While Chen Dong and his friends were chatting, the horse race had already ended.
The group checked the numbers they had bought, and they hadn't won a single one.
Lizhi was greatly disappointed. "How could this be? That rumor was so accurate."
Not only her, but Li Jiaxin and Zhou Huimin also wore expressions of frustration on their faces.
Chen Dong, on the other hand, seemed completely unconcerned.
A million Hong Kong dollars is just a drop in the ocean for him.
At Chen Dong's current level, what he cares about is not the result of the horse race, but the enjoyment of the process of the horse race.
After trying it once, it wasn't all that great.
Chen Dong showed no interest whatsoever and said to the three women, "All the losses are on me. If you want to bet on that horse in the next round, I'll place the bets for you too."
"After this is over, I'll have Wolong send you all back."
The words had barely left his mouth.
All three looked at Chen Dong at the same time. Li Jiaxin asked in surprise, "Mr. Chen, are you leaving?"
"Um!"
Chen Dong nodded without denying it, and said, "I have some other things to do later."
"Don't worry, the money in the private room has already been paid. You can leave anytime."
"I will have my staff deliver a HK$100,000 receipt to each of you shortly. You can leave whenever you want; Wolong will be here to keep watch."
Upon hearing this, the three women lost interest.
The three of them weren't really interested in horse racing; they just wanted an excuse to connect with Chen Dong.
At the very least, they want to gain the favor of capital.
I just heard Chen Dong say that he would promote them, so overall the goal has been achieved.
Staying any longer would only leave a bad impression on Chen Dong.
Vivian Chow: "Mr. Chan, I think I should come with you. Actually, I'm not that interested in horse racing, I just wanted to come and see it for myself."
Li Jiaxin added, "Yes, Mr. Chen, I'll still go with you. If you like coffee, I happen to have some excellent coffee beans that I asked a friend to bring back from Brazil last time."
What a seductive enchantress!
Zhou Huimin and Lizhi cursed inwardly at the same time.
On the surface, however, they smiled very sweetly.
"Next time!"
Chen Dong politely declined, saying, "Let Wolong take you. Manager Ma and I have some other things to attend to. Sorry for the disappointment today. Let's reschedule for another day. I'll invite you to my villa for barbecue then."
"Then it's a deal."
"It's a deal!"
The three women then got into the Bentley, and Wolong escorted them home, while Chen Dong and Ma Guoliang sat in the sports car.
Chen Dong: "Manager Ma, do you know why I made you stay behind alone?"
Ma Guoliang: "Mr. Chen, please feel free to ask me anything, and I will do my best to do it."
Chen Dong nodded in satisfaction; he really liked Ma Guoliang's personality.
I will say what I should say, and I will never say what I shouldn't say.
Furthermore, Ma Guoliang comes from a private banking client manager background and possesses excellent professional ethics, strong work ability, and a high level of initiative.
Chen Dong: "You should have noticed that you appeared in the VIP box at the racecourse today."
Ma Guoliang: "I'm very sorry, Mr. Chen."
Chen Dong shook his head and corrected, "The mistake wasn't yours; it was my own carelessness."
"I want you to help me find a team of professional bodyguards internationally to be responsible for my external security."
"In addition, I would like you to help Wolong, Tiger, and Fox obtain gun licenses through legal means."
Gun license?
Upon hearing those three words, Ma Guoliang's pupils dilated instantly, but only for a moment.
He quickly nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Chen, give me some time, I'll definitely get things done."
While obtaining a gun license is incredibly difficult for most people, for HSBC, they have the connections to speak with higher-ups and get their hands on several licenses without much trouble.
......
In the following days, Chen Dong received several calls from bigwigs every day, all asking him to meet up for tea and a chat.
However, Chen Dong politely declined all of these invitations.
For anyone else, being invited by the four major families would be an honor, but for Chen Dong it was a burden.
He has no shortage of money, and he certainly doesn't lack ideas for making money.
These people's goal was simply to get more information from Chen Dong.
Why not just make money yourself, why share it with others?
Of course, this is only one of the reasons.
The more important reason is that the timing was wrong.
The Hong Kong stock market rose fourfold from less than 3,000 points at the end of 1990 to more than 3,000 points in early January 1994.
From January 1994 to January 1995, after a year of consolidation, the Hang Seng Index rose by 10,000 points from a low of 7,300 points to a high of 10,000 points in August 1997.
If Chen Dong wants to collaborate with these individuals, he needs to wait until the Hong Kong stock market enters an upward trend, using that as leverage to launch collaborative projects with them.
The content of the cooperative project is not the financial market, but the real market.
For example, port operations, shipping operations, the mobile phone industry chain, and mining operations.
These four families have grown to their current state not only through their own efforts but also through the complex relationships behind them.
This is precisely what Chen Dong values.
......
Inside the study.
Uncle Fu walked in and said, "Boss, Miss Zhou has arrived. I've arranged for her to have tea in the living room."
Uncle Fu thought for a moment and then added, "Boss, Miss Zhou seems to have something urgent to discuss with you."
"Tell her to come to my study." Chen Dong nodded.
The Miss Zhou that Uncle Fu mentioned was Zhou Huimin.
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