Age of Empires From Scratch

While Sophia was chatting with Cheng Leer, David looked at Cheng Xiaoxi who had an embarrassed expression next to him. She had been acting very embarrassed since she listened to the live broadcast.

If she just didn't dare to look at David, it wouldn't be a big deal, but she still showed some curiosity from time to time, and David immediately understood: "Did Sophia tell you about our situation?"

"Well, you told me everything." Because there was a topic to talk about, the awkward atmosphere was greatly relieved: "Are you really... from another world?"

"If you find it hard to understand, you can think of us as coming from other planets."

"alien?"

"Yeah, wouldn't it be easier to understand this way?" People from other worlds seem too magical, but aliens are much more intuitive.

"Like Superman?"

"almost."

After Cheng Xiaoxi asked a few questions, he became somewhat interested in the Winter City mentioned by David and Sophia, so he asked David if he could travel to Winter City.

"Of course you can, but it will take some time."

"It doesn't matter, I have to go to work after I go back this time." Cheng Xiaoxi's work is not as free as that of David and Cheng Leer. This time she used up all the vacation she had accumulated in one go, and even changed shifts with her colleagues before she could go to sea. Been playing for so long.

The atmosphere gradually became normal, and then Sophia and Cheng Leer also came out.

Cheng Leer learned some private things from Sophia and ate a golden apple. Although she was still struggling with some things in her heart, her energy level was much better than in the morning when she was filled with various problems.

The state of several people seemed to be back to the way it was when they first boarded the ship, and everyone could enjoy this sea trip again.

"We came out to play, don't stay in the room chatting all the time." Sophia grabbed Cheng Leer who wanted to sit down and suggested that everyone go play.

Cheng Leer thinks this is indeed the case. Isn't boarding the Fukimaru cruise just for eating, drinking and having fun? Why do you always stay in the room?

It's not like she was injured and couldn't move.

"Sofia is right, let's go to the theater to watch the show!"

"What programs are there today?"

"Let me look at the program list."

There are program schedules for theater performances in each room. After looking at the program list, Cheng Leer found that this time happened to be rest time.

"Then let's go to the casino for a while, then have dinner, and finally go to the show."

The casino is always open, even at night, and when Sofia said this, he remembered the charity poker competition that Long Jiu mentioned.

"By the way, Le'er, do you know what's going on with the charity poker competition held on the ship?"

"I'm not sure. David, do you want to participate?"

"Go and have a look before we talk."

In fact, Fukimaru had specially promoted this competition before arriving in Xiangjiang.

According to reports, all the chips in this competition will be used for charity in the end, which means that even the final winner will not win a dime. At most, he can receive a certificate of thanks or something like that.

After a few people came to the casino and learned more details from the staff, they learned that not just anyone can participate in this charity poker competition. The minimum entry requirement is three million US dollars, which is 2,500 US dollars. One million Hong Kong dollars.

If you don’t have enough chips, you won’t have a chance to play at the table.

However, in addition to the final battle, there are also some 'qualifiers'. If you can stand out from the qualifying rounds, you can also be invited to the stage of the decisive battle.

"Qualifying round?"

"The decisive battle will be held before arriving in Japan. As for the peripheral competitions, they will be held before the decisive battle." When the staff introduced, they also pointed to the area where the largest crowds gathered.

There were several tables there, all playing stud.

David had seen a lot of people there before, and thought it was simply because this method of playing was more popular. It turned out that there was a preliminary round for a charity poker competition!

"How does it count as a breakout?"

"It's very simple, win three million US dollars, or become the final winner." When David asked, a handsome but evil-looking man with a ponytail suddenly came over: "Hello, I I am the organizer of this competition, my name is Haishan."

"Nice to meet you, I'm David." After shaking hands with the other party, David pretended that he didn't know the other party's true identity and acted very indifferently: "Are there any restrictions on participating in the qualifying competition?"

"You need to exchange U.S. dollars for chips."

Needing to use U.S. dollars does not mean that you have to carry U.S. dollars with you. After all, the ship's round-trip route is Japan and Hong Kong, so you can exchange Hong Kong dollars and Japanese yen for chips. You just need to convert them into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate.

"If you win three million, you can directly sign up for the charity poker competition, or when the deadline is up, you will be the only winner." In addition to using US dollars as chips, the qualifying competition does not limit the amount of admission.

You can play for one dollar, so everyone is not sure if anyone can win three million here. This second condition is aimed at this situation.

"Understood."

"I wish you good luck." Haishan behaved very politely and said: "If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time, I will usually be here."

David nodded, thanked Haishan, and watched this man walk to another well-dressed man to chat. He couldn't help but secretly sigh, 'Cutting leeks is not an easy job! ’.

David, who has watched The Gambler, certainly knows that this Haishan is the villain in the plot, the godson of the gambling demon Chen Jincheng.

It was this guy who pretended to be a gambler to engage in charity gambling. That guy, Michael Chen Xiaodao, and the brothers Long Wu and Long Jiu came here for this guy.

David originally thought that this guy would hide in the dark and secretly cause trouble, but he didn't expect that he would wander around openly.

After a second thought, I realized that now the ship has left the port and gone to sea. In this case, with the communication technology of this era, even if Chen Xiaodao jumped out and said that Haishan was a fake gambler, it would be difficult to prove to so many people on the ship that what he said was the truth.

“In the end, it’s inevitable to have a showdown at the gambling table!”

If you are such a bad person, you will naturally not be a gambler. Even Chen Xiaodao, a real gambler, would have no shame in continuing to use this name if he loses.

Winner takes all, the winner takes all. Sometimes the solution to things is so simple, crude and unreasonable.

"Who is that person?"

"The villain."

"oh!"

Sophia understood, but Cheng Leer and Cheng Xiaoxi were confused and didn't understand what information was revealed in the conversation between the two.

Cheng Xiaoxi is still fine, but Cheng Leer feels that she still knows too little about David. It seems that in the next period of time, she will have to move around with Sophia more often.

After chatting about such private matters, Cheng Leer felt that there was nothing he could not talk about with Sophia. There were some things that he had never discussed with his best friend Cheng Xiaoxi.

Following David to the competition area of ​​the poker competition, David randomly found a table to sit down and exchanged chips for a thousand dollars.

He was not as poor as Chen Xiaodao who had to borrow money from Haishan, and he didn't carry as much as three million US dollars with him, but it was still very easy to exchange for only one thousand US dollars.

The few women who followed him didn't care, they just thought David wanted to have some fun.

"David, it suddenly occurred to me that there is something wrong with this game!"

"what is the problem?"

“If someone kept changing chips, wouldn’t they be able to stay until the end?”

"There will be a deadline for exchanging chips on the last day, right?" David didn't care about this kind of thing and kept exchanging chips. So what if he stayed until the end?

The chips were too small, and on the gambling table for the finals, I was just joining in the fun at best.

People with a rich net worth can just take three million US dollars to participate in the competition. Why bother to waste time and energy in the peripheral field?

"Oh." Sophia also figured out the key at this time, but she didn't care about this kind of thing at all and watched David playing cards with interest.

The game Stud has been seen countless times in movies, but David has not actually played it that many times. He only plays it casually on the Internet.

I have almost never touched it in the real world, but it feels quite fresh.

In addition, David's biggest feeling is that he is not very lucky.

I quickly lost half of my chips, and when I was thinking about whether to keep trying, I lost all my chips and went to have dinner, a familiar face sat down next to me.

"What a coincidence, we meet again."

"Yeah, what a coincidence." David glanced at Chen Xiaodao, who called himself Michael, and then at Long Jiu who was following behind him.

Long Wu was not there, probably because he was busy investigating the situation on the ship: For example, how many subordinates did Haishan bring with him? How many weapons are there? Only after you understand the enemy's situation can you take follow-up actions.

Chen Xiaodao doesn't need to care so much. He is here to earn the principal for participating in the charity poker competition. No matter what, there will definitely be a duel on the gambling table. Chen Xiaodao understands this, so he The whole day was spent in the casino.

After accumulating some capital, Chen Xiaodao decided to come to the poker table of the qualifying round to gain a round. After all, the chips outside were all Hong Kong dollars, but the bets here were US dollars.

After he has harvested almost all the chips here, he can continue playing outside.

It was only three million US dollars, and he could get it together quickly.

With absolute confidence, Chen Xiaodao started his performance.

Originally, David thought it was pretty good to watch the excitement from a close distance, but Chen Xiaodao suddenly said: "It seems that your luck is not very good! Why don't you let the ladies behind you play, maybe things will change?"

"..."

What does this mean? The person who poaches and flirts with me in front of me?

Normally, David might have laughed it off, but today he kept losing after sitting down, so it was inevitable that he would get a little carried away.

Isn't it just playing poker? If I'm unlucky, why don't I use other tricks?

"I feel like my luck has returned."

After looking at his own cards and 'seeing through' the remaining cards on the table, David picked up the held cards and 'rubbed' them gently with both hands.

From now on, David is the gambling sage!