Chapter 65: Yu Lan Can

Chen Mo took back his chips, and before he could start the next round, the casino manager came over with two people to stand beside him.

"Sir, the stakes in the main hall are too small; are you interested in going to the VIP room to play?"

Chen Mo knew this was because the commotion he'd caused was too big, and the casino was starting to indirectly drive him away.

Although Chen Mo hadn't won much, it was only over a million.

But there were too many people placing bets around him; if Chen Mo kept playing like this, the casino's losses would be huge.

Chen Mo either had to quit right then, or go to the VIP room.

Of course, the dealers in the VIP room were significantly better than those in the main hall.

Generally, anyone who enters the VIP room without real skill basically ends up losing everything and leaving.

"Sure, my luck's been pretty good tonight; I'll go to the VIP room to check it out."

Coincidentally, Chen Mo also wanted to see if his beginner gambling skills could work in the VIP room.

The environment in the VIP room is much better than outside—quiet, clean, and basically free of smoke.

There are only three tables here: two for baccarat and one for blackjack.

Chen Mo brought 1.2 million in chips, sat down at a baccarat table, watched for two minutes, then started betting.

In the VIP room, the maximum bet per round is one million.

But within five minutes, Chen Mo's chips had grown to ten million.

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow; it seemed his beginner gambling skills were enough to get by in the VIP room.

Before Chen Mo could continue, a middle-aged man walked up to the dealer opposite him and whispered a few words.

The dealer immediately stepped away respectfully.

The middle-aged man took the dealer's place and respectfully said to Chen Mo, "Sir, how about I keep you company for the next round?"

Chen Mo knew this was the casino's resident expert stationed there.

To prevent cheating in the casino and also to stop customers from winning too much, every casino usually has a gambling expert who is also an expert at cheating.

"Sure, anyway it's just playing; it doesn't matter who I play with."

Chen Mo gave a calm smile.

Anyway, his bankroll was only ten thousand; losing it all wouldn't hurt.

After the dealer was changed, Chen Mo immediately noticed the difference.

When the previous dealer shuffled, Chen Mo could see every card clearly and remember each card's position.

Now, Chen Mo could only see about half of them clearly, and the positions he remembered sometimes had errors.

Beginner gambling techniques also include some cheating methods, but Chen Mo didn't detect any signs of cheating from the opposite dealer.

I suspect there are some secret techniques during the shuffle that cause Chen Mo to misremember certain cards' positions.

However, Chen Mo hadn't lost terribly; he was just slightly behind.

After a dozen or so minutes, Chen Mo still had over eight million chips in front of him.

"All right, I'm done playing!"

Chen Mo spread his hands and leaned back in his chair.

"Is your boss in or not?"

"Sir, what business do you have with our boss?"

"I have a bit of business; I'd like to talk with your boss."

"Sorry, sir, our boss generally doesn't see visitors."

"Really? If he won't see us, forget it; let's just keep playing."

Saying they won't see guests is just them looking down on Chen Mo.

In that case, Chen Mo could only use his own methods to force the boss to see him.

Chen Mo silently invoked the system, spent another three thousand wealth points, and raised his gambling skill to intermediate.

When he gambled again, Chen Mo could already see through the dealer's movements completely.

Even those extremely subtle small motions were seen by Chen Mo in perfect clarity.

Five minutes later, Chen Mo's chips in front of him had become thirty million.

The dealer's original hint of pride was completely shattered by Chen Mo, and cold sweat kept sliding down his forehead.

He had tried cheating, but it was of no use at all.

All his cheating techniques were seen by Chen Mo, Chen Mo just didn't expose them.

According to casino rules, anyone caught cheating at the table will definitely have his hand chopped off.

If Chen Mo exposed this, not only would this dealer's hand be cut off,

but also the casino's reputation would be ruined.

Once word got out that the casino cheated and didn't let customers win, it could never stay open.

Chen Mo just wanted to meet Yu Lan Can to talk about money laundering, and didn't intend to offend Yu Lan Can to death.

"I don't know if the boss is willing to see me now?"

Chen Mo leaned back in his chair again and calmly lit a cigarette.

"After I finish this cigarette, I'll get ready to leave."

"Please wait a moment; I'll go ask the boss."

The dealer wiped sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, bowed to Chen Mo, and hurried away.

Before Chen Mo could finish his cigarette, the dealer went away and came back.

"Sir, our boss requests your presence."

"Lead the way ahead!"

Chen Mo followed behind the dealer and entered an office at the back of the casino.

"Can Ye, the person has been brought."

The dealer, after entering the door, respectfully called out.

Behind the desk, Yu Lan Can sat in the boss's chair, smoking a cigar, looking at Chen Mo with an arrogant expression.

"Is it you who wanted to see me?"

Chen Mo walked calmly to the table and sat down directly: "I want to discuss a business deal with Can Ye; I don't know if Can Ye is interested."

"Chen Mo, right? You dare to come alone to talk business in front of me—your guts are not small! Are you interested in working with me?"

Chen Mo was staying in the hotel beneath the casino, and he felt no surprise that Yu Lan Could could find out his identity.

Chen Mo shook his head: "Can Ye can find out my name, so he should naturally know I'm a member of Great Prosperity. I came today just to discuss a business deal with Can Ye."

Chen Mo felt no pressure at all about refusing Yu Lan Can.

Yu Lan Can's casino is all overseen by Mo Luo Bing's subordinates; he himself doesn't have many men.

"Alright. Tell me about your business! I hope the business you talk about is as big as your courage."

Chen Mo directly said: "I have a sum of money and want to run it through Can Ye's casino; I don't know how much commission is needed."

"That depends on what kind of money you want to launder and how much. If the amount is too small, there's no need to talk about it."

"It's just money laundering; Yu Lan Can, as a casino owner, has seen too much of that."

"One could say that money laundering is an important business for his casino."

"As for the source of the money, I'm sorry I can't say. As for the amount...."

Chen Mo used his finger to write a 5 on the tabletop, then wrote eight 0s.

Five hundred million.

Chen Mo worried that Yu Lan Can would associate it with the recent robbery case, so he directly switched to Hong Kong dollar units.

Yu Lan Can frowned.

"For such a large sum of high-risk funds, I'll take a fifty percent cut!"

Chen Mo frowned, saying nothing.

"According to the usual rules, for this kind of high-risk funds, money laundering institutions generally take a twenty to thirty percent cut."

"Yu Lan Can's demanded cut is high; Chen Mo had anticipated that, but fifty percent is really too high."

"This is basically the lion opening its mouth wide."

"Seeing Chen Mo not speaking, Yu Lan Can added: 'You shouldn't think it's high. With money laundering, the larger the amount, the higher the risk—you should understand that.'

"In all of Macau, there aren't many casinos that can take in such a large sum of dirty money."