Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 796 The Second Potential Stock Worthy of Support
Unfortunately, Ai Qiu is still too young. Although Chu Xiangqian is close to this little sister, he doesn't want her to be separated from her biological mother at the age of 7.

When Chu Xiangqian and his family left Beijing, the little girl cried so sadly.

But this time, even the eldest brother Chu Xiangqian did not show any mercy when facing Ai Qiu's tears. In the end, the little guy could only mutter that his eldest brother should not have cared about him.

Second uncle and second aunt repeatedly told Ailin to listen to eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law, but Ailin was so excited that he agreed to everything his parents said.

It was the Third Uncle who pulled Chu Xiangqian aside and whispered to him, asking Chu Xiangqian, the eldest brother, to pay more attention to Eyuan's marriage.

Chu Xiangqian secretly rolled his eyes after hearing this. Aiyuan was only 21 years old, and in his mind it was too early for her to get married.

But in the eyes of people of this era, it is really not small.

Although the legal age for girls is to be over 20 years old, many girls of the same generation as Aiyuan in Linchang and Qinjiazhuang already have one or two children.

After returning to Hong Kong Island, life basically did not change. They just looked for a school for Ailin, which wasted some of Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jinglan's time.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian did not let Ailin go to church or private schools of that era.

Instead, I found a public school near the top of the mountain and enrolled in a school with a high level of teaching.

However, since Ailin was a transfer student, she had to donate a sponsorship fee.

Chu Xiangqian did not hide the fact that Ailin was his fourth brother and allowed him to attend school in a low profile.

After all, this kid is from the mainland. The more low-key he is, the more likely he is to be bullied by kids from local wealthy families.

Tony Jaa and Yuen Wah, two bodyguards who usually have nothing to do, now drive him to and from school every day.

Although Ailin's personality is a bit soft, this boy is quite smart. Not only did he adapt to the new school and new classmates quickly, but he also made quite good progress in learning Cantonese and English.

Among his classmates, those whose families were wealthier, when they heard that this boy was the fourth child of the Chu family, not only did they discriminate against and bully him, but several classmates approached him on the second day of school.

Now Ailin remembered the advice given by her elder and second sisters-in-law, and became wary of these people of her age who were deliberately approaching her.

And to be honest, Ailin came from an ordinary family in Beijing, so she got along well with those classmates in the class who didn't come from good families.

He himself does not have any dissolute habits, nor does he become spoiled just because his eldest brother's family is rich and even has a private jet.

This made Chu Xiangqian look at his cousin with new eyes for the first time.
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Before we knew it, it was almost the New Year of 63. That day, Chu Xiangqian returned to his house on the Peak after get off work.

Xue Jinglan took off his coat and started talking about whether they should return to Beijing earlier this year to prepare for the New Year.

Chu Xiangqian was stunned, and then he thought to himself, should he take the opportunity to invite his second uncle and third uncle's families over?

Is it also a preparation for the whole family to move to Hong Kong Island in two years?
It would be easy to leave the capital, but Chu Xiangqian was worried that his superiors would think too much. After all, it was only 63 years old, and there was really no reason for him and his family to move to Hong Kong Island.

So going back and forth once or twice a year became a common occurrence, and the higher-ups didn't get suspicious anymore.

I wanted to use the excuse that Chu Jingrong was still young and say that I would not go back to Beijing for the New Year this year, so as to avoid getting cold by going back and forth.

But if you think about it carefully, there is actually something wrong with this statement. Chu Jingrong is young, so shouldn’t Chu Jingye be even younger?
If I really said this to my second uncle and third uncle, I'm sure my third uncle, Ai Min and Jing Ru would overthink it.

Chu Xiangqian also felt that this excuse could not be hidden from those old-timers above.

And if you think about it carefully, as long as we can win over Deputy Director Li of the steel rolling mill and have relationships with the street and neighborhood committee, my second uncle and the others will be fine during this special period.

This is one of the reasons why he has been trading dried fish with steel mills, streets, neighborhood committees and police stations even after the food problem in the mainland was basically solved this year and last year.

So after thinking it over again and again, we decided to just spend the first time separately.

Anyway, there are still more than two years until the special period.

Even in 66, there were still many opportunities to bring my second uncle and third uncle over.

The only thing you need to pay attention to is that when this little Ai Qiu goes to junior high school or high school, you should also bring him to Hong Kong Island.

So as to avoid going to the countryside to suffer.

The two grew up in a forest farm. When they were older, they moved to the capital and experienced three years of not having enough food. They had experienced a lot of hardships.

Judging from Ailin’s performance since coming to Hong Kong Island, there is really no need to send his younger brothers and sisters to the countryside to hone them.

However, although Chu Xiangqian did not return to Beijing for the New Year, he still sent a lot of New Year's goods back to his second uncle and third uncle.

As for Chu Ailin, this kid is now enjoying his life here and would rather stay in Hong Kong Island than go back.

Unfortunately, although Ailin did not return to Beijing, he had to attend remedial classes during the winter vacation. This made the boy both happy and depressed.

But when she heard that she could go horseback riding at the stables with her sisters-in-law during the winter vacation, and even that her eldest sister-in-law would give her a horse, Ailin immediately became excited and excited.

It is common knowledge among the people of Hong Kong that the Chu family has good horses.

Among the students at school who wanted to get close to him, the thing they talked about the most was actually horses.

If his elder brother hadn't been too strict with him, this kid would have wanted to invite a few of his good classmates to go to the horse farm to play.
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What Chu Xiangqian didn't expect was that even though he didn't return to Beijing, the closer it got to the end of the year, the more prominent and wealthy families in Hong Kong Island would send him and Xue Jinglan invitations to various banquets.

Chu Xiangqian wanted to refuse, but he couldn't refuse some charity banquets and the welcome party held by the Hong Kong government.

After Xue Jinglan followed Chu Xiangqian to a charity dinner, she immediately lost interest in such banquets.

Not only did some people say bad things about her behind her back, but no one dared to mock her at the banquet for being a mainlander from the capital.

But there are too many wives, socialites and people who try to curry favor with her and make money in the name of charity.

Even the white wives of the members of the poker club, as long as they can speak Cantonese, will flatter and try to please her.

Over the past three years, the annual donations from the Chu Foundation have increased year by year. Some people who specialize in this business will naturally not let go of Xue Jinglan, the nominal controller of the family fund.

Usually Xue Jinglan explains things in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and it is rare to see her like that. Now the opportunity has come, and if she doesn't get a piece of the pie from the fund, there will be no enthusiasm for the New Year.

Xue Jinglan really couldn't stand the enthusiasm of these women and people with ulterior motives.

Xue Jinglan knew very well that these people were trying to please her just to gain benefits from her family.

So after attending the charity dinner, Xue Jinglan immediately became unwilling to attend such banquets again.

But surprisingly, she didn't want to go, but asked Chu Xiangqian to take Gangsheng or Feifei with her.

Not only the master and his wife were surprised, but Gangsheng and Feifei were also surprised and excited.

This is a chance to legitimately prove one's status.

Although Xue Jinglan appeared to be magnanimous, she was muttering in her heart that if Chu Xiangqian was allowed to attend the party alone, who knows if there would be one or even several more sisters.

In this case, it would be better to let Gangsheng or Feifei follow. Then I remembered the last time at the banquet, the little girl surnamed Hong used the excuse that she liked horse racing and wanted to throw herself at her man.

However, Chu Xiangqian was not very interested in Hong Zhiqing. This girl was indeed fair-skinned, beautiful and had long legs, but her face was not as good as those of his other wives.

Moreover, although her father Hong Guidong is considered a wealthy man, he is a complete ungrateful person.

As for comments like he was insidious, cunning, and ungrateful, Chu Xiangqian didn't care. After all, as a businessman, everything was for profit.

So even though Hong Zhiqing is a naive, kind-hearted rich girl, Chu Xiangqian has no feelings for her.

Of course, the bigger reason is that this girl is not as pretty as his other wives.

It's fine if it's just for fun, but once I really touch her, I will definitely marry her.

At the party, Chu Xiangqian, in order to get by, kept chattering about the champion knight, Wuzhui, Hong Zhiqing, and could only give the girl a membership of the Kowloon Racecourse.

But what Chu Xiangqian didn't expect was that the girl didn't like him either.

After all, Chu Xiangqian has a wife and children, several wives, and many lovers. It is no secret that he is involved in the gang life in Hong Kong Island.

So even though Chu Xiangqian is handsome, rich and powerful, not every girl from a wealthy family in Hong Kong would fall for him.

The general trend in Hong Kong these days is still very conservative.

A large number of wealthy people fled here from the mainland more than ten or twenty or thirty years ago.

Since they come from a hard-working bottom class, even if they become rich, their personalities will become more conservative, and they will naturally tend to be more orthodox in educating their children.

Plus, girls from wealthy families are generally arrogant and proud.

Hong Zhiqing, who has a pretty good outlook on life, thinks Chu Xiangqian is handsome, but she isn't a crazy fangirl who sticks close to him even though she knows he's married.

To put it bluntly, the reason why this girl likes horse racing so much is simply because she lost a lot of money betting on horses and wants to get some information from him.

This girl even dared to borrow high-interest loans because of horse racing.

The Arabian horse that Chu Xiangqian sold to Lei Luo was not eligible to participate in the Triple Crown competition in England or Magnesium, but it has won the championship more than once in the past two years in Hong Kong Island.

In addition, Chu Xiangqian has a very good relationship with the Jockey Club's executive director Bridge. In Hong Zhiqing's eyes, Chu Xiangqian is the best source of insider information.

But in Xue Jinglan's eyes, the actions of Chu Xiangqian and Hong Zhiqing meant that her men were so popular with women that they dared to openly throw themselves at her at a party.

If he didn't want to attend other cocktail parties before the New Year, then he could let Gangsheng and Feifei go, or even the two women could accompany Chu Xiangqian together.

Anyway, the fact that there are several concubines in the family has long been no secret to the outside world.

Chu Xiangqian probably guessed what his daughter-in-law was thinking, but if he refused, it would definitely hurt Gangsheng's feelings.

Moreover, the master's wife is Gangsheng's aunt after all, so when Chu Xiangqian agreed, he couldn't help but take Xue Jinglan away to teach her a lesson in the evening under the pretext of playing poker.

However, at the party, although Chu Xiangqian was not interested in the girl who came to his door, he became interested in Le Yanlai, the second son of the Le family.

The Le family are Chaoshan people who fled here in the 1930s. Le Jimin is also capable, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to develop from a poor boy into a department store tycoon in Hong Kong in just 20 years.

Moreover, when Lok Jimin came to Hong Kong Island, he was already in his 30s. He was not the kind of lucky guy who encountered opportunities and became rich inexplicably.

Of course, although Chu Xiangqian admired Le Jimin, who was already over 60 years old, he had no intention of taking Le's family property.

Although the properties owned by department stores are all excellent land assets.

But at that time, there were many properties with potential in Hong Kong Island. Buying a storefront and demolishing it to rebuild a building would naturally be more valuable than those department stores of Lejia.

Recently, Chu Xiangqian has been spending most of his time at Chai Wan Pier due to the shipping company's affairs, which has basically occupied most of his energy.

So I met a person in a TV series I had watched in my previous life, who had the potential to become a tycoon in Hong Kong Island in the future, or even work his way from Hong Kong Island to Magnesium.

Chu Xiangqian naturally wanted to take advantage of Le Yan, who had helped his elder brother take the blame and served seven years in prison. He had just been released from prison at the beginning of this year, so Chu Xiangqian took the opportunity to recruit him as his subordinate.

At worst, they will do the same as they did to Ye Xiaoli, who will become a real estate tycoon in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia in the future. While supporting Le Yan, they will also take the opportunity to invest in his company.

After seeing the Le family father and son at the cocktail party, Chu Xiangqian deliberately took Ye Xiaoli to chat with Cathay Pacific's Lu Guoye, Hang Seng Bank's He Zanyuan, and He Chaosheng and Zheng Yutong, who were also shareholders of the Macau Great Wall Hotel.

This made the local prominent families and wealthy people who had originally wanted to get to know Chu Xiangqian think of taking advantage of the relationships of Lu, He, and Zheng to establish a relationship with Chu Xiangqian.

Lu, He, and Zheng actually also wanted to pull Chu Xiangqian into the Chinese business circle. Once the shipping company and fleet were established, they owned 30 ocean-going cargo ships.

Chu Xiangqian also had his own Chai Wan wharf. Within two months, another 25 ships entered Hong Kong Island.

Judging from the current situation, within a year or two, the scale of Chu Xiangqian’s international shipping company will surely surpass that of all local new and old shipping companies in Hong Kong Island.

Some people were anxious, but more businessmen wanted to curry favor with or get to know Chu Xiangqian.

Hong Kong is a seaport after all, and there are a lot of imported and exported goods, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many shipping kings in Hong Kong.

Having a stable and strong shipping partner is a good thing for many Hong Kong businessmen.

Everyone would also like to see more shipping companies join this group to lower shipping prices.

Unfortunately, Chu Xiangqian has no time to care about the local businessmen in Hong Kong for the time being. The demand for shipping is enough for the shipping companies to survive with coal alone.

Besides having friendships and business dealings with a few of them, Chu Xiangqian's only benefit came from playing with the foreigners.

This move is definitely the right choice in the eyes of Hong Kong's wealthy people of this era.

After all, although the Chinese are gradually becoming richer, the power is still in the hands of the foreigners.

So many businessmen curry favor with foreigners, isn’t it also for the purpose of making money?

Among the wealthy Chinese, there are some who are loyal to China, but not many. However, there are many who recognize their Chinese identity.

Therefore, many people have always wanted to pull Chu Xiangqian into the Chinese business circle.

Of course, there are more reasons, besides the fact that Chu Xiangqian is also Chinese, it is also related to Chu Xiangqian's actions of supporting Ye Xiaoli.

Not only did he guarantee Ye Xiaoli's loan from Standard Chartered, he also gave him the two buildings at the racecourse, the dock warehouse, and the building project.

It also makes many people envious.

Now that the opportunity has come, not only Le Jimin is tempted, but other wealthy people will naturally not miss the chance to make friends with him.

But as a result, Hong Guidong, who was also considered a wealthy man, came over with his eldest son and daughter.

(End of this chapter)