Chapter 350 - 320 3.7 Billion!
The competition between the Guandong Association and the Hongmen suddenly caught the attention of many people.
The general public was unaware of this, but the martial arts world in Japan, extreme organizations, the Chinese martial arts community in the United States, the underworld, and the American upper class all started buzzing about it.
What truly piqued interest and made people unable to resist participating was a bet: Wu from the American Hongmen Zhiyuan Hall was to fight three consecutive matches, and the bet was on the outcomes of these three matches.
"Your odds against Fujiwara Naoto are 1:1.2," Li San told Wu.
"If you beat Fujiwara Naoto and then face Xiaoze Wutian in the second match, the odds will be 1:3."
"And if you win that, and go on to the championship fight, your odds against Habu are 1:7!"
In the room, Li San was explaining the betting details related to Wu.
Wu laughed, "So, you’re saying if I bet on myself winning all three matches, and I wager a hundred million, I could end up with seven hundred million."
Li San replied, "These are just the current odds. They are bound to change by the day of the competition, and I reckon they will only increase, unless someone bets a large amount of money on you winning."
"This whole thing is being pushed by Jon Dowes; their family specializes in organizing betting on matches. Nearly every competition you can think of worldwide has betting, and their family is involved in almost all of it." Wu, curious, asked, "Can they manipulate the results of the matches?"
Li San sneered, "These capitalists are troublemakers; manipulating results is quite common for them, especially in popular sports with many participants like football and basketball. Next comes boxing. UFC is relatively fair, though match-fixing there is rare. Dana White has done a good job keeping his head clear."