"Boss, it's all here. ”

After a long time, Li Qian said softly in a soft voice, and at the same time put the newspaper in front of Xia Yu.

"Thank you!"

Xia Yu raised his head and glanced at Li Qian, said with a smile, and then took the newspaper and put it in the pile he picked out.

"Okay, it's not early, after a day on the plane, you must be very sleepy, hurry back and take a shower and rest early. ”

Xia Yu said with concern for Li Qian.

"Well, that boss, I'll go first, you also rest early, don't get tired!"

Li Qian stood up obediently and gently reminded Xia Yu before leaving.

"Well, I will!"

Xia Yu smiled and nodded, and then continued to lower his head and look at the newspaper.

"Click!"

With the sound of metal clashing with the door lock, Li Qian left Xia Yu's room, and Xia Yu was left alone in the room.

As Xia Yu kept looking at the newspaper, more and more information was collected and stored in his mind, and many things also had a certain understanding.

At this time, the Argentina World Cup is in full swing.

However, in this World Cup, the England national men's football team did not enter the round of 16 of the World Cup finals in Argentina.

But that doesn't mean the British don't have a chance, as the Scottish men's national football team has reached the finals.

At this time, many people will be confused, when will Scotland be a country, and there will be a national men's football team to participate in the World Cup!

Actually, there are historical reasons for this!

The United Kingdom, which many people think is like the United States, is called the United States of the United States or something with English characters.

But in reality, "United Kingdom" is just an abbreviation, and its full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland!

The United Kingdom is a Western European island nation consisting of England, Wales and Scotland on the island of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, as well as a series of dependent islands.

The England national team is a national football team managed by the English Football Federation, and due to historical reasons, the four major regions of the United Kingdom: Wales, England, Scotland, and Ireland exist as independent national football teams.

Prior to Ireland's independence from the United Kingdom, another new football association was formed in the Irish Free State (the predecessor of the Republic of Ireland), while the original Irish Football Federation continued to manage the Northern Ireland team, and since then there have been five national teams in the British Isles.

But the most well-known Olympics don't allow a country to have more than one national team, so many people don't know that Britain is special.

However, although the Olympics are not allowed, the World Cup is allowed, so the England national team did not enter the finals, and the Scottish national team can also rush in.

Therefore, after the Scottish national men's football team rushed in, it can still be said that it still represents Britain in name and entered the finals, and of course, the participation of the British people is high, and major newspapers and media report the latest news of the World Cup every day.

Since they are following the World Cup, it is natural for the gambling Britons to buy a few bets, and the major spinach companies have mobilized all their efforts to attract as many people as possible to their betting outlets.

In these newspapers, there are many soft advertisements for spinach companies, such as how much so-and-so or unknown lucky ones weigh, and use such examples to lead readers to think that their spinach companies have a higher winning rate, tempting more customers to come.

After reading these newspapers, Xia Yu combed through the information, combined with the memories in his mind, and finally had a certain understanding of the distribution of the spinach industry in the United Kingdom.

Watching football, there will naturally be no shortage of beer and gambling, not to mention that the British are bad gamblers, just like later generations, the Premier League is almost "everyone gambles", the Premier League 20 teams, more than half of the team's chest sponsors are spinach companies.

In fact, the modern sports spinach was invented by the British.

From the Middle Ages to the 19th century, the craze for horse racing spread from the British maharajahs and nobles to the people. Although ordinary citizens and villagers could not afford the cost of raising horses, they still competed to watch the local tyrants and squires show off their wealth. Everyone is gossiping about the horses, and there is no agreement, and those who have good deeds simply prove their vision by betting on them. Bets are usually placed in the hands of certain so-called "respectable" people. The middleman guarantees to distribute the bet to the winner according to the result, but takes a certain commission.

Since then, the first British "bookmakers" have been born.

With the development of horse racing, betting has become more and more popular in the UK and has been extended to other activities.

With the invention of modern football by the British, football has also become an increasingly important market in the betting industry. At the time, the British government had a subtle approach to gambling – the national lottery, which had been in place since the 16th century, was abolished, but there was no ban on private gambling. The Gambling Licensing Act of 1860, the Gambling Act of 1892 and other relevant laws brought gambling into the institutional orbit of government management, and gambling began to show a large-scale and rule-based attitude.

So, since then, the British have held aloft the talisman of liberalism and began to "gamble on orders"!

The Jockey Club in Hong Kong and horse betting only appeared under the influence of the British.

It is precisely because the British people gamble and spinach is allowed by law that the spinach industry in the UK is booming, and it is becoming more and more widespread and influential.

Up to now, there are a lot of large spinach companies in the UK, not to mention the horse racing spinach, in the football spinach, the British spinach three giants are world-famous, not only in the United Kingdom, but also in Europe, and even looking at the world, it is also a first-class giant.

The eldest of the Big Three, William Hill, the real largest village in the United Kingdom, is also the most stable village, founded in 1934, affiliated to William Hill Hotel Management Group, has the reputation of "bookmaker spokesperson", is one of the most influential bookmakers in the world.

With more than 2,300 betting shops and spinach shops across the UK alone, and 300,000 customers worldwide, William Hill is the world's largest telephone betting service company.

The second, Ladbrokes, is one of the world's largest outside betting companies, offering betting services in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, the United States and Argentina. Ladbrokes has offices in nearly 50 countries and employs more than 66,000 people.

In addition, Ladbrokes is also a subsidiary of the well-known international hotel group Hilton, so Ladbrokes has set up betting terminals in these hotels. For example, in the hotel where Xia Yu lives now, he saw Ladbrokes' betting terminal.

Galacoral, the third oldest company, is mainly concentrated in the United Kingdom and Italy, with more than 1,800 stores in the United Kingdom and 870 stores in Italy.

The British spinach company is opening a spinach store like a convenience store, which can be seen from this point that the real situation of the British spinach industry is a corner.

"They are all giants, and the annual turnover is very terrifying, so the probability that I will not be found out will be smaller, and the amount of money I dare to bet on can also be larger, which can speed up the efficiency. “

"It's decided, starting tomorrow, let's bet from the betting stations of these spinach companies, and a new round of betting will start tomorrow!"

After deciding, Xia Yu finally put down the newspaper, looked at the time, and found that it was not early, he yawned and walked into the bathroom......