With only one candidate left in Portugal’s gambling license bidding, a new generation of “female gambling king” was born!
The ownership of the six gambling cards in Macau has not yet been officially confirmed. The successor of " Gambling King " He Chaoqiong took the lead in taking three gambling cards in Portugal with "legal operation rights". The new contract renewal period lasted for 15 years.
1. No danger! Three gambling cards returned to the gambling king family
After making a fortune in Macau, the old gambling king Stanley Ho began to covet overseas markets. In 1987, it acquired Casino do Estoril, a local century-old casino in Portugal, and included it in its holding company. Including this company, Stanley Ho has three large casinos here, opening up the era of Portugal's "king of gambling".
"Smart businessman, don't put eggs in the same basket." According to reports, these three casinos bring nearly 1 billion yuan in revenue to the He family every year, and the proportion in the entire gambling king family industry is not high. However, with the continuous heavy damage to Macau's exploitation industry in recent years, Portugal's casinos have become an important "life-saving straw" for the Stanley Ho family.
August 15th, the local new round of gambling license management rights began to bid for, and He Chaoqiong was sure to win. Unexpectedly, a company called Peter Lack caught off guard halfway, not only promised the local government that an additional 20 million euros tax per year, but also the bidding price was far higher than that of the He family.
Macau has a "stumbling block" Lui Che-he family, and Portugal's gambling license bidding has encountered a "ravaged" foreign-funded enemy. If He Chaoqiong loses gambling cards from both places one after another, the title of "Gambling King" will inevitably be lost, and the He family may not be able to continue its glory.
However, after several months of review, Peter Lack was suddenly announced to be out, and Ho became the only bidder. It is reported that two directors in the company have been sued in Portugal and have also lost their qualifications to bid. Regardless of whether there are commercial competition methods, this means that Ho Chaoqiong has retained Portugal’s gambling license, and the new generation of “female gambling king” will be named for another 15 years.
2. Being attacked from both sides, the old opponent "waited for an opportunity"
Back then, Stanley Ho personally went to the table and won three gambling cards in Macau, almost monopolizing half of the gaming market. Later, he went overseas to compete and successively won 10 billion assets in many places such as Portugal. It is difficult to have a strong enemy in the world. It’s a pity that the gambling king was seriously ill later. Even if he paid a lot of money to get the "life-sustaining needle", he spent 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in 11 years, it would be difficult to continue the glory of the He family.
Although He Chaoqiong has stabilized Portugal's gambling license, the situation in Macau "base camp" is still very tense. When the old gambling king passed away, his connections and business resources were gradually declining, and his old opponents were waiting for an opportunity to act. Now the dilemma of the He family being attacked from both sides is not accidental.
Lu Zhihe is considered to be the most likely candidate to ascend to the throne of "New Gambling King". Interestingly, perhaps it is the "learning of the past" of the He family. Now 93-year-old Lui Chi-he donated 120 million yuan to the Peking University School of Life Sciences to explore the code of prolonging life. With a global asset of 100 billion yuan, Li Ka-shing did not dare to grow old. Previously, Hong Kong media revealed that Li Chaoren was looking for an ageless health product called "Ruo Rebate" in the United States, and then spent 200 million to invest in US companies that produce the product. After verification, Li Ka-shing's "If Return" anti-aging molecules selected by Li Ka-shing have proved that the "if-return" type of anti-aging molecules have been scientific and clinical trials of many universities such as Yale University , Tsinghua and Peking University . By continuously supplementing this exogenous substance, the reversal of key aging indicators such as the heart, skin, and muscles can be achieved, and the aging rate can be delayed.
Li Chaoren is still behind the scenes of Cheung Kong Group at the age of 94, and Lu Zhihe is still gambling on gambling cards at the age of nearly 100. Although "if return" long-term products are called "the lifespan recharge card for rich people" at a sky-high price of four digits, is the most cost-effective transaction for these super rich people who have touched the wealth ceiling.
When people whisper because the rich take the finished product to suppress the decay, "fear of getting old" has long been a focus of the elderly.Taking the data of JD.com platform as an example, less than a year after entering the market in 2017, if it returns, it has already won more than 70% of the market share, with annual revenue of 5.106 billion yuan, of which 70% of the popularity is contributed by middle-aged men aged 35-60, and suppressing aging and showing a trend of younger age.
In the face of resolving life crisis, people do not seem to be stingy. In the past, there was a gambling king who "spends his life" with 800,000 yuan per shot, and then there were sky-high-priced longevity products that became popular in the circle of rich people. Drop down the JD details page, and some consumers even said that they took advantage of the big promotion to buy 20 bottles at a time and stock up on the whole family.
3. Frequent actions, the gambling king family wrote the storm
The "Stanley Ho era" is about to pass, and the rich people who "exchange money for youth" are finally waiting for the opportunity. The undercurrent of the Pearl River West Port, the old and new forces are still carrying out a new round of competition.
At the beginning, Macau was bidding for 6 gambling cards, the He family thought they could win three gambling cards, but they were suddenly distracted by the sudden appearance of Malaysian richest man Lin Guotai . In order to protect the gambling license, the fourth wife Liang Anqi transferred 10% of the shares of Macao Entertainment Company to He Chaofeng at a symbolic price of 1 yuan. Previously, in March, Liang Anqi's eldest son had already announced his complete withdrawal from the board of directors.
Now second house holds about 25% of the shares, and with the Huo family's full action, the situation at the gambling table has begun to become confusing. Although the He family has obviously gone downhill, at least winning the Portuguese gambling license can fill some losses in Macau's asset industry and support Ho Chaoqiong through this difficulty.
