406: The background of Chaozhou business group(1/2)
In the guild hall, Lin Yao was whispering to Nie Leilei.
There are many people nearby, all of whom are successful businessmen in their forties and fifties. They are talking about stocks and real estate, and they are all topics that Lin Yao is not interested in.
Occasionally, if you look at Lin Yao's age, you will be surprised.
Everyone here is a regular businessman and has a relatively high level.
He doesn't care much about things in the world. Lin Yao's reputation on the Tao is very famous, but it is difficult for him to enter the eyes of these people.
Someone who had heard of his name recognized him and muttered to others in a low voice.
One passes two, two passes three, three passes thousands of passes.
Gradually, Lin Yao's identity was no longer a secret, and the eyes of everyone's eyes at him became complicated.
"Why is he here?"
"I don't know, could it be that Mr. Ji asked?"
"Why do you care about so many things? Anyway, I'm not the same type of people as us, so it's better to pay less attention to it."
“That’s it.”
The merchants whispered, avoiding Lin Yao's arrival.
It’s like he is a plague, and if he gets close, he will be infected. It’s difficult for you to integrate into the different circles.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Ji, please come in."
Lin Yao knew that he was not popular and had no idea of applying cold-skinned skins with a hot face.
But I didn't expect that I would accidentally get an invitation from the high-level business group circle without integrating into the circle of medium-sized business groups.
"Old Ji is looking for me?"
Lin Yao was a little confused.
Today, Mr. Ji celebrates his birthday, and all the big men of the Chaozhou Business Group have come. It has not been so lively for many years.
At this time, what could Mr. Ji asks him for something.
Looking back at the elevator door, thinking about Li Chaoren and others who were chatting upstairs, he made sure again: "Did you call me?"
"Yes, Mr. Lin."
The old housekeeper said with a smile.
Lin Yao nodded and patted Nie Leilei's back of his hand: "Wait for me here for a while, I'll go upstairs and take a look."
Lin Yao was not sure what Mr. Ji called him for, so it was difficult to take Nie Leilei up there.
After all, he is not a pure businessman. It would be bad if he called him because of some fighting and killing incidents that Nie Leilei heard of it.
"You go, I'm waiting for you here."
Nie Leilei chose a table to sit down, watching Lin Yao get on the elevator.
Nothing to say along the way.
Accompanied by the old housekeeper, Lin Yao quickly took the elevator to the upstairs.
As I saw, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the room, some wearing suits as business tycoons, and some wearing police uniforms as big shots as police tycoons.
There was also an old woman who looked gray-haired and wearing beige professional attire.
If Lin Yao admitted his mistake, the old woman is the current Finance Secretary and the second largest figure in Hong Kong Island political circles after the Governor.
The Kowloon City was demolished in 1987, and it was the work of this director and Li Chaoren.
After the demolished Kowloon City, most of the land was annexed by Li Chaoren's Yangtze Industry. With this land, Li Chaoren became the richest man in Hong Kong in the 1990s.
The disappearing hamlet, replaced by commercial streets and high-end apartments, turned into countless wealth, allowing Li Chaoren to make a fortune.
"This is A Yao, a very smart young man. He came to Hong Kong Island in 1983. In just three years, he has built a large family business on Hong Kong Island with bare hands."
Seeing Lin Yao coming up, Mr. Ji took the initiative to introduce it to everyone.
"The Emperor of Mong Kok is very majestic."
A sarcasm came from the boss.
Lin Yao looked up and said a senior official wearing a police uniform.
The police rank has a badge and a star, and the position should be the senior assistant director, two levels older than the chief police superintendent.
There are four such senior assistant directors in Hong Kong Island, respectively, in charge of the Operations Department, Security Department, Logistics Department, and Intelligence Department.
Lin Yao is a world-class person and knows the information of senior police officials.
The moment he saw this person, he recognized him. The man's surname was Hou and the senior assistant director of the operations department.
The subordinates are in charge of the Flying Tigers, the Stormtroopers, the Political Forces Protection Group, the Police Dog Brigade, and the Heavy Mobile Force.
He is a mortal enemy of Director Cao behind Lu Qichang. Although he is from Chaozhou, his camp is on the side of the British and a red-haired ghost.
"Director Hou was joking. I am a serious businessman. You should know that my interest in legitimate business is more than that in the black industry. The so-called Mong Kok Emperor is just a fool of some mediocre people."
Lin Yao's attitude is neither humble nor arrogant, but he dare not take Hou Zhihui's slander.
"Today is not a public trial meeting, why do you want to mention these?"
An old man holding a pipe spoke.
Lin Yao didn't know the identity of the old man, but after he spoke, Director Hou stopped saying anything. He was obviously a big boss-level figure.
"Ayao, you just came back from the mainland. We asked you to come up just to ask you, what's going on in your hometown now?"
Li Chaoren took over the topic.
Looking at Li Chaoren, who was young and strong, who was less than 60 years old, Lin Yao finally understood the purpose of these people calling him up.
Mr. Huo has been making constant moves in the past two years, and he has built factories and docks in his hometown. His big moves have attracted the interest of a large number of investors.
It’s just that interest is interest. The storm that ended in 1976 has not passed ten years.
No one is sure that there will be another storm. It is not enough to have money to invest, but you also need to have courage.
"The direction of the wind in my hometown is a little unclear. What I want to say is not a good time to invest."
Lin Yao said so.
"Oh, then why do you dare to invest?"
Li Chaoren’s problem is directly at the core.
“Because my friends will escort me.
You may not believe it if I say it. Although I have invested in several large shopping malls there, I don’t actually hold much shares.
First of all, 45% of the shares are controlled by the local government. They pay the land and I pay the funds to jointly build a super mall.
This is nominally mine in the large shopping mall. In fact, after completion, I will pay dividends based on a share structure of 5.5 to 4.5, and only half of them really belong to me.
In this half, there is still a part to my good friends. I won’t talk about how many friends I have. Anyway, there are quite a lot of money that these super malls make in less than 40% of the money I have.
This is just now. After the super mall makes a profit, I am attracting attention from all directions. I believe more people will come to me.
They will come to be friends with me with conditions that I cannot refuse. In the end, I cannot guarantee whether they can keep 30% of the profits.
I think the current investment conditions are very harsh, and you may be in vain if you go there.
That’s not suitable for you big businessmen to invest.”
Lin Yao smiled.
He didn't lie, and even said something humble.
Hearing his words, the big guys present looked at each other. Among them, Li Chaoren, who was the most sensitive to business behavior, frowned and whispered: "Is the situation so bad?"
"Today is difficult, tomorrow is difficult, and the day after tomorrow may be even more difficult."
Lin Yao said with self-deprecating in his tone, and spread his hands and said, "Everyone doesn't have to look at me anymore. I'm also making money on my knees. It's not embarrassing to make money on my knees."
"You can't make money by standing up?"
One of the two Hong Kong Lis and fourth uncle Li Jizhao spoke.
"I can't make money. The five thousand years of official-centered world will not become capital because of a change.
What's more, there are still debates over the name issue in my hometown now, and there are many people with the surnames in the club.
If you invest, he will stop you and will not help you.
You can't do anything you want to do. Each department plays past the ball, and you want to vomit blood.
It's not interesting to vote.
If you invest hundreds of millions or tens of billions, you will be able to invest three to five months, and then next spring. If you want to withdraw your investment, who can afford it?"
Lin Yao said it very bluntly.
The Tang Kingdom is not suitable for outsiders to invest, unless you have a very tough backstage and ignore the losses, just like Mr. Huo.
Others should take a shower and go to bed.
To be continued...