Chapter 463 Meeting
Most people in the world are powerful, but everyone looks at the problem from a different perspective.
Respect the clothes first and then respect the person. As early as in ancient times, our ancestors expressed it clearly.
Without knowing each other, who can have the insight to see your inner beauty at a glance? To be eloquent and to be good at inner beauty, you need to have the opportunity to get along with others before you can show it to others, but before that, you need to have others willing to give you the opportunity to show it to you.
However, Hong Kong, a capitalist society, is not like the social atmosphere of equality for all that is pursued in China. The atmosphere of respecting clothes before people is the mainstream in Hong Kong. No matter whether they are social elites or business owners, they are very demanding in terms of dressing. A suit and leather shoes are the basic requirement. For those with better conditions, gold watches, gold pens, belts, glasses, etc. are also a standard for measuring strangers. In every era, there are only a handful of people who can deny customs and trends, be unconventional and gain public recognition. They can all be regarded as outstanding people of the time.
If you don't meet the standards, in a society like Hong Kong, you won't have any chance to talk to the big guys. The big guys will simply look down on strangers who don't dress up to the standards and won't even give them a chance to chat up.
Wang Yuanchao is obviously not on this list. For Sun Hung Kai's boss Guo, Wang Yuanchao has been well-known for a long time in his past and present lives.
After all, Sun Hung Kai's Guo family is one of the top ten wealthy families in Asia, a real family with a lot of wealth.
If the financial crisis caused by the Hong Kong stock market crash was not too severe and lasted too long, resulting in a lack of funds in the stock market and causing problems with the Guo family's capital chain,
With Wang Yuanchao's current wealth and status, he really couldn't get in touch with this Chinese businessman from the Guo family.
"Hello, Mr. Guo, I have long heard of your great name.
As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Today, I am able to meet Mr. Guo, which is the fulfillment of my last wish. Meeting Mr. Guo today is like finding a treasure to me. I feel extremely honored.
It is my great honor, and I hope to have more interactions with Mr. Guo in the future."
Boss Guo looked at Wang Yuanchao, who stood straight in front of him. He was wearing a costly custom-made suit and a red tie that set off his youthful face.
It is true that the man on the street is as beautiful as jade and the young man is unparalleled in the world. The young Wang Sheng in front of him is much better than his three sons in terms of appearance, temperament, figure or achievements.
Boss Guo finally glanced at the antique Patek Philippe perpetual calendar watch on Wang Yuanchao's left wrist, smiled knowingly and said:
"Mr. Wang, you are praising me too much. It's just a little reputation given by my friends. When I was your age, I was still delivering goods door to door and running a retail business with my father.
Compared to you, my youth seems dull and dull."
Wang Yuanchao shook hands with Boss Guo with a smile on his face. Although he was surprised by Boss Guo's attitude, he had to say different things to different people in socializing.
Wang Yuanchao was also familiar with this, and immediately said modestly:
"Mr. Guo is overly flattering. I am just enjoying the grace and blessing of my family.
Without the hard work and wisdom of my ancestors, I would not be where I am today.
You are an outstanding representative of Chinese businessmen and a pioneer in the Chinese business community.
Without the efforts and accumulation of my family ancestors, my personal efforts and struggles would be insignificant
and not enough for me to discuss with you. "
Boss Guo shook Wang Yuanchao's hand, patted it affectionately, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you are too modest. The Yangtze River's waves behind push the waves ahead. The fact that we can meet today under the arrangement of HSBC is enough to prove Mr. Wang's brilliant achievements.
I don’t know what field you are working in, Mr. Wang?”
After Wang Yuanchao shook hands with Boss Guo, he sat on the sofa in the VIP room arranged by HSBC and said with a slightly embarrassed smile:
"I am now mainly engaged in the import and export trade of grain and oil, mainly direct sales.
Mr. Guo may not know that the grain and oil industry has a small profit margin, but it is stable. The accumulation of funds is not fast, so you can't get rich. The only advantage is that there is more working capital. In Hong Kong, the best way to make money is real estate. After all, Hong Kong has a small population and a small land area, and housing is tight. If it weren't for the financial crisis that gave me the opportunity, I would have no chance to enter the real estate industry with my small business. "
When Boss Guo heard what Wang Yuanchao said, he became cautious in his attitude towards Wang Yuanchao. After all, in Hong Kong at that time, industries related to daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt were dealing with dwarf mules, illiterates and the laborers at the bottom of society every day. Those who could do business in grain and oil in Hong Kong and make money were not simple characters.
This also made Boss Guo wary of Wang Yuanchao. Although Hong Kong was a mixed bag at that time, and it was a bit unclear whether it was good or bad, the celebrities and wealthy people in society were extremely repulsive and contemptuous of those who were involved in the underworld. However, Boss Guo did not have much choice at this time. After all, the recent debt of more than 10 million was about to expire.
HSBC is pressing Mr. Guo to pay back his debts, and HSBC is a giant in the Hong Kong financial world.
In addition to people like Mr. Huo and Baochuan Wang who have huge backgrounds and power,
It is simply not something that today's Chinese businessmen can afford to offend. At least Boss Guo does not have the mainland background of Boss Huo, nor the background of Western capitalist society like the charter king. He cannot afford to offend HSBC at all.
So even though Boss Guo was feeling fed up at the moment, he still asked in a very friendly manner: "Mr. Wang, are you planning to get involved in the real estate industry in Hong Kong in the future?"
Wang Yuanchao nodded with a smile and said, "Yes and no, Mr. Guo, I am quite optimistic about the real estate industry in Hong Kong, so I plan to buy the land you are going to transfer. However, I don't plan to sell the property after it is built to make money. Instead, I plan to hold the property myself after it is built, and then be a landlord after the property is rented out. This way, I can enjoy a life of financial freedom in the future."
Boss Guo looked at Wang Yuanchao in disbelief, wanting to confirm whether what Wang Yuanchao said was true.
After all, in Hong Kong, if we don't count the money earned from the increase in land and housing prices, the profit from the sale of land is as high as 60-70%. This is 60-70% profit for a project with an investment of hundreds of millions. Isn't such a huge profit scary?
This is also the reason why the wealthy families in Hong Kong are hoarding land, raising the entry threshold, and treating the real estate industry as meat in their mouths, preventing others from entering.
But Wang Yuanchao is different from these people. Because Wang Yuanchao has his own source of working capital, he is not very interested in making quick money through real estate.
(End of this chapter)
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