In Hong Kong at the end of August, the summer heat has not yet dissipated.

In the evening, Li Hualong and his family were playing in the swimming pool at home to escape the heat, and Li Huahu and Wen Cuiping came to Li Hualong's home uninvited.

"Third brother, I'll talk to you about something."

"What's the matter? If you're not in a hurry, come down and play in the water first. ”

"It's comfortable to soak in water, isn't it?" Li Huahu said with a smile.

"You'll find out if you try it."

"Cuiping, you can also swim together, there is a new swimsuit at home, you let the maid bring it to you." Yang Meng smiled.

"Okay!" Wen Cuiping replied with a smile.

Li Hualong has three wives in the family, Wen Cuiping is a bit difficult to call them with honorifics, "third sister-in-law" is only used on Yang Meng, she is afraid that she will offend Xi Chongyi and Chen Sisi, so she usually calls her by her name, sometimes with the word "sister-in-law" at the back, and when she calls Li Huawen's wife Zhou Liyun, she will call her "sister-in-law".

After a while, Li Huahu and Wen Cuiping, who had changed into swimsuits and swim trunks, jumped out of the pool.

Li Huahu swam to Li Hualong's side and said, "Third brother, my father-in-law came to me today, and he said that a friend of his wanted to run a casino in Macau and asked me to cooperate. I don't think the casino business has a good reputation, but it's definitely very profitable. ”

"Your father-in-law's friend, who?"

"Ye Han, known as the Macau gambling saint, he and my father-in-law are lifelong friends. When I got married, Ye Han also came to congratulate me in person. Ye Han knows that our family has money and our support, and we will definitely be able to get the franchise of Macau gambling. ”

"What are the requirements for obtaining the franchise of Macau's gambling industry?"

"The bid is a hidden bid, and the one with the highest bid obtains, such as a bid of 5 million Australian dollars, will pay 5 million in taxes to the Macau government that year, and the casino will be responsible for its own profits and losses, and if it makes money, it also needs to pay taxes. In addition, only Portuguese nationals are eligible to bid for Macau gambling licenses. My mother-in-law is Portuguese and can make her a licensee. ”

Wen Cuiping is a quarter Portuguese in her mother, her grandfather is Caucasian, and her grandmother is Chinese.

"What do you mean by coming to me?"

"First, I want to hear your opinion, if you support me to participate in the bid for the franchise of Macau gambling, then you need to help me convince Abba. Also, I want you to be able to get involved. ”

"Huh!" Li Hualong smiled and didn't answer.

"Third brother, what do you mean by this, if you have anything to say, you can say it." Li Huahu urged.

"Running a gambling business in Macau is still quite interesting, but there are also a lot of troubles."

"There's no hassle in doing business now. Ye Han is quite powerful in Macau, and he will find others to cooperate, even if he encounters trouble, he can solve it. ”

"Do you want to take a controlling stake, or do you want to invest in a share?"

"I personally don't have a controlling stake, but I, my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and you can hold more than 50 percent of the shares."

"Who are you looking to work with?"

"In addition to Ye Han, there is also Ye Deli. As long as we have a controlling stake, even if there are new shareholders joining in the future, our controlling stake will not be left behind. ”

"How to cooperate, no clue at all?"

"Yes, Ye Han said that the shares held by our brothers cannot exceed forty-five percent, and if you ask more, I will take less."

"I'll take 15 percent, you take 30 percent, is that okay?" Li Hualong joked.

"Yes." Li Huahu knew that Li Hualong was joking, so he pretended to be generous, "You take 40 percent, and I have no problem taking 5 percent." ”

"Forget it."

"Don't forget it, without your support, Abba will definitely not agree to me getting involved in the gambling industry."

"I didn't say I didn't support you. I won't hold more shares than you. Li Hualong reached out and picked up a glass of juice placed by the pool, took a sip, and continued, "If you run a casino in Macau, then you will have to stay in Macau a lot from now on." ”

"That's fine. Although Macau is much smaller than Hong Kong, it can also be eaten and lived there. Li Huahu smiled, "Take the matter and settle it like this?" ”

"What's the hurry, there's something else to talk about!" Li Hualong smiled faintly.

Li Huahu also took a glass of juice, drank a few sips, changed the topic and asked, "Abba and Grandma, not at home?" ”

"An old friend of Abba's birthday held a banquet at the Holiday Inn, and they went to the banquet, don't you know?"

"I don't know, Abba didn't say hello to me."

"Even if you don't say hello, Abba comes forward, and the hotel manager will give you a discount. Tonight, you have dinner here, and when Abba's return, we'll talk to him again. ”

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Yisong and Li Song returned home, and Li Hualong and Li Huahu deliberately sat in the living room and waited for them to come back.

After saying hello, Li Yisong sat on the sofa in the living room, and Li Huahu poured him a cup of tea.

"Abba, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Li Yisong said lightly, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of tea.

"I want to go to Macau to run a casino in a joint venture with someone else......"

"What?" Li Yisong's eyes widened, and he said coldly, "Fourth, have you eaten leopard gall?" The casino is absolutely unmanageable, and if it is not done well, it will be given away! What kind of business is not good now, why bother to go to Macau to open a casino? ”

"You can make a lot of money by opening a casino, and I think it's more than making more money from real estate."

"You're dizzy. Don't you know, gambling is not a bright and upright business, a few money, from your pocket to my pocket, and then into the pocket of others, in addition to these few people are busy, and do not increase wealth, what can contribute to society? You went to Macau to open a casino like this, aren't you afraid that others will poke your backbone in the back and scold you for making black money? Don't you think it's a reputational thing? ”

Seeing that his father was talking so seriously, Li Huahu turned his head to Li Hualong for help.

"Abba, you're right, but you have to deal with specific issues. I admit that gambling is not a good thing, there are so many reasons. The Hong Kong government prohibits gambling, I fully agree, however, the situation in Macau and Hong Kong is different, first of all, the opening of casinos in Macau is approved by the government, so it is a legal operation; Secondly, Macau casino is not a little contribution to the society, because the government has regulations, every year to pay gambling tax, and the amount is not small, take the current Taixing company, Fu, Gao two families have to pay more than 1 million gambling taxes to the Macao government every year, 24 years later, there are nearly 30 million, a lot of this money is used for social welfare. ”

Li Hualong took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and continued: "Now that the Australian government has proposed a secret bidding, the bottom of the bid has mentioned 3 million, so the casino's contribution to society will be more!" Despite this, there is still a lot of money to be made from opening casinos, and the gambling tax in foreign countries reaches 70-80% of the total income, while the gambling tax in Macau is only 30%. I thought that in this case, we could only talk about business from the perspective of a businessman. If we don't run a casino in Macau, someone else will do it, so why should we give up such a good opportunity to someone else? Isn't it a good thing that we donate the money we make from running casinos to charity...... Abba, do you think that's the truth? ”

Li Yisong was stunned for a long time, he had never considered the issue of opening a casino from these aspects, and after thinking about it, he felt that what Li Hualong said made some sense.

"Macau gambling is a piece of fat, and everyone wants to earn it. I also know a little about the Fu and Gao families, and when the time comes, I am afraid that the dragon will fight to the death. Losing some money is a trivial matter at that time, for fear of incurring endless trouble. Third, do you also want to participate in investment? ”

"Yes." Li Hualong smiled brightly, "The fourth brother-in-law's father-in-law wants to participate, even if the fourth brother doesn't invest, he has to take out the money." Since I want to take out the money, I think it's better to invest it myself. Also, to invest this money, we set a rule for ourselves that half of the profits from the money earned from the casino will be used for charity...... Fourth brother, do you think it's okay? ”

"Okay!" Li Huahu nodded and said, "As long as I can make money, I am happy to take out half of the profits to do good deeds." ”

"Abba, what do you see?" Li Hualong asked.

"Since you've said so, I don't object to that. Either way, be careful and don't lose your life for money. ”

"Abba, don't worry, when I go to Macau in the future, I will definitely bring bodyguards." Li Huahu said.

"In Hong Kong, you have to bring bodyguards when you go out." Li Hualong reminded.

"Got it. I will cherish my little life. Li Huahu said with a smile.

"If someone wants to kill you, no matter how many bodyguards you bring, you may be assassinated." Li Yisong said in a deep voice, now, he has not fully approved of Li Huahu's involvement in the gambling industry.

"Bah, bah, good spirits, bad spirits." Li Huahu smiled and said, "It will definitely be lucky!" ”

More than a week later, Li Huahu, accompanied by his father-in-law, took a boat to Macao and met Ye Han and Ye Deli.

Ye Han asked, "Ah Hu, it's your first time coming to Macau, right?" ”

Li Huahu shook his head with a smile and said, "No." During the fall of Hong Kong, my family and I lived in Macau, and I went out everywhere except the casino. ”

Ye Deli said jokingly: "So, you often settle down in large and small Sanzhai (brothels)? ”

Li Huahu waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, I haven't been to that kind of good place, besides, at that time, I was still young and didn't understand anything about the wind and snow." ”

After less than half an hour of talking, Li Hualong, Ye Han and others reached an agreement and decided to establish a joint venture Macau Galaxy Entertainment Company.

The registered capital of Galaxy Entertainment Company is 5 million Australian dollars, with Li Huahu holding 30% of the shares, Ye Han holding 25% of the shares, Ye Deli holding 20% of the shares, Li Hualong holding 15% of the shares, and Li Huahu's father-in-law and mother-in-law holding 10% of the shares.

Li Huahu's father-in-law and mother-in-law couldn't come up with 500,000 Australian dollars, and Li Huahu helped them pay for the money.

The name Galaxy Entertainment was coined by Mr. Lee, who told Mr. Li that in the future the company could plan to open casinos outside Macau.

Li Huahu also intends to make the casino business bigger, and he also likes the name Galaxy Entertainment, when he proposed to Ye Han and Ye Deli that the joint venture company be named Galaxy Entertainment, they did not object, and in this way, the world-famous Galaxy Entertainment Company was established in a low-key manner.

In early October, the bidding for the professional rights of Macau's gambling industry began.

The time for Taixing to submit the tender was 4:50, when there were only 10 minutes left before the deadline. However, at 4:55, 5 minutes later than his opponent and only 5 minutes before the deadline, Li Huahu submitted the bid to the Macao government.

The long-awaited bid was unveiled, and the bid opening result: the original licensed consortium Taixing Company undertook 3.15 million patacas; A new consortium of Hong Kong businessmen, including Li Huahu and Ye Han, offered 3.5 million patacas for Macau Galaxy S.A., only 350,000 patacas more than its rivals.

After winning the franchise of Macau's gambling industry, Li Hualong and Li Huahu jointly established a hotel company in Macau, bought a high-quality land in Macau at a high price, and prepared to build a hotel.

In the future, the hotel will be completed, and Galaxy Entertainment will open a casino here.

As a major shareholder, Li Huahu became the chairman and general manager of Galaxy Entertainment Macau, with Yip Deli and Ye Han as managing directors, and Li Hualong and Li Huahu's father-in-law and mother-in-law as non-executive directors. Under the recommendation of Ye Deli, Ye Deli's brother-in-law Stanley Ho entered the Galaxy Entertainment Company as the deputy general manager.

Stanley Ho entered the Galaxy Entertainment Company, and it took more than half a year for Li Hualong to know about it.

As early as when Li Huahu said that he wanted to get involved in the Macau gambling industry, Li Hualong thought of Stanley Ho, the time and space in which Li Hualong lived in the post-80s, Stanley Ho was the king of Macau gambling, rich and powerful, married four wives and concubines, and some female stars had scandals, which can be described as infinite.

At this time, Li Hualong vaguely remembered that Stanley Ho would cooperate with Fok Yingdong, Ye Han and others to establish a Macau entertainment company and obtain the franchise of Macau's gambling industry, and he felt that since Ye Han chose to cooperate with Li Huahu, Stanley Ho might not have a chance with the Macau gambling industry.

Li Hualong felt that Stanley Ho's success and Napoleon's success have many similarities, the times create heroes, Stanley Ho's ability is a fact, he found a good opportunity to replace the previous generation of Macau gambling kings, become the new gambling king, if there is no good opportunity, it will definitely not be possible.

Since Galaxy Entertainment Company has obtained the franchise of Macau's gambling industry, there is nothing to do with Stanley Ho, Li Hualong did not think about letting Li Huahu go to Stanley Ho for help, he felt that with Li Huahu's ability, with the assistance of Ye Han and Ye Deli, he would definitely be able to run Galaxy Entertainment Company well.

Li Hualong first learned that Stanley Ho worked in Galaxy Entertainment Company and served as the deputy general manager, he was a little curious, and when he learned about the relationship between Stanley Ho and Ye Deli, he was relieved, he did not deliberately make any Stanley Ho with him, as for what will happen to Stanley Ho in the future, he doesn't care.