Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, Zhou Wenqiang carefully examined the strange city in front of him.

This entertainment city and gold city, which seems to be built in the void, is simply an outlier in his opinion.

Although it is a free port like Hong Kong Island, Macao and Hong Kong are not deep-water ports, and Hong Kong Island is on the adjacent side, so the feng shui luck has been taken away, and before World War II, the city even had only a few hundred thousand residents, but it was just a large market town.

Except for eating some leftover cold rice from Hong Kong Island by the sea, the city has no industrial base to speak of, and even the manufacturing and processing industry is lackluster, so it is said that such a city, if not dying out in history, can only gradually decay, and finally become a vassal of Hong Kong Island.

After all, the British Empire is more powerful than Portugal, which has long since ceased to be glorious.

But everyone didn't expect that during World War II, Aocheng became the safest place in Asia, and the neon country, which occupied most of China and Southeast Asia, did not occupy Aocheng.

This has made countless mainlanders and Hong Kong people pour into Macao for refuge, bringing countless hot money, and even making this weak small city become an Asian gold trading center! The deformed prosperity suddenly turned the city into a castle in the sky, with no basic industry or manufacturing, but in the forties and fifties it became the financial center of Asia!

After the end of World War II, the evacuees returned to their hometowns, and the population of Australia recovered to about 150,000.

The past history of the city of Australia has determined that it can only be a city that relies on the gambling industry to survive, and it is not difficult to understand why it has become one of the four major gambling cities in the world.

Standing in the room on the fifth floor of the Aocheng International Hotel, Zhou Wenqiang found that his eyes could overlook most of the Aocheng, and the elegant accompaniment of '2046' seemed to be ringing in his ears, which made him smile slightly under the early winter sun.

Only by standing in this era can you truly understand the taste of the ancient but seemingly accessible times in the movie.

His eyes were not on the harbor in the distance, nor on the gambling hall with the name "Taixing", but at a woman selling fish balls in the alley at his feet.

The woman's fish ball stall leaned against the advertising wall of the 'Taixing Entertainment Company', and business didn't seem to be very good, except for the occasional sparse pedestrian who would stop to buy a few strings of fish balls from her.

However, every time she receives a coin from a customer, a happy smile appears on the woman's old face, and she habitually brushes her gray hair, smiling and thanking the customer, hoping that the other party will come back next time.

As a rough estimate, the woman should have been in her fifties, half of her head was full of gray hair, but her skin was a healthy wheat color, with large eyes, a high nose bridge, and slightly thick lips.

If you are twenty years younger, this must be a sexy beauty.

"What a familiar face...... It turned out to be her! Rice whiting? ”

Zhou Wenqiang finally recognized this childhood goddess in his last life, that is, the fish ball girl downstairs is also a character from film and television dramas.

But no matter what he thinks, he can't guess which movie or TV series this fish ball girl is from.

"Waiter, go downstairs and buy some fish balls for me."

Zhou Wenqiang dialed the service number at the front desk.

In the end, I didn't bother this fish girl, even if the other party was from a certain film and television drama, since she had nothing to do with herself, why bother with other people's peaceful lives?

In this world, whether it is a historical figure in the reality of the previous life, or a character in a film and television drama, they are all living people, they have their own lives and experiences, Zhou Wenqiang does not want to interfere in everyone's life domineeringly.

Unless the other party is very important to him, such as Lei Luo, or Bai Yue.

However, I still want to try her fish balls, which reminds Zhou Wenqiang of the days when he set up a fish ball stall in Dongtou Village.

Soon the fish balls were sent, after taking a look at the color of the fish balls and smelling the taste, Zhou Wenqiang suddenly didn't want to eat them, he didn't need to taste them to know that the fish balls downstairs were bought by other fish balls to sell, not homemade high-quality goods.

There was a knock on the door, and it was He Hongsen in a royal blue suit who walked in, and looked at the fish balls that Zhou Wenqiang put on the coffee table, He Hongsen smiled: "Wenqiang, homesick?" ”

Although fish balls are a common food in Hong Kong and Macao, he knows that Zhou Wenqiang is a native of Chaozhou, and he started from a fish ball stall.

"Oh, seeing that the fish ball lady downstairs is not doing well, it can be regarded as a help for her......"

Zhou Wenqiang glanced at He Hongsen with a smile, and secretly cheered in his heart.

This handsome future gambling king is now at a prime age, and his appearance is also at his peak, with this suit, it is really like a jade tree in the wind, to be honest, it is not much worse than himself......

He Hongsen walked to the window and looked down, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know how many low-level people like this, that is, Wen Qiang, you have such a compassionate heart." If you want me to say, your nickname of 'King of Zhou Yan' is really wrong. ”

"By the way, Wen Qiang, we have already seen the people from Nanguang Company, and as soon as the goods arrive, they will take over and transport the goods to the mainland, and we will settle the matter. It's rare to come here and you don't want to go out for a walk? Although the city is small, there are some places that are worth visiting. ”

Zhou Wenqiang said with a smile: "What Mr. He said is Taixing gambling field?" ”

"That's a gold cave, a place of right and wrong, could it be that Mr. He is interested in the gambling industry?"

"It should be called the gambling industry. In Australia, the gaming industry is not a sideline, and it is even the backbone of the city's economy. And gambling is a kind of thing, you can be pleasant, you can also build a family, I am really interested. ”

He Hongsen shook his head with a smile and said: "But now the only gambling card in Aocheng is in the hands of Fu Laorong, and Aocheng tycoon He Xian is his partner, even if I am interested, I can only sigh." ”

Zhou Wenqiang said with a smile: "Mr. He doesn't need to say that, the world is unpredictable, and you may not have no opportunities in the future." By the way, are there any powerful characters in the Taixing gambling field? ”

Thinking of the gambling kings and gambling saints in those film and television dramas in his previous life, Zhou Wenqiang was really curious.

"When it comes to powerful figures in the Australian gambling industry, Fu Laorong is of course the first, but he is now older and rarely takes action in person."

"But now Taixing has a master, named Ye Han, who once broke the 'Dice Listening Party', and his gambling skills are also extremely amazing, and now people in the Australian gambling community say that Ye Han is 'Asia's No. 1 Wonderful Player', and some people think that he will become the God of Aocheng gambling sooner or later."

He Hongsen laughed and said: "But I think those people have overblown him, and the name of the God of Gambling is not something that can be called by any person......

God of Gamblers?

Zhou Wenqiang was stunned suddenly, instantly remembered something, turned his head to look at the fish ball girl downstairs, and secretly shouted: "Yes, it's really her!" ”

"That's it, Mr. He, it's not too late for us to go to Taixing at night, I want to walk around by myself during the day and see the scenery of this Australian city."

"Oh? Wen Qiang, you want to ......"

He Hongsen was slightly stunned, and after looking at Zhou Wenqiang's eyes, he suddenly laughed out loud: "Yes, yes, yes, I was abrupt, Wenqiang, you want to go alone to enjoy some 'scenery', of course it is not convenient for me to follow." Haha, I wish you a good time first, and I'll come back to you in the evening. ”