108 The Legendary Life of the Gambling King (Chapter 4)
Thinking of the MGM information he learned before, Li Feng couldn't help but think about how to make this big guy feel heartache, which can be regarded as venting for Hollywood filmmakers, and he can be regarded as half a Hollywood filmmaker.
Well, if this old guy Cork could hear what Li Feng was thinking, he would probably jump up and reply to Li Feng, what kind of Hollywood filmmaker are you, and you are not a businessman like me.
Of course, Li Feng actually admires this old guy very much, such a character is a legend for a lifetime, even compared with those legendary families such as Morgan and Rockefeller founders, it is not inferior, and he is destined to become a celebrity in history in the future.
As the founder of Las Vegas, it can be said that Las Vegas has such prosperity, all thanks to this gambling king, which is why Li Feng said that this old guy can go down in history, as a pioneering figure is always so easy to remember.
As long as Las Vegas lasts forever, his name will always be remembered by future generations.
Although this super-tycoon does not rank very high on the rich list every year, no one who knows the situation will underestimate this tycoon, he is known as the 'most mysterious rich man on the rich list'.
This gambling king has many nicknames, such as 'American Old K, Ace Old K, Black Boxing Boss', etc., from these nicknames, it can be seen that this gambling king's background will never be good, or even a serious person.
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The tycoon was born in 1917 after his mother fled from Armenia, a country that had just experienced the wave of socialism, to the longing of American imperialism with a big belly.
But as soon as the old man set foot in the country of America, perhaps because he felt the breath of American capitalism, the little guy couldn't wait to jump out of his mother's belly and became the first guy in the Cork family to get American citizenship.
The standard Armenian 'American baby' didn't know that English was spoken in the United States instead of Armenian at home until she entered elementary school, and Cork, who spoke Armenian English, became the object of ridicule from her classmates. Even now, the old fellow's English still has an Armenian flavor.
After staying up in school for 8 years, he was naturally ridiculed by his classmates for 8 years, and in the ninth year, the unbearable little guy threw out a 'withdrawal application' directly in front of the principal, and then with his brother who played underground boxing begged for a living, mixed in the underground world of Los Angeles.
I have to say that people are indeed a little talented in this regard, although the grade is still young, but with the 33-win 28 underground black boxing resume, and a little immature little guy is famous in the Los Angeles underground world, and has won the reputation of the Los Angeles underground black boxing industry as the 'trumpet rifle', naturally, he also earned the first pot of gold in his life.
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However, although the future gambling king has no academic qualifications, he still has a clear mind, and he feels that he is ready to withdraw from this seemingly lucrative profession before his brain melon is concussed and idiot by the black boxing opponents.
Li Feng thought to himself at the time, if the then Cork Colcle did not withdraw in time, or was beaten like boxing champion Ali, he couldn't take care of himself, and I don't know if there would be another Cork to create the prosperity of Las Vegas.
Then the then Los Angeles underground black boxing champion, 'Little Rifle', signed up for the pilot training class.
Unexpectedly, this guy who barely graduated from elementary school and had little knowledge was a flying genius who not only passed the training but also got a pilot license.
During World War II, he also joined the British Royal Air Force, and performed well as a 'captain', commanding a flying squad to fly over the Atlanta Channel.
Fortunately, it was not shot down by Little Japan or the German Nazis in World War II, and after the end of World War II, the U.S. military had a large number of wartime weapons and equipment.
Even airplanes were no exception, and the U.S. military sold planes to World War II soldiers at a price ranging from $1 to $100,000.
And so, in a classic plane that looked like it was falling apart, riddled with guns, and could fall into the sea at any time due to fuel exhaustion, Cork arrived at a small airline in California.
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It has to be said that although he is uneducated but eloquent, Cork persuaded the airline owner to buy the plane at a high price and convert it into a luxury aircraft.
In this way, he began to make an airplane 'downside', but he made some money, and even directly bought the airline and became his own boss.
At that time, Li Feng was stunned when he saw this, and he felt in his heart, he was a real strongman, and he turned the airline into his own, and he was indeed an idol.
However, the competition between the US imperialist airlines is too fierce, and Cork's smaller airlines are no match for the big airlines.
However, Cork has discovered an 'exclusive business' that specializes in 'transporting' Hollywood celebrities to Las Vegas to get married or divorced, after all, Las Vegas is notoriously simple and confidential in terms of divorce or marriage.
A hundred dollars a trip, and business is booming.
It's a pity that the celebrities and rich people who go to Las Vegas have a lot of money and cash in their pockets, and there is no place to spend it in that damn place, which is full of sand, and they joke that Cork invest in Las Vegas and build it into an entertainment center.
In 1967, he sold the airline to gather more than 100 million US dollars, spent 13 million to buy several pieces of prime land in Las Vegas, and began to build luxury hotels.
In that year, it built a super luxury hotel, moved the gambling table and theater into the hotel, and then spent 60 million US dollars in 69 to build the world's largest and most luxurious entertainment venue at that time - the World Hotel, which opened its arms to gamblers in the United States, and then naturally made a lot of money.
In 70 years, he acquired MGM and renamed all the hotels under his name MGM, after all, MGM was too famous, which was conducive to the development of his hotel industry, and then began to toss MGM.
Since then, Las Vegas has begun to rise, and the legend of the gambling king Kirk Colcle has begun.
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Today's gambling king, worth billions, is a frequent visitor on the rich list every year, naturally, Li Feng absolutely does not believe in the wealth on the rich list, after all, the wealth list only counts the wealth of his hotel and entertainment center, you must know that gambling is all cash.
And when those losers gamblers lose rise, they can use anything as collateral, what real estate, business, wife, children, it is estimated that the gambling king himself can't count how much there is for decades, which is also one of the reasons why this gambling king is called 'the most mysterious rich man', after all, there are so many gamblers in the world, who knows how.
"Little one, do you have to compete with me for MGM?"
"Old guy, I don't understand why you are holding on to MGM, MGM has been tossed like this by you for so many years, are you still unwilling?"
"Don't you know that my hotel is called MGM, and if MGM is bought by you, won't my hotel be worthy of its name?"
"Come on, old fellow, who doesn't know that you've been selling back and forth several times, and if you really pay so much attention to the name of the hotel, you won't be so tossed. ”
"Little one, what the hell are you going to do to give up competing with me for MGM. ”
At the same time, facing this old and young conversation like a shrew scolding the street, such a scene made the surrounding crowd stunned.
This is the case in Europe and the United States, when the interests are big enough, people can put down the shelves. As long as Li Feng participates in the battle for MGM, then CLSA will be able to profit and watch Li Feng fight with Cork.
Naturally, both sides may be prepared for heavy bleeding, which is why the French proposed MGM to Li Feng, and it is also the reason why Cork was willing to talk to Li Feng here.
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"I have a good suggestion, old fellow, would you like to hear it?"
"Little one, I see if you have any good suggestions, say it. ”
"Well, let's go to the terrace and talk. ”
After speaking, Li Feng got up and walked directly towards the terrace, naturally, seeing Li Feng's movements, the old guy paused a little and followed Li Feng to the private terrace.