Chapter 617 [Angel or Devil?] II
Sitting next to the panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the Heung Kong Jockey Club Headquarters, even if it is night, you can still see the brightly lit Happy Valley Race Course and the stables surrounding the racecourse. He Dongying used to love the scenery here the most, but he was not in the mood to watch it at the moment, and looked at Sir Zuo Ming, the president of the Xiangjiang Jockey Club, who was sitting opposite him.
This banana man, who was awarded a knight by the British royal family as early as the British colonial time, was still as slippery as ever, He Dongying didn't speak, he didn't speak, just smiled and asked his female secretary to send the best stockings milk tea, he knew that this was He Dongying's favorite drink.
"Hehe, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, who would have thought that a rich man like Mr. He would love to drink this kind of tea restaurant stuff? To be honest, I didn't drink this originally, but since Mr. He likes it, you have to be fully prepared. ”
Breaking open a sugar cube and throwing it into the Jamaican coffee in front of him, Zuo Ming's words were polite and decent;
He Dongying doesn't eat this set, what is the origin of the He family? Now he is a white-faced businessman and a big philanthropist, when he started his business, the means were ruthless and the cases involved were big, and now the boss of all the words on Xiangjiang Road has to pick up his thumb and say admiration, He Dongying is inherited by his father, and when he is not angry, he is gloomy and calm, and if he really wants to start a fire, it also belongs to the level of a tyrannosaurus.
"Hmph! Sir Zuo should know that it is no longer the British colonial period, and the knighthood granted to you by the British royal family may not be able to keep you as the president of the Jockey Club?" He Dongying sneered, and the threat in his words was self-evident.
"Mr. He is serious, and he blames me wrongly. Even the Xiangjiang police have nothing to do, so what can the Jockey Club do?"
Zuo Ming sighed: "The phantom is indeed a good horse, a rare sweat and blood horse, I feel distressed when it is poisoned, no wonder Mr. He is angry." But the Hong Kong Jockey Club is neither a police department, nor a CIA, so we can only investigate according to the rules. Besides, Mr. Li Shuangkai and you can't find the real culprit in the joint investigation, and the Jockey Club is just a semi-official organization, so what can be done?"
"Hehe, it's only been a few years since I came back? Sir Zuo is very handy when he plays an official tone?"
He Dongying sneered: "There are not many people in Xiangjiang who dare to touch my He family, and they are bent on poisoning the phantom, which shows that this person is also a person in the horse world! I don't believe that the Jockey Club hasn't had the slightest clue about him all these years?
These words were a little ugly, and Zuo Ming's face changed slightly: "Mr. He, do you have evidence?"
"If I find prima facie evidence, will the Jockey Club tell me what it knows?"
Putting the milk tea heavily on the coffee table, He Dongying leaned slightly and glared at Zuo Ming with a sense of oppression: "Sir Zuo, I hired the best detective from the UK, and now I have obtained preliminary information." It wasn't enough for that bastard to control half of the Xiangjiang Jockey Club, it seemed that he intended to cooperate with the Genting Group of Malai, and also set up a Jockey Club to have fun in Malai. Don't you think he's your potential rival? Ma's geographical location may not be much worse than Xiangjiang's, with his and Genting Group's means. I don't think it will be a few years before the name of Asia's No. 1 Jockey Club will fall into the hands of others, and how can you allow others to sleep soundly, isn't it?"
"Genting Group?"
Zuo Ming's eyes flashed. Unconsciously exhaled a long breath: "Mr. He guessed right, the Jockey Club has also mastered some clues about 'him' over the years. But all I can tell you is that this man has a big business. In addition, I would like to advise Mr. He that the other party is not as simple as you think, and the supporters behind him may not be worse than the He family and the Li family, and even in a certain field, the He family and the Li family may not have as much influence as him."
"It can't be!"
He Dongying didn't believe Zuo Ming's words at all, looking at Asia, there are not many people who can compete with the He family, not to mention that Li Shuangkai intervened this time. No matter how much Li Chaoren doesn't treat this son, he won't tolerate the Li family's majesty being challenged. The Li He family wants to join forces to deal with one person, if this person can still compete, unless he is the richest man in the world at one level.
"Mr. Ho, I am not alarmist and deliberately exaggerating the capabilities of my opponents. Think about it, although the Heung Kong police have taken a big action, they are just following the routine investigation, as for causing the workers in the horse industry to cause a wave of work?"
He Dongying was slightly stunned, he also felt very strange about this matter, the police were just investigating, how could it stir up a labor tide? Xiangjiang people are not Uncle Tom, especially in the more than ten years since their return, the anger has gradually faded, and it has nothing to do with themselves.
"Horse industry practitioners have high salaries and good benefits, but they are the people with the highest bankruptcy rate, because they are close to ink, they often can't control themselves and want to participate in horse betting"
Zuo Ming smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from Mr. He, I'm very sad about it." Although the Club is attached to the gaming industry, it was specially authorized by the Queen of England during the colonial period, which is fundamentally different from those underground casinos, and we have always adhered to the tenet of 'taking from the people for the people', and the Club will give 80% of its profits back to the society every year and invest in the charity industry. However, if the practitioners of the horse industry participate in gambling and gamble indiscriminately, it will inevitably smear the Jockey Club and even mislead the masses. However, these practitioners do not participate in horse betting in their own name, but they can participate in the name of relatives and friends, which is beyond our control. ”
"Gambling is innate, and no one can do anything about it. He Dongying's anger gradually subsided, and he became a little curious: "But what does this matter have to do with 'him'?"
"It stakes a lot"
Zuo Ming sighed: "Since 'he' entered the horse world, and even controlled the periphery of horse betting, we have discovered a strange phenomenon, there are many horse industry practitioners who actually stop gambling! It seems that money can no longer tempt them, and many gamblers who have fallen to the brink of bankruptcy have turned into clean and self-righteous gentlemen!"
"Is he using money to stabilize these people and stabilize the horse world, or is he sending a fig leaf to the Xiangjiang Jockey Club?"
He Dongying was stunned: "It is illegal to bet on the periphery, but the profit obtained by the periphery is ten times higher than that of the Jockey Club." 'He' makes money from the periphery to support countless people in the horse industry, and these people have greater interests, and of course they will abide by his rules. Although the Hong Kong Jockey Club is nominally the manager of the horse world, it cannot be an illegal periphery, so the profit he gets every season is less than one-tenth of his own, and what he can do, the Hong Kong Jockey Club cannot afford to do?"
"This is the real king, the king of the horse world. ”
Zuo Ming sighed a little sadly: "This is like a dead cycle, the Jockey Club doesn't want someone to secretly break the rules, but it has to rely on the rules he secretly established, which is equivalent to being kidnapped by him." ”
"I'm afraid that's not the only reason, right?"
He Dongying shook his head slightly: "With only a few thousand practitioners in the horse industry, 'he' has not yet been able to kidnap the hundred-year-old Xiangjiang Jockey Club, and the real concern Sir Zuo should not have spoken." ”
After listening to Zuo Ming's words and thinking back to Fang Tuqiang's various performances of the old slippery head, He Dongying immediately judged that the 'labor tide' was just an excuse for the big director to stop, and it was not the real reason why he withdrew his subordinates.
"It's actually a trade-off"
Zuo Ming pointed to the north: "Only horse gambling in Xiangjiang is a legal way to gamble, but even this gambling method is not what the above wants to see." It is said that it will not change for 50 years, but what about 50 years from now? Will the large amount of money donated by Xiangjiang horse fans flow elsewhere? Will we, the senior management of the Jockey Club, have different intentions, just like 'him', and find a Genting and Peak Group to cooperate with each other to establish a new order in the horse world abroad and transfer a large amount of money by ostensibly legal means?"
"The establishment of the Hong Kong Horse World is entirely due to the Queen's charter. After the handover, due to political needs, the entire team of the Club, the Club's connection with the British Jockey Club, and even the training of jockeys and the introduction of racing horses will not be able to leave the Commonwealth, and it is impossible for the top to fully trust you."
He Dongying smiled: "The profits brought by the Xiangjiang horse race, the need for political control, and the face problems above all need someone to come out and balance it." And 'he' came into being, and the upper ones don't trust him too much, and certainly don't trust the Jockey Club completely, but when the Jockey Club and 'him' control both the above-ground and underground horse worlds, the upper ones can rest assured. ”
"According to the clues I have, many of the benefits obtained from betting on horses outside the Xiangjiang River have flowed to the mainland. As you said, this is only an economic benefit, not to mention a political need?"
Zuo Ming smiled bitterly: "Now you should understand why he can set off a labor wave that shouldn't happen at will, and why Fang Tuqiang would withdraw his subordinates, right?
"Hehe, such a person, I really don't know whether to say that he is an angel or a devil, but he is very powerful"
He Dongying sneered unconsciously: "Interesting." The stronger the opponent, the more interesting the game will be, otherwise it will be too tasteless. ”
"Hehe, if Mr. He really wants to fight with 'him', I'm afraid it will take a lot of money."
Zuo Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, he, the first brother of the Jockey Club on his bright face, had been suppressed for so long, and it was strange that he could feel comfortable. He Dongying wants to challenge the other party, and he actually likes to see it.
"Of course I do. If you want to smash his underground kingdom, you have to start from the periphery, and of course you will need no less money. ”
He Dongying's mind instantly flashed the shadows of Zhou Yi, Tang Bao, Li Shuangkai, and even Li Chaoren (to be continued......