my old life

Chapter 2457
As the saying goes, 30 years for all living beings, cattle and horses, and 60 years for all Buddhas, dragons and elephants.

Anyone who enjoys life must pay for life, whether it is time or money, nothing in the world is obtained for no reason.

At this moment, I am like Jean Valjean in the musical, who was labeled as humble and born... and like those female workers, I am in it but can't advance or retreat.

It was not my intention to be around Mike, but I dare not lose this 'job', in a narrow sense I am no different from those lowly female workers!
My second uncle used to say that self-knowledge is the most important thing in a person. There are many people who can see through others, but very few people can see through themselves.

This Les Miserables musical has just begun, and I have already seen through the original intention, and I don't need to watch the next plot anymore.

At this moment, I saw Mike looked down at his watch. It had been more than 20 minutes since he entered the venue, and the performance time on the ticket stub was three hours.

I really believe that Mike will take me to watch the musical for three hours. It is still a stage play with realistic themes and human nature. I don't think there is any need to watch it.

In fact, the ugliness of human nature will be influenced in the end, and any human nature that is put on the screen will be whitewashed and beautified. The final ending must conform to the public's aesthetic concept.

"Mike, I'm going out to get some air."

I stood up and left the theater, stood outside the aisle, took out a cigarette and lit it, still feeling a little depressed.

As the saying goes, heroes don’t ask where they come from. I never felt inferior to my origin, and I never felt that being in the rivers and lakes was inferior to others.

When I saw the inmates, when I saw the women workers, I understood why Mike took me to the musical on purpose... He was making a metaphor.

Compared with Mike, I don't have a prominent family background, I haven't received a good education, and I haven't entered the upper class.

There is a gap between Eastern and Western concepts, but I know that the West attaches great importance to these things, and I have been divided into grades and levels invisibly.

"Hawkeye, why didn't you read it?" Mike quietly appeared behind him, and patted me on the shoulder.

"Understood, it doesn't matter whether you look at it or not." I said with a smile. If I guessed correctly, Mike's movement of looking at his watch was the flaw.

In a nearly three-hour musical, Mike looked at his watch just after the first 10 minutes, which was abnormal.

"Oh? Do you really understand? This is just one-tenth."

"The original human nature is the most authentic, and it will be whitewashed and beautified later. If my guess is correct, Jean Valjean's changes will definitely move many people."

"Oh? Have you seen it before?" Mike looked at me with great interest, and it seemed that my guess was correct.

"I haven't seen it before. We don't have musicals over there. Even if there were, I never went to..."

"Then how did you guess the result?"

"Just guess... Mike, it's nice to meet you!" I changed the subject quietly, and I gave him whatever he wanted.

"Huh?" Mike didn't ask, but he looked at me curiously.

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen such a good musical ... I wouldn't have come to London if it weren't for you."

I smiled and said something, expressing my attitude very cryptically, letting him know that I really "understood" this Les Miserables.

If it weren't for Mike, I don't know where to stand now, and I don't know what kind of life I would face...

Without Mike, I can't deal with Prince Dragon, without Mike, I can't deal with Pig Slayer... Although I look good now, I will never forget who changed everything.

"It's still early, don't you really want to watch it?" Mike asked knowingly, and I felt a smile in his eyes.

"I really don't want to watch it. I'd rather go to a casino than watch a musical."

"Okay, let's go."

When I heard this, I thought it was wrong!When I was at the racetrack, I made it clear that I didn't like to regard my career as a hobby, and he also knew that I didn't like gambling.

"What? Do you want to go back and watch for a while?" Mike asked with a smile, and I waved my hand quickly.

"Don't read it, I'll call Xiaona."

"Do you still need to bring an interpreter to the casino?"

"That's right, I'll let her go back after watching it." I took out my phone and shook it, I have Xiaona's number.

Mike smiled and didn't say anything, I knew he was acquiescing.

The casino is next door to the theater. The casino is a little crowded, and the upper and lower floors are transparent.

Standing on the first floor, you can see the gamblers on the second and third floors. The upper part of the lobby is transparent, which is basically consistent with the shape of many casinos.

Round ball lights can be seen everywhere in the casino, the croupiers in purple shirts are easy to identify, and the gaming tables are crowded with people.

The gamblers here include both locals and Chinese. It seems that there are more Chinese. The whole casino is not fundamentally different from what I have seen before.

"Baccarat is the most popular here."

"Maybe it's because of the sign road."

Most people like baccarat because they think that baccarat has a "way", the so-called way is the way of the card.

Baccarat has bankers and players and pairs. The probability of pairs and ties is relatively small and more like a lottery, so there will be a so-called 'card road'.

It is undeniable that sometimes the winning rate can be improved according to the card path, because the betting of choosing one of the two has a high hit rate, and each hand is half of the winning rate.

Some people like to chase a double jump after a heads-up, and some people like to chase a single jump after a three-in-a-row. There are all kinds of favorite cards.

But in the game of probability, the more times there are, the more accurate the probability is, and almost no one can beat the probability.

"Hi Mike."

Alex took the initiative to greet him, and took him upstairs after a brief greeting. It is estimated that Mike would not bet on the poker tables in the lobby.

On the second floor, there are tables for individual people everywhere, and there is no separate private room like Xiao Mengla, and it seems that there is no VIP room.

I don't know if the VIP room is still upstairs. The entire casino feels very lively, and the distance between the gaming tables is very close.

Alex signed the bill as soon as he came forward. It was obvious that he was a frequent visitor here, and he didn't need to bring any money to gamble here.

This feeling is very similar to that of the cashiers. In fact, the casino models all over the world are slightly different in the same city, and the purpose is to maximize profits.

"One hundred thousand one bet, play casually." Mike threw over a gambling card with numbers printed on the golden card. This is a 300 million gambling card.

Gambling cards are a kind of chips, which are generally used to mark a large face value. This kind of card is effectively voided on the spot.

As long as the bet does not exceed the marked amount of the gambling card, you can bet at will. Once it exceeds, you must buy a new card.

Mike put the gambling card on the table, he stretched out a finger towards the croupier, and then a pile of chips was pushed over.

Someone next to him was responsible for recording the remaining face value of the gambling card, and Alex also sat down at the gaming table, looking like he was betting against the casino.

In regular casino companies, all baccarat bets are against the casino, and the casino has a 5.00% probability advantage.

This kind of betting is entirely based on luck, and the gambler cannot move the cards throughout the process, it is a simple choice between the two.

Gamblers can choose to sit at the player in the game against the casino, and they can make up cards when they get a small number of points, but they cannot make up cards with six points and above.

If the player draws up to 4567 points, the banker must follow suit.

This is the first time I sit at a gaming table in a formal casino, and it is also the first time I 'gamble', so I feel a little nervous.

I'm used to cheating at the gambling table, I'm used to taking the outcome into my own hands, but now I'm completely relying on it.

"It doesn't matter if you win or lose, just relax." Mike placed his bet easily, not caring about winning or losing.

"How much is the maximum red limit?" I asked in a low voice, not knowing what is marked on this gambling table.

"30, you can play procrastination if you feel small."

"Don't delay, let me understand the rules first."

I am used to doing things clearly. Only when I do things can I feel at ease in my heart. Even if I relax, I can't squander it easily.

I didn't bet and just watched Mike and Alex, it didn't feel like a lot of appeal to me to bet money.

Mike sits on the player and directly bets against the dealer, Alex bets softly, and can buy the dealer or the player.

Although I am sitting here talking and laughing happily with Mike, no one knows that I am walking on thin ice...

(End of this chapter)