Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 800: Lifelong Brotherhood is Really Difficult
Seeing that Xue Jinglan had no intention of letting Zheng Shufen and her daughter live on the top of the mountain, Zheng Shufen felt a little disappointed, but at the same time, she knew when to act and suggested going back as it was getting late.

Seeing this, Chu Xiangqian did not try to keep them, but stood up and wanted to send the mother and daughter back.

But Zheng Shufen was determined not to let Chu Xiangqian send her and her daughter home, which made Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng and Feifei very satisfied.

Only Aiyuan opened her mouth, thinking that Zheng Shufen was the eldest brother's woman after all, and it was a bit unreasonable not to send her back when she came for the first time.

After hesitating for a while, Aiyuan still didn't say it.

After all, compared to Zheng Shufen, Xue Jinglan is the real sister-in-law and they have the best relationship.

Besides, my eldest brother and his wife didn't say anything, so it didn't seem appropriate for me, as a younger sister and sister-in-law, to get involved in their affairs.

But as soon as Chu Jingrong saw his new sister was about to leave, he immediately grabbed Zheng Baoyi's hand and refused to let go.

Xue Jinglan tried to persuade him for a long time, but the little guy refused. Fortunately, he was willing to listen to Baoyi.

Although Baoyi was reluctant to part with this new brother, he was already 7 years old and understood a lot of things.

In addition, having lived in a single-parent family for more than two years and lacking love, he is naturally more sensible than other children.

He picked up Chu Jingrong, who was just over a year old, and muttered to himself for a while, and actually calmed down Chu Jingrong, who was already starting to get angry.

Xue Jinglan couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw this, and thought to herself that she must teach this boy a lesson before going to bed at night, for he forgot his mother for the sake of beauty.

Then he put the blame on Chu Xiangqian.

However, although Xue Jinglan was sulking, she also knew that she shouldn't have such wild thoughts.

The feelings between children are often much purer than those between adults.

Thinking of this, the resentment in my heart quickly dissipated.

He took the initiative to instruct Zhang Tianzhi and Zhou Billy to drive Chu Xiangqian's Rolls-Royce to take them there, which was considered to be enough respect for Zheng Shufen and her daughter.

Chu Xiangqian did not interfere. He thought that this was actually a good thing. There was a distinction between the primary and the secondary. If it was determined at the beginning, there would be less trouble in the future.

After sending the mother and daughter away, Feifei escaped and continued to stay and sleep in the same room with Gangsheng with a smile on her face.

After the master and his friends got Chu Jingrong, they no longer cared about Chu Xiangqian's affairs outside.

Moreover, the four elderly people sometimes disliked the big house because it was too noisy, so after moving into the mountaintop villa, they took the initiative to choose to live in the independent two-story building next to the guest room.
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The next morning, Chu Xiangqian drove down the mountain top and first went to the 16-story building in Central that was used by Royal Bank shareholder MacDonald to exchange champion horses.

This was Chu Xiangqian's second visit to the building, and this time he came only to confirm that the building would continue to be rented to the original customers and sign a three-year contract.

Chu Xiangqian really has no use for this building now, so he can only rent it out.

Of course, after buying the properties under his name, he would only rent them out or use them for his own use.

The film company is located in the 10-story Po Fung Building next to Kowloon Park in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Moreover, the film company founded by Zhuyouzai and Baifanyu also has its office in Baofeng Building.

Over the past few years, Po Fung Building has long become a well-known film and television base in Hong Kong Island. In addition to the original three companies, there are now more than a dozen small and medium-sized film companies with offices there.

Even in the surrounding areas, there are many film companies doing business there, which has formed a scale effect.

It also pushed up the land prices of Baofeng Building and surrounding properties.

Shipping and port businesses have a separate building at Chai Wan Pier for office use.

The Kowloon Racecourse has its own office building, and two buildings are under construction facing the street.

Cinemas, newspapers, law firms, taxi companies, the Imperial Palace Theatre in North Point, the Lee Theatre in Causeway Bay, Diamond Hill Studios and Universal Studios Diamond Hill, wood factories, and toy companies all have their own buildings or offices.

There is no need for centralized management for other stores purchased separately, including 50 acres of industrial land in Tuen Mun, six vegetable markets, two Youguqi restaurants, a Chinese restaurant called Tam Ka Choi, and a bar street.

There is really no need to clear out the tenants of this Zhonghuan building and concentrate all the companies under one's name into one office.

Moreover, for employees, commuting from Kowloon to Central for work is also a burden.

I wouldn't know if I didn't count it, but I'll be shocked when I do. I didn't realize that in these four years, I have created so many properties and companies in Hong Kong Island.

No wonder the outside world has been reporting on themselves one after another over the past year since the outside world and the Malaysian forces broke the news and engaged in a media war in the media last year.

These industries alone are enough to make him one of the richest people in Hong Kong Island.

Many old families that have been in business for decades or even hundreds of years have only one or two main businesses at most, plus some buildings for rent.

This comparison makes Chu Xiangqian seem like the illegitimate son of the God of Wealth.

Chu Xiangqian also had too many businesses to manage.

The locals have always been very concerned about gossip about the rich. Even though the newspapers of all sizes in Hong Kong are worried that Chu Xiangqian will be unhappy and retaliate, they have been constantly testing his bottom line.

Today they report on how much money he has, and tomorrow they focus on the docks that have been built one after another and the newly established shipping companies, and then they talk about how many wives and mistresses he has.

As a result, Chu Xiangqian's popularity in Hong Kong Island has increased more in the past year or so than in the past three years.

This can be considered as the negative impact of the previous fight with Malay forces in the media.

When he takes Xue Jinglan to a charity gala, it will be hard for her photos not to appear in the newspapers.

Fortunately, the bosses and editors-in-chief of various newspapers still gave him face and did not publish Xue Jinglan's photo.

To be on the safe side, Chu Xiangqian released Dazhuang and Hongniu after Xue Jinglan and Chu Jingrong arrived in Hong Kong Island, and they stayed with Chu Jingrong and his wife.

As for Gangsheng and Feifei, they are concubines, so there is no need to worry too much about their safety.

According to the perception of Hong Kong people at that time, although concubines were protected by law, they were still seen as playthings by many people.

If they want to kidnap, Chu Xiangqian is the first choice, followed by Xue Jinglan and Chu Jingrong, and finally the concubine.

Even to the kidnappers, there was no need to kidnap Gangsheng and Feifei, and even kidnapping Xue Jinglan was meaningless.

Looking at the kidnapping cases of wealthy people that have occurred in Hong Kong Island over the past few decades, it can be seen that 9% of the kidnapped people are the wealthy people themselves and their descendants.

Only in this way can we get the most ransom.

If you kidnap your wife, you can bet that she will be killed.

As for kidnapping a concubine, if it were the kidnapper himself, he would think that he would not be willing to spend millions of dollars to redeem her in this era.

The biggest obstacle is that people are afraid that they will be raped by the kidnappers during the kidnapping. So what's the point of redeeming them?
Therefore, in the more than 100 years of history of Hong Kong and Macau, unless you help the target's daughter, the wife, concubine, etc. basically cannot get any money.

Of course, there were also unexpected events, so Chu Xiangqian never relaxed his protection of Xue Jinglan.

Now that Chu Jingrong is here, we need to be more careful.

However, Chu Xiangqian's actions in recent years of killing all the golden teeth handles in Singapore and Macau have indeed frightened all the local communities in Hong Kong Island.

In addition, he successively supported Luo Tuo, who supported Dongxing, and Deng Fei, who supported Liansheng. He was also on good terms with Fei Bo, Lan Gang, and Bai Fanyu. Bai Fanyu and Lei Luo were father-in-law and son-in-law, so no one in the underworld would take the initiative to provoke him. Therefore, even if someone wanted to harm him, it was most likely a foreign force.

After Chu Xiangqian came out of the Central Building, he got in the car and told Zhang Tianzhi, who was driving, to go to the Shipping Building.

By the time we arrived in Chai Wan, it was already past 11 o'clock.

After entering the office, he simply picked up the phone and called San Jiangshui who worked at Chai Wan Police Station, and then asked Le Yan to have dinner together.

This can be regarded as officially introducing LeYan to his circle of friends.

Not long after hanging up the phone, I suddenly remembered something and called Sanjiangshui again.

He asked him to call Wong Bing-yao, who was working as a plainclothes officer in North Point Police Station, and Wong Qifa, who was working under the Sanjiang Sailors.

Since it is necessary to transport coal from Nanguan in China to Chai Wan Wharf, given Chu Xiangqian's character, he will definitely place his own people in the Water Police.

Last month he had spoken with East District Commander Turner and Assistant Superintendent Hahn of Gebai.

The two of them didn't have much of a presence in the poker club, so they were very active in Chu Xiangqian's affairs.

Not only did they find a reason to remove a foreign inspector, but they also freed up several patrol boats.

They were just waiting for the people arranged by Chu Xiangqian to board the ship and patrol the coal transport route from now on.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian hung up the phone, he heard his secretary say that Le Yan was here.

But Chu Xiangqian's ears suddenly moved, and he easily heard that in addition to Le Yan, there was another person waiting outside the office.

Moreover, from the footsteps and heartbeat, one can guess that this person is not only a male, but also should be of considerable height.

Sure enough, Le Yan first briefly reported on some of the official documents that had been processed yesterday, and then took the initiative to recommend his friend.

As Chu Xiangqian's industries grew, the lack of manpower within the group was no longer a secret.

Since it is no secret inside, the outside world can basically know the general situation.

Since Le Yan said his friend was talented, let's meet him. However, Chu Xiangqian also saw that Le Yan at this time was indeed far from the big boss he would be in ten or twenty years.

Otherwise, how could you bring your friends to the company on your second day at work and even think about introducing them to your boss?

If it were Chu Xiangqian, he would never do this.

They won't even introduce their friends to the company where they work.

Although he was disappointed, he picked up his woolen coat and asked Le Yan, "You have been delayed abroad for 7 years, and you still have brothers after you come back. It seems that this person is very loyal, regardless of his ability."

This was actually a sarcasm, but Le Yan didn't notice it.

He nodded hurriedly, with a smile on his face that he couldn't hide, "Boss, Afeng is really a good brother. When I was released from prison abroad at the beginning of the year, my father and eldest brother didn't go to pick me up, but Afeng flew over to pick me up.

And Afeng is definitely more capable than me."

Chu Xiangqian did not comment on this. There are indeed many capable people, but that does not mean you can succeed.

Emotional intelligence, luck, noble people, and timing are sometimes more important than ability.

Of course, success is about foresight.

If you fail, no matter how capable you are, you are still a loser.

So it’s not that Hong Kong Island has no talent, but Chu Xiangqian is more willing to believe in those successful people in TV dramas and movies.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't have enough patience to test a person's ability and future.

When I left the office, I saw a young man who was at least 1 meters tall, handsome, wearing a mid-range suit, and about 8 years old. He looked at me nervously with a flattering smile.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian took a look at the other person's appearance, he immediately remembered who this person was.

He turned his head to look at Le Yan, who was also looking at him nervously. He thought to himself that this guy was really stubborn. He actually introduced the biggest villain and opponent in his life in the TV series to him.

But on second thought, since he knew who this man named Ling Feng was, the threat he posed to him was basically zero.

Moreover, in order to get ahead, Ling Feng used all means necessary and at the same time he was flattering his financial sponsor.

So instead of refusing outright, it is better to keep this guy and let him fight Le Yan.

It is too easy to provoke him. This can also be regarded as finding an opponent for Le Yan to prevent him from deviating from his plan.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian didn't want to keep Le Yan in his hands. He just wanted to invest in his company and get 30% of the shares.

If he wants to get so many shares as he wishes, besides showing kindness, finding him an opponent is also a normal defensive measure.

Sometimes showing kindness is just icing on the cake, while helping people through difficult times is truly providing timely assistance.

Le Yan’s biological father is Le Jimin, so it is not difficult to give him two or three million to start a business.

Chu Xiangqian handed the coat in his hand to Le Yan, and stretched out his hand to the nervous Ling Feng, "Ayan recommended you, so I naturally believe that your ability is not bad.

Let’s not talk about work for now, just go have a meal with me and chat.”

Ling Feng was overjoyed, because the young man in front of him was the most outstanding and fastest rising super rich man in Hong Kong Island in the past 10 years.

Not to mention Le Yan's biological father Le Jimin, even if the Le family, the Hong family, and the Mai family, which are on good terms with both families, were combined, their financial resources could not match his.

Not to mention the gap between the power of the black and white worlds, which is even greater.

No, Lei Luo or Fei Bo and Lan Gang alone are enough to cause headaches for the Le family and the Hong family.

If it were Chu Xiangqian, he would basically have to give in.

Ling Feng nodded hurriedly, then gave Le Yan a grateful look.

Le Yan smiled and was very happy that his boss appreciated this brother who was able to go abroad to pick him up from prison and who he had played with since childhood.

Le Yan even thought that once Ling Feng joined the shipping company, he would be able to share some of his pressure.

From this point, we can actually see that although Le Yan, who comes from a wealthy family, values ​​friends in his heart, he subconsciously still feels that brothers should help him.

Therefore, never do business with your brothers. Apart from differences in interests, the subordinate relationship alone will cause 9% of brothers to fall out in the end.

Of course, Ling Feng is actually very willing to help Le Yan now. He also knows that since he was introduced by Le Yan, the probation period of the big boss Chu Xiangqian will definitely be longer than that of Le Yan.

While eating with San Jiangshui at a seafood food stall in Chai Wan which had been in business for over 30 years and had been upgraded to a small restaurant, Chu Xiangqian chatted with San Jiangshui, Huang Bingyao and Huang Qifa.

I also chatted a lot with Ling Feng.

(End of this chapter)