Chapter 23: Play Big
“You want to bet more?” Rocket stared at William Scott as if he was a monster. Then he grinned and said, “How much do you want to bet?”
“A hundred thousand dollars is too little. A million dollars,” William Scott said indifferently.
One million dollars!
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
A hundred thousand dollars was a huge sum of money to most people here. No one who came here to play had a business of their own.
A million dollars was an astronomical figure.
Although Rocket was a provincial champion and could receive some bonuses during competitions, the bonuses were not much. Furthermore, he used them as expenditure, so how could there be much left?
Rocket grimaced. “Are you serious?”
“Of course I’m serious. Are you afraid?” William Scott looked at him calmly.
“Why would I be afraid?” Rocket sneered and said, “Okay, let’s bet one million dollars. But what if you don’t admit your loss?”
William Scott took out his cell phone and opened WeChat. He opened his e-wallet and pushed it forward. “It’s only one million dollars. If I lose, I’ll transfer the money right away.”
Rocket and Jaslin Stewart looked at the amount displayed on the e-wallet and carefully looked at the digits in front of the decimal point. Their eyes almost popped out of their sockets. It was a total of seven digits and the first digit in the millions place was a five. This meant that William Scott’s e-wallet amount had over five million dollars.
Xenia Lewis saw it too and was stunned. Five million dollars in the WeChat e-wallet. How rich was he to do something like this? She suddenly realized that she didn’t know William Scott at all. She didn’t know if Yvette Quinn knew.
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Rocket and Jaslin Stewart swallowed their saliva and looked at each other with fanaticism.
This was definitely a nouveau riche. If they defeated him, they would be rich.
“Alright! I’ll bet with you.” Rocket’s eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth and nodded.
William Scott smiled faintly and said, “Alright, I’ll go test it out first.”
William Scott took a step forward, and everyone immediately dispersed. No one dared to look down on such a generous tycoon.
William Scott arrived in front of the rock wall and grabbed the protrusion on it with both hands. He exerted strength in his arms and jumped up. His feet stepped on the one-meter-tall protrusion and he tried to climb up twice before jumping down. “I’m done.”
William Scott’s movements looked simple and neat, but to these youngsters who were always practicing rock climbing, he was definitely an amateur. Putting aside the standard of his movements, the most important thing was that he should climb from bottom to top. He had to know where to exert strength from, which point to grab and which step to step on.
Rocket also revealed a look of joy in his eyes. He was actually worried that William Scott was a hidden expert. Now, he was completely certain that William Scott was a newbie.
He was certain that he would win this competition. When he thought about how he was about to get a million dollars, his heart couldn’t help but beat wildly. His face flushed red as he said, “Then let’s start now. Come here. Why are you guys still in a daze? Hurry up and equip us.” He was obviously impatient.
Xenia Lewis saw that both of them had gotten on the safety rope and suddenly came back to her senses. She hurriedly shouted, “Wait!”
“What? Do you regret it? You can’t afford to play anymore?” Jaslin Stewart was shocked and immediately mocked Xenia Lewis.
Xenia Lewis gritted her teeth and said, “My friend proved that he has a million dollars. What about you guys? What if you lose?”
Jaslin Stewart pursed her lips. “What if we lose? Are you kidding me? If you regret it, just say it.”
Xenia Lewis widened her eyes and said, “No matter who wins or loses, we have already proven that we can afford the bet, so why don’t you guys prove it?”
Xenia Lewis’s request was perfectly normal. However, Jaslin Stewart and Rocket both looked troubled. Where were they going to get a million dollars? Even if it was 100,000 dollars, they wouldn’t be able to afford it.
William Scott smiled faintly. “That’s simple. How much money you guys can gather now is how much you can get.”
“This…” Jaslin Stewart and Rocket looked at each other and took out their cell phones to check. However, they only managed to gather around 80,000 dollars.
After hesitating for a moment, Jaslin Stewart said, “Whoever has money, you guys can contribute as much as you want. If we win, I’ll give you the relative amount.”
When everyone heard that, they excitedly gathered around. Some had a few thousand dollars while others had tens of thousands of dollars. This was obviously a win-win situation. How could they not want the money that had already arrived at their doorsteps? They all transferred what they had to Jaslin Stewart’s account.
After that, they only managed to raise about 210,000 dollars.
“Hmph, you want to bet a million dollars with us with such a small amount?” Xenia Lewis sneered in disdain. “I think we’d better not bet with them. There’s really no point.” As she spoke, she secretly winked at William Scott.
Right now, she had an excuse to make this bet go down the drain. That way, she would have face and wouldn’t have to take any risks. Most importantly, she didn’t believe that William Scott would win. That was Rocket, a provincial champion!
How could Jaslin Stewart and the rest let go of such a good opportunity? Jaslin Stewart snorted and said, “We’ll write you an IOU. Although we can’t afford to pay if we lose now, we’ll pay you back in the future.”
Xenia Lewis was about to refuse when William Scott said, “Alright, let’s do that then.”
“You…” Xenia Lewis was about to cry, but when she saw William Scott’s calm expression, she had some confidence.
“Come on, I still have something on. I don’t have that much time to play with you. Let’s finish the competition earlier,” William Scott urged again.
Afraid that something would happen again, Jaslin Stewart hurriedly said, “Okay, get ready!”
Rocket placed his hands on the cliff, his heart thumping wildly. He had participated in so many competitions, but he had never been so nervous.
“He is just a newbie, I will definitely win. I can’t be nervous, I can’t be nervous. One million dollars, one million dollars!” Rocket kept encouraging himself in his heart, but one million was so stimulating that his palms were sweating. He could not be as calm as usual.
On the other hand, William Scott stood there very casually. He did not even place his hands on the protruding part of the cliff. How was this the attitude of a competitor?
At this moment, everyone held their breaths. This was a one-million-dollars rock-climbing competition, and they were all participating in the bet. The tension in the air was suffocating.