Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Four

Macau, the gambling city, is very lively after twelve o'clock every night.At this time, the stunning pink girl begins to have a good night; the passionate gambler, at this time is crazy to the extreme; the alcoholic drinker, at this time, opened his sleepy eyes; , began to spit out coins at this time; the deserted theater in front of the door was overcrowded at this time, with constant applause; even the sea, which was calm during the day, began to hit the pier frequently at this time, sending out roars that were louder than others... After the banquet, Zhao Guozhong accompanied Duan Tiansheng, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, to take a stroll around the crazy night scene of Macau, and finally stopped in the square in front of the casino.

"Why, do you want to go in again?" Zhao Guozhong asked tentatively. "No, I've already been there just now." Duan Tiansheng looked up at the grotesque casino. "Do you want to try your skills? Just went in for a brief visit." Zhao Guozhong thought, as long as the secretary is willing, he immediately ordered someone to prepare chips. "As a leader, there are so many places where you are not free." Duan Tiansheng felt lost. "Macau is thousands of miles away from the coal city, and no one will know about it." Zhao Guozhong comforted him, "Lao Zhang, Yang Juan, Assistant Xiao, etc., no matter what they say, they are all their own people, and they will not say anything to the outside world."

"Then you can't go!" Sometimes the strange lights flicker across Duan Tiansheng's face. "Why?" Zhao Guozhong still didn't understand. "Because the technology is too advanced." Duan Tiansheng expressed his true feelings. "What does gambling have to do with advanced technology?" Zhao Guozhong often stays with the secretary, but his thoughts are often out of touch with the leader, and he can't understand the meaning behind his words. "If it weren't for the advanced technology, how would the central government know about so many mainland officials coming to Macau to gamble?" Duan Tiansheng often saw some officials planted in Macau's casinos from the internal reference. "Many officials are loners. In the end, something happened. These examples tell me: If you want to be unknown, you must do nothing."

Zhao Guozhong understood that among those strange lights, one of them might be connected to the monitor, and the terminal of the monitor happened to be directly connected to Beijing.It was still Duan Tiantian who was highly vigilant, and he couldn't help admiring him: "Then let's go back to the hotel and have a massage, it's okay." "Okay, that's a good idea. After a tiring day, it's time to relax." In Duan Tiansheng's mind, Xiao Zhao is the most trustworthy entrepreneur, "You often come here to play, don't you?" "How did the secretary find out?" Zhao Guozhong asked while guessing what he wanted to say next.

"Do you still need to look?" Duan Tiansheng smiled, "I just need to mention one place, you don't need to ask anyone, and you don't have to go around, and you will take me to the destination immediately. It shows that you are very familiar with Macau, just like visiting the coal city. In the streets and alleys, you don’t get lost at all.” "Is it true that to be the secretary of the municipal party committee, you must have the ability to be a detective?" When only the two of them were together, Zhao Guozhong occasionally joked with the big shot. "If you don't have the ability to be a detective, you can't sit in this position at all." Duan Tiansheng obviously did not regard Zhao Guozhong as an outsider, "To be honest, there are only a lot more traps in the officialdom than in the business world."

"No wonder you deal with Yang Juan so calmly and smoothly." Zhao Guozhong learned a lot from Duan Tiansheng. "Don't talk about those nasty flattery, it's useless." Duan Tiansheng walked comfortably on the avenue in the City of Desire, "Just now, I entered the casino and found a strange phenomenon: there are many people who seem to have known each other, some Still nodding and smiling at me, what's going on?" Zhao Guozhong, who was following behind, immediately solved the mystery: "There is no need to ask, they all know you. Although you can't call them by name, they all know that you are the famous Secretary Duan."

"You mean, those familiar people are all from Coal City?" Duan Tiansheng wondered: This is Macau, not Coal City.Where do so many fellow villagers come from? "Let me tell you this." Zhao Guozhong talked about his unique experience, "Nine out of ten mainland gamblers who often come here are nouveau riche who grew up from the reform and opening up of the mainland. They can be roughly divided into gold, wood, and water. There are five types of people, fire, earth, etc., among which 'fire' is the nouveau riche who opened coal mines or dumped coal in the coal city."

"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth... Interesting, tell me about it in detail." Duan Tiansheng became interested, "Of course, you are also one of the 'fire'." "'Gold' refers to the nouveau riche in the financial field, mainly from Beijing and Shanghai; 'wood' refers to the nouveau riche who use wood as their main decoration and building materials, most of them are from Zhejiang and Jiangsu ;'Water' refers to the nouveau riche who rely on sea transportation to engage in smuggling and smuggling, they are mainly Cantonese and Fujianese; As I have already said, he is the owner of Shanxi Coal.” Zhao Guozhong is not only good at playing, but also good at observing and thinking.

"You should be the owner of the casino. You really have a heart to divide the customer market so finely." Duan Tiansheng felt very early on that among the young people, Zhao Guozhong had the most talent for business. ?” "Of course." Zhao Guozhong is very proud. "It can be said that in the past ten years, Macau has been dominated by Cantonese people, and they have taken advantage of the geographical advantages. In recent years, it can be said that it has been dominated by Shanxi people, regardless of winning or losing. The coal bosses in Shanxi who bet the most, have the most pride, and have the greatest influence here are the coal bosses in Shanxi. As soon as they come, a dozen or even dozens of people will book the most luxurious five-star hotel in Macau for at least a week. If you don’t lose your last penny, you will never go home. The arrogance of the Shanxi people overwhelms the Cantonese.”

"This is not a good thing, is it?" Duan Tiansheng sighed a little, "It's purely a prodigal son, and he will be cast aside by his parents and fellow villagers when he returns." "There is a bad side, but naturally there is also a good side. Everything must be viewed dialectically." Zhao Guozhong unconsciously continued to defend them, "Secretary, you said that there are so many provinces in the country, why do people treat Shanxi people differently? The most realistic For example, there is an additional condition for the recruitment of waiters in major casinos in Macau: as long as they can speak Shanxi dialect, they are given priority. Why? Who made Shanxi people famous?"

"Who do you think started it?" Duan Tiansheng found it ridiculous. "Of course it's the coal boss who often comes to Macau to gamble!" Zhao Guozhong's pride was a little perverted. Shanxi has produced beauties in history, such as Diao Chan, Wu Zetian, Concubine Yang, etc., but there are a limited number of them, and they are all historical figures. If you want to talk about beauties, you have to look at Sichuan and Chongqing. Among the four women, nine of them are peerless beauties, and they are alive and kicking in front of them... Shanxi, the current business card is the coal boss, that is us, that was made by everyone in Macau with countless gambling money!" "It's a pity, it's a pity." Duan Tiansheng finally showed a very regretful expression. "What's the pity?" Zhao Guozhong suddenly found that the secretary was not moved by his rhetoric at all. "It's a pity that you used to be a poet! It's a pity that you used to be a teacher! It's a pity that I have worked so hard to educate you for so many years!" Duan Tiansheng sighed, "How many promising young people like you have been ruined in this world of feasting and debauchery." "Secretary Duan, I...I...I..." Zhao Guozhong suddenly understood the most terrifying thing from Duan Tiansheng's long sigh, "Am I hopeless?" "Do you still know that you are hopeless?" Duan Tiansheng asked, "If you go on like this, I really dare not associate with you." "Why?" Zhao Guozhong became frightened. "What do you think of an official who hangs out with gamblers all day long? Besides, what do people rely on when they communicate with each other? Responsibility and integrity are relied on. The person who has the least sense of responsibility and integrity in the world is a gambler! "Duan Tiansheng is a person with a bottom line, "I, including my friends, of course have many problems, but there is one thing that I definitely don't have, and that is gambling!" "Then I... I... I keep a distance from those people, they are the ones who dragged me into the water!" Zhao Guozhong understands: losing Duan Tiansheng's support is the biggest loss in this life.He couldn't afford to lose, and he couldn't lose, he tried his best to recover... In the middle of the night, Assistant Xiao came back, and her room was next to Zhao Guozhong. Just as Assistant Xiao was about to open the door, he suddenly found a coquettish blonde woman coming out of Zhao Guozhong's room. The foreign woman had a very satisfied smile on her face.Assistant Xiao was a little furious, and directly pushed open the door of Zhao Guozhong's room. Zhao Guozhong, who was taking a bath, hurried out wearing a bathing suit: "Why, why is it you?" "Young girls can come in, why can't I?" Assistant Xiao stared at him with charming eyes. "She's different from you." Zhao Guozhong closed the bathroom door. "Is she a shemale, not a real woman?" Assistant Xiao tried his best to restrain his emotions. "She's not a shemale, but a real woman. I'm not that perverted." Zhao Guozhong walked to the window wearing comfortable slippers, and outside was a bizarre world. "Since she is a real woman, and you are not that perverted, if she can get it, why can't I?" Assistant Xiao hopes to have a normal relationship and life. "I told you, you are different from her." Facing this kind of entanglement, Zhao Guozhong couldn't think of a good solution, "Who is she? A prostitute! Who are you? A talented student from Tsinghua University. Can you be the same?" ?" "I'm willing to degenerate, okay?" Assistant Xiao stood behind him, "Can you put down that lofty air in front of me?" "No, I've already said it." Zhao Guozhong told her clearly. "Why?" Assistant Xiao actually knew the answer. "Men have various needs. Sometimes they need physicality and pleasure, and sometimes they need poetry and wisdom. These are different levels of needs, and they need different women to meet them." Zhao Guozhong, a wealthy man, saw outside The neon lights flashed non-stop. "I can satisfy both of your needs by myself. If you don't believe me, try it." Assistant Xiao pleaded. "I can't be satisfied." Zhao Guozhong replied affirmatively, "You can only be satisfied with one kind, the most noble one." "Why can't I satisfy your vulgar taste?" Assistant Xiao chased after him. "Because...because..." Zhao Guozhong hesitated a bit. "I can bear it. Just tell me, what am I inferior to her?" Assistant Xiao seemed very confident. "What do you think?" Zhao Guozhong still didn't answer directly. "I want you to say it yourself!" Assistant Xiao couldn't bear it anymore. Zhao Guozhong turned around, looked at her again from top to bottom: "For example, let's talk about appearance first, is your butt as plump as hers? Are your breasts as sexy as hers? Your thighs are as attractive as hers Is it? And..." "What else?" Assistant Xiao's eyes were burning. "Besides, internally, is your sexual experience as rich as hers? Are your skills as skilled as hers?" Zhao Guozhong looked at her intently, "You don't have all the things I said. But you have your strengths , In some places, any woman is inferior to you, such as shrewdness, purity and wisdom." "I still have a little advantage that no woman can compare to. You may not know this." The fierce woman suddenly calmed down. "Really? What are the strengths?" Zhao Guozhong asked while comprehending the meaning of the woman's words. "The courage to commit suicide! I'm afraid other women don't have it at all." Assistant Xiao suddenly wanted to open the window.Zhao Guozhong had sharp eyes and quick hands, and immediately hugged her. "Let go of me! I really can't stand you, a psychopath." Assistant Xiao hysterically said, "Since you know that I like you, and since you don't reject my feelings, why do you want to date other women in front of me? Why? Doesn't meet the normal needs of a normal woman like me?" "If you can calm down, I will tell you the truth!" Zhao Guozhong hugged the woman who was about to jump off the building. When the woman heard it, she calmed down a lot: "Tell me, give me a reasonable explanation." "Because...because...because I really love you!" Zhao Guozhong felt that the strength of the woman's tossing was much less. "Is this explanation reasonable to me? Can I accept it?" Assistant Xiao didn't believe his lie. "Of course it's reasonable." Zhao Guozhong stopped being cynical. "If you can go back to the sofa and calm down completely, I will tell you all my secrets. In the end, it's up to you to make a wise choice." "What? Tell me." When Assistant Xiao heard the word "secret", she was instinctively curious. "Do you know what the management structure of our company is?" Zhao Guozhong asked her intentionally. "Of course I know." Assistant Xiao has been in the company for so long and has some understanding, "Aren't there three shareholders? One shareholder is you, and the other two shareholders seem to be named Ye. They are father and daughter. They When you go overseas, you will be entrusted with full management of everything.” "Do you know the relationship between the father and daughter named Ye and me?" Zhao Guozhong drew the curtains. "I don't know about this. No one in the company has said that." Assistant Xiao told the truth. "Of course no one knows." Zhao Guozhong sat across from Assistant Xiao, "Because this group company was only registered and established after their father and daughter went abroad, and when it was established, we had agreed together that the company's shareholder structure should be kept secret from the outside world, and everything I will take control." "So that's what happened!" Assistant Xiao didn't expect that the company did have a secret that no one knew. "Then do you know how I got my first pot of gold?" Zhao Guozhong leaned closer to her. "I know, you said it." Assistant Xiao has a good memory, "It was a banker who gave you the first loan. You bought a small mine. When the price of coal skyrocketed, you not only repaid the bank, but also greatly Made a fortune." "Then I'll ask you again." Zhao Guozhong stared at her, "What did I do before I got the loan?" "Everyone knows, a poor teacher in a rural middle school." Assistant Xiao wanted to say that everyone on the earth knew about it. "You are studying economic management. Let me ask you a simple question: How can a poor teacher with nothing get a bank loan? How can he become a billionaire today from scratch?" Zhao Guozhong continued to ask. Assistant Xiao was a little surprised: "This... this... is the secret you want to tell me?" "By the way." Zhao Guozhong suddenly took her hand, "From the two things I told you, how much can you guess?" "Company structure? The first pot of gold? These are two completely unrelated things." Assistant Xiao was at a loss, "Your secrets are really hidden too deep, and I can't guess at all." "Then let me tell you, these two things are actually the same thing." Zhao Guozhong had a complete showdown, "I can start from scratch, get a loan, and get the first pot of gold without any guarantee procedures. In fact, this The secret is very simple, because I am not the real boss, the real boss is the banker himself. I am just a nominal mine manager, and my real identity is a wage earner.” Assistant Xiao was taken aback: "If the two things are the same, you are still the nominal chairman, and your real identity is still a wage earner?" "If that's the case, are you still pursuing me so desperately?" Zhao Guozhong stopped and asked her in the middle of speaking. Assistant Xiao suddenly laughed. "What are you laughing at?" Now, the worried person became Zhao Guozhong. Assistant Xiao replied with a smile: "It would be great if fate really arranged it like this." "What's the matter?" Zhao Guozhong became more and more worried. "Fortunately, I will be in charge of everything between us in the future, and I can't let you bully me wantonly!" Assistant Xiao's eyes burst into laughter, "Since we are all part-time workers, we won't be in this group as a gimmick." Dog meat, let's go far away together and start a new business." "Then what if I'm not a part-time worker?" After hearing the woman's words, Zhao Guozhong's mood stabilized a lot. "Why are you speaking upside down, didn't you just say that you were acting as a name for someone else?" The woman restrained her smile. "I mean, the first pot of gold was for someone to name. It wasn't anymore, especially after the establishment of the group company." Zhao Guozhong decided to reveal all the secrets, "After the first pot of gold, I became the banker's The son-in-law, who became the husband of that snobbish woman, naturally became a minority shareholder of the coal mine." "What happened next?" Assistant Xiao was eager to know the details. "Three years later, the banker retired and was going to work hard in his own coal mine. Unexpectedly, someone reported him for illegal lending. When he got the news, he burned all the bank books overnight, and ran to the United States with his daughter in the name of medical treatment. Before leaving, I made an agreement with me in three chapters: first, the company was reorganized. On the surface, I held all the shares, but in fact I only held 20%, and the remaining 80% belonged to them; second, the new company was fully owned by me. Third, I can have a physical relationship with other women, but not a marriage relationship, otherwise my shares will be automatically abolished, and my management rights will be automatically relinquished, and they will re-designate..." The secret Zhao Guozhong said is true. Earth-shattering. "Ah, there are such absurd contracts in the world!" Assistant Xiao thought about it, "It's not legal at all! How can corrupt officials fleeing abroad have the right to control large domestic companies." "Of course there are ways. This way seems absurd to foreign countries, but it is absolutely effective in China." Zhao Guozhong revealed the last mystery, "The three chapters of the agreement are 100% effective. The key lies in an important person, the banker has a The relative is a powerful official in the province. At present, I don’t know who he is. I only know that he is in the dark and I am in the light. My every move is monitored by others.” "So, once you break the rules..." Assistant Xiao was confused. "If I break the agreement, that high official can find an excuse at any time and send me to prison." Zhao Guozhong was obviously afraid of losing everything. "No wonder, I like you, you don't refuse, and you don't have sex with me. So you're worried about this!" Assistant Xiao understood everything. "It's because I like you and want to talk about marriage with you that I dare not have a relationship right away." Zhao Guozhong reminded her, "I don't know which leader is someone's ambush. I am in the open, and he is in the dark. They don't take it seriously when I sleep with irrelevant women, because it conforms to the "three chapters agreement"; if I sleep with the woman I like, they will take action." "I understand." Assistant Xiao said the secret behind the "Three Chapters of Covenant", "Your dead marriage is actually a bond that maintains the interests between you; if your marriage is resurrected, and the object of the resurrection is the company Executives, you have to get a share from it, and the company's shareholding structure may face a reshuffle. They are worried that their interests will be threatened, so they will get rid of you at any cost!" "I like your cleverness and wisdom the most. Next, I need your cleverness and wisdom even more." Zhao Guozhong looked at the woman affectionately, "Remember: a little intolerance can lead to big schemes." "How?" The woman asked eagerly. "So... so... so... do it!" Zhao Guozhong had already thought of a good way to break the deadlock. "If I tell you that I am an 'undercover agent' sent by the banker, what will you do?" At the end, Assistant Xiao suddenly asked seriously. "Are there any 'undercover agents' at the price of a virgin's innocence? Besides, I personally picked you as an 'undercover agent' from Tsinghua University." Zhao Guozhong laughed loudly.