They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 246: Necessary Operations for the Reborn to Get Rich

Kim Hyung-tae received another order from China.

"Make extra money!" Jin Hengtai happily opened the email to see what the client's requirements were this time.

"To design an image of an ancient female refugee, how can I have to be naked and sexy? I can understand that the refugee is naked, but what is sexy?

Design an image of an ancient female farmer working hard. The key point is that the sweat soaks through the clothes, making the clothes fit tightly and outlining the figure? This is a cosplay of a farmer that I am asked to draw!
To design a female bar owner, you can refer to the following pictures. Hey, the person in this picture seems to be a Hong Kong female star, which movie is this still from? I think I have seen this movie.

The picture that came with the email was a still of Jin Xiangyu, the innkeeper in "New Dragon Inn".

During the golden age of Hong Kong movies, a large number of Hong Kong movies were exported to South Korea, so Koreans are not unfamiliar with Hong Kong stars of that generation. "New Dragon Inn", as a leader among action movies, was also popular in South Korea, so Kim Hyung-tae had seen "New Dragon Inn" and knew Jin Xiangyu played by Maggie Cheung, but he just couldn't remember her name.

Kim Hyung-tae continued to look at the client's father's request.

“When designing a female soldier in the Yellow Turban Army, her clothes should be thin and have a sense of transparency…

Design an ancient palace maid...

Design an ancient female general..."

After taking a rough look at the client's requirements, Kim Hyung-tae suddenly felt that this client was really to his liking!
It’s so nice to work for such a client!
Jin Hengtai worked overtime and quickly completed the work and sent the designed character image to Weiguang Technology.

At Weiguang Technology, the research and development of "Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms" is also in full swing.

Zhang Wei has given the direction of game design. For game developers, it is nothing more than writing some codes, designing the game data, and adding art, and the job is done.

If everything goes well, "Hot Blooded Three Kingdoms" will be released during the summer vacation.

……

The opening match of the World Cup in Germany was held on June 10th. At that time, the college entrance examination had just ended and Tsinghua University had not yet had its final exams.

Zhang Wei planned to make a fortune from the World Cup, so he simply decided not to take the final exam. He asked for leave from Bai Qian, the head of the Economics Department, and after his visa was approved, he bought a plane ticket to Germany.

Bai Qian did not say much about Zhang Wei not taking the final exam, but readily agreed. Anyway, Principal Gu said that Zhang Wei should be allowed to do whatever he wants, and not only should he not be stopped, but he should also go along with him. Even if Zhang Wei wanted to climb up the roof and remove the tiles, Bai Qian would have to take the initiative to hand him the ladder.

On the plane, Lu Yunxiang skillfully adjusted the first-class seat to a lying-flat mode, then took out his PSP game console and headphones, ready to play "God of War" for a while. It seems that this guy often sits in first class.

The chief flight attendant came over personally and asked Lu Yunxiang about his well-being.

"Mr. Lu, do you need another cushion? It will be more comfortable for you to play games on it.

Mr. Lu, this is a blanket specially prepared for you, made of pure Australian wool.

Mr. Lu, this flight is served with Bordeaux red wine, would you like a glass?"

Zhang Wei, who was standing next to him, glared at Lu Yunxiang and asked, "Why is this flight attendant focusing on you alone? I'm also in first class!"

"Of course it's because I'm more handsome!" Lu Yunxiang said proudly.

"That flight attendant is at least ten years older than you! Judging from her figure, she must have given birth to a child! Whether you are handsome or not should have nothing to do with her."

Lu Yunxiang chuckled and whispered, "The flight attendant has the passenger's booking information. I booked this ticket with the Centurion Black Gold Card, so the airline will have a mark on it."

"No wonder!" Zhang Wei curled his lips and asked, "Why did you come here? I asked the dean for leave and don't have to take the final exam. What about you? You won't take the final exam either?"

"Hehe, I applied for an online exam. As long as there is an internet connection, I can take the exam." Lu Yunxiang said happily.

"Our school also has online exams? It's so advanced?" Zhang Wei was slightly surprised. He had the impression that online exams were only popular during the mask era.

"Our department has a pilot program for an online examination system, so I signed up. I told the professor that I was going to Germany to watch the World Cup, and it would be a good opportunity to test whether the online examination system could be used smoothly abroad. When the professor heard this, he thought it was in line with international standards, so he agreed." Lu Yunxiang replied.

"You're quite good at taking advantage of loopholes." Zhang Wei said, and stretched out his hand: "Give me the game console!"

"Oh!" Lu Yunxiang handed the game console over. When Zhang Wei entered the game and chopped with his two swords, he finally realized what was going on and asked immediately, "Brother Wei, you play the game console, what am I doing?"

"Look at this." Zhang Wei threw two copies of Football Weekly to Lu Yunxiang, and then said, "These are the latest two issues of Football Weekly, which are basically all about the World Cup in Germany.

In the first issue, there are the situations of the 32 teams in the World Cup and the analysis of the group stage. In the second issue, there are the reports of the groups as of last week and the current group points. ”

"Why should I look at this?" Lu Yunxiang asked puzzledly.

"Didn't I tell you to go to Germany to make a fortune? How can you make a fortune if you don't know about the World Cup?"

"Brother Wei, when you say getting rich, you mean gambling on football, right?"

"What do you mean by betting on football? Gambling is illegal. You are young, so don't do anything illegal. We are going to buy spinach and football lottery tickets, okay?"

"That's still gambling on football..." Lu Yunxiang muttered softly.

"I've said it before, betting on football is illegal, football lottery is legal, that's the fundamental difference."

"But you can't make money with this! If you just bet on the outcome, the odds aren't very high. If you get an upset, you'll have to put all your money in. As for betting on the score, the odds are high, but it's also difficult to guess the result!"

"Then let's bet on who will win! We are still in the group stage, so the odds of winning should still be quite attractive. If we bet on the World Cup champion, the odds should be at least five times higher!"

"Brother, which team do you think will win the championship?" Lu Yunxiang asked curiously.

"You read the magazine first. I'll tell you when you understand the situation of each team!" Zhang Wei said, then put on headphones and continued playing the game.

……

Buying football lottery tickets during the World Cup is, of course, a must for the reborn to get rich.

Zhang Wei no longer has a deep impression of the 2006 World Cup. After so many years, many veteran fans may not be able to remember the details of the game, let alone an amateur fan like Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei only has two memories of the World Cup: the commentary scandal of Mr. Huang Jianxiang and Zidane's headbutt in the final. He can no longer remember the other games.

However, thanks to these two incidents, Zhang Wei was certain of one thing, that is, the final was between Italy and France, and the Italian team eventually won the World Cup.

So when Zhang Wei goes to buy football lottery tickets, he only needs to buy two types. One is to pick a day with high odds and bet on Italy to win the championship; the other is to blindly bet on France and Italy to win in the knockout stage. As for who France and Italy will face as their opponents, that is not important.

Lu Yunxiang spent two hours reading two magazines and got some understanding of each team in the World Cup.

"Brother, I saw in this magazine that Brazil has the highest chance of winning the championship. Four years ago, Brazil won the championship. And this year's Brazilian team has Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano. It feels stronger than the previous Brazilian team."

"What do you think? Can Brazil win the championship?" Zhang Wei asked.

"I think the favorites will lose, Brazil can't win the championship." Lu Yunxiang continued: "As for the German team, although they are the host, I am not optimistic about the German team. This magazine said that the German team did not perform well in the warm-up match before the World Cup, and they are still not competitive enough!"

"Which team do you think will win?" Zhang Wei asked.

"I think England is very strong. This year's England team can be called the strongest England team in the world. They have Owen and Rooney in the frontcourt, Lampard and Gerrard in the midfield, and the backcourt is also at the ceiling level of the Premier League. The key is that they have Beckham! I think with such a lineup, they should be able to win the championship." Lu Yunxiang said.

The 2006 England team was indeed very strong on paper, with Michael Owen winning the Ballon d'Or and Wayne Rooney winning the Golden Boy Award. The key was Beckham, who had a second spring after switching to playing as a defensive midfielder. In that era, the name Beckham alone was enough to shock people.

Therefore, the England team was also the favorite to win the World Cup in that session, second only to the five-star Brazil.

However, they lost to Portugal in the quarter-finals, in which Beckham was injured and Rooney was sent off. As for Owen, he said goodbye to the World Cup early due to injury in the group stage.

In fact, the Portuguese team that year was not weak. It was led by Figo, the winner of the Golden Ball Award. There were also talented young players like Cristiano Ronaldo in the team, so the fighting power was still very strong.

Lu Yunxiang asked, "Brother, I think England can win the championship. What about you? Which team do you think will win?"

"Of course I am optimistic about the Italian team!" Zhang Wei replied with a smile.

"Italy?" Lu Yunxiang quickly flipped open the magazine, looked at the Italian team's lineup, and then said, "This Italian team is also full of stars, both offensive and defensive, but there are no superstars like Ronaldo or Beckham!"

"Football is a team sport after all, and I think the Italian head coach is very good," Zhang Wei replied.

"The head coach of the Italian team is called Lippi. How good is he? Is he better than Milu?" Lu Yunxiang asked.

"Well, he's probably not as good as Milu. Milu is the world's number one football coach." Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"Number one in the world? Not really? I think you're exaggerating a bit." Lu Yunxiang obviously disagreed.

"If he can lead the Chinese men's football team into the World Cup, then he is the best football coach in the world!"

“Uh…” Lu Yunxiang hesitated for a moment and asked softly, “I don’t think you are praising Milu, but scolding the men’s football team!”

"You guessed it right!" Zhang Wei laughed and asked, "Do you know what 'refund' means?"

……

After a ten-hour flight, the plane landed in Berlin. Zhang Wei immediately bought a football betting magazine, which contained the changes in odds since the start of the World Cup.

According to the winning odds released by William Hill, before the start of the World Cup, the highest odds were from Trinidad and Tobago, with odds as high as 1 to 1000, followed by Saudi Arabia and Angola, with odds of 1 to 500.

而威廉希尔公司最看好的是巴西队，夺冠赔率是1比3.25，之后是英格兰队1比7，东道主德国队1比8，阿根廷队1比9，意大利队则是1比10，至于法国队则是1比13。

However, when Zhang Wei arrived in Germany, the World Cup had already been played for more than a week. It was now the second round of the group stage, and the odds of winning the championship had also changed.

In the latest day's championship odds, Brazil is still the favorite, but the odds have become 1 to 4.33, mainly because in the first round of the group stage, Brazil played against Croatia and only won 1 to 0.

Argentina's odds of winning the championship have risen to 1 to 4.5, second only to Brazil. This is because Argentina has already finished the second round, won two games, and has already qualified.

英格兰的夺冠赔率依旧是1比7，没有变动，东道主德国是1比9，意大利依旧是1比10，法国队则变成了1比15。

The changes in the championship odds can show how each team performs in the group stage.

"Brother, Italy is 1 to 10! Shall we go place a bet?" Lu Yunxiang asked from the side.

"No rush. Wait two more days. Tomorrow night Italy will have the second round of group matches against the United States. The odds will definitely change by then. Let's observe for one round first!" Zhang Wei said.

……

Italy beat Ghana 2-0 in the first round. The gap in strength between the two sides is obvious. Italy's performance can only be considered mediocre, so the odds have not changed.

In the second round, Italy played against the United States. Football is not Uncle Sam's strong sport, and the strength of the American team is definitely not as good as that of Italy.

In this match, it is natural for Italy to win, and the odds will not change unless it is a big win. But if it is a draw or a loss, the odds of Italy winning the championship will definitely change, and it will definitely be more cost-effective to bet on Italy at that time.

The result was just as Zhang Wei expected, Italy drew 1-1 with the United States.

In another match in the same group, the Czech Republic unexpectedly lost to Ghana 0-2.

As a result, the results of this group are: Italy one win and one draw, Czech Republic one win and one loss, Ghana one win and one loss, and the United States one loss and one draw.

In the last round, Italy will play against the Czech Republic and Ghana will play against the United States. Ghana is in the best position to qualify. If they win, they will definitely qualify. If they draw, they will also have a high probability of qualifying. Even if they lose, they will probably qualify based on the goal difference.

In order to qualify, the Czech Republic must fight hard against Italy. As for Italy, they need to at least draw to qualify. If they lose, they will most likely be eliminated.

There are no weak teams in Europe. The Czech team in 2006 is the golden generation of the Czech Republic, with Cech who has not yet become a tank soldier. It is not so easy for Italy to defeat the Czech Republic, not to mention that the situation for the Czech Republic to qualify is not optimistic, so they can only fight with their backs against the wall.

As a result, Italy's odds of winning the championship changed directly from 1 to 10 to 1 to 13.

With twelve times the profit, Zhang Wei felt that it was time to make a move.

(End of this chapter)