Chapter 0397 – King of Gamblers

Seeing this formation, Zhuang Rui was somewhat helpless in his heart. Buddy this is to invite who messed with who ah! But it is to come to the gambling boat to play, was forced to have to bet against, and then won the small lead out of the old, Zhuang Rui does not know today after gambling this, is not able to clean a little bit.

Zhuang Rui yesterday and Qin Xuan Bing discussed, after gambling this, immediately return to the mainland, this Hong Kong is too much right and wrong, sometimes you do not go to provoke others, but others will come to provoke you ah!

Although the trip to Hong Kong harvest is not expensive, Zhuang Rui heart or a little regret, buddy to low-key ah! But he knows that after this bet today, I’m afraid that the rich and powerful circle of Hong Kong, will recognize him.

Zhuang Rui does not know is that these tycoons collective travel, but the Hong Kong paparazzi in a hurry, but these people are either on a private yacht, is to take the helicopter. Let these paparazzi simply have no opportunity to ride, otherwise, I’m afraid that Zhuang Rui’s photo, tomorrow can be on the headlines of Hong Kong entertainment newspapers.

“Mr. Ouyang, please take a seat over here, the family ancestor will be over soon.”

Zheng Hua who was directing people to arrange chairs in the gambling hall, after seeing Ouyang Jun and the others come in, he hurriedly came over and greeted them.

“Oh? Elder Zheng has also come? Grandpa even asked me to greet the old man!”

Ouyang Jun had just finished speaking when a group of old men walked in from the entrance of the gambling hall, that’s right, it was a group, a full dozen or so old men with white hair, walked in with the help of others, and Qin Xuan Bing’s grandfather, was also among this group.

Zhuang Rui is the most afraid of these interactions, at the beginning of seeing these people into the door, pulled Qin Xuan Bing hid in the corner, while Ouyang Jun with Xu Qing is to meet up, and some of the old man with Ouyang old man good relations with the old people talked up, of course, to his status and seniority, only nodded everywhere to greet the part, if it is replaced by Ouyang Lei, then these old people do not dare to big up.

The old people walked to the front row of chairs on one side of the gambling table and did so in turn, while people of Qin Haoran’s generation, like Qin Haoran, sat in the back row. As for Zheng Hua’s generation, they could only stand on the side and watch the battle, but Ouyang Jun was a guest and came on behalf of Elder Ouyang, so there were two seats for him at the front.

The crowd just sat down, from outside the gambling hall and walked into a group of people, the leader is a tall old man, forehead wide, nose high, a pair of eyes like a falcon like azole forced, this old man seems to have a kind of unspeakable charm, just as soon as he entered into the gambling hall, will be attracted to the attention of the crowd, Zhuang Rui look at its appearance, it should be a mixed-race child, and look a little familiar.

“He is the Macau gambling king Ho Hong ……”

Qin Xuan Bing whispered in Zhuang Rui’s ear, she is not very cold to this gambling king, in Qin Xuan Bing’s eyes, this married four wives, and another large number of lovers, a life of constant love affairs, gentle and boundless man, the whole is a womanizer carrot.

Ho Hung from Hong Kong’s famous Ho Tung, however, his achievements and fame is not relying on ancestral shade, when his father went bankrupt when he was a teenager, the family fell, he tasted the world, when he was young, he fled to Macau to escape the war, only 10 Hong Kong dollars on the body, bare hands and empty fists, nine deaths, to win a million dollars.

Although Ho Hung himself is not addicted to gambling, but in Hong Kong and Macau, you just say “King of Gamblers” two words, people will know that is referred to Ho Hung, reputation as a thunderclap, the gambling world domination stands for decades!

It can be said that Ho Hung is the most powerful, the most profitable, the most famous, the longest reign of the King of Gamblers in Macau’s gaming history, his life is full of legends.

Zhuang Rui’s eyes looked at this old gambling king for a while, and then shifted to behind him, and immediately behind Ho Hung, was Boat King Shu Wen.

On the other side of He Hong’s body, there was also the old foreigner, about forty years old, not tall in stature, but with a pair of gleaming eyes, when Zhuang Rui looked towards him, he seemed to have sensed something, and inclined his head to look in the direction where Zhuang Rui was.

After He Hong and the others entered the gambling hall, they immediately greeted the group that came first. Looking at the lively scene, it was a bit less like a gambling game was about to take place and more like a gathering of old friends, but after looking around the gambling hall, Shu Wen immediately walked over to Zhuang Rui.

“Mr. Zhuang, I’ve brought my bet, do you want to take a look at it first?”

Shu Wen didn’t expect the impact of this bet to be so great during yesterday, but he was also riding a tiger, so he brought over the few remaining rare antiques in his father-in-law’s villa, in case Zhuang Rui canceled this bet under the pretext that his objects didn’t work, then Shu Wen would lose a lot of face.

“Of course, I hope Dr. Shu won’t let me down ……”

Zhuang Rui nodded, he wouldn’t be a swollen face, if the object wasn’t equal in value, why would he let himself go to the bet?

Shu Wen waved his hand, and the several people following behind him, have put the objects in their hands or holding or holding in their hands, all placed on the only one gambling table in the gambling hall, and then opened the outside package, and displayed the objects inside.

“Mr. Zhuang please take your time to look.” Shu Wen made a gesture of invitation, but the person blocked in front of Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui froze for a moment. Following that, he suddenly realized, and beckoned for those waiters to place the few pieces of porcelain he won yesterday and Lang Shi Ning’s painting of the palace consort, likewise on the gambling table.

Shu Wen laughed, and then made way, and let himself behind an old man to go to test Zhuang Rui out of the things, although said Zhuang Rui yesterday did not leave the gambling boat, it is impossible to play the trick of stealing, but Shu Wen in order to be prepared for any eventualities, but still brought a bit of Hong Kong Island’s famous auction house of appraisers to come.

Zhuang Rui did not bother Shu Wen and other people, walked straight to the gambling table, watching Shu Wen brought objects. A total of two pieces of porcelain and two scrolls, the number of yesterday’s less than one, but this thing, not the number of antiques is worth money, such as Jingdezhen is now also burned every year so much ceramic stuff it, all together may not have this table of a thing worth money.

Those two pieces of porcelain a pair of Kangxi models of blue and white Yuhu Chun, the tire is delicate, smooth glaze, blue and white hair color is pure, color is also very bright, the whole vessel level more, picture full, the main and secondary, all in one, does not give a person trivial and pile up the feeling, Zhuang Rui in the use of aura has seen, is indeed a fine product in the Kangxi blue and white, the value of a lot of money.

“Damn, in the country a piece is difficult to find out the contraption, this foreigner a take is a pair of ……”

Zhuang Rui heart some indignation, it can be seen, when those robbers, do not know from the domestic robbed how many ancestors passed down the treasure, and now actually take out in a dignified manner, can be described as shameless.

Just this pair of porcelain market value, and that a pair of Ming Yongle’s white porcelain is about the same, it is clear that the price of the other two paintings must be a little higher, or according to their own words, the value of these objects is not equal, the bet is not established.

Zhuang Rui some can not wait to spread a scroll on the table, froze, not to mention the scroll itself, that is, in the picture of those corners of the inscription, let Zhuang Rui shocked, one of the most obvious is the “body of the master of the yuan” seal, Zhuang Rui know, that is the Kangxi Emperor’s side of the private seal, which is enough to prove that this painting! Definitely out of the palace.

This painting is shen zhou’s “lushan high picture” vertical axis paper painting. Above with a few simple colors, the Mount Lu’s steep and beautiful, Changchuan waterfalls, pines and yellow stone, outlined with the paper, majestic atmosphere, calling out, like Zhuang Rui this little knowledge of ancient paintings, but also look as if intoxicated.

The whole painting is about two meters longitudinal, horizontal probably also has a meter or so, so the size, in the ancient paintings is also very rare, Shen Zhou early years of small, after 40 years old began to top a large, middle-aged paintings rigorous and fine show, the pen is calm and strong, to the bone win, the late years of the ink and brush coarse and simple and bold, the momentum of the strong.

He was very knowledgeable, rich in collections, widely traveled, highly respected by later generations of famous artists, Wen Zhengming once called him “immortal man” who floated outside the world.

Shen Zhou’s works are favored by several emperors of the Qing dynasty, in this painting on the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong three emperors’ inscriptions and inscriptions, Zhuang Rui estimates that the value of this painting, than the market price of Lang Shining’s consort figure is much higher.

Just Zhuang Rui previously heard that this painting is hidden in the Taipei Palace Museum, today a see, only to know that the rumors are mostly false, not to mention, on the basis of the axle in the rich almost purple aura, Zhuang Rui dare to conclude that this painting is absolutely true.

Another actually is Shen Zhou’s work, this is a small calligraphy works “landscape calligraphy”, a total of sixteen album pages, calligraphy forceful, strong momentum, and preserved extremely well, basically there is no damage, which after more than six hundred years, it is not easy.

This pair of porcelain and two Shen Zhou’s works, the price is not lower than yesterday Zhuang Rui won a few objects, after looking at these things, Zhuang Rui nodded, said to Shu Wen who has been watching himself: “Dr. Shu is also a collector ah! These few things are good, the bet between us, can be established.”

Shu Wen didn’t rush to reply, but waited until his side’s appraiser had finished appraising, then looked at Zhuang Rui and said, “Okay, I’ll ask Mr. Stevenson from Macau to help me bet on this one, I wonder if Mr. Zhuang is going to place the bet himself, or will he ask you to do it on your behalf?”

“I’ll bet myself!”

Zhuang Rui’s words caused the crowd to be taken aback, they were all well-informed individuals who had learned just a while ago that a few people had arrived from the country yesterday, among them was a gambling expert.

Only the crowd in the field did not expect that the master actually did not go down, but Zhuang Rui personally bet against Stevenson, who had once won the title of King of Gamblers in the Las Vegas Gambling Contest, which was not swatting flies on the tiger’s head, looking for death!