Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 742: Dividing and Disintegrating the Opponent's Strength

Feifei secretly glanced at Xue Jinglan's increasingly muscular breasts, then looked at her own granary which was obviously two sizes smaller. She felt a little inferior and couldn't help feeling dissatisfied with Chu Xiangqian.

I secretly thought that when I gave birth to a child, it would definitely be bigger.

But when Feifei thought about the fact that Xue Jinglan's breasts were bigger than hers before she gave birth to a child, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Knowing this about yourself, you can never expect to surpass Xue Jinglan.

Looking at Xue Jinglan's height and perky butt, Feifei was immediately discouraged.
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After the Chinese New Year, Chu Xiangqian returned to Hong Kong Island on the fourth day of the New Year. As for his wife and children, they would have to wait until Chu Jingrong was one year old before they could take a plane.

As for taking the boat, there was no problem, but Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei knew that he could not stay in Hong Kong Island for a few days and had to fly to Los Angeles and London.

So Gangsheng and Feifei were not in a hurry to go back to Hong Kong Island with him.

Instead, they waited until Chu Xiangqian finished his work abroad and returned to Beijing for a while, and then Gangsheng and Feifei went back to Hong Kong Island with him to take care of him.

If Chu Xiangqian returns to the capital, Gangsheng and Feifei will follow him.

Chu Xiangqian got off the plane, got into Zhang Tianzhi and Zhou Billy's car, and directly told Zhang Tianzhi to go to Chai Wan Pier.

Then he picked up the car phone and called Ye Xiaoli and Sanjiangshui.

After two and a half years of construction, Chai Wan Wharf completed the wharf last year, and now the warehouse area and cargo loading and unloading area have been completed. The remaining projects are basically ancillary facilities and will no longer affect the operation of the wharf.

After spending an afternoon at the dock with professional engineers, lawyers, and acceptance project managers, Chu Xiangqian nodded to Ye Xiaoli with satisfaction.

Chu Xiangqian met Ye Xiaoli half a year after the wharf project started, and then he appointed Ye Xiaoli as the person in charge of the wharf project.

Therefore, in the past two years, Ye Xiaoli has spent more time and energy on the dock than on the real estate company "Mingda" he founded.

Seeing that the main part of the wharf was about to be inspected and accepted, Ye Xiaoli was really afraid that something might go wrong with the wharf project.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian was satisfied, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As for Chu Xiangqian, he has been in Hong Kong Island for too short a time, and his foundation is indeed not as good as that of the old and prestigious families that have been running the business for generations.

The most direct manifestation is that he has always lacked an independent operator.

Ye Xiaoli, who has not yet become rich, now relies on Chu Xiangqian for 9% of his projects. He says that Chu Xiangqian is his breadwinner and there is no problem with that.

Not only did he get the Kowloon Racecourse from Chu Xiangqian, but also the project of two buildings facing the street.

The Universal Studios project was also handed over to Ye Xiaoli.

Even the 30 warehouses and three 3-story industrial buildings in the dock warehouse area were handed over by Chu Xiangqian to Mingda, the real estate company founded by Ye Xiaoli.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian had already invested in Mingda and acquired a 30% stake.

Giving the project to this company is a disguised way of saving money.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian intends to push Mingda to the position of one of the top real estate companies in Hong Kong Island.

Anyway, he didn't plan to set up a real estate company directly, and he knew that Ye Xiaoli was very capable, so he invested in Mingda early on.

In contrast, the real estate market in Hong Kong Island is dominated by new forces such as the Li family, the Guo family, the Shark Tong family, the Bao family, Kadoorie and Swire Properties, or old forces that occupy the vast majority of the market share.

It would be better to train a very capable person to get involved and grab a piece of the pie.

Moreover, when the three brothers of the Guo family, Li Zhaoji and Shao Yutong, set up a real estate company in the future, Chu Xiangqian will also look for opportunities to invest in their company.

Then, in the early stages of the company's development, just like supporting Ye Xiaoli, it not only provided engineering projects but also provided guarantees for Ye Xiaoli. It borrowed a total of HK$500 million from Hang Seng twice as start-up capital to start construction of the projects that Chu Xiangqian gave to Mingda.

This will not only save you trouble, but also bring you extremely generous returns in the future, and at the same time establish a new wealthy circle with Chu Xiangqian as the core.
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And Ye Xiaoli's wealth in the past two years has indeed expanded like a balloon.

The 30 warehouses and three eight-storey industrial buildings at Chai Wan Pier alone made him nearly two million Hong Kong dollars.

Together with the two buildings at the Kowloon Racecourse and the Universal Studios project, once completed, we can earn another three to four million Hong Kong dollars.

Judging from the situation when Li Gongtan bought the Mid-Levels villa two years ago, his plastic flower factory had a net profit of 56 yuan for the whole year.

In other words, the money Ye Xiaoli earned in the past two years is definitely four or five times that of Li Gongtan, who has not yet really become rich.

Both the black and white worlds in Hong Kong have already regarded Ye Xiaoli as Chu Xiangqian's henchman.

Ye Xiaoli really regarded himself as Chu Xiangqian's follower, or even a younger brother.

After all, 9% of the income depends on Chu Xiangqian, and everyone would treat him as the ancestor.
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Chu Xiangqian sent away a dozen engineers from the acceptance company and his own lawyer.

Standing on a high place and looking at the dock area covering 120 acres, I couldn't help but feel excited.

If the terminal operates for another 30 to 50 years, the land of the terminal alone should be worth tens or even hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars in the future.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian would definitely not sell the wharf, but let him set up his own wharf management company and recruit one, two hundred, or even thousands of people to manage the wharf.

Chu Xiangqian thought that it would be better to learn from the casinos in Macau and subcontract the gambling halls out.

Chu Xiangqian also wanted to subcontract the terminal business.

They collect generous rent every year and watch the land prices in Hong Kong Island rise year after year.

Even if there is an economic crisis and housing prices fall for a few years, they will become more expensive after they rebound in retaliation.

Chu Xiangqian thought for a moment, then said to Ye Xiaoli, "Help me make an appointment with Mr. Bao from Shipping, and tell him that I'm inviting him to dinner at the Youguqi branch in Causeway Bay tonight.

By the way, I'd like to ask Hang Seng's General Manager Ho Chan-yuen, as well as Shark Tong and Ho Chao-sheng if they are free to come over for a drink.

Let’s talk about new business.”

Ye Xiaoli nodded hurriedly. While making the call, he was happy that he could get in touch with the children of a prominent family in Hong Kong Island.

He also secretly wondered why Chu Xiangqian met these people after he came back to inspect the dock?

Unfortunately, after thinking for a long time, Ye Xiaoli never thought that Chu Xiangqian would subcontract the terminal business.

To put it bluntly, he is just afraid of trouble.
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There is a Guqi branch in Causeway Bay in the evening. Ye Xiaoli and San Jiangshui, who came uninvited, stood at the door, one on the left and one on the right, waiting for customers to come.

Even if Chu Xiangqian personally invited them, basically no one in Hong Kong Island would be willing to solve the problem.

Not to mention that he and He Zanyuan, He Chaosheng, and Zheng Yutong have been partners for a long time and have always had business dealings.

As for Mr. Bao, after he founded his shipping company in 55, he expanded his fleet from one ship to five ships in just a few years.

He is considered a new wealthy man in Hong Kong Island, but in terms of wealth, he is naturally far inferior to Chu Xiangqian.

He is not even as good as He Chaosheng, who is already a multi-millionaire.

However, considering the rising trend in the past 20 years, the charter king is the person whose wealth has increased the fastest.

He once became the richest man in Hong Kong Island.

A little after 6 o'clock in the evening, Zheng Yutong, who had arrived more than minutes early, drove over alone for the banquet.

After getting off the car, he hurriedly shook hands with Ye Xiaoli and San Jiangshui. After some polite exchanges, he learned that Chu Xiangqian was talking to Bridge, the executive director of the Jockey Club, inside. Zheng Yutong's eyes lit up, thinking that Bridge must be talking to Chu Xiangqian about the auction.

After apologizing to Ye Xiaoli and San Jiangshui, he quickly walked into the restaurant.

As soon as I entered, I heard Bridge constantly lobbying Chu Xiangqian to sell the naming rights of this auction to the Jockey Club for HK$100 million.

He also strongly requested Chu Xiangqian to continue holding auctions at the Jockey Club.

For this, Bridge didn't even want the 5% commission.

Unfortunately, Chu Xiangqian promised his daughter-in-law that he would hold an auction in the name of his son and daughter-in-law, and would also inject 3 million US dollars into a fund whose beneficiaries were himself, Xue Jinglan and Chu Jingrong.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian was unmoved, Bridge felt a headache.

Although Chu Xiangqian agreed at the beginning to give 5% of the auction proceeds as commission to the Jockey Club.

Just looking at Chu Xiangqian who sold his works for a total of US$4320 million at the end of the previous year, it is impossible for everyone in the Jockey Club not to be envious.

In addition, Chu Xiangqian used the excuse that he could not gather all the good horses for the auction in a short period of time, so he suspended the horse racing auction for a whole year.

Once the auction starts this year, horse owners from Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and even various well-known horse farms will participate in the auction.

If the Jockey Club could get the naming rights, it could make a fortune just from selling advertisements.

Not to mention, this kind of auction worth tens of millions of dollars will definitely greatly enhance the popularity of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

But Chu Xiangqian actually wanted to change the auction venue from the Jockey Club to his own racecourse in Kowloon.

For Chu Xiangqian, since his own horse farm has been built, there is no need to let the Jockey Club make a profit.

Not to mention, the Jockey Club used to take a 5% commission from itself.

That would be fine, after all, when auctioning racehorses, he really needs the connections of the Jockey Club to invite horse owners from Southeast Asia to participate in the auction.

But Chu Xiangqian didn't feel that he owed the Jockey Club anything.

Moreover, it had been agreed before that the Jockey Club would transfer part of the breeding business of its members' racehorses to the Kowloon Racecourse.

Since the auction was not held last year, the Jockey Club used the excuse that the facilities at the Kowloon Racecourse were not yet complete and has been dragging its feet on the breeding business.

This caused Chu Xiangqian's Kowloon Racecourse to lose at least a million Hong Kong dollars in profit.

This money is not only enough to maintain the operation of the horse farm, but also to pay the employees' salaries.

Chu Xiangqian had never been so petty with the Jockey Club's directors before, but now he even wants to use the auction venue's name to sell advertising. This is a bit too greedy.

This made Chu Xiangqian unhappy.

Seeing Zheng Yutong coming in, Bridge gritted his teeth and whispered in Chu Xiangqian's ear, "After the auction, we will transfer at least 100 members' racehorses to Kowloon Racecourse for breeding."

Chu Xiangqian curled his lips and said, "No need, my people are working hard. In the past year, we have found more than 30 horse owners to keep their racehorses at Kowloon Racecourse.

I believe that after this auction, the horse farm may have to worry about not having enough stables.”

Bridge cursed in his heart, and at the same time secretly hated those British directors in the Jockey Club, who were making things difficult for Chu Xiangqian because they were jealous of Chu Xiangqian being awarded the title of knight.

Now Chu Xiangqian tore up the previously agreed agreement to hold the auction at the Jockey Club.

In the end, it is the Jockey Club that suffers the most.

As for suing Chu Xiangqian, the worst that can happen is that the auction can be held in London or Auvergne, and the Jockey Club will have no way to do anything to him.

Even if the Jockey Club still sued him, Chu Xiangqian would just go to London and say that he would hold an auction there in the second half of the year.

The custodian in London will immediately issue an order to withdraw the charges against Chu Xiangqian.

By then, not only would Chu Xiangqian be offended, but in order to curry favor with Chu Xiangqian, the people in London would definitely help him and cause trouble for the English directors of the Jockey Club.

Seeing that Bridge was not giving up, Chu Xiangqian winked at Zheng Yutong. Zheng Yutong was stunned for a moment, then reacted and nodded.

He turned around and went to the dining table to get a wine glass, giving Chu Xiangqian and Bridge some time.

Chu Xiangqian then whispered to Bridge about the title.

After listening to this, Bridge swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice, feeling uneasy, "Chu, can this really be done?"

Chu Xiangqian shrugged and said, "Don't worry about whether it can be done or not. Just give me 50 pounds. If it doesn't work out, I will return your principal plus interest.

However, this 50 pounds is the price of the fifth-class officer medal.

If I help you get an OBE, the price will go up another £30."

Bridge hesitated painfully.

Honestly speaking, although 80 seems expensive for an officer's medal, it is still acceptable.

With his background and network of connections, he had no way of contacting Philips, let alone bribe Philips.

But spending 50 to buy the Officer Medal is really too expensive.

No, it’s ridiculously expensive.

But thinking about Chu Xiangqian's relationship with the royal family, and what he said was that he had not fulfilled his promise to return the money, Bridge couldn't help but hesitate again.

50 pounds converted into Hong Kong dollars is exactly 800 million Hong Kong dollars.

How much time and effort will it take to earn back the 800 million?

Bridge hesitated for a moment.
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Chu Xiangqian ignored him. He believed that with the temptation of the title, this guy would not bother him with the Jockey Club's affairs in the future.

Moreover, after Bridge was awarded the title, as the executive director of the Jockey Club, he no longer had to worry about the influence of the other British directors of the Jockey Club.

Although the rights of the nobles had long been restricted and even suppressed by capital, Chu Xiangqian knew that within the Ying Kingdom, you are in me and I am in you.

The aristocracy and capital are both competitive and compatible and mutually beneficial. It is impossible for capital and Downing Street to completely break away from the influence of the aristocracy.

Therefore, in Hong Kong Island, British officials or businessmen with titles naturally suppress British people without titles.

Even those few local people who received medals were often able to force the British people to make concessions.
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Chu Xiangqian walked to Zheng Yutong, but before he could speak, Shark Tong asked in a low voice, "What happened to Bridge? I saw that he was bullied by you?"

Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes and cooperated with Shanyu Tong. Chu Xiangqian used the South African diamond license, valued at HK$320 million, to invest in the Hong Kong Diamond Import and Export Company founded by Shanyu Tong, and obtained 30% of the company's shares.

The two have always had a pleasant collaboration in the diamond and pearl business.

He was subsequently hired as the general manager of Bald Eagle Watches. The company was valued at US$500 million, and 10% of the shares were sold to Zheng Yutong over several years as a reward.

Over the past year and a half, Bald Eagle watches have been selling quite well in the island country, and Chu Xiangqian's relationship with him naturally became closer.

As they became more familiar with each other, this guy started to speak more casually.

(End of this chapter)