Chapter 1217 Encounter with Sister Bao
The family was waiting for the car under the tree. Wu Sheng and other bodyguards disguised themselves as tourists and scattered around to be cautious of possible dangers.
The car that Wu Sheng called for at the foot of the mountain had not arrived yet. A row of very luxurious motorcades came from the tree-lined road and stopped in the open space in front of the villa.
To be honest, it is actually a bit unnecessary to take a car to see Hedong Garden, because apart from those historical names and the meaning given to it by the former owner of this house.
Hedong Garden in the Republic of China period is not worth traveling thousands of miles to see. So most of the tourists who come to see Hedong Garden walk up the mountain.
Along the way, look at the scenery of the rich area on the top of the mountain, look at the luxurious villas hidden in the shade of green trees, and introduce to friends or listen to people around you that the rich man from Hong Kong lives in this villa. The family from Hong Kong living in that villa has a unique flavor.
So this long line of motorcades suddenly stopped in the open space in front of Hedong Garden, obviously not for sightseeing. What's more, these cars are all luxury cars, and it would be embarrassing if there was no rich man who ran all the way here to show off.
"The He family, the woman walking in front is the owner of this house. The people following behind are all wealthy people in Hong Kong. I don't know if they are really here to see the house, or if the He family invited these people to come here to pretend to continue to put pressure on the Hong Kong government."
The three of Yang Dongxu's family stood in a relatively high position, because it was windy at the upwind side, so they were here to cool off. Therefore, after the doors of the long line of luxury cars were opened, the people coming out of them could be seen clearly.
Although Zhou Ya has not appeared in Hong Kong for many years, she still knows much more about these wealthy people and families in Hong Kong than Yang Dongxu.
In order to gain a foothold in Hong Kong, and the deterrence of the rich family at that time was far from enough. Zhou Ya has made painstaking research on these families and possible threatening opponents.
Yang Dongxu is different. In addition to the celebrities in the news newspapers, Yang Dongxu knows Hong Kong wealthy people. He is also familiar with those who have cooperative relationships. As for others, he doesn't like to attend banquets, so naturally he doesn't know many of them.
"No matter what her purpose is, if Uncle Six asks her, there might be something to talk about." Yang Dongxu said.
Although Ms. He, who was leading the way to the villa, suddenly wanted to develop Hedong Garden this time, she seemed to be taking advantage of the current Hong Kong government's desire to stimulate Hong Kong's real estate and see if she could get rid of the shackles of historical and cultural protection.
But fundamentally speaking, if Hedong Garden cannot be developed, Ms. He is not opposed to selling Hedong Garden, but the selling price is how much.
And if Ms. He wants to sell this house, then the possibility of taking over this piece of land is basically half successful. Because the entire Hedong Garden, Ms. He in front of her can make her own decisions.
Although the most famous person in the He family is King He, and the wealthiest is also King He. However, King He has nothing to do with this house, although he came from the He family.
But he is just the nephew of the previous owner of Hedong Garden, and Ms. He in front of her is the daughter of the previous owner of Hedong Garden, and the legal and legitimate full heir of this house.
"If Hong Kong real estate is expected to rise in the future, even if this building is not demolished, the development of the surrounding land can make a profit." Zhou Ya looked around and nodded.
When all the tourists were curiously looking at the rich house-viewing team in front of them, and some even couldn't help taking out their cameras to take pictures. The rich team walked forward with laughter and chatter, not paying attention to the reactions of the tourists around them.
They have faced the long guns and short guns of various reporters more than once, and such a small scene in front of them can't attract too much attention from them.
However, walking in the crowd, a man who was not young but well-maintained as a woman was walking with the help of a man who was not young, and accidentally glanced at Yang Dongxu from the corner of his eye.
Originally, he didn't care, but after walking two steps, he thought of something, and suddenly turned back to look at Yang Dongxu, with a surprised look on his face.
"What's wrong, Xingyu?" Sister Bao looked at her son in confusion, and followed her son's gaze to look at Yang Dongxu.
Seeing that someone in the rich group recognized him, Yang Dongxu smiled and nodded as a greeting. There was no intention to come forward to talk. Bao Dajie and her son Bao Xingyu just smiled and nodded, and then continued to follow the rich group to the villa.
"The Bao family seems to be very interested in investing in the mainland in recent years." Zhou Ya also recognized Bao Dajie and said casually.
"Compared with the previous timely assistance, the current icing on the cake is also welcomed by the motherland, but it is definitely not as much as before. However, they have been increasing their investment in the mainland in recent years, which is probably related to Bao Xiaojie."
Yang Dongxu is undoubtedly familiar with the Bao family. He is not even a friend of the deceased Bao Chuanwang, but he also felt a little sympathetic back then. Although he was still very young at that time, it did not prevent him from worshipping the deceased shipping king.
After Bao Chuanwang's death, although the Bao family was not torn apart, the separation was the final result. Among them, the eldest daughter of the Bao family, that is, Bao Dajie who just walked into the villa with her son.
Almost inherited all of Bao Chuanwang's industry, and the second sister of the Bao family also married well. Her husband's family is a famous wealthy family in Hong Kong, ranking seventh among the top ten.
Only Sister Bao seemed to have gained nothing except a sum of money and some fixed assets. Even though the money she got was not a small amount, it was only a drop in the bucket compared to the entire industry of the shipping king.
Overseas investment projects in recent years have not been peaceful, and even feel a bit turbulent. For example, if Yang Dongxu had not taken over the overseas investment of the two brothers of the rich family for the sake of Mr. Fu's face and felt that it had long-term investment value, he would have probably lost everything.
So although Sister Bao inherited almost all of Bao Chuanwang's industries, the people who helped run these industries and the countries where these industries were located.
The former admired Bao Chuanwang, and the latter gave Bao Chuanwang face. The former also gave Bao Chuanwang's daughter face, and the latter never made any trouble when Bao Chuanwang was alive.
But Bao Chuanwang is Bao Chuanwang, and Sister Bao is Sister Bao, even if she is Bao Chuanwang's daughter and the legal heir to Bao Chuanwang's industry. If you want to control such a huge industry, you can't just inherit it.
Therefore, the Bao family's industry has not only failed to grow in the global economic development environment, but has shrunk.
Whether it is the husband's family of the second sister Bao or the younger sister Bao, who got the least property at the beginning, both of them have made a lot of money from investing in the mainland in recent years.
Especially the younger sister Bao, who is now in charge of Huaxiu, the largest textile and garment manufacturing company in Asia and one of the top three in the world. From the least noticeable one among the three siblings, she has become the most eye-catching one.
This has stimulated the elder sister Bao a lot, so she began to adjust her investment focus. After all, Bao Chuanwang was so patriotic, and the elder sister Bao still has a lot of resources to use when investing in the mainland.
Of course, what Yang Dongxu said about the current investment return is not as good as the previous investment in the snow, which is also relative. The base of the elder sister Bao's investment in the mainland in recent years is not small, especially several deep-water port projects, which have invested tens of billions of US dollars in total.
At the same time, there are many international advanced port experiences, which were also introduced from foreign countries this time, and won a lot of praise from above.
Although such a large investment is not as good as in previous years, those investments can easily return profits by dozens of times. But according to the speed of domestic economic development, it is a sure thing that these investments will have several times the profit. Profits of several times tens of billions of dollars are a lucrative return that many billionaires dare not imagine.
"Did you meet an acquaintance outside just now?" Ms. He held a glass of wine and chatted with Sister Bao on the second-floor balcony of the villa.
It is better to say that it is a banquet than a house-viewing group, but it is different from the traditional practice of blocking tourists in advance when holding banquets here in the past.
This time, Ms. He did not block Hedong Garden in advance, and did not even choose the time of the banquet to be more sincere at night. Instead, she chose to hold the banquet at noon in broad daylight, and faced so many tourists outside. Undoubtedly, she wanted to use these tourists today to publicize the house-viewing group and make the sensational effect this time even greater.
"My little sister's boss." Sister Bao said with a smile.
Although there was no expression on her face, Sister Bao actually felt a little sour about Bao Xiaomei.
After all, her father loved Bao Xiaomei very much when he was alive. The tradition of parents loving the youngest is not immune even to the shipping king. Although she inherited the family property after her father passed away.
But the shipping industry has been really difficult in recent years, or in other words, the shipping industry has also been developing with the great development of the global economy. But it has arrived at the critical moment when the ship must be replaced.
The king of shipbuilding became famous earlier, so the ships of the Bao family are all old-fashioned ships. In recent years, the technology of cargo ships has been updated very quickly, especially some single-hull tankers, which have been replaced by double-hull tankers that are safer and prevent pollution, which has accelerated the elimination of old ships.
This undoubtedly made Sister Bao feel worse, and the old people in the company were not so convinced that he controlled the company when his father passed away. And the governments of the countries where the Bao family ports are located have also had new opinions on the division of interests.
Although the Bao family is still prosperous on the surface in recent years, it is still one of the largest shipping companies in the world. But compared with the world's number one in the peak period of the king of shipbuilding, the company's decline is becoming more and more obvious.
When his own company encountered difficulties, Huaxiu, which was managed by Bao Xiaomei, has been riding the wind and waves, and has expanded rapidly in recent years like a balloon.
Although Yang Dongxu is the major shareholder of the company, Bao Xiaomei also has a lot of shares. Therefore, her wealth has been rising rapidly in recent years. If Forbes included Bao Xiaomei in the list, she would definitely be on the list, and her ranking would not be low.
"Your sister? Bao Xiaomei?" Ms. He was stunned for a moment, then she thought of something and showed a surprised look on her face: "Who was the one standing behind the rich family in the past?"