Why didn't Li Ka-shing attend Mr. Ho's funeral? What's the secret behind him?

From July 8, 2020 to 10, the funeral of gambling king Stanley Ho was held in hong kong funeral home, and celebrities from all walks of life went to pay their respects. It turns out that Li Ka-shing, who is on the list of gambling king funeral committee, did not come to offer condolences, nor did his two sons, Li Zekai and Li Zeju. On the contrary, as Li Ka-shing's "confidante", Zhou Kaixuan arrived at the scene, but there was no name or difference between Zhou Kaixuan and Li Ka-shing. Can she really represent Li Ka-shing?

On the other hand, other giants in Hong Kong were very polite at the funeral of the gambling king. Family sent Guo, family sent Wu Zongquan, family sent.

Li Ka-shing, by contrast, is caught in a controversy. In the eyes of most netizens, it is not necessary for Li Ka-shing to attend the funeral of the gambling king, but according to common sense, one son can attend on his behalf, but neither of his two sons came.

So why didn't Li Ka-shing and his two sons come to the funeral of the gambling king?

We can start with what happened recently in the Li Ka-shing family.

July 10, gambling king's funeral. On this day, the Hong Kong media reported an important event of the Li Ka-shing family. Convoys Wharf, a real estate project owned by Hutchison Whampoa, a subsidiary of British Li Ka-shing family, has obtained the first planning permission and can formally break ground. The estimated development value is as high as 654.38+0 billion pounds.

For this day, the Li Ka-shing family waited 15 years. In 2005, the Li Ka-shing family purchased about 16.6 hectares of escort terminal from British News International. The successful development of this project will bring great benefits to the Li Ka-shing family.

So why do the Li Ka-shing family attach so much importance to their investment in Britain? The reason is also very simple, because the British business has become the main source of profits for the Li Ka-shing family company. According to public media reports, the Li Ka-shing family has invested more than HK$ 400 billion in Britain. They control more than 40% of the telecommunications market in Britain, about14 of the power distribution market, nearly 30% of the natural gas supply market and nearly one-third of the docks. Together with their investments in other European countries, the Li Ka-shing family's total investment in Europe exceeds HK$ 600 billion. A corresponding change is that the Li Ka-shing family's investment in Asia is decreasing.

So Li Ka-shing was too busy making money in Europe to care about the funeral of the gambling king. But the real reason is not so simple.

Although on May 26th this year, when the gambling king died, Li Ka-shing told the media that he and the gambling king had been good friends for many years. I hope Mr. He's family will feel sorry for your loss. In fact, he is not familiar with the gambling king.

As the head of the two giants in Hong Kong, there are not many photos of Li Ka-shing and the gambling king in the same box. What can be found is that at a symposium held by the Ministry of Commerce in 2003, Li Ka-shing and the gambling king sat together. 20 1 1, the gambling king's 90th birthday, Li Ka-shing and many other Hong Kong celebrities celebrated their birthdays. On another occasion, Huo and Guo Jingjing got married on 20 12, and Li Ka-shing and the gambling king went to congratulate them.

In addition to little communication, there are also great differences in values between the two. On the big side, Mr. Ho attached great importance to his investment in the Mainland, but in recent years, Li Ka-shing has continuously withdrawn its capital from the Mainland and transferred its assets to Europe. Small aspects can be emotional. The gambling king has four wives and 17 children in his life, and his private life has been criticized. Li Ka-shing has only one wife in his life, Zhuang Yueming. Zhuang Yueming never remarried after his death. Even if all Hong Kong people knew that Zhou Kaixuan had a special relationship with him, he wouldn't marry her, and always regarded her as a "confidante". And in the way of making money, Li Ka-shing, known as the "Confucian businessman", did not approve of the way of making money for the gambling king.

To put it bluntly, Li Ka-shing and the gambling king are not the same kind of people.

Because he is not a kind of person, Li Ka-shing will deliberately keep a certain distance from the gambling king.

This distance is not only manifested in not attending the funeral of the gambling king, but also in not supporting the gambling king.

Before the announcement of the list of gambling kings' souls, many netizens speculated that Li Ka-shing might help Stanley Ho's soul. After all, only Li Ka-shing, Lee Shau Kee and others are left.

So who did Li Ka-shing help? He helped Bao Yugang, Zhuang Shiping and Zheng Yutong. These three bosses either have a good personal relationship with him or are highly respected. What many people don't know is that Lin Baixin, a Hong Kong billionaire, told Li Ka-shing before his death, hoping that he would help him wake up a hundred years later, but Li Ka-shing refused. The reason is very simple. Lin Baixin married four wives and family scandals continued.

Judging from Li Ka-shing's unwillingness to help Lin Baixin, he will not help the gambling king, not to mention many other differences in values.

As for why his two sons didn't come to the gambling king's funeral, the reason is simple. Li Zeju was very busy, and Li Zekai had a bad relationship with Li Ka-shing because of his mother's death.

However, Li Ka-shing is a clever man. He knows how to do facial engineering. He promised to join the gambling king's funeral Committee and give face to the gambling king family. He didn't want to attend the funeral of the gambling king, but the appearance of Zhou Kaixuan would make many people acquiesce that he sent a representative. After all, it is hard to say whether Zhou Kaixuan represents himself or Li Ka-shing.

In doing so, Li Ka-shing neither offended the gambling king family nor embarrassed himself. And leave room for future cooperation between the two companies. After all, the second generation of the gambling king family, especially He Chaoqiong and He Youlong, may be the leaders of the Hong Kong business community in the future.