Chapter 268: Accepting the God of Gamblers

After a day of rest, the final round will begin on the fourth day.

Gao Jin's mind is currently filled with thoughts of revenge, so he has been very tense these past few days, not even keeping his junior fellow apprentice Jin Qing company.

However, everyone knows Gao Jin is under great pressure, so no one thinks anything is amiss.

That night, Gao Jin went out alone and came directly to Chen Jiajun's hotel.

Chen Jiajun was not at all surprised by Gao Jin's visit: "I figured you would come looking for me at this time."

"You said you would give me a chance for revenge; what exactly is this chance?" Gao Jin asked straightforwardly.

Chen Jiajun had Gao Jin sit down, and after having a drink with him, he said: "You should know the odds for you and Su Tu in the outside betting markets, right?"

Gao Jin nodded: "I know, my odds are probably a bit lower than Su Tu's, but what does that have to do with me getting revenge?"

"Of course it has to do with it. Someone recently dumped a huge amount of money into the outside betting markets. And they didn't bet on you or Su Tu... but on Gao Ao," Chen Jiajun said to Gao Jin with a smile.

"Gao Ao?" Gao Jin's expression changed instantly.

Chen Jiajun held his wine glass and said with a smile: "You should know who placed this bet by now, right?"

Gao Jin nodded: "Besides that old fox Jin Neng, who else could it be?"

Chen Jiajun continued: "If I'm not mistaken, during the final, he will have you defeat that guy Su Tu first, and then make you concede at the very last moment. Whether by using emotional blackmail or... some other means."

Gao Jin, being such a smart person, said with a look of horror: "You mean, this old fox is going to make a move on me?"

"Why is that impossible?" Chen Jiajun sneered, saying that a person like Jin Neng would even use his own daughter as a Chip for the sake of money.

"What do you mean?" Gao Jin said, frowning.

He had been considering his relationship with Jin Qing earlier.

To say that Gao Jin had no feelings for Jin Qing would be deceiving himself.

But ever since he learned that Jin Neng was the man who killed his father, there had always been a knot in his heart.

Now, hearing Chen Jiajun say this, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Chen Jiajun took out a recording and said calmly to Gao Jin: "Listen to it yourself."

Gao Jin took the earphones and listened quietly.

This recording was a conversation between the father and daughter, Jin Neng and Jin Qing; the content was that Jin Neng felt Gao Jin had thoughts of rebellion and wanted his daughter to help Gao Jin reveal his cards at the final moment in the capacity of Gao Jin's fiancée.

At that time, they would use a card-switching technique to swap the hole cards of Gao Jin and Gao Ao.

The recording was very short, but Gao Jin could tell that it was indeed the voices of the father and daughter.

His expression immediately became even uglier.

Chen Jiajun said calmly: "From the very beginning, you lot have been tools in the hands of that old fox Jin Neng."

Gao Jin found it hard to accept for a moment, but the facts were laid out right before him.

Chen Jiajun thoughtfully handed over a bottle of hard liquor, and Gao Jin poured it into his mouth without a second thought.

Gao Jin's tolerance for alcohol was not good, and he passed out drunk before finishing the bottle.

Chen Jiajun had someone take Gao Jin down to rest, and it wasn't until the middle of the night that the guy woke up.

"How is it? Have you figured it out?" Chen Jiajun said with a smile.

Gao Jin nodded, took a deep breath, and said: "I know what I have to do."

After saying this, he returned home without looking back.

At this time, Jin Neng was waiting for Gao Jin to return; smelling the alcohol on him, he said with dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with you? Why are you only coming back now?"

Gao Jin lowered his head and said: "The pressure is too great; I needed to relax."

Jin Qing walked over, took Gao Jin's hand, and said: "Brother Jin, that Su Tu is no match for you, don't worry."

Jin Neng also smiled and comforted him: "Pressure brings motivation. A-Qing, you go out for a moment."

Jin Qing nodded and walked out.

After she left, Jin Neng suddenly took out two lipsticks.

Gao Jin said with a look of surprise: "Godfather, what is this?"

"It's a gun; each one can fire a single bullet," Jin Neng said, handing one of them to Gao Jin: "You can't bring guns into the venue tomorrow. I'm worried the Indonesians will play tricks, so everyone take one."

As he spoke, Jin Neng loaded the bullet into the gun: "Better safe than sorry."

The next night, the final of the God of Gamblers Tournament officially began.

Celebrities from all walks of life in the Greater Bay Area had received invitations from He Xin to come and watch the match.

It must be said that He Xin's influence is quite powerful; that night, stars and dignitaries from all circles came to observe.

Chen Jiajun's women were all present, each clinging to Chen Jiajun's side to assert their status.

Looking at the star-studded group around Chen Jiajun, it would be a lie to say other men weren't envious.

But no one dared to provoke those women.

Just as they entered the venue, He Tian'er also crowded over and even squeezed Wen Biyu away from Chen Jiajun's side.

There was no helping it; among Chen Jiajun's women, He Tian'er had the most noble background.

She was the strongest candidate to be Chen Jiajun's legal wife.

"So many people, don't make a scene," Chen Jiajun patted He Tian'er, then led the group of women into the casino.

Today was the final, so the level of security had also been upgraded.

Metal Detectors were prepared at the entrance, and the guys from the Security Company stood holding weapons, scanning the guests with eyes like lightning.

Subsequently, the six contestants entered the venue, sparking a wave of cheers from the crowd below.

He Tian'er leaned in close to Chen Jiajun and pointed at Gao Jin, who was wearing a white suit.

"So this is the guy you think highly of? He's quite handsome, though he's still a bit inferior to you," He Tian'er said with a smile.

Chen Jiajun looked at He Tian'er with surprise and said: "Did you smear honey on your little mouth today? Or is there some conspiracy?"

He Tian'er chuckled and said: "I heard you made a bet with my old man? What did you bet on?"

"Betting on whether Gao Jin or Su Tu will win the championship of this God of Gamblers Tournament." Chen Jiajun looked at He Tian'er, who had pricked up her ears, and said with a smile, "As for what the bet is... I'm not telling you."

"Oh, why are you like this?" He Tian'er said, somewhat annoyed, and swatted Chen Jiajun.

Chen Jiajun, not to be outdone, gave her a slap on her perky buttocks as well.

"Tell me, won't you? Please?"

Realizing that playing hardball was useless, He Tian'er grabbed Chen Jiajun's arm and acted like a spoiled child.

Seeing He Xin walking over, Chen Jiajun immediately warned, "Your old man is here, watch out for a beating."

Seeing this, He Tian'er had no choice but to let go of Chen Jiajun's arm, though her face remained pouting.

Chen Jiajun dared not let He Tian'er know about the bet between the two, otherwise, this crazy girl might do something unpredictable.

After the contestants entered, the competition began very quickly.

The judges for this competition would be several members from the International Casino Alliance.

Don't let the fact that these old men seem to have no real power fool you; they are all highly respected in the gambling world.

Many of them are even Technical Directors of certain casinos or casino Bosses.

These people directly represented authority.

Once at the table, this guy Su Tu displayed an extremely strong desire for aggression.

Especially toward Gao Jin, he could be said to be constantly provoking him.

However, Gao Jin is also a master of psychological warfare and knew this tactic is called: "Win the momentum before winning the wealth."

Simply put, it is using one's aura to overwhelm the opponent.

Unfortunately, while this tactic works on others, it had absolutely no effect on Gao Jin.

Gao Jin even made a throat-slitting gesture to respond to his provocation.

As soon as the competition started, the atmosphere at the gambling table was tense.

However, the first to clash with Su Tu was not Gao Jin, but Jin Qing.

Jin Qing's gambling skills were also very superb, but her specialty was switching cards, which was not suitable for this occasion.

One must know that cheating at this table would result in having one's hands chopped off.

So, without any surprise, Jin Qing became the first person to be eliminated.

Instead, Gao Jin and Gao Ao both played steadily and were not in the least bit anxious.

Subsequently, one could see Su Tu's momentum like a rainbow, as he directly cleared out two bit-part players as well.

At this point, only three people remained at the gambling table.

Just at this moment, Gao Ao saw with a secret glance that Jin Neng was signaling him to keep following.

The stakes on the gambling table were now frighteningly high, but as part of the plan, Gao Ao had no choice and could only continue to follow.

"Attacks all form pairs, even immortals lose their footing, fifty million." Su Tu directly began to apply pressure to Gao Jin.

He didn't even consider Gao Ao on the side as an opponent at all.

Gao Jin said indifferently, "Full of doggerel, you really are learned in your speech."

As he spoke, Gao Jin lifted the corner of his cards to check his hole card and nonchalantly threw his Chips over.

He just didn't notice that another card sharp sitting behind him, God-Eye Zhu Laojiu, was peeking at his hole card and signaling the hole card to Jin Neng on the other side.

Jin Neng had long known that Gao Jin had this bad habit.

But in order to control Gao Jin, he had never corrected this bad habit.

He liked to keep an ace up his sleeve in everything he did, regardless of whether the person was his Godfather-son or not.

He didn't expect that this opportunity would actually be used today.

Gao Ao had originally been prepared to fold after seeing his own hole card.

But when he turned his head, he discovered that Jin Neng was actually telling him to keep following, which made Gao Ao mutter in his heart: "Is Godfather so confident?"

However, thinking of what they had agreed upon earlier, Gao Ao could only go straight to Showhand.

This move surprised even Gao Jin.

As a master of psychological warfare, Gao Jin could tell at a glance that Gao Ao's hole card was not high, yet he chose to Showhand at this very moment.

Su Tu also saw it and sneered at Gao Ao, saying, "Looks like a straight flush, damn, you don't have that kind of luck. If I had that hand, I'd win you to death. Showhand ghost, do you think I'm afraid of you?"

Saying this, Su Tu also pushed all his Chips out.

At this moment, Gao Jin naturally wouldn't back down and also chose to Showhand.

Su Tu looked at Gao Jin and said, "I'm playing with you this round, betting on what you have on the table."

"A lion fighting a rabbit, ruling the world." Gao Jin sneered, having seen through Su Tu's tactic, and also chose to Showhand.

"Alright, I'll follow, and let's bet a bit bigger. This is a Swiss Bank Cashier's Check worth ten million US dollars. Showhand, I'll see you dead, three."

Subsequently, he took out his ancestral Swiss Bank Cashier's Check again, directly outbidding Su Tu.

Seeing Gao Jin's move, the judges of the Casino Alliance immediately had someone check the check.

Then they asked, "Is anyone else raising?"

Gao Jin shook his head at Gao Ao.

But at this moment, that old fox Jin Neng stood up, took out a check, and handed it to Gao Ao.

Seeing this scene, a flash of sharp light crossed Gao Jin's eyes.

"That old fox Jin Neng has finally made his move." Gao Jin thought silently in his heart.

Since things had reached this point, Gao Ao had no choice; he picked up the check and said, "I'll follow."

Seeing the two of them starting to bet their family fortunes, Su Tu glanced at his own hole card.

Angrily, he stubbed out the Cigar in his hand and said viciously, "Both of you are Showhand ghosts, I'm not going to keep you company in this madness."

Saying this, he directly covered his cards and walked out of the Gambling Hall.

Now, only Gao Jin and Gao Ao remain on the scene.

Because checking the cashier's checks takes time, the judging panel chose to seal the cards.

Gao Jin stood up directly and headed to the restroom.

At this moment, Jin Neng also followed: "A-Jin, I have something I want to tell you."

"Godfather, why did Gao Ao continue to bet when his hand wasn't as big as mine?" Gao Jin wiped his face and asked with a calm expression.

Jin Neng was stunned for a moment, then said with a serious face: "His hand is a straight flush."

"A straight flush?" Gao Jin suddenly sneered and said: "You let the God-Eye Zhu Laojiu look at my cards from behind me, didn't you? My hole card is the 10 of hearts; how could Gao Ao possibly get a straight flush?"

These words made Jin Neng feel a sudden shock in his heart; he had not expected that Gao Jin could actually see the God-Eye Zhu Laojiu behind him.

"I... I might have seen it wrong, but A-Jin, later A-Ao will raise you by another 15 million, don't call," Jin Neng said bluntly.

"Why shouldn't I call?" Gao Jin asked back.

"Empty fame is meaningless; one only needs to know for oneself who the God of Gamblers is," Jin Neng sighed and continued: "I told you, a master of gambling must be low-key."

Gao Jin glanced at Jin Neng indifferently and said: "I'm afraid that's not the reason, is it? You are the biggest bookmaker for the side bets, and you took 300 million USD betting on me to win. If I win, I'm afraid you'll lose everything and go bankrupt, right?"

"You knew?" Jin Neng said in surprise: "Knowing is fine too; just let Gao Ao be the God of Gamblers for a few months, and after things are over, I'll expose him... You wouldn't want me to have no way to survive in the second half of my life, would you?"

Gao Jin did not speak, only looking at him coldly.

Seeing that this tactic was ineffective, Jin Neng suddenly laughed: "Since you insist on taking this title, then I will grant it to you, if only for the sake of A-Qing."

As he spoke, he grabbed Gao Jin in a hug, then took out a Lipstick Gun and aimed it at Gao Jin's forehead.

But after he pressed it hard, he discovered that what came out was not a bullet, but an actual stick of lipstick.

Gao Jin pushed Jin Neng away and sneered: "Are you wondering why a real stick of lipstick came out?"

"You... you..." Jin Neng was completely unable to speak.

At this moment, the two stalls in the restroom behind him opened, and two men walked out.

These two were Chen Jiajun's subordinates, people from the Security Company, who had been specifically sent to protect Gao Jin under Chen Jiajun's orders.

The Lipstick Gun on Jin Neng's person had also been swapped during the security check.

"Jin Neng, did you really think I was a fool?" Gao Jin smiled faintly: "If I haven't guessed wrong, the reason my family was destroyed was also caused by your own hand, right?"

"You... knew everything?" Jin Neng widened his eyes and said.

Gao Jin said coldly: "All these years I have been investigating the cause of my father's death, but I never expected that the one who killed my whole family was actually my own master. Godfather."

"A-Jin, listen to my explanation..."

Gao Jin shook his head and said coldly: "I finally know what the final trick you told me to keep for Psychological Warfare was. Yielding to the strong, borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha—if I didn't play along with your scheme, how could I have driven an old fox like you to bankruptcy?"

With a wave of his hand, the two bodyguards gagged Jin Neng, then strode out of the restroom.

When they saw Gao Jin walk out of the restroom, not only Gao Ao, but even Jin Qing appeared extremely surprised.

Because this was different from the script Jin Neng had arranged.

"Brother Jin, where is my father?" Jin Qing immediately ran over to ask.

Gao Jin said mockingly: "I have walked out of the restroom completely unscathed; don't you understand yet?"

Jin Qing was struck as if by lightning and was unable to speak for a moment.

Gao Jin coldly pushed Jin Qing aside and strode toward the gambling table.

Then he said to the judges: "We can continue."

Gao Ao was already panicked at this moment and hurriedly waved his hands, saying: "Wait, I don't agree."

"Mr. Gao Ao, why do you not agree?" the judging panel asked with a puzzled look.

"I... I..." Gao Ao was unable to speak for a long time, having no idea what excuse to find.

The judging panel simply ignored him and directly had someone unseal the cards.

Gao Jin directly flipped over his hole card; it was exactly the 10 of hearts that Gao Ao needed.

Gao Jin sneered at Gao Ao and said: "The heart is here with me; I wonder where your straight flush came from?"

Seeing Gao Jin flip over his hole card, Gao Ao collapsed directly into his chair.

He knew everything was over.

His dream of being the God of Gamblers, his grand plan to make money—nothing was left.

Seeing Gao Ao in this state, the judging panel sent someone to help Gao Ao flip over his hole card.

Sure enough, Gao Ao's hole card was a miscellaneous card of a different suit; he didn't even have a flush.

"Mr. Gao Jin has three 10s; Mr. Gao Jin wins."

The judging panel announced excitedly: "I declare Mr. Gao Jin to be our God of Gamblers."

Once this news was out, the entire venue erupted in thunderous applause.

Especially those guys who had placed side bets on Gao Jin to win; their palms were almost red from clapping.

Now they would be able to make a huge profit.

Chen Jiajun also clapped along, raising an eyebrow at He Xin beside him.

He Xin's face was almost as black as the bottom of a pot; he had not expected Su Tu to be so useless, failing to even stage the final showdown.

"Old man, you lost. What a pity."

He Tian'er, oblivious to the danger, went to provoke He Xin, only to be slapped twice on the forehead by He Xin, after which she dared not speak and instead pulled on Chen Jiajun to act spoiled.

Chen Jiajun had things to do tonight and had no time to act out some "shura field" drama with a few women.

After the competition ended, he called for Gao Jin and arrived at one of the properties belonging to the Hongxing.

Gao Jin smiled and said: "In such a rush to find me, are you afraid I'll welsh on the debt?"

Chen Jiajun said very domineeringly: "No one has yet dared to welsh on my debt; it's just that I am a person who sees things through to the end. Since I promised to help you take revenge, I naturally have to do it thoroughly."

As he spoke, he pushed open the door, and Gao Jin saw that his Godfather Jin Neng, as well as Gao Ao and Jin Qing, had all three been tied up and brought over by Chen Jiajun.

Seeing the few people tied up with ropes, Gao Jin's expression was extremely subtle.

Chen Jiajun had someone hand a gun to Gao Jin and said, "Finish them off, and your revenge will be considered settled."

Looking at the gun in front of him, and the three terrified people.

Gao Jin shook his head and said to Chen Jiajun, "I never do such things, and what they have done will likely cost them dearly even if it doesn't kill them; there is no need for me to kick them while they are down."

"Indecisive." Chen Jiajun gave Gao Jin an evaluation without mercy, but then changed the subject: "However, it is precisely because of this that I value you; I appreciate people with principles."

As he spoke, Chen Jiajun waved his hand at his subordinates, releasing all three of them.

"Disturbing the order of the God of Gamblers Tournament and attempting to manipulate the competition—if I were you, I would leave Macau quickly before the Casino Alliance finds out, otherwise you will definitely die without a whole corpse," Chen Jiajun said with a cold snort.

Jin Neng and Gao Ao did not dare to say a word and turned to leave immediately.

It was just that as Jin Qing was leaving, she shouted at Gao Jin: "Brother Jin..."

Gao Jin said coldly, "Your father is the man who killed my father, and you also originally intended to help your father scheme against me. That I am not killing you is already me repaying his kindness in raising me; from today on, our grievances are settled, and we have no relationship whatsoever."

After speaking, he turned around and did not look at Jin Qing again.

"I'm sorry," Jin Qing said, then turned and chased after her father and Gao Ao.

The three of them had to leave immediately, otherwise, before the people from the Casino Alliance came knocking, even the gamblers betting on the sidelines would tear them to pieces if they found them.

Watching the backs of the three as they left, Gao Jin let out a long sigh and said to Chen Jiajun, "Thank you, Sir Chen."

Chen Jiajun waved his hand and said, "You only need to help me manage the Gambling Halls under the Aoyu Group well; that shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

Gao Jin said quite confidently, "Of course there is no problem, but I will make the decisions regarding the style of the casinos."

Chen Jiajun looked at Gao Jin with a smile that was not quite a smile: "It seems you have many ideas?"

"Of course, if I didn't have ideas, I wouldn't dare to speak so boldly to you here," Gao Jin said with a calm face.

"Good, I like people with confidence." Chen Jiajun patted Gao Jin on the shoulder and said, "I will introduce you to the staff of the Aoyu Group; after all, you will be working together from now on."

Regarding this request, Gao Jin naturally would not refuse.

One must know that as a leader, if one does not even know one's own subordinates, that is a sign of great failure.

Therefore, Gao Jin, who was never good at socializing, changed his usual demeanor and quickly got along well with his subordinates.

Regarding this point, Chen Jiajun appeared very pleased.

After all, he had invited Gao Jin to help him manage the Gambling Halls; if he followed the style of the God of Gamblers, he wouldn't be able to manage the Gambling Halls well.

With this, Lao E, who was originally responsible for the Gambling Halls, was considered completely liberated.

He could focus on helping Li Yaohua handle matters in Brunei.

(End of this chapter)