Published at 5th of December 2019 1:01 pm

Chapter 5: Professional Billiards Skill

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Translator: Tang Yajing

Proofread by May Zou

Zhuang Wen’s family had great power in Donghai. Although he was under 30, he acted prudently and tactfully due to the influence of his family surroundings since his childhood. He had made many friends and acquaintances in every place. Therefore, he didn’t look down upon Zhang Jun at all only because of his ordinary family background.

They exchanged a few words with each other before Lin Xian said with a smile, “I’m going to do some beauty care, so I’ll go and you can just go on.” After that, she went straight to a small hall and left Zhang Jun to be with Zhuang Wen.

Zhuang Wen smiled and said, “Bro Zhang, what game are you going to play?”

It was the first time for Zhang Jun to come to such a recreation place, but he was not frightened of this occasion. After pondering for a while, he said, “Big Wen, it is the first time that I have come here and I know very little about your club. Could you please give me some information?”

Zhuang Wen said, “We have a satisfactory variety of entertainment facilities in our club, such as Chess & Card Room, gym, bathroom and Beauty & Health Care. Besides, you can also play billiards, bowling and tennis.” He gave an ambiguous smile and said, “And if you are interested in women, we also have enchanting beauties here.”

Zhang Jun was inwardly surprised and said to himself, “These wealthy people are really good at enjoying life! It seems that the club is indeed an interesting place.” He thought over and said, “Can I just idle away and have a look, Big Wen?”

Zhuang Wen nodded and said, “Okay, I’m free anyway, so I’ll accompany you.”

With Zhuang Wen the host leading ahead, Zhang Jun soon came to the Billiards Room. There were dozens of billiards tables in the room which was really spacious. On one side of the room, there was a long bar counter where waiters and billiard girls were sitting.

At that time, there were two middle-aged men competing in the Billiards Room. Zhuang Wen nodded slightly at them, and then stood beside with Zhang Jun to watch.

Zhang Jun watched for a while and came to know that the two men were playing “Chinese eight-ball”, a very popular domestic way of playing billiards. He began to play this “eight-ball” game as early as from his middle school. He could not say he was a master, but he was really skilful at it.

While he was watching, he could not help being absorbed in the game. He suddenly felt that the motion track of the cue ball was becoming extremely clear to him. It was not only because he had an exceptional dynamic vision that was superior to that of ordinary people so that he could see high-speed objects clearly, but also because he could accurately predict the motion track of the cue ball and even its direction and force after being hit.

“It’s a low shot. The ball is most likely going to jump up.” Zhang Jun thought.

Sure enough, the cue ball was stirred up and flew out of the table. The stroker heaved a sign.

“It’s a good shot. Ball No. 6 is to be pocketed.” Again he thought to himself. “Ping!” With a sharp snap, the ball was really hit into the pot.

Zhang Jun watched in this way for a few minutes and felt that he could certainly capture the motion track of the ball by his eyesight. This was obviously another property of his X-ray vision capability, that is, he could predict and capture the track of a motional object.

Furthermore, Zhang Jun could predict the effect of the force with his eyes. For example, if someone was to punch him, he could predict where, how and how heavy the hit would be.

One of the two competitors was much more skillful than the other, soon he hit the No. 8 ball into the pocket and won the game.

The defeated middle-aged man felt dull and shook his head. He complained, “I have lost eight games in a row today. Let’s call it a day” After saying that, he put a stack of chips on the table and turned away.

Zhang Jun did not know the exact value of these chips, so he asked Zhuang Wen, “Big Wen, how much are these chips?”

Zhuang Wen answered, “Each chip is equal to ten thousand yuan, and sixteen chips are one hundred and sixty thousand yuan.”

Zhang Jun nodded and asked, “Big Wen, can I try a game?”

The middle-aged man who had just won heard Zhang Jun’s words and immediately looked over and laughed, “Are you going to play a game, kid?”

Zhuang Wen laughed and said, “It’s the first time the younger brother has come here. My old chap Guo, please go easy on him.” Saying that, he imperceptibly nodded to the waiter next to him, and the waiter went to fetch twenty chips that were worth two hundred thousand yuan.

Zhuang Wen handed the chips to Zhang Jun and said, “Play the game just for fun, Bro, and charge the chips to my account.”

Zhang Jun nodded and took the chips, then turned to the middle-aged man, said, “Mr. Guo, I’ll bet twenty chips on only one game, if you would like to do it in my way, we can start right now. You break off, please.”

Mr. Guo was not surprised to see that Zhang Jun dared to gamble two hundred thousand yuan. He chuckled and said, “Okay, you’re really straightforward! Then let’s bet two hundred thousand yuan on one game!”

The members of this club were all billionaires, to whom two hundred thousand yuan was just a drop in the bucket. They wouldn’t care much.

After the waiter positioned the balls, Mr. Guo hit the opening break shot. With a “Ping”, a dozen of balls were bouncing into different directions, of which the No.5 ball was potted.

Blinking at Zhuang Wen, Mr. Guo then gave shots one after another and got two more balls potted. On the third shot, the ball accidentally stopped at the edge of the pocket and his offense halted then.

It was Zhang Jun’s turn to strike. He walked around the table and finally aimed at the ball No. 14, then he bent over to hit it. His gesture was not so standard, but very smooth and natural. With a sound of “Ping”, the cue ball rushed out and hit the No.14 ball accurately.

After touching the side cushion, ball No.14 rebounded and fell into the pocket precisely.

Zhuang Wen’s eyes lit up, and he applauded and cried out, “Fantastic!”

Zhang Jun was in no hurry. In fact, he secretly X-rayed the motion track of the force at the stroke just now, and he could bet his bottom dollar that the ball would be accurately potted.

Since then it seemed that nothing could stop him. He pocketed the balls one after another. But when he got to ball No.8, he eventually met with the real problem. Between the cue ball and ball No. 8, there was another ball that blocked him from hitting directly.

Mr. Guo looked as calmly as usual. Although Zhang Jun could score successively, he didn’t think it mattered much since he could also do it if he was in good condition.

Now it got to the match point already. Mr. Guo slightly raised his eyebrows and said, “Younger bro, it seems that you’re going to stop here.”

Zhang Jun said calmly, “You will never know until you have a try.” Saying so, he just glanced at the ball casually and hit it directly.

“Ping!”

The cue ball hit the side cushion of the table and bounced back, then hit ball No. 8 fiercely. The ball spun sideways fast and also hit the side cushion, then bounced back and arced into the pocket.

This was absolutely an action of supreme difficulty level. Zhuang Wen and Mr. Guo were extremely shocked at seeing it. It took a long time for Mr. Guo to cry out, “Incredible! I have really broadened my horizons today!”

Zhuang Wen curbed the shock on his face and said with emotion, “Bro Zhang, your last shot was really amazing, and absolutely you have reached the level of professional master.”

Zhang Jun smiled and said, “Thanks to luck and that’s all.” Although superficially he looked as if he cared little about it, he was actually quite excited and pleased in his heart, not only because of his fantastic skills, but also because of 200,000 yuan he had made.

Mr. Guo took out twenty chips and put them on the table without hesitation. He laughed and said, “Bro Zhang, you’re much better than me in playing billiard. It’s no fun going on to play. Why don’t we two go for other entertainment together?”

Zhuang Wen looked at Zhang Jun and said with a smile, “Do you want to try your luck at gambling, bro?”

Zhang Jun said to himself, “It was exactly what I was hoping for, and it was just like when I wanted to sleep and someone gave me a pillow.” He thought that his X-ray vision ability was most suitable for cheating in the casino. How could he refuse the money when Mr. Guo wanted to offer?

So he smiled faintly and said, “Since Mr. Guo is interested in it, let’s just have a try.”

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