On March 20, 2003, the United States and Britain launched an attack on Iraq, and in less than a month, they controlled most of Iraq, in July 2003, Iraq established an interim government, and in December 2003, Saddam Hussein was arrested, but the shadow of war still looms over Iraqi soil, car bombs and human bombs continue to attack, except for the green zone established by the Americans, Iraq can not find a safe place.

The fact that the Iraqi football team was able to enter the Athens Olympics under such conditions is a miracle in itself. They have experienced more than 20 years of economic sanctions, experienced wars, had no equipment, no funds, no training grounds, and are constantly moving forward by relying on a force of willpower.

Although the IOC has always claimed that the Olympic Games are not political, the political significance of Iraq's participation in the Olympic Games is indeed greater than that of the participants or the competition itself, so the IOC has given Iraq the green light to participate in the Olympic Games and accepted the Iraqi delegation, which has just resumed its Olympic quota, into the Olympic Games.

The story of the Iraqi football team is very touching, and the Iraqi athletes are also worthy of respect, but touching and respect do not bring money, and the major European spinach firmly believes that the Iraqi pair, which has just experienced the war, is the weakest football program in this Olympic Games, and the odds for the Iraqi team are also the highest.

"Iraq's odds for reaching the semi-finals are 50 to 1 for Ladbrokes, 60 for 1 for William Hill, and 80 for 1 for Ribo...... This odds are very good, buy and earn. Zhang Guan took a note of the relevant odds, and then clicked on the odds of the Iraqi team in the first game of the Olympic group stage.

"In the first game of the Iraqi football team against Portugal, let me see, the odds of victory are one-sided Portugal victory! Score words...... What high odds! 1 to 100, 1 to 180, 1 to 220, and 1 to 500! ”

Zhang Guan checked the odds of Iraq's 4:2 victory over Portugal, and the odds offered by various companies are undoubtedly the highest figures, and some companies even offered odds of 500 to 1.

"Earned, this time I'm really going to get rich!" Zhang Guan secretly applauded in his heart.

Zhang Guan knows that the Iraqi team is the biggest dark horse in the football competition of this Olympic Games, they not only qualified from the group, but also broke into the semi-finals. In the first match of the Iraqi team against Portugal, Iraq beat Portugal 4-2.

……

Zhang Guan wrote down the number and situation of the item he wanted to buy and the amount he was going to buy on a piece of paper, and walked to one of the betting counters.

The clerk at the counter saw that it was an oriental face and knew that it was a foreign tourist, so he asked in English, "Hello sir, do you need any service?" ”

"I want to bet on these." Zhang Guan handed the note to the clerk.

Zhang Guan's mother is a high school English teacher, so Zhang Guan's English level is not bad among high school students of the same age, Chinese people are basically dumb English, Zhang Guan's current English level can only cope with daily life, but foreigners listen to Chinese speak English and Chinese listen to foreigners speak Chinese is similar, even if it is grammatical errors, word errors, pronunciation is not standard, speaking is not fluent, half of the words will not be spoken, etc., can also understand the general meaning.

The clerk turned a note and opened his mouth to confirm: "Are you going to buy football projects for Iraq to enter the final four?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Guan replied.

"OPAP bets 5,000 euros, Ladbrokes bets 2,000 euros, William Hill bets 2,000 euros, Ribo bets 2,000 euros......" The clerk confirmed all the bets of Zhang Guan, and said: "So all the bets need a total of 30,000 euros." Are you sure? ”

As he spoke, the clerk wrote the number 30,000 on a piece of paper, and he was afraid that Zhang Guan would not understand, so he expressed it in a written number.

"Yes." Zhang Guan opened his mouth to confirm.

A one-time bet of 30,000 euros, even European tourists are at the level of local tyrants, and the clerk didn't expect Asian tourists to be so rich. What's more, Zhang Guan voted for Iraq to enter the semi-finals, and the odds were all extremely high, and the clerk naturally thought that Zhang Guan was the kind of gambler who only bought high odds.

"Sir, due to the amount exceeding the limit, OPAP bet 5000 euros needs to be confirmed by the company, you can reduce the bet amount, or you can go to the VIP customer lounge over there to wait, the confirmation will not waste too much of your time." The clerk spoke.

Zhang Guan frowned slightly, the regular spinach companies in Europe will limit the amount of bets, and some large amount of bets, spinach companies will also review and confirm, to put it simply, spinach companies should evaluate, whether they can accept the business, and at the same time avoid malicious bets by commercial opponents. For example, in many novels, the protagonist will not accept hundreds of thousands of bets at once, and only black market transactions will accept orders.

Zhang Guan had already inquired about this situation from the Greeks in the Olympic Village, so he bet separately, and the amount of bets from each company was only two or three thousand euros, in order to avoid the review of spinach's large bets. The reason why OPAP bets the most is because OPAP is a company in Greece, and the amount of bets accepted in Greece is higher than that of other companies.

A bet of 1 to 80, if you invest 2,000 euros, the spinach company will accompany 160,000 euros, Zhang Guan thinks that the big spinach companies in Europe will not review and confirm it for a mere 160,000 yuan. And the fact is that those bets of two or three thousand yuan were directly approved without being reviewed.

The odds given by OPAP for Iraq to enter the semi-finals are 100 to 1, and a bet of 5,000 euros on spinach will accompany 500,000, which has met the standard of OPAP's review and confirmation, so OPAP has to review this bet and consider whether to do this business.

Zhang Guan did not go to the lounge, but took out another piece of paper and handed it to the clerk again.

"I still want to buy these, and I may need to be reviewed and confirmed by the spinach company." Zhang Guan said.

"Yes, sir." The clerk took the paper, and then his eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity.

"Sir, are you going to buy Iraq's 4:2 victory over Portugal? Are you sure you didn't write it backwards? The clerk asked.

"I didn't write it back." Zhang Guan nodded, and the clerk's reaction did not surprise Zhang Guan.

"Yes, sir." The clerk calculated that Zhang Guan's bet this time was the same as the previous one, two or three thousand euros per spinach company, but the odds were much higher than the previous one.

"These add up to 28,000 euros, this gentleman, I need to confirm with you again, you are buying Iraq's 4-2 victory over Portugal, do you make sure you have written the positions of the two teams wrong?" The clerk asked.

"That's right, I think Iraq will win." Zhang Guan replied.

"Okay then." The clerk began to place bets for Zhang Guan.

At this time, a middle-aged man who had just finished betting next to him happened to pass behind Zhang Guan, this person was wearing a khaki suit and carrying a black briefcase, he heard the conversation between Zhang Guan and the clerk, and immediately walked over.

"Sorry man, if I heard me right, you just bought Iraq's victory over 4:2 Portugal?" The middle-aged man spoke.

"Yes." Zhang Guan replied.

"Oh my God, you shouldn't have bought it, how could Iraq possibly win over Portugal? I don't know about the Iraqi football team, maybe they are strong in Asia, but when it comes to the Olympics, they must be at the bottom level, and Portugal is the favorite to win the Olympic title. The middle-aged man stretched out his finger and said while counting: "The Portuguese team has Costa, Almeida, Ribeiro, Bosingva, Almote, Alves, these are the best lads in Europe." Maybe you may not be familiar with these people, but the Portuguese team also has Cristiano Ronaldo! He is now the most talented footballer in Europe, nay, among the young people of the world. Portugal is so powerful, how can Iraq defeat Portugal? And it's 4:2, such an exaggerated score ......"

The middle-aged man spoke English faster and faster, and Zhang Guan didn't understand it at all, but in the end, when he mentioned Ronaldo's name, Zhang Guan still understood.

Zhang Guan smiled slightly and said: "I think the odds are very high, so I bought Iraq." ”

"High odds? Oh, God! I don't know what you think, you're throwing money into the fire. Well, I have nothing more to say but thank you for your contribution to the Greek economy. The middle-aged man shook his head and turned to leave.

At this time, the clerk also completed the betting procedure.

"Sir, there are multiple bets that need to wait for the review and confirmation of the spinach company, because it involves foreign companies, the review and confirmation time may be slightly longer, so you may have to wait one to two hours." The clerk spoke.

Zhang Guan nodded, this time he reduced the bet amount, but because the odds of the bet are higher, the final return is more, so there are more spinach companies to review.

"I still need to buy something else, this time for athletics." Zhang Guan handed the third piece of paper to the clerk.

The clerk took the paper, looked at it and said, "Do you want to bet on the men's 100-meter sprint event in track and field, and Chinese player Guan-Zhang won the championship?" ”

The clerk obviously didn't know that the Chinese put the surname behind, so he directly pronounced Zhang Guan's name as "Guan-Zhang".

"Yes." Zhang Guan nodded again in confirmation.

"And how much are you going to buy?" The clerk asked.

This time, Zhang Guan did not write down the amount of bets on paper.

"500 euros per spinach company, and if it is not verified, then buy another 500 euros until I spend all the money in my bank card." Zhang Guan replied.

……

OPAP Corporate Headquarters.

The phone rang, the supervisor picked up the receiver, and the other party said, "Boss, there is a bet that needs to be confirmed and reviewed." ”

"Got it." The supervisor put down the phone, picked up the mouse and clicked a few times on the computer, and saw the information about this bet.

"€5,000 bet on the Iraqi football team to reach the semi-finals! According to the odds, if Iraq really enters the final four, it will have to accompany 500,000. The director smiled self-deprecatingly, and thought to himself: "Where did this madman come from, how can Iraq enter the final four!" It's like giving money! ”

The supervisor moved the mouse and clicked lightly to confirm agreement. Then I went back to the previous screen, only to find that there was a new bet that needed to be reviewed and confirmed.

"Hey, it's Iraq again. Iraq defeated Portugal 4-2 in the group stage! Oh my God, why are there so many madmen today, is the madhouse closed! ”

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