Hong Kong 'playboy tycoon' offers $65 million to find husband for lesbian daughter

Hong Kong property and shipping magnate Cecil Chao Sze-tsung announced he would offer HK$500 million (about $65 million) to the man who can woo and marry his 33-year-old daughter, Gigi Chao, the South China Morning Post reported.

"It is an inducement to attract someone who has the talent but not the capital to start his own business," Chao told the BBC.

"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted," he added. "Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work."


According to the Post report, the announcement came just one week after Chao's daughter revealed she had married her female partner of seven years, Sean Eav, in France earlier this year.

The tycoon, 76, told the Post the reports of his daughter being married were "false." According to the article, same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Hong Kong, although civil unions are performed in France.

Chao, whom the Post describes as "Hong Kong's pre-eminent playboy tycoon," told the BBC that Gigi Chao was single and needed a "good husband." Chao has never married himself, and he once claimed to have slept with 10,000 women, the South China Morning Post reported.

According to the BBC, Chao said he wouldn't force Gigi to marry a man against her will.

Gigi Chao runs Haut Monde Talent, a modeling and public relations company. She is the first of three children that Chao had with different women, according to the Global Post.

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For $65 million, many men would don panty hose, put on a dress and try to woo a lesbian. Myself included.

  • 73 votes
#1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:25 PM EDT

Always looking for:

Sum Yung Guy

  • 23 votes
#1.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:07 PM EDT

However, she seems to have found Sum Won Gay, which is perfectly fine, as long as she's happy.

  • 38 votes
#1.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:15 PM EDT

Damn straight. Or maybe I should say damn "right."

  • 19 votes
#1.3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:23 PM EDT

Where do I sign up? Or is this only for Asian men? She looks pretty dang good to me. I'd marry her in a heart beat.

  • 13 votes
#1.4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:25 PM EDT

It would help to post her profile.

  • 4 votes
#1.5 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:25 PM EDT

This man really wants grandchildren!

  • 11 votes
#1.6 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:29 PM EDT

@The Imperial --- Hell, they've already given you 65,000,000 reasons to marry her. What more do you want?

  • 11 votes
#1.7 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:31 PM EDT

Save your money man I'll do it for half the money... You pay all my taxes and other stuff and I'm on my way!

  • 14 votes
#1.8 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:32 PM EDT
Comment author avatarH3321278Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

She can still have children and be gay...geez people....women have them together all the time....This man is a horrible father....abuse as far as I am concerned...I hope this women gets free from the freak...She should live her life happily WITH a woman....I am a woman and I would date her...she is cute!!!

  • 23 votes
#1.9 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:32 PM EDT

If it's true her fathers had 10,000 women in his life, maybe the daughter didn't want to have anything to do with men because she thinks they are all slimy. What a terrible example of a father he is.

  • 34 votes
#1.10 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:43 PM EDT
Comment author avatarJoan-1991647Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

She needs to marry a gay guy who won't expect anything sexual from her. I think her father's is mentally unstable. Yes, he may love her but doesn't respect her. It's not like she'll give him grandchildren - unless she's bisexual, and even then there'd be no guarantee.

  • 14 votes
#1.11 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:44 PM EDT

Can you imagine if someone in the US did this?

  • 2 votes
#1.12 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:44 PM EDT

Thanks See Thru..had a bad day, but you made me laugh!

  • 3 votes
#1.13 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:49 PM EDT

I'll marry her. Her father may have to drop us off on a deserted island where she and I can get to know each other for awhile. Sounds crude, but I guarantee my results.

  • 5 votes
#1.14 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:04 PM EDT

Why not marry the gal. Split the 65 mil down the middle. Get a quickie divorve and both wind up rich! No muss, no fuss!

  • 7 votes
#1.15 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:05 PM EDT
Comment author avatarillumination fascination-3070427Expand Comment Comment collapsed by the community

If her dad loves her he should accept and respect her choice of lifestyle.

  • 24 votes
#1.16 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:13 PM EDT

Let me get my passport updated, be right there, U.S.M.C. Ret.

  • 6 votes
#1.17 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:17 PM EDT

Does she have udders

  • 1 vote
#1.18 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:23 PM EDT

I'll marry her and she can keep the carpet muncher too - hell lets bring in a few more women...gunna be a party tonight.

  • 11 votes
#1.19 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:39 PM EDT

H3321278;

Ahhhhh, Perhaps another read of basic human biology? Might I suggest Black's biology and Black's anatomy? Two women can not produce children anymore than two men, the basic plumbing doesn't work out for that. They can adopt, they can have a surrogate father, artificial insemination or the old fashioned way, either way a male most be involved none the less.

I realize medical science had made great gains, albeit not always as expected. However, it has not altered basic reproductive biology, no matter how much you gloss over it.

  • 7 votes
#1.20 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:41 PM EDT

DEAL. Where do I sign up?

  • 5 votes
#1.21 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:10 PM EDT

Joan. I think you're confused. She can be Lesbian, and still get pregnant from a man. Being Lesbian does not make her sterile.

Whats that? She won't have sex with a man because she's Lesbian. Ya right, wrong again. She doesn't even need to be aroused to have sex with a man. She just has to lie there and enjoy it.

  • 5 votes
#1.22 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:17 PM EDT

For that kind of money, I wouldn't be surprised if some men would get a sex change operation and then marry her. I feel sorry for her lover. It must be very difficult to compete while your girlfriend's father is doing this. It's very likely there is some man out there who can win her heart, no matter how gay she thinks she is.

  • 6 votes
#1.23 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:19 PM EDT

@H3321278 keep in mind, she really is like her father, he likes women, she likes women. Personally I don't see a problem, but like someone else said, he really want's grandchildren, for that, he can't be blamed. Only if she's on board with it would I consider it (if i thought i had half a chance, which I have no illusions about). You're right, she is cute, and old enough....

  • 4 votes
#1.24 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:24 PM EDT

Hmmm... If only I were younger, and single... Though married for 44 years, I must confess that I have always had a thing for attractive Asian women. This young lady looks soooo hot, she should be wearing pot holders. Men should have to pass a test and buy a permit, just to look at her.

  • 5 votes
#1.25 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:08 PM EDT

I thought he was looking to buy a Lesbian woman, shame on me...........

    #1.26 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:13 PM EDT

    It isn't any of his business, and if he wants grandkids fine...but ONLY if she wants to have a baby. Grandparents don't get to choose when and if their kids have children. How selfish can someone be..ugh.

    • 7 votes
    #1.27 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:15 PM EDT

    $65 million will end her lesbian phase REAL quick.

    • 2 votes
    #1.28 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:38 PM EDT

    "For $65 million, many men would don panty hose, put on a dress and try to woo a lesbian. Myself included."

    You and many others would do it for a happy meal, don't lie :P. To bad it would not work either, but it would be funny to see. Although, there are some pretty feminine males and manly females. I have seen a couple women that were more man then me :P.

    I feel bad for the daughter's wife/partner whatever her title might be. There is going to be a bunch of competition for the daughter whether she wants it or not. Her best bet is to find someone who will let her keep her partner, but who can act/play along to get the 65 mil. Have to wait until he dies too I bet before you get the cash, have to read the fine print.

    I could woo her and her partner, but I would get called for rape afterwards. Trying to romance a lesbian as a male is highly unlikely, you have to bring something else to the table. Most women are not lesbian for the sex, but for the emotional side (some are however).

    What odds can I get that a man does not woo her? Have to make some money out of this deal somehow :P.

    (P.S. I am generous, kind-hearted, do volunteer work, am devoted to my parents, am good looking, the right age, and am poor monetarily, but rich/talented in other ways. To bad it is still up to her and not for her father to decide, if not I would be in there :P.)

    • 1 vote
    #1.29 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:43 PM EDT

    WhistleBerries, she should be wearing pot holders.

    What?? What does that mean?? is this some kind of kinky thing? ROTFLMAO, too funny.

    • 2 votes
    #1.30 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:11 PM EDT

    Let your daughter be your daughter. Let her live her life on her terms -- gay or straight.

    When you bring a child into the world, you love that child unconditionally.

    I will be happy to send you a $65 million dollar bill for this common sense therapy.

    • 5 votes
    #1.31 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:30 PM EDT

    If I didn't think their would be some strings on that money, I'd agree with whoever said to marry her, split the cash, and get a divorce.

    • 2 votes
    #1.32 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:53 PM EDT

    CBurroughs, its IDIOTS like you that ruin a living wage for everyone, "I'll do it for half that," what an A$$hole.

    • 4 votes
    #1.33 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:02 PM EDT

    Question- what does the man hope to accomplish? He wants his daughter to marry a man that she loves, but how will she ever be sure the man is marrying her for her and not the $65 million? Sounds like a marriage doomed from the beginning.

    • 4 votes
    #1.34 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:06 PM EDT

    What a horrible father. He should love her for who she is.

    • 4 votes
    #1.35 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:26 PM EDT

    "I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted,"

    My husband fits the bill perfectly. We'll finalize the divorce by tomorrow morning and he can be on a plane by afternoon.

    • 3 votes
    #1.36 - Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:09 AM EDT

    I think what the wealthy man really wants is a grandson,at 64million he'll get one. Almost any woman can have a baby regardless of sexual preference.

    • 3 votes
    #1.37 - Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:27 AM EDT

    I'll do it. Cut the check.

    I have always told everyone that I was just a lesbian trapped in a mans body....

    • 1 vote
    #1.38 - Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:45 AM EDT

    actually have seen her pic- if we met and got along, id marry her and-- -he can keep his money she is quite pretty --wish i was a bit younger sigh

      #1.39 - Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:23 AM EDT

      CBurroughs

      Save your money man I'll do it for half the money... You pay all my taxes and other stuff and I'm on my way!

      Lol, Ill do it for free. Where to I sign up. She's hot.

        #1.40 - Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:53 PM EDT
        Reply

        Hell, yeah - I'd turn into superdyke for that kind of dough :D

        • 7 votes
        Reply#2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:32 PM EDT

        Good idea, I could woo her making her believe I was a lesbian. Once I got married I could then reveal that I am a man!

        cha-ching!!!!

        • 7 votes
        #2.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:33 PM EDT

        What_the_81

        Confuscious say: Man who fight with woman all day, get no piece at night!

        • 13 votes
        #2.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:58 PM EDT

        You can't buy straight!

        • 6 votes
        #2.3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:32 PM EDT

        Lol, I thought that was her father in the picture...it's her LOVER! LMFAO!!!

          #2.4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:41 PM EDT

          Maybe he's come up with a brillian idea if it works with his daughter, and she choses to marry the guy that her dad pays 65 million to...we can buy the gay out of people! Yes!!!! Brilliant!!!! Only thing is, only 1% of the world can afford to do it! D'oh!!!!

          • 2 votes
          #2.5 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:00 PM EDT

          Talk about being in DENIAL. Silly fool.

          • 2 votes
          #2.6 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:42 PM EDT
          Reply

          OK!

          • 1 vote
          Reply#3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:35 PM EDT

          I'm a Lesbian in a man's body.......

          XX.

          • 16 votes
          Reply#4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:38 PM EDT

          Me too have been for years.

          • 1 vote
          #4.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:37 PM EDT
          Reply

          Id marry him for 65 million lol

          • 18 votes
          Reply#5 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:43 PM EDT

          I'm a vagetarian, and I love Chinese food. I'll marry her and she can still play around with all the women she wants, I am not the jealous type. I come from good stock, high IQ, fit and trim, with no genetic abnormalities such as republicanism.

          • 27 votes
          Reply#6 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:43 PM EDT

          I'll marry her, she can bring her bride to live with us, and we'll all be happy.

          • 11 votes
          #6.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:47 PM EDT
          Reply

          I'll marry her... just don't tell my husband.

          • 16 votes
          Reply#7 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:49 PM EDT

          WOW she's hot, click on the link in the first paragraph!! Yep I just figued that out msscreant, thanks.

          Her dad claims to have had 10,000 girls friends, that is a different woman every night for 27 years, thats gettin busy.

          • 1 vote
          Reply#8 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:51 PM EDT

          It's $500 million in Hong Kong currency. With the exchange rate, it's $65 million US dollars.

            #8.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:53 PM EDT

            I'll marry her. We'll start a small resturant in my home town, and together she and my wife, can forge our empire....

              #8.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:01 PM EDT
              Reply

              It seems like 'It seems like 'dad' has no problem preempting the love life of his daughter considering he only has her best interest at heart never mind his own playboy duplicitous lifestyle...

              (Rich) daddy knows best...

              • 5 votes
              Reply#9 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:03 PM EDT

              I think this is so sad. I wish Gigi and Sean Eve a wonderful future despite the actions of her father.

              • 11 votes
              Reply#10 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:12 PM EDT

              good grief

              • 4 votes
              Reply#11 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:15 PM EDT

              Wow, there are some effed up people out there....poor girl. Maybe she can pay someone to keep him away from her!

              • 10 votes
              Reply#12 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:17 PM EDT

              Geeezzzz....i think he could buy alot of pretty good sperm out there for alot less and just let it be.

              • 2 votes
              #12.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:33 PM EDT
              Reply

              WTF? LMAO

              • 2 votes
              Reply#13 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:17 PM EDT

              65 mil is a lot of money

                Reply#14 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:18 PM EDT

                hell for $65 million i'd marry the dad ...

                • 3 votes
                Reply#15 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:18 PM EDT

                I can think of other/better things he can do with that money. Leave the child alone and donate the money to charity....

                • 9 votes
                Reply#16 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:19 PM EDT

                I am in, where do I sign

                  Reply#17 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:20 PM EDT

                  Talk about denial.

                  • 6 votes
                  Reply#18 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:21 PM EDT

                  It sounds like a tough job, but is definitely do-able, depending on how much the woman has bought into the gay fiction that she "is" lesbian as opposed to it being something she does because she wants to.

                  There's guys out there she would go for...get working on her mind...work, work.

                    Reply#19 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:22 PM EDT

                    GAY FICTION? You are the expert now? YOU ARE WRONG! DO you buy into the FICTION that you are STRAIGHT? People ARE straight and people ARE gay!! When are you unevolved, uneducated and ignorant, you think being gay is "fiction"...WHEN are people going to get this??? Stop judging. She likes women....so do I....women are beautiful. I would date her, she is lovely...That dad is abusive and and I hope she gets free of him and his ignorance. Your comment is fiction...the way you THINK is fiction...So keep your trap shut. Your words are not based on ANY fact. Thank you.

                    • 11 votes
                    #19.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:44 PM EDT

                    H3321278 - You are obviously one of the people, that ChestyPuller is reffering to, that hasn't bought in to the 'gay fiction'; for if you had, you wouldn't be so ruffled by his opinion. So, you choose to be gay... now deal with it.

                      #19.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:38 PM EDT

                      Oh, Chesty says things like that. Whatever.

                      • 1 vote
                      #19.3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:20 PM EDT

                      This is so ridiulous, that it is simply idiotic. She will always be a lesbian, no matter how many males she beds.

                      • 3 votes
                      #19.4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:00 PM EDT
                      Reply

                      Good grief....here comes every single tom $ick and harry to marry this poor girl...All of the freaks in the world are coming outta the woodwork, now showering and shaving, putting their best foot forward to get the money. When is humanity, love and kindness gonna kick in and put a person's heart and mind before the wallet?....

                      • 11 votes
                      Reply#20 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:23 PM EDT

                      It won't matter. No man in the WORLD can convince a lesbian who is devoted to her long-term partner to give it up to make daddy happy, regardless of the payout. It's up to her (and it's clear she is already content). Not the father, certainly not some jerk off the street. I hope she takes it in stride and can be happy without this spectacle complicating things.

                      • 14 votes
                      #20.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:28 PM EDT

                      @Isaea

                      Old Chinese proverb: What you are complaining about in men is much more common in women.

                      • 2 votes
                      #20.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:39 PM EDT

                      I agree. I'd say maybe 90% of the men who are accepting this offer are only going to do it for the money. Oh yeah, and to see lesbians go at it. They sure do have their priorities straight. </sarcasm>

                      • 3 votes
                      #20.3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:55 PM EDT

                      well of course are they suppose to be in love right off the bat. She gets too pick if she wants to

                      • 1 vote
                      #20.4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:31 PM EDT

                      No...they stopped 'TOM" -- from "DICKEN" "HARRY"...

                      Sorry -- could not resist...

                        #20.5 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:35 PM EDT

                        Well I just think that if she would like to try a man she should try DARK meat it has more FLAVOR

                          #20.6 - Thu Sep 27, 2012 12:04 AM EDT
                          Reply

                          dear Rich Wang I Love Her

                            Reply#21 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:24 PM EDT

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                              Reply#22 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:24 PM EDT

                              This has to be some kind of joke. If not, I bet his money will sit and gather dust unless he uses it, because no man in the WORLD can convince a lesbian who is devoted to her long-term partner to give it up to make daddy happy, regardless of the payout. Screw that!! I can't even believe she allowed him to go public with this nonsense. If, when he passes, she still hasn't given in and he decides to cut her out of the will over it then I hope she can either sue his estate or make it through with her dignity intact, if nothing else.

                              • 8 votes
                              Reply#23 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:26 PM EDT

                              How do I get in touch with Mr. Cecil Chao Sze-tsung?

                                Reply#24 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:26 PM EDT

                                He is offering too much, the money will attract the wrong guys. All she needs is me for 24 hours and she will willingly convert.

                                  Reply#25 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:27 PM EDT

                                  Geez..another guy who thinks he can "convert" a lesbian...how wrong you are....it will not work....Just like you being with a man would not "convert" you to being gay....you are what you are...gay or straight....geez, people when are you going to get this? What an ignorant world we live in.

                                  • 12 votes
                                  #25.1 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:46 PM EDT

                                  Guys don't even think of trying; you have no chance unless you are a Chinese.

                                  The playboy father wants a grandchild of pure blood, not mixed.

                                  • 2 votes
                                  #25.2 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:41 PM EDT

                                  @World of Morons- You idiot!!

                                  If you or any man thinks all that gay woman needs is 24 hours of being with them, then you are more growth stunted than one could imagine!!

                                  Your name is perfect and only reflects your moronic brain. Oh, I gave you too much credit. You don't have a brain, most cavemen don't.

                                  • 6 votes
                                  #25.3 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:58 PM EDT

                                  @Maya --- Hey Miss Attitude, I hope you have an endless suppy of "D" Cell batteries and comfortable shoes. You're going to need them.

                                    #25.4 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:55 PM EDT

                                    Show me her Bush.

                                      #25.5 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:52 PM EDT

                                      I know how to convert a lesbian, plenty of flavored rum.

                                        #25.6 - Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:17 PM EDT
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