The most valuable villa in the Mid-Levels villa area was purchased by a mysterious mainland businessman for HK$120 million. Including deeds and taxes, the price was more than HK$130 million. It was dubbed the most expensive in Hong Kong's history by major media in Hong Kong.
Residential.
However, newspapers and TV news reports were forcibly removed from the shelves during the final review, just one step away from being sold on the street.
Some reporters tried to dig deeper, but without exception they received warnings from all sides.
For a while, the Hong Kong reporters who were very knowledgeable were unable to get any more information about the Yao Mansion villa.
Yao Yuan dropped what he was doing and started traveling with Lin Shuting.
In the 1990s, Hong Kong was known as a shopping paradise. Even from the perspective of 2022, it is a very attractive tax-free paradise on a global scale.
There is a dazzling array of products here, and countless brands from around the world can be found here. Hong Kong’s gold shops are particularly famous, with thousands of large and small gold shops in Hong Kong. Yao Yuan still remembers that around 2010, aunts from the mainland came to
During the Hong Kong goods sweep, the inventory of major brands was cleared out in one day, totaling 1 ton!
1 ton of gold!
In the small city of Hong Kong, every inch of land is at a premium, and it doesn’t just refer to the housing prices here.
Yao Yuan has a special liking for gold jewelry, and Lin Shuting likes her as long as Yao Yuan likes her. Therefore, for two consecutive days, the gold store they visited the most was.
Yu Yong'an stayed with him all the time. On the third day, he couldn't bear it anymore and suggested to Yao Yuan again, "How about I make arrangements? I know all the bosses of these big gold shops and let them send them directly."
Go to the hotel and I’ll pick it up for you slowly.”
"Don't bother, shopping is often not about buying things, but about the process of buying things, enjoying the process, and even enjoying the pleasure of paying the bill." Yao Yuan said with a smile.
Lin Shuting couldn't help but smile and nodded in approval.
After experiencing the pleasure of spending a lot of money, Lin Shuting has also entered the state. She already has money, and with Yao Yuan's current financial resources, if she still deliberately considers whether to spend more or less, it is not called saving, it is called hypocrisy.
A certain billionaire wears street stall goods worth tens of yuan and uses a mobile phone worth a thousand yuan. That is chicken soup. Even if there are some, there are absolutely few. Moreover, it is called returning to nature, and it is a style that has transcended the mundane.
In Yao Yuan's words, if you earn so much money and don't spend it all, can you still take it with you?
Lin Shuting very much agrees with his point of view, but Lin Shuting's starting point is that she has no desire for money, so she chooses to engage in education. Achievements in education are the first achievement. Therefore, if you have more money, you should spend less.
, she doesn't care.
Hearing what Yao Yuan said, Yu Yongan grimaced and stopped talking.
Yao Yuandao said, "You don't have to follow me all the time. Just do whatever you need to do."
Yu Yong'an blushed and said, "Ayuan, I'm definitely not afraid of being tired. The main thing is that I'm really worried if I don't follow."
Of course Yao Yuan understood. He smiled and said, "You don't have confidence in yourself."
Yu Yong'an was stunned for a moment, then smiled shyly, then began to think deeply, and finally sighed and said, "You are right. If you need me to follow you all the time, if something happens to you, it will not only show that I am not confident, but also show that I am not confident.
Yu Yongan has no power in Hong Kong."
Waving his hand, Yao Yuan pointed at Lin Xiaohu and Jiang Yong and said, "With them here, you don't have to worry, just go and do your business."
When Yu Yongan saw Yao Yuan, he was indeed not being polite, and he also considered that following Yao Yuan would have a greater goal. He nodded solemnly and said, "The ghost guy is too eye-catching. I will leave Gu Xiaohua and the others behind. Don't worry, they won't show up.
If anything happens, they'll take care of it."
"Yeah." Yao Yuan nodded.
As soon as Yu Yong'an left, Lin Shuting obviously felt much more relaxed. Yu Yong'an was in his forties, and he was considered an older generation. Running errands with him was really hard to relax.
Yao Yuan said to Lin Wei and others, "Okay, you can go find a place to play by yourself. Teacher Lin and I will spend some time together today."
Lin Shuting's face turned slightly red and she said angrily, "You're not serious."
However, the others shook their heads with serious faces. Lin Xiaohu said, "Let's stay far away so we won't disturb you and Teacher Lin."
Jiang Yong looked like he couldn't even think about it.
Even Lin Wei lowered his voice and said, "Ayuan, this is too dangerous, we must accompany you."
Yao Yuan said, "Believe me, it's really okay. Even if something happens, Gu Xiaohua and the others can take care of it."
Jiang Yong suddenly said, "They are worse than new recruits."
Yao Yuan said helplessly, "It's really okay. We will evacuate tomorrow. You can take a good tour of Hong Kong today and meet back at the hotel. Go ahead."
I was helpless, but my tone was firm.
Normally at this time, Lin Xiaohu and Jiang Yong would not continue to persuade, because they knew that if they continued to persuade, Yao Yuan would be really angry.
Lin Wei had never considered this issue. He said firmly, "No, at least let Brother Hu and Brother Yong stay. I can do whatever I want by myself."
If I were another person, I would definitely be moved to tears by the concern for my good brother. Unfortunately, this is a pair of brothers who know each other too well.
Yao Yuan sneered and said, "Fei Wei, don't think that I don't know the little thing in your heart. I can let you move around freely, but you must be careful. I have said it many times before."
"Ayuan, I really think about your safety." Lin Wei smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Yao Yuandao said, "Okay, with your size, your goal is more obvious when you stand next to me. You can move freely now, you all go."
"That……"
Lin Xiaohu said, "Call me if you have anything to do."
The three of them had to stop and watched Yao Yuan and Lin Shuting walk into the mall holding hands.
Without a group of people following them, Yao Yuan and Lin Shuting looked more like college students going out for shopping. Even Yao Yuan felt a lot more relaxed. He had always been opposed to and hated people who cheered and swarmed. In his opinion, relying on superficial skills to maintain the momentum
The atmosphere is too weak.
Just like some popular artists in later generations going out, a crowd of people form a circle. It is not only an unfair and illegal occupation of public places, but the so-called aura and momentum it embodies are even inferior to those in the village.
The aura and aura of the senior elders when they came to the Rural Information Trading Center was of high quality.
Judging from the surface, some popular artists are rather puppets whose lives are arranged by scripts with poor acting skills.
In the past few days, Yao Yuan has been persuading Lin Shuting to go to Moscow with him, to see the Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow, and to experience Tolstoy's hometown. After Lin Shuting hesitated for a long time, she finally couldn't worry about her school work.
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In desperation, Yao Yuan had no choice but to give up. Lin Shuting will return to Nangang tomorrow. She came out today mainly to buy gifts and take care of her family members on both sides.
Yao Yuan attaches great importance to this. Nangang is a place that pays great attention to etiquette in this regard. They have already established a relationship, and some etiquette must be followed. For example, Yao Yuan probably will not be able to come back before the Dragon Boat Festival, so he must prepare the Dragon Boat Festival in advance.
The gifts and everything are ready.
I finished shopping for all the big stuff yesterday, and today I mainly bought small items like jewelry and clothing.
With mainland leather shoes, suits, and jackets in short supply, Hong Kong people have been pursuing fashion and brands for many years.
There was a man in Yao Yuan's village who dared to be the first in the world. Two years ago, he went to Shanghai to do business and earned more than 10,000 yuan. He became the first 10,000-yuan household in the village. As time went by, no one remembered it.
He was the first 10,000-yuan household in the village. However, until Yao Yuan returned to the village in his forties, he could still hear people saying that he bought the first suit in the village, which cost more than 1,000 yuan.
In the 1980s, more than 1,000 yuan was the annual income of a family in rural areas!
If we calculate purchasing power according to the method of "using a family's annual income to buy a suit", the purchasing power of China thirty years later will still be unmatched by more than 90% of households.
This proves how valuable the ten-thousand-yuan households in the 1980s were and how powerful their purchasing power was.
Some people say that ten thousand yuan in the 1980s is equivalent to one million yuan in 2020. The comparison is actually about purchasing power, and the latter is even less chic than the former.
Therefore, when Yao Yuan's assets reached billions of Chinese coins, it was already beyond the imagination of most people. It was not that they could not understand it, but that they had no concept at all!
Of course, the things used by the billionaire's family must be the best and most expensive.
Yao Yuan took Lin Shuting's hand and went straight to a certain international big-name clothing brand. When he entered the store, the shopping guides standing on the left and right just nodded with a smile and had no intention of entertaining her.
At first, Yao Yuan thought that this method was more relaxed and that the store did it deliberately. After all, being led to look at clothes can easily affect your judgment.
Something happened that shocked him.
He took a fancy to several jackets, one for his father, one for his father-in-law, and one for Lin Shuting's uncle. He told Lin Shuting, "My father-in-law works in the workplace. This pure black one is more suitable and the style is more stable. My second uncle usually doesn't wear anything."
If he has the chance to wear casual clothes, this cowhide-yellow style suits him better and makes him look younger. As for my dad, he has a worker style, so this work-style jacket suits him."
Lin Shuting smiled and said, "You know better than me. Well, this is the arrangement. It's good."
Yao Yuan turned to the shopping guide and said, "No, give me Ronnie three pieces."
(Excuse me, please help me get these three items.)
Lin Shuting took out a small note and said, "Hello, take it according to these three sizes."
Everyone's measurements are written on it, and the preparation work is very solid.
The round-faced tour guide slowly walked over and said with a professional smile, "Hello, these are our latest models this year, and they will be launched at the same time as the European and American markets."
The discrimination of big international brands against China has been fully exposed. At this time, the weather in many parts of Europe is still relatively cold. It is natural to launch new winter clothes in the European and American markets at this time, but it is not suitable for the season to launch new winter clothes in Hong Kong, which is already very hot.
This kind of discrimination still exists in some big international companies until 2015. Their clothing patterns and sizes are completely designed according to the characteristics of European and American people. For example, size, they never consider the Chinese body shape.
Some people regard it as an honor to be "a new product launched simultaneously in Europe and the United States", but in fact it is a naked contempt and neglect of the Chinese people.
Yao Yuan hasn't thought about this yet. People can't escape reality after all, unless you have the ability to change reality and let reality go according to your own ideas.
When the round-faced shopping guide said this, he thought of the size issue, because even European and American sizes are based on the Caucasian body, even if they are converted to the same size, arm length, clothing length, shoulder width, etc.
, nor can they conform to the physical characteristics of Chinese people.
Seeing Yao Yuan's hesitation, the round-faced shopping guide continued to interpret himself, and said lightly, "You two, these three clothes together cost more than 60,000 Hong Kong dollars..."
Even Lin Shuting could tell that they were doubting their purchasing power...
How could Yao Yuan argue with a little girl? He pretended not to hear anything, but patted his forehead and said to Lin Shuting as if he had just woken up from a dream, "My situation is too small. Since we can customize it, why can't others do it?"
What? Yes, yes, ask a design team to go home and customize it for them. If you have a clothing factory, you can produce it yourself, with any good materials you want."
Lin Shuting took Yao Yuan's hand and stepped forward with a sudden realization, "Yes, yes, Brother Yu's garment factory can do it. Why didn't I think of it before?"
It can be seen that what they pursue is not the brand itself, but the high-end product quality brought by the brand.
"Sorry." Yao Yuan smiled at the round-faced shopping guide and led Lin Shuting away.
At this time, the store manager had just walked out of the store and saw the backs of Yao Yuan and Lin Shuting. After walking a few steps, his eyes fell on the watch Lin Shuting was wearing. She felt happy, but found that the two of them walked straight out. She quickly
I caught up with him and asked the round-faced shopping guide, "Why did the customer leave?"
The round-faced shopping guide lost his professional smile and said disdainfully, "Two poor office clerks."
Even a pair of socks in this store costs several thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Shopping guides have reason to doubt the purchasing power of most people.
The store manager was so anxious that he stamped his feet and almost burst into tears. "Do you know how much it costs to wear a watch?"
"Huh? The watch that girl is wearing is very ordinary..." the round-faced tour guide
The store manager said angrily, "A watch costing more than seven million Hong Kong dollars is very ordinary!"
…
The round-faced shopping guide almost jumped up as if he had been given a shot, "I'll go after him!"
The store manager grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going? Will a person who carries a 2,000-square-foot mansion with him look back?"
The round-faced shopping guide turned gray and murmured, "That watch isn't that expensive, it's more than seven million...it looks similar to the ones sold at street stalls."
"Didn't you read the news? Isn't the watch that was auctioned two days ago the one that the lady was wearing?" the store manager said through gritted teeth.
"Ah? That mysterious buyer? The one who bought all the watches at the auction in one go? That young man? Impossible! How could he be so young!" The round-faced shopping guide kept shaking his head in disbelief.
The store manager suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "The customer who spent tens of millions to buy a watch is just gone. If we keep him, maybe you and I won't have to do anything this year..."
The round-faced shopping guide covered his mouth and murmured to himself: "He just said that he asked the design team to go back and customize custom products for his family and let his own clothing factory produce them. I thought he was bragging..."
The store manager's vision went dark and he almost fainted.
Customized ones are more profitable!
[The author has something to say]
Everyone, I am very busy around the Spring Festival. I am currently writing and have no manuscripts saved. Please forgive me for the unstable updates. Once again, this book will not be a eunuch, and there is no problem of exhaustion of ideas.