This kind of social dance is obviously the best opportunity to enhance the relationship between the political and business circles. Especially as the empress who controls the Macau economy, Lin Hexia is like a dragon. This time she finally got the opportunity. Naturally, many people came with their nephews. Look familiar.
Fortunately, Lin Hexia was not invited to dance in person. The businessmen were all older and their nephews were not qualified, so it did not embarrass Lin Hexia. After all, her boyfriend was by her side and it was impossible to accept someone else's invitation.
So at this social dance, it was still the young people who went to dance. The elders were busy building friendships, and Lin and Xia naturally had basically no interruptions.
Whenever there is free time here, someone will bring their nephew over to get to know Lin Hexia. Those who are not familiar with him will introduce themselves and leave their business cards. Those who are familiar with him will chat a few more words to increase their relationship with each other.
Lin Hexia was quite comfortable with this without much discomfort, but Zhao Yi was not particularly adaptable. After all, he had to smile when he saw someone. After many times and a long time, the smile felt unnatural.
Fortunately, this social dance only lasted for two and a half hours, and it was finally coming to an end. Finally, the Governor took the stage and delivered a speech, which was mainly just a few remarks, but there was no substantive content.
However, the Governor kept his words and praised Lin Hexia's contribution and achievements. At the same time, he hoped that Lin Hexia would come to Macau more often in the future, saying that this was her second hometown and so on.
After the Governor finished speaking, he invited Lin Hexia to come to the stage to speak. After Lin Hexia came to the stage, she also praised Macau and said that Hong Kong Umbrella Holdings is very optimistic about Macau's economic development and will continue to support Macau's economy in the future.
After the two heavyweights finished speaking, the dance was officially over. Lin Hexia and Zhao Yi got into their car and headed to their residence under the protection of everyone.
To be honest, there were more than 30 security personnel on Lin Hexia's trip, most of them were Zhao Yi's security personnel, and some of Lin Hexia's security personnel also followed.
Therefore, Lin Hexia's fleet was also very large, with a total of 10 cars. The pomp was very large, which of course also highlighted Lin Hexia's aura.
Not to mention passers-by walking on the street, even those from the political and business circles who came to greet Lin Hexia looked sideways at Lin Hexia's pomp and received many envious looks.
For example, the president-model car that Lin Hexia rides in has an external market price of tens of millions of yuan. In fact, the quality of the car sold externally is not as good as that provided by Shenlong Automobile Company to the internal president, and the actual value is higher.
As for the car Zhao Yi was riding in, no one at the scene had seen it, but judging from the appearance and other aspects, it was worth at least tens of millions of yuan, and the security personnel's vehicles were also worth a lot of money.
The total value of the means of transportation they took alone was several hundred million yuan. The people present were all well-informed people, and the behavior of such a rich man was no less than that of those rich men in the Middle East.
Originally, they were not prepared to let so many people show up in public. When Zhao came, there were only a few security personnel in public, and most of them were protecting in secret.
This time, the main purpose of doing this is to support Lin Hexia's appearance. Only such a luxurious security team and luxurious transportation configuration can be worthy of Lin Hexia's current status.
Don't underestimate this. The political and business circles are much better at assessing the situation than ordinary people. They can easily discover problems from some details and come up with actions that are beneficial to them.
Therefore, the more powerful Lin Hexia is in the outside world, the more respect he can gain from others in the political and business circles. No one will ever stand up and say that Lin Hexia just loves to show off. That is just the way of thinking of ordinary people.
It's just that Zhao Yi's own unique car was lost in vain. No one on the scene knew the product. His car was sold for at least hundreds of millions of yuan, which was not comparable to ordinary presidential cars.
This time he and Lin Hexia stayed in a villa owned by a Hong Kong umbrella holding company. It was usually vacant. The main purpose was to provide a place for Lin Hexia to stay when she came to Macau.
Since it is a place to live occasionally, the area is not comparable to that of the Baijiadao Villa, but at least it is much safer than a hotel, and it is also convenient to provide security services for Lin Hexia.
Before he planned to come over, he had arranged for people to clean the entire villa, and then arranged for security personnel to come over and check the safety issues before they set off here.
For people of their level, safety always comes first, including personal safety and information security, so their travel is not that easy and requires a lot of arrangements every time.
Compared with here, it is much better in the mainland. On the one hand, the public security in the mainland is very good now, and there is no mixed situation like here.
On the other hand, their popularity in the mainland is obviously not as high as here. They dress up a little and walk on the street, and basically no one recognizes them.
Unlike here, Lin Hexia's image is already well-known to every household. Not to mention the big shots, even the street gangsters know Lin Hexia's image very well.
This is why Lin Hexia basically stays at home unless she has something special to do. In addition to dealing with company matters, she either reads, works out, or plays games.
This is why Zhao Yiyi is so keen on large-space residences. If he stays at home for a long time and does not have enough space to move around, even a homely person may suffer from depression.
They are not like other big shots who have endless affairs to deal with. They have to personally take care of everything. At their level, there are not many things that they need to handle personally.
Therefore, what Lin Hexia does most is to review the reports and statements below at home, and at the same time issue his own instructions to the companies below, so that they can act according to his instructions.
Compared with Lin Hexia, Zhao Yi is in a free-range state. Even if the company sends reports and other data, he will read them when he has time and not read them when he has no time. Unless it is a particularly urgent matter, he needs to deal with it in time. .
However, as his industries become larger and larger, the opportunities become smaller and smaller. This is his current basic state, and he does not have the feeling of managing everything every day like other rich people.
If Zhao Yi hadn't wanted to continue to expand his business and field, he would have basically been doing nothing. However, as a promising young man, he cannot always be idle and can always find something to do.
I originally planned to go out for a visit today. After all, I had plenty of time when I came here. Now that the social dance has taken place, both of them have lost interest, so they just rest at home.
Early the next morning, Lin Hexia and Zhao Yi were not in a hurry to visit the industries here. Instead, they dressed up in disguise and prepared to experience the tourism situation in Macau as tourists.
In this way, we can more truly feel the tourism environment in Macau and see real problems. When we inspect our subsidiaries, we can point them out in time and make improvements.
The most important thing for tourism development is the local humanistic quality, including honest management, friendliness and harmony, fair law enforcement, etc. Only in this way can tourists come here many times.
If you just make money once, your reputation will become bad as time goes by, and subsequent operations will become more and more difficult. Therefore, both the local political and business circles in Macau and the Hong Kong umbrella holding company pay more attention to this.
Fortunately, all the underworld forces and industries in Macau have been wiped out by the Hong Kong umbrella security company. Even if there are fish that slip through the net, they basically dare not show up, otherwise they will be imprisoned.
The overall atmosphere here is still very free and relaxed. Both ordinary people and tourists can walk around the streets of Macau freely.
Lin Hexia also accompanied Zhao Yi to visit the shopping mall here, and then took him to the casino here to experience it. At least on the surface, all the procedures were in compliance with the rules.
A being with a super brain like Zhao Yi has won a lot of money in the casino. He doesn't care about the small amount of money, but wants to see if anyone will stop him from leaving with the money.
It turned out that he easily left with millions of Macau patacas, and no one stopped or threatened him, which shows that the current Macau entertainment industry has strict management and operations are becoming more and more formal.
But this is not actually a sufficient argument. If he really wants to see what the actual situation is, he must either make more money, or win money multiple times to see how the operators of these places react.
However, he was not in the mood to do this either. Normally, it would be enough to get by on the surface. Under normal circumstances, no one could win so much money at once.
And people who have gambling capital or means do not belong to the category of ordinary people. They each have their own way, and they can just follow the rules, as long as it does not affect normal people's interest in traveling.
However, it is not that there are no other gray areas here, but he does not overemphasize the need to be completely clear. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes it still makes sense.
Although there are mainland tourists who can travel to Macau now, they do not account for a large proportion. Most of them are tourists and gamblers from all over the world.
In order to continue to maintain Macau's global leadership in this field, he can only turn a blind eye to gray areas such as x-money, and only requires operators not to participate in it, and has nothing else to do with it.
After earning millions of Australian dollars from an entertainment venue, Lin Hexia seemed even more excited than him. It was obvious that making money in this venue was indeed more exciting than making money in normal ways.
So after they came out, Lin Hexia took him to visit other places. He didn't plan to continue, but seeing Lin Hexia's high interest, he agreed.
So he went to the next business location. This time he was very generous and directly converted all the millions he had earned into chips, instantly making him a VIP.
Becoming a VIP means that you can not only play in the lobby, but also go to the VIP room to play with other guests who have equally strong funds. Naturally, the playing area is much larger than in the lobby.
Although these millions are a lot, they are indeed quite inconspicuous in the VIP room. Zhao Yi took Lin Hexia to take a cursory look and found that many people had tens of millions of chips in front of them.
So he didn't play immediately, but just like others, he stood by and watched how others played. To be honest, his experience basically came from Hong Kong movies like "The Gambler". His actual experience was not much.
The reason why he was able to win so much money in the lobby before was entirely due to his clever brain, which could clearly analyze all the data in a very short period of time. He earned less and lost less, and he naturally accumulated such great achievements.
In the card game he was seeing now, the costumes were from Japan, the Middle East, Europe and the United States, and there was also a black man. He didn't know where he was from, so it was hard to judge.
The two watched for a while and found that the Japanese guests were obviously better. They were very good at sizing up the situation at the poker table. They also lost less and won more, and the chips in front of them were accumulating more and more.
The ones who lost the most were the wealthy people in the Middle East. They really mistook money for money and used a lot of chips every time. Although they lost and won, they still lost more overall.
After a few rounds, the Japanese guests may have felt that they had earned enough and were ready to stop playing. Fortunately, no one else had any objections or verbal stimulation, so they got off the card table smoothly.
Seeing that there was an open seat, Lin Hexia pushed Zhao Yi and let him come on. He came here to play cards. So when there was an open seat, he naturally sat down and put his chips on the table.
To be honest, he had the smallest chips among everyone present, but with that confident look, no one showed any contempt. They just nodded in a friendly way to welcome this new "friend" who joined the poker game.
When he started playing, Zhao Yi did not dare to press too much at once. He played tentatively a few times and understood the mentality and strategies of the players present, and even analyzed their psychological activities.
In addition, after several rounds of shuffling, he can even calculate the number of ways to shuffle the cards, and can roughly analyze the arrangement of each card number.
After mastering these data, he will be much more confident in the future, so the bets will become larger and larger. Only in games that are bound to lose, he will bet smaller, and he will also adopt the method of losing less and winning more.
In the next dozen or so poker games, his original stack of several million chips turned into tens of millions. He was still winning money very quickly. No wonder many people couldn't control themselves in these places.
Human beings seem to have an unusual sense of excitement about getting something for nothing or getting a windfall from the sky. To say that these rich people are not short-term winners, tens of millions more or less will not significantly change their wealth structure.
But they will still be overjoyed to win millions and tens of millions. Their whole expressions show that they are very happy for this. This is human nature.
Zhao Yi, on the other hand, has no special feelings about this, because since he started his business, although there have been some difficult times, most of the time, he feels like he is just making money all the time.
Every industry can become a super giant in a short period of time, bringing him a lot of wealth, so he has become very immune to this kind of windfall.
Just like this, the game was worth hundreds of thousands, and no more than one million at most. It was like boiling a frog in warm water. Finally, the black man lost all the chips in his hand.
Others made some gains and losses, but there were still quite a lot of chips on the table. Judging from their behavior, it was obvious that the wealthy people in the Middle East did not take the chips in their hands seriously, and they bet more every time.
Even so, the person with the most chips on the table was the rich man from the Middle East. He obviously exchanged the most chips, while the remaining white people were obviously becoming more and more cautious. Although they made some money, it was very limited.
Zhao Yi only had 6 million chips in front of him at the beginning, but now it has reached 20 million. He made the most money on the scene, but in terms of his expression, he was the most normal.
It's just that at this time, except for the black man who lost all his chips and left the game, no one else had any intention of leaving the game, but no one else wanted to play in the vacant position.
The onlookers knew very well that Zhao Yi's side was getting more and more advantageous. Although the wins and losses were not big, they were unable to win more and more times.
Therefore, everyone judged that Zhao Yi was an expert. Wouldn't it make himself uncomfortable to play to fill in the vacancy at this time? It would be a wise decision not to play.
Half an hour later, the Western white man only had more than 1 million chips on the table. Although he was more cautious during this period, he lost the most.
Although the rich man from the Middle East always wins and wins, he wins a lot. I don't know whether he is really powerful or just a fool.
However, Zhao Yi observed that in fact, the wealthy people in the Middle East fold their cards very simply every time, but once they feel that their cards are good, they will be very confident and bet very big.
So every time he won, he made a lot of money. On the contrary, this Western white man was too cautious and not enough, which led to him losing more and more.
During this period of time, although Zhao Yi also won a little, it was not that exaggerated. During this period, his fortune was almost all on the side of the wealthy people in the Middle East.
Seeing that he only had about one million chips in his hand, the white man knew that enough was enough, so he did not put all the chips in, but chose to leave with the remaining chips.
Now there are only two people on the table, Zhao Yi and the local tycoon from the Middle East. Zhao Yi has 25 million chips in his hand, and the opponent's chips are as high as 50 million, which is double Zhao Yi's chips.
"Sir, why don't we play bigger? With hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of bets, it's not easy to win all the opponent's chips." The Middle Eastern tycoon said.
Maybe it was because of his good fortune just now that he was very confident about his upcoming luck, or maybe he really didn't take the 50 million chips in his hand seriously.
Since he said this, Zhao Yi naturally agreed. He has been here for a while, and he does not intend to stay for a long time. No matter whether he wins or loses in the end, he wants to end it as soon as possible.
Of course, he himself is relatively confident and feels that he will win in the end. However, no matter who wins or loses in the end, he can maintain a good attitude. Anyway, these funds are all won. If he loses, he loses. There is no pity.
In the subsequent confrontations, Zhao Yi was still the same as before, except that he bet more money than before, betting at least 1 million each time. In the end, he gained the upper hand, and the chips in his hand had reached 50 million yuan.
On the other hand, the opponent only had 25 million yuan, and the offensive and defensive positions of both sides changed. Faced with this situation, the local tycoons in the Middle East became bolder than before, hoping to influence Zhao Yi's judgment in this way.
But how could this action affect Zhao Yi's judgment? He was not affected at all by the strategies of the local tycoons in the Middle East. He handled it just right every time. When he lost, he lost less chips, and when he won, he won with more chips.
So in less than half an hour, the rich man from the Middle East lost all the 25 million chips he had left in his hand. Fortunately, the rich man from the Middle East did not change his mood very much. In the end, he stood up magnanimously and talked to Zhao I shook hands.
He also wanted Zhao Yi's business card, but Zhao Yi himself didn't bring that thing with him at all. Even if he did, he wouldn't give it out casually, so he simply refused.
Originally thinking that it was over, he planned to pack the chips and exchange them for cash. The Japanese player who had already left the table suddenly sat at the table, speaking not fluent Chinese, hoping to continue playing with Zhao Yi.
What he put on the table this time was also 75 million, the same amount as him. This was to say that this game was fair. In addition, it also showed that the other party wanted to win all his chips.
In recent years, it is not an exaggeration to describe Japan's economy as if it were boiling oil. Japanese businessmen generally feel that they have too much money in their hands, so he is not surprised at all that the Japanese are happy.
The Japanese has already left the game, so why is he still playing? Do you think he earned it by luck
But he is not afraid. He performed very well during this period, otherwise he would not have won in the end.
At this time, the Japanese wanted to challenge him and seemed to be very confident. In this case, Zhao Yi planned to satisfy him and see how much he weighed.
"Okay, let's get started!" Zhao Yi is too lazy to talk nonsense. The minimum bet this time is one million. If it is too little, it will take too much time. He has more than one million every minute. There is really no need to waste too much. Spend time playing with him.
This time he changed his strategy. For some cards that were not easy to judge, he still used bluffing methods to make the other party think that his cards were very good. The results were naturally high and low, making the other party uncertain. Even if you are bluffing, you are really confident.
But once he is sure that the cards are good, he will act very cautiously, making the opponent feel that he has an opportunity to take advantage of him. In the end, the opponent will naturally lose more.
This is completely different from his previous performance. In the past, no matter what the card was, he acted very calmly. If he felt that it was impossible to do, he would just abandon the card. If he was sure, he would usually follow it to the end.
Two different strategies made the opponent lose faster and faster. In just ten minutes, the opponent only had 50 million chips and lost one-third.
Zhao Yi glanced at the other person and found that although there was no sweat on the other person's forehead, his expression was already tense. Seeing this, Zhao Yi smiled and said: "I think Mr. is not in good spirits, so let's leave it like this. "
It's okay if you don't say this, but when you say this, the other person feels like he has been insulted. Although there is nothing wrong with the words, the other person feels that his self-esteem has been ridiculed.
The other party didn't say anything harsh, and just pushed out one million chips. The meaning was very obvious, just keep going, don't bb here.
Seeing that the other party was not appreciative, Zhao Yi naturally had no intention of persuading him any further. In his view, small gambling would bring about pleasure and big gambling would harm the body. There was no need to make himself so embarrassed. It was originally a good intention, but the other party obviously understood it wrong.
Later, Zhao Yi's strategy changed again. It was no longer as regular as before, but depended on his mood. The changes were more unpredictable. There were losses and wins, but overall, the opponent still lost a lot. .
In just half an hour, the other party only had 30 million chips left in his hand. The other party's mentality was even worse than before. But this time, he had no intention of persuading people who don't understand good people's hearts. Why bother to step forward and commit suicide? Not fun.
I originally thought that the fight would go on like this, but I didn't expect that the opponent actually asked for three games to determine the outcome. In other words, the chips in his hand were divided into three times, and he either won or lost them all.
If he wins in the end three times, then he can win at least 30 million, plus the 30 million in his hand. Although he still loses 15 million, at least it is not a terrible loss.
Faced with the other party's request, Zhao Yi naturally did everything he could, so a new card game began. For the first time, both parties were more cautious, and the bets were not so generous. They all placed bets on the line.
In the end, Zhao Yi chose to fold and lost 5 million. It turned out that the opponent's card was actually not big and was smaller than his own. It was obvious that the opponent wanted to cheat and succeeded.
However, Zhao Yi didn't care and started the second game calmly. This time Zhao Yi was more aggressive, betting 3 million each time. The opponent didn't know what the cards were, but he still followed.
In fact, he was not very sure about this round, but the cards in his hand were not very bad, so he kept following, which only made the opponent more and more pressured. In the end, he could not bear the pressure and directly chose to open the cards.
In the end, Zhao Yi won, winning 20 million. After two games, the opponent lost 15 million, and only had 15 million chips in hand. In fact, the last sentence, regardless of winning or losing, the opponent was already at a disadvantage.
After all, even if the opponent wins this game, they can only maintain the original 30 million chips. If they lose, it will really be wiped out.
But God didn't seem to be on the opponent's side. In the last round, Zhao Yi went straight to the game without giving the opponent a chance. Naturally, he won, taking all the chips in the opponent's hand.
Because after the first two tests, he was very confident in the third game, so he simply studded, forcing the opponent to follow the stud, without giving the opponent any chance.
When I saw that the chips in front of me, which were originally full, were completely lost in more than an hour, I was deeply shocked. I suddenly stood up and shouted that the other party was cheating.
To be honest, it was the first time for Zhao Yi to see such a bad brand. Maybe not many people saw this kind of scene in the VIP room, so the people watching the excitement instantly became excited.
Hearing that the other party refused to admit defeat, the venue operator hurried over and checked all links. He even called up the video to check all the details. The final conclusion was of course that everything was normal.
The Japanese saw the ridicule in the eyes of all the spectators present. He had no shame to stay any longer and left directly, leaving everyone present talking about the matter with great interest. (End of chapter)