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Chapter 25 News

Chen Chong finished his work at Feliton and went to Chen Bi's office. He now has a close relationship with Shen Bi and no longer needs to make an appointment in advance. People with high positions and power may not be very busy every day. When he went in, Chen Bi was wearing a magnifying glass with a mini spotlight on his head, focusing on fiddling with his watch.

"AI, please sit there, I'll do it right away." Without an appointment, there was nothing important, and Chen Bi didn't care. He ordered the secretary and said, "Dat, give Mr. Chen a cup of black tea."

"Please continue." Chen Chong sat down on the sofa and said, "Dat, please get me a newspaper."

After about ten minutes, Chen Bi took off his magnifying glass, put it with his watch, and carefully placed it in an exquisite wooden box, and said: "Watches are the most outstanding invention of mankind. With it, mankind knows the preciousness of time. You should also collect some AI."

"There is a story in China that a poor man met a god. The god moved his finger and turned the stone into gold to give it to the poor man. The poor man said, "I don't want gold, I want your fingers." Chen Chong put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "I prefer people who collect watches than watches."

"AI, you are so greedy." Chen Bi laughed, putting the box into the drawer and asked, "Are you interested in the watchmaking industry? Did you go to Japan this time and acquire Seiko or Casio?"

"No, no." Chen Chong shook his head and said, "I have no interest in electronic watches. On the contrary, if I really want to enter the watchmaking industry, I am very interested in Swiss mechanical watches."

Chen Bi was slightly stunned and said, "I thought you were only interested in electronics and high-tech. You should know that Switzerland's watchmaking industry was once very brilliant, but now it is the era of electronic watches and quartz watches. In recent years, more than a dozen watchmaking shops in Switzerland have gone bankrupt every year, including a century-old shop."

"Women have earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings and many other jewelry." Chen Chong raised his wrist and said, "There is only one jewelry for men, that is, watches. Electronic watches are ordinary consumer goods, and mechanical watches are luxury goods. I believe that the Swiss watchmaking industry will soon revive, especially high-end brands."

"Your vision is very unique." Chen Bi agreed, saying: "Although the electronic watches are accurate in trends, the design is boring. Mechanical watches have unparalleled beauty. Every famous watch is a work of art."

"Nh1 You are the most famous watch collector in Hong Kong and even the Far East. Why don't we cooperate and go to Switzerland to acquire a watchmaking shop?"

Chen Bi's eyes flashed, but he shook his head and refused, saying, "I can't participate in AI businesses that have nothing to do with banking."

Chen Chong just smiled and did not persuade him that the revival of the Swiss watch industry will be a few years later, and even if it is revived, the return on investment will not be as good as the computer industry in Ruoliaoyuan.

After chatting casually for a while, Chen Bi asked, "You were reading the South China Morning Post just now. What do you think of today's news?"

Chen Chong picked up the newspaper beside him, turned it to the front page, pointed at him and said, "You said this?"

The front page title in the newspaper is "Second Superman OR Second God of Wealth?" The content is that Chen Songqing announced yesterday that he had paid off all the funds for the acquisition of Kinmen Building "as scheduled". At the same time, he announced that some buyers were willing to spend 1.43 billion yuan to purchase Kinmen Building. The price of him buying Kinmen Building in 1 was 9.8 billion yuan. In just half a year, it soared by more than 400 million yuan. It can be said that he made a big profit. As soon as the news came out, the stock price of Jianing Group rose sharply, climbing to a historical high of the U block, with a market value of nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

In early 1979, Jianing Group was just a small property developer. Chen Songqing's personal property was about 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. In just one year, Jianing became the leader of Hong Kong's small and medium-sized real estate developers, second only to Cheung Kong Industrial, Land Group, Sun Hung Kai and New World Development. Chen Songqing holds 75 shares of Jianing Group. Based on today's market value, his net worth is as high as 900 million, which can be called a Rocket.

If there was no Shen Chong, Chen Songqing would have been the most popular businessman in Hong Kong at this time.

The last time he was unintentional, Chen Songqing spread the word, which made Chen Chong catch the handle. Chen Bi was very unhappy about it, but he was a professional banker after all, and his personal impression was not important. If Chen Songqing really became the next Li Ka-shing or Chen Chong, it would bring immeasurable benefits to HSBC. So when the incident subsided, he did not hold Chen Songqing accountable, but kept paying attention.

Li Ka-shing has more than ten years of real estate development experience, has a stable business and a good reputation. He also holds a large amount of land reserves. Chen Chong has the best-selling products such as Rubik's Cube, Cauliflower Dolls, and Electronic Games. Both of them have a solid foundation. The risk of cooperation with them is very low. However, except for speculating on several buildings, Jianing Group cannot find more profit sources. The speculation on buying and selling real estate has always been a high-risk business. Chen Bi was also unable to make up for the moment whether to support Chen Songqing. He supported his desk with his arms and asked: "Everyone in Hong Kong says that you have extraordinary vision. I wonder what you think of Chen?"

"I only meet him once." Chen Chong said without comment: "And I don't understand real estate and have no interest in this industry."

"You want to build the tallest building in Asia in the mainland, and you took away the Kinmen building from Jardine Mahjong, and you still said you don't understand real estate."

"The Mainland and Hong Kong are completely different." Chen Chong defended: "Building a building in Hong Kong can be resold after it is built. This is called real estate development. Building in the Mainland can not be sold after it is built. This is called infrastructure construction, which are two concepts."

"Do you know about AI?" Chen Bi said with a playful smile, "Sometimes there is no attitude, it's just an attitude. You are very good at making friends. Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, there are many people. As long as you meet, you will soon become friends, but after you meet Chen, you never contacted him again, right? I heard that he once called your office, but you didn't reply."

"Is there any? Why don't I know?" Chen Chong said perfunctorily, "I'm very busy, he's very busy, maybe I missed it."

"No, no, no, I don't think you will make such a mistake. You attach great importance to socializing. You just came back from Singapore the day before yesterday and wanted to reorganize the company. Today I am very busy, but you still come to me to chat, right?" Chen Bi laughed and said, "I think you are very wary of him, why?"

"There can't be two tigers on a mountain." Chen Chong also smiled and said, "Maybe I just don't like him stealing my limelight."
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