"Mr. Xiao, I'm not kidding!" the casino manager said as he looked at Xiao Yao.

"OK," Xiao Yao raised his hand and said, "I'm on the casino's blacklist, and all the poker items in the casino won't serve me anymore, I understand!

"No," said the casino manager, "given your star status, we at the casino welcome you to continue playing non-poker sports." ”

"In fact, things like roulette can also improve the accuracy through mathematical probability algorithms. Xiao Yao said leisurely.

"What?" the casino manager glared.

"It's nothing, just kidding!" Xiao Yao got up with a smile and said, "I'm going to leave the United States soon, I'm leaving Vegas! Now, can I get out of here?"

"Of course!" the casino manager nodded, "Have a nice stay in Vegas!"

Xiao Yao left, and Nicky Thompson and the other three naturally left the office with him.

The purpose of coming to the casino has been achieved, of course Xiao Yao will not play other non-poker projects, after leaving the office, he went straight to the chip exchange office to change the chips and left the casino, Nicky Thompson and the other three naturally changed their chips and left with Xiao Yao.

"Mr. Snow, what's the news?" Xiao Yao asked the reporter, Bob Snow, after leaving the casino.

"It's unbelievable. Bob Snow said excitedly, "If this is true, then as long as I send it out, it will definitely cause a sensation." I agree with what you just said to Mr. Dino that he doesn't need to do anything, this news is going to be a hot topic!"

"If that's true?" said Nicky Thompson, "Mr. Snow, you just saw and heard what the casino manager said!"

"Do you suspect that I colluded with that casino manager to deceive you?" Xiao Yao also said, "You won't let me take you to a few other casinos and repeat what happened just now, right?"

"Of course not. "I don't suspect you're lying to me. ”

"However, the Los Angeles Times is the third most influential newspaper in the United States, not a tabloid, and even if it reports entertainment news, we have to ensure authenticity. By the way, I don't think you're necessarily entertainment news. Bob Snow continued, "Although I don't suspect that you were colluding with the casino manager to deceive me, it is so strange that I think the newspaper will check it out." Of course, we will use our own methods to verify this, and you don't need to take me to the casino to meet the casino manager. ”

"Ok!" Xiao Yao shrugged indifferently. The matter is true, and he is certainly not afraid of reporters to verify it.

"Jan, how do you know how to count cards?" Seeing that Xiao Yao and Bob Snow finished speaking, Nicky Thompson asked Xiao Yao.

Due to his celebrity status, Nicky Thompson wore sunglasses when he entered the casino, and basically did not speak in the middle, so as not to be recognized. Now out of the casino, Nicky Thompson can finally open his mouth.

"Mr. Shaw, I want to know too!" said Bob Snow, "and I have other questions for you besides this one. Can you give me an interview and let me refine my reporting?"

"Now?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Whenever it's convenient for you," said Bob Snow, "but of course I hope sooner the better!"

"Now then. Xiao Yao said, "Go to my room? The suite I live in has a living room." ”

The interview looks different from ordinary chatting, and looking at the curious looks of Matt Dino and Nicky Thompson next to them, it is estimated that they must be together, and there are many people in the café, so it is more appropriate to have a more intimate place like Xiao Yao's room.

"Of course!" said Bob Snow.

Matt Dino and Nicky Thompson immediately offered to sit in on the hearing, but neither Xiao Yao nor Bob Snow refused, and Xiao Yao took the three of them upstairs.

Xiao Yao took out a few bottles of water from the mini refrigerator in the room, and everyone sat down on the large sofa in the living room.

Bob Snow took out his mobile phone very formally and turned it into recording mode, put it on the coffee table between the two, and then asked, "Mr. Xiao, do you really know how to count cards?"

"As you heard earlier, the casino people said I would count cards, and they have blacklisted me and refused to allow me to participate in any poker projects in the casino. Xiao Yao spread his hands and smiled.

"And how did you get the ability to count cards?" Bob Snow continued.

"Learn from others!" Xiao Yao said.

"Who?" asked Bob Snow.

"Other card counters, of course. Xiao Yao said, "It is inconvenient for me to reveal their names without their consent, but what I can tell you is that they are from MIT in the United States." At MIT, there are card counting groups that specialize in blackjacks, which is not a secret among casinos in the United States. ”

"MIT?" Nicky Thompson said suddenly, "No wonder I met you at the airport in Boston." At that time, you had just learned the art of card counting from MIT?"

Xiao Yao smiled and looked at Nicky Thompson, and then at the mobile phone in front of him.

"Ah~ I'm sorry!" Nicky Thompson reacted and said to Bob Snow, "Interrupted your interview!"

"It's okay!" Bob Snow shook his head, "This recording is just a record, I will sort it out later, and I won't release the audio of this interview, so it doesn't matter." Also, I'm interested in what you're saying and the questions you've just asked, which can enrich my interview. ”

"Alright!" said Nicky Thompson, who had met Xiao Yao at Boston Airport.

However, Nicky Thompson only said that he met Xiao Yao in a café at Boston Airport, and did not say anything about the later relationship between the two.

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, "I just learned to count cards at that time. At that time, I was not doing divination, but testing my ability to keep cards. ”

Since Bob Snow said so, Xiao Yao went on to answer Nicky Thompson's question after she had finished speaking.

"How do you know the card counter at MIT as an acting star?" Bob Snow then asked.

"Why can't acting stars know MIT people?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Well, my bad. "It's just that MIT is the top science and engineering institution in the United States and even the world, and you are an acting star, generally speaking, the two will not intersect." Well, even if you know someone who is studying MIT, but as far as I know, card counting involves a lot of advanced math knowledge, how can they be willing to teach you, and how can you learn to master it so quickly?"

"Do you know I'll learn quickly?" Xiao Yao asked a little strangely.

"Before I came, I checked some news about you. "According to Chinese media reports, you filmed a drama series in Huaxia a few months ago, and that drama was only completed at the end of June, and you are the leading actor. So according to the time calculation, you should be in Boston for no more than a week. ”

"That's true!" Xiao Yao nodded and continued with a smile, "Then have you checked, when I was in high school, I once participated in the training and selection of the Huaxia Olympiad national team, and I got a full score in mathematics in the college entrance examination in Huaxia, which is similar to your American SAT test, and the total score ranked first in my city." ”

"You mean, you're a math genius?" asked Bob Snow.

"I don't know if I'm a math genius. Xiao Yao said, "Huaxia's high school is three years, I only studied in Huaxia for two years, and the other year was an exchange student in the United States, that is, the year I joined the band Immortals and appeared at the Oscars." I think that with my grades and resume at that time, if I applied for MIT, I should have a better chance of getting an offer!"

"So, the MIT card counters you know are your teammates when you participated in the training camp of the Chinese Olympiad National Team, and they know that your mathematical ability or your mathematical talent is enough to learn complex card counting techniques, so they will teach you card counting?"

"When I was an international exchange student in the United States, many people in the school knew that I, an international exchange student from China, had participated in the training camp of the Chinese Olympic National Team and was good at mathematics. Xiao Yao deliberately misled, "Later, after our Immortals band became popular, there were more people in the school who knew about this." ”

There were not many people who participated in the same Olympiad national team training with Xiao Yao back then, and Xiao Yao wasn't sure if it was only Yan Ke and the three of them who went to MIT later, but the number of people who came would definitely not be much. After this report comes out, it will definitely be transmitted back to Huaxia, and if Xiao Yao admits it, there may be media or netizens in the United States and Huaxia who will dig out Yan Ke and the three of them.

This matter also involves personal **, Xiao Yao didn't want people to think and check in that direction before obtaining the consent of Yan Ke and the three of them and even the people in their card counting team. Xiao Yao knew that sometimes it was not that he said that he would not write it to reporters, and now that he said it, it was not good to ask Bob Snow not to write this point into the report, but it confirmed his guess from the side, so Xiao Yao deliberately misled.

As for Xiqiao Middle School, which was temporarily mentioned by Xiao Yao, when Xiao Yao was an exchange student, he was a celebrity in the whole school. Westbridge Middle School is also a very high-quality high school in the United States, and there should always be a person in the three grades in the school who will enter the MIT.

"You mean, the person who taught you how to count cards was your classmate when he was an international exchange student in the United States?" Bob Snow was really led astray and asked Xiao Yao.

"This~" Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment before saying, "Before obtaining the consent of the parties, it is inconvenient for me to disclose it for the time being!"

Xiao Yao was just misleading, so he neither admitted nor denied it. If they contact Yan Ke and them afterwards, they don't mind that their identity information may be exposed, and Xiao Yao can also contact Bob Snow again to bring this back.

"Okay. Bob Snow nodded, no longer dwelling on the question, and continued to ask a different question, "But it is already very, very surprising and unbelievable that a person like you, who has achieved excellent results in acting, can learn to count cards and let the casino blacklist you." Can you tell me about card counting and how do you count cards?"

"To put it simply, it is to use the mathematical knowledge of probability to build a mathematical model and calculate the probability of playing a big hand and a small hand, so as to determine the size of your win. It will help you decide how much to bet before the cards are dealt, and it will also help you decide whether or not to ask for a card during the hand. Xiao Yao said, "Card counting can only improve your overall winning rate, and it cannot guarantee that you will win every hand." Therefore, to play card counting, you must have a long enough time and a sufficient number of hands to have an effect. ”

"As for the specific algorithm," Xiao Yao continued, "I don't think you should be interested in those mathematical knowledge and mathematical formulas and models. ”

"You're trying to say I don't understand?" said Bob Snow laughed.

"No," Xiao Yao said, "maybe you can't understand, but maybe you can understand it too." I just don't want to make card counting a lot of work known to everyone, because it's the result of a lot of time and effort on the part of the card counting team!"

"I understand!" Bob Snow nodded.

"Any other questions?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Can I ask questions that have nothing to do with card counting?" asked Bob Snow.

"I'm sorry, no!" Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "This interview with you is only for issues related to card counting. ”

"Alright then, I don't have any other questions. Bob Snow said, "Thank you for your time. ”

"Young, you're such a monster!" Nicky Thompson said to Xiao Yao when he saw that Bob Snow's interview was over.

"Heh, you're not the first person to say that. Xiao Yao smiled.

Bob Snow looked at Xiao Yao, then at Nicky Thompson and Matt Dino, stood up and said to Xiao Yao: "Mr. Xiao, I have a lot of work to do, so I will take my leave first." Thank you again for your time. ”

"You're welcome. Xiao Yao got up and shook hands with Bob Snow.

"Mr. Dino, thank you for giving me such big news. Bob Snow looked at Matt Dino again and said, "You don't have to give me the reward you said before. This kind of breaking news is something that many reporters can't find if they want to find it, I'm not helping you or Mr. Xiao, but you are helping me!"

"Whatever!" Matt Dino waved his hand.

"Nicky, I've fulfilled what I promised you," Xiao Yao said as he looked at Nicky Thompson and Matt Dino, "You two should have satisfied your curiosity, so..."

"So, it's time for us to leave?" laughed Nicky Thompson.

"Aren't we done?" Xiao Yao nodded unceremoniously, "I can't find a reason for you to stay here." ”

"Wait!" Matt Dino said suddenly, "Jan, I have one more question. ”

"You say!" Xiao Yao said with a wave of his hand.

"If you have the skill to count cards, why don't you raid more casinos?" said Matt Dino, "there's more to this world than Vegas. Atlantic City, Monaco, and even your horse city in China are world-renowned casinos with legal casinos. Vegas casinos are connected, but not all casinos in the world are connected, you are not on the blacklist of those casino casinos, haven't you thought about going to other casinos to earn a few more votes?"

"If I still want to go to the casinos of other casinos to count cards, will I ask Mr. Snow to report this matter through you?" Xiao Yao said, "Even if the blacklist between the casinos of several major casinos is not connected, as soon as this news comes out, the casinos of those casinos will also know that I will count cards." ”

"yes!" said Matt Dino, "even if you want to make a name for yourself through this, you can wait until you sweep all the casinos in those places and put them on their blacklist, and then find a reporter to break the news, so that you will cause more sensation." ”

"Because I'm not a professional gambler, and I don't make card counting a profession. Xiao Yao said, "Card counting is just one of my interests, I just do it for fun." Being blacklisted by casinos in Vegas is enough to prove my card counting skills, and I've achieved my goal!"