The Birth of the Hong Kong Island Family.

Chapter 21 [Conspiracy and Trick]

Lin Zhichao's second-hand Ford car slowly stopped at No. 6 Yongji Street, Central.

Looking out of the building through the window, the mahogany exterior wall and door plaque, and the signboard of "Lu Yu Tea House" in golden characters, this is the place where merchants gather - Lu Yu Tea House.

Lu Yu's tea room is divided into three floors. Outside the gate on the first floor, there will be Indian guards with white cloth heads. Speaking of this, there is a story: most of the people who come to Lu Yu's tea room to drink tea are celebrities. Lang (a famous young playwright in the 30s who wrote more than 100 scripts in his life) often came to Lu Yu Teahouse to find Mr. Xue Juexian, a famous Cantonese opera actor. It is a precedent for Indians to guard the door in the tea room.

Lu Yu Tea House is considered a time-honored tea house in Hong Kong. The owner of this tea house came to Hong Kong from Shanghai in the 30s to open this tea house.Therefore, the decoration of this tea room still maintains the old-fashioned style of Shanghai in the 30s, with high-quality rosewood seats, large mahogany screens, yellowed scrolls of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, waiters in old-fashioned Tang suits and 'Big Sister', the long-sleeved luthier who tunes the piano, and the Cantonese opera actress with light makeup who is ready to take the stage for the guests at any time, let the tea guests who enter the door have an illusory feeling of traveling back to the big magic city full of luxury and money.

Lin Zhichao opened the door and walked down, and walked towards Lu Yu's tea room. The Indian guard immediately smiled and opened the door.

There are many Indians in Hong Kong, all of whom are servants brought by the British, and the Chinese also like to use Indians to guard the gate, as if it has become a law, including Indians wearing turbans at the entrance of the Peninsula Hotel.

Xue Junshan, the driver and bodyguard, went to park the car. He was used to the boss's style, because the boss said that he had no enemies, so he didn't need to be overprotective for now.

This is not the first time for Lin Zhichao to visit Lu Yu’s Tea House. After all, businessmen like him may visit Lu Yu’s Tea House, Jincheng Tea House, Deyun Tea House, Gao Sheng Tea House, Lianxiang Tea House, and Datong Restaurant the most in recent years (in the future).

People from the financial and business circles who come to Hong Kong for development usually gather in these places. They gather together to whisper and talk about current affairs and politics.Many friendships are met on such occasions, and then meet to do business and cooperate.

A middle-aged waiter quickly came to Lin Zhichao, bowed and said, "Lin Sheng, you are here!"

He may have only served Lin Zhichao once, but he deeply remembers this young man in his mind. This is his basic professional skill.

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Ah Liang, take me to Mr. Jian!"

A Liang was also very surprised. He didn't expect Lin Zhichao to remember him, and he suddenly felt that it was very normal for this young man to succeed.

And don't look at Ah Liang, who is still a waiter in middle age, but these teahouse waiters in this era are not competent for ordinary people. If they are in later generations, they will at least be a business manager.

Li Chaoren used to be a waiter in a small tea house, and he was frightened when he accidentally spilled tea on the guests, because in this era, the guests are likely to scold you, and the boss will not sympathize with you, and will decisively kill you expulsion.

Like Lu Yu's teahouse's waiters, they pay more attention to vision and flexibility. Of course, they also have a wide network of contacts; just like Lin Zhichao back then, they may still be doing some intermediary business while they are working, and the boss doesn't care too much. , as long as you don't affect the business.

"This way please, Elder Jian has already reserved a private room, and there is a guest accompanying him!"

"Um"

Walking into a private room, there are Jian Dongpu, the leader of the Bank of Hong Kong, and Liao Baoshan, a businessman from Chaozhou.

"Mr. Jian and Brother Liao have been waiting for a long time!" Lin Zhichao said politely.

Jian Dongpu smiled and said, "We are just here too, please sit down!"

Liao Baoshan also smiled, and said as kindly as possible: "Brother Jian, Zhichao just defeated me. It seems that you really have the knowledge of people."

A trace of satisfaction appeared on Jian Dongpu's face, and he said, "He was originally a leader in the real estate industry and a leader who changed the real estate landscape in Hong Kong. It's normal to beat you. But since you have such a wide business, it doesn't matter if you attack everywhere."

Liao Baoshan said to Lin Zhichao who was sitting down: "Brother, last time we met in a hurry, even though we were rivals, I wanted to be friends with you, so I asked Brother Jian to make connections. Please forgive me for being abrupt!"

Lin Zhichao hurriedly said modestly: "Brother Liao was joking, it is my honor that you can think highly of me. You are a senior in the business world, and you are helping me. I am too happy to be happy."

After being polite, everyone sat down and drank tea. They didn't call it a show, after all, the three of them were talking about something.

Although he was very polite with Liao Baoshan, Lin Zhichao did not regard him as a confidant, but simply as a friend.

And Liao Baoshan took the initiative to ask someone to make an appointment with him, just to ask for real estate knowledge. After all, he used to do real estate, which was to buy low-end buildings and then release them to collect rent.

Seeing that Lin Zhichao was having a good time this time, he immediately invited two friends, intending to develop the He Dong family's territory; but he did not expect that Lin Zhichao's empty glove white wolf won it.

Although he was defeated, Lin Zhichao obviously already had a background, so he simply took the initiative to get acquainted and ask for some real estate-related knowledge.

During the period, Jian Dongpu was also very happy to join the discussion.

Lin Zhichao always answers every question, and he is not stingy with that bit of knowledge.

However, although Hong Kong real estate developers know about 'strata sales' and 'off-the-plan sales', everyone is obviously not as good as Lin Zhichao, so Liao Baoshan asked a lot for advice.

"I really don't know if I don't ask for advice. We've only learned a little bit. My brother is an expert in the real estate industry!"

"Brother, thank you for the prize. In fact, this knowledge, as long as you do one or two projects, you will naturally be familiar with it."

"With your guidance, I can naturally get started faster."

Lin Zhichao smiled, then turned around and said: "Now the real estate business is profitable, but after all, the land price is high and the profit is not high. I heard that my brother has set up a bank. Could it be that he is speculating in gold, which is a very profitable business."

Come and go without indecent!
Seeing this topic brought up, Liao Baoshan immediately became more talkative, talking about the excitement of gold speculation, which was quite high-profile.

In fact, he is such a character. As far as Lin Zhichao knows, Liao Baoshan announced in a high profile in the early 60s that his family property was 1 million Hong Kong dollars; but he did not expect that shortly after the announcement, there was a run on Liao Chongxing Bank, and Liao Baoshan I was also scared that my liver and gallbladder ruptured, and finally my blood vessel burst and died. Fortunately, my two sons were already in college, and they were called back in time to take over. Afterwards, I dealt with a lot of properties cheaply, and finally avoided bank bankruptcy.

Lin Zhichao echoed: "Sure enough, it's wonderful! This gold speculation depends on the rise and fall of gold prices in Shanghai and Guangdong Province, the war situation in the mainland, and how much gold Hong Kong banks can import from Macau."

Liao Baoshan opened his eyes wide, and said in surprise: "My brother is really powerful, and these key points can be understood. Or someday, I will take you to increase your knowledge."

Lin Zhichao immediately revealed a very interested expression, and said: "Thank you, brother! To be honest, I am a person who has never seen the world, so it is good to open my eyes."

Lin Zhichao is not worried that Liao Baoshan will frame him. After all, if he is speculating in gold, let alone Liao Baoshan, even He Shanheng of Hang Seng Bank may not be his opponent.

As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Lin Zhichao knows a lot:

First of all, he knows that the price of gold in the next three years will probably rise from 200, 300 to 600, 700 yuan per tael, which means that he knows the big things and will not take orders when it is above 600 yuan.

Secondly, as far as he knows, gold in the mainland began to soar from the second quarter of 1948. Later, Jiang old man began to issue gold round coupons in September to search for private gold; Wanton depreciation. Events like this have a great impact on Hong Kong gold and can be used as a reference.

Finally, Lin Zhichao also knew that Hang Seng Bank almost controlled the "gold speculation in Hong Kong Gold and Silver Market" from 1948 to 1949, because Hang Seng Bank cooperated with Omen Luobao, He Xian and others to import a large amount of gold from South Africa and Europe. The gold is then smuggled into Hong Kong.An import can even be as high as 3 to [-] taels. Just imagine that with so much cheap gold in hand, if you don’t ask a financier in Shanghai to take over the order, whoever will take it over.

How crazy are Chaozhou merchants speculating in gold? They directly install short-waves on the "gold smuggling ship" at sea, and then set up a radio station in Hong Kong. Through this information, they get information one step ahead of many people.

So the three-year "golden war" was the bloodletting of the people of Guangdong Province by the people of Guangdong Province.As soon as these Shanghai bankers arrived in Hong Kong, they were bloodletted by Cantonese people, and some even went bankrupt.

Probably because of this, later Hong Kong's financial circles were all Cantonese, and there were very few financiers in Shanghai who came from the financial city.

At this time, Jian Dongpu said: "You two have taught each other, but speculating in gold is risky, Zhichao, you have to be careful."

He thinks that Lin Zhichao is doing well in real estate, not to mention that now Lin Zhichao owes the Bank of East Asia a lot of money.

Lin Zhichao immediately said seriously: "Don't worry, Mr. Jane, my favorite is steady."

Jian Dongpu nodded, very satisfied with Lin Zhichao's attitude.

The three of them dispersed after having a meal.

After Liao Baoshan got into his car, he showed a strange smile.

"It's just young and energetic. How can speculating in gold be so easy? Since he is willing to enter the industry, it doesn't matter to take him along."

"It depends on his fortune, how long can he lose that little money!"

Liao Baoshan didn't think Lin Zhichao was his real friend. Although he invited him this time, he just wanted to ask some real estate knowledge and try to see how much Jian Dongpu liked Lin Zhichao.

He also had resentment in his heart for losing the land this time, but Lin Zhichao already had a backer.Since Lin Zhichao wants to speculate in gold, there is no reason for Liao Baoshan not to bring him into the industry. He thinks that Lin Zhichao is young and vigorous, so he may not have such good luck every time. It is normal for him to speculate in gold and lose his family fortune.

(End of this chapter)