Codename Doctor, Moved to Hong Kong

Chapter 25: Four major foreign companies compete for land

The New Yihe led by Zuo Chen has successfully settled in Kowloon Walled City, and Zuo Chen has become the new Emperor of Kowloon.

Although Sun Zhen's Kowloon Gang was not as powerful as Zuo Chen, and unlike Zuo Chen, he was not able to kill people with one blow, but in less than ten days, he occupied the entire Kowloon Walled City.

But the progress is good. We have now controlled five docks and are still advancing steadily.

Sun Zhen was very steady and fought calmly. After occupying each dock, he would digest the situation before moving on to attack the next one.

Because the Kowloon Gang charges less, if you join the Kowloon Gang as a formal member, you can also receive a salary. The lowest salary of "four-nines" can be 100 yuan, and meals are provided. If you fight, you can get extra money. The bonuses vary depending on performance, and the minimum for a fight is 500 yuan.

If you get injured, the Kowloon Gang will pay for your medical treatment, and you will also receive compensation and disability benefits.

Therefore, the Kowloon Gang developed very quickly. From the beginning, it had 72 core members and more than 100 peripheral members. In just ten days, it had developed into a large society with 72 core members, 500 formal members, and more than 1,000 peripheral members.

The lowest-ranking official member is the "Sijiuzi", who receives a salary. The outer members are the laborers who carry heavy bags at the dock. These people do not receive a salary, but by becoming outer members, they no longer have to pay protection fees.

The Kowloon Gang doesn't accept everyone. The minimum requirement is to be strong and courageous.

Cao Li's development was a little slower, but after Ge Zhaohuang's death, he gathered a lot of Hong Fashan's former men and successfully established a presence in Youma.

It was renamed the Shanhe Gang, and now has more than 300 official members and more than 500 peripheral members.

They fought several battles, knocked down dozens of people, and occupied half of Yau Ma Tei.

The Hong Kong police did not care at all about what happened on the Kowloon Peninsula. In the police's view, the death of these dwarf mules was not a big deal.

As long as they abide by the rules and don't use knives or guns in broad daylight, the police will not intervene.

Sun Zhen's Kowloon Gang and Cao Li's Shanhe Gang both followed the rules of the society and used knives and fists to fight for territory, so although the two men performed very well, they did not receive special attention from the police.

Hong Kong at this time was a mixed bag, with many people coming to Hong Kong to make a living. Every day, no one knew how many clubs raised their flags, and how many had their flags pulled down.

Zuo Chen's movements were more aggressive, with ambushes and assassinations, and even submachine guns and grenades were used.

However, the police just watched and could do nothing about Zuo Chen's new righteousness.

The assassinations and gunfights all took place in Kowloon Walled City. No matter how many people died in Kowloon Walled City, it was not their responsibility.

On the contrary, the Hong Kong police would rather more people die in Kowloon Walled City, until everyone died.

On this day, Zhang Chaoyang was sitting in the back garden, drinking chilled white wine and watching his two beautiful daughters-in-law playing in the swimming pool in the back garden.

Xu Yan came over and whispered in Zhang Chaoyang's ear: "Sir, Mr. Chen and Mr. Cao have something urgent to discuss with you!"

Xu Yan is the new housekeeper apprentice arranged by Zhang Chaoyang to learn from Jenny. She is Xu Ping'an's sister and a member of Wei Dayong's team.

He is no less capable than Xu Ping'an and is also very careful, but he still needs to be well trained to be a housekeeper.

The butler is the core management of his rear area and will be exposed to too many of his secrets. Naturally, he cannot just hire an outsider. He can only pay a high price to ask Jenny to help train him.

"Okay, let them go to Reception Room No. 1!" Zhang Chaoyang said as he stood up.

When Zhang Chaoyang arrived at Reception Room No. 1, Chen Chuan and Cao Jin were already waiting in the conference room.

"Sir!" Seeing Zhang Chaoyang coming in, Chen Chuan and Cao Jin stood up quickly.

"Sit down, what's making you so anxious?"

"Sir, a foreign company is competing with us for land. In the past two days, several plots of land that we were interested in have been snatched away by foreign companies!" Cao Jin and Chen Chuan looked at each other, and Cao Jin spoke. "Which foreign company is competing with us for land?" Zhang Chaoyang asked with a faint smile without any hurry.

"The four major foreign companies, Swire, Jardine Matheson, Wheelock and Hutchison, as well as some smaller foreign companies, totaling about a dozen foreign companies, were scrambling to buy land in the market.

At present, the overall price of the Hong Kong real estate market has increased by 10%. "Cao Jin said.

“Since they want to rob it, then we can rob it from them. It’s only 10%, so we can just raise it to more than 30%.

Our target shifted to the fishing villages around the main island of Hong Kong, and we bought them without anyone noticing.

The same is true for the Kowloon Peninsula. In the three areas of Yau Tsim Mong, we will continue to fight with the foreign companies and raise the prices. Our main targets are the surrounding areas such as Kowloon Bay, Kowloon Tong, Shek Kip Mei, Cheung Sha Wan, and Lai Chi Kok. "Zhang Chaoyang thought for a while and said with a faint smile.

He cursed in his heart that those who are not of my kind must have different hearts. These foreign companies are grabbing land on a large scale. Zhang Chaoyang would never believe it if they said they had not heard the inside information.

These people must have known that Hong Kong's housing policy was going to change and that the restriction that ordinary residential buildings must not exceed five floors would be lifted, so they took the initiative to grab the fat meat.

I'll deal with them slowly later.

In later generations, three of the four major trading companies collapsed, leaving only the one, Jardine Matheson, which lived a very carefree life. It occupied land all over the country, developed real estate, and made a fortune.

This time, he wanted all the four major trading companies to meet their God.

"Sir, if they stop, will the land end up in our hands?
With such a high price, we will suffer a lot!" Chen Chuan reminded.

"Haha, don't be afraid of this!
I can buy the land from Ho Tung at a premium, so I don't have to worry about them raising the price. All the land should be raised by more than 30% for me." Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand nonchalantly.

If Zhang Chaoyang had not been worried about their lack of confidence and was afraid of raising the price too high and scaring them away, he would have dared to ask people to raise the price by more than 50%.

But it doesn't matter. The 30% on the land is just an appetizer. The price of building materials will be raised by another 30%, and the price of labor costs will also be raised by 30%.

Use a blunt knife to cut the meat, and take your time.

Zhang Chaoyang's confidence is based on his control over the underground forces. He now has more than just the three teams of Zuo Chen, Sun Zhen and Cao Li.

Last time, the scholar conveyed the request from his superiors, which was to either hand the person over to the organization or take him away.

Zhang Chaoyang chose to take them away. Now all the action teams from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Shancheng and Guangzhou have been transferred to Hong Kong.

Of course, due to time constraints, more than half of these men have not yet arrived in Hong Kong.

"The key is that we will be under great financial pressure." Cao Jin said.

“It doesn’t matter. I will take out another sum of money and inject it into the real estate company later.

In short, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem." Zhang Chaoyang waved his hand with great wealth.

Zhang Chaoyang was worried about how to spend so much money.

Originally, Zuo Chen, Sun Zhen and Cao Li were each given 2 million pounds as their operating funds.

As a result, Zuo Chen gave him a big surprise.

The community in Kowloon Walled City was too rich. After occupying Kowloon Walled City, Zuo Chen also gave him 130 million Hong Kong dollars, more than 20 million US dollars, more than 8 million British pounds, more than 1,000 kilograms of gold, and jewelry of inestimable value.

(End of this chapter)