Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Chapter 56 At this time...
Chapter 56
At this time, Weisheng and Wen Ke'er had already opened nearly ten cram schools, but because Hong Kong's housing prices had been rising year by year, or rather, month by month, Weisheng's income over the years had almost all been spent on purchasing school properties.
The partnership agreement Weisheng and Wen Ke'er had signed initially stipulated that she would provide the space, Wen Ke'er would provide the labor, and after deducting miscellaneous expenses, they would split the profits 50-50. However, with the increasing number of branch schools in recent years, Wen Ke'er had to resign from her job at the district primary school and focus her time and energy on the daily management and operation of the cram school. Even so, she felt somewhat stretched thin.
Weisheng also didn't want to buy a house when housing prices were so high, so the two of them decided not to open a new branch.
Since deciding not to open a branch campus, Weisheng has finally been able to save some money. Unlike Weisheng, who constantly struggled financially due to his purchase of school premises, Wen Ke'er has saved her dividends over the years and has accumulated a considerable amount of money. Later, she bought a 2,000-square-foot apartment in Fenghua Yayuan Building, where Weisheng lived, and became his neighbor.
In this life, Wen Ke'er is like Wei Sheng, who has just started his journey through time and space. She is very obsessed with buying a house. However, the high cost of housing in Hong Kong still makes Wen Ke'er hesitate, so she turns her attention back to the mainland.
She is a very loyal person and is willing to take Weisheng with her when she decides to invest in the mainland.
Weisheng still borrowed a large sum of money by using his real estate as collateral. Wen Keer didn't have as much real estate as Weisheng, so the amount of money she could borrow was limited, but she had received a lot of dividends over the years. So after the two of them raised a large sum of money, Wen Keer went to the mainland with her bodyguards and the professional managers and professional financial personnel that Xu Zhirui had found for them.
Wen Keer looked at the map and decided to build a film and television base between Langfang and Jinshi.
After completion, it can be used as a theme park or rented out to film crews for filming.
This place is closer to Beijing than Hengdian, and it's only been the 1980s. By the time they have established a scale here, I'm afraid the project in Hengdian has not yet started.
Wen Ke'er's vision for the film and television city was incredibly grand, and the initial investment felt like a bottomless pit. Fortunately, the cram school was operating smoothly, with a substantial annual dividend payout. Furthermore, Wen Ke'er capitalized on her status as a Hong Kong businessman, securing numerous preferential policies from the local government. This allowed their project to proceed smoothly.
Of course, when she was in urgent need of money, Weisheng also sold two antiques she had found to meet the emergency needs.
Because of this investment, Wen Ke'er and Weisheng often went to the mainland. Wen Ke'er had never contacted the original owner's family. In order to prevent that family from finding her, she even changed her name back to her original name before traveling through time - Wen Kexin.
Although the mainland experienced a decade of turmoil and many areas were damaged, there are still many places in Hong Kong that have more experience in cultural relic identification and restoration than Hong Kong. Therefore, in the past one or two years, Weisheng decided to return to the mainland to continue his studies.
When Weisheng went to the mainland, he would return to Zhoushan Town regularly, but most of the time he would stay in a three-courtyard quadrangle in the capital.
When I decided to return to the mainland to invest in the Siheyuan, I hired a designer and a decoration team to carry out a thorough renovation and decoration. Now it is so comfortable to live in.
Wen Keer was deeply impressed by Weisheng's learning spirit. However, because Weisheng never competed with her for power in business and never interfered too much, Wen Keer liked Weisheng more.
Just ask yourself, who in this world doesn’t want a partner who is compatible and less troublesome?
Just when the prospects looked bright and the film and television city base that Wen Keer had spent so much effort to build was about to be completed, trouble arose in Hong Kong.
The treasurer of one branch school ran away with the money, and another branch school was smashed by rioters, and many teachers and students who were in class were injured.
Wen Ke'er was in mainland China, so Weisheng had to take care of all these matters. Just as they had taken the injured police officers and students to the hospital and reported the two incidents to the police, a vicious poisoning incident occurred at the Minsheng Restaurant, and arson occurred at the cinema.
In Weisheng's opinion, as long as no one was injured or killed, those belongings could be recovered. But at this moment, Wei Zhensheng, who was on his way to the restaurant, was kidnapped on the way.
The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 1 billion.
Along with the message, Wei Zhensheng’s little finger was also delivered to Weisheng.
After asking someone to properly preserve the finger, Weisheng asked the female bodyguard who had always been with her to send a fax to Wen Ke'er in mainland China.
At this time, making a phone call is not as fast as sending a fax. Now that Wei Zhensheng and Minsheng have both gotten into trouble, Wen Keer has to follow up on the matters at the cram school.
As for Minsheng, due to Wei Zhensheng's tacit approval and Xu Zhirui's attitude, even though Wei Zhensheng has never publicly acknowledged Weisheng's identity, she is still the well-known Miss Minsheng in Hong Kong.
Minsheng has no other shareholders except for a few veteran employees who started the business with Wei Zhensheng. Weisheng will not be hindered from taking over Minsheng's affairs at this time.
However, after Weisheng took over Minsheng, he immediately closed down all the restaurants, cinemas and shopping malls under Minsheng. The restaurants and cinemas were easy to deal with, as they were all his own businesses, so it was easy to deal with them.
However, the mall that Minsheng built over the past two years can't be closed at will. After all, it houses many brands and businesses. If the mall is closed, it will not only affect Minsheng's reputation and credibility, but also cause losses to these brands and businesses. In addition, Minsheng will also have to face the issue of liquidated damages.
To this end, Weisheng consulted with Xu Zhirui, and then called all the brands and merchants together for a meeting.
She first discussed the current situation in Hong Kong, the various violent incidents, the panic among the people, and the difficulty in doing business. She then spoke of her own concerns, and finally offered her possible solutions.
Minsheng hired cars and chartered boats to take all the brands and merchants in the mall to the mainland for sales meetings.
Minsheng is responsible for transportation and venue arrangements, while brands and merchants are responsible for bringing their products to the exhibition. All profits from the exhibition go to the merchants, but all exhibition tickets belong to Minsheng.
In order to get people to buy tickets willingly, Weisheng also asked someone to contact a Hong Kong star who was very famous in mainland China at the time, and asked him to accompany him to the commercial performance.
With this celebrity around, even if Minsheng doesn't make money, he won't lose money either.
Most brands and merchants agreed, and those who did not agree agreed after reconsidering it when they found out that the mall would really close down.
Since they all needed to charter a boat, Weisheng asked Xu Zhirui to organize a catering team at the restaurant. They could also sell some Hong Kong delicacies at the trade fair.
In short, try to minimize the losses before Wei Zhensheng comes back, and it would be even better if you can make more money.
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Weisheng was used to Xu Zhirui, so he kept him around. After all, in Weisheng's opinion, making money couldn't be compared with Wei Zhensheng's safety.
The kidnappers gave Weisheng three days to raise the ransom, and Weisheng only dealt with these "external matters" on the first day.
Starting from the next day, Weisheng asked people to go to the bank to withdraw money in a big way. They took out as much as they could. After all, she couldn't carry too much if they took out too much.
That’s right, I just can’t lift it.
The kidnappers demanded 1 billion Hong Kong dollars and specifically asked Weisheng to deliver the ransom alone. I'm afraid they never thought about how heavy 1 billion Hong Kong dollars would be.
The largest denomination of Hong Kong dollars currently in use in Hong Kong is one thousand Hong Kong dollars. One billion Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to one million Hong Kong dollars. One Hong Kong dollar note weighs a little over one gram, so even if each note is calculated at one gram, that would still be one million grams, which translates to one ton.
The load capacity of a family car is about 400 kilograms. Although Weisheng is thin, he weighs nearly 100 kilograms.
One ton of Hong Kong dollars plus a hundred kilograms of human flesh, she would have to drive a small truck...
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Weisheng has a birth certificate, his parents' registration information at the police station, and Wei Zhensheng's tacit approval, but with Xu Zhirui running around to get all the proof, he could only use the 500 million Hong Kong dollars in Wei Zhensheng's name.
If you want to use all your property, you can only wait until it becomes inheritance.
Of course, even if he could really get 1 billion, Weisheng was not prepared to take it all with him.
Being unable to lift the money was one reason, but the most important reason was that the kidnappers asked her, a weak girl, to deliver the ransom. I'm afraid they never thought of letting the father and son return safely.
In this case, he told the kidnappers about his predicament of not being able to withdraw money, and then negotiate with them to have Wei Zhensheng sign a property authorization document.
When she delivered the first ransom, she took the authorization document to Wei Zhensheng for signature, and then took the authorization document and "left" to continue raising money.
By the way, since Wei Zhensheng's incident, people have been kidnapped over the past few days. As a result, withdrawals from Xiangjiang Bank have reached a new peak, and in the end, Weisheng only managed to raise 300 million Hong Kong dollars.
At the appointed time, the kidnapper finally called. Weisheng answered immediately and, in a tearful voice, explained his situation. The kidnapper cursed a few times on the other end of the line, then hung up without saying anything.
Weisheng knew that he would call again soon, so he stayed by the phone and talked to Xu Zhirui about the topic of not having to exchange the 300 million Hong Kong dollars for a truck.
Weisheng hadn't changed his car in recent years and had been driving the Beetle that Wei Zhensheng had given him a few years ago. However, the Beetle had changed a lot due to Weisheng's frequent modifications.
Not only is the glass bulletproof, but even the wheels are impenetrable to ordinary bullets. The engine's performance has been continuously improved, and its power is no less than that of a professional racing car.
Driving this car to deliver the ransom... is quite appropriate.
Just when Weisheng asked Xu Zhirui to help her get some guns and ammunition, the phone at Fang's house in Repulse Bay rang again.
Weisheng gestured to Xu Zhirui to answer the phone. The kidnapper's face immediately changed when he heard that it wasn't Weisheng's voice. Then he asked Weisheng to answer the phone in a deep voice. Xu Zhirui said that Weisheng had fainted just after hanging up the phone and asked him to wait a moment. He would go and wake Weisheng up right away.
Kidnapper: …Shit!
After a while, Weisheng, speaking in a panicked and frantic tone, negotiated with the kidnappers, finally convincing them to agree to send the ransom in two installments, along with an antique worth 20 million yuan. When Weisheng went to deliver the ransom, he brought a letter of authorization drafted by a professional lawyer and asked Wei Zhensheng to sign it.
To be honest, the reason why the kidnappers were so "cunning" was because Wei Zhensheng had been celebrating his 21st birthday all these years. In this way, he was keeping his chastity in disguise, and it also made him appear that he only had one daughter, Weisheng.
Secondly, Weisheng has left a lasting impression of a well-behaved, sensible, and diligently studying nerd. While she's made a few trips to mainland China, she's mostly lived in Hong Kong. While there, she's either studying at university or attending cram schools, occasionally filling in for classes when she's too busy there.
Just like that kind of innocent and well-protected good girl.
By the way, after all these years in Hong Kong, no one has ever seen Weisheng fight with anyone, and no one knows that Weisheng is a martial artist who has practiced martial arts for many years.
The person who kidnapped Wei Zhensheng was caught... a little unfairly.
Weisheng did not call the police. Firstly, he did not trust the Hong Kong police at that time, and secondly, he did not want to make a big deal out of it and further agitate the kidnappers.
However, the fact that Weisheng was handling Minsheng's affairs was still noticed by some people. When many people were secretly inquiring about the news, Weisheng's senior brother Shen Hanchuan came to Repulse Bay with 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
But he was too late. Weisheng had already driven her Beetle to deliver the ransom to the kidnappers.
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