As Gu Sheng went downstairs in his bathrobe, he felt women really weren't all that interesting. He might as well not get married. Luckily, it was only an engagement.
At the bottom of the stairs, he called over the Filipino maid. "Get me something to eat, and send some upstairs too."
Then he sat down on the sofa. A neat stack of that day's newspapers lay on the coffee table.
There were the Oriental Daily and Tin Tin Daily, along with Ta Kung Pao, The Commercial Daily, and some English-language papers, even two papers from Macau Island.
He picked up a newspaper at random. It was full of news about his engagement to He Qing yesterday.
"Playboy tycoon wins the King of Gambling's beloved daughter: a legendary Hong Kong-Macau marriage of wealth is born!"
"King of Gambling's family joins forces with top business genius: Gu Sheng and gambling king's daughter happily pledge their lives!"
There was also a photograph of Gu Sheng and He Qing each raising a hand and holding them together to display the rings on their fingers.
It was the only photograph that had "leaked" from yesterday's banquet.
Gu Sheng picked up the phone and called his stockbroker.
"Boss, the stock's gone crazy today. It's doubled in just half a day!" Zhen Yangchun's voice held barely restrained excitement, along with a measure of deference.
"Keep an eye on it. Tell me if it starts losing steam," Gu Sheng instructed.
He had previously had the newspapers hype it repeatedly and enlisted quite a few tycoons to publicly support him. The stock had risen, but the gains had been limited, and even that was because he held most of the shares on the market.
This marriage alliance with the He family, however, had made Yunju Properties, which he owned,