Chapter 445: Chapter 444: Diamond Ga Hall
“You big battery, do you think everyone is like you?” Wang Hao laughed and scolded, “How do I have so much ti to pick up girls and play every day?”
“Haha, that’s easy to say,” Sun Jian Country laughed, “Brother Hao, are you busy tonight? How about coming to my place to hang out?”
“Sure,” Wang Hao agreed imdiately, “Send the address, and I’ll head over.”
Soon after, Sun Jian Country sent the address. Wang Hao quickly went back to his room, got dressed, and grabbed his phone, keys, wallet, and cards—checking that he wasn’t missing anything—before setting off.
With the GPS, the journey was quick. In roughly twenty minutes, Wang Hao arrived at the address given by Sun Jian Country—beneath the Diamond Entertainnt City.
It was a building that could be described as resplendent, a three-story structure with a huge spotlight at the entrance. A sign overhead read “Diamond Entertainnt City” in big, flashy letters, radiating a sense of opulence.
Sun Jian Country, with his braided hair, was standing at the door. Spotting Wang Hao, he hurried over and said, “Brother Hao! Haha, I’ve been aning to call you these past few days, but I figured you’d be pretty busy, so I hesitated.”
“Let’s skip the formalities between us brothers,” Wang Hao patted Sun Jian Country’s arm and then, looking at the grand sign of the entertainnt city, smiled, “This place looks high-end! Investing in it must have cost a pretty penny, right?”
“Not at all,” Sun Jian Country scratched his head sheepishly, “This is a big boss’s property. The reason I’m here is because it’s easy to find. Actually, my buddies and I opened our venue over there…” He pointed to a small door next to them—Diamond Ga Hall!
Wang Hao: “…”
Do you know what that’s like? It’s just like the difference between the Rose Hotel and the Rose Hotel in ‘Dostic Agent’…
One is five-star, while the other can’t even count as having stars…
“Sorry about that,” Sun Jian Country scratched his head again, feeling embarrassed, “We really didn’t have much capital. We only had enough to open a tiny ga hall like this.”
“You must still be able to earn a fair bit in a day with this ga hall, right?” Wang Hao slapped Sun Jian Country’s shoulder with a chuckle, “No worries, as buddies, there’s no need to be shy. This looks good to . Does your friend know so people higher up? Running this kind of business won’t work without so connections.”
“Know so people? Please,” Sun Jian Country took out a cigarette, lit one for Wang Hao, and then lit one for himself, “My friend’s uncle is just a minor auxiliary police officer at the station; he can’t do much but give us a heads-up at most. There was nothing to be done. I didn’t learn much at school, couldn’t do much after graduation, so I took out all the money my parents had saved for my wedding—spent 160,000 to open this small ga hall. It just about covers so pocket change of about ten thousand or so a month.”
“Well, that’ll do,” Wang Hao laughed, “At least it’s a money-making business.”
“That’s true; can’t always rely on my parents, right?” Sun Jian Country then led Wang Hao inside.
Once inside the Diamond Ga Hall, Wang Hao took a brief look around.
The place was smoky, dense with the scent of cigarettes. There weren’t many ga machines—about thirty or so. He didn’t see the usual King of Fighters series from his past life, but the types were similar: fighting gas, platforrs, shooter gas, and so fruit machines used for betting coins.
At that mont, there were about fifteen or so people inside, mostly eighteen or nineteen-year-olds who seed like high school students simply killing ti with nothing better to do.
“These can’t earn much in a month, can they?” Wang Hao asked as he looked around, “How much purchasing power do these kids have?”
“Of course not,” Sun Jian Country led Wang Hao upstairs while saying, “This stuff is really just for show, a bit of misdirection. Those few fruit machines can maybe make a hundred or two a day, but for the others, even ten or so bucks a day is pretty good. Who plays arcade gas nowadays with the rise of smartphones and computers? Our real money-makers are upstairs.”
Wang Hao was aware of this.
A ga hall relying solely on arcade machines would starve its owner. The real money was usually made upstairs with fish ga machines and poker machines—that’s where the significant inco flow was.
The two of them reached the second floor, and sure enough, as Wang Hao had expected, there was a semblance of a casino vibe. A few fruit machines were scattered about, along with a Blackjack table and a high-low ga, and there was even a Texas Hold’em table with a few players sitting in front of the dealer, waiting for the cards. In the distance, there were two fish shooting ga machines and a poker machine, each with a few players engaged in play.
These were clearly professional gamblers, particularly those at the poker machine. One guy was hitting the buttons so hard it echoed, and the most impressive one had even taken off his shoes to use them to hit the keys…
“They’re really going at it, huh?” Wang Hao observed, “Could they be making thousands a day?”
“No way it’s that much,” Sun Jian Country shook his head, “Losing a thousand or a few hundred in a day is already quite good for them. This is a small establishnt; we can’t afford to go too big, or else no one would be able to cover for us if real trouble started. Honestly, these people are here because they can’t afford to play in the neighboring Diamond Entertainnt City. They just co here to satisfy their urge to gamble. If we ever went too large, my place would be trashed in no ti.”
“That makes sense,” if the stakes were really high, they wouldn’t even need the local toughs to join in—the Diamond Entertainnt City next door could take care of it by itself.
Since Wang Hao was there to support, he should also play sothing. Pointing at one of the fish ga machines in front of him, which was a fish-catching ga, he said, “I’m not really good at the rest; how about I give this a try?”
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