As soon as Ye Shuang got on the boat, she realized that she had missed a big deal.
Zhuo Yuanhang's annual cruise event can be said to be famous throughout the country. Not to mention positions such as service staff and chefs, the hotel's internal training is enough to fill these positions. Captains and sailors are also hired on a long-term basis. After all, cruise ships usually have Use it for other purposes.
But in addition to these people, Zhuo Yuanhang will also hire security personnel during the grand event... In other words, there will be a large gathering of rich and famous people. The security level can be as high as possible. Of course, the more reliable the security, the better.
I don’t know if it’s a problem with the standard of Chaohai City itself or because Zhuo Yuanhang can’t find a way out. In short, as far as Ye Shuang can tell, the quality of the security guards on the ship is about the same as that of hotel security guards. There are cameras in public places and near the deck, and the security patrol teams are very neat. But it is more similar to an honor guard. According to Ye Shuang's assessment, the muscle density should not be high, and the muscle groups of the limbs are not well developed and obviously have no explosive power... It is enough to deal with some minor disputes and general commotions, but just in case, this level is casual. Any expert can solve it.
"If Mr. Zhuo has an important banquet next time, I can provide you with some good security agencies. There are experienced individuals and teams. After all, there are so many important people. It's too rough to use hotel security guards to cover your expenses." Ye Shuang couldn't help but say. Made a text message to complain.
Then the complaint was picked up by the assistant's mobile phone, and then conveyed to Zhuo Yuanhang by the assistant. Zhuo Yuanhang glanced at him from a distance after reading the phone, and Ye Shuang raised her hand to wave to him gracefully.
Zhuo Yuanhang: "..."
Lu Shaoyue chuckled: "Miss Ye and Mr. Zhuo also have contact?"
"We've been in contact a few times." Ye Shuang maintained her ladylike demeanor and glanced past the boarding port. She noticed that Han Chu and Abner had also boarded the ship smoothly. She smiled at them calmly and then looked away: "It's official. The banquet will only start tonight, I plan to go back to the room to pack my luggage first, where is Mr. Lu?"
Lu Shaoyue wisely took out his arm: "Then I will go back to the room to rest for a while. Miss Ye is in Area A of the first class cabin?"
Ye Shuang nodded with a smile, and Lu Shaoyue smiled and said: "Then I will pick up Miss Ye in the evening and go to the dinner together... Is it convenient at 8:30?"
Since it is an invitation-only banquet, all food and accommodation expenses during the cruise are of course free of charge. The restaurant is a hotel buffet. During dining hours, a variety of delicious meals and drinks are displayed for guests to take. It is also open for 4 hours during non-dining hours, but you have to order and wait for what you want to eat.
The first class cabin is on the top floor. In addition to the function halls and general cabins found in star hotels, the floors below also have casinos, bars, swimming pools, gyms, spas, hospitals, opera houses, even cinemas, basketball courts, etc... Simple For example, this cruise ship can be seen as a small society. Any functional building you can think of in a city is here, including short-term interest training.
This cruise ship is not entirely a product of Zhuo Yuanhang's show of wealth and luxurious entertainment. Except for the annual banquet, the cruise ship will be used as a foreign tourist line at other times. The cost is of course higher than that of ordinary tourist lines. In addition, tourists Consumption is basically concentrated on cruise ships, so it is actually quite profitable.
Zhuo Yuanhang holds such a banquet on the cruise ship every year. It is said that it also means to build a reputation for its own cruise ship. The higher the additional honors and the guest class, the higher the fee standard for collecting tourists will naturally be... Sihai Group is a travel company. After all, time is not long, especially for cruise travel. If you want to attract high-end customers who are willing to pay, commonly known as fat sheep, in addition to relying on time and qualifications to accumulate good reviews, using news about high-end banquets is the fastest way.
Ye Shuang didn't bring much luggage. Anyway, she didn't need much luggage to get on the cruise ship. A few sets of clothes were enough to cope with it. The only other things she brought besides clothes were her wallet, mobile phone, and computer... Even girls are so trouble-free. It is conceivable that Han Chu and Abner will only make it easier.
So just after Ye Shuang entered the room and sat down for a long time, the two men came over to knock on the door to visit.
"Hey! Did you know? There is a fried chicken set meal on this cruise ship." Abner brought in a bucket of chicken wings in a particularly country bumpkin manner. As soon as he stepped into the living room of Ye Shuang Suite, he walked to the refrigerator and rummaged through a few bottles. The Coke came out and he shook it proudly: "Coke and fried chicken, it's so cool, isn't it!"
"... Drink it yourself." Ye Shuang didn't bother to remind this guy that he had just shaken the Coke can. He didn't look at Abner's intention to pull out the tab and turned to ask Han Chu: "What's the matter?"
Accompanied by the sudden screams and the sound of jets and bubbles nearby, Han Chu nodded calmly: "It's not a big deal, just confirming tonight's itinerary... You should be Lu Shaoyue's female companion?! I know Lu Shaoyue in Jinghu City Shaoyue is not a simple person, and there should be many people communicating with him by then, but I hope that the rhythm of your itinerary will be controlled by you and not by him...or at least you must ensure that you cannot be taken away by his rhythm."
Ye Shuang nodded to express her understanding and acceptance. Since it had been agreed that she would be responsible for cooperating with Abner to contact other people, if she was unable to appear when needed, it would indeed greatly affect the expected results.
In other words, freedom of movement must be guaranteed.
Needless to say, Lu Shaoyue's status is natural. There are several areas in the Celestial Dynasty that are least easy to penetrate. International cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are one of them. Because of the developed economy here, the relationship status of members in the celebrity circle It’s also complicated, and it’s not easy to gain a voice in this kind of circle in the short term... There are so many powerful people emerging, and it’s difficult for a company or person without a foundation to gain a foothold.
The other one is naturally Jinghu City. This kind of place mainly pays attention to the foundation. In other words, it is to accumulate status based on time and seniority. If you are not qualified enough, no matter how much assets you have and how famous you are from other places, it will be difficult to be recognized by the locals. It is even as difficult to break into the circle of Jinghu City as it is to break into the circle of the capital... If Ye Shuang hadn't directly started with Lu Shaoyue and got recognition first, even if she had extraordinary abilities, she wouldn't have been able to let him go. The rich club there admits itself.
Therefore, it is precisely because of this that the leaders in the circles in Jingcheng, Magic City, Shenhai, Jinghu... these four cities basically have a certain weight in the country. It is difficult to meet each other when traveling between regions. It is rare to have the opportunity to have a cruise event. Lu It is conceivable that Shaoyue will be coveted by many people.
If Ye Shuang really wanted to be the other party's female companion throughout the whole trip, she would basically not have to think about doing anything else during these four days and three nights. The invitations to dinner parties, daily visits and "accidental encounters" on the deck would be enough to fill the entire trip.
"Lu Shaoyue and I will only appear together at large banquets." Ye Shuang explained: "He will not deliberately invite me in private time. After all, we are friends. If he is with me the whole time, this signal will be sent out. It’s too obvious, and everyone will definitely have misunderstandings by then.”
Han Chu raised his eyelids and glanced at Ye Shuang, then picked up a piece of chocolate from the table. He slowly peeled off the candy wrapper with his long fingers, then slowly stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it carefully. He narrowed his eyes meaningfully: "... Misunderstand?!"
"Otherwise?!" Ye Shuang asked back.
Han Chu clicked his tongue and said calmly: "Anyway, just don't affect your work." After saying that, he took out a pair of simple earrings and a bracelet: "Tony modified them, mainly for intercom communication... The earrings are Receive, the rose on the bracelet is for sending signals, I have checked the frequency with Zhuo Yuanhang, it will not be filtered by the shielding device here."
As soon as Ye Shuang put on her earrings, the intercom in her room rang. When she picked up the call, it was Assistant Zhuo Yuanhang who was calling. Apparently, the caller had already contacted Han Chu and Abner's shared apartment once, but no one answered. Only then did I find Ye Shuang.
Ye Shuang hung up the phone after hearing the news relayed by her assistant: "Brother Han, Assistant Zhuo Yuanhang said that there is a person playing golf at the golf course now."
Han Chu looked at Abner. Abner had just finished chewing a chicken wing and was sucking the oil on his fingers. He shrugged upon seeing this and said, "It seems it's time for me to do some exercise?"
"I hope your golf skills are good enough." Han Chu nodded and said calmly and matter-of-factly: "The person who goes to the golf course should be the second-largest shareholder. He is usually very polite to people. If you don't have common interests, it will be difficult for you to get along with him. He struck up a conversation.”
Abner went to the bathroom and rinsed his hands and came out. He wiped the water stains on his hands while squinting his gray eyes: "I don't need to talk to him, I just need to watch...and relax, remember that I am a professional." , you should have more confidence in me."
"I don't think professionals would go to the golf course with buckets of chicken wings to attract hatred." Ye Shuang added the last shot.
"..." Abner looked at the paper bucket he picked up in his hand with some reluctance. After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally put it down and sighed: "Okay, I think you are right."
Abner was the first to exit Ye Shuang's room. Ye Shuang walked over unceremoniously and took away the bucket of chicken wings that Abner had left on the low cabinet next to the door. Then he took a wing root out of it and took a bite... The best. The flour and spices, the chicken wings are not low-end cold storage goods that have been frozen for several years, and the frying oil is also fresh... The service quality of Zhuo Yuanhang's business is indeed good.
It seemed that she didn't have to worry about food rations for these four days and three nights.
After chewing one wing root in two or two mouths, Ye Shuang continued to take another one and asked at the same time: "Brother Han, is there anything else?"
"No more for now." Han Chu stood up and nodded to say goodbye.
Everyone else in the room left, and Ye Shuang began to concentrate on filling his stomach. A bucket of chicken wings was quickly disposed of. Ye Shuang finished cleaning up the trash and called room service to clean the carpet stained by Abner's Coke. Before the cleaning staff came to the door, the intercom rang again, still doing their duty. Assistant, the trip gossip reported this time is about Zhuo Feiyang... He accompanied the guests he invited to the cruise ship casino.
Ye Shuang changed hands and informed Han Chu of the news, using a walkie-talkie produced by Tony: "The people from Xihua went to the casino, and Zhuo Feiyang is accompanying them."
"Abner is already at the golf course and can't get through now." Han Chu said: "The casino on the cruise ship doesn't matter. They won't just go there once or twice. They will have a chance next time. And Zhuo Feiyang can't suffer here."
"Yes, the banker is his brother's employee, and the waiter is also his brother's employee. Anyone who wants to be a cheat has to look at the place. If Zhuo Feiyang is really serious about revenge, it is not impossible to collude with the banker to turn out the cheat..." Ye Shuang gloat.
Han Chu was silent for a moment: "... If you don't tell me, I have forgotten. I heard that Mr. Ye once rescued the second son of the Zhuo family in a casino, otherwise it almost caused a catastrophe."
"Ahem!" Ye Shuang just remembered this incident. The advantage of losing his waistcoat is that someone can help him cover it, but the disadvantage is that he will be caught if he tries to use the "trumpet" to do anything in the future, so he said seriously: "That's called being brave enough to save someone who made a mistake. youth."
There seemed to be a faint smile in Han Chu's voice because of his confidence: "It's a pity that 'Mr. Ye' is not here now. Zhuo Yuanhang is our client after all, so please go check on his brother."
Ye Shuang, who had lost his vest, went out obediently and went straight to the casino. As he walked, he took a walkie-talkie and talked on the phone with Han Chu: "This casino is under the name of Zhuo Yuanhang. You can tell with your hair that it doesn't matter whether Zhuo Feiyang wins or loses. Those bets are just left." The difference between the pocket and the right pocket... Brother Han, what are the people in Xihua thinking? "As soon as you go to sea, your brain is flooded with water? !
Han Chu seemed to disagree, and said with the sound of typing on the keyboard and the sea breeze: "Cultivating habits is also a way. First let him adapt to the atmosphere of the casino, then set up a gambling game, wait for the other party to fall into the trap and finally close the net... This kind of thing is not Zhuo Feiyang needs to be addicted to winning and losing immediately, but before he becomes addicted, he can get used to it first. What's more, there are also bets in the casino that do not require a banker, and there is the possibility of manipulation. "
"It's possible to develop a habit, but they probably don't dare to gamble. It's okay if it's in a casino outside. Zhuo Yuanhang is watching here. If Zhuo Feiyang suddenly loses a large amount of money, he will definitely alarm Zhuo Yuanhang." The casino door has already been opened Right in front of him, Ye Shuang said hurriedly: "Okay, I'll go look over here, and Brother Han will talk back."
Han Chu: "..." What are you talking about? Do you really think this is a phone chat room? !
Han Chu had previously introduced Ye Shuang's female body information to Zhuo Yuanhang via email, so it was not surprising that Zhuo Yuanhang knew her, but Zhuo Feiyang had never met Shuang Mei at all.
There has only been one Brother Shuang who has appeared in front of Zhuo Feiyang, so now that the gender has been switched, even if Ye Shuang is standing less than half a meter away from Zhuo Feiyang, the other person still doesn't know who Ye Shuang is.
"Please leave after purchasing." The dealer smiled very officially, even if the person in front of him was the second young master of the club, he did not treat him any differently.
The person from the Xihua Group is still the man with glasses, but he no longer takes Zhuo Feiyang to play cards. Perhaps it is because he had too deep and painful memories at the card table before. This time the man with glasses brings Zhuo Feiyang to "knowledge" It's dice.
Players basically don’t make much money with this gambling method. The money-makers are all the bankers, and there is no way to use incentives to raise the bets. However, the advantage is that it is fast, and the gambling method that relies entirely on luck can also make some people have bigger hopes. Anticipation and tension are even worse than playing cards... Nervousness comes from the unknown, and the unknown leads to anticipation. Anticipation leads to concentration, and focus leads to addiction...
After Ye Shuang listened attentively to the sound of the dice rolling in the dice cup, she could probably determine the number. If nothing else happened, it would be "small", but Zhuo Feiyang, a cheater, was determined and the chips on his hand were piled with the word "big" grid.
It doesn't matter if you don't have talent, but if you don't have luck, you will be disliked wherever you throw it.
Ye Shuang shook his head and sighed, Zhuo Feiyang looked over in confusion.
"One, three, and one!"
The croupier opened the cup, and Zhuo Feiyang was immediately attracted to him. When he saw a "small", his eyes widened in disbelief: "Why is it a small again?!"
The man with glasses smiled and comforted: "Maybe it's bad luck, but there are already so many small ones, so I should get a big one next time."
Both the card counter and the crook couldn't do anything with the dice, so the man with glasses was very cautious and rational, just playing with a few chips at each hand. Zhuo Feiyang, on the other hand, seemed to have healed his scars and forgot about the pain, and felt a little depressed, probably because he was unwilling to give up. I was attracted into it because I wanted to make a comeback.
"The so-called 'small' ones are opened a lot, so the chance of a 'big' one next time is higher... This kind of argument is only made by laymen." Ye Shuang couldn't help but speak, successfully attracting the attention of Zhuo Feiyang and the man with glasses. Then she smiled faintly and opened the elegant lady template: "The chances of big and small are the same. Every time you open a cup, it is equivalent to starting over. So no matter how many hands and what kind of points were opened before, this result will not affect the next game. ." After speaking, he paused and looked at the two of them with a slightly raised corner of his lips: "Betting the hope of success on the accumulation of previous failures is only a self-deceptive idea that losers have."
Dice can be said to be the first skill that Ye Shuang practiced after getting into contact with gambling equipment. Compared with card skills that require calculation and luck, Ye Shuang is much more confident on the dice table, because this is a thing that relies entirely on technology. .
The number of points and spacing before the dice is put into the dice cup, as well as the weight and volume of the dice itself, the friction and impact force between the dice and the dice cup, the angle, speed and force of shaking the cup... As long as it requires calculation and skills Ye Shuang is absolutely confident that there will be no mistakes.
The bespectacled man frowned and coughed, looking away as if to suppress the urge to choke with the other person.
Zhuo Feiyang, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed about losing face, and his good impression of Ye Shuang's appearance was suppressed: "What this lady said is pretty."
"I also played very well." Ye Shuang blinked his right eye. Just when Zhuo Feiyang was stunned by her blink, he turned his head and stretched out his hand to ask the dealer for the dice cup: "can.i?"
The cruise ship has just set sail not long ago, and the first banquet has not even started. Most of the facilities now have almost no guests hanging around. Even the casino only has about a dozen people, scattered around in front of each gaming table. Such a dice Naturally, not many people paid attention to it.
Anyway, it will not affect the normal operation of the casino. In addition, the identities of the guests boarding the ship this time are not simple. Naturally, the croupier raised his arm politely and made a "please feel free" gesture.
Ye Shuang picked up the dice cup and weighed it. After assessing the volume of the cup and the possible friction caused by the material, she picked up a dice and weighed it as well.
Before Zhuo Feiyang and the man with glasses realized what Ye Shuang wanted to do, they saw that the latter had thrown the dice back on the table, and then the dice cup in his hand did not move, as if he was just wiping the table in parallel at random. Several dice on the table had already been rolled into the cup.
Then the regular sound of dice hitting came from the dice cup.
With this move alone, the man with glasses was instantly alert.
Zhuo Feiyang only thought that the dice roll was very handsome, but he didn't see the reason behind it.
Noticing the bespectacled man's focused gaze, Ye Shuang smiled, and then the regular banging sounds suddenly became as messy and frequent as a gust of wind and rain.
The bespectacled man panicked for a moment, and then before he had time to adjust... In fact, he was not that good at adjusting it... The dice cup suddenly landed on the dice table, and the crisp impact sound just now disappeared, leaving him standing quietly. A dice cup on the table.
"What time?" Ye Shuang asked.
"Uh, what?!" Zhuo Feiyang was a little dumbfounded. Shouldn't he be asking about the size? !
The man with glasses gritted his teeth and said, "Should I bet big?" There was obvious unconfidence and guilt in his voice.
Ye Shuang smiled and put her hand on the dice cup to tease the two of them: "Do you believe it when I say it's three sixes?"
"..." You will see a ghost if you believe me!
Although they had a secretly incompatible relationship, Zhuo Feiyang and the man with glasses were in sync at this moment, and they both cast contemptuous looks at Ye Shuang.
Naturally, the man with glasses does not believe that someone can get the points he wants in such irregular and high-frequency rolling of the dice. Although this requires certain skills, the skills must be mastered. To achieve this level, unless it is alien.
Zhuo Feiyang thought of the casino knowledge that Brother Shuang once popularized to him. With certain skills and professional calculations, he could achieve the results he wanted. However, the calculation results were calculated based on probability. No one could guarantee the accuracy and skill every time. It requires long-term practice, and there is also a certain possibility of failure, and the inoperable parts must also be considered... As a fan of Brother Shuang, Zhuo Feiyang firmly believes that the other party cannot subvert this understanding.
And then... there was no more.
In the opened dice cup, three six-pointers were lying quietly on the table as if silently mocking the two of them. Even the croupier next to them was almost so shocked that his eyes popped out of his head.
Who says there are no experts among the people? ! It was the first time in my life that I met the God of Gamblers!
"There is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world." Ye Shuang slowly clapped his hands, looked at Zhuo Feiyang and said slowly and meaningfully: "Any gambling is not based on luck alone. You can't control the gambling situation, so why do you bet with others? "
Zhuo Feiyang was in a daze for a moment, and suddenly felt that this line was extremely familiar, just like the line he had heard from another person...
"Excuse me...?" Zhuo Feiyang unknowingly turned serious and asked cautiously.
"First time we meet, my surname is Ye, Ye Shuang." (To be continued)