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Chapter 83 "Seven Friends" Novice Chapter
I try not to make the story too difficult to understand, but life is not something that can be explained word for word.

Remember the saying: It takes three years to learn well and only three days to learn bad.

But how can a ridiculously bad person learn to be good?
My answer is seven friends, seven friends who cannot be named.

They walked in front of me one by one and fell into the abyss for me.

Only then did I realize my return from the lost path and know how to cherish what I have in front of me.

Without these seven friends, I might be a complete bad guy now.

. . .

Ask me how I met Xiaobai?

That probably started when I started to fall.

When I was a child, I was not a fuel-efficient person, or I was not good at reading.

I have almost never done anything a good boy should do.

But I almost never stopped doing what a bad boy should do.

It was the winter vacation of fifth grade, and my cousin from the country stayed at my house.

My cousin was 23 years old at that time and heard that he was coming to the city to look for a job.

And I am 13 years old, in fifth grade of elementary school.

During the winter vacation at that time, there was very little homework.

When my cousin has nothing to do, he likes to lean on the bench and read job advertisements.

And I was assigned to look after him. It seemed that my cousin was not a good boy when he was a child.

That day he put down the newspaper on a whim.

He took me around to find game arcades, in an era when Internet cafes were not popular.

Game arcades are located almost everywhere in the downtown area, and I almost memorized the route after using them once.

That road to decadence.

My cousin only stayed at my house for seven days. After that, he seemed to have given up on finding a job in the county and returned to the countryside.

But during the seven days he was at my house, every day felt like a holiday.

In the past seven days, I have played almost every game in the arcade.

Before he took it away, he handed me all the change.

A huge sum of 30 yuan is a treasure to me who has no pocket money.

And the place where I spent the treasure was the game arcade he took me to.

The game arcade was located in the business district and was bustling with activity.

Fifty cents a coin, 30 yuan was divided into several parts by me.

But for a kid like me who doesn’t have pocket money, I always spend my money wisely.

But no matter how careful you are, you can't stand the colorful display on the display in front of you.

When I was young, I still thought that I was not reserved enough, but then I went to college.The teacher who taught the market said something that made me feel that everything was normal.He said: "Women, children, old people and dogs, if you want to make money, look ahead."

I was really just a kid at the time, and I spent that huge sum of money in less than a week.

The days after that were particularly difficult, with half of the winter vacation still to go.

But I could only watch others playing helplessly, and I could only stare.

But soon, I discovered a way to make a fortune.

After the winter vacation and the New Year, all the New Year's money has to be handed over.

But there are always some children from wealthy families who can still keep them.

I started the earliest plan, which is really a crime now that I think about it.

You may have a hard time imagining how quickly children can reach a consensus.

Especially when you are immature and do it for money.

We, five people who didn't know each other, would spend the whole morning looking for our target.

It's the kind of new face with a jingle in his pocket or a box of coins, and these targets usually exchange for a bunch of coins in one fell swoop.If they don't let them play and drive him away at this time, there is almost no way he can get a refund.

So as long as there are five people in a group, four people will sing blackface and one person will sing whiteface.

You can almost get some money.

Now that I think about it, I was almost the one who was the one doing the wrong thing at that time.

There are usually only two employees in game arcades, one is the janitor and the other is the cashier.

The janitor is also responsible for repairing the rocker.

We will wait for the target to move around to the back of the arcade, where the staff cannot see the target, and then attack.

First let me, who is a white-faced person, go over and strike up a conversation with the target, and then tell him that I am having fun in this game arcade.You can come to me if you need anything, I like to make friends and so on.

Of course, the target who was playing the game didn't take me seriously at all.

But after I left, it was time for the four black faces to go up.

There is a switch at the top of each arcade machine. Four people gather around and press the switch first.

Just turn off the target who is having fun, then wait for the target to come to their senses and then start the black face routine.

"Have you paid the protection fee?"

"Is this place you came from?"

"What else are you playing for? Go out."

. . .

Almost every one of them said something, and the other person was confused.

If the target dares to talk back at this time, the black faces will basically be scattered.

But when I met someone who said nothing, it was my turn to appear again.

Pull these four people aside and pretend to break up the fight, then turn towards the target and start attacking the last line of psychological defense of the target.

It's probably said that these people are all gangsters here, and their brothers are all gangsters.

Then ask the target how much money he has so that you can be friends with him.

This group of people wanted to take [-] yuan, so I advised them to just give it [-] yuan.

Then they probably said that they would accept it, and if anyone bullies you here, they can still protect you.

Usually this kind of target carries a pocket or a box of coins, but at this time he honestly didn't dare to make a fuss.

If the coins cannot be spent, they will be given out if there is an urgent need.

Around the Chinese New Year, almost seven or eight out of ten will succeed.

Then leave here to divide the loot, or go to another game room to play again.

When I asked if I had any mistakes, of course I did.

If the target starts shouting, or runs to the visible side of the cashier.

Then the janitor staff would come over and drive us away with a big broom.

But if we come back after a while, the gatekeeper will let us in again tacitly.

Later, I also asked the eldest brother at the gate why he let us in.

According to him, making money is not about making money.

Besides, you are all familiar with each other, and I don’t know what will happen if the new faces drive you away.

In this almost semi-identified situation, we became the nominal gangsters in this game room.

It was still a lie at first, but later this method of making money soon became unusable.

Newcomers mixed in with old people, and almost everyone was a familiar face.

When there were no more pitfalls, we found another way.

This method is generally rarely used, and it must be used in unfamiliar game arcades.

If you are caught, you will not only be chased away, but you may also be beaten.

The five people searched first in a game arcade they didn't know, and they could always find a single game coin on the ground.

This method of finding coins was such that when I grew up, I would still dream about finding coins in the arcade from time to time.

One is just the start, then look for a target who puts the box on the table to play the game.

Generally, only look for single targets, and make sure there are a lot of coins in the target box.

Throw a coin at the target's feet and pat the target to indicate that the coin has fallen to the ground.

Normally, a target that concentrates on playing games would glance at the ground.

If there is a coin, I will bend down to pick it up.

At this time, he immediately pressed on his body and pretended to help him play the game. The other person immediately came over and reached out to take out his box.

Grab a handful and leave immediately. When he comes to his senses, he realizes that you are helping him play.

You just release the joystick and leave, and he will take it almost immediately and continue.

By the time he really realized something was missing, we were almost gone.

I've only used this kind of thing three times.

It was really because my hands were itchy that I dry them, but in fact I really wanted to find a coin on the ground first.

This first step is already difficult. Find a child who is alone and focused on playing, rich and stupid.

It was so difficult that for a while, the number of children who dared to put a bunch of coin boxes on the countertop almost disappeared.

I was really messing around during that time, and I also discovered a secret door in the permanent game room.

This secret door is next to the cashier, and all kinds of adults will enter through the secret door.

But as children, we didn't dare to go in, until that day I saw Xiaobai.

Yes, that’s the novice of the title.

He is the first friend I can't name.

Xiaobai is not really white, but he always holds a white Nokia mobile phone in his hand.At that time, Nokia mobile phones were rare items.

White Nokia is even harder to see.

Because he is almost as tall as me, he is the only person I can see who can go in even with the child's height.

That day I finally couldn't help my curiosity and followed him into the secret door.

There are all kinds of colorful slot machines inside.

Xiaobai sat in front of one of them and played slowly.

I'm not interested in these red and green blocks spinning around, I'm interested in the people sitting here playing.

Almost everyone here has piles of one dollar in their boxes, and Xiaobai is one of them.

One dollar is two coins, and people here are almost constantly putting one dollar into the box.

I don’t understand how the red and green marquees attract them.

Later, every time Xiaobai came over, I would almost follow him in.

I gradually discovered that Xiaobai came almost every day, and the box was almost always full of coins.

I once secretly counted it and found that it was almost a hundred in change.

Although he plays slot machines, he rarely takes action.

I just watched others play, and then they left to pick up their plates.

But every shot is not a small amount, and his gameplay is different from everyone here.

I followed him for a week, watching him put coins into the box again and again.

He loses most of the time, but when he makes a profit, coins will pour from the coin outlet.

I rarely see others take out so much money from the box at one time, but I saw it three times with Xiaobai.

It’s only been a week and I’ve seen it three times.

In front of a child like me who spends a coin to play something and has to think about it for a long time, this pouring of a dollar is simply unimaginable.

Until one day, Xiaobai seemed to notice me.

He asked: "I come to see it every day. Do you want to learn?"

I nodded and said, "I have no money."

"I can teach you, but you have to pay for the tuition yourself." Xiaobai said.

I followed him for another week, this week of contact.

I just found out that Xiaobai was a junior high school student, and he started playing slot machines around my age.

He didn't teach me how to play the horse race on the slot machine, but he taught me the only way to make money on the slot machine.

By the way, horse racing is similar to the treasure hunting in King of Glory.

It's just that you have to select what you want in the box first, and then it's ready when the lamp is pressed.

But Xiaobai told me that this is a pit, and the only way to really make money is to press the size.

Very simple rule, fifteen points is the limit.

Above fifteen is a big one, and below fifteen is a small one.

Fifteen is directly doubled, regardless of whether you press large or small.

One dollar is ten cents.

There is no limit to the score, if you win once, it will be doubled.

Xiaobai told me that there are all slot machines here.

Almost only those who suppress the size can make money.

I once asked why he said that the only way to really make money is by pressing the big and small, but he insisted on playing the horse racing above.

He laughed and told me that size no longer meant anything to him.

Because he couldn't see the coins pouring down, he only liked the sound of coins raining down.

I didn't think so at the time.

The method of pressing the size taught by Xiaobai is very simple.

Prepare five dollars.

Five points to start, only pressure.

If you win, put five points back.

If you lose, it will be changed to ten points, and if you lose again, it will be fifteen points.

Then twenty, twenty-five.

If you win, start again from five points.

When you lose, you go home, and when you make money, you continue.

A few days later, I scraped together five yuan and embarked on this road with itchy hands.

Xiaobai's method really worked. I won more than 20 yuan on the first day.

20 yuan is enough to fill half of the groove.

When I looked at the money, I actually had the idea of ​​hoarding it and not continuing.

But I can't understand why Xiaobai doesn't feel bad every time he spends more than half of his money.

Until one time I tentatively asked him how much he spent on slot machines.

He smiled and told me that it was probably several thousand.

As a sixth grader, I could hardly understand the concept of thousands of units becoming money.

When I asked him where the money came from, he just smiled and said nothing.

I thought he was a rich man at first, but later I realized that I was thinking too much.

After that, I kept in mind what Xiaobai told me, and I would go there every time I got five yuan.If you lose, leave, if you win, continue.

Of course, I added one more rule to this rule, leaving one to go out and play electronically.

At that time, I started playing slot machines in the small house with a secret door almost all day long. I watched those people playing slot machines even if I had no money.

And my luck seemed to be slowly running out, and I was losing more and winning less.

It wasn't until school started that I came here every day instead of only coming on weekends.

And the chances of seeing Xiaobai are getting less and less.

That day, I spent all the five yuan I brought early.

Xiaobai also arrived as scheduled, and he watched others play slot machines in front of me.

Xiaobai told me so much that day that I almost forgot them all.

But I remember he said just press the big and small, never play horse racing.

He told a story that the person who introduced him was called an old man.

The old man is very old, in his forties or fifties.

The old man loved slot machines so much that he could spend 200 yuan in coins and sit there all day long.

The old man told Xiaobai how to play the big and small bets, and Xiaobai told me again.

And the old man also taught Xiaobai a trick, just to watch one person play it is almost enough.

If he keeps losing, he will stand up after losing enough for twenty rounds.

Just sit in his seat and play for about five rounds. In these five rounds, all five yuan will be pressed to seven.

Seven is the biggest chip on the slot machine, and it can be turned over ten times if you hit it once.

In other words, fifty points can be doubled a hundred times, a full five thousand points.

Ten points is one yuan, which is 500 yuan.

This is the secret why you can often hear him playing slot machines with coins pouring down.

25 yuan for 500 yuan.

I asked Xiaobai how many times he had succeeded after playing for so long.

He told me countless times and that he would dream about this in his dreams.

He even improved it from five yuan a time to ten yuan a time because he had succeeded so many times.

When I asked him if this was how he earned his money from playing every day.

He told me it wasn't.

From elementary school to now, he has owed more than 500 yuan to external loan sharks in two years.

There are times when you have to pay back, but you always owe more than you pay back.

Those gangsters knew his school and his home address.

Even until his parents’ phone calls and their parents’ workplaces.

These were all things he told himself when he borrowed money.

After saying this, I realized that the white Nokia he always loved to hold in his hand disappeared at some point.

And he told me that the white Nokia had been sold a long time ago.

That day, Xiaobai watched a bully stand up after losing twenty rounds. Xiaobai told me that his good opportunity had arrived.

Xiaobai sat in the position of being taken advantage of and paid ten yuan at a time ten times.

But he never hit the number seven he chose. He got up and left here in frustration.

Before leaving, Xiaobai said that he would never come again. The gangster who owed money had said in the past few days that he was looking for his parents.

After that day, I really never saw Xiaobai again.

And I haven’t touched a slot machine since that day.

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(End of this chapter)