Many people know that the owner of a famous Hong Kong film company, Cao Dahua, liked to gamble in Macau when he was young, and later lost his Own Dahua Film Studio in Hong Kong's Diamond Hill to Ho Hung-sun.
Some young viewers may also be impressed by Cao Dahua, who was an early star in Hong Kong, and later often made a cameo appearance as a police superintendent in 80s movies, with silver hair very distinctive. However, many people may not know that when he was young, Cao Dahua was also a rich man.
At that time, Cao Dahua had his own film company in Hong Kong and his own film studio. Diamond Head Hong Kong is a core area in hong Kong's Kowloon district. Cao Dahua's film studio was here. However, because of the high gambling, Cao Dahua later lost the entire film studio to Ho Hongshen.
In his later years, Cao Dahua was poor and could only make a little money by making cameos in movies. After Ho Hung-sun knew, he gave Cao Dahua a Macau lifelong VIP card, relying on this card, Cao Dahua can come to Macao for life to eat and live without money, of course, gambling is not OK.
So how much money did Ho win over Cao Dahua's entire film studio, and how much money did he make on this piece of land? In a talk show in Hong Kong, a host said that Cao Dahua lost hundreds of billions of dollars worth of land, because now this land has become Hong Kong's top community Galaxy Mingju.
However, this does not mean that He Hongshen has earned 100 billion yuan from this piece of land. In 1993, Ho sold this high-quality land to Pao Yugang's son-in-law Wu Guangzheng for 3.53 billion. At that time, Wu Guangzheng's Wheelock and two listed companies in Wharf joined forces to acquire the land.
In other words, Ho sold the land to make 3.53 billion yuan. Of course, this was also a very large amount of money at that time. Later, this piece of land was developed by Wu Guangzheng into galaxy Mingju and Hollywood Plaza, which became a property worth hundreds of billions of yuan today, of course, Wu Guangzheng did not earn so much as 100 billion, because the house had long been sold by him, and the difference in price was put into his pocket, only Hollywood Square was still in possession. Of course, there are no hundreds of billions, but there are still tens of billions.
If Cao Dahua hadn't lost the studio that year, then by the time it was sold in 1993, 3.53 billion would have been his. If you wait a few more years and then sell, then at least tens of billions, of course, these are just assumptions.
There was a steel factory in Hong Kong who was very smart, and the steel factory was not running well, so he simply sold the steel factory and made 8 billion yuan. This person is Pang Dingyuan, the king of Hong Kong steel. This time the sale of the factory has made their Pang family one of the top giants in Hong Kong. Therefore, Pang Dingyuan's grandson was also favored by Zheng Yutong's granddaughter Zheng Zhiwen and became the Zheng family's dragon-riding son-in-law.
Therefore, it is often two small decisions that determine life, of course, it is your character that can make such two decisions at a critical moment, so it is correct to say that character determines fate.
Run Run Shaw, a film company owner of Cao Dahua's contemporary, took a different path. Shaw's Shaw, although extremely powerful, also closed its doors later. However, Shaw's film factory in Clearwater Bay remained until around his retirement in 2014, when he sold the studio and cashed out more than 7 billion. The asset was enough to allow Run Run Shaw's descendants to live in luxury for generations.
In his later years, Cao Dahua followed his daughter to live in England, living an ordinary life, and finally died in England, ending his life.
Ho Hung Sun has advised many people, he said that he opened a casino, it can be said that he won and did not lose, so he advised everyone to still gamble a little and be happy, and many people do not know that Ho Hung Sun has been running a bookmaker in Macau for decades, and he himself has never gambled money. This is where Ho Hung-sun is strong, he has long seen through human nature.
Stanley Ho runs the gaming business, and although there is some controversy, he has donated at least most of his profits and used them for the city of Macau. Ho Hung-sun once said that before 2007, almost all the infrastructure projects that Could be seen in Macao were invested by his company, including the port of Macau, the airport of Macao, and many roads and bridges in Macao.
In fact, looking at successful people such as Ho Hung-sun and Run Run Shaw, you will find that they have a common feature, that is, they can control their desires and have very strong self-discipline. That's a very critical point.