"That's right. The so-called sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. This principle is true everywhere, and the same principle applies to business. It is said that you are the ten most powerful families in Shanghai, but the five of you together do a lot of business. Do you have to be as big as the Xiang family? Do you have as many connections as the He family? Do you have as strong a foundation as the Zhang family? None of them. They are just a lonely boat on the sea at the moment. If you can't expand your business and replace them, do you think you still have something to lose? The future?"
Everyone was thoughtful and silent. At this time, the dishes began to be served one after another. The dishes in such a banquet hall are naturally expensive, including delicacies from mountains and seas, both land and water.
No one said much during the dinner. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Professor Lin spoke.
"Although we can't touch the business and property of the Hu family and the Tong family in Shanghai now, they have developed very well overseas with our help in recent years. Several mines of the Tong family in Australia Island have now begun to make profits. . The Hu family’s dozen or so factories in Southeast Asia are also doing very well. We have obtained these businesses through technical means. If any of you are interested, you can bid now."
It turns out that this is a different kind of auction. The corpses of hundreds of members of the Hu family and the Tong family are still cold, and their belongings have already been bought and sold. When it comes to interests, everyone is no longer reserved. Let alone the things belonging to dead people, even if they were given a knife and fork to eat a living person, they probably wouldn't blink an eye. The five people began to bid one after another.
The richest among these five families is the Zhou family. Although they have not been rooted in Shanghai for as long as the Zhang family, they are still much older than the Xiang family. In one fell swoop, they took over four of the Hu family’s five mines on Australia Island. . He beamed with joy and began to laugh.
His laughter echoed in the banquet hall. As the next head of the Zhou family, it was obvious that his cultivation was very good. Just when the woman from the Wang family couldn't bear it anymore, she wanted to stop him from laughing. The man named Zhou suddenly held his head with a face full of pain.
Soon the laughter turned into a roar, in which he seemed to shout a word.
"It hurts! It hurts!"
He didn't say it was okay, but when he mentioned it, everyone started to have a headache. The six people in the banquet hall, including the waiter behind each person and the girl playing the piano, all rolled around on the floor in pain, holding their heads in their hands.
After almost a minute the wailing stopped. Several waiters stood up staggeringly. They were horrified to find that several VIP members here were no longer writhing, they were all motionless, and their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears were all bleeding.
The wails of fear and helplessness resounded throughout the banquet hall and throughout the entire floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center.
...
The development speed of Shanghai in the past ten years is very alarming. A large number of old houses in the urban area have been demolished, rebuilt with new buildings, converted into commercial buildings, or become part of municipal construction. I believe this speed of reconstruction is unique in human history. Only those who have been there can truly understand what rapid change means.
There are exceptions to everything. The dirtiest, messiest, and crowded residential area in Shanghai right now is in Nanshi District. There are a large number of old buildings near the Confucian Temple. Unlike the Shikumen lane houses in the urban area, the houses here are not well planned and are very crowded. Some lanes are so small that one person has to turn slightly sideways to pass through them. The appearance of the buildings is also different. After a hundred years of wind, rain, and repairs, these houses no longer give people the feeling of not just vicissitudes of life, but crumbling.
Deep in an alley called Xi Qiao's house, there is a two-story small building. The landlord here is a lonely old lady. After renting out the house, she rented a loft outside. She lived on the pitiful rent difference. How does she, who is over eighty years old, know to whom her house is lent?
Walking into the house, it is even more difficult to describe. When these houses were originally built, the materials used were very unsophisticated, and they were not maintained for many years. Over time, the interior of the house has become unsightly.
There are eight people having a party in the living room on the first floor. These people are both men and women. They are from different nationalities and races. But these people have one thing in common, that is, they all have outstanding looks, and they are wearing expensive-looking professions. Pretend, the first impression given is that these people must be elites in the workplace.
These people gathered around a table of Eight Immortals. They
There is a cup of blue circle mermaid coffee in front of each person, obviously they are in a meeting.
"I don't understand why you choose to gather here. It's hard to describe here." An Asan complained.
"If people see us gathering together, something big will happen. Do you understand?" a white woman said.
"I don't understand why we have to speak Chinese when we can communicate in English."
"Weishiba, we are here for a meeting, don't waste time on such trivial matters."
"This is not a trivial matter. I don't like Chinese language, and I don't like Chinese people. Chinese language affects my emotions."
"He's jealous."
"What am I jealous of?"
"Your country has more than 1,500 languages, and there are dozens of official languages. I heard that you need to know at least a dozen foreign languages to go shopping. China is bigger than you, and they only have one official language, so You are jealous of China and don’t like the Chinese language. Because you won’t be able to do what the Chinese did thousands of years ago.”
"Will, do you deserve a beating..."
The most difficult relationship in the world is definitely not the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, nor the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but colleagues with conflicts of interest and competition. On the career path, if you want to go further, you must get rid of the colleagues around you. The higher your position, the more difficult it is to deal with the people around you. If you dislike them, others may dislike you even more.
"Enough."
Seeing that Wei Shiba and Will were about to take action, a man with an Asian face couldn't bear it and scolded them, and the room became quiet for a moment.
"Okay, if people like you start here, you might demolish the entire row of houses. Now, let's get down to business."
The white woman continued the previous topic.
"The current situation is unclear and the originally scheduled operation time has been changed."
"Should it be brought forward or delayed?"
"I don't know yet. But there is a high probability that it will be postponed."
"Then what should we do next."
"That's why I invited you here today. You continue your previous work and continue to use the securities companies and funds in your hands to copy the Shanghai and Shanghai stock markets."
Everyone was silent, everyone was lost in thought.
"What is the target?" Asan Wei Shiba asked
"The Shanghai Stock Index is currently at 4,000 points. The original target was 6,000 points. Now it is 10,000 points."
"Linda, this is impossible. This is China and there is a limit on the price. Do you think we are still in the financial street of the United States?"
"If 10,000 points doesn't work, then 9,000 points. If 9,000 points doesn't work, then 8,000 points. This is the task given by the above, and it is also the reason why you are here, and it is also the value of your existence. If you can't do it, you can raise it now and later on There are plenty of people ready to take over the positions you vacate."
The man with the Asian face was obviously the one with the highest status among these people. Under his influence, the room fell into silence again.
"Of course I won't let you work in vain. The people above said that if you can do it, 1% of the profit will be your bonus. With this money, the five generations after you will have enough to eat and drink. The key is You don’t have to pay taxes.”
The strategy of stick and carrot obviously didn't work this time, and everyone remained silent.
"Professor Lu, you make it easy. No matter how much money you give, you still have to spend your life. Many people have died in Shanghai in the past two days, and some of them are still my clients."
"Actually, what you just said is right. This is not the financial street of the United States. But you can also make full use of this. In the United States, if you want to engage in financial investment, you need to find professionals and qualified brokers. China is different. , as long as you are an adult here, you can buy stocks. They are not professional and don’t even know anything. But Chinese people are always happy to make money, and they are very kind, easy to trust people, and easy to cheat. You can make full use of it. Public opinion media propaganda has attracted more people to fall into the trap. China’s population base is too huge. At present,
The number of people entering the stock market is less than 40 million. If you only need to increase this number to 10% of China's total population, I believe that the task should be easily accomplished. "
Professor Lu's words woke up the dreamer, and everyone's expressions softened a lot.
While everyone was still having a heated discussion, Asan Wei Shiba's eyes suddenly became dull, his body softened, and he banged his forehead heavily on the Eight Immortals table.
Will was the first to react. He pushed Ah San beside him, and when he didn't react, he put his hand on Ah San's carotid artery.
"died."
Before anyone could react, the other seven people in the room softened and fell down.
In an instant, the eight people present were bleeding from their mouths, noses, eyes, and ears.
Everyone in this dilapidated house is now dead.
...
The He family is one of the top three big families in Shanghai. On the surface, it seems that they are not well-known in the business world, or in the world of the He family.
Their home is located in the suburbs of Shanghai and is equally low-key, but when you walk into this seemingly unremarkable house, your outlook will be completely shattered.
It looks like a desk randomly found in an ancient furniture store, but it was once an object in the Xinuang Pavilion in the Forbidden City. The European-style large bed and the old-looking cabinets in the bedroom were actually furniture used by the last emperor of France. A piece of erotic painting hanging casually in the corner is the work of Tang Yin. Every object displayed here seems ordinary, but in fact everything you see is an orphan, a treasure, and a priceless thing that is unique in the world.
Hejia perfectly combines low-key and luxury.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, members of the He family have held high official positions, so their family must keep a low profile to some extent. But in the eyes of some knowledgeable people, the He family is both important and established. How many people who can visit their home can't understand the value of these things.
There are three people sitting on the sofa in the study room on the second floor. The heads of the He family are a pair of siblings. The elder sister is nearly fifty years old, and the younger brother looks younger, probably in his early thirties.
Opposite them sat a foreigner with good temperament and handsome appearance.
The man is holding a business card and looking at it. Business cards are very simple. Just a company name, a person's name and an email address.
"Landhead International Affairs Consulting Company. Howard White. Mr. Howard, if I remember correctly, Landhead Company should be a think tank serving the president of your country. I don't know why you come to my house."
"Mr. He, there is nothing special about my visit this time. It is just because I will expand my business in Shanghai in the coming days. For a family like your He family, I naturally want to come and visit."
This blond foreigner speaks fluent Chinese.
"Visit, have you visited the Zhang family? Have you visited the Xiang family? Why did you come to my house first?"
"I will go, but in my mind, your He family is the leader in Shanghai."
"Although these words are very hypocritical, I like it. If you have anything to do, go to the Three Treasures Palace. Tell me what you have to do."
"Mr. He is so refreshing..."
Howard took out two A4 paper lists from the document bag and handed them to the He family siblings.
When the two of them took it and looked at it, they both frowned.
