America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 180 Casino

Lani wanted to follow the three leaders inside, but was stopped by the bodyguards. "Minors are not allowed to enter."

Lanny was a little annoyed. She raised her middle finger. "You're such a chatterbox! I quit a long time ago! Now I make my fortune through my own hard work! Do you need to see my 20-year-old ID?"

The black bodyguards ignored her, acting completely indifferent.

"I didn't expect you to have this kind of story. Are you a minor?" Zhang Ailun turned around and looked at her curvaceous figure. He thought she was at least twenty years old. If she were an adult, her figure would only be considered average.

If she's a minor, then there's something to say. With further development, she'll be at least a 36D.

"Boss, is being a minor a plus for you?" Lani said with a grin, "I'll be an adult in a month."

"Don't listen to her nonsense, she's only sixteen," the black bodyguard next to her couldn't help but interject.

"None of your business! You nigger! Just shut up!!" Lanny cursed. "The law says you can get married at sixteen, you idiot!"

The black bodyguard scoffed, "If it weren't for your gambling-addicted father, I wouldn't bother with you. He still owes me money."

"What does this have to do with me? He owes you money, so go ask him for it," Lani said irritably. "Do you want to force a minor to pay off her debt?"

The black bodyguard couldn't argue with her, so he gave up.

Zhang Ailun turned and led Sieg and the other two into the casino. Lanny waved from outside, "Boss, remember to come find me if you need anything."

Zhang Ailun waved his hand without turning his head.

This was his first time visiting a legitimate casino. Once inside, he found the interior to be glittering and luxurious, bustling like a marketplace, with many gamblers gathered around slot machines, arcade games, roulette, dice, and Texas Hold'em.

Zhang Ailun wasn't interested in this. He told Bailey and Sieg to go look around elsewhere, while he went to the central service desk, ordered a Red Bull with ice from the waitress, sat on the sofa in the rest area, took out his phone, opened the app, and put on noise-canceling headphones.

Blitz's voice quickly came through: "It seems you've arrived at this casino. Although it's a place of extravagance and many people can become rich overnight, don't forget your purpose."

"Just tell us what you want us to do," Zhang Ailun replied, typing out his answer.

"Let's go explore the area first, go all over the place. The app will automatically record and generate a map of the buildings, and then we can edit and pinpoint the location of the vault. I'll also add Jack into the channel."

After Blitz finished speaking, there was a few seconds of silence before an unfamiliar voice came through the headset.

"Hello. This is Old Jack. You guys are really efficient; the arms shipment is already finished?"

"Stop talking about so many irrelevant things," Blitz reminded him. "Tell me your original plan and how you intend to implement it."

"It's simple. We hired a few teenagers from Little Rock to set fires and cause trouble outside the casino, specifically targeting some dilapidated facilities to distract the security personnel from putting out the fires. Then we broke into the casino's vault, opened it, and stole the money!"

"Before that, we need to find the vault manager and other staff members, break into their private room during their dinner, kidnap them, and interrogate them to find out the password," Old Jack said.

"What if they won't give us the password?" Bailey asked.

"If they won't give you the password, we'll beat them until they do!" Old Jack said.

Is it really that rough?

No technical skills at all?

"Isn't the vault manager one of our own?" Zhang Ailun typed in confusion.

"The vault manager is one of our own, but to clear his name, he has to suffer along with us. That guy is involved with the casino's second-largest shareholder and is also a member of the local white shareholder's faction. The largest shareholder is that group of Filipino thugs, who are planning to team up with a local black gang to open a new casino, isolate the second-largest shareholder, and kick them out! What we need to do is sabotage their business, take all the money and a license document stored in the vault, transport it to a designated location and hand it over to the second-largest shareholder, then collect our share of the profits and get away with it!"

Old Jack succinctly explained the whole story.

"It's that simple. The internal strife isn't our concern; we just need to hire people to take the money from the vault. I've already arranged for drivers and gunmen to meet us. They're all young and energetic guys, charging below market rates for their share. All that's missing is the hacker. We'll move in tomorrow!"

No, wait a minute.

Explain to me what it means to be a young man who is still vigorous despite his age.

It's the kind of young man who's lost all his teeth, gone bald, and has one foot in the grave.

Same age as you?

"But we ruined your original plan?" Zhang Ailun asked hesitantly.

"That's right, who would have thought I'd have another boss now. You'd better make me a lot of money in the future! But the specifics and details don't need to change; the driver and the gunman still need to be there," Old Jack replied.

Blitz couldn't help but interject, "Actually, those two are old El and his grandson. Old El is a veteran, and his grandson is a race car driver who was banned after killing a referee."

"...It's hard to imagine how a professional race car driver could possibly hurdle and kill a referee on a public road race," Sieg couldn't help but retort. "Even my grandma couldn't possibly hit a referee while using her foot to steer!"

Are you sure these people are reliable?

Zhang Ailun couldn't help but wonder if this setup would be enough to rob a casino.

You can barely swallow food if someone stuffs it into your mouth.

"They're asking for low dividends!"

Old Jack said matter-of-factly, "The commission is $120 million, and the two of them only get 20%, but the hacker who did the hacking takes 20% all by himself. Where else can you find such a good deal?"

"...Okay." Zhang Ailun was speechless.

So what do we need to do now?

"Just like the robot said, let's familiarize ourselves with the terrain first," Old Jack said. "We were originally going to do these things tonight, but since you've already arrived in Little Rock ahead of time, why don't you help us scout it out? We'll officially start the plan tomorrow."

"Okay." Zhang Ailun, hearing them say that, seemed completely relaxed and just looking for fun. He opened the app and put his phone in his pocket.

He wandered around the lobby a couple of times, watching the other gamblers play dice games and compare sizes. To avoid attracting attention, as a new player, he also took out a hefty sum of $200, tossed it onto the table, and handed it to the dealer, saying, "Exchange for four $50 chips, thank you."

The beautiful dealers weren't actually pretty at all. They wore heavy makeup, had wrinkles around their eyes, and looked to be in their forties, but they were dressed quite scantily. They were all older women.

The most exciting programs are exclusive to VIP Black Card members. According to this casino's points system, a free regular membership card includes $50 in game credits; you need to reach a turnover of approximately $200,000 to earn a Platinum Card; $500,000 for a Black Card; and $1 million or more for a Supreme Black Card.

Black Card members are always picked up in luxury cars, receive public relations services, stay in VIP rooms, and play games in the VIP area.

Upon hearing this, the dealer took out a counterfeit money detector to check the authenticity of the US dollars, put them away, and then took out four green $50 chips, which he handed to the boss.

Zhang Ailun fiddled with the chips, looking at the data on the screen. Big, big, big, small, small, big.

Old Jack said, "The location information on your phone shows you're at table 26. You can ask the female dealer if her name is Ruilian."

Zhang Ailun ignored him. He had already said he wouldn't attract attention. Was this his old flame?

If this is the person Old Jack met when he did that deal here last time, then it's been about ten or twenty years since then.

At the time, the croupier was probably only in his early 19s.

Damn it, you beast!

Zhang Ailun could easily understand what happened in between.

But he's still working as a croupier here, while Old Jack is retired and enjoying life. Aren't you just a scumbag?

He casually tossed two 50-coins onto the "big" bet. Everyone else either bet on the number or on "big" or "small".

"Place your bet now." The dealer rang the bell, and the lights on the counter went out.

"552, big 12." The dealer opened the dice cup and glanced at it.

After entering the result on the central control screen, the numbers 12 in the large and small number areas on the left side of the console lit up.

The odds were 1 to 1 for betting on Big/Small, 4 to 1 or 25 to 1 for betting on numbers, and 150 to 1 for betting on threes. The dealer collected the chips from the players who bet on Small and other numbers on the table and then distributed the chips to the winners in turn.

"Not bad luck." Zhang Ailun put away his 100 chips and smiled, then casually placed the winning chips along with his initial 50 chips on the "Big" board. "Keep betting on Big."

Others followed suit, and the dealer calmly watched the scene, waiting for the players to place their bets. However, an old man with glasses and a white beard sat there studying for a long time, writing and drawing, before choosing to bet on three twos (three of a kind) and placing a bet of $200.

"222, a triple, the bookmaker wins all."

As the dealer opened the dice cup, he looked at the old man with some surprise, "150 to 1!! Congratulations, sir, you're very lucky, you've won $30,000!"

"Mine! Mine!" The old man turned into a red-faced old man with excitement and cheered on the spot.

They didn't forget to toss the dealer $100 as a reward for letting him win. Great job!

"You're really lucky."

Zhang Ailun looked at the numbers on the screen, pondered for a moment, and realized that after a leopard (three of a kind) appears, the numbers from the previous round would repeat, and since the previous round was "big," he decided, "I'm betting on big!"

"662, 14 o'clock big."

Zhang Ailun put away the $200 chips, gave the dealer an OK sign, and said with a smile, "Next, I guess it's small, because small is also cute."

"112, 4 o'clock is small."

soon.

Zhang Ailun won $1400.

Even he himself found it somewhat unbelievable; the casino was being far too lenient with newcomers.

But he didn't forget why he was there. He exchanged his chips for a Baccarat table and found that the pattern was very good! There was a long run! He immediately placed a $1400 bet on the house.

"Today I'm going to conquer three challenges!"

If you have money, you won't venture to Macau; if you're in trouble, you'll definitely cross the Gongbei border.

soon.

Zhang Ailun lost.

The long run ended, and the result was Banker 2 points and Player 8 points, which was wiped out in one shot.

"Victory and defeat are common occurrences in war."

Zhang Ailun gasped in shock; the pig-raising strategy was terrifyingly effective.

He felt somewhat unsatisfied, but after calming down in the smoking area, he decided not to touch that stuff anymore, as it could easily lead to a fatal accident.

Once you get to the VIP area on the second floor, there are security personnel guarding the private boxes, and many people are sitting in front of the equipment, participating in horse racing games.

Blitz's voice rang out again: "There are more cameras nearby. The map shows we're approaching a denser signal source, which should be close to the back-end surveillance area. I've connected to their central network and can hack the cameras, turn off the lights, and shut down the power at any time, but you'd better not linger here too long."

Zhang Ailun glanced at the black door, where several security personnel were guarding the outside, then turned and tactfully left, returning to the first floor. Sieg and Bailey also took a look around and returned to the rest area.

"How do you feel?" Zhang Ailun asked the two of them after their experience here.

"The dealers aren't pretty at all," Bailey replied.

Zhang Ailun was a bit speechless. "I asked you how the atmosphere was, who asked if the dealers were pretty?"

"It costs tens or hundreds of dollars just to play around here. I exchanged $200 and lost it all in no time. It's not very interesting. A class monitor just asked me to get a free membership card, but I refused," Sig said.

Blitz's voice rang out: "Once you get a membership card here, you'll be targeted and eliminated by facial recognition data the next time you come here. This is their usual tactic. They know exactly how much wealth you have, send you a program card, let you win and lose, until you lose so much that you're completely wiped out."

Old Mike added, "There's a motel nearby; you can stay there tonight. We'll arrive there late tonight, and the actual mission will begin tomorrow."

Zhang Ailun took out his phone and glanced at the building map generated by the program. He already had a clear understanding of the terrain and was in complete control of it. The lobby, accounting office, smoking area, dining area, game area, VIP area on the second floor, hotel rooms, and security room.

There's also a shopping area where you can exchange chips for cash or expensive items, and a Lamborghini Huracan is parked in the prize draw area.

But each of the three people exchanged $200, and after winning and losing, they've all been wiped out and don't want to spend a single cent here anymore.

Lose money here today, and you can withdraw it here tomorrow. Even thieves have their code of honor.

"I've already turned in the mission ticket."

Zhang Ailun and his two companions left through the back door.

"Hey! Boss! How's it going for you guys?" The three of them had just left through the back door of the casino and taken a breath of fresh air when Lanny jumped out from a corner and greeted them enthusiastically.

Zhang Ailun looked at her in surprise, "You've been waiting for us here the whole time? You didn't go to work?"

"Didn't we agree there would be a special segment?" Lani said expectantly.

Pele quickly refused, saying, "If I had known earlier, I definitely wouldn't have said those things to you."

"This is a legal business, the police won't interfere," Lani replied unhappily.

Zhang Ailun then contacted Old Jack to ask if all the teenagers he had found were like that.

Old Jack replied, "It's cheap; a few hundred dollars will do. They take the money and do the job, and they don't even know who I am."

Zhang Ailun simply asked Bailey to handle Lanny's personal affairs, whether it was spending money or doing other things, in short, to prevent her from bothering him anymore.

I followed Sieg to a motel and checked in anonymously.

Listening to the sobbing and crying coming from next door, Zhang Ailun sat on the single bed, somewhat speechless. "The soundproofing in this room is terrible."

Sig said he was already used to it; being single meant he had nothing to fear, and he would just go to sleep.

The leader felt a bit lonely, so he took out his phone and started a video chat with Jennifer. The two chatted until late at night.

When Jennifer started to feel sleepy and couldn't stay awake any longer, Zhang Ailun simply let her go to sleep.

(End of this chapter)