Chapter 542: Let’s Play What You Are Good At – Memory (Part One)
Yan Jingfan almost loved Xu Cheng to death.
If he guessed one right, that would be a hundred million!
In a deck of cards, conservatively speaking, even if he just remembered the first 10, that would be a billion! And for a professional like him, it was really not hard to remember 10. He would even try to remember more cards, and on a good day, he could even remember 20! Even if Xu Cheng got lucky and remembered the first 10, after equaling that out, he could still make a billion after that.
As for the world record of 30 seconds to remember the whole deck, in fact, that was probably just a special one-time case to achieve the ultimate show effect. That person probably couldn’t do it on every attempt.
Yan Jingfan felt that it was time for him to show off his real skills.
He couldn’t help but praise Xu Cheng, playing this game would not only get him free money but also allow him to show the crowd his skill as a professional to be able to remember so many cards in such a short amount of time.
He couldn’t feel more excited about this game, since it could be a golden opportunity not only to show off but to attract more fans.
“This guy’s done. The money we just lost, I think I can win it back,” he said to Young Master Lee.
Young Master Lee was also very excited. He was just thinking about how to win the money back, but who knew, Xu Cheng would propose such a game that was right up his alley, or so that was what he thought.
“Then what are you waiting for? Let’s go,” Yan Jingfan said.
At this time, Xu Cheng suddenly said, “If one of us gets it all right, then it would be basically breaking the world record, right? Then shouldn’t we add a bit of a bonus on top of that? Such as, the one that gets the whole deck right gets an extra billion?”
“Perfectly right?” Yan Jingfan sneered. “I don’t even have the confidence to say that, where are you getting yours?”
“Then just add it?” Xu Cheng said.
“Then let’s add that. Whoever gets the whole deck right, the opponent has to give an extra billion! Everyone at the scene can be a witness,” Yan Jingfan said cheerfully.
After all, no one could do it.
Xu Cheng gestured for a professional dealer to come out. The dealer took out three decks of cards and gave it to Yan Jingfan. “You can check the cards first. We don’t want you blaming the cards again later.”
Yan Jingfan carefully checked the cards, even weighing them. After making sure each card was the right weight, he was sure that there were no special marks on the cards that could help Xu Cheng cheat.
For regulated international competitions, the cards all had a strict set of standards for specification and weight.
After the staff cooperated with Yan Jingfan to check the cards, he expressed his reassurance.
Then, the dealer put a deck in front of Yan Jingfan, one in front of Xu Cheng, and left another one in his hand.
The dealer swiftly washed the cards, which was also very cool to watch. He would use one hand to split the deck into portions and alternatingly let them wash into each other card by card, completely randomizing the number and suits.
Putting the final deck onto the table with his hand covering it, he looked at the two and said, “We’re about to begin, are you ready?”
Xu Cheng and Yan Jingfan both looked at the deck and gestured that they were ready. Especially Yan Jingfan, he looked very serious as he stared right at the dealer’s hand that was covering the deck.
Both of them said in unison. “Ready!”
The dealer suddenly spread out the cards in a fan formation, each card was neatly spaced apart equally, allowing all 52 cards’ number and suit to be seen clearly.
At the same time, the dealer picked up the timer and started the countdown.
Xu Cheng just casually scanned through the cards.
But Yan Jingfan, he narrowed his eyes and locked onto the numbers’ sequence and suits, trying his hardest to remember them all, looking as if his brain was in overdrive and even beginning to sweat out of his forehead.
“Time’s up.” The dealer suddenly flipped over the cards from one end and carried the momentum through to the other side, and all the cards flipped over like a wave, all concealing their faces.
“Let’s begin, please use the deck in your hand to organize into the order you remembered. After one minute, for every card that was correct, it would be a hundred million.”
Yan Jingfan closed his eyes and tried to remember the order of the cards. After 10 seconds passed, he began to organize the deck.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw Xu Cheng was already on his 30th card or something. He was very quick.
Young Master Lee sneered. “Are you just giving up and guessing now?”
“So what if I’m guessing, why would you care? After all, if I guess a few cards wrong, it would be a couple hundred million for you.” Xu Cheng didn’t mind him and just went on to organize the deck.
Yan Jingfan was in a great state this time. It was mainly because he already began calculating when he observed how the dealer washed a regular starting deck that was in an organized order. So, when the dealer started the 20-second countdown, he was already ahead of Xu Cheng in remembering the cards.
Although it would be impossible for him to get 52 cards right, he had the confidence to at least get 15. Then, for the remaining cards, if he could get lucky and get at least 5 cards, that would be 2 billion!
He still firmly believed that an ordinary person like Xu Cheng could probably only get 2-3 cards right by luck.
Young Master Lee saw that he finished organizing his deck, and he leaned over and asked, “How is it?”
Yan Jingfan confidently smiled. “We will win at least 1.5 billion.”
Young Master Lee’s mood immediately got better. He could at least win back some of the money he lost now.
Not knowing why, right now he only wanted to break-even. Maybe it was because he was afraid after losing so much money already.
The dealer said, “Now, I will begin flipping over the cards one by one, and you guys will show your deck also one by one. If one person gets one right and the other one didn’t, then the latter has to give the former a hundred million in chips. If both get it right or both get it wrong, then there’s no need to give any chips.”
Xu Cheng and Yan Jingfan nodded.
The dealer flipped over the first card.
Both of them got it right.
Second card.
Both got it right again.
All the way to the fifth card, both of them got it right.
At this time, Yan Jingfan couldn’t help but change his opinion of Xu Cheng. “I didn’t think your memory was not bad. Normally, people could only remember the first few cards and that’s it. But, five cards is probably your limit. The later we get, the more it tests people’s memory. It’s normal for both people to get the earlier cards right.”
Indeed, a lot of the audiences were also trying out this game in their mind, trying to remember as many as they could. But, it only got more and more confusing the more and more cards they tried to remember.
When the dealer showed the tenth card, they both got it right!
Yan Jingfan felt a little uneasy in his heart.
And, Young Master Lee’s mood didn’t get any better. Oh how he hoped that Xu Cheng could start screwing up.
But when it got to the 15th card, which was the last card that Yan Jingfan was certain about, Xu Cheng also got it right.
The audiences couldn’t help but start clapping for the two.
But!
At the 16th card, the corner of Xu Cheng’s mouth lifted.
The card the dealer revealed began to deviate from what Yan Jingfan had! But, Xu Cheng got it right again!
That little heart of Young Master Lee’s… He glared fiercely at Yan Jingfan, feeling that the biggest enemy in front of him wasn’t Xu Cheng, but actually this madafaka!
At this time, the dealer reminded Young Master Lee, “Sir, a hundred million.”
Young Master Lee counted out a hundred million in chips and tossed it out, feeling as if he just sliced a piece of meat off of his body.