Gambling is a vice, harmful and unproductive. However, many people are addicted to it and cannot extricate themselves, and even lose their families, which eventually leads to the separation of wives and children and the destruction of their families.
There was once such a gambler, he made a fortune by gambling, for a time he was rich in money, but because of the "old thousand" was discovered, not only lost his legs and three fingers, but also ended up with the tragic end of his wife and daughters. After he woke up, he devoted the second half of his life to persuading gamblers and saving many gamblers.
To this end, CCTV once interviewed him and did a special program.
He is Yao Jianyun, who is known as the "Asian gambling king".
Yao Jianyun (1963-2018)
In 1963, Yao Jianyun was born in a peasant family in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province, he was stubborn by nature, did not like to study, repeatedly provoked trouble in school, and was expelled many times.
There is no way for the family to take this naughty boy. When Yao Jianyun was 16 years old, his father sent him to work at a construction site.
On the construction site, Yao Jianyun is still not good at work, and is obsessed with playing poker with his co-workers.
At the beginning, Yao Jianyun and his co-workers played cards only in a small fight, and after Yao Jianyun won some money, his appetite became bigger and bigger, and he often bet on the entire month's salary, so that he was in debt.
Everyone knew that Yao Jianyun was a gambler, and later he was reluctant to lend him money.
Because he was often absent from work and did not work well, he was fired from the construction site.
Yao Jianyun thought to himself, anyway, part-time work can not earn a few dollars, it is better to go to the gambling table to win money, and then wash your hands and do not dry after winning a few big ones.
At this time, Yao Jianyun heard that there was a gambling master in Nanchang, named Yang Hongguang, who had a hand to play cards and won many battles, Yao Jianyun bought a lot of high-end tobacco and alcohol, and decided to worship him as a teacher.
Yang Hongguang was reluctant to teach him at first, but Yao Jianyun brought him tea and water every day, and served his diet and living, so he persisted for several months, and finally impressed the master.
Then, every time Yang Hongguang gambled, he let Yao Jianyun be a waiter behind him, and he carefully observed Yang Hongguang's every shuffle and play.
During the observation, Yao Jianyun saw the trick, so he locked himself in his room every day and practiced the technique of "out of a thousand" over and over again.
Slowly, he not only learned the master's technique, but even innovated it with thousands of techniques, forming a set of unique secrets.
When he felt that his skills were getting better, he began to try his hand at some small poker games. Sure enough, he tried his own method several times, but it was not noticed, which made him very happy.
Therefore, Yao Jianyun decided to go into the casino to try the bull knife.
In the casino, he became a winning general with superb skills. A few years later, his personal fortune grew at a rocket-like pace.
By the end of the 1980s, Yao Jianyun was already a well-known figure in the casino.
In 1990, he married a young and beautiful girl and built a luxury villa in his hometown, becoming the envy of his relatives and friends.
Relying on the huge wealth accumulated by gambling, he began to invest in industry again. He invested millions of dollars to open 9 restaurants, 4 parking lots, and 3 large beauty salons.
By 1993, Yao Jianyun's personal assets were close to 40 million yuan. You know, this value was an astronomical amount at the time.
However, huge wealth is bound to be accompanied by huge risks, especially in the black industry of gambling.
On October 8, 1993, Yao Jianyun received a phone call saying that there was a big boss in Hong Kong surnamed Huang who wanted to ask him to play a game.
Yao Jianyun learned that this Huang boss was a generous boss, and he couldn't help but be very happy, thinking that this was a good opportunity to make a lot of money.
Yao Jianyun took 10 million cash and came to Boss Huang's cargo ship.
At first, Yao Jianyun won the victory, easily winning more than 2 million, and the bets of both sides were getting bigger and bigger.
However, when it came to the next day's poker game, Yao Jianyun felt that something was wrong, because his assistant repeatedly made eyes at Boss Huang. Just as Yao Jianyun was about to use the trick of changing cards, the assistant suddenly said, "He is out of the old thousand!" ”
It turned out that Boss Huang had already paid a high price to buy the assistant off.
At this time, five or six big men appeared in the room, standing behind Yao Jianyun.
Boss Huang sneered and said, "Brother, there are rules on the road, you should understand this, I'm sorry!" ”
With that, several strong men swung their fists and punched him, then fired several shots at his calves, and finally took out a machete and cut off three fingers of his left hand.
Yao Jianyun screamed bitterly and passed out suddenly.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a hospital. However, he found that there were no legs below the knees, and thinking that he would be a waste in the future, Yao Jianyun cried bitterly.
When he got home, his wife was shocked to see him like this. Because he lost all the money, his industrial capital chain was broken, it was difficult to continue to maintain, and they went out of business.
Yao Jianyun's business partners saw him as if they were hiding from the plague god.
In this way, Yao Jianyun went from a well-known monopoly to a poor egg who fell into a downcast.
For 5 years, Yao Jianyun hid at home, afraid to go out, of course, almost no one came to find him. Finally, one day, the wife could not stand such a life and filed for divorce.
When he heard this, Yao Jianyun nodded silently, and left all the family property to his wife and daughter, and he left the house alone with his bags.
People and wealth are empty, and wives and children are scattered.
The moment Yao Jianyun left the house, he deeply experienced the meaning of the word "impermanence".
He once thought of jumping off a building and cutting his wrists, but he was dissuaded every time.
So, he decided to use his bitter lesson to wake up those who were still addicted to gambling.
On this day, he shook the disabled car and came to an entertainment city to find a job as a singer.
The owner at first saw that he was disabled and immediately refused. However, Yao Jianyun refused to leave. The boss saw that he sang well, and he looked pitiful, had compassion, and finally decided to try it for three days.
That night, Yao Jianyun came to the stage, and after singing a song, he said to the audience: "Now, I will perform a magic trick for everyone." ”
So, he took out a deck of playing cards and changed the cards in his hand like a trick, and the audience was stunned.
Then, Yao Jianyun spoke out his experience with emotion, and after speaking, the audience resounded with thunderous applause. The original 5-minute performance lasted half an hour.
The owner of the entertainment city saw that the effect was so good, so he signed a longer contract with Yao Jianyun.
In this way, every night, Yao Jianyun would take the stage to perform card magic and puncture the various "out of the old" tricks on the casino to the audience.
Since 2003, Yao Jianyun has performed all over the country and used his own tragic experience to show people and persuade people to stay away from gambling.
Whenever he heard that someone was addicted to gambling, he would personally come to the door and persuade him to change from evil to righteousness and do his work in a down-to-earth manner.
He also appeared on TV shows again and again in order to let more people know about the dangers of gambling, and advised people to take him as a warning, quit gambling, and live a good life.
However, his practice has aroused the envy of many gambling businessmen who believe that Yao Jianyun has cut off their financial path. He repeatedly received threatening messages, and once Yao Jianyun was suddenly grabbed and beaten by several masked people on the road, and threw him into a ditch, nearly dying.
Yao Jianyun has no regrets, he believes that what he has done is beneficial to society, and he will continue to do it.
In 2018, Yao Jianyun died of cancer at the age of 55.
Out of the mix, after all, it is necessary to pay back.
In his life, Yao Jianyun changed from a gambler with a lot of money to an unswerving anti-gambler. His ups and downs tell us: cherish life, stay away from gambling, start with me!