Chapter 234: The Game Pool

Game Lobby.

Bai Liu led the way in, and went straight to Charles - Muke had already explained what had happened, but Bai Liu felt the need to meet the extraordinary Fifth Guild leader in person.

Inside the Gamblers' Guild.

Charles, sitting across the desk, raised an eyebrow in slight surprise, raised his hand to stop the servant from pouring Bai Liu's tea and repeated with interest what Bai Liu had just said to him, "You want to join the league this year?"

"Is that not what you intend to do? President Charles?" Bai Liu asked, unperturbed, in return.

"Of course not." Charles dismissed without a second thought, "Although I have chosen you as my [betting horse], normally, [betting horses] have a year of breeding before they go on the track."

Charles gave Bai Liu a top-to-bottom look with a slightly critical eye, then regretted his hand: " Bai Liu, you are not at the top of your game, it would be more appropriate to keep you in the dark. "

"Feeding?" Bai Liu raised an eyebrow, "So that's why the charge point collection mechanism exists, is it? It's all about building up the momentum for the big gamble that is [the league]?"

Charles nodded appreciatively, "Yes, you're very clever Bai Liu."

He got up with his civilised staff and came around behind Bai Liu: "All players in the whole game exist to earn more points, and in our [Gamblers' Guild] eyes there are two ways to earn more points in the game, one is called [Gamblers] and one is called [Horse Racing]."

"[Betting on horses] is the existence of being bet on, you rely on training in the game, being charged by us and playing in leagues for points, it's a very simple way of gaining labour, but there is a more exciting, risky and rewarding way of investing in this game - "

Charles hooked his lips and flipped his fingers, a peculiar chip flashed out of nothing between his index and middle fingers, and he leaned down and placed it in Bai Liu's arms.

"-a method we call [gambling]."

"As [gamblers] we have chosen you as our [gambling horses], invested in you to charge you, bred you, waved the flag for you, made you famous, and then when the annual league comes, put our whole fortune on you - "

Charles looks down with deep eyes at Bai Liu in his seat: " - if you win, we double our investment and make money, if you lose, we lose everything, that's the relationship between [gamblers] and [betting on horses]. "

Bai Liu tilts his head back slightly to put distance between him and Charles, and he looks down at the chip in his hand - a gold rim with a dark green background and a value of six.

He remembered that the real casino did not have chips of this value, which would be unique to the game.

"Essentially, what wins this gamble of the league for you [gamblers] is the money that both players bet, and a game with such high stakes wouldn't reach this kind of all-in popularity, the odds are too high." Bai Liu asked faintly, "- so someone is sitting on the base handicap is that right?"

"Yes." Charles replied.

The smile on his face grew more and more meaningful, "The person who sits at the bank is the system, and when the league is betting against each team, the system will place a base fund in the gambling pool for each team, and that base fund is the sum of the charge points of each person in the Double Fang Team-"

Charles pointed out five fingers, "- five times."

"In other words, that means the higher the sum of charge points on both the enemy and us, the higher the base fund in the double Team Fang Wu's gambling pool." Bai Liu was lost in thought, "Which means that if our team wins against a strong team, the higher the probability that the player who bets on us to recharge will double his win."

"And this base fund does not include points for subsequent additional bets; the points in the final loser's gambling pool are distributed to the winner in proportion to the bets placed."

Charles gave a simple example, "Let's say you are now playing a league with the Kings Guild and the Kings Guild team has 10 million charge points and your team has 1 million charge points, then both of you have a base handicap of 55 million in your gambling pool."

"And on top of that, with the King's Guild side betting 50 million points and your side betting only 100,000 points, they have a fund of 150 million in their gambling pool, while yours is only 55.1 million."

"If the King's Guild wins against you, then the players who bet on the King's Guild will be able to distribute the points in your gambling pool in proportion to the points they bet."

"For example, if I am a player who bets for the King's Guild, and I alone bet 25 million out of the total 50 million bets, or fifty percent, then I alone get a fifty percent share of the 55.1 million in your gambling pool, or 27.55 million, a profit rate of 110 percent."

"A very high profitability rate." Bai Liu commented objectively.

Charles' eyes rolled back and settled on Bai Liu's face, "Yes, it's a good deal, but it's not a gamble."

Bai Liu looked up at Charles, who raised a hand to his smiling lower lip and continued, "Put another way, what if you won this match against the King's Guild and the 100,000 points bet in your gambling pool was all mine alone?"

"Then I can win $150 million for $100,000, a profit margin of one thousand and five times."

Charles opened his hands and looked at Bai Liu with a smile: "That's gambling, baby."

"- Welcome to the Gamblers Club."

"According to this argument, the more risk our team experiences, the more attention it gets, the more negative controversy it has, the less chance of winning and the higher the profit margin." Bai Liu lifted his eyes to Charles, "Wouldn't it be just right to enter this year, then?"

Charles paused, then looked at Bai Liu with a slightly surprised look and laughed: "Looks like I've met a crazier gambler than me."

He sat back in his seat and spun around, gripping his civilising staff and tapping it sharply on the ground twice before knocking it off with slight excitement, "I like your offer, just when you're at the height of your gimmick, and I don't have to bother keeping the discussion going for you for a year to maintain it until the next league."

Charles looks straight at Bai Liu: "You're in the spotlight now, if you lose badly in this league you'll be worthless in the future, are you sure you want to play this year? If you're sure, I'll do all the support and logistics for you."

Bai Liu: "I'm sure."

Charles flirtatiously took Bai Liu's hand and kissed it down in the air: "As you wish, my Prince Charming."

Bai Liu: "......"

His investors are, slightly, disgusting.

But it doesn't matter, he's an adult and is perfectly capable of putting up with this for the sake of money.

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Bai Liu walked away from the Gamblers' Club guild and went straight to his Scavengers' Guild.

Charles reminded him to be prepared to do business if he was going to play in the league - things like player appearance, like the suitability of the guild name and the team, and even the guild icon, all of which were to be highly noted.

After Bai Liu arrived at the guild and consulted the group of members, the name of the guild was simply and simply changed to Wandering Circus.

Then next came the heavy news that they were going to play in the league this year.

There was an outcry.

But Bai Liu didn't force them to turn in props for the league, participate in high-risk games to find advanced props, or even force them to recharge their batteries to expand their teams like other guilds did - all of which Charles took care of, a guy who is a bit of a badass but a really good resource.

The players for the company's war party have already been selected.

It was a big deal for a guild to participate in a tournament, which would normally be a guild-wide effort, but Bai Liu took care of it all by himself and simply informed them.

The members were a bit overwhelmed and worried, but the way Bai Liu carried himself with such ease and the twists and turns the man had gone through along the way miraculously settled them down.

But if it's President Bai, it doesn't seem impossible to win ......

In this moment, they gained a new understanding of this amazing guild.

They really don't seem to have to give anything to this guild, as even for top events like the guild's participation in the league, their president has never asked them to worry about it, leaving them to just grow in this community without worry.

"Is there anything we can do for you, President Bai ?" Someone cautiously asked, "It's support season, do you need us to support you or something?"

-- It's also really weird that the members don't do anything for something as big as the guild's participation in the league!

"Of course we need support, please help me spread the word that I'm going to play in the league." Bai Liu smiled, "And then to sing my praises, saying that I will never win, exposing all the faults of our team, or better still, saying that you guys don't support my participation in the league at all, but I am bent on doing it myself, that's about it, please."

Members: "......"

Members: "????"

What's this new way of showing support?

Wang Shun, who has been with the King's Guild for several leagues, was dumbfounded when he heard about Bai Liu's strange way of supporting him.

He had never seen such a response!

"...... No, Bai Liu, what are you doing?!" Wang Shun's eyes glazed over as he trotted along behind Bai Liu, "What do you want them to sing your praises for? Player support will have a direct impact on whether or not you get the get-out-of-jail-free card ......"

"I'm probably not going to get it before the tournament." Bai Liu simply made the decision, "It's more cost effective for me to run negatively before the tournament and wait for the official matches to consolidate my support before I get the free pass."

Wang Shun's eyes glazed over: "What value for money?"

Bai Liu smiled, his eyes glowing slightly, "I'm going to pull up the odds and place a bet on [Wandering Circus], I just realised there's a [table] play hidden in this game, it's so interesting."

Wang Shun: "!!!!"

Wang Shun held his forehead in pain: "Did you talk to Charles?"

He knew something like this would happen when he put these two people who like to mess around together!