Hong Kong Island's wealthy era

Chapter 3
But Li Xisheng married four wives in his life and had a total of fifteen children. Among them, Li Zeming was Li Xisheng's eldest son, and wireless founder Li Xiaohe was his third son and eldest son.

Many Hong Kong entertainment novels have written that after the death of Li Xiaohe, Shao Daheng bullied the orphan and widowed mother and seized the throne to control TVB.

But the reality is that even Shao Yifu is a tycoon-level figure. If Li Xiaohe's wife hadn't been unwilling to run TVB, Shao Daheng would not have dared to bully the Li family's widow.

Li Xisheng accumulated a rich fortune for the Li family, and under the management of Li Zeming, the Li family became more and more prominent. In the 50s, he was known as the land king of Causeway Bay.

In addition to Li Xisheng's branch, the Li family also has Li Xisheng's nephew Li Guowei, who is also highly respected. He is one of the very few senior figures who are involved in the three fields of politics, economics and education in Hong Kong.

But most of his life's efforts were at Hang Seng Bank, where he worked for nearly 60 years and now serves as the general manager of Hang Seng Bank.

People who are familiar with Li Guowei call him "Sir Li". He is the "godfather" of the bank in the hearts of many political and financial figures in Hong Kong. In 1997, he and Mr. Huo were awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal.

Both Li Zeming and Li Xiaohe died relatively early, so they were not well-known in the mainland, but Li Guowei was received by Duke Deng.

The Li family has gone through four generations, and their descendants are spread all over the country and abroad. At present, it is one of the first-class wealthy families in Xiangjiang. The Lei family and the Li family are really incomparable.

……

In the afternoon, Lei Liquan, Lei Juehua and his son returned to the mansion in Deep Water Bay together.The home was as deserted as ever.

After my mother died during the influenza pandemic in the 60s, my father never brought a woman home again.

Sitting on the small bar at home, I poured a glass of 72-year-old red wine, picked up a newspaper, and flipped through it for a while. I found that all of it was some inexplicable news, either trivial things or scandals in the entertainment industry, but they all seemed to be relatively small. Gentle, without any exaggeration.There is also the serialization of novels.Perhaps this is the popular line in this era.

Because of its unique geographical location and historical reasons, Xiangjiang has become one of the world's financial centers. It is also such a small place that publishes hundreds of newspapers of all sizes.

Xiangjiang newspapers began to appear in the 50s. After more than 100 years of development, Chinese-language newspapers now occupy the mainstream in Xiangjiang.

Among them, Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily and Ming Pao have the highest sales volume.

Oriental Daily was founded the latest, but it developed the fastest. With its largest news gathering and editing team in Hong Kong and some side news, Oriental Daily ranked second in sales in less than five years. Xiangjiang is like a horse.

We won’t discuss the identity of its founder, but his ability is indeed impressive.

Suddenly I feel like I should start a newspaper?You can start a business with a small sum of 200 million. You can quickly increase your influence and make money (it seems that running a newspaper is quite profitable at this time). Why not?
Dry……

As for the theaters that are about to be acquired, we still have to think carefully whether to set up movie theaters or open supermarkets. After all, supermarkets are long-term businesses, but movies will make money in the next 20 years.

……

The new year is over, the sixth day of the first lunar month.

Today I made an appointment with Zhang Dazhuang, the Lei family’s exclusive lawyer, to have morning tea at the Peninsula Hotel.

"Hello Lei Sheng." The two of them came to the hotel to reserve a private room.

"Sit down, Lawyer Zhang." Lei Liquan put down the newspaper in his hand. He had no choice. In this era, newspapers are the only thing that can help people understand information and kill time.This is why newspapers are so influential today.This newspaper is a must!
"Lei Sheng, I don't know how to invite me here. How can I help you?"

"I need to set up several companies, including a holding company under my personal name called Thunder Holdings, a Thunder Real Estate Development Company controlled by the holding company, a Thunder Investment Company controlled by the holding company, and a wholly owned company owned by me. Thunder Newspaper Company, that’s all for now.”

"With so many companies, it will take about a week." Zhang Dazhuang's eyes lit up. When he heard these names, he knew that Lei Liquan was going to have a big one.

As the exclusive lawyer of the Lei family, he naturally has a good relationship with the Lei family. As early as last year, Lei Liquan suddenly came to him and said that he was going to buy more shares of a company in the stock market and consulted him on some legal issues. .

He informed Lei Liquan of some common legal issues. Later, Lei Liquan's long contract with HSBC was also reviewed by him, but the specific amount was blocked.

I didn’t think much about it at the time. At that time, real estate and the stock market were both booming. It was normal to be optimistic about Land. Although it was a bit exaggerated to go long with 5 times leverage, it was not too outrageous. After all, it seemed at the time that Land’s stock was unlikely to rise. If it falls, even if it falls a little, you won’t lose too much if you lose.

However, with the subsequent takeover battle for Land Drinking Milk and the cash-out time in the matching contract, Zhang Dazhuang naturally knew that this transaction was a bloody profit. Unfortunately, he did not know how much the principal was at the time.

During this period of time, he has been waiting for Lei Liquan to make a move. No matter how he invests, as long as there is movement, as a full-time lawyer, he will naturally have a higher income.

A holding company has been established, and the subsequent investment will definitely not be small.

Lei Liquan continued: "Contact a headhunting company for me and recruit a senior personnel team first, and then we will take the next step."

"No problem. I know the bosses of several headhunting companies. Now that the economy is not good, it is much easier to recruit people." Zhang Dazhuang assured with a smile.

The waiter brought breakfast dishes, which included about ten kinds. While eating, he said: "In addition, we will find an agency to find an office building in Central, preferably tens of thousands of square feet. I want to rent it."

"Okay." Zhang Dazhuang also agreed.

Although the current real estate market is not good, the impact on Central is very small. The monthly rent for a 5-square-foot Central office building is at least [-] Hong Kong dollars. With good scenery, it is possible to double it.Lei Liquan was so generous, which further verified his previous thoughts.

"The lease is only two to three years, and I will definitely move into my own office building in the future."

……

After the lawyer received the instruction, he immediately went back and acted as required.

Lei Liquan borrowed the hotel's phone number, spoke a few words and then hung up.After a while, the phone rang, it was Li Yuzhen calling.

Although there was already a mobile phone at this time, it was of little use in Xiangjiang. However, there were already BB machines. You could make a call and the other party would receive the message, then call the phone company to ask for the number, and then call back.

It may seem troublesome in later generations, but it is very advanced now. After all, people can still be found quickly...

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