Chapter 1239: Find some ‘Sparring Partners’ for Entertainment
"What you have here, to me, is just free money."
After finishing the filming of "The Embalmer", Chen Hao was picked up by Yin Tianyang and came to the remote "Underground City". Yin Tianyang was quite proud to show off some of the things he played with him, and the things he played were not necessarily fresh. But he must be super professional, and it also made him interested in having some fun, but what he got was Chen Hao's words.
"A guest happened to be here today. Let's play together for a while?"
Soon, Chen Hao saw the guest through the mirror wall. He shook his head with a smile and said to Yin Tianyang: "You really have a character that refuses to admit defeat. Do you want me to fight him?"
The man who was smoking a cigar and drinking red wine in the gambling arena and watching the competition on the stage was once a superstar in the snooker industry. Although he has retired long ago, his skills are still outstanding in non-competition situations. He is very powerful and has a strong playing style that allows him to still have a lot of fans even after retiring for many years. After he came out, everyone knew who he was.
Jimmy White.
The best player in the world who has not won the World Championship has entered the World Championship finals several times but failed to win the trophy. Snooker will have many world champions, but for tradition, there is no World Championship at the Crucible. The championship of the tournament, in the eyes of many players, you are not considered a real snooker world champion.
"I have a lot of celebrities coming here every year. They are inconvenient to play outside. They are all here, including many current big stars or public figures. I provide one-stop service and promise confidentiality. Once their whereabouts are If he is exposed, I will bear the responsibility. It has been almost ten years and nothing has happened." This is Yin Tianyang's pride, and it is also the guarantee for him to become stronger and stronger.
For this place, even though he was successful and famous, he still put his head in his waistband and worked hard to build this place. At that time, many people didn't understand why he wanted to build a place for fun and not make any money?
A few years later, when this place really became famous, and when some peepers no longer had the strength to rob it, everyone discovered how powerful the resources contained here were. Just the guests and members who came here to play were enough for Yin Tianyang to take advantage of. He just doesn't use the endless external resources. The more he doesn't use them, the more he abides by the rules. The greater the reputation here, the more people he can attract, and the crazier the fun here. The confidentiality facilities are also good enough, near the west coast. This can definitely be regarded as a small-scale fun destination, like Las Vegas, where the fun is not so crazy.
Here, there is a bet on anything. As long as you want to play and you can afford the money, Yin Tianyang will tell you that anything is possible. A boxer plus a wrestler and a tiger are placed in a cage. You can suppress it. Two versus one, who wins? To bet here, 10 million is the minimum standard. The appearance fee alone for both of them is tens of millions each. The word crazy is nothing here.
There is no craziest, only crazier.
In a place like this, Yin Tianyang said that he would arrange for Jimmy White and Chen Hao to play a friendly match in private. In just one sentence, he only needed to spend half a million dollars or some membership rights, which was enough for Jimmy White to show his most serious attitude. Attitude to have a private sparring match.
Yes, there are two types of competitions where you can directly communicate with celebrities. One is privately between friends. If you play tennis well and want to communicate with the world champion, you can hire one here if you have money. Yes, not everyone can be invited by name, but you set the scope to be the world champion. Yin Tianyang can do it. If you pay, the world champion can also make some extra money by playing here, and he will not go out and be beaten by others. Everyone is happy when they say that there is no bottom line for making money.
Another option is gambling. Yin Tianyang will hold a live event for all members who play here, and will also give advance notice. Are you willing to see who competes? Are you willing to place a bet? Then there will be a game today to ensure fairness and justice. If there is a gap in strength, the proportion will be adjusted, and the competition method will also be adjusted. What we want is an excitement that no one can see outside.
"How about this? How many experts do you have here in the sports competition today? They are famous enough, retired or active. Help me arrange friendly matches for them all. If I win, you will pay for it. If you win, I will pay for it. In the end, it will always be the same. Score, if I win, I will pick out a few bottles of good wine to take away. By the way, I will arrange for someone to take some private videos during the process. I think you should have such a service? "
Yin Tianyang smiled: "You really know how to play. It doesn't matter if you are interested in it. But first, let's talk about it. Some of the appearance fees are really not cheap. Uh, forget it. You just settled the salary for "The Embalmer". It's enough. Just for a day’s fun.”
Chen Hao: "It's okay. I really have to lose too much. At worst, I'll have a fight below you."
Yin Tianyang pointed at him and smiled, said nothing, and ordered people to make arrangements.
From beginning to end, he didn't mention a single thing, which made Chen Hao very, very comfortable. Ordinarily, Mr. Chen is also a world famous person. This kind of private contact does not come with an appearance fee. Why are some people willing to pay to meet Chen Hao?
In Yin Tianyang's concept, there is no such thing. It all depends on him treating Chen Hao as the same master as himself. Those who come to accompany him are just people who can pay to come as they please. What is the status level? , I paid you to play with me. This is a typical attitude of a superior. What I want is that you take my money and play with me according to my rules. Even if you make money, it doesn't matter.
If someone wants to meet Chen Hao here, no matter how high or low your offer is, you are provoking Yin Tianyang, and he will think you are insulting him. Don't say that there is a super rich man who wants Chen Hao to accompany him for a meal for 100 million US dollars. If you dare to take out this money, it's not up to me whether I will accept it or not. Money is easy to make, and some things are lost and lost forever. If anyone dares to do this, Yin Tianyang will follow Chen Hao and fight back against your attempt to provoke.
"To play snooker, you have to play 19 games at least." Chen Hao came up and said a very professional arrangement. Those who don't believe him and think he can't beat Jimmy White will sneer at you. You still play 19 games with him, you should sit for 19 games.
Jimmy White, who can still hit a 100-point single shot from time to time, is very happy to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars here. If he wins, his appearance fee will be doubled, and there are no additional competition conditions. This makes him feel that he has put the doubled bonus into his pocket. This kind of private friendly match is not the first time he has played. He has to give the opponent some competition conditions, such as he cannot defend or directly switch to the non-handed shot, or how many points to give in each game.
No conditions?
Seeing that it was the big star Chen Hao who appeared in front of him, Jimmy White was probably surprised. Is this the sponsor today?
He has never seen Yin Tianyang, but Jimmy White has seen the one who bowed slightly beside him. He is the person in charge here, an absolute big shot. He once asked him to do something, but it was just a matter of a phone call, but today he appeared completely as an attendant, so this...
"Haozi, do you really not want to give points?" Yin Tianyang did not greet Jimmy White at all. There will be respect, but it has to be when I am free.
"Even. What, take the bet, let's play?"
Yin Tianyang spread his hands indifferently: "Okay, as long as you are happy."
"Okay, 10 million, you find me a real good jade, suitable for women to wear."
I lose, lose 10 million, you lose, get me a piece of jade.
Yin Tianyang still doesn't care: "It seems that I have to call Lao Hu, this old guy leaked the secret, I just got a good thing, it seems that you came prepared today."
Chen Hao pursed his lips: "No way, the woman is going to have a birthday." Then he greeted Yin Tianyang and Jimmy White, and communicated fluently in English, and there were fewer obstacles between them.
There is no shortage of top-level cues here. Members come to play billiards, and cues worth tens of thousands of dollars are standard. They want the top members, so Yin Tianyang naturally has to be the top in all supporting services, even if he loses money here every year.
There is no need for Chen Gang and Kang Yan to do it for them. There are the most professional photographers and recording equipment here. Some people ask celebrities to play with them because they want to keep the video data and promise to keep it confidential. However, for someone like Jimmy White who has retired for many years, it doesn't matter whether it is leaked or not. He doesn't care if the appearance fee is slightly increased.
Holding a cigar and drinking strong liquor, the atmosphere of snooker in the 1970s and 1980s is the favorite of these old players. Later, because the TV broadcast gradually became competitive, some restrictions were imposed.
When Jimmy White came up to tee off, he naturally had to give a few points. He didn't want to tee off very professionally. The ball situation was a little scattered. If you really make others depressed, it would be bad.
As a result, he sat directly on the sofa in the first set, and didn't smoke cigars. He stared at Chen Hao and ended the first game with a single shot of over 100.
The level of professional athletes is given by the system ability, plus his better concentration and power control, as well as a relaxed and entertaining mentality. Even if it is an adaptation game, it is not difficult to hit a single shot of over 100.
Applause rang out. Yin Tianyang didn't care about winning or losing, while Jimmy White applauded the great performance of the big star. When recording the video, Kang Yan sent the video to Chen Yu so that she could see the scene. Chen Yu was not a snooker fan, but just liked to play sixteen colors. Seeing her brother playing with the former snooker super master, she had to sigh that life was a big change in fate in just a few years.
I still remember that before my brother came back from Yanjing, my parents told me not to stimulate him. If he didn't do well outside, he would definitely be more fragile inside when he returned home. We should help him more.
It's only been a few years. What Chen Yu needs to do is to adapt to the surprises that her brother constantly brings her. The things that once felt far away in the clouds, and the pictures that could only be seen on TV screens and computers, are now within reach.