Chapter 0380 – Gambling Ship

“Hello, is this Mr. Zhuang?”

Mandarin that clearly had a Cantonese accent. It made Zhuang Rui feel a bit unfamiliar, most of the Cantonese people spoke Mandarin with an accent, he really couldn’t tell the difference.

“I’m Zhuang Rui, may I ask who you are?” Zhuang Rui politely returned.

“Oh, Mr. Zhuang, I’m Zheng Hua! I’m sorry to bother you, sorry ……”

Zheng Hua on the other end of the phone is a little depressed, how to say that day and Zhuang Rui chat a few sentences, the other party actually did not hear his own voice, he does not think about it, this phone will certainly be out of tune, is not very familiar with the person, who can hear each other’s voice from a sentence.

“Oh, it’s Mr. Zheng! May I ask what is your business?”

Zhuang Rui had no interest in those so-called cocktail parties and whatnot, thinking that if the other party made this invitation, he would have to think of an excuse to refuse.

“It’s like this, tomorrow on the high seas. There is a bit of a program, I don’t know if you have time to participate ah?”

“The high seas? What program?” Zhuang Rui was somewhat baffled by Zheng Hua’s words, what’s the point of running on the high seas when there’s nothing to do? That said, many fishermen are now idle, to imitate the pirates of the 18th and 19th centuries, if they were to run into, how wronged ah!

“Tomorrow the Hong Kong gambling ship Neptune will go out to sea for a day, does Mr. Zhuang want to go and have some fun? Of course, if Mr. Zhuang doesn’t like to gamble, going to the open sea to see the scenery and fish is also very good.”

Zheng Hua, however, thought about it for a day yesterday before coming up with such an opportunity to get close to Zhuang Rui, that said, when Ouyang Jun came to Hong Kong several times, he had to let himself be accompanied to Macau to gamble, so I guess Zhuang Rui should be a bit interested as well, right?

“Gambling ship?!”

Zhuang Rui froze for a moment at the words, his mind immediately recalled some Hong Kong movies he watched in the eighties and nineties, and remembered that the one that set off the Hong Kong gambling movie craze, “God of Gamblers” starring Chow Yun-Fat, seemed to end up being filmed on a gambling ship on the high seas.

“Mr. Zheng, let me think about it first! I’ll call you back, there’s something else going on here.”

Zhuang Rui thought about it for a while, although his heart wanted to go and see something, but he knew too little about Hong Kong, it was better to wait and listen to Qin Xuan Bing’s opinion! That said, this seems to kill people on the high seas are not illegal, Zhuang Rui do not want to be confused into a den of thieves to go.

“Okay, Mr. Zhuang if you want to go and have fun, just give me a call. I’ll arrange it for you.”

Zheng Hua heard Zhuang Rui didn’t refuse and hung up the phone with a polite voice, he guessed Zhuang Rui’s scruples, he should have gone to find someone to inquire about the gambling ship.

“Hi, Grandpa Qin, sorry, a friend called just now, I’ve kept you waiting.”

Zhuang Rui held his cell phone out for a while, then remembered that Grandpa Qin was still waiting for his reply, and hurriedly walked over.

“It’s fine, young people have energy, running around more and having fun is not a bad thing, Xiao Zhuang, do you think the program I mentioned is feasible?”

Elder Qin smiled and waved his hand, these purple jadeite but belong to Zhuang Rui, if he does not agree, he can not do anything, the old man is not going to use Qin Xuan Bing’s relationship to say things, pro to pro. Business is business, old master Qin is very clear on this point.

“Grandpa Qin, let’s do what you said! I just don’t know when the jewelry expo you mentioned will open ah?”

These purple jadeite although rare, but Zhuang Rui does not have the intention of collecting it, yesterday spent three million out, he is now shy, Xinjiang jade mine dividends to wait until the end of the year, and then do not get some money, I’m afraid that brother-in-law that 4S automobile stores can not get up.

“Well, I think about it ……”

The old man lowered his head and contemplated for a while, said, “The jewelry style design needs to be finalized for more than a week, and the beating and processing is estimated to have half a month, so it should be able to catch up with the International Jewelry Expo that will be held in the UK next month.”

“Alright, Grandpa Qin, then I’ll leave this matter to you.”

Zhuang Rui nodded, next month if a sum of money can be recovered, it shouldn’t be able to delay the renovation of Zhao’s 4S store, he still has three to four million in his hand, it can last until that time.

“Xiao Zhuang, if in the expo, when someone wants to buy this string of jewelry, we sell or not sell ah?”

See Zhuang Rui nodded his head to agree, Master Qin breathed a sigh of relief, but although the two sides of the share of the share of the negotiated, but the words still have to say understand, because the dominant right is in the hands of Zhuang Rui, if he feels that the price is not suitable. Not willing to bid, then one can only listen.

“Sell, the price is right we will sell, grandpa Qin you look at the treatment well.”

Zhuang Rui did not hesitate to give an answer, what a joke, the reason why he is willing to give these purple eyes to Qin’s jewelry, is to want to turn into cash money as soon as possible, not sell and keep what?

“Good, with your words, old man how I have to sell it for a sky-high price, Haoran, Haobin, all come with me to the house, Xiao Zhuang, you and Bing’er play down in Hong Kong these days!”

Qin old master heard Zhuang Rui’s words, his heart was overjoyed, and did not care to greet Zhuang Rui, shouted his two sons, returned to the villa to convene the company’s jewelry designers, ready to make these purple eyes emerald.

The old man pulled down his old face, begged for these purple eyes, not for money, he is for Qin’s jewelry reputation. You know, a rare and unique jewelry came out, if you can win awards in the jewelry exposition, then Qin’s jewelry in the international jewelry industry’s reputation, will definitely be on a higher level, the kind of sensational effect, not tens of millions of dollars can be bought.

So the old man Qin gave Zhuang Rui’s conditions are also very generous, unless the jewelry can be sold to more than 50 million, otherwise 20% of the share of them is equal to not much profit at all, this jewelry to Qin’s jewelry in the name of the exhibition, then, the invisible effect brought. That’s what the old man Qin valued.

In the Qin family accompanied Fang Yi and other elders to chat for a while after the day, Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuan Bing said goodbye and left. Hong Kong was actually not that big, Qin Xuan Bing drove Zhuang Rui around to Temple Street and other places, and then went to that Wong Tai Sin tree that was said to be very spiritual to worship, and it wasn’t until evening that the two of them returned to the hotel.

“Xuan Bing, Zheng Hua invited me to go to the high seas gambling boat tomorrow, are we going?”

Zhuang Rui had been holding this matter in his heart until he returned to the hotel, only then did he exit to Qin Xuan Bing and asked.

“OK ah! You do not say I still want to tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, take you to Macau to play a game!”

Qin Xuan Bing’s answer to let Zhuang Rui some dumbfounded, he has always thought, this woman certainly do not like men gambling, did not think Qin Xuan Bing simply do not care, and also take the initiative to bring their own to Macau, where it is one of the world-famous top ten gambling city ah!

“You Hong Kong people all like to gamble?” Zhuang Rui thought Qin Xuan Bing was saying the opposite, and asked tentatively.

“Not at all, I tell you, in Hong Kong everyone ……”

Qin Xuan Bing whitened Zhuang Rui a glance, opened his mouth to explain to him, after listening to the words of Qin Xuan Bing, Zhuang Rui then suddenly realized, the original this is completely the concept of different.

In Hong Kong this place, gambling has been accompanied by everyone’s side, Hong Kong’s most famous newspaper, not what Ming Pao Ta Kung Pao, but the Mark Six newspaper, and horse racing, the two named lottery actually gambling industry, often accompanied by many Hong Kong people throughout their lives.

In Hong Kong, you can see people everywhere holding newspapers and looking at them with great interest. If you think that he is concerned about current political news, you are wrong, because nine times out of ten, that person is studying which batch of horses he should buy today and what numbers he should choose for the Mark Six lottery. It can be said that Mark Six and horse betting have penetrated deeply into their lives.

There are also many Hong Kong people who, every Saturday, will take a boat to Macau and have a small gamble. Win or lose, they will return to Hong Kong on the same day or the next day, and for them, this is a way to release the pressure of life and a pastime on weekends.

Ferry tickets from Hong Kong to Macau are very cheap, and almost every Hong Kong person can afford to go there, from the rich and powerful to the small traders, so there was once a statistic that almost 90.9 percent of adult men in Hong Kong have been to the casinos in Macau.

Ironically, although Mark Six and horse betting are prevalent in Hong Kong, gambling is illegal, that is to say, those underground gambling stalls in Hong Kong are all operating illegally.

The first Hong Kong gambling ship was the “Princess of the Orient” organized by the King of Gamblers, Mr. Yip Hon, which was first used to fight against the King of Gamblers, Mr. Stanley Ho, in Macao, but from the end of the 1980s, Mr. Yip Hon put an end to his decades-long history of gambling.

But Ye Han set up a gambling ship behavior, is to let many Hong Kong people enlightened, Hong Kong gambling is illegal, but you can drive a gambling ship to the high seas inside gambling, so it will not violate the laws and regulations of Hong Kong, for a time, large and small gambling ships have come out, but also on the casino business in Macao, has had a great impact.

These transformed by the big tanker luxury gambling boat, every morning will carry tourists to open to the high seas, and then return in the evening, has now become a must-see attraction for foreign tourists in Hong Kong, so Qin Xuan Bing heard Zhuang Rui said to go to the high seas, did not feel there is something wrong at all.

Seeing that Qin Xuan Bing did not object, Zhuang Rui got excited, although he was not a big gambler, but in his heart he was eager to go and see it, and quickly took out his cell phone and called Zheng Hua, and made an appointment to meet at the place tomorrow.

“Zhuang Rui, let’s say it first, it doesn’t matter if you go to have fun, but you can’t get addicted!”

Qin Xuan Bing saw Zhuang Rui’s excited appearance, the heart can not help but a little worried, this gambling a word, do not know how many Hong Kong people harmed the loss of property, she is not willing to Zhuang Rui become a gambler.

“Don’t worry! Wife, the only thing that can make me addicted now is you.”

Zhuang Rui laughed, bent down and picked up Qin Xuan Bing towards the bathroom, needless to say, naturally, another night of springtime, disk battle.