Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 435, Section 16: Two Brothers
After New Year's Day comes Lunar New Year's Eve.

Christmas is not far from New Year's Day, so Yau Ma Tei becomes a world of lanterns.

Hong Kong is an island city that blends Chinese and Western cultures, so on Christmas and New Year's Day, schools, government offices, banks, and foreign firms all close for holidays.

Wearing a Western-style hat, Wen Tianxin sat in the back seat, looking out at the Yau Ma Tei street scene.

Yau Ma Tei has now become a sea of ​​lanterns, with lights hanging under every street lamp. Odd-numbered street lamps are adorned with traditional Chinese red lanterns, while even-numbered street lamps are decorated with hexagonal snowflake lanterns.

A blend of Chinese and Western styles!

The renovation of Canton Road was all the work of Handsome Sheng. I heard from my father at the dinner table that Handsome Sheng found all the stall owners in Yau Ma Tei, charged each of them two hundred dollars, and ordered this batch of lamps from a lighting factory a month in advance.

Wen Tianxin also saw Japanese and Korean tourists wearing short leather skirts, holding Polaroid cameras, taking pictures under the streetlights. Under the orange-red light, their already unremarkable large faces actually had a slight beauty.

The driver drove the car out of Guangdong Road and into Shanghai Street. There were even more tourists and locals in the area, and a whole squad of military uniforms was patrolling to maintain order.

The reason why Shanghai Street is so crowded is also due to the tricks played by Handsome Sheng. This gangster is really clever. In order to attract customers, he erected a 6.66-meter-tall artificial crystal Christmas tree in the open space of the main street.

They also contacted TVB reporters and Guinness World Records recorders to register this crystal-clear artificial crystal Christmas tree as the first artificial crystal Christmas tree in Asia.

For the unveiling ceremony, Handsome Sheng even invited councilors from the Yau Tsim Mong district, non-official councilors, barristers, a dozen movie stars, singers, and even the Chief Secretary for Administration's Chinese chief secretary to participate in the ribbon-cutting.

After carefully examining the height, the Guinness World Records recorder issued a certificate on the spot, acknowledging that the Yau Ma Tei Christmas tree was the first Christmas tree in Asia.

Hong Kong newspapers reported the news, and citizens who had heard about it came to see what was going on.

To expand his influence, Handsome Sheng would set up a stage every night from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. and have singers perform for two hours.

With free concerts to attend, even more wealthy people flocked to Yau Ma Tei, making the stalls, restaurants, and nightclubs in Yau Ma Tei even more successful.

TVB secured the broadcasting rights to the concert for free, dispatched a broadcasting van, and provided daily coverage.

This whole set of regional marketing strategies has made the business in Liangzai Sheng's territory much better. The stall owners who used to complain about being charged fees are now all smiles.

Looking out the window at the street scene was a bit too much for Wen Tianxin, and he felt the wound on his head start to hurt again.

Almost a month has passed since the big boss threw the bottle at Jiang himself. His wounds have long since healed, but the skull is the hardest part of the human body, but also the most vulnerable.

After being hit by the bottle, Wen Tianxin started experiencing headaches from time to time, but when he went to the clinic for a checkup, everything was normal. The doctor simply said that it was a sequela of a concussion.

They prescribed some medicine, but after taking it, the pain persisted, and it didn't help at all!

He took out cigarettes from his pocket; at that moment, cigarettes were the most useful thing.

"Dude! You've been smoking like crazy lately, is that affecting your health?"

Sitting to the side, Wen Tianchuan looked at his elder brother with concern and asked.

Since the University of Hong Kong was on holiday and he had nothing to do, he saw that his closest friend was going out for drinks and entertainment, so he went along.

The Wen family has four sons, meaning that Wen Hailiang had four sons in his lifetime. The Wen family has continued the tradition of passing on the torch to Wen Tianxin and Wen Tianchuan.

Wen Tianxin was the eldest son, and his wife was the granddaughter of Sir Zhou Xinian. However, the father of this granddaughter was born to a concubine and only managed the family's ancestral gold shop and medical clinic business. He did not become a director of the family's Chinese bank.

Even so, with the Zhou family as his backer, Wen Tianxin's status in the Fisheries Chamber of Commerce rose accordingly, making him the youngest vice president of the Fisheries Chamber of Commerce.

In a chamber of commerce, having a powerful backer is essential, but what's even more important than a powerful backer is being able to lead everyone to prosperity.

Coincidentally, Wen Tianxin now also has the ability to lead everyone to make a fortune. Thanks to Liangzai Sheng, the Riri Fresh Supermarket offers a one-stop shop for fruits and seafood.

Now, all the nightclubs, entertainment venues, Finnish saunas, pubs, and spas in Hong Kong are starting to serve seafood platters and fruit platters. Seafood and fruit that were previously difficult to sell are now selling out quickly, with boatloads arriving and being sold out immediately.

Even the president of the Fisheries Chamber of Commerce now listens to Wen Tianxin's opinions.

"It's nothing! I haven't been resting well lately, it's alright!"

Wen Tianxin looked at his younger brother, who was almost twelve years younger than him, and smiled. He took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, handed it to Wen Tianchuan, and said softly, "Dad has been going out to sea to fish lately, and Aunt Pei is taking care of things at home."

"Aunt Pei didn't know you smoked, but you good-for-nothing, every morning when you get up you have to smoke a cigarette in front of your sister-in-law's crabapple tree, and after you finish smoking, you have to stuff the cigarette butt into the soil."

“Every night when I get home, I have to listen to your sister-in-law nagging!”

“A real man should smoke openly in his room. Once you pass your thesis defense, you can graduate. Your father has already found you a husband.”

"Li Peilin's great-granddaughter is young and beautiful. She just returned from studying medicine at her ancestral home. Your sister-in-law and Miss Li were classmates and members of the same alumni association." "Dad said the other day that after you graduate, you will manage a pharmaceutical company and a dental clinic. You studied medicine in college, so this is your old profession."

Wen Tianxin reprimanded his fourth brother a few times, and then became concerned about Wen Tianchuan's future. In Hong Kong, doctors, like lawyers, are high-paying professions, especially dental clinics.

The Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital is owned by the Li Peilin family. The Wen family has always wanted to move into the private sector, and the medical industry is their first choice. However, it is difficult to obtain a license for a private hospital, and the investment is also very large.

Most of the major wealthy families now own their own private hospitals, and the market is already saturated.

Wen Hailiang then opted for a less desirable option and directly entered the dental market. He also investigated the cosmetic surgery market, since movie stars from Hong Kong and Macau often fly to France for cosmetic procedures.

Each cosmetic surgery procedure is very expensive, and in Hong Kong, it's still a blue ocean market with only a few small private clinics offering it.

The Wen family has already purchased enough land in Yau Ma Tei to build a six-story private clinic, with the bottom two floors for dentists and the top three floors for a plastic surgery hospital.

This hospital will be handed over to the fourth son, Wen Tianchuan, for management in the future.

"Li Mushroom is so boring. Talking to her is like chatting with a block of wood. She's highly intelligent but lacks common sense!"

"If I marry Li Mushroom, I promise I'll be just like you, Boss, never coming home at night!"

Marrying Li Peilin's great-granddaughter is, in a sense, a step up for the Wen family, given that the Wen family's wealth is incomparable to that of the Li Peilin family. Last year, Hong Kong Land discussed real estate cooperation with the Li Peilin family.

The foreigners indicated at the negotiating table that they were willing to invest £600 million to acquire a 30% stake in the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

A long-stay room at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital costs HK$5,000 per day. The alarm system is connected to the Wan Chai Police Headquarters. The ward is 200 square meters and there are also rooms for private security guards next door.

The "Li Mushroom" mentioned by Wen Tianchuan is Li Peilin's great-granddaughter. Because she has a mushroom-shaped haircut, she is called "Li Mushroom" or "Miss Mushroom" by the young masters and ladies of Hong Kong.

Of course, these people only dared to call him that behind his back, not to his face.

"I thought I was deaf and hadn't heard you! Dad, you're really in big trouble now, get ready to be punished!!"

Wen Tianxin scolded him a few times, but seeing Wen Tianchuan's somewhat disappointed expression, he couldn't bear it. Young people, after all, all like passionate love stories.

However, marriages between wealthy families never prioritize love; instead, they emphasize matching social status and merging assets.

Take Wen Tianxin himself as an example. He didn't marry Zhou Xinian's granddaughter willingly, but in the end he still yielded to his family and married her in a grand manner.

"Every single one of your friends is an arranged marriage, so don't even think about it. If you have someone you like, keep them outside the marriage, and just treat each other with respect at home."

"Don't make Dad angry, and don't make Aunt Pei angry."

"We've arrived! Get off the bus!"

As someone who had been through it all, Wen Tianxin wasn't sure how to comfort Lao Si, but luckily, the car had already arrived at his family's restaurant.

Ji Mi stood in front of the Li Ji Restaurant, and when the night manager of the Li Ji Restaurant saw the young master's car arrive, he quickly stepped forward, opened the car door, and invited the young master to get out of the car.

"Brother Lang, it's been a long time."

Wen Tianxin got out of the car, patted the shoulder of Alang, the night shift manager of the restaurant, and greeted him with a smile.

"Young Master, it has indeed been a long time. Last time I went to the manor to deliver fruit, you weren't there. Uncle Yao told me that you went to Southeast Asia to discuss business. You must have had a hard time!"

"The master often talks to us about you, the eldest young master, saying that you have the demeanor of a great general. After you became the vice president of the association, everyone in the association looked up to you."

This is the undisputed future head of the Wen family, and Alang quickly stepped forward to flatter him.

"Hahaha!" Even though he knew it was a lie, Wen Tianxin was still very happy. No one dislikes flattery. He quickly pulled over the fourth brother, Wen Tianchuan, who had just gotten out of the car, and said, "Brother Lang, this is the fourth brother, Wen Tianchuan."

"Fourth brother, this is Brother Lang, our old friend. Brother Lang's father, Uncle Sun, came to Hong Kong from Tianjin with Dad."

"If you encounter any problems in Yau Ma Tei in the future, you can go directly to Brother Long, and he will take care of it!"

"Fourth Young Master!"

Alang quickly greeted Wen Tianchuan.

After introducing Alang to Wen Tianchuan, Wen Tianxin turned his attention to Jimi, walked over, and greeted her warmly: "Jimi, thank you for your hard work this time."

"Please don't refuse this small token of my appreciation."

(End of this chapter)