Chapter 15 2. Casino

Just as Hong Wenshan was about to board the plane, Bai Zhigang and Luo Yiqian had already taken off from Beijing on an Air China flight and arrived at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport via San Francisco. It was William?Matthews. Although Yanzhitun is a shantytown, its geographical location is a golden treasure land. Real estate developers in Dongzhou have their eyes on this golden treasure land. However, due to the large number of relocated households, the conditions of the houses are also very different, and the demolition costs are high. Real estate developers dare to take the lead in touching this hot potato.

Bai Changxing is not the case. He thinks that sooner or later the government will come forward to renovate this shantytown, but he is not sure whether to renovate and move back on the spot, or to attract investment and conduct commercial development of this geomantic treasure land after resettlement. Hong Wenshan, secretary of the municipal party committee, proposed that "the real estate industry should establish a city", and it was only then that Bai Changxing concluded that this land must be commercially developed.So he asked William?Matthews flew directly from the United States to Beijing. The two had just finished discussing in Beijing how to win the Yanzhitun joint development package plan. Hong Wenshan went to Beijing to hold the Yanzhitun investment promotion press conference. Did Ding Nengtong introduce William?Matthews meeting with Hong Wenshan and He Zhendong as a foreign businessman.

It was also a coincidence that Bai Changxing met William?Matthews is dramatic.The two met at the Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas.Bai Changxing likes the Las Vegas Boulevard very much. He thinks that the best place to exercise the mental quality of a businessman is to take a walk here regularly. There are not only the grotesque Paris of France and Bellagio of Italy copied here, but also the United States. New York in Egypt and Lucasso in Egypt, Venice in the Renaissance and the Roman Empire, and even more despicable, gorgeous, tacky, notorious and crazy casinos. Bai Changxing believes that all businessmen who are temperate in Las Vegas will become career winners.Therefore, Bai Changxing flies to Las Vegas regularly to exercise his mind.

Bai Changxing believes that most men like stimulation, and any stimulation will make people addicted. The best way to quit addiction is to face the stimulation directly and use reason to control yourself when it is the most exciting. Every time Bai Changxing goes to Las Vegas, he likes to play Hou Delun at the Horseshoe Casino on Freehaut Street, because Hou Delun here has no betting limit. William, who has the same hobby as Bai Changxing?Matthews also likes to play here.At that time, the "Xiao Jia Case" that shocked China and the world occurred in Dongzhou. Many real estate developers in Dongzhou chose to avoid the limelight in the United States. The bored Bai Changxing and Bai Zhigang played Hou Delun at the Horseshoe Casino every day.Hou Delun also happens to be William?Matthews' favorite play, William?Matthews found that Bai Changxing always stopped at the right time, winning more and losing less, never messing up, not like a gambler, but like a wise man.Both of them are masters at playing Hou Delun. After several contests, they became poker friends.William?When Matthews learned that Bai Changxing was a big real estate developer in Dongzhou, China, he admired him even more; when Bai Changxing learned that William?Matthews is a director of the Stanley Consortium and they met late, and the two became friends.Later, the board of directors of the New York Stanley Consortium was very optimistic about China's real estate industry, and set up an ad hoc knight fund to invest in China's real estate industry. The director, William?Matthews is in charge of the preparation, and the principle is that an experienced and powerful real estate developer in China must be recruited to join.William?Matthews immediately thought of Bai Changxing.

William?Matthews invited brothers Bai Changxing and Bai Zhigang to a light meal at the Kabbah Restaurant, William?After Matthews sincerely invited Senhao Group to join Knight Fund, the Bai brothers were overjoyed and happily followed William?Matthews went to New York. In this way, the first Knight Fund under the Stanley Consortium, which specifically invests in China's real estate market, was officially established. Although the Bai Brothers only accounted for 30% of the shares, because the Knight Fund is specifically aimed at China's real estate market, the Bai family The brothers have a great say in project investment.

In fact, as soon as the news that the Dongzhou Municipal Government was about to develop Yanzhitun was announced, William?Matthews flew to Dongzhou for a secret investigation. With a PhD in economics, he was very optimistic about Dongzhou's potential as the fourth development pole of China after the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and he was even more optimistic about Rouge. The geographical location of Yanzhitun was impressed by Bai Changxing's unique investment vision, so when Hong Wenshan led a team to Beijing to promote the investment attraction of Yanzhitun with great fanfare, William?Matthews immediately moved into the Beijing Garden, and Bai Changxing made a bridge through Ding Nengtong, the director of the Beijing Office, and met Hong Wenshan and He Zhendong smoothly.

Everything was under Bai Changxing's control. When he learned that Hong Wenshan was about to lead a team to visit the United States, he immediately sent Bai Zhigang and Luo Yiqian to fly to the United States, and William?Matthews discussed the specific matters of receiving Hong Wenshan and his party.The meeting place still chose Las Vegas.The reason is that Luo Yiqian is very yearning for the Grand Canyon of Colorado. After Bai Zhigang and Luo Yiqian held their wedding, Senhao Group had too many problems to deal with, and the case that Luo Yiqian's Equity Law Firm took over could not let go of the case for a while, and the two had no time for their honeymoon.This time when he came to the United States, Bai Zhigang took both public and private interests into account. On the one hand, he had a relationship with William?Matthews met to discuss the reception plan for Hong Wenshan and his party. On the other hand, he spent honeymoon with his new wife Luo Yiqian.

The plane flew over the vast desert, and the deep mountains were covered with the beautiful afterglow of the sunset. Luo Yiqian looked out the window, and saw the gray-green Colorado River, with foaming waves, flowing westward towards Meadow Lake and Las Vegas. "Zhigang, below is the Grand Canyon." Luo Yiqian shouted excitedly. Bai Zhigang looked out of the window sideways, and the weathered and etched iron-red rock wall seemed to be chopped with a knife and an axe. "Qianqian, when will you be free? I will accompany you to Tibet to see the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, which is the largest canyon in the world."

Bai Zhigang kissed his wife on the cheek and said. "Zhigang, everyone knows that Las Vegas is a city of sin. The evil side of human nature is not only activated here, but also strengthened. For a successful man, looking for excitement, temptation, and tenderness Township, there is no more suitable place than Las Vegas, or what the elder brother said is right, any man who can grasp himself here is a man with a firm will, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado represents the will of a man, challenge The best way to build willpower is to seduce, Zhigang. Can you resist the temptation?"

Luo Yiqian raised her eyebrows and said. "Qianqian, did you come to Las Vegas to test my will?" Bai Zhigang asked suddenly. "What do you say?" Luo Yiqian asked treacherously. "Little villain!" Bai Zhigang scratched Luo Yiqian's little nose with his finger and said. The plane landed slowly at McCarran International Airport, William?Matthews greeted Bai Zhigang and Luo Yiqian at the luggage claim area. "Hello! Zhigang, my friend!" William?Matthews greeted Bai Zhigang with his proficient Chinese, and then embraced Bai Zhigang with broad arms.

"William, this is my wife Luo Yiqian." Bai Zhigang introduced. "What a beautiful bride. Zhigang, you are very lucky!" While joking, William leaned over and kissed the back of Luo Yiqian's jade-like hand. "Zhigang, Yiqian, I have reserved a room at the Treasure Island Hotel, and I will invite you to watch the song and dance show at the Moulin Rouge tonight." William said generously. The driver carried the luggage and walked forward, followed by three people talking and laughing. There were colorful slot machines on both sides of the airport hall. Bai Zhigang suddenly thought of moths in the flames, and thought to himself, the huge McCarran International Airport is the scene of the fire. , The bustling people in the airport, who can guarantee that they are not moths flying into the flames? The three got into the Mercedes-Benz, and when they entered the urban area from the No. 15 Expressway, their vision was immediately attracted by the colorful neon lights and the huge tourist hotel with architectural features. Lost in the illusion. Luo Yiqian couldn't hide her excitement, and shouted in the car: "Las Vegas, I'm coming!" William laughed out loud. There was an artificial lake in front of the Treasure Island Hotel. After the Mercedes-Benz was parked, the imitation treasure ship of the 16th century encountered a pirate ship on the way. Luo Yiqian was attracted by the sound of two cannons. Stopping to watch, I saw the two sides launching an artillery battle. Suddenly, the sound of artillery was booming, thick smoke was billowing, and the artillery ship caught fire, and the crew fled for their lives one after another. "This kind of performance has to be performed many times a day." William said with a smile. "William, I can already feel the smoke billowing from the casino!" Luo Yiqian said figuratively. Bai Zhigang and William laughed heartily.