If there is no world-renowned casino, there is no more harsh basic conditions than Las Vegas, located in the western desert of the United States, but no casino is more successful than Las Vegas.

Since someone can open up such a commercial miracle in arid and desolate desert area, there is nothing impossible in any other location in the world.

When Simon heard the answer given by Andre Wardmirka, he immediately understood that the two people around him had obviously thought about it.

Located in the heart of Eastern Europe, Rovno Oblast has almost no outstanding cultural and natural landscape. If you want to develop the tourism industry, you can only take the wrong steps.

The gambling industry happens to be the easiest way to succeed in taking the wrong path.

Because of huge profits.

High gambling profits can bring sufficient funds, and then use these funds to artificially create various entertainment and leisure activities, further attract tourists, and then introduce tourists to the casino to form an ecological cycle.

The most typical case is still Las Vegas.

To this day, although Las Vegas is still a world-renowned casino and the locomotive effect of casinos in the city's economic development has not changed at all, the proportion of the gambling industry has been declining, and on the contrary, catering, shopping, performances and other aspects are becoming more and more prosperous.

This actually means that the economic structure of this city is becoming more and more healthy and stable.

It belongs to the long-term way.

However, the casino is definitely not that easy to build.

There have been countless ambitions around the world to build a second Las Vegas city for decades, with few successes.

The most failed case also happens to be in the United States.

Atlantic City.

This city, located on the coast of New Jersey in southern New York, began to decide to vigorously develop the gambling industry in the 1970s, and was ambitious to become Las Vegas on the east coast of the United States.

As a result, except for the 1980s, taking advantage of the US economic recovery for a while, it has been lukewarm.

Many capitals that invested heavily in Atlantic City were deeply trapped in the quagmire. After the new century, more than half of the casinos in Atlantic City went bankrupt, and the surrounding industrial ecology like Las Vegas has not developed.

Speaking of which, through mergers and acquisitions and integrations of a certain Golden Retriever company, Simon now controls a number of casinos in Atlantic City, such as the most famous Taj Mahal Casino.

Although this is a completely useless asset.

In the current hot spring resort, the planning stage is the team from Atlantic City.

Inside the theatre hall of the resort.

Simon thought for a moment and finally said, "Andre, I appreciate your idea, but you have to know that if you want to develop the gambling industry here, and not the small-scale quarrels now, this involves too many aspects, such as the industrial policies in the general direction of Ukraine, which cannot be achieved in a short period of time. In my opinion, it only takes ten years to achieve the final goal.

The first problem to face when developing a casino is money.

A lot of money.

Just like Atlantic City, in the development stage of the 1980s, major capitals spent hundreds of millions of dollars on it, because only in this way can we artificially create a series of high-end entertainment venues that are enough to attract gamblers.

Secondly, it is also very important to support policy.

At this stage, small casinos, large and small, are like mushrooms after a rain, but the national level only turns a blind eye to this. Just like video halls everywhere in China, there are no special industry regulations.

Therefore, if you want to develop a casino, the policy level is definitely an unavoidable problem.

And it's not just this problem.

Because if Ukraine develops its gambling industry, it will inevitably be mainly aimed at overseas tourists, which will inevitably involve visa policies, foreign exchange exchange and other aspects.

None of these can be achieved overnight in the short term.

Again, even if the above two core problems are solved, the casino may not be able to be successfully developed.

Just like Atlantic City.

There is no shortage of money and policies, but it just fails because it involves actual business.

The gambling industry is ultimately a business, and doing business requires skills. Some people make a big profit, while others lose money.

Finally, there is the issue of interest distribution and the impact of Ukraine's future political environment on this industry.

If the country falls into turmoil or even civil war again after the new century, even the Rovno Prefecture, located in the northwestern border, will not be affected, overseas tourists who are very sensitive to public security environment will definitely reduce their contacts due to their concerns.

In short, all kinds of entanglements.

When Andre heard Simon say this, he said seriously: "Boss, Alexander and I have been studying the development plans of casinos in various countries around the world during this period, and have considered many issues. We have never thought that we will succeed in the short term, mainly because we hope to get your support from our boss."

Simon said: "I can only say that I don't object to it for the time being. As for support and the degree of support, it depends on your work results. Just like the expansion of the resort, you can start planning, but I will definitely not invest in you in the short term. I have invested a lot here, and it is not wise to expand blindly."

The two were disappointed when they heard this, and then they reacted. Alexander Avenue asked: "Boss, you said you can't invest more. Does this mean that Andre and I can use our existing income to continue to develop?"

Simon smiled and nodded: "Yes, but I am not 100% controlling for three projects, so you need to convince other shareholders first."

"Boss, can we explain your attitude to other shareholders during the lobbying process?"

"Yes, so you have recently drawn up a detailed written plan for me." Simon said, and said without forgetting to whine: "And remember to communicate more with Celia in the future. I don't want anything beyond my expectations."

Andre and Alexander quickly agreed.

As we chatted like this, the stage was ready. A staff member came over to confirm and obtained permission, and the performance officially began.

The story of "Swan Lake" tells the love story of a princess who was cursed by the devil and turned into a swan and a prince. It was created by the famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky based on German fairy tales. There have been many variant versions over the past century, especially the ending of the story, including comedy and tragedy.

The third act chosen by Simon is the biggest conflict turning point in the story. The Demon King's daughter, the Black Swan, seduces the prince to get engaged, causing the prince to abandon his agreement with the White Swan.

As the lights in the hall dim, Simon stopped talking to the two people around him when the music started.

Even if he is not very interested in it, Simon will not deny that it is real art at all. Especially for the world-class ballet team like Kiev Ballet, each member has been selected through numerous selections. Basically, from childhood, the best years of these dancers in their lives are bound to ballet.

The story begins with the prince's court ball in which he chooses the bride.

Various characters appeared, including the Demon King and his daughter, the black swan with the same appearance as the white swan. The most exciting part was the interaction between the prince and the black swan in the second half.

And the most famous '32 Circle Whip Rotary'.

When the ballet chief dancer on the stage completed this classic move calmly and skillfully, even though there were only a few people including Simon in the audience, everyone still applauded together.

After about half an hour of performance, the dancers went on stage to finish the curtain call.

Andrey Wardmirka finally came to Simon again and whispered: "Boss, do you want to go up and greet everyone?"

Simon noticed the different meaning of the subordinate's expression when he spoke. He looked at the stage. Most of the dancers obviously knew the identity of the audience tonight. The movements at the end of the curtain call were obviously hesitant and expectant. He smiled and nodded, "Okay."

So he got up and walked towards the stage.

When they saw the legendary Simon Westeros face to face, the dancers on the stage were immediately at a loss. Fortunately, Andre, who was obviously very good at doing things, signaled a little, and everyone quickly reacted and applauded.

Simon patiently shook hands with everyone one by one, and did not forget to compliment in Russian, came to the chief dancer who played the black and white swan, paused for a moment, and held a slightly cool tenderloin and said, "You danced great, can I know your name?"

The girl, who seemed to be twenty-five or twenty-six, looked at Simon and nodded appropriately, "Of course, Mr. Westeros, my name is Kaga."

"Hello, Kaja, thank you for your performance tonight."

Simon said this again, letting go of the other party's little hand appropriately and walking towards the next dancer.

The girl named Kaga watched Simon walk away, still smiling on her face, but her eyes flashed. When the man was farther away, there was a little more loss in his expression, and he couldn't help but think of the MV I watched last year.

I probably don’t have the same good luck as some women.

Simon greeted the dancers, and did not stop for more, but instead went to the resort's casino at Andre's suggestion.

Andre, who walked out of the theater and followed Simon, seemed to be unintentionally saying, "Boss, do you want me to invite Kajia for you and have a few drinks together later, or may the boss be interested in other girls?"

Simon just shook his head.

They are all very beautiful, but they are not considered Simon's food.

Andre didn't mention it anymore, but he still gave a wink at a follower quietly.

Everyone came to the casino not far from the theater. This is a three-story half-Baroque half-Ancient Roman-style building, located in the center of the resort.

Simon and his party entered through the side door and went directly to the second floor to see the corridor in the lobby below.

The open hall, which is a total of more than 1,000 square meters, is divided into several different areas, including slot machines, playing cards, dice rolling and other ways of playing. Of course, it is incomparable to those large casinos that cannot be seen at first sight, but it also seems bustling and very lively at this time.

Looking around, there are small private rooms on the second floor, mainly various standard gambling tables. According to Andre, the main difference is that the chips and consumption here are higher than those below.

There is also a VIP room and some suites on the third floor.

But it is not open yet.

Because at this stage, the main guests in the resort area here are middle-class tourists from Western Europe and North America, and no top gamblers will appear here yet, so the third floor is just to entertain some special guests who occasionally appear.

Like Simon.

Standing on the corridor and listening to Andre's detailed introduction, the middle-aged man led Simon to the third floor.

First we arrived at a special hall.

The most noticeable thing is the equipment on one side of the hall that is like a clothing store display cabinet.

Simon actually knows what this is.

When the lights in the cabinets were on, six fresh and plain "little water onions" appeared inside. They were wearing exactly the same white long skirt and stood in a row, which was roughly similar to the eight Simon saw at the hot spring manor in the morning.

Andrei first looked at Simon's expression and confirmed the appreciation in his boss's eyes. Then he said: "Boss, this is specially prepared by Alexander and I for you. We have started to select employees here since last year, but we have only arranged some language training for them, so we are sure that they are all very innocent girls."

Simon nodded with a smile: "No, I will take it away later."

Andre quickly agreed and said, "Do you want them to come out first and say hello to you?"

"No," Simon shook his head and said, "Take me to see other places."
To be continued...