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Chapter 980 The dust has settled
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To be honest, compared to this 21% stake in Marvel Comics, Liu Dong hopes to get US$600 million in cash. Of course, he also knows that this is unrealistic!
"Forget it, it's all 'meat' anyway. Let's put it on my own plate first. If this guy regrets it later, I'll be empty-handed!"
With this idea in mind, Liu Dong glanced at the documents briefly, then raised his head and said, "I need a lawyer to verify it!"
"Of course!" Alderson nodded.
This is also a necessary procedure before both parties sign a gambling contract. If they don’t know whether it is true or false, who would dare to sign the contract?
Fortunately, there is no shortage of professional lawyers in the casino, and among the surrounding gamblers there are famous lawyers from Hong Kong and even the world, so it is very simple to verify the authenticity of this document.
"If there is no problem, can we sign a bet?" Alderson said.
"certainly!"
Liu Dong and Alderson, who had no objections, made a bet with each other under the witness of the Lisboa Casino lawyer!
Seeing a battle involving 600 million US dollars and one of the three gambling cards in Macau begin again, everyone who just thought that the previous hour's game seemed unsatisfying because of Liu Dong's silence became excited again.
This time the scale is much larger than before!
"Mr. Qiu, who do you think will win between them?"
"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" Qiu Deba said with a smile.
"So Mr. Qiu is also optimistic about Liu Dong?" Li Ka-shing said meaningfully after lifting his eyes.
Hearing this, looking at the outstanding young man in the field, Qiu Deba couldn't help but recall the situation when the other party treated him, "He is a person who is good at creating miracles!"
Of course, not everyone is optimistic about Liu Dong, just like Fu Rong, who just got his gambling license, looking at Liu Dong like he was looking at a fool.
If the other party was not a fool, how could he hand over the gambling cards he had already obtained for a mere US$600 million!
Fu Rong's attitude almost represents the attitude of 90% of the people around him.
But Liu Dong doesn't care what others think. He only cares about making money and getting benefits!
"Two of you, I wonder which one of you will play?" He looked at Alderson, who was still standing at the gambling table, and then looked at Larry Walton, whose face was a little ugly. There was also obvious anticipation in his eyes.
, Liu Dongxiao asked.
"I'll do it myself this time!"
After saying that, Alderson strode to the gambling table opposite Liu Dong and sat down. He had long been dissatisfied with Larry Walton's mistakes, and when he lost the battle for the last two gambling cards, this
This dissatisfaction almost reached its peak. Therefore, Alderson kicked Larry Walton out without hesitation!
After his eyes subtly glanced at the ashen-faced Larry Walton, Liu Dong sat down again with a smile.
He doesn't care whether the other party will get dirty because of this, anyway, this situation is beneficial to him.
Even if Alderson has extraordinary gambling skills, Liu Dong believes that he will never be as good as Larry Walton, who is ranked number one in the world. And if it weren't for him, the opponent wouldn't have performed abnormally!
"Dealer, it's time to start!" Liu Dong greeted with a smile.
The dealer, who had already placed all the 600 million US dollars in chips neatly in front of Liu Dong, took out a new deck of playing cards for both parties to check, and then announced that this unexpectedly bigger gambling game had begun!
One minute, five minutes, half an hour, as time passed little by little, the whole situation unsurprisingly tilted towards Liu Dong!
By the time an hour passed, Alderson had less than $10 million left in chips!
"Mr. Alderson, how are you doing? Do you still need to add more?"
Hearing this, he looked at the few chips in front of him, and then looked at the chips that were almost piled up like a hill in front of the other party. Even though Alderson was over fifty years old, he had a strong mind and was familiar with the world. He couldn't help but feel distressed.
Blood!
In addition to the 21% stake in Marvel Comics when he signed the previous bet, he later invested another $200 million in order to recoup his losses!
"but now……!"
Looking at the meager chips in his hand, Alderson stared at Liu Dong with wide eyes for a while. Then he suddenly closed his eyes and took a deep breath!
When he opened his eyes again, the crazy look in his eyes had still faded away, leaving only bloodshot streaks proving the original persistence of the other party!
"Mr. Liu, you are really good at it. I lost this bet!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong couldn't help but admire Alderson who was back to normal and even looking free and easy. Not everyone can regain his composure after losing $800 million in property!
But with this extraordinary self-control ability, it is not surprising at all that the other party has become the most powerful gambling tycoon in the United States.
"I accept it!" Liu Dong stood up and said.
"I hope I will have the opportunity to cooperate with Mr. Liu in the future!"
Forcing himself not to look at the chips in front of Liu Dong, Sheldon Alderson forced a smile at Liu Dong, turned around and left!
After everything settled, Liu Dong turned around, looked at his smiling companions behind him, and he breathed a sigh of relief!
“With this money, Emperor Entertainment City finally doesn’t need me to take out any more loans!”
Thinking in his mind, Liu Dong reached out and hugged Jiang Tingting who was running towards him!
Under the control of joy, the two of them also forgot all their previous scruples!
But all the joy will eventually pass. After a night of carnival, after waking up from sleep the next day with Jiang Tingting's soft and fragrant body in his arms, Liu Dong had to face a lot of headaches.
Although Wu Zhe, the president of Huayang Group, is responsible for the specific communication on the real estate project he is cooperating with Zou Renhuai, so he does not need to worry too much, but the Hong Kong Swire Co., Ltd. is of great importance and requires him to personally come forward!
Therefore, after sending away Li Yuncong, Zhuang Wen and his wife, and Lu Mingyuan's uncle and nephew, who had been playing in Hong Kong and Macau for almost two weeks, and Jiang Tingting, who was reluctant but had to return to the capital at the request of her family, Liu Dong finally started to get busy.
Do your own business.
Emperor Entertainment City is left to He Chaoqiong and Zhou Bin, plus a little superman, so Liu Dong doesn't need to worry either.
Therefore, in early April 2002, he met Shi Yadi, the current chairman of the Swire Group, in the conference room of the Huayang Group's newly renovated Hong Kong branch. As the fifth generation head of the Swire Group, the Swire family has always controlled the Swire Group.
, the other person has a very strong smell of an old British gentleman.
Of course, the expression on that old face when he saw Liu Dong was not very good either!
Liu Dong didn't care much about this. After all, he took advantage of the economic crisis to seize the controlling stake of Hong Kong Swire Co., Ltd. from the other party.
This giant among the Swire subsidiaries that has slowly emerged from the global stock market crash caused by the Nadask crisis and the impact of 9.11 still has a comprehensive market value of nearly 12.5 billion U.S. dollars, and is accompanied by Swire's historically stable and long-term investment policy.
, whether it is the real estate department of Hong Kong Swire, or the aviation and beverage departments, they are all optimistic about it!
Such high-quality assets were actually acquired maliciously by Liu Dong. One can imagine how bad Shi Yadi's impression of Liu Dong was.
Therefore, when the two parties had just met and had not had time to introduce each other and say hello, Shi Yadi, a stubborn old British man, still said sharply to Liu Dong: "Mr. Liu, my impression of China for a long time is that of a world power.
We are a country of etiquette, and the Chinese people’s virtues of modesty, prudence, and humility are respected by the whole world! But why can’t I see these in you at all? Your hostile takeover of Swire Hong Kong is simply chilling!”
Shi Yadi's quick and merciless rebuke caused the faces of the Huayang Group involved in the meeting to change instantly.
However, Liu Dong was not very angry about this, because he had the upper hand in the current situation, and Shi Yadi's rebuke was more like a last desperate struggle and frustration after being unable to do anything!
"It seems that Mr. Shi Yadi really understands our Chinese culture. He is indeed a well-established foreign company that entered China after the Opium War. These bandit-like logical words are really a bit of nonsense and righteous words in your mouth.
!It has to be admired!”
Since the other party doesn't intend to be polite before fighting, then Liu Dong doesn't care! Anyway, he has never been afraid of anyone when it comes to bickering!
Sure enough, Liu Dong's words not only knocked down Shi Yadi's domineering attitude, but also made his expression instantly gloomy! Especially when the other person was still a young man in his early twenties!
"Mr. Liu, please pay attention to your words. From its establishment to the present nearly two hundred years ago, the Swire Group has always been a law-abiding enterprise in any country and attaches great importance to fulfilling corporate social responsibilities..."
Liu Dong couldn't help but sneer at the other party's boastful words.
Every pore of the capitalists from head to toe reveals filth and blood. It is not just a few lines in the book, but a profound expose of the exploitation and plunder of the capitalists in the primitive accumulation stage, just like Swire, Yihe and other ten people.
Among the foreign companies that came to China in the ninth century, who was not engaged in the opium trade?
"Okay, don't tell me about your sense of responsibility. If Taikoo really has any sense of responsibility, you should first apologize to the thousands of Chinese who died in the Wanxian tragedy, and then show off your justice and responsibility to me!"
Liu Dong's words instantly interrupted Shi Yadi's self-talk, and also made the other party's expression turn livid, with a trace of panic appearing in his eyes.
On August 29, 1926, the merchant ship 'Wanliu' of the British Swire Company deliberately sailed on the Yunyang River in Sichuan Province. The waves sank 3 wooden ships carrying military pay of the Yang Sen Ministry. More than 50 Yang Sen officers and soldiers and boat people drowned, and the salary was 85,000 yuan.
More than 50 Yuanhe guns sank to the bottom of the river.
Later, surrounding the merchant ship, the British ships 'Jiahe', 'Wei Jing' and 'Koktyev' bombarded the densely populated and prosperous urban area of Wanxian County for nearly 3 hours, firing more than 300 shells and incendiary bombs.
, thousands of Chinese civilians were killed and injured, and more than a thousand houses and shops were destroyed, resulting in the "Ten Thousand County Tragedy".
Liu Dong, who has seen this narrative more than once in Chinese textbooks, still remembers it vividly! (To be continued.)