647. Unpredictable
Dong Qiangqiang's impression of the gypsy was still in the poignant love stories of the movies "Cargoyle" and "Yesenia" that he watched on TV in his childhood, so when Lao Bai issued a warning, he paid special attention to the crowd around his target.
Because of their unique clothing, the gypsy girls in the commercial street are easy to identify. They were seen in groups of three or five, either with colorful scarves on their heads or hanging various bright colors on their necks. They were dressed in colorful exotic clothing with strong contrast, especially the wide bohemian ruffled skirts that made them sway and sway when walking, and they looked particularly charming and charming with every frown and smile.
Dong Qiangqiang heard Lao Bai say that when a male tourist encounters such a woman’s active conversation, his mind will ripples, and if he is distracted, he may say goodbye to his wallet.
When he found a group of gypsy girls quickly gathered around her customers and took the initiative to chat with her, Dong Qiangqiang walked directly through the crowd and stood behind her members. While reminding them to pay attention to their belongings in Chinese, he warned them directly in English: We don’t need any of your services, please do not disturb us in shopping.
The gypsy girl who touched the soft nail responded to Dong Qiangqiang with dissatisfaction and then patted her belly gently. Dong Qiangqiang then noticed the other party's bulging pregnant belly. He didn't know if the other party's belly was a real baby or a ball, so he could only continue to smile and drive away the person. The other party showed no concern about Dong Qiangqiang's alertness. After winking with his companion, he quickly scattered into the crowd and headed towards the next target.
Dong Qiangqiang looked around, and the situation of Lao Bai, Tong Lele, Lei Lanting and others was similar to that of him. The gypsy girl wandered around among the tourists and would return in less than a few minutes. The few people were like beating a gopher, driving each other out every few minutes. But the other party was quite resilient. The more Dong Qiangqiang and the others drove away, the more they believed they could get.
Under the height of alertness of several people, the members of the group did not suffer financial losses. But soon, Lao Bai was summoned away by the group members who were shopping. Lei Lanting wanted to learn business with Lao Bai, but before he could leave, he found that in addition to the increase in gypsies around, the number of black faces also increased suddenly.
Just as he was hesitating whether to leave, a young female group member was tied with a colorful rope on her wrist by a half-year-old black boy. Before the girl could react, the black boy had already opened his five fingers and swayed left and right, while quickly uttering a vague sentence in unstandard English. The young girl was a little confused, and in a trance, she could only understand the word the other party said was "5 euros".
Tong Lele was guarding the young girl. She was always focused on guarding against the gypsies, but she didn't expect to be caught off guard by the black guy. But she had no experience in dealing with such things, so she could only ask Dong Qiangqiang for help.
Dong Qiangqiang quickly made a gesture of exchange with her, signaling her to take care of his team members and he would handle this matter.
"What happened just now?" Dong Qiangqiang walked to the young female group member and lowered his head and asked, "Do you want to buy this?"
"I didn't say anything to him at all. I was still picking things here. He... he suddenly tied the rope to my hand. I don't know what happened..." The girl was so anxious that she almost cried, "I definitely won't buy it."
"If you don't buy (this rope), take it off and return it to him." Dong Qiangqiang instructed, "Don't cry, it's okay."
"5 euros.5 euros..." The black guy shouted and looked around. When he turned around, he saw that the girl had stopped crying and started to untickle the rope. He glared at Dong Qiangqiang with dissatisfaction, and reached out to flip through the girl's shoulder bag.
Dong Qiangqiang grabbed his wrist and threw it aside, shouting in English: "What are you doing?"
His behavior was completely unconscious. After he finished doing it, he realized that he had stabbed a beehive. A group of black men of varying heights, fat and thinness surrounded him from all directions.
The scene suddenly became nervous.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lei Lanting hurriedly called the patrol policeman more than ten meters away next to him.
Since the airport in Milan was threatened with bombs in January, the main public places in Italy have been covered with police forces for prevention and control just in case.
Two patrolmen drove away the gathered melon-eating crowd and walked towards the center of the crowd. Through the crowd, four black and short fat men surrounded Dong Qiangqiang and a thin girl. The four of them had ferocious faces and stared at Dong Qiangqiang like a ferocious spirit, as if they wanted to eat him. From time to time, someone pushed Dong Qiangqiang from behind, and he was almost pushed down several times.
Although outnumbered, Dong Qiangqiang was completely fearless. While protecting the girl, he looked for the nearest surveillance camera. There were many people on the other side, and he remembered Lao Bai's words: The safety of the team members must be ensured.
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang refused to resist, the pushing became larger and larger. Just as Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but prepare to fight back, the police whistled to the next few people.
"What are you doing?" The policeman who asked the question was white and fat, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looked very gentle. Although his English pronunciation was strange, it was still understandable. "This is a public place." Although he tried hard to be strict, his expression did not express the effect he wanted to express.
Seeing the police turned to look at him, Dong Qiangqiang explained in English in a deep voice: "They want to sell us this rope by force. If we don't want to buy it, they are ready to beat us."
"Is that true?" the fat policeman asked one of the little black fat men.
"This woman said the rope looks good, so she asked me to tie it to her to see the effect. As soon as I tied it, she told the man something, and then he came over to beat me, trying to drive me away. My companion saw that they were cheating and hitting people, so she hurriedly surrounded her to prevent them from running away. Mr. Police, what I said is true, I am all witnesses here..." The fat black man said in Italy with striking words, and at the same time, he waved his hands to the onlookers.
"What he said is true, sir, these Asians don't pay for things and beat people, so they can't let them go!" someone shouted among the onlookers.
"We can't let these foreigners be so wild on our territory. We must teach them how to tell us..."
"Mr. Police, they are racist..."
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The shouts and scoldings rose and went one after another. Some anger even began to spit at Dong Qiangqiang and others, and some people came to the side of girls such as Tong Lele and looked at them maliciously.
Although Dong Qiangqiang couldn't understand Italian, he also understood the principle of "everyone said he could sprinkle gold, and destroy bones." He guessed that most of the time, the other party poured dirty water on himself, and hurriedly explained: "We don't want to buy this rope at all, and the rope can be returned to the other party now. If you don't believe me, you can check the surveillance at the door of that store." He pointed at the surveillance camera and said to the police.
The two policemen whispered to each other for about a minute. The fat police nodded to their companions and turned to Dong Qiangqiang in unstandard English, saying, "This is a public place. The behavior of both parties just now has disrupted the normal order of the market. I can take you back and ask you to assist in the investigation, but I will give you a chance to resolve it yourself through negotiation. If you have any more noise or fighting, which affects the normal operation of other shops here, I will take you all back to the police station. Do you understand?" He shook his head and glanced at the fat black man, as if he was inadvertently asking, "How much does the rope cost?"
"It's only 5 euros." The fat black man spread his hands and looked at Dong Qiangqiang with an innocent look, as if mocking him: What can you do to me?
When Dong Qiangqiang heard this, he understood that the Italian police were mudding and was about to argue, but someone behind him said something in a language he couldn't understand. Then he handed a 5-euro bill to the fat man with one hand.
In Dong Qiangqiang's surprised eyes, he saw that the person who handed the money was Lao Bai.
The fat policeman nodded with satisfaction and gave a wink at the fat man of black. The fat man of black collected the money proudly, blew the bandit whistle, and turned around and left.
The crowd that had surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside just now spread out with a "whistle" sound, and it was restored to the scene before the quarrel in less than a minute, as if nothing had happened.
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Chapter completed!