Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 806 804 Luck comes and fortune comes by itself

Since Chu Xiangqian rewarded Ling Feng with a full 5 Hong Kong dollars, it was considered as a bonus for Ling Feng to find the first land for the electrical appliance mall, and Chu Xiangqian also rewarded him with 2 Hong Kong dollars for writing the plan.

This guy was like a madman, mobilizing all his connections and relationships to look for land for a second electronics mall.

In just three days, just after Le Yandu and Yingguo had contacted the offices of two electrical appliance manufacturers in Hong Kong Island, Ling Feng found another 8-story building for sale in North Point.

The owner originally planned to rent out the second, third and fourth floors, but after Ling Feng took Le Yan to see it, the two of them squatted outside the building for a full day and a half, watching the people coming and going, and they always felt that the location of this building was really good.

Judging from the daily behavior of their boss Chu Xiangqian, there is an 8% chance that he will not care about the market price of this building, which is approximately 900 million Hong Kong dollars.

That’s right, this building has 8 floors, is located at a crossroads and faces the street on both sides, and covers an area of ​​1200 square meters.

But the market price is 5 million cheaper than the 300-storey house on Wan Chai Road.

If you bargain, 800 million is possible.

Moreover, there are many residential areas here, so the demand for electrical appliances is definitely great. And because the people living here are all middle- and low-income people, they will care more about the extent of the discounts.

To put it bluntly, he likes to take advantage.

The more Ling Feng and Le Yan chatted, the more they felt this place was suitable.

The only trouble is that, apart from the first floor facing the street, the 2nd to 8th floors are all factories.

This type of industrial building will be very popular in Hong Kong Island in the past and in the next 20 to 30 years.

Most of the businesses here are small and medium-sized enterprises, and bags, clothes, and even buttons are produced in such places.

So if you want to choose this place to build an electronics mall, you should really buy the entire building and clear out those small factories that make a lot of noise.

It's about half an hour's drive from here to Chai Wan Pier along the main road.

After calling Chu Xiangqian, they waited for more than an hour. The sky had begun to darken before Chu Xiangqian's Rolls-Royce appeared next to Ling Feng and Le Yan who were waiting on the roadside.

But before Chu Xiangqian could get out of the car to look at the building for a while, Chen Xijiu, with a look of surprise and excitement on his face, ran over quickly with a few followers who had originally wanted to go for dinner.

However, before he could get close, he was spotted by Zhang Tianzhi and Zhou Billy.

If Zhang Tianzhi didn't know Chen Xijiu, Zhou Billy would have reached into his suit and taken out the gun with his hand holding it.

Chen Xijiu also realized that he had been reckless. Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian's five senses had always been strong, and he saw Chen Xijiu from a distance.

Then he smiled and waved to Chen Xijiu who had stopped walking, "Xijiu, it's time to get off work, do you still need to come out and patrol the streets?"

Chen Xijiu scratched his head, showed a silly smile and said, "Mr. Chu, please don't laugh at me. I sleep until 10 or 11 o'clock every morning before reporting to the police station.

I left after staying for half a day. I was too tired to even walk a few more steps, let alone patrol the streets. "

After saying that, he pointed to a restaurant with a huge sign hanging about 40 to 50 meters away and said, "I was originally planning to come here with my men to have a casual dinner, but I didn't expect to see your car passing by the restaurant from the east road from a distance.

I was just regretting that I didn't get to say hello to you, but I didn't expect your car to be parked here, so I ran over here."

Chu Xiangqian smiled and nodded, then pointed to the building across the street at the intersection and asked, "Do you know who owns this building?"

Chen Xijiu turned his head and looked for a few seconds, and quickly remembered who the boss was.

Even though this guy seems to be uninterested in the affairs of the police station, he is able to become the number one henchman beside Lei Luo. Besides being good at currying favor, Chen Xijiu is actually quite capable.

Seeing him nod, Chu Xiangqian opened the door of the Rolls-Royce.

As he got into the car, he made room for him and pointed to the car phone inside, "Call the boss. I'll treat him to dinner tonight and ask him if he's interested in selling the building as a whole."

How could Chen Xijiu refuse? But before he got in the car to make the call, Chu Xiangqian reminded him, "The price is negotiable. I'm not short of hundreds of millions, so be polite."

Chen Xijiu chuckled, knowing that he wanted to show off and take the opportunity to suppress the boss's little thoughts, but the big boss Chu Xiangqian saw through it.

Under normal circumstances, even though Chen Xijiu is the inspector of Shau Kei Wan Police Station and Lei Luo's chief, he cannot be arrogant when facing rich people.

Not to mention that he has nothing to do with arrogance.

In addition to worrying about being targeted by lawyers and causing endless trouble, rich people have many connections and you never know which big shot they may know.

By then, even Lei Luo might have to take a step back.

But since it was Chu Xiangqian who wanted to buy a house, there were very few people in Hong Kong who could compete with him.

Unfortunately, before he could show it, Chu Xiangqian saw through his little thoughts.

When Chen Xijiu called, his attitude and tone were so kind.

After the owner on the other end of the phone confirmed again and again that it was Chu Xiangqian who wanted to buy his building in North Point, he not only agreed readily, but also insisted on treating Chu Xiangqian to a meal.

Otherwise he wouldn't come.

The last sentence was of course just a polite remark. Chu Xiangqian understood as soon as he heard it that the owner opposite was most likely trying to curry favor with him.

The example of Ye Xiaoli who started from his own strength and whose net worth increased from one million to more than 20 million in just over two years is really very attractive.

Chu Xiangqian nodded to Chen Xijiu, then thought for a few seconds, "Let's meet at the western restaurant newly opened by Bai's sister-in-law. By the way, call Lei Luo and Boss Bai and ask them if they are free to have dinner together in the evening."

Chen Xijiu was overjoyed. He agreed on the location and time with the owner on the other end of the phone, then hung up the phone and called Bai Fanyu and Lei Luo.

Chu Xiangqian said a few words to Zhang Tianzhi, Zhou Billy, Le Yan and Ling Feng who were outside the car.

Everyone got in the car, even Chen Xijiu's follower hurriedly ran back to the restaurant and drove up.

More than forty minutes later, several cars stopped outside a building in Central. Chu Xiangqian saw his own building in Central as soon as he got out of the car. Otherwise, he would not have known that Bai Yue'e had opened a French restaurant here.

However, after entering the restaurant, although the decoration was excellent, there were only four tables of guests.

If we only have these few guests every day, we won’t even be able to make back the rent.

By the time all the invited guests arrived, most of the guests who had dined earlier had finished their meal and left.

The restaurant manager was very discerning and immediately hung a sign at the door saying the restaurant was temporarily closed.

After Chu Xiangqian introduced Le Yan and Ling Feng to Lei Luo and Bai Fanyu, the two of them couldn't help but treat Le Yan and Ling Feng differently.

Those who can follow Chu Xiangqian, regardless of their abilities, at least have the qualifications to be friends with him.

Le Yan and Ling Feng were equally polite. Needless to say, Ling Feng would be very proactive if he had the chance to curry favor with rich and powerful people.

After all, Le Yan had been in prison for seven years and had long lost his temper.

He even understood better than most of the rich young masters that it is best not to offend people like Lei Luo and Bai Fanyu.

When the owner of the building arrived, he saw Lei Luo was there and immediately mistakenly thought that Chu Xiangqian was trying to lower the price.

But after the pleasantries, without waiting for the other party to make an offer, Chu Xiangqian smiled and asked, "The market price is 900 million, and I'll pay 850 million in one lump sum. How about that?" Now it was the owner's turn to be surprised.

900 million is indeed the market price, but very few people can pay it all at once.

Therefore, 850 million is completely acceptable, and by the way, he can make friends with Chu Xiangqian. As long as some projects slip through his fingers, he will make a lot of money.

Unfortunately, Chu Xiangqian no longer had much interest in this man. Even though the other party hinted several times that he also had a construction company, Chu Xiangqian pretended not to understand.

It was not until the other party gritted his teeth and said that he had a 7-story industrial building facing the street at the intersection of Nathan Road and Jordan Road that Chu Xiangqian became enthusiastic.

We agreed to go to the site tomorrow to see it and talk about the details, and Baifanyu immediately invited everyone to take a seat.

After ordering the food and taking a few bites, I found that the taste was very authentic.

The cooking skills are just as good as those of the French chef Margaret hired at the manor.

Bai Yue'e, Bai Fanyu and Lei Luo felt relieved when they saw Chu Xiangqian's satisfied smile.

However, the restaurant business was bad, and Chu Xiangqian was a well-informed man, so the father-in-law, son-in-law, and husband and wife could not bear it.

Finally, Bai Fanyu used her eyes to stop Lei Luo from speaking, and signaled her daughter to ask in person to appear more sincere.
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Bai Yue'e nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and calmed herself down before asking, "Mr. Chu, you must be an expert in food. Can you give me some advice so that I can lose less?"

Chu Xiangqian laughed, "To be honest, the chef you hired, sister-in-law, is just as skilled as the chef in Margaret Manor.

There are so few customers. I guess it’s because your restaurant is too luxuriously decorated and the prices are comparable to those of famous restaurants in London.

The wrong customer base was chosen from the beginning.

Although there are more wealthy people in Hong Kong in recent years, the number is too small.

White-collar workers in Central can afford a meal that costs 50, 60 or even 100 dollars, but they don’t come here often.”

A meal at Lei Luo's rice and fish costs thousands, and a nightclub trip costs several thousand, or even tens of thousands.

A cigar costs dozens of dollars, which has long been out of the mainstream group. Subconsciously, people think that a meal of dozens of dollars is already very cheap.

Chu Xiangqian continued, "For customers like me who have eaten too much Western food in London and Los Angeles, I know that Western food is just that good. It's better to stay at home and eat some home-cooked food.

As for the foreigners working in Hong Kong Island or coming here for tourism, there are actually very few who are truly rich. Most of them have family backgrounds in Europe and the United States that are basically lower to middle class.

To put it bluntly, these people are like the gold diggers of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Otherwise, who would be willing to leave their hometown thousands or tens of thousands of kilometers away to do business in the Far East, a backward region in the eyes of Europe and the United States?

And have you ever thought that very few Hong Kong people can accept steak?"

Most foreigners don’t eat steak every day, and they can’t even afford to eat steak and drink red wine every day.

Potatoes, bread, ketchup and soup are the mainstream.

Lei Luo, the Bai family father and daughter, Chen Xijiu, Le Yan, Ling Feng, and the owner of the building in North Point were all stunned after hearing this.

This was said by Chu Xiangqian. He even went to the white princess's house casually. Those who knew the situation also knew that Margaret was Chu Xiangqian's woman.

If you don't believe what he says, it's basically useless to ask other people for help.

Bai Fanyu and Lei Luo looked at each other. The decoration and the selection of customer groups were the tasks that the father-in-law and son-in-law took the initiative to take on.

In addition to trying to please Bai Yuechang, the two of them felt from the bottom of their hearts that the more luxurious the decoration, the more customers would be attracted to dine in.

Unexpectedly, Chu Xiangqian actually said that the reason for his defeat was that his taste was too high.

But if you think about it carefully, a local like me would probably just come here to try something new and basically wouldn't come here to eat again.

As for the foreigners working and visiting Hong Kong Island, it seems to be just as Chu Xiangqian said, there are indeed few of them who are rich and powerful in their hometown.

Most of the white superintendents and chief superintendents in the police force were former military personnel.

The one who is related went back to England to take up a post more than 20 years ago.

Those who stayed behind were indeed of ordinary origin. Even Ge Bai's ancestors were only a major.

Not to mention the title, the major didn't even have a formal official position after retiring.

On the contrary, Ge Bai's status as the top police officer is comparable to that of a brigadier general or major general in the military.

But the foreigners at the superintendent level would not give Lei Luo any face at all. Let alone eating here every few days, it was difficult for them to even come here to eat.

Lei Luo and Bai Fanyu sighed, "Forget it, it's okay if we lose a little, just consider it as a lesson learned."

Bai Yue'e nodded with a unhappy look on her face.

But Chu Xiangqian had a win-win idea in mind.

He continued with a smile, "I do have an idea. Since the restaurant is inevitably losing money, why not just switch to a buffet?

For 19 yuan, you can eat as much steak, seafood, cakes and desserts, pasta, and fresh fruits as you want at moderate prices.

Moreover, there are many sub-brand wines of famous French and English wines, and the prices of beer are actually very cheap.

If you calculate it by the barrel, plus the shipping cost, and then bottling it yourself, even red wine would only cost two dollars a bottle at most.

I believe that single or couple office workers in this area would come here often to treat themselves to a meal.

Or if I want to host a dinner party, I will choose this place. But what about the cost? "

After Chu Xiangqian finished speaking, he turned to look at the followers that Bai Fanyu brought with him, and asked a man who was not tall but had a strong build.

"Hey, who told you to eat whatever you want, how many pounds of beef and bottles of beer can you eat in one meal?"

The person who was pointed at by Chu Xiangqian immediately became nervous. This was the big shot that both his boss and the Chief Chinese Detective Lei Luo had to try their best to curry favor with.

And since he was brought by Bai Fanyu, he must be his confidant. He had already learned from Bai Fanyu or Bai Fanyu's confidant Bai Zhishan Daguan that the once arrogant Po Hao and Jin Yabing were all killed by Chu Xiangqian just because they offended Chu Xiangqian.

Even the gang that was once at its peak has now split into dozens of different groups, large and small, and no one dares to avenge the founder, Po Hao.

Da Guang saw that his subordinate was stuttering when he stood up and spoke, so he quickly stood up and hugged the man to make him relax.

Chu Xiangqian laughed and waved at Baifanyu, whose face had turned dark. Baifanyu's face then looked much better.

In the end, although the man stuttered, he made it clear that he could eat at least four or five pounds of beef and more than ten bottles of beer in one meal.

Chu Xiangqian thought that this guy was bragging as soon as he saw him.

(End of this chapter)