Saturday, July 12, Monaco.

The Mediterranean Sea in the July sun, the breezy Gulf of Ness.

On the tranquil sea outside the Monte-Carlo pier, a large white ship as long as the pier breakwater and half as long as the Monte-Carlo blockade displayed its elegant posture with a ribbon and a flag. The bow of the ship is painted with the letters "PRincess Caroline".

Right and forgive Westerners for not having a human relationship, anyway, the women of the royal family are called PRincess, except for the queen/queen, and the men are called PRince. Just like English, there is an uncLe/aunt bag that beats the world, and there are no uncles and aunts to distinguish between relatives and relatives.

As mentioned earlier, Monaco has only one major field in the country, and that is Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo contains the National Theatre of Monaco and a number of other entertainment venues, and the main building is about 50 meters wide and 150 meters long, divided into three parts, plus a few outbuildings, with a cumulative area of nearly 10,000 square meters.

An Essex-class is more than 200 meters long, half as long as Monte Carlo's home stadium. The flight deck of the early Essex class was only 31 or 2 meters wide, but it was later modified to accommodate the take-off and landing jets, and the beveled deck was 38 meters wide.

Carefully calculated, the deck area of an Essex-class modified model is about the same as that of the Monte Carlo Center.

This means that this boat is equivalent to a replica of the largest entertainment venue in Monaco before.

With such a large ship, it is naturally impossible to moor directly at the Monte Carlo pier to pick up passengers. When it came time to replenish supplies, it was necessary to go directly to the port of Nice, which was next door to the French.

As for the problem of carrying passengers, it was connected by small boats - the original aircraft carriers were protected by armor on several floors near the waterline, there were no entrances and exits, and professional sailors certainly had gangways or cranes. However, since it is now modified for VIPs to play, there are no protective requirements, and there is no fear of waves in the Mediterranean, so when the Saint-Nazaire shipyard was refitted, it specially opened a few additional disembarkation passages on the lower floor in accordance with the requirements of the Monaco owner, so that the dinghy connection was more convenient.

It is said that many people were quite pleased when the decision was made to renovate at the time. Because this will undoubtedly destroy the ship's seaworthiness and wave resistance, which means that the Monegasque owner has really let the ship wander in the Mediterranean bathtub for the rest of his life.

When the Americans delivered the goods, after all, they had to ensure that the ship could sail across the North Atlantic to Europe by itself, and it was not good to destroy the seaworthiness too much.

Monaco people are really peace-loving, and after arriving at the goods, they confirmed that there was no need for another voyage, and they had to scrap themselves for an additional round of martial arts in order to maximize operating profits and optimize the consumer experience.

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"Is this what it was like in the end? I really can't tell it's an aircraft carrier. It's very atmospheric, though. ”

With the end of the short unveiling ceremony on the shore, groups of hosts and guests were transported by boat to the "Princess Caroline". Mina followed Gu Biao, naturally on the first small boat at the front, with those Monegasque dignitaries.

As she got closer, Mina became more and more moved and shocked by the enormity of the former aircraft carrier.

Last Christmas, when I was on holiday in Nantes, I was just looking at the shipyard across the Loire River from afar, and it was not as shocking as it is today. Now that I looked closer, I noticed that the ship's broadside armor had been opened in rows of wide openings and replaced with large floor-to-ceiling windows of tempered glass, all to ensure the view from the sea-view room.

In terms of decoration details, the whole ship has been changed beyond recognition, and it is no wonder that the purchase of the ship itself only cost more than 5 million US dollars, and after all the decoration is added, the total investment has reached 30 million US dollars.

Mina's heart is also proud that her husband has done such a big business.

Part of a woman's pride will become stronger only after she has seen it emotionally.

Gu Biao smiled sadly, and couldn't help but whisper in Mina's ear: "After the Monegasques got the ship to France, they also gave up another round of martial arts. This decision, to put it mildly, should be won the Nobel Prize. Such a high-quality customer, next time they buy a retired aircraft carrier to operate a gaming company, Měi Guó Lǎo should relax the approval process. ”

Mina's face turned red, as excited as if she was drunk.

My husband is here to do big things.

The small yacht, which was used as a barge, soon docked the big ship that was quietly parked there, and Mina had no time to continue thinking about it. She followed her husband closely on the boat, looking at everything curious.

While the tourists are boarding the ship, they can also see on the same side that the position of the elevator used for loading carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier has been reinstalled with a new elevator, and the work is being carried out to load the guests' salutes on the ship and the waiters will take them to their respective rooms.

Because they are all distinguished guests, you can't let everyone personally pick up the gift box when they board the ship, that would be too inconvenient, after all, it is an aircraft carrier ship. With the quality of service that Monegasques have been operating in the luxury entertainment industry for many years, of course, they will be as good as they are on a plane.

Some people may be surprised: why don't you just go on the boat to have fun, why do you carry so much luggage?

The main reason is that it is inconvenient to get on and off the ship, so at present, the Monaco royal bookmaker has the following business model for the "Princess Caroline": it only accepts long-term customers for three days or a week.

As for those who want to play a few games and leave, it is still recommended to try their luck in Monte Carlo on the shore and come and go freely.

In order to prevent the boredom of everyone playing for money, the entertainment facilities on board are naturally more luxurious than all cruise ships, with ample luxury rooms, restaurants, bars, swimming pools, and pods with 360-degree sea views (modified with carrier-based aircraft lifts).

As for the air-conditioning of the whole ship, all sports facilities and free meals, this kind of is the basic exercise.

The three-day package will cover the surrounding Marceis-Cannes and take a trip around the sea. The one-week package itinerary will also go to Genoa, Pisa, and Napoli in Italy, and only look at the coastal scenery without going ashore.

Tickets are also free, and the so-called "buying a ticket to get on the ship" is not really buying it directly, but as long as you start with 100,000 or 200,000 francs in chips, you can get on the ship.

Even if you hold back on the boat for 3 days/1 week and don't end up, you just eat and drink for nothing, live and watch the scenery for nothing, and the last 100,000/200,000 francs in chips are not spent, and you get them back after deducting some fees, the operator will not blame you.

Gu Biao and the Monegasque people are so bold and bold.

Today's maiden voyage was scheduled for a week, and all the guests, including Gu Biao and Mina, exchanged 200,000 francs each for chips.

As an added bonus on the maiden voyage, all guests can receive a dish with Italian truffles from the southern foot of the Alps in April and several other precious dishes at the dinner time each evening. {These dishes are not self-service, truffles are just a few slices rubbed on the dish with a planer, not a whole flower for everyone}

Since the explosion of the Lucian nuclear power plant on April 28, the Alpine truffles are expensive in Luoyang, and the Monaco royal family has warmed up so much.

All the guests felt that if they only exchanged 200,000 francs in chips and did not lose, they would definitely make money, and the bookmaker was losing money.

Even if you lose a little, everyone can eat one or two of the best truffles in a week, about a few taels, and it is worth tens of thousands of francs.

When it was originally used as an aircraft carrier, an Essex-class could accommodate 3,000 sailors, as well as a huge dàn yào depot, aviation fuel depot and hangar.

Nowadays, it is going to be changed to an entertainment business, and of course the hangars and oil depots have been converted into entertainment facilities, and some of them have been set aside as guest rooms. However, in order to ensure the living conditions, the number of guest rooms is still limited to 600 and the rated capacity of 1,000 people, all arranged on both sides of several decks, and the sea-view rooms occupy almost the entire ship's side.

If a guest is willing to redeem 500,000 francs of chips for a guaranteed consumption, he can also ask for a single person to occupy a double room. So theoretically, if all the big tyrants are installed, there will be 600 guests on a boat.

There are also nearly 1,000 bartenders, cooks and service support staff. It is not uncommon for rich people to have more things to do and more to demand, and it is not uncommon for waiters to have as many or even more than guests.

It's just that the place where these service staff live is much worse than the guest room, the area is only 20% of the guests, the bunk beds, and they have to sleep in shifts, and all of them are stuffy tanks in the middle, and they can't see the sea.

Not long after boarding the boat, it was a big cocktail party. The people of Monaco are still very generous, and they will not rush to let everyone play money as soon as they come up, after all, there is a week, and there is no hurry. The most important thing is to let everyone eat, drink and have fun first.

Mina followed Gu Biao and also met many invisible rich people in Europe. Coming round and round, most of them were French, followed by Switzerland, Italy and Spain, and a few British.

The gambling industry in Europe is highly competitive because it is legalized in more than one country. Germans prefer to go to the Netherlands and hardly ever come to Monaco.

The words of the British depend on the situation. If it is an industry under the sun, the kind that does not be the invisible rich, it is also inclined to go to the Netherlands or the crisp Jersey Islands. Only the British, who did not know the property, and even the wealthy who would embezzle Lucia's money and flee to England in the next few years, liked to come to Monaco.

Of course, Gu Biao and Mina are good young people who are deeply educated by righteousness. They will never end up on the ship, and when the time comes, they will lose a few thousand francs in the commission and exchange the chips back (although it is their own company, they must also settle accounts}, and it will be regarded as a luxury cruise in the Mediterranean.

However, if you don't end up, it doesn't mean that Mina won't be curious to help Gu Biao settle accounts.

Within two days, she had witnessed some inferior European gentry who couldn't make up the wall, and after losing all 200,000 francs, they couldn't hold their hands and frantically increased their extra exchanges.

"It's really a despicable and terrible industry, and it seems to be in line with the 28 law - 20% of people who lose their eyes and lose their rationality contribute 80% of the revenue to the gambling industry. Mina couldn't help but sigh.

Gu Biao hugged her slender waist and comforted her with a little wine: "Don't worry, despicable and terrible will also harm the Europeans." I would never let the management put anyone with a Chinese passport on board as a guest. ”

Mina: "But according to this algorithm, counting most of his customers for 200,000 francs at a time, two or three percent of them are counted as millions of francs for losing red-eyed, and receiving 600~1,000 customers a week, the handling fee alone is too terrible." If there were really so many guests every week in the future - I think I already know a lot about the number of hidden tycoons in Monaco, but I still didn't expect there to be so many. ”

Mina estimates that the ship can pay back tens of millions of francs a week, which is nearly $2 million.

Of course, this is only one income, not all of it, and there is no deduction of operating costs. After all, the depreciation and consumables worth 30 million US dollars, as well as the cost of eating, drinking and entertainment on board, are also a huge number.

Gu Biao smiled indifferently: "Isn't it strange? Most of the rich people in Europe who evade taxes will come to Monaco to go around." Whether to play or not to play is another story. ”