Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

2:00

The lights in most places in the city have been extinguished, and an area in District 59 in the northwest near the ground floor is now brightly lit.

Shishile, the largest formal casino in the middle-level area, is located in Area 59 to the north of Area 60. This casino is open 24 hours a day. The real owner is Baleka, one of the three giants in the southern part of the lower level. He is the most powerful person under Baleka. Where to make money, it happened to be the tenth anniversary of its official operation not long ago. During this period, the casino carried out various promotional and rebate activities.

Due to the impact of some recent events, two consecutive curfews and city-wide martial law, there has been a disruption in customer flow. The casino's original average daily turnover of 30 million has now been reduced to 10 million, which is enough to accommodate a casino of more than 10,000 people. Passenger traffic has dropped by more than half.

In a room covered with red and gold-patterned Xiufeng carpets, beside the large sofa, Baleka held a wine glass and looked at the casino's financial statements for the past month on the light and shadow screen in front of him.

Wearing a burgundy cheongsam with large flowers and high forks, Baleka crossed her legs. Under the brown stockings were a pair of slender and charming legs. She kept changing the position of her legs with a solemn expression. On the mobile phone on the desktop, there were 348 Missed calls.

"The situation is quite bad."

Baleka took a sip of the wine, her red mouth slightly pursed, slightly bitter. There was a knock on the door of the room. Baleka raised her slender white hand and stretched out a finger. A touch of red particles floated past, and the door of the room opened. Suddenly, a short, fat man in a suit and tie ran in.

"Boss, Mr. Liu is here, what should I do?"

"Help me deal with it, just say I'm not here."

The short and fat man looked slightly panicked, but Baleka leaned back comfortably and laughed.

"Tell Mr. Liu not to panic. I will give him an explanation. Just say that I am dealing with the underlying issues now."

After the man left, Baleka put down her wine glass and frowned slightly. She pressed her forehead. She should listen to the wise man. A while ago, the wise man vaguely mentioned that there was going to be a big problem in the gambling economic chain. If the administrative department continues to take violent actions, big problems will definitely arise.

Now the wise man's words have come true. Originally, Baleka didn't take it seriously and felt that he could handle it. A large number of behind-the-scenes funders now want to withdraw their funds. Doing so is tantamount to frustrating Baleka's various industries.

Originally, Baleka was reluctant to come to the upper-middle class. She naturally hated everything about the upper-middle class, but now she had to come. Tomorrow she planned to go to Section 5 in person, hoping that Niya would give her a favor. , let the casinos in the three eastern districts open earlier, so as to gradually increase the flow of funds and spread the risks.

The biggest reason is yesterday morning's unusual move by Xingxingke, the plan to establish an agricultural base in the barrier area. A large number of funders are worried that the city's economy will be affected, so they want to withdraw their investment and invest the funds in buildings or some production and processing industries to maintain value. , or buy some goods in large quantities to ensure that your funds will not be catastrophically eroded due to inflation or deflation.

Baleka's phone has been ringing since this morning, but Baleka didn't answer any of them. He just forwarded messages telling the other party that he was dealing with a big problem.

Once the investment is withdrawn, Baleka's gambling industry will come to an end, because if the tax in this industry exceeds 10 million, there will be a tax of up to 40%, and Baleka will try every means to use casinos in various places to divert profits , but still could not escape the pursuit of the criminal investigation department.

Now Baleca's casino tax has reached as high as 49%, and is about to exceed 50%. This is why Baleca is so nervous. The capital chain is about to be broken, and it will have no choice but to close down.

In desperation, Baleka took the phone and dialed a series of numbers. It took a while before the call was connected.

"Hey, it's so late, why don't you call me Baleka? Is the casino going to be closed?"

The wise man's somewhat confused but conscious voice came over the phone, and Baleka sighed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Wise Man, it's really urgent to bother you so late."

The wise man hummed.

"I should have told you before that no matter how extreme an industry is, don't reach the top. Before it reaches the top, if you can't transform, sell it at a low price. At least you can take the money away and still keep it in your pocket. The risk of continuing to rise is also relative. , once there is a slight mistake, it will collapse, and your only means now are areas 113 and 114."

Baleka's eyes widened in surprise.

"Impossible, wise man, how do I have the qualifications to take over parts of Area 113 and Area 114? The chief of Section 7 probably won't."

"It's not you alone, but you, the one-eyed fox and Jin."

Baleka became a little unhappy, but immediately seemed to understand the wise man's meaning.

"Dividing the size of the casino is the only way to spread risks. You don't need to give up the original industry, but invest money in the construction of Areas 113 and 114. You three have a natural advantage in this. If you want to understand, Just inform Jin and One-Eyed Fox that the three of you come to the hospital to find me. If you want, I can personally take you to Department 7."

Baleka's eyes widened in surprise, and then she smiled, her expression becoming more relaxed.

"It really makes you worry about the wise man, but why are you in the hospital?"

"I'm being punished by God. If you can't find a breakthrough in one place, don't resist forcefully. Can you bear it? That's what I'm saying here. I just hope that the bottom layer will be more stable. This is what the Xingke Department hopes. After all, our department It’s very hot right now.”

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Baleka hung up the phone and his frown eased.

"Are you cooperating with the business department? Haha, it's really unbearable!"

click

The door to the room was pushed open, and the short and fat man rushed in.

"Boss, Mr. Liu lost money. The situation down there is not good. I think it's better for you to go down and take a look."

Baleka snorted coldly.

"No matter how much you lose, you just need to provide him with part of it."

"1000000."

Baleka's eyes widened.

"Why did you lose so much in less than 20 minutes? Why don't you set a limit?"

"I tried to persuade him, but Mr. Liu didn't listen, and there was nothing I could do."

20 minutes ago

Shishile Casino occupies a huge area. The front end is the Changxing building. After passing through the atrium, there is a larger gambling area. The front end of the Changxing building is mainly used for casino guests to rest. There is a one-stop service here, and there are many Guests who come to gamble will stay for a few days.

The atrium has facilities such as a swimming pool, tennis courts, and basketball courts, as well as a small garden and many stalls selling food and some sex toys.

But at this time, the entire casino seemed a little deserted. The rooms on the 10-story accommodation building were basically dark except for the corridors with lights on.

This spot in the atrium was originally very hot, but at this time there were few people. The gambling area at the back had a total of 5 floors, a huge fan-shaped building. At this time, only the 1st to 3rd floors were lit, and there were a lot of gambling facilities inside. Everything is available.

The first floor is mainly for many traditional card games, the second floor is for electronic gambling, the third floor is for table tennis, table tennis, wheel runner and other gambling spots, and the remaining two floors are VIP areas, with at least a yearly turnover of more than 20 in Shishile. Only everyone is qualified to go up.

At this time, there were a bunch of people surrounding a card table on the first floor. There were more than 300 people on the first floor at this time, which was much deserted than before.

There is a woman sitting on the card table. She has a clean face and a pretty face. Her hair is hanging down at the temples, and the hair at the back is tied up in a fluffy way. Her eyes look very unbeatable. The ashtray beside the table is full of cigarette butts. The woman is wearing a uniform. A gray sling, a pair of black fingerless gloves on her hands, the corners of her mouth raised, and a beautiful curved smile, like a big C.

"Sir, I'm already planning to go back to bed. I won a lot tonight, so let's forget it!"

There was a man in a white suit sitting in front of the woman. He smiled and asked the woman next to him in a red cheongsam with a high slit to continue dealing cards.

"Such a maverick young lady, I wonder if I can invite you to join us tonight."

The woman showed a graceful C smile, nodded and picked up the trump card in her hand.

"I'm sorry, I won this one. If you play like this little by little, it will last until dawn."

The woman said and threw out a black wallet, which showed more than 200,000 yuan.

"One hundred thousand is enough. If I lose so much that I don't even have my underwear left, you can do whatever you want tonight!"