Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 957 Tianzhu's future plans, the birth of the fifth child
Chu Xiangqian, He Chaosheng, Zhou Xiyuan, Le Jimin and others could naturally see that people around them were eavesdropping.

But a few people didn't care at all.

Chu Xiangqian is a little disdainful of foreign trade business. He Chaosheng and Zheng Yutong are mainly engaged in gambling and gold jewelry.

Only Zhou Xiyuan and Le Jimin were really interested.

However, Le Jimin himself is in the department store business.

In terms of channels and bargaining power, they are definitely more confident than those who are new to the industry.

But Chu Xiangqian knew that the ones who could really make the biggest money in the foreign trade business were definitely the small and medium-sized factories that had continued to grow and develop in Hong Kong Island over the years.

In the 1960s, factories of all sizes sprang up all over Hong Kong Island. It can even be said that the rapid economic development of Hong Kong Island had a lot to do with these factories.

And these factories basically all export.

Li Gongtan started his business by selling plastic flowers. It sounds like he made money like picking up money, but in fact, he also investigated the European market.

By specializing in exports to Europe, we have surpassed our peers who only focus on Hong Kong Island or at most the Southeast Asian market.

To put it bluntly, for a long time to come, Asian businessmen will be able to make the most profits by earning dollars, pounds, and francs.

However, the risks involved are not small. Fluctuations in exchange rates can easily turn your profit into a loss.

When Chu Xiangqian thought of this, he suddenly had an idea.

Smilingly, she cited the example of plastic flowers produced in Hong Kong Island that she had seen in London.

By the way, it was also mentioned that the ribbons and printed colorful wrapping paper used to package goods in luxury stores in London and Paris also come from Hong Kong Island.

As for why he knew all this, Chu Xiangqian said that he worked in a leather OEM factory in Hong Kong Island.

It has been supplying fur and other raw materials to Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Chanel and Armani.

And because the profits were very good, I used the profits from the past few years to continuously purchase shares of these companies.

This is of course nonsense. The shares of these luxury companies were acquired by relying on the trolley case patents and OEM factories with annual profits of over one million pounds.

And with the supply of leather, we were able to successfully obtain the shares.

But everyone present believed it.

The European market is indeed huge, but with the intelligence and talent of the Chinese, as long as they know which industry can make money, they will surely flock to it.

Chu Xiangqian is not afraid of anyone competing with him in leather.

But it’s hard to say about Li Gongtan’s plastic flower factory.

Moreover, when Chinese people compete among themselves, it is easy for them to drive the price of a certain product down to the lowest price.

Then, with lower costs and higher efficiency, they forced their European and American counterparts to make no money, or even go bankrupt and be squeezed out of the market.

I believe that many local factory owners and businessmen will thank me after what I said tonight gets out.

The one who suffered the most was definitely Li Gongtan.

Chu Xiangqian had thought about investing in the real estate companies of Li Gongtan, Li Sishu, and the Guo brothers after they became bigger and stronger and went public.

But now think about it, Hong Kong Island is so small. If he can slow down the rise of Li Gongtan and others, he can get more profits.

Moreover, it will take more than ten years for these people to truly develop, and Chu Xiangqian can't wait any longer.

This time I specifically mentioned plastic flowers because I disliked Li Gongtan.

Sure enough, when the news reached Li Gongtan's ears in the evening, he felt very bad.

There is more than one plastic flower factory in Hong Kong. Even if he can finally keep the European orders, the price will definitely be pushed down again by the sellers.

When profits decrease and less money is earned, it will affect the plan of bottom-fishing in real estate.

In order to cope with the high probability of competing for orders in the future, they even have to withdraw some funds from the real estate projects.

For a moment, Li Gongtan was so angry that he jumped up and down.

I really can't figure out how I had offended a big shot like Chu Xiangqian.

The next day, after using his connections and meeting Le Jimin and Zhou Xiyuan, he confirmed that Chu Xiangqian only cooperated with a few major luxury goods companies.

I noticed that the plastic products used in the stores of these luxury goods companies come from Hong Kong Island, so I brought this up at the dinner last night.

Only then did Li Gongtan breathe a sigh of relief.

It's fine as long as it's not specifically directed at yourself.

Chu Xiangqian naturally would not go and deal with Li Gongtan himself.

At this time, Lao Li was still just a small character, and Ye Xiaoli could easily defeat Lao Li.

And it is actually very simple to snatch Li Gongtan's luck.

After a few years, when the profits of Hutchison Whampoa Terminal became lower and lower, it reached the point where it had to be sold.

Just offer a higher price than Mr. Li and buy Hutchison Whampoa Wharf.

It can be said that the money earned from the development of Hutchison Whampoa was the first step in Lao Li’s real rise.

Without the money he earned from developing the wharf land, Li Gongtan would never have become a real estate tycoon.

Of course, it is also true that he has great abilities and vision.

But without Hutchison Whampoa, everything will be slower.

It will be more difficult and take longer to become a business giant again.

If Mr. Li's retail business is cut off, it would be equivalent to cutting off his source of funds.

Although retail profits are not high, the cash flow is huge.

For capital, the more cash it has, the more things it can do.
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At the end of November, Chu Xiangqian had been in Hong Kong Island for almost a month. No one came to cause trouble for him, and no one came to Hong Kong Island to seek revenge on him.

Seeing that girl Alyssa called every day, Chu Xiangqian had to fly to the manor in Mumbai to accompany her during the birthing.

As soon as they arrived at the manor, they saw Linda and her mother-in-law Kavia from afar, supporting Alyssa, who had gained weight and looked excited.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian got out of the car, Alyssa burst into tears of joy and threw herself into his arms regardless of anything.

Chu Xiangqian was almost scared to death, and he quickly stepped forward, hugged Alyssa in his arms and comforted her.

It took a while to calm the girl down.

After greeting his mother-in-law, Kavya, he looked at Linda.

Although the girl looked surprised, she said that since she was here, she could also go back to Hong Kong Island.

While handling business matters, I returned to the police station to report for leave.
Chu Xiangqian glared at the girl and said, "Just stay here quietly."

Linda curled her lips, and seeing that Chu Xiangqian seemed really angry, she didn't dare to say anything.

After entering the main building of the manor, I washed up and spent the whole afternoon with Alyssa.

During dinner, I finally had the opportunity to say to Linda, "I have already agreed with Ge Bai that the mobile force will be expanded and a combat squadron will be established to deal with special events.

Therefore, you only need to send the Gurkha police in the mobile force back to Darjeeling District in West Bengal and recruit 100 soldiers to return to Hong Kong Island for training.

Starting next year, not only will the mobile unit you command be larger, but you will also be the first special forces commander of the police force.

If you do well, you can be promoted to Chief Inspector or even Superintendent of Police."

Linda was overjoyed, and her mother-in-law Kavya was also overjoyed.

The Ying police rank actually comes from the military, and the superintendent is almost an officer at the rank of major.

For the Hajak family, this is definitely the person with the highest official position in the family's history.

Kavia was so happy that she immediately called her husband and son, which made Chu Xiangqian speechless.

However, since the Hajak family is so keen on power, it is not necessarily a bad thing. Their children are not even born yet, and if they want to make a difference in the Indian political arena in the future, it will take at least 20 to 30 years.

Even if you don't go into politics, you still need to deal with politicians if you want to keep your business in India.

During such a long period of time, it would be better to support the Hajak family first.

Even if it fails to win the national election, just becoming a new political force in Odisha will be a force that can be utilized in the future.

So two days later, Bhagwad Hajak and Singh Hajak, father and son, arrived at the estate in Mumbai.

Chu Xiangqian quickly talked to them, as well as Linda and Alyssa, about the decision to sponsor Bagwal's candidacy for Puri City Councillor.

Bagwo and his three companions were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed.

In the country of India, if you have money you can really do whatever you want.

In India at that time, when it came to canvassing for votes, it was no problem to just bribe people openly.

After losing the war with Lao Ba, the Tianzhu top leaders wanted to stabilize the internal situation.

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Most of the money earned from large-scale exports was directly and privately distributed to various forces.

This stabilized the turbulent political situation caused by the defeat.

However, Chu Xiangqian is not so ignorant.

Just because everything is fine now doesn’t mean it will be fine in the future.

Odisha is relatively rich in natural resources and produces a lot of rice, wheat, sorghum, rapeseed, jute, millet and sugarcane.

Chu Xiangqian paid for the purchase of rice, wheat and sorghum, and transported them to Hong Kong Island for sale.

Even though there may be some losses, the proportion of losses is not high.

The cost is actually lower than directly bribing the landowners of all sizes within the city of Puri.

Moreover, many of these local forces are also legislators and city government officials.

To deal with these people is to deal with the votes.

Even after the food is transported to Hong Kong Island, it is not sold in the market.

Instead, he took it to Middle-earth and exchanged it for gold with the dwarves and elves.

Puri is a port city, and Chu Xiangqian can undertake the shipping business of local merchants' export goods at a slightly lower price.

In addition, we continue to purchase sugarcane plantations and raw sugar processing plants locally.

Also, as the number of tiger bone wine-for-sugarcane transactions increases, it will no longer be possible to easily buy more sugarcane forests.

If you want to continue trading tiger bone wine, you can only do it in cash.

However, apart from the distributors drinking the wine themselves, most of the wine is consumed by monks in temples, landlords and wealthy people in several states surrounding Orissa.

Just based on this point, Chu Xiangqian was able to lobby many forces and push Bagwo to successfully run for the seat of councilor in Puri.

Wait for Bhagwal to be elected successfully.

Then help Singh run for a position like police chief in the town where the Hajak family lives.

Of course, it is difficult to become a chief directly at the beginning, but if you enter the police station first and then spend a few years to achieve your goal, it should not be difficult.

Then he spent money to be transferred to the Puri Police Station, where he spent ten years gaining a foothold in the police system.

It can not only help Bagewal rise higher in the Puri city arena, but also protect Chu Xiangqian's local industries, and the Hajak family can also become a police family.

In India, policeman is a very sought-after profession.

And the power is huge.

After hearing Chu Xiangqian's words, Bagewo and Singh, father and son, began breathing heavily with excitement.

In their hearts, Linda and Alyssa always remembered that they were almost used as a tool for marriage.

But deep down, the two sisters actually hope that their family will become more prosperous.

At night, before Chu Xiangqian hugged Alyssa and Linda to sleep, he said that in the future, his property would be handed over to the two sisters and children to manage.

There is also the hope that their children will enter the Indian political arena in the future.

Linda looked at Alyssa and saw that the girl pouted and looked unhappy.

Knowing that in Alyssa’s heart, she prefers to stay in Hong Kong Island, so naturally she also hopes that her children will be in Hong Kong Island.

To put it bluntly, Alyssa is not very ambitious and would rather stay with Chu Xiangqian.

Linda gently pulled Chu Xiangqian’s arm and nodded at Alyssa.

Chu Xiangqian turned his head and saw what this little girl Alyssa was thinking.

Then he looked back at Linda and asked, "What do you think?"

Linda frowned and thought for a moment before she said, “Honey, it’s too early to talk about the children.

How about waiting until Alyssa and I's children are 20 years old and then asking for their opinions?"

Chu Xiangqian nodded helplessly. It was indeed too early.

"Okay, you two will manage the business in Tianzhu, and I will just give advice and investment. How much wealth the children can inherit in the future depends entirely on you two mothers."

After hearing this, Linda and Alyssa rolled their eyes at Chu Xiangqian.

But if you think about it carefully, although Hong Kong Island’s assets are indeed valuable, Tianzhu’s potential is much greater than that of Hong Kong Island.

If they could monopolize Tianzhu's industry in the future, it would be a good thing for the two sisters.

If Chu Xiangqian knew about this, he could only say haha.

In the future, Mumbai and New Delhi combined will not be larger than Hong Kong Island.

Except for these two cities, the gap between other cities in Tianzhu is extremely large.
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On December 12, Alyssa suddenly felt stomach pain, and her amniotic fluid broke soon after.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian hired the best obstetrician and nurse in Mumbai early on.

In order to avoid encountering scammers, during the days in Mumbai, I occasionally discussed medical topics with the female doctor who studied in London.

Nowadays, there are actually very few Indian women working outside the home.

Even fewer are doctors.

Studying abroad, especially medicine, is even more scarce.

So after Chu Xiangqian confirmed that this woman did have real talent and skills, he couldn't help but plan to hire her as a private family doctor.

But on second thought, I decided to forget it.

He had the opportunity to stay in London, but he still returned to India without hesitation. He is not so easy to invite.

At around 4 pm, Alyssa successfully gave birth to a baby boy.

Not only was Alyssa delighted, but Linda, Bhagwal, Singh and Kavya also happily hugged and congratulated each other.

A few days later, Lina and Liya, who were staying in Hong Kong Island to take care of business, flew to the manor.

In addition to congratulating Alyssa, he also reported to Linda on the business situation in Hong Kong Island in the past month.

Chu Xiangqian is now basically not in charge of the import and export business along the Celestial Empire-Hong Kong Island-India route.

She is devoted to accompanying her fifth child.

As soon as the little guy was born, Chu Xiangqian named him Chu Jingfu.

(End of this chapter)