Chapter 517. The world of tycoons
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Just when Chen Xiaotang and the fat man Wang Jing and his gang were packing their luggage and shooting props and preparing to board the ship tomorrow for filming, Qiao Anqi, the eldest lady of the Qiao family, suddenly killed, crying and saying that she was about to leave Hong Kong and go back to school in the UK, and wanted Chen Xiaotang to go out with her in the last few days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Xiaotang immediately said distressedly: "Miss, I'm not as good as you, I still have to rush to film!" ”
"Filming? Hehe, I haven't seen filming since I'm so old, it must be fun, or I'll join you? ”
"Don't mess around, we're going to shoot on the gambling boat tomorrow!"
Who knew that as soon as she heard about the "gambling boat", the little girl became even more interested, pulled Chen Xiaotang's arm and said, "Are you talking about gambling boats?" Hehe, I wanted you to accompany me to Macau. ”
Qiao Anqi's answer made Chen Xiaotang a little dumbfounded, he always thought that this woman definitely didn't like gambling, but he didn't expect Qiao Anqi to be an outlier at all, and he had to take the initiative to take himself to Macau, which is one of the top ten gambling cities in the world.
"You daughters like to gamble?" Chen Xiaotang thought that Qiao Anqi was talking back, and asked tentatively.
"No, let me tell you, everyone in Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong ......"
Qiao Anqi glanced at Chen Xiaotang and explained to him, after listening to Qiao Anqi's words, Chen Xiaotang suddenly realized that it seemed that Aberdeen, who had crossed over, was still not very familiar with local affairs.
In Hong Kong~Hong Kong, gambling has always been with everyone, and the most famous newspaper in Hong Kong. It's not a Ming Pao Ta Kung Pao, but a betting newspaper, as well as Ma Jing, these two industries called lottery are actually gambling. It often accompanies many Hong Kong people for life.
In Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong, you can see people everywhere with newspapers looking at it with relish, if you think he is concerned about the current political news, then it is wrong, because that person is eight ~ nine out of ten is studying which horse to buy today, what number to choose to bet, so to speak, six ~ lottery and betting horses. It's already deep in their lives.
There are also many Hong Kong people who take the ferry to Macau every Saturday for a small gamble. Win or lose, take a boat back the same day or the next day. For them, it's a way to release the stresses of life and an activity on the weekend.
The ferry ticket from Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong to Macao ~ Gate is very cheap, and you can go up to the wealthy son. Down to the small merchants, almost every Hong Kong person can afford to go, so someone once counted that in Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong adult men. Almost 90.9% of the people have been to the Ao~Gate Casino.
But ironically. Although Hong Kong~Hong Kong is popular with six ~ lottery and horse betting, gambling is illegal. In other words, those underground gambling stalls in Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong are all operating illegally.
The Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong gambling ship was first formed by the gambling king Ye Han as the "Oriental Princess", which was first used to fight against the Macau gambling king He Hongshen, but from the late eighties, Ye Han ended his decades-long gambling history.
However, Ye Han's behavior of setting up a gambling boat made many Hong Kong people suddenly open their minds, Hong Kong gambling is illegal, but you can drive a gambling boat to gamble on the high seas, so that it will not violate Hong Kong's laws and regulations.
These luxury gambling ships, which are converted from large oil tankers, will carry tourists to the high seas every morning, and then return in the evening, and now they have become a must-visit attraction for tourists from outside Hong Kong ~ Hong Kong, so Qiao Anqi heard Chen Xiaotang say that he wanted to take a boat to the high seas, and he didn't feel anything wrong at all.
Seeing Qiao Anqi's "dead skin" sticking to his own appearance, Chen Xiaotang wanted to refuse, but before he could speak, Qiao Anqi shook his arm, snorted, coquettish, and played tricks, all the tricks were used. made the fat man Wang Jing, Liu Dehua and others all look at Chen Xiaotang with a super "ambiguous" look.
Chen Xiaotang was stunned by everyone, and explained: "She and I are just ordinary friends, you can't guess!" While comforting the little girl, "Go and go, don't shake my arm anymore, it's about to break!" ”
Seeing that Chen Xiaotang finally relented and agreed to himself, Qiao Anqi jumped up high, "Okay! "I was so happy.
Following. Chen Xiaotang acted as a messenger to protect the flowers, waiting for this little aunt and grandmother at the door of Qiao Anqi's house early in the morning.
Through the window, Qiao Jingyao, the tycoon of Qiao, bit his cigar and looked at the outside of the villa, Chen Xiaotang, who was smoking in the car, snorted coldly: "I don't know what to say!" ”
Although he doesn't have much bad feelings for Chen Xiaotang, he doesn't have much good feelings either. However, in his opinion, Chen Xiaotang's identity is too special, an actor, what is an actor, he likes acting the most, especially in terms of feelings, and is the easiest to coax women. Qiao Jingyao didn't want his baby daughter to be easily deceived by such a guy or a little white face.
Originally, Qiao Jingyao wanted to lock his daughter at home and prevent him from going out with this star named Chen Xiaotang casually. However, considering that her daughter will soon study in the UK, she may not see him again. Qiao Jingyao temporarily resisted this impulse, he has been doing business for so many years, he understands a truth, called "if you want to hurry, you can't reach it", instead of being a "bad daddy" and taking the initiative to break them up, it is better to let them get together and disperse by themselves.
With a snap, the curtain was drawn, Qiao Jingyao sat on the sofa unruly, picked up a newspaper and read it casually.
As expected, in less than three minutes, his baby daughter Qiao Anqi dressed up and went downstairs.
"Daddy, I'm leaving!" Qiao Anqi was still very afraid of her father, and had to say hello to him before leaving.
Qiao Jingyao glanced at her, puffed out a puff of cigar smoke, and said, "Go early and come back early!" ”
"Hee-hee, got Daddy!" Qiao Anqi didn't expect her father to be so reasonable, and she couldn't help but be very happy.
Seeing his daughter jumping out, Qiao Jingyao snapped the newspaper shut, and at this time he tapped the phone, considering whether to send someone to follow her and watch her...... Eventually, though, he put his hand off the phone.
When Chen Xiaotang saw Qiao Anqi, he couldn't help but be stunned. Qiao Anqi, who was already extremely pretty, was carefully dressed up and looked more like a proud princess, with bright light and white skin. It is as lubricated as mutton fat and white jade, and the ten thousand styles that are inadvertently revealed between the eyebrows are even more intoxicating.
If you compare Qiao Anqi with those big stars in the Hong Kong entertainment industry now, I am afraid that she will be slightly better, the kind of delicate temperament she shows in front of people will definitely make any normal man have the urge to kiss Fangze, such a girl will bring a desire to protect people~ hope. The pleasure of conquest~ is definitely the best of the best.
"What, are you hooked on me?" Qiao Anqi saw Chen Xiaotang staring at her silently, and her beautiful eyes flowed. I couldn't help but ask.
Chen Xiaotang's old face flushed, "Ahem, who said that, I just waited a little impatiently...... We lost the gambling boat and didn't go to the party. Why are you dressed so beautifully? ”
"Cut, haven't you heard of the woman who pleases herself?"
"Mandarin is good, but now is not the time to tolerate it, we will not leave. It's going to be a gambling boat that can't be tolerated! ”
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"Mr. Pan, I'm sorry. Keeping you waiting......"
After Qiao Anqi parked the car in the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier parking lot, Chen Xiaotang saw the place at the entrance of the pier. Pan Disheng was standing there with a few people looking around, he was suddenly a little embarrassed, he said that it would be half past seven, and it was almost eight o'clock now.
"It's okay, I've just arrived, we've all met these guys the day before yesterday, I don't need to introduce them, let's go, let's get on the boat." Pan Disheng was also slightly stunned when he saw the radiant Qiao Anqi behind Chen Xiaotang, but then he came to his senses, and after saying hello to Chen Xiaotang, he took the lead and walked towards the dock.
The few people standing behind Pan Disheng were all seen by Chen Xiaotang at the opening ceremony of Yongsheng not long ago, and they were all descendants of some well-known families in Hong Kong. After a few polite words, everyone followed Pan Disheng and walked into the dock.
"Hiss one by one"
Just now, he was blocked by those buildings outside, and now he walked into the dock, Chen Xiaotang couldn't help but gasp at a glance, on the dock, there were dozens of cruise ships docked large and small.
The position of the cruise ship is arranged from small to large, the smaller one is docked at the edge of the pier, and the farthest ones are two or three hundred meters long super cruise ships, even if there is still a long distance from the shore, it also brings Chen Xiaotang a lot of shock, compared to these giant cruise ships, what he saw near Lantau Island is not worth mentioning at all.
"Why are there so many people?"
After walking to the wharf, Chen Xiaotang found that there were many people with the flag of the tour group, walking past him, listening to the accent should be from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, etc., and they went up to the dinghy docked on the shore, and after each dinghy was full of people, the roar of the engine would sound and sail towards the sea.
"Hehe, these people are tourists from all over the world, and when they come to Hong Kong, they will go to the gambling boat to have fun...... Pan Disheng slowed down and patiently explained to Chen Xiaotang.
It turns out that half of the ships docked at this pier, except for private luxury cruise ships, are Hong Kong gambling boats, which attract customers here every day and then sail out to the open sea.
These gambling ships are divided into several grades, the medium-sized ones can generally carry more than I00 people, and the largest cruise ship, which can be comparable to the Titanic, can carry thousands of people.
In order to attract business, the ticket price of these cruise ships is not very expensive, the medium-sized one can stay on board for one night for 150 Hong Kong dollars, and also includes dinner, supper, breakfast three meals, while two people give a standard room, two beds, and have a separate bathroom and TV, and it is also very clean.
This price in Hong Kong is actually very loss-making, because if this also includes three meals, the price on the shore will cost more than i00 yuan, but the gambling boat in order to attract people to go up to gamble money, it can be said that it is upside down.
But there are a few large ultra-luxury cruise ships, the price is going to be a lot, in that kind of gambling ship, it can really be described as a paradise on earth, Chinese and Western restaurants, entertainment venues, karaoke nightclubs, saunas, massage rooms, beauty centers, duty-free shops, etc., everything, as long as you are successful, you can live a drunken life on it.
It's just that the national flags hung on these ships are colorful, and there are all kinds of countries, and the only thing that is not there is the Hong Kong British flag.
For this. Chen Xiaotang, who is filming "God of Gamblers", knows the reason, it turns out that ships traveling on the high seas must and are only allowed to fly the national flag of one place.
The conduct of the ship's personnel on the high seas is also governed by the laws of the flag country. For example, gambling is prohibited in Hong Kong, if you go to the high seas to gamble with the flag of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, it is also illegal, and the laws of Hong Kong can still punish you, but you have to hang the flags of those countries that allow gambling to gamble on the high seas, and the laws of Hong Kong will naturally not control you, and your behavior is also allowed by the flag country.
"Ah Tang. The Golden Dragon we are going to leave the port at seven o'clock, but Pan Gongzi asked them to stay for a while, and Pan Gongzi's ship followed behind. If you don't want to stay on the boat after filming, we can still rush back to Hong Kong......"
Several people walked to the middle of the pier and stopped, Pan Disheng said hello to Chen Xiaotang, and quickly jumped onto a private cruise ship two or three meters away from the shore, and a young man named Xu Jinheng followed Chen Xiaotang. He explained to Chen Xiaotang.
After Pan Disheng got on his private yacht, he asked the crew above to put some decks, and directly connected the yacht and the marina into a channel, and Chen Xiaotang and others walked onto the yacht from the deck.
Pan Disheng's private yacht is not small. The front and rear are about 20 meters long, and the space in the inner cabin is very large. There is a wine cooler sofa inside, which is very luxuriously furnished. There are also two rooms and a washroom, and if there are not many people going to sea, you can stay in a group.
After everyone came up, a crew member untied the rope tied to the dock and drove the yacht away from the dock, Chen Xiaotang stood on the deck at the bow of the boat with Qiao Anqi in his arms, looking at the blue sea under his feet, he was in a very comfortable mood, and he didn't know if the fat man Wang Jing had arrived at the gambling boat, and whether the shooting behind would be as smooth as before...
At this moment, it seems that the luxury giant ship in the distance is not very far away from the shore, but Pan Disheng's yacht drove for about twenty minutes before coming to the bottom of the giant ship, and the closer he got to the giant ship, the more shocked Chen Xiaotang felt in his heart.
Looking up from the yacht to the luxury giant ship, Chen Xiaotang can only see the hull above the waterline, as for the hull is all covered by this hull, looking up, the hull height above the waterline alone should be thirty or forty meters, you know, this is equivalent to a high-rise building close to 20 floors, imagine what it would be like if you stood under a building with more than 20 floors?
Compared with this giant ship, Pan Disheng's yacht is more like a small sampan, floating in the sea, it is estimated that the waves caused by an acceleration of the giant ship can make this small yacht experience a sea surfing feeling, Chen Xiaotang, who originally felt that the yacht was good, is now completely attracted by the giant ship.
Chen Xiaotang didn't know that Pan Disheng's father, that is, the jewelry tycoon, was also a giant in the gambling industry, and in 1982, he spent 300 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the shares of the Macau Tourism and Entertainment Company in the hands of gambling king Ye Han, and has been in the gambling industry since then.
And this luxury gambling ship, is Pan Disheng's father Pan Tycoon, and several Hong Kong tycoons, jointly built, in the last year was put into use, the first voyage, even the Hong Kong Governor and his old man personally came to cut the ribbon to congratulate, it can be said that it is very prosperous.
The whole giant ship can receive nearly 2,000 passengers, and can accommodate more than 800 crew members, there is a casino that can accommodate 1,000 people at the same time, and there are more than 30 VIP rooms, as well as a ballroom, library and other facilities, and is equipped with 5 swimming pools, golf courses, a bar and 6 luxury restaurants.
And in the more than 1,000 luxury double cabins on the cruise ship, all of which do not have private gyms and small balconies, someone has once made a ranking of all the luxury cruise ships in the world, and this Golden Dragon can definitely be among the top ten. Pan Daheng is one of the major shareholders of the gambling ship, and it is also the reason why Pan Disheng was able to let the gambling ship stay for an extra hour.
At this moment, the huge waves in Chen Xiaotang's heart were rolling, he originally thought that he knew enough about the luxury and prosperity of the "tycoon" world, but now, he knew how "ignorant" he was.
What is a rich man, called a supertycoon? If you are an actor for a lifetime, no matter how good you are, it is estimated that you will not even be able to buy such a boat!
Fortunately, he found the right direction and set up the Magic Shadow Entertainment Company, although his worth is only 50 million, which is only a fraction of the wealthy families in the upper class, but he still has time, and one day, he can be like them, with billions, billions, or even tens of billions!!
At that moment, Chen Xiaotang finally had a more ambitious goal, if in the past he just hoped to become an emperor superstar and make a world in the film industry, then now, all he has to do is that no matter how hard he works and how much effort he puts in, he must become a veritable movie tycoon!!
After approaching the gambling boat, the crew on Pan Disheng's yacht carefully stretched out the partition rod with a suction wall, so that the two ships of completely disproportionate size kept a certain distance.
Pan Disheng had already said hello in advance, and after the yacht was stable, a lift was lowered on the hull of the giant ship, and when the elevator fell to a height parallel to the yacht, an alloy deck more than one meter wide stretched out from above, just docking with the yacht.
The elevator can only take five people at a time, Pan Disheng beckoned Chen Xiaotang and Qiao Anqi to take the lead and walked up, the speed of the elevator is not very fast, after more than a minute, it rose to the deck of the gambling ship, Chen Xiaotang looked back, the yacht more than 20 meters long, now it really looks like a small sampan. "Brother Pan, if you don't come again, I'm going to leave on the boat......"
On the deck of the cruise ship, there were also a few people waiting at this time, and after seeing Pan Disheng and others coming, they came over one after another.
After Chen Xiaotang saw the person who spoke, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Miss Qiao, I have invited you several times before, but you have refused, this time I want to take you for a good walk, not that I blow water, and there are not a few better cruise ships in the world......"
After the man greeted Pan Disheng, he didn't even look at Chen Xiaotang, and walked straight to Qiao Anqi's side to offer courtesy, indicating that the girl who soaked you and ignored you! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )