After playing all day, the four of them went back with the smell of gunpowder.

The addiction is definitely too much, even the mother who doesn't like this kind of violence has fired hundreds of bullets, and the father has touched the guns he is interested in, from pistols to machine guns, and even the 12.7 mm caliber anti-materiel weapons have played enough, calling this trip worth it.

The luxury and colorfulness of the life of the American imperialists, my father is not very interested, and he always says that no matter how good it is, he is not familiar with it, but after playing with guns at the shooting range, this is a complete change, and there are one or two attractive points in other words...... Shi Hu smiled: "If there is no attraction, the ghost will come!" ”

But the next day Nana had a problem, the shoulder socket was a little bruised, not serious, but just can't work harder, the future schedule is mostly tours, Shi Hu took them to experience the casino games suitable for all ages...... But there aren't many of them. In the end, it was the affordable cuisine that regained the appeal.

Shi Hu took his father to try his supercar again, and raced for a while on the less crowded highway outside the casino; I went to accompany my mother to buy a lot of things, clothes and gifts...... On the next day, the two elders had to leave for home, and Shi Hu sent them to Los Angeles until they boarded the plane.

Seeing off her parents, Nana cheered: "Freedom! ”

"Look at you!" Shi Hu dragged her around outside.

What makes Nana happy is that she has finally made friends in the United States, and Erica, who cares about her very much, is the first; Michael, who has the flamboyance and eccentricity of an American youth, has the common point that they can both speak Chinese, so that she can express her own meaning due to language shortcomings.

Shi Hu didn't let her play all day, and gave the task: "Take advantage of the good language environment, practice more speaking, don't always stare at people who can speak Chinese, and never improve." ”

“yes，sir！” She said seriously.

Shi Hu believes that she can learn well, her vocabulary is not low, but she focuses on writing, she only needs to soak in the English environment for a few days, and after getting used to it, she can naturally master it. Shi Hu also asked her to speak less Chinese before she did it, otherwise she would not be able to answer the next entry.

……

Two days later it was the middle of the month.

Rosenstein's challenge to the poker shark continues to ferment, and there is already a master in the fight. According to Paul, the top players have their own circles and are currently looking for the best poker players to beat the arrogance of any master by breaking through the scientific model.

Shi Hu also paid attention to the incident, and on the other hand, Maxim's annual financial report was released.

"In 2004, the hotel operating income was 103 million US dollars, the net profit was 14.4 million US dollars, the net profit margin was 14%, the revenue increased by 25% year-on-year, the passenger flow growth of the casino was 4.3%, and the average net profit margin of the casino hotels in the same industry was 10%. ”

"More than half of the net profit is provided by the casino, especially in the second half of the year, after we started to cooperate with the bag bearer, the net profit of the casino reached 7.5 million US dollars, accounting for 53% of the profit, and the average of the casino is only 33%. At the same time, it was reflected in the room and food and beverage segment, with lower net profit. ”

"Casinos are susceptible to fluctuations in the consumer market." Shi Hu understands this. It is not that the higher the profit of the casino, the better, the higher its proportion, indicating that the other foundations are weak, if there is a crisis, the number of gamblers plummets, the hotel's profits will fall sharply, and it will return to the pre-liberation period overnight.

Erica rational analysis: "But as a medium-sized casino hotel, the value cannot be fully on par with that of large hotels, and we do not have the capital to develop in all aspects. Providing affordable rooms and food to attract customers, and using the profits from the casino to feed the hotel is still the way for the hotel to survive. ”

Using casino profits to feed hotels was a common idea in the last century.

But the times are changing, the American gambling king - Sheldon Adelson refreshed his understanding, his Venetian, Palazzo Hotel have reduced the proportion of casino net profit to less than 30%, gambling lottery is no longer the most important profit link, proving that the old casino is facing elimination.

Shi Hu said: "A hotel of our size is so limited that it is impossible to run a resort like the Venetian, no matter whether the casino profit is high or low, it has little impact on the overall situation." The only way out for us is the same as before: raise funds and invest in five-star hotels. ”

Erica nodded, and asked again, "How's the problem with the funds?" ”

said earlier with full confidence, Shi Hu could only laugh at this time: "If my patent can be sold for money, one-third of it can be settled." ”

Erica didn't laugh at him, it's not what an assistant should do: "One thing to remind you is that with the opening of the Wynn Hotel (2005), the Nevada government is tightening the issuance of Las Vegas Bo-lottery licenses, and it is expected that after 2010, it will be more difficult to apply for licenses. ”

"I know that by 2010, all the usable land on both sides of the long street will be sold." Shi Hu felt the pressure, there are still five years to go - but in fact, the hotel from investment to completion, not two or three years, if he wants to live to see the hotel open, he has to start before 2009.

"I hope my patent will sell for a good price." Shi Hu muttered.

Erica added: "The bank loan is expected to solve about 20% of the funding problem, but the lender needs to have sufficient strength. My suggestion is not to wait for sufficient funds, but to use the funds to acquire the casinos around the target land and take control of them as a group. ”

"Great idea!" Shi Hu was reminded by her that there are indeed small and medium-sized hotels and nightclubs on both sides of the long street. If Shi Hu wants to build five-star hotels, he must blast them out and rebuild them - it is better to buy them first while he has money in his pocket, and he can also strengthen his strength.

Even if you can't realize your wish in the end, it's cool to be a nail household...... Shi Hu smiled: "This is probably also a profitable real estate investment." ”

In the end, he arranged: "Pay proper attention to these, and act when I have the funds." ”

"I will." Erica has a good understanding with him, she likes these positive things, and her boss's opinions always coincide with her.

……

Shi Hu dared to guarantee that those small and medium-sized nail households must be stared at.

He must start first, the problem of money is critical, he currently has about 100 million cash in his hand, if he encounters a big game, he can double it or two...... Considering the biological patents, if they can be sold smoothly, four or five billion US dollars will be considered.

He also wants to hurry up, but he is short of money!

Shi Hu most hopes to have a multi-billion gambling game for him to do it at once, but that is impossible. The rich are not stupid, and dare to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to play cards...... It seems like it's just him. Last time in Slovenia, the players who spent the most money were only about 30 million.

Tens of millions of gambling games...... Doesn't it seem like there is a casino?

Recently, Rosenstein challenged the giant shark or poker hand, and she won tens of millions alone, Shi Hu thinks she can move it?

But the other party's thinking is a little difficult to read, she runs like a computer, there are numbers everywhere, and she can't read minds, so there is still ...... left Hint.

"You're such a genius!" Shi Hu has a plan.

The ability to hint is rarely used in poker, because it is more convenient to read cards, and you can figure out your opponent's hole cards in three or two strokes, but if the current situation is concerned, the reading is invalid, and she will be disrupted by hinting at the wrong answer, and her calculation model will be disturbed...... Buy time to push back!

"Brother, what's wrong?" Nana, who was on a lunch break, came out to see him with sleepy eyes.

"It's nothing, I suddenly think you're beautiful." Shi Hu said casually, and Nana smiled: "Where is it beautiful?" ”

"All over the body." Shi Hu hugged her and kissed her, and hurriedly took the key and left: "Have a good rest, brother is going to do some big things, and I'm ready to give you a gift!" ”

"It's a deal!" She said behind her back.

"Did my brother break his promise to you?" Shi Hu turned around.

"No, you can do it!" She didn't know why, but she was encouraging.

……

Shi Hu found Paul, who had been watching a play in the casino recently, and took the video of the game.

There were many copies of the video in private, and Paul asked a friend to get it, and wondered, "Interested in her?" ”

"I've been short of money lately!" Shi Hu said very directly.

"It seems that countless honors are still not as good as the sentence 'lack of money' in the end." Paul said with a smile, but he would love to see Shi Hu fight and save face in the industry.

"I wouldn't have done it so early." Shi Hu said specially.

"I don't mind, anyway, there are people who keep trying to deal with her, and that's what I'd like to see." Paul was very relaxed, and his men also brought the USB flash drive.

"Thanks." Shi Hu caught the USB flash drive and asked again: "When will the next game start?" ”

Paul's news is very well-informed: "If there is no accident, three days later at the Rio Hotel, three giant sharks united, with a capital of about 80 million. ”

"Good!" Shi Hu wished that they would fight to the death, and all his net worth would be staked.

He went back and watched the video, and it took two or three days to go through five games, more than thirty hours. Shi Hu also took the initiative to brush up on the "super system" to train himself to play poker without having to read minds – if there were no accidents, he might have to rely on his poker skills to win.

It's just a veteran's hand, and it's a delivery to any Shark, but Ms. Rosenstein is an exception, and she's just a novice. Shi Hu checked her information on the Internet, and the family was very large, Jewish, engaged in electronic and financial investments, and had too much money to count.

Madeleine Rosenstein's resume is even more scary, with a double doctorate in computer science and biology, and she has attainments in biocomputing and artificial intelligence. According to the grapevine, her cross-border challenge to poker masters stems only from her interest in human validation of mainframe calculation models.

One of the pleasures of genius is making waves in the poker world. She herself is extremely calm, just treating poker as an after-dinner math game...... It feels a bit similar to Shi Hu's original card counting, gambling? No, just play math! She was now doing more complex calculations than card counting.

Shi Hu is curious about her model, but it is not disclosed on the Internet, and it is said that it is intended to be announced after the success of the experiment - no wonder it makes the poker masters jump to their feet, if she is correct, she will play fart poker in the future? Fight directly with the computer and see who can calculate fast!