Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 267 Chapter 266 [Weak force, can’t save]

In the second half of 75, the recovery of Hong Kong's real estate and construction industries became increasingly obvious, building transactions gradually became active (some speculators and factory owners entered the market), the number of construction workers looking for jobs on the streets began to decrease, and the sales offices of some companies became much busier.

As the "Gold and Silver Securities Monthly Report" said, "A new trend has emerged recently. Many young men and women hope to buy their own houses after marriage and start a family. On the one hand, their qualifications do not meet the requirements for applying for public housing, and on the other hand, renting or sharing a house with others is not a good option. Therefore, small and medium-sized units in residential buildings have become popular."

The human world has always been like this: no one cultivates barren land, but if it is cultivated, people will fight for it. Next, no one will doubt the authenticity of the recovery of local cities.

Fortunately, Changxin Real Estate, China Entertainment Real Estate, Capital Real Estate and Starlight Real Estate, all of which were chaired by Li Wendi, made some bottom-fishing in local cities and acquired a large number of cheap properties and land, which are expected to enable their companies to develop for five years. Of course, these land and properties are not enough to satisfy Li Wendi.

Considering the hot real estate market, Li Wendi began to let other companies rush into the real estate market, sweep up some target properties and land, and consume all the planned funds.

An old industrial building in North Point

Li Wendi came in person to discuss the acquisition with the owner because the industrial building covered an area of ​​4.8 square feet. Although it was only 5 stories high, the floor area reached 23 square feet. If it was acquired, it would only cost 500 million.

When the time comes, we will demolish and rebuild a 20-story industrial building with a floor area of ​​92 square feet. Even if we collect rent from it, we can make back our investment within two years, not to mention the profit from selling it after it is built.

"Why is he here?" Li Wendi saw a familiar figure and frowned deeply, as if he was somewhat disgusted with that person.

Gao Yi answered expressionlessly, "This Cai Ziming is one of our competitors. Ever since he lost Zhongyu Real Estate, he has been looking for a new company. Around September last year, Cai Ziming took advantage of the low price to acquire Zhongde Real Estate Company, holding 9% of the shares and becoming the chairman of the board. After more than half a year of asset restructuring, he has acquired a lot of properties, making Zhongde Real Estate much stronger."

Li Wendi naturally knew some news about Cai Ziming, and also knew that Cai Ziming had acquired other companies, but he didn't expect to meet him here today, which seemed to be a bit of an obstruction.

"Isn't this Mr. Li Wendi, chairman of Changxin Real Estate Company?" Cai Ziming smiled faintly, his eyes revealing a hint of contempt.

"Long time no see, Mr. Cai! I heard that you acquired a real estate company, congratulations." Li Wendi responded with a faint smile. The gap in strength between the two is a bit big now. Zhongde Real Estate is just a small real estate company, and its strength is not as good as Zhongyu Real Estate, not to mention Li Wendi's Changxin Real Estate series.

"This is all thanks to you, Mr. Li, otherwise how could I have acquired Zhongde Real Estate Company." Cai Ziming certainly couldn't look forward to the fact that Zhongyu Real Estate was acquired by Li Wendi.

"Mr. Cai, are you also interested in this building? The market value of Zhongde Real Estate is only 2000 million. You want to buy an industrial building worth 500 million. Aren't you afraid of financial problems in the company? If there are major problems, Mr. Cai might lose control of Zhongde Real Estate." Li Wendi certainly did not think that he was guilty of Cai Ziming. The acquisition was a normal business activity.

"This is all thanks to you, Mr. Li. You taught me how to control a company. Don't worry, Zhongde Real Estate will be firmly controlled in my hands, and no one can snatch it away." Cai Ziming counterattacked.

The verbal battle between the two made the owner Zhang Tianqi guess that there was a big conflict between the two. It seemed not too much to say that they were enemies. So Zhang Tianqi felt that his chance to make money had come, and smiled and interrupted, "Both of you are interested in the building. According to the rules, the one with the highest bid will win."

"This is Mr. Li, right? Hello, Mr. Li! The reserve price of this building is 500 million. If Mr. Li can offer a higher price, we can negotiate."

Zhang Tianqi has the face of a profiteer, which makes people feel uncomfortable, but the building he owns is indeed of high quality.

"Okay, then I'll offer 510 million." Li Wendi immediately added 10 yuan. In this era, 10 yuan could already buy a nice small apartment.

So Zhang Tianqi turned his gaze to Cai Ziming and asked, "Mr. Cai, what about you? If there is no higher bid, I will sign a contract with Mr. Li."

Cai Ziming frowned. He admitted that his financial resources were not as good as Li Wendi's, but even if he had to lose the building, he wanted Li Wendi to lose more. "530 million!"

Cai Ziming didn't dare to ask for too high a price. What if Li Wendi didn't follow up and he couldn't come up with the funds and couldn't sell it? That would bring him a lot of trouble.

Zhang Tianqi smiled brightly, and if he continued like this, it seemed that he could see the shadow of 700 million.

In the end, with the increase in price by Li Wendi and Cai Ziming, the price soared to 580 million. This put a lot of pressure on Cai Ziming because he came here to take advantage of the bargain and his maximum budget was 560 million.

Cai Ziming left very ungracefully without even saying goodbye, and Li Wendi bought it for 585 million.

However, Zhang Tianqi seemed to have seen a way to get a higher price, and said to Li Wendi and Gao Yi with a smile, "Mr. Li, Mr. Gao, I'm sorry! I forgot to tell you that I have a few buyers who haven't participated in the bidding yet."

Li Wendi looked at Zhang Tianqi's tricks and said with a smile, "Does Zhang Sheng want to be so dishonest? If so, I also have a way to make your building less valuable and make it difficult for Zhang Sheng to survive in Hong Kong."

"Mr. Li, are you trying to threaten me? Are you trying to force me to buy this?" Zhang Tianqi's face suddenly changed when he heard this.

"I can't stop Mr. Zhang from thinking whatever he wants, but what I said is true." Li Wendi looked at the watch on his wrist, "I'll give Mr. Zhang 20 minutes to find out about Li Wendi from Changxin Real Estate Company."

"If Zhang Sheng still says the same thing in 20 minutes, I will leave immediately and will not be an eyesore here."

It has been a while since Li Wendi encountered such a disgusting guy, so it’s not impossible to make a big one.

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Tianqi was undecided and turned around to find out Li Wendi's background.

Gao Yi still had a blank expression on his face, as if he had already witnessed Zhang Tianqi's roguery.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Tianqi came over with a smile on his face, "Mr. Li, let's go sign the contract. It's still 585 million."

"Yes!" Li Wendi nodded and took Gao Yi to the law firm.

Li Wendi does not plan to demolish this industrial building now, but wants to wait until 76 when Capital Real Estate Company has more funds.

Junfu Jewellery Company
Li Wendi sat on a chair with a gloomy face. Sitting next to him was He Qijun, who was flipping through documents and her face also didn't look very good.

"What should we do? This batch of goods is really 'stolen goods', which were robbed from Jingfu Jewelry Company. It happened last month." He Qijun said at a loss.

"Who received this batch of goods?" Li Wendi was in a dilemma. He couldn't just throw it away. If the police were called, it would have a significant impact on the reputation of Junfu Jewelry Company. "It was a deputy manager of the sales department. He has disappeared." He Qijun said.

Li Wendi finally decided to call the police instead of covering up the matter because the situation in Hong Kong was very bad at the time. If the Independent Commission Against Corruption was involved, it would be even worse for Junfu Jewelry.

At the same time, Li Wendi issued a reward order to H Road to track down the deputy manager.

The team was led by Sheriff Zhang Wenhuai, an acquaintance of Li Wendi who had dealt with him many times. So Li Wendi invited him into the office, wanting to have a slow chat with him to minimize the impact.

"Mr. Zhang, I was negligent in this matter. Although this batch of goods is only worth more than 20 yuan, it will seriously affect the reputation of Junfu Jewelry Company. So is it possible to handle this matter in a low-key manner?" Li Wendi said.

Zhang Wenhuai was used to dealing with these things. Seeing that Li Wendi had a very good attitude, he smiled and said, "Mr. Li, you know that the number of gold shop robberies in Hong Kong is always high. It is not difficult to handle it in a low-key manner, but the police may have to change their statement."

"As long as this matter has nothing to do with Junfu Jewelry Company, Sir Zhang can announce it however he wants." Li Wendi smiled knowingly, "As for the cash paid by Junfu Jewelry, just think of it as a benefit for the police force, Sir Zhang, and it has nothing to do with Junfu Jewelry."

"Then why did Mr. Li call the police today?" Zhang Wenhuai asked with a smile.

"I called the police today because the deputy manager of the company's business department stole more than 20 yuan in cash from the company. I hope the police can help me find this person." Li Wendi said lightly.

"Okay, I'll try my best to find that person." Zhang Wenhuai sat in the office for a while and then left.

After Zhang Wenhuai left, He Qijun immediately asked, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? It seems like a bribe to Zhang Wenhuai."

"Bribe?! How did I bribe Zhang Wenhuai? He didn't take anything from me, and the batch of jewelry and gold is in the hands of other people. Junfu Jewelry just lost some money." Li Wendi spread his hands cunningly.

He Qijun thought about it carefully and it seemed to be the case.

"You can't be too rigid in doing business." Li Wendi eased the conversation. "Zhang Wenhuai is a veteran of the police force. The ICAC has been in office for two years. Some of the tricks are already familiar to Zhang Wenhuai and his people. Zhang Wenhuai will handle it well."

Li Wendi knew very well that Zhang Wenhuai was meticulous and knew how to make things legal. Even if it was not legal, he would not admit it.

Although Junfu Jewelry Company is managed by He Qijun, it also cost Li Wendi a lot of effort. The current scale was achieved by Li Wendi's money. It will be one of the pillar industries of Li Wendi's family in the future, so Li Wendi would take the risk to do such a thing.

"Okay, that's the end of it." Li Wendi added, "Let's try to prevent this kind of thing from happening again."

"From now on, all the company's inbound and outbound orders will go through my hands. No employee will have the right to bypass me, otherwise they will face lawsuits." He Qijun said grimly.

"Well, then you just have to work hard for a while. When Xiaonan graduates, let her help you." Li Wendi said.

He Qijun knew that Li Wendi was beginning to doubt her ability to manage so many industries and wanted to bring in people she trusted. This was reasonable, but He Qijun did not intend to accept it because the industries she had were her capital to establish herself in the Li family.

As someone who came from a large family, He Qijun knew very well the importance of rights and she could not give them up.

Even if Li Wendi wanted Li Xiaonan to take some of the money, fortunately Li Xiaonan would not graduate for another two or three years. Perhaps Li Wendi would give up the idea by then.

Some of He Liansheng's uncles, with the financial support of Li Wendi, started to stir up trouble, all wanting to push their confidants to the leading position. Although Deng Songlian tried his best to suppress it, he was in poor health and those people were no longer as cautious as before, so the effect of the suppression was not very good.

Deng Jiaren took the opportunity to lobby Deng Songlian to send Deng Jialuo out of Hong Kong. As for the destination, Deng Jiaren was tactful enough not to mention it.

Deng Songlian was somewhat tempted. After all, Deng Jialuo had too many enemies. Once he was gone, Deng Jiaren would naturally not risk his life to save his brother. As a father, Deng Songlian did not want to see his son die tragically.

But Deng Jialuo refused to leave no matter what, believing that he still had a chance to return to the leading position of Heliansheng.

Deng Songlian was planning to use force, but Deng Jialuo saw through his plan and said, "Send him away, he can come back secretly."

Deng Songlian was so angry that his breathing became rapid, but he could do nothing about it.

Deng Jiaren didn't pay much attention to the result, because he was also a little overwhelmed at the moment. There was some problem with the financial situation of Dengji Real Estate Company, and he needed a considerable amount of funds to solve it.

Originally, he wanted Deng Songlian to get some funds from the society to ease the situation first (as is customary). However, with the turmoil in the Heliansheng Society, Deng Songlian did not dare to act as casually as before, so he politely refused and let Deng Jiaren solve it himself.

Deng Jiaren was forced to seek help from Li Wendi, so he asked Li Wendi out on the pretext of discussing Deng Jialuo's affairs.

Tsim Sha Tsui Happy Tea House
The two chatted for a while, and Deng Jiaren gradually got to the point. "Deng Jialuo still doesn't want to leave Hong Kong. I persuaded my dad, but unfortunately I can't let Deng Jialuo go to India."

"Really? Then what are you going to do?" Li Wendi asked in a light tone.

"Let him be free for a few months. When others take action, we will find a way to send him to India. If he still wants to come back, let those enemies fight him." Deng Jiaren still didn't want to kill Deng Jialuo.

Li Wendi didn't want to get involved in this kind of life, so he nodded and said, "You decide."

"Wendi, I heard that you are buying at the bottom recently. I have some properties on hand. I wonder if you are interested?" Deng Jiaren thought about borrowing some money from Li Wendi, but thinking of Li Wendi's shrewdness, if it becomes a mortgage, it would be better to directly sell some of the less high-quality properties to Li Wendi.

"Is it because the property is not very good?" Li Wendi said with a laugh, "I have also heard about Deng's Real Estate. Selling such a small amount of property may not help."

(End of this chapter)