Chapter 1278

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 200 legal casinos in Las Vegas. When Xiao Yao came to Las Vegas this time, he almost couldn't and didn't plan to go to all the more than 200 casinos once.

At present, it is the 1920s of the 21st century. The blackjack tables in many casinos have been replaced with turbine licensing machines. In addition, due to the scale, location, surrounding environment and public security of some casinos, before Xiao Yao came to Las Vegas this time, Yan Ke and others introduced him to only a dozen casinos suitable for card counting, and they were accompanying him as a local After gambling girl Paula and party planner Charlie learned about it, Xiao Yao's target casinos increased a little, but only to more than 20.

Now Xiao Yao has been in the gambling city for nearly half a month. Except for the first day, there are at least two casinos and at least three casinos every day. He has already visited all the more than 20 casinos once a long time. He began to go to the same casinos two or three days ago.

Although Xiao Yao's memory ability and mental arithmetic ability are more powerful than Yan Ke's, he doesn't need so much attention and attention when counting cards. In addition, he also plays a certain performance ability, which makes his appearance and expression when counting cards look different from ordinary card counters, but he has won a lot when he goes to the same casino twice, It's hard to avoid attracting the attention of some casinos.

When he entered the casino in the last two days, especially when he began to win money in the later stage and the chips were piled up on the table, Xiao Yao had found that someone in a suit uniform, with a nameplate on his chest and earphones in his ears was sitting on the nearby gambling table quietly watching him.

This is what Xiao Yao expected. To be honest, maybe there is another Tim haggis who is obviously his companion, but will lose money. This kind of expected situation even comes a little later than Xiao Yao expected. In any case, as long as the casinos do not find him clearly, tell him that they suspect him of counting cards, and put him on the blacklist, Xiao Yao only regards that he has not found out that the casinos have sent people to secretly observe him, and still works in the casinos according to the plan.

Due to Amy Hatton's visit in the morning, Xiao Yao and Tim haggis left home later than expected, but it had no effect on Xiao Yao's achievements today. In the evening, when Xiao Yao and Tim haggis left the second casino, Xiao Yao again reaped nearly a million dollars in the two casinos.

Xiao Yao promised Amy Hatton that he would go to see Nicky Thompson's performance rehearsal. Naturally, they would not go to the third casino in the evening. Amy Hatton said Nicky Thompson's rehearsal time is 10 p.m., and Xiao Yao and Tim haggis don't have to worry. Two people out of the casino, first back to the hotel room to take a bath, change clothes, just a relaxed to eat dinner.

As a result, the dinner time for the two was a little late. However, regular Western food takes a lot of time, but Tim haggis is a disciplinarian and Xiao Yao is a Chinese. Sometimes he pays attention to the food he eats, but he doesn't pay much attention to the procedure. Two big men, who are more efficient, eat faster. After dinner, they stayed in the restaurant for coffee, and then they got a call from Amy Hatton.

The place where Xiao Yao and Tim haggis eat is the restaurant of their hotel. Amy Hatton and Nicky Thompson also set out from the hotel to the theater where the award ceremony was held. Both sides were in the hotel, so they made an appointment to meet in the lobby of the hotel and set out together.

The restaurant is located on a lower floor, and they are ready to go out, so Xiao Yao and Tim haggis go to the rest area of the hotel lobby to wait. However, when Amy Hatton called Xiao Yao, they were almost ready to go out. Xiao Yao and Tim haggis did not wait long before they saw Amy Hatton and Nicky Thompson coming out of the elevator.

It wasn't just Amy Hatton and Nicky Thompson who got out of the elevator, but five or six people. Nicky Thompson's rehearsal is a business trip. The people next to her should be her personal team members, assistants, makeup artists and other staff.

"Mr. Shaw, please." When Amy Hatton saw Xiao Yao, she quickly stepped forward and said, "I hope you can give us good advice later."

"I'm just going to have a good time. I'm not sure I can help you." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Hello, Yang!" Nicky Thompson followed up and said hello to Xiao Yao. Looking at him, he said, "I don't know if I can see your ability beyond eloquence tonight?"

"I don't think so!" Xiao Yao smiles and shakes his head. "It's time for rehearsal. Your performance should be a mature one. I don't think I can help you. I promised Ms. Hatton to go to see your rehearsal, not because I think I can help you, but because I like to watch other people's rehearsal and think it's a very interesting thing. "

"You ~ hum!" Nicky Thompson snorted when he saw that Xiao Yao didn't answer.

"Let me introduce you!" Amy Hatton took the conversation and gave a brief introduction to Xiao Yao and Tim haggis. Sure enough, they were all members of Nicky Thompson's personal team.

People in Nicky Thompson's team have heard of young Shaw. They were surprised after listening to the introduction of Amy Hatton. As for Tim haggis, Amy Hatton didn't disclose his career. He just said that he was Xiao Yao's friend. They didn't care much about him."Let's go!" After Amy Hatton's introduction, Nicky Thompson urged.

People out of the hotel gate, Nicky Thompson's nanny car and a car has been parked at the door of the hotel. Nicky Thompson, Amy Hatton and a young assistant girl got into the babysitter's car, while three other people, including the makeup artist with the makeup box, got into the car.

Xiao Yao and Tim haggis will not get into Nicky Thompson's car. The two of them had rented a car through the hotel during this period of time. There are some parking spaces in the ground area beside the hotel gate. Knowing that they are going to see the rehearsal tonight, they did not park their car in the underground parking lot when they came back from the casino, but in the ground parking space beside the hotel gate. Nicky Thompson and others got into the car, while Xiao Yao and Tim haggis got into their own car and drove behind them.

The venue for this year's Billboard Awards ceremony is in the theater of a Las Vegas hotel called MGM. The hotel is located in the center of Las Vegas, about ten minutes' drive away from Caesar Palace Hotel where Xiao Yao and others live, neither near nor far. In addition, there is also a casino in this hotel. Xiao Yao and Tim haggis went there a few days ago. They are not afraid of losing even if they are lost.

On the way to MGM Hotel, Xiao Yao, sitting in the co pilot's seat, found a media reporter waiting at the gate of the hotel.

The announcement of this year's billboard award ceremony has long been made public. The time and place of the award ceremony and most of the star guests involved are no secret to the media reporters. For some media reporters who are interested, it is not difficult to find out the rehearsal time. For entertainment reporters who want to dig more news, it's normal to record and report the rehearsal, so it's not surprising that there are media reporters in this place.

"Tim, go to the underground parking lot. Let's take the underpass and take the elevator directly." Xiao Yao sees the two cars of Nicky Thompson and his party driving towards the hotel gate, turns to Tim haggis, and takes out his mobile phone to send a message to Amy Hatton.

It's normal for the stars participating in the rehearsal to show their faces in front of the reporters when they walk through the gate, no matter whether the reporters at the gate are notified and arranged by the organizer or found by themselves. It's unnecessary for Xiao Yao, who is a spectator, to join the fun in front of the reporters.

Tim haggis will drive into the underground parking lot of the hotel and take the elevator with Xiao Yao to the floor where the hotel theater is located. Maybe the hotel doesn't want to affect other guests of the hotel because of the award ceremony, so there are only some reporters gathered at the gate of the hotel. There are no reporters in the underground parking lot or on the floor where the theater is located.

When they went to the backstage entrance of the theater, they found the assistant girl who was in the same car with Nicky Thompson and a young man in a suit and uniform with earplugs in one ear, who looked like the staff of the hotel theater standing there. It seems that Nicky Thompson and Amy Hatton have gone in and left the assistant waiting for Xiao Yao.

See two people appear, assistant girl immediately waved to two people to say hello. When they approached, the young man took them all in.

Nicky Thompson's rehearsal time is around 10 o'clock. The party starts at more than 9 o'clock. It's less than 9:30 now. It's more than half an hour before Nicky Thompson's rehearsal, so Nicky Thompson is in the lounge now.

The young man took them to the door of a room with Nicky Thompson's name on the door, nodded to them and left. The assistant girl knocked on the door. Without waiting for the people inside to open the door, she pressed the doorknob and pushed the door open. She took Xiao Yao and Xiao Yao into the room.

Xiao Yao walks in and finds Nicky Thompson sitting in front of the dressing table. Her makeup artist is making up for her.

The so-called rehearsal, originally in opera jargon, refers to the final rehearsal of drama and dance before the formal performance. The colorful characters refer to the costume rehearsal before the formal performance of opera and dance. Therefore, to be correct, rehearsals are those without costumes and make-up, while rehearsals with costumes and make-up are rehearsals.

However, with some people's wrong usage, rehearsal in many people's cognition has become the meaning of rehearsing on the performance site before the formal performance, without the meaning of having to wear costumes to make up. A theoretically incorrect word "rehearsal with makeup" has replaced the original meaning of rehearsal.

When Amy Hatton and Xiao Yao communicate, they speak English. Naturally, they will not make such mistakes. What Amy Hatton said to Xiao Yao is "dress rehearsal", which means dress rehearsal before a formal performance. Since it's a costume rehearsal, it's natural to make up and change costumes.

Nicky Thompson saw Xiao Yao come in from the mirror and just raised his hand. Xiao Yao doesn't disturb her either. He smiles casually in response and sits on the sofa in the lounge with Tim haggis.

"Nikki, where's Amy?" The assistant girl stood next to Nicky Thompson and asked.

When she came in, she found Amy Hatton was not in the lounge.

"Go and say hello to the band." Nicky Thompson said, "they've arrived, but they're too many. They're arranged in another lounge. Amy said she'd like to go and have a look.""Oh The assistant girl nodded.

"Excuse me, can I go to your band's lounge?" Xiao Yao suddenly raised his hand and asked.

"You hate me?" Nicky Thompson frowned.

"You're making up. It's not very convenient to talk," Xiao said. "I just think it's more interesting to be with the band."

"Hum ~" Nicky Thompson snorted again. As he was about to speak, the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open.

It was Amy Hatton who came in.

Amy Hatton saw Xiao Yao on the sofa, went to the other side of the sofa and sat down. She said to Xiao Yao, "Mr. Xiao, you are here."

"Ms. Hatton," said Xiao Yao, "can you ask me if there is anyone rehearsing on the stage now, and can I go to the auditorium to watch the rehearsal?"

"I invited you because..." Amy Hatton warned.

"I know," Xiao Yao interrupted, "I'm here to see Miss Thompson rehearse, but she hasn't started rehearsing yet. I'll go to see other people first. Is that ok?"

Xiao Yao thinks it's a bit boring to sit here and watch Nicky Thompson make up.

"Well, I'll ask for you." Amy Hatton hesitated and nodded.

Just as Amy Hatton was about to get up, there was a knock at the door of the lounge.

The assistant girl ran to open the door. After opening the door, she was surprised to find a group of people standing outside.

Outside was a group of young men with colorful hair and Asian looks. One of the young men in a suit at the front said to the assistant girl in English, "excuse me, we want to visit Miss Thompson!"

"Ah?" The assistant girl turned to look at Amy Hatton, the agent.

Amy Hatton got up and went to the door to have a look. At first, she showed a puzzled expression, but soon put it away, waved her hand, made a gesture of please, and said with a smile, "please come in!"

It seems that Amy Hatton knows people outside, but doesn't understand why they are here.

People from outside came in, eight young men in all. When they came in, seven of them stood in a row, and the one in the middle counted one two three. Then they bowed together and said, "Hello, we're btbs!"

The seven people speak English, but Xiao Yao feels a strong smell of pickles. Xiao Yao's taste of pickle is not just about his accent.

"Hello, I'm Nicky Thompson." Nicky Thompson stood up and said with a polite smile.

When these seven people came in, they were obviously different from when Xiao Yao just came in, so Nicky Thompson's makeup artist had stopped.

"Hello, I'm Nikki's agent. My name is Amy Hatton!" Amy Hatton said.

"Hello, I'm the agent of btbs. My name is John Lee!" Next to the older man in the suit said, "I've heard your name for a long time. Nice to meet you!"

"Me too!" Amy Hatton nodded and asked curiously, "what are you here for?"

Btbs is a Korean men's idol group which has been well-known in Europe and America in recent two years. Last year, they were nominated for the billboard "best group" award. Although they didn't win in the end, Amy Hatton knew them. But what makes Amy Hatton feel strange is that they are not nominated this year. They are only guests of the audience, neither nominated nor acting guests. I don't know why they are here tonight.