Hong Kong Island Old Events

"Ah Shui", secretary to the president of Xinde Aviation, received the call. He frowned and said in a displeased tone: "Brother Tai just took medicine and went to sleep. If you wake him up now, you are asking for a beating."

"Brother Shui, there's nothing I can do." Chen Wentao, the person in charge of the terminal, stood in a phone booth and said in an anxious tone: "The convoy and bulk carriers are all waiting at the terminal. Now that the cruise ship has been taken away by the customs, what will happen next? manage?"

"Is it really customs' manipulation?" Ah Shui sounded suspicious.

Chen Wentao said: "It has been clearly investigated that the ship has sailed into the berth involved in the case in Victoria Harbor."

"good."

"Leave it to me." Ah Shui hung up the phone, stood in the living room, and lit a cigarette. Brother Tai had difficulty falling asleep because he had been wandering at sea in his early years. The most annoying thing about him was people disturbing him in his sleep. If Brother Tai sleeps well today, he will be in a good mood throughout the day. If Brother Tai does not sleep well one night, he will be extremely irritable the next day.

The doctor prescribes sleeping and conditioning medicine, but Brother Tai usually doesn't take it and always lies in bed waiting to fall asleep.

He hesitated for a moment, but still did not go upstairs to wake up Brother Tai. Instead, he called the customs person to communicate first.

The second day.

morning.

Huo Guantai washed up and came to the restaurant. He saw Ah Shui, Chen Wentao and A Biao sitting in a row. He looked a little surprised and pointed to the dining table: "Let's have breakfast together."

"Thank you, Brother Tai."

"Thank you, boss." The three of them stood up and bowed to say hello. Then they came to the dining table and sat down with uneasy expressions. They looked at each other from time to time, like little kids who had done something wrong. Huo Guantai knew that there was an accident on the freighter yesterday when he saw the three of them. After the servant served millet porridge to the three of them, Fang drank the porridge with side dishes and chatted leisurely while eating.

"A Biao, what happened to the injury on your head?" He first glanced at A Biao among the three. Because A Biao had a white cloth wrapped around his head, and there was a scar on his right side, with dark red blood oozing out. I saw A Biao squeeze out a smile. He was not as tough as he was on the boat. Instead, he looked a little tiger-headed and said naively: "Brother Tai, I'm being beaten."

"Nonsense, can't I see that he was beaten?" Huo Guantai picked up a piece of cabbage and threw it into his mouth: "I asked you who you were beaten for!"

"People from the Customs Department." A Biao lowered his head, a little embarrassed: "Last night, the people from the Customs Department went crazy and checked the Canghai."

"Brothers, are you okay?" Huo Guantai asked.

A Biao shook his head: "It's okay, everyone is out on bail and resting in the company dormitory."

"Ah Shui, tell me." Huo Guantai turned his attention to his confidant, Ah Shui, who put down his bowls and chopsticks and replied seriously: "Brother Tai, I sent someone to check. Yesterday's action was personally ordered by the Director of Customs, Du Yihua. Came here specifically for the Canghai."

"Currently, the Canghai and the cargo on board are all detained in Victoria Harbor."

"I contacted several customs captains, but no one dared to release the goods out of the port. The matter was a bit tricky."

Huo Guantai looked a little ugly and said: "This batch of goods contains 800 tons of steel and has a market value of more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars. The customs department will deduct it just as it says? No reason is given!"

Ah Shui's eyes showed timidity, and he said thoughtfully: "The customs ghost said that smuggling is the reason."

In the restaurant, there was a sudden silence, and the atmosphere seemed to be frozen.

The most expensive and largest cargo-carrying cruise ship in Shunde Shipping is the "Canghai" that runs the route from the Soviet Union to Hong Kong Island. The name of the cruise ship is taken from the poem "The Journey Is Difficult" by Li Bai, "There will be times when you ride the wind and waves, and you will be stuck directly." Clouds sail across the sea."

This cruise ship is not only worth more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, but also a milestone for Huo Guantai in the shipping industry. The 800 tons of steel on the freighter are used to build real estate. After Huo's Group obtained the river sand franchise rights in the mainland, Huo's Group has intervened in the upstream raw material supply chain of the real estate industry. It not only imports river sand from the mainland, but also The Soviet Union imported steel. The number gang "Ge Chih-hsiung" opened a steel rolling mill in Kowloon, responsible for rolling steel blanks into suitable steel bars, steel pipes, etc.

At present, the mainland's steel production capacity is not high, industrialization has just begun, and its own steel and cement are not enough, let alone exporting abroad. Heavy industrial plants such as steel, chemicals, cement, etc. are often representatives of a country's industrial strength.

Hong Kong Island is short of iron ore, so it has to import steel products from abroad on a large scale. Some steel products can even be resold into the mainland. The main importing country is the Soviet Union, where the steel production is large, the quality is high, and the price is good, which can be said to be world-class.

After Huo Guantai had eaten and drank enough, he put down his soup bowl and said, "I think the ghost guy thinks Xinde's ship is easy to bully. If you want to play with me, just play with me, okay!"

"Inspect my ship, seize my goods, and I will play with them!"

"Ah Shui, A Biao, Dabi Deng and Ge Zhixiong come to the company to meet me at noon. I have something to talk to them about."

Ah Shui and A Biao said quickly: "Yes, Huo Sheng."

"Let's go to the company." Huo Guantai stood up and left the table, walked out of the house without looking back, got in the car and went directly to the office of "Huo Xiantang Real Estate". After he finished processing a batch of documents on the table, he looked up and saw that it was almost noon. Then he picked up the landline phone and dialed a series of numbers: "Dudu."

"Hello?"

He Dingxian sat in the office, picked up the phone, and said casually: "Here."

"I'm Huo Guantai." Huo Guantai said in a clear voice, "Sir He, are you free to come to the company for a shareholder meeting at noon?"

"Brother Tai."

He Dingxian smiled softly and asked aloud: "Do you want to include rice?"

"We don't have abalone and lobster, but you can buy pork chop rice." Huo Guantai said in a relaxed tone, joking casually. He Dingxian immediately lowered his head to look at his watch and agreed: "OK, I'll be there in ten minutes."

"By the way, which company are you in?"

"Real estate company." Huo Guantai asked, "Have you forgotten the name of the company so quickly?"

"I have joint ventures with several companies, and each company has a building. If you don't tell me, I'll know more about it." He Dingxian said hurriedly: "Okay, see you later."

"See you later."

Huo Guantai hung up the phone, waved his subordinates outside the glass door to come in, and said, "He Shenghui will come to the company later. Go to the restaurant downstairs to pack some meals."

"I know, Huo Sheng."

The female secretary is wearing black high heels with red soles, a gray suit with a hip-hugging skirt, and black stockings. I saw her nodding in agreement before closing the door and leaving smartly on high heels.

Fifteen minutes later, He Dingxian and two subordinates came to Huo Xiantang Real Estate Company. Staff along the way bowed and greeted him: "He Sheng."

"He Sheng."

He Dingxian also nodded gently to the employees and expressed greetings. As for the employees who recognized him, he was the second largest shareholder in the company and the only boss. His name was posted on the management structure diagram at the entrance of the cafeteria. He was the same as the big boss Huo Guantai. They are all together, but they don't hold any positions. Below them are directors, managers, and department heads at all levels.

He asked his two subordinates to stay outside the door. When he opened the glass door of the office, Huo Guantai was playing with the lunch box with his female secretary. When He Dingxian saw that the female secretary had a beautiful figure, an intellectual appearance, one hip raised, and her back was bent on high heels, he quickly raised his palms, showing fake shock, and apologized quickly: "Sorry for bothering you, I'll come back later. "

"Is ten minutes enough?"

Without waiting for Huo Guantai's reaction, he closed the door, turned around and planned to leave.

"Come back for dinner!"

Huo Guantai's shouting came from inside the house.

He Dingxian adjusted his suit, turned around and pushed the door open, showing a cautious expression: "Brother Tai, it's less than three seconds. So fast?"

Huo Guantai rolled his eyes, sat on the sofa, and waved: "Come in and eat."

"Okay." He Dingxian walked into the office and passed by the female secretary. He looked up and down unabashedly and received a polite smile from the female secretary in response. After he sat down, he picked up his chopsticks and said with a narrow smile: "Brother Tai, what's new?"

"yes."

"What's your ability?" He Dingxian blinked: "Are you great?"

Huo Guantai glanced at him angrily and put a piece of red fish in front of him: "Eat it!"

"Oh, I really envy you. You can be a secretary when you have something to do, and you can be a secretary when you have nothing to do." He Dingxian said, "It's not like in the police force, where the top, bottom, left, and right are all men. I occasionally see a few female police officers, all of whom are superintendents and division chiefs." secretary."

"When can I have a beautiful female secretary in my office, wearing black stockings, and feeding me?"

Huo Guantai ate his meal and said, "Just resign."

"forget it."

He Dingxian shook his head: "I already have three wives at home, and if I raise one more in the office, I won't be able to pay for the food when I get home. You didn't invite me to dinner at noon today, but you invited me to hold a shareholders' meeting, right? Tell me, what happened to the company? What happened?"

"A batch of cargo from Xinde Shipping has been inspected by the customs." Huo Guantai said: "The Customs Department is likely to sue the company. Not only will it have to pay more than two million yuan in customs duties, but the ship also doesn't know when it will get it back."

If the cruise ship stays at the port involved for one more day, it will be a loss for the shipping company.

Judging from the menacing appearance of the ghost guy, maybe even after paying the tax, the goods and ships will not be released. The officials want to make things difficult for you, and there are many ways.

Just one procrastination tactic can cause a company to suffer heavy losses.

"Tell me carefully and let me see if I can do something." He Dingxian said while eating: "Although Xinde Aviation does not have my shares, the seized goods will affect the real estate company's projects, and that is me matter."

As the second largest shareholder of Huo Xiantang Real Estate, he has no position in the company, but needs help solving government affairs problems. And when Huo Guantai told the story from beginning to end, he began to guess in his mind: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple, and there might be someone behind it."

Huo Guantai said while eating: "I thought that the Customs Department cooperated with the police force. A large amount of fees were paid by the police force. They should be very obedient to the police force. So I asked you to help consult with the staff and see if I can find it. To find connections, you don’t need to release the cargo ship directly, it’s enough to be able to figure out what’s going on behind the scenes.”

"The shipping company and the Customs Department have always been trying to get their own way. I asked myself that I have not offended anything recently, and I don't know who is causing trouble. If no one is behind it, the Customs Department will definitely not attack Xinde Shipping. "

He Dingxian took a spoonful of soup, drank it in his mouth, and said with a wry smile: "That's the problem."