Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 1278 - 1039: Crowdfunding the Grand Prize

Chapter 1278: Chapter 1039: Crowdfunding the Grand Prize

Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang had no idea that the so-called free $500 worth of chips were exclusively meant for them. Even if others stayed in the same type of room, they wouldn’t receive these free chips.

Because Wang Ye had specifically instructed the hotel to gift them to Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang.

Of course, his goal wasn’t to let Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang experience gambling but to send Liu Xiaoxiao an "unexpected fortune" through the slot machine just like before!

The amount didn’t need to be too high, just enough for Liu Xiaoxiao to take home around two hundred thousand dollars after taxes.

That amount of money was enough for them to buy a nicely located large house in the capital back in their country...

As for why he didn’t just give Liu Xiaoxiao the money directly and instead went through this big scheme of having her win at the slot machines, of course, Wang Ye had his considerations.

He and Liu Xiaoxiao were only cousins by marriage, not blood-related siblings. Giving so much money to Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang so rashly, what would others think?

Though this money was nothing to Wang Ye, for Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang, it was an astronomical figure!

Liu Xiaoxiao might only marvel at how rich Wang Ye now was, feeling fortunate to bask in her cousin’s glory.

But what about Zhang Guang...

As a man, he lacked the ability to provide a comfortable life for his wife, couldn’t even afford to buy a house, and had to rely on the "charity" of his wife’s cousin to obtain a house. How could he hold his head up in this family from now on?

It was a crushing blow to his self-esteem...

Wang Ye didn’t intend to do harm with his good intentions. If his well-meant gift of money to his cousin inadvertently caused problems in her family later on, it would be better not to give at all.

Therefore, he carefully devised this grand scheme, allowing Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang to "earn" the money themselves.

He had used this tactic once before, and it had worked well, so he continued to use it this time. As it turned out, a routine is never too old as long as it works!

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The events that followed unfolded exactly according to Wang Ye’s "script."

Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang played the slot machines for a while and then "unexpectedly" hit a big jackpot. Although it wasn’t the million-dollar prize, the actual amount they could take home was close to two hundred thousand dollars.

This shocked everyone in their travel group.

Initially, everyone remembered the tour leader’s warning, which was to avoid the gambling hall if possible or, if they did play, to exchange small amounts of chips beforehand and leave decisively after losing, not to think about breaking even or anything and to treat it as entertainment expenses.

But seeing the large bonus won by Liu Xiaoxiao, every other tourist in the group rushed to the gambling hall. Who didn’t want to win big from small stakes or become rich overnight?

If one could have the same "luck" as Liu Xiaoxiao, wouldn’t that mean striking it rich...

However, clearly, their luck was not as good as Liu Xiaoxiao’s. The entire group of forty to fifty people, it was said that on average each person exchanged nearly three thousand dollars worth of chips, and in the end, they all lost everything...

Someone bitterly remarked that the money Liu Xiaoxiao won was as if it had been "crowdfunded" by everyone in the group!

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The next day, when Ruan Xiaozhu drove over to take Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang out, Liu Xiaoxiao’s two huge dark circles were quite visible, startling Ruan Xiaozhu, who thought something had happened to her.

Upon asking, she learned that Liu Xiaoxiao had been too excited to sleep the previous night because of the big win...

Ruan Xiaozhu verbally offered her congratulations, but she clearly understood that winning big in gambling wasn’t so easy. It must have been arranged by Wang Ye!

Of course, she wouldn’t spill the beans and just kept smiling as she took the couple sightseeing to various attractions.

After playing until the evening and dropping the two back at the hotel, she took out two beautifully wrapped tote bags from the car and handed them to Liu Xiaoxiao, saying:

"This is the wedding gift from Wang Ye and me. He had some last-minute business abroad this afternoon; he probably won’t be back by the time you leave Moscow, so he asked me to give the gift to you. Oh, the two watches are his gift for you, and the other bag is from me."

Liu Xiaoxiao quickly offered her thanks, without thinking too much, and casually taking the tote bags, she handed them to Zhang Guang to carry.

After Ruan Xiaozhu drove away, Liu Xiaoxiao and Zhang Guang also returned to their room upstairs.

In front of Ruan Xiaozhu, they felt awkward about checking the content of the tote bags, but now, back in their room with no outsiders present, they curiously opened the bags, eager to see what gifts Wang Ye and Ruan Xiaozhu had given them.

Liu Xiaoxiao first opened the bag containing the purse, for what woman doesn’t like purse?

By that time, many luxury brand stores had opened in the major cities within their country, and Liu Xiaoxiao, being a girl, paid close attention to such things.

Her workplace was a central enterprise, and among her colleagues were girls from very well-off families who carried many luxury brand purses from LV, Chanel, Dior, Loewe, and so on.

Exposed to these brands regularly, although she couldn’t afford luxury purses herself, Liu Xiaoxiao was familiar with these brands and their so-called classic models.

Before opening the tote bag, she guessed that Ruan Xiaozhu might have given her a light luxury purse like Michael Kors or Coach, not cheap but not too pricey either, making it suitable for gifting.

Of course, it could also be a baseline model from LV, Loewe, or Dior, pricier but more prestigious.

But as Liu Xiaoxiao saw the orange box inside the tote bag, her eyes nearly popped out of her head, and she swallowed reflexively.