America’s Road To Wealth

  Chapter 439 First contact

   Cucumber Li, Li Ji, Zheng Tong, and Guo Sheng, these four people have been together since the 1990s and are known as the new four big families of Xiangjiang.

  There are new ones, and naturally there are old ones.

  The old four big families are He Li Luoli, or He Li Li Zhou.

  Anyway, those few families, most of them rose at the end of the 19th century and were very brilliant in the early and middle of the last century.

  Back then, the four old families, each relying on their own abilities, occupied the top spot on Hong Kong Island for decades.

  The new four major families almost all relied on the crazy real estate on Hong Kong Island since the 1970s, through various monopoly companies, and only took the opportunity to reach the top after the British retreated on a large scale.

   Even so, the old Big Four have not completely disappeared. They are in Xiangjiang, a bit like the current American Mellon family.

  After hundreds of years of reproduction, the family has many children, and its branches are scattered in various industries on Hong Kong Island, occupying important positions.

  On weekdays, they don't look as dazzling as the current Big Four. But if we really want to be serious, the influence of all aspects may not be comparable to them among the new big four.

  Of course, now on the bright side, Xiangjiang’s most prominent is the new Big Four.

  These four major families monopolize most of HK's industries.

  They use HK as their base camp and operate various businesses around the world.

   But it turns out that they are dragons and tigers in Hong Kong. But once they leave Hong Kong, most of them become worms outside...

   It can only be said that the special environment in Xiangjiang back then created them and a large number of rich people.

  If they are placed in a broader environment, such as the international community to compete.

  There is absolutely no way for them to gain their status in Xiangjiang.

   In addition to these four, Xiangjiang naturally has many other rich people.

  The second-tier Chinese tycoons like "Fan Liu", as well as the forces left over by ghosts such as Taikoo, Jiadui, Jardine, and HSBC.

   Once again, the number is even more.

  In a small city of Xiangjiang, there was also a magnificent and treacherous era.

  In addition to these glamorous rich people and consortiums that were born in the great era.

  The gray area of ​​this city used to make outsiders quite curious.

   He also made many movies, which fascinated many children with incomplete views.

   After entering the new century, the sun shone, and these grays returned to where they should have been.

   Instead of being arrogant and domineering like before...

   Ge Lianghui of the number group is such a character.

  In the 80s and 90s of last century, in that chaotic era.

  Ge Lianghui's power is more than ten times stronger than it is now.

   But, like other big names in gray areas back then.

  After the sun came down, the mice ran to their deaths, and most of them hid like Ge Lianghui and lived a well-behaved life.

  So Ge Lianghui now doesn't have the momentum he had back then.

  Of course, even without the previous "covering the sky with one hand".

   These people are also more arrogant than ordinary people.

  There are many of them, and they are also richer than ordinary people.

  Even if he is not as lawless and arrogant as before, no ordinary person would dare to mess with him.

  This morning, Ge Lianghui, who was already in his sixties, went to Lu Yu Tea House on Steinhang Street in Central to have afternoon tea as usual.

  Lu Yu Tea House has a history of more than 60 years.

  After so many years, it has always maintained the style of the old Xiangjiang teahouse.

  Its interior decoration can be described as antique. The old waiters in traditional Tang costumes and the nostalgic dishes make it easy for people to feel deeply that they are here [drinking tea].

  Being in it will give people a feeling of returning to Hong Kong Island in the 50s and 60s.

  That era happened to be the most glorious youthful years for people like Ge Lianghui.

   What's more, back then, Lu Yu's tea room was still one of the places where people like them liked to go when they "speaking numbers".

  When people get old, they like nostalgia.

  Ge Lianghui comes every day, saying he wants to taste the delicious snacks in the tea room.

   It's better to say that he remembers his lost youth and past glory.

   On this day, I sat in a Mercedes-Benz sedan that most ordinary people on Hong Kong Island could not afford.

  Ge Lianghui got off near Lu Yu's teahouse.

  After getting out of the car, Ge Lianghui's many younger brothers and horse boys immediately dispersed around him to guard, forming a vacuum zone.

  In fact, Hong Kong Island is no longer the same as it was back then.

   Seeking revenge in the street is very rare after entering the new century.

  Master Rabbit has a kind heart, and he doesn't want to see such a scene.

  Hong Kong Island no longer has the soil for the big scenes of chopping each other on the street in those movies.

   It’s just that, Ge Lianghui started to present this kind of score more than 20 years ago.

  Even if there is no need for it now, one of the top leaders of the number group still thinks that this kind of battle is necessary.

  And some passing citizens, or foreign and foreign tourists who come to travel, will of course not foolishly join in when they see this kind of scene.

  They just watched and waited from a distance, their eyes were curious, and somewhat awed.

   This gave Ge Lianghui a sense of pride that he was a big shot, and the idlers avoided him.

  Although he is not as glamorous as before, Ge Lianghui feels that he is now one of the big men in the city.

  Even if they are at the bottom, they are higher than ordinary people.

   Just like that, the two boys in front cleared the way, and Ge Lianghui took the lead to move forward.

  However, Ge Lianghui and his group were stopped at the door of Lu Yu's teahouse by two burly black and white men in black suits with stern faces.

   Seeing two black ghosts and white ghosts blocking the way, Ge Lianghui couldn't help frowning slightly.

  If in the past, even these guys faced ghosts on Hong Kong Island.

  Many times, I would be afraid and shrink back. After all, in that era, everyone knew everything.

  But now, it’s the new century.

  Ge Lianghui is not as afraid of ghosts as before.

   "Hey, what are you doing. We\'regoingupfortea. Yougoaway."

  The little brother who led the way can even speak a few simple English.

   "STOP! Gobackandshine!" (Stop! Go back and shine!)

  The giant white man had no expression on his face, and yelled loudly at Ge Lianghui, who was once one of the double-flowered red sticks.

  One of the former double-flowered red sticks, where was he yelled at like this?

  Even his boss, Ge Lianghui, never yelled at him like that.

   Immediately, his face turned red from excitement, and he was about to yell back, his hands were still subconsciously waving, as if he was about to strike.

   It’s just that I didn’t bring a watermelon knife, and I don’t want to bring that thing now.

  Brother Shuanghua Dahongstick hadn't made a move yet, but Ge Lianghui's pupils suddenly shrank, and his face suddenly changed drastically.

  The former gangster has a lot of experience. These experiences made Ge Lianghui keenly discover that the two foreigners had already put their hands on their waists and stared at him with cold and stern eyes.

  【Du Naxing, it’s already the 21st century, no one dares to openly bring a wooden warehouse on the street, right? 】

  Amidst the panic, several police officers in police uniforms suddenly walked by.

  The former tycoon felt as if he was being pardoned, so he jumped to the note, "Sir, I want to report. There is something wrong with reporting those two ghosts. Look at their waists, what is it if it's not a wooden warehouse?"

  As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Ge Lianghui found three notes in front of him, and the one in front of him was his "acquaintance" named Chen Jiajun.

  When Ge Lianghui started to cover the sky with one hand in the 1980s, Chen Jiajun was not as big as he is now, and the two often "dealed" at that time.

  Thanks to Guilao's "blessing", Ge Lianghui has never been brought to justice.

   "Bad boy Hui! What are you doing here?!" Chen Jiajun frowned.

  If it was the past, Ge Lianghui would even dare to choke back.

   But now, Superintendent Chen has dozens of ways to make Ge Lianghui unhappy.

  People are under the eaves, and the gangsters of the past can only smile and say:

   "Sir, I just want to go in and drink tea. But look..."

  At this moment, Ge Lianghui already felt that the situation was not simple.

  Because Chen Jiajun and his two young men felt indifferent to the two ghosts who were obviously holding wooden warehouses at the door of Lu Yu's tea room.

   "Get out, Lu Yu's tea room is not open today, get out as far as you can, understand? Otherwise, your mahjong room and KTV bar will be in trouble, understand?"

  Chen Jiajun reprimanded directly.

  In the past, as the top boss of the number group, Ge Lianghui would push back no matter what for the sake of face.

  Now, after being scolded by Chen Jiajun, Ge Lianghui could only keep a dark face, yelled "Let's go", turned around and left.

   "Bah—"

  Looking at Ge Lianghui who hadn't gone far, Chief Superintendent Chen pouted, "What age is it, and you're still messing around with XXX!"

  Ge Lianghui didn't go far, but hid in the distance and observed around Lu Yu's tea room.

  At this time, Ge Lianghui realized that today's Standing Street in Central is very unusual.

  Although there are still passers-by, or tourists pass by from time to time.

  The vehicles on the road didn't stop much.

  But near Lu Yu's teahouse, many vehicles were parked, some of them were parked illegally. Many of Ge Lianghui's younger brothers knew the license plates of these vehicles.

  A brother of Ge Lianghui said that they are all the cars of the Central Police Station, and even the bosses of other nearby police stations...

  Ordinary people can't recognize them, but Ge Lianghui has "professionals" who specialize in memorizing these numbers.

   "Is there a big party for the messengers? Could it be that the chief is drinking tea on it? But I have never heard of the reason why the chief uses ghost bodyguards..."

  Hiding in his car, the former gangster Ge Lianghui was very curious about who was drinking tea in Lu Yu's teahouse at the moment.

   And in Lu Yu's tea room where Ge Lianghui was extremely curious.

  At this moment, as Chen Jiajun said, he was temporarily hired.

   But the person drinking tea inside is not the chief executive of Hong Kong Island that Ge Lianghui imagined.

   but a foreigner.

  Lu Yu Tea Room has three floors. The first floor is the reception area for individual customers, and the second and third floors are the group reservation area. Under normal circumstances, guests who do not want to be disturbed are in the downstairs box.

  But today, none of the boxes upstairs are open.

  Downstairs is an individual reception area that can accommodate up to hundreds of guests, although there are also more than 20 people.

   But there are only two people, sitting opposite each other in the middle seat.

  Everyone else is standing.

  One of them is naturally the big capitalist from the United States, the richest man in the world, Abel Smith.

   Another very old gentleman is Chinese. This old man does not have a great reputation internationally.

  Out of Hong Kong Island and the Chinese community, more than 99% of people have never heard of it.

   But in this city, many times now, his words are more effective than the so-called old four and new four.

  In an antique and charming tea room.

  The old man spoke proficient English, smiled and introduced to Abel the signature dishes of Lu Yu Tea House:

"Mr. Smith, look at this steamed chicken ball bun. It is made of shrimp, mushroom, barbecued pork, chicken thigh, meat smooth, salted egg yolk, scallop and other materials. It should be more in line with your American taste. You want to taste Chinese food. If so, it is definitely a choice not to be missed.”

   "It's more complicated to make, and many restaurants don't have it or refuse to do it, or it's not done well. As for Lu Yu Tea House, it's done very well, and the taste has remained the same for decades."

  Looking at the small cage in front of him, there can only be one big bag of sliding chicken balls.

  Abel smiled, but instead of picking up the knife and fork specially prepared for him as a foreigner, he picked up the chopsticks next to him.

  Abel held the chopsticks skillfully, and put a chopstick on this traditional Cantonese pastry dish. Huo Yiguan, who was opposite him, looked a little surprised, and put it in his mouth to taste it.

  The taste is really good, and it is full of fresh fragrance after one bite.

  But Abel didn't find it strange or reminiscent.

  Because by Abel's side, there is a private chef team composed of outstanding chefs from all over the world.

   In the team, there are even Chinese food masters at the inland national chef level.

  Huo Yiguan thought that Abel, like other foreigners, had milk and steak sandwiches every day, so he was very wrong.

  While ensuring the heat and weight, Abel’s food is often prepared for him by a group of the world’s most outstanding chefs with different flavors.

   There are no such conditions when going out, and only bring a Chinese chef, a barbecue master and a French chef.

   "It tastes good. But there doesn't seem to be red onion in it? It's not authentic enough, it should be specially prepared for foreigners."

  Abel commented with a smile.

  Huo Yiguan was really a little surprised. The old man didn't expect the world's richest man and an American consortium boss in front of him.

   Not only are the chopsticks so good, but you can also taste the characteristics of this chicken ball bun.

  Because of the normal chicken ball buns, red oil and shallots are indeed added.

  But many foreigners don't like the taste of red onion.

  So when preparing this dim sum for foreigners, many times, the chefs will not put the red onion that Chinese people like.

  Huo Yiguan knew this, but he didn't expect Abel to be able to eat it.

  The old man had no choice but to give a thumbs up, and praised loudly: "Mr. Smith, you are really amazing. You can eat all of this, and many of us can't eat it."

  Abel put down his chopsticks, looked directly at Huo Yiguan, and suddenly said seriously:

"Henry Huo, let me call you Mr. Huo. I know that you come to me, you mean over there. But I want to tell you, I won't do anything here, I just pass by and want to experience it The flavor of the ancient oriental country with a long history of civilization, and no other bad thoughts, I will go to Southeast Asia in two days. You can feedback my words to there. To be honest, I am here to travel."

  Huo Yiguan, who was full of smiles, was stunned by Abel's straightforward words.

  The old man did not expect that this ghost would be so direct.

  Abel is right. The old man came here on purpose today to disturb Abel’s emotional experience in Lu Yu’s teahouse.

   He really took over the task.

   Who is the identity of the old gentleman, which is the most suitable for completing this kind of task.

   Now that Abel said this, Huo Yiguan felt that his task seemed to be completed, but it seemed that nothing had been completed.

   After all, he is a ten-year-old hero who dares to drive a speedboat to fight pirates and water bandits at sea.

  Huo Yiguan reacted quickly, and continued to say with a smile:

  "If this is the case, we welcome it infinitely. Not only Hong Kong Island, we have a wider beauty, which can let Mr. Smith experience the mystery and elegance of the East."

  Abel shrugged his shoulders in an American style. He knew this movement, and it was the most familiar movement for Chinese people to ghosts.

   "Of course, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely go. Like Bill Gates, David Rockefeller and others."

  Bill Gates once visited in 1994 in the name of leisure tourism.

   That old guy David has been here many times.

   "Oh, maybe we can find a time now? Mr. Smith, you are very welcome." Huo Yiguan said with a smile.

  Now is the time when investment attraction is the hottest, and foreign investment is extremely welcome.

  If the world's richest man can invest, even if the scale is small, Huo Yiguan thinks it will be a great achievement.

  During this period, even the richest man in the world invested.

   That is to tell the whole world that there is a super hot spot for investment. Didn’t you see that even the world’s richest man is here?

   There are good advertising benefits here.

   What's more, the American media have long let foreigners who care about American news, almost everyone know the super strong strength of the world's richest man in front of them.

  He really wants to invest, Huo Yiguan feels that the money must not be small.

   That is both face and lining.

   For patriotic old gentlemen, this is simply wished for.

   As for other aspects, there is naturally a taller person to worry about...

   But Abel didn't respond positively, just smiled and said: "I think... there should be such a day."

   There was no discussion about the specific time.

  And at this time, David Jones, who had been smiling beside him and stood still, also bent down and said softly in English:

   "Boss, Miss Beneteau has arrived."

  Huo Yiguan also heard it.

  The old gentleman actually came in halfway. Abel is here today, and he didn’t invite him specially, nor did he invite Abel to a banquet.

  He was sent here to check on this American population first.

   Now hearing about Abel, and meeting others.

  Huo Yiguan has achieved his goal, he quickly stood up, smiled very sensiblely and said:

   "Ah, since Mr. Smith still wants to meet other guests. Then I will leave first. I'm sorry to disturb you."

  Abel smiled and didn't speak again.

  Huo Yiguan still wanted to say a few more words, but he also knew that it would be useless to say a few more words.

  The old man could only smile, and under the watchful eyes of a group of ghosts, he stood up gracefully and walked outside.

   When approaching the door, Huo Yiguan did see a young and beautiful foreign girl and was ushered in.

  Maybe that Miss Beneteau.

   he thought.

  The old gentleman nodded politely to the other party, which was regarded as a greeting.

  The other party responded with a ladylike smile.

   A few seconds later, Huo Yiguan walked out of Lu Yu's tea room.

  The two black and white giants guarding the door ignored him. Huo Yiguan stood at the door of the tea room and waved his hand in the direction of the north side of Shidanhang Street in Central.

  His bodyguard and driver are over there, and he is asking them to come pick him up.

  Huo Yiguan didn't know that his appearance at the door of Lu Yu's teahouse surprised Ge Lianghui, who was secretly observing from a distance.

   "Dou Na Xing! Tsar Huo is inside! Could it be that Cucumber and the others are also inside? Maybe the commander is in a good mood today and really drinks tea inside?"

   Ge Lianghui didn't know, if possible, Cucumber and the others really hoped to go in and have a cup of tea with Abel.

  But the group of rich people on Hong Kong Island, except for the special Huo.

   There is also Jiadao and other ghost consortiums, which are not of the same kind.

  Other rich Chinese, Abel is not in the mood to meet and drink tea with them.

  In his eyes, this is just a bunch of old hats who hide in Hong Kong Island and occupy themselves as kings.

   If it comes to the international market, Abel has at least 100 ways to make them cry their fathers and mothers...

   Didn’t you see that in London last year, did he bury some of these people in advance?

  Based on Abel's current position, if he attacks these people, he will really show no mercy at all.

  (end of this chapter)