The casino didn't want to make things worse, so they beat him up and let him go.

Baoyuan lay in a simple station hotel for half a month, and then went to Shanghai. He was going to learn from a teacher. The lame old man at Wuqiao Station once told him that there was a magician named Chen Shirong from the Shanghai Oriental Acrobatic Troupe.

While working, I slowly searched for it, but I didn’t expect that Chen Shirong was very famous. I asked a few people on the streets of Shanghai and found out. The Oriental Acrobatic Troupe is famous all over the world and has won many international awards. Chen Shirong is an old magician who has performed on the stage in the 1980s.

, especially good at poker magic. The acrobatic troupe performs in the theater every day. When Bao Yuan went, it happened to be Chen Shirong's show. Chen Shirong performed a card change with his bare hands, scattering cards all over the place and grabbing an ace. However, there was very little applause from the audience.

Baoyuan stood up and cheered loudly.

Chen Shirong looked at Baoyuan and said: "This little brother, it is my honor to support me. Let me perform another unique trick for everyone!"

He took out a deck of cards from his pocket, pulled out one card, and flicked it. The card spun and flew into the air. The audience looked up and saw that the card gradually disappeared in the air. It was hard for people to believe that the card was flying in the air.

The playing cards disappeared from his sight, and the audience was silent, followed by thunderous applause.

Chen Shirong bowed and Bao Yuan walked around to the backstage, walked up to Chen Shirong, and knelt down.

Baoyuan said: "I want to become a disciple."

Chen Shirong said: "Okay, have you signed up?"

Baoyuan said: "Sign up?"

Chen Shirong said: "Our group has a magic training class, and I give lectures every week."

Baoyuan said: "I'm not here to learn magic."

Chen Shirong said: "Then what do you want to learn?"

Baoyuan said: "I want to learn a thousand skills."

Chen Shirong smiled slightly and was not surprised. He helped Bao Yuan up and looked at him carefully. Then he took out a pair of playing cards and asked Bao Yuan to show him everything he knew. Bao Yuan did his best to perform without reservation.

After reading it, Chen Shirong said: "I think you are very talented, and I don't want to turn you away. As long as you can promise me one thing, I will accept you as my disciple."

Baoyuan asked: "What's the matter?"

Chen Shirong said: "It's very simple, just two words, no gambling!"

Baoyuan thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Chen Shirong curled his lips and said, "You lied."

Bao Yuan's face turned pale and he quickly said, "No."

Chen Shirong took out a bright dagger, threw it in front of Baoyuan and said: "Every once in a while, someone will come to me to become a disciple. As long as you can insert this knife into your palm and lose one of your hands, I will accept it."

Get off you. Otherwise, just go back like those people."

Baoyuan picked up the knife and hesitated for a long time. He had learned a thousand skills, but he couldn't gamble, so what was the use of learning this? Suddenly, he had an idea in his mind. If he didn't gamble, he wouldn't be a crook, but he could still catch crooks.

Ah. This thought was like lightning flashing across the night sky, illuminating his future path. Finally, he made up his mind, raised the dagger and stabbed it hard on the back of his hand. However, there was no pain at all, and the dagger retracted like a spring.

hilt.

That dagger is just a magic tool!

Chen Shirong officially accepted Bao Yuan. This was the first time he met someone who dared to insert a knife into his hand. He has always wanted to find a successor. During the day, Bao Yuan did some odd jobs in the acrobatic troupe. At night, he followed

Chen Shirong learned Qian Shu. Chen Shirong told Bao Yuan that he was a member of the Hongmen. His fathers were all-powerful and everyone in Shanghai knew it. Qian Shu was an ancestral skill.

Positive: Using thousands of skills or card skills to cheat.

Tip: Arrange a gambling game.

Counter: Use interpersonal relationships to draw opponents into trouble.

Take off: Find a way to escape after winning money.

Wind: Send someone to look out for the wind.

Fire: Dealing with problems with force.

Except: use negotiation to solve problems.

Rumor: Use rumors to trick your opponent.

Chen Shirong said that magic is heaven and thousands of skills are hell. He completely corrected Bao Yuan's thousand tricks and warned Bao Yuan: "Only rookies and old tricksters can use props. Once caught doing it, the end will be tragic. It's not about missing arms."

Just cut off the legs, or cut off the fingers. The hand shape of holding the cards should be natural. A senior con man will know the opponent's level by looking at the opponent's hand shape. Don't show off when shuffling playing cards. Don't shuffle so many tricks. Skillful shuffling will only make people suspicious.

, should pretend to be an ordinary person."

Chen Shirong also taught Bao Yuan some advanced techniques and knowledge of high-tech chuan, including mahjong and pai gow chuan techniques.

Chen Shirong said: "The highest state of being a thousand is not being a thousand."

Baoyuan asked: "Then how can we win money?"

Chen Shirong said: "Probability!"

Casinos in Las Vegas and Macau do not cheat. The profits of the world's four major casinos rely on probability. Every time a gambler makes a bet, whether he loses or wins is a random event. Although the factors behind it are

Your personal luck, but as a group of gamblers, the probability is on the side of the casino. The casino relies on a large group of gamblers to win money. And if the gamblers continue to gamble, it constitutes a large gambling behavior

Based on the base number, every random win or loss has no meaning. In the face of the rules and odds designed behind the casino computer, every time a gambler places a bet, the casino will win more and lose less.

The first person to consciously calculate the odds of winning in gambling was Cardano in Renaissance Italy. He gambled almost every day and firmly believed that if a person gambles not for money, then nothing can make up for the time spent gambling.

He calculated which number was more likely to appear when two dice were thrown at the same time, and found that it was "7".

Chen Shirong said to Baoyuan: "There are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. There will always be scammers who are more advanced than you. Some mathematicians, physicists, and chemists may be masters you have never seen before."

Three months later, Baoyuan left the army.
Chapter completed!