Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon

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Just when the undercurrent in Xiangjiang was surging, many upper-level people in Xiangjiang were paying attention to this new round of confrontation. Suddenly, a piece of news was thrown out, and ripples splashed on the water.

On April 23, 1983, that is, this morning, Xiangjiang newspapers and periodicals followed up and reported the case of Wang Degui, a wealthy real estate businessman in Xiangjiang and chairman of Chinachem Group, who was kidnapped.

The summary is as follows:

At around 9:00 am on April 12, Wang Degui and his wife drove to their office in Central from their mansion in Bailu Lane in the Peak District of Hong Kong Island.

The car was blocked by a van in front, and another car cut off the back road. Two men jumped out of the front and rear cars, held Wang Degui hostage in the truck with a knife, put Wang Dehui in a large freezer, and transported him to the bandits. nest.

Another three robbers held Wang Degui's wife Gong Xinru hostage with knives, and put darkened sunglasses on her face.

On the way, he said that he would take Wang Degui as a hostage, and asked her to immediately open an account with Xiangjiang Overseas Trust Bank, and wait for the order to redeem her husband.

If the alarm is reported, it will be destroyed (kill the hostage). Then Gong Xinru was released.

At 3:00 p.m., Gong Xinru received a call from the gangster in her office, and "Zunzhi" found a tape in the women's toilet in the basement of Gongbei Rd. In Xiangjiang Overseas Trust Bank account.

Gong Xinru deposited it according to the order. On April 16, Gong Xinru answered the phone again and went to the fire box near the entrance of the Far East Financial Center in Jinzhong Gallery, Admiralty District, Xiangjiang, and found a paper bag containing a photo of her husband Wang Degui, a tape, and a photocopied English instruction.

According to the instructions, Gong Xinru wired 11 million U.S. dollars from the Overseas Trust Bank to the account of Zhan Xiuzhen of the East Taipei Branch of Taipei First Commercial Bank on the same day.

After receiving the remittance, the gangsters thought everything was ○K, so they released Wang Degui on April 20.

The media disclosed this sensational bidding case, which caused a sensation in the Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia departments.

The strangeness of the case is comparable to the stories in beautiful national police and gangster movies; the plan is so thorough that it can be called a professional kidnapper; the money involved is the largest in Asia.

According to the article "Kidnapping Meat Ginseng Wang Degui" in the "New Evening News" on April 27, "Wang Degui was also kidnapped a few years ago. At that time, his family did not call the police and paid 6 million Hong Kong dollars to redeem him."

And Li Zhiwen was also amazed when he saw the newspaper. A rich man was kidnapped twice, but he didn't take any security measures, which made people really confused.

And Li Zhiwen still remembers that this was not the last time. Later, Wang Degui was kidnapped again and never came back, leaving behind Gong Xinru, a beautiful young woman, and assets worth billions of Hong Kong dollars.

Within two years, he was listed twice. I believe that there is no rich man in Xiangjiang who can "compare" with Wang Degui.

Who is the kidnapper? The police are stepping up their investigation.

Wang Degui became famous as "the most expensive meat ginseng" since the opening of Xiangjiang port.

Half of the people in Xiangjiang know about Chinachem Real Estate, but few people know about Chinachem's owner Wang Degui. Who is Wang Degui?

It can also be seen from this that as a rich man, you must have a reputation that matches your property, and you cannot be unknown, otherwise everyone will want to attack you.

Of course, it doesn't mean to do things in a high-profile way, you can make some donations to let everyone know you.

Wang Degui was originally from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, and his father was a flour king in Shanghai.

In 1949, on the eve of the occupation of Shanghai, Wang Degui moved to Xiangjiang with his family and lived in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island.

After Wang Degui came to Hong Kong, he continued his secondary school studies and graduated from high school in the summer of 1950.

The Korean War broke out that year, and Wang Fu, who was in the plastics business, was involved in the trafficking of special-needed supplies, but failed miserably and almost went bankrupt.

As a result, Wang Degui was unable to go to university and went to work in his father's Chinachem company.

In 1955, Wang Degui married his childhood sweetheart, Ms. Gong Xinru. At that time, Chinachem had made a comeback and its business was booming. Its business scope was plastics, chemical raw materials and pigments.

After Wang Degui was listed, Mr. Shen Xicheng wrote an article about Wang Degui's fortune and private life, which was snatched by "Ming Pao Weekly" for publication. The magazine was sold out within two hours after it appeared on the market.

Shen Xicheng's little Wang Degui is about 10 years old, and he still has a fresh memory of the relationship between the two families.

The relationship between Shen and Wang began in 1958. Shen Xicheng's father was a builder and was proficient in English.

But his mother only went to middle school, and her English is very poor. English is commonly used in communication in Xiangjiang, even if Shanghainese who do not understand Cantonese communicate with locals, they must rely on English.

Shen's mother felt quite inconvenient, so she went to Da Zhiying College in North Point to study English.

Coincidentally, Lian Na (Gong Xinru's English name) also came to the UK to study English for this purpose.

They are both from Shanghai, so they made friends with their girlfriends. Shen Xicheng recalled that Lianna "has bright eyes and bright teeth, except for her slightly short stature, she is an out-and-out beauty".

During the conversation, Lianna said that she didn't want to live with her parents-in-law and wanted to move out. So Shen's mother was eager to find a house for her.

One day, Wang Degui and Gong Xinru came to see the house. Housing prices were very low at that time, and a unit of more than 1,000 square feet sold for only 30,000 yuan in Hong Kong.

Wang Degui and his wife bought the unit on the 11th floor of Li Chi Building, No. 923 King's Road.

Real estate tycoon and chairman of Sun Hung Kai, Guo Desheng, also lived on another floor of the Retiro building at that time.

Feng Jingxi and Li Zhaoji often come and go to discuss real estate investment. They entered real estate in the year when Wang Degui moved into Lita Building.

It was also this year that Wang Degui woke up and wanted to switch to real estate. His awakening was not directly related to Guo Desheng and other Three Musketeers, but it was all affected by the heating up of real estate at that time.

Wang Degui's style is conservative, and his contacts are very limited. Even his fellow villagers in Shanghai seldom interact with each other.

Therefore, although he has this idea, he doesn't know how to get started, and he will not act rashly.

Now the husband of his wife's girlfriend is a veteran architect who has practiced in Shanghai for more than 10 years. This is really the beauty of adulthood.

Wang Degui is very close to Shen's family, and the Wangs and his wife often come to Shen's house to play.

Shen Xicheng recalled: "Maybe it's because they live close together. When Lian Na and Wang Degui come to my house, they usually don't care about details. Wang Degui is shirtless, shorts, and slippers, while Lian Na only wears a T-shirt and shorts. They are followed by a pair of clothes called Lucky's dachshund."

When coming to Shen's house, it is usually Lianna and Shen's mother talking about the family life, and Wang Degui and Shen's father talking about interesting things among men.

Soon, Wang Degui proposed to Brother Shen that he wanted to study architecture, and Father Shen, who was always enthusiastic about teaching him, readily agreed.

From then on, Wang Dehui respectfully called Shen's father "Master" until people could no longer see Wang Degui.

Wang Degui didn't even know how to read drawings at first. The master teaches carefully, and the apprentice is open-minded and eager to learn.

About half a year later, Shen's father sighed, "Dehui is really smart, and he will definitely achieve great things in the future."

Shen's father was right, Wang Degui would indeed become a great weapon in the future. However, Wang Degui's intelligence is not just because he is familiar with the construction business, but because he used the construction as a springboard to step into the real estate industry.

With only this one step difference, Wang Degui will become a billionaire in the future, while Shen's father is still just a well-off builder until he retires.

Wang Degui was cautious in his work, so he started a construction company and tried to get his masters to cooperate.

Father Shen declined, but tried his best to help him, finding a reliable and excellent site engineer for him.

But within two weeks, the engineer fell out with the boss Wang Degui and resigned angrily.

Shen's father was very surprised, and the engineer said: "Your apprentice, the abacus is too powerful!"

It is said that Wang Degui had to choose the cheapest building materials, and office supplies were unimaginably crude.

Engineers need to use pencils of different thicknesses to draw construction drawings. Wang Degui only bought an AB type, and said: "If you want thick pencils, blunt the tip; if you want thinner, sharpen the tip."

"Nanji" magazine once published an article by Mr. Qi Yizheng, speaking of Wang Degui's shrewdness:

He is so conservative that his development would be extremely slow as usual. But Wang Degui's calculations are extremely good, and he can always climb to the top step by step.

He first picked up a lot of cheap land during the Xiangjiang riots in 1967; later, he bought a lot of cheap land in rural areas such as Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan in the New Territories.

The continuous establishment of new industrial residential areas in the New Territories has made these lands included in satellite cities worth a hundred times.

Among real estate developers, some are keen on luxury residences, while others are interested in high-end hotels and commercial buildings.

At the same time, they all tried their best to build a signature building for the company. Wang Degui didn't want to attract attention, so he didn't build a signboard building for a long time.

As far as the buildings he built are as "simple" as others, the materials used are not particular, the units are all small and medium-sized, and the locations are relatively remote. Naturally, the sales targets are the general public.

He saw the good city scene of the housing shortage in Xiangjiang, so his "bargains" can also be sold at a good price.

In 1972, Chinachem Land’s annual profit was HK$25 million; in 1973, it was HK$45 million; in 1974, it was HK$55 million; in 1975, it was over HK$70 million. This profit is equal to that of Guo Desheng Sun Hung Kai in the same period.

As for Hu Yingxiang's Hehe, it was not until 1979 that the net profit exceeded the 70 million Hong Kong dollar mark.

What is convincing is that Wang Dehui did not list the company to raise funds, nor did he rely on the bank to pound water, but relied on his own funds to achieve such brilliant results.

By the end of the 1970s, Wang Degui had deservedly become the big brother in the real estate industry, and he could be evenly divided with the five Chinese-owned real estate companies!

However, Wang Degui is unknown in the business world. Except for Shengdou Xiaomin who intends to buy a house, there are very few people in the real estate industry who know Wang Degui well.

In 1972, Hong Kong Land controlled by Cha Hwa wanted to acquire milk.

Chinachem and Dairy Group formed Milk Real Estate to fight against Landmark's annexation.

Wang Degui's name was first seen in the mass media. However, the focus of people's attention at that time was on Jardine Dapan Niu Bijian and Dairy Chairman Zhou Xinian.

Once this battle was over, Wang Degui was forgotten by the public like a passing cloud.

Now, because of the bid participation case, Wang Degui has become a star in the media's tracking and speculation.

It is said that on April 16, 1983, Gong Xinru remitted 11 million U.S. dollars to the account of Zhan Xiuzhen of the East Taipei Branch of Taipei First Commercial Bank.

On the same day, Bao Zheng Nayue, the mastermind of the kidnapping, flew to Taipei by plane.

Zheng Nayue is the widow of the late football star Bao Jingxian. She co-operates with her friends in a travel agency and often works in the upper class of Hong Kong.

The other mastermind, Zhan Xiuzhen, was a Taiwanese businessman who was engaged in the business of fabric dyes. Wang Degui had been in the business of chemical pigments in his father's trading company, so they had contacts with each other.

There is also an important character in the kidnapping gang called Chen Sihai, who is a "little guy" who often hangs out and blocks files, probably having an affair with the society.

The money remitted to Taipei was equivalent to more than 430 million NT dollars. Zheng Nayue withdrew 130 million NT dollars, Zhan Xiuzhen received 130 million NT dollars, and another 150 million NT dollars was deposited. Ye Rongtian's account.

Ye Rongtian is a taxi driver in Hong Kong. He met Chen Sihai in a casino. Chen Sihai gave him a chance to make a fortune, so he took the opportunity to travel to Taiwan.

Zheng Nayue gave him instructions to wait for Chen Sihai's arrival in Taiwan, and then go together to withdraw the 150 million Taiwan dollars deposited in Ye Rongtian's account, and then he would be rewarded with two million Hong Kong dollars from Chen Sihai.

When the Dongchuang incident happened, Zhan Xiuzhen fled to Japan and has not been brought to justice so far. Zheng Nayue took the opportunity to flee to Hawaii.

Ye Rongtian was left alone in Taiwan to wait for Chen Sihai to withdraw the money. At that time, the 150 million NT dollars in his account had been frozen by the police.

Ye Rongtian was arrested by the Taiwan police while hiding at a friend's house. According to Ye, he did not participate in the kidnapping of Wang Degui, and his mission was to wait for Chen Sihai to come to collect money and get paid.

Wanwan refused the Hong Kong side's request to extradite Ye Rongtian to Hong Kong for trial on the grounds that Ye Rongtian was Chinese.

Ye was sentenced to death, and Ye appealed twice before his sentence was commuted to 15 years in prison.

Chen Sihai and the other three kidnappers were arrested in Xiangjiang and Fizimbine respectively.

The three kidnappers were truck drivers, farmers, and transport workers. Four criminals including Chen were sentenced to 10 years to 9 months in prison.

After Zheng Nayue flew to Hawaii, she went to Miami and changed her foreign name to Hedensi Nalan. After she had noodle surgery, she hid in the southern suburbs of Miami.

Zheng Nayue was arrested by the US police and thrown into prison. The Hong Kong government requested extradition to stand trial in Hong Kong. Zheng Nayue's representative lawyer raised the grounds of anti-extradition: If Zheng Nayue is extradited to Hong Kong, she will be sentenced to death by Hong Kong. Based on humanitarian standpoints, she should not be extradited to Hong Kong.

According to an article by Mr. He Wenxiang, "After Wang Degui was extorted for 11 million US dollars, because he was not willing to lose, he filed a lawsuit with the Xiangjiang and Wanwan High Courts respectively, and followed the civil procedure to recover the stolen money from the defendants and get back the frozen money. Money from the Bank of Taiwan.

As a result, Wang Degui successfully recovered 80% of the stolen money.

"In order to thank the police for quickly detecting the kidnapping case, Wang Degui donated a three-storey bungalow in Cuijing Garden, 17 meters from Qingshan Road, to the police, and the police named the villa "Wang Degui Villa".

In my impression, this is Wang Degui's only public donation in society. "

Who would have thought that Wang Degui, who had already "win over" the police, would become the target of the kidnappers again?

On April 10, 1990, Wang Degui disappeared for no apparent reason when he returned to his residence on the top of the mountain after his morning exercise.

Wang Degui installed electronic trackers on his car and shoes. No matter where he went, a signal would be sent out. The kidnappers picked Wang Degui to attack him, so it could be seen that he was a "regular customer".

Maybe the kidnappers thought that in 1983, the queen's wife "Qing Piao Piao" paid a ransom of 11 million US dollars at a time. This time, the kidnappers opened their mouths and set the ransom at 60 million US dollars, breaking the record of Xiangjiang's opening of the port. A reporter said that this is the participation gold of Tianzihao.

Wang's wife, Gong Xinru, couldn't come up with so much cash for a while, so she first deposited 230 million Hong Kong dollars in the bank.

Gong Xinru was worried that the kidnappers would "tear up the ticket" (kill the hostages), so she dared not call the police.

From April 25th to 26th, according to the kidnapper's instructions, Gong Xinru wired 28 million US dollars to the First Bank of Taiwan in two installments. Due to the huge amount involved, Gong Xinru once had a record of wire transfer of funds to Taiwan, which aroused the vigilance of Hong Kong and Taiwan banks.

The police launched an investigation and secretly tracked the people who took the stolen money from the bank in Taiwan.

The Hong Kong and Taiwan media, with a keen sense of smell, once again made public the news that Wang Degui was once again included in the bid.

Hong Kong and Taiwan were in an uproar, and the whole world was shocked by it, and the momentum was even bigger than last time. Wang Degui once again became a media "star".

People pay attention to the beginning and end of "Wang Degui's standard participation in the case"; they are concerned about Wang Degui's whereabouts; they are concerned about Wang Degui's wealth;

Wang Degui moved three times, first in Lita Building, then moved to a high-end residential area in Kowloon after his fortune, and lived in a garden house on the top of the hill after his prosperity.

The office has also moved three times. At first, it was squeezed together with his father's Chinachem Company. Later, he changed his business to construction and real estate and moved to Ice Factory Street. layer, the rest is leased out.

The outer wall of the whole building is made of golden yellow glass, resplendent and resplendent, sweeping away the small family spirit of the past.

The more Wang Degui moves, the higher he is, not because he wants to enjoy comfort and luxury, but because "this is the company's property" and "the property will become more and more valuable".

Wang Degui's "counting" (bacus) is so powerful that no one among the rich in Xiangjiang can compare with him.

When Wang and his wife lived in Lichi Mansion, they would come to Shen's house almost every Sunday. Apart from chatting, the best entertainment was swimming. Mr. Shen Xicheng recalled:

"At that time, there was Jinhang Hotel in the Lita district, and there was an indoor swimming pool on the second floor; Lianna invited her mother to swim together, and mother, out of convenience, suggested going to Jinhang.

"Wang Degui said: 'Let's go to the beach! It's sunny there!' At first he said that he likes to bask in the sun, but later he realized that going to the beach is free and doesn't cost money."

Wang Degui liked swimming when he was working as a "Xiao Kai" in Shanghai. His father was a wealthy businessman, and Wang Dehui was able to freely enter the swimming pool of the Western Club.

After coming to Hong Kong, he has to swim once a week. After being developed, he cherishes the preciousness of life, uses swimming to exercise his body, and swims frequently.

He lives in a garden villa in the mid-levels, and he can build a swimming pool on the spare site. Just because the neighbor has a swimming pool and the neighbor is very generous, so Wang Degui often visits it and enjoys it.

"It's a big story, Wang Degui went to the next door to go swimming as usual early in the morning. He was wearing a pair of swimming trunks, a towel on his back, and slippers on his feet. Shi Shiran walked to the gate of the mansion next door, stretched out his hand and pushed it, the gate was dead. Somehow, it was locked.

"At this time, Wang Degui was in full swing, so he was not willing to give up, so he walked around to the back door of the mansion to see what happened.

Just as he was probing his head, two policemen happened to visit, and they mistakenly thought that Wang was a thief who committed the crime, so they stepped forward to interrogate.

Readers can easily imagine the embarrassing situation at that time! "

In addition to swimming, Wang Degui also likes riding horses after his fortune.

This is also the doctor's advice, riding a horse can loosen the muscles and bones.

You need to wear breeches for horseback riding, and the breeches have high, medium and low grades. In terms of stinginess, his wife is on par with her husband. She begrudged the money to buy low-end breeches, so she had an idea and turned waste into treasure—cut off the hem of Wang Degui's old jeans, sewed the hem herself, let her husband wear it, and then appeared majestically in the noble club in front of all the heroes Gallop on the horse farm.

When all the heroes saw it, they all laughed so hard.

The Wangs seldom start a business, and often eat bread and salad to satisfy their hunger. Married for more than 30 years, she has no children under her knees. People wonder, what are they keeping their money for?

When Wang Degui had an accident, the staff of Chinachem Land became the subject of interviews by reporters.

According to the staff, Mrs. Wang's calculations are sometimes stronger than Wang Sheng's, and she cares about everything big and small.

Big things refer to buying land and building buildings, while small things can be as small as the electricity bill of the office. She appointed staff to buy light bulbs and tubes, and she had to take care of how many watts and what price they were.

At noon, all the staff went out to eat, and Wang Shengwang stayed in the office to eat bread and lunch because he thought it was too expensive.

If there is any leftover, take it back to feed the dog. Both the couple like to inspect the site, and they do "private visits in microservices" without the company of subordinates or contractors (foremen).

They are very serious, patrolling and climbing layer by layer. They dress plainly, and the site workers do not know the boss (usually they are hired temporarily from the labor market), and they are often picked out by the boss.

Therefore, Wang Degui deducted the wages of the land workers on the grounds of "cutting corners and materials".

This practice of Wang Degui often arouses the dissatisfaction of the judge. The judge accused Wang Degui of using too low quality materials, but demanded that they be of high quality.

The judge and Wang Degui quarreled from the site to the company, and finally to the court.

Wang Degui couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled out the material dealer as a scapegoat.

The raw material dealer is not a vegetarian, and sternly accused Wang Degui of "purchasing the worst materials and keeping the price unimaginably low." In all likelihood, Wang Degui lost in such lawsuits.

"On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Wangs would buy mooncakes to reward their employees. Mrs. Wang would cut the mooncakes into sixteen pieces and distribute them to each person." Cut into sixteen slices, thanks to them!

It is not surprising that some reporters have doubts and secretly confirm the size of the mooncakes, lest they be the kind that are as big as a washbasin.

The result of the verification is: the moon cake is an ordinary moon cake with a 2-inch round shape, but it is not 16 pieces, but 4 pieces.

The staff also added relevant materials: Because the number of staff in each year is not a complete multiple of 4, the leftover small pieces of moon cakes were taken home by the Wang couple and reserved for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The super rich in Hong Kong, Sir Ho's stinginess is a must.

But Ho Tung is saving himself and not blaming others. He treats friends and guests with great deal of money, without batting an eyelid.

In terms of charity and public welfare, he is even more generous, and the sky is full of flowers. Wang and his wife are stingy on themselves and others, they can be regarded as unique.

Wang Degui also created one of the most in Xiangjiang - the longest time to prepare for listing.

There are many owners of Xiangjiang who have tried to go public all their lives but failed. That is the condition for the company not to go public. Wang Degui was qualified enough to go public, and wanted to go public, but he didn't go public — he could only complain about "a few tricks (bacus.

In 1971, when the stock market was booming, Wang Degui was going to let Chinachem go public on a bull ride, but he was dissatisfied with the low price-earnings ratio set by the underwriter, so the negotiations (negotiations) collapsed.

If not, Chinachem will join Hopewell, Cheung Kong, Sun Hung Kai, etc. as the "Six Tigers of Huazi Real Estate".

In the following 20 years, the stock market had at least ten years of "Year of the Ox", and Wang was still "calculating carefully" and "bargaining".

Until Mrs. Wang's disappearance, Chinachem's listing was in the stage of business research and detailed rules.

Chinachem Land is not listed, so there is no market value to prove it. Wang Degui's net worth is a mystery.

On November 3, 1987, a newspaper in Xiangjiang reported:

"The Dehui couple, who are in charge of the well-known real estate developer Chinachem Group in Hong Kong, recently invested in U.S. stocks through U.S. Profit Securities, but suffered losses due to the stock market's sudden plunge.

"A foreign report pointed out that Wang and his wife invested in U.S. stocks through Yili Securities, but they failed to make up their positions on the day of the global stock market crash on October 19, and Yili Securities needs to settle the case in court for 8400 yuan. One million dollars in debt, of which $67 million was assumed. The report quoted a person from Yili Securities: The customer who failed to cover the position in time actually paid $40 million on the 19th Make a margin call.."

Why doesn't this make the gangs who want to participate covet it?

Among the super rich in Hong Kong, there are a few more influential bidding cases.

In the 1940s, the veteran Fu Laorong was marked by gangsters as ginseng, but the ginseng was not paid. Fu Laorong's ears were cut off to release the ginseng.

Later, his son was listed as a ginseng again, and the ginseng gold is unknown. These two cases were once a sensation, but since Fu Laorong was engaged in a side business, it is not surprising.

In 1964, Shao Weiming, the son of Shao Yifu, the chairman of Shaw Brothers Film Company, was kidnapped in Singapore. Shao Renmei, the third brother of Shaw Brothers, paid 3 million Xinshi in the money, and the kidnappers let him go.

In 1984, Guo Heyao, the cousin of Guo Henian, the owner of Xiangjiang Shangri-La, was kidnapped in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The Guo family paid 33.4 million Hong Kong dollars to release him.

In 1979, Xiao Ming, the funeral king of Xiangjiang, was kidnapped by three big men when he was leaving the funeral home in Kowloon one day. Soon, Xiao Ming was released, and the police investigated and accused Xiao Ming's younger brother of being involved in the case.

But Xiao Ming was unwilling to testify in court, so he left Hong Kong with an excuse, and spent HK$100,000 to hire a lawyer to exonerate his brother. The case was withdrawn and can only be regarded as a suspect case.

In September 1982, Hu Minxin, the son of Xiangjiangtai and its chairman Hu Yingxiang, was kidnapped by four men in Tai Hang Road and demanded two million Hong Kong dollars. The Hong Kong police quickly cracked the case and arrested all four kidnappers.

Of the above five cases, three cases occurred outside the country, and the case of Xiao Ming's kidnapping in Xiangjiang did not involve participation money.

The Guo Henian family has the highest participation fee, but it is far from the 500 million Hong Kong dollars that Wang Degui's wife wants to pay, and has already paid 230 million Hong Kong dollars.

The record of being kidnapped three times, I am afraid that no rich man in the world can break it!

According to Xiangjiang Media, the kidnapping of Wang Degui in 1990 involved a large number of people and complicated backgrounds.

The masterminds are Zhong Weizheng, the retired police chief of Xiangjiang; Huang Shou, the leader of the society; and Chen Qiyuan, Wanwan. The suspects in the kidnapping gang include: Zhong Zhineng and Sun Fuxiang from Wanwan; Fu Shisheng from the mainland; In addition to Zhong Weizheng and Huang Shou who fled, seven people including Chen Qiyuan were arrested by the Wanwan and Xiangjiang police.

It is rumored that during the interrogation, the key criminals arrested in Hong Kong claimed that Wang Degui was in the hands of Zhong Weizheng and Huang Shou.

Wang Degui's whereabouts are unknown. Two months after the incident, Gong Xinru offered a reward of 10 million U.S. dollars to find her husband's whereabouts.

Chen Qiyuan, one of the masterminds, and several kidnappers were arrested by the Wanwan police.

According to the Wanwan newspaper, the gang has been smuggling arms for a long time.

Chen Qiyuan and others did not disclose Wang Degui's whereabouts.

According to Hong Kong and Taiwan media, as many as 29 people were involved in the kidnapping of Wang Degui.

In August 1991, the Hong Kong High Court opened a trial, and four suspects were accused of kidnapping Tu Dehui. The suspects stated in their testimony that when they took Wang Degui out of the waters of the Xiangjiang River in a fishing boat, they encountered a speedboat from the police.

Probably the police believed that the fishing boat was suspected of smuggling, so they chased the fishing boat. If the fishing boat is intercepted, Wang Degui will ask the police for help, then the whole plan will be exposed, and both the boat and the people will be detained by the mainland police.

Therefore, they pushed Wang Degui into the sea. Of the four accused, one was released; the other three were sentenced to 18 to 25 years in prison.

It has been 6 years since Wang Degui was kidnapped, and he will surely die. An official of the Hong Kong police said: From a legal point of view, if the body is not found, it is considered missing.

Xiangjiang is prevalent in magic, so the masters have appeared one after another, discussing Wang Degui's "destiny is like this, and doom is inevitable" from the perspectives of residential feng shui, birth date, and astrology.

It is believed that the main reason for Wang Degui's repeated bids is that Wang Degui is "rich but not powerful".

Just imagine, the following two situations are unlikely to be the prey of kidnappers: rich and powerful and rich and powerful.

The purpose of the kidnappers is to ask for money, what is the use of kidnapping the poor? What the kidnappers wanted was money, but the kidnappers would not dare to attack a powerful and wealthy person easily.

Wang Degui's wealth can probably rank more than a dozen among the Chinese in Xiangjiang. But he has never held any public office, nor has he received any honors; he has no contacts with politics, business, or even the Shanghai gang; Basically, since he was kidnapped for the second time, the media "gloated" to expose his scars.

In addition, Wang Degui has never been exposed in public and in the media. The public is very unfamiliar with Wang Degui's face, which is convenient for the kidnappers to hijack.

In this way, Wang Degui is of course the most ideal "meat ginseng".

Gong Xinru is fifty-nine years old, and has been married to Wang Degui for forty-one years.

Gong Xinru and his wife are in extreme grief.

Gong Xinru reprimanded her husband with huge sums of money several times, which shows how much she loves her husband!

Wang Degui left a huge foundation, which was inherited by Gong Xinru, and it has the potential to be carried forward.

Gong Xinru listed Chinachem Real Estate, and Chinachem's management is not as conservative as in the past.

In recent years, Gong Xinru has frequently appeared in official land auctions, often wearing a red shirt, which is said to bring her good luck.

Because of Wang Degui, Gong Xinru became the subject of a reporter's follow-up interview. The media said: "It seems that Wang Gongxinru has recovered from the pain of losing her husband."

Chinachem's performance is impressive. From the end of 1993 to the beginning of 1994, Chinachem spent 3.1 billion Hong Kong dollars to purchase 3 commercial buildings in the Central District, which was the largest investment in the real estate industry during the same period.

In May 1993, Gong Xinru competed with Li Wenzheng of Lizhu Group, defeated Li Wenzheng, and won the controlling stake in Asia Securities.

At the beginning of the new year in 1994, Chinachem made a big move and acquired 20% of the equity of Bofulam Property Rental Company in one fell swoop.

In March 1994, Chinachem Group launched an epoch-making plan, and Gong Xinru held a press conference.

Announced that Chinachem will build the 108-story "Nina Plaza", which will be the "world's largest building"!

According to the report of "East Weekly" reporter Chen Juanjuan: "Nina Plaza is located between Yeung Uk Chang Road and Tsuen Wan Road in Tsuen Wan (Note: It is the land reclaimed from the old wharf in Tsuen Wan), and the height of the whole building is 468 meters. , excluding the basement, a total of 108 floors."

The position of Nina Plaza among high-rise buildings can be judged from the following circumstances: in the spring of 1990, the 368-meter-high, 70-story Bank of China Building was opened, and it took the height champion of Xiangjiang Building; on April 9, 1992, Central Plaza With the top capped, it became the tallest building in Xiangjiang with a record of 76 floors and a height of 374 meters.

Then, Nina Plaza, which is expected to be completed in 1998, is far above the height of these two buildings.

The construction cost of Nina Plaza is estimated at 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, which does not exceed the 5 billion Hong Kong dollars of the HSBC Building, which started construction in 1981.

It is worth mentioning that Nina Plaza was built by the Huayu family, while Central Plaza was jointly built by Sino, Sun Hung Kai and Ryoden.

Before 1996, the list of tallest buildings in the world was as follows: No. 1, the Shias Building in Chicago, USA, with a height of 443 meters; No. 2, the World Trade Center in New York, with a height of 417 meters; No. 3, New York The Empire State Building is 381 meters high.

By 1997, the planned completion of the Heavy Budget Center will be the tallest building in the world with a height of 457 meters.

Nina Plaza, if completed as planned, will be the world's tallest building in 1998.

Gong Xinru is full of confidence in this huge project. She said at the press conference: "I am really happy, and I am not the only one who is happy. I hope that all Xiangjiang people are as happy as me. When the building is completed, I will stand on the top of the building. Hang a huge red banner that says WeLoveHongKong, we love Hong Kong.

As for the exterior wall of the building, of course, Chinachem’s traditional color—gold will be used as the headquarters of the group.

The Chinachem Plaza has a golden glass facade. You know, I have always been in love with gold. "

Chinachem's actions in the 1990s swept away the small family spirit of building only "simple" buildings in the past.

In January 1994, Chinachem and Shanghai Jinjiang Group reached an agreement to jointly renovate and build the Shanghai Peace Hotel with an investment of US$100 million, and planned to upgrade the Peace Hotel to a five-star hotel.

The Peace Hotel was called Huamao Hotel before liberation, and it was the first property owned by Wang Degui's parents.

The office of Chinachem is located in the hotel. UU Reading www. uukanshu. com

After the addition, will the Peace Hotel be changed back to its original name—Chinachem Hotel? Or set up a first floor called "Chinachem Building" or "Chinachem Hall"? unknown.

According to Gong Xinru, she returned to Shanghai to invest because she was optimistic about the economic prospects of Shanghai, and she will increase her investment in the future.

Investment intensity.

Xiangjiang "Capital" magazine selected a total of 24 Hong Kong Chinese billionaires in 1994.

Gong Xinru ranks 7th on the gold list with assets of 25 billion Hong Kong dollars. The richest people listed after her are: Huang Ziming's family, Wu Guangzheng's family, Zheng Yutong, Li Fuxun, Hu Yingxiang, Huo Yingdong and so on.

In the same period, "MODE" magazine selected the top ten rich women in Hong Kong, and listed Bao Yugang's four daughters as the richest women in Hong Kong and the richest women in Asia.

Gong Xinru is next to Wuming, probably only regards her as Wang Degui's wife. In fact, Gong Xinru is the richest woman in Asia.

Both beauty and intelligence are the conditions for selecting Miss Xiangjiang, but these successful career women are not inferior. They are a bakery owner, a fashion designer with her own fashion company, a real estate agent and a car dealer.