Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 271: Are You Humiliating Me? (Part one)

Lin Lei took a stack of chips, totaling 100 million, and placed it on the table.

Right now, there was a difficult question for Stephen, and that was the fact that the dealer was for sure on Xu Cheng’s side. After all, Xu Cheng was their client for money laundering. Whether the dealer has the bigger or smaller hand, he would fold for sure to deliberately lose to Xu Cheng. If Stephen didn’t join, then Xu Cheng just needed to play around for fun and wait until the clean money reached the casino’s account, and then he would be able to just leave after the casino transferred it to his account and pretend that he won that much money. Stephen would obviously try to stir up some sh-t in the middle. If he could win the money Xu Cheng was about to take away from the casino, then the casino was not responsible to compensate for whatever amount he lost. So, that was why for most times, the money-laundering clients would do their business in the VIP room and not let other people join their table. Of course, if someone didn’t know you were laundering money and came in by accident, it would also be hard to refuse. After all, they shouldn’t give off the vibe that they were laundering money or the casino would be investigated.

But right now, even if no one was coming to Xu Cheng’s table, he would want to keep it going even if it was just against the dealer, because that 1.05 billion euro was definitely not enough for the 3 billion hole he was trying to fill for his in-law’s company. So, no matter who comes, Xu Cheng would welcome them with open arms. As long as they had money, just come on in! In Xu Cheng’s eyes, these were literally people coming here to deliver him free money.

Just then, another gambling pro came in. He also poked his head in and saw people playing. When he saw how big they were playing, he laughed and said, “I finally found a big gambling room.”

Then, he walked in with a cigar.

Xu Cheng just looked at how good their acting were. They were at least a lot better than Shen Yao.

The manager asked Beiye, “Why find two pros?”

“After learning about what this guy was capable of doing in Shangcheng, I want to be especially cautious with him. The underground money house’s Shangcheng branch lost over two billion dollars, and it was all because of him. So, we must have our guards up. Just now, didn’t he already suspect that Stephen was a pro at cards? So, it’s safer with two pros. But, are you sure that the two pros you gave me are skilled enough?”

The manager nodded. “Don’t worry, those two are the best in house, both top tier when it comes to playing cards, dealing cards, making judgements, playing psychological tactics, and so on. Not just this Mr. Xu, even if they are against a famous professional master in the field, it would still be tough for that master to gain an upper hand.”

Beiye: “How about their cheating skills?”

The manager frowned. “Mr. Beiye, if our pros here are caught cheating, their reputations would be destroyed! There are so many casinos competing with each other in Las Vegas, getting exposed for rigging games would destroy our business.”
Cheating was the most despised thing to do in the gambling world, and the more skilled one was, the more one despised people that cheat. When gambling, it is inevitable for people to eventually run into cheaters, and when that happened, a true pro could still beat the cheater or see through the tricks.

And in places like Las Vegas where the gambling industry were becoming more and more regulated, people hated cheaters more and more. If not caught, the cheaters could make quite a lot of money, but once they found out, they would likely end up being an abandoned corpse.

Chapter 271: Are You Humiliating Me? (Part two)

Just then, another person walked in calmly. Although his hands were softly clenched into a fist, Xu Cheng could still see the calluses on his hands with his penetrating vision.

“Another one?” Xu Cheng mumbled to himself.

Bei Shan was curious. “What did you say?’

“Nothing.” Xu Cheng smiled and said indifferently, “Someone’s shutting the doors and letting the dogs out.”

Bei Shan didn’t get what he was saying, and he was only interested in the money. “You still owe me 10 thousand, remember-”

Before he could finish, Xu Cheng already put 20 thousand worth of chips into his hand and said, “Seeing how you were a great driver for me last night, I will give you 20 thousand in total.”

Bei Shan: “Why does it feel like you are humiliating me?”

Xu Cheng tossed another 50 thousand to him and said, “Is this humiliation enough?”

Bei Shan: “Not enough, please humiliate me more.”

Xu Cheng: “You little d-uchbag…”

At this time, Lin Lei looked at the newcomer’s face and asked, a bit confused, “I think I’ve seen you before.”

That guy’s face changed slightly. If it was a frequent patron to this casino, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to recognize him, so the guy was worried that Lin Lei recognized him to be one of the in-house pros.

“You do look unfamiliar, could you have mistaken me for someone else? My name is Jack.”

Lin Lei was still trying to recall his memories.

Xu Cheng laughed, not wanting Lin Lei to expose that guy, and he immediately said, “You must’ve took him for someone else. Come on, let’s play together.”

Stephen and Jack exchanged a look, and a tacit understanding came to life.

Xu Cheng obviously saw the look they exchanged, and he just smiled and didn’t say anything.

Jack sat down and asked, “What are you guys playing?”

Xu Cheng shrugged. “Whichever. What do you think is fun?”
Jack: “I don’t really care too.”

This sounded very casual, and only those that were confident in their abilities would habitually say this. Jack didn’t realize what he said already exposed something, but Xu Cheng already caught on and confirmed that he was a gambling pro.

“If that’s the case, let’s play Fight the Landlord then,” Xu Cheng teased.

Stephen and Jack were both a bit dumbfounded. “What? Fight the Landlord? What kind of game is that?”

Xu Cheng grinned. “It’s just a game we play back at my home country.”

The two awkwardly replied, “I think we will pass on that then.”

Xu Cheng: “Then let’s play Fried Golden Flower?’

Those two were shocked again. “Fried what? What are you talking about?”

Xu Cheng: “Then Ten Thirty?”

Jack and Stephen really wanted to slap Xu Cheng.

Seeing how lost they were, Xu Cheng sighed, “Looks like there isn’t much to play in Las Vegas, I had my hopes up.”

Now, it was the dealer that wanted to slap Xu Cheng.

“Alright alright, I will stop teasing you guys, let’s just play Texas Hold’em. But, I’m in a bit of a rush, so the minimum prize pool is 20 million per person, and each raise has to be no less than 50 million, top is not capped. If you guys want to play then stay, if not then you can leave,” Xu Cheng withdrew his smile and said with a serious face.

Stephen and Jack exchanged a look, and they also sneaked a look at a guard that came in with them. They didn’t have mics on them and they still needed to ask for Beiye’s permission, since this game would be a bit risky.

On the other end, Beiye said to the mic, “Sure, let them play.”

The guard got the message and subtly nodded to those two guys.

Jack and Stephen both shrugged. “Sure, let’s play then.”