Reborn Capital Empire

Chapter 16: Bet On The Champions League

Chapter 16 Betting on the Champions League

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Heathrow Airport, a world-famous civil airport, the main airport in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, and the world’s major aviation hub, is the busiest airport in Europe, one of the busiest airports in the world, and one of the largest airports in the world. . On May 7, 2000, Guo Shouyun set foot on the soil of the British Empire for the first time in his two lifetimes.

Because he had already booked a luxury suite at the five-star Hilton Waldorf Astoria; coupled with the same language, Guo Shouyun did not feel any inconvenience from the United States to the United Kingdom.

Open the laptop you carry with you and log in to Yahoo. In the sports section, the news about the Champions League after ten days occupies nearly half of the space.

However, no one is optimistic that Valencia can beat the mighty Real Madrid to win the ‘Big Ear Cup’. Also, compared to Real Madrid with superstars such as Raul, Redondo, McManaman, Carlos, Casillas, Valencia is also a strong team in La Liga, but it is worse in terms of lineup and championship. Real Madrid one step ahead. Moreover, in the Champions League semi-finals that ended before, they had just competed with the powerful Barcelona, and their physical strength was worrying!

So, on betting sites, Valencia wins 2 to 1 and Real Madrid to Valencia is 0.5 to 1!

Football is round and anything can happen on the football field. Therefore, Valencia, although not very optimistic. But the odds difference between the two teams is not too disparity.

However, football betting is not only about winning and losing, but also more exciting goals! Zero to zero draw, 1 to 2. Real Madrid 1:0 Valencia, 1 lose 0.8; Valencia 1:0 Real Madrid, 1 lose 1.5. Real Madrid 2:0 Valencia, 1 lose 2; Valencia 2:0 Real Madrid, 1 lose 2.5. Real Madrid 3:0 Valencia, 1 lose 3.5; Valencia 3:0 Real Madrid, 1 lose 4.6. There are numbers like 1:2, 2:1, 3:1, 3:2 after that. There are even 4:0 and 5:0.

However, scoring two goals in a football game is a lot. Three goals, not many games in a season. What’s more, although Valencia is worse than Real Madrid, it can reach the Champions League final and is also a strong team. Few thought they would get three goals from Real Madrid.

Therefore, the most pressing goals in gambling are still 1:0 and 2:1. But Guo Shouyun, who comes from later generations and is a veteran fan, knows that the outcome of this game is 3:0. Real Madrid’s three consecutive Champions League titles from 2000 to 2002 left a deep impression. This is something that every Real Madrid fan is talking about.

However, it is clear that the major European bookmakers have high enough odds for Real Madrid to beat Valencia 3:0. But how to press is also a question that needs serious consideration.

First of all, European countries have different taxes on the gaming industry. Although it is not as perverted as the United States, which levies 50%, France, Spain, Germany, etc. will also collect 20% of the total bonus. The United Kingdom is less, 15%. ! But Guo Shouyun, who is not very wealthy now, is still short of money. So, Canada with no gaming tax is a good choice. Just don’t let them misunderstand you as a professional gambler.

However, Guo Shouyun is very skeptical. If he has held down the 80 million US dollars, if he wins, can the Canadian gaming company pay out all the reparations as agreed?

So, after thinking about it all together, he divided the $80 million into three parts. Among them, 20 million bet on Canadian bookmakers, $20 million bet on British bookmakers, and the remaining $40 million bet on online bookmakers.

POGOs are a well-known grey area in the European gaming industry due to regulatory difficulties. Offshore companies from abroad draw billions of dollars in profits each year without paying taxes. Therefore, in later generations, the United Kingdom, France, etc. were forced to do nothing. They began to issue online gambling licenses and intensified the crackdown on online gambling, but they still could not be eradicated.

Guo Shouyun is also unwilling to pay taxes, and his Phoenix Capital is an offshore company, and it was kept secret enough before the Swiss bank was beaten by Uncle Sam in 2009. So, everything is taken for granted.

However, as online gambling is a gray area, there is no legal protection, and he is also afraid that the money he invested will not be returned. Therefore, while trying to find as many websites as possible to spread the risk, I also took out $20 million and put it into offline gaming betting points in the UK. Coupled with Canada, three-handed preparation, in addition to ensuring safety, also guarantees his maximum benefit.

However, this time he flew to the UK, not just to gamble.

The next day, after a brief tidying up, Guo Shouyun went out with a black handbag. Because he had done his research before coming back, he found the ‘Ritter Publishing Economics Company’ on the ninth floor of the Bauhinia Building in downtown London.

The West is not like China. When authors write new books, they do not sell them directly to publishers. Instead, they hand them over to “publishing brokers”, and then the “publishing brokers” contact the publishers for publication.

These ‘publishing agents’ not only have professional literary qualities, but also have business negotiation skills and legal awareness that authors do not possess, which can protect the legitimate rights and interests of authors to the greatest extent.

Of course, these publishing brokers are not free, and they will take 5% of the author’s royalties as an employment fee.

“Hello, sir! Is there anything I can help you with?”

“I want to see Mr. Christopher Ritter!” Guo Shouyun said directly.

“Do you have an appointment?”

“No! But I have this!”

When the words fell, Guo Shouyun opened his briefcase and took out a stack of manuscripts!

And the name on the manuscript is “Harry Potter: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”!

Now is not 1997, when J.K. Rowling held the Harry Potter manuscript and nobody cared about it. As the Ritter publishing and economic company that directly contributed to the popularity of “Harry Potter” all over the world, from the boss to the staff, the most familiar is this magical novel about wizards.

Therefore, after Guo Shouyun took out this manuscript, the eyes of the blonde beauty at the front desk were instantly attracted almost all attention by the name on the surface.

“I think you’d better show it to Mr. Ritter. I think he’ll reward you for your work when he sees it!”

Looking at the manuscript that Guo Shouyun handed over, the lady at the front desk hesitated a bit before reaching out to take it.

“Please wait a moment!”

“OK!”

Seeing the lady at the front desk hurried away with his manuscript, Guo Shouyun smiled and sat down on the chair next to him. He is very confident that as long as Christopher Ritter sees his novel written with the main line of the movie “Fantastic Beasts There”, he will come to see him 100%. As long as the two meet, things will follow naturally.

About six or seven minutes later, chaotic footsteps from far to near rang in Guo Shouyun’s ears. When he turned his head to look, three people came out from the inner working area.

In addition to the previous blonde front desk, among the three people who attracted Guo Shouyun’s attention was the middle-aged white man who was about thirty-six or seven years old, wearing a look suit and a thin figure.

“Boss, he is the author!”

The blonde front desk pointed at Guo Shouyun, who had stood up.

Christopher Ritter briefly looked at this young Asian man in a black coat, with a somewhat immature face, but a kind of vicissitudes of life in his eyes, and a calm temperament, and then strode over.

“Hello, I’m Christopher Ritter!”

“Hello Mr. Ritter, I’m Bruce Guo!”

After a simple handshake, I heard Guo Shouyun’s proficient English, “Mr. Guo is British?”

“No, Chinese American!”

Christopher Ritter’s eyes moved, and then he took a step back and stretched his right hand.

“Mr. Guo, why don’t we go inside and talk?”

“Please!”

Under the guidance of Christopher Ritter, Guo Shouyun walked through the office area and came to his office.

After briefly looking at the large Harry Potter novel cover hanging on the wall of the office, Guo Shouyun sat down on the sofa in the reception area. After Ritter’s young secretary served coffee, the negotiation began.

“Mr. Guo, despite the time constraints, I didn’t read too much. But Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is indeed a wonderful novel. But I would like to say that many of its contents are copied from Rowling’s “Haha” Leigh Porter. So it cannot be published unless we authorize it.”

After glancing at the manuscript that Christopher Ritter was holding tightly in his hand, Guo Shouyun put down the coffee cup and smiled lightly.

“Mr. Ritter, you and I both know that apart from the popular words such as wizard, Ministry of Magic, staff, this novel of mine has nothing to do with Ms. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” by half a penny. It’s not even called Harry Potter Prequels, it’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them!”

“Then why did it change?”

Christopher Ritter moved in his heart, and then asked.

Looking at Ritter, who was a little nervous and concerned, Guo Shouyun no longer concealed his purpose. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

“If it changes, I’m afraid I won’t see Mr. Ritter so soon!”

Hearing Guo Shouyun’s implication, Christopher Ritter breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had only read five or six chapters of the book titled “Fantastic Beasts Are There” just now due to time constraints, with his literary quality and knowledge, combined with his ingenuity with “Harry Potter”, he did not If there is no close connection, he is at least 80% sure that this will be a popular book with sales exceeding one million.

“Mr. Guo, I think our cooperation will be very pleasant!”

Now that Guo Shouyun has made his intentions clear, Christopher Ritter will naturally not be indifferent to the benefits that come to his door.

Looking at the right hand that the other party took the initiative to stretch out in front of him, Guo Shouyun did not reach out to hold it.

“Mr. Ritter, don’t worry. I have two other sets of books here. You might as well read them first!”

When the words fell, Guo Shouyun took out the written “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” from his briefcase.

“Pirates of the Caribbean? Fifty Shades of Grey? Is this all written by Mr. Guo?”

“Of course! Together with the previous book “Fantastic Beasts There”, I have already registered the copyright in the United States.” Guo Shouyun said.

Christopher Reiter nodded, picked up the first volume of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “The Curse of the Black Pearl” and read it.

“Pirates of the Caribbean” is a novel written by Guo Shouyun based on the movie. At present, only “The Curse of the Black Pearl”, “The Coffin of Souls” and “The End of the World” have been written, and the remaining “Stormy Waves” and “Death Without Telling Tales”, And “The King of the Four Seas” has not had time to write because of time constraints.

What he thought was to use these three parts to take up the ‘pit’ first, and then write the sequel and then there was still time.