I Suddenly Became Rich, But I Have No Idea How to Spend the Money

As soon as I sat down at an open roulette table, I converted my entire 1 million Hong Kong dollars into chips and, at the last possible moment before bets were closed, placed a single 10,000 HKD bet on one number.

No hesitation. No second-guessing.

In these situations, bluffing is key.

The dealer turned pale, and the table buzzed with murmurs.

Of course, I won.

Just like that, I was holding 320,000 HKD.

At this point, that was about 64 million yen.

From there, it was simply a process of casually placing bets on red and black.

Of course, I timed my bets perfectly.

To prevent others from piggybacking on my luck, I always placed my bets at the last second.

My usual style is to bet half of my holdings at a time, so with each round, my funds multiplied by 1.5x.

In just two hours, I had surpassed 50 million HKD.

Of course, I didn’t win every single round.

There were moments when I lost nearly half of my funds in one go, but in the grand scheme of things, my initial 1 million HKD had turned into 50 million in less than three hours.

Now, in my possession were two 20 million HKD chips and a single 10 million HKD chip, along with some smaller chips.

That was enough roulette for today.

A mere glance at another dealer was enough to make them turn pale.

As I kept raking in money, I found myself reflecting.

From what I’d gathered, in this VIP room, bets of 10 million or 20 million were commonplace.

There were stories of wealthy executives who loved casinos—wasn’t there a story about one who gained and lost 10 billion yen in a single night?

Casinos investigate a guest’s financial background the moment they walk in. Even if they have no cash, banks will offer limitless credit.

Of course, this is all in favor of the casino.

In other words, they’re running a business designed to squeeze every last drop out of us.

Not just small-time wagers of 100 million or 200 million dollars.

This was about billions—tens of billions of dollars.

Macau’s total casino revenue reaches into the trillions.

In other words, they’re basically telling me, “Take what you can, if you think you can.”

Well, challenge accepted.

I’ll take as much as I can and keep the economy flowing.

At this point, I had lost all restraint.

Something had switched inside me.

I wasn’t thinking rationally anymore.

I took my three high-value chips and a few smaller ones and, once again, placed a bet at the very last second.

Of course, I won.

Just like that, I hit the 1 billion mark.

That’s 200 billion yen. Feels good.

The dealer was immediately switched out.

The new dealer looked at me with a fierce, challenging gaze, so I grinned back just as fiercely.

I gathered my excess small chips, let them jingle in my hand, and tossed them to the dealer as a tip before standing up.

The dealer’s eyes widened as if to say, “You’re not going to keep playing?”

Maybe he thought I was mocking him because he nearly lunged at me.

But I had no interest in listening.

Perhaps it was a bit petty of me, but more than that, I could feel the tide shifting.

You could say the flow had been disturbed.

I no longer felt like playing.

I signaled for security to handle the dealer and moved on.

Now I had five 20 million HKD chips.

The fewer, larger chips made them easier to carry.

Next, I took a seat at the baccarat table, where I had won big the day before.

Since baccarat is purely a game of luck, theoretically, continuous wins are possible.

And right now, luck was on my side more than ever.

Before I knew it, my five chips had multiplied to fifty.

1 billion turned into 10 billion, all in Hong Kong dollars.

That’s 2 trillion yen.

Of course, there were individual losses here and there.

But looking at the overall trend, my pile of 20 million HKD chips had grown into a mountain.

I kept betting, and the chips kept stacking up.

The wager sizes grew larger and larger.

Dealers were switched out multiple times. A crowd had formed.

And when all was said and done, what was the result?

By the end of the day, I had amassed a staggering 9,200 of the highest-value 50 million HKD chips.

That’s about 4.6 trillion yen.

The casino panicked.

The general manager himself came out.

With an apologetic look, he essentially told me, “We can’t pay out 4.6 trillion yen. Please, have mercy.”

Well, of course not.

So I said, “Just give me 1 billion dollars.”

The manager hesitated before asking, “And the rest?”

To which I replied:

“I’ll settle for ownership rights to this place.”

And just like that, I became the largest individual shareholder of the world’s biggest casino, The Venetian Macao.

After that, I contacted Daniel in Las Vegas.

Executives from Sands Group—the conglomerate that owns The Venetian Macao and Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands—were summoned, and the situation turned into complete chaos.

Of course, I had no actual experience in casino management.

I explained to the executives that I wasn’t looking to take over but simply wanted my winnings in the form of assets instead of cash.

They seemed visibly relieved.

They had genuinely feared that I was trying to take over their casino.

When Daniel heard what had happened, he burst out laughing.

“I’ve never seen a samurai like you before.”

In the end, it was decided that the company I headed would become a subsidiary of Sands Group, and I would serve as a non-executive director of the group.

My company would officially own The Venetian Macao, and as part of my compensation, I would receive 1% of the casino’s net profits.

However, the contract stipulated that once my earnings surpassed 4.6 trillion yen, I would be dismissed from my director position, my company would be separated from Sands Group, and ownership of The Venetian Macao would return to Sands.

Seeing all these powerful executives scrambling, growing pale, then recovering, I started feeling guilty.

I decided to do my best to increase The Venetian Macao’s profits as much as possible within the next year.

A year later, thanks to a series of reforms—or rather, impulsive ideas—the casino posted record-breaking profits, absorbed every other casino in Macau, and in turn, Sands Group also reached its highest revenue ever.

As an aside, when Kirishima Akira reflected on that time, he simply said:

“Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine things would turn out that way.”