204 Al (1/2)
”There is a saying in our country—to give in to sensual pleasure.” After she got the permission from Zuo Feiyang and You Yang, Ye Shuang, who had obtained a rudimentary level of trust from Mr. Zuo, went to the break room. The fee to use the break room at the casino was not small—the smallest payment was five thousand or a blue chip.
There were three types of chips at the public part of the casino: white, red, and blue. Based on the size and pattern, the white chips could be separated into values of 5, 25, and 100, and the red chips were 500 or 1,000. Blue chips were the highest at the public part of the casino; they were 5,000, 10,000, or 30,000. If one entered the VIP area, there were chips for 100,000 and 1,000,000.
After Zuo Feiyang beat the bespectacled man, he was feeling generous. He tossed a blue chip that had the largest value to Ye Shuang as thanks her for giving him the reminder and undoing the cheat set up by the man. He believed that the man of the hour that night was Ye Shuang.
Ye Shuang toyed with the chips for a while before nodding and placing the chip inside her pocket. Then she had opened her lips to give that earlier comment. Zuo Feiyang and You Yang looked at each other, and they were confused by the sudden lamentation.
Ye Shuang smiled at the blonde waitress who walked in with the choice of alcohol. The tone that was as seductive as the cello flowed out from the man, and after the girl left the room with a face as red as a tomato, Ye Shuang turned around to explain to the two inexperienced little children. ”Casinos, stock markets, and the red light districts are places that I don't suggest you guys go to for now. Perhaps you might think gambling is not as bad as taking drugs, but this place is actually more dangerous than a drug den.
”You have both been here several times already, right‽” Ye Shuang filled up the two's empty glasses and continued. ”It is too easy to fall into the trap of luxury here. You should have noticed this already. Sitting in a break room costs a blue chip. A glass of wine is a white chip, and a random snack is red chip. Do you really think that's fine‽”
From Ye Shuang's observation, the betting chips on the table were either red or blue. White chips were generally used for tips and wine. People whispered to one another, saying they had won or lost several hundred thousand or more. Money was really just a number here. For example, when one visited other entertainment areas, who would spend five thousand on a room‽ But that was considered normal here. The sense of money here was twisted, and after a long period of being in here, one's perspective would be assimilated as well.
”Within this atmosphere, it'll be hard to view money like you normally would, and the chips in your hands will not give you the actual sensation of how much money you're holding. You won't be able to calm down, and your normal perspective will collapse. Chips worth more than a hundred thousand will just disappear down the betting table, and you might think it is easy to earn this money back because the money will come when you make the correct bet.”
Ye Shuang shook her head and sighed. ”A calm investor would not come to a place like this, because in this crazed environment, your normal moral value will be shattered by the crazed gambling. For example, 'I earned 1,000,000 from my previous contract, but I can earn that much here in just ten minutes!' If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Zuo's big brother should be against you spending time here with the client, right?”
The Si Hai Organization was actually similar to the setting in Luo Mingxin's movie. There was a calm big brother who handled the family business with a firm hands and a younger brother who was also known in the business but just slightly worse than his big brother—Zuo Feiyang was that little brother.
From the information given by Han Chu, the Si Hai Organization was a stably growing company. Even when there was a windfall, it was from a long period of build-up and preparation. Based on that, the personality of the current company leader should be the quintessential hardworking type. Of course, socializing with a client was unavoidable in this business, but he would not lower himself to the level of a pimp or join the client at the casino.
Zuo Feiyang frowned like he had just remembered something not so positive. He moved his gaze away and grumbled, ”But I'm not a child anymore.”
”The fact that you can still be tricked here says otherwise.” Ye Shuang pointed it out calmly, and then she seemed to realize something. ”By the way… don't tell me that it was your idea to work with Xi Hwa Organization!”
Big Brother Zuo's eyes could not be so bad, or else he would not have become part of Han Chu's client list. Zuo Feiyang still wanted to say something, but when he thought back to what happened that day, he knew that the cooperating partner was definitely problematic. His face blanched from fear like he just realized the gravity of the situation. ”Yes, it's my doing.”
Why do you people like to create problem for the family so much‽
You Yang looked at how devastated his friend was and said, ”Brother Ye, what should Feiyang do now?”
”It's easy. If the sky is falling, then go and find someone taller than you.” Ye Shuang smiled. ”Tell your big brother everything honestly. He will definitely help you. Then, wait for our investigation to finish in another few days, and we'll see what to do then.”
Wait, normally, shouldn't this be the time you use your golden finger to turn the situation around‽ Why are we looking for outside aid‽ Where is the massacre that we were promised? Aren't you supposed to help us clear up the mess‽
Zuo Feiyang felt the breath catch in his throat. Just as he was about to say something, the door was pushed open, and the foreign waitress who left the room earlier returned with a silver-haired man following behind her. Ye Shuang stood up to welcome the man with open arms. The two greeted each other warmly and conversed in English before Ye Shuang slapped the back of the man to make the introduction. ”This is Albert, but you can call him Al.”
Zuo Feiyang was fine, but You Yang was spooked. This was the profiler from some mysterious unit that Brother Ye had just pointed out to him earlier. It was that psychologist who had a 63% win rate.