Chapter 14: The Power of Natural Disasters (Second Update, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
When you come to Las Vegas, how can you play two hands without going to the casino? It's like coming to Beijing and not climbing the Great Wall once. Taizu has already said: "Turtle grandson, you don't even climb the Great Wall?" Not a hero. β
Back then, Zuo Xiaoyou also responded to Taizu's call and climbed the Great Wall once when he went to the capital with the crew.
But since then, it has left a psychological shadow......
Dude, you stepped on my feet; Auntie, don't touch my breasts; Whose child is peeing on the street?
There are too many people, annoyed into chickens, tired into dogs.
Even so, my brother is also a good man.
Claire is a good girl, she hasn't done anything too out of the ordinary since she was a child, but she is also like an ordinary American girl, she likes to play and like excitement. Gambling is undoubtedly exciting.
Many people think that Las Vegas casinos should be full of people playing cards, Russian roulette, sieves and the like, but they are not, and the most players in Las Vegas casinos are slot players.
In the casino, there are slot machines everywhere, which is also because slot machines have the lowest cost, anyone can afford to play, and slot machines basically do not cheat, which is the safest way to gamble. Of course, the probability of winning money is not very high.
In the casino, there are heavily armed police officers everywhere, and it is difficult for criminals to commit crimes here. Photography is not allowed inside the casino, which attracts a large number of celebrities and corrupt officials from all over the world.
As long as you take the time to wander around the casino, you're sure to see the celebrities and politicians you're familiar with spending money here. But don't come forward to talk to them or ask for autographs after encountering them, they are very scared.
You know.
Both Left and Right and Claire are nobodies, and there is no pressure to walk into the casino.
"Left, what are we going to play?" Claire was also visiting the casino for the first time, looking at the wide and dense space, her eyes were full of curiosity and excitement.
"The simplest is a slot machine, which doesn't cost much and can be played for a long time." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled and said, "Do you want to try?" β
"Okay!"
Exchanged 100 $100 chips. Finding two connected vacant slot machines, Claire happily divided the chips with Zuo Xiaoyou and sat down to play together.
By default, the slot machine only eats one chip per game, but it will make a count of the number of chips invested, and Claire is very relieved to put in fifty chips in one go, planning to play a fifty round.
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly, and also invested fifty chips in his slot machine, and played game by game.
Half an hour later, Claire covered her forehead helplessly and lost it all.
Fifty dollars. In just half an hour, she lost all her living expenses for the day.
"Left, how are you?" Claire asked, turning her head in frustration.
"I'm waiting for a big prize." Zuo Xiaoyou smiled.
"So if you don't have the jackpot, you're all lost?" Claire asked.
"Trust me, there will be a big prize." Zuo Xiaoyou shrugged: "Although there are only three chips left, I am confident in the jackpot." β
"Confidence? All right! Claire believed a little, and then didn't believe it, and finally chose to believe: "I believe in you." β
"Because you believe. Our big prize is coming. Left and right selected the three chips raised to the maximum and pressed the button. The screen on the slot machine moves.
7β¦β¦ 7β¦β¦ 7β¦β¦
Colorful screens flicker, accompanied by cheerful music, instantly draw the eyes of nearby players.
Claire's face was incredulous. Holding his head in his hands in disbelief, he finally turned into a scream: "OMG! We hit the jackpot! β
"Jackpot! Is it a jackpot of millions? β
βFUCKοΌ Why not me! β
"A million? God, I don't have to work for twenty years. β
"Orientals? Is it Japanese or Korean? β
βSHITοΌ Good luck Oriental boy! β
The commotion alerted the casino staff, who learned that someone had won the mega millions. The staff immediately ran over to verify Zuo Xiaoyou's identity.
According to the rules of the casino, if the left and the right belong to foreigners, then the 33% tax rate will be automatically deducted in the casino. The rest is paid in cash.
But Zuo Xiaoyou married an American girl, this money belongs to the joint property of the husband and wife, if you go to the relationship of the American girl, there is no need to deduct taxes on the spot, the money can be directly transferred to the girl's account, and then deducted when you agree to declare and pay taxes next year.
Claire, a native of New York, is subject to a 35% income tax based on the couple's joint annual income of more than $373,650.
After inquiring about the situation clearly, Claire resolutely chose to go to the left and right, deducted 33% income tax, and then directly took $670,000 in cash.
$670,000 is not much, but it is definitely a lot, and if the two walk out of the casino, they will be targeted.
Claire wasn't afraid, though: "Let's go to the bank as soon as we leave the casino and use the extra $20,000 for our honeymoon, okay?" β
If you pay taxes according to the income tax of the husband and wife, one million dollars will become 650,000 dollars, but now it is 20,000 dollars more, and Claire can be regarded as a woman who can live.
Zuo Xiaoyou smiled slightly: "I listen to you." β
For him, this money is really nothing, even if it is all given to Claire, it will not be distressed.
The two went out to take a taxi and deposited money in the bank smoothly. Of course, this money was deposited into Zuo Xiaoyou's account, who made him a foreigner! The U.S. can't deduct his taxes.
Claire trusts Zuo Xiaoyou very much, and doesn't believe that Zuo Xiaoyou will change her feelings for her for hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is why she really chose to take the money and leave directly.
"I believe in you!"
"Huh?" Zuo Xiaoyou turned his head to look at her and smiled, "What did you say?" β
"Nothing." Claire hugged his arm, "I'm a little hungry. β
"Do you want to eat French foie gras?"
"Nope." Claire shook her head: "I want to eat Sixi Balls." β
"You're too hard for the chef here." Zuo Xiaoyou doesn't trust the chef of the Chinese restaurant here very much.
Just as the two of them walked into a Chinese restaurant with a smile, ordered a few dishes and waited, the table suddenly shook.
A water glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Zuo Xiaoyou was stunned, is it an illusion?
"Why did the water cup fall off all of a sudden?" Claire reluctantly called the waiter, first, to ask her to clean up, and second, to discuss compensation.
But as soon as the waiter came over, the table vibrated again...... No. It's not the tabletop, it's the floor, the glass, everything that's shaking.
The people in the restaurant were stunned. Two or three seconds later, I don't know who shouted: "Earthquake! β
Everyone stood up and ran for their lives in a frenzy.
"Damn it!" Left and right are angry, this is Las Vegas, this is the desert Gobi area, how can there be such a thing as an earthquake? If you think about it with your ass, you know that this must be the ghost of death.
Unexpectedly, the Grim Reaper did not move for half a year, not because he confessed, but in order to accumulate strength. Make a big one.
But this is not the reason why Zuo Xiaoyou is angry, he is angry that the Grim Reaper actually involved so many innocent people in order to kill him.
This is an earthquake, even if the last time the movie building exploded, at most dozens or hundreds of people died. But in the event of an earthquake, and in the densely populated area of Las Vegas, the death toll is at least in the four digits.
At least a thousand people will die as a result of this disaster.
Thinking of this possibility, Zuo Xiaoyou became extremely angry with the Grim Reaper.
"Left!" Claire was horrified. Holding the hand of the left and right: "Run!" β
But before they could run, the roof collapsed.
Left and Right and Claire didn't have any time or space to escape, so they were hit hard and buried under the rubble.
With their burial. The earthquake gradually stopped and returned to normal.
The streets were full of panicked and disheveled people.
"Why is there an earthquake in Las Vegas? This is ridiculous. β
"It doesn't seem to be a big range, I just called a friend in Los Angeles and he said he didn't feel the vibration."
"Hell. Even Las Vegas will have an earthquake, is there a safer place in the world? β
"Luckily, only one store collapsed. Everything else is fine. β
"Only one? The owner of this shop must be very sad. β
"I think the saddest thing is the insurance company."
As passers-by gradually settled down, the collapsed shop shook slightly, and soon after, Zuo Xiaoyou held the unconscious Claire in her arms, broke free from the rocks above her head, and walked out of the rubble.
Feeling the cold aura around him, Zuo Xiaoyou sneered: "Unless the earth is destroyed, you can't kill me." β
Stretch out a middle finger: "Idiot." β
The earth shook again, but Zuo Xiaoright's body slowly rose, maintaining a height of one centimeter from the object under his feet, sneering at the futile actions of the Grim Reaper.
Go on, keep going! It's already the fourth time, and a few more times, and my mission is complete.
The shaking of the ground finally stopped, Zuo Xiaoyou felt the dissipated breath, and a sneer of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Are you poor in donkey skills?" Idiot, you will never be able to kill me, and as long as I don't die, you can't kill the people behind you. You're done! Your design is completely broken, and your power is nothing more than that, die! Hahaha......"
In the midst of Zuo Xiaoyou's ridicule, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky and slashed down on his head.
Zuo Xiaoyou instantly felt the danger of death, his complexion changed greatly, and he hurriedly moved sideways.
In a desperate moment, he finally dodged this lightning.
"Harness the power of nature!" Left and right's heart was beating faster, and he looked up at the small cloud in the sky with a solemn face.
Xiao Hei said that because of the influence of "City Hunter", his body can be immune to currents below one million volts, but above one million volts, his endurance is no different from that of ordinary people.
And what is the current of a lightning bolt?
The answer is: 100 million to 1 billion.
Zuo Xiaoyou is very grateful that he studied hard when he was in school, and he also read books all year round after dropping out of school, which allowed him to learn a lot of physics and chemistry knowledge. Otherwise, if you change to a scumbag, you know that you are invincible under a million volts, so you think that lightning can't reach a million volts, and stupidly go to find a thunderbolt with your head, then it's really called not dying. (To be continued......)
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