In mid-June 1959, when a torrential rain hit Hong Kong, 46 dead, 60 injured and 21 were missing, and Li Hualong donated 500,000 yuan for disaster relief.

Since the fire in Shek Kip Mei, Li Hualong donated his first donation, and every year since then, whenever there is a large-scale fire and flood in Hong Kong, he will donate donations, ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions.

Li Hualong's passion for philanthropy has earned him the title of "Li Dashan".

Last year, the newly appointed governor of Hong Kong, Mr. Patrick, wanted to appoint Lee Wah Lung as a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong, but was rejected by Lee Wah Lung, who elected his father, Lee Yat Chung, as a Justice of the Peace.

Li Hualong is not interested in the justices of the peace appointed by the governor of Hong Kong, or even the various knighthoods conferred by the British Queen, he feels that he is himself, as long as he can live a long life, he can make the Lee family into the world's largest consortium, in his eyes, the Queen of England is not an unattainable role.

Although Li Hualong is very "arrogant" in his heart, he also knows that he lives in Hong Kong now, and for a long time in the future, the self-sufficiency of his career will be in Hong Kong, and if the Hong Kong government suppresses him, his life will be difficult.

Regarding the "goodwill" of the Hong Kong Governor, Li Hualong did not refuse, and euphemistically said that he was willing to give charity and made some achievements in the business world, which was related to his father's education, and his father had not yet become a Justice of the Peace, so he could not accept it, and proposed that the Hong Kong Governor appoint his father as a Justice of the Peace.

The Governor of Hong Kong accepted Lee Wah Lung's offer and appointed Lee Yat Chung as a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong.

Although he now lives in Hong Kong under the rule of the British, he has always been very angry about the British occupying the land of the Chinese, and at the same time, he also knows in his heart that he can become a Justice of the Peace, which means that the Hong Kong government recognizes the social status of the Li family in Hong Kong, which is beneficial to the development of the Li family in Hong Kong.

With mixed feelings, Li Yisong became a Justice of the Peace.

Over the years, the Li family has been keen on philanthropy, and it is not clear that people will think that the Li family's continuous donations will shrink the Li family's assets, but this is not the case, and the good reputation has allowed Li Yisong and his three sons to win the love of customers, and the company's efficiency has been improved.

Li Hualong owns "Ming Pao", the Li family can see the newspaper every time he donates, Li Hualong donates the most money, his good name is naturally the loudest, and many of his companies face the customer base of the general public, many of these people get Li Hualong's help, and they are naturally willing to take care of Li Hualong's business without suffering losses.

Li Hualong knows that whether it is a Chinese or a foreigner, ordinary people have a more or less hateful mentality of the rich, he does not want others to say that he is rich and unkind, with his understanding of Hong Kong, as well as the future development trajectory of the global economy, there are too many ways to make money, and now he spends more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars a year for charity, less than 1 percent of his total assets, he feels that this is very low, very low, and he is heartbroken at all.

Li Hualong is very clear about the truth that the rafters rot first, although he is now rich and powerful in Hong Kong, but compared with the old big families, especially some British-funded enterprises, there is still some worse, even if he is charitable, he does not dare to be too ostentatious, if someone is unhappy and secretly trips him, it will be more than worth the loss.

A good reputation has too much to promote Li Hualong's career development, although he is the majority shareholder of Hang Seng Bank, but he is still easy to get a large loan from HSBC and Standard Chartered, two British banks, he borrows money, there is no need to worry about the burden of interest, although in recent years, the profit of real estate has fallen some, but he borrowed from the bank to develop real estate projects, after the development is completed, he can still get a lot of profits by repaying the principal and interest of the bank's loan.

Of course, Li Hualong obtained a loan from a British bank, not only because of his good reputation, but also because he has a lot of visible assets, and he is a talented person, and the movie scripts he created have not been made into movies, and there has been no loss, which makes the senior executives (managers) of British banks value him very much and are willing to lend him money.

The general public wants to open an account in HSBC or Standard Chartered Bank, it is not a simple thing, it is even more difficult to borrow money, and the interest on deposits and loans of the bank is not high, if Li Hualong gets a loan from the bank, invests in buying land to build a residential unit for rent, the rent is enough to pay the interest of the bank, professionally speaking, the rental rate of Hong Kong housing at this time exceeds the bank loan interest rate.

In the early fifties, there were very few Chinese in Hong Kong who dealt with banks, and even some wealthy families who moved from the mainland did not deal with banks.

After Li Hualong became a shareholder of Hang Seng Bank and became a shareholder of this Chinese-funded bank, he provided a lot of valuable advice for the development of this bank, such as reducing the conditions for depositors to open accounts, and increasing the efforts of employees to attract depositors to deposit.

In the past few years, Hang Seng Bank has developed extremely rapidly, and although it has not yet had the ability to challenge the status of HSBC and Standard Chartered, the two giants of bank-owned banks, it has become the leading leader of Chinese banks.

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One evening in mid-August, Li Hualong returned home from work and saw Li Yisong, Li Huahu and Li Shengquan fiddling with the radio in the living room.

"Who bought this radio?" Li Hualong asked.

"I bought it." Li Huahu replied with a smile, "A few days ago, didn't Hong Kong Commercial Radio officially start broadcasting, I want to buy a radio and come back, and grandma can pass the time at home!" ”

"You're so filial." Li Hualong said with a smile.

"Third brother, do you say that running a radio station can make money?"

"No matter what business you do, as long as you do it well, you can make money."

"You own a newspaper, have you ever thought about running a radio station?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Li Hualong smiled slightly, "Are you interested in running a radio station?" ”

"I'm not interested, just ask casually." Li Huahu said with a smile, turned his head to look at Li Huaquan a few times, and sighed lightly, "Time flies so fast, when we came to Hong Kong, Sheng Quan was still very young, and now he has become a college student." ”

"It's been ten years, how many decades are there in life!" Li Yisong sighed, looking at his eldest son and grandson with a smile, "Sheng Quan, I went to the UK, studied hard, and fought for us Chinese." ”

"Grandpa, I'll study hard." Li Shengquan smiled.

"Sheng Quan, I remember you were born in October." Li Huahu said.

"According to the solar calendar, it is October 15." Li Shengquan said.

"In a few days, you will go to study in the UK, and you will definitely not be able to spend your twentieth birthday at home, what do you want, the fourth uncle will give you a gift early."

"Fourth uncle, no need, I don't lack anything."

"Since you said you didn't need it, then I won't send it." Li Huahu smiled and said, "When you come home from winter vacation, I will give you a gift." ”