金立董事長劉立榮承認賭博

A Chinese tech tycoon is denying that his ten-figure gambling losses at Saipan's Imperial Pacific casino are to blame for the near-bankruptcy of smartphone maker Gionee.

近日，中國一名技術大亨否認自己在塞班島帝國太平洋賭場輸?shù)舻氖畮變|元與智能手機制造商金立瀕臨破產(chǎn)有所關聯(lián)。

Last weekend, Chinese business media outlet Securities Times published an interview with Gionee chairman/CEO Liu Lirong in which he denied reports that he'd lost up to RMB 10b (US$1.44b) gambling at the Imperial Pacific Resort casino on the island of Saipan.

上周末，中國商業(yè)媒體《證券時報》發(fā)表了對金立董事長兼首席執(zhí)行官劉立榮的采訪。劉立榮在采訪中否認了有關他在塞班島帝國太平洋度假村賭場輸?shù)袅?00億元人民幣(約合14.4億美元)的報道。

Gionee, which holds 6% of China's smartphone market, is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, with around RMB17b in debts on its balance sheet.

占據(jù)中國智能手機市場6%份額的金立正瀕臨破產(chǎn)，其資產(chǎn)負債表附表上負債約170億元人民幣。

Suppliers have cut off the company after several months of non-payments, leaving the company's future severely in doubt.

供應商在該公司幾個月未付款后切斷了與其的聯(lián)系，使金立的未來受到嚴重懷疑。

In January, a court in the Chinese city of Dongguan ordered a two-year freeze of Liu's 41% stake in Gionee, reportedly based on growing awareness of the exec's mounting gambling debts.

今年一月，中國東莞市一家法院下令凍結了劉立榮在金立41%的股份，為期兩年。據(jù)報道，原因是外界越來越意識到這位高管的賭債越來越多。

Liu said the rumors of his gambling debts were greatly exaggerated, saying "how could Ipossibly lose" the reported RMB10b sum.

劉立榮表示，關于自己賭債的傳聞被嚴重夸大了，稱“我怎么可能輸?shù)?00億元”。

Liu added that if the rumors were true, Imperial Pacific International's Hong Kong-listed shares"should have surged" instead of falling by half since the start of the year.

劉立榮補充稱，如果傳言屬實，那么帝國太平洋國際在香港上市的股票自年初以來“應該大幅上漲”，而不是下跌一半。

Liu did admit that he'd lost "a bit more than RMB1b" ($144m) from his gambling activity.

不過劉立榮承認，他確實在賭博中輸?shù)袅?ldquo;10億多元人民幣”(約合1.44億美元)。