Chapter 992: Gambling Cards

There is no doubt that at this moment, there is an incomparably great temptation in front of these people.

If you compromise with Ho Hongyan and give the gambling cards to Lin Bai and He Jiaer, you can get the opportunity to seize the deputy gambling cards; If you insist on making more branches from it, then He Hongyan will come forward in person, pocket the deputy gambling cards, and not give them any chance!

In fact, in the history of Macau's gaming industry, there is no main gambling license and secondary gambling license, as long as you have the ability, you can open a casino here, earn more and earn less, and how long you hold on to it, it all depends on your personal ability. As long as you pay your taxes to the government on time.

This reason is not unrelated to the geographical location of Macao, which is different from Hong Kong, not to mention the small land and few people, and there is no basis for industrial development. Moreover, Macau is a shallow water port, and the status of the port is incomparable with Hong Kong, so when Portugal controlled Macau, it could only develop the gambling industry here, legalize gambling, and make it a gambling city.

Since the legalization of gambling in Macau in 1847, the gaming industry has a history of more than 140 years in Macau. With the gradual development and growth, Macau has even replaced Las Vegas in the United States and Monte Carlo in Italy to become the world's largest gambling city!

After Macao's return to the mainland, in order to develop and expand Macao's gaming industry and strengthen its control over the gaming industry, the Chinese high-level government began to implement the system of bidding for gambling licenses and franchising. The so-called gambling license is the business license of the casino, and only with this business license issued by the government can you operate a casino and establish a gaming company in Macau.

In the early days, the Macau SAR government set up three gambling licenses, which were openly bid for by all sectors of society. Every year, the bidding attracts countless companies to participate, not only local Macau conglomerates, but also Hong Kong celebrities, and even other entertainment companies from all over the world come to bid here, submit detailed plans to the government, and strive to win gambling licenses.

The reason why the world's top gaming companies gather in Macao is also due to an unexpected "coincidence", that is, the outbreak of "9.11" in the United States. After 9/11, there was a huge threat to the investment environment in the United States and even in the West, and many spare funds in the United States and the West fled. Macau's opening up of gambling rights to the world has undoubtedly provided a rare opportunity for these "fugitive funds" to be invested.

Whether in terms of time or location, the SAR government's goal of attracting Rulin masters through the opening up of gambling rights has been fully achieved.

After more than 3 months of intensive planning. The much-anticipated ownership of the three gaming licenses has finally come to an end.

In the end, one gambling card was won by Wynn, and the other was won by the Venetian Group and the Hong Kong Galaxy Group. The other one was won by Ho Hongyan, who has been running a casino in Macau for 37 years. But this is nothing, if even Ho Hongyan can't get a gambling license in Macau, then no one else has any ability to get a gambling license.

So far, the matter of these three gambling cards is settled, according to common sense, under the orderly planning, Macau's gaming industry should be in full swing. But there are many good things, but the Venetian and Galaxy Group, which were originally favored by the world, had disputes because of interest issues, and the two did not give in to each other, and both wanted to squeeze each other out of the company in order to take the lead.

The dispute between these two families has caused countless contradictions, turning the originally planned prospect of heaven into a hellish horror. The number of tourists visiting Macau has plummeted, and the gaming industry has been in a slump. In the end, in desperation, the Macao SAR government took a compromise method and split the gambling cards into a main and a secondary, and the main and deputy had no relationship except for the relationship between the spin-off.

But this practice has attracted the dissatisfaction of other groups, why can the Venetian and the Galaxy be separated, but the other families cannot. So Ho Hongyan took the lead in splitting the gambling cards and handed over the secondary gambling cards to the He family and the joint venture company operated by the MGM Group of the United States to take care of it. After these twists and turns, this unwritten rule was established, and Macau gambling cards changed from three to six!

In fact, the reason why Ho Hongyan is known as the owner of Macau's rice class and the king of gambling is because he not only holds SJM's main gambling license, but also holds MGM's secondary gambling license; And also held the vice gambling cards split out by Wynn! Of the six gambling cards, Ho Hongyan alone occupies three of them, which shows that Ho Hongyan's strength is outstanding, and his wealth continues to grow like a snowball.

Over the years, any company operating the gaming industry in Macau does not covet these gambling licenses in the hands of Ho Hungyan. Although the SAR government issued a gambling license again, it issued an order that all groups that had previously operated the gaming industry in Macao were not allowed to participate in the auction, which was tantamount to pouring cold water on the heads of these people.

And they understand that after this gambling competition, if they split again, they will not have any chance to get the second gambling card. Not because of anything else, but because of Stanley Ho's influence in Macau, if the new company wants to gain a foothold in Macau, it must be friendly with Stanley Ho. To achieve this goal, they must hand over the secondary gambling card to Ho Hongyan.

But now He Hongyan actually declared in front of everyone that if everyone present could hand over the main gambling cards to Lin Bai and He Jiaer, he would choose the He family to withdraw from the competition for the secondary gambling cards, which was not a great news for everyone present.

There is no difference between the main and secondary gambling cards except in name, and there are no exceptions, as long as you get the secondary gambling cards, you can expand the casino. As soon as the door opened, money naturally rolled in, and no one but a fool would refuse this condition.

So Ho Hongyan's words, although it is a dilemma for these people, it is actually not difficult to really make a choice! One is that there is no chance of half a star, and the other is that as long as you fight, you can get the opportunity to bid for gambling cards. As long as the discerning person can see the difference, where to go, they naturally know.

However, what these people don't understand is why He Hongyan spared no effort to support Lin Bai and He Jiaer, and even handed over the deputy gambling cards that were almost equivalent to those in the bag. He gambling king, like an old fox-like character, how can he be so generous?!

Not to mention them, even He Yuguang looked a little anxious when he heard He Hongyan's words! He had already made up his mind that when the dust settles on the gambling cards, he will launch a firepower competition for the deck of gambling cards, and establish his prestige in the group by getting the deck of cards. This was originally a matter of Ho Hongyan's acquiescence, how could there be such a big variable!

However, although he had some doubts in his heart, He Xiaoguang did not dare to ask. At this time, all the uncles and elders are there, if He Xiaoguang forces He Hongyan to ask about the clues, he can't say that he wants to let these people have any ideas in their hearts, so they can only maintain the unity on the surface, and wait until the matter is over, and then ask He Hongyan carefully about the joints to figure out the reason.

When Lin Bai heard He Lao's gambling king's words, his face also changed slightly. I have to say that He Lao Gambling King really made a bloody investment this time, and he wanted to show favor to himself and He Jiaer, otherwise, he would not have given up the vice gambling card he already had in order to let He Jiaer get the gambling card. Although he knew that He Lao Gambling King must have done all this for a reason, Lin Bai also really admired He Hongyan for knowing the way to advance and retreat!

Now Macao has returned to the mainland, although it is built on the basis of one country, two systems, but in fact it is also under the control of China! The government hopes that Macao can remain in a stable state, and such a thing as a monopoly will never be tolerated by the SAR government, and what they want is a balanced environment.

If Ho Hongyan's prestige surpasses that of the SAR government, then who will recognize the authority of the SAR government, and what is the point of establishing all this! Lin Bai even suspected that the reason why He Jiaer came to Macau to bid for gambling cards had this meaning.

He Xiaoguang is young and radical, so he naturally doesn't understand the truth in this. But He Hongyan is scheming, how can he not know this, where is it so simple to go further, knowing that forbearance is the foundation that can keep the He family prosperous. If you offend the high-level of Huaxia, the He family will not do business in the future.

"I've made it clear to you, it's up to you what choice you should make!" Ho Hongyan smiled slightly, and then wrote lightly: "I am extremely happy to see that I can make the Macau gaming industry shine, and I think all my colleagues in the gaming industry should have the same understanding as me." Brother Han Xu, Brother Xia Jin, what do you think? ”

He Hongyan's voice fell, and the venue was suddenly silent, and everyone's eyes were on Xia Jin and Han Xu. In the Macau gaming industry, in addition to Ho Hungyan as the respect, the two of them are the leaders. Although the other people present were extremely interested in He Hongyan's proposal, if Xia Jin and Han Xu insisted on grasping these things, they couldn't help but weigh them!

"Brother He spared no effort to promote the juniors, what else do we people have to say, naturally it is better to be respectful than to obey!" After being silent for a while, Xia Jin raised his head with a warm smile on his face, and continued with a smile: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, then let's set up a charter in front of Brother He's golden face today, and the matter of this gambling card will be decided!" ”

"That's fine. Miss He, Zhong Lingyuxiu, Mr. Lin Yushu Linfeng, we Macau gaming industry can have their two golden boys and girls to join, it can be regarded as a flourishing, in the future, everyone will support each other, so that Macau's gaming industry can be prosperous! Han Xu also shook hands with He Jiaer with a smile, and then warmly complimented the two of them.

Unlike before, the atmosphere was like ice, but now the room is as hot as a furnace, and everyone is eager to try! The main gambling card fell into the hands of this pair of young people, and there will be no waves, but it can participate in the bidding for the sub-gambling card, which is really an unexpected harvest, no matter which one gets it, it is a big pie.

But even so, the confusion in the hearts of everyone in the audience is still the same. They really couldn't figure out why He Hongyan would spare no effort to support Lin Bai and He Jiaer, and even give away the benefits he had in his hands. But everyone knows that things will never be so simple, and He Hongyan, who has always been good at calculation, will never do such a purposeless thing!

Looking at the expressions of everyone in the field, Lin Bai looked calm, and after making eye contact with He Hongyan, he smiled without saying a word.