Rebirth: Truth Does Not Dig Coal

Due to traffic problems in the city, the meeting time with Matthew was delayed until 9:[-] in the evening.

The agreed place was an open-air restaurant near the big fountain. Xu Hao and Andre went to the restaurant first, and they were brought to the table by the waiter to sit down. Not long after, Matthew also appeared at the entrance of the restaurant.

Xu Hao saw Matthew's thin figure first, Xu Hao raised his hands at him, and Andre immediately stretched out his arms.Matthew looked around and found two people not far away who were greeting each other, so he walked towards Xu Hao's table.

Matthew was dressed as plainly as ever, with jeans and a dark hoodie. With his slender body, he looked like a student who hadn't graduated from high school.Matthew pulled out the chair, and before he sat down, he said, "Oh, I really love Vegas, if I want to say where my grave will be in the future, besides Wall Street, it must be here. Inadvertently seeing a glass bottle on the table, Matthew immediately said in his usual sarcastic tone, "Look, even the bottles of mineral water here are packaged like champagne, who am I, am I Which Arab country is the prince?"

Andre and Xu Hao looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. Obviously, the two had become accustomed to Matthew's cynical talk.Matthew is not a bad guy by nature, nor is he born so mean, but his personality is a bit weird. Of course, geniuses always have some eccentricities.Due to some of his own growth problems, Matthew is also quite hostile to the rich.

After Matthew finished mocking the taste of this restaurant, Xu Hao said, "Based on the fact that the last time we came to Vegas was not particularly good, I think we should relax this time."

Thinking of the experience last time, Andre laughed out loud, and Matthew glanced at the heartless Andre, and said, "Oh, yes, speaking of the last time, I almost repaired the grave. In that big casino in Las Vegas, if the gang didn't feed me to their boss's captive black bear like food."

Andre's laughter attracted the attention of the surrounding tables, but Andre didn't care so much, he said to Xu Hao, "You don't know, the expression of Matthew taking off the hood, ha!"

Xu Hao twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Sorry, if I remember correctly, I was next to Matthew and the hood was taken off."

As a result, Andre laughed even harder.

Speaking of the experience that Xu Hao and the others came to Vegas two years ago, it can be called fantasy.

Thinking back to that time, the three met to play in one of the best big casinos in the city.First, Matthew played a few rounds of slot machines, then Xu Hao went to the table to play blackjack, and Andre concentrated on picking up girls outside.That night, for some reason, Xu Hao was so lucky that Matthew stopped playing slot machines, and sat next to Xu Hao to collect cards and chips for Xu Hao, and made some irrelevant sarcastic remarks by the way.

Just when the two were vigorously hugging Qian, several tall men in black suddenly broke in, put a sack on each of Matthew and Xu Hao's heads, and dragged them away.

Xu Hao really didn't know what was wrong with these Americans.

This group of people was in the surveillance, seeing that Xu Hao is a Chinese and has been winning all the time, they were sure that Xu Hao was counting cards, and Matthew's sarcastic remarks next to him were also considered an accomplice, and then the two were tied up .

Xu Hao was extremely speechless about this, he was lucky, why did the American mafia think he could count cards because he had a Chinese face?And because Matthew was lazy, he didn't bring a few changeable clothes when he came back from the UK. That night he was still wearing a T-shirt with the Cambridge school badge on it. This almost proved that Xu Hao and Matthew came to take advantage of the casino top students.

But the most injustice is that Matthew doesn't like to play blackjack.The reason why Matthew doesn't like playing blackjack is that he thinks this game is very boring, because asking Matthew to memorize numbers is as easy as making Chinese people speak Chinese, and counting cards is even an unconscious behavior for Matthew .In Matthew's words, he doesn't like this way of making money like giving away for nothing, as if you have the equipment to rob a bank but you have to go to kindergarten to rob, which makes him feel very unfulfilling.

And Xu Hao knew this very well. They obviously had the ability to take advantage of loopholes, but they didn't cheat, but they were caught!

In the end, Xu Hao and Matthew were forced to wear linen hoods and were held in a small black room for nearly two hours before Andre finally remembered his two friends.

According to Andre's after-the-fact recollection, the matter was resolved, thanks to his penetrating tongue and a facilitation fee of US$500, Xu and Hao got away unscathed.

Amidst Andre's wild laughter, Xu Hao and the others ushered in the first dish tonight.

Andre lay prone on the table and couldn't straighten up, and said, "I can still laugh at this matter for ten years."

Matthew said indignantly, "I really don't understand. Hale and I were covered at the time, and we discussed hundreds of times with those savages emotionally and rationally. We didn't count cards, they just If you don’t listen, you come and say something, and they let us go!”

Andre wiped away the tears from his laughter, "What else can I explain, you guys are not charismatic enough."

Xu Hao rolled up a small lump of noodles on the plate with a fork, and said to Andre, "Why, your charisma is more than five hundred dollars?"

Matthew struggled to cut a large piece of steak on the plate, as if venting his anger, and said while cutting, "If you want me to say, I will never touch gambling again in my life, it's just a little bit of statistics. Games. These people, when they are happy, will underestimate the probability of bad things happening. I really don’t understand the fun of playing games with this kind of people. I might as well play Lego with my two-year-old cousin!”

Xu Hao flipped his fork and said with a smile, "Matthew, if you go down with this stick, you will kill most of the people on Wall Street. In the final analysis, finance is no different from gambling, it's just people who know how to make money. Know more about the game skills."

Matthew laughed out loud and said, "You're right, Hale, sometimes I just like you for that. Speaking of which, I've always wanted to ask, when you have enough money one day, what do you want to do the most? I always feel that you don't just need more advanced material comforts."

Xu Hao shrugged his shoulders and said frankly, "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. What I build is a sense of security, a sense of security that can't be overwhelmed by the financial tsunami. Oh, this doesn't refer to the financial crisis, but It's...well, a more figurative, more intuitive system."

Matthew smiled knowingly, and then said, "You know what, Hale, I joined your 'green fund' not all because this idiot did me a few favors," Matthew pointed to Andre , the latter obviously didn't pay attention to what they said, he was eating his oysters, Matthew continued, "And your reason. It's strange to say, we are by no means the same kind of people, our The growing environment is very different, and the personality is also different. This is obvious. However, I feel a certain familiar temperament in you, the kind that destroys the body, consumes life, and competes for the only dignity. You have also experienced very unfortunate things , Don’t you feel that the world is turned upside down? But I don’t know why, when I saw you, you seemed to have been reborn from that state. By the way, you really don’t take drugs?”

Xu Hao's expression was quite normal at first, but after listening to Matthew's analysis, Xu Hao's expression became serious, and he looked at Matthew attentively. Matthew pointed to Xu Hao and smiled, "I'm too familiar with your expression. , I guessed it right. It seems that you are indeed a person with a story. But I am curious about how you successfully quit drugs. "

Xu Hao was shocked by Matthew's strange and precise sixth sense, but he has calmed down on the surface. After all, no one would believe his secret even if he told it.At this point, Andre interjected, "You said Hale used to be a drug addict? Don't be ridiculous, he can't even touch a cigarette."

Xu Hao picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth, and said in a normal tone, "No, Matthew is right, I did have a period of depression. But this has nothing to do with the present, if you don't mind Matthew, I will I really want to persuade you to quit too. I think that addictive things will distort life, but the real thing will always exist. Now, I would rather sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of reality than float in the sky .”

Andre's face was full of shock, as if he never thought that Xu Hao, a good young man who seemed to be sunny, had such a wild time.And Matthew curled his lips resentfully, "Don't talk too early, as far as I know, Wall Street cannot do without Drug and Sex."

Xu Hao snapped his fingers and said, "That's the point, Matthew, I'm going back to China, not the kind that goes back for vacation, but the kind that almost never goes back during the entrepreneurial stage. Of course, if there is If one day the branch can develop to the United States, then I didn't say it."

Matthew opened his eyes wide unprepared, and asked after a long time, "When?"

Xu Hao glanced at the date on his watch, "About... two weeks later."

Now it was Andre's turn to widen his eyes, and Andre swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "Hey, you didn't say you would be so rushed!"

Xu Hao shrugged, "There is nothing to delay, 'Green Fund', according to our previous agreement, it is [-], and I have already transferred it to your account. After that, I have nothing to worry about here."

Andre said, "I have to say, Hale, you look like a scumbag when you do the final calculation..."

Matthew said, "If I'm not mistaken, the starting capital is 100 million, and the balance as of today is a total of 350, 280 US dollars and 79 cents. Hale, I don't deny that you are very capable, but you know What kind of team are we? Fuck, we are a team that makes the whole world jealous! You want to break up, do you know what kind of partners you are about to lose?"

Xu Hao sighed and said, "Don't be impulsive, Matthew, of course I know what kind of team we are. Losing the opportunity to cooperate with you two will be a regret in my life, but not cooperating does not mean that we cannot be friends. I returned to China because I still have things to do. My father made his fortune in the coal mining industry, and you all know what the development prospects of old energy will look like in the next few decades. I must go back to achieve effective asset transfer.”

Andre fell into deep thought at the beginning of Xu Hao's speech. When Xu Hao finished speaking, Andre smiled and said, "It's the first time you're talking about family affairs, Hale."

Except for Matthew, Xu Hao and Andre haven't talked much about family affairs. Andre once asked Xu Hao about the family situation. Xu Hao said that he was doing a small business. When he asked Andre back, Andre also said Do a little business at home.

Andre continued, "But I don't understand why the Chinese girl asked your father if he was in the coal mining industry when she mentioned your hometown last time, and your expression became awkward again. She is not yours. Cai, obviously not your ex-girlfriend."

Xu Hao said, "This matter is actually very easy to understand, just like when people ask you if you are the second-generation godfather when they hear that you are from Sicily."

Andre almost spit out the sip of water he was drinking.

After such a joke, Matthew stopped being serious, and Matthew joked, "Okay, man, even if you say that, I still think it's too early for us to break up. After all, the three of us, no matter where in the world we are There is a way to live, as long as there is currency.”

Xu Hao understood Matthew's meaning as soon as he heard it, but Xu Hao was quite hesitant to let the other two friends accommodate him so much.

Andrea said, "To be honest, my taste has changed a bit recently. I really like Asian girls. Their natural wheat-colored skin, affectionate black eyes, slender eyebrows, and soft arms, oh … Having said that, I haven’t been to China yet.”

Xu Hao twitched the corner of his mouth, wondering if he should tell Andre to stop his unrealistic imagination.

Matthew said, "I will probably complete my credits early next year. We can meet in China, let Hale play with us for a few months, and then each decide to stay. As early as a few years ago, we have also been in the network Connection, I don't think the distance issue is really an issue between us. Oh, Chinese hot pot, I love Chinese hot pot more than marijuana."

That's right, Xu Hao knows how much Matthew loves Chongqing hot pot.When Matthew joined this small group at that time, he even proposed to change the "green fund" into a "hot pot fund", but this idea was finally killed by Xu Hao and Andre in the cradle.