澳门淘金梦 VEGAS COMES TO CHINA: BOOM TOWN
廉价中国劳工和数十亿元中国热钱,促使澳门超越了拉斯维加斯,成为全球利润最高的博奕产业中心。每周这里都涌入成千上万前来试手气的人,这里唯一的谈话主题就是钱。然而,当新形式的淘金热袭来,如雨後春笋般的赌场,得拚命留住每位员工。澳门有比例相当高的居民在赌场工作,年轻一代享有上一代只能梦想的经济自由。随著最新的赌场即将开幕,澳门也将自己的未来,赌在博奕产业的发展上。
Macau is a boom-town on the edge of the fastest growing economy in the world. Cheap Chinese labour and billions of Chinese dollars have helped this tiny state overtake Las Vegas as the most profitable gambling centre on earth. The booming casinos must fight tooth and nail to keep every employee, a steady stream of expats arrive every week in search of opportunity, and the only thing that talks is money, as this small Chinese city risks its whole future to gamble for casino gold. As the developers physically claw more of Macau from the sea, a new kind of Gold Rush has gripped the city. Until 1999 it was an obscure colony of Portugal. And it's still officially independent. It has its own border, its own official language, and it's own unique business: Games of chance.. Since the Chinese government invited Las vegas operators in 1999, it also has American money and casino know-how. The boom has given Macau's youngsters an economic freedom their parents' generation could only have dreamed of. The growing army of young Baccarat dealers like Tricie and Mai Lin are making money while they can, but abandoning university places in the process, leading to an over-reliance on the casino business: It's Macau's biggest gamble.
Ex-marine Walt Power used to fly helicopter rescue missions in Iraq. Now he is the head of the biggest casino in the world : the Sands Macau. In charge of thousands of Chinese staff, Walt must deal with the biggest labour shortage in the state's history, and prepare for the opening of another vast casino. Meanwhile, expats like South African costume designer Robert Duplessi jostle for crumbs from the table of the newest addition to the Macau skyline, the Venetian Macau, the biggest casino the world has ever seen. Based on the Italian city, the casino's trademark canals are almost open for business. But there's a problem. Where do you find gondoliers when you're 10,000 miles away from Venice?