Los Angeles' historically underdeveloped public transportation system, coupled with the influx of people, forced City Hall to make a decision to build subway tracks to alleviate congestion in the city and try to connect the entire city as a whole.

Never overestimate the speed of infrastructure construction in the United States, since the fifties have come the news of the construction of the subway, and now it is only a little bit built, if the white people like to do hard work, then there are no blacks and Chinese people who came to the United States to do labor more than a hundred years ago, and Su Mu will not be born in the United States, his ancestors were because of the construction of the railroad, they crossed the ocean to the United States, and later took root in Los Angeles to live, and there are not a few old immigrants in a similar situation to his family.

The subway stops and goes, and after arriving at the terminal, he took a taxi and drove more than ten kilometers to reach his destination, and the old black driver was a chatterbox, complaining all the way that business was not as good as expected, because the Olympics did not attract too many tourists, in addition to complaining that the mayor wasted money and built unnecessary venues.

Su Mu and Du Zhong are just listening to the wind, taxi drivers are always talkative, their profession is boring and boring, if you don't find someone to talk about it, they will be bored, in fact, they are simply confiding their thoughts to people, and they are not trying to get the approval of the passengers......

The urban area of Los Angeles is equivalent to a 30-kilometer-long square, which is not large compared to other super cities, but it is very diverse, the rapid economic development, economy, trade, ports, manufacturing, tourism, etc., show full prospects, but the film industry that people are familiar with, only accounts for about 1.5 percent of the total economy, the population of the entire Los Angeles area is increasing, a large number of immigrants are moving here, and the proportion of whites in the total population is decreasing, so some people call it "a third world city." ”。

This metropolis on the West Coast has no city center in the usual sense, and there is no suburbs in the usual sense, the suburbs are cities here, and the cities are suburbs here, and the definition is relative to other centers, and geographers have struggled to find the right words to accurately describe the city, and finally, some experts in the geography of Southern California call the small cities here "galaxies" and the metropolitan Los Angeles "Milky Way".

It's rare to come to the bustling downtown area, Su Mu didn't see the high-rise buildings like the Manhattan area of New York, Los Angeles is in the earthquake zone, the situation does not allow too many high-rise buildings to be built, compared with the situation seen before, with the Olympics approaching, the city is indeed a lot cleaner, the streets are full of police responsible for maintaining order, when someone tries to run a red light, there are police to stop them, and now there are no road surveillance cameras, and it is necessary to rely on manpower to maintain traffic order.

Due to the continuous migration of people, housing prices in the bustling areas of Los Angeles, especially those near Hollywood, are rising, and Beverly Hills is the most famous affluent area, as for Long Beach, Marbury, Santa Monica and other areas, they are still in chaos, and in the sixties and seventies, a large number of middle-class people moved out of there.

Su Mu was fantasizing about when he would be able to own a villa of his own in the city, preferably in Beverly Hills, which was a luxury for him now, so far away that he didn't even believe that day would come.

After checking out the bill, he and Du Zhong found a betting company called "William Hill", this company is the most prestigious sports betting group in Europe, mainly for football business, now the world gaming industry is worth more than 200 billion US dollars a year, the sports betting companies are also rich, from the street to look at the door, you know that the decoration is very luxurious.

Not only football, this company bets on almost everything, a few years ago it bet on whether Prince Charles will marry Diana, and later bet on whether the first boy or girl will be born, and after the birth of Prince William, it is betting on his name, all in all, the business is very large, and it is strange to miss the opportunity to bet on the Olympics.

"Fortunately, the driver knows the address, otherwise it would be strange to find this place.

Now I kind of regret going out with you, it's so hot, I want to go swimming, I want to eat ice cream, it's better to put me in the fridge. ”

There was no air conditioning in the taxi, the sun rose at nine o'clock, and it was so hot that Du Zhong was sweating profusely, and there was already sweat down his chin, and he was weak to finish this sentence, hiding under the shade of a tree and reluctant to leave.

Su Mu is also very hot, he is not familiar with the neighborhood, with the William Hill bookmaker published in the advertisement of the address to come here, the road is jammed, the car horn continues to sound, people feel more irritable, helplessly said: "Let's go, I will take you to buy later, we will go to a shopping mall to cool off after we buy it, please eat Häagen-Dazs, okay?"

He's got a good ice cream, so you're full, maybe there's air conditioning in this betting outlet, and you're sure you're going to stay here?"

"You said, I'm going to eat you poor today!" didn't want to walk, but Du Zhong was even more reluctant to stay on the side of the road, and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his head, so he still stood up and crossed the zebra crossing with Su Mu to the other side of the road.

Coming to the William Hill betting point, a cool air hit when the door was opened, making them both feel comfortable, the interior decoration is extraordinarily luxurious, like the lobby of a high-end hotel, people are more willing to believe in a gaming company that shows its strength, so it is necessary to invest money in decoration in the early stage.

Obviously just opened, the betting window has been lined up in front of the people, the Olympics is coming, many people want to take this opportunity to try their luck, all kinds of gambling items are varied, are made into posters placed in a conspicuous position, such as the UFO in Los Angeles opening ceremony odds, it is opened to a loss of 10,000, can be described as "a million profits".

The weather on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, has also become a gambling item, even if the weather forecast has indicated that the weather on the day of the opening ceremony is a light shower, but the bookmaker still does not let go of the opportunity to gamble, for gamblers to open the odds of four to four during the rain during the opening ceremony.

In addition to this, the bookmakers have also offered ridiculous gambling items, such as 10 to 10 in the event of a malfunction in stage equipment during a performance, and 50 to 1 if the Olympic flame is extinguished when the last torchbearer is handed in.

After reading it, he smiled, and Su Mu asked Du Zhong at this moment: "Du Niang, do you want to invest some money?"

"Gambling with the bookmaker, isn't that looking for your own death, I'm poor and want to rob the bank, how can I have the money to bet. After saying this, the security guard at the door looked at Du Zhong, and he hurriedly explained: "Just kidding, I'm just joking with my friend." ”

The security guard looked him up and down, ignored him and continued to walk back and forth, these bookmakers have no less cash than banks, and they take security very seriously.

Su Mu hesitated, wanting to play, but he was reluctant to pay for it, after all, it was all earned by himself, he hesitated for a while and said: "I'll press twenty dollars later, now go to the queue, you find a place to sit and wait for me......"