bestfiction Chapter 587: Increasing Social Responsibility
Chapter 587: Increasing Social Responsibility
As for the detailed explanation of the bid and the various commitments regarding operating the casino, He Hongshen took the full responsibility for handling the matter.
After all, as the general manager of the new group, he has been working in the business world for many years and has experienced countless ups and downs. He is already familiar with such business bidding matters and is as experienced as a veteran who can handle them with ease.
Prior to this, the new group was like a pile of loose sand, with members having their own ideas and their goals far from being unified.
Take the new gambling king John for example. He was born into a gambling family and has been exposed to the ups and downs of casinos since he was a child. With his extraordinary courage and accurate judgment, he has carved out a name for himself in the casino and ascended the throne of gambling king at a young age.
Now that he is in the new group, he is ambitious and has a grand and passionate blueprint in his mind.
He is eager to take advantage of the new group's abundant resources and the current complex and ever-changing yet opportunity-filled situation to rise rapidly like riding on a high-speed rocket.
The Haojing area, as a major gambling center with numerous casinos, has always been the focus of covetousness from various forces.
John set his sights firmly on this, and was determined to take over all the casino businesses in Macau into the new group.
In his grand plan, once he successfully integrates the Macau Casino, he will be able to fully utilize his expertise.
He is proficient in all kinds of gambling methods and knows gamblers' psychology very well.
By then, he will make drastic reforms and introduce the world's hottest and richest gaming categories, ranging from traditional cards to novel electronic gaming.
At the same time, he also plans to invest huge amounts of money to build extremely luxurious casino facilities, upgrading everything from the magnificent gambling hall to top-level hotel services.
He was determined to build the Macau Casino into the most prosperous capital with the largest scale and the most diverse categories in Asia, thereby creating a new generation of gambling king and leaving a strong and indelible mark in the long history of the gambling world.
However, Huo Yingdong is completely different from those businessmen who pursue short-term interests and get involved in "unconventional" industries.
He upholds his integrity and looks at business layout with a far-sighted vision.
Regarding the management philosophy of the casinos under the new group, he firmly opposed making crazy money-making the only goal.
At that time, the Governor's Office in Hong Kong was calling on all sectors to promote the standardization of the industry. Ho Ying-tung keenly captured this opportunity and put forward a very influential slogan: actively respond to the earnest call of the Governor's Office, vigorously promote the standardized operation of casinos, and unswervingly place its foothold on promoting the long-term prosperity and development of the Haojing area.
He knows very well that if a casino wants to continue operating and develop steadily, it cannot rely on unscrupulous means to make money, but must be closely linked with the local social and economic development. Only in this way can the casino business have a solid foundation and go further and more steadily in the torrent of time.
Ever since Huo Yingdong put forward that slogan, He Hongshen felt an irrepressible disgust in his heart.
In his narrow and paranoid system of ideas, Huo Yingdong never really devoted himself to the gambling business.
He believed that Huo Yingdong was involved in this field only out of consideration for personal relationships and was forced into the game by various forces.
He Hongshen knew clearly in his mind that the funds invested by Huo Yingdong, although seemingly huge, were actually as erratic as rootless clouds in the sky.
He often wondered to himself that one morning he might wake up to hear that Huo Yingdong was withdrawing his investment and shares. By then, the entire group would suffer a heavy blow and fall into an unpredictable crisis. The business empire that he had painstakingly built up over the years might be in danger of falling apart.
Look at the two small shareholders, Ye Beihai and Gao Hailin, their hearts and eyes are filled with the desire to make money quickly.
In their narrow perception, if opening a casino cannot make a fortune, why bother getting involved in the vortex of gambling license competition and wasting a lot of energy and effort.
Ye Beihai frowned all day long, repeatedly deducing various profit strategies in his mind, thinking about how to make a clever layout to get a share of the casino's huge wealth.
The same is true for Gao Hailin. He thinks every day about how to find more profit growth points in the operation of the casino. He fantasizes that he can use the casino's profits to break free from the shackles of wealth as soon as possible, step into the hall of financial freedom, and live a life of luxury and freedom.
However, among the many shareholders, only Ye Deli seemed relatively calm.
Compared to running half a casino and fighting with various forces in the business world all day long, his mind is not here at all.
Yip Deli is a well-known playboy in Macau and a frequent visitor to social circles. Every day he is either attending lavish parties or appearing at fashionable and luxurious balls.
Wherever he went, he was always surrounded by beautiful women from all over the world with different styles, like the moon surrounded by stars.
At a banquet attended by many business leaders, the atmosphere became increasingly lively after three rounds of drinks.
He Hongshen was inevitably infected by the atmosphere and drank a few more glasses. After drinking, he even let go of his usual calmness and said to the person next to him with a little envy: "When it comes to having a girlfriend, I can't compare to that Italian (Ye Deli)!"
He Hongshen has rich experience in love. He has married four wives and has had countless girlfriends.
But if you compare him with Ye Deli, the gap is obvious.
He Hongshen once half-jokingly and half-seriously told his close confidants that if he only had one girlfriend, then based on the ratio, Ye Deli must have as many as 100 girlfriends.
From this exaggerated description, we can see how romantic Yip Deli was. In the love anecdotes of Macau, he is undoubtedly the protagonist with a lot of emphasis.
The most sensational gossip about Ye Deli dates back to 1983, exactly years later.
At that time, in the sunny and picturesque Mexican resort of Acapulco, a grand and unique party was in full swing.
The protagonist of the party, Ye Deli, is a man in his seventies. Although his temples are gray, he is still energetic. His eyes reveal his past elegance and present contentment. He greets guests from all over the world with a smile on his face.
What is shocking is that those invited to the birthday party were 52 ex-girlfriends that Yip Deli met in the past years. Not only that, their respective husbands and lively and lovely children were also invited.
For a moment, this gathering place in the seaside resort was crowded with people of different skin colors and ages walking around, and laughter and joy echoed in the air.
Although those women who once had emotional entanglements with Ye Deli are no longer young, their eyes and eyebrows still show their former graceful charm. They gathered here with their families.
Such a strange scene made the atmosphere both warm and subtle, which was truly jaw-dropping.
But this seemingly chaotic and complicated situation was actually well organized under Ye Deli's command.
He moved freely among the crowd, chatting cordially with every guest, reminiscing about the past or asking about recent situations, demonstrating extraordinary interpersonal skills. He handled such complex relationships just right, making this unique gathering a hot topic among people at the time.
Ye Deli has taken great pains to extend the warmest welcome and deepest gratitude to every distinguished guest who has come from afar.
He carefully prepared a number of extremely generous gifts, aiming to make every attendee feel this unique respect.
As you enter the banquet venue, the first thing that catches your eye is the display table filled with a wide variety of items, the luxury of which is jaw-dropping.
The dazzling jewellery, with gemstones sparkling charmingly under the lights, the exquisitely crafted necklaces, earrings, bracelets, etc., all demonstrate the extraordinary skills of top jewellery craftsmen; there are also those priceless works of art, either oil paintings painted by famous artists, with unique artistic charm flowing through the brushstrokes, or antique porcelain from a long time, with a heavy feeling accumulated over the years, each of which carries a profound historical and cultural heritage.
These carefully prepared gifts fully demonstrated Ye Deli's generosity and made every guest feel his unreserved sincerity and enthusiasm the moment they stepped into the venue.
In Hong Kong in the mid-20th century, the business community was like a turbulent deep sea, and Yip Delin was like a dancing dragon with long sleeves.
At that time, Hong Kong was just beginning to prosper, with business opportunities and temptations coexisting amid the lights and wine.
Whenever Yip Deli attends a social event, his eyes are always on top restaurants such as The Peninsula Hotel and Yung Kee Restaurant.
As you step into the restaurant, the luxurious crystal chandeliers cast a warm yellow glow, illuminating the elegant environment where carved beams and painted buildings blend with Chinese-style decorations and European style.
At the banquet, famous Cantonese dishes such as roast suckling pig, braised abalone and other delicacies were placed on the table according to a complicated serving order, and the exquisite presentation looked like a work of art.
French Lafite, Romanee-Conti and other famous wines were respectfully opened by the sommelier, the amber liquid rippled in the crystal glasses, and the guests drank at will.
The welcome gift given to the partners may be a new gold Rolex watch with a shining cold strap, or antiques and calligraphy and paintings painted by famous artists, with the fragrance of ink filled with the accumulation of years, showing their preciousness.
With such generous management, elites from all walks of life, from financial tycoons to trade upstarts, made friends with him, and his network of contacts continued to expand in all directions like ripples.
However, if Yip Delin and Ho Yu-chu are measured on the scale of the times, the latter can be regarded as a saint in the business world.
He Yuzhu has deeply embedded integrity and foresight in his heart since he entered the business world. Every decision he makes is carefully considered. He is not tempted by short-term interests, nor does he follow the crowd.
In the turbulent business tide, he always sticks to the right path, draws a blueprint for the steady development of his career, looks beyond the long-term interests of society, and is committed to promoting industry progress and social prosperity through business operations.
In contrast, Ye Deli is very good at socializing and has a flamboyant style of doing things. He is keen on pursuing vanity in the world of fame and fortune and is intoxicated by the hustle and bustle of feasting and drinking.
The two men's styles of doing things and their values are completely different, just like two tracks that never intersect. In the fertile commercial soil of Hong Kong, they are performing completely different legendary chapters.
Although in the game of price terms, all parties gradually found the balance of interests and reached a preliminary consensus through professional negotiation skills and accurate market analysis, this progress seems to have paved the way for cooperation.
But when the negotiations got to the stage of specific commitments, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
These include details such as production capacity guarantee, technology upgrade investment, exclusive supply period, etc. Each item is like a key node that affects the entire body, and is closely related to the voice of each party in the industry in the next few years, the blueprint for market share expansion, and real money profits.
Think tanks from all parties repeatedly studied the terms and legal advisors analyzed the potential risks word by word. After all, any slight mistake could lead to a complete loss in the subsequent business war.
At the negotiation table, a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, the representatives engaged in heated arguments and refused to give in to each other in order to defend the core interests of their own camps.
Party A insisted on strict delivery standards, Party B had concerns about long-term exclusive cooperation, and Party C raised objections to the degree of technology sharing. As the discussions went back and forth, they reached a stalemate.
Up to now, despite several rounds of long talks, the demands of all parties are still as difficult to bridge as an insurmountable chasm, and a unified conclusion that everyone can nod in agreement has not been reached.
Just when everyone was frowning and worried about this matter, He Hongshen, the managing director, dressed in a neat British suit and taking steady and powerful steps, strode into the conference room.
He has been working in the business world for decades and has experienced countless ups and downs. He has developed a pair of keen insights like an eagle, and he is decisive and resolute when making decisions.
Looking up, the solemn atmosphere in the conference room seemed like a materialized haze, weighing heavily on everyone's heart.
He Hongshen knew clearly in his mind that someone had to step forward and break this deadlock.
He stood straight, his expression stern and solemn, and he slowly said, "The report submitted by Ye Han in the past really gave us great inspiration. The situation is urgent now, so we must be targeted and cater to the needs of the people."
He Hong frowned slightly, with a hint of solemnity in her eyes.
Ye Han's report is like a detailed nautical chart, with extremely in-depth analysis of current market trends, subtle changes in policy orientations, and the preferences of potential partners.
He Hong knew very well that this report was the key to their breakthrough in this complex business world.
Hearing this, everyone present was slightly stunned at first, and then nodded in agreement.
In this game field where interests are intertwined, everyone's heart is as clear as a mirror.
They are well aware that if they cannot provide clear and sufficiently attractive promises to a certain extent, the Governor's Office will never easily hand over the crucial gambling license to them.
The Governor-General's Office holds this key resource, just like the controller standing in the center of the stage. Naturally, it must carefully select the partner who can bring the greatest benefits to Haojing.