"Gambling King" Stanley Ho passed away at the age of 98. Since then, the life of this legendary figure has come to an end. As the top boss in Macau's gaming industry, Stanley Ho relied on his own strength to gradually become the leading figure in Hong Kong, building his own business empire, with a net worth of hundreds of billions behind him.
Even if you have countless wealth, you can’t take away a single cent of it when you leave. Ninety-eight years, countless brilliance. What is more controversial for future generations is his romantic history. He married 4 wives and gave birth to 17 children. The legendary life of the gambling king
Ho Hong-shen came from a prominent family. His great-grandfather was a Dutchman who came to China to do business in the 19th century, married a Chinese woman, and had offspring. After all, Stanley Ho has European blood in his blood. Stanley Ho's uncle Ho Tung was the richest man in Hong Kong. At that time, the Ho family was one of the most famous families in Hong Kong.
When Stanley Ho was born, his father and uncles' careers were at their peak, and his family had villas and garden houses all over Hong Kong and Kowloon. He was a member of the fourth generation of wealth. Stanley Ho, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, was well-fed and pampered since childhood. However, misfortune struck. His uncle He Shiliang went bankrupt because he was tricked into obtaining false stock information. Two of the three brothers of the Ho family died and one escaped. Two uncles committed suicide. Stanley Ho's father, Ho Shiguang, fled to Saigon, Vietnam with his eldest son. Ho Hongshen was thirteen years old this year, leaving his mother and sister alone to fend for themselves.
The wealthy life of the past came to an abrupt end, and Stanley Ho went from being surrounded by servants to someone who would take a detour when they saw him, for fear that he would borrow money. His mother took Stanley Ho and his sister to move out of the villa and live in a shantytown. They fell from the clouds into the dirt instantly, which made Stanley Ho realize the harshness of the world and began to study hard. He went from being at the bottom of his class to being at the top of his class, receiving scholarships every year, and finally entering the University of Hong Kong. A romantic figure on the edge of the Hong Kong River - 4 wives in his life
In Stanley Ho's legendary life, what cannot be ignored is that he had four wives and concubines, and he had a prosperous heir, with 17 children under his knees. When the original wife, Li Wanhua, was 30 years old, she contracted a strange disease and was paralyzed in bed. He spent all his life supporting Stanley Ho's career, but suffered such bad luck when he was wealthy. Later, his husband married a concubine, his son died in a car accident, and his daughter became mentally ill. The rest of his life was miserable, haggard both physically and mentally, and he died in depression. When we met in the landscape garden back then, I thought I would meet my love in this life, but little did I know that it would end up like this. Why is it so desolate? Li Wanhua's life has been like this.
In 1957, when Lai Wanhua was ill in bed, Stanley Ho married his second wife, Lan Qiongying, on the grounds of Hong Kong's Qing regulations. They had one boy and four girls. Lan Qiongying is known as the "Queen of Dance". She is a Chinese beauty with a graceful figure. Since Stanley Ho also likes to dance, he often takes Lan Qiongying to various parties. The two are inseparable, just like a talented man and a beautiful woman.
However, the ancestors of the Ho family had many romantic affairs. Great-grandfather Ho Tung had three concubines. One of the biggest hobbies of Stanley Ho's great-uncle Ho Kam Tong was collecting beautiful women. Stanley Ho inherited this "advantage" and also A love saint. Li Wanhua had already withdrawn from Stanley Ho's world, and Lan Qiongying thought she could monopolize the favor. Unexpectedly, when the favor was still lingering, another woman came along. This woman is the third wife - Chen Wanzhen.
Compared with the first two wives, Chen Wanzhen does not have a prominent family background. She was originally Li Wanhua's caregiver. With Li Wanhua's encouragement, she married Stanley Ho. Li Wanhua wanted to use this to dilute the power of the second wife, but she did not expect that she was entrusted to an inhumane person. After Chen Wanzhen became the third wife, instead of helping Li Wanhua, she broke off contact with her. Staying and flying together with Stanley Ho, traveling around the world, living the life of a rich wife, and never getting tired of it. Among them, Ho Hongshen gave birth to a boy and two girls.
I thought that just like my great-grandfather, the gambling king would give up if the matchmaker married three concubines, quit the romance, and live in peace. What is surprising is that in his late seventies, at the age of 69, he married his fourth wife, Anqi Liang. Liang Anqi is a girl from a poor family. She suffered from hunger and cold since she was a child. She grew up stumblingly. She met Stanley Ho at a dance, was attracted by him, and became his fourth wife.
She gave birth to three boys and two girls for the gambling king.
Four wives and many children. Except for the son of his first wife, Li Wanhua, who is deceased, the other three daughters do not work in their father's company, and have never been involved in Stanley Ho's casino industry. The remaining three families and their children became the main figures in the fight for property. As early as 2009, the fight for family property had moved from the private He family mansion to the public stage and became a topic of public discussion after dinner. Now that the gambling king dies, how will the hundreds of billions of assets behind him be distributed? Who among the many children can become the legitimate heir? The media and public are speculating. Conclusion
Died at the age of 98, which should be regarded as a "happy loss". He lived a romantic life, but it was nothing more than a mess.
What everyone is most concerned about is this 500 billion net worth.
The 17 people in the 4th house are fighting openly and secretly to see who can come out on top. At present, the 2nd house and the 4th house are about the same. They should be the most capable of competing and the easiest to fight. Only the main house is the most miserable.