When Hannah and Han Chui arrived in Germany ahead of schedule, Liang Liang instructed them to collect information on European Cup betting.
Now it's time to see how they've fared.
Liang Liang began to study the various betting options and odds offered by these gambling companies.
He has two games to choose from tonight.
Czech Republic vs. Italy, Portugal vs. Türkiye.
Liang Liang wasn't very interested in the second match. In 1996, these were two minnows in the European Cup, and not many people paid attention to them.
His attention was drawn to the Czech Republic vs. Italy match.
The Czech Republic is grouped with Italy, Russia, and Germany. They lost their first group match 0-2 to Germany. If they lose to Italy tonight, they will be eliminated.
Italy, as a traditional world powerhouse, naturally attracts a lot of attention, and most people are optimistic about Italy winning.
Therefore, the odds for this match clearly favor Italy.
The odds of the Czech Republic winning are 1 to 2.5.
The unit is meters.
Logically, the German mark should be used in Germany, but the US dollar is the world's circulating currency, and it can also be used for settlement.
Although the EU has been in operation for several years, the euro will not be used in practice until 1999. Europe is still in an era where various paper currencies are circulating everywhere.
At that time, the exchange rate between the Mark and the Chinese dollar was about one to four.
Han Chui and Hannah exchanged 200,000 US dollars for Liang Liang in Germany in advance.
Liang Liang planned to use this 200,000 US dollars to win money from foreigners openly and honestly.
However, he didn't dare to bet too much in the first game, only betting 10,000 US dollars on the score of 2:1.
He was unsure if the European Championship matches would change.
Let's test the waters first. It's best if things change; if they do, consider this 10,000 yuan as tuition.
Liang Liang certainly wouldn't be the one to place the bets in public; that task would naturally fall to Hannah and Han Chui, while Ban Ya and Huo Long would be in charge of keeping watch.
After placing his bets, Liang Liang went to sleep without a care in the world to adjust to the time difference.
While he was sleeping and adjusting to the time difference, the first upset of this European Championship occurred.
Czech Republic defeated Italy 2-1.
Liang Liang got off to a flying start, winning his first sum of money, though it was only 25,000 US dollars.
Based on the 1996 exchange rate, 25,000 US dollars would be equivalent to 200,000 Chinese dollars.
That's not a small amount either.
In another match, Portugal defeated Türkiye 1-0.
These results are all correct, it seems that this European Championship is no different from the last one.
Of course, they came to perform, to represent the country, and to spread Eastern culture to the people of Germany.
This is the main task; betting on the European Championship is just a side project.
So, after adjusting to the time difference on the 15th, the entire cast began rehearsals the following day.
Liang Liang, number 15, did not place any bets on the European Cup.
One of the two matches on the 15th is France vs. Spain, and Scotland vs. England.
The odds for these two matches are low, so there's not much to be gained. Another reason is that Liang Liang wants to see if the results will be a draw between France and Spain, or a loss between Scotland and England.
If the result comes out tonight, then there's nothing to worry about anymore.
The place where they rehearsed was an old club, which, like in China, seemed to be a workers' club in a factory.
East Germany was originally a socialist country, and it was common for companies in socialist countries to have clubs, so there was nothing strange about it.
This old club used to be a rehearsal place for some rock bands in Berlin, but now it has been arranged by the German side for them to train.
However, the schedule is somewhat lacking; they only have a few hours to rehearse in the afternoon, and there are performances here in the evening.
Six bands came, but four hours is only enough time for two or three bands to rehearse, which is simply not enough.
If you want to have enough time, you have to pay for a venue yourself.
Liang Liang asked Hannah how much it would cost to rent a venue.
The answer he received startled him: converted to Chinese currency, renting a venue for a day would cost five or six thousand yuan.
Let's just make do with practicing at the venue arranged by the foreigners.
Moreover, they don't clear the training area during training sessions.
Since they are here for exchange, local bands should be allowed to observe their training sessions.
Hannah and Mia could only express their regret about this.
The first day of rehearsals went fairly smoothly.
The local bands who were observing were whispering and chattering amongst themselves, but they didn't do anything.
However, when Liang Liang and his group entered the club again at 1 p.m. the next day, they found that the foreigners were still occupying the stage.
Hannah and Mia were blushing and arguing with each other.
"Hannah! What happened?" Liang Liang walked over and asked.
"These bands aren't going to give us a free show today."
"Why?"
“They said we don’t play rock and roll, and we have no right to occupy the venue and waste their rehearsal time.”
That was a perfect display of swagger, it deserves full marks.
So all you guys play is rock and roll?
The bands Liang Liang brought this time include those already signed with Haiyun Audio-Visual and those that will be signed with Haiyun Audio-Visual in the future.
Xu Wei, Yin Nahe, and Lan Sha were all signed with Haiyun.
Hailanghua, Mayday, and Black Panther will also be coming to Haiyun in the future.
Night Sky is also about to sign a contract with Haiyun.
Since Liang Liang was given the opportunity to allocate it, I should definitely keep it for myself.
Being in a good position gives them an advantage, and they also have the capability to do so.
Yesterday's rehearsal featured Mayday and Ocean Waves, while Yinna River also rehearsed two songs.
None of the other bands performed.
These three bands don't really look like rock bands. Mayday and Sea Waves are more accurately described as pop bands, while Yinna River is simply a folk band.
Yinnahelai is not going on stage alone, but rather to perform in conjunction with the Blue Shark Band.
It's not entirely wrong for the German devils to say they don't play rock and roll.
Westerners are generally straightforward, which is called being stubborn in China. Once they've made up their minds about something, nothing can change their minds.
The only way to change their minds is to beat them into submission with violence.
“Ask your compatriots how they can take over the venue from us. Don’t talk to them about anything else, just ask them how to take over the venue.”
Trying to reason with foreigners is sometimes no different from talking nonsense; it's really ineffective.
It's better to ask directly to find out the reason and then come up with a solution.
Hannah conveyed Liang Liang's message.
The other party went on and on.
"They said if you can play two real rock songs that they like, they'll give us the factory," Hannah translated.
Although it was an unreasonable request, Liang Liang had no choice but to do as the other party said.
When you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head.
Fortunately, Liang Liang had been worried about this situation when she arrived, so she had rehearsed two pieces by the German National Orchestra.
It's coming in handy now.
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