The rise of Hong Kong's wealthy families

For half a month, He Jiahao has not been idle and has been understanding the situation of various industries in Hong Kong.

Since the world economic crisis in 1973, Hong Kong's economy has been in a sluggish state. The Hang Seng Index has been hovering between more than 400 points. Many companies are facing life and death difficulties. They all know that if they survive, they can prosper. However, bankrupt companies are like crossing the river. There are generally many crucian carps, and even the top five Chinese-owned companies have collected the company's cash flow and dare not easily buy the bottom.

Only behemoths such as Jardine Matheson and Wheelock and other British companies made large-scale acquisitions of other companies last year, but no acquisitions were heard from the beginning of this year.

Ho Jiahao speculated that the British capital may have predicted that the economy will pick up this year, but unfortunately there is still no recovery this year, so they tightened funds.

As for magazines, Ho saw a gap in them, magazines exclusively for men, such as "FHM" in the previous life.

The real "FHM" didn't appear until 1985, and I was a full 8 years early.

So, he used the memory of that magazine in his previous life to start categorizing the layout content, including photos of sexy girls on the cover, growth stories of goddesses or other things, as well as some overviews of zodiac signs, sports, etc.

On this day, He Jiahao walked to a pawn shop. The sign at the door was big, but the facade was small.

Pushing the door open, you will find a small hall of 20 square meters. There are three rows of sofas in the hall for waiting guests.

He Jiahao stood in the living room and glanced around, and immediately a woman in professional attire came over to say hello, "A Sheng (Mr.), what do you call me? What do you need to pawn?"

"My surname is He, and I want to be a piece of jade."

"Then please follow me."

Arriving at the large bank-style counter, through the window, there was a middle-aged man wearing a jacket and a white shirt. When he saw He Jiahao, he asked politely, "Sir, what do you want to be?"

He Jiahao took out five boxes from his small satchel and placed them on the counter.

Then, he opened the first box and handed it to the man.

The man took the box, picked up a jade pendant from inside, looked at it carefully for a while, and took a deep look at He Jiahao, "Sir, I'm sorry, can you wait a moment?"

Seeing He Jiahao nodding, the man put down his jade pendant, turned around and ran into the inner room, seemingly asking for instructions.

There are rules in the pawn shop: the pawn must not leave the eyes (the eyes of the pawnee).

After a while, an old man about sixty years old came out, looked at the jade pendant for a while, and said, "Sir, is this jade pendant a living thing or a dead thing?"

"What price?"

"The living wage is 30,000 yuan, and the dead life is 50,000 yuan."

"Okay, then let's die."

The last item to be pawned was a copybook.

"Is this an authentic work?" the old man asked in surprise.

"Hahaha, whether it is authentic or not depends on your judgment."

"Still dead?"

"Um."

"Emperor Qianlong had a lot of calligraphy and paintings, but the ones he copied were pretty good, worth about 250,000."

Among the Manchu and Qing emperors, Qianlong loved poetry, calligraphy and painting. Many of them have survived, but they are all in the hands of collectors. There are still relatively few on the market. Moreover, the people of Xiangjiang liked Qianlong very much, so the price is considered high.

He Jiahao asked for a check of 800,000 and cash of 30,000.

Things worth tens of millions in later generations can only be exchanged for hundreds of thousands in this era here.

He Jiahao is really reluctant to part with it, but it’s not like he has no money.

Very helpless about this.

When he returned to his accommodation, Shezai Ming found a group of people already sitting in the living room waiting for him. Sitting on the sofa was a fierce-looking young man.

It should be She Zaiming's boss.

Seeing this, He Jiahao was still a little scared. This group of people had evil spirits in them, so he stepped forward bravely.

"He Sheng, the ID card is ready, the balance is 2,000 yuan." She Zaiming handed He Jiahao an ID card.

"Yeah." He Jiahao took out the money he had prepared and gave it to She Zaiming.

Our ancestors said that money should not be exposed.

He Jiahao is also afraid of robbery by the Young and Dangerous boys.

Looking at the bauhinia pattern on the ID card, Ho Ka-ho was excited. In his previous life, some people tried their best to get this ID card. Now that he is from Xiangjiang, he no longer has to worry about having his ID card checked by Sir. He can also go out of Tuen Mun to apply for it. Publisher.

"If you need help with anything in the future, just come to me. The price is negotiable. I have the final say in this area. My name is Zhou Ding." The fierce-looking man finally stood up and said something to He Jiahao.

"Okay, Brother Ding." He Jiahao nodded, a little confused, to be so polite, but you should deal with this kind of people less, but you can't offend him, especially at this time.

After Zhou Ding's group of people disappeared, He Jiahao returned to the room to pack his luggage and prepare to leave the messy place of Tuen Mun.

Causeway Bay, where Ho plans to rent an office and live there.

Because it all takes time, he has to stay in a hotel for two days first.

Cackling! !

There was a knock on the door.

He Jiahao felt nervous, a little afraid that he was here to rob.

"Who is it?" shouted.

"It's me, She Zaiming." He Jiahao felt more at ease when he heard She Zaiming's voice.

He Jiahao opened the door and asked, "Brother Ming, what can I do?"

Suddenly Snake Zai felt ashamed, scratched his head and said, "I know He Sheng you are a cultural person, but in fact I was forced to be a young and Dangerous boy, so I wanted to hang out with He Sheng, but I don't know if He Sheng is willing to accept it." I?"

So direct!

He Jiahao lowered his head and thought, "Why? I don't have much money, I'm worse off than you are, and you know, I just came over, so I don't have anything."

He was also afraid that Snake Ming had other agendas, but it would definitely not work if he refused directly, in case he was retaliated against.

She Zaiming looked at the information on the table and said, "The cultural people above have come to Xiangjiang and have done well, and there is really no future in doing side jobs. They may die outside one day, if not"

He Jiahao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard that He Jiahao graduated from the University of Hong Kong majoring in economics and finance. Coupled with the sincerity of She Zai's words, his good impression immediately increased.

The University of Hong Kong in the 1970s was full of gold.

And he also needs help from others, otherwise if he does this alone, he will die suddenly before he can make any money.

"Brother Ding, did you make it clear?" He Jiahao asked.

"Let's make it clear. Brother Ding knows that you can't survive for a long time. It's just that Brother Ding can't escape."

"Well, I'll clean it up first, and I'll call you tomorrow." He Jiahao couldn't refuse directly. No matter what the purpose is, let's use it first.

"Let me help you."

In fact, there was nothing to deal with. Knowing that he would not be staying for long, He Jiahao naturally didn't buy anything.

It was already eleven o'clock when we took a taxi to Causeway Bay.

He Jiahao stayed at the Xindu Hotel next to Leighton Mountain. After having lunch and taking a short rest, he went out again.