I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"Wow!"

"呲~"

As they entered the villa, even the worldly-wise Jin Nana couldn't help but exclaimed, and the other two girls were also surprised.

The villa that Ma Yueling brought them to was decorated in an extremely luxurious way.

In the center of the living room, a huge crystal chandelier hangs from the dome. Countless facets reflect dazzling light under the light, like the brightest stars in the night sky, illuminating the entire space.

Under the chandelier, a retro sofa carefully crafted by a craftsman is quietly placed. It feels soft and textured, and its color is a low-key and luxurious dark red, which complements the surrounding environment.

There are several oil paintings hanging on the walls, which are obviously priceless.

In a corner of the living room, there is an antique screen with auspicious patterns of dragons and phoenixes embroidered on it.

Behind the screen, one can vaguely see an exquisite tea room, inside which are placed various tea sets, all of which are fine porcelains from Jingde Town, with glaze as warm as jade and lifelike patterns.

There is actually a small private museum here, which houses a variety of rare cultural relics and artworks, ranging from ancient bronzes and jades to modern and contemporary calligraphy and paintings, and porcelain.

This scene reminded Chen Xi of the Grand Lisboa Casino and the big investments made by Boss He.

The lobby of the Grand Lisboa Casino is filled with antiques, such as the throne made by Emperor Kangxi, bamboo and stone paintings, orchid paintings, chrysanthemum paintings, mammoth ivory fossil carvings, and a ship made of pure gold...

The things here are almost the same as those there, and the variety is richer.

"So rich!" Chen Xi looked at it for a long time and couldn't help but say.

Although the big bosses in the mainland have long bank accounts and their own industries, the lives they lead are simply incomparable to Ma Yueling's.

I guess only the rich people in the Middle East can compare with them.

“Haha, this is the wealth accumulated by several generations of ours. You guys have it all, but there is only one generation. It’s normal that we can’t compare. After all, capital is accumulated.” Ma Yueling said with a smile, and asked someone to put the things that Chen Xi brought on the table, which was the box bought at the auction.

"Sister Ling, your wealth is simply... I can't even describe it." Chen Xi thought about it. One of his family's classmates was the richest man in Hecheng. He remembered that when he visited his house, that person had bought a mansion of over a thousand square meters to store antique calligraphy and paintings.

Look at those antiques and calligraphy and paintings. Compared with the Ma family's, they are simply not worth looking at.

"It's nothing actually. Maybe you have as many antiques in your house as these. I heard that your father also likes collecting. And with the auction house here, it would be more convenient for him to buy them himself, right?" Ma Yueling asked back.

What she said was true. Chen Yifeng had a huge amount of antiques and calligraphy and paintings, and he was considered a big collector in the country.

However, he does not know much about antiques, but he knows a little about calligraphy and painting. The reason why he collects so many old items is, firstly, for investment, and secondly, to show off by showing people around.

"Come, Saori, here are the Portuguese tarts from the Macau area, you can try them. You guys sit for a while, I'll be back soon." Ma Yueling had tea and snacks served to the four people, and then she walked upstairs holding the box.

"This stuff is good. We can consider imitating it in our dessert shop." Jin Nana took a bite of the freshly baked Portuguese egg tart and it tasted full of milk and left a lingering fragrance in her mouth.

To be honest, Portuguese egg tarts are very common in KFC in mainland China, but are unheard of in Australia.

The egg tarts in Australia are basically Cantonese-style, and the taste is quite inferior to the Portuguese egg tarts.

"Well, I will also imitate some Australian delicacies and bring them back when the time comes." Zhao Lingshan said vigilantly.

"Hehe, look how scared you are." Jin Nana chuckled.

"Be careful when you come here, and don't get lost." Chen Xi took advantage of his free time to remind the three women.

"Why? Isn't it safe here?" Zhao Lingshan was very confused.

"Hey, here, especially in the casino, more than half of the people are not normal." Chen Xi said while eating a piece of egg tart.

"Oh? Not a normal person? Is he a psycho?" Saori poured a cup of tea for Chen Xi.

"In the casino, besides the players, there are many things that need to be paid attention to. There are several major professions here, such as pickpockets, pickpocket girls, beggars, money changers, go-go girls, stackers, pawnbrokers, hall owners, keyboard players..."

Wait, why is it the same as the Old Nine Gates...

As Chen Xi spoke, he felt something strange.

The so-called money-changers have been introduced before, but as more and more people join this industry, the internal competition becomes serious, and many people start to do other businesses in order to survive. For example, selling mainland cigarettes, betel nuts, hotel rooms, and even pimping.

A pack of cigarettes that costs 30 yuan in the mainland can be sold for 100 yuan in a casino. The buyers are all gamblers, and their usual bets start from thousands of yuan, so they don’t care about such a small amount of money.

As for hotel rooms, accommodation in Australia is very expensive due to the large number of tourists. Five-star hotels are basically owned by major casinos, and they will mostly reserve rooms for those generous gamblers to stay for free, because a room here can easily cost several thousand per night, and villa rooms can even reach hundreds of thousands per night.

Unlike the Tuao Casino, the free hotel rooms here are based on points. Although Tuao has a points algorithm, it does not give out rooms based on points.

Each casino is different, some count a betting turnover of 2000 as one point, while others count 3000 or 4000 as one point.

During the off-season, from Monday to Thursday, the points required for room redemption will be lower, and higher during weekends and peak seasons, with an average turnover of about 100,000. Of course, the standards for each casino are different.

Often guests will get rooms given by the public relations department. If they don’t want to stay in the rooms, they will sell them to money changers, who will then sell them to tourists and make a certain profit from them.

Or two people can place bets separately to earn points, so that they can also exchange houses for sale.

In fact, this job is also very hard. When I wake up in Macau, I am in debt of 500 yuan. If I can't make 500 yuan, I will lose money. Because the consumption in Macau is much higher than that in the mainland, the cost of food and accommodation is about 500 yuan a day. Some money changers have to walk tens of thousands of steps every day, wandering around major casinos looking for customers.

Let's talk about "Pa Zai". This "Pa Zai" sounds a bit like a thief, and is pronounced very close to "pickpocket". Of course, they are not thieves, but a title for "paike" (male).

This job requires doing everything possible to gain the trust of customers every day and provide convenience for any needs of customers. The entrance and exit venues are generally the midfield and VIP rooms.

The nature of the work is similar to that of scalpers in Australia (introduced earlier).

Next is the pickpocket girl, pickpocket girls are similar to pickpocket boys, but there are high-level pickpocket girls and low-level pickpocket girls. The high-level ones hold the chips and disguise themselves as customers, approach big customers by playing cards, and specialize in catching big fish. Of course, sometimes they will use their bodies to make money.

The boss is the person who manages the pickpockets. After the pickpockets find customers, the boss is responsible for negotiating some terms.

The next is the code stacker. In fact, many people know this profession. It is the work of laundering codes in the VIP room. Each code stacker has different authority and the upper limit of the codes that can be signed for customers is also different.

Unlike the low-level professions mentioned above, the stackers have strong personal connections and social skills. They mainly attract big players to play in the VIP room. Their performance is calculated based on the customers' turnover. The larger the turnover of the customers' bets, the more they earn.

The job of managing the junket operators is called the hall owner, that is, the hall owner of the VIP hall. They have many junket operators under them, and the hall owners are all acquainted with wealthy celebrities and dignitaries. The VIP hall is also the most profitable place in the casino. Although there are many people in the vegetable market, the total amount of bets is not as large as here. However, the VIP hall was later cancelled, and the casino revenue in the Macau area also plummeted.

Go-go girls are a type of women who travel around the entire Macao area. The most famous one is under the Eiffel Tower, which is jokingly called the 1,500-dollar love under the Eiffel Tower. Why are they called go-go girls? Because the first thing they say to customers is "are you going?" As for where to go, of course it's the hotel! The above professions actually provide services to customers to make money, which is considered to be a win-win situation. However, there are also some unethical people among them. For example, in the money exchange party, some people will give customers exercise coupons (counterfeit money), black money, or fake hotels.

If we talk about a profession that is purely based on deception, it would be the Beggars' Sect.

Beggars' gangs, just by the sound of it, you know they are beggars. However, they are different from beggars in other places. Beggars in other places dress themselves up to be poor and miserable to win sympathy and charity from passers-by. Beggars in Macao are completely the opposite. They dress themselves up in suits and leather shoes, wear famous watches, and prey on kind tourists. Their trick is usually to borrow money.

Chen Xi once encountered beggars begging. Several bosses in luxurious clothes stopped him on the street and said that they were big bosses from Zhijiang. They lost so much money in the casino and now they could not withdraw money from the ATM. They had to wait until after 12 o'clock in the evening to withdraw money. They wanted to borrow some money from Chen Xi to deal with it.

An old hand like Chen Xi, who had been going in and out of entertainment venues for many years, naturally didn't give the other party a good face and directly told these scammers to get out.

The last profession is keyboard gang, which is a job that relies on chatting with people on social software. In its heyday, there were quite a lot of practitioners. They would use the more popular software on the market to search for people nearby, give the customer a photo, and invite them out to cheat. Some people would combine with other professions to introduce customers to make money.

"It's so complicated. Is it the same in Australia?" Jin Nana asked after listening.

"There are only scalpers and loan sharks in Australia, and they are very few. The management of casinos in Australia is relatively standardized, and there are not so many people who value money over their lives." Chen Xi shook his head.

People who come to Australia for the first time will most likely fall into traps, because basically no one here tells the truth and they all talk nonsense.

In the study room on the second floor.

"Grandpa, I brought the things back." Ma Yueling whispered softly and respectfully placed the box in her hand gently on the knees of the old man in the wheelchair, who had white hair and a face full of traces of time.

The old man was nearly 90 years old. With his hands trembling slightly, he slowly opened the lid of the box.

Inside the box, a yellowed IOU with slightly worn edges lay quietly, next to which were several weathered medals covered with mottled rust.

The old man stared for a moment, a trace of nostalgia and emotion flashed in his eyes, and then he gently handed these things to Ma Yueling.

Then, the pair of wrinkled hands began to carefully explore the box. With a slight "click" sound, a secret mechanism in the box was triggered...

Ma Yueling placed the medals and IOUs in front of an incense burner.

There is a portrait hanging on the wall. The man in the portrait is handsome and tall, wearing a suit and tie. There is an extraordinary temperament between his eyebrows. It is obvious that he is an important person.

Ma Yueling stared at the portrait with admiration in her eyes, took out a few incense sticks and lit them, then slowly bent down, put her hands together, and bowed deeply to the portrait.

"Ha, it's really it..." The old man in the wheelchair stared at the wooden box and shouted excitedly. The old look on his face suddenly disappeared, as if he had become decades younger.

Downstairs reception room.

"Why has Sister Ling been upstairs for so long and hasn't come down yet? I've already drunk several cups of tea." Chen Xi muttered to himself.

The three women around me were bickering, and the topic was naturally still business competition.

"Sorry for the long wait. You did a good job this time. I owe you a favor." After a long time, Ma Yueling suddenly appeared behind them.

"You're welcome, Sister Ling, you've helped me so much, and I still have two things to do."

"What two things?"

Hearing Chen Xi's words, the three women pricked up their ears at the same time.

"Haha, you are a trustworthy boy." Ma Yueling nodded.

"Of course not. When you are out there in this world, righteousness is the most important thing!" Chen Xi patted his chest.

It would be fine if he broke his promise to others, but if he broke his promise to Ma Yueling, he would probably be killed that same day.

"Let's go. It's already evening. There aren't many people in the Australian area during the day, but there are more activities at night." Ma Yueling said.

This is absolutely true. In the Australian area, most people who come here go to the casino to play. They play games in the casino at night and sleep in the hotel during the day.

There are only a few tourist attractions in Australia. They are more like historical sites than tourist attractions. They are not very old and can only be used as places to take photos and check in.

Now it is 2010, and several famous entertainment venues in the new island, such as the new Wynn, MGM Cotai, etc., have not been built yet. Only the Venetian has come here to develop and operate early.

They were in the old district, or the old island, which was where the locals from Macao liked to live. It had snack streets, saunas, and shops.

"There are people here who spend money like water every day. Look at those people. After they have washed their money, they have no money to stay in a hotel, so they sleep on the streets." Ma Yueling sat in the car and pointed at the people sleeping on the benches and grass on the roadside.

This sleeping area is also commonly known as Paralysis Avenue by gamblers.

"In the long history of the Macao region, countless bosses from all over the world have gone bankrupt here. The one who lost the most was someone from Hong Kong who claimed to be someone who lost a piece of land worth hundreds of millions.

But this is also a public announcement. In fact, they have lost more than him in private, and it is too numerous to count. For example, a big boss of your Xinlu once lost tens of billions in the Australian region and was nicknamed the Asian gambling king. I think you should have heard of it. "Ma Yueling raised the corner of her mouth and looked at Chen Xi.

Chen Xi had naturally heard of this boss, who was the richest man before Zheng Wanlong. Zheng Wanlong was totally incomparable to that man.

You have to know that person lost hundreds of billions many years ago. What a concept.

Some people will definitely not believe this number when they hear it, but after the reform and opening up, many bosses are doing business with huge profits. That person can be regarded as a chosen one, who made his fortune by relying on certain businesses and accumulated countless wealth.

"Hundreds of billions? You must be bragging." Zhao Lingshan had never heard of that boss and shook her head in disbelief.

Ma Yueling didn't say anything. If she told this kind of thing to anyone, the other person would basically not believe it.

Chen Xi had heard of someone even more impressive than this. It was said that he lost billions in one night. He even brought cash with him, and the casino staff took a long time to count the money.

But this person seemed to be there to launder money, because someone also lost more than 10 billion Australian dollars in Crown, and it was finally found out that he was laundering money. Who normally would go there with billions of cash?

How many boxes will that take?

The price of a large Hong Kong dollar note is HK$1, and one note weighs about gram, which means that one billion weighs ten tons. It sounds impossible that the operation can be completed in one day.

It seemed like it was planned in advance. The money flowed out from various places in Australia and then gathered together...

However, there are still many big bosses who have lost badly here, and some of them did not announce it to the public for fear of embarrassment.

So, the Australian region has a title, which is called the one that specializes in dealing with all kinds of dissatisfaction.

No matter how powerful a boss you are, you will eventually be subdued. (End of this chapter)