As night falls,

Jiang Hao drove a rented car, driving on the neon-lit Las Vegas street, and on the sky at the end of the street, there happened to be a huge moon hanging on it, making the whole street look like a werewolf was about to haunt on a moonlit night.

The men and women who hid in the hotel during the day to avoid the sun, like resurrected vampires, opened the coffins one by one and came out, excited, cheerful, and full of impulses for blood, Las Vegas really woke up.

The car was parked in the parking lot of the "Flamingo" hotel, got out of the car and walked into the hotel, there were countless cars parked around, all of them came to play, looking at the neon lights of the flamingo, Jiang Hao remembered its history.

The Flamingo Hotel was the first luxury hotel in Las Vegas. Siegel, a gang boss, stood in the barren desert when he suddenly had the idea of opening a luxury casino, and then spent $6 million to build the Flamingo.

The flamingo was worth 10 million that year, and 50 years later, the Flamingo Hotel was worth 100 billion.

Walking into the casino, the bright lights, the luxurious decoration will make you feel refreshed, the crowd around the gambling tables, frustrated when you lose, cheered when you win, the atmosphere in the field is very strong, you will involuntarily accommodate it.

A waiter walked over with a tray, full of wine glasses, Jiang Hao took a glass casually, walked past the gambling tables, and finally Jiang Hao stopped in front of the gambling table at 21 o'clock, there were ten tables at 21 o'clock, Jiang Hao chose a vacant seat to sit on directly.

According to gambling theory, 21 is the fairest way to play, with the banker's edge being only 0.28% larger than the player, while in dice, for example, the banker's edge is 1.4% more than the player, and on roulette, the banker's edge is 5% larger than the player.

As long as the casino has enough chips and funds to keep playing with you, the one who wins in the end will definitely be the casino.

And Jiang Hao also knows a "Kelly formula", as long as he calculates the probability, he can improve his winning chance again, he has the ability to never forget, and he can use it in this regard, just like the movie "Decisive 21 Points".

Of course, if you use space and magic tricks, Jiang Hao will definitely win more, but he is here to do business, and he doesn't want to anger the gangsters here.

There were already several gamblers at the table, a woman in her thirties with heavy makeup, a young white man, who looked very intimate, and an old man who was well-dressed and a vulgar-looking guy. Of course, it doesn't matter how many people there are, they all play with the dealer.

Set the glass aside and drop a $10 chip.

The dealer dealt the cards, Jiang Hao got a spade eight, which is not a good card, the second is a square 7, only 15 points, the probability of winning is very small, but the probability of exploding the card is very large.

Jiang Hao put the cards on the table, "Don't want it." ”

The others looked at each other, and many people showed disdain, especially the pair of men and women, happily asking for cards, the young man was already 18 o'clock, and he gritted his teeth and asked for a card, Jiang Hao shook his head for him in his heart, a typical impulsive gambler.

And then the guy exploded.

One by one, it was the turn of the dealer, and the dealer was going to reach 20 o'clock and ate everyone at the table.

In this way, the gambling game continues, the gambling table is a small society, everyone's character is vividly expressed, some people say that the gambling table can see people, and what he sees is his judgment in the face of gambling.

After Jiang Hao's observation, the old man was the most stable, although the rough man looked rough, but he should be a veteran of playing cards, and the pair of men and women were real rookies, rich and impulsive, and they were definitely the favorite gamblers in the casino.

"Bing, do you think I want to?" The woman asked, looking at the 17-point card.

"Yes, of course another one." The young man said.

The dealer dealt the card, a 5, and the woman exploded.

After playing for about two hours, the woman and the man named Bin left the table in frustration, I didn't know before, anyway, since Jiang Hao sat down, these two people lost a total of more than 10,000 US dollars, but the woman signed the check twice, which was used to exchange chips, and the man didn't pay a penny.

Jiang Hao didn't know, in fact, these two people could come to Las Vegas, and he had a lot to do with him, the woman was the wife of Monroe's agent, she had already had a lover, when her husband was paralyzed, her husband's partner came to the door, hoping to buy back those shares, she agreed without a little hesitation, the two came to Las Vegas, but they didn't expect to gamble with Jiang Hao at the same table, and the experience of life is so wonderful.

The rough man had already lost all his life and left, and the only ones who persevered to the end were the white-haired old man and Jiang Hao, and the old man won about a thousand.

At the beginning, Jiang Hao lost more than 1,000 dollars, slowly, Jiang Hao lost more and won less, two hours later, Jiang Hao had won more than 5,000 US dollars, but he kept using his brain to count cards and calculate, he was already feeling a little tired.

After another handful of cards, Jiang Hao left the stage directly, this kind of game, just play it, if you expect to make a fortune in the casino, it is definitely a pipe dream.

People have invested so much money to build a hotel, free drinks, food, countless waiters to serve, and let every gambler come here to withdraw money and win money and leave, do you think it is possible?

Came to the rest area, took a glass of dark beer and a plate of cake, Jiang Hao sat on a table and prepared to have a supper, just after a bite, he saw that the old man at the same table also came over, the old man saw Jiang Hao good, nodded and said hello, after all, they have been playing together for more than two hours, and they are the most familiar strangers here.

Jiang Hao responded politely, lowered his head and continued to eat the cake, but what he didn't expect was that after a few minutes, the old man came over with a cup of hot coffee and a plate of dessert, stood next to Jiang Hao and asked, "Can I sit here and chat together." ”

"Absolutely." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

The old man took a sip of coffee and said, "I just watched you play cards, and it's very steady." ”

"You should have won too." Jiang Hao said.

"Yes, tonight's luck is not bad, you know, I give myself a vacation every year, come to Las Vegas for a period of leisure, I never play big cards, try to restrain myself from being impulsive, I have seen too many people lose overnight because of impulsiveness." The old man shook his head and said.

"By the way, what do you do?" The old man took a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"I, the writer, write the script." Jiang Hao said.

The old man sighed, "Then we may really have a common language, because I run a movie equipment and props rental company." ”

"Where is your company?"

"Hollywood, of course, is Hollywood, where there is the most complete film industry system in the world, everything about movies, you can find it there, equipment, props, directors, big stars, extras, cinematographers, crew and so on, as long as you come with money, there is nothing you can't find." The old man gestured with his fingers and said.

"How much is a small studio, I mean, the kind of company that can make movies on its own?" Jiang Hao has this idea and wants to find out.

The old man looked at Jiang Hao, "What, do you want to buy a film company, this is not good, there are some small companies in Hollywood, there are only a few people, everything else is rented, and you can still make films, and those all depend on how much money you have." ”

"However, since the Paramount Act, big film companies are not allowed to monopolize the theater chain, and now film companies are investing more and more in film production, and it is normal for a film to invest millions of dollars, and it is becoming more and more difficult for companies that originally wanted to spend tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of thousands of dollars to get rich overnight."

Jiang Hao also took this issue into account, as a simple example, take the movie "The Seven Year Itch" that he traveled through, this movie is an urban drama, and more than half of the scenes are completed in the room, and that's it, and it cost $3 million.

Of course, the salaries of the two protagonists account for a large part.

But it also shows that making movies really burns money, especially those big productions, although it is now 1955, but there are several tens of millions of movies invested and shot every year.

Jiang Hao only has more than 600,000 US dollars now, and he needs 100,000 yuan to get a legal identity, and he can only use 500,000 funds, is 500,000 yuan enough?

To set up a film company to recruit employees, to buy equipment and film, to rent various props, to recruit shooting and production teams, at least dozens of people are needed, to find actors, leading actors, supporting actors, extras, etc., all of which require money.

If you want to make a good movie, 500,000 is far from enough.

Lack of money,

And find a way to get money.

Robbery?

There are a lot of casinos in Las Vegas with tons of cash and roar.

But this is not a good idea, it is better to sell those powders in the space, Jiang Hao has already made a decision in his heart, the old man said goodbye, Jiang Hao returned to the hotel, put on the makeup of Tony Stark, and called the guy named Haim directly.

"I remember you, you're the guy in the afternoon, are you done with all that powder, man, you're so fast, I'll go over." Heim said over the phone.

In the past twenty minutes, Jiang Hao saw Jiang Hao in the hotel parking lot, Jiang Hao sat directly in the back seat of the car, Haim turned his head and smiled at Jiang Hao, "You look good, Renard, open the box and let him choose by himself." ”

Renard, the co-pilot, was about to open the box, and this was Jiang Hao who said, "Wait a minute, let's see how mine is." ”

Heim and Renard were stunned, "Look at yours, what?" ”

Jiang Hao was also carrying a box, and after opening it, there was a slow white plastic bag inside, Heim glanced at Renard, the two made eye contact, and looked at Jiang Hao again, "Man, what do you mean, don't tell me you're here to sell powder." ”

"You can think of me as a salesman, I want to meet your boss." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Telephone contact, explain the situation, an hour later, Haim and the two drove Jiang Hao to a small building, Jiang Hao met Heim and their boss, a middle-aged man with sharp eyes.

"My name is Steve Buscemi, you can call me Steve, what about you." The middle-aged man said in a calm tone.

"Tony Stark." Jiang Hao said calmly.

The two looked at each other a few times, and the other party saw that Jiang Hao did not have a trace of fear and timidity, and spoke again: "Haim said, do you want to sell me the goods?" ”

Jiang Hao lifted the box in his hand, Steve didn't take it, a subordinate next to him took the box, put it on the table next to him, and opened it with a click, revealing 5 neat packs of powder inside.

The subordinate glanced at his boss, Steve nodded, and the little brother poked the plastic bag with his fingers, put it in his mouth and licked it, hooked some more and put it under his nose to suck, and after a few seconds, nodded to his boss, "Cocaine, superior goods." ”

The so-called high-quality goods are goods that have not yet added messy things.

You know, in order to sell more money, those drug dealers will not sell pure powder to drug addicts, they will add some messy things to it, the purity will be reduced, and at the same time, the weight and volume will increase, and they can make 30% more money.

30% profit is not a small amount of money, 5 million goods is equivalent to an extra 1.5 million.

"How are you going to sell it?"

"How much do you offer?"

Steve thought for a moment, "One dollar and one gram." ”

Jiang Hao immediately shook his head and said with a smile: "I bought it before for $4 a gram." ”

Steve looked at Heim next to him, who shrugged innocently.

"Man, there's my profits in that." Steve said.

"But my goods are of the highest quality."

"How much do you want?" Steve asked with a frown.

"$2 a gram."

Steve thought about it, and finally nodded in agreement, looked at Jiang Hao and said, "Yes, I'll take these, but man, where are you from, are you going to open up the Las Vegas market?" ”

"Is Las Vegas welcome?" Jiang Hao said.

"Man, we don't like peers who grab land, but we welcome channel providers, if you have a purchase channel, why don't you cooperate with me?" Steve looked at Jiang Hao and said.