Power and Wealth
Chapter 1260 – Beginner!
Early morning.
Before 5 am.
Platinum VIP room. The mahjong game started.
Mr. Wei rolled the dice, counted, and grabbed his tiles.
The next player is Ms. Leng, followed by Song Yuhu, and Dong Xuebing is last.
Dong Xuebing arranged his tiles clumsily. He placed all his character tiles on his left, bamboo in the center, and circles on the right. The Winds and Dragon tiles were placed at the end. He is going to discard the Winds and Dragon tiles. He took a while to arrange his tiles as he had not played Mahjong long. He played a few rounds during Lunar New Year with his family members, and they did not play with money.
Everyone looked at Dong Xuebing weirdly.
Shen Xiaoyan and Shen Xiaomei were dumbfounded.
Dong Xuebing looked up and noticed everyone was looking at him. He thought to himself. I am not the banker, and it’s not my turn to discard a tile. Why are you all looking at me? Look at your tiles. He looked at the table and noticed that other players did not arrange their tiles. He remembered Sis Zhang did not arrange her tiles when she played earlier. He was confused then and felt uncomfortable seeing the tiles in a mess. He thought about it and understood why they did not arrange their tiles now. No one can see his tiles besides himself, Sis Zhang, and the twins. But arranging them in ascending or descending order will let other players know which tiles he needs. He will lose if other players can guess his tiles.
Huh?
Mahjong has so many tactics.
Dong Xuebing played Mahjong with his family for fun and did not mind these tactics.
No wonder they are looking at me.
They must be thinking that I am a beginner.
Dong Xuebing cleared his throat and started to mess up his tiles. He placed the 5 Circles among the bamboo and 6 Characters among the circles. This will make it harder for other players to guess his tiles, but he messed them up. He cursed in his heart and rearranged the tiles in ascending order again. He is not used to it. He does not care anymore. He will play in his way.
Dong Xuebing looked at Mr. Wei impatiently. “Discard a tile. What are you waiting for?”
Mr. Wei was speechless. “I discarded it a while ago. Ms. Leng and Mr. Song had discarded their tiles too.”
Damn! Everyone waits for you, and you only focus on arranging your tiles. You still dare to rush me?
Ms. Leng and Song Yuhu were speechless.
Zhang Longjuan laughed loudly.
Dong Xuebing cleared his throat embarrassedly. “How come I did not hear it? Err… East Wind.”
Mr. Wei grabbed a tile and felt it with his finger. He discarded it without looking. “Red Dragon.”
It was a ‘Red Dragon’ tile. These people can tell the tiles just by feeling them.
Ms. Leng grabbed a tile and placed it at the end before discarding another tile.
Song Yuhu was fast too. Within a few seconds, they had discarded their tiles, and it was Dong Xuebing’s turn again.
Dong Xuebing grabbed a tile and tried feeling it with his fingers. Huh? What is this tile?
He turned it. It was ‘9 Bamboo.’
Dong Xuebing knows that learning to feel the tiles will take a while. He did not embarrass himself and started looking at his other tiles. He has ‘8 Bamboo’ and needs a ‘seven Bamboo’ to form a set of three. But he will be waiting for a single tile. The chances of getting it are low. The ‘5 and 6 Characters’ has higher chances of forming a set. But he still has ‘1 and 3 Bamboos.’ Which tile should he discard?
His hand is quite good.
Dong Xuebing hesitated and could not decide.
About half a minute later, he discarded a tile. “1 Circle.”
Mr. Wei and the rest were frustrated. You are too slow.
Senior Zhou looked at Dong Xuebing.
The other guests and staff were thinking to themselves. Does this guy know how to play Mahjong?
Dong Xuebing had won big at the roulette tables. Although no one thinks he can win against three opponents, they felt he should be good at Mahjong. Why would he agree to play in the Platinum Room if he is not good? However, his actions show he is a beginner. He looks like he just learned how to play.
This is the Platinum VIP room.
The bets here are much higher than in the main lobby outside.
You don’t even know how to play Mahjong and are playing with others here?
Who is as bold as you? You are reckless!
Mahjong is entirely different from roulette. You need to know how to play even if you got all the luck in the world. You might not win even if you got good tiles.
Some guests felt this might be Dong Xuebing’s way of playing. After all, everyone has their style of playing. Maybe he knows how to play. But these guests changed their minds a few minutes later.
Dong Xuebing discarded ‘5 Bamboo’, which was not discarded before.
This is mid-game, and some players might be waiting for their winning tiles. Most players will not discard any new tiles. But Dong Xuebing did not know and discarded it. He is not wary of other players. The guests felt nervous looking at him play. Luckily, the other players do not need this tile. Maybe Song Yuhu, Ms. Leng, and Mr. Wei were seasoned players. They will not wait for such an apparent winning tile and did not expect him to discard it.
Seasoned players got confused when they played with a beginner. They exchanged looks speechlessly.
*Ta!
“Bird.” Beijing calls ‘1 Bamboo’ a bird.
Dong Xuebing discarded another unseen tile.
Mr. Wei thought to himself. You are reckless. How can you discard these unseen tiles now?
Mr. Wei had been holding on to ‘1 Bamboo’ for a while and dared not to discard it. He saw Dong Xuebing discarding it, and he discarded it during his turn.
Dong Xuebing did not know he had discarded the wrong tiles. The people he played with previously were around his standards. They do not count or defend against other players. He could not even manage his tiles and did not care about other players.
Finally, something happened when Dong Xuebing discarded ‘2 Characters.’
Song Yuhu pushed a few tiles over. “Kong.”
Dong Xuebing was surprised. “Ah, you got three ‘2 characters.’”
Song Yuhu grabbed a tile and discarded it. He was disappointed he did not get his winning tile, or he would win big.
Dong Xuebing was not waiting for any tiles to win. He grabbed a tile and discarded it.
“Win!” Ms. Leng smiled and turned her tiles over. “Seven Doubles.”
Dong Xuebing had thrown the tile for another player to win, but he thought nothing about it. “You got good tiles, Ms. Leng.”
I got good tiles? Ms. Leng rubbed her temples and ignored him. They had tried to let Mr. Wei win as he was the banker. They threw the tiles he needed, but he could not win. She was afraid Dong Xuebing might win and ended this round with a small win. Her tiles were not good, and Dong Xuebing was bad with Mahjong.
“Are we settling the payout after each round?”
“Ok. We will follow the way we played earlier.”
The dealer walked to the table and counted the tiles.
Dong Xuebing had discarded Ms. Leng’s winning tile, so he lost more. They are playing in the Platinum VIP room, with higher bets. He lost 480,000 USD worth of chips in this round.
Dong Xuebing did not mind. “Let’s continue.”
It was Ms. Leng’s turn to be the banker, and she was lucky. She won very early in the game.
Although it was not a big win, it was a ‘self-drawn’ win, and she was the banker.
Dong Xuebing lost almost 200,000 USD in this game. Within a short time, he lost more than half a million USD. The bets were much higher than when Sis Zhang played in the VIP room.
The next round started.
Ms. Leng was still the banker.
Dong Xuebing continued to play recklessly and discarded tiles without thinking.
The other players got used to Dong Xuebing’s way of play and guessed what tiles he needed from the tiles’ position in his hands.
“Pong!”
“Chow!”
“Chow!”
Dong Xuebing gave the other players the tiles they needed.
Other than him, the other players were waiting for the final time to win.
Dong Xuebing discarded ‘3 circles’ and Song Yuhu ‘Kong.’ He grabbed his winning tile after that.
Dong Xuebing lost a few hundred thousand USD again.
Dong Xuebing was unfazed.
The onlookers shook their heads. They could tell Dong Xuebing does not know how to play and is ignorant about the strategies used in the game.
How can you discard those unseen tiles halfway through the game?
You were feeding them with the tiles they needed.
You are clueless about Mahjong. No one who knows how to play will not discard those tiles.
Everyone was confused about what Dong Xuebing was doing. Even if you don’t know how to play, you should know the basic.
Song Yuhu, Mr. Wei, and Ms. Leng were in good spirits.
A beginner is giving them money!