After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 591 The Conflict of Proxy

Zhou Haoran's withdrawal from the Hong Kong government's financial battle this time was not for the sake of Enlight Media.

It is Zhongbo Real Estate.

The real estate project, which was previously developed through a four-party collaboration and acquired land under the guise of resettlement housing and a re-employment center for laid-off workers, has been officially completed and authorized for sale!
With the issuance of multiple government orders, the real estate market in the harbor has fully recovered.

Major real estate developments have begun to offer significant premiums.

Although it's still a bit short of last year's highest point.

But it has basically reached parity.

Now that the government has completely abolished welfare housing allocation, anyone who wants to own a house will have to buy a commercial property. This has triggered a panic effect in the market, with everyone rushing to buy houses.

Especially in large cities like seaports.

Everyone has money.

The market quickly became oversupplied.

The scenes of people queuing up to buy houses are back!

In the words of industry insiders, three months after Mr. Da's market intervention, the real estate market in the harbor finally rebounded. Even unfinished buildings became hot commodities in the market.

The Master has the magic touch to turn anything into gold!
"We expect this project to generate a profit of 1.5 million to 1.7 million yuan, and the settlement should be basically completed before the end of the year."

Li Changxing gave a report on this matter.

"So fast?"

Zhou Haoran was quite surprised by the speed of the capital turnover.

Li Changxing laughed and said, "They are all regular partners of Fuxing Real Estate and Qingfeng Real Estate. They are all honest businessmen, without so many ulterior motives."

"Yes, in business, integrity is still very important."

Zhou Haoran nodded.

Because these partners are honest and reliable, they have the opportunity to cooperate with Zhongbo Real Estate and Fuxing Real Estate in the long term. If they dare to play tricks, they may gain short-term benefits, but they will inevitably lose more than they gain.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing..." Li Changxing said a little shyly, "I'm getting married on the 9th of this month. If you're free, come over for a drink?"

"Huh?" Zhou Haoran was taken aback. "Didn't you have a wedding before?"

Li Changxing said, "The previous one is divorced."

"Okay, I'll definitely go!"

Zhou Haoran felt somewhat helpless. In many cases, a husband and wife can share hardships but not wealth.

A marriage held together by love is too fragile.

"By the way, have you heard anything from Zhou Zhengqi lately?"

Zhou Haoran felt that this trip south to rescue the market would definitely cause the other party to suffer huge losses.

Anyone who dares to collude with international capital to short sell at this time will die without even knowing how they died.

"He seems to have returned a few days ago?" Li Changxing had indeed heard some things. "It seems things didn't go well for him; he was scolding you!"

"scold me?"

Zhou Haoran couldn't help but laugh.

“They said you set a trap for him in the Hong Kong government, causing him to lose a lot of money.” Li Changxing shook his head. “However, nobody cares about such reasons, since the creditors have come knocking on the door.”

"Creditor?"

Zhou Haoran was quite surprised.

Li Changxing said, "It is said that he went south and raised HK$3 million. Of that, HK$2 million came from his own pocket, and the rest was lent to him by some business friends. I don't know how it happened, but it seems that he can't get that money back."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Isn't he the richest man in the harbor? This little bit of money shouldn't be a problem for him, right?"

Li Changxing said, "He can afford this amount of money. It is said that his company has at least 5 million in funds. However, there is some wrangling on his end. He went south to Hong Kong to make investments, and investments can make or lose money. It can't be that everyone shares the profits, but he bears all the losses alone."

"This Zhou Zhengqi is playing a trick of feigning one move while secretly making another."

Zhou Haoran couldn't help but sneer.

Well deserved.

On the surface, Zhou Zhengqi was accompanying the delegation to help rescue the market.

However, he and his friends each contributed only 50 yuan to the market rescue effort. The majority of the money, managed by Zhou Zhengqi, went into the Hong Kong financial market and joined the ranks of short sellers.

But on second thought, it makes sense.

Zhou Haoran also follows the Yin-Yang path.

On the surface, it's the delegation's efforts to rescue the market.

Behind the scenes, they were helping Tangren Media integrate the Hong Kong government's entertainment resources.

This is probably just human nature.

The delegation's intervention to rescue the market is for the public good.

This is a private operation, done for personal gain.

"The world belongs to all" is just a slogan; "If a person doesn't look out for themselves, they'll be punished by heaven and earth" is the true nature of humanity.

The difference between the two is that Zhou Haoran did not let personal matters interfere with public duties.

The market rescue is genuine.

We can't just side with international capital like Zhou Zhengqi did.

"...Sister Yangyang, I have good news for you."

"Ok?"

"Tang Shiyi and I have already agreed that we will officially take possession of the house on September 1st."

"Oh." Ji Yingyang's reaction was rather indifferent. "Congratulations."

You'd better hurry up too!

Zhou Haoran went to the trading company, entered her office, and plopped down in her office chair.

The female secretary came over to serve tea and water, almost too embarrassed to watch what was happening.

I feel very anxious.

Mr. Ji was standing next to Mr. Da, just like I was standing next to Mr. Ji, like a little secretary.

After the female secretary left, Ji Yingyang said helplessly, "This is the company. Can you please stop thinking about my body every time you see me?"

Zhou Haoran said, "I'm just concerned about you!"

Ji Yingyang said weakly, "You don't lack women."

"That's why I care about you. I don't lack women, but you lack men. What will you do if I don't care about you?"

Zhou Haoran's reasons were quite compelling.

"We'll talk about taking possession of the house later."

Ji Yingyang could only continue to use delaying tactics.

The good news is that she has already accepted the prospect of taking possession of the house, although the timing is still to be considered.

Zhou Haoran urged, "Hurry up!"

"Ah."

Ji Yingyang nodded.

Zhou Haoran then focused on the important matter at hand, "So, what's the emergency that made me come?"

Ji Yingyang said, "The relevant departments in charge of transportation have decided to implement a 'transportation smart card' system, primarily based on smart cards, in the port. The formal bidding process is expected to begin next year, and the first order could be worth over 10 billion yuan!"

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "I know, Jiang Feibiao told me about it two months ago."

"There's a bit of trouble now."

Ji Yingyang looked worried and his brows were furrowed.

"what happened?"

Zhou Haoran didn't think anything unexpected could happen with this project.

There are essentially three dimensions.

First, relationships.

Jiang Feibiao is a beneficiary of the current situation, and he will push forward with all his might.

Second, technology.

Zhongbo Software was a pioneer in smart card products in China, being the first to develop them. Furthermore, it has extensive operational experience in schools and the television industry.

Third, monopoly.

Currently, smart card chips cannot be produced domestically and must be imported. Meanwhile, the internationally mainstream Mikron smart card RF chips are exclusively distributed by Ji Yingyang's Haoqi Sunshine Trading Company.

If other companies want to compete, they need to break through these three barriers.

almost impossible.

Ji Yingyang said, "There's a problem with the agency."

"acting?"

Zhou Haoran frowned slightly.

Ji Yingyang said coldly, "Philips is going to make a move to acquire the smart chip business of the Micron Group."

"Philips..."

Zhou Haoran knew how powerful Philips was now, arguably the largest technology giant in Europe, with numerous vast businesses under its umbrella. Capitalizing on its current immense strength, Philips launched a series of acquisitions and consolidations.

It has become a super behemoth!

Unfortunately, they acquired too many companies later on, leading to indigestion.

Coupled with the bursting of the bubble and the sharp decline in tech stocks, Philips fell into crisis and had to continuously sell off businesses to weather the storm. For example, ASML and NXP Semiconductors, both semiconductor businesses sold by Philips, later became industry giants.

With annual revenue exceeding $400 billion, Philips' acquisition of the semiconductor business of the Swiss Mikron Group would be virtually impossible for Mikron to refuse.

It's safe to say that this acquisition has a very high probability of success.

"So what if it's an acquisition? Will it affect our agency agreement?"

Zhou Haoran doesn't think so.

Ji Yingyang said, "Normally, it won't be affected. Our agency contract has a penalty of 6000 million yuan for breach of contract. In the past year, we only earned a little over 2000 million yuan from distributing smart chips. However, things are different now."

"You mean..." Zhou Haoran suddenly understood what he meant, "a transportation card!"

Ji Yingyang nodded. "If the transportation card project is really launched, it will contain huge potential profits. There is a possibility that someone will have their eyes on this lucrative opportunity and would be willing to pay penalties to seize the agency rights for the radio frequency chips. At that time, a dispute over agency rights is very likely to occur."

(End of this chapter)