In fact, when he was just watching Li Zhi and others playing cards, Ouyang Ming was already feeling itchy and just wanted to go on the field and have a fierce battle.
As Li Botang analyzed: Although Ouyang Ming has given up gambling recently, his addiction has never been eliminated. Sometimes he even dreams about playing mahjong or poker.
His wife Liu Yun once told a joke to his family members in the bureau, saying that during this period, Ouyang Ming often talked in his sleep, and the contents of his sleep talks were all related to gambling.
For example, one night, not long after he fell asleep, he suddenly muttered in his dream: "Damn, why are you doing eight to seven, six to five..." Jean overheard this. Liu Yun, who was talking in his sleep, was angry and funny, but at the same time he was a little worried...
Moreover, Ouyang Ming has always been very confident in his level and skills in "scamming gold flowers". He feels that as long as he has enough capital, he will definitely not lose money.
Of course, there was another reason why he wanted to play today: He was still 20,000 yuan away from collecting 200,000 yuan to pay back to Li Botang. Therefore, when he saw that Li Zhi and the others could get a few thousand yuan for just one win, he felt sad. I came up with an idea: Why don't I go up and play a dozen or twenty games, and as long as I win 20,000 yuan, I will stop playing immediately, and then return the 200,000 yuan to Li Botang, and never have anything to do with gambling again...
Once this idea popped up in his mind, he could never get rid of it.
Therefore, when Li Zhi said that he wanted to go to the toilet and asked him to play a few games in his position, it played into his hands, so he took out 10,000 yuan from his bag and sat down without hesitation. Go up...
As Li Zhi said, he seemed to be very lucky in this position today. As soon as Ouyang Ming sat on it, the first hand he got was a "k flush", although the other three people only followed for two or three rounds before giving up. , but he also won more than 4,000 yuan in this move,
Immediately after the second hand, he caught another small straight and won another more than 5,000 yuan.
In the next few hands of cards, he lost and won, but won more often. By the time Li Zhi came out of the toilet, he had won more than 14,000 yuan.
At this time, Ouyang Ming had begun to feel confident and felt that he would definitely get lucky today, so he forgot about the goal he had set at the beginning and did not take the initiative to give up his seat to Li Zhi.
Moreover, every time he touched the three playing cards, he felt a long-lost sense of intimacy and excitement in his heart. This feeling was so familiar and wonderful that he couldn't help but linger over it, forgetting both things and me...
At this moment, the cell phone in his trouser pocket suddenly started beeping. He took it out and looked at the number. It was Li Botang's.
So, he quickly stood up, reluctantly put down the playing cards he was shuffling, and said to Li Zhi: "Brother Zhi, Uncle Li calls me. I'll go out and pick it up. You continue to play."
After Ouyang Ming walked out of the box and closed the door, Li Zhi glanced back, then turned his head, lowered his voice and said to "Lazy Monkey": "Lazy Monkey, take out your magic playing cards and replace them. With this deck of cards on the table, you and Li Hong will try your best to dig out Ouyang Ming's hundreds of thousands of yuan later. Don't worry, no matter how much you win, I won't ask you for any money. I will be your foil later. I’ll also lose some money to you so that he won’t get suspicious.”
When the lazy monkey heard what Li Zhi said, he got what he wanted: It turned out that Li Zhi and these people often played together. If it was just the four of them who knew the ins and outs of each other, they would play cards in a disciplined manner and win or lose. However, if there are outsiders coming to participate, When betting, they will take out a pair of "magic playing cards" marked with invisible potion on the back of the playing cards. The markings on the back can only be seen by wearing special contact lenses, and they can clearly see the difference between their own and the opponent's hands. Which cards were drawn? If you didn't wear glasses, no one would be able to notice the difference between this deck of cards and ordinary poker.
Moreover, the deck of "magic poker cards" the "Lazy Monkey" took out was almost exactly the same as the deck of cards they were playing now, and they were almost the same. The Lazy Monkey and the gambler named Li Hong were wearing the deck of cards at all times. A pair of contact lenses that can recognize the logo on playing cards...
After Ouyang Ming walked outside the box, he heard Li Botang say on the phone in a very friendly tone: "Xiao Ou, I just heard Li Zhi say that you are going to return the 200,000 yuan to us, right?"
Ouyang Ming hurriedly laughed and said: "Uncle Li, it's like this: Ever since I received this money from you, I have been a little uneasy. I feel: you are my elder, and Brother Zhi is my good brother." , it is my unshirkable task to apply for tax reduction and exemption for your revitalization steel plant. As long as there are no big loopholes in your company's tax reduction and exemption information, I will definitely convince Director Ye to sign and report it to you. And, the most important thing is: Director Ye has no clue. I don’t want your 100,000 yuan, and I don’t know how to convince him, so I have to return the money to you. I hope you don’t mind.”
Li Botang chuckled and said: "Xiao Ou, since you said this, I can't force myself anymore. Let's do this: I do have something to do today. I am receiving several leaders from the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission. I may not have time to come over. If you must To refund the money, you can come to my office tomorrow morning. I will ask the company's cashier to give you a receipt then. This way you will have a proof and it will be beneficial to you, right? However, I still don't want you to refund the money. If Xiaoye really doesn’t want it, so it’s not a big deal for you to accept the money alone. Think about it again.”
Ouyang Ming said: "Uncle Li, thank you. I still want to return the money to you. Then I will call you tomorrow, okay."
After getting Li Botang's affirmative reply, Ouyang Ming hung up the phone and walked into the box again.
After making a phone call, Ouyang Ming's mind, which had been dazzled by gambling addiction, gradually sobered up. He couldn't help but start to blame himself: Ouyang Ming, what's wrong with you? Why did you get into the water again? Didn't you swear? Don't you want to gamble anymore? Why do you have so little self-control?
However, he blamed himself, but his mind was still on that gambling table full of suspense and fun of battle of wits and courage, and he was still thinking about the shortfall of 20,000 yuan that could only be filled by a few thousand yuan.
After a long ideological struggle, Ouyang Ming's luck finally defeated his reason: he wanted to go up and play a few more games and win about 10,000 yuan, so he would come down immediately, and then go home to eat and sleep. Send 200,000 yuan to Li Botang...
So, under Li Zhi's repeated encouragement, Ouyang Ming sat down at the gambling table again. This time, five people played together.
However, from this moment on, the god of luck no longer seems to favor Ouyang Ming: as soon as he grabs a big card, several others fold, giving him no chance to win big money;
When others force him to go on, those people seem to know that his cards are not good, and follow closely one by one, without giving him any chance to "cheat" or "speculate"...
As a result, by the time they had dinner, Ouyang Ming had already lost more than 80,000 yuan.