Chapter 388

The annual board members of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals are arranged according to the amount of donations from the previous year, but in recent years, Macau gambling king Ho Hung Sang has been firmly in the position of the first vice chairman and general manager of the board of directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and there is no high-profile to win the name of the chairman of the board of directors.

However, whether it is the general manager or the chairman of the board of directors, it is only an honorary position, in fact, it does not mean that Ho Hung Sang will intervene or meddle in the development and planning of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, these matters have nothing to do with him, and the executive committee of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals will at most issue a detailed report to inform the philanthropists on the board of directors, where the donations are used, and invite these board members to attend large-scale charity events or dinners.

The theme of tonight's charity auction is "Expanding Hope", and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals plans to build three community canteens and two technical training centres, mainly to help the underprivileged people in those housing estates, and even prepared a lot of auction items, most of which are auctioned by the board members of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and the proceeds will be directly transferred to the account of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

When Huo Dongjun arrived, there was already a queue of luxury cars outside the gate of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and many media reporters were waiting outside the car door with cameras and recorders.

The reporters who came around quickly pressed the shutter, hugged forward, and wanted to see clearly who was getting out of the car, the car door opened, and the blonde-haired Helena Grenwell stepped out of the car elegantly, standing at the door and waiting for Huo Dongjun on the other side, with a calm expression, allowing the reporter to take pictures.

On the other side, Huo Dongjun pulled the car door and got out of the car, although most of the reporters guarding outside the hotel tonight were reporters from social news and economic news, but as soon as Huo Dongjun appeared, he was still recognized.

Huo Dongjun walked over and took Helena Grenwell's hand, and the two walked towards the hotel, and the reporter next to him asked from time to time:

"Mr. Huo Dongjun, can you introduce your female companion?"

"Mr. Huo Dongjun, I heard that your satellite TV company has obtained a license, and there are additional conditions, can you talk about it?"

Huo Dongjun nodded and smiled at the reporters who asked questions, but did not speak, but Helena Grenwell answered the reporter's question in English:

"Gentlemen, tonight, this is the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' charity auction dinner, shouldn't all the conversation revolve around charity? You should pay more attention to this matter, maybe your power can get more people in Hong Kong to join in this kind of event. ”

After speaking, the two of them had already entered the hotel under the guidance of the hotel's special waiter.

After entering the hotel, Huo Dongjun took Helena Grenwell to sit on the seat marked on the invitation card in a low-key manner, although Huo Jianwen got two invitations at the same time, but these two invitations were not adjacent, Huo Dongjun looked at it without a trace, there were about more than 400 people in the entire dinner hall at this time, and Huo Jianwen's position was further back than himself.

"I'll go to the bathroom. Huo Dongjun sat down for a few minutes, glanced in Huo Jianwen's direction, and then said to Helena Grenwell.

Seeing Huo Dongjun get up, Huo Jianwen also quietly left the table, it has not officially started yet, people are communicating with each other, and the departure of the two is inconspicuous.

The two of them went out of the hall but did not go to the bathroom, but went to the cigar bar not far away, pretending to pick a cigar and communicate.

"Do you know how much it will cost to meet He Hongsheng tonight?" Huo Dongjun stared at the cigar box in the glass cabinet and said casually.

Huo Jianwen played with a delicate cigar cutter and said: "I don't know, I don't know what the other party is shooting now, but if the two of us open our mouths in a row, according to He Hongsheng's brain, we should guess our intentions, after all, even we have already received the news about foreign gambling ships, and it is impossible for him not to be unclear." ”

"Two million for one person. Huo Dongjun thought for a while and said: "At least release your kindness, shoot something and let others shut up, and donate at least two million real money, not fake." ”

"Then I'll shoot some small things first, so as not to make people think that I'm here to shoot Ho Hongsheng's things. After Huo Jianwen finished speaking, he turned around and left the cigar bar first.

Huo Dongjun waved to the waiter, and when the waiter came over, Huo Dongjun pointed to a box of cigars from Lexington, USA, and said, "After dinner, I will come here to taste it, please help you keep it." ”

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After returning to the hall, the host on the stage has begun to warm up the speech, look at the tables in the front row, Ho Hongsheng, Yu Xiaotian, the board members of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and some government officials in attendance have also arrived, the host said a few words and then invited the deputy director of the welfare department to go up to deliver a speech, Huo Dongjun applauded and said to Helena Grenwell:

"A lot of men are looking back at you, what does that mean?"

"Does that mean this evening dress is very decent?" Helena Grenwell waited for the applause to cease before responding.

Huo Dongjun shook his head: "It shows that it is the right decision for me to ask you to be my female companion, the entire hall is full of black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese, only you are a blonde, very stylish." ”

The welfare officials on the stage said a lot of high-sounding nonsense, and then the host took over the stage again, and finally got to the point:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you don't need too many flowery words tonight, you can listen to me while enjoying the food, this charity auction dinner, from now on, we would like to thank the members of the board of directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and thank the government staff of the Welfare Department who attended the dinner, they donated the auction items for this dinner, below, I announce that the auction has officially begun, the first auction item, from Mr. Wang Zhenshu, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, he donated a bottle of Scottish 77 year old single malt whisky, which has been collected for ten years, we have invited a wine appraiser, and the bottle is valued at 75,000 Hong Kong dollars, and now, the reserve price is 20,000 yuan, the minimum price increase is 1,000 yuan each time, and gentlemen who like to collect fine wine should not miss it. ”

After the host finished speaking, many people at the banquet below immediately responded, these rich people are usually used to collecting fine wine at home, and there is such an opportunity, they can not only do good deeds but also collect fine wine, so after several consecutive times, this bottle of pure malt whisky, which was valued at 75,000 Hong Kong dollars, has been called to a height of 92,000 yuan.

The auctioneer on the stage is indeed very professional, and he can respond in an orderly manner when so many people increase their prices.

"One hundred thousand. A middle-aged man at the table next to Huo Dongjun opened his mouth and called the bottle of wine to six figures.

No one was willing to give a higher price, and the bottle was eventually auctioned off.

Huo Dongjun didn't speak, neither did Huo Jianwen, the host on the stage had already arranged for someone to send the second charity auction item at this time, and before he could speak, he had already heard several tables of young female companions in the front row snorting softly.

"I heard some beautiful ladies in the front row just whispered, they were very close to me, saw this auction item, what kind of auction item will provoke the ladies to shout? Of course, it is jewelry, the following auction item is from the wife of Mr. Ye Changhua, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Ms. Ye Li Wanzhen, this is a Cartier black pearl necklace, the black pearls of this necklace are all produced in Tahiti, the gloss and roundness are A+ grade, the starting price of this necklace is, 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the minimum price increase is 1,000 yuan each time. ”

In fact, a string of black pearl necklaces, even if they are placed in those famous stores in Hong Kong, can be won for 50,000 yuan at most, but in the competition of these women, this necklace was finally auctioned for 76,000 yuan, which is more expensive than buying a new necklace.

The next few lots were handmade pipes, classic cars, women's dresses, etc., Huo Dongjun was not interested at all, and even Helena Grenwell was not interested in these lots, but the others around him were full of interest.

To Huo Dongjun's surprise, even Huo Jianwen said that he wanted to shoot some small things in advance to save his senses, but he never made a move at this time.

When the host came to the stage again, Huo Dongjun found that this guy seemed to be so excited that even his muscles began to tremble, it should be the next auction item that made him excited, sure enough, the host excitedly announced the next lot, which was donated by Yu Xiaotian, chairman of the board of directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, a 1967 Swiss Breguet gold pocket watch, exclusively custom-made, this pocket watch is also named after him, the watch weighs 370 grams, and the starting price is 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

Huo Dongjun didn't know much about these famous watches, but the rich guys in the field seemed to be boiling all at once, as if they were ignited because of this pocket watch.

"Why does this watch make them so excited?" Huo Dongjun couldn't understand the excitement of these people, so he could only ask Helena Grenwell beside him.

"It's very simple, because this watch is unique, although it is not a precious model, but with private customization and gold manufacturing, plus there is a time and age, it is completely worth collecting, and if you get it to the auction house, it can be auctioned for at least one or two hundred million dollars, you know, this pocket watch represents the unique. Helena Grenwell said.

"That Lord Chair was willing to donate this watch?" said Helena Grenwell, "and he's really great." ”

"I guess it's not like that, maybe this watch will eventually go back to Yu Xiaotian, who is in charge of 80% of the construction of Hong Kong's colonial government's public community, and many people want to get acquainted with it, and this watch is a great social gift. ”