Chapter 960

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Nicky Thompson didn't tell Xiao Yao to go to the casino to find him. After entering the casino, he went around and found Xiao Yao and Tim Haggis sitting at a blackjack table.

"Win or lose?" Nicky Thompson walked over quietly, suddenly sat down next to Xiao Yao, and turned to ask him.

Xiao Yao didn't expect Nicky Thompson to appear suddenly, but after all, he had told the other party his location on the phone before, so he wasn't too surprised by her appearance. Xiao Yao's surprised expression was fleeting, and he replied directly with a smile: "I won a little."

"Are you coming to play too? Lend you a little?" Xiao Yao continued with a smile while playing with the stack of chips in front of him.

"No need!" Xiao Yao's surprised expression appeared too short, and he recovered too quickly, without even asking "Why are you here?" Nicky Thompson turned his head a little unhappy, took out a wad of cash and threw it Go to the croupier and say, "Change chips!"

"Two thousand!" The croupier picked up the cash and counted it, reported the number, put away the cash, took out two thousand chips and pushed them to Nicky Thompson.

Two thousand yuan is not too much for Nicky Thompson, but Nicky Thompson is not here to gamble, she is here to watch Xiao Yao gamble, sitting next to it seems too obvious, so I changed it Chips, place a small bet casually, and watch while playing.

Most of Nicky Thompson's attention was on Xiao Yao, but after looking at it for a while, she found that she couldn't see why Xiao Yao liked being in the casino so much.

First of all, judging from the results of winning and losing, Xiao Yao has won and lost. Although the overall number of wins is more, in her opinion, it's just a little bit better luck, and she can't see the fun of this result at all.

Secondly, although Xiao Yao loses less and wins more, the amount Xiao Yao bet is not too large. Xiao Yao's betting amount is only a few thousand yuan per hand, and there are almost no tens of thousands of yuan. Of course, a bet of several thousand yuan is already considered a lot for ordinary people, but compared to the net worth of a star of Xiao Yao's level, it is not much in any case.

Nicky Thompson knew that this was not the first time for Xiao Yao to come to the casino. In the past half month, he went to the casino almost every day. In such a situation, she didn't feel much excitement after seeing a woman for a long time. She really couldn't figure out how Xiao Yao kept this enthusiasm for more than half a month.

Almost two hours later, Xiao Yao's cell phone rang. Xiao Yao took out his phone, glanced at it, and pressed it. After the game ended, Xiao Yao said to Tim Haggis: "I should go. Do you want to continue playing?"

Xiao Yao is going to attend the awards ceremony and walk the red carpet, so he needs to prepare in advance. The phone that rang just now was the alarm clock that Xiao Yao set for fear of delaying things. The alarm clock on his mobile phone rang, which also meant that it was almost time for him to change his clothes and get dressed for the red carpet show.

Tim Haggis served as Xiao Yao's bodyguard as a help among friends, not a real hired bodyguard. Last night was not actually a formal workplace. Tim Haggis said he was a bodyguard, but he actually went there as a friend of Xiao Yao, otherwise it would be impossible to leave early at will. Today's awards ceremony is a formal public occasion, and Xiao Yao has no intention of letting Tim Haggis continue to act as a bodyguard. Tim Haggis is an ordinary audience tonight, so there is no need to leave now.

"I'm leaving too." Tim Haggis said, "I asked a friend for help yesterday. I went to ask about the situation. After it's over, it's almost time for the audience to enter the awards ceremony. I'll go straight in Audience seats."

With Nicky Thompson by his side, Tim Haggis did not say anything about the investigation into Hopson's food poisoning. He believed that Xiao Yao should be able to understand.

"Okay!" Sure enough, Xiao Yao nodded, "After the awards ceremony is over, let's go back to the Caesars Palace Hotel and see you later!"

"What about you?" Xiao Yao turned his head and asked Nicky Thompson, "Are you leaving now?"

"Let's go!" Nicky Thompson said, throwing the remaining one thousand chips in front of him to the croupier on the gaming table,

"I'll send you off!"

"Thank you!" The croupier thanked with a smile and put away the chips.

"Please, give me a chip box!" Xiao Yao pointed to the chips in front of him and said to the croupier.

There are more than 400,000 chips in front of him, not to mention that the croupier at this gaming table may not have enough cash, Xiao Yao himself does not need that much cash, he needs to transfer money, and if he wants to transfer money, he needs to go to a special chip exchange office of. There are dozens of chips in total of more than 400,000 in front of Xiao Yao, and two hands may not be enough, so if he asks the croupier for a box to hold the chips, the croupier will also provide it to the gamblers who need it.

Nicky Thompson and Tim Haggis waited for Xiao Yao for a while, and after Xiao Yao packed all the chips, they followed him to the chip exchange.

"How much did you win in total?" Nicky Thompson asked Xiao Yao curiously on the way to the chip exchange.

"More than two hundred thousand!" Xiao Yao said.

"Ah? So much?" Nicky Thompson said a little surprised, "I don't think you win all the time!"

"Heh!" Xiao Yao smiled.

"I see that you don't look like a gambler. Why do you go to the casino every day after you come to LV?" Nicky Thompson said, "Is your luck so good every day, can you win so much every day?"

"I said, I will tell you the reason, but not now!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Cut~" Nicky Thompson pouted. Although she made a guess just now, she still doesn't believe that Xiao Yao's luck is so good every day, and he can win money in the casino every day.

After exchanging the chips, Tim Haggis separated from the two and left the hotel alone. Xiao Yao and Nicky Thompson continued to walk together for a while, and then separated after reaching the area rented by the billboard for the awards ceremony, and went to their respective dressing rooms under the guidance of the staff.

The next period of time is to change clothes, make up and do styling, and then wait for the red carpet show to start.

Since Xiao Yao joined temporarily, the organizer of the awards ceremony, "Billboard" magazine, didn't even have time to promote Xiao Yao's participation in the awards ceremony. At the beginning of the red carpet show, when Xiao Yao walked on the red carpet, there was a burst of discussion among the reporters reporting outside the field and the fans watching.

Even if the organizer does not have time to update the lineup of celebrity guests to the media and the public, it will definitely be done to revise the script of the infield and outfield hosts. Under the introduction of the outfield host, the media reporters and audience will not be ignorant of who Xiao Yao is. What they are talking about is that Xiao Yao, a Chinese star who has not been active in the United States for more than a year, and has not been nominated for this year's awards Why did it suddenly appear on this year's awards ceremony guest list.

The red carpet show of the Billboard Awards Ceremony also has an interview session with the off-site host. During the interview, under the guidance of the host's questions, Xiao Yao explained his identity as a guest performer, and revealed that he will perform an original new song at the awards ceremony. Therefore, many people thought that Xiao Yao wanted to use the awards ceremony as the premiere stage of the upcoming new song, and used this opportunity to promote the new song. Since Xiao Yao has never done this before, some people even speculate whether Xiao Yao is going to seriously develop his music market in North America.

Of course, the offsite host didn't ask these two questions, and Xiao Yao didn't say anything. Those people were just guessing and couldn't be sure for the time being.

After the red carpet show, Xiao Yao entered the arena and got to his seat under the guidance of the staff. Since he was not a nominee, Xiao Yao's seat was in the audience area. Including Cordy Scott and Nicky Thompson, the stars that Xiao Yao met last night who came to the rehearsal were all nominated, and the seats were in a different area from his. It may be that the organizers considered last night's rehearsal Things, including the seat of the group btbs who was the guest of honor, were arranged far away from him. Xiao Yao looked around, and he didn't even recognize any of the celebrities around him.

In the award ceremony of music awards, the nominees are naturally the stars of the music world, but when it comes to the guests, they are not necessarily the stars of the music world. In this awards ceremony, the Korean btbs group among the guests is actually a minority, but most of them are stars from other industries.

The so-called other industry stars are mainly actors and sports stars. And Xiao Yao's popularity in the United States does not come entirely from his music works. He has caused several sensational cases in the United States, some films have been released in the United States, and he has participated in the American All-Star Celebrity Game. In addition to the music and fashion circles, there are also many people in the film and television and sports circles who know Xiao Yao and are interested in him.

Xiao Yao is not the last star to walk the red carpet. At this time, the red carpet show was still going on, and the awards ceremony had not yet started, so it was a relatively free time in the venue. It's not good for everyone to walk around casually, it's okay to talk and chat with the neighbors. Several guests watching the ceremony sitting next to Xiao Yao took the initiative to greet and chat with Xiao Yao.

Although Xiao Yao doesn't like to participate in award ceremonies, he has actually participated in quite a few. At the age of seventeen, Xiao Yao participated in the American Academy Award Ceremony as a guest performer, and Xiao Yao, who is about to turn 24, came to the Billboard Music Awards Ceremony, of course he is not afraid. There is no problem with Xiao Yao's language, and he is not afraid psychologically. Naturally, he responded politely and decently, with a sense of humor, which left a very good impression on the people next to him.

Several people from btbs who were walking on the red carpet in front of Xiao Yao had also entered the arena at this time. Although there was a distance from Xiao Yao's seat, they still unconsciously paid attention to Xiao Yao's side. Seeing Xiao Yao chatting happily with the American stars next to him, they were of course even more upset.

After a while, the red carpet show ended, and the awards ceremony in the venue also began.

Generally speaking, Xiao Yao doesn't necessarily go to award ceremonies where he is nominated, and he definitely doesn't go to award ceremonies where he is not nominated. But since it is here this time, even if there is no expectation of winning, Xiao Yao will still devote himself to it with a better attitude. Regardless of whether the camera lens on the scene is panned or not, you should laugh when you are sitting in your seat, you should applaud when someone wins an award, and even someone else stands up from their seat and cheers for the performance on the stage just like the people next to them during the performance. Screaming, the performance is arguably beyond reproach.

About halfway through the awards ceremony, the staff quietly ran over to inform Xiao Yao to prepare for the performance, and Xiao Yao immediately got up and quickly went backstage with the staff to prepare.

Preparations were made halfway through the awards ceremony, which meant that Xiao Yao's performance was arranged by the organizers in the second half of the awards ceremony. Relatively speaking, it shows that the organizer still attaches great importance to Xiao Yao's performance. And Xiao Yao's performance did not disappoint the organizers.

After handing out an award for the best alternative song of the year, the host introduced the next performer on stage. When the host finally said Jan Shaw's name, Cordy Scott and Nicky Thompson from the nominees area took the lead and stood up from their seats to applaud and cheer. With these two people taking the lead, the scene immediately burst into applause.

An electronic curtain wall at the front of the stage slowly rose up, and the audience and celebrity guests saw Xiao Yao, dressed casually in a dark T-shirt and jeans, with a log-colored acoustic guitar on his back, standing behind the microphone stand , The applause at the scene was a little louder.

Next, the scene looked down at the camera lens on the stage, and the big screen showed that there was a square carpet on the stage behind the front microphone stand. Xiao Yao didn't wear shoes and socks, just a pair of bare feet step on the carpet.

"Ha~ This guy is actually barefoot!" Someone laughed in surprise.

"This guy actually has tricks?" Curdy Scott was also surprised. "He didn't have this design for last night's performance. Could it be that he came up with it during the rehearsal today?"

"No," Nicky Thompson shook his head. "As far as I know, he's been at the casino this afternoon. He didn't have a rehearsal at all. He might have come up with it before going on stage!"

This scene didn't last long on the big screen, and soon the camera showed Xiao Yao's upper body, but that was enough for the audience and celebrity guests to see Xiao Yao's bare feet clearly, and it also made the applause and cheers even louder A few points.

"Unconventional? Sensational?" Although the applause and cheers were a bit louder, it's not like no one commented on Xiao Yao's bare feet in their hearts, but most of the people who thought this way were only before Xiao Yao's performance started. When Xiao Yao's performance started, many people who thought so changed their minds.

Although Xiao Yao sang a new song that has not been released yet, judging from the melody and rhythm of the whole song and Xiao Yao's performance state, Xiao Yao, who is casually dressed and barefoot, is very suitable for this performance. ride.

The rhythm of the song that seems to change at will, the tongue that comes out casually, the meaningless humming of the chorus, coupled with Xiao Yao's head shaking when performing, and the occasional cute and cheap smile, all show Xiao Yao Haruka's freedom and spontaneity when performing this song. In the eyes of many people, Xiao Yao's performance of this song gave them a feeling of unrestrained casualness. It is the same feeling when performing on stage with no shoes and socks and bare feet, and it should be.

Generally speaking, Xiao Yao's performance is quite different, but exciting enough, and the songs sound very nice. Since the previous award was the Best Alternative Song of the Year, some people even think that this song by Xiao Yao can directly lock in the nomination for the Best Alternative Song of the Year next year.

Therefore, when Xiao Yao finished his performance and bowed to the audience, many celebrity guests and the audience cheered and stood up from their seats, and it was not surprising that there was huge applause and cheers at the scene.