Chapter 77: Ai Hongqin Gambling Den

The Ai Hongqin Gambling Den was hidden in an interlayer of the Hongweida Furniture City. Calling it a gambling den is different from what we see in movies and TV shows. Generally, the scale is relatively small, and it is mostly hidden in large markets, hotels, restaurants, apartment buildings, and even large family courtyards.

Most of them are simply decorated or not decorated at all, because gamblers don't care about these things. As long as the place is exciting enough and the dealer has the ability to ensure safety, there will be no shortage of gamblers.

This Zhu Zhu Haitao can be said to be "five poisons complete," and even "five poisons" are not enough to highlight his characteristics. Besides being mainly engaged in organizing prostitution, he is proficient in all kinds of cheating, swindling, drug taking, and gambling!

And gambling is his heart's love. Originally, he was also a middleman in the gambling industry like in New World (similar to the junket agents in Macau). Later, he always watched others play, and his heart itched, so he went into the water himself. This got out of control, and his gambling addiction became bigger and bigger, successfully changing from a middleman to a gambler.

And the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den located in Hongweida was the one he patronized the most.

The proprietress, Ai Ai Hongqin, was a young widow in her early thirties. It is said that her husband was an old gambler more than 10 years older than her, and it is said that he was a master, that is, the legendary cheater.

Ai Ai Hongqin followed him when she was sixteen or seventeen. Later, in the mid-90s, the Jianghu rumored that the cheater was caught cheating in a gambling game in Diannan and never appeared again. Ai Ai Hongqin took the gambling debts he left behind and moved to Zizhen City. At that time, Chang Huazhong, who had just been released from prison, was mixing in the mahjong parlor every day, while Ai Ai Hongqin earned living expenses by playing mahjong. The two played cards at the same table several times and found that the other was a "professional player." Later, the two formed a card partner and became famous in the mahjong parlors of Zizhen in a few years, but it also caused the situation where no one would play cards with them anymore.

During this period, Chang Huazhong wanted to go to other places to set up a game with her, but Ai Ai Hongqin was afraid because of her ex-husband's affairs and dared not go out again. And those few years were exactly when Chang Chang Huaqiang's career was singing high. After Chang Chang Huaqiang took down the land of a bankrupt enterprise on Qianjin Road and built the Hongweida Furniture City, the two used the convenience to open the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den in an interlayer of the furniture city and promised that the two of them would never enter the game, nor would they allow anyone to cheat in their place.

Gamblers all knew them, especially Ai Ai Hongqin, who was skilled in gambling, and Chang Huazhong had a group of brothers under him, especially his big brother Chang Chang Huaqiang, who was rumored to have a close relationship with a certain high-ranking official in the province. For a time, the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den's business was booming.

(Using so much space to talk about the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den is because in the later stories, many things will happen around the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den...)

People who like to gamble basically like women! This was also Zhu Zhu Haitao's understanding when he first became a middleman. He wanted to grasp both gambling and color, but hehe... But no matter if they are gamblers or lechers, they all have a common need—eating!

Gamblers have only one requirement for eating, which is that they cannot let them leave the gambling table to eat. So supplying so many gamblers with food is a must-solve problem.

Ai Ai Hongqin and Chang Huazhong's handling methods were highly consistent: hire a chef to cook it yourself! Of course, it is safer this way.

Huang Laoliu had been cooking at the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den for three years. His craftsmanship was no less than that of the chef at Zhang Zhang Shaojie's Universal Hotel, and he had a very good character, which was that he spoke little and never cared about other people's business! This was also the reason why Ai Ai Hongqin had been using him.

Huang Laoliu had to serve one or two hundred people every day, and these gamblers were different from normal diners. They had no concept of time at all. If they were hungry, they had to eat, so Huang Laoliu had to have helpers. And for the helpers, Ai Ai Hongqin said very clearly: I only recognize you, Lao Liu, and I absolutely trust you, so you arrange the people yourself! In other words, if something happened, I would only ask you!

When gamblers were hungry, they would greet the "ma-zai" (minions) in the place, and the ma-zai would notify the kitchen to serve dishes. Generally, gamblers had no time to consider what to eat; they were all arranged by the ma-zai. This also shows the ma-zai's understanding of the gamblers. Of course, the ma-zai were not all full-time. Anyone could do it, as long as you could bring gamblers and someone could connect you to enter the gambling den.

After the food was cooked, there would be a few people specifically designated in the gambling den responsible for delivering it, so in fact, the chefs in the kitchen didn't see the gamblers.

After Gu Changzheng learned some basic information about the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den through the Public Security Detachment, he proposed to take the opportunity to wipe out this gambling den! But it was rejected by the bureau! The bureau told him that this Ai Ai Hongqin was not simple and was colluding with a black boss from another province, suspected of organizing cross-province gambling, and the relationships involved were very complicated. Now the Public Security Detachment was investigating, so they didn't agree to startle the snake.

As for Zhu Zhu Haitao, he could only be detained secretly! This was a bit troublesome. Who knew when this guy would get off the gambling table?

And it just so happened that the police officer from the Public Security Detachment responsible for connecting with him was an acquaintance—that Jiang Xiaohe who led the team to check New World!

Seeing Gu Changzheng's helpless look, he took the initiative to mention: "Brother Gu, I have a way to get you close to Zhu Zhu Haitao, but how to handle it after getting close depends on you!"

Gu Changzheng was happy and said: "Really? That's great. What way do you have?"

Jiang Xiaohe smiled mysteriously and whispered: "We have a special informant at Ai Hongqin's side. I can let him get your people in!"

Gu Changzheng looked at him unexpectedly and hadn't spoken yet when he saw Jiang Xiaohe say somewhat embarrassedly: "But he is just a small character, usually just providing us with some gambling dens. He can only bring one person in, but you still have to prepare some funds."

Speaking of this, Gu Changzheng understood. The special informant in Jiang Xiaohe's mouth should be a small ma-zai, usually bringing some zero customers over to play.

But now to arrest Zhu Zhu Haitao immediately, this was the only better way. Gu Changzheng considered the pros and cons and nodded: "Good, thank you, Little He. You arrange it. I will arrange a fresh face to go!"

Soon, Jiang Xiaohe contacted the special informant and arranged for someone to be brought into the Ai Hongqin Gambling Den.

Gu Changzheng picked a young man who had just joined the job named Gao Ye. Originally, he was prepared to go himself, but he was worried that there were personnel with criminal records among the gamblers, and maybe he had arrested one of them, so the possibility of his exposure was relatively high.

And this Gao Ye, not only was a newcomer, but this kid also had a characteristic, which was that he didn't look like a policeman, but rather had the temperament of a person mixing in society. He was the most suitable to go!

The personnel were determined, and Gu Changzheng and Gao Ye, who was playing a gambler, and several other team members participating in the action discussed the action plan. Everything was ready!

A play of intelligently capturing Zhu Zhu Haitao in the gambling den was about to begin! ===== CHAPTER 78 =====