Bai Zhentian is fond of gambling but not good at gambling, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand the rules of the gambling world.
Bai Zhentian, who has been to the Gambling King Competition several times, knows that the players at the top of the world rankings are all talented and knowledgeable. For four or five years in a row, no one has made an upset.
So after seeing Washburn being killed by Qin Feng, Bai Zhentian suddenly laughed from ear to ear. Not to mention winning 30 million US dollars for nothing, his ability to be unpopular also made him shine.
"Congratulations, Bai, you won this upset!"
Abdul was very graceful and did not get angry because he lost 30 million US dollars. Instead, he came over with two glasses of red wine and handed the glass in his left hand to Bai Zhentian.
"Thank you, I'm just trying my luck."
What Bai Zhentian wanted was face. Although Abdul had previously provoked him to bet with him, others had obviously given him enough face at this time, not to mention that the other party also gave him 30 million in vain.
"Bai, I formally invite you to participate in the gambling game held here the day after tomorrow. I wonder if you have time?" After lightly touching their wine glasses with Bai Zhentian, Abdul extended an invitation to Bai Zhentian.
"Well...I really can't say whether I will be free the day after tomorrow..." After hearing Abdul's words, Bai Zhentian immediately hesitated.
He knows his own affairs, and Bai Zhentian understands in his heart that the reason why he won the upset this time is not due to him, but because Liu Zimo supported Qin Feng.
"Bai, if you can participate in this bet, I can introduce Walid to you in the future." With Abdul's status, it is really easy to get to know another person.
Although Abdul did not know Bai Zhentian before, when the gambling game was going on, he had obtained detailed information about Bai Zhentian and knew his background.
Abdul is a hereditary Arab aristocrat who inherited huge oil wealth when he was born. He has no conflicts of interest with the richest people around the world. Therefore, Bai Zhentian's gang background is not taboo.
After hearing Abdul's words, Bai Zhentian's eyes couldn't help but freeze, and he asked: "Waleed? Is he Walid from Saudi Arabia?"
"Yes, he is a cousin of mine who has the best relationship with me..." Abdul shrugged and said, "But he likes to make money, and I just like to have fun."
"Okay, I will definitely participate in the bet the day after tomorrow!"
Hearing Walid's name, Bai Zhentian thought for a moment and said, "I don't know much about gambling. I wonder if it would be okay to have someone replace me?"
Bai Zhentian knew that the bets of people like Abdul could easily amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. If he used his small fortune to play, he would probably lose and become a pauper in a short time.
"Of course, it's in line with the rules!"
Abdul nodded. In the card game he organized, probably no one’s money came from the strong wind except himself. Many times some rich people would find someone to gamble on their behalf. Abdul didn’t care about this.
·As long as he can have fun.
"Then let's make an agreement. This is my business card. You can contact me then!" Seeing Abdul agreeing, Bai Zhentian breathed a sigh of relief and took out a business card from his arms and handed it to him.
other side.
"Okay, I like Mr. Bai's temper very much. I hope you can have a good time then." Abdul nodded, confessed his crime to Bai Zhentian, stood up and returned to his seat.
"Uncle Bai, with your gambling skills, do you really want to gamble with an Arab tycoon?"
After Abdul left, Liu Zimo, who had been holding back a lot of questions, finally asked. You know, Bai Zhentian's experience of losing in gambling in Las Vegas is almost known to everyone in Hongmen.
"What happened to my gambling skills?"
Bai Zhentian glared at Liu Zimo and said angrily: "Let me tell you, when I was in Canada, I was betting on the invincible player in Canada!"
"Tch, I won 50,000 US dollars by rolling the dice. You've been talking about it for decades." Liu Zimo couldn't help but curled his lips when he heard this. There is an allusion to Bai Zhentian's incident.
At that time, Bai Zhentian and some people from the Daquan Gang first arrived in Canada. Apart from some Hong Kong dollars, they had no other money, but Hong Kong dollars were not commonly used in Canada.
In desperation, Bai Zhentian plundered his men, took a few gold chains, and went to the gold store to exchange them for more than ten thousand US dollars. However, they had more than ten people at the time, and more than ten thousand US dollars were really not enough.
Since he had just arrived in Canada, Bai Zhentian had not yet figured out the situation of local gangs and had no idea where to start. On his third day in Canada, Bai Zhentian accidentally entered a casino.
This is an illegal casino organized by the local gang, but for Bai Zhentian and others, it is legal and they will not enter.
At that moment, Bai Zhentian took out the last two thousand dollars in his pocket and exchanged them for chips. According to what he said, if he won, the brothers would eat and drink. If he lost, they would all follow him to the dock to drink the northwest wind.
Bai Zhentian was really lucky that day. He didn't know anything else except betting on dice at the time. But when it came to betting on dice, Bai Zhentian actually won seven or eight games in a row, and the two thousand US dollars in chips turned into three.
Ten thousand.
However, this illegal casino usually has a drawback, that is, it cannot guarantee the interests of gamblers.
Not to mention that after Bai Zhentian won the money, some local gangsters crowded around them, and even the casino showed its intention to close its doors and let the dogs out.
Just after Bai Zhentian made another bet, turning the thirty thousand US dollars in his hand into fifty thousand, the casino's patience was finally exhausted by him. Three or four tall, shirtless and tattooed men were very polite.
Point out that Bai Zhentian cheated in their casino.
According to the casino, Bai Zhentian not only has to lose all his chips, but also has to come up with another five hundred thousand US dollars, otherwise they will take one of Bai Zhentian's right hands.
After hearing what those people said, Bai Zhentian was not angry, but laughed.
Bai Zhentian prides himself on always having good gambling products. Although he knew that this casino was illegal and had no intention of robbing him, who knew that this man meant no harm to tigers, and tigers are harmful to people's hearts, so the other party actually started to cause trouble for him first.
What happened next was simple. Bai Zhentian and the two men from the big circle took off their coats, revealing the pistols under their ribs and several grenades on their waists. They ransacked the casino without any effort.
Lost.
Otherwise, how can we say that if we do the right thing, we can’t make money as fast as we can by doing something eccentric?
Bai Zhentian worked hard for a long time before winning 50,000 yuan. However, after ransacking the casino, each of them had their schoolbags filled with US dollars, which added up to 50,000 to 600,000 yuan.
Inspired by this incident, Bai Zhentian later led a group of people from the Big Circle Gang to attack all the casinos in Canada, establishing a strong reputation and gaining a firm foothold in the European market.
Since these all originated from that casino, Bai Zhentian would talk about the fact that he won 50,000 US dollars from time to time. Of course, he took away more than 50,000 US dollars in the end.
"Uncle Bai, we are not on the same page as those people. Why did you agree to that Arab?"
Liu Zimo was still a little puzzled. Although they had many legitimate businesses in Hongmen, they were all managed by professional managers.
Core figures in Hongmen like Bai Zhentian are not exposed to actual business and rarely interact with the rich.
"You don't understand. Abdul is Walid's cousin. He has great power in Arabia."
Bai Zhentian shook his head and said: "Our company has been investing in Arab oil in the past few years, but the foundation is much shallower than oil companies such as Mobil and Shell. If you want to do business in Arabia, it is not a bad thing to get to know Walid.
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Bai Zhentian is not responsible for specific business, but it is not that he does not know the development direction of Hongmen's major companies. In the past few years, an oil company controlled by Hongmen has been penetrating into the Arab world.
"Who is Walid? How can he help us?" Liu Zimo's time in Hongmen was still short and he had no access to that level at all, so naturally he didn't know who Walid was.
"Waleed is a member of the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Although he has no right to heir, he is very capable personally. He started his business almost from scratch and now has great influence in Arabia."
Mentioning Walid, Bai Zhentian also showed a look of admiration on his face.
Although Walid is the official heir of the King of Arabia and has the title of prince, when he was five years old, his father fell out with the King of Saudi Arabia and other members of the royal family because of his sympathy for Nasser, who later became the president of Egypt, and was exiled to Egypt.
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There, Walid lived a hard life with his father and family. Later, Walid and his father were allowed to return to Saudi Arabia, but since then, he learned that his father and his descendants had forever lost the opportunity to enter Saudi Arabia's upper political circles.
In 1976, 19-year-old Waleed came to Syracuse University in the United States to study for a master's degree in business administration. He returned to China three years later and started a business with US$150,000 provided by his father. He used the accumulated capital to establish several companies.
, and established joint ventures with foreign companies in Saudi Arabia to start trade agency and contracting businesses.
One year later, the Iran-Iraq War began, triggering the second oil crisis. Oil prices skyrocketed, and Saudi Arabia's oil revenue surged. The government invested large sums of money in infrastructure construction, and land prices in Saudi Arabia increased 80 times.
The market opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Walid immediately established the Kingdom Construction Company and extended his business tentacles into the real estate industry. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, once again detonating tensions in the Middle East.
The Saudis are worried that the war will spread to their country and are selling off their land.
At that time, land prices in Saudi Arabia dropped by two-thirds. Walid bucked the trend and purchased land on a large scale, becoming the largest individual "landowner" in Saudi Arabia during the war crisis.
After the war, Walid began to sell these lands, and the yield reached an average of 50%. Walid made a lot of money.
After making his first pot of gold from the real estate industry, Walid invested in banking and became the largest shareholder of the United Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia. Later, he even invested in Citibank, earning hundreds of millions from this transaction in a few years.
billions of dollars.
In the field of investment, Buffett and Walid are two myths in the East and the West. Walid has a very high status in Saudi Arabia and was awarded the title of Prince by the King of Saudi Arabia.
It can be said that when doing business in Saudi Arabia, as long as you have Walid's relationship, basically everything can be given a green light.
This is also the reason why Bai Zhentian immediately agreed to Abdul's gambling invitation after hearing Walid's name. The backdoor approach to building relationships is not a Chinese patent and can work abroad as well.
"With your gambling skills, aren't you rushing to give away money?"
Liu Zimo suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Uncle Bai, although I respect you very much, the money I won just now belongs to me. You can't gamble with it!"
Liu Zimo has grown so big that he has at most tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket. Now that he heard that Bai Zhentian was going to gamble with an Arab tycoon, he suddenly became worried about the thirty million dollars that he had not yet put in his pocket.
"Is your Uncle Bai that kind of person?"
Bai Zhentian glared at Liu Zimo angrily, but before Liu Zimo could put his mind at ease, he immediately said: "Those 30 million were lent to you by Uncle Bai, and I will give you dividends when I win the money!"
Bai Zhentian's net worth is only one to two hundred million US dollars, which also includes many stocks and equity. If he wants to gamble, he will not even be able to come up with 100 million in cash, and he cannot use Liu Zimo's money.
"Uncle Bai, you can't do this, then...that's all my money."
After hearing what Bai Zhentian said, Liu Zimo was dumbfounded. Although he said that the money was easy to come by, he still had to let himself enjoy it, just put it in his pocket and then scatter it, right?
"I know it's your money."
Bai Zhentian waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, if you lose, I will give up several company shares and let you take over. It won't take a few years to make up for the 30 million..."
"Then... what about the interest?" Liu Zimo grimaced when he heard this, putting on a pitiful look.
"Fart interest, when the time comes I ask Qin Feng to help me bet, and maybe I can win a sum of money." Bai Zhentian stared at Liu Zimo and said: "Don't you trust Qin Feng very much? If he goes up to gamble, you still
Afraid of losing money?”
"You let others help you bet?"
Liu Zimo was stunned for a moment. After the bet ended, he had been immersed in the odds of 300 to 1. He just listened to what Bai Zhentian and Abdul said, and did not hear Bai Zhentian's words.
The matter of gambling on behalf of others.
"Nonsense, do you think I am stupid?"
Bai Zhentian looked at Liu Zimo as if he were an idiot and said: "If you want to bet on boxing, I will definitely do it myself. Gambling is not my strong point. Of course I have to find someone to take my place..."
"Okay, you have already considered this." Liu Zimo nodded and said, "Uncle Bai, I said you should get the money we won back first, and those ghost guys should not steal our money."
"They dared to take my money, so I burned down this crappy casino." Bai Zhentian's eyes widened, and the old gangster's aura was immediately revealed.
