Australia Special Administrative Region of China. A luxury casino.

In front of a "21 o'clock" betting table, dozens of people gathered. All but four players were onlookers. It was a twenty-one-year-old young man who caught the eye.

Gong Xinyu (male No. 22) doesn't want to receive such attention. He's here just to make money, not to show off. But the fact is that in just two hours, he won chips that can be exchanged for 20 million Australian 'doors' (about 16 million yuan), and it is probably impossible not to attract attention.

It's time to stop today. Gong Xinyu admonished himself in his heart. Even if the way to win money is flawless, a single 'sex' bite that is too big can get you into trouble. He knew this very well, and planned to put away all the chips on the table, exchange them for cash, and leave quickly.

However, when the dealer asked if the cards were dealt, Gong Xinyu changed his mind. For the previous two hours, he had been reserved, trying to create the illusion that he was just a regular player with a lot of luck. For this, he even deliberately lost a few handfuls. But, it's going to be gone anyway, so why not let it go and play big?

"The last one tonight, if you don't succeed, you will be benevolent." Gong Xinyu made a big decision, put all the chips worth 20 million yuan in the betting area, and said to the dealer, "Please deal the cards." ”

The surrounding spectators were all excited, and they came here for entertainment, not only to gamble small money, but also to witness such a high-end player. Even in Monte Tecarlo or Las Vegas, such a pride of the gambler doesn't show up every night. Similar scenes have only been seen by ordinary people in the movie "God of Gamblers".

After shuffling the cards at the shuffler, the dealer deals a face card and a face card to the three players at the table – the other two who place small bets are mere foils, and the dealer barely looks at their cards. All he focused on was the young man sitting directly across from him.

Gong Xinyu's face card is a 4 of spades, while the dealer's face card is a 5 of hearts. They all chose to hit.

Gong Xinyu got a 3 of diamonds, and the dealer got a 2 of spades.

The other two have become aware of their supporting roles, with one busting after choosing to play and the other quitting after surrendering. This gamble now belongs only to Gong Xinyu and the dealer.

The dealer's face card is the plum 'flower' J (representing 10 points), plus 5 and the later risk of 2, which is already 17 points. If you continue to hit, you will bust as long as the hand exceeds 4 points. He fell into passivity, nervously waiting for the player to choose whether to continue to hit.

The hidden cards in Gong Xinyu's hand are only known to him, and now the numbers on the cards add up to 7 points, and he chose to play again.

The dealer dealt him a 10 of spades. And Gong Xinyu said that he did not blow the cards. The dealer's heart was hit hard - this means that Gong Xinyu has surpassed himself only by the number of cards open. If you don't continue to play cards, it's tantamount to admitting defeat.

In this case, one can only pray for God's blessing. The dealer held his breath and asked for the last card - thank God! It's plum 'flower' 3! Add up to 20 points!

At this point in the game, the surrounding spectators sighed, they thought that the winner was decided, and the dealer took a risk and turned the situation around. Although no one knows what the hidden card in Gong Xinyu's hand is, even if the smallest is A, it adds up to 18 points. In this case, no one will choose to continue to hit.

However, they heard the young man's mouth clearly say the word "deal".

Everyone thought the young man was crazy. The dealer numbly dealt a card to Gong Xinyu, muttering in his heart: Impossible, this is absolutely impossible.

2 of hearts. If Gong Xinyu's face card is an ace, it adds up to 20 points. Draw.

Gong Xinyu said "oops" and seemed surprised: "It's really 2 o'clock." In this way, 2 plus 10 plus 3 plus 4...... Plus this 2 in my hand - exactly 21 o'clock! And it's five dragons (the player has five cards in his hand and no bust, the dealer must pay double the bet), double! Luck was so good tonight! ”

As he spoke, he flipped over the hidden cards in his hand, and when people saw the 2 of diamonds, they all boiled. The dealer's face was 'pale', he looked shaky, and he fainted.

Gong Xinyu packed the winning chips in a big bag, and went to the exchange office to exchange a suitcase full of Australian 'door' dollars, with a total value of more than 40 million yuan.

Just as he was about to leave the casino, two big men in black suits outflanked him from both sides, one after the other, squeezing the thin Gong Xinyu in the middle. One of them said, "Sir, our boss wants to meet you." ”

Gong Xinyu "groaned" in his heart, and he shouted to inform the guests around him that he had been physically threatened: "Why? I won because I was lucky, and I didn't make a thousand, so why do you ......?"

"That's it." Another big man in black lifted his suit and 'revealed' the pistol pinned to his waist. "Is that a good reason?"

Gong Xinyu swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and was taken to a huge office upstairs under the hostage of two big men.

Behind the black desk, there sat an old man with his hands folded, with gray hair, who looked to be about sixty years old. After the 'door' closed, the old man stood up and slowly walked to Gong Xinyu. After carefully looking at Gong Xinyu, he said:

"I'm the manager of this casino. Maybe you won't believe it, but you cost us more money in two hours than we have lost since we opened. No matter how much you stress that you don't have a thousand, I can't believe that one person can win so much money by luck alone - especially the last hand, you know it, it's completely unreasonable. So I'm really curious, how do you do that? ”

Under the threat of gunpoint, Gong Xinyu did not dare to show any sense of superiority, for fear of 'provoking' them and having an extra 'hole' in his body. He looked innocent and said, "I'm really all lucky, I've had gambling luck since I was a child......"

As he said these words, he heard the sound of a bullet loading next to him, and nervously 'hair' pores contracted: "You...... What are you going to do? Not going to hear me explain? ”

The old man said regretfully: "I want to hear the truth, not nonsense." If you insist on using 'luck' to explain all this, I'm not going to listen to it. ”

Gong Xinyu broke out in a cold sweat: "So, how do you want me to prove that I really didn't cheat?" ”

"Young man, I've been working in casinos since I was in my twenties, and it's been thirty-six years now. Winning money, losing money, getting rich, committing suicide – I've seen too many. But what is unreasonable, I can see at a glance. Like tonight. The old man paused, "You repeatedly emphasize that you are not out of the thousand, and our surveillance video does not see your flaws." So, I can only call you to the front and meet you personally. ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

The old man smiled indifferently: "I will bet three with you, and the bet for each game is 10 million." If you win against me, I'm sure you didn't make a thousand, and I'm sure you'll leave safely with the thirty million and the money you've won. ”

As he spoke, the old man walked to his desk, took out a box from the 'drawer', opened it and displayed it in front of Gong Xinyu: "To show sincerity, I have all the money ready." What do you think? ”

Gong Xinyu knew that he had no choice, and asked, "What are you betting on?" ”

The old man said, "I'm old, and the game that requires card counting is no longer suitable for me, so let's play the simplest game." ”

He picked up a deck of playing cards on the table and handed it to Gong Xinyu: "You check, this deck of cards is just an ordinary deck of poker." ”

Gong Xinyu opened it and looked at it, and said, "That's right, it's just ordinary poker." "Give the cards back to the old man.

"Listen, the rules are simple – you shuffle the cards, and then I 'draw' a random card in them. If you can guess which one I 'draw', you win, and if you guess wrong, you lose. ”

Gong Xinyu opened his mouth and was stunned for a moment, and said, "Is this called gambling?" It was totally asking me to perform magic tricks. Do you think it's fair to guess any card in a poker deck? ”

"It's not fair. But as you just said, your gambling luck has been far better than ordinary people since you were a child. So what ordinary people can't do, you should be able to do. The old man said with a sarcastic tone.

This old fool. He thought he would make things difficult for me? It's completely self-inflicted. Betting on this is 100 times easier than 21. Gong Xinyu smiled secretly in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to make up his mind after some inner struggle: "Okay, just do as you say." If I win, will you really let me go? ”

"It's a deal." The old man smiled and 'drawn' the playing cards out of the carton and handed them to Gong Xinyu, "Shuffle the cards." ”

Gong Xinyu shuffled the cards several times - it was completely for show, in fact, it was the same whether it was shuffled or not - and spread the cards on the desk in a fan shape on his back. The old man 'draws' a random card from it, looked at it, and asked, "Which card did I 'draw'?" ”

Gong Xinyu stared for a few seconds before replying, "Block 9." ”

The old man pursed his lips and shook his head, "No. He turned the card in front of Gong Xinyu's eyes, and it was a plum 'flower' Q. None of them are touched.

Gong Xinyu was extremely stunned, and couldn't believe that he had actually missed. But after the old man 'draws' the cards, he squeezed them motionlessly in his hand, with his back facing him, without any chance of changing the cards. He adjusted the situation and said, "Okay, I lost this game, come again." ”

The old man 'inserted' this card into a stack of pokers and handed it to Gong Xinyu: "Reminder, you have already lost 10 million to me." Let's end up together. ”

Gong Xinyu carefully shuffled the cards seven or eight times this time and spread them on the table again. The old man 'smoked' one at random, and motioned to Gong Xinyu to guess with his eyes.

"J of spades."

The old man flipped the card in front of Gong Xinyu, and it was a 5 of hearts.

The third time, Gong Xinyu intently sensed for a full minute, and he didn't believe that there would be a mistake this time: "Square 3." ”

But the old man's turned over card was a plum 'flower' 10. He shook his head slowly, "It seems that your luck is not as good as you imagined. Or is your Thousand Tricks only for '21'? ”

Gong Xinyu's face was sweating like rain, and he said with a confused expression: "Impossible, it's just a 1 in 54 probability...... With such a low probability, how could it be wrong......"

The old man caught the important information in his words and smiled knowingly: "Maybe the only mistake you made was to be too confident in your own abilities. I told you to check the deck, and you just looked at it casually and didn't count how many there were. ”

Gong Xinyu looked at the old man dumbfounded: "You 'yin'' me?" Isn't this deck 54 cards? ”

The old man sighed: "Young man, no matter how powerful he is, he can't get rid of the 'fault' of conceit and impatience. I didn't do anything, but this card is brand new and has a spare card from the manufacturer, so why don't you double-check it? ”

As he spoke, the old man selected the spare card printed with the manufacturer's advertisement from a stack of cards and displayed it in front of Gong Xinyu.

"I see, no wonder I'm wrong...... It's not a 1 in 54 probability, it's 1 in 55......" Gong Xinyu suddenly came to his senses, suddenly thought of something, and looked at the old man, "How do you know that I have some kind of 'ability'." ”

"I still know that your superpower is to control 'probability.'" The old man said, "I tried it out from what I just did." ”

Gong Xinyu was stunned: "How do you know these things?" Who are you? The gamble just now was to test my superpowers. ”

"Let my boss answer your questions. When you meet her, you know what's going on. ”

As the old man spoke, the 'door' inside the office opened, and out of it came a 'woman' wearing a high-end 'wool' suit, her hair was coiled into a bun, her face was cold, and her eyes were like ice. Gong Xinyu didn't recognize who it was at first, but felt very familiar. After looking at it for a long time, he called out:

"Ah, you are...... He Jingyi!? ”

He Jingyi ('female' No. 41 ability "money") walked up to her former classmates and said flatly: "Long time no see, Gong Xinyu." ”

Gong Xinyu said in disbelief: "You...... Is it the owner of this casino? ”

"Not a week ago, for your sake, I bought this casino." He Jingyi said, "You see, I value you so much. ”

"You know I'm going to come here to gamble?"

He Jingyi smiled indifferently: "In the past half a month, you have swept the major casinos such as Venetian, Grand Lisboa, Wynn and Sands, and won nearly 100 million yuan. And you're pretty smart enough to never show up twice at the same casino. So it's inevitable that you come to this casino. ”

Gong Xinyu looked at He Jingyi like a stranger: "You bought this casino?" How is this possible? You used to be just ......"

"Just a poor girl who does chores in exchange for free class opportunities," He Jingyi continued with his words, "The changes are too big for you to adapt to, right?" But you are also a rich man now, and you should know very well that this is the power of 'money'. ”

Gong Xinyu opened his mouth slightly, guessing what He Jingyi's superpower was. "What is the purpose of you trying to find out my superpowers?"

He Jingyi asked rhetorically: "You have already won 100 million yuan, but you haven't won it yet." It doesn't seem to make sense to say that it's just for pleasure. Then tell me, what is the purpose of you winning so much money? ”

Gong Xinyu glanced at the black-clothed man standing on both sides, as well as the old man, knowing that he was passive and had been investigated for whereabouts, he didn't dare to hide it, so he could only tell the truth: "Yes, my purpose in winning money is not for pleasure, but to become the richest man in the world." ”

"What is the reason why you want to be the richest man in the world?" He Jingyi asked.

Gong Xinyu said: "You know what kind of things happened to our Class 13 people. A year from now, no one can say what will happen to them. I don't want to kill, and I certainly can't sit still. The only thing I can do is use my superpowers to amass as much wealth as possible. I believe that money, while not everything, has a huge effect on turning things around. ”

He Jingyi stared at Gong Xinyu for a while, smiled, and said, "Very good, I was really right, you are a frank person." That's why I found you and wanted to work with you. ”

"Cooperation?"

"Yes, because some of our views are completely aligned, probably because there is something in common with our abilities."

"If I'm not mistaken, your ability is to control 'money'."

"That's right."

"How do you use it?"

"Open your suitcase and you'll know."

Gong Xinyu suspiciously opened the box full of cash, and was shocked to find that the entire more than 60 million Australian 'door' yuan had all turned into a penny of renminbi. It is estimated that the total value of such a large box of money will not exceed 500 yuan now.

He Jingyi said to Gong Xinyu, who was stunned: "If you have imagination, you should not doubt that this box of money can also be turned into other forms, such as euros or pounds. ”

Gong Xinyu slowly raised his head and said, "You have such a terrifying ability, why is there any need to cooperate with me?" ”

"I don't know if you have any research on economics." He Jingyi sat on a leather swivel chair, her legs folded, and her body leaned back. "But the simplest common sense you must know - if you have too much money, it's not worth it."

Gong Xinyu is a smart person, and he can understand it at one point. He nodded slightly: "So, you want to use my ability to win money in other people's hands, instead of blindly increasing money." ”

"Exactly. Well, you should be interested in this collaboration, right? He Jingyi said, "I believe that any person with poor imagination can think of what kind of chemical reaction will be produced by the cooperation of 'money' and 'probability'." The date of becoming the richest man in the world is just around the corner. Speaking of which, by the way, it is impossible to become the richest man in the world by your own ability. ”

"Why?"

He Jingyi said: "Although your ability can control the 'probability', I guess that in the case of level 1, I am afraid that you can't control things with too low probability, such as the lottery." Otherwise, you can just guess the winning number of the lottery, and you still need to run to the Australian 'door' to gamble so troublesomely? ”

In He Jingyi's words, Gong Xinyu was a little embarrassed for a while. At this time, the old man, the manager of the casino, said: "'21' is the only gambling game in which you can beat the dealer by 'probability'. And you don't need to rely on too low a probability to win. I think Mr. Gong took advantage of this to go to Australia to attract money. ”

was analyzed so thoroughly by the other party, Gong Xinyu didn't have to hide it anymore, he said: "That's right, so I can use this way to win hundreds of millions of funds in the world's major casinos." If I'm not mistaken, in just two months, I'll be able to ......."

"Sorry, that's not possible." He Jingyi pointed out gently. "It is theoretically true, but it is impossible to implement. Before you can win a tenth of the money you planned, you'll die. ”

Gong Xinyu's back froze: "Why?" ”

He Jingyi smiled: "You are really too proud, why didn't you even think of such a simple thing?" Whether it's in Australia, Las Vegas or Atlantic City, any gambler who wins a large amount of money in a row will attract the attention of the local gambling league. And the truth is that regardless of whether or not evidence of this person's thousands of dollars can be found, casino owners will not allow such a person to exist. The owner of the casino is not a kindergarten teacher. Have you ever thought about what they will come up with to deal with such people? ”

The old man added: "Not to mention far, with your gambling performance in Australia during this time, it has already attracted the special attention of various casino owners in Australia." If you continue to win like this, I am afraid it will be difficult to even leave the Australian 'gate'. ”

Cold sweat soaked from Gong Xinyu's forehead, and he admitted that he was really thinking too simply. He Jingyi said: "So you have to know that I found you in time and reminded you of this, which actually saved your life." ”

Gong Xinyu has completely lost his previous arrogance, and he realizes that cooperating with He Jingyi is his only way out. "Well, I'll listen to you, what do you say we should do?"

He Jingyi glanced at the old man and looked at Gong Xinyu: "First of all, you have to tell me, how do you use your superpowers?" ”

Gong Xinyu said: "At present, there are two uses. First, the probability of being able to change something. For example, turn the probability of 1 in 1,000 into 100%. But as you know, my current level can't control things that are too low-probability. Second, if you know the probability of something, you can perceive information related to it. ”

"For example, if you knew the probability was 1 in 55, you could guess what that card was?"

"Yes."

He Jingyi bowed her head and said, "I understand." ”

Gong Xinyu asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

He Jingyi got up from the leather swivel chair, walked up to him, and said, "You have the ability to control probabilities, do you just want to be a player?" You don't think about how much money you would win if you were a banker? ”

Gong Xinyu let out an "ah" and suddenly became enlightened: "By the way, if I am a banker and win the player's money, I will not become the target of public criticism!" ”

He Jingyi said indifferently: "Now you understand, I bought another purpose of this casino, right?" ”

"Yes, we can use this casino to win money from gamblers from all over the world......

He Jingyi shook her head with a smile and stared into Gong Xinyu's eyes: "Open your mind a little more, okay?" What is this little casino? Just a starting point. As long as the cooperation is happy, the whole world will step under our feet. ”

Gong Xinyu looked at He Jingyi dumbfounded for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "You...... Is it really the same He Jingyi before? The difference is just too great...... Is it money that changes you? ”

He Jingyi slowly turned around, the smile on her face disappeared, and she said coldly: "No, it's hatred." ”