What is gambling?

"Haha..." Seeing Chang Lao Si not knowing how to answer, Ren Jie suddenly burst out laughing, stood up, walked over, and patted Chang Lao Si's shoulder. "Honestly, you're far worse than those people in the Imperial Court or the Five Great Families. Those people in the Imperial Court can swear to the heavens right now, just like they're singing praises in front of the Emperor, but in their hearts, which one isn't thinking of something else? But look, who dares to actually say it. If the Emperor asks, 'Is it true?' they will definitely find a hundred, a thousand reasons to tell the Emperor it's truer than true, haha..."

Sweat! Chang Lao Si was completely bewildered, but hearing Ren Jie talk about the Emperor like that, his heart skipped a beat. He thought, This is too bold. Although they would say other things in private, no one in Jade Capital City dared to openly discuss the Emperor so easily, especially with the meaning behind Ren Jie's words...

"These are the deed and land deed for your Chang Le Gambling House..." Ren Jie raised his hand, pulled the box from Fatty's arms, and handed it to Chang Lao Si. "Now you hold onto them. I, the Family Head, am treating the Fang Family's Miss, and I need to use an extremely valuable medicine, worth at least five million Jade Coins. They took out some properties and Jade Coins as collateral, including your Chang Le Gambling House. The more I, the Family Head, thought about it later, the more something felt off. Although I'm not as heroic and peerless as my old man, a dignified Family Head of the Ren Family wouldn't stoop to extorting others' family property. So I specifically came to verify. If there's a problem with this, I'll return all of it to you."

What? Fatty Gao Ren almost jumped up when he heard that.

He thought, Isn't this nonsense? You were the one who wanted it. Besides, you're not a good person to begin with, so why are you pretending to be generous now!

"Don't get excited. Fang Yan wants to make me the scapegoat. This kind of thing will definitely spread. Just watch, they're definitely taking this blame." Ren Jie knew Fatty would get excited, so he moved his divine sense to remind Fatty.

Hmm? Gao Ren heard this and immediately knew there was more to come. But the next moment, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Divine sense. Ren Jie was talking to him through divine sense.

Holy crap, doesn't that mean he's already reached the True Qi Realm? And they're several meters apart now. This requires at least the True Qi Realm Sixth Layer to achieve. How is this possible?

Fatty was confused by Ren Jie's unexpected actions and startled by Ren Jie's divine sense. Chang Lao Si, who had just come in, was also bewildered.

What's going on? He came to return my things? How is this possible?

Because Fang Yan had said that Ren Jie had forcefully demanded them, knowing that the Fang Family was the backer of the Chang Le Gang. If they didn't hand them over now, they wouldn't be able to protect the Chang Le Gang, and the Ren Family would directly take action.

Chang Lao Si didn't know how he had offended this Ren Jie. At the time, no matter what he said to Fang Yan, it was useless. Over the years, in addition to the tribute he gave to the Fang Family, he also gave Fang Yan five thousand Jade Coins in tribute every year, but now it was like this.

But in the end, he had no choice but to compromise, which was why he later felt tired and had the idea of leaving Jade Capital City with a sense of disillusionment.

But now, hearing Ren Jie say this, how did things change? Could it be that the Fang Family sold him out?

However, he wasn't stupid. This Ren Jie was a notorious Hedonistic Young Master in Jade Capital City. Even if he knew the Fang Family was like this, would he return these things to him? This was even less believable, right?

"Look at these..." Ren Jie said, taking out the Fang Family's million Jade Coin Jade Note, the Middle-Grade Spirit Tool, and other shop deeds to show Chang Lao Si. He thought, Let's see if you believe me this time, and the real show is yet to come. If this Chang Lao Si was truly the person who would do anything for gambling skills as rumored, then he could make him completely infatuated and draw him in later.

As for this, it was just an early setup to make him less resistant, so he would be more receptive later.

"This... this..." Chang Lao Si looked and saw that it was indeed Fang Yan's shop. When he opened this shop, he even gave five thousand Jade Coins as a congratulatory gift. A million Jade Coins, a Middle-Grade Spirit Tool, wasn't this exactly what the Fang Family had offered as a reward some time ago? And Fang Qi's Silk Shop, that was also correct.

At this moment, Chang Lao Si's face became increasingly grim. *Fang Yan, Fang Family, you are too ruthless. I've given you millions of Jade Coins in tribute over the years, and I haven't asked you for anything, only that you would step forward to block when some Great Power made things difficult.

Now you've actually sold me out and still want me to be grateful to you. You're too damn despicable.*

You even told me to withdraw everyone and completely offend the Ren Family, and then cooperate with your Fang Family to open a gambling house, with you taking a large share, as if you were thinking of me.

The more Chang Lao Si thought about it, the angrier he became. This was more infuriating than being directly extorted or oppressed. This was being played for a fool. People in the martial world could bleed and fight, but the most humiliating thing was this.

He and the entire Chang Le Gang were sold out by Fang Yan and the Fang Family, and they still wanted him to make money for them. It turned out that the Fang Family had long wanted to annex the Chang Le Gang, but they couldn't find a suitable excuse, and they actually did it at this time...

Chang Lao Si was already furious, but in front of Ren Jie, he didn't dare to curse too much. He really didn't know the matters between the major families, and he was a little scared now, but he had also believed Ren Jie's words, because the Middle-Grade Spirit Tool had the Fang Family's seal and mark. Fang Yan was in such a hurry, and the shop deeds of Fang Yan and Fang Qi were all here. This absolutely couldn't be faked.

"Chang Si is already grateful enough to have this mystery solved. Besides the people of the Chang Le Gang, Chang Si will leave all the normal staff of the Chang Le Gambling House for the Ren Family Head. From now on, these will belong to the Ren Family Head, and I will not disclose this matter to the outside world..." Chang Lao Si said, about to push the wooden box in his hand to Ren Jie.

He didn't believe that this Ren Jie was a good person and would voluntarily give this to him. He probably had other intentions. At this moment, he was extremely angry.

He thought, Even if I, Chang Lao Si, don't stay in Jade Capital City in the future, I can't let your Fang Family play me like this.

"These are small matters, and I won't be a stranger to you. I'll call you Fourth Old. Fourth Old, you also know that I like to eat, drink, and have fun, and I like gambling the most. I have some ideas, you can listen..." Ren Jie pressed down on the wooden box, motioned for Chang Lao Si to sit down, and he also sat beside Chang Lao Si and began to speak unhurriedly.

The gambling industry, in Ren Jie's previous life, had truly developed into an industry, and it was based on modern psychological analysis and research. What Ren Jie wanted to talk to Chang Lao Si about was this. With the improvement of his great realm, Ren Jie could clearly remember and categorize all the things he had seen, heard, movies and TV shows, and even unintentional words from others' conversations in his previous life, and utilize them.

Ren Jie could now clearly organize some things he had seen on the internet about Macau and Las Vegas. After removing some technological elements and slightly changing them, he could connect them to the gambling industry in this world.

In Ren Jie's opinion, the current casino was too primitive, far from being an industry.

Ren Jie first told Chang Lao Si about several new gambling methods. What kind of person was Chang Lao Si? As soon as he heard them, he immediately understood the tricks, and his eyes lit up.

This was because these were methods he had never heard of before, and according to Ren Jie, they would definitely attract countless people to play, bringing in a steady stream of wealth.

Then, Ren Jie revealed some things about managing gamblers and casinos, turning gambling into an industry with other attached elements. This went beyond the scale of a simple casino. He talked about how to differentiate levels, how to attract VIP customers, how to create new gambling methods...

Ren Jie had only just started speaking. Not to mention Chang Lao Si, who made a living from gambling, even Gao Ren, who had spent some time in casinos before and had even helped the previous Ren Jie win money, was listening with great relish.

His gaze towards Ren Jie had changed. Was this still the Meal Ticket Boss he had latched onto back then? Gambling was legal in Jade Capital City, but in the eyes of existences like the Five Great Families, it was just a minor path with not much development. But listening to Ren Jie, how could this be a minor path? It could actually support a city and an industry through gambling.

Moreover, it wasn't a method that was harmful or unethical, not a method of draining the pond to catch the fish, or a method for short-term profit. It could involve everyone, and there were ways to gain a good reputation, and it could truly make money without causing others to lose everything...

It was too incredible. Gao Ren even had an impulse to pry open Ren Jie's head and see what he was thinking.

How did his brain grow? How could he come up with these things? It was too magical. And each set was so complete, considering all aspects, like a mature system and cultivation method that had been operated for hundreds of years and researched and improved by countless people.

Could it be that when he was eating, drinking, and having fun before, his mind was actually thinking about these things? Even Fatty Gao Ren was utterly shocked. When Chang Lao Si heard the exciting parts, he would clap his hands from time to time, and sometimes even nod his head like a chick pecking rice, or get so excited that tears couldn't help but flow.

He had never thought that gambling could develop to this extent, with full participation, and while making money, also gaining reputation and status.

It was no longer just simple usury, short-term profit, making everyone think of those who opened casinos as people who caused others to lose their homes and lives. The methods for the rich were different, and the lottery system for the poor was even more magical.

Chang Lao Si now had an impulse to kneel down, like a beginner Miraculous Apothecary seeing a top-tier Spirit Alchemist, wishing he could immediately kneel down and beg to be taken as a disciple.

Because Ren Jie only spoke about some specific details, and for the rest, he mostly just touched upon them briefly, letting Chang Lao Si know a little and then moving on. It was like seeing beautiful women appear before a vigorous adult man, but only allowing him a quick glance. The result was that the more he looked, the more deeply he was drawn in, and the more his desire grew...

"These are just a very small part of it. Gambling is not as simple as people think. Humans are inherently gamblers. It just depends on the perspective. Fourth Old, you are also a smart person. I am returning the things to you, and you know this is unlikely. But why am I giving you the things back? It's because I have information to convince you to work with me." Ren Jie spoke for a full half an hour, then suddenly stopped and changed the subject.

Chang Lao Si, who was listening intently, feeling as if he were listening to a Sage Dao Discussion like Ren Jie did, was stunned when Ren Jie suddenly stopped. It took him a moment to react to what Ren Jie said.

Chang Lao Si slowly got up and stood, taking two steps back and rolling up his sleeves that usually covered his hands.

He rarely made a move normally, and others knew he had four fingers, but only now did they realize that the little fingers on both his hands were missing.