Jockey Club

When Wu Zheng and Huoting saw that there was no fun to watch, they also returned to the private room.

Qin Fan whispered to the bodyguard Yan Jun: "Wait a minute, you find an opportunity. After the person named Zhao Guang left, call Ye Zhiming over."

"If he doesn't want to come, you tell him that someone wants to invest in his Qiaotzui Island Resort."

"Okay, boss." Yan Jun nodded with a serious face.

Wu Zheng and Huo Ting, behind him, heard his communication with the bodyguard. After Qin Fan walked in, Wu Zheng asked curiously:

"What, Afan, do you want to invest in Ye Zhiming's Qiaozui Island Resort?"

Qin Fan has not answered yet.

Huoting said next to him: "This is not a good investment. If the place on Qiaozui Island is really valuable, it will not be the turn of Ye Zhiming, who has settled down and invested."

Wu Zheng nodded, "Although Qiaozui Island has a beautiful scenery and beautiful beaches, it is very remote and lonely on the sea. There are not even people living on the island, only the water police will go up to patrol from time to time. It is more difficult to develop that place than Cha's family to develop Discovery Bay."

Huoting also agrees with Wu Zheng's point of view.

"At least Discovery Bay is located on Hong Kong Island. If you build a road outside, you can directly connect to Main Road. The broken place in Qiaotzui Island has no wharf yet!"

Qin Fan actually knew what they were talking about.

But the situation will change. In the future, Qiaotzui Island Resort will be truly built and become one of the popular resorts in Hong Kong, making hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

Of course, the Qiaozui Island Resort at that time had no relationship with Ye Zhiming.

In parallel space and time, in 1987, Ye Zhiming couldn't withstand the construction and debts of Qiaozui Island Resort and sold it to a company.

Ye Zhiming himself only got back HK$650,000.

Thinking of this, Qin Fan smiled and said, "I want to chat with Ye Zhiming, not mainly for Qiaozui Island Resort. My purpose is the Asia TV shares in Ye Zhiming's hands."

"You know too. I like the entertainment industry and have opened entertainment companies. There are also cartoons and comic companies. Whether it is an entertainment company or a cartoon company, it will be much more convenient if you have your own TV station."

"So if I can, I want to be a major shareholder of ATV and TVB. At least, I have to be an influential director."

Wu Zheng and Huo Ting nodded suddenly.

In fact, Qin Fan didn’t say anything, that is, he was actually interested in the real estate project of Qiaozui Island Resort.

However, the conditions are not yet ripe yet, let’s talk about ATV shares in Ye Zhiming’s hands...

At this time, Wu Zheng's wife, Bao Qingrong, came over with a smile, "Okay. Don't talk about business matters. Today is to see the horses, and the Marseille is about to begin!"

While talking, Bao Qingrong pulled her husband up and walked towards the glass window.

Zhu Lingling, who was born as a Hong Kong lady, followed suit and smiled and pulled Huoting away. She watched the Marseille below with Wu Zheng and his wife, and ignored Shi Rongwei together.

Of course, Qin Fan understood what they meant. He walked over with a smile, stood next to Shi Rongwei, who was a little shy, and looked at the Happy Valley below.

"Sister Weiwei, which horse do you think will be the top player today? Which horse can get first place?"

There are two racecourses in Hong Kong Island.

The place where Qin Fan, Wu Zheng and others came was Shatin Horse Farm.

This is the first world-class runway in the world with a first-class horse with an open and closed celestial design.

After the construction is completed, large-scale events are often held.

Basically, the racecourse holds 7 to 11 horse races every day, with up to 14 horses appearing in each competition, and the top 5 are the winners.

Hong Kong Island Horse Racing is hosted and operated by the Hong Kong Island Jockey Club. The full name of the Hong Kong Island Jockey Club is the Emperor Royal Jockey Club.

It will not be until 1997 that it will directly become the Xiangjiang Jockey Club.

Horse racing has a huge influence on Hong Kong Island, and some even exaggeratedly say that Hong Kong people "have horses, they will live, and without horses, they will die."

Newspapers said that more than 100 million horses would bet on horse racing last year.

The total population counted by the Hong Kong government last year was only 4.83 million.

This shows the degree of participation of Hong Kong people in horse racing.

On Hong Kong Island, this is a social activity from high-ranking officials to ordinary people.

Wu Zheng and Huo Ting, and even their wife and Shi Rongwei, were obviously regular visitors here.

Because watching horse racing, besides gambling, it is already an entertainment and social activity for their class.

In addition, Wu Zheng and Huoting are both members of the Jockey Club, and it is not easy to become a Jockey Club member in Xiangjiang.

Most of the Jockey Club members are people with considerable social status in Hong Kong.

The Jockey Club has a very high threshold for absorbing new members. In addition to its large income, it also needs to have a very high social status.

Jockey Club members are divided into different levels, namely "horse racing members", "full-fee members" and "company members".

Above these, there are also "selected members" with high status.

Newcomers who want to apply to join the Jockey Club must be nominated by one selected member and approved by another selected member, and then list three members who are ready to support their joining the Jockey Club before they can be accepted.

The 200 selected members of the Jockey Club have a limited number of recommended places for each person to join the club every year.

When nominating a newcomer, you must promise to have a considerable understanding of the person.

Company members do not need to be nominated for selected members, but the company needs to be invited by the Jockey Club first.

After becoming a member of the Jockey Club, the horse racing shook hands tacitly and the eye contact was surging.

When talking about things, things will be successful, so Hong Kong celebrities are all keen on this.

Business relations and business opportunities may all be catalyzed in this process.

The so-called money is all about "kung fu off the court".

This kind of occasion will be more or less helpful to the company, so the rich will admire it so much.

Many wealthy people in Hong Kong will ask their children to train equestrians.

The purpose is actually the same as above, to find a wealthy family in the same way.

It's a good match.

"Huh" Marseille below was already preparing, and Shi Rongwei suddenly remembered the news and the report on Qin Fan starting from scratch.

She asked curiously, "Afan. I read the newspaper and said, your first pot of gold comes from the Jockey Club. Is this true?"

This question attracted the curiosity of Wu Zheng and Huo Ting and his wife, and they also looked at each other.

There is nothing to hide. There will be records from horses and newspapers.

If I wanted to check it casually, Qin Fan nodded, "I came to the racetrack for the first time in my life and bought a horse ticket for the first time. As a result, I won 4 million Hong Kong dollars. Then I used this 4 million Hong Kong dollars to earn my current net worth."

"Wow!" Shi Rongwei exclaimed.

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "Those who accomplish great things are also destiny! Afan has this destiny and this ability. Even if he does not win the Jockey Club grand prize, he will still have the current wealth!"

"That's right." Huo Ting also agreed with a smile, "I think so too. By the way, Afan, are you a member of the Jockey Club now?"

Qin Fan shrugged, "No, I haven't had time to participate."

"It's unreasonable." Huoting said: "Jockey Club members need to apply on their own initiative. But your company is already so large, so it's unreasonable for the Jockey Club to send your company members' invitation letters?"

Members of Jockey Club are major companies in Hong Kong. If you want to become a company member, there is a hidden rule, that is, the company must have a market value of more than one billion.

Qin Fan's Daqin Group has obviously exceeded this range.

Wu Zheng said: "Maybe because Afan's Daqin Group has not been established for a long time, so the invitation letter from the Jockey Club has not been sent yet. After all, his company has not had a market value since its establishment to the present, even three months!"

Huoting nodded, and suddenly, he pointed below and started to race the horse, "A Zheng! Your horse has appeared, No. 8, lightning is invincible!"

Wu Zheng also became energetic and picked up the telescope and looked down.

The three women were obviously very interested, and they all picked up the high-power telescopes prepared in the private room.

There are more than 600 horse racing horses in Hong Kong.

All are purebred horses introduced from all over the world. Their value is generally above HK$1 million, and some can even reach millions, or higher.

These horses belong to different horse owners, but they are usually managed by the horse owners to the Hong Kong Island Jockey Club for unified management.

In addition to providing special living and training facilities for horses, the Jockey Club is also responsible for entrusting professional horse trainers to carry out full-time breeding and training of horses. These horse trainers must be verified by the Jockey Club and then hold their cards to work.

The rich and powerful people in Hong Kong are also keen on raising one or more racehorses. In addition to comparing with each other, this is actually an investment.

Because if the horse racing on the field wins or top spots and has a good grade.

Horse owners can also get generous bonuses, sometimes as much as millions of Hong Kong dollars, and they can easily recover their investment.

At the same time, the value of excellent horse racing itself will increase infinitely, from millions to tens of millions.

The top and famous racing horses, even exaggerated to the fact that their ponies or stallion's eggs can be sold for millions of Hong Kong dollars.

After all, things like the blood of top horse racing are likely to be inherited.

My father and mother are very good on the court, and the ponies she gave birth to grow up are likely to become champions.

Horse racing is not only popular in Hong Kong Island, but also very popular in other developed capital countries around the world.

Especially Neon and the United States, their enthusiasm for horse racing is not worse than that of Hong Kong Island, but is particularly exaggerated.
To be continued...