Rebirth: Outstanding

"Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng!"

Gu Tiancheng was sitting at an old desk practicing calligraphy, a series of footsteps had already sounded outside the Kuixing Pavilion, and then there was a screaming voice before entering the door.

Gu Tiancheng put down the brush in his hand, and looked at the Song Ci "Yi Jianmei" on the paper, which was only half-missed on the paper. He seemed a little dissatisfied. When he put down the brush, the yelling people outside had already pushed open the creaking wooden door and rushed forward. Entering, he was a 17-year-old young man wearing a sweatshirt and trousers. He seemed to be a little tired from running. At this time, he held the door frame and took a few breaths, and swung his arms toward the door behind him:

"The bad guy... the bad guy... take a fake! Uncle Xiang wants you to prepare."

"You ran in such a hurry. I thought you were here to report the funeral and tell the Governor to die." Gu Tiancheng smiled and cursed at the young man who entered the door. He picked up the teapot and poured half a bowl of tea into the bowl: "Drink some herbal tea, You always said that it was a fake file, that is, Uncle Xiang cooperated with the bad guy to act, don't worry."

The young man panted well, walked over and picked up the tea bowl, drank most of the bowl of herbal tea in one sip, and wiped the corners of his mouth happily: "Big brother, you have stopped work for six full days. What a ghost? You want tonight again. If you don’t talk to the brothers in the stall in advance and drink a few cups, how can they help you hold the scene? Uncle Xiang said that there is a fake guy who wants to see you today, I I came to see you in a hurry, and after having troubled the accounts, you just had the opportunity to ask the brother in the stall to come out for a meal."

After speaking, the young man was ready to sit on the opposite side of Gu Tiancheng's desk, but before his **** fell down, he saw the thick pile of Chinese and English newspapers on the wicker chair, and curiously asked Gu Tiancheng:

"Did you not say that Grandpa Gu went to Aunt Zhu to help for a few days? Why? His old man returned? Otherwise, there will be so many English newspapers."

Gu Tiancheng patted his chest lightly with his hand: "Of course I bought it to see if there is any way to make a fortune."

"No~Yes~, Brother Cheng?" The young man glared at Gu Tiancheng: "Even if you are a silver head of Xiangshun Sparrow School and know how to write a few words and keep accounts, Uncle Xiang has indeed praised you. Lao, it is definitely an eye-catching white paper fan talent, but should you take out a bunch of English newspapers that you can never understand? I know more English letters than you, I know seven, you only remember four indivual."

"I'm unwilling to fall and work hard to force it? I have enough rest? I'll leave, so much, I want to go to the radio to learn about ancient baa." Gu Tiancheng stood up from the wicker chair and did not tidy up the desk. Leading the youth to walk outside the Kuixing Pavilion, the two of them went out, Gu Tiancheng locked the wooden door outside, and the youth walked in the direction of Xiangshun Sparrow School.

Gu Tiancheng is twenty years old this year. He is quick-headed, strong-eyed, and literate and arithmetic. Now he is only eighteen years old and he is already the silver head of the Jianghu casino at the Xiangshun Mahjong School in Kowloon Walled City. Rules, pay attention to the 13th floor of the large stalls, the silver head is on the fifth floor, and they are already middle and high-level figures in the casino.

The young man who came to pass the news around Gu Tiancheng was called Li Angju, who was his playmate when he grew up in the Kowloon Walled City.

However, Li Angju, like Gu Tiancheng, has grown up from a place like Jiulong Walled City since childhood. He has not grown into a horse of thousands of miles. But the black sheep deserves his name. He does not have the stern and powerful grandfather and parents of Gu Tiancheng. Busy with livelihood and negligence of discipline, so when he was fifteen, he was already a quagmire and a courageous 49ers. He rushed to the battle and shouted and screamed behind his worshipping tycoon. Now he has been worshipping for three years. , It is the mind that jumps up and down to get a position in the top position.

Two people walked out of their residences and walked through the various privately built stone houses, wooden houses, tin houses and other buildings in the Kowloon Walled City. A three-story wooden building is the back door of Xiangshun Mahjong School.

Although Hong Kong refers to mahjong halls as mahjong schools, it is not specifically designed to train rookies in the mahjong world. Taoli Manyuan mainly provides venues for masters who are proficient in gambling. profit.

Seeing Gu Tiancheng and Li Angju appearing at the back door of the Sparrow School, the two young people who are full-time responsible for guarding the wind greeted with a smile: "Hey, Cheng, aren't they? I won't start work for six days? Why is it so sick? I want to buy a fruit. Go to the basket to check your illness."

"Stop it! Stinky column. I expect you to visit me? I'm afraid I won't survive that day. You are famous for being stingy on the street." Gu Tiancheng took the cigarette that had just been lit by the stinky column. He said to himself, and then looked at another young man: "Amao, what's the situation inside? Don't the bad guys always ask about the accounts? What's more, I'm not the only one with Yintou."

"The two of us who pretend to be an observatory will know, Brother Cheng, you still go in and ask Uncle Xiang." Amao said politely to Gu Tiancheng.

On the thirteenth floor of the big stall, Gu Tiancheng is the head of the fifth floor who specializes in accounting, and the two young people are the observatory on the eleventh floor, which is responsible for keeping watch and ventilation. Both their status in the casino and their income are very poor. Many, so even if the two young people were two years older than Gu Tiancheng, they both called to Gu Tiancheng to become brother.

Gu Tiancheng didn’t ask any more questions. He walked towards the casino with a cigarette in his mouth. Li Angju followed Gu Tiancheng and patted two young people looking forward to the wind: “After work is over at midnight tonight, Feng Ru restaurant, Cheng Ge entertains, remember to change shifts in advance. , Bring a good guy."

There is a mahjong table on the first floor of the casino, but there are more than forty tables open in an area of ​​more than 100 square meters, which is very crowded, and because the guests smoke too much, the smoke is full, and it is mixed with excitement and screaming. Sounds, even spitting and picking feet, three missing one, etc., all kinds of sounds came together, noisy Gu Tiancheng stepped on the stairs and walked towards the second floor.

The environment on the second floor is better than that on the first floor. In the same large area, there are only three Pai Jiutai, two fan stalls, four and thirteen, and there are more than a dozen rattan chairs around. , Put some cheap snacks and tea for the gamblers to rest, but those gamblers who have gambled with red eyes, often the tea snacks are placed for a day without anyone touching them, and they are all staring at their cards and the cards on the table. Bet, it's a dozen men with dragons and phoenixes, sitting on a wicker chair rubbing old skins and chatting, seeing Gu Tiancheng and Li Angju up the second floor, headed by a man who is only 27 or 18 years old. Holding a handful of purple clay pot, he grinned at Gu Tiancheng: "Acheng, I heard that you have been sick for a few days? Are you okay? Uncle Xiang is waiting for you on the third floor."

"Thank you, Brother Shan, for your concern. I will go to see Uncle Xiang first, and I will come back to accompany you to drink tea after I finish my work." Gu Tiancheng said politely to the man named Brother Shan, and turned and continued to walk towards the third floor.

These dozens of big guys are the fourth level of the thirteenth level of the gambling stalls, the fourth level of the patrol stalls, which is the casino's thugs, whether it is a gambler making a thousand troubles, or other casinos or adversaries to find trouble, as long as force is involved. The weapon fights were all resolved by these people. Gu Tiancheng called the mountain brother, and it was the leader of these patrol guys who clashed with the brave red stick in Qishan.

Gu Tiancheng walked up to the third floor, but Li Angju walked towards Brother Shan and the others with a flat smile, and took out four boxes of good-color cigarettes from his pockets. Brother, Brother Dong, Brother Wen, some big guys, eat cigarettes, eat cigarettes."

Shan Ge looked at Li Angju with a smile and a smile: "Hey, Aju, Acheng has been soaked in the stall for a few days since he was ill. At least two hundred yuan have been spilled. We invite us to have a refreshment in the morning and deliver cigarettes in the afternoon. Acheng is not in a hurry, are you in a hurry? You might as well learn from Acheng, as if something happened before, you don’t know how to calm down."

"Brother Cheng is not sure if his brain is rusty. When Uncle Xiang asked me to go to the free school and asked him to come to the stall, he was reading an English newspaper. Of course he was fainted. Of course I would run errands for him. Fengru restaurant, Cheng Ge is a treat, and he will definitely join him. If you don't go there, Ah Cheng is embarrassed." Li Angju pulled a box of cigarettes, and lit the cigarettes for the dozen big guys in turn, and said politely.

"Okay, okay, before and after you ran for the past few days, you have used this thought in your work. You have long been a silver head like Ah Cheng. You can beat and have the loyalty to help the brothers, and you will surely get ahead. It’s a pity that you’re in the Xiaogan prison now.” Shan Ge drank a cigarette and spit out a piece of smoke to Li Angju: “Don’t worry, Ah Cheng, your two brothers have always been well-behaved. Of course I will go if you ask me to eat. Ah Cheng hasn't worshipped a big man, but we people have always regarded him as our own. Those guys in Shitangzui, if we don't speculate, we won't be soft."

"Thank you, Brother Shan, and everyone." After Li Angju helped everyone to light the cigarettes, he thanked him with a big smile on his face.

The third floor of the casino is a bit more luxurious than the second floor. There are not only wicker chairs, snacks, tea, and other places for gamblers to rest, but also a few cigarette couches, smoke lamps, smoke guns, and so on. A girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyebrows waited on the table beside Zhang Yan, helping the guests to light up the lights and billow the cigarettes, and there were not so many tables on the third floor. There were only two blackjack tables, separated in two by large screens. Boxes.

Gu Tiancheng did not enter the box, but went to a partitioned 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, old-fashioned red sandalwood tables and chairs. Around ten years old, a meticulous middle-aged man wearing a satin gown and specially combing his bald hair with wax is sitting on an armchair with his legs tilted, listening to the old-fashioned radio on the table beside him.

This middle-aged man is the communication of the second level among the 13th floor of Xiangshun Mahjong School. He smiles with Yongyi's veteran white paper fan. In terms of seniority, Li Angju, the 49th boy, can be regarded as a smiling disciple.

The so-called thirteen tiers of large stalls in the population of Jianghu, large stalls refer to gambling stalls, but not all gambling stalls are called large stalls, gambling stalls called large stalls, although there are no hard and fast rules, but Jianghu people also know , To meet the five major conditions, big capital, big face, big background, big place, big stakes, only after occupying these five big ones, this gambling stall can be qualified as a big stall.

As for the thirteenth floor, it refers to different people who perform their duties in the big stalls. The first floor is the shareholders, that is, the casino owner. Those who opened casinos in Hong Kong in the age must be well-known figures with various prefixes. The boss of Xiangshun Mahjong School is He Yongyi's presidency, Gu Liqiang.

The second layer is communication, which is the smiling face in front of Gu Tiancheng at this time. The casino owner can’t stare at the business all day. Naturally, someone needs to take care of it. The person responsible for taking care of the casino for him is communication. One person in the stall is above everyone else. People who are in the position of communication must be sharp-minded, exquisite, well-rounded, full of face, and strong. In the gambling stall, whether there are police officers to check the stalls, or people from the rivers and lakes to fight the autumn wind, or even During the holidays, the gambling staff arranges and dispatches, all are responsible for communication, and communication does not need to stay in the casino all day to watch business, under him, there is a third floor.

The third layer is called the manager. In fact, it is the executive of communication. He stays in the casino all day and is responsible for the execution of communication and accountability. The business of the casino is usually taken by the confidant of the communication.

The fourth floor is those on the second floor that are ready to fight and fight, and the fifth floor is the silver head, which is the position of Gu Tiancheng, which is equivalent to the treasurer of a casino, usually with three to five silver heads.

In a casino, these five floors are considered to be the high-levels, who are responsible for the wealth of the big stalls. After that, there are such as the sixth floor that is responsible for the lottery of each table, the seventh floor helps the lottery to urge guests to place bets, and the eighth floor is responsible for running errands to pass news. The ninth floor is responsible for the gatekeepers, the tenth floor is responsible for the women’s handymen who pour tea, and the observatory on the eleventh floor. The tier is responsible for the dead ghost who is behind the scapegoat in the gambling stall.

The total number of 13-level positions in a large-scale company is more than one hundred, which is not less than the size of a Hong Kong company, but compared to a company, it is all the large-scale starters, regardless of men and women, all of them are organizations. The middle-aged, that is, their own people in their mouths.

"Uncle Xiang, are you kidding me?" Gu Tiancheng walked in from the door, walked two steps into the door and stood still, closed his eyes and listened to the Cantonese opera on the radio with a smile and respectfully opened his mouth.

When Xiao Mianxiang heard Gu Tiancheng's voice, he didn't rush to open his eyes. Instead, he put on a smile on his face. He still kept his posture, and said gently: "Acheng, I heard that Aju said you have a disease?"

"It won't be enough to get sick. I've been fainted for a few days. Thanks to Uncle Xiang for caring, it's much better." Gu Tiancheng lowered his head, standing in place and said.

Xiao Mianxiang slowly picked up the purple sand teapot in his hand and delivered saliva to his mouth. After the last long tune of Cantonese opera "Lang Gui Wan" on the radio was sung, he opened his eyes and looked at the neat and tidy clothes in front of him. Gu Tiancheng nodded in satisfaction.

There are so many young people in the casino, whether they are literary or Wu, the most favorite thing with a smile is the Gu Tiancheng in front of other casino gamblers and brothers jokingly called Liangzicheng. Although he is not a member of his own club, Gu Tiancheng Tiancheng has a bright mind, is a man of the world, informed and interesting and young enough to make Xiao Mianxiang feel that Gu Tian's achievements are a copy of his youth.

Other younger brothers who are starting work also have handsome looks, but they are not as clean as Gu Tiancheng. They always wear white shirts and trousers neatly, their hair is neatly trimmed, and their leather shoes are a bit old. , But it also wiped the bright light, just standing there, it gave people an impression of capable and capable.

"Originally, it doesn’t matter if you take a few more days off, but just now the policeman called and the police force was involved, and the ghost gang received a tip. They killed someone here who gathered for gambling. The gambling was huge. Personally called him to let him go in the evening. At 5 o'clock, the team will lead the team to pull people. It has to perform a good show. Needless to say, it is still the same. But this time it is more difficult to put the fake file. How much accounts and gambling bursts need to be specially arranged. The other two silver The head only knows how to settle accounts, but doesn't know how to work around, so you can't use it. You still do this kind of thing." Xiao Mianxiang said with a smile to Gu Tiancheng.

Gu Tiancheng nodded slightly, but did not rush to agree. Instead, he hesitated: "Uncle Xiang, treat the symptoms but not the root cause. There are too many things to do, and it is not good for Yan Sir. Is it just ours? I have to be confided? If it is, there has been no problem with the number of the new year, could it be a matter of counting, offending some police kids?"

"You thought of this after I finished talking, so I specifically called you to come back. A military uniform came to count the shoulders alone two days ago, and Afa, who started work for you, sent him to walk in accordance with the old rules of fifty yuan. "Xiao Mianxiang said with satisfaction to Gu Tiancheng.

I only said that I was going to perform a fake act today. Gu Tiancheng could immediately react to whether he offended the bad guys in the police force, and said that he should treat the symptoms and not cure the root cause. This kind of eye-catching is already very rare among the **** people of the rivers and lakes.

After listening to Xiaoxiangxiang’s words, Gu Tiancheng thought about it for two seconds and then said: "I know, if Uncle Xiang didn’t tell me, then I’ll do it according to the old rules. I will report a treasury to 40,000 in cash. The bet of nine thousand, forty-nine thousand yuan, the price of a medium-sized white powder stall, should be arguably past."

"For the dead ghost this time, Brother Dingqiang, 49,000 yuan in huge gambling money, gathering crowds for gambling, six months in prison, you are in my position, when Brother Chang takes the ghost guy to help the door, you are the casino communication, and the crime is pleaded guilty. Paying a fine of 500 yuan, I regretted that I had a good attitude and did not hit the rattan on the spot." Xiao Mianxiang turned the emerald finger on his finger, with a little more smile pattern, said to Gu Tiancheng, admiring the posture of his nephew in the next generation.

Gu Tiancheng took out his lucky cigarettes from his pocket, walked over to help smile and lit them, and said with some worry: "Uncle Xiang, do you want to take care of me, a foreigner like this, and beware of the dissatisfaction of the other brothers below. It’s better for Ju’s position to top you than I do, lest everyone say you’re doing things unfairly.”

"The world is in chaos at the beginning of the word. The world of young people. According to the newspaper, there is a young son whose surname is Song, who is about the same age as you. He is already a big water hose. There is a silly idiot Tai, and now he is backed by Lu. Happy to do things, you work hard to use your mind. In the eyes of these people at the stall, you are no different from them. They are not convinced and let them come to see me. And I heard that you are not a pretty girl who is going to fight at night? Just use this matter. I will help you increase your prestige, so as not to let those fellow guys in Shitangzui across the street deceive you, a stranger with a family name, laughing at no one in Kowloon. It's up to you to come forward. When you go to the treasury, you will pay one thousand yuan to entertain you and count it on the account." Xiao Mianxiang said, taking a sip of the cigarette that Gu Tiancheng handed him.

"Thank you, Uncle Xiang, for giving me the opportunity. I will do something, and I must do it beautifully." After Gu Tiancheng said to Smiling Xiangxiang, he turned and walked out.

Xiao Mianxiang asked, "Which pretty girl will you fight for?"

"On the fourteenth, a beautiful girl, Chen Yanni, whose flower name is Niegui Twelve Golden Hairpin."

Xiao Mianxiang nodded, and closed his eyes again with a cigarette between them. The room was quiet again, and only the speaker on the radio was talking about Cantonese storytelling "Man Tong Chun" vividly.