If there is a world-famous casino in the world, none has worse basic conditions than Las Vegas, which is located in the desert of the western desert of the United States, but no casino is more successful than Las Vegas. If someone can carve out such a commercial miracle in an arid and inhospitable desert area, nothing is impossible anywhere else in this world.

When Simon heard the answer given by Andrei Wardmilka, he immediately understood that the two people around him were clearly well thought out.

Located in the heart of Eastern Europe, Rivne Oblast has few cultural and natural landscapes that can be mastered, and if you want to develop tourism, you can only take the wrong side. Developing the gambling industry happens to be the easiest path to success among the swordsmen.

Because of the profiteering.

High gaming profits can bring sufficient funds, and then use these funds to artificially create all kinds of entertainment and leisure activities, further attract tourists, and then introduce tourists to the casino, forming an ecological cycle.

The most typical case is still Las Vegas.

Today, although Las Vegas is still a world-renowned gambling city, and the locomotive effect of casinos in the city's economic development has not changed, the proportion of the gaming industry has been decreasing, but it is becoming more and more prosperous in dining, shopping, and performances.

In fact, this also means that the economic structure of such cities is becoming healthier and healthier.

It's a long-term way.

However, casino casinos are definitely not that easy to build.

For more than half a century, there have been very few ambitious attempts to build a second Las Vegas city around the world, and few have succeeded.

The most failed case also happens to be in the United States.

Atlantic City.

Located on the coast of New Jersey south of New York, this city decided to develop the gaming industry in the 70s, with the ambition of becoming the Las Vegas of the East Coast of the United States.

As a result, except for the eighties, when the US economy recovered for a while, it has been tepid. Many of the capital that invested heavily in Atlantic City at the beginning fell into the quagmire, and after the new century, more than half of Atlantic City's casinos went bankrupt, and the surrounding industrial ecology like Las Vegas did not develop.

Speaking of which, through the merger and acquisition of a Golden Retriever's company, Simon now controls a number of casinos in Atlantic City, such as the most famous Taj Mahal casino.

Although this is a completely chicken asset.

The current hot spring resort has the advice of the Atlantic City team in the planning stage.

Inside the resort's theater hall.

Simon thought for a moment, and said in the expectation of the two people around him: "Andrei, I appreciate your idea, however, you must know that if you want to develop the gambling industry here, and it is not a small fight now, this involves too many aspects, such as the industrial policy in the general direction of Ukraine, etc., these are not to be effective in a short period of time, in my opinion, to achieve the ultimate goal, only the first stage, it will take ten years."

When developing a casino, the first problem is money.

Lots and lots of money.

Just like Atlantic City, in the development stage of the 80s, the major capitals were throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into it. Because in this way, a series of high-end entertainment venues can be artificially created enough to attract gamblers.

Secondly, and equally important, is policy support.

At this stage, large and small gambling halls and small casinos have sprung up in Ukraine, but the national level has only turned a blind eye to this, just like the video halls everywhere in China, and there are no special industry regulations.

Therefore, if you want to develop a casino, you first need to solve this problem.

And it's not just that.

Because the gambling industry here is inevitably mainly for overseas tourists, it will also involve visa policies, currency exchange and other aspects.

None of this can be done overnight.

Thirdly, even if the above two core problems are solved, the casino may not be able to develop successfully.

It's like Atlantic City.

There is no shortage of money and policies, but it just failed because it also involves actual operations. The gambling industry is still a business in the final analysis, and doing business always requires skills.

Finally, there is the question of the distribution of benefits, as well as the impact of the future political environment in Ukraine on this industry.

If the country falls into turmoil or even civil war again after the new century, even if Rivne, which is located on the northwestern border, is not affected, overseas tourists who are very sensitive to the security environment will definitely reduce their visits because of their scruples.

In short, all kinds of hemp entanglement.

Andre said seriously: "Boss, Alexander and I have been studying the casinos of various countries around the world during this time, and we have considered many issues. We didn't expect to succeed in the short term, mainly because we wanted the support of your boss. ”

Simon said: "I can only say no objection for the time being, as for support, and to what extent, it still depends on the results of your work." It's like the expansion of the resort, you can start planning, but I'm definitely not going to invest in you in the short term, I've already invested a lot in this area, and it's not wise to expand blindly. ”

When the two of them heard this, they were disappointed at first, and then reacted, and Alexander asked: "Boss, you said that you can't make additional investment, does this mean that Andre and I can use the existing income to carry out continuous development here?"

Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes, however, I don't have 100% control of the three projects, so you need to convince other shareholders first." ”

"Boss, during the lobbying process, can we explain your attitude to the other shareholders?"

"Yes, then, you have recently drawn up a detailed written plan for me. Simon said, not forgetting to knock on it: "Also, remember to communicate more with Celia in the future, I don't want something unexpected to happen to me." ”

Andrei and Alexander hurriedly agreed.

While chatting like this, the stage was unconsciously ready, and a staff member came to confirm, got permission, and the show officially began.

The story of "Swan Lake" tells the love story of a princess who was cursed by a demon king to become a swan and a prince, written by the famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky at the end of the nineteenth century based on German fairy tales, and there have been many variations for more than a century, especially the ending of the story, both comedy and tragedy.

The third act chosen by Simon is the biggest conflict twist in the story, when the Demon King's daughter, Black Swan, tempts the prince to get engaged, causing the prince to abandon his engagement with the White Swan.

The lights in the hall dimmed, and when the music started, Simon stopped talking to the two people around him.

Even if he is not too interested, Simon does not deny that this is a true art, especially a world-class ballet team like the Kyiv Ballet, each member of which has been selected by thousands of people, basically from childhood, and the best years of these dancers' lives are bound to ballet.

The story begins at a court ball where the prince chooses his bride.

A variety of characters appear, including the Demon King and his daughter, the Black Swan, who looks exactly like the White Swan. One of the highlights is the interaction between the prince and the black swan in the second half.

and the most famous '32 Laps Whip Spin'.

When the principal of the ballet company on stage performed this classic movement with calm and skill, everyone applauded together even though there were only a few Simon in the audience.

At the end of the half-hour performance, the dancers of the troupe, who knew that tonight's performance was over, took the stage for a curtain call.

Andrei Wardmirka finally approached Simon again and whispered, "Boss, do you want to go up and say hello to everyone?"

Simon noticed the different meaning in the subordinate's expression when he spoke, looked at the stage, most of the dancers obviously knew the identity of the audience tonight, and the movements during the curtain call were obviously hesitant and expectant, smiled, and actually said, "Okay." ”

So he got up and walked to the stage.

Seeing the legendary Simon Westeros face to face, the dancers on the stage were suddenly a little overwhelmed, but fortunately, Andre, who was obviously very good at things, signaled slightly, and the dancers quickly reacted, raised their hands and applauded, Simon patiently shook hands with everyone one by one, did not forget to compliment in Russian, and came to the chief dancer who played the black and white swan, only paused slightly, and shook a slightly cool and soft worm and said: "You dance very well, can I know your name?"

The girl, who looked to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, looked at Simon and nodded politely, "Of course, Mr. Westeros, my name is Kaja." ”

"Hello, Kaja, thank you for your performance tonight. ”

Simon said this again, and gracefully let go of the other's small hand and walked over to the next dancer. The girl named Kaja watched Simon walk away, still with a smile on her face, but her eyes flashed slightly, when the man was farther away, there was more loss in her expression, and she couldn't help but think of the MV she watched last year.

I guess I don't have the good luck of some women.

Simon greeted the dancers and didn't stay any longer, but went to the resort's casino to check out Andreti.

Walking out of the theater, Andre, who was following Simon, said seemingly unintentionally: "Boss, do you want me to invite Kaja for you and have a drink together, or the boss may be interested in other girls?"

Simon just shook his head.

André didn't mention it anymore, but just glanced at one of his attendants.

Not far from the theater, Simon and his entourage entered through a side door to the second floor to see the gallery of the hall below.

A total of more than 1,000 square meters of open hall is divided into several different areas, including slot machines, playing cards, dice and other ways to play, of course, and those large casinos that can not be seen at a glance can not be compared, but at this time it also seems bustling, very lively, and then look around, the second floor is a small box, mainly all kinds of standard gaming tables, according to Andre's introduction, the chips and consumption here are higher than below.

There are also VIP rooms on the third floor, as well as some suites.

However, it has not been developed for the time being.

Because the main guests in this resort area at this stage are middle-class tourists from Western Europe and North America, and there are no top gamblers here, so the third floor only caters to some occasional special guests.

Simon, for example.

Standing on the verandah and listening to Andre's detailed introduction, the middle-aged man led Simon to the third floor.

First of all, we arrived at a special hall.

The most striking thing is the equipment on one side of the lobby that resembles a display cabinet in a clothing store.

Simon actually knows what it is.

When the light in the cupboard turned on, six fresh and pure 'small shallots' appeared inside, standing in a row obediently, similar to the eight Simon saw in the hot spring manor in the morning.

Andre first glanced at Simon's expression, confirmed the appreciation in his boss's eyes, and then said: "Boss, this is specially prepared for you by me and Alexander, and we have been selecting employees for this training since last year, but only some language training has been arranged for them, and they are all very innocent girls." ”

After hearing what Andre said, Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes, I'll take it away later." ”

Andre hurriedly agreed, and said, "Do you want them to come out and say hello to you first?"

"No," Simon said, shaking his head, "show me this way." ”

André said no more, gave a word to his entourage, and invited Simon to leave the hall, during which he and Alexander exchanged a look.

This sycophant is not wrong.

In fact, after quietly researching their boss's preferences at first, the two originally planned to choose some more mature women, well, probably Celia Miller's kind.

It was already undertaken.

Later he gave up.

Mainly because of the selection of this type of woman, some things are more difficult to explain, if you meet a suspicious boss again, it is self-defeating, then you really have to pat the horse's hooves.

In the end, six young girls were selected based on the criteria of the girls in the villa in the south of the city, all of whom were 14 to 16 years old.

That's fine.

As Andre just said, these are very innocent girls, and their boss can easily prove it.

After looking at the casino, Simon quietly passed by the other facilities of the resort, and during the same time, he also met the principal of the Kyiv Ballet who had just danced for himself in a bar, Simon vaguely guessed that it was probably a chance encounter arranged by Andrei, and the girl was obviously very enthusiastic, but Simon did not say anything.

By the time Simon left the resort, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Neil Bennett returned Celia and the two daughters and returned to work as Simon's driver, but the convoy on the return had changed from three to five, two of which had six shallots.

When I returned to the hot spring manor, I found that it was also very lively.

Simon didn't specifically inform himself of the news of coming, but after getting information from his father and brother, the three girls in the villa in the south of the city all ran over, and the other three who were cleaned up by Simon and arranged to study in London, because of the summer vacation, they all returned to Ukraine, because of Simon's attitude, whether it was the three girls themselves or others, they all continued to treat them as Simon's women as a matter of course.

In addition, the tall sisters Eve Bessonoskova and Lyudmila Bessonoskova also appeared here.

Six first-generation shallots, eight second-generation shallots selected by Grace, plus six wild shallots that Simon just brought back, a total of twenty girls.

Anyway, Lyudmila, whose eyes widened, felt that she was simply eye-opening.

Even Celia saw Simon bring back six more girls, and her expression showed a little helplessness.

Simon didn't explain anything, such as the fact that he didn't want the six girls to end up worrying.

I really like to collect small shallots.

This is called something good, and I can afford it anyway.