Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, I, the rice class leader

Chapter 256 Chapter 256: Acquisition of the Century!A new chapter for the Chinese!

Seeing him building tall buildings, seeing him entertaining guests.

Limin, who was holding a cup of coffee in his hand, was looking at Dongcang opposite, where a group of people were knocking, and the jingling sound made Limin think he was at a construction site.

"Security all over the world?"

Limin frowned. He looked at the four big characters hanging on Dongcang and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Gao Yao did not develop real estate here, but engaged in security all over the world?
security guard?

What future does this thing have?
Why not engage in real estate?Is it because the money is not available?

Benefiting the people will make people's hearts turn. All of Gao's business actions will be rewarded, which is obvious to those who are interested.

So you can roughly calculate the cost that someone has to pay here.

Yes, the cost!
The money lent by HSBC and other banks requires interest, no matter how low it is, but in the face of the huge numbers, it is still a huge cost!

Most people can’t bear it!
Limin looked at the security guards across the street, and he couldn't help but think of the gold and silver trading center in Central.

Recently, the Chaozhou gang, led by Liao Baoshan, was killing everyone there, killing other shrimp boys like shit.

It is said that the Chaozhou Gang has been on the rise in all directions recently, and now it has put its hands into the financial industry. It will be really great in the future.

Four Seas Security…

Liminze can't figure out what future this thing has?The banks hire security guards from Baotou, so why would they hire Chinese people?

As for bank accounts opened by Chinese people, they all have their own staff serve as security guards, not to mention this.

Limin looked a little upset. Things had not been going well recently. The other big guys from the Wuyi Gang had made mud Buddhas again. They all washed their hands and came ashore not to touch such things and fight and kill them.

He looked at the opposite side again, and it felt good to have a clear view, but when he remembered that the territory opposite was high-tech, he felt not so good.

The Sihai Security Department is indeed a Gao Yao. He is very resolute in his work. After deciding to formally intervene in security, he selected Yihe Dongcang as the training base for the Sihai Security Department.

First of all, this place is spacious enough, nearly 3 square meters, which is enough for early use.

Secondly, Gaoyao is really unable to build other high-rise buildings in succession. It is not a matter of money, but mainly because the people below cannot keep up with the energy, and they also lack the necessary technical backbone.

According to Ye Gengnian, it is best to complete the Gaoxia and Gaoyue buildings first, and cultivate a strong construction team in the process, and then proceed to the next round of construction.

Gao Yao was right. He already had a lot of land reserves in his hands, including Tsuen Wan, Clear Water Bay, Repulse Bay, plus the newly acquired Yihe Dongcang from Jardine.

Not to mention Tsim Sha Tsui and Sham Shui Po.

To be honest, these lands are already high enough for someone to develop, so there is really no need to rush for success.

However, the land cannot be left empty.

Yihe Dongcang was originally built as a warehouse, but Gao Yao did not have this demand for the time being. Later, he thought about it and changed it into a training base for Sihai Security.

It can be considered well used.

Gao Jin is fully responsible for the training base, and Greyhound is also there!It is through renovation that they will begin to penetrate all aspects of the Lee Gardens in Lee Garden Hill.

In Liu Fangxiong's words, the virtual should be real and the real should be virtual. The closer to the goal, the faster the progress.

Greyhound was convinced, and after getting Gao Yao's permission, he divided the men and horses into three groups for shifts.

With Gao Jin and Greyhound around, every move of the Li family was clearly visible to Gao, so he felt at ease and acted according to the plan.

In the past few days, the most important thing for Gao Yao was to acquire Lane Crawford!
In order to prevent variables, Gao Yao used a method to attract investment!
He asked Sun Liren to publish the news in the Yuanfang Daily with great fanfare that Gao Yue Building in Causeway Bay was planning to attract Lane Crawford to move in, and then he went to the Lane Crawford headquarters on Des Voeux Road as a matter of course.

Gao Yue Building is the first of its kind in Hong Kong Island. It operates a complex model. When it was first widely advertised, there was news that it would invest in a department store.

At that time, everyone was speculating that with Mr. Gao's name, he might recruit either Xian Shi or Yong An. Who knew that the newspaper would reveal that he was trying to recruit Lane Crawford!

This news immediately caused the Chinese people in Hong Kong to raise their thumbs. According to their saying, "A high school student is a high school student, and he can swallow thousands of miles like a tiger."

"Either we don't recruit, this move is actually to recruit the bully in the department store industry!"

Under such a trend, of course no one would doubt that Gao Yao came to discuss the acquisition with Claward.

In the chairman's office, Gao Yao was negotiating the price with Claward.

There are two most valuable things about Lane Crawford, one is the signboard!It is the first department store on Hong Kong Island and has considerable appeal among Westerners and upper-class Chinese.

The other one is the channel!
Lane Crawford has only one positioning, high-end!

Most of the goods it sells are foreign goods, and they are brand names!It has the sole agency right in Hong Kong Island.

As a later generation, Gao Yao knew very well that this was Lane Crawford's most valuable thing, so this was what he needed.

Gao Yao's reputation is a good booster. Claward really wants to sell. His body cannot support him staying in Hong Kong Island for a long time.

He immediately said: "MR. High, these are not problems."

"And I will help you retain the management team after the acquisition is completed."

"Of course."

Claward thought for a moment and said, "But I can't guarantee that everyone will stay."

Westerners are not prejudiced against Chinese people for a day or two, and here on Hong Kong Island, Westerners consider themselves to be first-class people.

Some arrogant guys may not be happy to work under the hands of Chinese people.

"Free choice, two-way choice."

Gao Yao laughed, he didn't really care about this.

The development of Hong Kong Island has proved that any industry can only truly thrive if Chinese people participate.

Otherwise, if we only rely on Westerners’ own words, we are just amusing ourselves.

Gao Yao followed: "I'm very satisfied."

He stretched out his hand: "Deal."

"Thank you."

Claward was even more excited than Gao Yao.

"It looks like it's time for us to find a financial advisor."

This financial consultant is Zheng Tie from Bank of China!
Although Zheng Tie's pressure has been greatly reduced after Liu Fangxiong defected, he still thinks it is not safe.

There was no way, Zheng Tie would often receive telegrams from his colleagues in Shanghai. He had only one idea: to rid the Democratic Party of China that it was crazy and wanted to build a new financial system.

The point is, this golden coupon is just a mess!

Zheng Tie was really afraid that the wealth that the bank had finally acquired would be stolen by the Democratic Party, so he kept investing the money in the bank.

It was the most appropriate thing for him to provide Gao Yao with the money to acquire Lane Crawford.

Firstly, it can solve Zheng Tie's worries, and secondly, Lane Crawford's business recovery after the war is actually quite good, and its profits are more than enough to pay interest!

"congratulations."

Zheng Tie was also very satisfied with this loan. It was an absolutely high-quality loan without any worries, so he signed it as soon as possible after reviewing the contract.

Then he congratulated Gao Yao: "Gao Sheng, you really fought a beautiful and clean takeover battle of the century with lightning speed!"

"The whole world has been hidden from you."

Gao Yao laughed and said: "Build the plank road openly and secretly visit Chen Cang."

"It's okay to look at Sun Tzu's Art of War. It's still useful."

Zheng Tie also laughed: "A big earthquake is really going to hit Hong Kong Island this time."

Is that okay?
Who is Gao Yao?He has long known that in the Western world, being low-key is useless, and subtlety should not appear in the dictionary.

If you want to make a splash in the Western world, you must have a high profile based on a certain level of strength, and it must be absolutely high-profile!

After confirming Lane Crawford's stake, Gao Yao immediately asked Laward to go back to the door of Lane Crawford's headquarters, followed by a large number of reporters who were notified.

"High student."

The reporters were very excited. Lane Crawford is the well-deserved overlord of the department store industry in Hong Kong. If Gaoyao can recruit Lane Crawford into Gao Yue Building.

Then the first building of this building will be worthy of its title!

This is the first building in the hands of the Chinese. If it is really implemented, it will definitely increase the prestige of the Chinese.

It is indeed difficult for them, who are both Chinese, not to be excited.

Of course, they didn’t know that Gaoyao had acquired Lane Crawford, and it was an acquisition!
"Dear friends."

Gao Yao has spent a lot of money in the media industry since his debut, and his relationship with this group of reporters is still good.

Although there have been incidents of being bombarded by people who moved to the left before, the flaws do not overshadow the flaws.

Gao Yao raised his hands and said, "Let me say a few words."

The commotion subsided immediately. These reporters were all discerning. Just looking at Claward standing next to Mr. Gao, they understood that Mr. Gao had probably successfully attracted investment.I’m really looking forward to it!
When Gao Yao opened his mouth, he was shocked: "Mr. Lai Kraward believes that I, Gao Yao, have successfully acquired Lane Crawford's shares from Mr. Kraward and Mr. Ram."

"From today on, I, Gao Yao, am the largest shareholder of Lane Crawford."

Needle drop can be heard at the scene.

A group of reporters didn't understand. They looked at each other with doubts in their eyes. Acquisition?

What is acquisition?
Wasn't it said that it was about attracting investment?
Why not play the cards according to the routine?
But Sun Liren was alert. He was the first to break the dead silence: "Gao Sheng, may I ask, did you just mean that you acquired Lane Crawford?"

"Acquired this cargo company?"

Gao Yao nodded: "Yes."

The microphone was handed over to Claward, who said seriously: "Yes, gentlemen."

"From today on, Mr. Gao is the owner of Lane Crawford."

There was a big uproar at the scene!

It was like a hurricane, and they couldn't even blow it. Many people's eyes were wet unconsciously, and they even couldn't speak clearly.

"Trouble...please...say it again."

"Yes, yes, say it again."

Claward was a little strange. He couldn't understand the emotions of these reporters. Why were they so excited when they were just acquiring a company?
Of course he couldn't understand it because he inherited the ancestral business and didn't know the history of Hong Kong Island.

Prior to this, all soups (original soup) in Hong Kong were given to Westerners first, and the opportunity for Chinese businessmen to eat them was passed through the hands of Westerners, without exception!

Even so, Chinese businessmen slowly accumulated wealth by doing business that was looked down upon by foreign companies, and then began to improve their social status by paying deposits to become compradors and other means.

Needless to say, the process was difficult.

Let me just say one thing: At that time, everyone’s dream career was to enter a foreign trade company and start working!
It is conceivable how great the influence of foreign companies on the Chinese people in Hong Kong Island! ~
And now the head of Lane Crawford says that the most powerful and powerful foreign company in Hong Kong has been acquired by a Chinese?

how is this possible! ! !

Klavard could only repeat: "In the name of God, I guarantee that what I say next is true."

"From this moment on, the respected Mr. Gao CBE.JP is already the new director of Lane Crawford."

"The stocks he holds in his hands are equal to the combined value of my Claward family and the Ram family."

Whoa!
This is real!It turns out to be true!
The scene was like a boiling oil pan. A group of people screamed and jumped excitedly. They hugged each other and shouted: "It turns out that we Chinese can also defeat the ghost one day."

This was a national sentiment that Claward could not understand. He could only shrug and then return the microphone to Gao Gao.

"Thank you."

Gao Yao's words gradually calmed down the crazy scene. He said slowly: "This is just a small step taken by me, Gao."

"But I believe this is a big step in the future."

"The high school student is mighty!"

A group of people raised their arms and shouted wildly, their eyes shining. The high school student was so sharp that he was able to eat a foreign company, and it was a foreign company with a history of nearly a hundred years.

Since Hong Kong Island opened as a port, it is truly unprecedented!

High school students are creating miracles every day!

Soon, the news that Gao wanted to acquire Lane Crawford spread across Hong Kong Island like a hurricane.

This time, all newspapers owned by Chinese people urgently printed more copies, and they did not skimp on words.

Some people listed Gao Yao as a national hero, saying that Gao Yao fired the first shot against foreign companies.

Some say that Gao Sheng is truly a representative of the Chinese people, with a kingly air, and will definitely be the pillar of Hong Kong Island in the future.

It is also said that the acquisition of Lane Crawford by Gaosheng has severely damaged the arrogance of the British consortium and greatly enhanced my Chinese aspirations...

In short, there are different opinions, almost lifting Gao to the sky.

Because of this, Gao Yao had to keep a low profile, because he felt that the content in the newspaper was a bit exaggerated. In fact, he was just a businessman.

Just met the right business at the right time and the right place.

As for this kind of attack, counterattack, etc., it's a bit exaggerated.

However, the acquisition of Lane Crawford is of great benefit to Gao Mangguan. Some of their purchases can be made directly from Lane Crawford.

For example, the Western food in Dalilian Supermarket will deliver fresh food to Gao Mansion as soon as possible.

Gao Yao can be regarded as living a life like Zhou Xinian's. He has first-class material supplies without leaving home.

As for Axia and Bai Yuechang, their status among the famous ladies has skyrocketed, and it won't be long before they reach the C position.

The Gao family had to continue holding banquets, and they lasted for several days.

There is really no way. Since the opening of the port, there has never been a precedent for a Chinese to acquire a foreign bank, or a large foreign bank such as Lane Crawford.

Who wouldn't want to buy it if given the chance?

Why did Gao Yao get this opportunity?
According to Zhou Xinian: "Chairman Gao, you are really cunning and cunning."

"Huh? This trick was enough to hide the truth, but it deceived all of us."

Everyone laughed, right?

Who would have thought that a real investment invitation would turn into a real acquisition, which is extremely difficult to guard against.

"congratulations."

In any case, there are jealous people, but for most celebrities, they are very happy that Gaoyao has successfully acquired Lane Crawford.

"For so many years, we Chinese have only been able to eat a little bit, now it's time to have a big meal."

Gao Yao smiled and said: "But if you do good things, you will always have a future."

Everyone also laughed. Mr. Gao was well-known and well-known as a philanthropic person. He also had a huge wallet, so he had the opportunity to acquire Lane Crawford.

They thought carefully about Gao's life path, and several important acquisitions seemed to be for charity.

Take the brewery, for example. At that time, Ruttonji had almost decided to sell it to San Miguel, but someone Gao came out and snatched it away.

Now even Crawford is like this...

It seems that charity is really a good business.

Then someone worried: "But, will it arouse foreign companies' vigilance?"

Everyone's expressions were a bit complicated. Most of the people here actually achieved real accumulation by working as compradors for foreign banks.

No one knows better than them the urinary nature of foreign trade.

If it were not for the support and permission provided by the Colonial Office to foreign banks, in their view, nine out of ten of these foreign banks would have closed down.

Let me just say one thing: Why was Hong Kong Island positioned as a transit trade at that time?Because there is this kind of trade demand among the colonies of the British Empire.

According to the regulations of the Colonial Office, these re-export trade licenses were only issued to foreign companies.

What can the Chinese do?If they want to do overseas business, they will transfer the goods to foreign companies after purchasing.

If you plan to do business in the Mainland and Southeast Asia, you need to travel north and south.

Want to sell to buyers yourself?Eat shit!

Gao Yao said: "I read the newspaper recently."

Everyone's expressions suddenly became serious. With the shadow of a famous tree, it can be said that Gao's background is not deep enough, but it is absolutely impossible to deny his status and foresight.

At least they thought there was no way they could climb to such a high altitude in such a short period of time.

The boys at home would be satisfied as long as they were as good as a high school student.

"After World War II, the colonial system of the empire was in turmoil. In Asia alone, many colonies became independent one after another."

Everyone understood. They were all well-informed people. In fact, they also vaguely knew about it, and even participated in the discussion of the plan proposed by the former Governor Yang Mu.

It is said that the plan was based on the democratic independence movement outside, and planned to build Hong Kong Island into a democratic and free place.

However, everyone is opposed to it because Hong Kong Island has been an integral part of China since ancient times.

It’s okay to promote democracy and freedom, but it also calls for independence. Isn’t this a joke?

Gao Yao suddenly said: "Have you tried it? Recently, you can do peer-to-peer trade with outsiders."

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence. Soon, one person was surprised and said: "It seems like this is really the case?"

There was a crack in the glass, and it would get bigger and bigger later, and everyone's eyes lit up.

Before this, this kind of thing was absolutely impossible to happen!

(End of this chapter)