On the streets, the vendors selling daily groceries and snacks have closed their stalls.
The children were running up and down the street carrying lanterns and holding firecrackers in their hands.
The adults were busy finishing up their work for the day, and then went home to have New Year's Eve dinner with their families.
The women walked home with various newly bought pieces of cloth in their arms and department store shopping bags in their hands, with smiles on their faces.
Hong Kong Central Building,
The eighteenth floor of the Real Estate Alliance headquarters is still brightly lit.
Li Zhaoji, one of Hong Kong's three real estate giants, chewed his cigar and put one hand in his pocket, waiting for the arrival of the meeting participants.
Behind him, his good brothers Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi were already sitting around the conference table, supporting him with practical actions.
"It's Chinese New Year! I didn't expect that it was already 1976 in the blink of an eye! I remember that when there was a bank run in Hong Kong, the Sun Hung Kai Properties we founded almost died. I didn't expect that ten years later, our real estate company has become one of the largest companies in Hong Kong!" Li Zhaoji said back.
He said in a deep tone to the two good brothers.
Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi also couldn't help but sigh.
Every ten years, Hong Kong’s real estate industry undergoes a reincarnation.
It is said that in 1965, there was a bank run crisis in Hong Kong. British banks took advantage of this crisis to annex half of the shares of Chinese banks such as "Liao Chuang Hing" and "Hang Seng". As a result, "Guangdong Trust" bank also declared bankruptcy, which led to
The Hong Kong real estate market has fallen into a depression, and transactions have plummeted.
However, Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi did not stand still. With a steady and steady business style, they took measures to reduce mortgages and bank overdrafts to reduce operating interest expenses. During this period, Sun Hung Kai absorbed others during the low ebb.
By selling off land parcels and old buildings without blindly developing projects, Sun Hung Kai not only weathered the economic crisis from 1965 to 1967, but also built more than 20 buildings, making Sun Hung Kai's corporate foundation more solid.
In 1968, after the economic downturn, Hong Kong's industrial and commercial industry became increasingly active in the recovery, and the demand for buildings for business operations gradually increased. Sun Hung Kai's investment began to show results. In particular, the Hong Kong industrial and commercial community sold Sun Hung Kai Enterprises in layers and paid in installments over ten years.
It was so highly praised that Sun Hung Kai Enterprises' industrial and commercial buildings were in short supply. After Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi got back a large amount of cash, they absorbed a large amount of land to build buildings in response to the current situation, which enabled Sun Hung Kai Enterprises to develop rapidly.
"Now, it's too late for you to regret!" Li Zhaoji bit his cigar and turned back to the two good brothers. "My intention in convening the real estate alliance meeting is very clear, which is to take advantage of the fact that Shi Zhijian was taken away by the Independent Commission Against Corruption for investigation. Shinhwa Real Estate is located in the Kowloon Walled City.
The construction site has been suspended to blackmail the Hong Kong government into assigning the Kowloon Walled City demolition and reconstruction plan to real estate developers like us!"
Li Zhaoji's eyes were burning and he puffed out a thick puff of smoke: "Shi Zhijian's appetite is too big. It is impossible for him to monopolize the Kowloon Walled City with Shinhwa Real Estate! We Chinese people pay attention to the same pot and fish, and everyone shares the benefits. Like Shi Zhijian,
The behavior of eating alone is abandoned!"
"Don't worry, boss, my third brother and I have always supported you!" Guo Desheng said directly, "We have also disliked Shi Zhijian since the beginning! A mere junior always shows off his power in front of us, especially in the real estate business.
On the other hand, we are all his seniors, seniors, he doesn’t know how to respect the old and love the young at all!"
"That's right! He has been relying on Shinhwa Real Estate to dominate the real estate industry in Hong Kong. It is not enough to team up with the Huo family and Xu family to develop Tsuen Wan. He has also intervened in the construction of Hung Hom Stadium. Now he is even more greedy and wants to monopolize the Kowloon Walled City.
, this is unbearable!" Feng Jingqi also started to protest.
"Okay, if we can have the support of you two brothers this time, why should we worry about success?" Li Zhaoji was very happy.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and the big guys who had been invited to the Real Estate Alliance Conference arrived one after another.
The first person to arrive was Li Ka-shing, the boss of Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Real Estate Company. Accompanied by his right-hand man Zhuang Jiajun, he appeared in the conference room.
The next person to arrive was Hong Kong garment tycoon Lin Baixin. Now the Lin family is also engaged in real estate business and is doing very well.
Followed by Liao Leiwen, Li Fuzhao, Deng Bingrong, Luo Dezheng, Shi Li and others.
It can be said that the top ten real estate tycoons in Hong Kong are gathered together at this moment.
These people have made a lot of gold and silver in the real estate business, and they have also hoarded a lot of land. If they join forces, the land resources in their hands can reach one-fifth of Hong Kong!
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Zhaoji sat at the head of the conference room without hesitation, and then glanced around with stern eyes.
Everyone is also very aware of the purpose of this trip. After all, Shi Zhijian was invited by the Independent Commission Against Corruption to assist in the investigation. This incident has already caused an uproar in the wealthy world like them.
Like Li Zhaoji, the first thing these businessmen who had no profit and could not afford to do early after hearing the news was the temporary suspension of the construction of the Kowloon Walled City.
Speaking of which, when Shinhwa Group took over the demolition and reconstruction project of Kowloon Walled City in one fell swoop, these real estate tycoons drooled with envy and wished they could take their place and become the builders of Kowloon Walled City.
Unfortunately, Shi Zhijian had a transcendent status and the Shinhwa Group was so powerful that they did not dare to fight with Shi Zhijian easily. They could only watch as Shi Zhijian led a group of young men to eat meat in the Kowloon Walled City.
But things are different now. Shi Zhijian cannot protect himself. Due to his influence, the reconstruction of Kowloon Walled City has been suspended!
This shows what?
It shows that the Hong Kong government has "distrusted" Shi Zhijian, and it shows that real estate developers like them have an opportunity to make money!
"First of all, I want to apologize to you all. Today is New Year's Eve, but I invited you to come over for a meeting, so that you can't be a member of the group!" Li Zhaoji bit his cigar and said apologetically, "But the matter is very important, and I really don't think so.
I have no choice but to make temporary arrangements for this real estate tycoon. Please forgive me!"
"How could it be? We all knew something big was going on, so we came together!" Li Jiacheng said with a smile.
"Yes, the real estate situation in Hong Kong is changing now. Another year is coming, and everyone hopes that there will be a new atmosphere in the new year!" Lin Baixin also echoed.
Everyone knows by heart that today is a big day, a day to carve up the mythical real estate resources and eat a lot of meat!
"Very good! Now that everyone has said so, I feel relieved!" Li Zhaoji nodded and continued: "You must have received the news that Mr. Shi Zhijian, the president of Shinhwa Group, was invited by the Independent Commission Against Corruption to assist in the investigation due to personal reasons, and he
The reconstruction project of Kowloon Walled City, which he single-handedly directed, has also been suspended as a result."
When everyone heard this, they all became energetic and even looked at Li Zhaoji nervously.
Li Zhaoji puffed out a puff of smoke and flicked his cigar: "As a colleague, there are things I didn't want to say originally! After all, Mr. Shi Zhijian has also made a lot of contributions to Hong Kong real estate in recent years. It's a pity that he is young and energetic, but he can't control it in the end.
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"I agree with this!" Li Jiacheng said loudly, "Young people are inevitably arrogant and arrogant, and even more impetuous and impetuous! As I have said before, young people like him must be humble and prudent. Only then can they have great potential.
, if not, you will definitely suffer retribution and backlash! Now let’s see, retribution is coming, isn’t it?”
"Yes, yes! Boss Li is right! Young people still have too little determination and will sell their morality just to make money!"
"I heard that his troubles are very big this time, one billion, one billion! It may be difficult to escape smoothly with such a large amount!"
Everyone spoke up one after another and collectively badmouthed Shi Zhijian, thinking that he was in bad luck this time and would never be able to turn around.
In particular, Li Jiacheng seemed to be even more enthusiastic. He felt that every time he badmouthed Shi Zhijian, he felt extremely satisfied.
For a long time, Shi Zhijian was always favoring him at a young age, which made Boss Li very unhappy. Now that Shi Zhijian has finally been unlucky and has been sued, he is the happiest person.
Li Jiacheng sighed again, and then said: "Everyone, please be quiet, please be quiet first!"
Everyone fell silent and looked at him.
Li Jiacheng said in a compassionate tone: "Now that the matter is over, we don't have to complain about Shi Zhijian anymore. Young people are bound to make mistakes, but this time he made more serious mistakes! As for how to be punished, that requires an honest government.
People from the PCPD will take care of it, so we don’t have to pursue it anymore! It’s just about real estate..."
Li Ka-shing glanced at Li Zhaoji intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "In terms of real estate, we all still have to work together, especially for such a big project as the Kowloon Walled City, which benefits the country and the people. How can it be stopped because of Shi Zhijian? Haven't you seen countless
Residents of the Walled City are eagerly waiting for the Walled City to be rebuilt so that they can have a happy home? Haven't you seen that countless enthusiastic citizens have been looking forward to the early completion of the Walled City so that Hong Kong can become more prosperous and stable?"
"So -" Li Ka-shing looked at Li Zhaoji, "I propose that everyone should take a long-term view on the Kowloon Walled City project -"
"Well said!" Li Zhaoji bit his palm and said, "Boss Li is indeed a great businessman who cares about the country and the people! What you said is exactly what I want to say! The Kowloon Walled City project cannot be delayed, especially not because of Shi Zhijian's personal reasons
As the project has been delayed, countless pairs of eyes are watching, waiting for the completion of the Kowloon Walled City. As the conscience of the Hong Kong real estate industry, we people have the right and obligation to shoulder this important task!"
"That's right!" Guo Desheng stood up and said, "As businessmen, others say that we are only interested in profit, which is wrong! We also have conscience and faith! We absolutely cannot sit idly by while the Kowloon Walled City is suspended! Let alone follow the trend.
Avoid disaster and seek wealth! We want to launch a joint petition to inform the Hong Kong government that we, the people, are willing to take on the important task of building the Kowloon Walled City! What do you think?!"
"I approve with both hands!"
"I agree too!"
"We will serve Hong Kong and the Kowloon Walled City without any hesitation!"
Everyone at the scene stood up to express their opinions.
