Another point, for those who have been in the Qianmen Blue Path for a long time, what do they care about the most?
In any profession, as long as you've been in it for a long time, what you care about most is reputation, and then money!
As long as you have a good reputation, are you afraid of not making money?
The same goes for cheaters!
As long as you can make a name for yourself in the Gambling King Competition, do you still need to worry about not having money when you return?
Automatic qualification for the finals, what does that signify?
It means that regardless of your skill level, you are guaranteed to be one of the top nine contestants.
The Gambling King Competition is held once every ten years, symbolizing perfection.
The finals guarantee nine participants, symbolizing the supremacy of nine!
Because nine is the extreme of numbers.
In addition to the participation privilege, Mr. He also granted another privilege to the Gambling King Token!
If the holder of the Gambling King Token is not interested in participating in the Gambling King Competition, or lacks confidence in winning, they can directly exchange it with him for substantial rewards.
There are two types of substantial rewards.
First, cash.
An amount of cash so large that you can't spend it all in several lifetimes!
Second, shares.
5% of the shares in any of Mr. He's casinos for a period of ten years!
Do not underestimate these 5% shares. The total dividend income from any of these casinos over ten years would definitely be much more than that cash amount!
Of course, whether for fame or profit, the privileges of the Gambling King Token only last for ten years.
Whether you choose to compete personally for fame, or pass it on to your descendants to fight on your behalf, to enjoy the thrill of duels between top masters and elevate your reputation to its peak, or to be more pragmatic and choose money over fame…
You must return the Gambling King Token to Mr. He before the next Gambling King Competition begins.
Otherwise, the privileges will expire and become void.
According to the information obtained from Shen Mengqing, the winners of the first and second Gambling King Competitions decisively exchanged their Gambling King Tokens with Mr. He for a ten-year period of 5% share dividends.
After spending the first half of their lives painstakingly learning the art of cheating, they could enjoy a peaceful life in the second half.
It's that simple and straightforward!
As for the third session, the one in which Uncle Tuo and his nemesis both participated and qualified for the finals, the winner, after receiving the Gambling King Token, inexplicably transferred it directly to Uncle Tuo!
The "uncrowned king Lu Mingtai" that I mentioned earlier came about in this way.
Uncle Tuo, holding the Gambling King Token, did not exchange it for great wealth.
I think he was probably planning to re-establish his title of "uncrowned king" at the Gambling King Competition to be held on March 12th next year.
But unfortunately, Uncle Tuo did not live to see that day.
Thus, the origin of the Gambling King Token was revealed to me in its entirety.
Although the information provided by Shen Mengqing and Xianyu did not include details about the third Gambling King Competition, I was still able to infer some of the reasons for Uncle Tuo's death.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Uncle Tuo's death... is most likely related to the Gambling King Token.
The reason for making such a near-certain inference is that I obtained a very important clue from Shen Mengqing.
In 2007, the Grand Lisboa Casino, built by Mr. He's Aobo Company with an investment of three billion yuan, grandly opened on the evening of February 11th.
At that time, Mr. He made a bold statement that to further expand Macau's gambling industry and attract more tourists from home and abroad.
The winner of the 2009 Gambling King Competition, in addition to receiving the Gambling King Token, which was updated every ten years, would also receive an additional 5% equity dividend in the Grand Lisboa Casino!
Still with a ten-year limit!
In other words, the winner of the fourth Gambling King Competition, if they exchanged the Gambling King Token with Mr. He for equity rewards, would enjoy an unprecedented 10% equity dividend within ten years!!!
Although there was only one Gambling King Token in total, and it was updated every ten years.
But no matter who the holder was, as long as they registered to participate in the fourth Gambling King Competition, they would be directly sent to the finals!
A 1/9 chance to compete for the ultimate victory and the 10% equity dividend reward!
Tell me, who in the Qianmen Blue Path wouldn't be envious!!?
Moreover, Uncle Tuo's former opponents were all elites of the Blue Path!
After Lin Zhenbei's suspicion was ruled out, the remaining ones... were just a few!
Therefore, one of these people must be the real killer who harmed Uncle Tuo!
Since this person was willing to kill Uncle Tuo for a 10% casino share dividend, the Gambling King Token was undoubtedly what he desperately wanted!
Instead of passively searching for them one by one, it would be better to find a way to extract the whereabouts of the Gambling King Token from Yun Jin!
I didn't expect that after all the detours, I would end up back with Yun Jin.
...
The next morning, before getting off work, in order to obtain more information about Yun Jin and the Gambling King Token, I proactively invited Shen Mengqing for a late-night snack.
After Shen Mengqing agreed, I had Han Jinlun and Cheng Minglang leave work early and go back.
My original thought was that since Shen Mengqing had a car, she could drive me back directly after the late-night snack.
Moreover, only Xu Peiyu was at the rented apartment, so letting Cheng Minglang and the others go back early would allow them to look out for each other with Xu Peiyu.
But what I didn't expect was that just as Han Jinlun drove Cheng Minglang away, and I walked out of the venue to wait for Shen Mengqing...
Kang Muru actually came looking for me!
Seeing Kang Muru find me so quickly, my first reaction was: I've been exposed!
He himself looked at me gloomily and said with a cold smile, "Heh heh! You little brat, did you not expect me to find you so quickly?"
"Is the Ying family's fish-slaughtering scheme that easy to break?"
Hearing this, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness! As long as it wasn't the later events that were leaked, and he just came to demand an explanation, that's fine!
Although I thought this, I still looked at Kang Muru coldly and asked in a chilling tone, "What do you want?"
"Heh heh! What do I want?"
After another cold laugh, Kang Muru said in a deep voice, "Do you know that because of you, I've been fined and had my salary and commission deducted for the next six months!"
"In other words, I have to work on the gambling boat for half a year for free!!!"
"Do you think I should hold you accountable for this matter!?"
"Do you know how much I earn on the gambling boat? Sometimes seventy to eighty thousand, and sometimes one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty thousand!"
"How about this! I won't ask for too much, let's find a middle ground!"
"If you give me six hundred thousand, then this matter... we'll consider it settled!"
From Kang Muru's words, I could sense that he didn't connect the previous gambling losses to me.
He was only here to extort money today.