Xiangjiang Zengxianglou Tea House
Zengxianglou was founded in 1910 (the second year of the Xuantong reign) by a Hanlin scholar named Chen Ruyue. It is an old teahouse with a century-old history and has been in business since the Qing Dynasty. It is known as the "No. 1 Lotus Seed Paste Teahouse".
The decoration also maintains the style of an old-style teahouse, with an antique charm. The old waiters dressed in traditional Tang suits are full of nostalgia, making people feel that drinking tea here is as if they have returned to the time when Hong Kong was first opened.
Chen Xia and Li Jiancheng were drinking tea face to face, and there was no third person in the tea room.
"Uncle Li, thank you very much for coming with me for tea. Come and try it. This tea is said to be the best black tea from Wuyi Mountain. I ordered it especially for you, Uncle Li."
After saying that, Chen Xia stood up personally and poured water into Li Jiancheng's teacup. He looked a little humble as he served tea to his elder.
Li Jiancheng wore a pair of signature black-framed glasses and had a smiling face, with no sign of anything unusual on his face.
In fact, he was extremely panicked inside, because he knew best what he had done, and he was facing a newly rising young rich man who had risen to power by stepping on the blood of others.
"Mr. Chen, I've long wanted to meet this young hero of yours. Seeing is believing, haha."
"Look at what Uncle Li said. You almost didn't see me. Half a year ago, I was almost sealed in a concrete pillar in Tianjin. Hehehe."
"How could this happen? Both the mainland and Hong Kong are rule of law societies. We should jointly uphold the dignity of the law!"
"I think Uncle Li is right. We are all civilized people. We shouldn't be fighting and killing each other all the time. We should abide by the law and the rules!"
The two smiled at each other, appearing happy on the surface, but in their hearts they were calling each other idiots!
This conversation was also interesting. Chen Xia took the initiative to bring up the Tianjin incident, implying that he already knew something and had just come to the door today.
Li Jiancheng's answer was very interesting. He talked about law and order, but he was actually hinting to Chen Xia that he must abide by the rules and not mess around!
If Chen Xia hadn't been in the business world for a few years, he would have almost failed to understand the meaning of this old bitch's words.
Now that the matter has been made clear, there is no need to hide it.
"Uncle Li, look, I just signed my naturalization documents. Now I'm a Hong Konger, just like Uncle Li who came to Hong Kong from Chaozhou to start his own business. I started from scratch, but now my family is poor, alas..."
When Li Jiancheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment. He was defeated by the shamelessness of the young man in front of him. Half of the Zhou family's property was in his hands, and he was still crying poor?
"Mr. Chen, you're joking. Everyone knows that you own the largest drugstore, jewelry store, film company, and cinema chain in Hong Kong. How can you still be poor? When I came to Hong Kong from Chaozhou, I worked as a waiter in the Zengxianglou teahouse."
Li Jiancheng did not lie about this. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 11 because of the war. He started as a waiter in a teahouse, opened a plastic flower factory, and then switched to the real estate industry. He gradually became one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong. He can be said to have started from scratch.
However, during his rise to fame, he had two benefactors. The first one is omitted.
The second "noble person" is British capital.
British capital withdrew from Hong Kong 97 years ago, but they were unwilling to give up this interest, so they needed an agent "white glove". So they chose Li Jiancheng and pushed him to the throne of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong.
Later, he called the shots in the mainland real estate market, sold off all mainland properties and real estate, and left, leaving his master to clean up those so-called people's livelihood industries that were losing money and no one was willing to take over.
This is a man of great courage in troubled times who can bend and stretch himself, and he has a very accurate vision. Every step he takes is right.
Li Jiancheng is lucky
But as a reborn person, Chen Xia knew every step he would take next, so of course he had to follow suit and take advantage of him.
The general trend of the country, or the general trend of the world, cannot be changed by a small figure like Chen Xia. For example, real estate has become a pillar industry. Li Jiancheng is the promoter, but the decision maker is someone else.
He just gave a helping hand at the right time with an open and aboveboard "conspiracy". When someone wanted to hang himself, he helped move a stool.
When talking to an old fox, you can't just follow their rhythm, otherwise you will easily be "persuaded" by them, and then feel that you are in the wrong?
So after Chen Xia exchanged pleasantries with Li Jiancheng for a long time, he was ready to reveal the purpose of his visit today.
"Uncle Li, you have a good relationship with Zhou Yutong and the Zhou family?"
"It's really good. We're both from Chaozhou. We were all fighting for our place in Hong Kong back then. Without teaming up, we couldn't have a stable position. Furthermore, his business didn't conflict with mine, so we always had a happy collaboration! It's a shame he passed away too soon..."
Chen Xia nodded, understanding that this was Li Jiancheng's answer to him as to why he secretly took action against the Chen family.
"But Uncle Li, after the Zhou family's misfortune, their largest assets, real estate and telecommunications companies, were mostly taken away by you, right? The Zhou family worked hard for decades, and in the end, didn't they just benefit from it?"
Li Jiancheng rolled his eyes, leaned back in his chair, sighed and said:
"What else can I do? The Zhou family has been hit by such a disaster, so I have no choice but to take over. I can't just watch Zhou Yutong's hard-earned assets fall into the hands of others, right? I believe that if he knew about this, he would be willing to entrust his assets to me."
These words are soft but firm. No one will get any benefit, and you, Chen Xia, will not get any benefit!
Chen Xia nodded: "Our Chen family has no interest in the real estate industry, and we don't understand the operation of telecommunications companies. We are not competing in this area, right?"
Li Jiancheng also nodded: "A wise choice. Hong Kong is a place that eats people, and real estate is the biggest man-eating tiger. It's best not to get involved."
"But Uncle Li, I didn't hurt the tiger, but the tiger wanted to hurt me. Look, my body is still covered with scars from when I was hung up and beaten in Tianjin. Let me tell you, they were already mixing cement at that time, preparing to seal me in the cement to make a pillar.
If I hadn’t taken the opportunity to write my suicide note and quietly escaped to the basement to hide, I’d probably be drinking tea with Mr. Zhou and Mr. Zhou in the basement now…”
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