Hong Kong 1980: The Savage Era

Chapter 90 [You Can't Escape]

"If we want to do it, we have to take over the warehouse at a low price, but we also have to raise the price on their side. This requires us to strike first. You should contact those associations immediately and even cooperate with them." Lin Luoxun said after thinking for a while.

Lin Luoshi said, "I have already talked to the leader of the society. They are not very interested in this project for the time being. However, if we spend some money, we should be able to do it faster than Luo Qihong and Lao San."

"Then let's spend some money and take over 2 or 3 warehouses first. Each warehouse should be about 5 square feet in size. We must avoid running into Luo Qihong and the others, and the geographical location must not be bad either," Lin Luoxun instructed.

"Okay! Leave it to me!"

Wednesday, May 6

Federal Development, a subsidiary of Wheelock Properties, and Cheung Kong Holdings formed Insight Investments Limited, with each holding a 50% stake.

On the same day, Zhuojian Investment Company acquired the two commercial buildings, Central Federal and International, owned by Wheelock Group, for 10 billion yuan, paying 5 million yuan in cash first.

Once the incident was announced, it caused quite a stir in Hong Kong, and many people began to speculate on the meaning of the two companies' actions.

Ever since Chen Songqing hyped up the price of the Golden Gate Building in Central to 16.8 billion yuan, the prices of commercial buildings in Central have risen a lot. Although the International Building and the Federal Building are not as good as the Golden Gate Building, they are also representatives of medium-sized commercial buildings in Central. 5 million yuan for one building is naturally an underestimated price.

Therefore, many people think that Wheelock Group wants to join forces with Cheung Kong Holdings to hype up these two buildings in order to make a fortune.

As a result, rumors spread and most people were willing to believe the hype, so the share prices of Cheung Kong Holdings and Wheelock Holdings rose slightly.

Luo Qihong knew Li Jiacheng in his previous life. He knew that Li Jiacheng was best at "boiling a frog in warm water" and hiding in a corner waiting for an opportunity. Therefore, Li Jiacheng would not be in a hurry to sell the two buildings, but would wait for things to slowly develop.

Luo Qihong naturally wanted to take over these two medium-sized buildings, but unfortunately he did not have the strength to do so and could only watch from afar.

In the afternoon, Lin Luoqi visited Dehe Real Estate Company again, looking anxious, as if something bad had happened.

"What's wrong?" Luo Qihong asked when he saw this.

Lin Luoqi sat down and said, "My eldest brother and second brother are also buying warehouses in Sham Shui Po, and the acquisition speed is very fast. They have already acquired a warehouse in the morning, and we have just negotiated for one."

"I think they know what we want to do, and the way they do things, they will definitely compete with us."

Luo Qihong frowned when he heard this. He didn't expect the two brothers to start revenge so quickly. Suddenly, he felt that he had gone too lenient last time. The two brothers thought he only had those three tricks.

"Let's make preparations for both situations. We will speed up the pace of acquisitions and compete with them at the same time. Active offense is better than passive defense." Luo Qihong said solemnly.

"Why don't you do it? I will be responsible for speeding up the acquisition." Lin Luoqi said hesitantly.

Luo Qihong glanced at Lin Luoqi and said with a straight face, "We were the first to start this project, not Lin Luoxun and the others. They were the ones who came to cause trouble, and we were just fighting back."

"If you are always so timid in doing things, then we should reduce our cooperation in the future, or dissolve Dehe Real Estate Company." Luo Qihong could no longer stand Lin Luoqi's concessions and didn't know what Lin Luoqi was afraid of.

In fact, Lin Luoqi didn't want to force his two brothers into a corner and cause backlash. After all, he had already taken advantage in many places, and perhaps it would be best to let go at the right time.

However, Luo Qihong did not have such concerns. The two brothers Lin Luoxun had already seriously threatened his interests, and Lin Luoqi wanted to make money but did not want to stand out. How could such a good thing happen?

Luo Qihong's strength is already enough to go solo, and he has almost repaid the favor he owes to Lin Luoqi. Now he is just bound by some friendship. If Lin Luoqi is unwilling to step forward, Luo Qihong will not tolerate it even if it means losing the Sham Shui Po project.

When Lin Luoqi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Luo Qihong's reaction was a bit big. Thinking of Xu Jiawen's instructions, Lin Luoqi didn't want to break up with Luo Qihong. After all, some of Luo Qihong's ideas were very useful.

"Okay, then leave this matter to me. I will get it done." Lin Luoqi said solemnly.

Luo Qihong sighed, "Your two brothers have come to our door, it's not our turn not to fight back, and this project is not small, a slight move will result in a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars, or even a loss."

"I know!" Lin Luoqi was also a little unhappy, so he stood up and said goodbye.

Luo Qihong's face began to darken. He had to teach the Lin brothers a lesson. They always followed him around like flies, which was a bit disgusting.

So, a simple and beneficial plan emerged in Luo Qihong's mind.

Siu On Real Estate Company Office

The decoration here is exactly the same as that of the Paramount Company's office.

As Luo Qihong expected, Li Zhi, this woman, could not stand the exclusion in the department store, and Li Zhi knew that it would be difficult to find a job once she resigned, so coming to him was the best choice at the moment.

Of course Li Zhi was worried that Luo Qihong was a liar, so he inquired for several days before he dared to go to his house according to the address in the newspaper.

"Ms. Li quit her job as a salesperson in the mall?" Luo Qihong asked with a faint smile.

Li Zhi lowered his head and said honestly, "Not yet."

"Actually, both Zhaoan Real Estate and Paramount Company are not short of people, but Miss Li and I are in the same situation, so I am willing to take care of her." Luo Qihong made it clear to Li Zhi, you owe me a huge favor.

"Thank you, Mr. Luo!" Li Zhi hurriedly thanked him.

"How about this, you can be my secretary here at Zhaoan Real Estate now." Luo Qihong said, "The job of a secretary is relatively simple. Help me clean up the office and arrange my schedule. As for salary, I can give you 3 yuan a month."

When he heard that there was 3 yuan, Li Zhi's eyes lit up a little, which was nearly 2 yuan more than the salary of a salesperson. "Go back and resign first, and come back to work in two days." Luo Qihong looked at Li Zhi's clothes, took out a 1 yuan bill from his wallet and handed it to Li Zhi, saying, "This is the advance salary for you, go buy two professional suits. My secretary can't dress like this."

Li Zhi was hesitant to take it and was about to refuse, but Luo Qihong continued, "This is the secretary of the boss of a listed company. She is the boss's face. If you give the client a bad impression, the company's cooperation project may be rejected, and the loss may be hundreds of thousands at best, or millions at worst."

After being threatened by Luo Qihong, Li Zhi didn't dare to think too much and picked up the banknote. She couldn't even pay back hundreds of thousands, let alone millions.

"Also, you should practice your Cantonese more. It's very uncomfortable to speak Mandarin in Hong Kong, and customers may not recognize you." Luo Qihong continued.

"Yes! I understand. I will definitely learn Cantonese well." Li Zhi nodded.

After getting close to Li Zhi, he found that this woman was quite pretty, but her dress was too rustic. He gave her 1 yuan so that Luo Qihong could enjoy the sight first.

Zhaoan Real Estate is a pure property management company. Customers rarely come to our store and always go out to discuss business.

Luo Qihong called the HR manager again to come over and meet Li Zhi, in case he was not in the office when Li Zhi came to join the company.

After Li Zhi left, Luo Qihong said to the HR manager, "I'll transfer my former secretary to your department and make her a supervisor."

(End of this chapter)