Chapter 364 Fishing
Almost everyone has played billiards when they were teenagers, and Zhang Nianzu is no exception. The time when he played billiards most frequently was when he was in school and hung out with Zhao Weiming. He has been relatively talented in sports since he was a child, and his level is considered good among his peers. But there is a difference between good and very good. Take the long table that most people have a headache about, for example, for people with average level, three points of scoring a goal depends on performance and seven points depends on luck. If you can have a 50% chance of success, in their eyes you are a master. However, in the eyes of professional players, this standard table is not snooker, and there is no such thing as a long table. This is the difference.
Zhang Nianzu first had to reconfirm his own level. He had almost finished chatting with Jiutong, so he asked, "I want to find someone to practice with me. Do you have anyone who is good at playing?"
"Yes." Jiutong said, "My place is a famous gathering place for enthusiasts in our local area. We have held city-level competitions in the past. There are many high-level people. I can introduce you to the level of people you want to meet."
Lei Tingting asked: "Are there any at a professional level?"
Jiutong said with a bitter expression: "Miss, you are trying to find fault with me. This is nothing more than a club for amateurs. What are professional golfers doing here?"
Lei Tingting asked: "Then why are you still blowing?"
However, Jiu Tong suddenly slapped his head and said, "Hey, don't mention it, there really is one!" He pointed forward and lowered his voice and said, "Did you see that person--"
The two looked in the direction of his finger and saw a young man in his thirties sitting on the sofa. He crossed his legs and rested his arms on the back of the sofa. He was looking around the billiard room with a burning gaze, as if he was looking for prey.
Zhang Nianzu asked, "What's the situation with that person?"
"He is Wang Yao!"
Zhang Nianzu wondered, "Who is Wang Yao?"
Jiutong said: "It seems that you really don't mix in this circle - how to put it, to use a fashionable word, this guy is considered a member of the national team, and has won the 9-ball national championship. He is a real professional player."
Zhang Nianzu asked, "Then what is he doing here?"
Jiutong said succinctly: "Fishing."
"Um?"
Jiutong explained, "This guy originally had a bright career future, but once he accepted money from his opponent to play a fake game. Later, the organizers discovered the transaction text messages between them and banned him for two years. After this incident, he became notorious and all kinds of professional clubs rejected him. This guy ran to me to gamble with others for a living. You see, he would approach any newcomer."
Sure enough, two young men came in and opened a new machine. Wang Yao strolled over and said a few words. The other party probably didn't want to play with him, so he ran back and sat down.
Jiutong gloated: "Look, the people who come to play here are all regular customers, or they bring their own partners. Who would be willing to be his scapegoat?"
Zhang Nianzu frowned. He didn't want to deal with this kind of person, but he couldn't find a more suitable person at the moment, so he asked Jiutong: "Does he teach people how to play basketball?"
“No.”
"What about the money?"
Jiutong laughed and said, "How can collecting tuition fees be as fast as making money from gambling?"
Lei Tingting asked, "Aren't you forbidding gambling?"
"Uh..." Jiu Tong said in embarrassment, "I'm open for business and I can't just chase people out. Occasionally someone takes the bait and it's a matter of willingness. But this guy hasn't done any business for several days. If he can't take it anymore, he'll naturally move on to the next one ."
Zhang Nianzu suddenly said to Lei Tingting: "Let's go and play for a while."
Jiutong opened the stage for the two of them and specifically told Zhang Nianzu: "Don't be fooled if that person comes over."
Lei Tingting's billiards level was naturally extremely amateurish, but relying on her good body coordination, she managed to avoid slipping the cue. It was a very kind thing for such a beautiful girl to be able to do this, and it attracted the attention of everyone in the billiard hall.
Wang Yao saw that the two newcomers looked unfamiliar, so he stood up and walked to the side of the table, pretending to chat with Zhang Nianzu and said, "Let's play for a while."
Jiutong kept winking at Zhang Nianzu.
Zhang Nianzu asked: "How do we play?"
Wang Yao said, "500 per round, one tie per hand." But fearing that the fish might be scared away, he changed his words and said, "300 is fine."
Zhang Nianzu said, "Just 500, I'll play with you for a while."
Wang Yao was overjoyed. He hadn't caught such a big fish in a long time. Not only was the fish big and fat, it also jumped onto the shore without even putting on bait. It must be God's will. Looking at the pretty girl next to the big fish, he understood that the fish didn't want to embarrass himself in front of his girlfriend. This situation was a perfect opportunity to reap the profits.
Zhang Nianzu said: "Let's play 16 balls, okay?"
Wang Yao suppressed his ecstasy and said, "Of course." The 16-ball and 9-ball games use the same numbered balls, except that the 16-ball game has more colored balls. 16-ball is popular in China and there are many large-scale competitions. He has received systematic training.
"Then I'll tee off." Zhang Nianzu picked up a club and hit the balls all over the table, but not a single one went into the pocket.
Wang Yao observed the situation, bent down and raised his cue. Zhang Nianzu immediately realized the gap between him and others. Wang Yao's movements were extremely standard. He chose the colored ball. At this time, the cue ball was close to the pocket. Wang Yao used the "Phoenix Eye" gesture to raise his cue and put the target ball into the middle pocket at a small angle. The cue ball moved to the bottom pocket and formed a natural angle with the next target ball. Before the cue ball moved to a stable position, Wang Yao had already stood in the position to hit the ball.
Snap—Snap—Bang—Bang—
The colored balls went into the pockets one after another. When hitting the penultimate ball, the target ball was blocked behind two flower balls. Wang Yao stood on tiptoe, as if he wanted to solve it with a jumping pole, but in the end, for some reason, he just bounced the ball and did the simplest solution.
Zhang Nianzu held the club steadily and pocketed a flower ball far away. Lei Tingting immediately clapped her hands and cheered, but Wang Yao sneered and shook his head. From a professional perspective, the best should be to hit the target ball close to the cushion to make the cue ball explode the pile of flowers. The advantages of doing so are that one is to solve the worries, and the other is to use the scattered flowers to create obstacles for the opponent. It can be said to be a great opportunity to turn the situation around, but he also saw that the reason why Zhang Nianzu didn't play that way was because he was not sure about dealing with the ball close to the cushion. The consequences of this technical blind spot are basically unsolvable.
Zhang Nianzu scored two more goals, and the ball returned to Wang Yao, who won the next game steadily. Zhang Nianzu happily paid the bill.
Wang Yao collected the money and asked, "Do you still want to fight?" At this time, he already had a direct understanding of Zhang Nianzu's level. His opponent was the kind of person who was not considered a master even among pure amateurs, and he had completely crushed him. Generally, in this situation, the opponent would give up. He did not use the jumping pole just now because he was afraid of scaring the opponent away. Now it seems that he was worrying too much. The two people were not at the same level, so it didn't matter whether he was scared or not, he would definitely run away.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Nianzu said, "Fight."
Wang Yao smiled. He had never seen that this leek was not only growing well, but also very stubborn. Since this was a godsend, he would have to see whether his knife was faster or the leek grew faster. In his excitement, he suddenly felt the urge to pee. He threw down his golf club and said, "I have to go to the toilet first. Don't leave—"
"I'm not leaving."
After Wang Yao ran into the toilet, Jiutong ran over in a hurry and said, "Didn't I tell you not to fight him? You are just giving him money, you know that? I just saw that your level -" Jiutong curled his lips and said, "If I hadn't given up gambling, I could beat you too!"
Zhang Nianzu smiled and said, "I'll quit gambling after this round." As he said that, he made an extremely standard cueing posture at the edge of the table.
