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Chapter 31 underworld

Many years ago, the gangsters in Hong Kong and Taiwan were rampant, and they often got mixed up with the showbiz, and we couldn't avoid it. One day a few of us were eating steak, and suddenly there was a child with a pocket on his chest, his hands stuffed in it, he kicked the door open, we looked up at him, and he looked at us, feeling something was wrong.The person next to me said, "Don't go! What are you doing?" After leaving, he turned out to be going to the next room, and opened the wrong door at the beginning.My steak was so frightening that I couldn't eat it at all.While the two of them were talking, I secretly hid the ashtray and the cup.The child's bag should contain grenades. If the opponent has many people and strong firepower, he will throw the grenade directly.

One year I was filming, staying at the Lincoln Hotel, and working as a martial arts instructor.It was almost the end of the day, and it was very hot, so I stood outside.At this time, two people came over and asked, who is the martial arts instructor?I said I am, what's the matter?They said, brothers have nothing, just a flat drill, you can figure it out. A "flat diamond" is a circle like a ring, with a long triangular iron spike on the outside, which is hooked with the thumb and used to stab people.If they just want to hurt you, but not kill you, they will tie a piece of cloth on the pointed end, only one or two centimeters exposed, which can stab your flesh to pieces, and it won’t heal for a long time.Seeing how arrogant the two of them were, I said, oh, I'll go talk to the producer.Just go in and ask everyone, who are these people?At that time, some staff members on the set also had gang backgrounds, so everyone came out with me to watch. The other party saw that there were too many people, so they turned around and left first.

At that time, my father was working as a chef in Australia. There is a famous kitchen knife in Taiwan. I forgot what brand it was, so I bought two kitchen knives and put them in my luggage.Usually when I was on the set, the door of my room was always open, or when I heard someone ring the bell, I would open it directly, regardless of who was outside the door, and turn around when it opened, anyway, only myself would come to me Room.It's the same as now, knowing that the staff will come, I will unscrew the lock of the room and pin the door, and leave it alone. At around 6 o'clock that morning, I heard the doorbell ding-dong, and I thought it was someone who came to pick me up for filming.I didn't know what was going on at the time, so I naturally lay down on the cat's eye and looked at it. It didn't matter, there were two 3-foot-6 samurai swords outside!The two stood at the door each holding a handful.At that time, I subconsciously leaned back, and my whole body felt numb, and then I stepped back slightly. After stepping back, my whole body was shaking, and I saw the shadows of the two feet under the door shaking.

I thought, how could this be?Don't panic, be sure!Afterwards, I went back to the room, took out the two kitchen knives I was going to give to my father, and put on the protective gear that Wu Xing used to protect the body, two of each, protecting the forearms and the big arms, and said to myself: " I have a kitchen knife, so don’t be afraid.” I practice martial arts, and I know that if you use two knives, it’s easy to hurt yourself. For example, if you use a knife in your right hand to cut to the left, you can easily cut your left arm, so I said to myself again: "I have two knives, I have two knives."

At this time, I am no longer afraid, and I feel very stable when I hold a weapon in my hand.Then he walked gently to the door, thinking that he would chop it off as soon as the door was opened.When I walked over and looked outside again, I found that there was no one outside, and those two people had already left.I put down the kitchen knife, covered the phone with a pillow, and whispered, Hey, something happened to me, come quickly.Putting down the phone, I stood at the door with a kitchen knife again, looking for any shadows of feet underneath, thinking, if you dare to come back, I will kill you, and even want to chase them out and kill them.

After waiting for twenty or thirty minutes, Ding Dong, the doorbell rang again, and it was my two apprentices.I opened the door and saw that both of them were wearing suits, but they walked in with a funny look, as if one leg was lame, so I asked, what's going on with you?It turned out that they also carried three-foot-six, but they couldn't hold them in their hands, they just stuck them in their trouser legs, making walking stiff.I described the situation to them just now, and they said, it's all right, don't be afraid, we didn't see any suspicious people just now. When they came in, I went back to my room to change my clothes, and went downstairs after changing. When I went down, I saw that the entire lobby was full of people with weapons on their backs. They told me, big brother, they are all from us!Wow, I'm like a big gangster, walking people out and taking them to restaurants for dinner.

Later, it was confirmed that those two people came after me, because I didn't show face on the set during the day, and came here to seek revenge at night.Fortunately, I didn't open the door right away, they stayed for a while and left.If I didn't look at who it was like I usually do, and turned around as soon as I opened the door, it would be over, and I would definitely be chopped off.After continuing to work, the crew found two young people, armed with weapons, to guard the set every day. This is Taiwan in the 1970s. In addition to this personal danger, sometimes you have to guard against scams, and it is quite exciting to fight them wits and courage.Sometimes when work was over, the local producers would warmly invite me to their home. When I went in, I found that there was no one there, and only one person came to open the door. I asked, what are you doing?He said he played Pai Gow inside.

When I was a child, I went out to the rivers and lakes, and I saw a lot of deceitful people, so I kept my mind on it, and was careful not to be caught by others.Walking into the inner room, it is true that a large group of people are all gambling.I deliberately said: "This way, let's have dinner first, and then gamble after eating, okay?" They said "Okay, okay", and immediately put down the cards, and I knew what was going on in my heart. How could this be if you were actually playing poker?For example, a few of you are playing Doudizhu now, and some people say let’s have dinner first, will you finish playing the cards in your hands before leaving?As a result, they were all very straightforward, and as soon as they put the cards down, they said: "Okay, eat!" I thought to myself, hum, I didn't even design it well.

Then I sat down to eat with them, drank a little wine on purpose while eating, and said after eating, oops, I’ll bet with you another day, I’m rushing back today, I feel a little uncomfortable after drinking, let’s meet again tomorrow.Fly straight away the next day. Several years later, the producer at the time told me, I'm sorry, brother, that time we were all there to design you.At that time, many people were fooled, and when they got there, they were set up, and they lost more than 10 million at once.After you lose, your responsibility is to attract other celebrities to gamble, just like pyramid schemes, which is called Hui in Taiwan.

Once, a friend accompanied me to dinner in Taiwan. As soon as I sat down, he introduced what kind of gang it was and what kind of gang it was.After eating, they took us shopping, and we went to the underground casino as soon as we went shopping, and immediately gave me 500,000 Taiwan dollars in chips to gamble.I said I'll come back another day. I drank alcohol today and escaped a catastrophe. The second time, the same group of people ate with me again.At that time, I thought, if I finished my meal today, I would definitely be taken to that casino, so I immediately poured 12 glasses of whiskey to the full without saying a word, and each of them had a drink with them, and sat down after finishing. I vomited, and as soon as I vomited, I was sent back to the hotel.That's the best way.

Looking back now, it was really not easy at that time.There are many stories, if it can be filmed, it will really be a "martial arts film".Fortunately, I have been out in the world since I was a child. I have seen many scenes and heard many things, so I am always careful and careful.Especially those few words from my father kept reminding me in my ears: "Don't get involved in gambling, don't get involved in drugs, don't get involved in the underworld."
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