"Bai Yu, please don't look at me like that. We're brothers. If others don't support you, I definitely will. Three hundred US dollars is nothing."
“Sneaker, it’s not that I’m afraid your money will go down the drain, but the total amount you’re showing here is three thousand three hundred dollars, and you’ve only bet a fraction of that?”
"Tell me, who did you bet the other three thousand dollars on? Who do you think has the best chance of winning than us?"
Although Bai Yu couldn't read English, he recognized the number $3300 at the very bottom of the betting page.
"Um, Team Steve, they are also one of the favorites to win this championship, with odds of only 1 to 7."
"Steve's team? Never heard of them. Snake, it's not that I'm not giving you this chance to make a fortune, but you should bet some more while my odds haven't dropped yet. If I win the championship, you'll be rich!"
After Bai Yu finished speaking, he saw Snake looking at him with the eyes of someone who cares for a child, as if to say: Don't think I'm easy to fool just because I'm not well-educated.
"Tch, if you don't believe me, fine, I'll place my bet myself."
"By the way, Snake, how do I place a bet? Can I, a foreigner, place a bet?"
"Of course you can, this gambling website is open to the whole world. But let me give you a piece of advice: only play this occasionally, and only when you are sure you can win. Don't get too involved."
I remember an old Chinese saying: "Gamblers, gamblers, in the end they'll lose everything!" Gamblers don't deserve sympathy!
"Where did you learn these old sayings? But gamblers really don't deserve sympathy. I'm just playing this once, supporting myself. I have a lot of confidence in myself."
Led by Snake, the group then went to the gambling company's offline location in Hawaii and spent $60,000 to place bets on their team.
The team had the most tuna and the highest total weight, making them double champions. Bai Yu also placed a bet of $10,000, as did Wang Hai. Together, they made $60,000.
Next, all that's left is to wait, waiting for the competition to begin, and also waiting for Li Shuang and Lu Sheng to arrive.
The competition was scheduled to start on March 16th in Hawaii, and Li Shuang and Lu Sheng arrived in Hawaii on the 14th.
For this competition, Lu Sheng even asked his fans for leave in the live broadcast room, and only after obtaining their approval did he get a half-month vacation.
The participation of Bai Yu and others has also generated considerable buzz on Chinese social media regarding this tuna fishing competition.
Fishing was already a popular sport, and with the participation of two big internet celebrities, Baiyu and Lusheng, plus the high prize money of the tuna fishing competition, as well as the high odds and total prize pool of the betting companies, the situation became even more exciting.
Not only has this attracted considerable attention on the domestic internet, but it has also garnered significant international attention.
As for why it has attracted so much attention, it's simply because of our people's strong will and never-give-up spirit.
Ever since some clever person exposed the gambling company's website, people have noticed that Bai Yu's team is so poorly regarded, yet the odds are so high, frighteningly high.
This has sparked dissatisfaction among netizens. If Bai Yu and his team were competing domestically, it would be one thing if they were looked down upon by others, since they would be considered family members regardless of the outcome.
But now they are participating in the International Tuna Fishing Championship, which represents the Chinese people. If they are looked down upon abroad, isn't that looking down on the Chinese people?
Although it was indeed Bai Yu and his team's first time participating in such a competition, and all four of them were amateur players, their chances of winning were not high, and the odds offered by the organizers were not too problematic.
However, our netizens are still unhappy, and they've deliberately made Bai Yu's team a favorite to win the championship, with the odds currently only one to ten.
The total amount invested by Bai Yu was as high as tens of millions of US dollars.
There are a total of 164 teams in this competition. Bai Yu's team ranked fourth in terms of investment amount, but in terms of investment amount, they are definitely the favorites to win the championship.
This is why it attracted attention abroad, leaving foreigners stunned and marveling at how easy it is to make money from Chinese people.
Some event organizers have even planned to invite Chinese participants to future events, promote them in China, and then partner with betting companies to make a fortune.
Bai Yu didn't know what those people on the internet were thinking. Anyway, after Bai Yu met Lu Sheng and Li Shuang, they told him about it, and he was stunned at the time.
Because we know our own situation, we severely crack down on companies like "Bo Cai" (a gambling platform). There are only two truly legal places to gamble: sports and welfare lotteries.
Even in these two places, you can't guarantee that it will be fair and just.
But now you're telling him that a large number of netizens in China have invested tens of millions of US dollars in these few people? Where did these people find the website? These people are really something else!
Well, aside from exclaiming "Awesome!", Bai Yu didn't say much else. Anyway, they weren't the ones who initiated this, so even if their results weren't great and netizens lost money, it had nothing to do with them.
No, that's not right either. Bai Yu also remarked that these netizens really have good eyesight; they could tell at a glance that they had the makings of champions.
However, he does not recommend that netizens place bets on them, since gambling is not a good thing, and it is better to play it less often.
As for Bai Yu and his team placing their own bets, it's because if they didn't even believe in themselves, how could they possibly win the championship?
Let's also give them some prestige; their previous betting amount of three hundred US dollars was too meager.
Then Bai Yu and his three friends each invested $30,000 in them, which later grew to tens of millions of dollars.
“Brother Yu, it’s lucky you told us early. When Ah Sheng and I placed our bets, our odds were 1 to 120. If we had bet now, even if we won, we would only have won a few hundred thousand, which is far less than before.”
"Indeed, who could have known our netizens would be so crazy, pushing the odds up to 1 to 10 in one go? But we still have to win, otherwise we'll lose all this money."
Let's not talk about this anymore. Let the outcome be as it may, as long as we've tried our best.
The match is almost over, let's go rent a boat first and check out Snake's place.
When it came to renting a boat in Hawaii, Snake was the first place that came to mind.
This guy is a local, after all. His hometown is a seaside town with all kinds of boats, which can fully meet the needs of white fishermen.
Soon, Bai Yu and his companions arrived at the seaside town, found Snake, and had him show them around the town's docks.
Bai Yu quickly found a fishing boat that was sixteen or seventeen meters long. This fishing boat was big enough for the four of them to handle.
Bai Yu then went to Snake to inquire about the rental price of the fishing boat. The rental price for this 16.6-meter fishing boat for seven days was US$25,000. If a captain was needed, it would cost an additional US$2,000.
Bai Yu then transferred $27,000 to Snake; they wanted the boat, and they would use it for the competition.
What Bai Yu didn't expect was that Snake didn't sell the money to someone else, but kept it for himself.
Because this fishing boat belongs to him!!!
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