Mixed in 1980

Chapter 207 How the conflict emerges
"Unfortunately, the courage of the family is still a little lacking."

Li Hongying flipped through the land auction information and couldn't help but feel envious. Whether it was the land in Yau Tsim Mong or several other pieces of land, they were all high-priced areas before 82.

The property market was really hot at that time.

During the craziest years, the big speculators were not speculating on houses, but on buildings and hotels. In bustling commercial areas, news of entire buildings changing hands at high prices frequently came out.

The most talked about among them are the speculations on the Golden Gate Building in Admiralty, and the Federal Building and the International Building in Central.

The Golden Gate Building changed hands three times between December 1978 and September 12, with the selling price increasing from 1980 million yuan to 9 billion yuan.

The Federal and International buildings changed hands twice between August 1980 and January 8, with the selling price rising from 1981 billion yuan to 1 billion yuan.

But after the prosperity, all that is left is a mess.

Today's real estate developers all have shadows in their hearts. Even if the Li family got ashore in time and cashed out with profits, they dare not leave easily now. They have only acquired two plots of land this year.

As for Chen Fan, this guy is really courageous!

During the last cooperation, Chen Fan signed three pieces of land, all of which were large enough. Later, he bought two more pieces and four factory buildings.

If everything goes as Chen Fan expected and the property market recovers, his assets will skyrocket in a short period of time, leaving the entire Li family far behind.

Thinking of this, Li Hongying couldn't help but sigh.

In 1980, Chen Fan was only a child and did not have much money, but in just three years, he had become a rising star in the financial market.

After waiting for a while, Chen Fan arrived.

Li Hongying was a little surprised. Chen Fan did not bring Xu Jinqiu or Zeng Ali, but brought Zhao Yuanyuan instead. This kid might want to take them all.

Gee...

This seems normal. The three girls stick together and their relationship is better than that of other sisters. Chen Fan has already eaten two of them, so how can he let go of the other one?
After the greetings, Li Hongying started talking about the land auction, mainly asking which pieces of land Chen Fan was interested in and also giving him some advice on which opponents he would face.

"The price is right, you can eat it all."

Chen Fan is not picky. Hong Kong is such a small place. No matter how bad the location is, it can't be that bad. Anyway, you will make a profit if you buy it these days.

Hearing this, Li Hongying was choked.

He is really rich and bold: "I advise you to take it easy, don't offend everyone for a few pieces of land."

"Just a joke!" Chen Fan laughed.

It is definitely impossible to take them all, but it is no problem to get the majority. As for offending people, Chen Fan really doesn't care. As long as there are benefits in the business world, there will be no shortage of friends.

Well...it's not like I'm looking for real friends.

Li Hongying rolled her eyes at him, looked at her watch, and saw that it was almost time, so she urged everyone to leave: "I'll introduce you to some friends when we get to the venue."

There were a few more cars in the convoy.

When we arrived at the venue, Yu Jing was already waiting outside the door. Next to her was a middle-aged man named Ma Xifeng, the general manager of Xinghuo Real Estate Company.

Xinghuo Real Estate Company was registered only after entering the real estate industry.

Ma Xifeng previously worked as vice president of another real estate company and had extensive experience in real estate. He was unemployed after the company went bankrupt and was introduced by Yu Jing.

When he first joined Xinghuo Real Estate Company, Ma Xifeng was a little disappointed. There were only a few big and small cats there, and even now, there were still not many people and not much to do.

It feels like a shell company.

But soon Ma Xifeng no longer thought so. Although the company was small, it was very rich. In a short period of time, it acquired five pieces of land and four factories.

Well...the money was all borrowed.

The loan was made from Chen Fan at the highest interest rate stipulated in the regulations.

After all, the money belongs to Chen Fan himself, not the company. The capital of Xinghuo Real Estate Company itself is only 1000 million US dollars paid at the time of registration.

After saying hello, Ma Xifeng walked inside towards everyone.

As soon as I entered the venue, a middle-aged man in a suit came up to me and said, "Hongying, long time no see. I didn't expect your family would let you be a representative."

"Lao Hu, long time no see!"

Li Hongying stepped forward enthusiastically to shake hands: "I am here to accompany the prince to study today, and I came here specifically to watch the fun. Let me introduce you to a friend."

"This is Chen Fan, the founder of Spark Investment Company, Spark Real Estate Company, and Chenfan Publishing House."

"Xiao Fan, this is Hu Yingxiang, the founder of Hopewell Industries."

"Mr. Hu, I have long heard of your name!"

Chen Fan stepped forward to greet him enthusiastically. The man in front of him was no ordinary person. He was a figure in Hong Kong's business circle who had made great contributions to the reform and opening up of the mainland.

It can almost be said that he was one of the first Hong Kong businessmen to return to the mainland to invest. His first project was to invest in the "China Hotel" in Guangzhou, which aimed to provide comfortable living conditions for foreign guests and, more importantly, to show the world a rising China.

After the hotel makes a profit, it donates it to the government.

After that, Hu Yingxiang became like an infrastructure maniac, investing in projects such as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway, and the Humen Bridge.

These infrastructure projects had a huge impact on the economy in the early days of reform and opening up.

"Mr. Chen, I have heard of your name for a long time. I have read your book "Age of Awakening". Of course, I admire the way you promoted the book even more."

Hu Yingxiang didn't know much about Xinghuo Investment and Xinghuo Real Estate, but when it came to Chenfan Publishing House, Hu Yingxiang immediately thought of it.

Reading is one aspect, but more importantly it is a means of publicity.

Whether it was the viral marketing used to promote "The Matrix" or the creation of a panic in the real estate market when promoting "Awakening", they were all amazing.

"Stop being polite."

Li Hongying smiled and interrupted the two people's compliments: "Old Hu, which piece of land do you like?" Hu Yingxiang joked: "I don't choose the land, but the land chooses me. I would like to take all the land, but unfortunately I don't have the strength to do so."

Lao Hu didn't tell the truth, but Li Hongying didn't care. That's how business is. She just asked casually to find a topic.

In the current real estate market, who would buy land on a large scale? Chen Fan is an exception.

This guy has a sharp eye and a lot of cash on hand, which others don't have. In the whole of Hong Kong, I'm afraid there are few who can compare with him in terms of cash flow.

Even if he is the king of chartering ships, with total assets of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, it would still take him some time to gather together tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in a short period of time.

After a few pleasantries, another person came in.

Seeing Li Hongying, he walked up quickly and said, "Mr. Li, long time no see. How are you these days?"

"It's Mr. Liu!"

Li Hongying smiled slightly and shook hands with the man, but did not introduce Chen Fan. It can be seen from this that the relationship between the two parties is average.

Mr. Liu didn't care. He glanced at them and his eyes involuntarily fell on Zhao Yuanyuan.

The little girl is extremely beautiful, sweet and cute, and has a hot body. Especially today, when she put on a tight dress, she is even more attractive.

"Who is this lady?"

Zhao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes and turned away. What the hell, the way he looked at people was not right, he looked like a pig.

She won't be nice to people like this.

Mr. Liu wanted to go forward and ask, but Chen Fan stopped him with his hand: "Brother, be honest, don't force me to beat you up directly."

"Boy, do you know who I am?"

"Do you know who I am?"

"Huh?" Mr. Liu was stunned.

Who the hell knows who you are? Who you are, does it matter? Unexpectedly, Li Hongying added: "Mr. Liu, I advise you not to mess with him."

Mr. Liu frowned. What Li Hongying said had a different meaning. Does this kid have a background?

Li Hongying didn't explain either.

She had no doubt that if Mr. Liu made another move, Chen Fan would definitely beat him up, just like when he went to acquire the TV factory and had his bodyguards beat him for ten minutes.

Chen Fan is not a good-tempered person and has a ruffian air.

If someone really gets beaten up, there won't be anyone afraid of whom, but Mr. Liu will definitely suffer a loss first, and afterward it will be just me getting you and you getting me, and at most we'll use some unpresentable means.

Don't think that all people in the business world are civilized. There are many uncivilized things happening here.

"Boy, I remember you!"

"You'd better remember this!"

"You, can do it!"

Mr. Liu was not able to take advantage and was in a bad mood, but he did not give up: "Miss, you have to follow the right person. If I have time, I will treat you to a meal."

After saying that, he went back to his seat.

Li Hongying introduced him: "This man is Liu Jianxiong. He started out as a ceiling fan manufacturer. His nickname is Fan Liu."

"It turns out to be him!"

Chen Fan remembered this man. He was quite famous in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. He had slept with many female stars and also kept several mistresses. "Wenya, investigate this man thoroughly later."

"Okay, Mr. Chen!" Zhou Wenya responded.

"What do you want to do?" Li Hongying asked curiously.

"If I remember correctly, he has a listed company, right? He's involved in finance. Let me find an opportunity and kill him directly." Chen Fan sneered.

"You really hold a grudge!" Li Hongying smiled bitterly.

It was just a quarrel and he dealt with it quickly. How could Chen Fan be like that? However, we can only blame Liu Jianxiong for his foul mouth and his lust regardless of the occasion.

Liu Jianxiong deserves to be in trouble.

As for his listed company, Aigo, which is also in the real estate business, it raised 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars when it went public. Its size is far less than that of Chen Fan.

Soon, the ceremonial entrance took place.

After arranging everyone to take their seats, the auctioneer came on stage and the auction officially began. The opening introduction was to the highlight, the 30-acre plot of land in the Yau Tsim Mong area.

As usual, the highlights are still to come.

However, the property market is sluggish this year, so the auction has to hold a major event first to liven up the atmosphere, which can be considered a good omen and a good start.

After introducing the plot of land in detail, the auctioneer announced that the starting price was HK$5000 million, with each increase of no less than HK$10, and the auction officially began.

This is the piece of land that Liu Jianxiong has his eyes on.

The location is excellent, the plot is not large, and the overall price will not be too high. I have a chance to buy it. When the host announces it, I immediately raise my sign: "5100 million!"

This starting price, less than HK$300 per square foot, is just to warm up the atmosphere and is far from the actual transaction price.

As soon as someone calls out a price, someone else will bid immediately.

After a while, the price exceeded 8000 million, and Liu Jianxiong even raised the price to 8800 million, equivalent to 400 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which was very close to the listing price.

Chen Fan handed the placard to Zhao Yuanyuan: "You want to experience the feeling of spending money like water? Now is your chance, shout loudly."

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