Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 142 The Acquisition That Came to Our Door

"Actually, you can contact the milk company. We have so many supermarkets, so we can definitely take over the milk delivery service of the milk company. Maybe we can make a little extra money. By the way, how is the business of my Yaguang toy counter recently?" What Ma Qing is most concerned about now is the sales of his toy factory's products.

"It's okay. The sales are good, but not as hot-selling as you said, boss. I can only say it's okay." Huang Hongtu was a little unconfident.

"It's OK. This thing really didn't sell out as I expected." Ma Qing sighed. There were many things in Ma Qing's database that could sell out, but he didn't dare to take them out. The industrial chain was a project that required a long period of time to build. If he suddenly took out something that was ahead of the times, let alone explaining the source, based on his current foundation, he was afraid that while the product would sell out, he would also become famous.

Ma Qing has always followed a principle, that is, not to be a genius, not to do things that are too far away from this era, and not to meddle in things that should not be meddlesome, at least not now.

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Upstairs from Howard Leung’s law firm is Chow & Chien Solicitors. Ma Qing also didn’t understand why the names of law firms in Hong Kong follow Western naming conventions, simply writing the lawyer’s surname, completely lacking the Chinese subtlety and cultural connotations.

"Lawyer Zhou, has my patent been approved?" Ma Qing asked the female lawyer in front of him. This lawyer was introduced by Liang Haowen. She is a lawyer specializing in patent rights, and this lawyer is particularly strong in international patents.

"The patent for Hong Kong has been applied for, but..." Lawyer Zhou emphasized: "Mr. Ma, are you sure you want to apply for patents in all major countries? Do you need the United States, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom? This will probably take a certain amount of time and money."

"Money is not a problem, apply for all of them, I have full confidence in my products."

"Okay then, these four products will cost 5 Hong Kong dollars." As a patent protection lawyer, Lawyer Zhou has seen too many confident inventors who applied for patents for the dream of getting rich, but ended up not even making back the patent application fees.

"What, so expensive?" Ma Qing was shocked. He didn't expect it to be this price.

"The patent application fee itself is not high, but the personnel involved in handling the patent will be higher. After all, these are developed countries, and 1 pound is equal to 16 Hong Kong dollars. You can understand this, right?" Lawyer Zhou explained. After all, the patent application needs to be entrusted to a local law firm.

"..." I fucking don't want to understand, okay? Ma Qing had no choice but to take out his checkbook and write a check for 5 to pay to Lawyer Zhou. His wallet was really going to be empty.

After coming out of "Chow & Chin Law Firm", Ma Qing thought that since he was already here, he might as well say hello to his partner.

"Hello, Lawyer Liang, long time no see, did you miss me?"

Liang Haowen was on the phone, and when he heard Ma Qing's voice, he quickly said to the conversation: "No need, your husband just came to my place."

After hanging up the phone, he said, "I was just looking for you. Accompany me to Fortune House tomorrow night. Someone is treating me."

"Who is so generous to treat us to the Rich Canteen? Wait, I've been in Hong Kong for so long, and it seems that only your classmate, Zheng or something, has treated us."

"Zheng Yusheng, you forgot that you cheated him out of a lot of money." Liang Haowen reminded him. Ma Qing was unhappy, "What do you mean I cheated him out of money? It was you who cheated him out of money, okay? He is not my classmate. Besides, he took the initiative to buy it, how can you say it was a scam?"

Liang Haowen was a little scared. Ever since his classmate sold the real estate agency to him, he and his classmate had never contacted each other again. The reason was simple. Their original relationship was just ordinary and they didn't have much in common.

After Liang Haowen sold the real estate agency to Zheng Yusheng, he felt a little happy, but after all, he could be said to have cheated someone else, so naturally he would not take the initiative to contact this good guy again.

Zheng Yusheng took the initiative to force Liang Haowen to sell the company, and ended up becoming a puppet. He was too ashamed to meet his classmate again, and he rarely appeared on the streets near Liang Haowen's law firm, for fear of meeting Liang Haowen and being ridiculed.

"Mr. Ma, what's the logic behind Zheng Yusheng suddenly inviting us to dinner? I'm feeling very nervous and uneasy." Liang Haowen has been working with Ma Qing for so many years that he has actually developed a sense of dependence on Ma Qing.

"It's okay. If Zheng Yusheng was doing this for the real estate agency, he wouldn't have waited until now. And you don't have to worry too much about it. I agreed to sell it to Zheng Yusheng in the first place, not only because he offered a high price, but also because selling it to Zheng Yusheng is quite safe." Ma Qing analyzed.

"Why is it safe to sell it to Zheng Yusheng? You don't think the Zheng family is really a vegetarian." Liang Haowen asked curiously.

"Don't scare me. First of all, the Zheng family is a business family, not a gang. Even if they want to retaliate, they will abide by civilized rules. Everyone must abide by this, especially the Zheng family, who is rich and powerful."

"Secondly, the real estate agency was a hot potato for us at that time, but for the Zheng family who wanted to enter the real estate industry, it was the right time. It was just sold at a high price. What is poison to me may be honey to you." Ma Qing explained quickly when Liang Haowen saw that he didn't understand.

"Don't you know that the Zheng family has been buying a lot of real estate properties in recent years? This agency just happens to be a cover, so this deal is not too bad for the Zheng family. Don't worry."

Liang Haowen finally understood and felt even more puzzled: "That's even more strange. Why did you suddenly invite me to dinner? "

"Hey, how did you become a lawyer? Can you really memorize legal provisions and use them skillfully?"

"Mr. Ma, this is a personal attack. I don't have the same crooked mind as you. I am an upright lawyer." Liang Haowen retorted.

Ma Qing was speechless and patted his forehead. He had deep doubts about choosing Liang Haowen as his business partner. "Let me remind you that the Zheng family has been buying a lot of real estate properties, and the two of us have a real estate company called Rongheng."

"You mean to say that Zheng Yusheng has set his sights on our real estate company again? Should we sell it or not?"

"I'm afraid we can't sell it this time. Our real estate company's financial statements are so ugly, how can we sell it? If Zheng Yusheng offers a 20% premium, will you sell it? Let me remind you, the market has begun to stop falling, and there is a phenomenon of reluctance to sell. If you sell it, you may not be able to buy it back."

Ma Qing was afraid that his partner might get too excited and sell the real estate company that might be worth billions in the future, so he quickly reminded him.

(End of this chapter)