I want to be a giant of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 663 [Funeral of the Ship King]

In October, Cheung Kong and Hongkong Land announced the joint development of the sixth large-scale housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, which stunned the citizens of Hong Kong Island for a while;
Some time ago, the two companies were fighting fiercely at the auction;
After more than two months, the two parties have cooperated on such a large project, which is really surprising!
Some Chinese-funded real estate developers have even started to take a fancy to it. Cheung Kong is not cooperating with Chinese-funded real estate developers, but cooperates with British-funded real estate developers;
Of course, this is just a thought;
It should be noted that in real estate cooperation on Hong Kong Island, it is quite normal for Chinese and British capital to cooperate.

Another year passed in a flash, and the time came to April 1982.

Wu Guangyao thought that history had been changed a lot by himself, but he found that some history would not change because of his appearance.

On April 4th, Wu Guangyao heard on the phone that Dong Yunhao, like history, died of a heart attack in the early hours of the morning.

Putting down the phone, Wu Guangyao fell into deep thought;
Dong Yunhao's death was apparently due to a heart attack, but in fact it was due to the Hong Kong government;
Of course, the Hong Kong government didn't know there would be such consequences, but the Hong Kong government didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of him!

Before April this year, the size of Dong's fleet reached 1150 million tons, with a total of 149 ships;

On April 150th, the launching ceremony of Dong's 3th ship will be held in Taiwan. This ship is called "Charter", a [-]-ton luxury cruise ship;
Dong has a shipping company registered on Taiwan Island, and the owner of the ship is the bread and butter of the shipyard, which can create a lot of jobs;
Therefore, Taiwan Island attaches great importance to Dong's ship launching ceremony. At that time, a large number of dignitaries will gather in Kaohsiung to support Dong.

Speaking of the launching ceremony, as the owner of the ship, Wu Guangyao also attaches great importance to it. It is quite normal to invite dignitaries and celebrities for the launch of a new ship;
But compared to the emphasis on the launching ceremony, I am afraid that no one in the world pays more attention to it than Dong Yunhao.

Dong Yunhao once launched a new ship built in France. The French government sent a large number of deputy ministers to the scene to add to the fun, and they all put on uniforms;
However, Dong Yunhao was still dissatisfied, thinking that the pomp was not grand enough;
Dong Yunhao said to his friend dissatisfied: "I really want to show these Frenchmen the grandeur of my new boat's launching ceremony in Japan!"

It turned out that Dong Yunhao’s launching ceremony in Japan was: after the champagne bottle was broken, a 21-gun salute was fired, and then white doves flew all over the sky, and then more than 100 beauties in Japanese kimonos walked off the ship and led all the guests on board.
Dong paid special attention to the launching ceremony of the new ship in Taiwan, because recently the world media began to tout him as 'the world's largest ship king';
The most glorious thing for him is that on the day of the launching ceremony, he will fly to Kaohsiung with Prince Rainier and his wife of Monaco;

It was named "Charter" by the stunningly beautiful princess - former Hollywood movie star Grace.

Such a beautiful side naturally made Dong Yunhao very excited for a period of time, and he was even more personally involved in the work;

On April 4th, the Rainiers departed from Europe and flew to Hong Kong;
Dong planned to pick him up at the airport, and then flew to Kaohsiung with Rainier and his wife on April 4 to participate in the launching ceremony on April 17.

Unexpectedly, the Hong Kong government crossed a stick and prevented Dong from going to the airport to pick up the plane.

The consideration of the Hong Kong government is: because of the business relationship, Mr. Dong has contact with economic officials in Taiwan. Mr. Dong even almost became a senior official of the "Ministry of Communications" of Taiwan Island;
No matter how small Monaco is, it is still a sovereign country, and its prince's visit to Hong Kong naturally attracted the attention of the Hong Kong government and the mainland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

At that time, the British side and the mainland side are about to start negotiations on the ownership of Hong Kong;
Therefore, due to political considerations, the Hong Kong government did not allow Dong to go to the airport to pick him up.

Seeing such a glorious moment, Mrs. Dong was actually blocked by the Hong Kong government, thinking it was a great insult, coupled with the exhaustion of the past few days;

The unbearable Dong suffered a heart attack that night and was rushed to Sanatorium and Hospital;

In the early hours of this morning (15th), the soul of a generation of ship kings returned to the sea at the age of 71.

On April 4, the launching ceremony originally scheduled for Taiwan Island became a funeral in Hong Kong.

On this day, Wu Guangyao personally helped Dong Yunhao's spirit, and Prince Rainier of Monaco walked in the front;

The rest of the spirit support staff sometimes served as Hong Kong Chief Secretary Xia Dingji, Financial Secretary Peng Lizhi, Shaw Run Fu, Huang Lisong and others;

At the same time, more than 3000 celebrities gathered at the funeral;

President Reagan of the United States and Xiao Jiang, the leader of the Taiwan Island region, also sent condolence calls.

After attending the funeral, Wu Guangyao walked up to Bao Yugang and started talking;
"Old Bao, although Lao Dong's death was a little unexpected, there was already a problem with his body; you have to pay attention, there should be no less physical examinations every year, and it is best to go to the United States for physical examinations."

Bao Yugang nodded, and said seriously: "Don't worry! I go to the United States for inspections every year!"

Wu Guangyao had already reminded Bao Yugang a few years ago;
If he goes to the United States for an examination every year as he said, it means that he has not yet suffered from cancer.

If the disease still reappears in him, it is estimated that it will be found out in one or two years;

Of course, it is also possible that history has changed and this disease will not appear. This is of course a good thing.
"Old Dong may have left a mess! It's an eventful season, and the shipping winter has obviously arrived, but there are always people who can't see the situation clearly, worry!"

Naturally, Wu Guangyao hoped that all shipowners on Hong Kong Island could escape this ship disaster.

Bao Yugang said: "It started with shipping problems, and Hong Kong's real estate seems to have problems too. I'm afraid there will be a sharp drop in the future!"

In the first half of the year, there have been obvious signals in Hong Kong's real estate, and most real estate developers have already smelled it.

Wu Guangyao said: "Don't worry, as long as we don't have any debt problems, there will be another upward trend in a few years. We don't need to consider political factors. If the other side gets what it wants, it will treat Hong Kong well."

Bao Yugang nodded and said, "I think so too!"

The conversation between the two was not defensive, but they didn't talk about politics either. They just expressed their optimism about Hong Kong's future.

Zhao Congyan, who was next to him, heard the conversation between the two and quickly joined in.

"Guangyao, why are you so optimistic?"

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "We have been in Hong Kong Island for more than 30 years and have experienced too many storms and waves; every time there is a storm on Hong Kong Island, there are always people who can't wait to escape; when the storm subsides, they return to life on Hong Kong Island. Just ask, they How much property was lost?"

The economy plummeted, and these people sold their assets and left Hong Kong; when they came back again, the selling price was far from being able to buy back the original assets.

There was something in Wu Guangyao's words, and he was also reminding Zhao Congyan;

At this time, Wu Guangyao no longer needed Hong Kong's economic slump so that he could buy the bottom line;
The Wu family no longer lacks that money!

Even Wu Guangyao has made up his mind to try his best to maintain the stability of Hong Kong during the negotiations.

Of course, if some people do not believe in Wu Guangyao, that is their loss;
Although the Wu family is not short of that money, but to maintain the stability of Hong Kong's economy, it is bound to "buy the bottom" in order to prove that they are optimistic about Hong Kong and play a leading role;
Then, we can only passively accept some 'bottom-buying' profits!

Zhao Congyan said with a smile: "I have always been optimistic about Hong Kong, but I am also optimistic about the shipping industry. Hong Kong is a treasure land for the development of shipping. If global shipping is to rise, it will definitely start from Hong Kong."

Hong Kong is indeed a shipping treasure, but the times are indeed different!

Wu Guangyao said helplessly, "Maybe!"

Zhao Congyan is optimistic about the shipping industry. His biggest loophole is that he does not trust the mainland, so he buys a lot of ships and turns the funds into disposable assets;
Once there is a change, it is easy to leave while driving the boat;
Back then, he and his son arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai by boat;

The "Victoria Star" brought great benefits to the Zhao family. It not only helped their family escape, but also helped the Zhao family earn more money to buy the boat, which was much higher than when Bao Yu was just starting out;

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Congyan is so obsessed with shipping. He firmly believes that 'ships are real assets, and antiques are also real assets'.

(End of this chapter)