Chapter 1780 27 seconds

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When Mr. Guo heard what the middle-aged man said, he was so angry that he trembled.

The locksmith next to him frowned and said, "Brother, your words are too harsh. Do you know who this is?"

The middle-aged man said calmly: "I only know that he can't open the lock."

The rest of the masters were speechless.

The host tried to smooth things over by saying, "Masters, our competition is for the audience to watch. Since this gentleman wants to open the lock, let him try."

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, walked to the lock, looked left and right, was silent for five seconds, and said, "It's quite simple. It only takes me thirty seconds."

"Thirty seconds?"

The host grinned and said, "Sir, are you sure you can open it in thirty seconds?"

The middle-aged man nodded calmly.

The audience was in an uproar.

Even Zhao Qiuwei couldn't help laughing and said, "He really doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. He is an outsider who doesn't know Mr. Guo's status. He speaks wildly and will be embarrassed."

Liu Fusheng smiled, because he could hear that there was something else behind Zhao Qiuwei's words.

"Secretary Zhao, I think that since this person dares to come to the stage, he must have some extraordinary qualities. He is likely to be able to open this lock."

Zhao Qiuwei said, "Secretary Liu, you don't understand the situation. I've heard of Mr. Guo just now. He was the king of locks in Chaojiang area decades ago. He has opened at least tens of thousands of locks in his life..."

Liu Fusheng laughed: "Secretary Zhao, how about we make a bet? I haven't made a bet with anyone for a long time."

Zhao Qiuwei asked: "What are you betting on?"

Liu Fusheng said, "Let's make a bet. Can this master on the stage open the foreigner's padlock within 30 seconds? If he can't, I will treat Secretary Zhao to a meal. If he can, Secretary Zhao will also treat me to a glass of your Song Village's Dongfanghong Songzhong tea."

Zhao Qiuwei smiled and said, "Okay, since Secretary Liu is interested, I will play with you. But the meal seems a bit disappointing, so how about this, if Secretary Liu loses, you will not open the Zhao family's lock in the future, how about that?"

Liu Fusheng smiled slightly: "It's a deal."

Zhao Qiuwei assessed the development of the situation in a normal way, but he didn't know that the middle-aged man who walked up to the booth was named Zhang Maocai.

Liu Fusheng knew Zhang Maocai's character very well. He was not the kind of person who made boastful statements. Since he dared to say that he could open the lock in 30 seconds, he must be confident of winning.

At the booth.

When the foreigner heard that Zhang Maocai had to open the anti-theft lock developed by his company within 30 seconds, he couldn't help laughing: "I have really broadened my horizons during my visit to China. I found that your country and citizens have two distinct characteristics - the country is very backward, and the citizens love to brag!"

"Sir, don't say thirty seconds. I can give you three days. As long as you can use non-violent means and open the lock purely by skill, I will personally pay you $10,000. How about that?"

Three days to open a lock, and get a reward of $10,000? This foreigner is really generous!

Of course, what people care more about is the arrogant attitude of foreigners.

Someone in the audience shouted, "Promise him, let him see how powerful we Chinese are!"

"Yes, you can only win, not lose. In three days, you will definitely be able to open the lock!"

"Yes, we must get the $10,000. It will benefit the country and bring honor to the country!"

Zhang Maocai looked at the foreigner, shook his head and said, "Thirty seconds, this little gadget is very simple."

The foreigner glared and said, "It's not against the law to brag, but what if you can't open it?"

Zhang Maocai sneered and said, "If you can't open it, I'll give you 100,000 US dollars."

"One hundred thousand dollars?"

The foreigner laughed: "You are wearing a shirt, shorts, and slippers. I'm afraid your whole set of clothes is less than 10 US dollars! Can you come up with US dollars?"

Zhang Maocai said: "Then you don't have to worry about it!"

The host quickly tried to smooth things over: "Sir, there's no need to do this, we're just performing a lock-picking show!"

The foreigner pointed at Zhang Maocai and said, "I don't want your money. If you can't open this lock within 30 seconds, you will be asked to take off all your clothes, hold up our company's sign, and run around the Expo!"

"If you can open this lock, I would consider giving you $100,000 and making you rich overnight!"

The host had a grim look on his face, he had not expected that a performance would cause such a big fuss. The audiences below the stage were there to watch the fun, and all of them were making trouble.

Fortunately, those city leaders have left, otherwise, this would have been the Waterloo of his career.

Everyone had their own thoughts, but Zhang Maocai said sternly, "Chinese people are not as shameless as you. I don't want your money, and I don't need you to run around naked. When I open this lock, you just need to hold up the padlock and apologize to all Chinese people. And you have to say that China's lock-picking technology is world-class!"

"it is good!"

As soon as these words were spoken, cheers suddenly rang out from below the booth.

Zhang Maocai is too tough. No matter whether he wins or loses, he never embarrasses the Chinese people.

The foreigner gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, that's it, open the lock quickly, don't waste time!"

The host heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this. After all, the bet between the two parties did not involve money, so the influence was controllable. Strictly speaking, gambling was illegal, and if it was investigated, no one would look good.

"The event time is limited, let's start it quickly, I can't wait!"

The host took the microphone and walked between the two of them and said.

Zhang Maocai took out two thin iron wires from the tool kit.

Below the stage, the Chaojiang Lock King couldn't help but sigh.

Just now he used the iron wire and poked for a long time without success. If the middle-aged man used other tools, he might have succeeded. But he was too confident to just use the iron wire. He thought that this thing could unlock the lock and he succeeded.

There was also a clear look of disdain on the foreigner's face.

The locks produced by their company have been tried and cracked by various people internationally using various methods. Even those with extremely high-tech tools still take four or five days to open the lock.

This is also the reason why he was full of confidence and gave Zhang Maocai three days.

It's just a dream to think you can crack the latest technology with just two pieces of wire.

"Start the timer."

Zhang Maocai said something to the host. At the same time, he stuffed a longer wire into the keyhole, fiddled with it left and right, and then slowly closed his eyes in front of everyone.

Time passed by minute by minute, and everyone on and off the stage stared at him nervously.

Anyone who knows how to pick locks would notice that Zhang Maocai's fingers holding the wire were rubbing gently, as if he was feeling something.

Ten seconds later, Zhang Maocai opened his eyes. At the same time, his slightly rough hands had flexibly grabbed another thin wire and silently inserted it into the eye of the padlock.

Then, a scene that everyone could not believe happened.

Zhang Maocai rubbed the short iron wire with both hands and shook the long iron wire gently.

The timer reached the twenty-seventh second.

There was a soft click.

The unbreakable, huge metal lock was actually opened!