Li Xuexuan frowned, and first looked at this simple office, with beds, tables and chairs, rivets on the walls, and some daily necessities for washing, but nothing else.
Li Xuexuan moved his eyes over and fell on Li Jiacheng.
After not seeing him for a while, Li Jiacheng seems to have changed, unkempt and unkempt.
In my impression, Boss Li is a very gentle and decent businessman.
Li Jiacheng seemed to sense the confusion in Li Xuexuan's eyes, and grinned. Because he stayed up late and got angry, he inevitably had bad breath: "Sorry, I have been busy at the construction site these days and didn't have time to clean up! Please sit down!" After that,
After making an invitation gesture, I realized that there was no decent chair in the huge office, and the only sofa was filled with ceramic tiles and other items.
So Li Jiacheng hurriedly gave up the paint bucket he was sitting on just now, and apologized again: "I'm sorry, you just have to sit down!"
Li Xuexuan lifted her skirt and then sat down. Even though she was sitting on a paint bucket, her posture was still so elegant, as if she was sitting on some kind of throne.
Seeing this, Li Jiacheng sat down on his bed and pushed the quilt inside.
Wen Zedun had no place to sit, so he had to stand next to Li Xuexuan.
"Would you like some tea?" Li Jiacheng stood up again.
"No, thank you! I'm not here to drink tea!" Li Xuexuan declined politely.
Li Jiacheng just had to stop getting up.
"Miss Li, what do you want from me?" Li Jiacheng had a sincere smile on his face.
If she hadn't known Li Jiacheng well, Li Xuexuan would have been moved by Li Jiacheng's diligent and gentlemanly demeanor. Unfortunately, she knew Li Jiacheng too well.
Generally speaking, this boss Li is a "businessman" through and through. Everything is profit-centered and he only considers one thing in everything, and that is whether he can make money!
"I came to you because I want to cooperate with you to get money!" Li Xuexuan got straight to the point.
"Huh?" Li Jiacheng's eyes lit up when he heard about asking for money, "What advice can you give me?"
"I wonder what Boss Li thinks of the recent steel supply prices in the Hong Kong market?" Li Xuexuan asked.
"Of course it's a huge increase!" Li Jiacheng adjusted his glasses, "It increased from 150 per ton to 200 per ton. Our hydropower plant spent a lot of extra money to purchase steel!"
Li Xuexuan smiled: "So, has Boss Li ever thought about focusing on customers? Not only will he not be affected by the skyrocketing steel prices, but he can also control the steel prices and make a huge fortune?"
"Uh, what do you mean?" Li Jiacheng became interested.
"What I mean is that you and I will join forces and find someone to monopolize the steel market in Hong Kong, speculate on steel as stocks, and make a lot of money by raising the price!" Li Xuexuan finally revealed his plan.
Li Jiacheng's expression suddenly became solemn, "You mean we join forces to monopolize steel in Hong Kong?"
"Yes! You are friends with Jiehe's boss Zheng Zhizhong. You can persuade him to break the contract with Shi Zhijian and in turn form an alliance with us! As for Shaorong Steel, I will contact Sun Hung Kai headed by Li Zhaoji and let us work together to form an alliance with Shaorong.
!”
Li Jiacheng looked at Li Xuexuan with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"What we have to do is to form an unprecedented steel alliance, monopolize the steel market in Hong Kong, and push up the price of steel further. Now it is 200 yuan a ton, and we will push it up to 300 yuan or 500 yuan! In this way, we
The money earned can not only make up for the previous losses, but also make a lot of money! As for Shi Zhijian, who is desperate, without raw materials like steel, his Wharf construction can only be stopped! "
After listening to Li Xuexuan's suggestion, Li Jiacheng took a deep breath, took off his glasses, took a soft cloth and wiped them vigorously.
At this moment, he has figured out that Ricci, represented by Li Xuexuan, plus his Cheung Kong Holdings, and Sun Hung Kai of Li Zhaoji, will unite the two major steel plants to establish a steel alliance to monopolize the steel supply in Hong Kong, and then
Push the price up and make a fortune!
"Are we being too cruel by doing this?" Li Ka-shing hesitated, "Deliberately pushing up steel prices will have a huge impact on the entire Hong Kong real estate."
"You can't blame me now!" Li Xuexuan stood up, with a hint of coldness on his cold face, "It's all that Shi Zhijian's fault! It was him who caused this commotion! If he hadn't monopolized so much steel, let the steel
Even if the price goes up, I won’t do it!”
"Boss Li, you are a smart man! Should you rely on others and wait for death? Or should you focus on turning against customers and monopolizing the market? It's your choice!" Li Xuexuan gave Li Jiacheng an ultimatum.
Li Jiacheng hesitated and said: "Having said that, the two steel kings in Hong Kong are not easy to mess with. We force them to break the contract and form an alliance with us to monopolize the market. How can they obey?"
Li Xuexuan smiled, "I have calculated that our four major groups' combined demand for steel accounts for almost one-third of Hong Kong's total. Neither Jiehhe nor Shaorong can ignore our strength!"
"You mean, compared with Shi Zhijian, the two steel kings will choose to side with us?"
"What do you think? You are a fool if you don't make money! What's more, if they don't choose to team with us, we will threaten not to buy their steel in the future! Let them carefully consider whether it is Shi Zhijian who is more important, or our four major groups.
Important!" There was a hint of coldness on Li Xuexuan's face, which made Li Jiacheng shudder when he saw it.
"So what should I do now?"
"Of course I have to contact your good friend Zheng Zhizhong. If he knows, we will form an alliance! As for me -" Li Xuexuan smiled slightly, her cold face blooming like a hundred flowers, "I will go and convince Sun Hung Kai!"
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In Lee Seol-hyun's view, as long as the three Sun Hung Kai bosses are not mentally ill, they will definitely accept her suggestion.
After all, everyone is in the same situation now. The three large-scale real estate projects being developed by Sun Hung Kai, "Century Plaza", "Tin Shui Wai Century City", and "Lishui Garden" in Tsim Sha Tsui, are also facing a shortage of steel. If the steel cannot keep up with their construction sites,
If work is to be stopped, the losses will be huge.
Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng and Feng Jingqi are all well-known real estate tycoons. They have always regarded reputation as more important than life. If the property cannot be handed over on time, it will not only affect the reputation of their company, but also the real estate tycoons themselves.
reputation.
Therefore, Li Xuexuan was sure that they would obey and form an alliance with him!
Li Xuexuan had a few casual conversations with Li Jiacheng here before leaving.
Li Jiacheng sent her out, and when he turned back, his brother-in-law Zhuang Jiajun happened to be looking for him to sign the purchase order.
Li Jiacheng came to the water dispenser, took a water cup, drank a glass of water in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and then said to Zhuang Jiajun: "Call your sister and ask her to bring the old Pu'er tea cakes that I have treasured for many years."
Take it out, I’m going back to invite people to tea tonight!”
Zhuang Jiajun was stunned. During this period, Li Jiacheng ate and lived with the workers at the construction site and never thought about going back. Even though his sister called him several times to urge him, he was still indifferent. Today, he suddenly wanted to go back and invited someone to drink tea.
, so he said in surprise: "I wonder, brother-in-law, do you want to invite me to have tea?"
Li Jiacheng put down the water glass in his hand: "Zheng Zhizhong!"
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That night, Li Jiacheng rushed home after a long journey. He first took a shower and changed clothes, then combed his hair neatly in front of the mirror, and then used a Geely razor to lather off the short mustache on his mouth and chin.
, my face regained its freshness and freshness just now.
At this time, the eldest son Ah Ju was losing his temper with the second son Ah Kai, but it was the ignorant Ah Kai who broke the toy forklift he bought from the West. Ah Ju was so angry that he stamped his feet and yelled at him.
Yelled.
Ah Kai was too frightened to speak at first, and looked at his brother in horror with a sullen face.
When he saw his father coming over, he burst into tears, turned around, opened his little hands and rushed towards Li Jiacheng's arms.
Li Jiacheng is like many fathers. When he gave birth to his eldest son, he was busy working on his career. His wife was not around when she was giving birth, and she was often away from home after giving birth to her son. Especially for men, fatherly love is relatively slow to come when they have an eldest son.
I didn’t feel anything at all, but I started to feel it after I gave birth to my second child. I felt that my little son was my darling, and I couldn’t help but love him so much.
Li Jiacheng is like this. He usually talks about being impartial, but in fact he is still a little partial to his younger son Ah Kai.
At this moment, Li Jiacheng saw Ah Kai crying like a little tearful person and couldn't help but feel his father's love overflowing. He held him in his arms and coaxed: "A Kai, what's wrong?"
"Brother, hit me!" Ah Kai choked with sobs, dropped the golden beans, and pointed at his brother Ah Ju and said.
"He smashed my toy car, but I didn't hit him! I just scared him!" Ah Ju said, stomping his feet unconvinced.
"He is still young and ignorant! You are almost ten years old, how can you act like an older brother?" Li Jiacheng scolded.
Ah Ju pouted after being scolded, with an aggrieved look on his face. He tried his best to keep his face sullen to prevent tears from falling. Finally, he picked up the broken car on the ground and said to Li Jiacheng: "Dad is biased!" He turned around and ran upstairs.
.
"This kid is really..." Li Jiacheng hesitated.
Ah Kai wiped her tears in his arms and said coquettishly: "Abba, can you not go to the construction site in the future? You stay at home with me! As long as you are here, my brother will not dare to hit me!"
Li Jiacheng scratched his little nose: "Don't always complain about your brother! He is the eldest brother and you are the younger brother. You should be respectful to each other!"
Ah Kai tilted his little head: "What does it mean to be humble and respectful to brothers?"
"As an elder brother, you must know how to be humble, and as a younger brother, you must know how to be respectful."
Just then the butler came in and reported: "Master, Zheng Zhizhong, Boss Zheng is here!"
Li Jiacheng hurriedly put Ah Kai down from his arms and handed it to the housekeeper and said, "He is a distinguished guest. I will go to the foyer to greet him personally!" After thinking about it, he ordered the housekeeper, "By the way, let Madam soak the tea cakes!"
At the entrance of Li's mansion, a black Lincoln car parked next to it, and a middle-aged man with a scar on the left side of his face was getting out of the car.
When Li Jiacheng saw this person, he immediately went up to him, cupped his fists and said, "Brother Zheng, are you okay?!"
The middle-aged man wore an open-breasted suit with a white shirt and black vest. A golden pocket watch hung on the vest.
The man reached out and took off his pocket watch, took a look at it, showed it to Li Jiacheng, and said, "I'm not late. You made an appointment with me at seven o'clock, and it's still a quarter to go!"
Li Jiacheng smiled and said with a rare joke: "You are a noble person and busy now, so I have to make a reservation in advance to treat you to a meal! To be honest, do you dislike your sister-in-law's poor cooking skills?"
"How could it be?" Steel King Zheng Zhizhong followed Li Jiacheng into the living room with a smile, "Sister-in-law's craftsmanship has always been very good. I still remember the Sydney pear soup I drank at your house last time. It was so good and I always have a long aftertaste!"
"If you like drinking, let your sister-in-law do it one more time! This way, please!" Li Jiacheng invited Zheng Zhizhong to sit down on the sofa in the living room.
Zheng Zhizhong looks rough on the outside, and with the scar on the left side of his face, he looks more like a charlatan than a businessman.
But who knew that Zheng Zhizhong was born into a distinguished family. The family started out in the steel business, providing the Yunnan-Guizhou warlords with steel supplies for arms. During the Japanese colonial period in Hong Kong, they even risked beheading to fund the anti-Japanese company. They would rather die.
Family property must also be used to raise funds for the country!
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Zheng Zhizhong shouldered the important responsibilities of the family. First, he single-handedly raised his three younger brothers, and with his pride, he transformed the family business from a mere steel supply to a steel smelting business. In just a few years, he joined forces with another steelmaker in Hong Kong.
Businessman Pang Dingyuan is as famous as Xiangjiang's "Steel King".
"Where is sister-in-law? Why don't you see her?"
"Let's make tea. This time it's your favorite old tea cake!"
While he was talking, Li Jiacheng's wife Zhuang Yueming had already brought over a tea tray. In addition to two cups of tea, there was also a plate of hard-boiled eggs on the tea tray.
"Sister-in-law, I asked you to do it yourself again, what's wrong with this?" Zheng Zhizhong hurriedly stepped forward to help remove the tea cup and fruit plate.
Zhuang Yueming smiled brightly: "We are all members of our own family, why are we so polite! But you haven't been here for a long time, so you have many friends!"
Zheng Zhizhong scratched his head and sat down again, saying, "I've been really busy lately! I've been working in the factory all day long, and I can't even tell the difference between east, west and north!" He paused and pointed to the plate of hard-boiled eggs.
, "My sister-in-law is very attentive and knows that this is my favorite thing to eat when drinking tea!"
Li Jiacheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Actually, I have always been curious. I have seen people drinking tea in all kinds of strange ways, but why do you pair your fragrant tea with hard-boiled eggs?"
"Brother Li, you don't know something." Zheng Zhizhong reached for a hard-boiled egg and gently peeled off the skin and said, "Back then, my steel business was on the verge of bankruptcy. I had no choice but to beg my grandpa and sue my grandma all day long.
I begged people for help. At that time, I was drinking tea with others all day long, either on the way to drink tea or on the way to drink tea. My stomach growled with hunger, but I had to endure it! But the more tea I drank, the worse my stomach became.
The more hungry I became, the only thing I could do at this time was to sneak a few hard-boiled eggs in my pocket, peel them off and eat them with tea!"
After Zheng Zhizhong finished speaking, he had already peeled the hard-boiled egg in his hand, put it to his mouth and took a bite, recalling the taste: "The feeling can only be described in one word - fragrant!"
