Entertaining Children

   Chapter 1290

   "Mr. Xiao, I'm not kidding!" The casino manager looked at Xiao Yao and said.

   "OK," Xiao Yao raised his hand and said, "I am on the blacklist of the casino, and all poker items in the casino will no longer serve me. I understand! Anything else?"

   "No," the casino manager said, "In view of your star status, our casino welcomes you to continue playing non-poker projects."

   "In fact, things like roulette can also improve accuracy through mathematical probability algorithms." Xiao Yaoyou said leisurely.

   "What?" The casino manager stared.

   "Nothing, just kidding!" Xiao Yao smiled and stood up and said, "I will leave America soon and leave Vegas! Now, can I leave here?"

   "Of course!" the casino manager nodded, "I wish you a pleasant stay in Vegas!"

  Xiao Yao left, Nicky Thompson and the other three naturally also left the office.

The purpose of coming to the casino has been achieved. Of course, Xiao Yao will not go to play other non-poker projects. After leaving the office, he went straight to the chip exchange office to change chips and left the casino. Nicky Thompson and the other three naturally also changed chips. Leave with Xiao Yao.

   "Mr. Snow, how about this news?" After leaving the casino, Xiao Yao asked the reporter Bob Snow.

"It's unbelievable." Bob Snow said with some excitement, "If this is true, then as long as I send it out, it will definitely cause a sensation. I agree with what you just said to Mr. Dino. , He doesn’t need to do anything, this news will certainly become a hot spot!"

   "If this is true?" Nicky Thompson said, "Mr. Snow, you just saw and heard what the casino manager said with your own eyes!"

   "Do you suspect that I colluded with that casino manager to lie to you?" Xiao Yao also said, "You won't let me take you to other casinos. Do you repeat the same thing several times?"

   "Of course not." Bob Snow said, "I have no doubt that you are lying to me."

"However, the Los Angeles Times is the third most influential newspaper in the United States. It is not a gossip. Even if it reports entertainment news, we must ensure the authenticity. By the way, I don't think you are necessarily entertainment news. "Bob Snow continued, "Although I don't doubt you colluded with the casino manager to lie to me, this fact is too unbelievable, so I think the newspaper will check it out. Of course, we will use it. Try your own way to verify, you don’t need to take me to the casino to see the casino manager again."

   "OK!" Xiao Yao shrugged indifferently. The matter is true, of course he is not afraid of reporters to verify.

   "Young, how do you count the cards?" After Xiao Yao and Bob Snow had finished talking, Nicky Thompson asked Xiao Yao.

  Because of his celebrity status, Nicky Thompson always wore sunglasses when he entered the casino, and basically did not speak in the middle, so as not to be recognized. Now that he came out of the casino, Nicky Thompson could finally speak happily.

  "Mr. Xiao, I also want to know!" Bob Snow said, "In addition to this question, I have other questions to ask you. Can you accept my interview and let me improve my report?"

   "Now?" Xiao Yao asked.

   "Anytime it is convenient for you," Bob Snow said, "but of course I hope the sooner the better!"

   "Let's do it now." Xiao Yao said, "Go to my room? The suite I live in has a living room."

The interview looks different from ordinary chat. In addition, seeing the curious faces of Matt Dino and Nicky Thompson next to them, it is estimated that they must be followed together. There are many people in the cafe, or A more private place like Xiao Yao's room is more suitable.

   "Of course!" Bob Snow said.

  Matt Dino and Nicky Thompson immediately asked to be in attendance, but Xiao Yao and Bob Snow did not refuse, so Xiao Yao took the three of them upstairs.

  Xiao Yao took out a few bottles of water from the mini refrigerator in the room, and everyone sat down on the big sofa in the living room.

  Bob Snow officially took out the phone and switched it to recording mode, placed it on the coffee table between the two, and then asked: "Mr. Xiao, do you really count the cards?"

   "You heard it just now. The people in the casino said that I would count cards. They have put me on the blacklist and refused to participate in any poker-related projects in the casino." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

   "Then how do you have the ability to count cards?" Bob Snow continued to ask.

   "Learned from others!" Xiao Yao said.

   "Who?" Bob Snow asked.

"Of course it is other card counters." Xiao Yao said, "It is not convenient for me to disclose their names without their personal consent, but what I can tell you is that they are from MIT in the United States. At MIT, there are A card counting group that specializes in blackjack is not a secret in American casinos."

  "MIT?" Nick Thompson at the side suddenly said, "No wonder I met you at the airport in Boston. Did you just learn card counting skills from MIT at that time?"

   Xiaoyao smiled and looked at Nicky Thompson, then looked at the phone in front of him.

   "Ah~ I'm sorry!" Nicky Thompson reacted and said to Bob Snow, "I interrupted your interview!"

"It's okay!" Bob Snow shook his head, "This recording is just a recording, I will organize it later, and will not publish the audio of this interview, so it has no effect. In addition, what I said to you is the same as what you just asked. Questions are also very interesting, which can enrich the content of my interview."

   "Okay!" Nicky Thompson said about meeting Xiao Yao at the Boston Airport.

  Nicky Thompson only said that he met Xiao Yao at the coffee shop in Boston Airport, and he didn't talk about the relationship between the two of them. A few words were quickly over.

   "Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, "I just learned to count cards at that time. At that time, I was not doing divination, but testing my ability to keep cards."

  Since Bob Snow said so, Xiao Yao answered her question after Nicky Thompson finished speaking.

  "You are an acting star, how did you know the card counter at MIT?" Bob Snow then asked.

   "Why can't acting stars know people from MIT?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Well, my fault." Bob Snow said, "It's just that MIT is the top science and engineering institution in the United States and the world, and you are an acting star. Generally speaking, the two will not overlap. Well, even if someone you know is studying at MIT, but as far as I know, card counting involves a lot of advanced mathematics, how can they be willing to teach you, and how can you learn to master it so quickly?"

  "Do you know that I will learn soon?" Xiao Yao asked strangely.

"Before I came, I checked some news about you." Bob Snow said, "According to China Media reports, you filmed a drama in China a few months ago, and that drama was only completed at the end of June. Yes, you are the leading actor. So based on time calculations, you should not spend more than a week in Boston."

"That's true!" Xiao Yao nodded and continued smiling, "Have you checked that when I was in high school, I participated in the training and selection of the National Olympic Mathematical Team of China, and my college entrance examination in China was similar. In your American SAT test, you got a perfect score in mathematics, and the total score ranked first in my city."

   "You mean, you are a math genius?" Bob Snow asked.

"I don't know if I am considered a math genius." Xiao Yao said, "China’s high school is three years, I only read two years in China, and in the other year as an exchange student in the United States, that is, I joined the Immortals band, The year I went to the Oscars. I think, based on my grades and resume at the time, if I apply for MIT, I should be more likely to get an offer!"

"So, the MIT card counters you know are your teammates when you participated in the China Olympic National Team training. They knew that your mathematical ability or your mathematical talent is enough to learn complex card counting techniques, so they teach Do you count the cards?" Bob Snow said.

"When I was an international exchange student in the United States, many people in the school knew that my international exchange student from China had participated in the training of the China National Olympic Team and was good at mathematics." Xiao Yao deliberately misled. "Later after our Immortals band became popular, more people in the school knew this."

  There were not many people who participated in the same Olympiad national team training with Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao was not sure if it was only Yan Ke and the three who went to MIT later, but the number of people who wanted to come would certainly not be many. After this report is published, it will definitely be transmitted back to China. If Xiao Yao admits, there may be media or netizens in the United States and China who have dug out Yan Ke and the three of them.

  Speaking of this matter, it also involves personal privacy. Xiao Yao didn't want to let people think and investigate in that direction before getting the consent of the three of Yan Ke and even the people in their card counting team. Xiao Yao knows that sometimes it’s not what he told reporters not to write in the report and the reporter didn’t write it, and in this situation, he said it all, and it’s not good to ask Bob Snow not to include this in the report. On the contrary, it confirmed his guess from the side, so Xiao Yao deliberately misled it.

  As for Xiqiao Middle School, which was temporarily mentioned by Xiao Yao, when Xiao Yao was an exchange student, he was a celebrity in the whole school. West Bridge Middle School is also a very high-quality high school in the United States. There should always be one person who enters MIT in all three grades.

   "Do you mean that the person who taught you the card count was your classmate when you were an international exchange student in the United States?" Bob Snow was taken aback and asked Xiao Yao.

  "This~" Xiao Yao hesitated for a while, before saying, "It is not convenient for me to disclose it temporarily before obtaining the consent of the person involved!"

   Xiao Yao is only misleading, so he neither admits nor denies. If they contact Yan Ke afterwards, they don't mind that the identity information may be exposed, and Xiao Yao can contact Bob Snow again to give this word back.

"Okay." Bob Snow nodded, no longer entangled with this question, changed the question and continued to ask, "But you, such a person who has achieved excellent results in acting, can learn to count cards and let The casino blacklisted you is very, very unexpected and unbelievable. Can you tell me what is card counting and how do you do it?"

"Simply put, it is to use the mathematical knowledge of probability to establish a mathematical model and calculate the probability of big and small cards to judge your winning side. It will help you decide the amount of bet before the cards are dealt. It will also help you decide whether you want cards in the game.” Xiao Yao said, “Card counting can only increase your overall winning rate, and it cannot guarantee that you will win every hand. Therefore, to play card counting, you must have Long enough, a sufficient number of hands will be effective."

   "As for the specific algorithm," Xiao Yao continued, "I think you should not be interested in those mathematical knowledge, mathematical formulas, and models."

   "Are you trying to say I don't understand?" Bob Snow smiled.

"No," Xiao Yao said, "maybe you don't understand, but maybe you can understand. I just don't want the card counting method to become well known, after all, it is the card counting team that has spent a lot of time and effort. A result that has just been made!"

   "I understand!" Bob Snow nodded.

   "Any other questions?" Xiao Yao asked.

  "Can you ask questions that have nothing to do with card counting?" Bob Snow asked.

   "Sorry, no!" Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "This interview with you will only focus on issues related to card counting."

   "Well, I have no other questions." Bob Snow said, "Thank you for your time."

   "Yang, you are such a monster!" Nicky Thompson saw the end of Bob Snow's interview and spoke to Xiao Yao.

   "Oh, you are not the first person to say this." Xiao Yao smiled.

Bob Snow looked at Xiao Yao, then at Nicky Thompson and Matt Dino, and stood up and said to Xiao Yao, "Mr. Xiao, I have a lot of work to do, so let’s say goodbye. Thanks again. You accept my interview."

   "You're welcome." Xiao Yao got up and shook hands with Bob Snow.

"Mr. Dino, thank you for giving me such a big news." Bob Snow looked at Matt Dino and said, "You don't need to give me a good payment. You don't have to give me such a big news. Many reporters couldn’t find it when they tried to find it. I was not helping you or Mr. Xiao, but you helped me!”

   "Whatever!" Matt Dino waved his hand.

   "Nicky, I have fulfilled what I promised you before," Xiao Yao said to Nicky Thompson and Matt Dino, "You two should have satisfied your curiosity, so..."

   "So, should we leave too?" Nicky Thompson laughed.

   "Aren't we finished?" Xiao Yao nodded unceremoniously, "I can't find a reason for you to stay here."

   "Wait!" Matt Dino suddenly said, "Young, I have another question."

   "Say!" Xiao Yao waved his hand.

"Since you have the ability to count cards, why don't you clean up more casinos?" Matt Dino said, "There is not only Vegas in this world. Atlantic City, Monaco, and even your Huaxia Macheng , Are world-renowned casinos with legal casinos. Vegas casinos are connected to the Internet, but casinos all over the world are not connected to the Internet. You are not on the blacklist of those casinos. You have never thought about going to other casinos. Do you earn more votes in your casino?"

"If I want to go to casinos in other casinos to count the cards, will I ask Mr. Snow to report this through you?" Xiao Yao said, "Even if the blacklists between the casinos in several major casinos are not connected, this As soon as the news came out, the casinos in the casino knew that I would count the cards."

"Yes!" Matt Dino said, "Even if you want to become famous through this incident, you can wait for you to scan all the casinos in those places and get on their blacklist before you find a reporter to break the news, so you The sensation caused will be even greater."

"Because I am not a professional gambling player, nor do I regard card counting as a career." Xiao Yao said, "Card counting is just one of my interests. I just do it for fun. I am included in Vegas casinos. The blacklist is enough to prove my card counting ability, and I have achieved my goal!"

  (End of this chapter)