History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 115 Enclosure War
Three days later, He Dingxian drove a newly-licensed Mercedes-Benz S-class car to work at the mission station. He parked next to the BMW of Director Ghost, and locked the door with a mechanical key. Go up, and walk into the gate of the mission hall contentedly.

A while later, Ge Bai was wearing a uniform and a police cap. He stopped by the new car, looked at it intently, and then looked at the figure who disappeared at the corner of the police station. He swallowed secretly, and the thoughts in his head could not help but come alive .

This car only cost 13 yuan, and it doesn't matter if the remaining 12 yuan is paid in a year or so. If he is willing to let Lao Fu go to Mong Kok to find water, the 12 yuan can be written off with a big stroke. The inspector took it for granted that he could even spend Hong Kong dollars.

"Sir."

"Sir." The military uniforms and plain clothes on the first floor stood at attention and saluted.

He Dingxian nodded, returned to the office, picked up the newspaper on the desktop, and began to read it carefully.

After the launch of "Oriental Evening News", relying on the number of customers brought by "Oriental Daily", the sales volume has grown steadily, and more than 1000 copies of the newspaper can be sold every day.

Jin Yong's "Book, Sword, Enmity and Enmity" serialized in "Evening News" was very popular as soon as it came out, and more letters from readers were sent to the newspaper than "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua".

However, "Book and Sword Enmity" was released more than a month later than "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua", which caused most of the readers of Dongfang Daily to gather on "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua". If you wait until "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" After the end, readers are likely to transfer to "Book and Sword Enmity and Enmity Record" in large numbers.

"Shaw Cinemas bought a store in Yau Ma Tei, and plan to open the theaters to Kowloon?" He Dingxian opened the "Business Daily" after reading the novel as usual, and saw a very important business news on the second page.

"The people of Shaocun have a good eye." He put down the newspaper, feeling vigilant, and called the detective on duty at the door: "Help me bring in Ah Kun from the door of the police station."

"Yes, sir!" The detective stood at attention and saluted, and immediately turned around to bring Ni Kun in. Even though Ni Kun hadn't learned how to drive a car, he still didn't dare to slack off every day. use the car.

"Big Boss." Ni Kun bent down to salute after entering the door, and closed the door smoothly.

He Dingxian ordered: "Help me go to Yau Ma Tei and bring Qiu Degeng and Zhu Youzai to the mission station. I have something to talk to them about."

"Understood, boss." Ni Kun immediately opened the door and trotted away from the police station.

"Shaw Brothers and his sons plan to open a theater chain in Yau Ma Tei, which is tantamount to grabbing food on my site. It seems that the business of the one-dollar store in Kowloon District has shown them the potential of the future film market in Kowloon. How could they be willing to only sell movies at one yuan A share of the pie?"

"The dollar store is my business after all, not theirs, and they've definitely been planning and funding new theaters all the time."

"Brother Xian."

"big boss."

In less than half an hour, Qiu Degeng and Zhu Youzai were sitting in the office of Inspector Hua of the Mongkok Police Station. He Dingxian also directly threw the newspaper to them, leaned on the chair, flicked the cigarette ash and said, "You guys Didn't you get the message?"

Lardboy had an ugly expression, bowed his head and apologized: "I'm sorry, brother Xian, I thought theaters had nothing to do with dollar stores, so I didn't take it to heart."

"You think so too?" He Dingxian turned to look at Qiu Degeng, and Qiu Degeng said, "He Sheng, it doesn't matter at the moment, but in the long run, dollar stores will be eliminated by the market sooner or later. As long as the citizens have money, I will definitely choose a more comfortable place.”

"And the movie quality of the theater chain is better and newer than the dollar store. Boss Shao opened the theater chain in Kowloon. On the surface, it has nothing to do with us, but in fact it is blocking our way."

"If I'm not wrong, Mr. He will also run theaters in the future."

He Dingxian nodded and said: "Yes, Boss Shao is blocking our way and throwing money at us. In fact, the two theaters in Mong Kok have always made money, but they don't make much money and invest a lot."

"With Boss Shao's joining, the competition will become stronger again, and the theater business will be more difficult in the future..."

Lard Boy frowned: "It looks like a very profitable business, and the bosses all want to do it. Why is it difficult to do it?"

Qiu De even analyzed it from the perspective of a businessman: "It is precisely because the peers see that they can make money, and jump out one by one to grab it, it is difficult to make money in the market. One monk fetches water, three monks have no water to drink, and the dollar store The previous business was too eye-catching.”

"With the eyes of the peers, they will naturally make judgments on the future market. They are probably right. Mr. Shao has financial resources and film sources, and he is the first to bet on the gambling table."

"Big Boss, the time for placing bets at the table has been advanced, and the time for opening cards will also be advanced. If we place bets, we may be thrown out of the car."

Lard boy thought about it, and realized: "It turns out that it is difficult to do it at the beginning. If all competitors, big and small, are driven off the table, the money in the market will naturally flow to the final winner. The market cannot accommodate a few giants, and there are at most two or three theater bosses on Hong Kong Island.”

"It's no wonder that a certain industry on Hong Kong Island will always have a king, and the remaining one or two surviving competitors will not be able to keep up."

A bigger market can accommodate more bosses.

The fight in the theater market from the 50s to the 70s was very tragic. Fortunately, due to the continuous expansion of the film market on Hong Kong Island, there were also a lot of bosses who made a lot of money in the end.

"You're right, it's time to place your bets in advance." He Dingxian agreed with Qiu Degeng's statement: "The Shao and his sons are now entering Kowloon, in fact, they are afraid that I have money in hand, otherwise, those who are currently opening theaters in Kowloon The risk is still very high, according to the style of the Shaocun father and son, once it opens, it will definitely spread all over Kowloon and the New Territories in three to five years."

"Don't think that the first theater only invested 10,000+ when it was opened. In fact, the entire investment plan was made with hundreds of thousands or millions."

"A loss of hundreds of thousands would be unstoppable, and it could seriously hurt their vitality. It is also a big gamble for Shaw Brothers and his sons."

"Now that I am the Inspector Hua in Mong Kok District, and I have business in paper mills and film shops, the flow of funds is more abundant than before, which can be regarded as forcing the people of Shao Village to make up their minds."

If he was still the leader of the military uniform team who only wanted to find water in the movie store, perhaps the villagers of Shao Village would continue to observe and take his time. Under the appearance of the vigorous and resolute behavior of the Shaw Company, there may be an anxious heart.

"But what should we do if we don't have the money to bet?" He Dingxian looked at Qiu Degeng and then at Lard Boy: "I can get one hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, and three or five million. I'm afraid it will cost millions of Hong Kong dollars to enclose the land."

"Where can I find money?"

"It's not enough to pawn all your wealth, why don't you sell yourself?"

Lard boy opened his mouth, wanting to open his mouth to help the boss raise money, but when he thought of the huge amount, he didn't have the courage to shut his mouth. He couldn't really let the boss sell himself, could he?
Qiu Degeng fell into deep thought, obviously he was an attentive person.

He Dingxian didn't urge him, instead he handed him a cup of tea and quietly waited for Qiu Degeng's answer.

Qiu Degeng's eyes flickered, he glanced at him a few times, took a sip from his teacup, and finally said the thoughts in his head slowly: "Boss, businessmen can't be tied up with money, money is like water, the world Could it be that there is no water? The money is not in your hands, but it is temporarily put in other people’s pockets. People who are not capable hold it in their hands. When the sky falls into the water, those who are capable should dig a ditch to draw water for themselves.”

"If you don't have money, go find money. As long as the method is good, the money will always flow. If you lack money to fight against others, then set up a bank and use other people's money to fight!"

Qiu Degeng gritted his teeth, and said decisively: "The big boss came forward to carry the brand of the silver number, and tried to get the ghost and the Chinese police to save money and promise a little interest."

"If you don't raise a hundred, you can raise fifty. In short, use the money to go out and fight first, and then we can solve the urgent need. But I'm afraid we have to gamble on the future of the big boss."

"It depends on whether the big boss dares to bet."

He Dingxian gambled his life several times in the arena full of guns and bullets. He never thought that one day he would gamble his life in business, but this is the case in the business world. If you think of it, others can copy it, use it, and then smash it with huge capital. you!
You can either choose to work for the big capital and be a younger brother, or you can come up with a strange move and come to a commercial gamble. When the big boss in the mall wants to gamble his life?
Qiu De made it very clear that opening a bank to absorb depositors' money, and then using the depositor's money to engage in business wars with others, sounds like a reasonable business operation, but in fact it is a very dangerous move. People have been hacked to pieces, and corpses have been dismembered and filled innumerably. In the past two or three hundred years, there have been too many cases. Even private equity managers and stock brokers have many unsolved cases of killing people and throwing them into the river.

Everyone who spends money wants to make money, and once they lose money, they can do anything.

The fastest way for He Dingxian to run a bank is to use his identity as a Chinese inspector to absorb savings from Chaoshan Chinese classics and even ghost bosses.

Interest rates have to go up.

Otherwise, ordinary customers have fixed banks and bank accounts where they can save money, and even buy gold and silver, so why should they hand over to your bank account?

If this one doesn't win the bet, the bank will be thundered, not to mention that the ghost will kill him, even the brothers under him may draw their guns, and the skin on their bodies will not be able to cover them!
The first time someone was forced to the edge of a cliff without firing a bullet, I really felt inexplicably angry, but isn't the "silver bullet" a kind of bullet?
In business, there is no peaceful way to make money.

But is it necessary to gamble as Inspector Hua?

Under the watchful eyes of Qiu Degeng and Zhu Youzai, He Dingxian smoked two cigarettes in a row, thought about it, and suddenly said sharply: "Gambling!"

"Why don't you dare to gamble?"

"I can't stand being stepped on my head, and I can't stand being taken away from the things I'm looking at. What I like must be mine!"

He really couldn't bear to be robbed of a piece of commercial territory composed of theaters, theaters, and novels that he expected.

He can accept that after being defeated, he loses an opportunity and a piece of income, but he can't accept that he doesn't fight and chooses to avoid fighting when he has the opportunity.

The rivers and lakes are like a stream, if you don’t advance, you will retreat. If you are greedy for life today, you are afraid of death tomorrow, and you will be hung on the railing to expose your corpse!
But you can't gamble blindly. He adjusted his mood, sat down and asked, "It's also about absorbing savings. Why run a bank instead of a bank?"

"I remember that the procedures for running a bank are not difficult. At least it looks more formal, right?"

(End of this chapter)