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

Chapter 251 Oolong Incident
The European gambling industry is well developed, and jackpots of more than 10 million euros are often given out. Some lotteries are issued simultaneously in multiple European countries, with multiple countries sharing the same prize pool, and there are even jackpots of hundreds of millions of euros.

But making 10 million euros from football lottery is definitely a new thing.

After all, football lottery is subject to the upper limit of odds, and there is no such thing as a chance to win five million with just two dollars.

Take the World Cup as an example. The odds of the bottom team winning the championship are 1 to 1000, which is basically the upper limit of football lottery odds. It is not easy to come across a bookmaker with a big odds of 7 times, such as Germany 1 to 6500 Brazil.

According to the capped odds of 1 to 1000, to win the 500 million jackpot, you have to bet 1000 yuan. But under normal circumstances, what fool would bet on a bottom-ranked team to win the World Cup? Isn't that just giving money to the bookmakers?
Of course Saudi Arabia is an exception. They are rich and willing to spend money to support their own country.

Playing football lottery, doubling your winnings is considered a big win, and quadrupling your winnings is simply bloody profit!
According to the ratio of blood profit, if you want to win 1000 million euros, you have to pay at least 300 million euros. But if you really have 300 million euros, who would buy football lottery? 300 million euros, you can live comfortably in any country in Europe for the rest of your life!
Therefore, when the news that Zhang Wei won a prize of 1040 million euros came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole of Germany.

At first, everyone was surprised that someone actually made 1040 million yuan by playing football lottery. Is this person stupid? With so much money, wouldn't it be nice to buy a sports car and go to nightclubs to find girls?
After reading the report again, everyone realized that this person had bet on Italy to win the championship with odds of 1 to 13.

Being able to buy the World Cup champion when the odds are most suitable, just based on this operation, you can also be a master in football betting!
For a time, this huge prize of 1040 million euros became a hot topic among German lottery players, even overshadowing Zidane's head-butting victory.

At the same time, in a building in Wiesbaden, Hesse, a middle-aged man in his early thirties was staring at a whiteboard on the wall.

In the middle of the whiteboard, there was a photo cut out from a newspaper. The person in the photo was facing the camera with a check in his hand and a smile on his face. This person was Zhang Wei.

Around Zhang Wei's photo are a dozen news clippings from newspapers, all about Zhang Wei winning a huge prize of tens of millions of euros.

The middle-aged man is named Hamann and is a senior agent of the German Federal Criminal Investigation Bureau.

The German Federal Criminal Investigation Bureau was established in 1951 and is an organization similar to the US FBI.

When the Cold War just began, Germany, as the forefront of the Cold War, established two major institutions modeled after the United States.

One is called the Federal Intelligence Service, which is similar to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It mainly targets the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries. At its peak, the German Federal Intelligence Service was better than the US Central Intelligence Agency in its work on the Soviet Union. Even the CIA had to rely on the intelligence of the German Federal Intelligence Service.

Another agency is the German Federal Criminal Police Office, which was modeled after the US FBI. Compared with the FBI, the German Federal Criminal Police Office focuses more on criminal offenses.

However, during the Cold War, ideology was in command and many pro-Soviet behaviors were classified as criminal offenses, so the main target of this agency was still the Soviet Union.

It was not until the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union that the Federal Criminal Investigation Bureau shifted its focus to combating terrorism and organized crime. In general, the Federal Criminal Investigation Bureau is still more powerful than the German Federal Police.

At this time, senior agent Harman pasted Zhang Wei's photo in the center of the whiteboard, obviously treating Zhang Wei as an important suspect.

Senior Agent Harman came to the whiteboard, pointed at Zhang Wei's photo and said, "You may not know this person, but I think you have all heard of his deeds. He is the lucky guy who bet on Italy to win the championship and won a prize of 1040 million!"

"Boss, is there something wrong with this person?" the subordinate asked.

"Of course!" Hamann nodded, and then said, "1040 million euros, an unprecedented jackpot in the history of football lottery. You don't think there is no problem with this, do you?"

"Boss, you don't doubt that the news is fake, do you? I saw many newspapers reporting this incident, and there are also photos of the gambling company issuing checks, so it shouldn't be fake."

Harman then asked: "Do you remember the match-fixing case we investigated before? According to what we found, the criminal gang was in Italy and manipulated Italian teams, including top teams like Juventus and AC Milan."

"As I remember, this case happened because the criminal group was in Italy and our chain of evidence was broken, so we couldn't investigate further. However, our German gambling company seemed to be involved as well, but we can't find any evidence. Do you mean that this person is related to that case?" the subordinate continued to ask.

"That's right! This person bet on Italy to win the championship and got a prize of 1040 million euros! And his total betting amount is 80 euros! euros, such a huge amount of money, all bet on Italy to win the championship, is this reasonable?
And according to my preliminary investigation, he placed bets at 16 bookmakers, with each betting 50,000 euros. This was obviously intentional!" Harman said.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence! Or maybe he's worried that a betting company won't accept such a large bet?"

"It is also possible that he does not want to draw our attention, so he dispersed the bets because there is a group behind him that manipulates the game! Once he is noticed by us or the police, we will follow the clues and dig out the criminal group behind him!" Harman replied.

"But according to news reports, when he placed the bet, the odds of Italy winning were 1 to 13, and it should have been still the group stage. And he bet on Italy to win. I can understand if they lost, but intentionally winning? That shouldn't be considered manipulating the outcome of the game, right?" another subordinate asked.

"Is it possible that this criminal group controls not only the Italian team, but also Italy's opponents?" Harman began to make a bold assumption.

"Italy's opponents? The first knockout match is against Australia, and the second is against Ukraine. Both teams are relatively weak, and Italy can win without manipulating the matches! Italy's opponent in the semi-finals is Germany. Are you saying that this criminal group manipulated our German national team? How is that possible?"

"Yes, this is Germany's home court after all. How could our team not want to win? How could they lose on purpose? If you say that the criminal group manipulated the German team to lose on purpose, I don't believe it!" another person also spoke up.

"Of course I also believe that our German team will not be bribed. But what about the referee? Are you sure the referee has not been bribed? You all watched our semi-final against Italy, right? I think there were several balls where Italy should have been called for fouls, but the referee didn't blow the whistle!" Hamann said.

The men nodded in agreement. As Germans, they were definitely on the side of the German team. Even if the referee was fair, they would still feel that the referee was biased. For some fouls that could be called or not, as long as the referee didn't call them, the Germans would instinctively feel that the referee was biased on the Italian team.

Hamann then said: "Looking at the final, France obviously had the advantage, but they couldn't score a goal and were repeatedly called offside. Do you think that's normal? Even Zidane made such an unwise move. Do you think that's normal? Zidane is the most experienced star in Europe!"

Everyone nodded as if they suddenly understood, as if they agreed with Haman's statement.

After all, Germany failed to win the World Cup in its home stadium and was eliminated by the Italian team. The Germans would rather believe that the Italian team cheated.

Harman pointed at Zhang Wei's photo and continued, "Let's talk about this lucky guy again. I think he got the inside information in advance, so he spent 800,000 euros to buy Italy to win the championship. Maybe this person is our breakthrough!

Imagine that there is a criminal group that has been manipulating European football and making huge profits from it. Now they are even manipulating the World Cup.

If we can wipe out such a criminal group, it will be a great achievement. Not only the whole of Germany, but also the whole of Europe and even the whole world will look to us. Each of us will become a hero and go down in history!"

The big pie that Harman painted immediately made his men excited. If they could really solve such a big case, promotion would not be a dream.

"Boss? This person should be a tourist. Maybe he has already left Germany. How can we check?"

"He hasn't left Germany yet. I checked the flight information. He booked a flight for tomorrow to Madrid, Spain," Harman said.

"Could it be that this criminal group is in Madrid?" someone asked.

"If he leaves Germany, there will be no way to track him down," another person said immediately.

"We can't let him leave, we have to control him immediately!"

"That's right, arrest him now and interrogate him."

"But what is our reason? We have no evidence of his crime. He is a foreign citizen after all. If we arrest him at random, it might cause a diplomatic dispute."

"Yes, not to mention that he is a tourist who came to watch the World Cup. If we arrest tourists without any evidence, it will definitely have a negative impact on our country's tourism industry!"

Everyone was discussing it one by one.

Harman had a confident expression on his face. He said, "Who said we don't have reasons? We suspect this person's identity is fake! I went to the gaming company to retrieve the passport information he presented when he received the prize. It shows that he is from China and his name is Zhang Wei!"

"Did he enter the country illegally?" one of the men immediately asked.

"Even if he didn't enter the country illegally and there's a visa in his passport, who can guarantee that he's really who he is? I went to the Immigration Bureau to check the records. Since the establishment of the European Union, the most common name among the illegal immigrants from China we've caught is Zhang Wei!"

Harman said with a strange smile, and then continued: "So I seriously suspect that his identity is fabricated. He entered the country under the guise of a person with the same name and surname. Is this a reasonable reason? "

……

In the hotel lobby, Lu Yunxiang was checking out, while Zhang Wei was sitting on a chair beside him, looking at his luggage. Although this was a five-star hotel, with the level of public security in Europe, he still dared not let his luggage out of his sight. Who knows, someone might have come to a five-star hotel specifically to steal something!

A black Mercedes SUV stopped at the entrance of the hotel. Two men got out of the car, walked into the hotel lobby, and headed straight for Zhang Wei.

"Hello, I'm Harman, a senior agent of the Federal Criminal Bureau. Are you Mr. Zhang Wei?" the other party said as he took out his ID.

"FBI? What agency is this?" Zhang Wei was a little confused.

However, since the other party dared to take out his ID, his identity should be real.

"I'm Zhang Wei. What can I do for you?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Mr. Zhang Wei, we suspect that you are an illegal immigrant. Please come back with us and assist in the investigation." Harman said coldly.

"Illegal immigrant? I think you must have misunderstood. This is my passport with a visa issued by the German Embassy." Zhang Wei said as he took out his passport.

"We doubt the authenticity of this visa!" Harman continued.

"Then you can verify it with the relevant departments in your country."

"We will go and verify it, but before that, you have to come with us."

Zhang Wei snorted coldly: "You Germans, are you arresting people based on suspicion without any evidence?"

"We have evidence." Harman said, and took out a document, and then said: "This is a document from our German Immigration Bureau. It shows that several Chinese men named Zhang Wei have entered the country illegally recently, and there are also several Chinese men named Zhang Wei who have stayed in Germany after their visas expired.

Your name is Zhang Wei, right? We need to verify your identity. Don't worry, if we verify that you entered Germany legally and did not stay in Germany after your visa expired, we will release you immediately. "

"It's Zhang Wei's fault again? Should I change my name?" Zhang Wei complained in his heart.

When I applied for a visa to the United States, I was blocked because of my name Zhang Wei. Now I am being investigated by the Germans again because of my name Zhang Wei. It seems that the name Zhang Wei is not very auspicious!
At this time, Lu Yunxiang had already checked out and walked over.

"Brother, what happened?" Lu Yunxiang asked.

Without waiting for Zhang Wei to answer, Harman said first: "Is this your companion? We can't be sure whether he came to Germany legally, so your companion must go back with us to assist in the investigation!"

……

At the same time, at the hotel entrance, several middle-aged men were staring at the hotel entrance.

"Boss, is the news correct? Is the Chinese man who won 10 million euros really staying in this hotel?" one of them asked.

"My brother's girlfriend works as a waitress in the housekeeping department of this hotel. She also took a photo of the Chinese man. There is no doubt about it." another person said.

"We've been waiting for over an hour, and we don't know when the Chinese man will come out. How about I go in and take a look?"

"Idiot, that's a five-star hotel. With your character, you will be suspected if you walk into that kind of place!" said the boss.

"How about I change into a suit before going in?"

"Do you have a suit?"

"No, but I can steal. I've been keeping an eye on a family. The man of that family wears a suit to work every day. He should have several suits at home."

"What if there is a surveillance camera in the hotel? It will record your appearance, and the police will suspect you too!"

The boss paused, then continued, "Be patient, this guy is worth 10 million euros. When he comes out, we will kidnap him and force him to hand over 10 million euros. Then we will make a fortune!"

As they were talking, they saw Zhang Wei walking out of the hotel, followed by two people, helping them push the suitcases.

"It's him, the Chinese man who won 10 million, he's out!"

"There are two doormen helping him push his luggage. Is he going to leave Germany? Let's do it now. Once he enters the airport, we won't be able to do anything. There are patrol police inside the airport."

The leader said as he took out a pair of stockings from his arms, put them on his head, and then took out a biubiu from his pocket.

Several other people followed suit, put stockings on their heads, and took out their biubius.

Immediately afterwards, several people rushed towards Zhang Wei.

……

Zhang Wei still has to go to Madrid to attend the World Congress of Mathematicians, so he definitely doesn't want to assist in the investigation.

But Zhang Wei also knew that he was a commoner, unarmed, and he had no choice but to agree. As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, he can't explain his reason clearly!
Even if a wolf comes, it will not be able to confront a country's law enforcement agencies head-on.

So Zhang Wei had no choice but to agree to let Harman assist in the investigation. After all, he had not broken any law, and Harman would have to release him after 24 hours at most.

Moreover, he has world-class scientists. If a country like Germany, which always advocates human rights, dares to use violence against him, it will not only cause diplomatic disputes, but also affect Germany's national image.

Zhang Wei walked out of the hotel door. Harman pointed to the black Mercedes SUV in front and said, "The car is over there."

"Agent Harman, you don't have to help us carry our luggage, we can do it ourselves!" Zhang Wei said.

"I'm protecting the evidence." Harman snorted.

Obviously, Agent Harman believed that there might be evidence of a criminal group in Zhang Wei's luggage.

At this moment, several men wearing stockings on their heads rushed over from not far away. They came to a place about ten meters away from Zhang Wei and took out their biubiu directly.

If it were in China, Zhang Wei might think it was a toy, but this is in Germany, and biubiu is most likely real.

The next second, Zhang Wei hid behind Harman and shouted to Lu Yunxiang next to him, "Get down quickly!"

Harman reacted at the same time and shouted, "Be careful, they have accomplices!"

At this time, Harman still thought that these guys were accomplices of the criminal group and were here to rescue Zhang Wei.

Those who can enter the German Federal Criminal Investigation Bureau are considered elites. They all took out their biubiu at the first moment, found cover, and made movements ready to shoot.

Seeing this scene, the kidnapper who had just rushed forward was also stunned.

"Is this a five-star hotel? Even the doorman who carries the luggage has to do biubiu?"

(End of this chapter)