Anheng Street, Mazhang Town, a "D"-shaped street less than one meter long, can be described as "famous" in the local area. The locals call it the "Fortune Telling Street". Friends have recommended it to reporters many times, saying that the fortune telling is very accurate.
More than 20 fortune-telling stalls on one street
On the morning of March 5, the reporter rode a motorcycle to a fruit stall near Mazhang Market, because he did not know the "Fortune-telling Street" Which street was it specifically? The reporter asked the middle-aged woman at the fruit stall for directions: "Auntie, I want to have my fortune told. I wonder where there is a fortune teller?" Yes. Just take a few steps forward and turn left." She looked at the reporter and said with a smile, "Why do more and more young people believe this now?"
The reporter was present. After storing the motorcycle in the parking lot, we walked to a small alley on Zhenan Street that the fruit stall aunt mentioned: Fortune Telling Street. As soon as I entered the street, the first fortune-telling stall was a middle-aged man called "Mr." He was fully focused, flipping through the fortune-telling book in his hand, and ten or eight women surrounded him. Going forward, there are more and more fortune-telling stalls. Those who do fortune-telling in the open air will set up a table, a fortune-telling book, a pen and a stack of red paper outdoors; there are also those operating indoors, with a person "receiving customers" outside. , copy the birth date reported by the customer, match it according to the celestial stems, earthly branches, yin and yang and the five elements, then copy it on a piece of red paper and present it to the "sir" inside.
A "T"-shaped street is less than one meter wide. The reporter made a rough estimate and found that there are more than 20 fortune-telling stalls. The "sirs" include men and women, some in their seventies or eighties, and some in their twenties and thirties. There are customers of all ages, but most of them are middle-aged women, and some are young girls. Every stall is very busy, especially those operating indoors. The reporter saw an indoor fortune-telling stall in the middle of the street, with more than 10 people queuing up. The person outside was a fat middle-aged man, and the "sir" was a young man in his 30s. The reporter walked up to the middle-aged man and struck up a conversation: "Business is so good, I wonder when it will be my turn?" He just glanced at the reporter, ignored him and continued to write "Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao..." on the red paper. ."
The reporter walked to the stall next door and saw six or seven middle-aged women chatting with their grandmothers while waiting in line. Because this stall has a busy business and has many customers, it is the same as handling business at a bank, so you have to call. "What's your number?" "3, it'll be here soon. What about you?" "I'm seven, I wonder how long it will take?" The two women sat on a stool and started chatting. Because there were so many people, a few customers stood by the door.
There are several people sitting at many stalls. According to the reporter's knowledge from insiders: many of them are people who are commonly known as "successors" in order to attract customers. They specialize in creating the illusion that business is booming. , a profession that lures customers into being deceived. The reporter saw that some customers left their seats and walked away after they started to tell their fortunes at the stall.
"Fuzzy science" makes people dizzy
The reporter walked to an open-air stall and saw a bald fortune teller who was telling a fortune for an old lady. "Sir" counted "A, B, C, and D" with his long nails. "Who are you telling fortunes for?" "My son" "He and his wife's fortunes are not very compatible, and they often stumble over each other." The reporter listened and found it ridiculous. This should be a "characteristic" of couples. "The couple often quarreled. Do you think my son is having an affair outside?" The reporter secretly shouted: Grandma has been tricked. Sure enough, the bald "Mr." shook his head and said: "Your son is destined to have a peach blossom, and he is destined to have a peach blossom outside. If you don't marry him, his body will often hurt here and there. He is not in good health during this period, right? ." The old woman nodded frequently. The reporter thought to himself that this old man had really mastered the art of fuzzy theory. He could make two vague decisions, and it sounded vague and specious, but it all felt right.
What the reporter heard at several stalls was basically the same. Words such as "If you dig out your conscience for others, they will treat you like a dog's lungs", "You help others more, others will help you less", etc. are actually "vague" words that are applicable to the psychology of ordinary people everywhere. "There should be happy events this year, otherwise you will have minor health problems." This sentence actually has a mystery. I believe that most people will have minor physical problems, but when there is a happy event, generally speaking, because the body’s immunity is strengthened due to happiness, minor problems will naturally disappear. The fortune-telling process can be combined with observation of words and expressions. During the fortune-telling process, dialogues and formulaic quotations can be used to deceive the public and make believers think that they are "very spiritual" and "very accurate".
Fortune telling also has "trustors"
The calculation results of the two "sisters" are very different
In order to verify the true ability of the "sister", the reporter walked around , walked to an indoor fortune-telling stall. This stall is owned by a father and son. The father is in his 60s, tall and thin, and wears glasses. The son is about 20 years old, elegant and fair, and also wears a pair of glasses. There were already 5 people queuing up at the stall. The son was responsible for registering the customers’ birthdays and horoscopes. Then he checked them in a fortune-telling book, copied them according to the zodiac signs, zodiac signs, yin and yang and the five elements, and handed them to his father. A customer said to "Sir": "Your son is really capable. He learned your skills at such a young age." "He came back from vacation and had nothing to do. I couldn't handle it by myself, so I asked him to help. He will be back tomorrow. It's school." The father replied with a smile. It seemed that he was quite satisfied with his son's performance.
When the young man put down his pen, the reporter walked up and asked: "Which school are you studying in, and how can you tell fortunes at such a young age?" "I majored in computer science in Zhuhai. I don't know how to do math, I'm just responsible. Match your destiny well," the other party replied.
After waiting for a while, it was finally the reporter’s turn. "Sir" looked at the "horoscope pattern" of the reporter whose son had copied the newspaper, and then looked at the reporter for a while and said: From the age of more than 30 years old, the fate and career have been good, and there are noble people to help. "Do you think I have good fortune and what kind of business is suitable for me?" the reporter asked. "Sir" murmured a few words and then said: "Except for electrical appliances, you can do any business."
There is an episode here. When reporters were queuing up to tell fortunes, a middle-aged man walked past without entering the door. , he called at the door: "Is this the fortune-telling stall of so-and-so and his son? I heard that the fortune-telling stall is very accurate. Let me do the math too." But after the reporter left the calculation, he continued to observe. The middle-aged man and "Mr. "They were talking and laughing, and they should be very familiar. Later, they never told fortunes, so they were probably just "tellers".
After finishing the calculation, the reporter paid "Mr." 5 yuan. In front of an open-air fortune-telling stall called "Wang Ji Fortune Telling" on the street, a woman was sitting and talking to a fortune teller, a man in his 30s. He saw the reporter coming and left. It was probably another fortune teller. Trust”.
The reporter reported the birth date and birth date just now. "Mr." wrote a few flying characters on the red paper and said: "In the past few years, there have been five ghosts and six evils, bad luck, and everything is bad." It's not going well, and both career and financial fortune are blocked. "What's the solution?" the reporter asked. "My ancestors have been fortune tellers for six generations, and changing bad luck is a trivial matter. As long as I help you make a talisman, you don't have to worry." "How much does it cost?" "You are destined to be a friend enough, but seeing that you are short of money, I’ll charge you a hundred yuan.” He also said that Manager Yihuang made millions last year after wearing the charm he made. After the reporter excused himself with other excuses, he asked: "I want to do the electrical appliance business during this period, do you think it's okay?" "Okay, not just electrical appliances, it's best to do the property, sand, gravel and earthwork business." He started by saying that the reporter's money Lacking, he later said that he was destined to build several floors in the first two years.
Not only are his statements inconsistent, but the two "gentlemen" personally experienced by the reporter also had two different versions. During the investigation, the reporter learned that fortune telling is generally 5 yuan, marriage fortune telling is 20 yuan, and fortune telling is 1 yuan. The daily income of each stall in the "Fortune Telling Street" ranges from tens to hundreds of yuan, especially the indoor fortune tellers, whose income is very considerable. They basically rent fortune tellers.
"Fortune Telling Street" has existed in the local area for a long time, but I don't know why the relevant departments have not banned it?