Chapter 325: Card Girl
Liu Yishou was dumbfounded.
When he brought Xu Youyou to such a place, he could already imagine Lu Jingyao's anger, but he never expected that Xu Youyou would actually walk in on her own initiative!
"Miss Xu, how can a distinguished person like you enter a place like this?" Liu Yishou said anxiously.
Xu Youyou waved her hand.
The shop she entered was not a massage parlor or a teahouse. Although it looked rather informal from the outside, there was a sign on the door that read "You're the one who wins", and inside it was a mahjong room.
It is now broad daylight, the mahjong room is filled with smoke, and the tables are all full of people.
Xu Fang quickly caught up and handed a mask to Xu Youyou.
Xu Youyou really couldn't get used to the smell of cigarettes inside. After putting on a mask, she took a casual look and saw that there were men and women at every mahjong table. Most of those sitting and playing cards were men, and there were also many women wearing slim cheongsams and heavy makeup around them.
These women were relatively old, probably over 30 years old, but their eyes and eyebrows were full of charm. When they saw the card players winning, they immediately gave out money as if they didn't want any. The men won money, and seemed to be very happy, so they just grabbed a handful of bills and gave them.
"Are these people also specially raised in the chess and card room?" Xu Youyou asked Liu Yishou.
Liu Yishou shook his head and whispered, "They have a special name, called card girls. They make a living in the chess and card rooms every day, but it's hard to say whether they are specially raised by the chess and card rooms."
"The income of a card girl comes from two sources. One is to see if the sponsor wins money. The other is that if the sponsor has an interest, they can also have other exchanges..."
Although Liu Yishou's words were vague, Xu Youyou understood them.
"Miss Xu, these people who do low-level business are very straightforward. Why don't we leave here first to avoid offending your eyes." Liu Yishou persuaded Xu Youyou to leave.
Xu Youyou did not agree. The reason why she paid attention to these people was because Liu Xiangyi's sudden words made her have some guesses, just like the system's random instructions, which finally marked the city of Hualien.
If that were the case, and if she hadn't walked through all the streets, the system's golden pointer might still be spinning randomly.
Sure enough, she did not follow the system's instructions to walk to this street, but after she came here, the system's golden pointer quietly condensed and pointed directly to this chess and card room.
Xu Youyou couldn't help but feel a little excited. This was the only street in Hualien that she had never set foot on. It was like the core of a formation in a novel. Maybe it might hide what she needed.
The golden pointer pointed at a certain mahjong girl and then pointed to the next mahjong girl.
The golden pointer did not stop, as if it had returned to the same disorder as in the past few days, pointing everywhere without stopping.
Xu Youyou was feeling overwhelmed, and felt that things had come to a deadlock again. While she was thinking, Liu Yishou's cell phone beside her kept vibrating. Xu Youyou felt extremely annoyed, but she held back and said nothing.
"Ms. Xu, you were curious about the Pai Gu just now. I asked my friend, and I found out that the Pai Gu chess and card rooms here don't take commissions. Whatever money they make is their own." Liu Yishou suddenly said, holding up his cell phone.
Xu Youyou finally understood why Liu Yishou's phone kept ringing, and couldn't help asking, "No one is taking a cut? Doesn't that mean there's no one protecting them?"
Not having to pay is not a good thing, because this kind of gray industry is usually backed by someone, and of course, a portion of the profits must be handed over accordingly.
Liu Yishou said: "Other women on this street have to pay commissions, only the mahjong girls are the exception. In the early years, they also had to pay commissions, but in recent years, the managers have changed, saying that these are poor people, and we should protect them as much as possible."
Xu Youyou has been thinking about the connection between these things. The golden pointer is indeed pointing randomly. Xu Youyou asked several times, but the system did not respond. However, she believed that the system would not do things without principles, and there must be some connection among them.
She asked, "Who is protecting them? Why?"
The Liu family has worked hard to get on board Xu Youyou's big ship. Liu Yishou only had a vague knowledge of the information about this street before, but now, as soon as Xu Youyou asked a question, Liu Yishou would relay the question to the person on the other end of the chat software.
After waiting for less than ten minutes, Liu Yishou said, "His surname is Chang, and he is called Master Chang Qi. He came to Hualien ten years ago. He is very capable and has many connections. He has businesses all over the city of Hualien. His least profitable business is the chess and card room."
"Isn't your family the King of Hualien? Why do you seem to not know him well before?" Xu Youyou asked.
Liu Yishou said helplessly: "Miss Xu, the brothers are kind enough to support my family. Now the only thing left in Hualien is the marble industry. The other industries have long been moved to the north of the island. Besides, this Mr. Chang Qi mainly wanders in the gray area, and my family has almost no business dealings with him."
Xu Youyou reluctantly understood.
Liu Yishou continued, "It is said that this Mr. Chang Qi was not born and raised on the island. He grew up in the inland northeast. He came to the island to look for his relatives. Rumor has it that the reason he protects Pai Gu is because his relatives should have worked in this industry."
Xu Youyou suddenly grasped the point: "You said before that he has businesses all over Hualien?"
Liu Yishou nodded.
Xu Youyou stretched out her hand and Xu Fang quickly handed her a map of Hualien city.
She pointed to several places in succession, all of which she had visited in the past few days.
Liu Yishou's phone started to buzz and vibrate again. The people on the other end of the chat app found out the news he didn't know about, one by one.
Xu Youyou finally understood that wherever she had been in the past five days, there was Chang Qi's business. In a place she had been to several times, an entire street belonged to him.
Xu Youyou couldn't help but think that compared to Liu Yishou, Chang Qi was more like the "King of Hualien".
"I want to see him." Xu Youyou said.
Liu Yishou was not afraid of Xu Youyou making requests, he was only afraid that she had no requests at all. If she had a request, the Liu family would help her fulfill it, and Xu Youyou would owe the Liu family a favor, and only then could they really get in touch.
But after telling this to the elders, the results were not very optimistic.
"Miss Xu, my father asked his friend to pass a message to Master Chang Qi. Master Qi's subordinates said that he is fasting these days and will not see outsiders for a month." Liu Yishou said with a bitter face.
He hoped that Xu Youyou could wait for a month.
But Xu Youyou's mission deadline is fifteen days, and she can't even be sure whether the clue to her mission falls on Chang Qi.
"A month is too long. I can't wait that long." Xu Youyou has wasted six days since she received the mission. She said, "I hope to see him within five days."
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