From Bullets To Billions novel Chapter 458

Chapter 458: The Instant Payout Gamble

This was an important part for Max, because he had to prepare for the unexpected. With the situation relatively dangerous, them having already left land and being out at sea, if they needed to fight for whatever reason, Max needed to be at his strongest, which required cash flow.

Which was why he had come up with the solution of instant payout, and it did cause Darius to raise an eyebrow, a flicker of suspicion crossing the gang leader’s face.

"You know your words might offend some people," Darius said, leaning back slightly in his expensive seat. "When I do business like this, there is a level of trust. I always pay out what is owed, otherwise I could never be successful with the business that I have."

Max wanted to laugh at the hypocrisy. Why was Darius now acting like some honest businessman? They already knew the truth, that the fights were often rigged. At least to a certain extent, when the Black Hounds wanted to earn lots of money, Darius’s word might have been true about payouts, but he was sure to make it so the house would never lose any money in the long run.

"The truth is, I heard that there was a bit of a problem with an old client of yours," Max stated, raising the stakes by referencing an internal issue, thinking about Chad. "How he owes you money and you still have yet to receive it. I didn’t want the same situation to happen. If you want this to be a restart, I want both of us to be on the same footing."

Max pressed his point, flipping the script onto the Black Hounds. "If I lose a bet, I will also pay immediately so it will go both ways, and you should have a level of trust in me, especially you," Max said, making deliberate eye contact with Jett. "As I have paid you directly already."

Darius was thinking about it for a while, contemplating what to do. Maybe he was wondering if there were any tricks that Max was up to. Yet how could there be any tricks? Everything was technically in Darius’s favor; it was just an odd request, nothing more. And Max wanted him to think just like that, that the request was merely a quirky measure of faith.

"That sounds fair to me," Darius finally conceded, standing up, signaling the end of the conversation. "I’ll get the host to give you our details, and get yours as well." He then added a clause designed to ensure commitment. "Today you are free to bet on who you wish, however if you bet on your own fighter and they win, you will get a twenty percent increase. I don’t want people to lose faith in their own fighters tonight, as we have brought along some of the best that the Black Hounds can offer tonight."

Nothing else was said and Darius and Jett both had left to continue their rounds.

Finally, it felt like Stephen and Darno could breathe again. The sheer intensity of sitting next to the leaders of the enemy gang was exhausting.

"Man, that was intense, I almost thought he was going to order everyone to throw us off the ship at any second," Darno commented, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow.

"Right, and I have a question," Stephen asked, his eyes still wide as he watched the departing figures. "Do you think that he can fight as well? He’s the leader, right? Every leader of a gang we have met so far has been quite, well, strong?"

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