Chapter 442

"Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng!"

Gu Tiancheng was sitting in front of the old desk practicing calligraphy. A series of footsteps had sounded outside the Kuixing Pavilion, and then there was a hurried voice. He shouted before entering the door.

Gu Tiancheng put down his brush and looked at the Song Ci "a pruning of plum" written on the paper. He seemed dissatisfied. While he put down his brush, the shouting people outside had pushed open the creaking wooden door and rushed in. He was a 17-year-old young man, wearing sweaters and trousers. He seemed to be running tired. At this time, he held the door frame and took a few breaths, He swung his arm towards the door behind him:

"Poor guy... Poor guy... Fake file! Uncle Xiang asked you to prepare."

"You ran so fast, I thought you came to report the funeral, if the Hong Kong Governor died." Gu Tiancheng smiled and scolded the young man who entered the door, picked up the teapot at hand and poured more than half a bowl of tea into the tea bowl: "drink some herbal tea, you say it's a fake file. That's why Uncle Xiang cooperated with the poor man in acting. Don't worry."

After gasping for breath, the young man came over, picked up the tea bowl, drank most of the bowl of herbal tea, and wiped the corners of his mouth happily: "Boss, you've been out of work for six days. What the hell? You're going to cross the sea and negotiate with those people in shitangzui tonight. How can they help you with the scene if you don't talk to the brothers in the stall in advance and have a few drinks? Uncle Xiang said that a bad guy wanted to see you today with a fake stall. I was in a hurry to see you. After settling the accounts, you just had the opportunity to call the brothers in the stall Come out for dinner. "

As he spoke, the young man was ready to sit opposite Gu Tiancheng's desk, but before his ass fell down, he saw the thick stack of Chinese and English newspapers on the rattan chair and asked Gu Tiancheng curiously:

"Didn't you say that uncle Gu went to Zhugu to help for a few days last time? Why? He came back? Otherwise there would be so many English newspapers."

Gu Tiancheng patted his chest with his hand: "of course, I bought it to see if there is any way to get rich."

"No, brother Cheng?" the young man stared at Gu Tiancheng: "Even if you are the silver head of Xiangshun sparrow school and know how to write a few words and keep accounts, uncle Xiang has really praised you. If you go fishing, you are definitely an eye-catching white paper fan talent, but do you want to take a pile of English newspapers you absolutely can't understand to frighten people. I know more English letters than you. I know seven, and you only remember four."

"I don't want to degenerate and try hard. Can't I? Enough rest? Enough to go. I want to go to the radio to learn from others." Gu Tiancheng said. He stood up from the rattan chair, didn't clean up his desk, and took the young man outside the Kuixing Pavilion. They went out of the door. Gu Tiancheng locked the wooden door outside and walked with the young man in the direction of Xiangshun sparrow school.

Gu Tiancheng is 20 years old. He has a quick mind, sufficient eyesight, and knows literacy and numeracy. Now he is only 18 years old. He is already the silver head of the Jianghu casino of Xiangshun sparrow school in Jiulong city. According to the rules of Jianghu people opening casinos, he pays attention to the big thirteen floors, and the silver head is on the fifth floor. He is already a middle and high-level figure in the casino.

The young man running around Gu Tiancheng is called Li angju. He is a playmate he grew up with in Kowloon City stronghold.

However, Li angju, like Gu Tiancheng, grew up from a small age in a place like Jiulong stronghold and did not grow into a horse thousands of miles. However, the horses that hurt the group are really famous. He is not as strict as Gu Tiancheng and has a position in the Jianghu. His parents are busy making a living and neglect discipline. Therefore, when he was 15 years old, he was already a forty-nine son of Jianghu associations and Yongyi, who charged and fell behind his sect leader It's been three years since I started to worship the family. It's my heart to jump up and down and want to get a job.

The two men came out of their residence and walked around in various private stone houses, wooden houses, tin houses and other buildings in the Jiulong City stockade. They were familiar with a three-story wooden building, that is, the back door of Xiangshun sparrow school.

Although Hong Kong calls mahjong parlors sparrow schools, they are not specially designed to train rookies in the mahjong industry. The peach and plum garden is mainly to provide venues for experts who are good at gambling, let them go in for further study, improve their skills, and make money in the casino.

Seeing Gu Tiancheng and Li angju appear at the back door of sparrow school, the two young people who are full-time in charge of the wind say hello with a smile: "Hey, brother Cheng, isn't it? Don't start work on the sixth day? What's so serious? I want to buy a fruit basket to explore your disease."

"Shut up! Smelly mouth pillar. I expect you to explore me? I'm afraid I won't live that day, you famous stingy." Gu Tiancheng took the cigarette just lit by the smelly mouth pillar and took it in his mouth, then looked at another young man: "Ah Mao, what's going on inside? The poor guy always doesn't ask for accounts when he brings fake files? What's more, I'm not the only one with silver head."

"The two of us who pretend to be the observatory will know. Brother Cheng, you'd better go in and ask Uncle Xiang." Ah Mao said politely to Gu Tiancheng.

On the 13th floor of the big stall, Gu Tiancheng is the silver head of the accounts on the fifth floor, and the two young people are the observatory responsible for guarding and ventilation on the 11th floor. Their status and income in the casino are too poor. Therefore, even if the two young people are two years older than Gu Tiancheng, they all open their mouth and call Gu Tiancheng brother Cheng.

Gu Tiancheng didn't ask any more. He walked towards the casino with a cigarette in his mouth. Li angju followed Gu Tiancheng and patted two young watchers behind him: "after the work ends at midnight tonight, Feng Ru restaurant is a treat for brother Cheng. Remember to change shifts in advance and bring good guys."

There are mahjong tables on the first floor of the casino, but more than 40 tables have been opened in a place of more than 100 square meters, which is very crowded. Moreover, because the guests smoke too much, the smoke is swirling, mixed with excited yelling nonsense, scolding gunshots, even spitting and pinching their feet, three missing one, etc., all kinds of sounds come together, and the noisy Gu Tiancheng quickly steps on the stairs to the second floor.

The environment on the second floor is better than that on the first floor. With the same large area, there are only three Pai Gow tables, two fan stalls and four thirteen. There are still some space around to put more than a dozen rattan chairs, and put some cheap snacks and tea for gamblers to rest. However, those gamblers who have gambled red eyes often have no one to touch the tea and snacks all day, All of them were absorbed in the cards in their hands and the bets on the table. At this time, more than a dozen big men with dragon and phoenix patterns sat on the rattan chair and rubbed the old skin chatting. They saw Gu Tiancheng and Li angju on the second floor. The first big man, who was only twenty-eight years old, held a purple clay pot in his hand and grinned at Gu Tiancheng: "Ah Cheng, I heard you were ill for a few days? Are you well? Uncle Xiang is waiting for you on the third floor."

"Thanks for brother Shan's concern. I'll see Uncle Xiang first. I'll come back to drink tea with you after I'm busy." Gu Tiancheng said politely to the man named brother Shan, turned and continued to walk to the third floor.

These dozen big men are the order patrolmen on the fourth floor of the thirteen layers of gambling stalls, that is, the thugs of the casino. Whether gamblers make trouble, or other casinos or opponents come to the door to find trouble, as long as it involves armed struggle, they will all come forward to solve it. Gu Tiancheng is called brother Shan. It is the leaders of these big men who pull the flag mountain with Yongyi red stick.

Gu Tiancheng went up to the third floor, but Li angju walked towards brother Shan and others with a flattering smile. He took out four boxes of colorful cigarettes from his pocket, folded them together and respectfully placed them on the small table in front of brother Shan: "brother Shan, brother Dong and brother Wen, eat a cigarette, eat a cigarette."

Brother Shan looked at Li angju with a smile: "Hey, ah Ju, ah Cheng has been ill for a few days. You have been soaking in the stall and spilled at least 200 yuan. You invited us to tea in the morning and sent us cigarettes in the afternoon. Ah Chengdu is not in a hurry. Are you in a hurry? You might as well learn from ah Cheng. It seems that nothing has happened. I don't know how calm you are."

"Brother Cheng doesn't know if his brain is rusty now. When Uncle Xiang asked me to call him to the stall in Yixue, he was reading an English newspaper. He was dizzy. Of course, I have to run errands for him. Tonight is over. Everyone, Fengru restaurant in Mongkok, brother Cheng will treat. If you don't go, ah Cheng will be embarrassed." Li angju tore open a box of cigarettes and lit them for the dozen big men in turn. He said politely.

"Come on, come on, you've been running before and after these days. You've been working as a silver head like ah Cheng for a long time. You can fight and help brothers with loyalty. It's a pity that you're locked in xiaooliv prison now." brother Shan, holding a cigarette in his mouth, spit out a piece of smoke and said to Li angju: "Let ah Cheng rest assured that your two brothers have always been clever and invited me to dinner. Of course I want to go. Although ah Cheng hasn't paid homage to the boss, we people have always regarded him as our own people. Those guys in shitangzui won't be soft if we don't speculate."

"Thank you, brother Shan, thank you guys." Li angju smiled and thanked everyone after lighting their cigarettes.

The third floor of the casino is a bit more luxurious than the second floor. There are not only cane chairs, snacks and tea for gamblers to rest, but also several cigarette beds, lamps, guns, ointments and so on. Next to each cigarette bed, there is a low browed girl waiting to help guests play lights and smoke bubbles. There are not so many tables on the third floor. There are only two Blackjack gambling tables separated by large screens Into two boxes.

Gu Tiancheng did not enter the box, but went to a partition room at the corner of the third floor. Although it was only 20 square meters in size, it was full of wealth, antique calligraphy and painting, and old-fashioned red sandalwood tables and chairs. At this time, a meticulous middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a silk gown and combing his bald hair with hair wax, was sitting on a master's chair On his legs, listening to the old radio on the table at hand.

The middle-aged man is the second of the thirteen people in Xiangshun sparrow school. He smiles with Yongyi's white paper fan. According to the seniority, Li angju, a forty-nine child, is the grandson of xiaomianxiang.

The so-called big file is 13 levels among the Jianghu population. Big file refers to gambling file, but not all gambling files are called big file. It is called big file gambling file. Although there are no rigid rules, Jianghu people also know that to meet the five conditions, large capital, large face, large background, large place and large size, this gambling file is qualified to be called big file only after accounting for the five big files 。

As for the 13th floor, it refers to the different people who perform their duties in the big file. The first floor is the shareholder, that is, the casino owner. The casino rules are not open to Jianghu people, not Jianghu people. Those who opened casinos in Hong Kong in the 1940s and 1950s must be well-known people with different prefixes. The boss of Xiangshun sparrow school is Gu Liqiang, who was sitting in the restaurant when he Yongyi was last.

The second level is communication, that is, the smiling face in front of Gu Tiancheng at this time. The casino owner can't stare at business all day. Naturally, someone needs to take care of it. The person responsible for taking care of the casino for him is communication. In the whole gambling stall, below one person and above everyone, the person in the position of communication must have a keen mind, exquisite face, broad friends, full face and strong strength, In the gambling stalls, whether the police visit the stalls, Jianghu people come to play the autumn breeze, or even arrange up and down during the new year's festival, the personnel of the gambling stalls are all arranged by the communication. Moreover, the communication does not need to stay in the casino all day and watch the business. There is a third layer below him.

The third layer is called the manager. In fact, it is the executor of communication. He stays in the casino all day, is responsible for the implementation of communication and explanation, and takes care of the casino business. Generally, the confidant of communication takes this position.

The fourth floor is the patrol field on the second floor that is ready to fight at any time. The fifth floor is the silver head, that is, Gu Tiancheng's position, which is equivalent to the treasurer of a casino. Generally, there are three to five silver heads.

In a casino, the five floors are high-level, holding the power and wealth of large files. After that, there are Zhenghe who is responsible for each gambling table on the sixth floor, Banghe who helps Zhenghe urge guests to bet on the seventh floor, Xiaohe who is responsible for running errands and passing messages on the eighth floor, the gate keeper on the ninth floor, female miscellaneous workers who are responsible for making tea, pouring water and handling sundries on the tenth floor, and the observatory who is responsible for watching the wind on the eleventh floor, The 12th floor is responsible for introducing guests to gamble, and the 13th floor is responsible for carrying the black pot for the dead.

The total number of 13 level positions in a large scale is more than 100, which is no less than the scale of a Hong Kong company. However, compared with the company, that is, all the workers in a large scale, both men and women, are members of the community, that is, their own people.

"Uncle Xiang, are you looking for me?" Gu Tiancheng came in from the door, took two steps towards the door, stood still, closed his eyes inside, listened to the smiling face of Cantonese Opera on the radio, and opened his mouth respectfully.

Smiling face Xiang heard Gu Tiancheng's voice and didn't hurry to open his eyes. Instead, he took a smile on his face, still kept his posture and said gently, "ah Cheng, listen to ah Ju say you have a plague?"

"I won't get sick. I've been dizzy for a few days. Thank uncle Xiang for his concern. It's much better." Gu Tiancheng hung his head, stood in situ and said.

Smiling face Xiang slowly picked up the purple sand teapot in his hand and sent saliva to his mouth. When the last long tune of the Cantonese Opera Lang GUI Wan in the radio was sung, he opened his eyes and looked at Gu Tiancheng, who was dressed clean and tidy in front of him, nodding with satisfaction.

There are so many young people in the casino, Wen Hao, Wu Hao, and xiaomianxiang's favorite is Gu Tiancheng, who is jokingly called liangzicheng by other gamblers and younger brothers in the casino. Although he is not a member of his own club, Gu Tiancheng is eye-catching, cosmopolitan, knowledgeable and young enough to make xiaomianxiang feel that Gu Tiancheng is a replica of his youth.

Other younger brothers of the younger generation who are starting work also have handsome looks, but they are not as clean as Gu Tiancheng. They always wear white shirts and trousers, and their hair is trimmed neatly. Although the style of leather shoes is a little old, they are also polished. Just standing there gives people an impression of being capable and effective.

"It doesn't matter if you take a few more days off, but just now, Lao Xiong called and said that someone in the police force was making trouble. The ghost guy's assistant received a tip and killed someone here. There were people who gathered to gamble. The gambling money was huge. He personally asked him to lead the team to pull people at 5 p.m. and had to perform a good play. Needless to say, it's still the same, but it's more difficult to carry fake files this time. How many accounts broke out, gambling The amount of capital explosion needs to be specially arranged. The other two silver heads only know how to calculate accounts, don't know how to adapt, and can't use it. You should do this kind of thing. "Smiling face Xiang said with a smile to Gu Tiancheng.

Gu Tiancheng nodded slightly, but he didn't hurry to agree, but hesitated: "Uncle Xiang, the symptoms are not the root cause. More fake stalls are done, which is not good for Yan sir. Is it just us? If there's no problem with the number of holidays, will it be the number of shoulders that offended some police ghosts?"

"That's why I asked you to come back. A military uniform detective came alone two days ago to count his shoulders and head to replace you. Ah FA sent him away for 50 yuan according to the old rule." smiling face Xiang said to Gu Tiancheng with satisfaction.

He only said that he wanted to stage a fake show today, and Gu Tiancheng could immediately respond whether he had offended the bad guy in the police force, and said the words of treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. Among the vulgar and uncivilized Jianghu people who only know how to wield knives and dye blood, this kind of eye-catching is already very rare.

Gu Tiancheng listened to the words of smiling face Xiang and thought for two seconds before opening his mouth: "I know. If Uncle Xiang didn't tell me, I'll do it according to the old rules. I'll report a bank and report 40000 cash. The bet on the table is 9000, 49000 yuan. The price of a medium-sized white powder stall should be in the past."

"For the dead Ghost this time, brother Ding Qiang has a huge gambling fund of 49000 yuan, gathered people to gamble, and served a six-month prison term. You hold my position. When brother Chang takes the ghost guy to help run the door-to-door service, you are the casino to communicate. The charge is to subscribe a fine of 500 yuan and have a good repentance attitude so that you can not be released on the spot." smiling face Xiang turns the emerald trigger on his finger, and the smile lines are a little more, A posture of appreciating his nephew in later life said to Gu Tiancheng.

Gu Tiancheng took out his colorful cigarette from his pocket and went over to help xiaomianxiang light it. He opened his mouth with some concern: "Uncle Xiang, do you want to take care of me like this? Be careful that the other brothers below are not satisfied. Even ah Ju's position is better than me, so as not to say you're unfair."

"Now there is chaos in the world with the prefix and the world is full of young people. According to the newspaper, there is a young boy surnamed song, who is about your age. He is already a big water pipe. Zhong youqunying's silly boy Tai also works with LV Le behind his back. You try to pay more attention. In the eyes of these people at the stall, you are no different from them. They refuse to accept it and let them see me. And I heard that you don't work at night Is there a beautiful girl who wants to fight? Just use this to help you gain prestige, so as not to let those fellow disciples in shitangzui across the street deceive you, a man with no family and no family, laugh at the fact that there is no one in Kowloon City. Well, in the evening, it's up to you to entertain Yan Xiong's men and the military uniform detective. When you go to the bank, you will spend 1000 yuan for entertainment and counting on your shoulders "Eyes." smiling face Xiang took a sip of the cigarette Gu Tiancheng handed him.

"Thank uncle Xiang for giving me a chance. I'll do something beautiful." Gu Tiancheng said to smiling Xiang, turned and walked out.

Smiling face Xiang asked, "which pretty girl let you fight?"

"On the 14th, a beautiful girl, Chen Yanni, whose name is what ghost twelve gold hairpin eldest sister."

Smiling Xiangxiang nodded and closed his eyes again with a cigarette. The room was quiet again. Only the book tellers in the radio were talking about the Cantonese book review "full spring".