Preamble:
Do the struggles between capitalists still need moral standards?
When interests are widely involved, how can there be room for benevolence, righteousness and shame.
The turmoil in 1986 was actually just a microcosm of the businessmen's suspicion and calculation, but the interests involved were extremely huge, and the characters involved were even more thunderous.
So why should we judge and weigh what is right and what is evil?
There is no need to retell, it is better to give up.
The battle for gambling power, the battle of Jingzhou
Macau in 1986 was in the heyday of the casino.
The glittering casinos are full of tourists, but only a handful of people really control this huge industry.
Among them, the two giants in the business world, Stanley Ho and Fok Yingdong, are unmatched.
Over the years, the two have come and gone, and they are both partners and competitors with each other.
In a community of interests, the stakes are high, and sometimes-for-tat confrontation is inevitable.
At that time, when the transfer of sovereignty in Macau was imminent, Stanley Ho renewed the gambling rights agreement with the Portuguese government of Macau, maintaining his dominant position in the gambling industry.
This caused dissatisfaction among Huo Yingdong and others.
For a time, there were constant voices of opposition in Macao's business circles.
Fok Yingdong persuaded Stanley Ho many times to take back his life, but unfortunately the other party was unmoved.
In desperation, Fok Yingdong chose to make it clear that he was ready to withdraw from the Macau gambling industry.
However, the casino industry had become the lifeblood of Macau's economy at that time, and Fok Ying-tung's move was bound to have a huge impact on the market structure.
This also worries Stanley Ho - although his position has been strengthened after Fok Yingdong's exit, the stability of the entire gambling industry has also been threatened.
So, he decided to have a good talk with Huo Yingdong.
In the autumn of 1986, it was rainy in Macao.
In the old teahouse, the mahogany armchairs and carved window lattices are warmed by the flames of flickering candles.
It's just that this warmth has not spread to the beams.
He Huo's two influential figures sat left and right, but no one could say who could not move.
The clock on the wall ticks, and as the minutes tick by, the rain is coming.
We have to admit that the relationship between these two business tycoons is far more complicated than we thought.
Competitors on the surface are actually mutually beneficial and intertwined interests for a long time.
If Fok Yingdong wants to quit, what impact will it have on the Macau gambling industry that has raised him for many years?
This is not only about the business he has built himself, but also about the future of this land that has carried his countless efforts.
For Stanley Ho, Fok Ying-tung's move is tantamount to cutting down a towering giant tree in the garden he painstakingly managed.
Although the tree shades the sky, it also provides countless nutrients for the entire woodland.
Its departure will inevitably create an unfillable hole in the earth, and its impact will be far beyond Stanley Ho's imagination.
As a result, this bargain is bound to be extremely tough.
It is precisely because the relationship between the two is complicated and the benefits and disadvantages are difficult to separate, that it is not difficult for us to understand the difficult birth of this negotiation.
The air in the teahouse froze, the candlelight flickered, and the edges and corners of the mahogany twisted and recombined in the beating light and shadow.
There seem to be many contradictions between the two, but in fact, their fates are symbiotic.
When the dispute is fierce, it may be more of a tacit sympathy.
Wrestling at the Hongmen Banquet
After the dinner, people ridiculed this meeting as the "Hongmen Banquet".
Of course, it's not because you can see any earth-shattering murder, it's just because the contest between the two is inseparable, let alone the same position.
The "lord of the casino" relied on his close relationship with the government to firmly control the situation and advocate the status quo, while the "gambling king" wanted to turn the situation back and stubbornly demanded concessions from the other side.
However, for Stanley Ho, the support of government power is his biggest hole card.
The continuation of his gambling power is not only the maintenance of his commercial interests, but also the consolidation of his position in the business world and even in Macau as a whole.
Therefore, he will not give in easily.
For this reason, he was tired of responding to Huo Yingdong's requirements with the method of "playing Tai Chi" with various routines.
At this moment, the stakes are at stake, and a gap between the saber and the sword is formed.
Once the stalemate continues, there may be an unpredictable situation.
We seem to be able to imagine what kind of psychological activities these two people overlooking the commercial sea from the commanding heights will be in their hearts in the face of the clash of interests.
The chips in this gamble are not only monetary gains, but also immeasurable things such as status and prestige.
This also makes the negotiation more difficult - every concession means that countless efforts are in vain.
After years of laying down the country, how can it be easily handed over?
Stanley Ho, as a local magnate, is naturally unwilling to give in to half a point.
His confidence is advantageous in terms of political relations and business strength.
But he also knows that without Huo Yingdong, an important competitor, the balance of the entire gambling industry ecology will face instability.
Can he fully take responsibility for the blank space after Fok Yingdong left the scene? This is also what he has to think about carefully.
Fok Yingdong obviously knows what kind of turmoil his exit will bring to the market, but he also knows that it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in this unfamiliar land.
In that case, why bother yourself?
Thinking about it in his heart, he has also tried his best to express his position to the extreme.
As for the outcome, we can only leave it to fate.
A lot of endgame: Turning the tiger away from the mountain?
Afterwards, some people speculated that Ma Jiaofeng, a senior in the rivers and lakes, suddenly appeared in interesting chess.
This "sudden appearance" seems to have some kind of demonstration, and it faintly conveys a certain "signal" to people.
As for who the receiver of the signal is, everyone knows it.
After all, there are inevitably gray areas in the gambling industry, and this has become the vital force of Hung Shen Group.
Maybe Mr. Hung Sun just wants to express "I still have hole cards".
In short, this wave of operations is quite meaningful, and people are panicked for a while.
The historical biography writes that Huo Yingdong "kept his composure, got up and prepared to leave" Yunyun, showing great concentration and courage.
However, no one knows what he really thinks in his heart.
In the end, he chose to flee - of course, this kind of "exit" is also expected, after all, the dark tide is surging everywhere on the "Hongmen Banquet", and it is no longer something that he can reverse by himself.
This is inevitably reminiscent of the story of Liu Biao in ancient Jingzhou.
At the time of the decisive battle in the Battle of Chibi, Zhuge Liang led the army to wait and see and did not participate in the melee.
After Cao Cao's defeat, he took advantage of the victory to pursue and take Jingzhou in one fell swoop.
The battle of Jingzhou can be described as a classic "cold lips and teeth".
The so-called lip and tooth defense is exactly this.
It's just that history is often unexpected, and in the end, it is often passers-by who really benefit.
Fok Yingdong's resolute departure symbolized the end of his gambling era in Macau.
Stanley Ho won a complete victory, establishing his absolute dominance in the gambling industry.
However, it is really as the proverb goes, the rabbit dies and the fox is sad.
Fok Ying-tung's defeat is also closely linked to Stanley Ho's victory, and the two are mutually exclusive, and in the end, the entire Macau gaming industry may be damaged.
This "Hongmen Banquet", with its ups and downs, can be regarded as a delicate end to Macao's economic pattern.
Conclusion: The market is declining
However, the military advisers all know that these calculated coups are ultimately a palliative rather than a cure.
The worst outcome is that the entire Macau gaming industry is buried.
Today, the once glorious casino has fallen into decay, and life is so difficult.
As the law of business definition says, the exit of the market should be to allow competitors to get their own place.
Once we embark on the old road of vicious competition, we can only lose and lose both.
There should be no ifs in history, but if all the things were handled properly, perhaps Macao would not have come to such a field today.
What can we do about the non-centrific behavior of criticizing and criticizing overbearing businessmen?
How could there be the righteousness we thought about in their eyes back then?
However, shopping malls are like battlefields, and the strong are kings, which has always been a cruel truth.
Domineering and bad are nothing but the characterization of the loser by the winner.
And history is always on the last side.
Where we can't see, above the glorious background of the casino, I don't know how many unknown gloom are hidden.
But more importantly, whether it is Fok Yingdong or Stanley Ho, how can they really want to put this land to death?
In their eyes, isn't Macao also a kingdom created by themselves?
And these thousands of people are also their subjects.
It's just that the world is unpredictable, and this tragic internal conflict eventually led to the collapse of the entire empire.
The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring.
Building and destroying are just going with the flow.
In the past, the beacon fire was not rained today, and the grass was barren.