Chapter 962: The Card Counter

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Nicky Thompson is not Tim Haggis. Although she said she was in Los Angeles, it was impossible for her to put down her phone and set off like Tim Haggis. She drove for a few hours and arrived in the early hours of the morning. of. In addition, it would take some time for Nicky Thompson to meet the conditions for agreeing to Xiao Yao and to contact a suitable reporter through Matt Dino, so he made an appointment with Xiao Yao on the phone to meet at the Caesars Palace Hotel the next afternoon.

Early the next morning, Xiao Yao got up as usual, but he didn't go to the casino again. Through yesterday's encounter, Xiao Yao knew that most of the casinos would not be able to play the blackjack table, so he no longer wasted time and energy, and tried one by one like yesterday.

After breakfast, Xiao Yao went out to stroll around some attractions in Las Vegas. After returning to the hotel at noon, he did not go out again, waiting for the arrival of Nicky Thompson and the reporter.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yao received a call from Nicky Thompson, and the notification was about to arrive. Xiao Yao directly made an appointment to meet at the coffee shop of the hotel.

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao went to the hotel's coffee shop to wait. Not long after, Nicky Thompson and his party arrived.

Nicky Thompson and his party consisted of three people, and the agent Amy Hatton did not come with her. Besides her, there were two young white men who Xiao Yao didn't know. In fact, it's not like they don't know each other at all. Although Xiao Yao has never met the real person, he has seen the photos before and knows who it is. Therefore, Xiao Yao also immediately judged the identities of the two.

The coffee shop is a public place, and Xiao Yao didn't have to stand up all the way to greet Nicky Thompson when he saw him enter. After Nicky Thompson entered the door, he glanced across the coffee shop and saw Xiao Yao, and when he led the two of them to Xiao Yao's table, Xiao Yao politely stood up and greeted him.

After Nicky Thompson greeted Xiao Yao, he also introduced the two people around him to Xiao Yao: "This is Bob Snow, a reporter from the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times, and this is Matt Snow. Dino, my friend, I think you should know him!"

Matt Dino is also very interested in Xiao Yao, but he was sneaky behind the scenes before, so he couldn't rush to get acquainted with Xiao Yao. Later, Xiao Yao learned that Nicky Thompson and Matt Dino were working behind the scenes, and when he approached Nicky Thompson, Matt Dino had already left Las Vegas with the Chinese private investigator for some things. Gas. Nicky Thompson helped Xiao Yao find a reporter through Matt Dino. Matt Dino also came along after hearing that Nicky Thompson said that he would go with the reporter to meet Xiao Yao.

"Mr. Snow, hello!" Xiao Yao smiled. Bob Snow shook hands, then squinted his eyes and looked at Matt Dino. He clasped his hands and said while pressing the knuckles of his fingers, "Ma T. Dino?"

Looking into Xiao Yao's eyes and hearing the crackling sound, Matt Dino suddenly sensed a sense of danger, immediately waved his hands and smiled and said, "Yan, I did those things to help Nicky, I I heard there is no problem between you and Nicky now."

Matt Dino knew that Xiao Yao had even dealt with a professional fighter like Tiger, so he was definitely not an opponent in fighting. Dino's family is considered rich and powerful in the United States, but not to mention rich, and the family is not poor. As for power, his family is relatively well-off in the United States, and its influence in China is relatively limited. He is from China. Although he is a celebrity, he doesn't seem to pay much attention to the American market. If Xiao Yao was really upset and beat him up, and then ran back to Huaxia, he wouldn't even have a chance to retaliate, so he could only be beaten in vain. So Matt Dino immediately and wisely chose to admit defeat.

"Ha!" Nicky Thompson looked at Matt Dino with a smile and said, "Matt, this is the first time I've seen you being so cowardly!"

"Nicky, isn't it because of you?" Matt Dino looked at Nicky Thompson dissatisfied.

"Okay, I'll help you!" Nicky Thompson turned to Xiao Yao with a smile and said,

"Yang, his father is the boss of a big consortium, very powerful in the United States! You'd better not mess with him!"

"Really?" Xiao Yao smiled, "I like beating the rich second generation the most! I have beaten the rich second generation in China, and I haven't beaten the rich second generation in the United States yet!"

"Nicky, you're not helping!" Matt Dino yelled.

"Who are you?" Bob Snow asked on the side with a confused expression.

Although he was invited by Matt Dino, he didn't know what happened to them before.

"It's okay, just kidding!" Xiao Yao didn't intend to play any more, and made a gesture of invitation to Bob Snow, "Mr. Snow, please sit down!"

"Okay, I scared you!" Nicky Thompson patted Matt Dino with a smile, and sat down.

"You two colluded to trick me?" Matt Dino asked as he sat down.

"There's no collusion, just cooperate!" Nicky Thompson laughed, "I know Yang won't really hit you on this occasion, just want to scare you, just cooperate!"

"Did anything happen between you that I don't know about?" Matt Dino asked strangely.

Nicky Thompson didn't want to answer. Just at this time, a waiter saw them sitting down and took the initiative to come over and ask them to order. Nicky Thompson took this opportunity to skip the question.

"Let's talk about business!" The three ordered, and after the waiter left, Xiao Yao said, "Mr. Snow, did Nicky tell you what you are here for?"

"I said it!" Bob Snow nodded with a smile, "But it's not Miss Thompson, but Mr. Dino. He said let me report a news about you, and maybe I need to hype it up so that this news becomes Hot spots. Mr. Dino will find someone to carry out the hype. I am only responsible for writing your news. Some time ago you attended the Billboard Awards Ceremony, and there was a certain amount of enthusiasm. This awards ceremony will be broadcast on ABC soon. Let It is not difficult for the newspaper to publish your news. This matter is not difficult for me."

"Are you going to help me hype?" Xiao Yao looked at Matt Dino and said.

"Since you want the media to report the news about you, of course you want as many people as possible to know about you." Matt Dino shrugged, "The reporters have found you for you, so let's fire it later. , as compensation for our previous hype about you going to the casino and hiring someone to trouble you."

"I appreciate the kindness," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "but I think there is no need for you to do anything about this matter anymore!"

"What do you mean?" Matt Dino asked.

"What I mean is," Xiao Yao said, "even if you don't do anything, this news will definitely become hot news and a very hot topic after it comes out, so you don't need to waste resources."

"Are you so confident?" Matt Dino said, "Although you performed well at the Billboard Awards Ceremony before, that incident has already been reported by the media. After all, you are from China, unless you go out of the airport again Hijacking or fashion week robbery or kidnapping or something like that, I can't think of anything about you that would make the hot news all over America."

"Mr. Xiao, what exactly is the news you want to tell me?" Bob Snow also asked very curiously.

"Nicky didn't tell you?" Xiao Yao asked.

"No!" The two shook their heads together and looked at Nicky Thompson.

"I didn't say that, I just told Matt that you need reporters to report news about you." Nicky Thompson said, "But even if I know that the news you want to break is about the reason you went to the casino, I don't know what it is The reason must become breaking news. Could it be that you are helping the police undercover and going to the casino to investigate criminals?"

"A big star helps the police go undercover?" Matt Dino looked at Nicky Thompson in surprise and said, "Just because he has an FBI agent friend? You really have an imagination!"

Xiao Yao was also taken aback by Nicky Thompson's brain hole, then shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

"As for the specifics, you go to the casino with me and watch and listen for yourself!" Xiao Yao said.

"Can we go now?" Nicky Thompson asked immediately.

The other two were also a little impatient.

"Of course!" Xiao Yao nodded.

"Which one are you going to?" Matt Dino asked.

"Just go to the casino in this hotel!" Xiao Yao said after thinking about it.

"Okay, let's go!"

Matt Dino raised his hand to call for the bill, and before the waiter came over, he took out a few large bills and put them on the table, calling for several people to get up.

Xiao Yao didn't argue with Matt Dino, he stood up and left the coffee shop with a few others, heading for the casino downstairs.

After entering the casino, Xiao Yao found that no staff took the initiative to come forward, so he went to the chip exchange office to exchange chips as usual.

"Should we also change chips?" Nicky Thompson asked from the side.

"Whatever!" Xiao Yao said, "But if you want to change, I suggest you not change too much."

Therefore, neither Bob Snow nor Nicky Thompson exchanged chips. Only Matt Dino exchanged 10,000 chips in the past, and then distributed a few thousand to each of them.

After waiting for them to change their chips, Xiao Yao took them directly to a blackjack table in the casino.

Xiao Yao sat on an empty seat in front of the gaming table, and the other three also found their own empty seats. After the round was over, Xiao Yao put down two 1,000 chips in the betting area in front of him, and the other three also placed their bets. The three of them have doubts in their hearts, but so far, Xiao Yao's actions are very consistent with the behavior of ordinary customers in the casino. The three of them refrained from asking, but just followed Xiao Yao's example and observed silently.

After all the players at the table had placed their bets, the croupier stretched out his hand to the card box, and was about to deal the cards, but suddenly withdrew his hand and pressed the earphone plugged into one of his ears.

A few seconds later, the croupier put down his hand, but instead of continuing to deal the cards, he looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, you can't bet!"

"Why?" Xiao Yao deliberately pretended to be surprised.

"Excuse me, please take back your chips." The croupier said, "The casino manager will come over immediately, and he will explain to you!"

"Mr. Xiao!" At this time, a middle-aged man in a suit and uniform came over and said to Xiao Yao.

"You know me?" Xiao Yao turned to look at the casino manager.

"Of course!" The casino manager nodded, "This is not the first time you have come to our casino."

"Then why don't you let me bet?" Xiao Yao asked.

"I think you should know the reason yourself!" said the casino manager.

Casinos do share some information. Xiao Yao has not only been on the blacklist of this casino, but the casino manager also knows that Xiao Yao has been informed by several casinos yesterday that he is on the blacklist, and was refused on the spot to play blackjack or even all poker tables .

"I don't know!" Xiao Yao showed an angry expression, and deliberately raised his voice.

The casino manager frowned, and waved to Xiao Yao, "Mr. Xiao, can we go to the office to talk?"

Xiao Yao's voice was a bit loud. The casino manager didn't want to affect other people in the casino, so he wanted to talk to Xiao Yao in a more private place.

"Can we go together?" Bob Snow asked, "We are his companions!"

When the croupier at the gaming table refused Xiao Yao to place a bet, the three of Nicky Thompson were as surprised as the other players at the gaming table. All three of them knew that Xiao Yao brought them here to tell them why he came to the casino, and this reason would be a big news. Hearing this, Bob Snow, a reporter, keenly felt that the big news should be coming. Of course, Xiao Yao could not be allowed to go away with the people from the casino alone.

"Yes, we are his companions!" Matt Dino also said.

Matt Dino's reaction was not slow, and he quickly thought of this.

"My companion and I are worried about my safety!" Xiao Yao said, "I can go to the office with you, but I ask them to accompany you!"

Xiao Yao originally wanted to raise this point by himself, but since Bob Snow and Matt Dino both spoke, Xiao Yao followed suit.

"Yes!" The casino manager glanced at them and nodded.

So, the four of them put away their chips and followed the casino manager to an office.

"Mr. Xiao, you have been blacklisted by the casino." After entering the office, the casino manager straight to the point said to Xiao Yao, "From today, all poker items in this casino will refuse to provide you with services. Here , you can only play non-poker items such as slot machines and roulette.”

"As for you," the casino manager looked at Matt Dino and the other three, "We found that you have entered our casino for the first time in the past month, and you should not be Mr. Xiao's teammates, so the casino has not listed you as black for the time being." list. But since you are here with Mr. Xiao today, we will focus on you!"

"Wait," Matt Dino waved his hand, "Jan was blacklisted by the casino? Why?"

"Also," Bob Snow continued to ask, "Since he is on the blacklist, why didn't he be denied entry, but only refused to play poker games, and he can also play other games?"

"Because we think he is a card counter, counting cards when playing blackjack!" The casino manager said, "Slot machines and roulette can't be counted, so he is not prohibited from playing."

"Card counting?" Bob Snow asked in surprise, "You said Xiao could count cards?"

"Did you make a mistake?" Matt Dino also asked, "Do you know that he is an acting star, and he is a very famous one! A top performing star will be a card counting By?"

"We know!" The casino manager smiled wryly, "Just because we knew he was a show star, we had disagreements in judging whether he was a card counter, which made it a bit late for us to confirm that he was a card counter , and caused the casino to suffer even greater losses!"

"How did you determine that he was a card counter?" Matt Dino asked.

"We checked, he came to Las Vegas for nearly a month. During this month, he went to the casino every day, even the day he attended the Billboard Music Awards." The casino manager said, " In this month, he has been to more than 20 casinos in total, and he has never lost in any of them. We calculated that he has won a total of more than 20 casinos in this month. More than 20 million, and the principal he took out was only 200,000!"

"You took 200,000 and won more than 20 million from the casino in a month?" Matt Dino and the three of them looked at Xiao Yao as if they were looking at aliens.

"It's impossible for anyone to do this just by luck!" The casino manager continued, "So, if Mr. Xiao isn't counting cards, I think only he has superpowers can explain it."

"Maybe I really have superpowers?" Xiao Yao looked at the casino manager and smiled.

"You really know how to count cards?" The three of them looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief and said.

All three of them noticed that Xiao Yao's expression had changed. Instead of the anger and doubt he had in the casino before, he had a look of complacency and joking, knowing that Xiao Yao had actually admitted that he could count cards.