Chapter 188: Xiang's support

When the whole crew began to enter Lisboa, the tourists and gamblers on the side were surprised and discussed. 【Reading Network】(Hand-typed novel)

"Wow, it seems that Director Lu is going to lead "God of Gamblers" into the Lisboa Casino for filming."

"yes, I really didn't expect it, but I actually got the consent"

When a person on the side heard this exclamation, he pouted and said, "Didn't you listen to what the security guard said just now, who did the boss tell the boss?" The gambling king, his old man......"

"Hey, this Director Lu is so young, it must be the son-in-law of which family" The foreign tourist who didn't know Lu Yan's identity suddenly said with some grinning. Who is the gambling king? That's what Mr. Ho was able to ask Mr. Ho to arrange for someone to receive him, would that be an ordinary director?

"Dude, you're here from the mainland, right?" When a person standing next to him heard this, he immediately said with a very knowledgeable look: "Director Lu's grandfather, that old man who used to be the head of the four major Chinese detectives in Hong Kong and the gambling king's friendship can be shallow?" ”

Hearing those faint discussions, Cheng Xiaodong and the others smiled slightly and followed Lu Yan into the Lisboa Hotel.

Starting today, the crew of "God of Gamblers" will officially settle in Macao for the next filming

The Hotel Lisboa is not a casino, but more than a dozen gambling halls, each with a different operator.

The relationship between the VIP rooms of each casino and the casino owner is similar to the relationship between the contractor of the booth and the person who rents out the venue, but it is not the same. He Hongshen himself attaches great importance to the gambling halls, and he has to call the owners of the halls one by one every night to inquire about the operation of the day.

The owners of the major gambling halls are not idle people, and they have their own origins. For example, the Jincheng gambling hall of the Xiang family (Xiang Huasheng), which has the closest relationship with Lu Yan, the New World gambling hall of Wu Wei (Jieshi Wei), the Huangting gambling hall of Wu Liqun (Qunye), the Lisboa Baodao hall run by Ma Youli (Ma Laoba), the son of Ma Wanqi, the godfather of Macau politics, and the Lisboa Beehive gambling hall operated by Feng Zhiqiang, a large real estate developer in Macau, and so on.

Since the casino is a piece of fat, those who want to bypass the Ho's monopoly camp and share the food can only surrender to the banner of "SJM". According to an insider familiar with the business conditions of "SJM": "Investing in a gambling hall can be said to be harsh. A small gambling hall needs to bet about 160 million yuan of bank bills, and the layout of the hall is usually three baccarats, one 21 points, and one bet size, and the small hall has only three baccarats. ”

It is precisely because SJM's parent company, SJM, owns a large number of hotels, aviation, transportation, catering and entertainment industries in Macau, according to the sales volume of each VIP room's "chips", the SJM will allocate the corresponding hotel VIP rooms, air tickets, ferry tickets, catering and entertainment services to each hall free of charge, so that each hall can better attract guests. SJM will also assist them in setting up a VIP reception in Hong Kong.

To put it simply, the casino is indeed Ho's. However, he did not actually intervene in the operation, but gave it to his subordinates or others in a similar way to contracting.

In terms of casino operation alone, in short, it is like that, and the difference in where to gamble is not very big. It's all about attracting guests. As long as the guest comes, he is not afraid that he will lose a little money if he doesn't play a few hands, and there are probably not many people who can bear not to play a few hands.

Now the security personnel of the Lisboa Hotel took Lu Yan and them into the VIP room of the Jincheng Gambling Hall to rest.

And the one who was willing to sell the gambling hall to lend to the crew of "God of Gamblers" for filming was the Jincheng gambling hall of the Xiang brothers. In this way, it also saves a lot of trouble for the gambling king. Otherwise, if he wants to lend part of the gambling hall to Lu Yan to make a movie, he will inevitably need to communicate with various hall owners, which will take the initiative to propose to the brothers, which makes him laugh a lot.

"We're here to make a movie, not to play. Today, everyone has just arrived in Macao, so let's take a rest. It's okay to go to the gambling hall to play a few games if you want to, but I hope you control your own degree, otherwise let me know......" Although Lu Yan still had a smile on his face, his tone was unquestionable: "I think it's not easy for everyone to make money, and there is also a degree of squandering." Don't do anything to make tens of thousands of dollars by gambling, you must know that none of us are gambling gods."

"Huh"

"Producer, don't worry"

"Keep in mind Boss Lu's teachings"

To be able to enter the Lisboa Hotel, everyone is excited in addition to freshness. This will hear Lu Yan's words, and he also nodded. Although they are very curious about the world-famous Lisboa Casino, they still know the truth of this gamble.

As Lu Yan said, it's okay to play, don't overdo it

"Alright, let's all go to our respective rooms and rest."

If you want to enter the casino, you have to go through a security gate. This is like an airport-like security gate, and you have to go through a security gate to enter the casino and go through a security check.

As for why security? The reason is that the casino is full of cash and "chips", and it is all exposed to the public. Once a gangster comes in with a murder weapon to rob, it is easy to succeed, not to mention, and it will also endanger the life safety of gamblers, so it is necessary to prevent it from happening.

Perhaps unclear to many people is that casinos are no ordinary entertainment venues. Although it is a stimulus, it is more suitable for inducing all kinds of criminal thoughts. In the meantime, you will find that all kinds of "fishing bait" are blatantly soliciting business everywhere. Therefore, casino security is the first issue for casino owners to consider, and it is also the place where government supervision is strictest.

It is said that there are more than 600 TV surveillance probes installed throughout the Lisboa Casino, which take pictures of every corner of the casino from various angles around the clock, and every second is not missed.

As for whether it is like in the movie, at least Lu Yan can see that these monitors do play a deterrent role. However, it is unknown how much effect Lu Yan will have. After all, he is not an insider here, and he can't see the so-called effect at all.

Whenever "Zhuang He" leaves the table, he has to face the "probe" with his hands outstretched and pounce on his clothes to show that he has not taken anything. The toilet paper that wipes my nose and wipes my face during work is thrown outside the counter, but I don't throw it into the wastepaper basket under my feet. People who don't know blame him for being vulgar, don't they know that this is also done deliberately to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, once the casino finds that the staff is cheating, it will be expelled, and there will be no mercy. It is said that such situations are very rare in Macau casinos.

The exterior of the Lisboa Casino is like a birdcage, and gamblers who enter this cage can rarely escape from this gold-inlaid jade, drunken gold cave. But inside the Lisboa Casino, as far as the eye can see, there are people everywhere. It gives you the feeling that people all over the world are betting with you.

And not long after Lu Yan and the others returned to the room, they entered the casino together

"Brother Xiaodong, you have won money when you play well, remember to treat yourself." Cheng Xiaodong, Liu Weiqiang, and Wang Jing, of course, have to play a few games. In fact, Lu Yan, who took Wang Zuxian, also had the heart to make contact. When the time comes, "God of Gamblers" will also be filmed, so it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the environment and see the mentality of gamblers.

The lobby on the first floor is filled with hundreds of tables and thousands of people, but it is not crowded.

Once inside the casino, the crowd either swirls around the roulette table or sits intently in front of the slot machines and gambles. The sound of bells, electronic music and coins striking metal discs is a quintessential movement that can only be heard in a casino. It's enough to stand on the sidelines and watch gamblers indifferently place chips that are more than a month's salary for ordinary people. Women dressed in heavy makeup gambled especially hard, and they did not change their faces every time they placed bets. At Lisboa, the higher the floor, the bigger the stakes, and of course, the bigger the prize if you win. And play in the VIP casino upstairs, enjoy absolute private space and security services

Most of the people who can go up to the halls above the second floor are high rollers, and there are generally "stacked yards" who follow closely to arrange everything. The reason for the so-called stacking is very simple, the casino has informal trial chips, gamblers can get them on credit, but they are not official chips that can be exchanged in time. That needs to be exchanged immediately after winning the official chips at the table, and the stackers originally changed chips to earn commissions.

For gambling, Lu Yan has little interest. He mainly wants to go around more and see more, and the variety here doesn't really matter much about whether "God of Gamblers" has a sense of realism. It's just that in the details, it can be considered

Dice rolling, horse hanging (mahjong), stud, zakin, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, dominoes, etc., and some private individuals can make fair bets here in various ways. There are many more such things, but traditionally there are more people who play dice, mahjong, and stud......

As the saying goes, if everyone can win, then who does the casino earn? Where does Macau's tax revenue come from?

At the entrance of the casino is a sign that reads: "Gambling is not a sure thing, bet lightly and be pleasant." Spare money to play and keep it entertaining. ”

Reading it casually, Lu Yan felt a little funny. This seems to be the same as the cigarette packaging warning people that "smoking is bad for health", and no gambler will ever pay attention.

This limerick poem, Lu Yan has long known that it was written by Macau gambling king Ho Hongshen. But who knows that this gambling king's gambling skills are not clever? This gambling king not only does not gamble for money, but even rarely visits his own casino. Speaking of which, Ye Han, who has co-founded the Macau Entertainment Company with Ho Hongsheng since 1962 and served as the managing director, is truly worthy of the "gambling king".

Walking past a few gambling tables, the tricks played by the gamblers were really strange in Lu Yan's eyes. In addition to roulette, baccarat, blackjack or Chinese-style fan stalls, sizes, etc., all kinds of gambling methods are based on their preferences, and they are rich and thrifty. Even if you don't bet, if you go to the casino to open your eyes, you will be tainted with that excitement.

Seeing Wang Zuxian looking around curiously, Lu Yan also went to change some chips

Lu Yan, who was somewhat driven by the atmosphere, was also eager to play a few slot machines, but the slot machines were indeed slot machines, and the name was true. It was really the master who only entered and could not leave, and within a few clicks, the change that Lu Yan and Wang Zuxian had in their hands was almost swallowed by it.

Wang Zuxian suddenly stuck out his tongue, and said a little depressed: "Why can't you win?"

"Haha, you're out of luck...... That's how slot machines are, that's why you little girls like to play this kind of thing."

Hearing this, Wang Zuxian suddenly glared angrily and said, "You are the little girl, you were stronger than me just now."

"Let's go, you girls still like to play a game called roulette," Lu Yan just laughed and pulled Wang Zuxian over.

It's not that no one noticed Lu Yan's appearance, it's just that most of the people who entered the casino were gamblers. There are few people who have a few small flowers, and they dare not come forward to talk. Therefore, Lu Yan took Wang Zuxian with him, but he was also happy.

The two of them giggled, but they had played a lot of gambling methods. In general, there are more losses and fewer wins. But it was originally a little fun, but it really responded to the sentence 'small gambling pleasure'

However, Cheng Xiaodong and Liu Weiqiang teamed up, and they really won more than 100,000 yuan. Although Wang Jing doesn't like to gamble, she knows the truth that she will accept it when she sees it. So when they saw that Cheng Xiaodong and they wanted to add, they immediately stopped: "It's good to play, it's boring to play big." We're going to have to shoot tomorrow."

Lu Yan, who had already brought Wang Zuxian to the past, immediately smiled when he heard this: "Director Wang Da still knows that Brother Xiaodong and Qiangzai want to play and wait until the filming is done." Besides, you're already a little enchanted."

Obviously, Cheng Xiaodong and Liu Weiqiang's eyes were already slightly red at the moment.

Gambling is really a very addictive thing

Cheng Xiaodong, who heard this, also suddenly felt: "It's true, the leakage of * points when I gambled just now is infinite." Now when I stand up for a while, I feel sore all over. It's more energy-consuming than when I've been filming before."

"Haha, but I also earned hundreds of thousands. Tomorrow's meal money, Brother Xiaodong and I paid "Liu Weiqiang is also open-minded, anyway, it's luck money." It's good to have played it

"Let's talk about tomorrow's shooting, a visit to the casino should feel that there are many areas that need to be improved"