Blackstone Code

In the room filled with the smell of smoke, the air has been suffused with smoke from burning tobacco leaves, and alcohol has also been added to it, mixed with the smell of various perfumes, making it stinkier.

Many people actually don't know that when you take a breath of concentrated perfume, it's like someone punched you in the brain. It's pungent, and some of it is very smelly.

The air in the room became even worse, but no one noticed.

Everyone's attention is focused on the five people at the table.

The player sitting opposite Joanna casually pushed a pile of chips into the middle of the gaming table.

The croupier counted for him and said, "A total of 1,270,000, sir."

The man looked at Joanna as if provoking, and then looked at others.

He is using his own unique way to tell others that he is very powerful!

However, this kind of behavior has little meaning at this time.

Firstly, the game itself is a form of intrigue. Using 1.27 million chips to bet on all the chips on the table is risky, but the risk is not great.

And the game has been going on for so long, so it needs something exciting.

Joanna looked at the cards in her hand again and strengthened her belief that she would win.

At this time, she does not think it is risky for others to call or even raise.

In her mind, these people were giving her money.

Because her cards will never lose!

She pushed out all the chips in front of her without hesitation, but unfortunately, the dealer reminded her appropriately, "Madam, you don't have enough chips."

The guy sitting opposite chuckled. Although he didn't say or do anything, the attitude and demeanor he showed...

It's like mocking Joanna for being a poor person with little money!

Humans are very complex animals. Wisdom gives us the ability to think, and thinking creates many problems.

Joanna's background is not prominent, which is also her shortcoming. Her family background is not even as good as Mr. Trueman.

At least Mr. Trueman's family has been in the military for generations. Even if those people before him did not have high military ranks, they were all officers!

Their comrades are officers, and some of their comrades' children are also officers.

Especially in Mr. Trueman's generation, he has already reached the upper echelons of the military!

If it weren't for the fact that the federal military was too afraid to bear the responsibility for defeat, which resulted in the federation not being tough enough, Congress would have cut military spending again and again.

Mr. Trueman did not transfer from the military to civilian service, but also served as the president's staff through connections.

He is probably a federal lieutenant general now!

Looking at Joanna's current social circle, everyone has a better family background than hers.

There are countless people with outstanding backgrounds!

For example, the families of the former president and his wife may not be well known among the federal public, but they are well-known political families in high-level political circles.

Only she, no matter her background or her subsequent development, was unsatisfactory.

The more people lack something, the more they care about it.

It's like a lame person is most afraid of others saying that his legs and feet are bad. Someone laughed at Laim for being a lame, so Laim hired someone to knock out all of that guy's teeth.

But if someone says that Lynch is a cripple, or that a normal person is a cripple, those people will just find it baffling.

Because they are not cripples, they are not afraid of what others say. The more they are afraid of what others say, the more they are afraid of what they don’t have.

It's like...wealth.

After being a poor man for half his life, he finally had money and spent money to gain the corresponding status. It seemed that Joanna didn't care about this.

But this cannot avoid the sensitivity in her heart.

She pursed her lips and looked at the person who organized the card game.

"I want another two million chips, transfer over the phone."

At this time, the largest cash check issued by major federal banks was still 200,000, while the transfer check was only 500,000.

"Cash transactions" exceeding half a million often use cashier's checks.

As long as the cashier's check is genuine, it represents money and can be accepted by any bank.

Joanna didn't have the habit of bringing a cashier's check when playing cards, and she didn't think she could use it.

In the past, when I lost hundreds of thousands playing cards, I mostly used transfer checks.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another more commonly used one, which is telephone transfer. This business is only open to a few large customers.

The person who organized the card game was also a woman. She raised her hand and put it on Joanna's arm, "Don't be angry, dear, we are here to seek joy, not to fight."

"Spending two million to gamble is not a wise choice."

Once a person is dominated by anger, as long as he goes against his own decision, he will feel that it is not good for him.

Just like what the organizer of the poker game said at this time, to Joanna's ears, it sounded like saying, "If you don't have money, don't bet so big. If you lose, you can't afford to lose..."

She turned over her cards again, took a look at them, gritted her teeth, "Listen, I'm not kidding."

Seeing that she was still going her own way, the card game organizer didn't try to persuade her.

"It's almost time to get off work at the bank. Let's do this. You write an IOU and I believe in your ability to repay."

"I'll lend you this money."

Joanna didn't hesitate. She felt that the matter could be solved in a few minutes at most.

The guy sitting opposite her spoke again at this time, "Don't fill up the number, I might have to add more..."

When Joanna heard this, she felt even more uncomfortable, but she did as she was told.

She obviously had nothing in her hand, but the organizer of the card game provided her with ample chips.

Two million, another million.

Everyone also saw that the two people were fighting. Except for one, the other two abandoned the cards in their hands.

"It's too big. I can't accept winning or losing. I'm sorry..."

"Watching your performance..."

There was one person left, who seemed to have a big hand, and he also chose to follow the bet.

In an instant, there were over 10 million chips on the table.

Even Joanna's breathing became faster and her mood became more excited at this time!

She originally thought that raising the stakes up to this moment would be enough.

But unexpectedly, the other side raised another bet!

"The last million..."

Joanna glanced at the card game organizer, who also took the initiative and said, "You said it, the last one million."

The man nodded, "I only have so much money left."

So, after Joanna had signed, fingerprinted, and signed by other witnesses, she wrote the integer of four million.

"Follow me!"

She has already invested four million. If she loses all this money because she is unwilling to spend another one million, Joanna will never accept it!

Moreover, she didn’t think she would lose!

When her hand touched the three playing cards, her heart began to beat harder than ever before!

Every beat is like a hammer striking a large sheepskin drum, and the sound of the drum can shake the whole world!

The rapid secretion of adrenaline made her feel thirsty and ecstatic. Her whole body seemed to have endless strength, as if... she had become a god!

Time became extremely slow, and she watched the dust floating in the air slowly drifting away in front of her at an extremely slow speed.

She saw the outermost layer of oil on the face of the disgusting guy opposite!

She saw many, many things that she had not noticed before, but in the end, her attention was still focused on the cards in her hand!

She turned it over!

At this moment, people's shocked expressions were so clear, and you could see the process of their children's faces changing!

An unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled her body, and she climaxed at this moment!

An unprecedented feeling, the excitement of tens of millions of wins and losses!

She squinted her eyes slightly, her eyelashes trembling, and after taking a deep breath, she calmed down again.

She looked at her opponent, wanting to show a winner's smile, but she saw surprise on the face of the person opposite her, instead of sadness and fear!

The guy opposite laughed, shook his head, and turned over the card in his hand. It was a little bigger than her, second only to the biggest card!

At this moment, the roar of thunder in her ears caused her whole world to rapidly change from black to white!

Under the pressure of intracranial high pressure, she experienced tinnitus, hallucinations, and other sensations!

The whole world is spinning rapidly and chaotically!

Another player also sighed regretfully and covered his face with his hands.

The croupier didn't have much emotion about this, "...Mr.'s card is the best, Mr.... wins."

The chips on the table were all moved in front of the guy opposite Joanna in an instant. He laughed and seemed very satisfied with the result!

With tens of millions of dollars worth of bets in one round, this will become the most popular thing among gamblers in the Federation during this time!

"That's it for today."

The guy opposite offered to end the hand.

Whether it’s in terms of time, spirit, or everyone’s interest, everything is already in place.

Joanna only realized at this time that she had just lost four million or hundreds of thousands!

A kind of trembling from the depths of her soul, an uneasiness that she had done something wrong, began to dominate her!

She subconsciously didn't want to end the game, because as long as the game continued, there might not be no chance of winning back.

"We can play some more!", she said.

But someone else, the guy sitting across from her, asked her, "Do you still have money?"

One sentence made her freeze on the spot.

These more than 4 million yuan will definitely not bring down the foundation so easily. There are still nearly 10 million yuan in various investment projects in the foundation.

For example, bonds, stocks held, financial products purchased, etc.

But these cannot be regarded as money, only banknotes are money.

There will be a lot of money needed in the future. Once the news leaks out, the foundation will immediately go bankrupt.

She might even be investigated!

At this moment, she felt that her world was in darkness!