HCB Chapter 988 Coercion
Chapter 988 Coercion
Upon hearing the casino manager's words, Professor Holly immediately exclaimed, "Oh no, I didn't cheat! You can't do this to me! I'm innocent!"
"So you don't want to pay up? Fine, gentlemen, come on, put him in a sack, drive him to the outskirts, find a grove of trees, dig a hole, and bury him!" the casino manager shouted, waving his hand.
Several burly thugs immediately stretched out their hairy arms, and one of them reached for a sack to put over Holly's head.
Holly was terrified and hurriedly shouted, "Don't do it! Don't do it! I'll pay you back! I'll pay you back!"
The casino manager stopped his subordinate and snatched the phone, placing it in front of Holly: "Call your family and tell them to bring $15!"
Holly trembled as she reached out and pressed her hand on the phone, then looked up and stammered, "I'll pay you back, but could you please not cut off my hand?"
The casino manager grinned maliciously: "Caught cheating in the act of cheating at the casino, you think you can leave with your hands intact? The rule in this business is that if you're caught, you chop off your hands! Call now, or we'll bury you alive!"
“My family isn’t here. I came from another city to work!” Holly said with a mournful face.
"You bastard, you're playing me for a fool? Fine, men, drag him out and bury him alive!" the casino manager roared.
"You can't do this to me..." Holly cried out in terror.
Just then, a voice came from the doorway: "Hey, gentlemen, was that the guy who cheated at the casino just now?"
Upon hearing the noise, the casino staff all turned to look at the entrance.
"Who are you?" the casino manager asked with an unfriendly expression.
The thugs clenched their fists and stared at Zhang Yunhe, looking ready to gang up on him at any moment.
Zhang Yunhe walked into the storage room with a smile, gestured with his hands, and said, "Everyone, don't be nervous. I heard that Mr. Holly is not very willing to cooperate, so I came to take a look. Otherwise, let me talk to him. Maybe after I talk to him, he will be willing to pay compensation?"
"Who are you?" the casino manager asked coldly.
Zhang Yunhe seemed to just remember: "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. You can call me Mr. K. If you trust me, I have a way to make him willing to pay back the money!"
The casino thugs looked at each other, then one by one looked at their supervisor.
After considering for a moment, the supervisor said to Zhang Yunhe, "I can only give you 5 minutes!"
“That’s enough!” Zhang Yunhe said with a smile.
The supervisor waved to the thugs: "Let's go!"
After everyone at the casino left, Zhang Yunhe walked up to Holly and sat down: "Mr. Holly, you must make a choice now, or you will lose your life!"
Holly said dejectedly, "I don't want to die. I can pay compensation, but I don't have that much. And my wife absolutely cannot find out about this, otherwise she will definitely divorce me!"
"Moreover, I am a scientist. I cannot live without my hands. I need my hands to perform calculations and conduct experiments. How can I live without my hands?"
Zhang Yunhe lit a cigarette, exhaled smoke rings, and said, "Now there's a way to solve your problem. Do you want to hear it?"
"What method?" Holly asked.
Zhang Yunhe said, "I'll pay for this, and I can even offer tens of thousands more dollars to prevent them from cutting off your hands. That way, you can live and your wife won't find out about this. But you have to work for me!"
Holly sensed something was wrong: "What do you want me to do?"
"I've heard you work at the Alamos Laboratory. I have a small favor I'd like you to do for me!" Zhang Yunhe said with a smile.
Holly immediately understood Zhang Yunhe's intentions and refused, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! You've got the wrong person. I'm not a spy!"
Zhang Yunhe, puffing on his cigarette and exhaling smoke, stood up, shrugged, and said, "Very well, then let them bury you alive, or your wife will find out about this and sell her assets to redeem you, but your hands will be chopped off, and then your wife will divorce you. Without your hands, you won't be able to work in the lab, and you won't be able to find any other jobs. You'll end up on the streets as a homeless person, and it won't be long before you starve or freeze to death next to a garbage can on the street!"
"I won't force you. Since you're unwilling to cooperate with me, then forget it. You'd better take care of yourself!"
After saying that, Zhang Yunhe turned and walked towards the door.
Seeing that Zhang Yunhe was about to leave, Holly knew that if he didn't agree, the rest of his life would be miserable. He immediately let out a shrill cry: "No—wait!"
Zhang Yunhe stopped at the door, but did not turn around.
Holly was filled with regret and wished he could kill himself, but it was too late for regrets now. He closed his eyes in anguish and made his final decision: "Fine, I agree to cooperate with you, but in addition to the money you pay back for me, you will have to pay me a fee of no less than US$ every month!"
Zhang Yunhe slowly turned around, a smile on his face: "Mr. Holly, it seems you are very clear about your own value, that's good. I'll go out and talk to the people at the casino, and I believe there will be a good result soon!"
After saying that, Zhang Yunhe walked out of the storage room.
Not far away, the casino manager was smoking with his henchmen.
Under their gazes, Zhang Yunhe slowly walked over and greeted them: "Manager, I think we can talk now. Mr. Holly has fully entrusted me to represent him in negotiations with the casino!"
The manager exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "How do we negotiate?"
Zhang Yunhe said, "We're willing to pay 15 yuan, which I'll cover, but you can't cut off his hands!"
"The money must be paid, and both hands must be chopped off. That's the rule!" the supervisor said firmly.
Zhang Yunhe said, "Since you run a casino, I'll make a bet with you. We'll take a new deck of cards, find a random gambler in the casino to deal the cards to us, and each of us will bet on who has the highest card. We'll remove the Jokers, with 2 being the lowest and Ace the highest. Whoever has the highest card wins. Neither of us will touch the cards during the entire game!"
"If I lose, I'll pay you an additional $15 on top of the $5; but if you lose, I'll still pay you the $15, and you can take him away. You can't lay a finger on him. Are you in for a bet?"
The supervisor, smoking a cigarette, looked at Zhang Yunhe, weighing his options in his mind. After a few seconds, he said, "Okay, I'll bet with you! Chris, go get the cards!"
Zhang Yunhe followed the casino manager and his entourage to a gambling table in the casino, where the two sat down facing each other.
A tourist was invited to deal the cards. After removing the two Jokers, the tourist shuffled the cards several times and then dealt one card to each of the two players.
Zhang Yunhe looked at the supervisor and said, "Sir, this is all about luck. Why don't we have this young lady deal the cards for us?"
"Where's your betting money?" the supervisor asked Zhang Yunhe.
Zhang Yunhe immediately took out a checkbook and a pen from his suit pocket, opened the checkbook and wrote a check for $15, then tore it off and placed it on the table.