Chapter 945

If we say that there is no world-famous gambling city with worse basic conditions than Las Vegas, which is located in the desert of the western United States, there is no more successful gambling city than Las Vegas.

Now that someone has been able to carve out such a commercial miracle in the arid desert, there's nothing impossible about any other part of the world.

Simon heard Andre ward Milka's answer and immediately realized that the two people around him were obviously thoughtful.

Rovno, located in the hinterland of Eastern Europe, has few natural and cultural landscapes. If we want to develop tourism, we can only take the lead.

Gambling industry is just the easiest way to succeed.

Because of huge profits.

High gambling profits can bring sufficient funds, and then use these funds to artificially create all kinds of entertainment and leisure activities, further attract tourists, and then bring tourists into the casino, forming an ecological cycle.

The most typical case is still Las Vegas.

Today, although Las Vegas is still a world-famous gambling city, and the locomotive effect of casinos in the city's economic development has not changed at all, the proportion of gambling industry has been decreasing, but the catering, shopping, performance and other aspects are becoming more and more prosperous.

In fact, it also means that the economic structure of this city is becoming more and more healthy and stable.

It belongs to the long-term way.

However, gambling city is definitely not so easy to build.

Few cities around the world have been successful in decades of ambitious attempts to build a second Las Vegas.

The most unsuccessful case happened to be in the United States.

Atlantic City.

This city, located on the coast of New Jersey in the south of New York, decided to vigorously develop the gambling industry in the 1970s, and aspired to become Las Vegas on the east coast of the United States.

As a result, except in the 1980s, when the U.S. economic recovery was booming for a while, it was still tepid.

Many of the capital that invested heavily in Atlantic City is in deep trouble. After the new century, more than half of the casinos in Atlantic City have gone bankrupt, and the surrounding industrial ecology like Las Vegas has not developed.

Simon now controls a number of casinos in Atlantic City, such as the most famous Taj Mahal.

Although this is a chicken bone asset.

The planning stage of this hot spring resort now has the advice of the team in Atlantic City.

In the Theater Hall of the resort.

Simon thought for a moment, and finally said: "Andre, I appreciate your idea. However, you should know that if you want to develop the gambling industry here, and it's not a small fight now, it involves too many aspects, such as the industrial policy in the general direction of Ukraine, which can not be effective in a short time. In my opinion, to achieve the ultimate goal is only the first stage, it will take ten years.

To develop a gambling city, the first problem we need to face is money.

A lot of money.

Just like Atlantic City, in the development stage of the 1980s, all major capitals spent hundreds of millions of dollars on it, because only in this way can we artificially create a series of high-end entertainment places that can attract gamblers.

Secondly, it is also very important to provide policy support.

At present, gambling halls and small casinos are springing up in Ukraine, but at the national level, they just turn a blind eye to it, just like video halls everywhere in China, and there is no special industry regulation.

Therefore, if we want to develop a gambling city, the policy level is absolutely an unavoidable problem.

And it's not just that.

If Ukraine develops gambling industry, it will be mainly for overseas tourists, which inevitably involves visa policy, foreign exchange and other aspects.

None of these can be achieved overnight.

Thirdly, even if the above two core problems are solved, the gambling city may not be able to develop successfully.

It's like Atlantic City.

There is no shortage of money and policies, but it has not been successful, because it also involves the actual operation.

In the final analysis, the gambling industry is still a business. It needs skills to do business. Some people make money, others lose money.

Finally, there is the distribution of interests, and the impact of Ukraine's future political environment on the industry.

If the country falls into turbulence or even civil war again after the new century, even the state of Rovno, which is located in the northwest frontier, will not be affected, and the overseas tourists who are very sensitive to the public security environment will certainly be reduced due to their scruples.

In short, all kinds of hemp.

Andre listened to Simon's words and said seriously: "boss, Alexander and I have been studying the development plans of gambling cities all over the world, considering many problems. We didn't expect to succeed in the short term, mainly because we hope to get your support from the boss. "

Simon said: "for the time being, I can only say that I have no objection. As for the support and the degree of support, it still depends on the results of your work. Just like the expansion of the resort, you can start planning, but in the short term, I will definitely not make additional investment to you. I have invested a lot here, so it is not wise to blindly expand. "When they heard that they were disappointed at first, they responded immediately. Alexandre Avenue asked, "boss, you said we can't make additional investment. Does that mean that Andre and I can use our existing income for sustainable development?"

Simon nodded with a smile: "yes, but I don't hold 100% of the three projects, so you need to convince other shareholders first."

"Boss, in the process of lobbying, can we explain your attitude to other shareholders?"

"Yes, in this way, recently you will draw up a detailed written plan for me." Simon said, but did not forget to knock: "and, in the future, remember to communicate more with Celia, I do not want to happen beyond my expectations."

Andre and Alexander agreed.

So chatting, the stage is ready, a staff came to confirm, get permission, the performance officially began.

The story of Swan Lake tells the love story between a princess who has been cursed by the devil and a prince. It was written by the famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky according to German fairy tales. There have been many variant versions in the past century, especially the ending of the story. There are comedies and tragedies.

The third act selected by Simon is the biggest conflict turning point in the story. The devil's daughter, the black swan, tempts the prince to get engaged, which makes the prince abandon the agreement with the white swan.

The lights in the hall were dim, and when the music sounded, Simon no longer talked to the two people around him.

Even though he is not very interested in it, Simon never denies that it is a real art. In particular, Kiev ballet is a world-class ballet team. Every member of the team is selected by thousands. Basically, from childhood, the best years of these dancers' life are bound together with ballet.

The story begins at the palace ball where the prince chooses the bride.

as like as two peas, the black swans are the same as the white swans. The most exciting part is the interaction between the prince and the black swan in the second half.

And the most famous "32 circle whiplash".

When the principal dancer of the ballet on the stage completes this classic action calmly and skillfully, even if there are only a few people like Simon, they still clap together.

After about half an hour's performance, the dancers came on stage to take a curtain call.

Andre wadmirka finally came up to Simon again and whispered, "boss, do you want to go up and say hello to everyone?"

Simon noticed that the subordinate's expression was different when he spoke. Looking at the stage, most of the dancers obviously knew the identity of the audience tonight. They hesitated and looked forward to the curtain call. They laughed and nodded: "good."

So he got up and went to the stage.

Seeing the legendary Simon westero face-to-face, the dancers on the stage were at a loss. Fortunately, Andre, who was obviously good at coming, signaled a little, and everyone responded quickly and clapped one after another.

Simon patiently shook hands with the crowd one by one, and did not forget to compliment them in Russian. He came to the lead dancer who played the black-and-white swan. After a pause, he shook hands with a cool catkin and said, "you dance very well. May I know your name?"

The girl, who seemed to be in her mid-20s, looked Simon in the eye and said, "of course, Mr. westrow, my name is Kaja."

"Hello, Kaja, thank you for your performance tonight."

Simon added, releasing each other's little hands tactfully and walking to the next dancer.

The girl named Kajia watched Simon walk away with a smile on her face, but her eyes flickered. When the man was farther away, there was more loss in her expression, and she couldn't help thinking of the mv she saw last year.

I'm not as lucky as some women.

Simon said hello to a group of dancers and didn't stop any longer. Instead, he went to the resort's Casino at Andre's suggestion.

After walking out of the theater, Andre, who is beside Simon, seems to have no intention of saying: "boss, do you want me to invite Kajia for you, and have a drink later, or the boss may be interested in other girls?"

Simon just shook his head.

They're beautiful, but they're not Simon's food.

Andre didn't mention it any more, but he gave a wink to an attendant.

You come to the casino not far from the theater, a three story semi Baroque and semi Roman style building in the middle of the resort.

Simon and his party entered through a side door and went directly to the second floor, where they could see the corridor of the hall below.

The open hall with a total area of more than 1000 square meters is divided into several different areas, including slot machines, playing cards, dice and other playing methods. Of course, it can't compare with those large casinos that can't see the end at a glance, but it is also bustling and bustling at this time.

Looking around, there are small boxes on the second floor, mainly various standard gambling tables. According to Andre's introduction, the main difference is that the chips and consumption here are higher than those below.

There are VIP rooms and some suites on the third floor.

However, it is not open for the time being.At present, the main guests in this resort area are middle-class tourists from Western Europe and North America, and no top gamblers will appear here, so the third floor only serves some special guests occasionally.

Like Simon.

Standing on the porch and listening to Andre's detailed introduction, the middle-aged man leads Simon to the third floor.

First came a special hall.

The most remarkable is the equipment on one side of the hall, which is like the display cabinet of a clothing store.

Simon actually knows what it is. Forenoon, as like as two peas in the

, the six lights were shining in the cabinet. They were all dressed up in the same white long dress. They were standing in a row by coincidence. They were similar to Simon's eight in the hot spring estate.

Andre first glanced at Simon's expression and confirmed his boss's appreciation. Then he said, "boss, this is what Alexander and I have specially prepared for you. Since last year, we began to select the training staff here, but we only arranged some language training for them to ensure that they are very innocent girls."

Simon nodded with a smile: "yes, I'll take it away later."

Andre quickly agreed and said, "do you want them to come out first and say hello to you?"

"No," Simon said, shaking his head, "take me somewhere else."

Andre doesn't speak any more. He orders his entourage and invites Simon to leave the hall. Meanwhile, he looks at Alexander.

There's nothing wrong with this flattery.

In fact, at the beginning, they quietly studied their boss's preferences. They were going to choose some women with mature charm, well, maybe Celia Miller.

It had already started.

Then he gave up.

It's mainly because it's hard to explain some things about choosing this type of woman. If you meet a suspicious boss and make a fool of yourself, you really have to flatter the horse.

Finally, totally referring to the standard of girls in Chengnan villa, we chose six young girls, all of them from 14 to 16 years old.

That's no problem.

As Andre just said, these are all innocent girls, which can be easily proved by their own boss.

After seeing the casino, Simon sneaked past the other facilities of the resort and met the head of Kiev ballet who had just danced for him in a bar.

Simon probably guessed that it was Andre's intentional encounter. The girl was obviously enthusiastic, but Simon didn't say anything special.

Finally leave the resort, the time is already midnight.

Neil Bennett returned to Celia's two daughters and then came back to work as Simon's driver. However, when he went back, the team changed from three to five, two of them with six shallots.

Back to the hot spring manor, I found that it was also very busy here.

Simon won't tell him the news, but after getting the information from his father and brother, the three girls from Chengnan villa came over, and the other three girls who had been cleaned up by Simon and arranged to study in London all returned to Ukraine during the summer vacation, because Simon's attitude, whether it was the three girls themselves or others, naturally continued Think of them as Simon's women.

In addition, the tall sisters Eve besonovskova and Lyudmila besonovskova also appeared here.

Six first-generation scallions, eight second-generation scallions selected by grace, plus six wild scallions Simon just brought back, a total of 20 girls.

Anyway, Lyudmila, with her eyes wide open, felt that she was an eye opener.

Even Celia's expression was a little helpless when she saw Simon bringing back six girls.

Simon didn't argue that if he didn't want to worry about the fate of the six girls, he really liked collecting. It's good. I can afford it anyway.