Across America, Starting with the Boxing Champion

Chapter 477: Winning Money by Playing Cards

 “500 US dollars are all-in! Link, do you dare to follow?”

In a cafe in Beverly Hills, Leonardo put down five hundred dollars, pressed his trump card with one hand, and looked at Link with a smile.

 “It’s just the two of us?”

“Haha, yes, they all folded. Now there are only two of us. Do you dare to follow?”

 Leonardo smiled.

“We agreed that we were just betting for fun, so what’s going on with you?”

Link said helplessly.

“Don’t you happen to have 500 left over there? It’s not like you can’t keep up.”

 Leonardo lit a cigarette and smiled.

“Leon, this is Link’s first time playing. Please slow down and don’t bet too much at once.”

 Tobey Maguire laughed.

“Leon’s goal today is probably to win all the change that Link has.”

 Woody Harrelson laughed.

 Leonardo looked at Link with a half-smile, "Link, if your cards are not good, you can also choose to discard them."

Link glanced at him, picked up the 500 US dollars and followed, and then threw out three hole cards: spades J, spades 10, and spades 8, plus the community cards spades Q and spades 9, forming a composition second only to 9, 10, and 9. A royal flush of J, Q, K and 10, J, Q, K, A.

 “A straight flush?!”

 “So big?”

Leonardo’s eyes widened suddenly, and the others also looked at his cards in surprise.

 “Leon, look at your cards.”

Link knocked on the table.

 “You win.”

Leonardo threw the cards into the deck with an expressionless face. Before he could mess up the cards, Paul Walker grabbed them and turned them over. Q, J, 2. The highest card was double Q plus double J.

 “Only two pairs?”

“Your cards are not as good as mine, how dare you cheat?”

 “Are you bullying Link into playing poker for the first time?”

People at the table all made fun of Leonardo.

 Leonardo looked at Link with a sullen face, "You have such a big hand, why do you hesitate when you place a bet? You are the real liar."

“I saw that you were very powerful and thought you had a royal flush in your hand, so you had to be careful. So, all the money on the table belongs to me now, right? Haha, you’re welcome.”

Link grabbed the bet from the pool, which was more than two thousand US dollars. Although he didn't win much, he felt very happy when he saw Leonardo's black face.

 After finishing one round, move on to the next round.

 “Link, your Palm Beach Pictures has done well this year.”

 While looking at the cards, Leonardo looked at the hole cards with one eye and looked at Link with the other.

"fine!"

Link saw that the hole cards were Black 3 and Diamond 7, so he did not continue to follow and simply folded.

“Three movies in a row have been hits. This is not just okay, it’s great. Can you tell me a little bit about how Palm Beach Pictures invests in movies?”

 Leonardo continued to bet and followed suit.

“It’s very simple, just find a few reliable producers, hand over the company to them, and then just wait and count the money.”

Link opened the mineral water and took a few sips. He had just finished training and would become thirsty after talking for a while.

"Stop kidding, whose film company doesn't have a few reliable producers? There are more reliable producers in the six major film studios, and no company is as powerful as Palm Beach Pictures. Every film The box office revenue ratio is more than ten times.”

 Leonardo said while biting his back molars.

Leonardo said this because he also owns a film company, Appian Way Production Company, which was founded in 2004 and has successively participated in the production of "Assassination of Nixon", "Public Enemies", "Shutter Island" and "The Aviator" ” and other movies, most of these movies suffered losses, and only a few movies made profits, but not much.

This also makes Leonardo, like others, very envious of Link's Palm Beach Pictures. Three consecutive movies have been hits, with a net profit of two to three billion US dollars. It is so enviable.

 “Because I see people more accurately.”

Link shrugged his shoulders and smiled.

Leonardo snorted unconvincingly, "Link, you are now a big star and a millionaire, have you ever thought about engaging in charity work?"

"Isn't it my link global charity fund? By the way, you are all rich people. If you want to do charity in the future, you can donate to my charity foundation. Since last year, the link charity foundation has helped more than 200 poor people. Injury-plagued athletes.”

Link said.

 Everyone nodded and agreed.

"Link, I'm not talking about your charity foundation, I'm talking about the environment. Don't you think our living environment is getting worse? Global climate deterioration, acid rain pollution, ozone layer depletion, biodiversity loss,... Marine pollution, forest reduction, etc., if this continues, sooner or later the earth will end. Even if our generation does not encounter it, our descendants will. Before that, don’t you want to do something for future generations? ? ” 　　 Leonardo said impassionedly.

Link nodded and suddenly glanced at him, "Future generations? Leon, do you have a child?"

“Well, I didn’t, I’m talking about you, but you have a pair of cute twins. Don’t you want them to live on a pollution-free earth in the future?”

Leonardo said.

Link smiled lightly, picked up the cards from the table and looked at them.

“Leon, have you forgotten, I am an investor and global spokesperson for Tesla, and Tesla is the world’s first listed clean energy vehicle company. In a way, my investment in environmental issues More money than anyone else, Leon, and if you have the money, I suggest you buy some Tesla stock too.”

Leonardo blinked and wanted to say that Link invested in Tesla to make money, but Link was right. If the Tesla car he invested in succeeded, it would be of great benefit to changing the living environment of the earth. , making a greater contribution than the environmental protection projects we invest in.

 “Okay, I’ll consider your opinion.”

 Leonardo said boringly.

Originally, he wanted to stand as an environmentalist and encourage Link to invest in environmental protection. It would be best if Link, a rich man, invests some money. However, after talking for a long time, Link said that he had invested in clean energy vehicles. Nothing to say.

"Leon, I think it's useless for you to do this to protect the environment. No matter how loud you shout, others can't see or feel it. If I were you, I would go to the Middle East to buy more than a dozen oil fields and set them on fire to pollute the air. , buy some more nuclear wastewater and discharge it into the sea, polluting the ocean.”

 “What are you talking about? I am an environmentalist, not a terrorist.”

 Leonardo curled his lips and said.

"In advertising persuasion techniques, there are emotional inductions, rational appeals, and fear appeals. Compared with the first two, I think the latter is more effective. Just like now, no matter how bad you say the earth's environment is, even in 2012 If it is really the end of the world, it will not be as shocking as the appearance of a comet that is about to extinguish the world. "

Link said.

 “Link is right.”

 Tobey Maguire nodded in approval.

Others also felt that what Link said made sense, and some people either seriously or jokingly asked Leonardo to try burning a few oil fields.

 Leonardo thought for a moment and felt that it was indeed more effective, but then he quickly shook his head, feeling that he could not say anything about environmentalism in front of Link in the future, as he would eventually lead him into a ditch.

“Okay, let’s not talk anymore. Let’s continue to guard. Link, will you follow this one?”

Leonardo looked at the cards and looked at Link with a smile.

Link looked at his sports watch and said, "I'm going to pick up Eva from get off work. This is the last one, so I studded. If I win, I'll treat everyone to coffee."

Link put all the remaining 1200 into the pool.

 “I won’t follow!”

 Tobey Maguire folded.

“I won’t follow either. Link plays cards very steadily. He will stick to it until the last round every time he gets a big card.”

 Woody Harrelson also dropped his cards.

Only Link and Leonardo were left on the table.

 Leonardo glanced at Link, then at the hole card in his hand, hesitated for a few seconds, gritted his teeth, and chose to discard the card.

 “Abandoned them all? Then I’m not polite.”

Link laughed and gathered up all the bets placed by everyone in the pool. Counting his bets, it amounted to more than two thousand US dollars.

 “Link, what’s your card?”

 Leonardo asked.

"You didn't bet on the cards, so you don't need to know any cards. Everyone, I'm leaving now. We'll make an appointment next time."

Link smiled softly, found a waiter to pay for everyone, and then left the cafe.

Leonardo rummaged through the deck and found the three cards that Link threw in, a 10 of spades, a 7 of diamonds, and a three of diamonds. The five public cards on the table were the ace of hearts and the king of diamonds. , J of hearts, 8 of hearts, 2 of clubs.

 So the biggest card in Link's first card is the loose card led by A, which is the smallest card in Texas Hold'em.

 Farke! Leonardo was so angry that he slammed the table. He just had three aces and a pair of jacks, but was frightened by Link's loose hand and folded his cards early.

  —

Link drove to the Lionsgate Studios building. After waiting for two minutes, he saw Ivaca coming out of the building, wearing a loose skirt, but still **** and charming. Link got out of the car, opened the door and asked her to Get in the car.

 “Why are there still flowers? Are they for me?”

Ivaca smiled when she saw the bouquet on the seat.

 “Of course, who else but you.”

Link kissed her and told her about how he was dragged by Leonardo to play Texas Hold'em poker after training and accidentally made more than two thousand US dollars.

Ivaca laughed softly after hearing this and asked him if he would like to treat him to dinner since he won money.

Link said it was a good idea, so he called Catherine and picked up little Annie and Selina, and went to the pier to have a seafood dinner together.

 (End of this chapter)