Chapter 372: New Casino Opens, Las Vegas Enters a New Era

Everyone knew that MacArthur was arrogant, but he was so arrogant that he published his battle plan directly in the newspaper, which surprised many people.

However, this matter has been confirmed. It was indeed MacArthur who agreed to let the newspaper publish it, and it was not the newspaper that made the decision on its own. This makes people feel that MacArthur is arrogant.

A marshal.

Make the battle plan public.

What a courage and boldness this was, but of course, what a stupid act. When the U.S. Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff saw the report, they immediately sent a telegram to MacArthur, asking him whether it was a smokescreen released to deliberately deceive the enemy, because this tactic had also been used in World War II.

"No, I just plan to land in Incheon. Don't worry, I will succeed." MacArthur said straightforwardly.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was speechless about MacArthur's behavior, "The enemy will prepare in advance, which will make the operation infinitely more difficult."

"I will succeed, definitely." After sending this sentence, MacArthur no longer paid attention to any telegrams sent by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

MacArthur now ignored the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and even the president didn't care. In later generations, when Truman wanted to meet MacArthur, he had to fly from the United States to Wake Island, and MacArthur was several hours late.

During the war, he turned a deaf ear to the president's orders and took political actions on his own, which exceeded the authority of a general. In addition, the war was lost and he was beaten up by the rabbit and fell from grace. Finally, the president could no longer tolerate him and finally removed him. MacArthur returned to the United States in disgrace.

MacArthur is now at his most arrogant.

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As the war began, the U.S. stock market also underwent major changes, with military and lifestyle stocks soaring.

When the United States announced its entry into the war, major military industry stocks began to rise, especially after some military industry companies announced that they had received government orders, their stock prices soared rapidly. Everyone knew that these companies were going to make money.

As the saying goes, a cannon shot is worth a fortune.

That's really a lot of money.

At the same time, people's livelihood stocks also rose, because the war required a lot of supplies, and the stock prices were also driven up.

Financial investment companies in Japan took the opportunity to promote the product vigorously. The Japanese now know that Japan has received a large number of orders from the United States, and factories are increasing production at full capacity, so future market prosperity can be foreseen.

Investment in Japan was already very hot, and now military stocks have soared, and investment companies have taken the opportunity to promote them vigorously. The whole Japanese society has become impetuous and full of passion.

Many people who were originally relatively conservative also took out antiques, gold, and land to mortgage to banks and let financial investment companies help them invest.

Investment companies are becoming increasingly prosperous.

As July approached, Hardy prepared to return to the United States because there were several important things he needed to do there.

Hardy's private plane landed directly at the Las Vegas airport. This time Hardy came back mainly for matters related to the Las Vegas headquarters and two casinos.

After two years of construction, the Hardy Group's headquarters building in Las Vegas was finally completed. The building is more than 200 meters high, and its exterior walls are inlaid with golden glass walls, shining brightly in the sun.

Andy was already waiting here. Hardy and Andy stood outside the building, looking at the golden building shining in the sun. Hardy smiled and said, "It's very eye-catching, isn't it? People will remember it at a glance."

Andy smiled and nodded. This shape was indeed easy to remember, just like a golden brick. Later, this building was really called the Golden Brick Building.

This building will become one of the headquarters of the Hardy Group in the future, mainly responsible for the Las Vegas casino business. As for Los Angeles, it will still be the main office location of the Hardy Group, responsible for other businesses. The Hardy Group has considered building a new headquarters in Los Angeles.

However, Los Angeles is located in an earthquake zone, so the headquarters will not be built in a tall building, but of course the floor area can be larger.

In the future, plans are underway to build a headquarters building in New York to manage the Hardy Group's business on the West Coast.

The most important thing is that the two casinos built previously have been completed and are ready for use. The investment in these two casinos is over 100 million US dollars. They cover a large area and are very grand. As soon as you enter the Las Vegas Strip, you will be attracted by the two building complexes.

Hardy and Andy first walked into the Caesars Palace Casino.

Romanesque architectural style,

One word is the best way to describe it.

Magnificent.

Everywhere is golden.

Maybe people in later generations will think this color is very luxurious.

But nowadays, the first feeling people have when they come in is shock. They will be deeply shocked by this magnificent feeling.

The casino manager accompanied Hardy on his inspection tour. Andy said to Hardy:

"The management of the two casinos has been formed. We are now recruiting dealers, service personnel, hotel service teams, shopping mall management teams, and luxury goods merchants to enter the shopping street. It is estimated that it will be completed in another half a month."

The gaming tables and slot machines in the casino are already in place.

There are already merchants displaying their wares on the shopping street. Hardy has previously acquired shares of so many luxury brands, all of which will open stores in Las Vegas. Even for luxury brands whose shares were not acquired, Hardy has had the company sign exclusive agreements with them.

Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Blancpain, Breguet, Rolex, Chanel, Hermès, Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Prado, Dior, Gucci, Bulgari, Lancome, Estee Lauder...

There are thousands of luxury brands, selling everything from clothes, shoes, jewelry, watches, bags to cosmetics.

After leaving Caesar Palace, we came to the Venetian Hotel, which has a very unique style. You can take a gondola to take a tour around the huge casino. There are casinos, shopping areas, leisure areas, and food areas.

The luxury stores are similar to those at Caesars Palace, and the food court has over thirty restaurants where you can taste food from more than a dozen countries.

The current situation is to determine when to officially open and what kind of activities to hold to attract tourists and gamblers.

After all, the two casinos can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time, and it would be a huge failure if they were too quiet when they opened.

In the conference room, everyone looked at Hardy.

"By what time can we recruit staff and open luxury stores and be completely ready?" Hardy asked.

"It can be done around the 25th of this month," said the person in charge.

"We have to get it done on the 25th. We also have to organize the event. There's no need to rush. To get everything done to the best of our ability, let's schedule it for August, and the date will be August 5th," said Hardy.

Hardy had looked at the almanac before, and there were no good days after the 25th of July, and the time was too late. August 2nd was good, August 5th was the best, 9th was also good, and the next best day would be the 15th.

August 5th is the most suitable date, and it is a Saturday, which is also suitable for tourists to come and have fun for two days.

The time was set, and the next thing was how to promote it. Hardy said, "We'll book a month's worth of space in the Global Times, with large-scale promotions every day. We'll also book prime time slots on ABC and Las Vegas TV for large-scale promotions."

"Let every American know that the two largest casinos in Las Vegas will open on the same day."

"Increase the number of buses from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to ensure that tourists can arrive in Las Vegas smoothly and on time."

"It was announced that a week-long concert would be held in Las Vegas starting from August 5, with Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, and many other big-name stars performing on stage."

"Elizabeth Taylor, Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh, Garbo, Ingrid Bergman... these people will also attend as guests."

"I have already told Edward's agency that they will hold a Victoria's Secret Angels lingerie show after the Venetian event venue is completed."

"Inform the Los Angeles company to hold a two-week boxing match at Caesars Palace Boxing Gym. Invite the most famous boxers in the United States to participate and set prize money. Of course, the casino can also open for this event."

Originally, the mafia had an underground boxing ring. After Hardy's guidance, Bill has legalized this business. Now Bill controls the boxing competitions on the East Coast and is preparing to organize his own competition.

At present, WBC and WBA have not appeared yet. There is only one NBA. This is not a basketball organization, but an intercontinental boxing organization. After development, the NBA gradually grew stronger and was later renamed WBA.

Later, IBF and WBO came into being.

"Andy, remember that on the day of the opening ceremony, I will invite officials and congressmen from Nevada, California, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco to attend in my name."

"In my name, I invite the chairmen, directors, and presidents of the California Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Morgan Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, the Texas Foundation, the DuPont Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and all the companies that have cooperative relations with the Hardy Group to participate."

Andy took note and said with a smile, "I estimate there are thousands of them."

The casino manager looked at Hardy with admiration in his eyes. The boss was really amazing. He knew so many big shots. How could such a business be difficult to do?

After handing the matter over to his subordinates, Hardy and Andy returned to Los Angeles. As soon as the car returned to the manor, Taylor ran out of the house in a dress. Seeing Hardy disregarding his ladylike image, she pounced on Hardy.

Hardy caught Taylor and picked her up.

"Hardy, I missed you so much." Taylor said coquettishly, and then kissed Hardy hard.

The two returned to the room and without much nonsense, a fight began. At first the girl fought back hard, but was quickly defeated and was whipped the rest of the time.

Over and over again.

Eighteen-year-old Taylor, with purple eyes, is an elf-like girl, at the most beautiful age and with the most beautiful body.

The room finally returned to silence. Taylor lay on Hardy's chest, panting and saying, "Actually, I can give birth to a child for you."

"No, you're too young. You've just reached adulthood, preferably after 25." Hardy said, stroking Taylor's wet buttocks.

Then he mentioned going to the casino to be a guest performer, and Taylor was naturally willing.

The next day, Hardy called Ava to come over, and the two had another exciting conversation. Naturally, they agreed to hold a concert.

Recently Ava has not been filming a movie, but recording a new album. She is now a famous movie star and a famous singer. In addition, in the second half of the year, there will be a new season of ABC TV's "Super Idol" talent show, and she will be a guest, so she cannot leave.

On the third day, Iliana naturally came to report on her work.

Irena grew up very quickly. She is a well-known TV host and vice president, and has the ability to stand on her own.

As for Marilyn Monroe, she is still in Miami, filming the final scenes of the movie "Some Like It Hot". When she heard that Hardy was in Los Angeles, she excitedly said, "The filming will be finished soon. I will be back in a week at most. Wait for me."

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