During World War II, Saipan was the site of the craziest battles of the Pacific War, and is now a haven for wealthy businessmen to gamble.
In this place, there was once a big gamble, which accumulated to 12 billion yuan in a short period of time!
Let's turn the clock back to 2017, and the Imperial Palace Casino became the place for a middle-aged gentleman.
He wears glasses, looks like jade, and wears a suit, looking like a typical successful businessman.
But what happened next shocked all the gamblers present.
Without hesitation, the gentleman placed $700 million on the table, equivalent to nearly 5 billion yuan, the highest bet in the casino's history.
So, what is the end result of this gamble?
That's right, this gentleman lost, and the follow-up was even more unwilling to admit defeat, and continued to bet, resulting in continuous failures.
In the end, he lost 12 billion yuan in gambling, which can be said to be a complete failure. The wealthy businessman had no choice but to buy a ticket back to Shanghai in a hurry and departed.
This wealthy businessman who returned to China in a difficult situation is called Liu Lirong.
Speaking of this name, many people may not know who this is, but Gionee mobile phone, everyone should be familiar with it.
Liu Lirong is the founder of Gionee mobile phone!
From the perspective of Liu Lirong's experience, it can really be made directly into a movie, which is full of drama.
After graduating from university, in just a few years, he made the leap from an ordinary technician to the vice president of the group.
As a noble son from a poor family, Liu Lirong, who was born in a peasant family and graduated from Central South University, was assigned to a state-owned enterprise after graduating from university, where he received a monthly salary of 500 yuan.
Although he became an educational role model for the children in his village, he did not consider it an ideal career.
Later, he chose to resign and went south to Guangzhou to join a Japanese company, and his monthly salary increased sixfold.
However, he realized that his prospects for promotion in the company were limited, so he resigned again and chose to join Xiaobawang Technology, which was influenced by the founder Duan Yongping.
At Xiaobawang, Liu Lirong worked hard and rose to the head of production management. However, Duan Yongping's resignation led to a serious shortage of talents within Xiaobawang, and Liu Lirong became an important figure in the company.
With the business turmoil of Xiaobawang, Liu Lirong lost his position and experienced the ups and downs of business.
Perceiving the huge business opportunities in the domestic mobile phone market, Liu Lirong gave up the VCD business and entered the mobile phone market. Thanks to his previous accumulation, he received a huge investment and founded Gionee.
In 2003, Gionee produced its first mobile phone, Gionee 303, which quickly entered the market with its high pixel and other characteristics.
Gionee's mobile phone sales reached one million in a short period of time, and Liu Lirong showed his business vision.
However, Gionee faced brand problems in the early stage, and the mobile phones were all labeled with the "Tianshida" trademark, and they had to pay a high commission. After coordination and fighting, Gionee finally obtained its own mobile phone production license in 2005.
Liu Lirong invested a lot of money in advertising and marketing, using Andy Lau and other celebrities to endorse Gionee to become a well-known brand.
Gionee's mobile phone sales grew rapidly, reaching 10 million units in 2008, becoming the second largest mobile phone brand in China after Samsung and Nokia.
However, this is Gionee's peak moment, and it is also its last glory!
What happened later, everyone can also see, Gionee Group failed to seize the opportunity of "smart phone" in time and fell into a predicament.
Liu Lirong's gambling directly misappropriated the book funds of Gionee Group, resulting in the rupture of the company's capital chain and more than 20 billion debts.
At this point, Gionee Group has completely collapsed.
Later, in 2018, Gionee filed for bankruptcy and reorganization, while Liu Lirong had already fled to Hong Kong, and then "disappeared" in Hong Kong, and his whereabouts are still unknown.
At the beginning of the thought, Liu Lirong in the second half of his life, even if he regretted it, it would be useless.