Chapter 29: The Gambling House Knows Human Nature
After Zhang Qingyun sat down, He Guan began to deal the cards. Geng Zhan sat beside him, and Zhang Qingyun nodded at Geng Biao, saying:
"I just arrived, I don't know the size, wait a moment and you help me arrange the chips!"
Geng Zhan was taken aback, thinking that this was a stake of over a million, although it wasn't his money, how could he be so casual? Zhao Chuan smiled silently, and at this time the dealer's cards were dealt.
Zhang Qingyun's hand was the largest, with the red peach K speaking. Zhang Qingyun's hand was the black peach ten, which was in the middle of the crowd.
"5,000!" said the man whose hand Zhang Qingyun was holding.
"Not following!" Zhang Qingyun pushed away his cards without even looking at his bottom card.
Geng Zhan gave him a slanted glance, his lips moving slightly, but ultimately he didn't speak up. He thought to himself, what's going on here? Can't I just take a look at the bottom card before deciding?
Zhang Qingyun smiled, gambling is about luck and psychology. He didn't know any of the people sitting there, so it wouldn't be good to act rashly. Moreover, the cards in his hand were not very good either. His own card face was 10, and another player also had a 10. The probability of him winning wasn't high.
Next, Zhang Qingyun chose to give up several rounds in a row. During this time, Zhao won one round and the middle-aged man who was targeted by Zhang Qingyun won two rounds. However, all of this had nothing to do with Zhang Qingyun, he only lost some chips for the bottom line.
"What's wrong, Little Zhang? You're throwing away your cards without any strength at all. I'm ordering you, the next round must follow!" Zhao Chuandao said.
Zhang Qingyun secretly smiled wryly and thought to himself that today he had indeed encountered a situation where the scholar met the soldier, having received two absurd commands in a row.
Next one by one, the dealer dealt a card, Zhang Qingyun's card face was the largest, black peach A, he spoke.
Zhang Qingyun smiled and said: "5,000!"
Because Zhang Qingyun was playing for the first time, everyone else also chipped in, and the first round followed suit, with no one raising the stakes. Zhao Chuan's upcard was the King of Spades.
The dealer dealt the next round, Zhao got a red ace of diamonds, while Zhang only had a black 2 of spades, and the largest card face belonged to Zhao.
"10,000!" Zhao Chuan laughed and said.
After he finished speaking, several people started looking at their hole cards. One of them folded, and the others also followed suit.
"Follow me!" Zhang Qingyun smiled at Geng Zhan.
"Hah!" Geng Zhan responded by pushing a bet of 10,000 chips to the middle of the table.
"Quite interesting, Little Zhang, you're so confident?" Zhao Chuan smiled and said.
Next is another round of poker, Zhao Chuan got a K again, he had the biggest pair of Ks and was speaking, while Zhang Qingyun had a 2.
"Fifty thousand!"
Several others looked at their bottom cards and their own faces, and chose to give up. There was only Zhang Qingyun left on the table.
"How about it? Little Zhang, dare you follow?"
Zhang Qingyun drew out his trump card and took a look, then smiled: "I'll follow!"
"I'll show you," Zhang Qingyun said as soon as the words left his mouth, Zhao Chuan then said.
Geng Zhan turned his head to look at Zhang Qingyun, his eyes filled with inquiry, and his expression was somewhat tense. Zhang Qingyun glanced at Geng Shuang and saw that her small face had already turned bright red, and her high chest began to heave, obviously due to tension.
"Follow!" Zhang Qingyun said calmly, his face relaxed but his heart still a little tense. This was the first time he had played in such a big game, and although the chips weren't his own money, they were all real gold and silver, and losing would still be uncomfortable.
Geng Zhan didn't hesitate, and as soon as Zhang Qingyun finished speaking, he immediately pushed all his chips to the middle.
"Alright! It's getting interesting, play your last card!" Zhao Chuan said with a hearty laugh.
The official dealt two cards in front of them, Zhang Qingyun got a 10 and Zhao Chuan got an A.
"Little Zhang, who do you think won between the two of us?" Zhao Chuanshao said with interest.
"Me!" Zhang Qingyun smiled and said.
"Alright! Then you can take back your chips!" Zhao Chuan said with a smile.
Zhang Qingyun nodded at Geng Zhan, indicating that he should collect the chips. Geng Zhan's face was filled with confusion - without even looking at his hole cards, how could they determine who won or lost? The commander's upcard was bigger!
"Obey the order! When you're told to collect the chips, just do it!" Zhao Chuan's face turned serious as he said this. Geng Zhan didn't dare hesitate any longer and hastily collected the chips.
In front of Zhang Qingyun.
Zhang Qingyun's mind was also secretly shocked, his bottom card was 2, and there were three 2s in total. Zhao Chuan's bottom card must not be a K, so Zhang Qingyun won. However, that's not the main point, what's important is that Zhang Qingyun asked himself if he had shown any flaws when looking at the bottom cards, but still got detected by Zhao Chuan, this Zhao Chuan was indeed not to be underestimated.
"Alright, Old Zhang, Old Wang, Old Liang, let's call it a day for now! We'll gather again another day." Zhao turned his head and smiled at the other players beside him. As he spoke, the others also stood up one after another, and Zhang Qingyun also got up to shake hands with them individually.
"Little Zhang, these are all my friends. From now on, you can call them big brothers. Old Zhang, Old Wang, Old Liang, this is one of my juniors who is currently in Yongping. Let's get acquainted, and we might have dealings with each other in the future."
Although the three people's identities were not ordinary, they seemed to be somewhat fawning on Zhao Chuan. As soon as Zhao Chuan spoke, the three of them immediately became much more enthusiastic towards Zhang Qingyun. It was only then that Zhang Qingyun realized that these few individuals were all entrepreneurs, and one of them, Wang Shi, was actually the owner of this club.
"Not bad, young man! You're here for the first time, right? Next time I'll give you a red card, and you're welcome to come back anytime." Wang Shi said with a smile.
Zhang Qingyun thanked him repeatedly. The background of the Red Mansion Club was well-known to everyone, and ordinary members used gold cards. Only a small number of special members had red cards, which Zhang Qingyun knew. However, he didn't know what the red card could do, just like Geng Shuang. After all, neither of them belonged to this circle.
After a few people chatted for a while, Wang Shi and the other two tactfully bid farewell.
"Biaozi, you and Ah Shuang go out for a walk. I'll book a table on the second floor and we can eat together later before heading back." said Zhao Chuandao.
"Yes!" Geng Zhan said with his feet together. Then he and Geng Shuang left, leaving only Zhang Qingyun and Zhao Chuan in the room.
"Let's go drink tea in the inner room!" Zhao Chuan said as he stood up.
It wasn't until then that Zhang Qingyun noticed that the interior of this house had another sky, and it turned out to be a rather luxurious office space. The office was over 100 square meters in size, with all the necessary equipment. If Zhao Chuan hadn't come from the military, Zhang Qingyun would have suspected that this might be his office.
"Sit down! Please sit down! This is actually Old Wang's private room, I'm just borrowing it for a few days!"
Zhang Qingyun found a sofa directly opposite Zhao Chuan and sat down respectfully. At this time, he was very curious about Zhao Chuan. Although the martial arts world did not have a military district, judging from Zhao Chuan's demeanor, he must be someone with some influence in the military, because against the background of the Red Mansion Club, even the Wu De City Committee might not be able to move him. But that Wang Shi was so polite to Zhao Chuan, which could explain the problem.
