In the evening, Tom appeared in London's Soho district, which is located in Westminster City, Greater London. It is also the most prosperous, lively and chaotic place in London at midnight. As night falls, people from all walks of life will gather here like a tide.
, flowing into the casinos, nightclubs and other entertainment venues here.
Throughout the area, the roar of motorcycles is endless. Many men and women will drive their motorcycles, performing disgusting speed and passion in the center of the street amidst the earth-shattering sound of the engines.
Tom arrived in front of a casino where he often came to work part-time. The security guard in black at the door recognized him after just one glance.
"You bastard, are you here again?"
"Uncle John, I'm here to try my luck today." Tom chuckled and briefly chatted with the uncle at the door. John, the gatekeeper, shook his head and let him in.
At the beginning of the night, the casino was already bustling with activity. There were nearly a hundred tables in the hall, and each table was crowded with people. There were private rooms downstairs, but Tom's identity was not enough to enter, but it was not a big problem, his
The target is not the gamblers in the private rooms.
He took out the thirty pounds he had left and exchanged them for chips. Then he walked around the casino casually, looking here and there. The staff in the casino did not take Tom seriously.
What's the matter, the kid doesn't look dirty, why do you care so much?
Tom often sneaks in here to do odd jobs and enjoy their buffet. Yes, this casino also operates a buffet. In other words, most casinos have their own "casino buffet", and they hope that guests can just go to the buffet when they are hungry.
Eat at the casino to avoid leaving the casino because you are hungry. Most casino buffets are delicious, with many choices and good taste. The key is that they are cheap. Sometimes Tom just needs to talk to the uncle in the kitchen and he can help
They deal with "kitchen waste" and take home the uneaten buffet food.
But today he is not here for a meal.
He walked to a roulette table and stopped to watch for a while. Roulette is a very common casino game. There are usually 37 or 38 numbers. The croupier is responsible for playing the ball next to the rotating roulette wheel, and then the ball
The number that fell on that box was the winning number. After watching it for a while, Tom had a vague feeling that the next number would definitely fall on 9, so he did not hesitate to put a chip worth five pounds on the 9 number.
In the grid.
There are many ways to play roulette, but the simplest and crudest is to bet that the ball will land in a certain grid. The general odds are 35 to 1. After the chips were thrown, Tom calmed down. He watched quietly.
The little marble bounced and rolled in the roulette wheel.
"No. 7, No. 8 - No. 9!"
In the end, the marble landed in the No. 9 grid. Some of the gamblers near the roulette wheel were happy and some were sad. The croupier quickly paid out the winning bets and took away the losing chips.
In just an instant, the 5 pounds in Tom's hand turned into 175 pounds.
He wandered around the casino aimlessly for a few more times, losing a little and winning a little, and his final assets exceeded three hundred pounds.
At this time, 100 pounds is equivalent to 160 US dollars, and one ounce of gold is about 370 US dollars, so Tom can exchange 231 pounds for one ounce - that is, 31 grams of gold. His goal is to take away enough in the casino to exchange for 50 grams of gold.
money.
Gringotts strictly limits the exchange of currency. They introduced regulations this year that only allow young wizards whose parents are Muggles to exchange 10 Galleons for 5 British pounds to 1 Galleung during school. Of course, gold is exchanged for Galleons.
There is no limit, 5 grams of gold is 1 Galleons, and only one-way exchange is accepted.
The shrewd fairies will not leave any loopholes for humans to exploit.
Tom weighed the chips in his bag and walked to another table. This table was playing Casino Storm. The game Casino Storm sounds very high-end, but in fact it is the game with the simplest rules. It is very simple.
A simple comparison, the dealer and each guest who placed a bet will be dealt a card, and the winner will be decided simply by comparing the dealer's and player's points. If the player's points are greater than the dealer's, they will receive a compensation equal to the amount of the bet.
color.
Tom stood at the gambling table, keeping up with a few bets from time to time. When he left the gambling table, he already had more than five hundred pounds. He collected it as soon as he was ready and prepared to leave the casino. But before he left, he
An interesting conversation was heard in the restroom of the casino.
Yuri Orlov is an immigrant from the Soviet Union. His family business is to open a restaurant, but an accidental opportunity opened the door to the arms business for him. Today, this new arms dealer completed his first order
Business days.
He made an appointment with the trader to trade in the toilet of a small casino. He specially put hair gel on his hair and shaved his beard.
Everything went smoothly.
He opened the box and handed the brand new Uzi submachine gun inside to the stern-faced young man.
"Sir, the new Uzi automatic pistol is small in size, but its firepower has not been weakened. It is equipped with nine-millimeter recessed bullets, a 25-round expanded magazine, the size of the gun handle is adjustable, a silencer is standard equipment, and the recoil is extremely low..."
At the end of the sentence, Yuri also made a little joke: "Even if you shoot a whole magazine of bullets at me now, no one outside will notice."
As a result, something unexpected happened. The buyer directly loaded the bullet and put it on his chest.
Yuri was stunned. But he reacted quickly and immediately said easily: "Of course, then you will have no chance to do bigger business with me."
The young buyer smiled, gave Yuri the money, took the suitcase and left the toilet.
Yuri only felt that he had narrowly escaped death, and there was cold sweat all over his back. He now felt that selling a gun for the first time was like having sex for the first time. You didn't know what you were doing. Although it was exciting, it ended quickly.
.
When he walked out of the toilet, he saw a little boy walking out of the next cubicle, looking at him with a playful expression.
He wanted to leave quickly, but the little boy behind him stopped him.
"Do you still have a gun like that? I need one that even a kid like me can use."
Yuri is a professional businessman, which means that he will not discriminate against customers, even if he is just a kid in front of him, but since he has pounds and needs, he is his customer.
So the two people appeared together in a small warehouse.
Yuri handed Tom a 90% new Uzi submachine gun and a box of ammunition.
"It's not brand new, but it's cheaper. It's 25 pounds. You can take the gun and bullets with you."
Quite a fair price.
Tom took the gun case and handed the money to Yuri. He thanked him and was about to leave, but Yuri stopped him. He took out a business card and handed it to Tom.
"Who are you?" Although he was curious and this emotion should not appear on him, Yuri still asked.
Tom did not answer him immediately, but picked up a withered flower on the ground and handed it to him.
"apprentice."
Tom walked away. Yuri looked at the bright flower in his hand and fell into deep thought.