Chapter 21 Section 20

Wang Qiming drove a car full of goods to Manhattan. The speed is 75 kilometers per hour. Although the car had to be newly bought last year, it couldn't hold a load of goods and ran at such a fast speed, groaning and groaning on the road. There is no other way, he thought. Finally got the goods out.After receiving the money, no matter what else, pay the salary first.In another two weeks, all the goods will be cleared, all the money will be recovered, and the bank loan will be paid again.A few days late, it's not a big problem, at most, it's nothing to get a fine. I, Wang Qiming, have good luck, turning bad luck into good luck.

Thinking about it, he whistled happily. After ordering the goods, the goods are put into the warehouse.He came to Anthony's office to get a check. But things didn't go as smoothly as he thought.Mr. Anthony's words startled him. "Dear Mr. Wang Qiming," Mr. Anthony used this address with an extraordinary degree of solemnity, "I have to tell you that the current American economy is very depressed, and the big stores that want my goods are not paying their bills on time. , I fell victim to them. I didn't get enough money." "Enough money? Enough money for what?"

"I can't get enough money to pay you." "You mean..." "Today, I can only pay you a quarter of the money first." Mr. Anthony spread his hands helplessly, "I will make up the money when I collect all the money ." Wang Qiming was in a hurry, he didn't care about the seven or eight years of friendship, let alone the future business, he jumped up and cursed: "Bastard! If you don't pay me all the money today, you won't get all the money I gave you." a dress!" "Very well," said Anthony, who seemed far more sophisticated and calm by comparison, "I won't pay you a penny today!"

"I... tell you to go!" Anthony is not afraid of this.He still said with a smile on his face: "Then you can sue. However, I am obliged to remind you that I can also sue you, because you are the first to express that you will not pay the goods. If you tear up the contract. Don't forget, the contract It has your autograph on it." "It's amazing." Wang Qiming said in his heart, "If you don't pay me, you will sue me first, what a fucking grandson!" He knew that a hard top would not work, and he had to change his strategy. You can't vomit, he said to himself in his heart, it's useless to vomit, a hero doesn't suffer from immediate losses.

He changed his tone. "I think we're going to keep working together," he said. "Maybe we can all take a step back and get through this, which is the most important thing after all." As soon as Anthony saw his tone change, he also made a gesture of conciliation and coordination. After a lot of hard work and bargaining, Anthony agreed to pay one-third of the amount up front, a total of 40,000 yuan. Sitting in his car, he cursed at the top of his voice. forty thousand. Although this money cannot turn things around, it can be sent to those workers who are waiting for the money first.Those workers who have been working here for a long time must plead with others for help and endure for another two weeks.At this time, I can only ask others.

As for the loan from the bank and the thread money from the woolen factory, then... we have to delay it! While driving, he scolded Anthony in his heart.For so many years, I, Wang Qiming, have helped him a lot and helped him earn a lot of money!What a shabby showroom he had been, what a cramped apartment.But now, his showroom is like an exhibition hall, and his villa is like a fucking palace. I, Wang Qiming, have my part here, how could he turn his face and deny anyone? He was driving, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind. Yes, that's a great idea. He dialed the factory number from the car.

Guo Yan's tired voice came from the phone. "Is it done?" Guo Yan asked. "Half done." "What? Half?" "Maybe not half." "How do you get paid?" "I'll find a way, and I'll find a way." "up to you." She hung up the phone. Wang Qiming drove on the expressway. It was dark now, and the woods on both sides of the road were black. He turned on the headlights to illuminate the road. The lights passed over a street sign that read: ATLANTIC CITY. Yes, he was going there, to gamble once, and use the money from gambling to fill those debts.

win?Will it win? he does not know. lose?Maybe lose. He doesn't know either. But, time to try.Of course, it was an adventure, a thrilling adventure to behold. Still, a must try. There is no other choice. In order to calm himself down, he filled the tape recorder that Ah Chun had given him. It's that country song again: if you love him, send him to New York, for there is heaven; if you hate him, send him to New York, because it's hell... He also learned the song and hummed it along.The tune of this song made his heart sore. He sang the song over and over again. In less than two hours, he saw a huge light rising on the Atlantic coastline.

The light became brighter and brighter, until the night sky was pale. Atlantic City has arrived. What luck awaits him? he does not know. The "Caesars" casino was overcrowded because it was the weekend.The entire casino hall was crowded with people, smoke was rising, and it was full of noise and commotion. Wang Qiming walked straight into the casino and sat on a gaming table without thinking. He changed 10,000 dollars in chips all at once. A stance of going all out. He asked the casino lady for a brandy.He sipped his brandy, not even thinking about the decisive battle that was about to begin, but he was determined.

Bets are placed. He made a bet of one thousand yuan. Everyone around glanced at him.Apart from surprise, that look was envy, envy for his wealth, and even more admiration for his gambler aura. A game of cards passed.He won.One thousand becomes two thousand. He has a point in his mind. He didn't confiscate any of the two thousand coins, and put them all up again. In the second round, he won the Grand Slam, BlackJack, and got five thousand dollars. His hands trembled a little.He wanted to stop for a while, but at this moment, his mother seemed to see Ah Chun saying to him, "Slow down, slow down." He waved his hand to the dealer and stopped calling for a round.

But just this time, the banker's card was outrageous, and the compensation was paid out.All the gamblers at this table screamed excitedly. "It's a loss," Wang Qiming said in his heart, "it's empty—it shouldn't be missing for a while." The dealer is unlucky, which is a good opportunity to make a fortune. He bet five thousand yuan at once. But this round was very unfortunate, the dealer happened to be a little older than him, five thousand yuan—in an instant, it returned to the dealer. He's sweating a little.He thought he was a little too rash, steady, steady, he told himself. He is still one thousand, one thousand underground chips. This is safe, but after more than a dozen decks of cards, the chips come and go, and there is no winner or loser.The game was too smooth. He looked at his watch, it was already twelve o'clock.When will this have to wait. You can't win big money without making big bets.There is an old Chinese saying: If you can't bear children, you can't beat wolves.Fuck it, fight it! He bet ten thousand yuan! He felt that what he bet on was not a bargaining chip, but his own life. His chest pumped nervously.He held his breath and stared at the card table. The cards are turned over. "His grandma's!" He cursed in Chinese, no one could understand, no one understood what he was muttering. lost. He just felt dizzy for a while, and couldn't see anything, but he could see that the 10,000 yuan chips were taken away by the dealer. When the dealer took away his 10,000 yuan, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry." (I'm sorry.) It can really piss the living off. He was jealous. He felt that there seemed to be a ball of flames burning on the neck, roasting there, until the brains were bubbling. lose? This is not allowed!What about workers' wages?What about bank loans? He couldn't bear it anymore and had to earn money. After a little hesitation, he bet another 20,000 yuan. But where did the luck go? On the flop, the dealer rolled away the 20,000. "I'm sorry." The dealer made that stupid statement again. what to do?Walk?You can still save 10,000.However, the 30,000 can be filled here. He "chuckled" to his feet. He was like a stabbed bison in a bullring, or like a German spaniel rounded up around his neck, panting heavily, shaking out all the money in his body. Without counting, he slapped it tremblingly on the gaming table. His eyes were bloodshot, his forehead was bulging with veins, and he was staring at the cards in the dealer's hand. His first: 10. The dealer is a 7. "Where are you going this time!" he thought to himself. The cards were dealt again, and what he got was... He yelled "10", but, turning it over - 5. The dealer stopped, waiting for him to think about it. He wants to gamble, just to try his luck. If you don't want it at 15 o'clock, you will die.He took a drag on his cigarette and yelled "Come again".It's too bad, it's a 7 when it's opened, and it adds up to 22, he's the first to get violent. He lost it all. He didn't open his mouth to swear, nor did he sigh. He just gently parted the crowd and walked out of the casino. He kept silent, like a dumb man; he hung his head like a beaten boxer. He sat in the car and couldn't help yelling: "Fuck me!" scold.Who are you scolding? It seems to be scolding myself. He started the car and was about to increase the accelerator, but he saw that the fuel gauge was close to zero. When it came, I was so anxious that I forgot to refuel. Now it's all gone, there's nothing left and right all over his body. He opened the wallet. There were various credit cards in it, but they were all used up. Fortunately, he found a gas card. It's snowing again. He dared not drive too fast. The country song was still on the tape recorder.He listened to the song and thought it was so good it was written just for him. New York. You are heaven in hell, and you are hell in heaven, and I am a little brat who is about to die! He blamed himself. The snow was falling all over the sky. The car was going rather slowly.At this speed, it is estimated that it will take four or five hours to get home. Is it dawn? He thought: Is everything I saw in New York really going to disappear in this instant? Why did fate play such cruel tricks on me? New York, New York! You turned me from nothing into something, are you going to turn me into nothing again? He really regrets coming to the casino.Why did he go to Atlantic City all of a sudden? If you don't gamble, the 40,000 yuan will always stay. The real and unadulterated 40,000 yuan can completely stop those workers who receive wages. Now, there is nothing left. You shouldn't bet on it! You shouldn't bet on it! You are a bastard, why did you lose your head and take such a path that you will definitely lose! Who has ever seen a person who made a fortune from gambling! He parked the car on the side of the road, put his head on the steering wheel, and rested quietly for a while. Snow fluttered against the car window, and after a while, the snow covered half of the windshield. Wang Qiming raised his head and started the wipers.The wipers vibrate, and the snow cascades down the windshield. He looked at the front of the black hole, and laughed involuntarily. Shouldn't you bet? Where is it not the same bet?Since coming to New York, isn't it the same as entering a big casino? The big casino is just around the corner.The giant racetrack is also not far away.The lottery tickets in the streets and alleys, the New York numbers on the daily TV, and there is a horse racing game a few streets away, betting on football, basketball, baseball, boxing, the caps of the soda bottles that you drink every day, and cigarette boxes are also gambling. Where not to gamble? You don't want to bet, okay! Let alone doing business.Every time you invest and make a bet, how is your mentality different from when you gamble? It's just that no one said the words: "Gentlemen! Place your bets!" When a rival in business corners you, leaves you nowhere to go, and takes all your fortune, the look is almost exactly the same as when the dealer sweeps away all your chips. The subtle difference is just that the businessman never says to you: "I'm sorry." They are never sorry.No one is sorry, and the winner certainly does not apologize to the loser quietly. If I win, I don't say "I'm sorry." Thinking, he started the car again. The car crushed the white snow all over the ground, creaked all the way, and drove onto the road. Where is not gambling?In the big casino in New York, he was just a small gambler who had just arrived. Suddenly, he thought of Ah Chun's words: "Gambling, after a long time, sooner or later you will lose to the dealer." He looked at his watch, it was already five o'clock in the morning.He looked out of the window again and knew that Ah Chun's shop was not far away. He dialed her. Ah Chun's sleepy voice came through the receiver. "Hello," her voice said. "Are you Chun?" "yes." "I'm Qiming." "Qiming? Where are you?" Where, he couldn't tell. He told Ah Chun what had happened in detail, and he felt better after talking about it. "You're crazy!" she said. "You are a mad bull! First of all, you shouldn't pick up the goods at such a low price; second, you shouldn't let the customer default on so much money. You shouldn't gamble, you shouldn't be in It's time to buy a commercial building!" "If so, what to do, I don't know." "You are too brainless! Too worthless! Too stupid! I can't give you anything!" "Achun!" "Go and see for yourself!" After speaking, Ah Chun put down the phone. Wang Qiming felt hopeless.He put down the receiver and drove slowly. After a while, the phone rang again. He picked up the receiver and heard Ah Chun's voice. "You, I really can't say anything about you. Go home and sleep first! I'll be waiting for you at the Queen Street Ballroom at nine o'clock tomorrow night! Goodbye!"