Before Xiao Yao set off for Boston, he naturally contacted Yan Ke and the other three.

Although Xiao Yao has never been to Boston before, Boston is a famous big city in the eastern United States, and Xiao Yao is not without the experience of going to an unfamiliar city abroad, so Xiao Yao does not need Yan Ke and others to come to Boston's airport to pick up the plane. However, the city of Cambridge, where MIT is located, is next to the downtown area of Boston, and Yan Ke, as the landlord, took the initiative to ask to come to pick up the airport, and Xiao Yao did not refuse.

In the pick-up hall of Luogan International Airport, Xiao Yao and Yan Ke met smoothly.

Xiao Yao's flight arrived at more than 3 p.m. local time, which was relatively early. Xiao Yao came this time for card counting skills, although he had never been to Boston before, and he had no plans to play in Boston. After the three of them received Xiao Yao, they set off directly for Cambridge City.

Yan Ke and the other three all got driver's licenses in the United States, and Yan Ke even bought a car. This time I came to pick up Xiao Yao, and Yan Ke drove here. The four of them were in the same car, there were no outsiders, and on the way to Cambridge City, the four of them naturally talked about card counting and going to the casino.

"Xiao Yao, I'll give you jet lag tonight, and we're going to start special training for you tomorrow!" Yu Gang, who was sitting in the back row like Xiao Yao, turned his head and asked Xiao Yao.

"No problem!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, "You can start now!"

Anyway, he didn't come to the United States for tourism this time, and he hoped that the special training would start as soon as possible.

"Now, after more than 20 hours on the plane, aren't you tired?" Chen Jiwei in front turned his head and said, "Do you remember what you were taught now?"

"Or do you try?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"What are you trying? This guy is a monster!" Yan Ke, who was driving, laughed, "He said he could remember, and I believe he could!"

"Thank you," Xiao Yao said, "Yan Ke still understands me!"

"In that case, then after you learn to count cards, you can go to the casino by yourself!" Yu Gang said, "A few of us won't go!"

"What?" Xiao Yao said in surprise, "Why? Didn't we say it?"

Although I don't know how card counting works for the time being, whether it is a book or a movie in his previous life, Xiao Yao has the impression that the card counting team goes to the casino together and works as a team. From Xiao Yao put forward this idea a few years ago to the middle of the story, Xiao Yao and Yan Ke and others said that they would go to the casino together, and they all agreed, Xiao Yao didn't believe that it was such a stinky joke that made the three of them change their minds.

"The reality is that we've all been blacklisted by the casinos. Chen Jiwei said, "I can't enter the casino, or if I do, I can't get on the 21 o'clock table." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said in surprise, "When did it happen?"

"Last month!" Chen Jiwei said, "After our card counting model was formed, we went to Vegas in March during spring break to try it out, and proved that our algorithm is feasible!"

"I know!" Xiao Yao nodded, "And then you went again? were discovered by the casino?"

"Yes!" Yu Gang nodded, "Now that the algorithm has been proven, we can't help it." At that time, you also told us that it doesn't matter, let's go play first, and then take you to play after you finish filming and come to the United States to play after the training and assessment of the card counting team, so we will go to the casino in LV for two days almost every weekend. Last month, we went to LV and just entered the casino, a staff member approached us and told us that we had been blacklisted by the casino. ”

"All casinos?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Most of the casinos in LV, basically all the bigger regular casinos, we went on. "We've tried several casinos, all of which are like this, and the best case is that we are allowed to play others, but we are determined not to be allowed to play at the 21 o'clock table." ”

"Discovered so quickly?" Xiao Yao said curiously, "How much did you win in the casino?"

"Actually, I didn't win much!" Chen Jiwei said, "The whole group added up, and the total number of wins before and after was more than 100,000! The main reason is that our capital is small, and we don't just go for money, and the bets are small, and this time the number is a bit much." I remember you once told us to disguise, in fact, we also had a disguise when we went, but most of the casinos in LV will share the information of card counters, and as soon as the information of several companies is synthesized, we will be arrested. ”

"Okay!" Xiao Yao nodded with a wry smile.

From March to June, there are also four months. If you go every week, this time there are indeed a lot of them, and it's normal to be caught.

"Then why didn't you tell me when I contacted you yesterday?" Xiao Yao asked again.

"What's the difference?" Yu Gang said, "We're just blacklisted, and you're not blacklisted." We can't go, you can still do it! Do we tell you that you will cancel your flights, stop training, and not go to the casino?"

"This, card counting doesn't need to be coordinated, can one person do it?" Xiao Yao said, "Or, are there other people in your card counting team who have not been blacklisted?"

"Our group is acting together and being discovered together!" Yu Gang said, "Of course, it would be better for someone to cooperate in card counting, but no one to cooperate, one person can also do it, but there will be some differences in the specific operation mode." You can still get the top spot in the college entrance examination in China after a year as an exchange student in the United States, with your brain, it must be no problem!"

"This, okay," Xiao Yao nodded helplessly, "Then I'll have to try it by myself." ”

The crew of "Beautiful Sister" started filming in April and finished filming three months later. Xiao Yao came to the United States after the crew finished filming, so it's already July. Universities in the United States also have summer vacations, and the summer vacation happens to be in July and August, and at this time, Yan Ke and others are also in the summer vacation.

Xiao Yao came to the United States at this time, although he had to delay it until now because of filming, but from another aspect, this time is still more suitable for Xiao Yao.

Yan Ke and others are in the United States, and they can often go to LV on weekends, while Xiao Yao is in Huaxia, and it is impossible to fly to the United States often in order to go to the casino, so they can only compare the time at one time. Originally, Xiao Yao thought that Yan Ke and the others, who were on vacation and would not return to China, had a very ample time in the past two months, just enough to stay in Vegas like him for a relatively long time, which was more conducive to achieving his goal of winning money in the casino. Now Yan Ke and the others can't help, and Xiao Yao can only fight alone.

"Then what are your arrangements for the summer vacation?" Xiao Yao asked the three of them again, "Why don't you go with me to LV in a few days?" ”

Xiao Yao greeted Yan Ke and the others before and informed them of the approximate time of coming to the United States. Yan Ke and others were blacklisted last month, and now they haven't returned to China after the holidays, Xiao Yao feels that it is very likely that he is coming to learn card counting with them. Even if they can't help them count cards, you can invite them to play in LV. LV is a world-renowned entertainment capital, in addition to the casino, there are many places and projects to play, Xiao Yao feels that most of the people who went to LV before went to the casino, and they should not have had much fun.

"Not good!" Yu Gang shook his head with a smile, "We're all on the casino blacklist." ”

"Why?" Xiao Yao asked, "You are just blacklisted by the casino and can't play 21 points, and it's not that you can't go to the casino to play other things or you can't go to LV." I'll go to the casino to play at 21 o'clock, and you guys go to the casino to play something else, or just play at LV. LV is a famous entertainment capital, in addition to casinos, there are many items that can be played. ”

"We were blacklisted by the casino, and a lot of personal information was also found out by the casino. Yu Gang said, "Many casinos in LV are opened in hotels. The gambling industry is one of the pillar industries in LV, and casino owners also have a lot of energy in LV. Even in hotels that don't have a casino, the casino can find information about the guests staying at the hotel. Once we went to stay at the hotel in LV, it was likely that we would attract the attention of the casino. If we stay with you in a hotel and act with you, it's easy for you to get noticed by the casino side as well. You don't want to be blacklisted by the casino without going to the casino a few times, right?"

"The casino is so good?" Xiao Yao was slightly surprised, and then said, "Then let's go separately!"

"Acting separately? I didn't even see each other?, so what's the point of going with you?" Yu Gang smiled, "If you go with us to play something, treat you and spend money, we can accept this." But if you pay for us to play on our own, then there's no need. We know that you are a big star, but we are not short of money! Not to mention that the family conditions of a few of us are quite good, and we won a lot of money in the casino some time ago. ”

"Don't worry, we didn't plan to return to China in the first place!" Yan Ke, who was driving, seemed to guess a little bit of Xiao Yao's thoughts, and said with a smile, "We have been in the United States for so many years, and now we are graduate students, and we have our own plans to stay in the United States during the summer vacation." After you learn how to count cards, go to LV and enjoy it yourself, don't worry about us!"

Yan Ke and others came to MIT to study as undergraduates, and at that time, they returned to China at most once a year on average. Now they have been in the United States for several years on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are master's students at MIT, and they have begun to do projects or do some part-time jobs with their supervisors, and they have income in themselves, and their families also hope that they can stay in the United States after graduation to develop, and it is not a big deal not to go home for a vacation.

"Okay then!" Hearing them say this, Xiao Yao was not hypocritical, nodded and said, "If there is anything you need my help with in the future, just ask!"

"Okay!" Yu Gang said in a joking tone, "I can't play card counting, the three of us plan to start a business together, you are a big star who is so rich, how about investing some money?"

"It turns out that I don't like small money, and I want to take a lot of money from me!" Xiao Yao also smiled and said, "Give shares?"

"Of course you have to give shares!" Yu Gang saw that Xiao Yao's attitude was okay, and immediately said, "The three of us will contribute technology and funds, and you will only contribute funds, and you can list the founders of the company with us!"

"What type of company?" Xiao Yao saw that Yu Gang seemed to be serious, and his expression became more serious, "It's okay to invest, but I want to read your plan!"

Xiao Yao, who already has a lot of identities, will not deliberately pursue it, but he will not reject this identity.

"All three of us are science and engineering, of course, technology companies. Yu Gang said, "It's okay for us to come up with a plan, but can you understand it?"

"What's that?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I can't read it, I'll find someone who can read it for me! I'll find a professional to look at it, and maybe even find a relevant professional company to do an evaluation!"

"Huh?" Yu Gang said, "In that case, what's the difference between that and when we go to those specialized venture capitalists?"

"Of course there is a difference!" Xiao Yao said, "I will consider the emotional factor! If your entrepreneurial prospects are good, I will invest and ask you for shares." If the prospects are average or not good, I don't want shares, but I will still give you a start-up capital to help you play with your dream of starting a business. But there is only one favor, what kind of play can be done later, it depends on you, if it collapses, I won't keep throwing money at you!"

Xiao Yao is not short of money at present, but many technology companies are very good at burning money in the early stage. Xiao Yao doesn't mind investing in technology, but he doesn't keep burning money on a project with little prospects. At most, it is to give them a sum of money as a reward for teaching themselves to count cards, as a friend's affection.

"Then are we writing the plan badly, so that the evaluation agency you find is not optimistic about our entrepreneurial prospects?" Chen Jiwei looked back and smiled.

"Big brother, the investment amount in the two situations must be different!" Xiao Yao looked at Chen Jiwei and turned his head to Gang Dao, "Is Jiwei really a member of the card counting team?

"Ha~" Yan Ke smiled happily, "It's the first time I saw Jiwei's IQ despised!"

"Yan Ke, stop, let Chen Jiwei get down, don't say you know us in the future!" Yu Gang also said.

"Hey, you guys!" Chen Jiwei said dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, okay!" After laughing for a while, Yu Gang waved his hand, and asked Xiao Yao again, "What you just said is serious, right?"

"Of course it's serious!" Xiao Yao nodded seriously.

"Then we will write a detailed plan in the next two days," Yu Gang said, "or I will tell you now that our entrepreneurial direction is..."

"Stop!" Xiao Yao waved his hand, "Although my brain is very good, I am not studying science and engineering." Like you just said, I probably can't read your plan. Besides, I came to the United States this time to learn card counting and go to the casino to count cards, and I don't want to bother with this kind of thing. I won't be involved in this kind of thing, and I'll let my studio find someone to take care of it. If you're not in a hurry, I'll talk about this matter when I go back to Huaxia. If you're in a hurry, I'll contact my studio tonight and explain it to them, so that they can send someone to contact you as soon as possible. ”

"Then we'll contact you when we're ready!" Yu Gang said.

This topic ended here, and Xiao Yao and Yu Gang returned to the topic of card counting.

Regardless of whether Xiao Yao can remember it now, Yu Gang and the others did not tell Xiao Yao about the specific card counting model, because it will be carried out tomorrow in the card counting group activity classroom of MIT. The teaching of Xiao Yao's card-counting skills is not only participated by Yu Gang and the three of them, but the card-counting team will all participate in Xiao Yao's training. Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time in the car, Yu Gang and the others introduced some information about the other people in the card counting team to Xiao Yao in advance.