MrCritique, on 05 February 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:
Somehow I have this feeling that most of the posts here imply florin as some naive and innocent young thing being preyed upon by an old fox. I think the situation is a bit more comPlex than most would think. For one is her family background. She comes from an acknowledged polygamistic household in which her mother is the 3rd "wife". The chief activities of all these "households seem to be outmaneuver one another to be the first in line to inherit the massive fortune of her father who collect his I'll gotten gains by exploiting other's addictive vice in gambling. I am sure growing up in such environment must not be as pure and simple as playing with ken and barbie all day long.
On the contrary - I don't think so. Even if Florinda is "some naive and innocent young" (actually, not that surprising - just another spoilt rich kid caught growing up in adult family politics which she distances herself from, with tons of playthings and endless pocket money from dad) - her mother will not let Joel off so easily.
Nor Stanley Ho ... whose beginnings are more than preying on "others' addictive vice in gmabling" - he has alliance with the triads and other related vices too, although it's been all 'legit', of course.
In fact, all the younger set, outside of older #2 wife's daughterPansy Ho's and her siblings being in control - all the younger set seem to be doing is attending UK boarding schools, spending $$$$ and keeping in dad's good books out-doing themselves with festive/ his bday plans - while jet-setting/partying with the other rich kids of their same younger generation or attending charity balls when they fly back into town.
Yes, complicated family (but so are many of the HK and Chinese traditional rich, where polygamy may be more closeted mistresses/offspring but nevertheless still acknowledged within the family).
But the real main battle is really between #2 wing's kids (all in their late 40s) and #4 wife (Angela Ho) who's still fairly young, tough competition and feisty.
#3 wife (whom Florinda hails from) has only recently been more high profile active in joining the fray when the old man suffered a stroke (#3 wife is nurse of #1 wife. connect the dots)
The moms - esp #2 and #4 factions - may be highly scheming, but some his younger kids are way too cushy to have any bite, imo.
Eons ago .. there were a series of HK movies which more or less charted the lives of 'fictional' characters who all rose to riches, in the era of the corrupted 60s - Pai (limping) Ho was one of those. I recall 'Stanley Ho' was also charted, replicated right down to the invalid first wife, and the nurse roles. Reel mocked/imitated real quite a bit.
Edited by nomad 822, 06 February 2012 - 01:58 AM.
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