A film series in the Republic of China: The legendary Taoist priest in Shanghai

The man was called Xu Bada, and Wencai thought he looked familiar.

After asking, I learned that he had met Long Si at the Yellow Sea Casino that day and was impressed by him.

After Long Si became successful, he immediately came to join him.

Xu Bada is about fifty years old and is a typical Shanghai con man.

Now that Long Si has just established his empire in Shanghai, what he lacks is this kind of local con man.

Wencai got a casino. Long Si knew that he was not a member of the Qianmen, so he sent Xu Bada to help him manage the casino affairs.

"Boss, can you leave?"

Xu Bada held the hat and asked Xiang Wencai.

"how to get to?"

"It's not far. You can take a rickshaw or walk there, but it's best to hire a car on your first day as a new owner."

Xu Bada said.

Casinos are different from servants. The dealers are trained talents and cannot be replaced at will.

After Huang Hai's death, Long Sizhi fired several of Huang Hai's confidants, and the dealers and other staff were left behind.

The people in the casino also have to make a living. No matter who is the boss, they have to work. Except for a few people who left, most of them stayed.

Xu Bada is a very versatile person and gives very good advice.

It was Wencai's first day going to the casino, so he had to act in a stylish manner, otherwise the people in the casino wouldn't dare to say anything, and would look down on a country boy like Wencai in their hearts.

Wencai thought it made sense when he heard it. He didn't have that much time and had originally wanted to take Xu Bada to the casino by bicycle.

It’s just a few miles away, and you can get there in a short time.

"Where can I rent a car?"

Wencai asked Xu Bada, but before Xu Bada could open his mouth, a servant came forward and whispered, "Master, there is a car in the car shop."

He was also a new servant. Yesterday, Long Si sent people to tell them to clean and welcome the new master. This man went to the car shop to wash the car and found out that his family had a car.

"Ah! So I have a car. Let's go and have a look."

Huang Hai is a big shot in Shanghai. He is far inferior to Boss Feng, Dong Qishan, and Qin Wuye, but he is also considered a second- or third-rate figure.

Even Erhao, the son of the down-and-out Black Panther, has a car, so naturally Huang Hai has one too.

Cars have become a symbol of face for people in the underworld, and this has been a tradition in the Republic of China.

When we arrived at Huang Hai's garage, a well-maintained black vintage car appeared in front of us.

From the perspective of modern people, it is naturally an old car, but from the perspective of the Republic of China, it is the latest model.

This is a Ford sedan, and Huang Hai spent a lot of money when he bought it.

Now it has also become a literary talent.

"The boss already has a car, so just find a driver."

Xu Bada smiled and planned to run back to the villa to call a driver.

"No, I can drive, get in!"

"Master still has a driver's license."

"Do I need a driver's license to drive?"

Wen had just gotten into the car when Xu Bada asked him if he had a driver's license.

During the Republic of China, you needed a driver's license to drive, but Wencai didn't know that.

"Go ahead, it's not a problem, Fourth Master's brother, you can go anywhere on the four roads."

Xu Bada said.

Whether or not you have a driver's license is just a trivial matter for the Shanghai gang boss, and the maximum fine if caught is four yuan.

Is Wencai someone who can’t afford four dollars?

After getting in the car, Wencai got familiar with the old-fashioned car and got in after a while.

In his previous life, he was poor and used his spare time to drive Didi after get off work every day, and he developed good skills.

During the Republic of China period, even in Shanghai, there were far fewer cars than in later generations.

The only regret is that there is no Amap navigation, so I need Xu Bada to show me the way.

The road was not far, and Wencai had not yet had enough fun when he arrived at the casino.

"Si Hai Casino!"

The new gold-painted sign was shining brightly. It was something that Blue Eagle had someone do yesterday.

People come and go in the casino, and the business has not been affected by the change of owner.

Wencai had just been here seven days ago. At that time, it was still Huang Hai’s territory. Unexpectedly, he became the boss in just seven days.

"Boss, come here, to your office."

The entire casino occupies an area no smaller than the Grand Shanghai Ballroom. The first floor is an ordinary large casino without partitions, the second floor is a private room where many people play mahjong, and the third floor is the VIP room.

The fourth floor is the workplace.

Last time, Wencai only went to the lobby on the first floor to gamble. Later, when Long Si and Huang Hai played a life-and-death game in the VIP room on the third floor, he was kicked out.

Sihai Casino is Huang Hai's lifelong property and is also the third largest casino in Shanghai.

The number one ranked Sheng Tang Casino was located in the French Concession and was managed by Feng Jingyao.

The second is that the Emperor Casino is in Long Si's hands and he has not given it out to share among his brothers.

With this big casino, Huang Hai could have risen to the top, but his own strength was too weak.

Due to its lack of strength, it needs to make arrangements with all parties if it wants to keep its position as the third largest casino in Shanghai.

Twenty percent was given to Feng Jingyao, twenty percent to Dong Qishan, and twenty percent was given as filial piety to Bai Dao.

Huang Hai only got 40% of the profit. He had six concubines and more than a dozen children. He was also very concerned about his reputation and had many gangsters under him, so he didn't save much money over the years.

When Long Si went to smash the place, he couldn't even take out 36,000 yuan in cash.

All these things were explained clearly to Wencai by Xu Bada and a former casino manager in the office.

Among them, which forces need not be paid attention to and which ones should be given more gifts? The con man Xu Bada analyzed from his perspective.

It turns out that the management also explained how Huang Hai did it?

Of course, Huang Hai is Huang Hai, and the new boss is the new boss.

Different strengths lead to different ways of doing things. The new boss that Huang Hai is afraid of may not be the one he is afraid of. Huang Hai’s network of relationships may be Wencai’s enemy.

Neither of them could guess Wencai's answer, so after they finished speaking, they looked at Wencai.

See how much benefit he is willing to give to all parties.

Wencai didn't say anything, he looked at Xu Bada.

Xu Bada was the counselor assigned by Long Si, and he wanted to hear this person's opinion.

"The boss is the benefactor of the Fourth Master. The Fourth Master replaced Boss Dong, so Boss Dong's 20% profit can be saved, and the 20% of Baidao can remain the same. Now we are afraid of Boss Feng. Boss Feng's 20% profit will definitely not be settled."

Xu Bada's analysis was very logical and the original casino manager nodded repeatedly.

"Also, how many axes do you have in your hand now, boss? You should ask him to come and take care of things quickly. Someone is definitely going to cause trouble soon."

The axe means how many people are there. People in Shanghai like to chop people with axes, and an axe means a little brother.

Huang Hai originally had more than fifty axes, and the monthly interest from each axe was at least fifty yuan, which made Huang Hai more than three thousand yuan in total. This was also the cost of the casino and could not be reduced.

After doing the math, Wencai felt that 30% profit was not much. After all the deductions, he would only have about 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, and could make a maximum of 50,000 yuan a year.

In fact, it is less than 50,000, because running a casino is likely to encounter people who mess up the place. If an amateur like Wencai opens a casino, he will need to hire a technical consultant.

That is to say, for foreign players like Dice Demon, it would cost 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to hire him for one appearance. If he is stronger, you might lose all your money for a year.

It is impossible to invite Long Si. Taking the appearance fees of other thousand kings as an example, inviting Gu Tingkuan would cost at least 20,000.

Therefore, when Long Si took over the twenty-five casinos, he did not take them for himself, but generously distributed them to the Twelve Thousand Kings for management.

The presence of these Thousand Kings is an invisible suppression, which is equivalent to money.

In Xu Bada's eyes, Wencai's cheating skills are not as good as Huang Hai's, so he needs to invite more foreign aid.

If there was no Long Si, opening a casino would probably result in huge losses.

But since Long Si gave the casino to Wencai, he couldn't ask Long Si to do everything for him.

Debts of favor must be repaid.

This is Xu Bada's analysis from his own perspective, and it is very correct.

But there was one thing he didn't know, Long Si was eager for Wen Cai to ask him for help.

Wencai is a miracle doctor. If a miracle doctor owes someone a favor, Long Si will not be afraid of anything as long as he cannot find someone to repay the favor.

With the miracle doctor around, he dares to stir up trouble in the world.

If one day he is ambushed by his enemies, as long as he still has a breath left, the miracle doctor can cure him and he will be a hero again.

This is also the reason why Long Si invested a lot of money in Wencai Casino.

Someone gave him a house, and Wencai asked Long Si to save him. When Long Si got into trouble, Wencai went to save him.

An industrial chain and a chain of human relations emerge.

This is Jianghu.