Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"Daddy, Hengchuang Real Estate Company is so big, who are you going to let manage it?"

Hong Kong Police Force, Office of the Commissioner of Police.

Du Yongxiao was sitting on the throne of the Commissioner of Police, holding a cigarette in his hand.

Yan Xiong stood behind him, holding his shoulders with a smile on his face.

"Who do you think should be in charge?" Du Yongxiao asked.

"That...ahem, Liu Jianxiong's arrogant ambition, he wanted to swallow up Hengchuang in one bite while you were away. I deeply hate this! And that Bai Yingjun, it was you who carried him in one hand and made him a A young lawyer turned into a senior executive director of the company, but he was ungrateful and colluded with someone named Liu! I am deeply disgusted by this!"

"After talking so much, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Ahem, what I mean is that for such a big company, godfather, you must find someone reliable and trustworthy to help you manage it! Otherwise, tsk tsk, maybe something like this will happen again—" Yan Xiong said cautiously, using his hands to massage Du Yongxiao harder.

"Reliable and trustworthy, do you have any recommendations?"

"Huh? Ahem, you know this too, godfather. I know almost all the people I know!" Yan Xiong rolled his eyes, "For example, Da Tou Wen, Zhuang Dingxian and the others - but they also have their own work to do. , it’s probably difficult to separate!”

"Yeah, you're right. My neck is sore, please rub it for me."

"Okay, godfather!" Yan Xiong worked harder.

"In your opinion, apart from them who are loyal to me, who else has the ability to help me manage Hengchuang?"

"Well - actually your father, Uncle Pao, can do it, but he also has his own business now, and he is not very involved in the real estate industry. The most important thing is that he is old and you are a filial son. You should let him enjoy a happy life and not be too much. Tired!”

"Well said!" Du Yongxiao nodded, "Isn't there no one since then?"

Yan Xiong gritted his teeth, made a loyal expression and said to Du Yongxiao: "Godfather! How about this? I recommend myself. Is it okay?"

"Uh, you?"

"Yes, godfather! I can do it!" Yan Xiong said hurriedly, "I am very familiar with Hong Kong and have a lot of research on the real estate industry. As you know, I have also done real estate investment before. The most important thing is that I care about you. So loyal!”

"But you still have other jobs to do, such as medical representative, general manager of an entertainment company, and supervisor of a security company."

"I don't want any of those medical representatives or supervisors that I can resign. Just give me a chance to fulfill my filial piety for you, okay?" Yan Xiong said sincerely and had a sincere attitude.

"But you are also older, almost the same as my dad, even two years older. How can I have the nerve to make you tired?"

"No, godfather, please don't think like this!" Yan Xiong said hurriedly, "Although I am old, I am full of energy. Most importantly, for you, I will work hard and work hard for you!"

Du Yongxiao smiled, "Yan Xiong, are you really so kind to me?"

"Of course!" Yan Xiong was stunned, and hurriedly ran to Du Yongxiao and raised his watch to show his loyalty: "My loyalty to your godfather can be seen from the sun and the moon. If I, Yan Xiong, have second thoughts about you, I will be struck by lightning. It will not be good." die!"

"Really? Is it because you want to be the general manager of Hengchuang Company and replace Liu Jianxiong because you are loyal enough and are afraid that no one will take care of the company? Or is it because Hengchuang is too big and you are tempted?"

"Uh, this... godfather..."

"Don't lie to me, tell the truth!" Du Yongxiao became stern and his eyes were sharp.

Yan Xiong trembled, "It's because... I'm greedy for Hengchuang's size - everyone wants to be a Hong Kong real estate tycoon, right?"

Du Yongxiao looked at Yan Xiong and said nothing.

Yan Xiong was too frightened to look at Du Yongxiao.

A moment——

"You are quite honest."

"Huh!" Yan Xiong breathed a sigh of relief, and then he bravely raised his head and asked Du Yongxiao: "Do you think I am suitable for you, godfather?"

"Inappropriate!"

"Huh?" Yan Xiong didn't expect Du Yongxiao to answer so simply.

"What's inappropriate?"

"Every bit is inappropriate." Du Yongxiao said, "I know what is the core of real estate?"

"Sell the house!"

"How to sell it?"

"Build it and sell it!"

"wrong!"

"The core of real estate is people! What you sell when you sell a house is people, and what you sell is people's hearts!" Du Yongxiao said word by word, "It is easy to sell one house, but it will be difficult to sell thousands of houses in the future! So it is very difficult!" , we must capture the hearts of our customers and let them treat us as friends, confidants, and benefactors!”

Yan Xiong scratched his head, "I can do this. You also know that I used to be Detective Hua and I am very popular!"

"Really? Then let me ask you again, what is the future of real estate?"

"Uh, what future? Isn't the future of real estate just to continue selling houses?"

Du Yongxiao smiled, "The future of real estate is - go out!"

"Ah? What do you mean?" Yan Xiong really didn't understand.

"I know, how big is Hong Kong?"

"1106 square kilometers."

"It's a tiny place! I know how many houses can be sold in the future?"

"this---"

"Ten years, twenty years, thirty years?"

"this---"

"How many large real estate companies are there in Hong Kong?"

"I know this -" Yan Xiong hurriedly pointed his finger, "We are Hengchuang, Henderson Land, Cheung Kong Holdings, Wharf, Wheelock, Swire, and Hopewell!"

Du Yongxiao flicked the ashes of his cigarette and said, "As the saying goes, there are more monks than there is food. What do you think the future will be if you stay in Hong Kong and continue to develop real estate?"

"This--" Yan Xiong is mute. His previous investments in real estate were all trivial, and he didn't know so much.

What's more, what matters to him is the current size of Hengchuang and its reputation as a real estate tycoon, so he doesn't know how to develop and expand the company.

Du Yongxiao is different.

As someone who has experienced this, To Yongxiao knows that although Hong Kong real estate can still develop for another twenty years in the future, it will only survive by sucking the flesh and blood of Hong Kong people.

Those so-called real estate tycoons all thrive on cannibalism.

To Yongxiao is unwilling to eat the flesh of his own people, so he will break the pattern here and will not let Hong Kong become one of the areas with the highest housing prices in the world.

But the real estate industry needs to make money, so Du Yongxiao must expand outwards -——

Then he has only one goal--

Tokyo!

In the future, apart from major cities in the United States, the highest real estate prices in the world will be in Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, South Korea, and Hong Kong, China.

Especially Tokyo, Japan, is the commanding height of real estate prices in Asia! Even New York, USA, can't keep up with its price height.

"Can you still see the Japanese Bridge?"

There is always a saying in old Tokyo that everything begins with Nihonbashi. During the Edo period, men and women often went to Nihonbashi when they paraded on the street.

This wooden bridge was built in 1603. The current Nihonbashi Bridge is in the 19th generation. Although it is a product of the early 20th century, it is still considered an important heritage. There is also a Japan Road Zero Kilometer mark embedded in the center of the bridge.

The background is that the last Tokyo Olympics was held in 1964. For Japan, this was a symbol of Japan's economic boom and its return to the world, and it was also the beginning of rising land prices.

For the Olympic Games, Tokyo began to build a six-lane "Capital Expressway Loop", and Nihonbashi has since been completely hidden under the expressway, and the exquisite buildings and European sculptures of the past have also been buried.

The bubble era of rising land prices was as intoxicating as champagne. Banks' real estate loans dominated the mainstream, and profits were relatively generous and stable. Companies used land as collateral, and continued to mortgage as the land appreciated, purchasing more land. As for office workers, they lived a low-priced life. On days when bonus wages and bonuses rise together, sometimes the former is more than the latter, and sometimes the latter is more than the former.

Since the mid-to-late 1980s, land prices have been rising. The price in Tokyo is even more prominent, as Tokyo gathers more and more people. In the 1970s, the Japanese government even introduced policies to suppress metropolitan concentration due to local pressure. However, economic power always exceeds administrative resistance. Today, Tokyo gathers a quarter of Japan's population.

In the 1980s, there was a consensus from private to official circles that Tokyo housing prices would always rise. At a higher stage, there was a legend that even Tokyo housing prices could buy the entire United States.

Tokyo's house price index rose rapidly from 105.9 in 1985 to 283.2 in 1988. Tokyo's rise also led to an increase in house prices in other core cities in the metropolitan area. From 1986 to 1991, the house price index in Japan's six largest cities more than doubled.

It is now 1974, and Du Yongxiao is preparing to deploy in Tokyo early and enter Tokyo real estate.

Since you want to plan like this, you must find a suitable agent to accomplish this ambitious goal.

Yan Xiong is obviously not suitable.

Liu Jianxiong was originally the most suitable, but he refused to listen to discipline.

"Yan Xiong, you have also seen that Hong Kong, a small area, will only be such a big place in the end. Therefore, if Hengchuang wants to develop and become an aircraft carrier in the real estate industry, it must expand and go out to find the most suitable place for its growth. soil--"

"That place is-"

"Tokyo!" Du Yongxiao said bluntly, "I am going to open a Hengchuang Real Estate branch in Tokyo. Do you think you are qualified?"

"this---"

Yan Xiong became mute.

Let him eat readymade and directly become the boss of Hengchuang Real Estate, but let him go outside to expand the territory, then there is no need.

"Ahem, godfather, in fact, what you just said is right. I have little knowledge and I am too old. If you think about it carefully, I will probably be embarrassed in such a big job!" Yan Xiong thought clearly. Instead of running to Tokyo to work hard, the president of Hengchuang I still don’t need the title of manager. "I'm willing to go through fire and water for you, the old man. As for the position of general manager of Hengchuang, it's better to let a capable person hold it. It's also good for me to help out!"

Du Yongxiao didn't expect Yan Xiong to think so quickly and said with a smile: "Then who do you think can take on this important task?"

"That--I really don't know." Yan Xiong scratched his head and said.

Yan Xiong knew in his heart that Hong Kong is such a big place. Although there are many talents, there are not many talents like Liu Jianxiong.

At the very least, Liu Jianxiong's ability to lead Hengchuang to the current level is not something that ordinary people can do.

Yan Xiong thought he was not as good as Liu Jianxiong, so he couldn't recommend a candidate.

Du Yongxiao sighed.

He also knew that there were too few people as ambitious and courageous as Liu Jianxiong who could lead Hengchuang.

It's a pity that Liu Jianxiong is very ambitious. If he hadn't been disloyal to himself, he might still have a chance to become a global real estate tycoon instead of a Hong Kong real estate tycoon.

"It seems that this time we are entering Tokyo Real Estate——" Du Yongxiao crushed the cigarette in the ashtray, "I can only lead the team myself!"

…

Du Yongxiao now occupies a high position. Not only does he have an official residence and a car donated by the Hong Kong government, but he also has a personal bodyguard provided by the Hong Kong government.

If someone like him wants to put down his job and go to Tokyo to develop his real estate career, he must have a good excuse.

If others don't give excuses, Du Yongxiao will make them himself.

So three days later, Du Yongxiao proposed that he would lead some of his elites to Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for a friendly visit and exchange.

The purpose is to increase communication between the two parties in criminal cases, especially smuggling cases, and to learn from each other's advanced investigative techniques to better serve the public.

This proposal was submitted to the Hong Kong Governor's Office, and Hong Kong Governor MacLehose almost jumped for joy.

When Du Yongxiao lived in Hong Kong, he was really depressed and wished that Du Yongxiao could leave as soon as possible. No matter how long the exchange lasted, whether it was three months or half a year, as long as Du Yongxiao was not in Hong Kong for a day, he would be happy.

Immediately, MacLehose signed Du Yongxiao's proposal without waiting for others to review it.

When Bailiqu and others heard the news, their immediate reaction was similar to that of Hong Kong Governor MacLehose.

"Great, this devil is finally leaving!"

"Let him go to Tokyo quickly! After he leaves, Hong Kong will belong to the rule of our British Empire!"

Du Yongxiao put too much psychological pressure on these ghost guys.

Originally, Hong Kong was their territory, but because of Du Yongxiao's appearance, they, the ghosts, were inferior to him and were even crushed by Du Yongxiao. This feeling was very bad!

You must know that they are citizens of the British Empire, the highest level of the race. The Chinese were originally inferior to Asan Ge in Hong Kong, but now because of Du Yongxiao, the Chinese have been directly raised to be on equal footing with the British. How can we bear it?

It can be said that this time the collective response of the British Hong Kong government was unanimous.

That is, tell Du Yongxiao to get out of here!

No, the surface is————

The governor of Hong Kong agreed with Director To's proposal. Director To worked hard and made great achievements. He even took the trouble to go to Tokyo on a business trip this time. He is simply a role model for us and everyone admires him.

To avoid long nights and many dreams——

After being reviewed and signed by others, Hong Kong Governor MacLehose directly allocated 500,000 from the finance to fund Du Yongxiao and others' study and exchange in Tokyo.

"Police Commissioner To Yongxiao will leave Hong Kong soon and rush to Tokyo to conduct business learning and exchanges with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. On behalf of all members of the Hong Kong government, I wish Commissioner To a successful trip!"

As soon as the news came out——

Hong Kong was in an uproar.

what happened?

Du Yongxiao is leaving Hong Kong again?

Also, as one of the best people in Hong Kong, Duke Du can't stay here forever. Of course, he can go out and be awesome!

Everyone had the same idea, that is, Du Yongxiao wanted to go out and have a look after becoming an earl. After all, after receiving such an honor, of course everyone in the world must know about it.

How did they know that the purpose of Du Yongxiao's trip was to--

Buy the whole of Tokyo!