"There hasn't been any news recently about a financial crisis, right? How could you be in such a recession?" Fang Ze asked curiously as the three of them got on the bus.
"This is no secret." Lao Zhang said to Fang Ze, "The decline of Macau's gaming industry started a few years ago. In addition to the fact that many countries around the mainland have also started to build casinos in recent years, there are also It’s just that the various regulations in Macau are getting stricter and stricter, making it harder to launder money.”
"Money laundering?" Fang Ze asked with great interest.
"Actually, many people came to Macau in the past to launder money." Lao Zhang said with gestures, "Casinos are all cash transactions and there will be no information records, so no one will know how much you win or lose. In the past, many high-rollers from mainland China lost millions in one night, but they could take back the remaining millions and tell others that they had won with the 20,000 they had brought through customs.”
Seeing Fang Ze's interest, Lao Zhang continued, "The money earned like this is considered your legal income. You can also contact us and ask the casino to issue you a certificate to prove that you earned the money."
"Can we still do this now?" Fang Ze asked.
"No more." Lao Zhang said, "There are regulations here now. Cash transactions must be recorded if the gambling amount exceeds 500,000 Australian dollars. How much money is bet and how much is won back must be recorded. But in fact, such regulations actually help This has caused us a lot of work. Because there are some customers whose money cannot be seen in the light. They can prove it to us, but they cannot take it out openly, so we gave them a guarantee and asked him to gamble. After that, we went to the mainland. Get your money back.”
"What if he doesn't give it?"
"Report." Lao Zhang pointed at the top with his index finger and said, "Write a letter to their boss and publicly collect debts."
Hearing what Lao Zhang said, Fang Ze finally understood who were the people who came to launder money in the past.
"In fact, half of the people who came to Macau before were these people." Lao Zhang said nostalgically, "Since the mainland started to crack down on this phenomenon in 12 years, our income has been much less. In 13 years, Macau was The annual revenue from the gaming industry was 360 billion, but in 15 years, only 230 billion was left. Moreover, some of our Junket Operator’s customers borrowed money to gamble, but the money was not given when they returned. We were caught, and as a result, the money could not be recovered and became a bad debt. Therefore, the credit limit given to us by the casino will become lower and lower."
"You still have something to say?" Fang Ze asked, looking at Lao Zhang. He always felt that this man was hiding something. After all, these alone cannot make Macau's gaming industry revenue plummet in just a few years.
"The rest that I haven't talked about is about underground banks." Lao Zhang narrowed his eyes and said to Fang Ze, "Because I'm not qualified yet, so I don't know much, so I didn't talk about it."
While I was talking to Lao Zhang, the bus had already arrived.
Tsunade saw the familiar casino and walked in with a cheer.
Regular casinos are similar to those in movies. Everyone is well-dressed, with polite smiles, throwing out hundreds of thousands or millions, and there are rarely any extreme expressions on their faces, just a fleeting look. Annoyed, you can guess that this person spent his own money, and it hurts to lose.
After exchanging half a million chips and giving them to Tsunade, Fang Ze asked Lao Zhang to accompany Tsunade to explain the rules to her.
After all, Tsunade's gambling method is different from that here. Although the results are always losses, at least the losses are clearer. It's funny to say that after Fang Ze obtained the Vision of Athena, he once thought that if he was short of money one day, he would come to a casino in Macau and use his eyes to cheat and win a lot of money.
This is in line with the routines of most urban male protagonists.
But who would have thought that when I came to the casino for the first time, I would bring Tsunade here to lose money.
But if you lose, just lose.
Fang Ze also understood clearly that Tsunade had lost hundreds of millions in the past few days. After all, she only gambles to pass the time, and won't play too big a game, so all this is within Fang Ze's tolerance.
In fact, Fang Ze wished that Tsunade would lose more.
After all, Tsunade is not someone who owes favors to others casually. The more she loses now, the more precious the gift given to Fang Ze will be after she leaves.
He randomly took a few chips and gambled with Athena Vision for a while, winning a small amount of money. Fang Ze soon felt bored.
The real attraction of gambling is the human feeling when faced with the unknown.
Before the outcome of the gamble is revealed, it is unknown whether he will find a young model tonight or sleep on the street, which gives people an inexplicable sense of excitement. It’s the same as when you play Dark Souls, Monster Hunter, or Bloodborne.
Before you get the final result, there is no way to be sure that you can win. Therefore, during the game, the higher the expectation, the stronger the joy will be after winning. And what’s even more attractive is that even if you lose, you will still look forward to the next challenge, because in your perception, the difference between losing and winning is actually just a little bit different. You feel that you have gained the experience this time. , you can win next time.
It is this feeling that makes those gamblers unable to leave the gambling table and play one after another. It also makes those shady players unable to leave their consoles and fight boss after boss in Dark Souls and Monster Hunter.
Stay steady, we will definitely win the next move.
However, because Fang Ze has the Vision of Athena, he has an overwhelming advantage in playing games against others. Although you can't win every game. But it was normal to win seven or eight out of ten games. It was pointless to play for a long time, so I just stood in front of the slot machine and purely gambled on luck.
Perhaps because Fang Ze's lazy and impatient look looked very much like the idlers who often play here, a man suddenly came over and asked, "Sorry, I want to ask where the baccarat table is, we didn't find it just now."
"I don't know either." Fang Ze pointed to where the casino staff were standing and said, "Go over there and ask the staff."
"Excuse me." The man smiled politely, but he did not go to find the staff at the location pointed by Fang Ze. Instead, he took two steps and continued to stop a gambler and asked him about Baccarat. The location of the gambling table, and then walked over.
interesting.
Fang Ze looked at the man walking towards the corner, thought for a moment, left the slot machine, and walked in the direction of the man pretending to be casual.
Being idle is also idle, why not have some fun.
The reason why Fang Ze became curious about this man was, of course, not because he suddenly became gay, but because he observed that there was a slight reflection in the pocket on the man's jacket. If nothing else, he should have hidden a camera.
ps: There was a word in the previous chapter that should have been overseas, but was mistakenly typed as overseas. It has been changed.
(End of chapter)