Chapter 468 Li Aiguo cleverly retrieved the jade pendant, but the thief Nicha was stolen
At this time.
Yang Jizong began to investigate the lost jade pendant, but the thief Nicha came to the booth to watch the fun.
This is one of Nicha’s hobbies.
When he steals something, Nicha does not run away in a hurry like other thieves. Instead, he always stands at the scene and admires the panicked look of the owner.
Nothing else.
Just play!
Seeing Li Aiguo coming over, Nicha's eyes narrowed slightly.
As a merchant, he already knew that Li Aiguo was a temporary worker of the preparatory committee.
A follower next to Nicha saw Li Aiguo getting closer and walked up to stop Li Aiguo.
"Comrade, what's the matter with you? We, Mr. Nicha, belong to British Malaysia."
Li Aiguo waved his hand to interrupt him and raised his hand to Nicha.
"Misunderstanding, I came here this time to show a magic trick to the respected Mr. Nicha."
As he spoke, Li Aiguo secretly looked at Nicha.
This person is wearing an exquisite BajuMelayu, a shirt with a dark blue base and intricate golden patterns embroidered on it.
His trousers are also the same blue, but the trousers are embroidered with white wavy patterns, and he wears an exquisite hat on his head with small silver ornaments on the brim.
He wore golden bracelets on his hands and several rings inlaid with gemstones on his fingers. These ornaments shone under the illumination of incandescent lamps, further highlighting his noble status.
What caught Li Aiguo’s attention most was that Nicha had a short sword on his waist.
“Magic?”
When Nicha heard Li Aiguo’s words, he immediately became energetic and asked his assistant to step back.
"In our domestic terms, it should be a magic trick."
Nicha asked curiously: "I understand your culture. What you performed was the invisibility special ability that Zhong Wuyan showed when he met King Xuan of Qi. Function? ”
Sure enough, LSP is the biggest driving force for cultural communication.
"One of my elders is Zhu Xiba. He once taught me several tricks of magic. You are our most distinguished guest."
Li Aiguo is still trying to pull off the tiger's skin. Flag, Nicha, who likes to have fun, can’t wait.
"Zhu Naiba is a big shot who has appeared on the [Serial]. The magic must be very exciting. Please praise it. If the show is exciting, there will be a big reward."
"Well done! "
Li Aiguo casually grabbed the void on the booth, pointed at Nicha, and then opened his palm, which was frozen in the air and motionless.
I saw someone performing a magic trick, and many businessmen came over.
The merchants were a little confused when they saw Li Aiguo standing there as stunned as a sculpture.
Nicha frowned slightly: "Comrade, are you performing magic or gymnastics? Are you performing David the Stone Slinger?"
Various weird ideas emerged in Nicha's head. He began to tilt his head to analyze what Li Aiguo's magic was?
At this moment, Li Aiguo suddenly slowly retracted his palm and made a mysterious breathing gesture.
“The performance is over.”
“Are you kidding? You just grab and reach out and the performance is over?”
Nicha felt that he had been fooled. The tone also became serious, "If you dare to mess around, I will complain to the organizing committee."
The merchants who were watching also looked unhappy.
Those who can participate in the Canton Fair as merchants are all powerful and wealthy people in China, and have enjoyed magic performances several times.
In their opinion, Li Aiguo's performance has no meaning at all, and is almost like teasing.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
Liu Hongmei became nervous, "No, I can't let this comrade suffer for me."
She gritted her teeth and was about to step forward, but was pulled back by Yang Jizong, "Don't worry, Driver Li has a way."
“Driver Li, it turns out that this person is a driver.”
Liu Hongmei stopped.
At this time, Nicha became even more angry when he saw that Li Aiguo did not answer.
Ever since he was a child, he was the only one who played with others. When had he been played by others?
If anyone dares to play with him, his uncle will let him know what fun is!
“Everyone has seen it. This person pretended to play magic to fool me. This behavior seriously hurt my feelings. If the organizing committee does not give me an explanation, I will report it to the higher authorities after I return to China. Report this matter.”
At this time, Director Zhang from the organizing committee got the news and came over.
Seeing that Nicha was angry, the gray-haired old comrade was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and secretly complained that Li Aiguo was too nonsense.
Yang Jizong was also inexperienced. He knew that Li Aiguo was unreliable, so why didn't he stop him?
That jade pendant is indeed expensive, but friendship is priceless, so just throw it away.
"Mr. Nicha, I'm so sorry. This comrade was just joking. Please don't mind. I will give you a reasonable explanation later."
Director Zhang first apologized to Nicha, then looked at Li Aiguo with a straight face and said: "Comrade Patriot, Mr. Nicha is our most important guest, how can you do this? You should apologize to Mr. Nicha right now. ”
Seeing the person in charge arriving and so many merchants surrounding him, Li Aiguo felt that the time had come.
He walked up to Nicha and said: "Mr. Nicha, you misunderstood, I am indeed performing magic."
"Until now, do you still regard me as a fool? ? Do you think I look like a fool?" Nicha was furious.
Facing the angry Nicha, Li Aiguo smiled slightly and said: "Now you touch your left pocket."
As soon as these words came out, Nicha, who was originally furious, was stunned. , anger was solidified on his face, and his eyes revealed extreme confusion, which looked particularly weird.
The piece of loot that I just snagged was in the left pocket of my clothes.
If it were taken out now, wouldn't it prove that this magic was very successful?
Seeing this, the onlookers urged: "Mr. Nicha, quickly touch your pockets and drive this annoying guy out of the venue."
A chill came. As the thought hit him, Nicha realized at this moment that he seemed to have stepped into a trap unknowingly.
This trap is beautifully designed. Once you fall into it, there is no way out.
Fun!
This is really fun!
I haven’t encountered such a fun thing for a long time!
Nicha suddenly laughed twice and put his palm into his pocket. When he took it out again, there was a crystal clear jade pendant in his hand.
The jade pendant sparkled under the incandescent light, attracting everyone's attention.
Boom.
The atmosphere at the scene was instantly detonated.
When Li Aiguo was performing magic just now, everyone watched with wide eyes.
The distance between Li Aiguo and Nicha was one meter, and everyone couldn't see how Li Aiguo put the jade pendant into Nicha's pocket.
General magic is completed by the cooperation of performers and guests.
However, the merchants knew very well that Nicha could not cooperate with Li Aiguo.
This is the real magic!
"Eugene Robert Woody! He is China's Eugene Robert Woody!" someone exclaimed.
A fancy-dressed businessman said: "The invulnerability that Robert Woody performed was actually using bullets made of wax to secretly replace the real bullets that the monks selected for him, and he put the real bullets in his mouth. Inside.
The wax bullet broke when it was loaded into the chamber. When the gun was fired, only the explosion of gunpowder was heard, but no bullet was fired.
Follow this man. There is no comparison between comrades.”
A merchant showed awe: "This gentleman is the real great magician! I suspect this is not magic, but magic. In this ancient country, there are legends of alchemists."
Director Zhang frowned.
He has studied Li Aiguo’s information.
This man is a train driver. His ancestors were poor and he has nothing to do with the alchemists.
It’s just that this way, you can get back the jade pendant without offending Nicha. The train driver is very calculating.
After Director Zhang figured it out, he felt a sigh of relief in his heart. He finally understood why Mr. Yang specially approved Li Aiguo to join the preparatory team.
Li Aiguo walked slowly to Nicha, holding his arms in his arms: "Sir, how is my magic? Is it wonderful?"
Papapapa. Nicha swelled with excitement. received applause: "This is the most exciting and fun magic I have ever seen."
For Nicha, play is the true meaning of life.
Just now, he experienced the most fun thing in the world.
Isn't it fun enough for a person to know that he has been wronged, but has no way to speak out, and has to try his best to cooperate with the person who wronged him?
This was the first time for Nicha to feel this way.
“It’s fun, it’s really fun.” Nicha waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take out 200 pounds and hand it to Li Aiguo, “Dear sir, thank you for performing such a wonderful magic. I don’t know. , can you perform for me again?”
Seeing the money, Yang Jizong was a little confused.
He was already prepared for Nicha's rage. Why didn't Nicha get angry and instead reward Li Aiguo?
Li Aiguo stretched out his hand to take the Hong Kong dollar with a magnanimous expression, and said nonchalantly: "This kind of magic is too boring, I don't want to perform it a second time.
But I have another one that I'm good at The magic is called Chainsaw Living. Do you like it?"
"Chain Sawing Living." Nicha smiled awkwardly: "Forget it, I am bleeding."
Nicha seemed to be very interested in Li Aiguo. After asking where Li Aiguo lived, he said he would visit in the future and took several of his subordinates to purchase goods.
After Nicha left, Yang Jizong looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Aiguo, why did this guy give you money?"
"He is an interesting person."
Li Aiguo did not answer Yang Jizong directly.
Although Yang Jizong also came from a big family, he was different from the children of aristocratic families like Nicha.
Nizar's distant uncle Abdul was the leader of Umno in British Malaysia. If it were placed in ancient times, Nizar would have been a real prince and nobleman.
He is in a superior environment, has good food and clothing every day, and does not have any pressure in life, but it is difficult to go any further. So this kind of people prefer to have fun.
"Little girl, don't lose it again." Li Aiguo turned around and handed the jade pendant to Liu Hongmei's hand.
The little girl hugged the jade pendant and almost shed tears.
"Driver Li, thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know how to face the workers in the factory when I go back."
Jade is a slow-selling product in these days. , the situation of the jade factory can be imagined.
"Take it, don't lose it again." Li Aiguo looked up at the merchants, "Not everyone is as simple and honest as our domestic people, so be more thoughtful."
"Driver Li, what you taught me is that I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."
Li Aiguo turned to leave, and Liu Hongmei took out a small jade pendant from her pocket.
The jade pendant is only about the size of a thumb and finger. It is very good in terms of knife skills and materials. It is shaped like a chubby little doll.
"Driver Li, I carved this with scraps. It's not worth much, so don't mind."
Liu Hongmei put the jade pendant into Li Aiguo's hand.
Li Aiguo was not polite and took the jade pendant and put it in his pocket.
Give it to Chen Xueru when you get back.
That girl really likes this kind of gadget, she must like it.
After the Preparatory Committee learned of the matter, it held a special meeting.
In the large conference room.
Yang Jizong told the whole story.
The gentleman sitting at the head of the table nodded: "Nicha has a special status. Comrade Li Aiguo handled it very appropriately this time. He not only avoided losing face to the merchants and unnecessary foreign disputes, but also defended the Our interests can be said to be the best of both worlds.
I suggest that this incident be recorded as a case and let the staff of the Preparatory Committee study it carefully. ""Yes"
A man in a gray tunic suit next to him nodded.
When Yang Jizong heard this, his eyes widened suddenly. Driver Li was going straight to heaven.
No wonder the old man asked me to study with him.
“Sneeze!”
Li Aiguo squatted at the door of the Canton Fair and suddenly sneezed.
Nicha, who was squatting in the same row as him, asked with concern: "Driver Li, do you have a cold? How about we go back?"
Nicha's head was buzzing now.
Just now he went to visit Li Aiguo in his room, hoping that Li Aiguo would show him something 'fun', but he was pulled to squat at the entrance of the venue.
Li Aiguo said that something fun would happen after a while, but after half an hour, nothing happened.
Li Aiguo suddenly pointed at little Nicha and laughed: "You believe it, you believe it, I am done!"
Nicha: "."
He The veins in his neck were twitching, and he was about to get angry, but suddenly he remembered something, and he froze.
Cheated!
He has always deceived others, but this is the first time he has been deceived. This feeling and taste seem really good.
“It’s fun, it’s really fun!” Nicha laughed for a while, stood up and said, “Driver Li, thank you for showing me fun things. Come on, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
"I am a mushroom, why do I need to eat." Li Aiguo squatted on the ground motionless.
"Mushrooms? Driver Li, are you going to have a brain problem?" Nicha was shocked and exclaimed: "Someone, come quickly!"
"You believe it, you believe it, I became !" Li Aiguo stood up and patted Nicha on the shoulder.
Nicha: "."
Nicha felt that he had been deceived for the second time, by the same person.
“Let’s go to dinner. I’ll treat you to a big chicken drumstick.” Seeing that it was getting late, Li Aiguo suppressed the smile on his face.
Nicha said quietly: "You are not trying to lie to me again, are you?"
Li Aiguo: "."
Good guy, you have a psychological shadow.
It seems that this thing is too toxic and should be used with caution in the future.
The Yangcheng of this era was far less prosperous than later generations.
Except for the bright lights outside the exhibition hall, there are usually few vehicles and few pedestrians on the roads in other areas. Only low-wattage street lights mounted on wooden telephone poles emit a dim light.
After Li Aiguo and Nicha parted ways in the canteen of the convention and exhibition center, he handed over the gift Nicha gave him - five capitalist vinyl records - to the team leader.
Then we returned to Aiqun Building not far from the Convention and Exhibition Center with Yang Jizong and Zhou Ke.
In the old days, the "Aiqun" was a place where power and status were revealed. It was difficult for ordinary people to set foot in. Even the corridor under the arcade in front of the door was guarded by black dogs.
After liberation, "Aiqun" also prospered as a hotel for receiving foreign guests. In 1952, it was renamed "Aiqun Building".
The foreign guests and members of the organizing committee who came to participate in the Canton Fair all lived in "Aiqun".
Zhou Ke is a member of the trade group and can only stay in the state-run guest house next to him.
But this guy wanted to see the luxury of "Aiqun", so he begged Li Aiguo and Yang Jizong to take him along.
As soon as he entered Aiqun’s glass door, Zhou Ke was so shocked that he couldn’t close his mouth from ear to ear.
“My dear, I have to pass two sentries.”
The double sentry post is divided into two units, one is the local public security department, and the other is the security office of the preparatory committee. They set up double sentry posts at the entrance.
After verifying the ID, Section Chief Zhang of the local public security department looked at Zhou Ke and asked: "Comrade, where is your ID?"
"Brother Zhang, he is Zhou Ke from our locomotive depot. The weather in Yangcheng is too stuffy, and there is no bathroom where he lives. He wanted to take a shower in my room," Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and said in a low voice.
Before he retired, Section Chief Zhang was stationed in the capital, and he also married a daughter-in-law in the capital, and he returned to the capital every year to visit his mother-in-law.
Li Aiguo recognized him by his accent when he stayed in a hotel for the first time.
The fellow villager burst into tears when he saw the fellow villager, and they quickly became friends.
Yang Jizong also said; "Old Zhang, there is nothing wrong with this guy."
Section Chief Zhang waved his hand and let go after seeing the two people making guarantees.
The conditions of "Aiqun" are very good.
The double rooms are equipped with telephones, bathrooms, and elevators. There are fans in summer and heating in winter. There are also Chinese and Western restaurants and bars.
Zhou Ke was like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world, lying on the soft bed and not wanting to get up.
"Patriot, let me stay here tonight, and I will wash your underwear for a month when you get back."
"Go away, I have a wife, do I need your help?! "Li Aiguo said: "The team leader has to count the number of people at night. Aren't you afraid that he will call Minister Niu?"
"Huh?" Zhou Ke seemed to have some bad memories and left quickly. Room.
After the door is closed.
Li Aiguo took out two books and became angry.
Recently, he has been busy with the Canton Fair and has no time to calm down and read a book.
If this continues, when will we be able to conquer the world? !
Just as I was reading a book, there was a rapid knock on the door outside.
Li Aiguo pinched his eyebrows, put down his book, and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Nicha.
He was alone, and the two inseparable followers were not there. Li Aiguo couldn't help but become suspicious.
"Little Nicha, what happened?"
"You can see this, are you really a magician?"
Nicha seems to Afraid of being discovered by someone, he squeezed into the room, turned around and closed the door.
Seeing his appearance, Li Aiguo's face became serious.
“Are you being hunted?”
“What nonsense are you talking about! My uncle, forget it, even if you say it, you don’t understand.”
Nicha slapped his butt Sitting on the chair, crossing his left leg over his right leg, fidgeting with the gemstone ring on his finger, he looked extremely arrogant.
Nicha did not clearly identify himself, and Li Aiguo also pretended not to know.
"You came so late to show off your ring, right?"
"That's not the case."
When it came to business, Nicha's face became slightly serious. , "I lost something."
"??" Li Aiguo.
Nicha said: "The [Gliss] my uncle gave me is lost."
Hearing this, Li Aiguo was shocked.
Malaysian Wu tribe people like to wear short swords, which are called [gris] in Malay. The handles are made of wood, ivory, animal bones, animal horns, and silver, and are carved with a colorful There are patterns and patterns on the bird heads and scabbards, and some are decorated with jewelry.
For hundreds of years, the unique [Gliss] has always occupied a unique and lofty position among the Malaysian Wu tribe.
"Wait, lost it? Don't you all have that thing stuck in your waist?"
When Li Aiguo saw Nicha for the first time, he was really worried that this guy would not like anyone. , drew out his dagger and struck someone with a blow.
They even made a suggestion to the organizing committee not to allow merchants to wear daggers, but it was rejected.
The organizing committee expressed that it must respect other people's traditions.
“It’s just lost anyway.” Nicha spread his hands, “It’s gone, doesn’t it mean it’s lost?”
“Wait, don’t be anxious first, explain the matter clearly. "Li Aiguo thought this guy might be just for fun, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
"We finished our meal in the cafeteria, and I was thinking about buying a red book."
"Wait, why do you, a Wu tribe member, buy a red book?" Li Aiguo felt that this guy was dishonest. .
A hint of slyness flashed in Nicha’s eyes:
“That’s what the people here are like.
Just speak a few words of fluent Chinese, and then take out the red Benben, if you shout a few slogans, they will lower the price.
You don’t know, but those guys from the Thousand Islands Country even learned to dance!
It's so shameful for them to sell their souls for money. "
Didn't you also buy a red book? Are you more noble than others? Li Aiguo sighed in his heart.
These merchants are more cunning than the other. It took only a few days to figure it out. It shows the character of Chinese people.
Chinese people are still too face-saving and honest!
“You continue. ”
“We went to a bookstall. Nicha said angrily: "The employees there actually asked us for a letter of introduction. Do we also need a letter of introduction when buying books?" "
"That's called Xinhua Bookstore. Forget it, go ahead and make it clear quickly, I still want to sleep. "
Li Aiguo felt that according to Nicha's temperament, if he continued to be verbose, he would be suspected of being watery.
"Later, the salesperson saw that we were merchants and sold the red book to him. After we returned to the hotel with the red book, I found that [Gliss] was missing. "
"If it's missing, why don't you look for it? Or let the comrades from the preparatory committee help search for it? ”
"Because I suspect it was stolen."
As soon as these words came out, Li Aiguo's face suddenly became serious.
"Little Nicha, do you have any basis for your idea?"
"The thing inserted in the waist was not stolen, how could it be lost?" Nicha bit He said with his teeth: "Driver Li, you may not know the importance of [Gliss] in our hearts.
Especially my [Gliss] was given to me by my uncle. It is Malaysia’s national treasure.
Let’s put it this way, I can lose my life, but I will never lose [Gliss]”
I won’t see him until I return to China. [Gliss], I can only report this matter to my uncle. "
Nicha changed his usual playful style and patted Li Aiguo on the shoulder with a serious face.
Li Aiguo also understood at this time that Nicha was not [playing], let alone Understand Nicha's true intention
As a merchant, Nicha can directly report the missing sword to his uncle in Malaysia
Pressure was exerted by his uncle.
As a result, the impact will inevitably be wide-ranging, and may even cast a shadow over the conference.
Nicha cannot report directly to the Preparatory Committee.
In that case, it would be equivalent to dealing directly with the authorities.
Once his uncle's enemies catch him, it will lead to even greater trouble.
Li Aiguo is a non-staff member of the preparatory committee and a formal member of the locomotive depot delegation, and he still has some friendship with Nicha.
This complex and special identity just gives him the qualifications to be a middleman.
"Xiao Nicha, thank you, brother." Li Aiguo stood up and said.
Nicha smiled and said: "One of your leaders once said a saying, called [The one who makes many friends will make few enemies]. This is a wise saying."
Hear the words.
Li Aiguo felt that he underestimated this noble boy who liked to play.
(PS, Malaysia took off its British crown in August 1957, and the situation in Malaysia in March was very delicate.)
(End of this chapter)