I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

The restructuring of Laofengxiang has been completed in an orderly manner. The full name of the new Laofengxiang is "Laofengxiang Jewelry Co., Ltd.", which is of course intentional.

What is jewelry?

How dare you call it jewelry without diamonds!

Many people only know that Zheng Yutong is the largest diamond merchant in Hong Kong Island in later generations; but they don't know that it was Liao Guichang who first owned a De Beer license on Hong Kong Island.

Liao Guichang's family has been in the diamond watch business since World War II.

The family owns a diamond processing factory in Wong Chuk Hang. The factory is heavily guarded and no outsiders are allowed to enter.

It is said that the diamond watches on the display cabinets of Liao's Watch Company, inlaid with tiny diamonds, are worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, or even tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.

The price of a watch is almost worth half a jewelry store!

Many businessmen on Hong Kong Island are very envious, but they have no channels, so they can only watch helplessly.

Naturally, Wu Guangyao was also envious, but suffering from lack of funds and channels, he could only look at the ocean and sigh.

It's different now. With Lao Fengxiang's current financial situation, he can borrow money at any time, and there is only one channel left.

Wu Guangyao is not in a hurry, as long as he can acquire a South African diamond processing factory with financial problems within three or five years, he will be satisfied.

Someone has to ask, why not go to South Africa to import diamonds immediately?

This involves the issue of the De Beers license. 90% of the world's diamonds are monopolized by De Beers, and the diamonds operated by De Beers are distributed to customers around the world, and a total of about 500 diamonds are issued. Bill license.

Customers purchase a certain amount of diamonds with a license, and without such a license, they cannot buy rough diamonds.

The De Beers license has been divided up long ago. Even if the license of a certain company is revoked, it will not be the turn of the small Hong Kong Island.

Therefore, there is no hope of obtaining rough diamonds by going the normal way.

However, many private companies in South Africa hold De Beer licenses, and they also have ready-made processing technologies.

Wu Guangyao's idea for these companies is that a company will have financial problems, let alone a diamond processing factory.

so,

As long as there is a target within three to five years, Wu Guangyao will immediately bring money to buy it.

After making up his mind, he called Rong Bensheng and planned to let him go to South Africa to find a reliable consulting company as an intermediary.

"Mr. Wu, you call me?" Rong Bensheng quickly adapted to the president system and no longer called Wu Guangyao the boss.

"Well, you know about diamonds, we, Lao Fengxiang, must have our own diamond channel to do diamond business!" Wu Guangyao said firmly.

"But the De Beers license is probably not easy to get. Without the De Beers license, we have to go to the London headquarters of De Beers to import diamonds. The price is very high and the profit will not be high!" Rong Bensheng said.

Wu Guangyao told Rong Bensheng the plan, and Rong Bensheng's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said, "This method is better, but it will take longer!"

"It doesn't matter if it takes longer, anyway, the current consumption level on Hong Kong Island is not high, so take your time!"

"Well, as long as we have a goal, we can definitely achieve it. I'll go to South Africa and find an agent to help us pay attention!" Rong Bensheng volunteered.

"Well, that's exactly what I mean!"

Wu Guangyao thought for a while, and felt that there was nothing to explain. The abilities of these assistants were not inferior to his own, so there was no need for him to do anything extra.

I just know a little about the general situation and history, so I can calm these people down!

At the end of June, the Korean War broke out. Wu Guangyao knew that the crisis on Hong Kong Island was about to disappear, but another crisis was coming soon.

Fortunately, Wu Guangyao has been preparing for the so-called other crisis for two years, so naturally he is no longer afraid.

The supply of zippers and ready-made garments from the United States has been transferred to Xingdao. Naturally, they are not afraid of the trade blockade by the United States.

Wu Guangyao came to Dongfang Newspaper and told Shen Baoxing: "In the future, we will grab the news of the war in North Korea and strive to be ahead of other newspapers on Hong Kong Island, but remember to report the news in a neutral way, and don't favor any side!"

Shen Baoxing had been taught by Wu Guangyao's prophet for a long time. Since he let himself report this kind of news, it obviously had a very important impact on the company.

"Yes, I will arrange someone to keep an eye on the news over there!"

Wu Guangyao nodded and didn't say much. He was just a small businessman and could not influence any major events.

However, the warehouse in Macau has stocked nearly a million Hong Kong dollars in goods, which are urgently needed on the other side.

Such as black tin, iron barrels, western medicine, gauze and so on.

Of course, Huo Yingdong needed to transport these things, and Wu Guangyao certainly didn't have that kind of courage.

People are selfish. Only those who have nothing will take risks. There is no need to question this.

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Universal Building is located on Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong Island. It is the most prosperous area on Hong Kong Island.

The top floor of Universal Building, that is, the sixth floor, is Wu Guangyao's office, and Wu Guangyao is the only one working on the sixth floor.

It wasn't that Wu Guangyao was showing off, but that He Yuanzhang felt that the five floors below were enough for office work, and there was no need for everyone to work on the sixth floor.

"It seems that if we want to acquire Hong Kong Island Airlines in the future, it will be very difficult!" Wu Guangyao said to He Yuanzhang.

"Well, it's a near-impossible task. The two main shareholders of Hong Kong Island Airways are Anglia Overseas Airlines and Jardine Matheson. The two hold 80% of the shares. If we contact other minority shareholders in private, we can even buy them all. , It doesn’t help. And Anglia Overseas Airlines is a British state-owned enterprise, so naturally it will not sell our shares. Even if he sells shares, he will choose to sell them to Jardine Matheson.”

When He Yuanzhang talked about Jardine, he chose not to continue, because everyone knows that Jardine is now famous for its good money.

Moreover, Jardine will not sell its shares to Wu Guangyao!

This is difficult. Wu Guangyao has always thought that the equity of Hong Kong Island Airlines is in private hands like Cathay Pacific in 1948.

Even if he is British, Wu Guangyao has the confidence to let him transfer the shares to himself.

No one wants to hold shares in a loss-making company all the time!

However, Jardine Harmony and Anglia Overseas Airlines are different companies. They will consider political factors and remain vigilant against Chinese.

Without the flight license held by Hong Kong Island Airlines, Wu Guangyao is destined not to be able to soar in the sky, which is not allowed by a traveler.

After He Yuanzhang left, Wu Guangyao began to stand in front of the window, watching the prosperity of Queen's Road and the busy Victoria Port, but his mind was running at high speed.

Although it was very difficult, Wu Guangyao was not the kind of person who would give up when encountering difficulties.

Maybe it was an hour, maybe it was two hours, Wu Guangyao turned around, then quickly came to the phone and dialed the number.

"Sandas, let's have a drink together tonight!" Without too many words, Wu Guangyao went straight to the point.

Sandas on the opposite side agreed to Wu Guangyao's invitation without any hesitation.

The cooperation between the two can be said to have broken through the restrictions of the country, and it has truly become a relationship between you relying on me and I relying on you.

Although Sandas has appointed the manager of the loan business department of HSBC Bank by default, he has not yet officially performed his duties, and Sandas has already set his sights on the position of the chairman of HSBC Bank, and even the position of the head of HSBC Bank.

If you want those two positions, you must make great achievements and bring huge profits to HSBC. Only in this way can there be hope.

And Wu Guangyao is exactly this hope. Sanders participated in the business of Wu Guangyao's global shipping, Cheung Kong Industrial and other companies; in Wu Guangyao, he saw the shadow of a businessman with vision, courage and charm.

Investing in this kind of talent is investing in your own future!

And Wu Guangyao also needs Sandas. Without the support of HSBC, Global Shipping will undoubtedly develop very slowly, and the same is true for Cheung Kong.

Moreover, Wu Guangyao also needs people. As his official background, there is no doubt that the giant HSBC is very suitable for him.

Based on these relationships, the two became true friends and collaborators.