Chapter 250 The Biggest Winner of the World Cup
Lu Yunxiang was as excited as a child, feeling even more excited than he himself had won 10 million euros.
Zhang Wei didn't feel excited at all. After all, he already knew the result of the game.
Zhang Wei bet 50,000 euros on each of the sixteen gaming companies in Germany, which adds up to 800,000 euros. According to the odds of 1 to 13, that is a bonus of 10.4 million euros, after deducting costs. The net profit was 9.6 million euros, which is barely equivalent to 100 million yuan if rounded off.
Looking at the excited Lu Yunxiang in front of him, Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh. A small goal is indeed a lot, and ordinary people can't spend it all in a lifetime. But for Lu Yunxiang, a second-generation rich man, he may not even be able to reach his starting point in life.
But for Zhang Wei, with these 10 million euros, at least he doesn't have to worry about the school network not being able to survive.
At the same time, gaming companies have also begun to calculate their profits.
As the final, it is obviously the most watched game, and bookmakers also received the most bets. There are those who bet on the outcome, some who bet on the score, some who bet on the goal, and there are also various bets on handicaps, plus those who bet on the championship before. After this game, the betting company has a lot of data to calculate.
As for the winning bet, the gaming company will definitely make a profit without losing any money.
In the early and middle stages of the World Cup, with Brazil and England being the favorites to win, there are still many people who buy the favorite teams to win.
By the time several favorites were eliminated, it was already the semi-final stage. At this time, Italy's odds of winning were only 1 to 4.33. On the eve of the final, Italy's odds of winning had become 1 to 1.72.
The real big payers are those who bet on Italy to win when the odds are above 1 to 10.
For example, Zhang Wei’s 50,000 euros, according to the odds of 1:13, the gaming company has to pay a bonus of 650,000 euros.
This large bonus payment occurred and was quickly reported to the gaming company executives.
“At 1-13, I bought 50,000 euros for Italy to win. We have to pay him 650,000 euros! I remembered that this bet was reported to me. It was me. Agreed.”
When he approved this large bet, he felt that this was some idiot fan of the Italian team who spent 50,000 euros at a time to buy the team to win the championship. This was simply a gift of money!
Unexpectedly, this idiot fan actually won the bet, and 50,000 euros turned into 650,000 in seconds. This makes me look like a clown!
Thinking of this, the executive was in a bad mood.
However, the bonus should still be given. Such a large gaming company will not lose its credibility for a mere 650,000 euros.
After signing his name on the approval form, the executive remembered another thing.
"Immediately tell me, if the lucky guy who won 650,000 euros comes to receive the prize, please ask him to cooperate with us in taking a few photos. It's not easy for someone to win so much money, and we will use it for advertising." The executive said .
For gaming companies, the best publicity is to tell the public that someone has won the jackpot.
So it will appear in the news every three days that someone in a certain place has won a multi-billion-dollar jackpot and cleared out the multi-billion-dollar prize pool. Let’s not talk about whether this is true or not. Let’s just say that this kind of advertising effect must be there.
Some people always think, what if everything in the news is true? What if I am the lucky one?
Now the gaming company has to pay Zhang Wei a bonus of 650,000 euros. Since the money has been spent, why not take this opportunity to maximize profits?
Let the lottery winner come and shoot an advertisement, and the gambling company will be more psychologically balanced.
Ordinary people buy football lottery tickets with a bet of a few euros. With a little support and fun, it is equivalent to giving a reward to the author of the online article. Those who bet a few hundred euros at a time can already be classified as professional gamblers.
A bet of 50,000 euros and a bonus of 650,000 euros is definitely worth advertising compared to those bets of a few euros.
The subordinates said: "Sir, for things like taking photos for publicity, you should ask for the other party's consent. If the other party does not agree, then we cannot force it!"
The executive frowned. He frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "I remember when the betting station reported to me, they mentioned that this lucky guy is a foreign tourist. Since he is a foreign tourist, he should not have an exclusive accountant in Germany.
Now that he has won so much money, whether he is filing taxes or remitting funds abroad, he will definitely need accounting services. Tell him that if he is willing to cooperate with us and simply do some publicity, then we can provide him with accounting services for free. ”
The most indispensable thing for gaming companies is accounting talents, and the business of tax payment and cross-border flow of funds is the specialty of gaming companies.
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Zhang Wei took the lottery ticket and went to the gaming company to redeem the prize. The betting station would definitely not be able to handle such a large prize redemption, so he had to go to the gaming company.
Hand the check for 650,000 euros in front of Zhang Wei, gaming. The company staff asked: "Mr. Zhang, we have a gracious request. We hope you can cooperate with us in taking some photos. We will use them for the company's promotional activities. ”
"Well..." Zhang Wei was a little hesitant. After all, Zhang Wei still had concerns about appearing in public to receive the award.
The staff immediately said: "Mr. Zhang, if you are willing to cooperate with our company's promotion, we can provide you with free accounting services."
"Free accounting services? What are they? "Zhang Wei asked immediately.
“Including tax services and cross-border capital flow services. Of course, if you want to invest in Germany, we can also provide relevant consultation.” The other party said with a smile.
Zhang Wei took a breath, this condition is really tempting.
Given the particularity of gaming companies' business, their accountants are definitely the most professional in terms of taxation and cross-border funds, and everyone knows this.
And Zhang Wei does need services in this area.
It is the norm in various countries to provide tax concessions to foreign consumers. For example, there are special duty-free shops only for foreigners to shop; for example, there is a tax refund window at the exit port, and foreign citizens can get a tax refund directly with their shopping invoice; in other places, if you show your passport directly when checking out, the consumption tax will be waived. Lose.
The calculations in this regard in the gaming industry are even more complicated. To put it bluntly, the essence of gambling is gambling. However, no country wants its citizens to be deeply involved in gambling, but it also hopes that the gambling industry will bring benefits to the country.
So the best case scenario is to only make money from foreigners. Foreigners come to our country to gamble, reap the rewards and bring benefits to their country. If the citizens of this country dare to participate in gambling, then the criminal law will take care of them.
Therefore, in order to attract foreigners to play gambling, many countries have policies that give foreigners the green light to participate in their own gambling games. Especially in tax policy, there will definitely be many areas where tax reductions or exemptions can be made.
In this regard, Germany has its own policies, and the EU also has its own policies. There are also temporary policies during the World Cup, and the calculations are quite complicated.
If Zhang Wei only earned tens of thousands of euros, he probably wouldn't need an accountant. This little money doesn't make much even if you pay taxes, and international anti-money laundering organizations don't bother to pay attention to you.
But what Zhang Wei wants to take away is tens of millions of euros, and he really needs an accountant to run it. All kinds of legal tax deduction methods are available.
In this regard, ordinary accountants are far inferior to accountants of gaming companies. Gambling companies operate billions of dollars every year, so they are very familiar with the business.
More importantly, each of the sixteen gaming companies in Germany has a state government as its backend. As a federal country, each state also has its own laws. It is more reliable to find a local accountant.
650,000 euros is a lot of money to ordinary people, but to the accountants of bookmakers, it is just water.
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei nodded, and then continued: "I can cooperate with you in taking photos. But I hope you can protect my privacy as much as possible."
"Mr. Zhang, this Don't worry, we will keep your name, age, nationality, etc. confidential. We will only say that you are a tourist from Asia."
Lu Yunxiang whispered from the side: "Brother, I think. You absolutely need to protect your privacy.”
"Why?" Zhang Wei asked.
“There are people named Zhang Wei all over China. Even if it is reported that the winner is named Zhang Wei, people don’t know who you are.”
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Zhang Wei went to a second gaming company to redeem his prize, but the result was the same. The other party hoped that Zhang Wei could leave some photos to cooperate with the gaming company's promotion. The gaming company can also provide Zhang Wei with accounting services.
So Zhang Wei took a huge check sample and took a photo with Boai Company executives.
The next few gambling companies also had the same request, and Zhang Wei did not refuse. Anyway, it was just a photo, and he couldn't lose a piece of meat, and he could also get the services of an accountant for free. There have always been news reports that when you see foreigners winning lottery prizes, they show their faces, while Chinese people all wear masks. Then the public intellectuals said that foreign countries have good public security, and they don’t have to worry about being kidnapped by bad guys when they show up to receive awards!
In the era of rampant media, if someone says that foreign countries have good public security, it is estimated that not many people will believe such nonsense.
If you search the Internet, you will find a lot of news about foreigners being robbed, kidnapped, or even having their tickets ripped off after winning the lottery. It is not surprising.
Foreigners dare to show their faces when they win lottery prizes, mainly because of the benefits given by the gaming company. For example, providing accounting services is very attractive.
Especially in some countries with complicated tax systems, without accountants, ordinary people would not be able to figure out how to pay taxes.
For example, in the United States, the federal government has federal taxes, and the states have state taxes. The federal government and the states also have their own tax deduction details. There is a scene in "The Shawshank Redemption" where the prison guard buys himself a holster, which can be claimed as a tax deduction. Ordinary people don't know so much.
The United States is a country where drug dealers have to declare taxes. It would rather offend the kidnappers than the tax bureau.
So many people are willing to risk being kidnapped to show their faces in order to gain some of the benefits offered by bookmakers.
Zhang Wei is not afraid of showing his face. After a few days, Zhang Wei will return to China. By then, it will be impossible to defeat criminals and go to China to kidnap people for ransom! .
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Although the World Cup is over, the promotions of various gaming companies have just begun.
Many gaming companies have released financial reports, announcing that during this World Cup, they received huge amounts of betting funds, a huge increase compared to the previous World Cup.
In short, I want to tell the Germans that the gambling industry in Germany is thriving and developing vigorously. Come and buy lottery tickets for the upcoming new season of Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 3!
This is like those news that promotes that scratch-off games are sold out, telling you that scratch-off games are in hot sales, go and buy them! As a result, when you go to the lottery store, you will see all kinds of scratch-off tickets, all of which are placed there.
In addition to saying that the sales data of gaming companies are very good, of course there are also soft promotional articles about lottery players winning big prizes.
Lower Saxony Gambling Company, Director Hoffmann is holding a Berlin newspaper, which has a whole page containing the content released by the Berlin Gambling Company.
"Lucky fans predict that Italy will win the championship with odds of 1 to 13!" 》
Under this title is a photo of Zhang Wei holding a check of 650,000 euros.
"Is there nothing to report about the Berlin Bookmaker? How can we reprint the news from Lower Saxony!" Hoffman snorted coldly. He thought the news was reprinted from him.
Taking a closer look at the content, it is written about a tourist from Asia who bought 50,000 euros in a betting transfer owned by a Berlin bookmaker. Italy won. The ratio at that time was exactly 1:13, so the tourist won 65 A huge bonus of 10,000 euros.
Hoffman suddenly became furious!
"How could this be possible? Just repost the news from me, and use your name for propaganda. This is fake news and infringement! Shameless! I will sue you!"
Hoffmann thought it was the Berlin bookmaker that had stolen his news for publicity.
This is like your company spending 650,000 euros to hire a celebrity to endorse, but the competitor next door directly uses the celebrity endorsement picture to photoshop its own products and use it for promotion. What is unbearable!
The sixteen gaming companies in Germany usually compete fiercely with each other and often use their own tricks, but this kind of infringing propaganda clearly goes over the line.
"Call someone from the legal department to come over." Hoffman ordered, then patiently continued to read the newspaper.
The next thing he read was a Bremen newspaper, and then he saw a headline like this.
"Fans are discerning and successfully predicted the Italian team to win the championship and won a bonus of 650,000 euros"
"What is going on? Why are we reprinting our report again?"
Looking at the picture accompanying the news again, it was still Zhang Wei, but this time, it was a middle-aged man delivering a check to Zhang Wei.
This middle-aged man, whom Hoffman knew, was an executive of the Bremen Gaming Company.
Continuing to read the content, it is said that Zhang Wei bet 50,000 euros in a Bremen bookmaker to buy Italy to win, and finally received a bonus of 800,000 euros.
"Liar! You liars! It's just infringement, but you even photoshopped a photo of issuing a check! You are more shameless than Berliners! I'm going to sue you!"
Huo Fuman angrily rolled up the newspaper into a ball and threw it away.
The next newspaper was from Hesse. Before Hoffman could take a closer look, he just glanced at it and saw Zhang Wei's photo.
"Why is it him again!" Hoffman exclaimed.
The title this time is "Fans bought Italy to win the championship and collected 650,000 euros"
At this time, Hoffman was already a little numb. He felt that he was being targeted. The whole of Germany They are all bullying themselves!
“I have already lost 650,000 euros, which is pitiful enough. You can’t catch me harvesting wool alone!”
Hoffman started reading newspapers from other states again. Sacks, Brandenburg, North Rhine-Vestalen, Hamburg, and even Bavaria all have the same report. The content is that Zhang Wei bet 50,000 euros on Italy to win, and then won Prize money of 650,000 euros.
At this time, Hoffman finally felt something was wrong.
The gambling companies in other states are shameless and just engage in infringement propaganda, but the gambling companies in Bavaria cannot do this!
The gaming company in Bavaria is affiliated with the German Federation, and its backend is larger than the other fifteen gaming companies. There is no need to use such underhanded tactics!
A bold conjecture emerged in Hoffman's mind.
"Could it be that this guy visited 16 bookmakers in Germany and bet 50,000 euros on each bookmaker? Then each bookmaker would have to pay him a bonus of 650,000 euros."
Thinking of this, Hoffman immediately picked up the calculator, multiplied 65 by 16, and got the number 1040.
"10.4 million euros! Oh my God, the Italian team won the championship and this guy earned 10.4 million euros!"
Hoffman stayed on the spot until someone from the legal department came Knocking on the door brought him back to his senses.
"Mr. Hoffman, do you have a problem with me?" someone from the legal department asked.
"I originally had a few legal-related questions that I wanted to consult, but now, I still need to confirm a few things. When I confirm them, I will come to you!"
Hoffman will The person from the legal department sent him away and then called a certain executive of a Berlin bookmaker.
As expected, Zhang Wei did place a bet at a Berlin bookmaker, buying Italy to win for 50,000 euros. Therefore, the propaganda of Berlin Bookmaker is not an infringement.
Next, Hoffman called fourteen other bookmakers and finally confirmed his suspicion.
After putting down the phone, Hoffman felt that his heart could not calm down for a long time.
"He bet a total of 800,000 euros, and it was clear that he deliberately separated his bets in 16 bookmakers. Such a bookmaker can bear a bonus of 650,000 euros, which is completely within its capabilities.
Furthermore, These bets were all at the highest odds in Italy. I didn’t make a bet at 1 to 10, nor did I make a bet at 1 to 12, but I waited until 1 to 13! Isn’t this timing too accurate? It was the most appropriate time to take action. This was definitely a premeditated operation. I thought this was a crazy fan, but I didn’t expect that he was a gambling master!”
The next second, a bold plan emerged from Huo’s mind. Fuman's heart welled up.
“A prize of 650,000 euros, how can a prize of 10.4 million euros sound shocking! Since they are all used for advertising, why not play something big!”
The next day, this news appeared in German newspapers:
"The biggest winner of the World Cup, a fan won a huge bonus of 10.4 million euros!" 》
The whole of Germany was instantly shocked!
(End of this chapter)