The two chatted for a while in Hung Hom and then went about their own business. Zhang Zhonghua also returned to his company in Central.
Lou Zhenhua also returned to the company. Although he has now handed over the company to his eldest son Lou Yongjia, he is still the chairman in name, so he will still go to the company frequently to give Lou Yongjia direction.
The office staff of CFC Company has also expanded a lot, and the 5,000-square-foot super-large office seems a bit empty. Unfortunately, CFC has a lot of cash and is not short of money at all. Building such a large office is also to prepare for the future.
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhonghua drove his newly purchased car to Deep Water Bay. It was refreshing to drive on the forest path and breathe the fresh air. There were also many tourists on the beautiful shallow beach next to it.
The spring of April in Hong Kong Island has passed, the average temperature has exceeded 20 degrees, and the sun is shining brightly again today. There are already some sexy girls wearing swimsuits playing at the beach. Is there such a thing as heaven?
Two years ago, Li Chaoren spent 650,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy a villa in Deep Water Bay. Of course, it is not the future super mansion worth 2 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Today's Deep Water Bay villas are all three-story villas, covering an area of no more than 4,000 square feet.
Zhang Zhonghua and Lou Zhenhua are only slightly famous in Hong Kong Island, so they may not be qualified to buy them, but they have to try in case someone sells them to them.
Zhang Zhonghua drove to the Deep Water Bay villa area. It would actually be quite interesting to see Li Chaoren now. Maybe he would become a neighbor.
Li Chaoren has received mixed reviews. Those who admire him regard him as a lifelong idol, while those who disdain him regard him as a hater. But anyway, the public area he invented has trapped countless people.
When Zhang Zhonghua walked into the lobby, he saw an old man in a suit and leather shoes, drinking coffee leisurely. Zhang Zhonghua walked up to Xiaohua and asked, "Hello, are there any villas for sale here?"
Whose family is so rich that they let a young man buy a villa, and his grandmother speaks more authentic English than I, an Englishman. The Englishman looked at Zhang Zhonghua in front of him in confusion.
"Hello sir, welcome. I will take you to the office and call you our manager."
Zhang Zhonghua followed Gui Lao to the second floor and arrived at a magnificent office. The environment here looked really good. These Gui Lao foreigners really knew how to enjoy themselves, and they were not short of money.
"Hello, I am the manager here. Do you want to buy a villa?" the manager asked Zhang Zhonghua.
"Yes, I wonder if there are any vacant villas here?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked, but he was complaining in his heart. Gui Laoduo asked, if I don't buy a villa here, why can I come to walk the dog?
"Of course we have vacant villas here, but the owners of our villas need to meet certain conditions and have a certain social status. Of course, this is also for the safety of all residents, and the annual property fee is HK$10,000."
"I understand. What are the requirements for staying here?"
Zhang Zhonghua asked Gui Lao out of curiosity.
There are conditions for moving in. Zhang Zhonghua thought about it. After all, there are many elders from Hong Kong living here. They will definitely not let people like the elders of the society live here, no matter how rich they are.
If an elder comes to live here, it will probably affect the sales of the villa area.
"The first is to have your own legal and formal company in Hong Kong Island; second, the total assets of an individual must not be less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars; third, there must be a person with the same status to guarantee it."
The ghost old manager introduced Zhang Zhonghua.
"No problem, are there two villas close to each other here?" Zhang Zhonghua asked, and his conditions were almost met.
"Are they close to each other? In order to protect the privacy of the residents, there is a distance between the villas. Can you tell us about your situation?" Jeffrey Thiessen asked.
"I am Zhang Zhonghua, the general manager of CFC Restaurant and the legal person of CFC. You must have heard of CFC Restaurant. There are currently six stores in Hong Kong Island currently in operation, and four more are being renovated and ready to open. The assets must have reached RMB 1,000.
More than 10,000."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
"Oh, my God, are you the owner of CFC restaurant? I like your CFC restaurant very much. But I know the three restaurants in Central, Ocean Terminal and Causeway Bay. Where are the other three?"
The old manager Gui asked Zhang Zhonghua with some excitement and curiosity.
"The other three CFC restaurants are located near Taikoo Shing, Island University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The four restaurants under renovation are in Sham Shui Po, Yau Ma Tei, Hung Hom and Kwun Tong. We are currently looking for store locations to open branches and plan to open four more.
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Zhang Zhonghua said with some pride.
Brother, I am somewhat famous now. Of course, it is not worth mentioning to the wealthy Jardines and other tycoons, but I am already one of the richest people in Hong Kong Island.
"Dear Zhang, I really like your restaurant and the music. Unfortunately, I participated in several lottery draws and failed to win."
The ghost manager said to Zhang Zhonghua with some regret.
"If you like it, I can give you a set!"
"Really? That's great. My little angel will love me to death!"
Hearing that Zhang Zhonghua was going to give him a gift, Mr. Gui looked very excited.
"By the way, my father-in-law also wants to buy a set. Our two families want to be close to each other. My father-in-law is the chairman of the Lou Group and is now well-known in Hong Kong. His personal assets are far higher.
surpassed me."
Zhang Zhonghua explained to Mr. Gui.
"Of course there is no problem. As long as you meet the conditions of our villa area, you can move in. However, you still need to provide the corresponding capital verification certificate. Do you want to choose a house now? There is a sand table in the Deep Water Bay villa area."
"Okay, thank you sir."
With luxury houses worth hundreds of millions in the future already available, what else can appreciate faster than villas on Hong Kong Island? In the future, housing prices on Hong Kong Island will steadily rank among the highest in the world.
"Okay, please come with me. This is villa No. 79. The famous Hong Kong man Li Chaoren lives here. This is villa 8..."
Manager Gui introduced to Zhang Zhonghua the location of the Chinese-owned villa in the Deep Water Bay Villa District.
Zhang Zhonghua saw that only villas No. 62 and 63 were relatively close to each other, and the environment was good and nearby.
The villas here have been built for many years, and they will definitely have to be demolished and rebuilt in the future. In the future, these villas will lag behind both in terms of strength and style, so they will inevitably have to be demolished and rebuilt.
"How much are the two villas of 62 and 63 respectively?"
Zhang Zhonghua looked at the sand table for a long time and finally decided on Buildings 62 and 63, so he asked Mr. Gui.
"The prices of these two villas are almost the same. Let's calculate them at 600,000 yuan. This is already the best price. You can just buy some daily necessities and move in."
The old manager Gui immediately reported the price of the two villas to Zhang Zhonghua.
"600,000, no problem, then we will come over tomorrow to view the house and make payment."
Zhang Zhonghua said straightforwardly that he was not short of money, and Uncle Lou was not short of money, just a few hundred thousand. Now that he was a person of status and status, it was no longer appropriate to live in a house of several dozen square meters.
The next day, everyone came to the Deepwater Bay villa area to look at the villas. No matter Lou's father, Lou's mother, or Lou Xiao'e and Lou Yongjia's family were very satisfied with the two villas Zhang Zhonghua selected.
Then I paid the payment without hesitation, and then moved my things into the new villa. The one in Deep Water Bay is indeed much better than the one in Repulse Bay, in terms of area, environment and safety.
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"The price is much more expensive than the house in Repulse Bay. The property fee alone is 10,000 yuan a year. This is simply a money grab."
Lou Xiao'e said with some distress. It's too easy for this guy to engage in real estate. Property fees are expensive, and so are water and electricity bills.
"My sister Xiao'e, this is called you get what you pay for. Look at the environment and the big swimming pool. Houses used to be cheap in Sijiu City, but think about what the courtyard house is like here.
environment.
Hundreds of people use two toilets, and the winter wind hurts my face."
Zhang Zhonghua joked to Lou Xiao'e.
"Stop talking, it makes me sick just thinking about it. It's really the most evil form of capitalism."
Lou Xiao'e said righteously and solemnly, a villa is better.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Once she is used to living in a good house, she really can't live in a courtyard house again.
Everyone also laughed. Now that I am far away in Hong Kong Island, thinking about the people in Sijiu City and thinking about the courtyard house, no matter whether it is good or bad, it has become a beautiful memory.
"Ahua, your writing is good. The one about Titanic is quite interesting and touching. When will you write another one?"
Liu Xiaoli asked him while holding the Titanic written by Zhang Zhonghua.
"Let's wait until next year when the CFC restaurant leaves Hong Kong Island and enters Wanwan and Bangzi Country. They like this kind of love the most there."
Zhang Zhonghua said.
"You're trying to trick little girls into crying again. Your Titanic has tricked so many people into crying. I don't know how many people over there have been tricked into tears."
Lou Xiao'e smiled and joked to Zhang Zhonghua.
"As long as I can make money and promote CFC restaurants, the rest has nothing to do with me."
The writing should be more tragic, and the ending should be tragic. Otherwise, how can people remember it? This is not an Internet novel. In the end, the protagonist is invincible in the world, and he has a group of wives and concubines and a family full of children and grandchildren.
"You haven't become a capitalist anymore. You only have interests in your eyes. If those readers know your true face, why don't they be heartbroken and send you blades?"
Lou Xiao'e said to Zhang Zhonghua speechlessly.
"Send razor blades? Just send quilts. If I receive more, I can sell them."
Zhang Zhonghua said very shamelessly.
"Then you are not afraid that readers will chop you with a knife?"
Lou Xiao'e expressed great indignation at Zhang Zhonghua's shamelessness.
"Then do you think they need more than one person to defeat me?"
Zhang Zhonghua spread his hands towards Lou Xiao'e.
"Stop bickering here, come back soon and prepare dinner."
Lou's mother said.
A villa is better. It is much better than a small bungalow in Beijing. It not only has a swimming pool but also has a Filipino maid.
"We should have bought the villa here earlier, so that it could accompany our status."
Lou Zhenhua teased the bird in the cage and said to Zhang Zhonghua who walked in.
"Uncle Lou, you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to. Having money to buy the villa here is only secondary. There are other requirements. You can't live in it just by having money."
Zhang Zhonghua said to Lou Zhenhua with a smile.
"Hahahaha, that's what you said."
Lou Zhenhua smiled awkwardly at Zhang Zhonghua's words.
When I first came here the year before last, I had no money and nothing, and the company had only been established for a few years. If I had bought it last year, I would have been laughed at as a nouveau riche. There are so many bad things about this guy who breaks the rules!
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“What qualifications do I need to buy a villa here?”
Lou Xiao'e asked in surprise.
"Of course, there are not only requirements for buying a villa here, but they are also very high.
The first point is that you have your own legal and formal company on Hong Kong Island, not those messy companies, otherwise it will affect the positioning of the villa area here; the second point is that personal assets must not be less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and of course the net worth is less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Even tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars cannot afford to buy a villa here; thirdly, if you have a guarantor with the same status, the other person will also be responsible if something goes wrong. And you cannot have a corporate identity."
Zhang Zhonghua proudly introduced the living conditions of the Deepwater Bay villa area to Lou Xiao'e. We are also people of status.
"Although there are many conditions, this is actually not bad. At least it is safer and more secure to live here. Except for the inconvenience of shopping, everything else is good.
Overall it’s very good. You can take your children to the beach to play. The environment is much better and the air is fresh.”
Lou's mother praised.
"Deep Water Bay is full of wealthy Chinese-owned people, and the social circle is larger when living here. It is easier to expand business if you are surrounded by elders."
"That's right, the big Chinese businessmen on Hong Kong Island also live here in Deep Water Bay. The circle is indeed much better. It's easy to get to know some big businessmen, which is also good for business."
Lou's father agreed that in business, connections are more important than money.
Just like many people in previous lives, they relied on connections to pull in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds, which explains the importance of connections.
Zhang Zhonghua glanced at Lou Zhenhua and thought that the people who lived here were not ordinary Chinese wealthy people. Most of the major families in Hong Kong also lived here. Li Chaoren had been the richest man in China for many years.
The hidden wealth of many families in Hong Kong and Mainland China is beyond the reach of future Internet bosses. But everyone will hide their wealth and display it in front of everyone to attract hatred.
Hong Kong Island is called Lijiacheng, and no one in terms of food, clothing, housing, or transportation can be left under the control of the Li family. They are truly an outstanding generation.
"I'm going to Yangcheng in two days. Do you want to bring anything?"
Lou Zhenhua asked.
"Grandpa, I want to eat candied haws."
Lou Xiaobao immediately shook his grandfather's arm and said.
"Okay, okay, okay, grandpa will buy it for you."
Father Lou hugged his eldest grandson and smiled happily, kissing him hard.
"If you want to eat candied haws, do you need to go to Yangcheng to buy it? They're not sold anywhere."
Liu Xiaoli immediately pulled Lou Xiaobao to her side and said to him.
"No, no! Auntie said that the candied haws on Hong Kong Island are not as delicious as those over there!"
"Okay, okay, okay! Grandpa will bring you some candied haws from Yangcheng!"
Lou Zhenhua hugged his eldest grandson again.
"I don't want anything, and I don't lack anything."
Lou Xiao'e said to Lou's father.
"If there are specialties from the capital, buy some. I haven't eaten them for a long time."
"No problem, I will buy some as long as you have them."
After Zhang Zhonghua thought about it, it seemed that he really didn't need anything. There was nothing missing at home.
"Then let's buy some specialties from the Northeast, such as sea cucumbers and fungus. The sea cucumbers and fungus over there are pretty good and can be used to make soup."
Zhang Zhonghua said that it is not bad to buy some ingredients. This chapter has been completed!
