Confessions of a Salesman

Chapter 431 Gambling
One of the several people challenged: "Third brother, this is your fault. If you agree, it's just us. What do you mean by finding an outsider?"

Liu Sheng snorted and said, "I won't go any further, so don't ask, because it's for your face, it's your honor that he can come, don't play if you don't want to play, I'm too lazy to play with you .”

It can be seen that the people at this table are all begging Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng is confident.

That person didn't speak, and the other one smoothed things over and said, "It's fate to be able to come here, and it's definitely not ordinary people, right, let's go on, let's go on."

A few people continued to play again, this fried golden flower, you have to have momentum, you have to have capital, Liu Sheng seems to be rich and powerful, he doesn't look at the cards, he follows to the end, a few back and forth, there are hundreds of thousands on the table chips.Liu Sheng didn't lift his eyes and his heart didn't beat.If the card is not too big, it is often the second round, either to check the card, or to throw it away.

Liu Ziran is such an arrogant person, but he seems cautious, often giving up before the second lap.

I glanced at the chips on his table and frowned.

In this hand, Liu Ziran should have a big card in his hand, and he is willing to keep following it, which shows this point. Like his betting method, if you have a big card, you will desperately press, and if you don't have a card, you just throw it away. How can you win money.But in this round, maybe his opponent also had a big hand, and he was holding on to it. After three rounds, the table was full of chips.

Liu Sheng looked at the cards in his hand, cursed, and threw away the cards in his hand.The other also looked at it, and laughed at himself: "Third brother won't go with such a big card, and I won't go anywhere."

There were only two people left, and the man said fiercely: "How many are left on your table, let's pass it, and open the cards directly."

Liu Ziran wiped the sweat from his forehead and said persistently, "No!"

The man said angrily: "Hey, are you serious? You can continue if you want, take the money, I can't trust you anymore, but at least you owe a lot here, right? Don't just rely on one Open your mouth, I won’t get any money if I win!”

Liu Ziran pleaded: "Which brother can borrow some?"

Several people ignored him.

I looked at Liu Sheng, who had a sarcastic face and didn't speak.

I talked about the chip in my hand, and threw it in front of Liu Ziran. Several people looked at me, then at the chip, and said with a smile, "Brother, are you kidding me? You can't see enough in this round."

Liu Sheng advised me: "Don't worry about it!"

I ignored him and asked Liu Ziran, "How much?"

Liu Ziran was stunned for a moment, looked at the chips on the opposite table and said, "200!"

I pushed open the door and called the waiter, "Go and help me with my 200 million chips."

The waiter explained: "Sir, you have to get it yourself. We have a rule here, you have to go by yourself."

I looked at them and said to Liu Ziran, "Wait for me!"

He hurriedly went downstairs, took out his card, thought for a while and asked the person in the window: "May I know, how much money do I have?"

Wan Jinyou's voice came from the window: "You can have as much as you want?"

I looked around and cursed: "Go to hell, I want 10 billion, so I'll take 200 million chips first."

Wan Jinyou said with a smile: "Okay, sir, I wish you a happy driving!"

When I went up with the chips, Liu Ziran was already sitting on the side in a daze, and the man proudly collected the chips on the table.

I asked, "How did you draw the cards? Lost?"

The man said triumphantly, "He didn't dare to open it, so he just gave up!"

I stared at Liu Ziran stubbornly, Liu Ziran's face was dark and irrelevant, like a dead person, I scolded directly: "What kind of grandson are you pretending to be? You dare not open this little money?"

Liu Ziran murmured: "Don't dare to open it, I can't afford to lose, I really can't afford to lose, leave me alone, I don't want to hurt you!"

The man who won him said proudly to me: "Brother, this is for your own good. If you don't have money, you shouldn't come here to play."

Liu Sheng persuaded: "Forget it, let's go."

Looking at Liu Ziran who was sitting blankly, I felt an inexplicable heartache, and said to the person just now: "I'll play with you."

Liu Sheng immediately grabbed me and said, "Brother, I brought you here not for you to gamble. It's as if pornography, gambling and drugs are glued on, and you will be useless in this life. How much money you have is not enough!"

A few people next to him said dissatisfiedly: "Third brother, it's not nice to talk like that. Aren't the brothers just trying to have fun? What is this little money?"

I hummed and said, "Yes, this little money is nothing, come, come, let me play with you."

Liu Sheng just stood up, so he had to sit down again, and persuaded: "Don't play so big, it hurts feelings!"

No one listened to him, and the cards began to be dealt.

I had the "A" hole card in my hand, and I threw in 10 directly, and several people followed suit. Then I was dealt a "3", and several people raised their bets immediately, and Liu Sheng withdrew.

I called one hand, and the third card was a "4". Someone directly added 20, and the others followed. I didn't even think about it, and followed.

Someone wanted to see my cards, and I compared them.Now, the few remaining people hesitated a little.

I still had to raise, and another guy backed out.The remaining one picked up his own card, looked at it again and again, hesitating whether to follow, and finally said with a smile: "Brother, the first one will give you a good start! I quit."

I smiled and said, "Don't waste that little money, don't you want to look at my cards?"

The man smiled and said, "Forget it, it's not necessary!" After speaking, he threw down the card.

Looking at the pile of chips on the table, I feel nothing at all, as if it is not money.

At the beginning of the second round, I did the same thing. I had the biggest "Q" in my hand. I wanted to fight for a pair. I guess the cards of the other players were not big. Liu Sheng glanced at me, it seemed that he had a big card, but he also threw it in. .I won again.

In the next few rounds, I knew I couldn't keep cheating like this, and I gave up occasionally.There are wins and losses for each other.

Liu Sheng is very good at playing cards, he sees very accurately, and he doesn't easily follow to the end. Once in a while, others will think that he is a big card, so they don't follow. He is not greedy, and enough is enough.He didn't play like they did before, he always didn't look at the cards, and just followed to the end, probably to give me face.

After a few more rounds, I seem to be able to gain insight into the psychological state of each of them, and I can roughly see what kind of cards they are holding. I have become familiar with the game and won a lot of games easily.Since my cards are very big every time I open my hole cards, they basically give up as soon as I call to the bottom.

They also couldn't figure out which one I was cheating them and which one was really a big name?
Just like that, there were more and more chips in front of my table, and two of them had already bottomed out. Liu Sheng looked at the chips on the table and said, "Why don't you come here today? I've been playing for a long time. Go out and eat." Want something?"

Several people agreed and followed Liu Sheng out. Liu Sheng turned around and called me, and I said, "Third brother, you go first, I will have a chat with Liu Ziran."

Liu Sheng sighed and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you next!"

There was no one left, so Liu Ziran and I were left talking, and I said angrily: "How did you make such a ghost? People don't look like people, ghosts don't look like ghosts?"

Liu Ziran said expressionlessly, "What can I do? Someone cheated me on the lottery ticket, and all my property was confiscated. I will pay for all your money."

I closed my eyes and asked: "Then why didn't you tell me? Then you can't gamble here every day? You can win it back?"

Liu Ziran murmured: "This is my last chance. A big one will cost millions. If I have money, I will play a few more big ones. If I have thousands of dollars, I can invest. Only then can we make a comeback!"

I scolded angrily: "I've never heard of it. Who made a comeback by gambling? If you want money, I'll give it to you!"

Liu Ziran said: "How much can you give me? Even if you can trust me, I can't even trust myself. I don't want to ask for your money anymore. We are not relatives, so there is no need for you to be so kind to me. What do you owe me?"

I sighed and said, "I have confidence in you, don't ruin your future just like that!"

Liu Ziran smiled bleakly and said: "This is all the sin I made in the first half of my life. I don't blame anyone, just blame myself. Don't worry about me anymore. I've made up my mind, and I won the last fight. Let's two brothers, continue to fight bravely, if you fail to win, you don't know me."

I know what must have happened to him?He asked, "What is it that hit you like this?"

Liu Ziran finally broke down, crying and saying, "I raped my sister, I'm a beast!"

I groaned and asked incredulously, "What are you talking about! Are you crazy?"

Liu Ziran pulled his hair desperately and said: "That night, I drank too much. In the KTV, I didn't know it was her. I thought it was the lady sitting on the stage. I didn't know it was her until the next morning. I really don't know." what!"

I took a deep breath and comforted me: "You are not real brothers and sisters, it's okay, you just can't get married."

Liu Ziran looked even more painful and said: "She is dead, she committed suicide by cutting her wrist at home!"

I asked uncertainly, "Did you see her die with your own eyes?"

Liu Ziran said in pain: "I saw her get on the car covered with a white quilt."

I still asked in disbelief, "Are you sure she's really dead?"

Liu Ziran cried first, then smiled and said: "Really, I dreamed of her several times!"

I helped him up and said, "Anyway? Didn't the law not hold you accountable? That means it's not considered rape. It was done voluntarily by her. You don't have to blame yourself too much!"

Liu Ziran stared at me firmly and said, "If it wasn't for rape, why would she commit suicide? It's my fault, you can just leave me to fend for myself!"

I know I can't persuade him anymore, in fact, I don't even know how to persuade him?

He said: "If you need money, just tell me, leave these chips to you, I hope you can really make a comeback! To be a person, you have to be strong, and make more excuses for yourself. Sometimes it is a good thing. Life is not worth it. The hurdles that cannot be overcome, when you think about it later, they are all fleeting."

Liu Ziran remained silent, just staring straight at the chips on the table.

I went downstairs, and Liu Sheng was waiting for me. Seeing me coming down, he asked, "How is it? Didn't lie to you, he is finished, completely finished. If you can't persuade him, no one can persuade him."

I don't want to talk, really don't want to talk.Liu Sheng pulled me and said, "Let's go, have a drink or two, I have something to tell you the truth."

I nodded, but when I saw other people who had just played cards with me, they also followed me, feeling uninterested, and said to Liu Sheng: "When you really want to talk to me, come to me again!" After finishing speaking , went away by himself.

I don't know why, my heart is empty, I can't tell the feeling, I keep thinking about Liu Ziran's empty eyes, there is nothing in his eyes, alive like a walking dead, it reminds me of another person, Xiaohua.People who are also crushed by life, people who are crushed by reality.

The human heart is really easy to be crushed, it is so fragile, so vulnerable, once it is crushed, it is difficult to put it together again.

Only then did I feel Xiaowan's inner strength. What kind of struggles and tempers did she go through to move forward and live a brave life?

I sat in the hotel for a whole night, and I was blaming myself, did I give up on them too easily?What if, if I try harder and try again, maybe I can win back their hearts and make them cheer up again?Later, I got the answer, because I came out of that underestimation myself, and then I became stronger inside. Only I can get out of it, and no one can help them.

Early the next morning, I reported the situation here to Mr. Dong. When Mr. Dong knew about it, he comforted me and said, "This is not something you can change. Come back. If this market is lost, it will be lost. If they can hold on, it's theirs." We recognize the ability. But the market is so exhausted that they can occupy the national market.”

I can always hear high-spirited words and uplifting encouragement from Dong Zong. She never criticized me, of course I mean criticism in the true sense. There is a way. She looks at things from an optimistic perspective and can always see the other side of things.But she is not blindly optimistic, but has real confidence and can solve the problem.

I hummed and said: "They will do this in other places, but there is definitely no such momentum. I decided to fight back. Dong Zong, I have a bold idea."

Dong Zong said with a smile: "I know you are brave, as long as you don't violate the law, I will fully support you!"

Soon, on the billboards of bus stops across the country, I saw such an advertisement with only one sentence: "Cheap, always be cheap!"

On the first day it came out, many people were baffled, wondering what kind of advertisement this was?A few days later, the streets and alleys were talking about whose eldest wife is scolding the mistress?Or two women fighting over a man?Rumors abounded, saying everything.

A week later, the advertisement was changed to: "Good product, never cheap!" Now, people suddenly understood that this was an advertisement for a product.

Then they began to speculate, what kind of product advertisement is this?It must not be a small company that is willing to spend such a large amount of money on advertising.

This ad takes on all the talking points people are talking about this month.

At the end of the month, the mystery of the advertisement was revealed: "Wanzhong, the real thing!"

The advertising effect is there, but the response is mixed. Some people think it is sensationalism, and some people think that everyone should advertise, which proves that it is really not working.Some people think that Wanzhong just wants to tell the public that you get what you pay for.

(End of this chapter)