This Man Will Pay You $180M To Marry His Daughter, But Here's The Catch

Culture Hook ^ | Gigi Cummings

[SeekAndFind]

Some people have it all, the life of luxury, cars, planes, diamonds, anything they want. And yet there is always something everyone wants that money cant buy. Chinese billionaire Cecil Chao, who made is fortune in luxury real-estate and property development in Hong Kong would love nothing more in life than his darling daughter to get married to the man of her dreams. But Chao's dream will never come true because his only daughter is a lesbian. So Chao is trying to come up with a plan to use his millions to pay a man to "turn" his daughter into a straight female, and he is paying a hefty fee.

The Shocking News

In 2012 Cecil Chao made headlines in the media with his shocking proposal, he was going to pay some man million upon millions of dollars to marry his daughter if that man is successful at turning his lesbian daughter into a straight woman.

The Dowry

With his original proposal, Chao was offering $60 million to the magic man, then in 2014 he upped the payment to $120 million and finally he topped off the offer at a mere $180 million dollars to the lucky fella who could deliver what Chao wanted

His Daughters Response

Cecil Chao's daughter, Gigi, was not very thrilled about the proposal, knowing very well who she was and being confident in herself as a lesbian, she was not necessarily jumping for joy when she heard of her fathers proposal.

Gigi's Refusal

Gigi has been in a happy and loving relationship with her partner for years now and as an act of defiance against her fathers proposal she and her partner made a public appearance and Gigi refused the offer publicly to the media.

Her Letter To Her Father

Gigi was so distraught at her fathers offer to pay someone to "turn her straight" that she wrote her father a very touching letter talking about this whole situation. The letter eventually went public, ending up in the hands of the media.

Treated With Honor

In the letter that Gigi had written her father about the whole situation she talked about her partner, Sean Eav, and how should wants her father to treat her and their relationship "with respect as dignified human beings" which is a very important thing in a Chinese household.

Father And Daughter

Gigi opened her heart in this letter to her father saying, "As your daughter I want nothing more than to make you happy, but in terms of relationships, you expectations of me and the reality of who I am, are not coherent."

Her Fathers Reaction

Chao was not pleased with Gigi's public response to her proposal, being a very wealthy man who can have anything he wanted in life, he was not willing to back down with getting his way, he found his daughters response unreasonable.

Old Fashioned Ideas

Chao, who was known publicly for being with hundreds of women in his lifetime, is a conservative man who believes in specific traditional gender roles and whose ideas about how things should be in a marriage are very strict and not progressive.

His Way Or The Highway

At 77 years old, Chao is not likely to change his point of view on the matter. So his relationship with his daughter is strained and at a stand still because he is not willing to accept who she is, and she is not going to give into what her father wants.

A Father Gives In

After years of begging and pleading to his only daughter Gigi to give him the only thing that money can't buy, Chao eventually gave into the fact his daughter was not going to budge, and he took the proposal off the table, knowing he was not going to win this one.

Coming To Terms With Reality

In public interviews since Chao took the $180 million off the table, he states that while he doesn't agree with his daughters way of life, he has come to respect it and will continue to be her loving father and respect her wishes to be with her partner.

A Daughters Happiness

For Gigi, who has spent years in the public eye tirelessly standing up to her fathers egregious attempts to change who she is at the core of her person, she is relieved that this is all finally over and she can get back to her life with the love of her life.

Separate Lives

Although Chao has publicly taken his offer off of the table, that does not mean he is welcoming Gigi's partner into his life with open arms. Sadly the father and daughter lead completely different lives and Chao has chosen his stubborn way of thinking over being a part of his daughters happiness.

Tradition Runs Deep

It is not surprising that Chao was hopeful for his daughter to change her mind and honor her fathers wishes. In Chinese culture, respect and family honor are very important in Chinese household, especially honoring the elders. But Gigi stood her ground and fought for the life she knew she deserved.

[Leep]

Seems that the masculine one is often older uglier and often more of a jerk than a bio-male?

[DeFault User]

I knew an older fellow like Chao who longed for grandchildren from his daughter. She never came out of the closet but had several “roommates”, eventually buying a house with one. But her father either had blinders on or chose not to recognize what was going on. Nobody had the heart to tell him either. We suspected that deep down he knew but couldn’t deal with it. All very sad.

[kanawa]

Fastest way might be cutting her out of the will.

[RooRoobird20]

See NYC first lady Mrs De Blasio.

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And she is HIDEOUS!!! Mayor DeBlasio clearly married her to punch his ticket with black voters. I can’t imagine any normal sane man finding Mrs. DeBlasio even remotely attractive.

[buwaya]

So do I. Ultimately what does a man have to show for his life, but his descendants? Who, in truth, would prefer dying a billionaire but childless, to dying a pauper, but with seven strong sons?

Its a bit odd he hasn’t taken advantage of his culture, which provides an out. The traditional Chinese solution to these things is to have more children with other women, other wives and concubines.

The need for old men to belatedly provide heirs is quite a prominent trope in Chinese culture, especially among overseas Chinese, often single men who have spent their lives at hard work, become wealthy, and are then determined to produce heirs. This explains why Chinese traditional medicine was heavy on the aphrodisiacs.

[rwoodward]

Laz would flip that!

[Leep]

Also, I bet the older dykes biggest fear is their sweet young thing will revert back for the right man.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Not worth the effort.

[4yearlurker]

I would have taken a shot at it about 35 years ago or so. I would have gotten something straight between me and her.

[DiogenesLamp]

He should have boxed his daughter in the mouth, and hired hit men to beat the crap out of anyone who isn't male.

It should have been made clear to her early on that this sort of crap would not be tolerated.

[Mears]

There is nothing better than violence for improving family values./s

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[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

Ha ha, my first thought, too! “Laz can do it!”

If it can be done, we leave it up to Laz....

[mountn man]

You think you can get him her to just change teams? He's She's not going to suddenly switch sides. Forget about it.

Then:

Now:

[Sergio]

Related joke.

Man walks into a bar and see a stunning woman and comments on how beautiful she is. He is told that the woman is a lesbian and to not waste his time.

Undeterred, the man walks up to the woman and without warning gives her a long passionate, “From Here to Eternity” kiss.

After the kiss, the woman, with amazement and passion in her eyes, tells the man: “Wow, that was amazing...would you happen to have a sister?”

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

otoh, I once turned an attractive young woman lesbian......

no, jk, but I was “interested” in someone, and she told me sorry, she was into the ladies..... how sad.

[WKUHilltopper]

Hey pops...cut her off from your gravy train. Watch how fast she flips.

[seawolf101]

Future husband.

[sheana]

The same thing kind of sort of happened with hubbys dad and sister who was gay. We all thought how could he not know? But no one ever said anything to him. Then he got dementia and sister started treating him like crap so he grew to dislike her. He was at our house one day ranting and raving about her and all of a sudden he looked at hubby and said......and yeah, I can’t stand the queer.
We almost busted a gut.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Anne Heche switched teams after that movie where Harrison Ford had to reach into her pants.

The man’s got the magic touch.

[sheana]

I’m shocked some male hasn’t approached her and made a deal to get the $180 mil and then split it.