I am a Big Player
Chapter 471 - 465, Writing Songs on a Cruise (First Update)_1

Chapter 471: 465, Writing Songs on a Cruise (First Update)_1

"How about we check out the casino?"

When the luxurious Oasis of the Seas cruise ship was sailing on its fifth day, soon to arrive in Miami, Ren He suddenly remembered his interest in the cruise ship’s casino. In his past life, he had seen so many movies about extravagant gambling on ships, and those characters who were portrayed as gambling gods in Asia seemed pretty badass.

At this moment, the amount of money in Ren He’s possession was no less than all the savings that Steve had on him. Steve began to deeply suspect that the world might be a bit unfair to him.

Earning money easily and having beauties throwing themselves at him—this was exactly the life he had always dreamed of. In reality, American girls who were bold in love also went by looks, and Steve... well, he wasn’t exactly handsome...

"If you want to go, go," Steve said with a dark expression in the dormitory, "but let me remind you, if you lose everything, don’t expect me to lend you money."

He had squandered the first half of his life on gambling. Steve was very aware of the maxim that nine out of ten gamblers lose, and he considered the idea of making money from gambling pure wishful thinking.

It’s a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you have, it’s never enough to fill it. At this moment, he even had some schadenfreude thinking, how great it would be if Ren He could lose all his money?

If he could make this Sir Knight pick up his old gambling habits again and lose his entire fortune, Steve suspected he would feel a lot more balanced inside.

Ren He said cheerfully, "Don’t worry, I won’t ask you for money. I get tips every day anyway. As long as I have enough to spend, that’s all that matters."

To tell the truth, he really had no concept of it. Even if he spent all the money he earned on the cruise, it didn’t matter because once he returned home, he would be the behind-the-scenes boss of the billion-dollar Qinghe Faction.

He wondered how the Qinghe Faction’s businesses were doing.

Before his killing spree in New York, aside from the work related to Qinghe payments that still needed to progress slowly, a lot of work was required to gradually change people’s habits. This was actually the greatest challenge. As for the other sectors, they had mostly gotten on the right track.

What Ren He hadn’t expected was that within this series of business veins, the project Weibo suddenly garnered a number of users far beyond imagination, and this user base would subtly become a boost for the other industries.

In the Qinghe Faction, the 18 subsidiaries didn’t compete with each other. They were a complete internet industry kingdom, mutually beneficial in a positive cycle, rising together, with the others not necessarily suffering from one’s loss.

A behemoth on the internet was slowly taking shape. To say that Ren He was worth billions now was probably an understatement—he was already far beyond that.

Steve couldn’t even imagine such a life. Ever since he became an art thief, the total value of his thefts was just over 10 million US dollars, and he had gambled it all away.

If it weren’t for his wife wanting to divorce him and remarry with the kids, he likely would have continued on his misguided path.

However, what really vexed Steve was not how much the young knight was worth, but that the latter could make money as if he were a living money-making machine, even if he were penniless... It was simply unreasonable!

Steve sneered, "Go ahead and gamble. When you’ve gambled away all your money, our Sir Knight can still use his body to get money from that little star."

Ren He glanced at him. If they hadn’t been getting along reasonably well lately, he would probably have had to cry for 20 minutes first, given such sarcasm...

Steve had no idea of the disaster he had narrowly missed, and he was unaware that Ren He possessed a deadly weapon like the Emetic Water...

Just how terrifying Emetic Water could be was something only those who had used it could know...

In the eyes of a gloating Steve, Ren He, who had nothing to do after getting off work, changed into casual clothes and went out.

However, Ren He wasn’t planning to go directly to gamble. Winning might be nice, but losing wouldn’t be pleasant at all, so he intended to see if he could use the Divine Punishment System to acquire some gambling skills.

Games like Texas Hold’em and blackjack, are in fact, games of probability, and casinos are very strict about card counting.

Card counting is not considered cheating, but there are always clever people in this world. Ordinary people can only see victory or defeat when looking at cards, while these clever minds see probability with every card dealt by the dealer.

Of course, this requires excellent math skills, but Ren He’s mathematical ability was just average. A super-strong memory could help him remember the cards, but calculating probabilities was still too difficult for him.

Good card counting could lead to taking home millions of dollars from the casino in one night, but casino money isn’t so easy to earn. In Las Vegas, if you’re caught counting cards, getting beaten to the point where you can’t take care of yourself is considered light punishment.

On the cruise ship, however, there weren’t such professionals observing whether gamblers were counting cards. The Oasis of the Seas was a regular cruise ship, and gambling was just an additional activity, not a gambling vessel.

Ren He fantasized about using his gambling skills to dominate on this cruise ship, just like those Hong Kong movies he had seen in his previous life. It seemed incredibly cool.

But to possess such skills, he first had to create cultural results, then perfectly complete the tasks given by the Divine Punishment System, and finally select the reward. Basic skills required one task, specialized skills needed two tasks, and Master Level would take three.

Ren He figured that obtaining specialized skills to earn some money was enough; there was no need to go through the trouble of attaining a Master Level.

After all, what use would he have for such high-level skills? To play Fight the Landlord with Ren and Mrs. Ren when he got back home? That would just be a joke...

There was a piano on the cruise ship, and all Ren He had to do was play a couple of tunes, and immediately two tasks would be generated. But the problem was that his fugitive identity was already highly associated with the piano, so there was absolutely no need for him to invite that trouble.

Ren He preferred to just pick a couple of songs to write. Why not think about the songs for Yang Xi’s new Chinese album when he got back?

After all, Yang Xi’s singing career was still continuing. Whether he wrote the songs sooner or later, he needed to write them anyway. Ren He’s longing for Yang Xi grew day by day while on the cruise ship, so when he thought about the tasks, his mind reflexively went to Yang Xi. Even before returning to his country, he was already considering which songs to choose for her album...

But what to choose? That’s it!

Faye Wong’s "Reserved", and Sun Yanzi’s "Def Darkness." One was a classic hit from the diva Faye Wong, and the other was one of the most popular songs by Sun Yanzi. These two would be perfect for Yang Xi to sing!