Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 585: Prepare for a rainy day and find alternative grain merchants

As for Lei Luo, who lost power after the Independent Commission Against Corruption was about to be established, as long as the girl did not commit suicide, basically no one from the black and white circles in Hong Kong would trouble her.

After all, Lei Luo and Bai Fanyu are also well-known figures. If they embarrass their daughter or sister-in-law, they will definitely be laughed at by the Taoist priests.

Baifanyu is still worried, but today is Fei Bo's wife's birthday, so it's hard to say too much.

He could only smile and say, "Achu, you are the best. How about giving my grandma a name?"

Not to mention Lei Luo and Bai Yuechang, even Fei Bo, Lan Gang, Charles and other ghost guys looked at Baifanyu in surprise.

Then Bai Yuechang looked at Chu Qianqian expectantly.

To be honest, after all, there was almost a 30-year age difference. Bai Yuechang was both fond of and a little disappointed with this younger sister.

If it were a younger brother, Bai Yuechang might be as happy as if she had given birth to a son, but then she would start to worry that her younger brother would take over all her father's property.

But as a younger sister, not only do I no longer have to worry about this, I naturally hope that my own younger sister will have as many backers as possible.

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes, "Okay, okay, uncle, when I return to the capital next time, I will beg my master and my wife to give the little girl an identity.

When she gets older, I'll teach her Kung Fu in person, okay? "

When Baifanyu heard this, he immediately became happy and said, "This is good, this is good."

The relationship between senior brother and sister is indeed stronger than other relationships, and as he personally teaches boxing and kicking skills, he is almost half a disciple, or even half a daughter. In the future, he will no longer have to worry about someone bullying his little daughter.

Now it's the other people's turn to be envious.

Chu Xiangqian's kung fu is so powerful, it is a real majesty.

Not to mention that he is now one of the real richest people in Hong Kong Island.

Last year, 4 million Hong Kong dollars were spent to build the Chai Wan Pier, and then tens of millions were spent to expand the Diamond Hill studio.

There is also a whole street facing the Yau Ma Tei Racecourse, where a store and two high-rise buildings will be built, and a golf resort will be built on Tung Lung Island a few nautical miles east of Chai Wan.

If all is said and done, it will cost over 100 million yuan to invest.

This is a rare large project and investment on Hong Kong Island.

Unexpectedly, because of Baifanyu's plea, a big boss like Chu Xiangqian would actually accept his youngest daughter as his junior sister.

But what outsiders didn't know was that Baifanyu was the first person to help Chu Qianqian purchase grain.

He helped purchase 5,000 tons of sweet potato flour from Luzon Island, and saved tens of thousands of Chinese people. Based on this alone, it was normal for Chu Qianqian to look at Bai Fanyu in a different light.

Moreover, 60 tons of wheat were given to China for free this time. When China no longer lacks food, in order not to owe any favors, the superiors will most likely offer to repay it with food.

It's not impossible for Chu Xiangqian to slowly sell food on Hong Kong Island, but as a wholesaler, he can sell it faster than a retailer.

A collaborator like Baifanyu who has always had a good relationship will naturally become the first choice.

Even after Feifei, Linda, or Alyssa gave birth to a son for him in the future, if the child met Baifanyu's little daughter, he would not object to them being together.

After eating and drinking, it was inevitable to play cards, but Chu Xiangqian really had no intention of playing cards with this group of ordinary people.

Everyone present, whether they were police officers, club bosses, or ghost guys, all knew that Chu Xiangqian was known as the God of Gamblers and had never lost at the gambling table.

There are rumors outside that after he has practiced kung fu to the extreme, he can't even feel the slightest difference, so he can know what each card is.

Only in this way can you win every bet.

As for Da Ma, Hong Xing Jiang, and Xia Shan Bao, they had actually lost at least hundreds of thousands to Chu Qianqian, so the fool continued to sit at the same table with him.

That's no different than giving money.

Chu Xiangqian didn't want to disturb everyone's interest, so he said to Sanjiang Shui, "Senior brother, come on for me. Master Bai and I have something to talk about."

Sanjiang Shui naturally had no objection at all, so Chu Qianqian took Baifanyu to a nearby cafe to drink tea and smoke cigars.

A group of gamblers saw that he was really not interested in playing at the table, so they started to set up the table noisily.

Even Charles, the devil, wanted to play with Lan Gang, Lei Luo, Sanjiang Shui and others just for Chu Xiangqian's sake.

And because Chu Xiangqiang was here, Lan Gang and others were not afraid that Gui Lao would act like a rogue when he was desperate, just like before.

Chu Qianqian and Bai Fanyu drank a few sips of tea. After chatting for ten minutes, he said, "Uncle, help me ask my old friends in Luzon Island if they still need iron ore."

Chu Xiangqian was preparing for a rainy day. The last time people from the State Narcotics Enforcement Bureau targeted the wheat warehouse, it had been shown that the underground bank business might still be able to continue, but the wheat business might be in trouble.

Moreover, the purchase of more than 170 million tons of wheat and other grains has indeed caused the price of the surplus wheat in the country to rise.

If you continue to buy it, maybe it will attract the attention of the magnesium country officials.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian was more worried about being noticed by the three major grain merchants headquartered in Magnesia among the four major grain merchants.

Whether the outcome will be good or bad, Chu Xiangqian has no confidence at all.

No matter how rich he is, no matter how cheating he is, he is still a small player in front of a world-class monopoly group.

However, if the wheat purchase business can continue for another half a year until the end of this year, then basically there will be no need to worry about food issues.

Next year, although there will be a large-scale drought in the first half of the year, the scale will still be much smaller than this year and last year.

Relatively speaking, the pressure is not as great as this year or last year.

Baifanyu naturally promised to ask old friends, and iron ore itself is a hard currency. As long as the price is right, there is no fear that no one will buy it.

But after hearing Chu Xiangqian say that there were at least one million tons of high-quality iron ore worth more than ten million US dollars, Baifanyu's eyes were still a little distracted in shock.

After a while, he came back to his senses and asked again and again, "Achu, do you really have so much iron ore in your hand?"

Chu Qianqian nodded, "It's 11 US dollars per ton, high-quality iron ore with 70% iron content, but I only exchange it for grain. And the iron ore has to be transported by the seller to an overseas port."

Baifanyu nodded after hearing this, knowing that Chu Xiangqian was here to raise food for the mainland.

"No problem, I'll call you when I get back tonight."

After getting down to business, the conversation naturally started about Baifanyu’s little daughter.

In the middle of last year, this old boy asked Chu Xiangqian to order a ruby ​​bracelet for the pregnant wife.

During the Chinese New Year, I finally gave birth to a baby girl safely.

Baifanyu was naturally unwilling, but he was only angry for three or four days before he accepted the fact of his little daughter.

And if you have a girl when you are old, she is called a treasure.

If her daughter's biological mother wasn't even a concubine, Baifanyu would have made a big deal to celebrate her daughter's birthday. And Chu Xiangqian just asked Zhang Tianzhi to give the little girl a longevity lock when she was one month old.

Baifanyu wasn't angry either. After all, Hong Kong people at this time also valued sons over daughters, and this daughter was not the daughter of the main wife. There was no reason to ask others to lower their status to celebrate the birthday of an illegitimate daughter.

Now it's good. As long as the younger daughter grows up a few years, she can become Chu Xiangqian's junior sister, and he will teach martial arts personally.

After getting along with her for ten or twenty years, she is basically no different from a daughter who was raised by her own hands.

Chu Xiangqian naturally became the little girl's supporter.

Thinking of this, Bai Fanyu raised his forehead and took out a gold pocket watch from his pocket.

When he opened it, there was a photo of a two- to three-month-old baby inside.

Chu Qianqian took it and opened it. Not to mention, the little girl was really cute.

Baifanyu saw Chu Qianqian glance at him a few times, then looked at the photo, and immediately guessed what he was thinking.

He smiled and said, "Ah Chu, even though my uncle is old now, he was still a handsome young man when he was young. Besides, the child's mother is naturally very beautiful if she can be noticed by an old guy like me."

Chu Xiangqian naturally believed that this child was 100% Baifanyu's child. This old man told him last year that he had found several middle-aged women.

Stay with him 24 hours a day.

Nominally caring, but actually monitoring from the beginning.

When the woman actually became pregnant, the level of care was immediately raised to another level.

Of course, since you are pregnant, it is more about taking care of you.

"By the way, I plan to name the child Bai Yueling. Ah Chu, what do you think of this name?"

Chu Xiangqian shook his head without even thinking about it, "The name sounds nice, but Yue Ling, Yue Ling, Yue Yue returns to zero, which sounds unlucky.

In addition, your surname is Bai, so I really don’t feel good about choosing this name. "

He may not listen to what others say, but he will 100% listen to what Chu Xiangqian says.

He nodded quickly, "What about Bai Yuexi?"

When Chu Xiangqian heard this, he knew that this old guy had actually asked someone about his name a long time ago, and now he asked him about it just because he wanted to deepen his relationship with the little girl.

So he joked angrily, "It's better to just call her Bai Yue."

Unexpectedly, Baifanyu nodded without hesitation, "Okay, let's call her Bai Yue."

"No", this time it was Chu Qianqian's turn to be embarrassed, but Baifanyu didn't care whether he regretted it or not, he said directly, "Achu, you are still good at it, so I said, I asked several Feng Shui masters about the name. Why do I always feel awkward?

It turns out that I had long thought that Bai Yue was the best.

As soon as you reminded me of this, I came back to my senses and called Bai Yue. "

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but smile and roll his eyes. He knew what Bai Fanyu had just said, and he said clearly that he also thought Bai Yue was good. In fact, he had made up his mind to name the woman Bai Yue, and it was useless to object to it.

Seeing that Chu Qianqian shook his head helplessly, with a smile on his face and no look of anger at all, Baifanyu couldn't help but feel happy.

I have known Chu Xiangqian for more than a year, and I generally know his temper.

As long as there are no interests involved, this guy is actually very easy to talk to. Not to mention that he was of great use to him, and some concessions were actually a kind of win-over for Chu Xiangqian.

That's why Baifanyu does this.

The two of them chatted and laughed after that, and the topic basically focused on Bai Yue, or they talked about the movies recently released by movie theaters and film companies.

Chu Xiangqian is not really interested in movies now. After all, no matter how good a movie is at the box office, it only earns three to five million Hong Kong dollars. In one year, the film company can have an annual income of five million, which is already a big deal.

But if you add in the income from movie theaters, it's more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars a year, which is actually very profitable.

Compared with the business of Li Gongtan these days, the ten million is already several times the money he earns.

And this is just one of Chu Xiangqian's business in Hong Kong Island.

But Chu Xiangqian no longer cared much about it, but for Baifanyu, three to five million a year was one-third or even half of the real annual income.

It cannot be valued enough.

Moreover, he is the person who knows the current affairs best. He knows that Chu Qianqian is hostile to the islanders. In the past six months, from time to time, some girls who live in poverty from the island countries have been brought to Hong Kong Island to make movies.

Those who are famous will be promoted to be female stars in third-level movies. Those who are not famous will naturally be released in a few nightclubs.

However, the old men from Hong Kong Island were actually quite welcoming to the girls from the island country. Chu Xiangqian naturally just listened to this as a story.

If you really dig into it, there will definitely be many miserable and even sad stories in it.

"By the way, Ah Chu, Shasha Tong seems to have obtained a lot of gold recently. If you are interested, give him a call. And I heard that this guy plans to buy a diamond from South Africa to take pictures, and he is currently trying to cultivate relationships.

It's a pity that this guy still doesn't believe you. Otherwise, it would be easier for him to come to you directly than to go to London to find connections. "

This is really not flattering Chu Xiangqian. With a local license in London, Chu Xiangqian may not be able to help Shark Tong solve the problem.

But for South Africa’s diamond license, you only need to find Norton’s grandfather, Mountbatten, and spend tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds to secure a license to enter the rough diamond industry.

And it seems that the current chairman of De Beers Group is related to Uncle Norton.

This relationship is not necessarily close, but as long as the negotiation is successful, the rest is just a question of more money and less money.

Chu Qianqian smiled and shook his head, "Uncle, I advise you to stock up on three to five tons of gold as a packing material if you have spare money. In the past two months, the price of gold has really risen.

In the future, if you keep your money in the bank and earn interest, the interest may not keep up with the increase in inflation. So it is best to buy some gold to preserve its value. "

Chu Xiangqian naturally wanted to buy more gold, after all, he was really not short of cash.

Not to mention the monthly dealings with Pablo and the Chicago Mafia's underground bank, and the two horse racing auctions every year, which left him with a lot of cash in his hands, at least tens of millions of dollars in cash.

There are also incomes from selling cattle and sheep, selling marine fish, restaurants, cinemas, film companies, and horse farms, which add up to at least 100 to 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

Not to mention selling iron ore, it’s more than 20 million US dollars a year.

But Ao Menhe, the man behind Shasha Tong and He Zanyuan of Hang Seng Bank, no longer wants to sell gold to Chu Xiangqian at a price of 35 per ounce.

Chu Xiangqian didn't care now. After all, by cooperating with dwarves and elves, he could get more gold and spend less.

Baifanyu naturally trusts Chu Xiangqian's advice 100%.

Last year, this guy said that house prices would rise. Now, both house prices and store prices have indeed slowly increased by at least 15%.

He nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, after we go back and contact our grain merchant friends, I will ask people to buy some gold from the people in various societies who specialize in receiving goods."

(End of this chapter)