Text | Wang Zhenyi

Editor | Chao Fang

In 1945, 22-year-old He Wanqi left Vietnam, where she had lived for seven years, and returned to Hong Kong.

Soon after, she appeared in front of members of the Ho family living in Hong Kong. She attended the wedding anniversary party of Ho Tung, the patriarch of the Ho family, and his wife.

As soon as she debuted, He Wanqi stunned everyone. She has the ancestry of the four countries and is amazingly beautiful.

At the party, Ho Wan-chi's 19-year-old cousin Ho Hong-zhang was deeply fascinated by her.

At that time, He Wanqi would never have thought that all the grudges and resentments in her subsequent life would all start from this encounter.

He Wanqi was born in 1923. Her father, He Shiguang, once served as the chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the comprador of Sassoon & Co., and her grandfather He Fu worked as the comprador of Jardine Matheson and Sassoon & Co., and was one of the five giants of Chinese businessmen. One of them, and Ho Tung's brother Ho Tung is even more impressive. He was once the first richest man in Hong Kong.

It can be said that the Ho family is a famous family in Hong Kong.

In such a big family, the population is very prosperous. He Wanqi is He Shiguang's 10th child, known as "Ten Girl". When the Tenth Girl was a child, she had the best relationship with her Ninth Brother. His The ninth brother’s name is Stanley Ho.

When Wanqi Ho and Stanley Ho were young, they lived a life of fine clothing and fine food, which made the outside world very envious.

However, this privileged life ended in 1934.

This year, He Wanqi's father, He Shiguang, and his three brothers joined forces to speculate in the stock market. As a result, the stock speculation failed and they went bankrupt.

In order to avoid debts, Ho Shiguang took his two older sons to Vietnam, and later took Ho Wanqi over, while Stanley Ho and his mother Xian Xingyun stayed in Hong Kong.

Stanley Ho, who was left in Hong Kong, was determined to change his destiny. He studied hard and was admitted to the University of Hong Kong.

Unfortunately, when Stanley Ho was in his junior year, World War II broke out and Japan invaded Hong Kong. In order to make a living, in December 1942, Stanley Ho went to Macau with only 10 Hong Kong dollars.

After arriving in Macau, he joined CIMB as a secretary and also engaged in the grain, oil and cotton yarn business.

Because of his outstanding performance, he was deeply recognized and valued by the leadership of CIMB. He was introduced to Li Wanhua at work.

Lai Wanhua’s identity is not simple. Her family is a well-known local family in Macau. Her ancestors once served as high-ranking officials in Portugal. Her father is a famous lawyer in Macau and the only local notary.

As a lady, Lai Wanhua has outstanding appearance and is known as "the most beautiful woman in Macau Street".

For such a beautiful woman with an extraordinary family background, Stanley Ho launched a pursuit.

In 1942, Stanley Ho successfully embraced the beauty and married Lai Wanhua in Macau.

With the help of the Lai Wanhua family and personal efforts, Stanley Ho quickly became a wealthy businessman in Macau.

While Stanley Ho accelerated his destiny change through marriage in Macau, Ho Wanqi came into contact with gambling in Vietnam. She helped Peter Du, a descendant of Hong Kong's Wing On Company, to open a casino in Saigon and apply for a gambling license, which made her interested in gambling. I have a certain understanding of the casino business.

This understanding deeply bound her and her brother Stanley Ho's lives together, and an important reason for this strong binding was that Ho Wan-chi and Stanley Ho had a story.

After Ho Wan-chi returned to Hong Kong in 1945, she had a story with her cousin Ho Hung-cheung because she attended the wedding anniversary party of Ho Tung and his wife.

The He family is firmly opposed to the fact that He Wanqi and Stanley Ho are together.

In order to break them up, the He family used ruthless tactics.

Stanley Ho was sent to the United States to study, and Ho Wanqi was arranged to marry Mak Chi-wai of the Mak family.

What makes the He family deceived is that the Mai family is not as glamorous as it seems to the outside world. Because Mai Zhiwei's father's business failed, the Mai family has long been an empty shell, and Mai Zhiwei also He is just a wage earner of 700 yuan per month.

Faced with such a situation, He Wanqi was unable to escape at that time and could only live a hard life in the Mai family, and gave birth to a son and a daughter to Mai Zhiwei.

This kind of life is not what He Wanqi wants. She is very unhappy, so when she is in a bad mood, she often goes to the racecourse to relax.

What Wanqi Ho didn’t expect was that when she was relaxing at the racecourse again in 1953, she saw a familiar figure, and she met Stanley Ho again when he returned to Hong Kong.

This encounter rekindled the old relationship between the two, and He Wanqi began an extramarital affair.

However, because He Wanqi was unable to get a divorce, in 1961, Stanley Ho married a British woman, Anne Yu, under the arrangement of his family. At that time, He Wanqi was already pregnant. Soon after, He Wanqi gave birth to her son Mak Shunming with Stanley Ho.

Also in this year, as the eldest grandson of Ho Tung, Stanley Ho inherited a huge inheritance. Because he felt that he was in debt to Ho Wanqi, Ho Hongzhang donated 2 million Hong Kong dollars to Ho Wanqi.

At the same time, Stanley Ho teamed up with Fok Ying-tung, Yip Han, Yip Deli and others to win the exclusive franchise of Macau casinos.

The gears of fate are turning faster.

After winning the exclusive franchise of Macau casinos, Stanley Ho, Fok Ying-tung, Ip Han and others wanted to establish a Macau entertainment company, but they lacked funds.

Just when they were worried about funds, He Wanqi appeared and brought 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

He Wanqi bought shares in the Australian Entertainment Company under the pseudonym "Huang Wanli" and became a shareholder of the Australian Entertainment Company.

And because she trusted her brother, she told Stanley Ho that Mai Shunming was the illegitimate son of her and Stanley Ho.

At that time, she thought that her brother would help her keep the secret, but she did not expect that it would become the beginning of a nightmare.

However, at the moment, the relationship between the two is still very good. He Wanqi does not participate in the specific affairs of Macao Entertainment Company. Instead, she assists Stanley Ho in his career.

By 1974, Ho Wan-chi no longer assisted Stanley Ho’s career. She, Mak Chi-wai, and their children immigrated to the United States.

A few years after arriving in the United States, He Wanqi became free and she divorced Mak Zhiwei.

At that time, Mai Zhiwei was facing bankruptcy because he helped a friend provide guarantee for a bank loan. He Wanqi told him that he could fake a divorce to avoid the bank's debt collection.

Mai Zhiwei followed He Wanqi's advice, but the marriage was divorced, but He Wanqi was never willing to remarry.

However, this freedom did not last long, and He Wanqi lost her "freedom" in another form.

His brother Stanley Ho wants to "control" her.

Because he wanted to develop his gambling business and get Ye Han out of the game so that he could become a true gambling king, Stanley Ho needed capable helpers. After much thought, he found that among all his brothers and sisters, only He Wanqi had the most business talent. He needed He Wanqi to come back and help him.

He called He Wanqi.

At first, Ho Wanqi was not very interested in going to Macau, but Stanley Ho used his trump card. He told Ho Wanqi on the phone not to think that he could forget the scandal with Ho Hongzhang in the United States.

Stanley Ho threatened and coerced his sister.

In order to protect the secret of her illegitimate child, He Wanqi finally decided to go to Macau, and she joined a Macau entertainment company.

At Macau Entertainment, Ho Wanqi showed that her business talent is not inferior to that of Stanley Ho. She helped Stanley Ho drive away Ye Han, and also learned from the experience and methods of the American gaming industry to open up and activate businesses through tourism. The sign of the casino made Stanley Ho a lot of money.

And because of her tough style, He Wanqi can be called the iron lady of the gaming industry. At that time, people in the Macau gaming industry bluntly said: "If Ten Girls make a sound, the entire casino will be shocked. The gambling king even issued an imperial edict, saying that if you have any problem, you can just go to Ten Girls."

And because She is so beautiful that she is known as "the most beautiful woman in Macau".

However, even so, Ho Wanqi's shares in the Australian Entertainment Company were getting smaller and smaller. Stanley Ho threatened her with the secret of an illegitimate child, and her shares in the Australian Entertainment Company were reduced from 20% to 7%.

Originally, He Wanqi could afford 7% of the shares, but the appearance of a woman completely broke He Wanqi's bottom line.

In 1986, Stanley Ho attended a private dance held by his third brother Stanley Ho and his third sister-in-law Ding Yuzhu. They arranged dance teacher Anqi Leung as Stanley Ho's dance partner.

Stanley Ho was deeply impressed by Anqi Leung because of her superb dancing skills.

Later, when Stanley Ho attended dance parties, he invited this dance teacher, who was 39 years younger than him, to be his dance partner.

After dancing this dance together for a long time, Stanley Ho began to consider bringing Anqi Leung into his harem.

In September 1989, Stanley Ho purchased an independent bungalow at No. 26 Shoushan Village Road in the name of Anqi Leong, and the two began to live together, which also meant that Stanley Ho announced to the outside world that Anqi Leong was his " Fourth aunt."

Unlike many young women who marry into rich families and live a comfortable life, Anqi Liang has little interest in being a "canary". She wants to get involved in Stanley Ho's business and enter the business world.

After entering Stanley Ho's company, Anqi Leung got involved in the fields managed by Ho Wanqi, and also snatched the patent of Ho Wanqi's store in Lisboa.

Faced with Liang Anqi's Sima Zhao ambition, He Wanqi approached Stanley Ho for a theory. Stanley Ho tried to prevaricate her by saying that the company needed young people and fresh blood.

So, He Wanqi said that since the company needs young people and fresh blood, she hopes that her son Mak Shunming can join the board of directors of Macao Entertainment and take over her shares in Macao Entertainment.

Stanley Ho did not adopt He Wanqi's proposal. He did not like Mai Shunming, his nephew. He had borrowed 150 million from him in the name of He Wanqi.

Although Stanley Ho did not adopt Ho Wanqi's proposal, he made a new proposal. He said he hoped that she could sell her shares to Anqi Leung.

He Wanqi also chose to refuse.

At this time, He Wanqi also knew very well that she had to do something, otherwise all her rights and interests would be lost soon.

In 2002, for the sake of her own rights, for her son Mak Shun Ming to join the board of directors of Macau Entertainment, and for the sake of no longer being blackmailed and controlled by Stanley Ho, Ho Wan-chi announced Mak Shun Ming's true identity.

At this time, it has been 40 years since she was blackmailed and controlled by Stanley Ho.

Way Ho not only exposed the scandal, but also took Stanley Ho to court. She accused Stanley Ho of using "family scandals" as threats over the past 40 years to force her to give up her equity, thereby defrauding her of hundreds of millions of dollars in assets. She also accused Stanley Ho of forging documents that caused damage to her own interests, and demanded a thorough investigation of the company's account books. She also claimed that Macau Entertainment still owed her dividends for the past five years, which is approximately HK$3 billion, and she believed that Stanley Ho could have such a business empire today. Relying on the 2 million investment she gave that year.

Faced with his sister's overwhelming attack, Stanley Ho did not show any mercy in his "fight back". He bluntly said that He Wanqi had slandered him.

After his operation, in 2002, He Wanqi was removed from all management positions in Macau Entertainment Company. In 2005, He Wanqi was expelled from the shareholders' meeting of Macao Entertainment Corporation.

In 2008, Ho stopped the listing of Stanley Ho's SJM company from failing. On the day when SJM went public, in an interview with the media, Stanley Ho said bluntly: "The listing of SJM is real gold and not afraid of red furnace fire. I will definitely peel off the teeth of the ten girls. Being listed today is proof that evil cannot prevail against good." As for those troublemakers, let them stir it up!"

At this time, Stanley Ho and Ho Wanqi had already broken up as brothers and sisters, and they did not reconcile until Ho Wanqi's death.

When the feud between Ho Wan-chi and Stanley Ho came to an end in 2008, Ho Wan-chi's troubles did not end.

In 2009, Mak Shunming, who had changed his name to Ho Tung Shun Ming, was divorcing his wife Chen Fusheng. Ho recognized Chen Fusheng as his daughter-in-law, and he was very concerned about Ho Tung Shunming's state of being unable to hold up the wall. dissatisfied.

Therefore, when Ho Tung Shun Ming wanted to divorce Chen Fusheng, he scolded him for abandoning his wife and son, and even angrily denied that Ho Tung Shun Ming was his biological son, and said that he had not tested DNA.

As soon as Ho Tung Shun-ming heard what his father said, he sued Ho Hong-cheung without saying a word and claimed $600 million in moral compensation.

Because of this son, Stanley Ho sued Ho Wan-chi and Ho Tung-sun in 2011. He demanded the 2 million Hong Kong dollars that he had given to Ho Wan-chi that year.

At this point, Ho Wan-chi and Stanley Ho, who were once in love, have also become strangers.

In September 2017, Stanley Ho passed away, and neither Ho Wan-chi nor Ho Tung Shun-ming appeared at the funeral.

Nine months after the death of Stanley Ho, on June 5, 2018, Ho Wan-chi died of illness at the Sanatorium and Hospital at the age of 95.

After He Wanqi's death, her spokesperson Miss You announced He Wanqi's last wish. Miss You conveyed Ho Wanqi's original words: "I want Stanley Ho to 'check out' and 'pay back the money'! Stanley Ho has bullied me for so many years. I hope he can pay me back as soon as possible the shares and dividends that he has owed me for more than ten years and more than 20 billion yuan. I You can transfer to the foundation and continue to do charity work."

Earlier, Ho Wan-chi mentioned her brother Stanley Ho in her autobiography "Memoirs of Ten Girls: Confronting the Devil" and wrote: But mother, you. I never imagined how my ninth brother (Ho Hong-shen), who vowed to take care of me that day, would bully his sister in the days to come. Not only did he fail to fulfill his promise to love and care for my mother, he also completely ignored the love of brotherhood.

It is disappointing that the brother-sister relationship between Stanley Ho and Michelle Ho has reached this point.

It must be said that He Wanqi's life is legendary, but also tragic.

If she could choose her life again, would she still be born into a wealthy family as deep as the sea?