397 gambling game, the first public betting in Beijing

It's not that Feng Qingchen is obsessed with money, but she is too poor. As a doctor, she is generally not short of money, but she hasn't received any surgery that can bring her high income for a long time. She is in urgent need of making a small fortune now, knowing that she is heavily in debt.

The Feng Mansion was burned down and she was left with nothing. Wang Jinling paid the compensation and resettlement fees for her. She now owed the Wang family a large sum of money. Besides, she also needed money to support the reconstruction of the Feng Mansion.

Although her medical skills were pretty good, there were too few people who accepted her medicine. Normally, she only charged a few cents for treating ordinary people. With that little money, she couldn't even pay off her debts, let alone maintain her normal life.

She is just a doctor, not a savior. She is not so great as to sell all her property for her patients. Doctors are also human beings and need to live. Besides, if doctors do not have sufficient material guarantees, how can they focus on their work and their patients?

Money, money, money, she needs to make money now, and Su Wan's challenge has brought her an excellent opportunity. When she thought of the benefits this opportunity would bring, Feng Qingchen became excited and felt that Su Wan was not so annoying anymore.

Uh... realizing that she was too excited, Feng Qingchen quickly lowered her head, and her long eyelashes fluttered down, covering the gleam in her eyes.

She also wanted Su Wenqing to take the initiative to investigate the affairs of the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion.

"Qingchen? Are you okay?" Su Wenqing became more and more certain that Feng Qingchen was in trouble. He had to investigate and get to the bottom of it, otherwise Jiuqing would definitely not let her go.

"I'm fine. I've come up with a plan to make money. Do you want to hear it?" When a normal person talks about this kind of thing, they will definitely be excited with their eyes shining. Feng Qingchen is the opposite. She is calm and rational, with a calm expression. She doesn't look excited at all.

Although Su Wenqing was worried, making money was more important than anything else. He had recently been collecting grain and had spent most of his money. He was worried about not having working capital. After the grain incident, Su Wenqing believed in Feng Qingchen's business acumen.

"What's the plan? Tell me about it." The Su family would not miss any opportunity to make money.

"Let's start a gambling game. Aren't Su Wan and I going to compete? By then, someone in the imperial city will definitely want to start a gambling game. Instead of letting others do it, why don't we do it ourselves?" Feng Qingchen's black eyes flashed with an unfathomable light, which formed a sharp contrast with her calm face.

Su Wenqing felt a chill, and found that Feng Qingchen was so imposing. He asked weakly, "Can you control winning or losing?"

Su Wenqing did not forget that when someone started a bet on whether Feng Qingchen could cure Wang Jinling's eyes, Feng Qingchen took the opportunity to make a huge profit.

"No." It's not that Feng Qingchen lacks confidence, but even if she wins, she won't make much money.

"If you can't, then why start a bet? If the odds are not set well, you might even lose money. The last time the dealer bet on whether you could cure Wang Jinling's eyes, he had to sell his children." The Su family is involved in all kinds of money-making industries, including gambling. However, the risk of betting on Feng Qingchen's affairs is too great, and Su Wenqing dare not take the risk.

Feng Qingchen smiled, his eyes moving, flashing a bewitching light: "Since I want to open a gambling game and be the banker, it must be a sure win."

After what happened last time, Feng Qingchen had some understanding of Dongling's gambling games. There were all kinds of gambling games, but with very few tricks. Generally, it was just losing or winning, with different odds at most.

For example, in the competition between her and Su Wan, the dealer opened the betting market, and buyers could either bet on her to win or on Su Wan to win. At most, the odds would change, but in Feng Qingchen's opinion, this change was not exciting enough, or it did not stimulate her to gamble.

No matter how high the dealer's odds are, which is twenty to one, you can calculate how much money you will get for one bet. There is no excitement and craziness of gambling at all.

Gambling is about making all gamblers crazy so that the dealer can make money. To make gamblers crazy, the odds have to be increased, but if the odds are too high, the dealer will lose money.

The competition between her and Su Wan lasted eight rounds...wait, eight rounds?

Feng Qingchen frowned, then smiled knowingly.

She finally understood why there were even numbers of competitions. It turned out that before her competition with Su Wan even started, someone wanted to use their competition to make money. It was really powerful, but it was a pity that he met her. It could only be considered that the other party was unlucky.

At this time, Nanling Jinfan, who was planning with his men on how to use the gambling game between Su Wan and Feng Qingchen to earn military funds from Dongling, suddenly felt cold and had a bad premonition. However, being extremely confident, he did not take it to heart and continued to discuss the gambling game.

It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits. If there is a 100% profit, they will do it regardless of everything. After hearing what Feng Qingchen said about making a profit without loss, Su Wenqing also became serious: "How can we make a profit without loss?"

"It's very simple. We increase the number of bets. It's not limited to win, lose, or tie. We can bet on how many games Su Wan can beat me, or how many games I can beat Su Wan. One tael of silver is one bet, and you can bet more. The winner can take half of all the bets, and they can divide the bets according to the proportion of the bets."

In this way, no matter how much the bettor earns, the dealer will not lose money. Moreover, if the bettor wins several games, there will be more choices, and the bettor will definitely buy more options, such as winning one game or winning two games.

The more items there are to bet on and the more people betting, the higher the stakes will be. The more money you will get if you win. Faced with huge amounts of money, the gamblers will become even crazier.

Just thinking about that half of the gambling money can make people bet regardless of the consequences. When more people place bets, the stakes will be ridiculously high. Faced with the huge amount of gambling money, everyone will be tempted, and more people will want to make that money. It will be a vicious cycle, and more people will want to place bets, and they will be madly looking forward to the money they can get after the outcome is announced.

It’s just like buying lottery tickets. Even though you know the chance of winning is very small, you will still buy them crazily when faced with a huge prize.

Besides, the stakes she set were not high, just one or two taels of silver. Many people would not miss this opportunity to make a small profit with a big investment. Perhaps one or two taels of silver would become a hundred or even a thousand taels.

Of course, no matter how much the gambler wins, it has nothing to do with her. As the banker, she doesn't have to do anything and can take half of the gambling money. This is definitely a business that is sure to make money, but if you ask why she wants to cooperate with Su Wenqing? Of course, she is impressed by the strength behind Su Wenqing.

Do you think you can open a gambling house in the imperial city without the support of the powerful? Not to mention such a big gambling house, even if you open a small gambling house, you can't open it without the support of the powerful.

Besides, the dealer is sure to make money in this bet, don't you think other people won't be jealous and follow suit?

Not to mention the supporters behind her, let's just talk about influence. Even if she supports this bet alone, what can she use to promote it and how can she get everyone to bet?

As for advertising? Forget it. Don't say she doesn't have the talent. Even if she does, there is no carrier here. There is no Internet, TV, newspapers, or advertising companies. Even if she promotes it, no one will bet without huge gambling money to attract people.

If no one places a bet, this gambling game is meaningless. In the early stages, Su Wenqing must have arranged people to pretend to be gamblers to place bets, pile up the gambling money, and attract ordinary people.

Cooperating with Su Wenqing is the best choice. Su Wenqing has the Ninth Prince behind him. With the Ninth Prince, she doesn't need to worry about anyone messing with her. And Su Wenqing is smart. He will definitely build good relationships with all parties, such as noble families, dignitaries, etc. These are not what she can do. She can only provide an idea at most. The rest requires manpower and material resources to operate.

Sure enough, after hearing Feng Qingchen's words, Su Wenqing's eyes lit up. He had already seen a lot of silver waving to him: "Qingchen, you are so amazing. I knew it was right to come to you. You really can turn stones into gold."

Jiuqing's vision is indeed good, and Feng Li's legitimate daughter is indeed extraordinary. Su Wenqing can't sit still anymore. He wants to go back home and get this matter done immediately. There are four days left before Su Wan and Feng Qingchen compete. He must build momentum in advance to attract people to gamble.

Feng Qingchen smiled but said nothing. She knew Su Wenqing was anxious, so she didn't stop him. She only proposed her own conditions: "Wenqing, the stakes of this bet are too high. You'd better get a few more people. It's very risky to eat alone. I don't ask for much. I only want half of the profit after the deal is done."

"Don't worry, I will take care of it. The matter is urgent, and I won't stay any longer. I need to go back to make arrangements." Su Wenqing felt the blood in his body boiling. He believed that this bet would succeed. Just hearing Feng Qingchen say this, he had the urge to place a bet.

"Waiting for your good news." Unlike Su Wenqing's excitement, Feng Qingchen remained calm from beginning to end.

"Hehe, I lost my composure. Don't worry, I will definitely get this done." Seeing Feng Qingchen so calm, Su Wenqing suppressed his excitement and walked out steadily. After returning home, he did not forget to send someone to investigate the reason for Feng Qingchen's abnormal behavior today.

"I believe you." Feng Qingchen was very satisfied that Su Wenqing did not ask her why she thought of this bet, because she would not know how to answer if he asked.

The reason she thought of this gambling method was that she had once carried out a mission in Myanmar and witnessed the Myanmar government's ability to make money.

As we all know, Myanmar's jade is very famous, and the jade auction held by the government every year is a derivative of jade.

She was fortunate enough to participate in the entire process once, and clearly saw how gambling on jade could make people rich instantly and go bankrupt in an instant. No matter how the people and companies who gambled on jade made money, the local government was the one who really made money.

She remembered that there was a gambling game in the Myanmar Jade Auction, which was called a high-stakes gamble. The so-called high-stakes gamble meant that the stakes were so big that they were beyond the imagination of ordinary people. She had seen with her own eyes that someone made more than 100 million yuan from 10 million yuan in this gambling game.

The gambling game in the big auction is very simple. The organizer puts out more than a dozen pieces of rough materials, labels them, and then invites people to gamble on which piece of raw materials will produce the most valuable jade.

This gamble tests not only your eyesight, but also your luck and financial resources. One bet is five million, with no upper limit. If you don't win, you can't expect your money back. But if you win, you can share 70% of all the gambling funds with other people who have won according to the stakes.

That year, she saw a young girl who bet 10 million on an unpopular piece of jade. Few people placed bets on that piece of jade, and when the bets were finally settled, the girl took away 120 to 150 million alone.

But she is not the biggest winner. The biggest winner is the organizer, the Myanmar government. They take 30% of the gambling money, nearly 200 million.

Gambling is an exciting entertainment that cannot be banned in any era, and the higher the stakes, the more excited people can be. Many people enjoy the gambling process, the excitement and madness before the outcome is determined.

Feng Qingchen admitted that gambling was not a good thing, but she was not a saint. Why not make money if there was money to be made? Besides, if she didn't set up the gambling game, others would do it. Why should she give the opportunity to gamble to others?

Money is a good thing. She is going to attack the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, and she must have enough money...

A word to readers: I updated late. This chapter has 3350 words, which is a small extra update. Please forgive me. I had a hard time on the weekend. I update weekly, weekly. I really want to update once a week!