2 Mission The Casino Project

Chapter 2: Mission - The Casino Project

Zhang Wei was playing on the BlackJack Table. The goal is to get 21 points!

(Check on YouTube on how to play blackjack.)

"Place your bet please." Said the beautiful female dealer.

Zhang Wei bet all his 3 chips. While the female player bet nothing. She was typing something on her phone.

Zhang Wei was dealt with 2 cards, Q and J. While the dealer had A and 8.

"Would you like to hold or continue sir?" asked the dealer. Zhang Wei just waved his right hand on top of the card twice indicating he is holding his card. The female dealer smiled and took out 1 new card for her.

It was a K card. So at the moment, the dealer cards were A 8 K equal to 19 points. Still 1 point short to tie and 2 points short to win, the dealer took another card. It was a 9, so Zhang Wei easily won the round.

Zhang Wei had a Q and J for 20 points and won the round against the dealer. The dealer paid Zhang Wei 150 Yuan in chips and started the next round.

Again, Zhang Wei bet all his 300 Yuan worth of chips. This strategy is called double or nothing / win big or lose it all. At this moment, the young female player was looking at him. She clearly knew what Zhang Wei was doing, this indicates that she is a seasoned player. A regular at this casino.

Again the female player didn't play this round. Zhang Wei was dealt with A and 4 for the second round.

"Hold or continue sir?" Asked the female dealer.

Zhang Wei softly knocked on the table twice and was given a 7 card.

*For general understanding, the term "hand" = card. While "The Casino" = House.

Another double table knock from Zhang Wei, the 4th card was number 3, equal to 15 points in total. The dealer gave another card for the last one since 15 points was still a losing position for Zhang Wei. It was a number 2 card with 17 in total points. Zhang Wei won this second round again, so he will double his 300 Yuan chip to 600 Yuan chips.

"Sir, if you are willing to deal with the 6 cards and win. The house will triple your winnings." Explained the female dealer.

"Eh? Oh… So, do you mean if I have 21 or lower for on 6th card you will pay me 1200 chips?"

"Correct, sir."

"Okay, continue for the last card." Zhang Wei looked calm on his face. While the female player pays attention to Zhang Wei's card.

The dealer took another card, and it was a number 4 card. Meaning Zhang Wei won this 2nd round handsomely.

"Yes!!!" Zhang Wei was shouting happily.

"Congratulations sir, another win." Said the smiling dealer.

In the 3rd round, Zhang Wei bet all his chips again worth 1500 Yuan. Even the female player was seriously looking at Zhang Wei at the moment. A mixed Chinese guy in front of her with a cheap T-shirt and Jean was betting all his chips on this round, which is over US$200.

The dealer gave Zhang Wei another 2 cards, it was 9 and 4 for 13 points. The dealer had K and T for 20 points. So, Zhang Wei needed to get a max of 21 points to win this round again.

3rd card, number 5 = 18 points

4th card, number A = 19 points

5th card, number A = 20 points

Tied. However, Zhang Wei won the round for having 5 cards vs. the dealer only had 2 cards.

Zhang Wei was frowning looking at his cards. It was almost impossible to get another A since there are only 4 Aces in the entire 52 cards.

"You won at the moment sir, would you like to continue for the 6th card, sir? The house will triple your winnings if you get another Ace." Asked the dealer with a beautiful smile.

Hotel Casino normally will employ a persuasive beautiful female dealer so that any customer was willing to risk their winning position.

"Haha… I have only a 4% probability to get the remaining Ace. Any players will stop at this point." Said Zhang Wei with his smile.

"So, are you going to stop?" Suddenly the female player who had been quiet all this time was asking.

"Hehe…Since you're willing to talk to me young lady, I will bet my luck on 4% to get the other last 2 Aces. Please continue." Zhang Wei was looking at the young female player, while the female player was also looking at him, shocked! She thought that this guy was so crazy!

"Just because I talked to you? Are you willing to lose all of your chips?

"How do you know that I will lose this round?"

"Okay, you are the god of a gambler." With an evil smile from the female player, she was looking at the next card that was dealt to Zhang Wei.

The dealer took another card and boom it was an Ace card for 21 points. Zhang Wei won this round marvelously. The dealer and the young female player were astonished, both of them frozen for a moment.

It is almost impossible for any player to continue betting, but Zhang Wei just did that and won handsomely. This shocked both the females.

One must know that the basic income for over 2 billion Chinese people is around 5000 Yuan (USD$728) per month. However, Zhang Wei won 4800 Yuan in less than 15 minutes. While other people need to work hard for a month to get this amount of money, he got in less than 15 minutes.

"Haha…Looks like the god of luck is favoring me. I must have done a great deed in my past life." Zhang Wei was quite happy with his 3 straight wins.

"That was impossible! It was only 4% probability to get the last Ace card." Shout the young female player. Other people near the table were looking at her after the shout.

Zhang Wei just smiled and picked up all his chips.

"Are you leaving?" Asked the young female player.

"Yes, why?" asked Zhang Wei.

"You are on a winning streak, why don't you play a few more rounds…?"

"It's too slow here." At this moment, Zhang Wei already stood up and put his entire chip inside his blue jean pocket.

"Slow?" the confused young female player had a question mark on her face.

"Ya, slow to earn money." Zhang Wei's remarks confused both of the ladies.

Zhang Wei walked a few steps away and sat in front of the jackpot machines. On the top of the jackpot machine shows an accumulated 1,000,000 Yuan ($140,000) random jackpot.

Both of the females were still looking at him. They were wondering about Zhang Wei's next move.

"He is just a plain stupid gambler, jackpot machine is a scam." Said the young female player, while the dealer was smiling after she heard the young lady's remarks.

One must know that the probability of winning on the jackpot machine is less than 0.0001%.

99.999% of gamblers lose more than they earn on the jackpot machine. That why the young female player called Zhang Wei is a stupid player.

While Zhang Wei was betting on the jackpot machine, the 2 ladies couldn't stop looking at him. Less than 10 minutes later, Zhang Wei lost half of his previous winnings. In another 10 minutes, his entire chips will disappear.

However...

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of coins, and a siren sounded from the jackpot machine. It was a non-stop coin and siren sound with an amazing lighting effect. Everyone who heard the sound was looking in Zhang Wei's direction. This includes both of the blackjack table ladies.

"Yes!!! Yes!!! I Wonnnn!!!" Zhang Wei was shouting and jumping happily after winning the Mega Jackpot for 1 million Yuan.

Some of the spectators went to see the winning jackpot, some of them felt happy, smiling, while some of them felt jealous looking at this young guy with a cheap T-shirt and Jean. Zhang Wei was getting a few congratulatory wishes from the spectators.

While it really shocked the two ladies at the blackjack table. They clearly remembered Zhang Wei's previous remark. Even though he won $700 in less than 15 minutes on the blackjack table, the winning cannot be compared to winning the jackpot slot machine. Winning 1 million Yuan in less than 15 minutes is much better than $700 in 15 minutes.

The floor manager came with a big smile and congratulated Zhang Wei. He took the winning ticket from the jackpot machine and gave it to Zhang Wei.

"Sir, you can cash in your winnings with the house cashier, on behalf of the hotel, you are entitled to stay with us free for three nights. Just talk to the hotel lobby staff and they will assist you." The floor manager was very polite with his words.

"Okay, thank you very much." Zhang Wei hasn't booked any room, so a free stay for three nights is an additional benefit for winning the mega jackpot.

One must know that the hotel provides free accommodation for jackpot winners. They wanted the jackpot winners to spend their winnings back with the hotel during those 3 days, some even went broke right after winning the jackpot. Zhang Wei knew this well, but he needed a room for now so he does not really care about the casino tricks.

Zhang Wei went to the casino cashier and took $20,000 in cash, while the remaining balance he asked the cashier to keep into his temporary hotel quest account. It stunned the cashier seeing Zhang Wei again. She still remembers, the young man in front of her came with only 150 Yuan. She wanted to say something to Zhang Wei but he already walked away.

Zhang Wei went to the hotel lobby, and all the staff was very polite to him. They gave him an executive suite costing $1000 (7000 Yuan) per night. The average income in China during this time was 5,000 Yuan per month. So, 7000 Yuan per night for a room is quite expensive for any regular Chinese citizen.

8:46 pm. Inside the Executive Suite.

Zhang Wei was a bit astonished, compared to his small previous space apartment, including the facilities provided, the difference was just like heaven and earth. He laid down on the super king-size bed, feeling very comfortable.

"Alice, we won a lot of money in less than 30 minutes, did the casino securities detected us?"

Alice: You only played a few hands on the blackjack table and won the mega jackpot while convincingly acting like a lucky person. So, the security department detected nothing wrong with your winning. They just treat you like a very lucky person."

By winning the Mega Jackpot, he had accomplished his first mission to gather US$100,000 before 12 o'clock.

"Okay let's go for our next mission." Even though Zhang Wei wanted to rest but, he was on a tight schedule for tonight. There were a few missions he needed to complete before midnight.

Zhang Wei went back to the store where he sold his spacesuit. It quite surprised the young little sales girl when Zhang Wei came back so soon. She greeted Zhang Wei with a big smile. Zhang Wei replied with a smile and went straight to the cashier.

"I would like to buy back my previous suit."

"Sure sir, as long as you are willing to pay, we will sell any suit." The cashier seemed to expect Zhang Wei to come back for the suit. The cashier put the suit on the table with a price tag of 2000 Yuan.

"Wow!!! The price went up 7 times in just over an hour?" He can afford to pay with no problem at all, but this is a daylight robbery conducted by the store.

"Yes sir, the price might go higher again for tomorrow sir, so you better buy it tonight." Said the female cashier with a sneaky smile.

Zhang Wei was lost for thought. Does this cashier really think it was easy to fool him? In this kind of economy, who is in the right mind wants to buy an expensive second-hand suit.

Nevertheless, after checking that nothing was missing or altered, Zhang Wei paid the cashier 2000 yuan and bought a few more T-shirts, Jeans and others before he left the store.

He walked for another 15 minutes before standing in front of a small family-owned restaurant. The signboard on the restaurant showing *Wan Li Family Authentic Restaurant.

He went inside, and there were only 2 tables occupied by customers at that moment. He went to the front table which was occupied by a female customer. He sat down without asking for permission. The female customer glanced briefly at him and continued eating her dinner while looking at her mobile phone.

After looking for a while on the menu, he ordered a Spicy Minced Meat with white rice. While waiting for his food, he was thinking about how he should start a conversation with the female in front of him. Suddenly, the female looked at him with a serious face.

"Do you have something to say?" Zhang Wei was a bit panicked by the sudden question. He did not expect the female in front of him would be the first to start the conversation.

"Err… This must be a weird question for you, but would you like to work for me? I will pay you 100,000 yuan per month." Zhang Wei wanted to say something else, but he decided to be frank from the start.

The female was shocked when she heard Zhang Wei's offer. Just imagine, someone you have never met before, suddenly offering you a job, 10 times your current salary. Anyone will think this is a scam job offer, or the guy has some kind of brain problem.

The female gave a hard look at Zhang Wei, scanning from top to bottom and trying to read Zhang Wei's reaction. Cheap t-shirt, cheap jacket, cheap jeans, cheap hands watch, and too young, only around 20 years old. These were the female quick judgments after a brief glance at the guy in front of her. Could this guy have an ulterior motive for her? However, the guy did not give any bad vibes. It confused her. How on earth is someone with cheap things trying to increase her salary by 10 times?

"I know you will not believe me. So do I, it is impossible for someone you don't know to suddenly want to hire you with 10 times more than your current salary. Let me show you how serious I am." Zhang Wei stood up, took a thick large envelope from his backpack, and put it on the table in front of the woman.

"If you think that I am a scammer or have some kind of bad intention on you, you can throw or leave the envelope here. However, if you believe me, take the envelope, go home, and take a good night's sleep. Tomorrow, meet me here again at 10 am sharp." Without waiting for any reply from the female, Zhang Wei walked away. He had just left the female in a very confused state.

After a while, the female awakens from her dazed state. She took a peek inside the envelope left by Zhang Wei and was totally stunned. The envelope was full of 100 yuan denominations. By her rough estimation, it was 100,000 yuan!!!

100,000 yuan cash laying in front of her!