Entertaining Children

The crew will start the film in two days, which means that the preparatory work has basically been done. The rental and layout of the shooting location, materials such as Fuhuadao, and the schedule of actors and staff have all been confirmed and negotiated. Even if Xiao Yao is the largest producer and producer of this TV drama project, he cannot arbitrarily decide to delay the start-up time of the crew at this time.

Therefore, even though he really wanted to go to American casinos with Yan Ke and the others to kill everyone, Xiao Yao could only helplessly say to the video: "Yan Ke, I can't come to the United States recently. I will join the filming team in two days , before I can come to the United States free after filming, it will probably take at least two or three months!"

"Two or three months?" Yan Ke said with a smile, "Big stars are really busy!"

"I can't help it. I can't change things that have been decided a long time ago!" Xiao Yao said, "But it's okay, you go play first! After I finish filming this movie, I will go to the United States to participate in the training and exams of your card counting team. It's time for you to take me there!"

Although Xiao Yao felt a little upset that he couldn't go to the United States to play card counting immediately, but considering their mentality, Xiao Yao didn't even mention asking them to wait two or three months before going. In Xiao Yao's memory, Jeff Ma and his companions in the previous life went to and from the casino many times for a long time. Xiao Yao didn't think they would lose interest in this matter after a few months or a few times of playing.

"Okay," Yan Ke nodded, and continued, "But there is something I want to remind you!"

"What?" Xiao Yao asked curiously.

"Actually, card counting has been done twenty or thirty years ago." Yan Ke said, "Over the years, many casinos have discovered that gamblers rely on card counting to win money in casinos. There is a countermeasure. Now there is a special card dealing machine that returns all the cards used up in each round to the card dealing machine and reshuffles the cards. This means that when each round of cards is dealt, the number of cards in the machine is It is unchanged, and the position has changed again, so it is impossible to calculate the degree to which the remaining cards are beneficial to oneself, and it is impossible to count the cards.”

"Is there such a thing?" Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

Card counting is actually a probability problem in mathematics. Its essence is to calculate the degree to which the remaining cards are beneficial to oneself, so as to make a judgment. It doesn't guarantee winning every round, it just improves the odds of winning a little bit overall. But even a few percentage point increase in odds is enough to make a big difference.

Since card counting is to calculate the degree to which the remaining cards are beneficial to oneself, this method can only be used in the gambling method of blackjack. Because every round of blackjack is passed, the used cards will be discarded, so that there will be remaining cards to be counted. If the number of cards in each game is the same, then there is no way to count.

In fact, the machine Yan Ke mentioned was similar in his previous life, called a snail shuffler, which is used by casinos to deal with professional gamblers who count cards. After each round, the croupier puts the cards that have been dealt into the machine through a card inlet installed on the machine. Randomly inserted back into different positions of the deck. In this way, the card counters can't count at all.

There are also card counting people in this world, and there were people who specialized in card counting in the 1990s. Although there is no Jeff Ma in this world, there is no autobiography of Jeff Ma or other card counters, there is no that movie, card counting is not as well-known as in the previous life, but after all these years, the casino will come up with countermeasures.

However, Xiao Yao had only watched that movie in his previous life, and he had never entered a real casino no matter in his previous or present life, so he didn't know much about this situation.

"That's not right," Xiao Yao thought for a while, and then said, "Didn't you just say that you went to the casino to test your card counting method during the spring break, and you won money? Since the casino uses that kind of machine, how did you do it?" Winning money? Not to mention luck,

If it is luck, how can you prove that your card counting method is feasible? "

"There are a lot of casinos in Las Vegas," Yan Ke said with a smile, "We just need to find a casino or gaming table that doesn't use that kind of machine."

"There is no casino that uses that kind of machine?" Xiao Yao asked strangely, "You didn't go to some underground casino, did you? Have you considered your personal safety?"

"Of course not!" Yan Ke laughed, "We are researchers, maybe we can be regarded as professional gamblers, but we are definitely not professional gamblers. How could we go to those underground black casinos at the expense of our personal safety? We all go to licensed casinos. Regular casinos, but those regular casinos, not every blackjack table in every casino uses that kind of card dealing machine."

"Why?" Xiao Yao asked puzzled, "Since that kind of machine can deal with card counting, it's fine with those underground black casinos, why don't those regular casinos use it?"

"Because that kind of special card dealing machine is very expensive," Yan Ke said, "There are so many casinos in Las Vegas, and card counters are not everywhere, so some casinos are not equipped with that kind of card dealing machine. machines, some casinos are only partially equipped.”

"Also," Yu Gang took over the conversation, "card counting takes a long time, and it takes a lot of rounds to be effective. You can't win much by counting cards in a short period of time, or you won't win at all. Win money. The casino has a blacklist system. Once you are found to be counting cards, you can be blacklisted immediately. The casino can afford this loss in a short period of time, so it is not equipped with that expensive card dealing machine .”

"Blacklist?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Yes!" Yan Ke said, "the casino has a blacklist. Some people are caught cheating in the casino, and they will be blacklisted by the casino. Of course, from a legal point of view, card counting does not count as a thousand dollars." Cheating, but once the casino finds out that you are counting cards, it will blacklist you. They can't call the police to catch you, but they can refuse to improve their service for you, please get out politely!"

"Then you haven't been discovered this time, haven't you been blacklisted?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Not yet," Yan Ke said, "But we didn't stay long this time, and we didn't win much. I guess this situation is only temporary!"

"Do you need to check the ID when entering the casino and exchanging chips?" Xiao Yao tentatively asked, "It shouldn't matter even if you are blacklisted? What's the big deal next time you go to make up?"

"We used to put on makeup, but the effect of this method is limited." Yan Ke said, "Casinos now have very complete monitoring equipment, and some big casinos are equipped with high-tech face recognition technology. We even heard that some casinos use Go to the skull comparison software. No matter how much you put on makeup, you can’t change the shape of the skull, right? Also, the blacklists of many casinos are shared, so changing a casino won’t help much.”

"Damn it!" Xiao Yao swears, "Isn't there nothing to play?"

"Playing is still worth playing!" Yan Ke laughed, "We tell you this, just to remind you in advance that when you go to a casino to count cards to play blackjack, you can choose only a limited number of tables, and the time you can play is also limited. It is impossible to win big money with this method. But if you just want to test the effect of our card counting and experience the feeling of winning casino money with card counting, you can still do it!"

"You're a big star, so you don't need money at all," Chen Jiwei interrupted with a smile, "I don't think you plan to make a fortune playing blackjack at the casino, do you?"

"I really don't intend to get rich by playing blackjack in casinos," Xiao Yao smiled wryly, "It's just that there is a plan that seems to be cancelled."

"Plan? Do you still have a plan?" Yan Ke asked curiously, "What plan? Tell me!"

"Forget it, anyway, I'm not interested in it right now, and I probably want to cancel it, so there's nothing to say." Xiao Yao said, "If I really want to carry out that plan, I'll tell you guys again!"

When participating in the Mathematical Olympiad training camp, Xiao Yao asked the three people to study how to count cards and play blackjack. Xiao Yao did it on a whim. upset.

His original plan was to go to the casino with the three of them first, and after they had an impact, he would find someone to write their autobiography and publish a book for them, and then make it into a movie. If possible, it would be even better if the movie was financed entirely from their casino winnings. However, after listening to the introduction of Yan Ke and others, Xiao Yao realized that these people would never become Jeff Ma in his previous life, so autobiography and movies were naturally unnecessary.

The development of the two worlds is similar. Although there was no Jeff Ma in this world before, now, let alone Xiao Yao and the others, even other card counters have almost no possibility of becoming Jeff Ma.

In the previous life, someone wrote an autobiography for Jeff Ma, and later his story was adapted into a movie by Hollywood and put on the big screen, all because the fact that he won tens of millions of dollars from the casino can be called a legend, and it feels very shocked.

But that was in the 1990s. There is a big difference between the tens of millions of dollars at that time and the tens of millions of dollars at this time.

Now even if someone can win tens of millions of dollars from the casino like Jeff Ma, although it can become a hot news, its legendary level, or the degree of shock to people, cannot be compared with that of Jeff Ma at that time of. Not to mention that under the current situation, it is almost impossible for someone to win tens of millions of dollars from a casino in a certain country by counting cards.

The tens of millions of dollars Jeff Ma won from the casino was not won in one day or in one gamble, but the accumulation of countless card counts in the casino over the years. It should also be noted that the time when Jeff Ma criss-crossed the casino was in the 1990s of the last century in his previous life.

In the previous life, the technology in the 1990s was not developed enough, and the face recognition technology was not so perfect, let alone the civilian skull recognition technology that could be used by casinos, and that special kind of skull recognition technology had not been invented at that time. The card-dealing machine, so Jeff Ma was able to win money by counting cards in and out of many different casinos for several years.

Nowadays, the technological equipment of casinos is more advanced, and the number, frequency and time of gaming tables available for card counters are greatly reduced compared with those in the 1990s. As it stands, it is almost impossible for any card counter to win as much money from the casino again by counting cards. I went there a few times, and I was caught and blacklisted by the casino long ago. If you really want to win tens of millions from the casino, the people in the technical department of the casino will not have to work.

Now the proportion of professional players who rely on card counting to play blackjack is definitely very, very low among gamblers, but in terms of absolute numbers, it seems that it is not very small.

Without a legendary figure like Jeff Ma in the previous life, most of the autobiographical books would be gone. Even if someone else published an autobiography, the possibility of becoming a bestseller would be much lower. As for the movie, it's not impossible to make it, but most likely it won't be a biographical movie, but a new type of gambling movie that exposes a certain type of people in a certain industry. In terms of interest and topicality, such a movie will give people a much weaker feeling, and Xiao Yao's willingness to make it will suddenly decrease a lot.

It was Xiao Yao who proposed to these three people to count cards and go to the casino to play blackjack, but Xiao Yao was thinking about making a movie out of his autobiography and never revealed it to these three people. Now Xiao Yao's interest in his heart is greatly reduced, and of course he will not tell them, lest the three of them listen to it and keep thinking about it.

"Okay, since it's a plan to be canceled, then we won't ask any more questions." Yan Ke and others nodded.

Although the three of them didn't have much contact with Xiao Yao, they did understand Xiao Yao's temperament to some extent. It was difficult for Xiao Yao to pry it out of his mouth if he didn't want to tell them. In addition, they also believed that Xiao Yao would look for them when he said that the plan was going to be implemented, so they were not in a hurry for this moment.

"Then we've made a deal?" Xiao Yao said to the phone screen, "Go and play first, and I'll contact you after the filming of this movie on my side is over, and fly to the United States to find you!"

Even if he can't become the Jeff horse of this world, Xiao Yao still plans to experience winning money in the casino by counting cards.

"Okay, no problem!" Yan Ke said with a smile.

"There's nothing else, so that's it?" Yan Ke asked again.

"Okay, goodbye! See you in America later!" Xiao Yao waved at the phone screen.

After hanging up the video call, Xiao Yao collapsed on the sofa holding the phone.

Although the fact that he could not become the Jeff Ma of this world still made Xiao Yao a little upset, but at least the mathematical model of card counting was made, and after a while, he could go to an American casino to experience the feeling of card counting for himself, Xiao Yao's mood It's not too bad either.

Besides, even if I can't win tens of millions in casinos like Jeff Ma, which arouses the amazement of the world, but I am a star, even if I win hundreds of thousands of him quietly in American casinos through card counting, this After the matter is exposed, the influence may not be small, and the jaws may drop by then, which should be a very interesting thing.

Furthermore, how much you can win in gambling is also related to the betting capital. In his previous life, Jeff Ma was not a rich man when he went to the casino, and his gambling capital was probably not large, but now he is a rich man, and it is legal to gamble in American casinos. If the bet is bigger, he can win more. Some. Card counting is not a Hong Kong-style gambling movie. When people talk about how much you have won, most of them will not specifically mention the amount of gambling money you brought.

"By the way!" Thinking of this, Xiao Yao suddenly jumped up from the sofa, then picked up his phone and started making calls.