Hong Kong 1980: The Savage Era

Chapter 113 [People die for money, birds die for food]

When he first had this idea, Luo Qihong wanted to introduce funds from the Li family, but considering that the Li family had limited funds, it was difficult to decide which company to introduce them to.

The Paramount Company is about to be sold, and letting the Li family in would probably be immoral. After all, the Li family does not have the power to control the Paramount Company, and cannot afford to give so much money to Luo Qihong.

Zhaoan Real Estate Company is Luo Qihong's base, and has no relationship with the Li family, so there is no need to help them make money.

Moreover, those funds can be obtained through the stock market. If the Li family becomes a stumbling block in the future, Luo Qihong will regret it, so he introduced Dehe Real Estate Company to Li Bingjun.

"Join Yiren Real Estate Company? The major shareholder of this company is Haofeng Real Estate. There is no difference between cooperating directly with Lin Zuhui, right?" Li Bingjun looked at Luo Qihong and asked.

Luo Qihong laughed and said, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows! Xu Jiawen and Lin Luoqi also have a private company. It used to be a cooperative company with me, but now I have withdrawn. I have been running this company myself. The assets have exceeded 2 million yuan, and they are actual assets."

"I think Xu Jiawen and her son, who want to escape from Lin Zuhui's control, should be happy to cooperate with you. However, you need to study carefully how to make Lin Zuhui not suspicious and let you join Dehe Real Estate Company secretly."

Li Bingjun asked, "Will this company be taken back by Lin Zuhui?"

Luo Qihong was slightly stunned and said, "It's hard to say. Xu Jiawen wants to take away the assets of the Lin family, and Lin Luoqi is relatively cowardly and it is difficult for him to withstand Lin Zuhui's demands. But I think that Dehe Real Estate Company is still suitable for your Li family, because your goal is to make money and accumulate experience in real estate, not to seize Dehe Real Estate."

Obviously, Li Bingjun is very greedy. She wants to achieve her goal and get the entire Dehe Real Estate Company at the same time, or she does not want to withdraw from Dehe Real Estate Company, but she should be able to distinguish between the important and less important choices.

Luo Qihong understood this feeling, just like he was reluctant to sell Paramount Company, otherwise there would not have been no action for such a long time.

Li Bingjun nodded, seemingly not accepting Luo Qihong's suggestion.

Luo Qihong didn't care either. As the saying goes, 'too much talk leads to mistakes'. He didn't ask the Li family to disrupt the situation of Lin Zuhui's family. He just hoped that the Li family would not fall into the trap and let Li Zuhui be happy.

It was summer and the weather in Hong Kong was very hot and humid. Luo Qihong did not talk much with Li Bingjun, or it could be said that the two of them were not familiar enough to chat for a long time.

Lin Family Villa
Lin and his son and Xu Jiawen sat beside a small round table in the garden. Insects were chirping happily and the atmosphere was comfortable and peaceful.

"Looking at Li Yude's reaction, he will most likely not cooperate with us and will probably turn to Luo Qihong." Lin Zuhui took a sip of tea, looked at Lin Luoqi and asked, "Do you know why?"

Hearing this, Xu Jiawen showed a rare look of joy on his face. Is he going to teach him personally? It seems that Rocky will become the successor in no time.

"We can gain greater benefits by cooperating with Luo Qihong. Luo Qihong is weaker than us, which conforms to the principle of 'weak alliance'." Lin Luoqi thought carefully and said, "If they cooperate with us, the Li family will not be able to have the slightest control, and they can't even learn how to operate real estate."

Lin Zuhui nodded. This analysis was quite in-depth. "The most important reason is that I don't want to cooperate with the Li family, but due to the friendship between the two families, it is difficult to refuse. So why not let them cooperate with Luo Qihong and test Luo Qihong's attitude towards the sale of Paramount Company?"

Lin Luoqi and Xu Jiawen were slightly stunned and looked at each other in unison. They were very puzzled by this.

Lin Zuhui smiled and explained, "The Li family's funds are too little, and the help they can provide us is very limited. If we give too much, I'll feel bad. If we give too little, people outside will say we're not kind."

The mother and son nodded, each with their own highlights in their expressions.

"What do you think about the Paramount Company?" Lin Luoqi still didn't want to give up, as it was an asset worth more than 1 million.

"You've heard what Luo Qihong said. We'll suffer a loss if we buy the property at market value, but we can see that, and so can other buyers. I just don't know how Luo Qihong wants to convince those buyers." Lin Zuhui was also somewhat tempted, but he thought it was too expensive. "The debt ratio of Paramount is very low, even lower than that of a steadily developing real estate company. If we borrow money to buy a large number of properties, it is not impossible to increase the asset value to 4 million," said Lin Luoqi.

Lin Zuhui suddenly realized that if Luo Qihong borrowed tens of millions more, the debt ratio would barely reach 35%, and the asset value would immediately exceed 4 million yuan. Moreover, Luo Qihong was good at making money from the stock market, so it seemed very difficult to get a bargain.

Lin Zuhui slowly fell into deep thought, hesitating between acquiring the company or not.

When we returned to our luxury home in Mid-Levels, it was 9: in the evening.

The Luo family had already finished their shower and were sitting on the sofa watching TV and chatting about some news in the industry.

"Yulang International Corporation forcibly acquired a small printing company. The means used were similar to the last time. Many colleagues said that Yulang International was not very honest and there must be some frame-up." Luo Qixing said with lingering fear.

Luo Qihong sat down drunkenly and said with a smile, "Huang Yulang will not stop, and will continue to acquire printing companies until Yulang International does not need to outsource its printing business to its peers."

"The means used are really despicable. Why doesn't Yulang International open one of its own? They are all running their own business anyway." Luo Zegui cursed.

Luo Qihong suddenly sobered up and replayed his acquisition process in his head. It seemed that they were all normal business practices and he did not use any despicable means.

But he knew that someone would curse him and even question his entire family.

"Dad, business is for making money. If the company has another business, wouldn't that be good?" Luo Qihong adjusted his mood and said, "Wong Yuk-lang started out as a comic book artist. Of course, he wouldn't lose sight of the main goal and spend a lot of energy expanding the printing business. If the printing company only does Yuk-lang International's business, it doesn't fit the characteristics of a mature businessman at all."

It is naturally easier to form a monopoly and become a giant by doing a single business than by doing multiple businesses. However, the profits earned from comics are limited. Profits from other businesses can help the company avoid many risks.

Luo Zegui shook his head. He didn't understand big business. He just knew that he had to save face, because face is the key to success in life.

Luo Qihong thought about it and thought that perhaps he could take advantage of the time when Wong Yuk-long was stirring up the printing industry in Hong Kong to gain some profits for Shengyun Printing Company and expand its scale.

"Brother, do you want to expand the scale of the company?" Luo Qihong asked with a smile.

Luo Qixing was a little dazed and couldn't react.

Luo Qihong then told his plan. To put it simply, it was to challenge Yulang International Company, but it was a potential challenge, not a direct one.

"Will this anger Yulang International Company?" Luo Qixing asked with some concern.

"Yes! But Wong Yuk-lang will choose to compromise, because his goal is not to go to war with us. As long as the bosses of those printing companies come to us, we will have a legitimate reason. If it gets out, the name of our Shengyun Printing will be very famous." Luo Qihong smiled faintly.

People die for money and birds die for food. If you are timid in running a company, you can only get a small fortune, but it is impossible to get very rich.

There are only so many resources in this society. If you grab more than that, people will naturally scold you. Everyone wants to live a rich life and be respected without doing anything.

(End of this chapter)