At nine o'clock in the evening, Link appeared outside the gates of the Venetian Hotel.

He saw an obituary about old Adelson sitting in front of the door. It would be impossible for him to pretend he didn't know.

It's just that he just put away the smile on his face, put on a solemn expression of sorrow with the Lord, and walked into the hotel under the disapproving gaze of the hotel's welcoming guests.

Link knew they wanted to turn around and leave.

There are no secrets in Las Vegas, and the whole city should know that he will come to the Venetian Hotel today to ask for an account. Everyone was watching him to see what he would do after the news of Adelson's death came out, whether he would let the Venetian Hotel go for the time being or continue to pay the bills on time.

The staff at The Venetian certainly wanted the former. But it was clear that he had let them down.

Link had just walked down the hall. Chelsea Adelson came down when he heard the news. She was wearing a black long-sleeved dress, and her face looked a little haggard.

Link stepped forward and said, "Lady Adelson, please mourn!" but his next words made the remark seem very fake. "I've invited members of the Fight Association to deal with things between us. ”

Now that Link is here, Chelsea Adelson knows that Link doesn't intend to stop there.

She sneered and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Hans, for not coming to the casino during the day today!"

The hotel lobby was full of people, and she was worried that she would not be able to help but get mad, and said, "Please come with me, Mr. Hans, and we have arranged a meeting room dedicated to this issue." ”

Link nodded and said, "Hopefully the discussion won't be too long!"

He followed the other party to a small conference room. At the oval conference table, a man sat on the side facing the door. Between the ages of fifty and sixty.

This is Gilette Adelson, the current chairman of Sands Group. ”

When Gilette saw Link coming in, she stood up and stretched out her hand, "Mr. Hans, please take a seat." ”

Link looked at his gesture to make himself do it across from him. Is this a posture to negotiate?

He sat down across from Gilette and didn't say a word. In such a private setting, with the people of the Adelson family, he had nothing to say.

But Gilette had something to say to him: "Mr. Hans, I think you already know the news of my father's death!"

Link pursed his lips and said, "Yes, I already know. This time, he didn't even bother to say "festival mourning". After all, the other party had already put on an attitude that he was not familiar with - Gilette did not even shake hands with him.

"You know, we're busy dealing with my father's funeral. We hope that we can postpone the discussion between us, and that Mr. Hans will understand our difficulties. ”

A casual sneer appeared at the corner of Link's mouth, and he was about to speak. Ari answered a phone call, and then whispered in his ear, "The Fight Association has arrived." ”

Then he said to Gillett: "Mr. Adelson, what we are going to discuss now is also the aftermath of old Mr. Adelson, and I think it is a very important thing that must be resolved. He paused and said. "The people from the Fight Association have arrived at the hotel, and I think they should be invited to come up and talk about what happened between us. ”

Gilette looked at Link without giving face, her eyes were gloomy, and she stared straight at Link for a while. It took him a long time before he nodded to Chelsea Adelson and motioned for her to bring someone from the Fighting Association.

After Chelsea left, there was silence in the room. It didn't take long for the people from the Fight Association and the other high-level executives who had been to the casino last time to arrive.

They first shook hands with Gillett one by one, and said nothing more than words of relief that only came from the festival.

Then everyone took their seats.

As a witness and mediator, Kremer Mondion sat in the middle of the table as a matter of course.

He glanced at Link and Gillett on both sides and said, "We are here today to settle the issue of the exchange of winnings between Mr. Link Hans and the Venetian Hotel & Casino. Under Nevada's gambling laws, casinos are obligated to pay out winnings in a timely manner. Yesterday, the two sides agreed to pay within 24 hours. Now that twenty-four hours are about to pass, what do I have to say to Mr. Hans, and Mr. Adelson?"

Link said with a smile: "I don't have any additional opinions, I just ask that this matter be done in accordance with the law and the agreement." ”

Gillett pondered for a while and said, "Mr. President, as well as the directors and colleagues. As you know, this is a special time for us at Sands Group. My father was always on the verge of raising money for Mr. Hans. His sudden death caused all of our family to grieve inexplicably. It also prevented us from raising enough money for a while. We therefore ask Mr. Hans to have some time. Wait until we're done with our father's business, and then raise enough money to cover your winnings. Of course, we will calculate the interest for you according to the bank rate. ”

He said this rather sadly, and everyone else looked at Link.

Link lowered his eyelids and didn't speak for a long time. It seems to be really thinking!

After waiting for a while, Kremer Mundion couldn't help asking, "Mr. Hans, what do you think of Mr. Adelson's request?"

Link looked up and said, "The core spirit of America is the U.S. Constitution. And the spirit of the U.S. Constitution is the spirit of contract. Mr. Adelson Sr. is a respectable old man. I think he is the spiritual representative of the older generation in the United States, and the spirit of contract is engraved in his soul. ”

With a smile on his face, he said, "The payment in twenty-four hours is the contract that I signed with Mr. Adelson Sr. in the presence of all of you. I believe that, as an absolute supporter of the spirit of the contract, Mr. Adelson Sr. would never want to see that the contract he made could not be fulfilled. ”

He looked at Gillett, who had a white face but showed signs of turning to a black man's complexion, and continued: "So, dealing with the financial problems of me and the Casino of Venice is also one of the aftermath of old Mr. Adelson. And it is related to the reputation of old Mr. Adelson before and after his death. I think it's a very, very important thing for him. ”

The others looked at each other when he said this, and they were a little frightened by Link's approach.

Sands Group is obviously in the most difficult period now, and Link still does not spare any mercy after the other party begged for mercy in public. They think that it is better not to offend such people in the future.

Only Jimmy Cockline was laughing in his heart.

It's just that old Adelson is dead today, and the others can't open their mouths without speaking, let alone laughing.

Kremer Mundion gave Link a deep look. He wants Link to at least maintain the apparent harmony in Las Vegas. But it's clear that Link wasn't going to do that. However, he could not do anything about it.

He had no choice but to turn to Gilette and say, "Mr. Adelson." According to the rules of the Gambling Law and the Gambling Association, the Venetian Hotel & Casino, owned by the Sands Group of Companies, must be redeemed for $5,384,839,190 to Mr. Link Hans by 10 o'clock tonight. ”

Gilette clenched her teeth and finally admitted, "We can't afford to redeem it." ”

He is not the only heir to the Sands Group. In order to gain an advantage in the battle for the inheritance, he must get the inheritance of the elder Adelson's main estate as soon as possible. That is, the shares of the Sands Group.

After Adelson announced his death, he raised money on the Quartet to pay for the estate. However, he does not have the ability of the elder Adelson, and it is impossible to describe the difficulty of raising more than $10 billion to pay the inheritance tax in a short period of time. So the funds raised by the old Adelson were also misappropriated by him.

Now the Venetian Hotel has no cash, and Sands has almost no liquid assets. For him to raise nearly $5.4 billion in half an hour, it would be as hard as for him to conceive a child of his own and give birth to it.

He had wanted to play the pathos card and get the sympathy of the Fight Association and the rest of the casinos, forcing Link to agree to a grace date.

As long as he has enough time to control the Sands, as long as the Venetian Hotel is still around, the stock price of the Sands Group will not fall too fast, and he can mortgage some of the Sands Group's assets to go to the bank for loans.

Maybe it would only take a few days for him to raise enough money for Link to exchange. Although that will make Sands lose a lot this year, as long as the Venetian casino is still around, it will one day make that money back.

However, Link didn't plan to give him that time.

Nevada's gambling laws do protect casinos, but casinos also have certain obligations.

Compared to the average gambler, the casino is a behemoth. There is almost no need to fulfill such an obligation. But that kind of gambler, obviously, does not include Link.

According to the provisions of the Gambling Law, if the casino is unable to pay the gambler's winnings, the casino will be auctioned to pay the gamblers with the auction proceeds, and if the gambler's winnings exceed the market value of the casino, the casino will be directly used to pay off the debt.

Whatever the case, the Venetian Hotel & Casino is no longer part of the Sands Group.

The Venetian Hotel is the core industry of Sands Group. If it loses, Sands' share price may collapse immediately.

And Gillet just paid more than 10 billion in inheritance taxes to get those shares. If the stock price collapses, it will immediately become insolvent. Once the bank collects the debt, it can even cause the Sands Group to fail.

Again: Link didn't want to give him that time. And he didn't have anything to do about it. It can only be admitted that the casino cannot afford to redeem the winnings.

Of course, it's useless if he doesn't admit it. As soon as Link asks for it, the Fight Association will contact the court and seal the Venetian Hotel and Casino. Once it enters this link, Sands Group will not have any chance to get Sands Group back.

With his last hope, he said to Link, "Mr. Hans, I hope you will give us a week. We will compensate you at an interest rate of 1 cent. ”

Link finally broke his extravagance: "No. I have come today simply to preserve the honour of old Mr. Adelson. I don't lack money. Really, I'm not short of money! I'm just thinking about the reputation of the Adelson family!"

When these words are heard in other people's ears, they become: I am not short of money, I am simply trying to kill you Adelson.

The conference room was full, but there was silence.

Kremer Mondion was silent for a moment and asked, "Mr. Adelson, is there anything else you have to say?"

Gillett didn't speak, and she didn't say anything.

Seeing him like this, Kremer Mondeon picked up the phone and dialed a number: "Yes, it's me." Please come to the Venetian Hotel!"