1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 28: Closing down the video room

The advanced level examination that lasted for half a month finally came to an end.

Less than a month later, the newspapers began to publish news about the results and the names of the top scorers from each middle school.

Liang Zhichao bought all the newspapers on the market and read through them at home. He was very surprised why his name was not on the list.

It is said that his transcript was later torn into pieces by the dean of discipline and sent to his home.

Liang Zhichao was very sad, so he took Zhai Yuan to the city and prepared a bowl of civet cat stewed with water fish penis for each of them, deciding to turn his grief and anger into food.

Seeing that he looked pale, Zhai Yuan ordered a bowl of dog meat stew, a pot of dragon, tiger and phoenix, and two bowls of pigeon soup for him.

"It's all on his account."

With his back to Liang Zhichao, Zhai Yuan nodded at the account-keeping clerk.

Returning to his seat, Liang Zhichao sighed, "How come all my grades are D? Did the examination board take my test paper by mistake?"

"Then you can call and ask." Zhai Yuan said casually while waiting for the food to be served.

"Forget it. Those officials won't admit they are wrong even if they know they are wrong."

Liang Zhichao shook his head with a sad look in his eyes, and then became determined: "I decided to repeat one more year and take the exam again next year!"

Zhai Yuan was impressed by this spirit.

My life is like walking on thin ice, and I don’t know if I can make it to the other side.

"Da Silly Chao... No! Brother Chao, listen to me."

Zhai Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "You are different from others. Don't waste your time on studying. Just work hard in the video studio. I will give you an extra three hundred or two hundred yuan salary every month. It's much better than working outside in the wind and rain."

"Also, you have to consider your family's financial situation. Going to college is different from going to high school. It costs a lot of money. Can your family afford it? Besides, there are many young officials and rich second-generations in school. If you are not the protagonist, you can only play the role of curry. Zhu Maichen returned home in glory and splashed water in front of his horse. These are stories from operas. They are not suitable for you."

Liang Zhichao pondered: "Who is Zhu Maicheng, and why did he splash water?"

"..." Zhai Yuan was silent for a moment: "Let's eat first."

"okay!"

Several main dishes were soon placed on the table, and Zhai Yuan and Liang Zhichao began to feast on them.

The good thing about the Walled City is that we can eat whatever we want. What does it have to do with my Walled City if you make a law to ban the eating of dog meat? If I get angry, I will release the cats and dogs in the cages and throw them all in through the windows of your Governor's House.

Zhai Yuan thinks that it is harmless to eat this thing occasionally. Don't be like the foreigners who talk about human rights every day. In the end, I still need your consent for what I eat and what I don't eat.

Isn’t this ridiculous!
After a very full meal, Zhai Yuan leaned back in the rattan chair, loosened his belt, and burped in satisfaction.

Liang Zhichao picked his teeth and asked, "Brother Yuan, when I came in just now, I heard that there was a cockfighting competition in the city today to select a new chicken king. Do you want to go and buy a few?"

Although the walled city is small, it has all kinds of places, especially the casino industry is the most prosperous.

As long as you want to gamble here, there is almost nothing you can't find, including Pai Gow, Sic Bo, Baccarat, cockfighting, dog fighting, and black boxing.

It is said that a few years ago a gambler lost all his money and played Russian roulette with the dealer, which ended up resulting in a death.

The cockfighting mentioned by Liang Zhichao is one of the gambling methods. Two ferocious roosters are put together and peck at each other. When they are tired of fighting, they are sprayed with saliva to cheer them up again, until one of them is defeated.

The loser will of course be sent to the soup pot, and the winner will be the chicken king of the game, and someone will buy it at a high price.

There is more to betting on cockfighting than simply buying and leaving the bet. As long as a game is not decided, gamblers can continue to increase their bets at any time based on the changes on the field. If they encounter wealthy punters or instigators who deliberately anger the opponent, they can accumulate a sky-high prize pool.

Experienced players who are good at this can make a fortune in one game, but more people often lose their families and even their wives.

“You can take a look, but I won’t buy it.”

Zhai Yuan lit up a cigarette after dinner, and a cloud of smoke obscured his face: "I have an incompatible relationship with gambling and drugs." When it came time to pay the bill, Liang Zhichao paid the bill consciously, and his proactive attitude made Zhai Yuan feel a little embarrassed.

Next time, next time it’s my treat.

The two men were walking one after the other on the crowded streets of the city, looking in the direction of the arena.

A familiar figure hurried over.

"Finally found you."

Chen Jiale walked quickly to Zhai Yuan, put his hands on his knees and took a few breaths: "Ayuan, it's bad, something happened in the video room!"

Zhai Yuan frowned when he heard this: "Tell me what happened slowly."

Chen Jiale was helped to the herbal tea stall next to him. As soon as the waiter brought the pot of tea, Chen Jiale snatched it and took a few sips from the spout.

After calming down a bit, he continued, "People from the Consumer Council and the Directors Association came with the police and took away all the machines in the two video rooms. The new guy you hired was taken away for investigation. If it weren't for the neighbors in the housing estate who helped me stop the police and let me find a chance to escape, I would probably be detained in the police station now."

"Why are the police here?"

Zhai Yuan had expected this day to come, but he didn't expect the police to get involved.

Normally speaking, it is not the turn of the police to intervene in such matters. The Consumer Council and the Directors Association should send people to negotiate first. If warnings are ineffective, they will apply to dispatch police officers.

According to the Hong Kong government's attitude in handling issues, such trivial matters would take at least ten days to half a month to complete the above procedures.

"Brother Yuan, what should we do now?"

"Don't make any noise, I'm thinking."

Zhai Yuan felt that this situation was most likely caused by someone deliberately messing with him.

Fei Zai Jun and Shen Deng? Not likely. One of them was sent to a juvenile detention center, and the other was still in the detention room waiting to be sentenced in court.

It is even more impossible that their so-called bosses or brothers will help them.

Through his understanding of Hong Kong gangs during this period, Zhai Yuan found that these people are not as loyal and powerful as they are portrayed in the movies.

Calling each other brothers is like calling each other friends, when the emperor is in great trouble, everyone goes their own way, worshipping Guandi out of loyalty and righteousness, it is most practical to let you take the blame if there is any.

This is the nature of young and dangerous people.

Who could be the one to mess with me? My account has been collecting resources since the beginning, and has never been in PK mode.

After much thought, Zhai Yuan came to the conclusion:
The fact that the video hall makes money cannot be hidden. Most likely, someone is jealous and wants to get a piece of the pie in the video hall business, and then he reports it and rapes him.

Only among colleagues is there naked hatred.

"Don't think too much about it for now."

Zhai Yuan rubbed his temples and looked at Chen Jiale who was waiting for him to make a decision: "Brother Jiale, you have to go to the police station and turn yourself in."

Chen Jiale narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Why?"

"Don't worry, I'll go with you."

Zhai Yuan scratched his hair in annoyance and continued, "Things haven't been figured out yet. If you just run away like this, if someone wants to deal with us, they may issue a wanted warrant in a few days. Don't you think about your parents?"

“Pick!” Carlos Chan pounded the table angrily, causing the cups and plates to jump around.

Zhai Yuan ignored his emotional changes and waved to the waiter beside him to add tea.

Taking out ten yuan from his pocket and slapping it into the other person's hand, Zhai Yuan said calmly, "Help me find a more reliable lawyer, and then call a car to wait outside the city wall."

(End of this chapter)