Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 757: The wealthy guest who came to be slaughtered

The shops facing the street at the horse farm are not only three-story, but also have very deep doors.

5 times 8 meters, an area of ​​40 square meters per floor, is actually rare in stores on Hong Kong Island.

Moreover, the three floors together cover an area of ​​120 square meters, and the annual rent is only HK$1.2, which means that the annual rent per square meter is only HK$1.

This is considered cheap in the prosperous area of ​​Hong Kong Island.

It soon attracted owners of tea restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, gold shops, watch shops, and dental clinics to come and inquire.

In just two months, all 30 stores on Nathan Road and 20 stores on Bianwoda Road were rented out.

The annual rent of 60 is a small amount of money for Chu Xiangqian now.

But after a few decades, each of these stores will be worth at least 100 or 200 million.

Even hundreds of millions.

Decades later, a small shop of more than ten square meters in Causeway Bay was sold for 6 million Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, in the decades since the landlord bought this store, he has collected hundreds of millions in rent alone.

However, the rent in Hong Kong Island is too expensive in the future. A fast food meal costs fifty or sixty yuan, so Chu Xiangqian will definitely not sell the store.
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What Ruan Fakui could never have imagined was that after he sent two men to scout the Jockey Club, they were discovered by Shanque just two days later.

These two South Vietnamese deserters were not very powerful on the battlefield, but they were veterans who had escaped from the encirclement and almost died once.

The anti-reconnaissance capability is still very good.

Unfortunately, no matter how powerful he was, as long as he appeared outside the Jockey Club repeatedly, he basically could not escape. From time to time, he would stare at Chu Xiangqian's eyes through the sight of the titmouse at the pedestrians around the Jockey Club.

However, what surprised Chu Xiangqian was that Ruan Fakui was hired as a laborer and entered a street-facing building of the Jockey Club that was under construction. He had only worked for two days when he was noticed by the security guard at the horse farm.

The security guards in the horse farm are not ordinary people. The first 20 security guards were all retired soldiers recruited from the mainland by Chu Xiangqian through Qian Guotai and his brother-in-law Xue Jianrong.

After these security guards had worked at the racecourse for more than a year, the number of racehorses raised there began to increase.

加上楚向前又在马场里，存放了20匹汗血马，10匹纯血马，20匹阿拉伯马、10匹安达卢西亚马10匹汉诺威和30匹乘骑用的夸特马。

As more manpower was needed, 20 security guards were recruited again, and they were all retired soldiers from the mainland.

There are also three experts sent by the superiors to secretly protect the horse farm.

Of course, these people didn’t know Chu Xiangqian’s identity, but Chu Xiangqian knew them all very well.

Moreover, he used his own charity fund to donate over one million Hong Kong dollars two years ago to buy food and various daily necessities for those Chinese people who could not make ends meet and who had sneaked into Hong Kong Island in large numbers.

This is enough to give the higher-ups an excuse to say that Chu Xiangqian is a person worth winning over.

It would be natural for him to send someone to protect his property and hide him in the Jockey Club.

Moreover, the superiors repeatedly emphasized that the matter of contacting Chu Xiangqian would be handled by other people, and all the three palace guards sent by them needed to do was to work conscientiously.

When Chu Xiangqian feels that their work is excellent, he will naturally take the initiative to contact them and take the opportunity to increase their weight in Chu Xiangqian's heart.

Gradually, it influenced Chu Xiangqian's view of the Celestial Empire.

In the past two years, Chu Xiangqian has indeed praised the security department several times and took the opportunity to get to know the three masters.

He doesn't even need to state his position explicitly or hint at it.

Just by using the 'Chu's' fund and donating more money and materials to support widows and single mothers in Hong Kong Island, it was easy to gain the favor of the 40-person security department.

Moreover, he, Lan Gang, Fei Bo, San Jiang Shui, Bai Fan Yu, Luotuo and Deng Fei built a 40-acre breeding base near Tsuen King Highway, and raised 5 sheep and 2 cattle last year.

He really donated a lot of cattle and sheep to the Celestial Empire, and this incident once again made the security guards have a better impression of him.

So ever since Uncle Hai knew that Chu Xiangqian was worried that someone would target the auction, Uncle Hai himself also became worried that someone would target the horse farm.

After all, the ranch now has 120 racehorses ready for auction.

After instructing the security department to strengthen patrols and precautions, the horse farm's security department quietly began to enter a state of combat readiness.

Not only are patrols more intense during normal times, but there are also several people disguised as workers who are observing suspicious persons in the two buildings under construction.

Moreover, there were people inside the stable holding binoculars, staring at the inside and outside of the stable.

So when Ruan Fakui was observing the horse farm in the building under construction facing the street, he was noticed by the security guards disguised as workers in just two days.

The security guard who discovered the abnormality at first did not report it to Uncle Hai or Chu Xiangqian immediately. After all, many of the workers in the building were also very curious about the horse farm.

In their free time, they would even gather in groups of three or five to point and criticize the horses being trained in the stables or the people riding horses on the track.

But what Ruan Fakui should never have done was that every time he observed, he would avoid other workers and then take paper and pen to write and draw.
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When Chu Xiangqian received the news, he had just disembarked from Zhenbaofang and learned about it from Zhang Tianzhi.

He secretly thought that the security guards at the horse farm were really powerful, and at the same time he had a new understanding of these people's abilities.

He smiled, indicating that he understood, then greeted other people getting off the boat before getting on the bus.

I had dinner with Hader, Ge Bai, Baifanyu, Lei Luo, Fei Bo and Lan Gang at Zhenbaofang before. I have to say, the seafood was really excellent.

But eating is not the point.

In the past few days, the three chief Chinese detectives, Lan Gang, Fei Bo and Lei Luo, received a total of 600 million Hong Kong dollars from the detectives, chiefs and gold shop owners in their jurisdiction to deal with the defeated South Vietnamese soldiers.

Of the 600 million, 80 was used to bribe Brigadier General Dawson. Hader and Ge Bai promised that they would be able to get at least one company of soldiers from Dawson.

However, these soldiers certainly cannot leave the barracks forever, so they have to find the specific hiding place of the defeated soldiers.

Or they will only take action when they find that he is about to rob a target.

As for Ge Bai and Hader, it is also 80 Hong Kong dollars, which is 5 pounds.

As for Hong Kong, if we want to ask him to put pressure on the Taiwanese, the pressure will have to be doubled at least.

Now 400 million Hong Kong dollars have been used up, and only 200 million is left, which is not enough for Chu Xiangqian, Lei Luo, Lan Gang and Fei Bo.

Moreover, this operation must leave a considerable amount of funds to pay pensions to the injured or even sacrificed police officers, mobile troops, and garrison soldiers.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it and decided that instead of asking for cash, it would be better to ask Lei Luo and the other two for some antiques.

Cash will only depreciate, but antiques will appreciate in value, so they are an investment with excellent prospects.

As for Lei Luo, Lan Gang and Fei Bo, the police station catches many con men and swindlers who set up traps to defraud people, as well as some robbers who bring good things to Hong Kong Island to sell every year.

After these things are brought into the physical evidence department, someone will basically be asked to identify them, and the good stuff will go directly into the hands of the detectives.

Therefore, Lan Gang, Fei Bo and Lei Luo have no shortage of antiques.

In addition, there are many antique shops in Hong Kong Island. Fei Bo was thinking about how to please Chu Xiangqian, and he was also worried that the antiques he had were not good enough.

He immediately set his sights on these antique shops and promised to find some good stuff for Chu Xiangqian.

Lei Luo was the simplest one, he was the only one among the three who specialized in collecting antiques. However, he was reluctant to give away the antiques he had, so Lei Luo soon set his sights on antique shops like Fei Bo did.

After all, 200 million is divided among four people, 50 Hong Kong dollars each.

The cash may not seem like much, but if converted into antiques, one piece could be worth around 700,000 or 800,000 yuan. In this era, you can definitely buy a rare item, even a national treasure.

At that time, the economy of Hong Kong Island had just taken off and most ordinary people were still concerned about their three meals a day.

Therefore, the people who collect antiques in Hong Kong are either foreigners and Japanese, or wealthy people like Chu Xiangqian who are really rich and have spare money.

Although the rich have money, it is actually harder to make money from them.

Therefore, the antique market in Hong Kong Island is not only small, but also very closed, and has no connection with ordinary people at all.

So, you can really buy a national treasure with 10 Hong Kong dollars.

However, no matter which era it is, those who open antique shops can make a living within three years of opening.

An antique worth 70,000, 80,000 or even a hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars may only cost a few thousand, or even a few hundred or dozens of dollars when purchased.

This really tests your eyesight. At the same time, many good things are actually smuggled in from China.

When buying, they are tens or hundreds, but when selling, they are thousands or tens of thousands.

After Chu Xiangqian expressed his gratitude to Lei Luo, Fei Bo and Lan Gang, he handed over the command of the mobile force to Fei Bo.

The Yau Ma Tei Police Station and the Mong Kok Police Station are actually not far away, and the Mobile Unit is already stationed at the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, so there is no need for Lan Gang to find a base for the Mobile Unit.

If there is a situation, just make a phone call to Fei Bo and the mobile forces will be able to get on the vehicle and set off fully armed within five minutes.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian believed that Fei Bo would not really use those 40 Gurkha mercenaries as cannon fodder.

But if it is handed over to Blue Steel, it is hard to say.

After finishing the business, Chu Xiangqian wanted to get off the boat and spend the night at Zheng Sufen's place, and take a look at Zheng Baoyi's little thing.

But just as he was about to leave, Bai Fanyu pulled him back and asked him to play a few rounds of Pai Gow.

Chu Xiangqian looked at the old man in surprise. Now, anyone who knew him basically knew that playing cards with him was equivalent to giving him money.

In fact, Chu Xiangqian doesn't like gambling very much.

After all, he has many ways to make money. Since he doesn't need to rely on gambling to get rich, he naturally has no interest in gambling.

The gambling king once said a lot: the only way to avoid losing is to not gamble.

Bai Fanyu, Lei Luo, Lan Gang, Fei Bo, even Ge Bai, Hader and others, all lost a lot of money to me when I first met them a few years ago.

There is no reason to drag yourself to the table when you know you are going to lose money.

So Chu Xiangqian guessed instantly that Bai Fanyu must have something to ask him.

Chu Xiangqian simply stopped cheating and just relied on his extraordinary intelligence and observation skills to play with everyone.

So after winning and losing, Bai Fanyu knew that Chu Xiangqian had guessed his little thoughts.

After playing a few more rounds, Baifanyu simply stopped hiding the secret. Chu Xiangqian then learned from Baifanyu that the old guy was actually acting as a lobbyist for someone else.

As for what it was, of course he couldn't say it in front of Ge Bai, Hader, Fei Bo and Lan Gang.

Chu Xiangqian casually threw the more than one thousand yuan he won in the previous round to a beautiful waitress and asked her to give it to the chef for tonight.

The seafood feast in the evening tasted really good.

The beautiful waitress thought Chu Xiangqian had taken a fancy to her and was hesitating whether to accompany Chu Xiangqian for a night.

When he heard that it was a reward for the chef, he was immediately disappointed. At the same time, his expression and eyes showed that he wanted to get a room with Chu Xiangqian immediately.

Unfortunately, in Chu Xiangqian's eyes, although this girl is beautiful, she is still far from his wives or women.

The most important thing is that the girl's stomach is a little dry, which makes Chu Xiangqian, who is used to eating papaya, lose interest.

He pulled Bai Fanyu away from the gambling table, stood on the second-floor side of the Treasure House, smoked a cigar and talked about who asked him to be a lobbyist.

Bai Fanyu thought for a few seconds before whispering, "You know I have a close relationship with some of the old forces in Luzon Island. This time, there is a family that is not in a position to come forward on their own, so they want to contact you through me and buy some good horses privately."

When Chu Xiangqian heard that it was not easy to come forward, he was unwilling to believe it.

There are many examples of sellers not showing up at auctions and letting their agents bid on their behalf.

Chu Xiangqian is the seller. No matter who the buyer is, as long as you offer a higher price than others, the horse is yours.

So Chu Xiangqian thought about it and quickly realized that what the other party wanted was not an ordinary racehorse, but wanted to buy the champion horse directly from him, a big horse owner.

Chu Xiangqian looked at Baifanyu and said, "The kind of horse that can win the championship?"

Bai Fanyu saw that Chu Xiangqian had seen through the other party's intentions at a glance, and shrugged with a smile, "Those powerful families in Luzon Island do not lack money, but they like to be the first in everything they do.

Although you might be able to buy a good horse by spending a small amount of money at an auction, people only want champion horses.”

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard the people in power on Luzon Island, he realized that his previous judgment was inaccurate.

This is the champion horse he plans to buy. He hopes that it will win a few championships to expand his family's reputation in Luzon and increase his chances of success in running for mayor or even the presidency.

Even if he still fails to become the mayor or the president, the existence of a champion horse can bring a lot of exposure to the family for a long time and continuously.

Maybe in the next term a few years later, he will successfully sit on the throne of the president.

Chu Xiangqian instantly realized that this was a great opportunity for the lion to ask for a big mouth.

You can make a champion or even a triple crown winner by simply adding some points to a horse.

So the horse is not a problem, Chu Xiangqian thought for a moment and said, "A thoroughbred horse that can win a championship in Hong Kong Island costs 2 million pounds.

The winner of the London Triple Crown or any of the Magnesium Triple Crowns will receive £400 million.

As for the horse that won the Triple Crown, £15 million is a no-bargain price."

Baifanyu swallowed his saliva after hearing this.

Fifteen million pounds, at today's exchange rate, is about $5600 million.

Damn, this is dozens of times more expensive than a pure gold horse.

Bai Fanyu knew that Chu Xiangqian was taking advantage of the situation, so he hurriedly said, "I heard from A Luo that after Wu Zhui won three consecutive championships, you sold 50% of the shares to Philips and Mountbatten for only 300 million pounds.

In other words, the team that has won the treble is actually worth only 600 million pounds.

But why does it cost £1500 million for me? "

(End of this chapter)