Li Dai walked out of the VIP betting room with a smile on his face and seemed to be in a very good mood. He spent 100,000 US dollars in betting. According to the odds, if Taylor wins the first round, he can get 2 million US dollars in profit. If Taylor wins the second round, Li Dai can also get 1.75 million.
What made Li Dai even more happy was that after Li Dai placed his bet, James King also raised his bet.
James King was over sixty years old, but he was still very angry. Perhaps because Li Dai was going against him, which made him feel very humiliated, James King directly raised a million dollars on Sanders. But to him, one million US dollars is really nothing. The money he stole from Taylor back then was tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.
Li Dai, who was in a happy mood, couldn't help but go to the casino of the MGM Hotel. Within a few minutes, he lost more than 100 yuan in front of the slot machine.
"I lost everything so quickly. I really don't have the life to live in this bowl of rice. I'd better be a coach honestly." Dai Li smiled self-deprecatingly. He looked around. Under the various noisy sounds, mixed with With various expressions, some people were dancing for joy because they had won money, while others felt like mourning because they had lost money.
"Although nine out of ten gamblers lose, there should be quite a few professional gamblers here who rely on this to make a living." Dai Li stood up and walked towards the guest room.
"Should I tell Taylor about meeting James King? This may affect his mood, but it's better to tell him in advance." Dai Li thought of this and dialed Taylor's number.
"I'm upstairs on the observation deck," Taylor replied.
"Okay, I'll go find you right away." After speaking, Dai Li stepped into the elevator.
…
On the observation deck, Taylor sat alone in front of the glass window, seeming to be meditating or reminiscing about the past.
Dai Li came to his side, ordered a cup of coffee, and then asked for a cup of water for Taylor. For Taylor, who is about to participate in the competition, it is better for him to drink water now.
"You know, I used to be a frequent visitor here." Taylor suddenly said, pointing to his feet: "There are many boxing matches in Las Vegas. After I became famous, almost all my matches were held here. After every game, I would go to the casino below to play all day, then go to a nightclub at night, and then take a few girls back to my presidential suite... "
"Are you nostalgic for that kind of life?" Dai Li interrupted Taylor.
"No." Taylor shook his head: "That kind of life is very exciting and passionate. I think many people want to live a life of spending money and beauties. But after experiencing something like this, when I sat down again Here, standing on a high place, looking down at these familiar scenes, I feel that those things have no meaning."
"Enjoying life, why do you think it is meaningless? I don't know how many people's goal in life is to enjoy life." Dai Li asked rhetorically.
"It's more like satisfying personal desires. After the desires are satisfied, it brings another kind of emptiness. If you haven't experienced that feeling, you won't understand. It's like facing a beautiful woman you like, When you can't get her, you will try your best to sleep with her, and after you sleep with her, you will feel that she is no different from other women." Taylor spoke very slowly, and it was even more revealing. There is a sense of vicissitudes of life.
"Uh..." Dai Li was speechless for a moment. He didn't know how to answer this topic.
"Actually, I have been thinking about what I have been boxing for all these years. When I was young, Angie took me out of the juvenile detention center and asked me to practice boxing. He said that I was very good at it. I had a lot of talent in boxing, and then I started practicing boxing. I didn’t have any ideals at the time, just because Angie had to do it. Later, I became a professional boxer and a boxing champion. I made money, a lot of money, I know that being a boxer can make a lot of money, and lead a life of luxury, beautiful women, luxury cars, mansions, and raising a little girl... That is something I never dared to think about when I was a child."
Taylor said and shook his head: "But now I don't know what the meaning of some of what I have done is to me. I am a little confused. I don't know why I am boxing."
"In order to repay the money, you still owe the bank more than 20 million." Li Dai said.
"What happens after I pay off the money? I will definitely be old by then and I can no longer box. Maybe I will have a savings until I retire, and then I will go back to what I did a few months ago, soaking in alcohol and marijuana every day to numb myself. Myself?" Taylor said with a self-deprecating expression on his face, "That's not what I want. I made a lot of money by boxing, and then I spent more money and got a lot of debt, and then I continued to rely on boxing. I boxed to pay off my debts, but now that I think about it, I seem to have done nothing in the past ten years, what a bastard I am!”
However, Dai Li was somewhat impressed by Taylor. After many days of contact, Dai Li always thought that Taylor was a big, brainless, impulsive guy, but he never expected that Taylor would have such an alternative side.
"Isn't this guy the kind of person who helps count the money after being sold? How can he start to learn to think about life!" Dai Li looked at Taylor. He could feel that Taylor now looked more like a completely defeated loser. Frustration, vulnerability, self-doubt, and a complete loss of self-confidence. That's why he had so many melancholy thoughts.
"Kevin, don't think about such distant things now. Your first priority is to defeat Sanders. I just spent a hundred thousand dollars for you to KO Sanders in the first two rounds. Come on, I'm right You have confidence!" Dai Li said encouragingly.
"What are the odds between me and Sanders?" Taylor asked.
"Of course your odds are better." Dai Li lied, he wanted to comfort Taylor.
"You don't need to comfort me. I know that our odds are about the same, and after the odds change, his odds are better than mine, and his odds of winning are lower." Taylor sighed helplessly. .
Betting odds are certainly not static. Gambling companies have a formula for changing odds. Whichever side has more money betting, the odds will decrease. If the initial odds of both sides are the same, if the odds of one side are reduced, it definitely means that more people will buy this side. Therefore, Sanders's winning odds have become lower, which means that more people are betting on Sanders to win, which means that everyone is more optimistic about Sanders.
"You are concerned about the odds of the game. It seems that you still care about the game." Dai Li smiled slightly and then said: "Let me tell you another news. I met James King when I was betting. He was in Sang. More than a million dollars was bet on Des, you don’t want to see that bastard win money, do you?”
"James King! You're right, I will never let this scumbag win money!" There was anger in Taylor's eyes.
Li Dai breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, Taylor was still the impulsive Taylor. A moment ago, he was like a wise man thinking about life. As soon as James King's name was mentioned, he immediately turned into an angry bulldog.
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On match day, the seats around the ring were already packed.
The door of the passage opened, and Sanders walked out with vigorous steps. He made a fist gesture towards the camera, and this action was immediately transmitted to the big screen at the scene.
The cheers became more and more enthusiastic at this moment, and the surrounding audience kept waving their hands.
"Sanders, knock Taylor down!"
"Come on! Kick Taylor's ass!"
"Sanders, I bought you to win, go up and give Taylor a KO!"
Judging from the sound, there were many people supporting Sanders.
These sounds reached Sanders's ears. Although there were many words starting with F, they made him even more excited.
"Kevin Taylor, the former super boxing champion and the ruler of heavyweight boxing, today you will crawl at my feet! You will become my stepping stone."
Sanders' expression was very exciting and ferocious. He knew that this game was very important to him. This was Taylor's comeback after two years. Many people were paying attention to this game, and if he could win If Taylor, his name will also be known to boxing fans all over the world, and he can step on Taylor and successfully rise to the top.
At this point, the host started calling Taylor's name.
The athletes' tunnel on the other side opened, and Taylor cheered up and walked into the competition site.
However, boos were heard all around.
"Go back, rapist!"
"Are you going to bite other people's ears today?"
"My vagina tastes better than my ears, you bitch, do you want to taste it?"
All kinds of abuse and ridicule, mixed with obscene words, appeared around Taylor. Someone even took a fishing rod and hooked a rubber model of an ear in front of Taylor, and did not forget to shout: "Come and take a bite!" "
Faced with this situation, Taylor chose to walk to the ring expressionlessly, but his mood was extremely depressed.
Behind Taylor, Dai Li looked around. He had never seen such a scene before.
"There are abuses and ridicules everywhere, as if there are enemies on all sides! This feeling is like being trapped in a desperate situation, which makes people desperate! I went to play the AFC Champions League final away with Dingtian Football before, and I never felt like this. atmosphere."
The next moment, Dai Li's mind entered the system, he wrote the number 5 on the age reduction card, and then used the age reduction card on Taylor.
In the system, a number "240" appears below the card, which is the number of days the age reduction card lasts.
"Now Taylor has lost five years and has returned to the physical condition of a 27-year-old. According to what he said at the beginning, this should be his peak condition!"
Dai Li was thinking and looking at Taylor. He wanted to see if Taylor had changed after using the age reduction card.
Taylor is still the same as before, and his expression has not changed at all. It is as if the sounds around him have nothing to do with him. He is very calm, so calm that he is a bit dead.
"No! This is not calm, this is numb!" Dai Li realized this.
"The game is about to start, but Taylor is still so numb. It can't go on like this. We will lose before we even fight. This must be changed! Fortunately, I still have a guide to improve morale. In Taylor's current state, use morale Although improvement cannot make him morale high, it can at least make him normal. The first step is to praise him before the game."
Thinking of this, Dai Li quickly took a step closer to Taylor and said in his ear: "Kevin, you are the strongest!"
"What?" Taylor came back to his senses. He didn't hear Dai Li's words clearly for a while.
"I said, you are the strongest!" Dai Li repeated.
"Oh!" Taylor nodded subconsciously, and then walked onto the ring. He didn't take Dai Li's words to heart at all.
"Bah, bang, bang, bang..." Dai Li's applause rang out. This was the second step in improving morale. He was given encouragement by applause when he came on the field.
At the same time, in the front row of the stands, James King, who was still wearing very fancy clothes, also saw Dai Li.
"That's the Chinese guy who was against me yesterday! It turns out he's Taylor's employee, is he his assistant? Well, he's quite responsible. He didn't forget to applaud Taylor at this time. But boxing matches are all about strength, what about you? One hundred thousand dollars, even if I slap you in the face, you won’t win.”