121 [Four Families]
Song Zhichao walked into the He ancestral hall, only to see the whole ancestral hall magnificent, walked in, but felt a cool air rushing, surrounded by murals, He's plaques are numerous, the end is majestic, from the outside can not see the splendor inside.
Song Zhichao walked a few steps quickly, and saw Fu Qingqing standing in front of the tablet of the He ancestral hall, and the dazzling array of tablets were all the ancestors of the He family, placed in front of people's eyes.
Hearing Song Zhichao's footsteps, Fu Qingqing turned his head and glanced at Song Zhichao, then turned around, folded his hands reverently, and gave the tablet of the He ancestral hall a bow.
Song Zhichao didn't say anything, just stood silently behind her like that.
It wasn't until Fu Qingqing finished worshipping that he turned back to him and said, "Do you know what the relationship between the He family here and the He family in Hong Kong and Macau is?"
Song Zhichao smiled and said: "I heard that Sir Ho Dong's mother in Macau is from here. ”
Fu Qingqing nodded, "The Ho family is known as the king of Macau in Macau, and it is also very important in Hong Kong, Sir Ho Tung is a rare genius in a hundred years, although the blood has Portuguese blood, but the words and deeds are the posture of our Chinese family, and the Ho clan under his leadership has become the first family in Hong Kong and Macau." ”
Hearing Fu Qingqing say so much, Song Zhichao just smiled and didn't say anything.
Fu Qingqing said again: "You should also know the origin of our Fu family." ”
Song Zhichao was not silent this time, raised his eyebrows, and said: "I know, the most powerful person in your Fu family is Fu Laorong, the gambling king of Macau, who is famous. ”
Fu Laorong, formerly known as Fu Deyong, the word Guangyuan, the number Weisheng, is a native of Biyun Village, Xiqiao Mountain, Nanhai County, GD Province. He is a well-known industrialist in Hong Kong and Macau, and a generation of gambling kings in Macau, who franchised Macau gambling for more than 20 years before Stanley Ho took over the Macau gaming franchise.
Fu Qingqing smiled, "That's right, this is the history of our Fu family, but what you know is only half-understood." ”
Next, Fu Qingqing told the story of his ancestor Fu Laorong.
It turned out that Fu Laorong was born in a poor family in Nanhai County, GD Province. When he was 8 years old, due to the drought in his hometown, his father Fu Qiuzhi left his hometown and went to Hong Kong to make a living as a hardware worker. Fu Laorong has been interested in gambling since he was a child, and in 1913 he followed his father to Hong Kong as an apprentice ship mechanic. Slowly, people called him "Lao Yong", and later he directly took his homonym and renamed himself Fu Laorong.
In 1913, the rustic Fu Deyong came to Hong Kong with his father, when he was 19 years old. Although Hong Kong is a world of flowers, it is full of hardships for Fu Deyong. He works as a handyman with a meager income, but he dreams of making a fortune all the time in his heart.
Fu Deyong was a good gambler when he was in the countryside, and when he arrived in Hong Kong, he always mixed in the gambling stalls and gambling sheds, as well as those open-air casinos, trying his luck and trying his luck. Although Fu Deyong had a low status at that time, he still had a hot fight with the people around him, and everyone called him "Lao Yong", so Fu Deyong simply renamed himself "Fu Lao Rong". Before Fu Laorong could start gambling on life, life played tricks on him first, and he was thrown into prison because of the fight. After 10 months in prison, Fu Laorong immediately left Hong Kong and began to do business in the Liangguang area, taking advantage of the chaos of the warlords' separatism, he took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. When he came to Hong Kong again, he was already well-dressed and could go in and out of high-end entertainment venues at will.
In the early 30s, Fu Laorong broke into the Macau gambling industry for the first time, and he was particularly weak. At that time, the merchant Lu Jiu, together with Fan Jieming, He Shi and others, formed the "Haoxing Company", and with the full support of Huo Zhiting, the president of GD Bank at that time, and Li Shengju, the founder of Hong Kong Kangnian Bank, he once again obtained the right to operate a casino in Macau. In the face of these powerful and wealthy opponents, Fu Laorong had to go to Shenzhen, and after several turns, he and Huo Zhiting set up a casino. Due to the convenient transportation, gamblers poured into Shenzhen, and Macau casinos began to fall into the cold.
When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, Fu Laorong quickly sold the gambling company in Shenzhen, came to Macau with a huge fortune, and obtained the franchise of Macau's gambling industry with a gambling tax of 1.8 million taels of silver in the same year. The signboard of the "Haoxing Company" of Lu Jiu and other businessmen was taken down and replaced by the "Taixing Company" jointly established by Fu Laorong and Gao Kening. Since then, Fu Laorong has been the CEO of Taixing Entertainment Company, and the owner of Tak Kee Shipping Trading Company, Diners Club, and Pier 16, and he runs enterprises and commercial institutions all over Hong Kong and Macao.
The Fu family has risen from this, and in Fu Qingqing's generation, the Fu family has actually gradually declined, not to mention that the title of "gambling king" was snatched away by Stanley Ho, and the Fu family's most brilliant "Furama Hotel" industry alone has also been oppressed by major hotel chain enterprises.
Even though Fu Qingqing's father, Fu Yunheng, tried his best to regain the lintel and restore the Fu family's unparalleled status in Macau and Hong Kong, it was a pity that it backfired. Today's Hong Kong and Macao are no longer the era of the Fu family, not to mention anything else, the rise of the new four families and the decline of the old four families have become a fact.
Keeping to the glory of the old days will only lead to sorrow.
After saying this, Fu Qingqing put a stick of incense on the tablet of the He ancestral hall.
In the smoke, Fu Qingqing turned around and said to Song Zhichao: "Now that you know the history of our family, you should know why I am telling you this." ”
Song Zhichao nodded, "I understand, I know you can't lose, and I understand that you are very strong." ”
Fu Qing's beautiful eyes flickered and smiled.
"Since you understand this, what are you going to say to me when you come here today?"
"It's simple, talk about business. Song Zhichao said, "Last time I asked you to give up the Caesar Cabaret, this time I will compensate you." ”
"Compensation me?" Fu Qingqing smiled, "How to make up for it?"
"There is no basis for words, you should take a look at this!" After Song Zhichao finished speaking, he handed the prepared plan to Fu Qingqing.
Fu Qingqing took it and looked through it carefully.
Song Zhichao said next to him: "The above is some of the information I collected, whether it is the Asian Games or the Olympic Games, the sales of mascots will fluctuate greatly after the Games are held. To be precise, the sales of mascots after the Games tend to be three times as high as before the Games!"
"It's not that I'm talking nonsense, but it's based on facts, so I can definitely judge that the sales of the BJ Asian Games mascot Panpan will only rise fivefold in the Asian Games, that is, if you invest in our plush panda panda Panpan, in a month's time, that is, at the end of September, the value of this panda toy will triple!"
Fu Qingqing looked at the plan book in hand and listened to Song Zhichao's explanation, his face expressionless.
Song Zhichao said: "Our batch of plush toys has a total of one million, with a total value of two million yuan, that is to say, if you are willing to invest and place an order, this batch of toys will appreciate to six million yuan in a month!"
"If I remember correctly, your Fu family has department stores in SH, BJ, and Guangzhou in the mainland, as well as chain stores in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Song Zhichao has made everything he needs to say clear this time, and it depends on whether this eldest lady of the Fu family dares to gamble like this.
After listening to Song Zhichao's explanation, Fu Qingqing suddenly smiled, raised the plan book in his hand and said: "Your plan is very good! Indeed, according to what you wrote above, I can make a lot of money in a month as long as I place an order for a million toys, after all, our Fu family's department store is a strong sales channel--- but ......"
Fu Qingqing's eyes rolled, and he glanced at Song Zhichao with a very interesting look, "Why can I only cooperate with you?
Song Zhichao couldn't help but be surprised, "Miss Fu, what do you mean by this?"
Fu Qingqing smiled, smiling very proudly, very weird, she said to Song Zichao: "What do you mean, you will know soon!" After speaking, she clapped her hands, "Come out, don't let Secretary Song wait for a long time!"
With Fu Qing's voice, he saw a man with a short figure walking out of the back of the ancestral hall, with contemptuous eyes and a proud posture.
The man walked up to Song Zhichao with an arrogant appearance, stared at him with dog eyes, and said in a provocative tone: "What's the matter, Secretary Song, we meet again!"
Look at that person again, if it's not Cheng Fafa, who else will it be!