[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta":3,"chapter-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-88":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Playboy of Huayu: How Did a Celestial Immortal Transform Me?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297714,4495,"Chapter 88: The Betting Market","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-88",88,"\u003Cp>The arduous travel and the dramatic filming process left the micro-filming team that had come to Xiangjiang physically and mentally exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan let Ning Hao take everyone to eat and rest, and after shooting some supplementary footage tomorrow, they could return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking her medicine, Mei Yanfang was in good condition and asked Wang Minhui to tell the chef to prepare dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she heard Lu Kuan say that Liu Yifei was afraid of biting her own tongue, and that he had put his hand into her mouth to be bitten like gauze, she was moved to hug the little girl and thank him repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli also looked at her daughter with pride; regardless of whether the acting was good or bad, she was always a kind and lovely girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, entering the entertainment industry and becoming an actress was Liu Yifei's own decision; she had initially held an opposing attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A star, there is only ever one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had understood this principle from the first day she entered the dance troupe, when she looked with envy at her senior sister leading the dance \"Spring River Flower Moon Night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in that small dance troupe of hers, there was so much backstabbing and intrigue, let alone on a stage filled with the struggle for fame and fortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze swept to Lu Kuan, who was chatting and laughing with Mei Yanfang and joking with Liu Yifei, and she thought to herself that letting him buy shares in Red Star Dock was truly a correct decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister, I'm leaving now; I won't stay here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan wanted to take his leave after finishing his meal, and he secretly gave Wang Minhui a wink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Yanfang was still pulling the little girl to talk, and she asked in confusion, \"Your room is all tidied up, where are you going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu found an excuse: \"Ning Hao wants me to go back and look at the long shots we filmed today. Time is tight, so we're working overtime tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you wish.\" Mei Yanfang actually approved of the ambition of young people; artists of her generation had nothing else, and when it came to their careers, there were none who didn't work hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then looked at Liu Yifei, who was the last to finish eating: \"Xiaoli, you and Xixi shouldn't leave either; just stay here. In any case, they have to come back tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This... is it convenient, Sister Mei?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiaoli was, of course, ten thousand times willing. Seeing how Mei Yanfang couldn't \"keep her hands off\" Liu Yifei before the meal, staying behind to chat more and deepen their relationship was always a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan had introduced them to get through the door; what the relationship turned into was his own ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu made the decision for her directly: \"Ayi Liu, you all stay. After all, Xiangjiang is not like the mainland; you'll be safer staying here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Minhui, please see me out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, Mr. Lu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lexus LS400 also displayed superior performance on the winding mountain road. The streetlights outside the window flashed by like sparks; it didn't look at all like an old car that had left the factory 10 years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lu, you really like Lexus?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Minhui looked at Lu Kuan, who was sitting in the car looking like a curious baby, and asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan smiled: \"I like old cars; old cars have a sense of historical vicissitudes and weight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lexus was first brought to the mainland by a group of Xiangjiang car dealers in 1993, and this transliterated name for the Greater Bay Area was also implanted in the minds of the first generation of owners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Toyota entered the mainland market in 2004, they discovered that the name \"Lexus\" had already been preemptively registered...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helplessly, they changed the name to Lexus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference in style between the two names was immediately apparent, comparable to \"Shijiazhuang Zhao Zilong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Minhui, who is the middleman you found?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu chatted about business while pressing his thumb against the clearly textured wooden trim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why choose to go to Xiangjiang on June 19th?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because in the round of 16 match at 7:30 last night, the Koreans successfully cheated their way into the top four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that a person cannot step into the same river twice, but under the state of natural selection, the Koreans of both lives achieved the same result through almost the same process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this situation where artificial intervention was clearly applied, Boss Lu did not need to worry about accidental factors on the field, and he was determined to get a piece of the action in the Koreans' next quarter-final match against Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the person Wang Minhui was driving him to meet was a \"stacking code\" agent named Huang Pi who had close ties to the Xiang family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lu, I heard that there is also sports lottery in the mainland this year; why come here to buy it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Minhui did not tell Mei Yanfang that she was helping Lu Kuan contact underground gambling; she was also worried that Lu Kuan would throw away a fortune and end up falling into the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she would become a great sinner in front of Mei Yanfang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone could see the weight Lu Kuan now held in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fun, the mainland doesn't have that many ways to play.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to Xiangjiang to place a bet, Boss Lu naturally considered everything thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a transmigrator who had once had close contact with the early black materials of mainland entertainment stars and capital human-fleshing each other, he knew the importance of leaving no handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, even the most hidden black material could be shaken out by those with ulterior motives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one day he wanted to compete to be the general director of the Olympic opening ceremony, or wanted to seek a public position in a state-run film studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A reputation of \"having started by gambling in the early stages of his career\" would become the best excuse for competitors to attack him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he had been consciously diluting the \"god-stick\" label early on, crowning it with the outer shell of business consulting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for private morality in male-female relationships, that was not an issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a director! Those who understand, understand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, the domestic sports lottery had a single way to play and could not satisfy Boss Lu's betting requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The capacity of Xiangjiang's underground market was large enough, and there were also hidden channels for transferring profits, which was simply perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only flaw was safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who didn't know the ropes or didn't have a background would be \"black eating black,\" and they would have to swallow their grievances in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he needed Wang Minhui to act as a middleman, using the close relationship between Mei Yanfang and the Xiang family to provide a channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar with the road, they turned into a nightclub in Central, and a valet with a very young face came up to meet them and took them to the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan looked at the valet with strong muscles walking in front and gasped in secret; even an outsider like him could see that this was someone with kung fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After moving around, they entered a spacious office, and Huang Pi had been waiting for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Hui, a rare guest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan sized up the agent in front of him; he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with thick hair oil and gold-rimmed glasses—he would have believed it if someone said he was the nightclub owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Minhui greeted him and then left the room, knowing the rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Lu, call me if you need anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Pi sized up Lu Kuan, who was wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, and handed him a list of odds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, see how you want to play?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu looked for a while, pointed to the line with odds of 3.8, and gave his answer lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No handicap, buy 4 million on Spain not winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal sports lottery might not have this market; it was a feature of offshore betting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were other things like buying corner kicks, buying the number of red and yellow cards, buying the number of offsides, etc., but none of them were very suitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could remember so many match details? Besides, it was impossible to replicate it so precisely if it happened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In later generations, Spain was held to a draw within 90 minutes and lost the penalty shootout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During regular time, the referee and linesman blew off two of Spain's goals through offside and suspected out-of-bounds calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Koreans were definitely going to cheat; as for whether they cheated to a draw or cheated to a win, he didn't know, so he simply bought \"Spain not winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the odds were not high, it was stable, and the bookmaker wouldn't make a fuss over this kind of flat market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there was a market for \"offside goal being blown\" with 1 to 1000 odds, would he, Lu Kuan, dare to buy it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn't careful, the bookmaker would lose so much they'd run away, and he would lose everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Pi looked at this mainland youth with uncertainty; 4 million was not much to him, but it was definitely not a small amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't surprised by the number; he was surprised that Lu Kuan was buying the Koreans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is he crazy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had the luck of a dog to get into the top 8, and he was still counting on them to draw or even defeat Spain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much is your commission?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"5 points, paid in a week.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The points here were the betting amount, not the profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Pi didn't mix in the entertainment industry, so naturally, he didn't know Lu Kuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was a little famous now, there were so many stars in Xiangjiang; who was he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gangster even felt a bit of pity for these 4 million; he didn't know where Wang Minhui met such a lunatic—a fool with too much money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan's trip was meant to be low-key, and he didn't want to waste words with a gangster, so he stood up and left directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the safety of the transaction, he left it to Wang Minhui; the person she found through the Xiang family's line wouldn't dare to disrespect Mei Yanfang, and it wasn't tens of millions or hundreds of millions in funds to attract covetousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1779,"2026-06-20T06:05:17.358Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","af7a18de1ccdecc2f1bace4a846af3ffbb8bc7a8043b33f2f58965bd631eace5","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-89","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-87",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-cover.jpg"]