What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 456 I Can Also Bully the Weak and Fear the Strong

"Li Ka-shing faints on the spot after failing to beg."

"The new and old richest men clash on the spot; Superman is no match for the giant."

"A former bigwig groveling for pennies, is he possibly bankrupt?"

"Tang Wen met with Li Ka-shing and immediately knelt down and fainted!"

"Li Ka-shing suddenly fell into a coma and his life hangs in the balance."

"..."

"Look at all this!"

Gao Yuliang was truly getting anxious. He took a bunch of newspapers, big and small, to Tang Wen and started ranting after laying them out:
"My goodness, you're really something. Li Ka-shing has completely wilted. He woke up in the city hospital and, without saying a word, took a car back to Hong Kong."

Look at these media outlets, making baseless accusations! My billion dollars, my super-large supermarkets, my consumer power!

However, Tang Wen was flipping through the newspaper with great interest, even making comments:
"Their learning skills are impressive. I only created the sensationalist style half a year ago, and so many people have already learned it. Indeed, every era is full of imagination."

Gao Yuliang: "..."

Just then, Tang Wen's phone rang; it was Zhao Hande.

He simply turned on speakerphone and explained his analysis and his sinister intentions in controlling the water source. He also took the opportunity to subtly criticize Zhao Hande about the Oriental Plaza incident before bringing up yesterday's events. After a moment of preparation, he uttered:
"I just gave him a few commemorative coins as a small gift. It's not my fault that an elderly person's hands are shaky and they can't even catch a few silver coins."

"..."

"..."

Even though Zhao Hande was thousands of miles away, he could imagine Tang Wen's expression of "admitting but refusing to change," and after a long pause, he managed to utter:
"No matter what, Lao Gao suffered such a huge loss. What if the investment is lost?"

"Hmm... that's easy. We can go to Walmart for supermarkets, and as for other plazas and resorts... I'll ask around for whoever you're interested in."

Tang Wen looked relaxed. In 97, China's GDP was growing at a rocket-like rate, starting with double digits. How could there be a lack of investment?

It's just that information is scarce, making it difficult to control unknown risks.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard "Walmart," Gao Yuliang's anxious expression immediately relaxed.

He understands the simple truth that foreign investment outweighs Hong Kong investment.

Moreover, ever since Tang Wen acted strangely yesterday, he had kept an eye on things and asked someone to assess him. After careful consideration, he did find something amiss, but it was overshadowed by Li Ka-shing's fame.

……

Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital
"Xiao Chao, Xiao Chao."

"Father, you're awake!"

Li Xiaochao felt the call from the bedside and rushed over. In fact, this was the second time Li Xiaochao had woken up.

He didn't actually feel dizzy that day in Goose City; it was just that the elderly often experience high blood pressure and their legs feel a little weak. After getting on the bus, he took some medicine and recovered quickly.

His first order was to block the media, but unfortunately it was too late. Even though print media could exert influence, DaWang BBS published the incident and a large number of photos almost simultaneously. Even more unfortunately, DaWang BBS belonged to Gaijin.

When all sorts of outrageous headlines came out, Li Ka-shing really felt dizzy and fainted.

When he woke up, he saw his youngest son, but not his eldest son.
Where is Da Li?

"My elder brother went to the Charity Temple to pray for your well-being."

"Sigh... Let's not talk about him anymore. What else did Tang Wen do? What did he say to the media?"

"Did not do anything."

Li Xiaochao's eyes darted around; he was genuinely afraid that the old man would faint again.

"Tell me! I'm furious!"

"He said online that during your Oriental Plaza project, you coerced local authorities into violating regulations by exceeding height limits, and also maliciously monopolized and inflated surrounding land prices, causing huge project losses and arbitrage profits..."

"I know. He wanted to rent a piece of land in the square to open a shop with that knock-off BMW. I gave him a warning back then, and he's holding a grudge... These nouveau riche from the mainland have no martial ethics and no civility whatsoever!"
Tell me what else he did.

Li Ka-shing sighed, not out of regret, but because he felt he had underestimated the moral bottom line of the upper class, and that Tang Wen had broken the rules.

Seeing that his father's emotions were relatively stable, Li Xiaochao cautiously added:

"He published a letter in the newspaper praising the TV series."

"What TV show?"

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms tells the story of... Zhuge Liang and Wang Lang." "..."

Li Ka-shing closed his eyes in pain, while the instruments beside him beeped incessantly.

"Xiao Chao, he's wicked and unjust, we must get revenge, we must get revenge!"

However, just as he struggled to finish speaking, a phone call came into Li Xiaochao's cell phone as the doctor rushed in:
"President, something has happened."

"What could be more important than my father being hospitalized?"

"The stocks of Whampoa Industries and Cheung Kong Holdings have gone up."

"It went up, but by how much?"

Li Xiaochao looked puzzled. He knew his own family was in the same boat. They were already preparing to reduce their holdings and cash out, so theoretically there shouldn't be any fluctuations.

"A big investor just appeared and bought everywhere this afternoon, driving the price up by four points before the market closed!"

……

"Li Ka-shing is dead?"

"Not yet."

"Are you really going to drive me crazy?"

"It's possible over the phone."

Off the coast of Iceland, Shi Juzhu, who was adrift on a ship, clicked his tongue upon hearing Tang Wen's affirmative answer.

To make that old guy faint from anger, you probably couldn't even do it by pointing your finger at him and cursing him.

Li Ka-shing is now considered an idol among Chinese people in China. Although he tricked the locals at Oriental Plaza, he has cultivated an image of a philanthropic and patriotic entrepreneur through his skillful disguise and publicity.

Tang Wen, on the contrary, is more controversial, and various scandals are frequently reported, such as allegedly dropping out of vocational school, actively damaging relations with neighbors, and being an oil tycoon.

This morning, even European media outlets couldn't wait to report on the photo of Li Ka-shing kneeling and receiving coins from Tang Wen, and even someone seemingly kneeling beside him, which shocked many.

This incident was second only to the kidnapping case years ago. Even though the Li family tried their best to pressure the media, it was to no avail. All sorts of bizarre speculations spread everywhere. When Shi Juzhu first saw the headline, it was "Li Ka-shing died tragically in front of Tang Wen's door," which is why he was shocked and called.

After learning that Tang Wen had outmaneuvered the other party, he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up before starting to talk about the Giants' fleet in Iceland:

"A few days ago we collided with an Icelandic patrol boat and pushed them all back. Guess what happened? A seafood wholesaler with royal connections from England offered to give us a higher price, haha!"

"So interesting?"

Tang Wen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He had initially encouraged the giant fleet to go out just to cause some chaos in Europe, but he hadn't expected to accidentally trigger a mysterious switch.

Back then, Iceland relied on its geographical location to coerce the British into making concessions, using the condition of siding with the Great Bear. Now, they have finally received their revenge.

Crossing the border with British and Norwegian fishing vessels could trigger an internal crisis, but not the Giants fleet.

All the ships in Iceland combined are no match for the 30-odd Dongjiang-type vessels; they can only watch helplessly and feel frustrated.

Shi Juzhu suddenly changed the subject: "But I found that the cod here is really fresh. Frozen fish has such good meat. I plan to preserve this area of ​​the sea and fish for it every year."

Would Iceland agree to that?

“The current officials disagree, but I got in touch with a very influential official who can approve it for me.”

What if that person runs away?

"Whether they run away or not is irrelevant. Once they've signed the agreement, they have to accept it. Do they even deserve to be compared to the Russians?"

Speaking of Maozi Shi Juzhu, he gritted his teeth. Not only was he swindled out of money and an aircraft carrier, but more importantly, he dared not stop the Giant Group's transit trade, as that was the only way to barely salvage some of the losses.

Even now, he still doesn't dare to publicly say that the Baku has been hacked!

What the Russians once did to him, they will eventually have to pay back through Iceland!

He used to be a coward who bullied the weak and feared the strong, but now he's tough!

Having never experienced the bankruptcy of the Giant Group, Shi Juzhu somehow managed to turn to the dark side in another way. Tang Wen found this strange and also felt that the Russians seemed to be having a lot of free time.

His Type 685 Kosomoyets titanium-alloy nuclear submarine, relying on its excellent diving depth and quietness, had previously followed the Enterprise fleet all the way to the outskirts of the east coast.

With such a magical tool in hand, it's impossible not to feel restless and eager to use it.

(End of this chapter)