Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

That night, Christie's auction house in Hong Kong.

During the day, the battle between Shi Zhijian and Li Zhaotian finally came to an end.

For many Hong Kong businessmen who like to "watch the battle", this hot and exciting event has already ended, and it is not worth studying again!

After all, winners and losers!

Instead of staring at this "commercial war", it is better to spend more thought and time on more meaningful things.

For example, auctions!

The big auction houses of this era were not so much auctions as they were social drinks.

Doing business is all about people!

The auction is about antiques and money, but in fact, it is a network of people, people come and go, and it is the world!

At this moment, the whole hall was brightly lit, and people were like weaving.

The waiter in a black vest and a playful bow tie carried a tray with champagne, soda, whiskey and other drinks on the tray, and shuttled through the hall like a fish.

The people who come here to participate in the auction tonight are all the famous people in Hong Kong. No matter how bad they are, they are the local nouveau riche.

Next to the indoor fountain.

"Boss Li, regardless of whether we were rivals before, thank you this time!" Shi Zhijian took out two cocktails from a waiter's tray and handed them to Li Jiacheng, the boss of Cheung Kong Enterprises in a neat suit and glasses.

Li Jiacheng's mood is extremely complicated at this moment. Looking at Shi Zhijian with a smile and a polite tone, he doesn't know what to feel in his heart.

"You're welcome! I'm also saving myself!" Li Jiacheng had to explain his behavior at Li Zhaotian's mansion today.

In the eyes of outsiders, he Li Jiacheng and Li Zhaotian are business partners. To be precise, he is a follower of Li Zhaotian.

Now that the followers have betrayed the boss, they will always be stabbed in the spine if they say it out!

"Your choice is right! After all, the Rishi Hydropower Project is very profitable. If you want to get a piece of the pie from Cheung Kong, you must make a profit!"

Li Jiacheng took the cocktail handed over by Shi Zhijian, and when he heard Shi Zhijian's words, his hand shook slightly, and the cocktail shook lightly in the glass!

"Cough, I don't have that much ambition!" Li Jiacheng said hurriedly.

"Really? Everyone knows that Hong Kong's hydropower projects are monopolized by two major families, one is the Kadoorie family, and the other is the Li family of Huashang! Boss Li, do you think it's easier to grab food from a bowl?"

Li Jiacheng stared at Shi Zhijian, "Mr. Shi, doing business is about fate! It's not about grabbing food from someone else's bowl! I can't do that!"

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!" Shi Zhijian took a sip of his cocktail and smiled slightly at Li Jiacheng: "Then I hope that Boss Li can truly uphold this kind of justice, and it will be a good thing for the business world to be a leader in the future!"

"Are you mocking me?"

"No, I'm congratulating you!" After Shi Zhijian finished speaking, he glanced not far away, "I have a friend to greet you, excuse me first!"

Shi Zhijian reached out and patted Li Jiacheng's shoulder lightly, and then walked not far away with his cocktail in hand.

Behind him, Li Jiacheng held a cocktail and fell into contemplation.

In fact, what Shi Zhijian said was right. The reason why he betrayed Li Zhaotian this time was that he was willing to fight back when Li Zhaotian was in danger. In addition to knowing that Shi Zhi held the evidence that Li Zhaotian hired a murderer to frame people, the main purpose was to wait for Li Zhaotian. After Zhaotian went to prison, he divided up the hydropower industry of the Lee family!

Hydropower is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the most important thing is money!

It is a pity that the water and electricity business in Hong Kong is controlled by the Kadoorie family and the Chinese businessman Li Zhaotian.

Even if Li Jiacheng wanted to get a piece of the pie, he would have to look at Li Zhaotian's face. Just like last time, Li Jiacheng wanted to raise the water price of his newly built water plant to ten yuan per ton, but was stopped by Li Zhaotian.

The reason why Li Zhaotian stopped this was not because he was considerate of the common people and felt that the price was too high, but because he was showing his power in hydropower pricing. This made Li Jiacheng very unhappy.

In addition, the power project that Li Jiacheng is going to develop in Tsuen Wan is very large. Li Jiacheng has always wanted to participate in the investment, but Li Zhaotian always uses this as a bargaining chip, yelling at him and treating him as a servant. This made Li Jiacheng even more uncomfortable and planted the seeds of rebellion.

"As the old saying goes, those who gain the way help more, and those who lose the way get little help! It's not that I, Li Jiacheng, betrayed Li Zhaotian, but that Li Zhaotian lost his heart! Not only did he offend a Chinese businessman, but he also hated those British-owned ghosts. , even if such a person does not die, he will not escape the catastrophe!" Li Jiacheng comforted himself.

"Brother-in-law, what are you thinking? So fascinated!" A voice sounded beside him.

Li Jiacheng looked up, but it was his brother-in-law Zhuang Jiajun.

"Nothing? Jiajun, do you know who in this world can achieve great things?"

Zhuang Jiajun was stunned, not understanding why Li Jiacheng suddenly asked this.

"Those who make big things don't care about the small details! Be precise in your vision, and be ruthless in your shots! Just like a cheetah catching its prey, it bites its throat and hits it with one blow!" Li Jiacheng's eyes flashed a stern look, "So I don't regret it! Even if I repeat it a thousand times, I still have to do it! Because I have lofty ideals! In the future, I must become the richest man in China!"

After Li Jiacheng finished speaking, he drank the cocktail in his hand!

The spicy cocktail stimulated his facial muscles to twitch, making his face hideous!

...

There are many people Shi Zhijian wants to greet, such as Xu Sanshao and Huo Dashao who are attending tonight's auction, as well as Su Diwen, the son-in-law of the charter king who he knows, Qiu Dejian, president of Far East Bank, and Kowloon bus tycoon Lei Juekun. , Shaw Brothers film company boss Shao Yifu and others.

Xu Shao and Huo Shao smiled when they saw Shi Zhijian. After all, the three were friends.

Su Diwen can only use the word "serving" to describe Shi Zhijian. Originally, he had a little opinion about Shi Zhijian before, and felt that Shi Zhijian was a little out of proportion, but now, that little opinion has disappeared.

Qiu Dejiao, Lei Juekun, Shao Yifu and others looked at Shi Zhijian who appeared at the auction scene in high spirits, but they all had their own thoughts, but there was one thing that surprised them all. It is said that Shi Zhijian was able to successfully handle Li Zhaotian this time. It was Shen Bi, the HSBC executive who helped a lot, but the question is why did Shen Bi help Shi Zhijian? Is it because Shi Zhijian is handsome enough?

This doubt makes them think they can't figure it out!

Shen Bi is a well-known foreign wealth **** in Hong Kong. Countless people want to have a relationship with him but cannot get it. How did Shi Zhijian do it?

...

At about eight o'clock, the host of the auction took to the stage and began to introduce the dignitaries who were able to come to the auction site this time, and praised these rich people.

Don't look at Shi Zhijian's just defeated the mighty super-big Henry Zhaotian, whose net worth is only hundreds of millions. Which of the big tycoons present here is not billions, or even billions? !

Therefore, Shi Zhijian is not qualified to be introduced by the host, and his seat is not particularly high, but after Shao Yifu, Qiu Degen, Lei Juekun and others.

The host finished touting, and began to step into the topic, explaining some of the treasures and antiques auctioned tonight!

Shi Zhijian, Xu Shao, Huo Shao and the others chatted while watching the auction.

Soon, the first lot was brought to the stage by the host, which was a blue-and-white porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty.

Xu Sanshao used to steal the collection of his father's safe to sell. He knew a little about porcelain, so he bragged about Shi Zhijian and Huo Shao, saying that this piece of Yuanqinghua has a lot of collection value.

Sure enough, in the end, this porcelain was auctioned off by Shao Daheng for 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, which became a good start for tonight's auction!

The treasures of Yuanqinghua are just throwing bricks to attract jade, and then all kinds of antique porcelain, calligraphy and painting shareholders appear one after another.

Qiu Dehei, Lei Juekun, and other rich and powerful people bid for the auction, and soon those treasures were put into their arms.

For these bigwigs, in addition to collecting the ancient treasures from these auctions, the most important thing is that they can be used as gifts!

Gift giving is a science!

If the gifts sent out have no value reference, it will be boring, so it is very high-level and meaningful to send these gifts that were auctioned at the auction. The most important thing is that they are very high-level!

Soon, the auction's collection was almost finished. At this time, the host brought up a collection of an unknown collector, but it was a copy of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and painting "Rare and Confused"!

The authentic Chinese character "Rare and Confused" is by no means in Hong Kong. Although the copy in front of me is written in a decent manner, a discerning person can tell the truth at a glance.

Sure enough, those who knew how to appreciate all laughed, which made the host feel a little embarrassed. This was the collector who insisted on shooting and promised a lot of commissions. Christie's reluctantly took it out and marked the reserve price. One million - of course, that's what the collector asked for.

"I think this person is crazy about money!"

"Yeah, you want to auction a million for such a fake? One hundred yuan is too much!"

Just in the midst of a burst of laughter, someone raised a placard to start the auction!

It was a stranger whom no one at the scene knew.

Just when everyone was surprised that such a calligraphy and painting could be sold for 1 million, Shi Zhijian raised his card, and he sold 1100,000!

Then the race begins!

In the end, Shi Zhijian won the fake calligraphy and painting "Rare and Confused" with 1.6 million auctions under everyone's astonishment!

At this moment, Shao Yifu and others are thinking about something. I am afraid that Shi Zhijian did not shoot this calligraphy and painting, but the master behind this calligraphy and painting!

...

Sure enough, after the auction, Shi Zhijian immediately met the collector of "Rare and Confused" at a teahouse in Central.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Shi Zhijian got up in person, hooked the purple sand teapot with his right hand, and put his left hand on his right wrist. He politely refilled a cup of tea for Shen Bi, the HSBC executive sitting opposite, and said.

Although Shen Bi is a ghost, with blond hair and blue eyes, and wearing a suit and tie, he is very harmonious with the environment of the teahouse - his actions of sipping tea, and the expression on his tasting face, are very similar to those old tea drinkers who have been soaking in the tea ceremony for many years.

"It doesn't matter! The tea here is very good! Especially this Biluochun, the taste is the best at this time!" Shen Bi smiled at Shi Zhijian.

Ever since he was deputy general manager of HSBC, he has been looking for opportunities to climb the ladder. He originally thought that helping Li Zhaotian was an opportunity to use the influence of the Li family in Hong Kong to put himself on the throne of general manager.

But the fact is that Li Zhaotian has been begging for him all this time, but he can't help him at all.

So Shen Bi thought backwards, how to get the biggest profit from Li Zhaotian, no doubt, there is a crisis in Ricci, and HSBC seizes Ricci's assets!

At the same time, Shen Bi set his sights on Shi Zhijian again. In his opinion, this young man is like a potential stock with unlimited future achievements. It can be seen from the battle between him and Li Zhaotian that his assets are not as good as Li Zhaotian. , the connections are not as good as Li Zhaotian, and his background and qualifications are left behind by Li Zhaotian, but even in such a difficult situation, he can still stand in an invincible position!

Shen Bi became interested in Shi Zhijian.

The result is that he and Shi Zhijian reached some kind of agreement!

"Don't worry, Mr. Shen! I have already photographed the calligraphy and painting you took. After deducting commissions, Christie's will credit your account at least 1.5 million tomorrow!" Shi Zhijian smiled and took a sip of tea.

"I'm ashamed, that's just something I copied when I had nothing to do, but it cost you money, Mr. Shi!" Shen Bi said this, but her eyes were full of joy.

As a HSBC senior class, although his salary is limited, Shen Bi's requirements for life are very petty, at least romantic. For example, he buys a diamond ring for his wife on the wedding anniversary, and gives it to his daughter on her birthday. She buys a Mercedes, and it costs money!

"In addition, I applied to your bank to use 30 million to win the equity of Ricci Construction Company..." Shi Zhijian looked at Shen Bi opposite Shen Bi with a teacup.

Shen Bi smiled, "Li Zhaotian used 70 million to win the Wharf, and then merged it into Ricci Construction Company! Now you are taking advantage of the sharp drop in Ricci Construction Company's stock price, are you going to take 30 million to swallow it?"

Shi Zhijian smiled~www.readwn.com~ Let him mortgage this company to your bank? Thirty million is a lot! "

After Shi Zhijian finished speaking, he looked at Shen Bi with meaningful eyes and said, "If I win Ricci Construction, then 30% of Ricci Construction's equity will be yours! No, it should be your daughter's! She is about to get married, isn't she? Just give her a dowry!"

Shen Bi smiled, "This is a good proposal!" After a pause, "But there is something I want to tell you, and I have said this to Li Zhaotian many times! I have always only recognized money when I do things. Don't recognize people! Even if you really swallow the Ricci Architecture, I will just stand by and watch if there is an accident in the future, or even fall into the trap!"

"Received! This is your capitalist, no, it should be the characteristic of financial practitioners! However, I like it!"

Shen Bi heard the words, got up and straightened his suit and said, "I have to say, we had a very pleasant conversation this time! But if you want 30 million to swallow Ricci Building, and then take control of the Wharf, you will have to wait a while, until the Ricci Building falls. Break the issue price, and it will soon become waste paper! In this way, if you pay 30 million, I can give the bank an explanation! "

"Understood!" Shi Zhijian also got up and smiled, "I don't have any hobbies, my favorite is to collect waste!"