Chapter 6: Big Brother Comes Home
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On the afternoon of 19 October, Li Hualong, who was working at the newspaper office, received a phone call from his father.
"Hualong, your eldest brother is back, come back."
Li Hualong was stunned when he heard this, a happy smile appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said, "Abba, I know, I'll be back soon...... Is my eldest brother okay? β
"Good! It's a blessing to be able to pick up a life and come back. β
After the call, Li Hualong said hello to the employees of the newspaper, and he left the newspaper.
Back at home, Li Hualong arrived at his eldest brother Li Huawen, who was haggard and still wrapped in gauze on his arm.
"Big brother!"
"Third brother!"
"Are you hurt by YanzhΓ²ng?" Li Hualong asked with concern.
"It's okay, I was bitten a little by a bullet, I didn't hurt my bones, and I'll be fine after a few days of rest."
"Even if it's a minor injury, be careful."
"Don't talk about these unpleasant things. Just now Abba told me a lot of things about you, hehe, you are really good at it now, the real estate company is running a good business, and you have also created a newspaper. Li Huawen smiled with joy on his face, "Third brother, you tell me what else you can't do." β
"There's more things I can't do." Li Hualong joked, "Such as having children." β
"Women can't have children without us men!" Li Huawen laughed heartily.
The brothers reunited after a long absence, and chatted for a while, until it was dark and dinner was ready, and they came to the dining room, and sat down at the table, spending more time chatting than drinking and eating.
That night, Li Yisong, Li Hualong and Li Huawen were drunk, and their families and servants helped them to bed.
The next day, Li Hualong stayed at home to spend time with his family.
After Li Huawen came to Hong Kong, he stayed at home to recuperate for more than ten days, and during this time, Li Yisong and Li Hualong both asked him what his future plans were.
Li Huawen couldn't decide what to do in the future, but he didn't want to continue to be a soldier.
Zhou Liyun is an overseas Chinese in Thailand, and more than ten years ago, she left Bangkok with her family and came to the Magic Capital, the most prosperous city in the Far East at that time.
Zhou Liyun entered a high school in the magic capital and became Li Huawen's classmate, and the two of them met and fell in love at school, and walked hand in hand to the marriage hall.
In 38, Li Huawen, who aspired to become a soldier, came to Chengdu and entered the military academy, and Zhou Liyun came to Chenggong with her husband to settle down.
Before the Japanese army occupied the magic capital, Li Yisong left the magic capital with his family, and Zhou Liyun's parents and family left Hong Kong together and came to Hong Kong.
After living in Hong Kong and Macau for many years, after the surrender of Japan, Zhou Liyun's parents and her family left Macau to settle in Bangkok.
In the following years, Zhou Lihua kept in touch with her mother's family in Bangkok, writing a letter every month, knowing that her father and several brothers were doing business in Bangkok and were doing well.
Zhou Lihua thought about returning to Bangkok to live, of course, with her husband and two sons back to Thailand, she told Li Huawen her thoughts, but she did not insist on her own ideas, marrying her husband and following her husband, she let her husband choose.
Li Huawen has never been to Bangkok, listening to his wife's description of Bangkok, he thinks Bangkok is a beautiful city, he does not refuse to settle in Bangkok, but his parents and two younger brothers are in Hong Kong, and he has a lot of family business in Hong Kong, he prefers to stay in Hong Kong.
One day in early November, Lee and Lee took a ferry together to leave Hong Kong Island and arrive at a construction site in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon.
"All these newly built houses are yours?" Li Huawen asked.
"Here's it, there's another real estate developer." Li Hualong replied with a smile, "Big brother, it's quite profitable to engage in construction now, are you interested in setting up a construction company?" β
"I've set up a construction company, will all the houses you develop be built by my company?" Li Huawen asked with a smile.
"As long as you don't kill me, give others the same price as building houses, and the houses developed by my company will be handed over to you to build in the future."
"Why don't you consider starting your own construction company?" Li Huawen was puzzled, "You study architectural engineering, you come to run a construction company, you must know better than me, I am completely a layman." β
"There is nothing difficult in the world, but if you are willing to learn, you will definitely become an excellent builder in the future." Well, hehe, there's so much I want to do. Although the newspaper is now on the right track, I still have to keep an eye on it from time to time. Also, I want to set up a film company in the future and invest in making movies. I also thought about creating a bank in the future......"
"A person's time and energy are limited." Li Huawen interrupted, "If you do everything you want, you will definitely not be able to do it, so you should put your time and mind on running a real estate company and a newspaper!" β
"This year, I'm definitely going to put my heart and soul into these two companies. It's hard to say next year. Li Hualong smiled, "Big brother, if you register a construction company, poach people from other construction companies, and pay more salaries, you will definitely be able to hire capable people." After the establishment of the company, we will first take on a few small projects, and then take on large projects when we are proficient. β
"Good!" Li Huawen nodded with a smile and said, "I listen to you!" β
Li Huawen has been an officer of the Kuomintang for more than ten years, he has his own high and reserved, disdains to pat his superiors, and gives gifts, and does not accept gifts from subordinates, and even sometimes hinders his colleagues from making a fortune, precisely because of his character, otherwise he, a high-achieving student who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, has been in the army for eight or nine years, and with his talent, he cannot be just a regiment commander.
When Li Yisong learned that his eldest son was going to set up a construction company, he took out 500,000 Hong Kong dollars to his eldest son, and transferred the land and house worth more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars to the eldest son's name, and made it clear in front of his wife, Li Huawen, Zhou Lihua, Li Hualong, Li Huahu and others, this is considered a separation, so that Li Huawen will not worry about the money in his hand in the future.
At the end of November, Li Huawen registered and established Jiu'an Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., which was established less than half a month ago, and the first project received from Hualong Real Estate, the first six-storey, single-storey residential building with an area of 1,500 square feet, broke ground.
At the beginning of December, the second batch of residential buildings developed by Hualong Real Estate was completed, and these residential buildings were put into the market in Yau Ma Tei, and the sales brochure was made, and the method of tiered sales was still adopted.
In the past few months, dozens of real estate companies in Hong Kong, large and small, have followed the example of Hualong Real Estate when launching new real estate projects, making sales brochures and selling buildings in layers.
This time, Hualong Real Estate published a sales advertisement in Ming Pao and sent 2,000 copies of the sales brochure to various newsstands through the sales channels of Ming Pao, and asked readers to receive them for free.
So far, the flames of war on the mainland have not been extinguished, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the KMT can only survive for a while, and most of the mainland's territory has been abandoned, and Hong Kong has become a destination for many people on the mainland to flee, and these people have brought money and labor to Hong Kong.
Compared with the real estate sold in late July, the real estate sold by Hualong Real Estate this time, the price is three percent higher, although the price of these land is a little more expensive than the last time, but it is not much, this time the house price is much higher, and the profit is higher. (My novel "Rise of Hong Kong 1949" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "dd" and follow, hurry up! )