look."
Shi Li spread his hands.
As he walked slowly over, he introduced Feng Xiaohu to her.
In fact, this game is somewhat similar to the flying card version of table tennis and snooker on his hometown Blue Planet.
Most of the plate is occupied by a red ring-shaped area.
The red area is divided into 30 blocks in total. You get 1 point for each block you hit.
Then the inner circles are yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black, six circles in total.
Their scores are yellow (2 points), green (3 points), brown (4 points), blue (5 points), pink (6 points), and black (7 points).
The higher the score, the smaller the circle area it occupies.
The black area only occupies a circular area as big as a fist in the center of the disk.
The pink outer ring is divided into 2 pieces.
The blue outer ring is divided into 3 parts.
The brown outer ring is divided into 4 pieces.
The green outer ring is divided into 5 blocks.
The yellow outer ring is divided into 6 pieces.
The dueling players need to stand outside the 10-meter boundary and hit a red area first to gain the right to a second attack.
Then nail the second flying card on the six-color area to get the corresponding score.
If the red misses or the second attack is completed, it is the opponent's turn.
After each red area is pinned by a card, being pinned repeatedly will not count as points and will not give you the right to attack a second time.
However, if you knock down, cut, or shoot out the opponent's flying cards left in the six-color area during the second attack, you can make the opponent deduct the points you have earned and you can gain the points, which is called capturing territory.
The game ends when all 30 red|areas are occupied.
The party with the higher accumulated score will win.
"Wow! This game sounds interesting! What's it called?"
Feng Xiaohu's eyes lit up after hearing the rules.
"Uh, really?"
Shi Li felt quite bored, but still replied, "Fifty-one."
Because it takes fifty-one cards to fill the entire disk, the game is called this name.
When they finished introducing the name of the game, the two of them just happened to arrive at the game area.
"Hello, brother!"
"Brother."
"Good evening, brother."
"Greetings to Dad!"
As a result, when Feng Xiaohu approached the crowd, he saw several people coming over to greet Shi Li.
The one with the loudest voice and the most exaggerated posture was almost kneeling down.
"I didn't expect you to be so awesome!"
She gave Shi Li a surprised look.
"That's it."
Shi Li shrugged. He was just playing around.
The key point is that no one can beat him in this kind of showing-off stuff.
The technology in my hands is no joke .
But what he didn't expect was that so many of the club's regulars were actually card hall employees.
"Brother, do you want to play a game? Let me challenge you."
At this time, a woman with a fleshy beard on her face took the initiative to walk up to Shi Li.
"Forget it today, I'm just passing by with my (new) friend."
Shi Li waved his hand.
"Come on, come on, let me see your father's level!"
Feng Xiaohu was very interested and pushed him with both hands.
"If you have something to say, please talk to me nicely. Don't use your hands."
Shi Li took a half step back.
"Okay, it's not impossible to play a game."
He wanted to refuse, but his eyes caught a glimpse of a short figure nearby: "But how about we try something exciting?"
"Oh? What's the stimulation?"
The bearded woman's eyes immediately became excited and she licked her lips.
"We each find a friend to hang on the plate as an obstacle, and then we compete against each other."
"It's really exciting! Let's do it! Then I'll hang my boyfriend up there!"
"Well, then I'll just hang up on that guy."
After a while, a bearded man and a mushroom were hung on the disc.
The bearded man's face was full of anticipation at this moment, and it was unclear whether it was because he believed in his girlfriend's skills or because she had some kind of fetish.
Mushroom's mouth was blocked and tied up even more tightly, so no matter how hard it struggled it couldn't break free.
The game officially began, and the woman with fleshy beard took the first move.
"Um, your friend doesn't seem too happy about it."
Feng Xiaohu raised his doubts.
"No, it's just too exciting."
Shi Li pulled up the corners of his mouth and revealed a fake smile.
"Wow!"
Just at this moment Feng Xiaohu saw the flesh-bearded woman throw a flying card in an arc and hit the flesh-bearded man's ear cleanly.
Cleverly avoided the opponent and occupied a pink area.
"Brother Shi, I have been practicing very hard since I lost to you three games in a row."
"I will definitely not lose to you this time."
The woman with fleshy beard came over with a smile and made a gesture of invitation.
"Haha, don't be so confident. I'll show you what real strength is."
Shi Li smiled coldly and walked to the boundary.
Then he took out the tie from his pocket and blindfolded himself.
Meat-bearded girl: “???”
Feng Xiaohu: “???”
Mushroom: “!!!”
He just flipped his wrist, took out a card and held it between his fingers.
Then he raised his arms and swung them vigorously.
Phew!
The card drew a beautiful arc and hit Mushroom's forehead.
He doesn't care about winning or losing, he just doesn't want to leave any grudges.
“Ugh!!!!”
Mushroom's eyes widened.
"Exciting, too exciting!"
The woman with the fleshy beard couldn't help but applaud.
By the time the game was finally over, Mushroom's body was full of cards.
Afterwards, Feng Xiaohu also played two games. Unexpectedly, she was quite talented and won one and lost one.
After playing a few more games, she got two drinks from the waiter and pulled Shi Li to sit on the sofa.
"Hahahaha, I had so much fun, especially the fifty-one cards, it was really fun!"
It can be seen that Feng Xiaohu is enjoying himself very much.
“…”
Shi Li sipped his drink and said nothing.
Being a guide for others can at least make me less bored tonight.
"I see you're so good at these games, you should be very popular among the group, are you doing well here?"
At this time Feng Xiaohu asked with a smile.
"Here, it's okay."
Shi Li looked around the hall.
I don’t know if the “everyone” the other party is referring to is the card hall industry in this city.
Apart from the staff of the card show hall, he felt that people from other card show halls would not have any opinions about him.
So let's just assume that I'm doing okay.
"Then do you know the preliminary contestants of this year's competition?"
Suddenly Feng Xiaohu changed the subject.
It turns out that even though she was having fun, she did not forget her identity and did not forget to gather information.
"I understand... fairly well."
Shi Li felt that he had almost competed against the other 16 contestants and should have a certain say.
"Oh? Are they strong?"
After getting a positive answer, Feng Xiaohu raised his eyebrows slightly.
It seemed rude to ask someone directly about their deck, but she at least wanted to be prepared.
"It's hard to define whether something is strong or not."
Shi Li frowned slightly. There really was no specific standard for this thing.
"For example, their player level, or whether they have won any tournaments, or their progress in the Way of Balance. You know what the Way of Balance is, right?"
Feng Xiaohu asked.
"Forehead……"
Not to mention, Shi Li really didn’t know this information about the other contestants.
"I happen to know the progress of the [Balance] team, which is currently ranked second on the standings."
So he said this.
"Oh? Then can you tell me?"
"【Second level nine】."
"Ah~ Then the players on your side are not good enough."
When Feng Xiaohu heard this answer, he immediately showed a look of slight disgust.
"My current points are only fourth place, but do you know how much progress I have made in the [Balance]?"
Perhaps because she had become familiar with the game after playing a few rounds, she did not restrain herself in front of Shi Li.
"How many?"
"【Three levels and one】!"
Feng Xiaohu puffed out his chest proudly.
"Oh, you're pretty good then."
Shi Li nodded.
"What? Your reaction is really boring."
At this time, Feng Xiaohu didn't know that the other party was the second place in the city's standings.
[Ding-ling-ling! ]
【Dad is calling, Dad is calling! 】
At this moment, both of their phones rang almost at the same time.
"Excuse me, I have to answer the phone."
Shi Li saw the name on the caller ID and stood up and walked aside.
[Hello! Where are you? ]
【Where did you go! 】
[It's not here yet?! ]
As soon as the call was connected, Secretary He's low but slightly anxious voice came from the other end.
"I've arrived a long time ago, why?"
Shi Li didn't understand why.
[Then hurry up and come to the Supreme VIP Room! ]
After listening to Secretary He's explanation on the phone, Shi Li finally understood.
It turned out that the area outside the hall was a place for employees from the two cities to have fun and entertainment.
The real exchange meeting will be in the largest VIP room inside.
"No one told me this."
"Okay, okay, I'll go over now, stop yelling."
After hanging up the phone, he walked up to Feng Xiaohu.
"Sorry, let's stop here for tonight. I have something to do and I have to excuse myself."
"Huh? What a coincidence. I'm leaving too, ahahaha."
Feng Xiaohu was also scolded by the curator on the other end of the phone because of his playfulness.
So the two said goodbye and walked in the same direction.
As I walked, I came into the corridor.
The two looked at each other strangely, and then walked and walked until they arrived at the door of the Supreme VIP room.
"What the hell, are you also a contestant in this session?"
At this time Feng Xiaohu finally reacted.
Thinking of what she had just said, she felt a little embarrassed.
"uh-huh."
Shi Li certainly didn't care about these. He nodded as a sign of acknowledgement and then pushed open the door.
It was his first time to come to the Supreme VIP room.
The room is quite large, larger than a basketball court.
He knew some of the people present or their faces were familiar to him, they were all contestants of this session.
I don’t know if it was a temporary renovation or it was originally like this, but this room was arranged in a circular layout.
Sofas are arranged in a circle across the aisle.
All the people whose faces he recognized sat on the right side.
I have never seen any of the people on the left side before, so I think they must be visitors from Lanlan City.
In the center of the room, an open space was left.
At this time, two people were setting up a card table in the open space and playing cards.
One of them, as soon as I saw his back, I knew it was Director Wang Defa.
The other one looked to be a year or two younger than him, and was a young man with a bamboo dragonfly growing on his head.
Since it was not an official competition, no barriers were set up.
It must be said that he and Feng Xiaohu arrived at the right time. At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the card table and no one noticed their entry.
Because the game is at its final moment.
After 5 seconds, the game is over.
"Director Wang, thank you for your guidance."
The blue light of the card table converged, and the bamboo dragonfly boy clasped his hands together and spoke loudly.
There was an unconcealable joy and pride between his brows.
"As expected, heroes emerge from youth."
In contrast, Wang Defa's face was very dark, super dark.
Because he lost.