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Chapter 405 Honorary Citizen

"Wang, your gambling skills are the best I have ever seen." Abu said with a smile.

"Gambling? I don't know how to gamble. I'm just lucky." Wang Yi said, spreading his hands.

"Luck is also our own strength, at least I haven't seen anyone who can win 45 million dollars in a casino by luck." Abu said with a smile.

Wang Yi smiled and did not speak.

"This is my business card. Tomorrow night I will hold a banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas. I hope you can come to attend." Abu handed Wang Yi a metal piece the size of a bank card with the engraved on it. Some Arabic characters, and a line of phone numbers.

"I'll go." Wang Yi collected his business card, and then passed his business card over. After a few brief conversations, the two left the casino.

After returning to the hotel, Wang Yi asked Nie Wei to check the Prince Abu. As a member of the royal family, Abu's information was not kept secret. Nie Wei could easily find his basic information.

Speaking of this, the name of Abu Wang Yi is really long. His original name is: Abdullah Bin Abu Aziz Al Arafat.His father was the third prince of the previous Dubai royal family. He is the brother of the current King of Dubai. However, he did not inherit the throne, but was assigned a large number of oil fields. This is his only heir. The current Minister of Defense of Dubai is His uncle, the Minister of Tourism is his aunt, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs is his uncle.

He himself is responsible for tourism issues and can be said to be a real tyrant.Speaking of these local tyrants in the Middle East, Wang Yi thought of their oil fields. It can be said that these countries in the Middle East are completely floating on the oil sea.

These countries rely on oil alone to enable the people of the whole country to live a prosperous life. Of course, no matter how rich the oil resources are, there will always be a day of mining.Especially Dubai, a country whose oil resources are nearly exhausted.

When it comes to Dubai, many people have a trench in their minds. This is definitely a city of money. The whole city is built on the seaside, and the desert outside the city is the tallest building in the world. Mansion, the only seven-star hotel in the world, the Burj Al Arab Hotel.

But in the past 12 to 14 years, Dubai almost went bankrupt. Due to the exhaustion of oil resources, Dubai began to transform. Since the end of the 1990s, Dubai has made financial investments all over the world, but Dubai’s vision is not very good. , They spent 5.1 billion U.S. dollars to buy 10% of the shares of the Beacon State film giant MGM.

But this investment was a big pit. MGM’s stock price fell from 84 US dollars at the time to 16.8 US dollars, and the price dropped by four-fifths. At the same time, Dubai spent nearly 3 billion yuan to buy Deutsche Bank. And Standard Chartered Bank shares, but the stock prices of these two banks have also plunged.

Successive investment failures suddenly strained Dubai's capital. After Dubai decided to transform, it was ready to go to finance and tourism, so it spent a lot of money to build luxury resorts, a large number of skyscrapers, artificial islands, etc., for real estate development.But in Dubai, it’s okay to travel. As for buying a house for long-term residence, there are not many people.A large amount of construction naturally requires huge amounts of funds. It was so dying that it ran into the global financial crisis. After a year, it was finally unable to sustain it. Fortunately, several other Arab countries lent them 30 billion yuan in loans, otherwise Dubai has long become a ghost town.

And even now, there are still a lot of unfinished buildings in Dubai.

The award ceremony organized by the Las Vegas government is in the evening at the Hilton Hotel. After the ceremony, there will be a charity banquet to donate money to the people who were killed and injured in the shooting.

In fact, in the lighthouse country, charity evenings are more often used as shows. In the lighthouse country, if you want to be an official, you must learn to be a show. The rule here is democratic elections. In fact, this election is still a game for the rich. To get votes, you must first co-operate in various shows, give speeches, and promise to the public, all of which cost money.

Rent venues, ask for money, distribute flyers, ask for money. In short, all kinds of activities need money. It is not rich or supported by consortiums. What do you do if you don’t participate in this kind of activities? Let others know your name, political demands, and no one knows you, so even if your political program is strong, it will be useless.

If you want to participate in the election, you must get the support of the sponsor, and every election can be regarded as burning money. The award ceremony that Wang Yi attended today is actually the Mayor of Las Vegas who wants to run for governor. .

"Mr. Wood, Mr. Wang Yi is already on the road." Mayor Francis Wood's assistant reported to him.

"I see!" Mayor Wood nodded in satisfaction. During this period of time, his political future was almost destroyed by the shooting incident. Fortunately, the matter was handled very well. He and the chief of police worked together to promote Wang Yi. , Attract the attention of the people.It took the boss's effort to reluctantly suppress the matter.Presenting Wang Yi as an Honorary Citizen of Las Vegas is to let him cooperate with him in his show to win more public support.

"Mr. Mayor, we have communicated with Mr. Wang Yi, and he has promised to cooperate with you in the promotion." The assistant continued.

"Very good!" Mayor Wood was too skinny and motioned to his stylist to change a tie, and said as he gestured to the mirror.

The award ceremony was held as scheduled. As soon as Wang Yi appeared, a large number of reporters began to press the shutter. Some reporters even wanted to rush to interview him. During this time, the video of Wang Yi participating in the interview went viral on the Internet. The government is also contributing to the flames. Now his popularity in the lighthouse country is very high and he has become a new Internet celebrity.

The bodyguards by his side stopped the reporters. Wang Yi first accepted the award from Mayor Wood, and then shook hands with him. The next thing was Mayor Wood standing on stage and talking. As a political veteran, his speech was naturally emotional. Sincere and full of sympathy for the victims and the wounded, many guests have left moving tears.

But actually?There are not many dry goods in these words, and there is no specific amount of compensation. Wang Yi sees it thoroughly. He is not pitying the weak, but political correctness. After all, as a politician, they only have politics in their eyes.

After the award ceremony, Wang Yi also participated in the charity banquet that followed. The purpose of this banquet was to raise funds to help the victims in the shooting. Wang Yi also symbolically donated one million. After all, the casino just won during the day. There are more than 40 million. At this time, it can't be justified if you don't pay. You should spend money to buy an honorary citizen.