Chapter 2366 — Taking the Offensive
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Dealers in green uniforms wandered to and fro across the casino floor—what a lively scene it was!
The scale of the place surprised Wei Zhao somewhat. He had visited quite a few casinos in the course of his past missions, but this one was by no means small! It could not compare to casino cities like Macau or Las Vegas, yet among underground casinos it ranked among the very best.
"Distinguished guests, please exchange your chips over here." The man in the black suit gestured invitingly, indicating that Wei Zhao and the others could trade for chips at the counter.
"All right," Wei Zhao said with a nod. "Thank you."
"Enjoy yourselves, and may you leave with your pockets full." The man in the black suit smiled faintly, then went off to attend to his own affairs. Of course, that line about leaving with full pockets was mere courtesy; very few people actually won money in a casino—almost none at all.
"Don't exchange too much. Just a bit of fun is enough," Wei Zhao instructed Shen Yushu.
"Oh—then let's make it a hundred thousand," Shen Yushu said after a moment's thought.
Wei Zhao nodded. A hundred thousand was no small sum, but to Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu it was truly nothing; the pocket money Gu Pengzhan gave the two of them each month came to more than that.
Shen Yushu went to the counter and exchanged for chips, returning with an armful of thousand-denomination chips, rather excited. "Yaoyao, Brother Jianpai, what do you want to play?"
"I'm not playing." Wei Zhao knew that nine out of ten gambles were swindles, and he had not the slightest interest in gambling.
"You play. I'll just watch—I don't know how," said Gu Mengyao, who had never come into contact with any of this. She had come here out of pure curiosity and for no other reason.
"Fine." Shen Yushu did not stand on ceremony. She looked around at the entertainment facilities in the ground-floor hall and said, "Let's go play the slots—those are simple and fun!"
The full name of the slot machine was the coin-operated slot machine. It was a gambling device commonly seen in casinos; there were even entertainment venues devoted entirely to slot machines. They were extremely widespread—you could say almost every casino had such machines.
The rules were simple too: you dropped coins—chips—into the machine, and different symbols would appear at random. If, when the reels stopped, matching symbols or a specific combination lined up, you won according to the payout odds.
These machines were also called "fruit machines" or "777s." Because the play was simple, they were deeply favored by gamblers. Shen Yushu was not much good at any of the other gambling machines, so naturally this was the first one she fixed upon.
"Then let's go take a look." Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao followed Shen Yushu to an area where an entire wall was covered in slot machines. Though there were plenty of visitors here and the place was buzzing, there were so many machines that vacancies still remained. Shen Yushu picked one at random and began to operate it.
This sort of thing was quick to pick up—even a novice could play. Shen Yushu fiddled with it for a while, and after losing a few thousand in chips she had learned how to operate it. Of course, you could also ask a dealer for novice assistance, but Shen Yushu preferred to figure things out herself.
Gu Mengyao was merely watching for the novelty of it, while Wei Zhao, having nothing to do, looked idly about at the casino's facilities. He had to admit the scale here was impressive—not at all like those crude, cut-rate underground casinos. From the number of security guards, the standard of the waiters' service, and the professionalism of the dealers, it was clear that the staff here had definitely been trained in legitimate casinos!