The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Time flies and it’s mid-August in a blink of an eye.

At the beginning of this month, international gold soared by US$80 per ounce, reaching US$415 per ounce. Together with the increase in July, international gold has reached a premium of US$120 per ounce compared to the lowest price in June; equivalent to an appreciation of up to 40%.

For a time, some families were happy and some were sad.

Hong Kong has become one of the four major gold trading places in the world, second only to New York, London and Zurich. There are also countless financial companies and banks speculating in gold in Hong Kong.

Therefore, gold has skyrocketed and plummeted, providing a paradise-like environment for these ‘speculators’.

But it is obvious that many financial companies will go bankrupt in this wave.

Xie Liyuan Gold Shop in Hong Kong.

A manager walked into the office and said anxiously: "Boss, Cheng Sheng and Wang Sheng from UNIQLO are here to see you!"

And Xie Zhiqiang's face was even more ugly.

It turned out that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop in Hong Kong raised 35 million Hong Kong dollars using a "gold account". Originally, the gold should have been bought in physical gold and deposited in the gold shop; but because he felt that gold would fall, he did not buy gold. In this way, he Greater profits can be obtained.

But at the beginning of this month, gold soared by US$80, and it was too late for him to buy it.

Therefore, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop is already substantially bankrupt.

Recently, customers with gold accounts have been asking for cash, and the cash at Xie Liyuan Gold Shop in Hong Kong has been almost exhausted.

If Uniqlo comes to cash out, Hong Kong Xie Liyuan Gold Shop cannot afford it at all, because it is more than 13 million Hong Kong dollars, and he will lose more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Please come in"

"OK"

He couldn't afford to offend the people at Uniqlo. As long as he dared not to meet them, he would probably get into big trouble soon.

After a while, Cheng Xixian and Wang Shanqiang came to the office.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Cheng Xixian said happily: "This time we at Uniqlo speculated on gold and made a huge profit of more than 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars. Our boss also asked me to take it as soon as it was good. So, please ask Xie Sheng to help us arrange cash out immediately and settle the commission. Then, pay us Hong Kong dollars."

Xie Zhiqiang said in embarrassment: "This gold has risen so sharply, maybe if we wait a little longer, we can get a higher return!"

Cheng Xixian smiled and said: "We just accept it when it's good. This is not our main business. According to Xie Sheng, gold has risen sharply, so we can cash out in one day, right?"

Xie Zhiqiang suddenly hesitated, because now the company's accounts can't even get out 10 million, and there are still nearly 10 million in funds to be paid in the future.

Originally, without Uniqlo's investment, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop could have persisted until September, but now it is about to close down.

Seeing Xie Zhiqiang hesitate, Cheng Xixian already knew what he was saying, and immediately said: "The way Xie looks like it, it seems that he didn't buy any gold in our gold account, causing a huge loss, and he can't pay it out, right?"

Xie Zhiqiang was shocked and said quickly: "Cheng Sheng, don't worry, I will definitely be able to raise enough money for you!"

This time, he was completely exposed!

After all, Xie Zhiqiang was afraid of the forces behind the Uniqlo company, and for a while he didn't even dare to hide it.

Cheng Xixian was shocked: "Sheng Xie, did you really cause huge losses by speculating in gold?"

Xie Zhiqiang lowered his head and said: "I can definitely repay the debt. Please Cheng Sheng and Wang Sheng believe me. After all, our Xie family also has a century-old heritage."

Cheng Xixian and Wang Shanqiang looked at each other, and after some 'communication', he said: "We don't care whether Mr. Xie really didn't buy gold, but now you need to write a guarantee and pay our funds within three days. Otherwise, we have the right We will litigate this matter and pay off the debts of Hong Kong Xie Liyuan Gold Shop."

Xie Zhiqiang said absently: "Xie Liyuan Gold Shop is already insolvent!"

Cheng Xixian suddenly became angry!

Because originally I wanted to take over Xie Liyuan Gold Shop and run it. But later, the boss felt that the name of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop was unpleasant and unlucky, so he planned to re-brand it as 'Lukfook Jewelry'.

Therefore, apart from the talents needed, Xie Liyuan Gold Shop no longer has what Uniqlo needs.

"It seems that Xie Liyuan Gold Shop can only go bankrupt, so we can only go to the court to apply for Xie Liyuan's bankruptcy liquidation. Mr. Xie, I am very angry, but I know this will not help. In this way, you can work for us in the future to pay off our debts, and then We have retained all the talents from Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, and they will join us at Lukfook Jewellery."

Xie Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then said: "You also want to enter the jewelry industry?"

Cheng Xixian nodded and said, "I've always had the idea to accept the talents from Xie Liyuan Gold Shop this time!"

After a brief communication, the two parties decided to go through the legal process. After all, if these matters do not go through a lawyer, there will be a lot of trouble. Xie Zhiqiang still owes a lot of money to other customers, and there will be a lot of trouble behind him.

A week later, Hong Kong's Xie Liyuan Gold Shop announced its closure.

After the collapse of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, there were widespread rumors in the market that Xie Liyuan had a close relationship with Hang Lung Bank. Some investors holding gold coupons from Xie Liyuan Gold Shop went to Hang Lung Bank to request cash, but were rejected.

For a time, news about the bank's payment problems spread like wildfire, triggering a run on Hang Lung Bank.

Within two days, nearly 100 million yuan was withdrawn.

Fortunately, Standard Chartered Bank and Hua Xia Bank issued statements fully supporting Hang Lung Bank, and the run on banks temporarily subsided.

Uniqlo Enterprises.

Lin Zhichao was in a meeting with several senior executives, and he did not expect that he almost lost money this time because of his mistake.

He originally wanted the Xie Liyuan sign, but in the end he thought something wasn't right. What's the use of a broken sign with the word "thank you" on it. If you want to acquire Xie Liyuan Signboard, you also need to deal with legal liabilities, which is really troublesome.

Fortunately, after Xie Liyuan's collapse, Uniqlo's 10 million Hong Kong dollars in principal were given priority, and the remaining 3.6 million Hong Kong dollars in profits were credited to Xie Zhiqiang.

With the strength of the Xie family, they can definitely afford it.

What's more, Xie Zhiqiang will work for Uniqlo to pay off his debts in the future, with a monthly salary of HK$20,000. Not only that, Uniqlo also detained Xie Zhiqiang’s Mercedes-Benz and expensive watches.

In the letter from Uniqlo to thank Zhiqiang, there is this sentence: "Mercedes-Benz is the status symbol of successful people, but you are not considered a successful person!"

Obviously, Xie Zhiqiang made Uniqlo "lose money". This is his deserved evaluation!

At the meeting, Lin Zhichao said: "After the establishment of Lukfook Jewelry, the group must quickly strengthen its control. Xie Zhiqiang is only a temporary manager. Even the original Xie Liyuan managers and technical personnel need to strengthen management. I hope that it will gradually become a company as soon as possible." A whole new team.”

Cheng Xixian immediately said: "No problem! We have already identified a deputy general manager and assigned financial, accounting and other management personnel. We will gradually increase control in the future."

With the resources of Xie Liyuan Gold Shop, ten stores can be opened in a short period of time, and management will be strengthened later.

Lin Zhichao continued: "Lukfook Jewelry wants to quickly become famous. I thought of an advertising slogan, 'It doesn't matter if it lasts forever, it only matters what you once had.' Please hurry up and make it so that we can use it this year."

Everyone couldn't help but marvel!

"Boss, this advertising slogan is really great!"

"Awesome"

Lin Zhichao also said proudly: "I was suddenly inspired! Well, this is the advertising slogan for Lukfook Jewelry. As for the advertising spokesperson, I will invite one of the Miss Asia contestants later, and I will sign it after the competition is over!"

Afterwards, everyone agreed.

This year's "Miss Asia" on Asian TV broke the dominance of the "Miss Hong Kong" family in one fell swoop. Because it claimed to have spent a huge sum of 8 million Hong Kong dollars to organize the beauty pageant, including the entire Asian region, "Miss Asia" was even more powerful than "Miss Hong Kong" for a while. A bit more influential.

Moreover, the selection period of "Miss Asia" also coincided with Asia Television's successive launch of a series of exciting programs such as "Bao Qingtian" and "Prize Men", which attracted many beauties to switch to ATV.

Of course, Lin Zhichao’s influence also lies in this. After all, with such a wealthy financial backer, who wouldn’t be optimistic about ATV?

The Asian Sister finals are being held in the studio of the ATV building. The beauties on the stage are all showing off their talents, and they all want to wear the first "Asian Sister" crown. Kwong Mei-yun is one of them. She originally wanted to participate in Miss Hong Kong, but the promotion of Miss Asia was too tempting, so she spent 8 million Hong Kong dollars on organizing and other promotions.

The girls on the stage competed for their beauty, and there were many spectators off the stage, including the rich and young.

Brothers Lin Ruikai and Lin Ruicheng were also preparing to walk into the VIP seats to watch.

"Fourth brother, do you think Kuang Meiyun will win the championship?" Lin Ruicheng said excitedly.

Lin Ruikai smiled. His father did not allow him to get too involved in the entertainment industry, but he never thought that his eighth brother would fall in love with Kuang Meiyun on stage.

Therefore, during the ATV selection period, the eighth brother kept going to ATV, of course, sitting in the VIP seats, and did not know Kwong Meiyun, so as not to undermine the fairness.

"You don't care whether she wins the championship or not. If she doesn't win the championship, won't you pursue others?"

Lin Ruicheng said: "That's true! But since I like others, I naturally hope that she wins the championship. No matter, I will go backstage later, and you can't stop me this time."

Lin Ruikai smiled and said: "No problem! But if father knows, you can face it yourself."

Lin Ruicheng said: "What are you afraid of? I'm just in a normal relationship! What's more, after the five brothers got married, my father didn't care at all about my marriage with Lao Jiu!"

Lin Ruikai said sincerely: "It's not that father doesn't care, it's that father is worried that each child has different ideas and is afraid that you two brothers will rebel."

Lin Ruicheng was suddenly shocked. He did not expect that his father cared so much about their feelings. He had always thought that what his father cared about most was the family inheritance, as long as his son and daughter-in-law gave birth to grandchildren.

Lin Ruikai patted Lao Ba on the shoulder and said: "Actually, my father only interfered with the second brother's feelings, but the facts proved that the original interference was right. Now the second brother is very grateful to his father, and his relationship with his second sister-in-law is also very good. .”

Lin Ruicheng nodded seriously!

The brothers then walked into the studio hall, greeted some people, and sat in the VIP seats.

After a while, the 'Miss Asia' finals began.

ATV has invested huge funds, and the stage effect is naturally very good.

The overall ratings instantly soared to first place in the same period.

After more than two hours of competition, Kuang Meiyun won the first Miss Asia crown as she wished. This 20-year-old girl who started working at the age of 14 shed tears of happiness.

After a while, Asian ladies entered the background one after another.

At this time, Lin Ruicheng walked in with flowers in hand, and the staff were stunned. Could it be that the Asian lady was going to have good luck?

"Ms. Kuang, congratulations on winning the first Miss Asia crown. You deserve it!"

Kuang Meiyun was stunned. He didn't recognize the handsome young man in front of her, but she had seen him at the VIP table.

An ATV executive introduced: "Ms. Kuang, this is Mr. Lin Ruicheng, the executive of Global Shipping!"

Lin Ruicheng politely thanked ATV executives!

Then he said: "Miss Kuang, I admire you very much and have been following your competition. I hope you can accept this bouquet of flowers!"

Kuang Meiyun was surprised in her heart. The executive of Global Shipping was actually so young, and his surname was Lin. Could he be the son of Mr. Lin Zhichao?

She quickly accepted the flowers and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin! I have noticed you in the VIP seats at many games. Thank you for your appreciation. Now that I have won the Asian sister championship, it must be because of your blessing."

The Asian sisters around were all envious!

If you can directly enter the backstage, you must be a distinguished guest, and if you can be introduced by ATV executives in a grand manner, you must be a rich young man.

Why are they running for Miss Asia?

Isn't it just that--it's best to marry into a rich family, and then enter the entertainment industry!

"Ms. Kuang, after work is done tonight, can we have a supper together?"

"Ah, it should be later, if you are not in a hurry?"

"Of course there's no rush, I'll wait for you outside!"

Lin Ruicheng's pursuit of girls is simple and rough, but he has his father's style!

He will not hide his identity, after all, this is the best weapon, although he is also very talented.

When Lin Ruicheng left, the Asian sisters exploded. They didn't expect someone to pursue the championship so quickly. When will it be my turn?

As everyone knows, Kuang Meiyun has better luck. She has been selected as the "spokesperson" of Lukfook Jewelry and will soon receive her first endorsement contract.

The person who made this decision was naturally Lin Zhichao. He knew from the Asian sister competition that Kuang Meiyun joined ATV and did not go to TVB.

According to Lin Zhichao’s understanding, Kuang Meiyun is quite business savvy and is very good at real estate speculation.

The fact that such a girl from a poor background can have such achievements at least shows that she has a tough character and is more suitable for Lukfook Jewelry.

Of course, Lin Zhichao didn't expect that his son would fall in love with someone else.

More than twenty days later.

British Prime Minister Thatcher visited the capital and fell asleep outside the Great Hall. This scene was filmed by Hong Kong media and caused a huge uproar in Hong Kong.

This fall has shattered the confidence of Hong Kong citizens.

The uncertain future of Hong Kong has triggered a collapse of confidence in the entire society. The stock market has plummeted, real estate has plummeted, and the Hong Kong dollar has begun to depreciate.

Many investors are trembling because they are almost bankrupt! (End of chapter)