When Shi Zhijian arranged all the work overnight, it was already dawn, and a ray of sunlight reflected through the window and surrounded him, giving him a sense of aspirational satisfaction.
Shi Zhijian was in a neat suit, with a slicked back hair, a cigarette in his mouth, and his eyes fixed on a map hanging on the wall.
The map above shows the sphere of influence of Hong Kong's real estate development.
Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories are all divided up by countless real estate giants.
Among them, the most powerful ones are the Huo family, the Li family, the Guo family and the Luo family.
These four are known as the four major real estate developers in Hong Kong and are also known as the "Four Kings" in the real estate industry.
Among them, the leader of the Huo family is Huo Yingdong.
The head of the Li family is Li Zhaoji.
The head of the Guo family is Guo Desheng.
And the head of the Luo family is Luo Yingshi.
These four real estate tycoons basically control the real estate development in the three major areas of Hong Kong.
Mr. Huo mainly operates in the Kowloon Peninsula.
Li Zhaoji and Guo Desheng mainly operate Hong Kong Island.
The Luo Yingshi family mainly operates in the New Territories area.
In addition, there are some ghost real estate tycoons in Hong Kong, such as the Keswick family, the Kadoorie family, and the Schweizer family.
However, these ghost guys most like to do banking and finance, or air transportation, and do not have much advantage in real estate development.
To put it bluntly, Gui Lao doesn’t quite understand Hong Kong culture, nor does he understand the Chinese people’s desire for “home”, nor does he understand the traditional Chinese culture of “family, country and world”. Therefore, he has always been unable to compete with those wealthy Chinese business tycoons in real estate development.
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Hong Kong's real estate experienced rapid development from the 1950s to the 1960s, and then fell into a trough in the past four to five years.
Nowadays, with the influx of immigrants from mainland China, Vietnam, and Southeast Asia, Hong Kong's population has skyrocketed again, and Hong Kong's real estate industry has gradually recovered and begun to bottom out.
Both Li Zhaotian and Li Ka-shing are shrewd people. They have already sensed the potential explosive power of Hong Kong's real estate industry, which is why they are so focused on developing Tsuen Wan.
Shi Zhijian took a puff from his cigarette and looked at the densely marked places on the map.
Those places are marked with a red pen, extending from the Kowloon Peninsula to Hong Kong Island and then to the New Territories, like red flags everywhere, fluttering in the wind.
These marked places are the spheres of influence of major real estate developers. Others don't know it, but Shi Zhijian knows that Hong Kong real estate will have thirty years of glory in the future, and Hong Kong's housing prices will become one of the highest in the world. It is world-famous.
Houses in the style of "pigeon cage and coffin shop" will also appear accordingly.
Shi Zhijian blew out a puff of smoke towards the map, and then smashed the nearly finished cigarette butt onto the Tsuen Wan site!
"Tsuen Wan" is burned by cigarette butts, and the brown color slowly spreads, starting a prairie fire like a spark, and it is unstoppable!
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Tsuen Wan, as a relatively special area in Hong Kong, has been considered the "frontier" of Hong Kong before.
Many police officers will be assigned here to guard the pond if they make mistakes.
Due to its geographical location, it is rarely actively developed. Even if it is developed, it is to take advantage of the cheap labor force and cheap land to set up factories, plastic flower factories, textile factories, oil refineries, etc.
However, during this period, Tsuen Wan was pushed to the forefront of Hong Kong's real estate development.
With the relocation of Texaco Oil Company, Tsuen Wan, which had been neglected, suddenly became a hot spot.
There are mountains and rivers, close to the sea, primitive and undeveloped...
These, in turn, have become favorable conditions for the development of high-end villas and holiday villas.
Shinhwa Real Estate Company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony here today, and Tsuen Wan, which has always been deserted, has become lively. Both sides of the mud road are occupied by stalls of various small traders, taking advantage of today's happy day to drum up business.
"Selling Yali! Big Yali that is sweet and crispy!"
“Zongzi! Glutinous rice dumplings! Authentic and delicious glutinous rice dumplings!”
"Dog skin plaster! It will help your sore waist and legs once it is applied!"
A car honked its horn and beeped as it drove over.
In the car, Tsuen Wan District Councilor Zuo George looked in the mirror and plucked out one of his nose hairs with his hands, and said to the accompanying secretary: "Ah Chai, have you made it clear that there will be many big names coming to the groundbreaking ceremony today?"
Achai, the accompanying secretary, held up a mirror with both hands and asked George Zuo to pluck his nose hair, and said with a flattering smile: "Of course, I heard that this Shi Zhijian is very powerful. Last time Old Mrs. Shi celebrated his birthday, even the four detectives came!"
Zuo George nodded, asked Achai to take away the mirror, and kicked the driver in front of him with his foot: "I'm very busy, drive faster! Slowly and slowly like a dog!"
After scolding the driver, Zuo George said to Achai again: "I believe you! But if you guess wrong, be careful of your bullshit!"
Achai nodded hurriedly and bowed: "Congressman, don't worry, I've arranged everything. You can show off when the time comes!"
"What does being in the limelight mean? What I call serving the people! As a councilor of Tsuen Wan District, of course I have to pay attention to the economic development here! In addition-" Zuo George raised his finger: "When reporters take photos later, Qian I have to ask them to take photos of my profile! Many people say my profile looks like the famous star Marlon Brando!”
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"Grandpa, let's go quickly, the foundation laying ceremony is about to begin!" Shi Zhijian's second uncle Shi Dagui urged the old man with an anxious look.
With a hesitant look on his face, Shi Taigong slowly walked towards the groundbreaking ceremony with his hands behind his back.
Today his cheap grandson Shi Zhijian is going to hold a groundbreaking ceremony here. He should be very happy.
But last time Shi Zhijian broke up with him directly and made harsh words that he would never have anything to do with the Shi family again. This made Taigong Shi very heartbroken.
Although Shi Zhijian's father, Shi Dafu, is not his biological son, he is still nominally a father and son. Now that Shi Zhijian's cheap grandson has become rich, he has disowned him. It is simply unreasonable!
Shi Taigong felt uncomfortable and originally did not want to come here to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony. Moreover, Shi Zhijian did not send him an invitation letter.
However, Shi Zhijian's second uncle Shi Dagui and third uncle Shi Darong were unwilling to let go of this opportunity to "ease the relationship" with Shi Zhijian.
Others didn't know it, but the two of them knew it very well. Ever since the outside world knew about the relationship between Shi Zhijian and them, it had become much easier for them to do business.
Take Shi Dagui's medicinal materials business as an example. There was originally a buyer who owed money for more than three years. After learning that Shi Zhijian was his nephew, he actually took the initiative to send the money over and paid three years' interest!
This surprised Shi Dagui, who originally didn't care much about his identity as Shi Zhijian's second uncle.
I didn't expect this identity to be so useful.
The same goes for the third eldest son, Shi Darong. His business is bigger than that of the second eldest son, Shi Tatgui. He mainly deals in freight. In the past, he was often extorted by many policemen from the New Territories to Kowloon to Hong Kong Island.
Last time he took a cart of mountain goods to sell in the North District of Kowloon, and was targeted by the local policeman. What was the name of that policeman? Da Touying, by the way, it was Inspector Feng Yingfeng.
In desperation, Shi Darong tried to smooth over the relationship and revealed his identity, saying that he was Shi Zhijian's third uncle.
Shi Darong's idea is very simple. He hopes that Inspector Feng will give him some face, even if he doesn't extort a little less.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he revealed Shi Zhijian's name, Inspector Feng turned pale with fright. Not only did he not ask for a penny, he also invited him to drink and dine.
During the banquet, the famous Inspector Feng even called him brother and sister. He was so enthusiastic that Shi Darong even felt a little embarrassed.
After experiencing the above events, Shi Dagui and Shi Darong finally understood how famous and famous their nephew Shi Zhijian was.
As long as they solidify their "uncle-nephew" relationship with Shi Zhijian, doing business in the future will be like holding Shang Fang's sword, and they will be absolutely unfavorable.
It is precisely because of this that even though they did not receive the "invitation letter" from Shinhwa Company, the two of them still came over shamelessly, and even pestered Taigong Shi to come with them to celebrate Shi Zhijian.
For this reason, the two of them embroidered the banner all night long and magnified their relationship with Shi Zhijian as their "uncle and nephew". They wanted everyone present to know that Shi Zhijian was their nephew and they were a family!
