Game within game: chess player

Walking into the depths of the restaurant, there was a table with a person sitting in front of it, with his back to Ye Fang. Although Ye Fang couldn't see his face, the silver hair on his head and the vicissitudes of his back made Ye Fang guess that he was an elderly man.

The waiter pulled out a chair for Ye Fang, invited Ye Fang to sit down, and then poured a glass of boiled water for Ye Fang.

Ye Fang noticed that there was also a glass of boiled water in front of the old man.

It can be said that Ye Fang knew nothing about He Hongsheng in his past life trajectory, let alone seen the photo of the gambling king. At most, he had heard of He Hongsheng's name. For a moment, Ye Fang never thought of sitting across from him. It is He Hongsheng.

"Mr. Ye, I take the liberty of inviting you to drink this glass of boiled water late at night." He Hongsheng's hoarse voice sounded in the empty restaurant, with indescribable majesty.

"May I ask what you call me sir?" Ye Fang asked.

"My surname is He." He Hongsheng said this slowly while looking at Ye Fang.

"You are the gambling king He Hongsheng!" Ye Fang blurted out almost immediately. For Ye Fang, the name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. He Hongsheng is so rich that he can rival the country and has been visited by national leaders many times. To ordinary people, He Hongsheng is a legendary figure.

"King of Gamblers, that's just a fallacy in the world. I never gamble, I'm just the biggest banker in the casino." He Hongsheng said modestly.

"I wonder why the old man invited me here tonight?" Ye Fang vaguely guessed that it must be related to He Chaoqiong. After all, he just slept with his daughter last night, and she was her sister who was ten years older than him. Now Ye Fang thinks about this relationship. It feels a little messy when I wake up.

"I guess you should know why I came to see you." He Hongsheng threw the question back to Ye Fang.

Ye Fang felt that his face was hot at this moment. Who told him to sleep with He Chaoqiong last night, but there was really no way to judge who slept with whom. But there is no way to seriously argue with He Hongsheng about this confusing account. After all, in He Hongsheng's opinion, his daughter was slept with by Ye Fang, or the two of them spent the night together in the rooftop villa for no apparent reason. The entertainment tabloid reported another piece of gossip.

"Are you talking about what happened last night?" Ye Fang decided to kill him and nothing happened. Otherwise, he wouldn't know how many things happened, so he insisted, "Sister Qiong and I just drank and chatted until dawn, nothing happened. , you are worrying too much."

He Hongsheng stared into Ye Fang's eyes, and Ye Fang looked at him without any hesitation, without any strange look of guilt. After all, Ye Fang did not have any intentions towards He Chaoqiong, so even if he looked at He Hongsheng, he did not let him look at him. Nothing goes wrong.

Did I guess wrong? He Hongsheng was confident that young people at Ye Fang's age would not have the guts to look him in the eye, which also proved from another aspect that Ye Fang was indeed telling the truth.

"Okay, maybe I'm overthinking it." He Hongsheng sighed softly, and Ye Fang felt slightly relieved after hearing this.

"Then did I leave?" Ye Fang said.

"What? Are you afraid of me?" He Hongsheng looked at Ye Fang with cold eyes and continued, "I heard that you used 10 yuan to win [-] million in the casino. Is this true?"

"It's just luck." Ye Fang replied.

"Luck?!" He Hongsheng snorted coldly and said, "It's not just luck, but also courage and courage. I saw the video replay of your bet. Your luck is indeed incredible, but your courage is indeed too great. How dare you make a desperate move? People like you are not suitable to be gamblers."

"What is it suitable for?" Ye Fang asked curiously.

"It is suitable to be a general who charges into battle and expands territory, just like Huo Qubing." He Hongsheng said slowly.

"Huo Qubing?" Ye Fang smiled and said, "Old man, Huo Qubing is a short-lived ghost. Aren't you cursing me?"

"Huo Qubing is a smart man. But you..." He Hongsheng looked at Ye Fang and said in a deep voice, "You are not a smart man. If you were smart, you would stay away from the women of the He family."

Hearing what He Hongsheng said, Ye Fang became stubborn again and retorted directly, "Sister Qiong is a normal woman. She needs to have a normal social circle. Since there will be men and women in the social circle. Do you want to put all men together?" Are they all excluded from Sister Qiong's sight? Don't say that I don't have any non-sexual feelings towards her. Even if I do, it doesn't exceed the boundaries of normal male-female interactions."

"Other men can do it, but you are different!" He Hongsheng said calmly while looking at Ye Fang.

"What's different about me?" Ye Fang asked.

"Because you look like the same person, because you are likely to be sent by others to disrupt the He family's succession plan, and because you are the only man who can make her look at her differently in these years. Are these reasons enough?" He Hongsheng said slowly.

"I can't answer what you said. Only Sister Qiong can give you these answers. The only answer I can give you is that I only represent myself. And I have no interest in disturbing the He family." Ye Fang finished. He glanced at He Hongsheng, stood up slowly and said, "Sister Qiong has her own outlook on life and values. It's time for you to let go. Goodbye!"

The moment Ye Fang stood up, a figure walked over from the door of the restaurant. It was none other than He Chaoqiong. He Chaoqiong rushed over immediately after receiving the news that her father had come to Lisboa. She was afraid that her father would do something inappropriate to Ye Fang.

Ye Fang saw He Chaoqiong's footsteps walking toward each other. From a distance, Ye Fang could clearly see He Chaoqiong's face and nodded slightly, meaning that he was fine. He Chaoqiong also nodded with a smile on his face, with a hint of shyness of a woman.

The moment the two of them got together, He Chaoqiong's little finger touched the back of Ye Fang's hand intentionally or unintentionally. Ye Fang clearly felt He Chaoqiong's little finger gently hooking him. Ye Fang gritted his teeth and shouted in his heart: What a sin!

And He Chaoqiong, who succeeded in his prank, seemed even more proud, and strode towards his father He Hongsheng.

At this time, Ye Fang no longer cared about what He Chaoqiong would say when he saw He Hongsheng, and walked straight out of the restaurant. As soon as he walked out of the restaurant, he saw Feng Liping and Su Long standing together. Seeing Ye Fang come out safely, Feng Liping hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Shen Congwen has sent people to monitor your floor, so I have no choice but to invite you here. I just After making an appointment with you, Shen Congwen asked me to call you and invite you out, saying that there are distinguished guests who want to see you, and the location is also in this restaurant. I really didn't expect that I would alert Mr. He."

"I'm fine, just chatting casually. Let's go to my room." Ye Fang said and walked directly ahead. After returning to the room, Feng Liping immediately reported the information he had found to Ye Fang.

In this gambling competition, the government invited bids from global companies. A total of more than [-] companies participated in the bidding. Among the [-] companies, there are five most promising companies. The first one is the local He family's Macao Entertainment. To put it bluntly, this The three gambling licenses issued this time will divide the original Australian entertainment market into three. The reason why the government does this is that it hopes to liberalize casino competition to increase tax revenue. Another reason is that it hopes to introduce more international capital to prosper the local gaming market and achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

The second company is Xiangjiang Capital. Xiangjiang Capital takes the Xu Group as the core and joins more than five large-scale consortiums in Xiangjiang to participate in the competition. Xiangjiang Capital has always been prudent, and the reason why the group participated this time was mainly to share risks.

The third company is the Genting Group of Southeast Asian rubber king Lui Che-woo. This time, it is full of confidence to participate in the gambling competition with a lot of money.

The fourth company is American Capital Company, which competes with Kadoorie Group as its core. Kadoorie Group is one of the most powerful consortiums in the United States. It is said that this time it is preparing to spend more than 50 billion US dollars to participate in the gambling competition.

The fifth company is British Capital Company, which competes with British Telecom as the core and has prepared capital of 20 billion pounds.

"The strength of the remaining companies is far inferior to these five. Some companies are even recruited by these five companies to accompany the bids. This is the information of all the companies currently stationed in the Lisboa Hotel to participate in the bidding." Feng Liping handed over a thick file The bag was handed into Ye Fang's hands. Being able to collect the information in such detail in one day was enough to show Feng Liping's ability.

"Is David Li from Jiadaoli in the hotel?" Ye Fang asked without raising his head.

"He is not staying in the hotel, but he has booked a room in the hotel. I haven't seen him come over the past two days. If he shows up, I will tell you in time." Feng Liping replied.

Ye Fang nodded and said, "What information do I need to submit for this gambling license bidding?"

"This involves a lot of things and is very professional, including whether the calculation model of the casino's input-output ratio is true and accurate, the plan to expand foreign customer source markets, whether there are any special ideas in operating lucky gambling in the casino or related aspects, gambling What are the benefits that the project will bring to the local administrative region? It also includes the plan to manage the entertainment venue and the social responsibilities to be assumed. It covers a total of seven major items and more than [-] minor items. It is said that the materials required for a bidding are all It weighs hundreds of kilograms, so it can be said to be very professional." Feng Liping introduced.

"There are so many! I thought I only needed to prepare a tender document of a few pages," Ye Fang said.

"Many companies hire professional teams to prepare biddings involving gambling licenses half a year in advance." Feng Liping looked at Ye Fang with some worry and asked, "Boss, if you want to participate in the bidding on the spur of the moment, have you not considered it?" How about making a tender document?"

Ye Fang nodded solemnly and said, "You're right, but it all depends on the person. Let me ask you, which local company has the most experience in making tender documents?"

Feng Liping looked at Ye Fang with an expression that said, "No need to ask." The two of them said almost at the same time, "He family!"

"I guess you have to say that." Ye Fang looked embarrassed and said, "I really don't want to deal with the He family now."

"You can't count on these companies, and the other three companies are all competing. They will definitely not help you. If we can't even submit the bid, it will be like giving up the bidding for gambling licenses." Feng Liping said. .

Ye Fang carefully considered these companies. The United States and Britain could not count on them, and the Xu family consortium was even more impossible. He had just slept with Xu Jinheng's wife and put the leftover food on his head, so if Xu Jinheng was not an idiot, he would definitely It won't help Ye Fang. For the remaining He family and Lu family, if they don't want to ask the He family for help, they can only go to the Lu family.

"Where are you looking for the Lu family?" Ye Fang asked.

"Although the Lu family's business is concentrated in Southeast Asia, the Lu family is indeed the only super-rich person in the country besides the He family. If there is no relationship, the Lu family will not help. After all, there is competition. Who will put their own tender documents?" The content can be used as a reference for others." Feng Liping said.

"If I can't borrow it, it seems I can only steal it." Ye Fang murmured.

"Steal?!" Feng Liping grew so big that he could hardly close his mouth. He didn't expect that Ye Fang had such an unreliable idea in his heart, and said directly, "Boss, you can't steal this kind of thing. Every house has it." If there are any similarities in their respective characteristics, the two bids will be invalid and there will be no chance to raise objections.”

"Is there any other way? Think of it for me." Ye Fang also knew that stealing was unreliable, but there was no other way. It was impossible to complete the tender document in such a short time.

Feng Liping frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly said, "There is another way, which is to jointly seize the gambling cards."

"Union? How to unite?" Ye Fang asked.

"If you join forces with one of them, you can jointly fund the competition for gambling licenses. But if you don't have a reason that can definitely impress the other party, no one will be willing to partner. After all, funds are not the first factor these companies consider." Feng Liping obviously also agreed. I am not very optimistic about this solution, but this solution is currently the best solution for Ye Fang, and it is also the most convenient solution.

To put it bluntly, it all depends on who is willing to play with Ye Fang, and Ye Fang must come up with something that is enough to impress the other party.

It's still the same option as before. If Ye Fang is not willing to cooperate with the He family, then he can only find the Lu family. The reason why he is unwilling to go to the He family is because He Hongsheng has subjectively believed that he has an impure purpose in approaching He Chaoqiong. If he goes directly to the He family to cooperate, He Hongsheng will be directly convinced that Ye Fang approached He Chaoqiong for gambling cooperation.

Ye Fang didn't want to be suspected of being a poor man. He would rather unite with the Xu family than with the He family.

"It seems it has to be the Lu family." Ye Fang murmured.

"No matter which company it is, boss, you must come up with a reason that is enough to impress the other party, and it must be a real benefit." Feng Liping reminded.

"What do you think is a real benefit?" Ye Fang asked.

"Of course, how will the casino make money after it is built? This will be a real benefit to them." Feng Liping affirmed.

"Then what if I use the mainland's super customer resources to cooperate?" Ye Fang asked.

"Of course!" Feng Liping continued excitedly, "Now Macau Entertainment is also racking its brains on how to attract mainland customers to the casino in the future. After the three gambling cards are issued in the future, the biggest potential customers will definitely be the wealthy mainland people. There is no doubt about that.”

"Okay! It's settled then! Keep an eye on the Lu family. I want to know as soon as we arrive in Lisboa." Ye Fang said solemnly.

"Yes, boss!"