Why is it admirable for Mr. Stanley Ho to "get ahead by hook or by crook"?

0 1, the son of wealth has fallen.

Mr. Stanley Ho was born in He Qidong's family, which has been doing business for generations, with his back against a big tree to enjoy the cool. He held the title of "rich second generation" since he was a child, and took out all the "bad" hobbies that a dude should have.

In Hong Kong at that time, his grandfather was firmly in the position of one of the top five Chinese businessmen; Great-grandfather 19 set up his own company after he arrived in Hong Kong in 1950s, and his career is booming. He Dong is the son of his great-grandfather. Mr. He called him Uncle. He is the richest man in Hong Kong since its opening.

Ho, the father of Stanley Ho, was not only a well-known businessman in Hong Kong at that time, but also a comprador of Jardine Matheson, and had seats in the Legislative Council and the East China Third Hospital.

192 1 year, the heyday of the family business, Stanley Ho was born. This young gentleman with a "golden spoon", the starting point of his life has always been the end of the struggle of most ordinary people.

In order to train him, his father spared no expense to send him to the best university in Hong Kong.

It happened that Mr. Ho just didn't develop in the direction of being diligent and eager to learn. He doesn't like his academic performance. He went to Ren Huang College, the best school in Hong Kong, but he could only stay in the worst class.

The good times didn't last long. Mr. He's carefree life didn't last long, and he is about to usher in the first major turning point in his life.

1934, Stanley Ho's father and his three brothers made mistakes in stock trading and declared bankruptcy. Overnight, once prosperous families fell to the bottom, some people chose to commit suicide by swallowing guns, and some people committed suicide by taking drugs because of mental disorders.

Mr. He's father left him and his mother at the age of 13 and fled to Vietnam with his younger brother and sister.

The rich young master no longer lives a luxurious life as he used to. He lived alone with his mother and was coldly laughed at. In order to survive, his mother began to make money by washing people's clothes.

"The box is full of gold, the box is full of silver, and the beggars who show their eyes are all slanders." After Mr. Stanley Ho got a taste of the people's hearts, he changed his previous fooling around and made up his mind to get ahead.

At the bottom, the most direct way to change your destiny is to learn. In a blink of an eye, Mr. He changed from a poor student in the past to a schoolmaster and was admitted to the University of Hong Kong.

Just when he thought his life began to turn for the better, 194 1 year, the social situation was turbulent, and Mr. Stanley Ho was forced to take refuge in Macao before he graduated.

Bad luck, ups and downs, life will always inadvertently bring you accidents, no matter good or bad, you have to bear.

Years later, Mr. Stanley Ho talked about this experience and just smiled and said, "You are so miserable." Past sufferings can no longer stir up waves in his weather-beaten heart.

02. A narrow escape as a gambling king.

In his second year in Macau, Mr. Stanley Ho joined the Macau Lianchang Trading Company, and he fought for his career with the same fighting spirit as when he was studying.

He even said that in order to get ahead, he dared to work hard.

In Lianchang Trading Company, Mr. Stanley Ho's job is to "gamble on a boat". At that time, smuggling was prevalent in Macao, and Mr. Stanley Ho was responsible for sending customers' money and goods to designated places for trading.

This is not a decent job, but it is full of risks. If you are not careful, you will die at any time.

But Mr. Stanley Ho is not afraid of hardship, fatigue and danger. He knows the truth of murder for money, besides his daily work, he also studies Japanese and Portuguese hard, and even memorizes the contact information of more than 2,000 customers, which won the favor of the leaders and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

Soon, Mr. Ho encountered a crisis of life and death. On a "boat-betting" mission, he unfortunately met a robber. Money and goods on the ship were robbed, and many crew members were killed at the gunpoint of robbers.

However, Mr. Stanley Ho kept calm in a crisis and waited for an opportunity to escape. While the robbers were distracted, Mr. Stanley Ho quickly motioned the crew to sail, escaped from danger under the pursuit of a hail of bullets and recovered his life.

This year, Mr. Stanley Ho won a bonus of10 million. At the age of 20, he became the youngest millionaire in Hong Kong and Macao.

This first bucket of gold in Stanley Ho's life laid an indispensable foundation for him to become a "gambling king" in the future.

He first founded the Macau Fire Water (Kerosene) Company, and then turned to Hong Kong to invest in real estate and set up a joint venture with Lianjian Company. It only took seven years before and after, and he suddenly became a multi-millionaire.

But in Stanley Ho's eyes, life will never stop because of one or two successes. When you have more capital, you will do more things.

Soon, Stanley Ho returned to Macau. This time, he turned his attention to the "gambling industry".

196 1 year, Mr. Stanley Ho and several friends obtained the gambling patent in Macau, but in the process, Mr. Stanley Ho once again passed away from death.

Since 1930, the gambling industry in Macau has been monopolized by the Fu family, one of the four major families in Hong Kong. It was not until 196 1 that the gambling industry in Macau was officially legalized, and Mr. Stanley Ho had the opportunity to participate in the bidding to win the license.

The joining of new forces will inevitably arouse the dissatisfaction of the old forces. It is said that when Mr. Ho submitted his application, he was almost hit by a bullet.

Although Stanley Ho's team won the right to operate the Macau casino with a slight advantage of10.7 million Australian dollars, the other party did not stop there.

Mr. Ho was called to talk many times, but he was actually threatened. He was asked to give up gambling. If he is stubborn, he will face the attack of "Eight Articles".

The first thing is to kill Mr. He.

No matter where you stand, don't underestimate your opponent. Obviously, they underestimated Mr. He's ability.

In the next few years, when Mr. Stanley Ho faces the difficulties of the old forces, he will have a way to resist them. If you send people to make trouble in the casino, I will "please leave" them with higher money. If you stop the boat, I'll buy a boat at my own expense to meet the guests. ......

No matter what means the other party used to embarrass Mr. He, he resolved them one by one. Although his loss in this process is immeasurable, Mr. He never thought of bowing his head.

In this way, after several years of fighting with the old forces, Mr. He reversed from the trough, his business grew bigger and bigger, his position became more and more stable, and he eventually became a generation of "gambling kings".

According to media reports, there are at least 12 casinos controlled by Stanley Ho, and the annual betting amount in casinos is as high as13 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The landmark Lisboa Hotel in Macau is owned by Stanley Ho.

In Macau, Mr. Stanley Ho is called "Monitor of Rice" because there are 1/3 people in Macau who need to make a living under Mr. Stanley Ho.

But although he has run a casino for decades, he has never gambled once, and he also appeals to everyone that this is a kind of entertainment. Don't indulge in the desire for money and lose yourself.

However, compared with Mr. He's restraint in his career, his attitude towards feelings is not convergent, and there is ruthlessness in his family.

03, the original match was seriously ill but found another new love.

Mr. Stanley Ho is a half-breed, with profound facial features and charming demeanor. After he was destined to go to Macau, he quickly attracted the attention of Li Wanhua, who was called "the first beauty in Macau".

Li Wanhua's family is rich and beautiful. The rich girl met the young master who was in trouble and won, but there were countless others.

In pursuit of Li Wanhua, Mr. Stanley Ho also made great efforts to get to know Bomei people. He studied Portuguese hard, and Li Wanhua was moved by his talent, so the love story of a pair of golden couple began.

Figure 2 is on the left and Li Wanhua is on the right.

In order to help Mr. Ho's career, Li Wanhua took care of his family relationship, and Mr. Ho's career in Lianchang Trading Company could not take off without Li Wanhua's help.

After their marriage, they had a son and three daughters. They wanted to live happily ever after, but Li Wanhua had an accident.

1957, Li Wanhua fell ill. That year, she was just 33. She suffers from colitis, but her search for a famous doctor is fruitless. Finally, her stomach was removed, and she relied on drugs to alleviate the pain caused by her physical illness.

It is sad that the beauty of absolute beauty has suddenly fallen to this point. At this time, Mr. Stanley Ho was at the peak of his career, and his business entertainment was constant. How can he not be accompanied by beautiful women?

Soon, at a dance, Mr. Stanley Ho met Lan Qiongying, who was only 14 years old. After a dance, this relationship was fixed.

Mr. Stanley Ho married a new lover on the deathbed of his original wife. This behavior makes people feel indignant and realistic. Mr. Stanley Ho once said in Biography of Stanley Ho: "I can't be a monk all my life."

This is not the most cruel to Li Wanhua.

198 1 year, Li Wanhua's only son, He Youguang, and his daughter-in-law were killed in a Portuguese car accident. Li Wanhua collapsed and was heartbroken. This year, He Youguang was only 33 years old.

Li Wanhua's third daughter, He Chaoxian, once said sadly, "She has never done anything bad to anyone, but she has to suffer a lot. God is so unfair to her. "

In 2004, Li Wanhua's life came to an end, and Stanley Ho held a luxurious funeral for her.

When the lights go out, the scene is left to the living. Li Wanhua's life's grievances were unwilling and sad, and eventually turned into clouds.

04. He is more than just a gambling king.

Aside from Mr. He's "gambling king" status and romantic history, what is really remembered by future generations is his lifelong contribution to the country.

Mr. Stanley Ho is literate and knows how to manage. While expanding Macao's gambling industry, he also did not forget to contribute to the development of society. He built docks and roads to improve the lives of ordinary people.

He once said that he would spend 90% of the money he earned on charity, but when everyone thought he was just talking, he kept his promise with practical actions.

After the death of Stanley Ho, Yuanmingyuan Ruins Park issued a message expressing condolences: "Patriotism and kindness will last forever, and Mr. He will live forever."

In 2003, the bronze statue of pig's head in Yuanmingyuan, worth more than 6 million yuan, returned to the embrace of the motherland, which was a national cultural relic purchased by Stanley Ho after several visits and negotiations.

In 2007, Stanley Ho once again invested HK$ 6.965438 billion+to buy back the bronze statue of the horse head in Yuanmingyuan.

Later, he returned the cultural relics to the country free of charge and said, "I will continue to look for them and make every effort to promote the happy reunion of the bronze statue of 12."

But what he has done for his motherland is not limited to this.

In order to help the development of China's space industry, in 1990, he established the "Stanley Ho Training Foundation for Space Science and Technology Talents". In the following year, Stanley Ho built the "Stanley Ho Training Building" in Langfang City, Hebei Province, to create a venue for training space science and technology talents.

In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, we donated HK$ 6,543,800+to the victims in the earthquake-stricken areas. In August of the same year, at the age of 86, he also became an Olympic torchbearer.

It is a pity that the hero is dying, but he is frequently found with a wife, a child and a home.

Where the huge wealth of 500 billion will go, there will be results in the end, but who can truly inherit the courage and legend of the "gambling king" for a lifetime?