Hong Kong variety show: I Am a Tycoon

Chen Shao said somewhat awkwardly, "Even a broken boat has three pounds of nails! They're all old card-playing buddies; they have money. Otherwise, how could I dare say I could pay them back tonight!"

Chen Jiajun said with a half-smile, "You mean... it's all about gambling, right?"

Upon seeing Chen Jiajun's expression, Chen Shao immediately became alert and hurriedly said, "Trust me, I can definitely pay you back tonight! I can definitely pay you back!"

Chen Jiajun immediately began to wonder. This young master Chen spoke without any hesitation. Did he have a sure chance of winning?
So Chen Jiajun tentatively asked, "You're not thinking of cheating, are you? If you get caught, they'll chop off your hand!"

When Chen Jiajun pressed him for answers, Chen Shao, who had previously appeared timid, suddenly became very tight-lipped and said, "You don't need to know that. You just want the money, don't you?"

Judging from this guy's appearance, he must be hiding something.

If Chen Jiajun continued to press him, this guy might not be willing to talk.

So Chen Jiajun sneered and said, "Fine, I'll be waiting to see your performance! Let me make this clear: if you don't pay back the money tonight, not even the Heavenly King himself can save you!"

Chen Jiajun used to have a finance company under his command, which was a loan company. He could impersonate a debt collector without any flaws.

Otherwise, Young Master Chen wouldn't be so obedient to Chen Jiajun.

Upon arriving at the location, Chen Shao instructed, "You can't talk while I'm playing cards, otherwise..."

Chen Jiajun waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't worry, I'm much more trustworthy than a gambling addict like you!"

Chen Shao nodded, and the two of them walked into the club together.

As soon as he entered the club, the waiter recognized him: "Young Master Chen, it's been quite a while since you've been here. Several bosses are waiting for you!"

Chen Shao generously tossed out a banknote, and then, led by the waiter, went to the private room.

Several business owners were already waiting for Chen Shao in the private room; judging from their attire, they certainly had the air of wealthy people.

He was also holding a cigar and talking and laughing loudly.

"Sorry I'm late!" Chen Shao walked to the mahjong table, sat down, and said with a smile to the group of people.

"Young Master Chen, I thought you were going to stand us up!" A man in a plaid suit said with a smile, "You even brought a lackey with you. Your airs are getting bigger and bigger!"

Anyone familiar with Young Master Chen knows that he's already deeply in debt.

That's a dig at Young Master Chen.

Chen Shao's expression clearly showed displeasure, but he still managed to suppress it: "He's just a friend of mine."

Chen Jiajun sat down behind Chen Shao without saying a word, smoking a cigarette as he sized up the people in front of him.

The middle-aged man in the plaid suit was ugly and spoke rudely, as if he had some kind of grudge against Xu Shao.

The bald man in the middle clearly has the air of a nouveau riche.

The man next to me, who wore glasses, didn't talk much, but his small eyes revealed a shrewdness.

The ugly man sneered at Young Master Chen and said, "Young Master Chen, how much are you planning to play tonight?"

Chen Shao said confidently, "I don't care, you guys say it!"

The bald man said calmly, "Then let's play cards as usual!"

The ugly man grinned wickedly and said, "Hey, you're so dark-skinned! And you're beating such a big one! Don't you know who Young Master Chen is..."

"Young Master Chen, do you think I can't afford to lose? Do you think I can't afford to lose?" the bald man said with a smile.

The bespectacled man chimed in, "Brother Kang's net worth is several times that of you. There's no point in asking that question!"

The ugly man seized the opportunity to mock Young Master Chen: "How about it, Young Master Chen?"

"I don't care!" Chen Shao said calmly.

The ugly man nodded, a cunning glint in his eyes: "But let's agree first, cash only, no credit."

Chen Shao swallowed nervously; the "ordinary" they were talking about was anything but ordinary.

However, now that he's already sitting at the card table, Chen Shao has no choice but to act.

So he pretended to be relaxed and laughed, "It doesn't matter. I've prepared several hundred thousand on me to play cards with you. Do you want me to take it all out and show it to you?"

As he spoke, Chen Shao pulled a large wad of banknotes out of his pocket.

Seeing that Chen Shao could actually pull out the money, the ugly man quickly said, "No need, no need, I trust you! Let's start!"

Upon seeing this, Chen Jiajun couldn't help but shake his head.

This spendthrift son pawned the last gold watch his father left him to scrape together the gambling funds.

It looks like they're going all in.

However, Chen Jiajun was more curious about what kind of methods this young master Chen had.

Several people rolled the dice and then started taking pictures. Chen Jiajun saw it clearly: Chen Shao did not cheat.

After arranging the cards, I unfolded them and found that it was a set of "Nine Lotus Lanterns" cards.

This immediately surprised Chen Jiajun. This young master Chen's luck was frighteningly good!

The so-called "Nine Lotus Lanterns" is a specific hand pattern composed of numbered cards of a certain suit, namely "1112345678999".

In this hand type, any card of this suit can be used to win.

Many people might play their whole lives and never see this hand twice, let alone get this kind of hand right from the start!

It has to be said that this young master Chen is incredibly lucky.

When Chen Shao saw this deck of cards, he was stunned for a moment, his face filled with disbelief.

The ugly man urged, "What's wrong? Can't you even play the first card?"

Chen Shao then realized what was happening: "Sorry, let me check my cards first!"

As he spoke, he arranged the cards in his hand, then drew a card, which was exactly the 50,000 he needed.

"Hahaha, you guys are out of luck! Self-draw, Nine Lotus Lantern, 88 points!" Young Master Chen was overjoyed. He spread out his tiles and said to everyone with a smile, "56,200 each!"

The ugly man was dumbfounded: "Wow, are you kidding me?! How could it be so fast?!"

The other two also stared at Chen Shao in disbelief.

You should know that Chen Shao is the type who is "bad at everything but loves to play".

Not only are they terrible at mahjong, but their luck is also incredibly bad. These guys have won a lot of money from Chen Shao.

Seeing that Young Master Chen had actually defied the odds and changed his luck, everyone was speechless. They all took out cash and threw it at Young Master Chen while cursing.

Chen Shao wasn't angry. He had won nearly 200,000 in this round, and he was extremely excited.

In the second round, Chen Shao once again drew the card he wanted, "One of Bamboo," in just a few rounds.

He immediately laughed and pushed the tiles over: "Hahaha, I won by drawing a tile myself!"

"Wait a minute, how did you manage to draw a 'One of Bamboo' by yourself?" The bald man opposite him quickly said, "I have four 'One of Bamboo' here! Look!"

As he spoke, he pushed the cards over, but the cards in his hand were three of a kind and one of a "prosperity" card.

The ugly man said speechlessly, "You mistook 'get rich' for a tile! Are you confused about how you lost?"

The bald man rubbed his eyes and muttered to himself, "There's no reason for this! There are clearly four of them!"

Chen Jiajun's eyes narrowed as soon as he saw the people at the card table.

He sensed an extremely gloomy aura emanating from Chen Shao.

It was exactly the same feeling he had in that non-existent "Kowloon Walled City".

Combined with what the old woman had said earlier about Kowloon Walled City being a place no living person could go, Chen Jiajun immediately felt that there must be something wrong with this world.

Similarly, this Young Master Chen definitely has problems too.

The game continued, and Chen Shao was having an incredibly lucky day.

Moreover, his luck was particularly targeted; either he won by himself, or the ugly guy who had previously mocked him would win.

The ugly man broke out in a cold sweat. After glancing at Chen Shao, he timidly played the "get rich" card in his hand.

Chen Shao burst into laughter: "Haha, what incredible luck! Even if I get rich, I can still eat meat."

"What should we eat?" "Thirteen Orphans!"

The ugly man wiped away his cold sweat and said with a sullen face, "I really can't beat you. How could you even win with a hand like that!"

Chen Shao laughed and mocked, "You really ripped off tonight. Aside from me winning by myself, you were the one who won every time. But that's fine, you can write checks. With a jewelry store as big as that farm, do you think I wouldn't trust your checks?"

The ugly man wiped the cold sweat from his face, looking utterly unwilling.

That's how gamblers are; they always think they can win it back after they lose.

Chen Shao then said to the other two, "It's okay if you lose, I want a check, but even if it's a check, we have to settle the accounts in one go, that's what makes it exciting!"

Upon hearing Chen Shao's words, the group could only take out their checkbooks and write him a few checks.

However, after handing over the check, a glint of shrewdness flashed in the ugly man's eyes.

Then your hands become dirty.

The reason this guy was able to win money from Young Master Chen every time before was because he knew how to cheat.

It's just that Chen Shao was too unlucky; he didn't even need to use cheating techniques on him.

Seeing how smug Chen Shao was, he immediately started making his hand.

Chen Jiajun, watching from behind, saw everything clearly. He was also curious to know how Chen Shao could win money when the other party was cheating, and whether his luck was simply good or if there was something truly strange going on.

After the game started, the ugly man put all the wind cards in his hand, then rolled the dice to start drawing cards.

However, Chen Jiajun discovered that this ugly man seemed to be bewitched, as he was handing all the good cards to Chen Shao.

Chen Shao started with a "Big Three Dragons" hand, while Chou Nan got a hand that couldn't be worse.

This completely baffled the ugly man.

As a seasoned con artist, he would never make such a basic mistake.

In the following rounds, the ugly man, the cheater, made mistakes frequently.

Either he loses the good cards he has, or he's distracted when someone plays the cards he needs to win.

An indescribable aura of yin energy emanated from him, as if he were bound by something.

When he drew another card, the ugly man suddenly twisted his arm.

It felt as if an invisible hand had twisted my wrist.

"Hey, what's wrong?" the bald man asked curiously.

The ugly man was certain he was possessed by some kind of evil spirit, but he didn't dare say it aloud: "It's nothing, it's just... my hand cramped up!"

After saying that, the ugly man seemed to have been startled and stood up abruptly: "I'm not fighting anymore!"

Everyone was bewildered when they saw the ugly man leave in a panic.

The bald man looked at the man with glasses and said, "What should we do?"

"What should we do? Let's just stop fighting!" The two of them seemed to have noticed something was off, and hurriedly got up and left.

Seeing the three flee in disarray, Chen Shao immediately revealed a smug smile.

He estimated he had won two million tonight, in addition to cash and checks. He counted the money with a smug look on his face, completely forgetting that Chen Jiajun was behind him.

Chen Jiajun had been observing coldly, and he was certain that this young master Chen was indeed being helped by some inexplicable force.

Although Chen Jiajun couldn't see it, he could sense it, which made him even more curious about this young master Chen.

Originally, Chen Jiajun wanted to extort some travel expenses from him, but now he has changed his mind.

"How about that, buddy! I told you I'd pay you back tonight, didn't I?" Young Master Chen said smugly to Chen Jiajun, changing his previous form of address.

Chen Jiajun toyed with the knife in his hand, looking at the somewhat ecstatic Chen Shao, and said calmly, "You... seem to be a bit special!"

Upon seeing the gleaming knife, Chen Shao softened his tone slightly and said with an awkward laugh, "Just lucky, just lucky! How much do I owe you? Just name your price, and I'll pay you back right away!"

"Not much, just fifty thousand!" Chen Jiajun was just trying to scam some travel expenses.

Without saying a word, Chen Shao counted out 60,000 yuan and handed it to Chen Jiajun: "This is for you to have some tea, boss!"

Chen Jiajun took the money and said with a half-smile, "You're sensible! Alright, we're even! I'll have someone bring you the IOU in a couple of days!"

"Hehe, thank you, boss, thank you, boss!" Young Master Chen said to Chen Jiajun, bowing and scraping.

Chen Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief after watching Chen Jiajun take the money and leave.

He always felt that Chen Jiajun was definitely not simple and that he was putting a lot of pressure on him, which is why he sent the money out without getting an IOU. He was genuinely afraid of Chen Jiajun.

However, after getting rid of Chen Jiajun, that plague god, Chen Shao became happy again.

With "that person's" help, won't everything I wish for come true? Won every bet?

Thinking of this, Chen Shao's steps became lighter.

Little did they know that Chen Jiajun, who had just left, had returned and was secretly following behind this young master Chen.

Having just left the club, Chen Shao was about to hail a taxi home.

Suddenly, two people appeared, grabbed Chen Shao, and headed to the underground parking lot.

Chen Shao was startled, but breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that it was someone who had come to collect a debt from him.

"Hey bosses, it's been a long time!" Chen Shao easily broke free from their grip and said with a smile, "Even if you hadn't come looking for me, I was already planning to pay you back! How about I write you a check?"

The two gang thugs didn't say anything, they just stared at Chen Shao with cold faces.

Chen Shao wrote the check, handed it to the other party, and said, "I'll pay you back the principal and interest! I'm leaving now!"

After saying that, Chen Shao put away the checkbook and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, the thug called out to Chen Shao, "Don't go yet, there's still a debt to settle!"

As soon as Chen Shao turned his head, another thug came over and put a rope around Chen Shao's neck, intending to strangle him to death.

The gangster thug said coldly, "Kid, don't think I don't know. You're the one who called the police, and they raided our finance company! You think paying back the money is enough? Our boss said you're dead!"

Chen Jiajun frowned upon seeing this scene.

After all, the mystery surrounding this young master Chen has not yet been solved, and he intends to go and save this gambling addict.

But the next moment, Chen Jiajun stopped in his tracks.

Because he saw Chen Shao being strangled by a rope, he suddenly seemed to be possessed by a Saiyan.

He stretched out his right hand and snapped the tough hemp rope in two, then punched the gangster flying.

That's right, it's like being launched into the air, and with both legs off the ground.

He crashed into a pillar in the underground parking lot and was in so much pain that he couldn't get up anymore.

Upon seeing this, another thug immediately pulled out his gun.

Chen Shao trembled with fear: "No, no, let me explain first!"

The gangsters were there to kill, and when they saw that Chen Shao dared to resist, they pulled the trigger on the spot.

Chen Shao was so frightened that he closed his eyes, but at that moment his right hand suddenly started moving on its own.

He swung his gun at the thug who had fired, and the bullet that was shooting out of the muzzle veered off course and hit another thug.

When Chen Shao opened his eyes, he was shocked by what he saw.

He stared at his right hand in disbelief.

The gangsters, refusing to believe it, pulled the trigger again at Chen Shao.

This time, Chen Shao waved his hand again, and the bullet turned 180 degrees, hitting the thug directly between the eyebrows.

The thug stared in disbelief at the gun in his hand, then immediately knelt down on the ground.

Upon seeing this, Chen Shao immediately turned and ran, not daring to linger in the underground parking lot any longer.

After hailing a taxi, I went straight home. (End of Chapter)