Chapter 019: Heaven and Earth (Part I)
Michael and Mars don't know what happened yet, and Shi Hu will be invited out of the casino? After he explained that he counted the cards, everyone understood, no wonder. Card counting is not cheating, but it can make casinos lose money and infringe on their interests, so it's polite to ask you to leave.
Michael was suddenly dissatisfied: "Master, why didn't you teach me this trick earlier?" ”
Shi Hu asked rhetorically: "Do you have this qualification?" Books about card counting can be bought everywhere from the airport to roadside bookstores, and the result? 99.9% of people think that they can beat the casino after mastering the method, and in the end they all go home dejected, with empty pockets. ”
"Maybe." Michael didn't object, "Even if you can teach me, we won't be able to go to the casino again." ”
"Oops." Shi Hu felt bad when he mentioned this: "Mirage is an industry that belongs to MGM, right?" ”
Michael nodded: "Yes, many casino hotels on both sides of the long street are owned by MGM Group, and the same one just now." And their blacklists are shared, and now you are not welcome in casinos all over the city. Maybe you use a fake identity to try your luck in a small casino. ”
"I'm not talking about going into the casino, I have a chip in Mirage." Shi Hu worried, "There are millions more in the Rio Hotel. ”
"Oh my God!" Michael looked at him in surprise, "Boss, so much money? So what to do? ”
"Go in and get it. Are you willing to watch millions lose in vain? ”
"But if you go in now, they're not welcome." Michael reminded, "Why don't you give two or three hundred thousand and ask the local gang to send horses?" ”
"The involvement of the gangs will make a big fuss, and I don't want to offend the government after offending the hotel." Shi Hu shook his head to reject this bad idea, unless he didn't want to mess around.
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He won't let the money go in vain, 1.3 million chips can be exchanged for tens of millions of yuan, and the blacklist is not enough to scare off Shi Hu, but it's not good to do it with real knives and guns...... When he moved to the vicinity of the Red Queen, he had an idea - the security guard brother here might be able to help.
He approached Frank and explained the situation.
Frank heard him say that he was in trouble and wanted to enter the hotel with protection and get his property back, but because of his poor relationship with the hotel, he might get some obstacles...... Frank didn't think it was a big deal, whether it was card counting or cheating, the casino should have done some blood a long time ago.
The rest of the brothers have no opinion, anyway, they are holding up the scene, and if there is a conflict, they are responsible for stopping it, they are not to stir up trouble, but just in case. And this is the first time to do things for the future boss, and everyone who is sober knows what to do...... Frank ordered to arrive, and the guys skipped work.
Gianna looked at the striking security guards and said, "In the Red Queen, Frank's words work better than the manager, and you would be right to reuse him." ”
In fact, the manager didn't say anything at all, he knew that he couldn't stop this group of energetic strong men, and it would be closed in a month anyway, so he didn't bother to pay attention to so much...... A few minutes later, the security guards appeared in black suits, sunglasses, and vacuum headsets, with black gloves in style.
"Yo! Is this a movie? Michael quipped, "I don't usually see you guys so cool!" ”
A group of fifteen of them specially found four black sedans and sandwiched Shi Hu's off-road vehicle in the middle. Frank and Shi Hu are in the same car, and he communicates with his men by radio to arrange a plan of action for the meeting, in principle to avoid unnecessary conflicts unless the other party strikes first.
The belligerent bodyguards booed, and Frank solemnly reminded: "Bodyguards are not showy, your task is always the safety of your employer!" Causing trouble to the employer, do you bear the responsibility? If you want to be in the limelight, you can go to gangs, but sooner or later you will go to jail. ”
Shi Hu felt that he was quite professional: "Frank, have you worked as a security guard before?" ”
Frank was recalled: "I have been working for several years, but I can't take care of my family because I have been away for a long time, so I find a stable job." ”
"No wonder." Shi Hu knew that Frank was also in his forties.
"What have you been through?" Shi Hu asked curiously, reading the mind can feel that Frank's origin is a bit special, but he can't see anything on the surface.
Frank just smiled: "It's nothing special, repeat the training, and occasionally there will be some emergencies, just deal with them according to the rules." ”
Shi Hu listened and wondered, this was equivalent to saying nothing.
After a short walk, the convoy stopped in front of the Mirage Hotel.
The doorman was just about to step forward, but saw the door of the black sedan open quickly, and out of it came a group of strong men in black suits and sunglasses, scattered around with great professionalism, and their eyes could not be seen clearly behind the sunglasses, but from the serious faces, they could feel their vigilance.
Then the door of the Mercedes in the middle opened, and a casually dressed Asian stepped out of it. Sandwiched between an overly tall strong man and an elderly bodyguard, he refused the service of the doorman and the parking attendant, strode into the hotel lobby, and swiped his card to take the VIP elevator.
The high profile of more than a dozen people in this line will naturally attract the attention of the hotel.
The hotel security guards keep a close eye on them, but in principle, as long as the other party does not cause trouble, the number of people and how they dress is not something that the hotel can interfere with, unless they do something unfavorable to the hotel...... Soon, the monitoring room reported that the blacklisted person appeared, and it was Fang Cai's VIP.
"What should I do?" Someone asked the manager for countermeasures.
"Let's see." The security manager stared at the surveillance, and the eight people on the other side plus the employer got on the elevator, leaving seven waiting in the lobby and outside the door, which is a professional security strategy that can ensure the line of retreat, and if there is any danger, they can respond inside and out.
If you're not mistaken, the guys out there are guys.
The security manager made the inference clear to the manager, and the manager carefully considered: the hotel security guards are more numerous than the other party, but once there is a conflict, it is not easy to solve, and it will affect the reputation of the hotel and the normal business. And the group of people outside had guns, and once the casualties broke out, it would be unimaginable.
In the end, the hotel manager backed down: "Keep an eye on them, as long as you don't step into the casino and refuse to serve them." Call the police at the same time, just in case. ”
No one, not even the police, can guarantee that they will be removed without conflict. What's more, Shi Hu is still a customer of the presidential suite here - if he is not, he can just call the police to arrest someone. So now the two sides are making concessions, Shi Hu doesn't make trouble, and the hotel doesn't look for trouble.
It went well, the hotel took away 200,000 chips, and the bodyguard team escorted the employer to get in the car and leave.
"Next stop, the Rio Hotel." Frank said on the radio that he was careful enough to reorganize the layout of the other party's hotel and the action strategy of the meeting.
The Rio Hotel's attitude is the same as Mirage's, refusing to serve the blacklisted figures, but it does not actively provoke conflict. Shi Hu took the chips stored in the guest room and a sum of more than 100,000 cash, and the team hugged him back and forth, and left the Rio Hotel without looking back.
"What about the chips?" Michael has a new problem.
"I'm a blacklist, you're not, tomorrow I'll find an opportunity for everyone to help you redeem a little, no one will refuse to serve you, unless they lose their conscience to replace all the hotel's chips - but then I'll have to seek legal action, the hotel is not stupid."
Shi Hu's brain turned quickly, and he had already thought of a countermeasure.
It's just that when the team left, he looked at the hotel behind him regretfully, he was not welcome in the casinos in the city, so the next World Series of Poker, he had nothing to do, and the first place was rewarded with 10 million US dollars...... But if you think about it carefully, in the ring where there are many masters, he may not be able to win.
Like last time, he had to rely on 50% luck to win.
What if it's a more powerful master? Doyle Bronson, Phil Hemmers, Johnny Chen? Because of the reason why he has been preparing to participate in the tournament recently, he has learned about these top poker masters, and has seen a lot of battle videos, and their ability to read cards is very strong, and even "card sense" is frequent.
Whether you can win the first place depends on a bit of luck.
Now there is no need to think about it, he is on the casino blacklist and can't go anywhere. From the beginning of the use of card counting to beat the casino, he did not think that he could hide from the world, but unfortunately a little, but also made a lot of money, blackjack net more than 4 million US dollars, Texas Hold'em contributed more than 6 million.
His fortune is more than $10 million, which is not hugely rich, but it is by no means a small amount.