"You say, gambling is a zero-sum game." Shang Luo looked up at the bell tower, "If the environment can bless the fortune and make everyone's luck better, then who is unlucky?" ”

[I don't know, probably a casino.] 】

"So here it is. Take a look at the guidebook – the Grand Hotel Chichen Itza, the official property of the city-state of Chichen Itza. But during the Banana Offensive of Taihe 22, Chichen Itza, along with 17 other Mayan city-states, fell into a frenzy of chain bankruptcies. In times of crisis, United Fruit reached out to all of these Mayan city-states. Fourteen of the 17 city-states were acquired by United Fruits, and only three accepted bankruptcy protection plans and survived to this day. Chichen Itza also unfortunately went bankrupt, but..."

He flipped the page of the guidebook: "Due to the bankruptcy of the city-state, the Chichen Itza Grand Hotel was mortgaged in its entirety to United Fruits, and the hotel revenue was used as a guarantee to pay off the debt. But as the city-state of Chichen Itza itself fell into an inevitable decline, the hotel's performance gradually declined. Finally, three years ago, they accepted the merger of United Fruit and made adjustments to some high-cost projects. They fired all the dealers, remodeled the entire casino, and replaced the previous projects with pachinko and slot machines. It is said that this was the decision of the king of Chichen Itza. ”

[Then they must have turned a profit now?] 】

"No, they're in the middle of a power shortage right now. United Fruit doesn't seem to deal with the local gangs, and the gate is pulled every once in a while, and every time the gate is pulled, all the tigers and marbles are powered off, and a large piece of it is broken when the power is cut off. King Chichen Itza's gamble was a complete failure.

After speaking, Shang Luo began to tidy up his collar: "So now, it's up to me... Oh no, we're going to have to show up. ”

The hat, collar and cuffs had to be sorted out one by one, and he had to maintain the dignity of a "Kinai man".

Walking up the steps decorated with reliefs, Shang Luo walked to the door of the hotel.

Two half-naked men armed with Macqua Witt stood in the doorway, their bare limbs and breasts covered in tattoos, barely finding a single place to see their true skin.

Shang Luo had just seen in the atlas that these were "professionals" invited from the Mayan Kingdom, and each of them was a descendant of the nobles of the Maya Pan 17 city-states that survived after the king cut down the mountains and destroyed the temple. In the Great Righteous War, Wang Shi abolished the blood sacrifices of human sacrifices in the entire Yangzhou Prefecture in the form of cutting down mountains and destroying temples, but their original ruling system was retained.

Although only three of the 17 city-states are still monarchies, and the rest are all swallowed up by the United Fruit Banana Plantation, the Mayan culture is fully respected and preserved – only because of the economic problems of recent years that many have had to come out to work.

Traditionally, the more tattoos you have, the better you are. In addition to not having tattoos on their faces, these two are tattooed all over their bodies with the lineage of gods, and they are very powerful to look at.

But I don't know if it's the hotel's theme or if these two professionals are not so willing to be a runner to welcome guests. When Shang Luo entered the door, the two people next to the door were motionless like stone statues. After entering the door, I waited in the hall for a while before the doorman came up to greet me.

"I don't live in the store." He said to the doorman, "Please show me around the casino, can you?" ”

"No problem, sir. Our hotel is open to the public, so please go this way. ”

Not all hotels accept outsiders – one of the cultural symbols of the Maya, the Chichen Itza Hotel didn't accept it before. But as it stands, they have to accept it if they don't accept it.

The doorman leads the way, and the store staff passes by from time to time. Without exception, all of them were Mayans.

In terms of appearance, the Mayans were not the same as the Aztecs and the Incas. Although the eyes and hair are black, the Mayans have softer facial lines and whiter skin. From a distance, many Mayans look very close to the Han Chinese. There was even a saying that "Yin Shang crossed to the east" at one time, although it was not resolved in the end.

It's not the first time Shang Luo has seen the Mayans, and there are quite a few in San Francisco. The city belonged to the "three feudatories" in a large area, with the Maya being one of the feudatories, the remaining two being the Aztecs and the Incas. In San Francisco, there is a "Great Pyramid of the Dragon God" dedicated by the three San Francisco, which for a long time was the tallest building in San Francisco except for the glazed tower in the Acropolis. It's just that time has passed, and the pyramid of the dragon god has long been buried in the reinforced concrete forest, and the meaning of that city as a "gift" has faded a lot.

The Mayans here are also as non-talkative as the Mayans in San Francisco, and are nowhere near as enthusiastic as they used to be.

At that time, the Great Righteous War not only cut down mountains and destroyed temples in the entire Yangzhou, but also carried out the "rise and extinction" of all the aborigines of Yangzhou. At that time, the Aztecs had effectively perished, and the Maya were left with only a few city-states such as Chichen Itza struggling to support them. It was the imperial court that allowed them to rebuild their homes from the ruins.

In addition to the eternal loyalty of the 'Ariake Joseon State', which is still eternally loyal, Maya, who is far away from the waves, always seems to be more and more estranged from Wanggi.

After being bought out in bankruptcy, the Mayans also focused more on the imminent pressures of life.

[These Mayans don't look very professional, and they don't look too lazy to do business. Anyway, what was going on in the first place? Rome thought that the Ming would interfere in the merger and acquisition of United Fruits. And you didn't care. 】

"I don't know the specifics, it was before I was 'born'. However, it seems to be related to the main messenger behind the 'United Fruit' - Lanfang Company, which is the industry of the king of Yanping. It is said that they did this in order to acquire the 'edicts' issued to the tributary states that year, which were the only legal evidence of their tribute. Whoever gets the edict will be able to trade tributary with the imperial court. ”

The edict was taken away, and Chichen Itza lost its usefulness. It's no wonder that it has fallen into the field today.

Walk through the hall and into the open space—the light suddenly dims, and the air becomes cloudy. In the dim light, second-hand smoke from various brands from all over the world fused together, forming a great disharmony of life.

Rows of small steel balls are lined up here, as well as slot machines and coin pushers. The noise has suddenly doubled, and the dusty and pilling carpets and tapestries that were prepared for the dress-wearing dealer doors will not absorb the mechanical noise at all.

Tourists and residents stand in front of the glittering machines, staring at the spinning rollers, the beating steel balls... It's like they're obsessed.

"Ahem..."The sudden stimulation made Shang Luo cough, "I said, why don't you turn on the lights in broad daylight."

"Power saving." The doorman replied weakly, "You can use the machines here as you like. Look at you, it's a person from Kinai, and these machines are all made in Kinai. If you have Taihe Tongbao, Shaoping Tongbao, etc., you can invest directly in it, and you don't need to exchange tokens. Well, I wish you all the best. ”

In the end, he still maintained the last bit of professionalism and arched his hand to Shang Luo. "Well, borrow your auspicious words, and I will definitely make a fortune with you."