Chapter 460: Entering the ** industry
0 bought a passenger ship and converted it into a gambling ship, and then picked up tourists to gamble on the high seas, which was an idea invented by Macau gambling Saint Ye Han. I think that once it was implemented, it was immediately very popular, and tourists were like weaving money, and the casino business of the gambling king He Hongshen plummeted.
The reason why Xu Guanwu proposed this idea to the Bamboo Federation was actually inspired by the Zhao family. Zhao Yazhi's mother is a gambler, in addition to betting on horses in Hong Kong, buying Mark Six lottery, and playing mahjong in the Sparrow Pavilion, she also goes to Macau every now and then to play a circle. However, although her gambling addiction is big enough, her gambling luck is really bad, and she will lose every time she gambles, and she always loses two or three million a month.
Two or three million Hong Kong dollars, in Hong Kong, it is already considered a sky-breaking wealth, even rich people like Li Jiacheng, Huo Yingdong, and Li Zhaoji do not dare to spend money like this.
Xu Guanwu was annoyed that Zhao's mother gambled excessively, so he was very sensitive to this, and specially sent someone to investigate the gambling business in Hong Kong and Macau. It turns out that people in Macau and Hong Kong are good at gambling, whether it is a word flower file, Mark Six, horse running, dog fighting, or playing mahjong, or entering the casino to gamble on studs, betting on sic bo, etc., there are all kinds of gambling methods. And the market size is also more than 100 billion, which is a fairly large treasury.
Although Xu Guanwu hates gambling, he is not angry about making money, and he naturally wants to get into such a huge business, but opening a casino is a kind of profit, not something that ordinary people can do. When Ho Hongshen was in Macau, he really experienced a bloody storm. Not to mention the underground casinos in Hong Kong, there are associations behind each of them, often fighting for customers. How can ordinary people have the strength to intervene?
Xu Guanwu also didn't want to illegally engage in underground casinos. In his current status. I don't bother to make that little money by trying to make that little money. What he wants is to make money in an upright manner, but gambling in Hong Kong is illegal, and Macau's gambling licenses are in the hands of He Hongshen, and Xu Guanwu can't find a way out even if he wants to intervene.
So he remembered the trick that Ye Han once played, to gamble on the high seas, and the laws of Hong Kong and Macau could not punish him. However, there are also dangers on the high seas, and there will also be pirates or outlaws, so it is natural that someone must protect them.
Although Hui Guanwu can easily recruit a group of people in Hong Kong. However, he didn't want to get too involved in the Black X Society, so it was a good idea to use the power of the Taiwan Bamboo Federation.
He has been working on this idea for a while, but he didn't put it into practice right away, and now it happens that Bamboo Union is having a treat, and he wants to get some ways to make money from him. He took advantage of the situation to bring this attention up, and when he was begged for peace and begged for others, the results obtained were naturally different.
Chen Qili, Zhang Anle, and Wu Dun glanced at each other. I think Xu Guanwu's idea is simply fantastic, and no one has ever thought of it. It's definitely a groundbreaking idea.
In fact, they have been involved in the gambling industry for a long time, but they are just underground casinos, hiding and hiding like turtle eggs, not only to be on guard against the police at all times, but also to guard against the attacks of the Four Seas Gang and the corners of the province. It can be said that even making money is quite hard, and the risks taken are quite large.
Although Macau's gaming industry is a legal business, and Bamboo Union has always wanted to step into it, Macau's Black X will be a local snake, and it is also very powerful. Although the Bamboo Union is not a raptor, it is difficult for a strong dragon to suppress the head snake.
Besides, Macau also has the gambling king Ho Hongshen in charge, who is not only friendly with the Macau government, but also has considerable influence in Hong Kong. Responsible for distributing the big cake of the gambling industry, of course, the biggest piece was taken by him.
After the development of the Bamboo Federation in the past two years, although it is a legal business on the surface, in fact, the main business is still to get out of the way, engaged in smuggling, underground casinos, cesium industry, etc., Macau's gaming industry They have always been very jealous, and they have also entrusted people to send a message to the gambling king He Hongshen, wanting to get a piece of the pie in Macau. Just like in "The Raptors Crossing the River", Lei Fubang of the Triad wants to get involved in Macau's gaming industry.
However, the gambling king He Hongshen has never been a bird and bamboo association, and it is clear that he does not want the Taiwanese to get involved, which inevitably makes Chen Qili very dissatisfied.
Bamboo Union now has tens of thousands of brothers in Taiwan, and they are all elites who can fight and fight. Moreover, Taiwan implements a national military service system, so most of the Bamboo Union brothers have received formal military training, and compared with those gangsters who started fighting on the streets in Macau and Hong Kong, there is no doubt that these brothers from military backgrounds are more powerful.
In addition, the Bamboo Union now has very strong firepower and has accumulated a lot of money, and its strength is second only to Japan's Yakuza in the East Asian underground world, and it is much stronger than Macau's 14K, Shuifang, and Hong Kong's Xinyi'an. Therefore, Chen Qili is also ambitious and wants to expand his power in a big way.
In addition, Taiwan's Black X Society development model is modeled after Japan, and Japan's Yamaguchi-gumi has expanded its business to all parts of the world and established a systematic underground network. By establishing bases in various countries in the world, the Yamaguchi-gumi were able to conduct illegal business across borders. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the risk of solving the case, and made the Yamaguchi-gumi rich as a result.
After Chen Qili was released from prison, he specially sent people to the Yamaguchi-gumi to learn the business management model, and naturally he also greatly appreciated the Yamaguchi-gumi's ability to expand overseas, and Hong Kong and Macao, which were close at hand and rich in oil and water, naturally became the first places for him to enter.
However, the strength of the Black X Club in Hong Kong and Macau is also quite good, the key is that people are local snakes, and they can attack and retreat, and if they want to get involved, there is bound to be a tough battle to fight.
But if you gamble on the high seas, you are not afraid of being harassed by the police, and you are far away from other people's territory, and you are not afraid that there will be rival gangs looking for trouble. As for the pirates that infest the sea, the brothers of the Bamboo Union naturally have strong weapons against them.
In recent years, the Bamboo Union has hoarded a lot of powerful weapons, such as AK47s, shotguns, bazookas, etc., which can fight a small war. However, shooting on the streets of Taipei will naturally cause a lot of trouble, so it is generally just a knife. But on the high seas, there were not so many scruples, and if any pirate who did not have long eyes dared to come, he would have to stand up and lie down.
Such a trick is to draw salary. Even if the bamboo alliance soldiers are bloodless, they can enter the gambling industry. It can also weaken the underground power of Macau and Hong Kong. Under the advantages of the other, when the Bamboo Union lands in Hong Kong in the future, there will naturally be a lot less twists and turns.
So Chen Qili, Zhang Anle, and Wu Dun all had their eyes lit up, and they couldn't help but laugh.
"Mr. Xu's idea is really great, and it really deserves to be the legendary hand of gold." Chen Qili couldn't help but praise, "I'm really convinced." ”
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile slightly. "This is just a superficial view of the next point, and I don't deserve such praise from Gang Leader Chen."
"By the way, Mr. Xu, I wonder how much it costs to buy a luxury cruise ship and convert it into a casino?" Zhang Anle suddenly asked.
"Well, if you want to make a lot of money, you can't save money when you start investing naturally. This luxury cruise ship can't be too small, and it's not too shabby, and it's safe to be high, so it's always 30 or 40 million Hong Kong dollars. Plus the subsequent renovation costs. and the initial publicity costs, etc., at least 70 or 80 million Hong Kong dollars. Xu Guanwu counted with his fingers.
After the math. Chen Qili, Zhang Anle, and Wu Dun were all green in the audience, and Chen Manna's mouth couldn't be closed, and she could almost stuff an egg into it.
70 or 80 million Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to NT$500 million, even if all the industries up and down the Bamboo Union are sold, they can't make up such a large sum of money.
Chen Qili couldn't help but secretly regret it, at first he thought it was a peerless good idea when he heard this idea, thinking that he could get involved in the gambling industry from now on, and he made a big deal because of it. But after Xu Guanwu analyzed all the investments, he felt that this was really a huge pit, it was too cheating.
Seventy or eighty million Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount, even if it is Xin Ngee An, Hutchison, Macau's 14K, Water House, etc., which have been entrenched in Hong Kong for a long time, it is impossible to casually come up with such a large sum of money.
No wonder the idea of gambling on the high seas is not difficult to imagine, but no one has put it into practice, it is really too large an investment. Moreover, gambling boats are floating on the high seas, and they will face danger anytime and anywhere, especially during the typhoon season, and they will cut off business. At that time, you have to worry about whether the ship will sink, unlike the Lisboa Hotel built on land, unless the land sinks, you basically don't have to worry about suddenly disappearing.
"Mr. Xu, such a large sum of money, we really can't come up with it." Zhang Anle said with a bitter face, he is the military advisor of the Bamboo Federation, although the Bamboo Federation has made some money over the years, but the foundation is too thin, and the expansion over the years is too strong, so it looks like the surface scenery, but in fact, the money has not accumulated much. Therefore, the 70 or 80 million Hong Kong dollars cannot be taken out, and even 10 million or 20 million Hong Kong dollars are difficult.
"I think all of you don't have to worry, we are guarding Mr. Xu, the God of Wealth, are we afraid that we will not be able to do it without money?" Wu Dun suddenly laughed.
After he reminded him like this, Chen Qili and Zhang Anle all looked at Xu Guanwu with burning eyes.
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile slightly, thinking that Lao Tzu was waiting for you. "I also have the heart to enter the gambling industry, why don't we cooperate?"
"Mr. Xu, please speak." Chen Qili said with a smile.
"Okay, let's do it, I paid all the money for the purchase and decoration of the luxury cruise ship, but the operation and security work are all in charge of the Bamboo Union brothers, and I don't interfere with anything." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "As for the share sharing, Gang Leader Chen, you can tell you a number." ”
Chen Qili couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, if it was according to what Xu Guanwu said, he had all the initial investment, but Bamboo Union could participate in the operation, it was undoubtedly Bamboo Union that took a big advantage. You don't have to pay a dime to have such a big casino that can be moved.
You must know that in the Lisboa Hotel in Macau, a single gambling hall is worth tens of millions, if it is a luxury cruise ship with three floors and a displacement of 10,000 tons? That's a sky-high price!
However, since Xu Guanwu has invested so much, he naturally has to occupy more shares, otherwise Zhulian will also be scolded for being ugly. In addition, Xu Guanwu is also a loyal ally of the Bamboo Federation, and he also has a huge power in Hong Kong. Not to mention anything else, just its newspapers and TV stations, they are the blades that kill people and do not pay for their lives.
Chen Qili has also engaged in some magazines and publications, and he is deeply aware of the power of Ludao Media, so he naturally does not dare to underestimate Xu Guanwu's strength. In addition, the business with him will be long in the future, so you can't be too greedy to offend everyone.
Therefore, Chen Qili thought about it and proposed a distribution plan that he could accept. Since Mr. Xu looks up to Chen so much, let's talk about his shallow opinion. Since Mr. Xu, you are wholly owned, and we are in charge of operation and security, how about we divide it into 73? Mr. Xu, you account for 70%, and our Bamboo Union accounts for 30%? ”
The distribution ratio proposed by Chen Qili is based on the distribution ratio between the Macau gambling king Ho Hongshen and the local Black X Club.
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "The Bamboo Union brothers have to be responsible for operations and security, and only thirty percent is too little." In this way, I will take a step back and only take six achievements. The Bamboo Union brothers can account for forty percent. (To be continued......)