Chapter 42: Want kickbacks?
Mr. Wang is now in his forties. He graduated in the early 1990s and resolutely went to Pengcheng, which was still a hot spot at that time, instead of obeying the assignment. After a few years, he made a lot of money and returned to Hangzhou. After returning, he switched to real estate, and as a result, housing prices in various places were rising wildly, and he became a wealthy man. Mr. Wang believes that he has traveled all over the country and has seen many strange people and things.
But now, even though he has a wide range of experience, he has never seen such a person. If you say he is a master, he is full of commercialism, but if you say he is not a master, this attitude is fearless. Even though Mr. Wang believes that he is capable and knows how to be the best, he can only grit his teeth and finally come up with the evaluation of "strange man".
Zheng Wen reacted after being reminded by Mr. Wang, and quickly explained to Zhang Dadao: "Please don't be surprised, Mr. Wang, I like to joke the most, and I am very humorous."
Mr. Wang was stunned for a moment before he nodded and said, "People with abilities always have some quirks, right? Just like me, my brother, I am not good at anything else but those bottles and jars!"
Before Zheng Wen could answer, Zhang Dadao asked in confusion, "How can a big boss like you like pickled vegetables? This is really a quirk. Do you really want to go all in?"
Mr. Wang smiled and said, "Yes, if you want to come, come for the full set. It doesn't cost much anyway!"
"Nouveau riche!" Zhang Dadao cursed again with contempt in his heart, and tried hard to hint at "smiling service" before he managed a little smile. He said, "Let's read your face first!" Zhang Dadao said as he walked closer and looked at Mr. Wang's face carefully.
This time, it depends on real skills. Fortune-telling is a science, which mainly infers a person's past based on his external conditions. It is probably similar to deduction. After the other party has trust, they can try to deceive him. Just like everyone knows that there is only one Sherlock Holmes in the world, there are very few people who are really capable of fortune-telling.
Zhang Dadao looked at him for a long while before saying, "Mr. Wang had a smooth life in the past twenty years, but he suffered a lot when he was a child. He lost his closest relatives since he was young, and his father died before his mother. Well, he was married and had a daughter, and a lover who was about the same age as his daughter. Should they be divorced now?"
The more Zhang Dadao talked, the more surprised Mr. Wang was. It was fine before. But when he talked about lovers, he was so surprised that he forgot to close his mouth. When Zhang Dadao paused, he interrupted and said, "Yes, yes! You are really a strange person, stop for a moment! How can you calculate so much? Can you even count lovers?"
Zhang Dadao thought to himself, "There's a scent of perfume on him, strawberries on his neck, lipstick marks on his collar, and he looks like he has kidney deficiency. I guess who would look for an older lover?"
But he said calmly: "There is a small red word on the right side of your spouse's palace, which means you have a concubine. As for her age, that's just my guess!"
After Zhang Dadao said this, Mr. Wang calmed down a lot and nodded, "I won't talk about the past. Little brother, can you tell me how my luck will be in the future?"
Zhang Dadao nodded and said, "Stretch out your palms and let me see." Mr. Wang stretched out his hands as he was told. Zhang Dadao looked at them for a while and nodded, saying, "Your future fortune is good, but next year there will be a big disaster, which will come from the center of the palace, and it is the fire evil. If you can get through it, you will have another 20 years of good fortune, but you have a strong metal element in your destiny, and metal is born from water and cuts down wood, so you need to be careful about liver and kidney diseases."
"Next year?" Mr. Wang was a little stunned, and asked carefully: "What are these Zhonggong and Huosha?"
Zhang Dadao laughed secretly, "It's not in vain that I supported the news broadcast! The anti-corruption campaign has been very intense recently. These businessmen must have connections with the officials above them. I made up a story and he would not believe it!" He said, "It's probably because of the turmoil in the officialdom. The fire started and they were caught in the crossfire."
"Hiss!" Mr. Wang took a breath, nodded, thought for a long time and then said: "Thank you for the reminder, little brother. Okay! Let's not worry about the next thing! I, Old Wang, am really lucky, otherwise I wouldn't have met a master like you. I won't say much, please wait a moment, I'll be back soon." After saying that, he hurried away without waiting for Zhang Dadao to speak.
Zhang Dadao was stunned and could not stop him. He could only look at Zheng Wen and said, "Brother Wen? What's going on? This fat guy is not going to run away like this, is he? I've heard of people eating and drinking for free, but I've never seen people who tell fortunes for free. Aren't you afraid that I will disturb his family's ancestral graves?"
Zheng Wen had been frightened by Zhang Dadao before, but he came to his senses at this moment and said with a smile: "He is worth hundreds of millions, how can he be a little bit worse than you? But is your calculation really accurate this time? Will this guy really be in trouble next year?"
Zhang Dadao nodded and said, "Generally speaking , yes, but now that he knows, maybe it will be okay!"
Zheng Wen smiled and said, "You can even predict his past events so accurately, so it shouldn't be any different in the future!"
Zhang Dadao laughed and said, "It's easy to calculate the past, but it's hard to calculate the future. Anyway, he can believe it or not. I'll make money first. If I'm wrong, he'll be safe and he won't think of me. If I'm right, he'll be in trouble, but he won't cause trouble for me. Anyway, I'm taking advantage of him, so what's there to be afraid of?"
Zheng Wen squinted his eyes and said nothing, but his face looked a little ugly. After a while, a handsome man in his thirties came in, greeted Zheng Wen, walked up to Zhang Dadao, handed him an envelope and said, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Wang left in an emergency, this is what he told you to give me."
Zheng Wen waited for Zhang Dadao to receive the food and was about to open the envelope when he said, "We have just finished eating. Can you, the big manager, come and settle the bill for us in person?"
The manager laughed and said, "Mr. Zheng is such a joker. Is it necessary to settle the bill for Mr. Wang leaving your company?"
Zheng Wen was stunned, patted his head and said, "Forget about it! Okay, thank him for me!"
As he said that, he pulled Zhang Dadao out. Zhang Dadao looked at the card in his hand and shook his head, "Really? Give him cash! If there's less money in his card, I won't have anywhere to complain! This local tycoon doesn't know any rules!"
Zheng Wen said helplessly, "Don't worry, there's no shortage of money! Who would carry tens of thousands of cash on them? I'm telling you, how much do you need money? Isn't it said that masters like you treat money like dirt?"
Zhang Dadao said happily: "You've watched too many TV dramas, right? The temple entrance faces south, and if you don't have money, don't come in. Look at these temples by the West Lake, which one doesn't sell tickets?"
"Temple?" Zheng Wen thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you a Taoist? Are you slandering the monk?"
Zhang Dadao nodded and said, "Yes, I am slandering them! Didn't we in Taoism say it straight? For a Taoist, wealth, companion, law, and land are the most important things. Money comes first. Of course I am short of money, very short of it!"
Zheng Wen nodded, said nothing, got in the car and started it. While driving, Zheng Wen said to Zhang Dadao: "You don't make much money from fortune-telling. Most rich people won't believe you easily. If it weren't for my introduction to Mr. Wang today, he probably wouldn't believe you!"
Zhang Dadao was stunned and quickly covered his pocket, saying nervously: "What do you mean? You want kickbacks? Let me tell you first, it won't work without telling you in advance. Next time you introduce someone, then I will share with you!" Zhang Dadao's expression was very mercenary, showing the typical appearance of a miser.
