The background accompaniment of the music continued. The music was dominated by drums and was very intense. It was probably a recording played to match the one-handed brick-breaking program. After Dong Xuebin briefly completed the scene with a microphone on the stage, everyone below
Everyone looked at him. Many people didn't know there was something going on here. They all clapped and cheered for him. They were looking forward to the performance of the legendary figure Director Xiao Dong. Some people knew what was going on and looked at the joke coldly. In the end, it was Huang.
Some county leaders, including Li Li and Geng Yuchao, frowned and watched how Dong Xuebin solved the problem.
Is it handled?
It’s just a loss of face for Dong Xuebin alone.
Not handled well?
It was not only Dong Xuebin who was embarrassed, but also the face of Xie Huilan, who promoted him to the top!
Five bricks were stacked together, almost reaching Dong Xuebin's knees. At this time, the rhythm of the music slowed down and ended, and then the next piece of music with a brisk rhythm began. Dong Xuebin was delayed for more than a minute before he came on the stage. It is expected that
The song was about to end, and a new one was added. Dong Xuebin felt that the rhythm of the song was just right, so he inserted the microphone into the stand, smiled, and gently rolled up his sleeves.
Looking at this posture, is it about to break bricks?
Deputy County Magistrate Geng Yuchao shook his head in his mind, "What does it look like for you, the director of the Investment Promotion Bureau, to chop bricks?" He thought that Xiao Dong's political wisdom was too poor.
Many people thought so too, but what Dong Xuebin said next made many people stunned.
Dong Xuebin said with a smile: "Before we start, let me perform a magic trick for everyone."
Magic? Isn't the show about splitting bricks with one hand? Someone murmured to someone below.
Changing the program temporarily? Qin Yong, Hu Silian and others looked at the stage in silence.
Geng Yuchao, Huang Li, Liang Chengpeng and others nodded slightly, doing magic? Change the program? It seems that Xiao Dong is not stupid. He knows how to avoid the important and take the easy. In the current situation, temporarily changing the program is actually a last resort. We weigh the pros and cons, so
The choice can be less embarrassing and less embarrassing. Magic tricks are better than splitting bricks. They are mysterious and elegant, which is in line with the image of China Merchants. First change the audience's attention, use other programs to change the topic, and then change the subject.
Ignoring the matter of splitting bricks with one hand, this can be considered as a trick. The main thing is whether this magic can attract people, which is the key to changing the topic.
Dong Xuebin seemed very confident. He said to the backstage: "Can you give me a deck of playing cards?"
After a while, a staff member came up with a deck of playing cards. They were new and unpacked.
"Thank you." Dong Xuebin took this small prop, unpacked it, took out the cards, and held it up high for everyone to see. "Everyone, please take a look. This is a new set of cards. They are the most common poker cards sold on the street.
Please also pay attention to the back of the card. This is not a magic card, there are no marks." The camera zoomed in, and a close-up of the poker was shown on the big screen behind the podium, and everyone could see it clearly.
Many people below nodded, it was indeed ordinary poker.
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "Okay, it's easy after confirming this. What I have to do now is to put the playing cards in everyone's hands. Please cooperate with your leaders and colleagues. Anyone can do it, don't let me see it."
Go to the ground and pick out a card at random from the poker, and don't let other people see it. After a while, I will get lucky, and then I can guess what card everyone has."
Many people don't believe it.
Generally, to perform this kind of magic, you need to have a sitter, that is, an internal support. But many people know that Dong Xuebin is rushing to do it this time, and there is no preparation at all. How can he perform this kind of magic under such circumstances?
?
Dong Xuebin handed over the cards and said, "Miss Su, can you help me?"
"I'm happy to oblige." The host Su Jia smiled and took the poker, walked off the stage, and held the cards in his hand. In this way, not only Dong Xuebin, but also other people could not see the cards.
Su Jia walked to the row of county leaders first.
Huang Li was very considerate and said, "I'll draw one." After saying that, he reached out and took out a card from the middle and held it in his hand.
Geng Yuchao also stretched out his hand and took a card from it.
Later, Xiang Daofa did not move, but Xie Huilan and Chen Tongbing each took a card. After finishing this, Su Jia took the cards and walked to the back of the auditorium. Along the way, someone reached for the cards from time to time. At the back, Qin
Yong and Hu Silian also took one from Su Jia's hand.
In the blink of an eye, half of the cards were missing.
Seeing that Su Jia wanted to give cards, Dong Xuebin wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the microphone and said: "Host, you can come back, you really risked me, I won't lead you to cause trouble like this, you
Do you still want to give away all the cards? My energy is limited, why don’t you exhaust me to death?"
What he said was very humorous, and everyone laughed.
Su Jia covered her mouth and snorted, then stopped dealing the cards, "Can I draw one too?"
Dong Xuebin gritted his teeth and struggled, and finally nodded as if he was willing to give it all, "Just smoke it!"
Huang Li was amused and thought that this guy was quite good at adjusting the atmosphere.
Su Jia picked up one and covered it in her hand.
"Okay." Dong Xuebin rubbed his hands, "Now let me talk about the cards in everyone's hands. I am going to be lucky. Pay attention, this is the moment to witness the miracle!"
The words were so familiar that everyone laughed again.
Dong Xuebin took a deep breath, held it in, put his hands together and clenched his fists. For one second, five seconds, ten seconds, his face turned red. Suddenly, Dong Xuebin exhaled heavily, his eyes lit up and said
: "The first one to get the card seems to be Secretary Huang. Let me talk about the card in Secretary Huang's hand first, ace of diamonds, right?"
Huang Li smiled bitterly, picked up the card and held it up to show him, no, he was holding the King of Hearts.
Dong Xuebin knew that his guess was wrong. How could this girl do magic? He quickly shouted back for three seconds!
…
Time goes back!
Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Dong Xuebin said: "The first one to take the card seems to be Secretary Huang. Let me talk about the card in Secretary Huang's hand first, the King of Hearts, right?"
Everyone looked at Secretary Huang.
Huang Li was stunned, raised the card slightly, and focused the camera lens on the card, the King of Hearts, he was right!
Dong Xuebin smiled and said, "The next one is from County Magistrate Geng, 3 of spades!"
Geng Yuchao didn't even look at the cards himself. Hearing this, he lowered his head and turned over the cards. Hey, it was really the 3 of spades. He raised it to the camera, and there was a sudden burst of applause!
Someone shouted: "Don't say it in order!"
"Yeah, can you just dance and say it? What's my picture?" Someone asked him a difficult question.
Dong Xuebin said happily: "Okay, here is this one in your hand... Hey, good card, it's the king, right?"
The man was stunned and reluctantly picked up the card and showed it to everyone. It was really a king.
Now many people have noticed that all three cards were correctly spoken in a row. This is definitely not a coincidence. Of course, the words Dong Xuebin said that he was practicing martial arts are obviously not reliable either. They must be.
What kind of tricks are there? Otherwise, how would it be called magic? But no one knows what is going on.
Xie Huilan smiled and said: "Where is my card?"
"Thank you, County Magistrate, for this..." Dong Xuebin paused, then returned it with his back and said with a smile, "It's a billboard."
Billboards, generally there is an extra card in poker, some are blank, some are advertisements. Xie Huilan gracefully held the card with a slight movement, and sure enough, it was a billboard!
Bang bang bang, thunderous applause, this magic is indeed interesting!
Xie Huilan smiled and glanced at Dong Xuebin.
Then, Dong Xuebin used his back to tell the cards in everyone's hands one by one, one card, five cards, ten cards, without any mistakes.
Huang Li also nodded secretly. This Xiaodong, what a surprise. He actually performed a show with no preparation at all in advance. Now he just needs to finish the magic trick and ignore the show of breaking bricks with one hand.
If you leave the game directly, the backlash will not be that big. Of course, the impact will definitely still be there. A one-handed brick-breaking program was suddenly changed into a magic show. No matter how good the performance is, it is not beautiful in itself. The cadres underneath are not beautiful.
No matter if you are tricked by someone, so what? People will only see that you don’t know how to deal with interpersonal relationships, which will make people hate you. What’s more, the conflict will be brought to the party of all cadres. This has a huge impact.
If it’s not good, it will arouse people’s doubts and resentment.
But there is nothing we can do about it now. We can only avoid the important and take the easy.
Of course, if you can really chop bricks with one hand in the style of the China Merchants Bureau without damaging the face of the Director of the China Merchants Bureau, this embarrassment will no longer happen and everyone will be happy, but... this is obviously unrealistic. Where in the world is that possible?
How can you get the best of both worlds? You blush and use your big arms to split bricks. Even if you split bricks for ten years or a hundred years, you still won't be able to split them gracefully. Showing this kind of brute force, as the top leader of an investment promotion bureau, is what it is.
If you don't show your face, can you still expect Dong Xuebin to split flowers?
Soon, the poker performance ended, and Dong Xuebin bowed to express his thanks.
But seeing this, someone below still said loudly: "By the way, isn't it possible to chop bricks with one hand?"
"Yeah, what about the brick-breaking show? I'm still looking forward to it."
"I forgot about it, right? Why did it change to a magic show? How did you register for the show? How could this be all wrong?"
"Isn't this fooling people?"
There were voices of dissatisfaction, and some were just looking at jokes. For example, Lu Dafa, who took the lead in applauding, insisted on letting Dong Xuebin perform a one-handed brick splitting, hoping to make him look embarrassed in public. If Dong Xuebin really split bricks,
Well, this joke must spread throughout the county.
Xie Huilan and Huang Li frowned at the same time.
Qin Yong, on the other hand, gave Dong Xuebin a hard wink from behind and told him to get off the stage quickly. At least he was fooled by the show, which was good.
However, Dong Xuebin did not end up. He looked at the audience with a smile and said something that made everyone stunned, "Haha, everyone has been waiting for a long time. Since I signed up for the show of breaking bricks with one hand, how could I forget
Okay, okay, the warm-up time is over, now let’s enjoy the magic show – splitting bricks with one hand!”