Bell is one of the journalists sent by the British BBC to Athens to cover the Olympics.
For Bell, being sent to Athens was a vacation, you can watch wonderful Olympic games, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Aegean Sea, and take out allowances. It is an excellent job, and it is better than staying in gloomy London.
After a day of work, Bell returned to his residence, made a cup of coffee for himself, then sat on a wicker chair on the balcony, picked up a newspaper, and began to enjoy leisure time.
" Visitors buy lottery for Iraq win over Portugal and received a 4 million award, there are always so many lucky people every year!" Bell saw the news in the corner of the newspaper.
"A tourist from China made a heavy bet to buy Iraq 4: 2 victory over Portugal and received a total of more than 4 million euros. God, how could anyone buy Iraq 4: 2 victory over Portugal, this should not be a gambling company marketing ad!" Bell saw a small photo attached to the newspaper, showing a Chinese man receiving a check from a gambling company.
"Why does this Chinese look a bit familiar, I must have seen him somewhere." Bell took a serious look at this photo. Perhaps the black and white of the newspaper affected the quality of the photo, and Bell could not remember where he had seen this Chinese from.
Bell picked up the coffee cup, turned back to the house, opened the laptop, entered the OPAP website, and found the news in it.
The photos on the computer are much clearer than the newspaper, and Bell recognized it at a glance. This is the Chinese man he interviewed at the betting station the other day. Bell's interview was broadcast in the UK two days ago. However, due to the approaching Olympics, various reports of the Olympics have emerged in an endless stream. This interview of Bell did not attract attention and was soon buried in the news of the Olympic games.
"It turned out to be him! Damn it, really shit luck! 4 million euros, enough for him to spend a few good years in China. Iraq defeated Portugal 4: 2, and anyone with a little brain wouldn't buy it. Wait a minute. What inside information did the Chinese get?" A conspiracy idea flashed through Bell's mind.
Then Bell immediately rejected his ideas.
"It should not be possible. Even if there is inside information, it should not be known by a Chinese. It seems that this Chinese is either a gambling master, or has a shit ton of luck, or it may be the magical magic from the East. By the way, I remember that he didn't buy Iraq against Portugal that day, but he bought a Chinese athlete to win the 100m championship."
Bell immediately opened the official website of the Athens Olympics and found information about all men's 100-meter athletes in track and field events.
"Haijian-Chen, this is a Chinese player. No, it wasn't the name at the time." Bell swipe the page, and then looked down.
"Guan-Zhang, yes, the Chinese bought him!" Bell clicked the name, and the athlete's basic information and photos were presented in front of Bell.
"What! This ... this is ... this is the bettor himself! Then he bought himself to win the championship! God, that's crazy! What an idiot!" Bell exclaimed.
But then, Bell discovered that this is a piece of very gimmicky news. A contestant who could not get a medal, purchase tens of thousands of euros worth of lottery to bet on the Olympic champion. This is full of topicality. It's as surprising as a Mongolia who suddenly has to spend 10 billion yuan to build an aircraft carrier. More importantly, this player is Chinese.
According to the urinary nature of the BBC's frequent black China, Bell can give full play to the article to make a point of attention and attract the attention of the audience.
As for Zhang Guan's bid to win Iraq 's 4: 2 victory over Portugal, Bell has long been forgotten. There are a few cases of buying big prizes in Europe every year in Europe, which only shows that people's luck is against the sky, but it is not impossible. It is as good as a gold digger who dug gold in an abandoned gold mine.
"Gold diggers have dug gold in abandoned gold mines" and "Mongolia spends 10 billion to build aircraft carriers". Which of these two news headlines is more attractive? The latter. Everyone knows that Mongolia has no sea at all. Which one of the gimmicks, "a certain Olympic contestant bets on unpopular wins" and "Chinese athletes invest heavily in winning the Olympic 100m championship"? The latter. Because the whole world thinks that the Chinese can't win the Olympic 100-meter championship.
At this time, Bell forgot to enjoy his leisure time, by the computer, he began to brew a shocking report.
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Fleggs is an accountant and his accounting firm has long served OPAP.
Today, OPAP introduced the business to the accounting firm. A tourist has just made a huge sum of 4 million euros through gambling. He needs to transfer this huge sum out of Athens, and pay as little commission as possible. Today, it is the day when Fleggs and the tourist agreed to meet.
What surprised Fleggs was that the tourist's agreed location was not in the center of Athens but a cafe in the open area of the Olympic Village.
"He's a lucky guy. If I guessed right, this lucky guy should be him!" Fleggs walked into the cafe while thinking, and asked the waiter: "I have an appointment, may I ask where table 5 is? "
"It's over there." The waiter pointed in a direction, and Fleggs turned to look around and found a face he had seen before.
"Sure enough it was the Oriental." Fleggs walked over and said, "Hello, sir, I didn't think of seeing you again. My name is Wallis Frogs, and I'm an accountant."
"Yeah, I didn't expect to meet you again, we met again." Zhang Guan asked the other party to sit down.
Fleggs is the middle-aged man in the khaki suit who analyzed Zhang Guan at the betting station. So when Fleggs learned that someone had bought 4: 2 Portugal in Iraq, the first thing that came to mind was the Oriental man he saw at the betting station.
Fleggs ordered a cup of coffee and then said, "I didn't think I was witnessing a miracle at the betting station that day! I also tried to prevent you from betting on Iraq. Fortunately, you didn't listen to me."
"I have always been optimistic about Iraq, and I think they can enter the semi-finals." Zhang Guan said.
"Top Four? I believe your judgment. After a while, I will bet on Iraq to enter the semifinals." Fleggs said.
"It's just that the odds in Iraq are much lower now." Zhang Guan said with a smile.
Since Iraq defeated Portugal, the gambling company immediately changed the odds. Some people even analyzed that Iraq may win the championship. Now betting on Iraq is no longer as high as the odds of the previous few days.
Subsequently, the two entered the topic.
Zhang Guan took the lead and said: "Mr. Fleggs, I want to transfer this bonus back to China. You know I am Chinese, I still have to return to China to make money. But I don't know how to do it, so I need your help. "
"Mr. Zhang, thank you very much for your trust. We have many ways to transfer your money to China." Fleggs lowered his voice and said, "Of course, there are some special methods."
Zhang Guan knew that the "special method" that Fleggs called was inseparable from money laundering in underground banks, so Zhang Guan shook his head immediately: "I need a legal way, even if it will take more formalities fee."
"Okay, sir, we also have a variety of legal channels." Fleggs then introduced: "First of all, it is directly through international electronic remittances, you can send money to any bank in your country that starts foreign exchange business. But then you need to pay a large handling fee. Also, due to historical reasons, NATO has a strict examination of large amounts of funds directly transferred to Russia and China. And as far as I know, returning home has restrictions on the settlement of foreign citizens. Sometimes it may encounter trouble, so I don't recommend that you go through this procedure. "
Zhang Guan nodded: "You are right, our country has no limit on the number of foreign remittances and remittances accepted, but there are restrictions on the settlement of foreign exchanges. One person is equivalent to 50,000 US dollars a year."
"Besides that, there is a second method, which is to bring money to your country through foreign trade companies. We can find a suitable trading company for you, but this method is more complicated, you know foreign trade settlement cycle will be longer, and if the exchange rate changes, you may suffer losses, and may even exceed your normal remittance fee. "Fleggs finished talking, took a sip of coffee, and saw Zhang Guan had no questions to asked before proceeding.
"The third method is through the UK. The funds will be remitted from Greece to the UK first. Since both the UK and Greece are EU countries, there is no problem with cross-border remittances; then the money will be transferred to Hong Kong through multinational financial companies. For historical reasons, there are very few financial restrictions between the UK and Hong Kong, and now there are many companies in the UK that do this business; in the end, you need to open an account in Hong Kong and transfer the money to your account. Hong Kong is an Asian financial center, and there are very few restrictions on the settlement of funds. This method is fast, convenient, safe, cost-effective, and saves a lot of trouble. I strongly recommend that you choose this option. "
"Okay, let's choose this third method, but I hope you can wait a little bit and then perform the operation." Zhang Guan immediately answered.
"Why?" Fleggs asked.
"Don't forget that I also bought the lottery for the Iraqi team to enter the semi-finals. Maybe a few days later, I can earn a lot of bonuses." Zhang Guan said with a smile.