章節 935: Chapter 935: There is another hidden story
Xia Yu was also surprised by Huo Yingdong's sudden move. After he came back to his senses, he saw that Huo Yingdong looked solemn and was not at all joking. He hurriedly refused, 'Huo, there's no need for this. I was just joking. This is too much, I can't accept it!'
According to the Economic Weekly's ranking of the top 500 companies, although STDM is not listed, its valuation is as high as 2.4 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Ten percent of the equity is worth 240 million Hong Kong dollars.
This means that Huo Yingdong just gave Xia Yu 240 million Hong Kong dollars with a single sentence, and the equity is different from money because the equity of STDM has potential and is a hen that lays golden eggs.
As far as Xia Yu knew, there were only six shareholders in STDM, including Stanley Ho, who personally held 30% of the shares, his Shun Tak Group holding 5%, Fok Ying Tung 30%, Yip Tak Lei 10%, the 'God of Gamblers' Ip Hon, who had fallen out with Stanley Ho, 10%, Ho Yuen Ki 14%, and finally the famous Cantonese opera celebrity Sun Ma Shi Zeng Deng Yong Xiang, 1%.
'I know you're joking, but I just want to give you something. With you joining STDM, I believe it will definitely have better development. My stake will be less, but it will definitely be worth more in the future, so it's a win-win!'
'Besides, everyone knows that I, Fok Ying Tung, always do what I say. Since I've said it, I definitely can't take it back. You can't ask me to go against my life's creed, can you?'
Huo Yingdong smiled and gave a forced explanation, both preventing Xia Yu from refusing and alleviating the embarrassment caused by his sudden move to Ho Wang San and Ye Deli.
After telling Xia Yu, Huo Yingdong said to Ho Wang San and Ye Deli, 'Mr. Ho, Mr. Ye, is it a wise move for me to invite Mr. Xia to join the company?'
He had asked the question, and when he came back to his senses, of course, He Hongshan could only say yes.
He gave Huo Yidong a deep look, then smiled and said, 'Absolutely wise. The stock god alone is enough to keep the financial fortunes of SJM under control.'
He was paying lip service, but He Hongshan was still a little confused. He had not expected Huo Yidong and Xia Yu to be so close, so close that Huo Yidong had given away more than 200 million worth of shares without blinking an eye.
From his perspective, on the contrary, Xia Yu must have created benefits for Huo Yingdong that far exceeded 240 million Hong Kong dollars, otherwise Huo Yingdong would not have made the move to give away the shares for free.
This could not help but make him feel envious and jealous.
And when he thought about his own plans, it made him feel even worse.
He had invited the two to come together tonight, and also asked his brother-in-law Ye Deli to come as a companion, for several reasons.
One was to show Huo Yingdong his relationship with Xia Yu. With Huo Yingdong's wit, he was sure to be able to guess something, not to mention the fact that he was not trying to hide it.
The second reason is to spread the news through Huo Yingdong's mouth, so that his future career in Hong Kong will develop better.
The third reason is to ease the relationship with Huo Yingdong, who is not on good terms with Xia Yu. He knows that Huo Yingdong has a good relationship with Xia Yu. As long as he shows his relationship with Xia Yu tonight, then for Xia Yu's sake, his relationship with Huo Yingdong will ease up quite a bit.
No matter what, Huo Yingdong is the second largest shareholder of Ao Yu Company after him, and he was even the chairman of Ao Yu Company at the beginning. Although he is the chairman now, Huo Yingdong still holds 30% of the company's shares, which is extremely important to Ao Yu Company.
However, despite all his calculations, He Hongsen never expected that Huo Yingdong would suddenly make such a move in Xia Yu's joke, overturning all his plans and embarrassing him like this.
Stanley Ho thought maliciously that Fok Ying Tung had done it on purpose!
It can only be said that Stanley Ho was judging others by his own standards.
Fok Ying Tung really didn't think much about it. He just wanted to give Xia Yu the shares, and it just so happened that he had never been able to find a chance to repay Xia Yu for his kindness. He owed Xia Yu so much, and in a previous life he had been able to say things like 'all my friends owe me,' which showed his character.
For someone like him, who likes to do favours to others without expecting anything in return, he felt terrible in his heart for not repaying Xia Yu for the huge favour he had received over and over again.
Moreover, he didn't really care about the stake in the Macau gaming company. Although the value was very high, he didn't like the industry, otherwise he wouldn't have sought to sell it once in his previous life. In the end, when he first entered the 21st century, he even donated all of the stake, which was worth nearly 7 billion Hong Kong dollars at the time, half of it to build Macau and half to develop public welfare and charity.
Xia Yu, after seeing Huo Yingdong's resolute attitude, glanced at Stanley Ho, whose smile was a little forced, and at Ye Deli, who was wearing a smile but looked very different. He could only plan to go back and explain to Huo Yingdong in detail, and for now, he would just accept.
Therefore, he said with a smile, 'Okay, then I'll shamelessly accept.'
After saying that, in order to lighten the mood, he joked to He Hongshen and the others, 'Lao Huo has indirectly saved my life. Tonight, I won't die of urine retention, haha.'
'Now that we are all shareholders, let's play. I can't wait.'
With Xia Yu taking the initiative to lighten the mood, He Hongshen picked up the conversation and asked the group.
'How about Texas Hold'em?'
He asked, but his gaze was still on Xia Yu. After all, He Hongshen knew that Ye Deli and Huo Yingdong both played Texas Hold'em.
Xia Yu said without hesitation, 'I know how to play Texas Hold'em. If everyone is fine with it, let's play that first.'
...
Throughout the night, the atmosphere remained lively, but Xia Yu still keenly sensed that He Hongshen was in a bad mood.
In order to take care of He Hongshen's mood, Xia Yu really just played casually tonight, not using his full strength at all, and even deliberately losing a few hundred.
When it was finally over at around 2am, Ho Wang-sun had won over 3 million, Ye Deli had lost over 1 million, Xia Yu had won a few tens of thousands, and Huo Yingdong had lost nearly 2 million.
However, everyone there was worth hundreds of millions, and even the weakest, Ye Deli, was worth over 200 million Hong Kong dollars, so losing a little money was no big deal.
Stanley Ho, who likes to be the big winner in everything, was a big winner at the gambling table tonight.
Although he was beaming with a smile at the table, his smile disappeared after arranging for Xia Yu and Huo Yingdong to enter the room separately. On the way back, he was in deep thought, pondering Xia Yu's relationship with Huo Yingdong, the pros and cons of Xia Yu entering Sociedade de Jogos de Macau...
The next morning, after Xia Yu and Huo Yingdong had finished breakfast together, they met Stanley Ho again.
After declining Stanley Ho's invitation, Stanley Ho saw the two men off to the pier and watched them board the ship and depart.
After getting off the ship at the outlying island pier, Huo Yingdong extended an invitation to Xia Yu.
'Yu, do you want to come to my house and have a chat, and give me some pointers on your nephews?'
Apart from the younger ones in the family, even the youngest son of Huo Yingdong's eldest son was older than Xia Yu, so when he heard this from Huo Yingdong, Xia Yu was a little speechless.
However, Xia Yu and Huo Yingdong were friends of the same age, and they were like old friends, so in that case, Xia Yu could really call them his older nephews.
Later, Xia Yu also visited the Huo family as a guest, and that was the attitude Huo Yingdong had at the time. Although the three sons of Huo Yingdong's eldest son were all in their twenties and thirties, the eldest was even approaching his forties, they still couldn't completely let go in front of Xia Yu. Who could blame them? Xia Yu's prestige was too strong. The more they learned about Xia Yu from their father Huo Yingdong, the more they respected him. After all, he had achieved more in just a few years than their father had.
As for the younger children in the family, Huo Yingdong told them to call Xia Yu 'uncle', and they did so without any problem.
Xia Yu laughed helplessly and said, 'Huo, I've already said that we'll each mind our own business, and I don't deserve the honour of being called uncle. We can still exchange ideas with each other.'
Huo Yingdong didn't care about these details, and he was very happy that Xia Yu had agreed to go.
He said with a smile, 'Okay, get in the car and let's go!'
After saying this, he and Xia Yu got into their respective cars, with his car taking the lead, and drove towards 33 Sassoon Road.
After arriving at the Huo family mansion, Xia Yu met Huo Yingdong's family, and Huo Yingdong then called over a few of his sons to sit and listen to his conversation with Xia Yu, while also encouraging them to ask Xia Yu questions.
Xia Yu answered all their questions, and the Huo family sons benefited greatly.
At lunch, Huo Yingdong even poured wine for Xia Yu himself and toasted to thank Xia Yu for teaching his sons.
After lunch, Xia Yu followed Huo Yingdong to the pavilion in the back garden to drink tea and chat, and this time Huo Yingdong did not let his sons come over to eavesdrop.
He just took out a stack of documents and handed them to Xia Yu, saying, 'Yu, this is the proof of ownership and transfer contract for Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, you just need to sign the contract.'
Looking at the contract and the proof of equity on the table in front of him, Xia Yu put down his teacup and said solemnly, 'Lao Huo, there's no need for this. I only agreed last night when Stanley Ho and Ye Deli were there. It was just talk, so you really shouldn't take it seriously.'
Huo Yingdong smiled and said, 'Just take it, I'm serious. These shares are not worth much. Compared to the money you made investing in gold and oil speculation with me, these shares are nothing.'
Xia Yu shook his head and said, 'The nature is different, don't confuse the two. Let's keep things separate. You guys put up the money for the gold and oil speculation, and I took half of the profits as a handling fee.'
'If you really give it to me like this, I'll just get up and leave, and I won't come again.'
Huo Yingdong looked hesitant and conflicted. When he saw Xia Yu's determined expression and the gesture he made to get up, he could only sigh and say, 'Okay, if you put it that way, what else can I do.'
'But Stanley Ho and Ye Deli knew last night, so I don't think I can get away with it!'
Xia Yu laughed and said, 'That's easy. Just sell me 10% of your shares.'
'How much? I'll transfer it to your personal account when I get back.'
Huo Yingdong waved his hand and said, "Just give me eight eights. That's a lucky number. Let's get rich together.'
Xia Yu couldn't help laughing: "Huo, it's less than 100 million. It's no different from giving it away.'
'In that case, I'll calculate it based on the valuation given by the Economic Weekly. Ten percent of the equity is worth 240 million Hong Kong dollars, so I won't give you a premium.'
'I've made a profit, haha!'
Huo Yingdong helplessly chuckled, 'Ah Yu, what can I say about you? You're deliberately not making it easy for me! According to what you're saying, it seems that I'll never be able to repay the debt of gratitude I owe you!'
Xia Yu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, 'You don't owe me any favours. Besides, even if you don't owe me any favours, if I were in trouble and asked you for help, could you just stand there and watch?'
Huo Yingdong's eyebrows stood upright and he said without hesitation, 'How could that be? Not to mention that you're not likely to be in trouble, even if that happened, I would save you even if I had to go bankrupt!'
Xia Yu poured some tea for Huo Yingdong and laughed, 'That's it, friendship is friendship, I can't let you suffer as a friend, can I?'
Huo Yingdong shook his head helplessly, picked up the teapot and poured some tea for Xia Yu, saying, 'Yu, I still have to say a few words. The shares of STDM only seem good, but if it is not listed, it is not cost-effective to buy it.'
'According to the current situation of STDM, it is almost impossible to go public!'
Xia Yu's eyebrows rose slightly, and he remembered what he had heard in his previous life. Leaning slightly forward, he asked, 'What do you think about that?'
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