Everyone walking in Disneyland was very curious about all the scenery, especially the costumed cartoon characters, which made Zhou Jinyu extremely happy.
But when it comes to a very special feeling, apart from the novelty, there is nothing else. After all, they have not been baptized by Disney animation, and they do not know the cultural connotation contained in it. They just look at things from a third party. .
Disneyland in Los Angeles is divided into eight theme parks, namely Main Street, Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Animal Kingdom, Pioneer Land, Mickey Toontown, Fantasyland, and Future Kingdom.
Walking on the main street in a carriage, looking at the American commercial shops that stood in the early 1900s on both sides, it was as if time had traveled back in time. However, these three people knew very little about the past scene of the United States, so they did not have deep feelings.
Compared to the main street with a strong commercial atmosphere, Zhou Jinyu prefers the fantasy kingdom theme. After all, girls’ world is biased toward fantasy, and they naturally have a preference for landscapes with female fantasy elements such as Sleeping Beauty Castle.
As a man, he is more interested in the future kingdom and the pioneer land. After all, these theme landscapes tend to be futuristic and fantasy, with a strong technological style, and the pioneer land makes men have the pride of pioneering.
After hastily visiting the entire Los Angeles Disneyland, the day passed without realizing it. With their tired bodies from running around for a day, everyone had dinner early and went to rest.
Since he was very satisfied with Miss Lin's tour guide in the past two days, Zhao Yi planned to keep her as his main tour guide in the United States during this period, so he arranged for her to rest at the Hilton Hotel so that she would not have to travel back and forth.
Just for safety reasons, the hotel room arranged for Ms. Lin was some distance away from the three of their rooms, with several security staff rooms in between.
Although Ms. Lin is a regular employee of a trading company and a Chinese-American with Chinese ancestry, this is not the basis for her to be fully trusted.
After all, as a commercial organization, a trading company is not very strict in the control and review of employees. If you want to mix in some special personnel, it is actually a very simple matter.
Although after these few days of getting along, the three of them got along quite happily with Miss Lin, but Miss Lin did not understand the actual situation of Zhao Yi. She said that she was a partner of a trading company. This time she came to the United States to visit a trading company. Be a guide.
Everyone got up relatively late the next day. Although today was the official opening day of the Los Angeles Olympic Games, there was still some time before the opening ceremony. The official opening time was not until the afternoon, so they had plenty of time.
It was almost noon before everyone got up, washed up, had lunch, and after everything was ready, everyone started heading towards the main stadium where the Olympic opening ceremony was held.
Due to security reasons, everyone participating in the opening ceremony needs to arrive at the venue in advance, and then go through relevant security checks before entering the venue in order.
There were seven high-end Mercedes-Benz cars in the group. They were very prestigious when walking on the street. Pedestrians on both sides stopped and walked to pay attention. You must know that the price of high-end Mercedes-Benz cars has reached millions of dollars each. It is worthy of its name. of luxury cars.
Cars of this level are actually rare in the United States, not to mention there are seven of them at once. How can they not attract the attention of passers-by
In fact, Zhao Yi also felt that these cars were too eye-catching, but there was no way. Only such high-end cars were bulletproof. In the end, for safety reasons, this was the only option.
Fortunately, the security personnel are not dressed like those portrayed in American movies, with black sunglasses, black clothes, and smart clothes.
Zhao Yi's security personnel are all dressed like ordinary citizens. Walking on the street, you will never feel that they are any different from other people.
These are actually one of the training subjects of security companies. After all, not everyone likes to be surrounded by people who look like security guards, so dressing up in disguise and performing tasks in plain clothes are skills that need to be mastered.
There were a lot of vehicles along the way. After all, it was during the Olympic Games, and the current time period coincided with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. It was not surprising that there were many pedestrians and vehicles.
So the group of people took their time slowly, taking 50% more time than usual, and finally arrived at the location where the Olympic opening ceremony was held.
After getting off the bus, except for the three personal security personnel, the security personnel were scattered around, playing the role of various tourists. If you don't observe for a long time, it is difficult to find the difference between these personnel.
Zhao Yi took Zhou Jinyu, Zhou Jinjue, and Miss Lin, who had been serving as a tour guide, toward the security checkpoint for the Olympic opening ceremony. While walking, Zhao Yi noticed a placard.
Seeing the slogan above, Zhao Yi suddenly realized that he had forgotten the way for time-travelers to earn their first pot of gold. Maybe it was because he was rich enough now, so he didn't care much about this sideways way.
But since they encountered it, of course Yan Guo had to pluck it out, so he led the three of them towards the location of the placard.
This point is a betting point opened by a gambling company. After all, every sports event is a time for gambling companies around the world to make huge profits, and the Olympic Games is definitely the world's leading sports event.
"Mr. Zhao, do you want to gamble?" Miss Lin looked at the direction Zhao and his party were heading and asked.
"Well, I haven't seen it in China, so I wanted to try my luck." Zhao Yi said with a smile.
Zhou Jinjue and Zhou Jinyu heard their conversation and hurried forward and said: "Zhao Yi, let's not gamble. Nine times out of ten we will lose, it is a complete waste of money."
As people from scholarly families, they have a natural aversion to gambling. After all, in our country's traditional culture, there is nothing good related to gambling.
The result is indeed like this. After all, even the lottery tickets of later generations can be faked, so what else can be believed
"Don't worry, my luck has always been good. Besides, we are just trying our luck, not betting too much." Zhao Yi comforted them and said.
Hearing Zhao Yi's words, they felt relieved. Ten thousand dollars was a lot to others, but for Zhao Yi's worth, it was not worth mentioning. It was just a matter of fun.
When he arrived at the gaming company's premises, Zhao picked up his HSBC credit card and purchased 30,000 US dollars in bets at once, choosing options with very high odds.
Although the specific details of many events in this Olympic Games are not clear, we still know some general situations, especially some unpopular ones.
If the intelligence had not been developed before, these things would probably have been forgotten long ago, even if they had been seen in previous lives.
But since his intelligence has been developed, a lot of information that he saw inadvertently before can now be recalled and firmly imprinted in his mind. This is why Zhao Yida dared to place a bet.
Of course, if it is a large-money bet and the bookmaker calculates that it is likely to lose money on a large scale, then they are likely to use some means to change the outcome of the game.
But a bet of tens of thousands of dollars like Zhao Yi's is still considered a lot, but it won't allow them to change the rules of the game and use off-market moves.
"Didn't you only bet 10,000 US dollars? Why did you bet 30,000 US dollars? Zhao Yi, you don't mean what you say?" Zhou Jinyu questioned.
"Isn't this a bet for both of you? The loss is mine, and the profit is yours. Each of us has ten thousand dollars, no more, no less, just right." Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"We can't gamble with your money." Zhou Jinjue said from the side.
From Zhou Jinjue's point of view, this is a matter of principle. Although they often play with Zhao Yi and spend a lot of money on Zhao Yi, they rarely have direct cash transactions.
The only big gift in their opinion was the courtyard house that Zhao Yi gave to Zhou Zhigang and his wife a few years ago.
Of course Zhao Yi knew their principles, so he had never given them cash before, but only used this kind of material to improve their lives.
But such help is actually very limited. For example, Zhou Zhigang and his wife still live in the original house. Although their house is not considered backward in the local area, if they have cash on hand, they will definitely improve their living environment. of.
In addition, Zhou Jinjue is about to graduate from graduate school and will join the ranks of national civil servants in the future. If he wants to make a difference, he cannot just throw his hands around and live a very poor life.
And by that time, it will be even more impossible for me to provide large amounts of support. Although the purpose is simple, it will inevitably be interpreted as accepting bribes, so if you want to provide funds to them, you must do it before that.
Based on the odds you just bought, a combination can definitely double the value of US$10,000 to more than US$1 million.
With so much money, after proper investment, the scale of assets will not be too small in the future, which will be enough for Zhou Jinjue to have enough food and clothing to solve his worries.
Zhao Yi now has a strong influence in the domestic economic circle, but in politics, he is indeed good at everything, and he has no stable political allies in the political arena.
On the one hand, Zhao Yi's domestic background is not enough. As an orphan, he can only rely on his own accumulation. On the other hand, he has too much influence in the economic field. The government deliberately keeps him away from politics. , this is the tacit understanding currently formed by both parties.
However, just having the right to speak in economic matters does not make Zhao Yi feel secure. Although he has no other ideas, he cannot guarantee that others will not have any ideas about him. For the sake of stability, he needs a firm ally in politics.
If Zhou Jinjue enters politics, it is a good entry point. There are advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that he has an irreversible relationship with the Zhou family and has a high degree of trust. At the same time, the Zhou family is from a scholarly family and has no family background problems. There is a certain bright future in politics.
Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the Zhou family is not a wealthy family, and their ancestors have never participated in the revolution, so they are naturally at a disadvantage compared to the second and third generations, and their political power is weak. If they cannot make outstanding achievements in their official career, they will be very vulnerable. It’s hard to go up.
Without external intervention, Zhou Jinjue would have reached the limit of being able to reach a provincial position in the end, and it would be impossible to move up.
However, he can provide some help to Zhou Jinjue to make him walk faster and more steadily. He just hopes that he can form a stable dependence in the future. (End of chapter)