Cheng Yueru had just left Hong Kong, and Li Hualong's Carrefour bought Watsons' shareholders and bought all the shares of the company.

At this time, Watsons was still a small company, and the brand value was not high, and the reason why Li Hualong chose to acquire this company was that he liked the Watsons brand, and in addition, this company had a lot of properties and land under its name, which had the value of redevelopment.

After the acquisition of Watsons, Li Hualong did not let the company get involved in the real estate industry, but transferred some of the land with development value under the name of the company to the name of Hualong Real Estate Company, which invested and developed it.

In recent years, Li Hualong has acquired a number of companies and brands, some of which will become well-known brands in later generations, such as Wang Laoji.

During Li Hualong's selection of locations for the filming of "Hong Kong Holiday", he saw Wang Laoji herbal tea shop on the street, he entered the store pù, bought herbal tea to drink, and after drinking it, he felt that it tasted good, it was a familiar taste.

Li Hualong deliberately approached the shopkeeper, Wang Yukang, and asked if he was willing to sell the shop's pù and trademarks, as well as the recipe for herbal tea.

Wang Yukang said that Wang Laoji herbal tea is an ancestral industry and is unwilling to sell it, and Li Hualong did not force it.

After more than a year, Li Hualong often drank Wang Laoji herbal tea, and he did not mention the acquisition again.

Later, Wang Yukang took the initiative to propose to Li Hualong to give him the pùding of various Wang Laoji stores in Hong Kong, and sold him the trademark and the recipe of herbal tea.

The reason why Wang Yukang sold his ancestral business was because he owed debts.

It turned out that in 1951, Wang Yukang opened a branch in Macau, and later met Ding Mou, who was engaged in futures speculation.

Wang Yukang initially gave 50,000 yuan to Ding, and earned 30,000 yuan in less than a day.

Wang Yukang was fascinated by this way of making money and began to indulge in futures speculation.

Wang Yukang trusted Ding very much and gave him full authority to manage the company's property rights.

At first, Wang Yukang woke up until a batch of goods worth about more than 100,000 yuan was swept away.

The cost of Wang Laoji's shop and the selling price of the trademark are not expensive, Li Hualong immediately made a deal with Wang Yukang, and at the same time, he asked Wang Yukang to help him manage several Wang Laoji herbal teas and give him a high salary.

Li Hualong also did not fully trust Wang Yukang, he sent two acquaintances to work in Wang Laoji and shared Wang Yukang's rights.

In the past few years since Li Hualong became the owner of Laoji Herbal Tea, more and more branches of Wanglaoji Herbal Tea have been opened in Hong Kong, and one branch has been added almost every year.

Running Wanglaoji Herbal Tea Shop did not make Li Hualong any money, but he did not operate at a loss, and Wanglaoji Herbal Tea's reputation in Hong Kong became more and more famous, which helped him cultivate Wanglaoji as an herbal tea brand, which made Li Hualong very willing to continue to operate.

In the evening of early June, Li Hualong took his car home from work, and when he passed by the main store of Wang Laoji, he asked the driver to park his car on the side of the road.

After Li Hualong got out of the car, accompanied by two bodyguards, he walked into Wang Laoji's head office.

"Hello boss!" An employee who was greeting customers saw Li Hualong and hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

"Xiao Zhou, busy!" Li Hualong smiled, he remembered that this young man who looked very refined was surnamed Zhou Minghai.

"Boss, do you want to drink herbal tea?" Zhou Hai asked.

"Don't worry, you can entertain customers first."

Wang Yukang, who was checking the accounts in the back room, heard Li Hualong's figure, hurriedly walked out, and said with a smile: "Boss, why do you have time to come and see it today." ”

"Lao Wang, are you blaming me?" Li Hualong joked with a smile.

"No, no, how dare I, a wage earner, blame the boss." Wang Yukang respectfully stretched out his hand to invite, "Boss, let's go into the back room and sit for a while." ”

When Wang Yukang first met Li Hualong, he didn't think he was a talented person, and he thought he was a rich son.

Later, "Hong Kong Holiday" was a box office hit, and Wang Yukang began to realize that Li Hualong was not a simple character.

As Li Hualong invested in the filming of a number of box office blockbuster movies and wrote several novels that were widely liked by readers, his popularity in Hong Kong has become more and more popular, and Wang Yukang's eyes have become different when he looks at Li Hualong, and he admires him very much.

Wang Yukang was deceived by others, encountered difficulties, and had to sell Wang Laoji herbal tea to Li Hualong, at that time, he never imagined that in just a few years, Li Hualong would become a man of the year in Hong Kong business circles.

In the face of his boss, Wang Yukang always has a sense of admiration in his heart, over the years, he has worked for Li Hualong, although he can't say that everything is going well, but he is quite content, he hopes to be able to work for Li Hualong all the time.

After entering the back room, after Li Hualong sat down, he picked up the account book on the table and looked at it a few times, looked at Wang Yukang, who was pouring herbal tea, and said with a smile: "Is the company's business good this year?" ”

"Business has been good in the past few months, and compared to last year, the performance has increased by about eight percent." Wang Yukang brought a cup of herbal tea and put it on the table, "Boss, treat tea." ”

"Thank you!"

Wang Yukang poured two more cups of tea for Li Hualong's two bodyguards.

"Get out." Li Hualong said to the two bodyguards.

"Okay." The two bodyguards answered and walked out with herbal tea.

"Boss, would you like to report to you on the company's performance this year?" Wang Yukang asked.

"No, you don't. Lao Wang, I know your work ability, and I am very relieved. Li Hualong smiled, "However, then again, trust is trust, you can't be too casual, the account must be clear." ”

"Don't worry, boss, the company's accounts have always been clear, and every entry and exit is recorded in the accounts."

"You've worked hard all these years." Li Hualong took a sip of herbal tea and continued, "I built a high-end apartment on Garden Road, the house is quite good, and it is about to open, if you are interested, I will give you a preferential price." ”

"It's a bit unfortunate that at the beginning of this year, I took out a loan to buy a house to improve my housing conditions, and now I still owe a lot of loans, and I don't have money to buy it again."

"It's fine. Now that you've bought a new house, wait a few more years. In the next few years, if the performance of Wang Laoji's company is good, I will reward you with a house. ”

"Thank you boss, I'll do a good job. Hehe, the new house I bought was developed by your real estate company, and my family said it was okay to live in it. ”

"Then I want to thank you for taking care of my business."

"Boss, don't say that." Wang Yukang said with a smile, "I know the manager of the sales department, he knows that I work for you, when I went to buy a house, he gave me an internal price, I want to thank you!" ”

"Hmm!" Li Hualong nodded with a smile, "Has the purchase price of medicinal materials increased this year?" ”

"There is no increase, except for the price of honeysuckle and licorice that has fallen slightly, the price of other medicinal materials is the same as in previous years, it has not risen or fallen."

"The raw materials must be authentic, and you can't smash your own signboard for a little money." Li Hualong reminded.

"Boss, don't worry, the medicinal materials used by our Wang Laoji are all genuine, and they are well-known in Hong Kong."

"It takes several generations of hard work to slowly accumulate a good reputation. If you are careless, it may take a few days, and the good reputation will no longer exist. ”

"I remember." Wang Yukang nodded.

Li Hualong chatted with Wang Yukang for a few words, and after drinking a cup of herbal tea, he said goodbye to Wang Yukang and left Wang Laoji's head office.

Before leaving, Li Hualong also took some medicinal materials for making herbal tea and took them home to make herbal tea and drink.

Li Hualong felt that it was good to drink some herbal tea, if he drank herbal tea often, it might not be good for the body, after all, the medicine was poisonous.

When the filling of Wang Laoji in the mainland of China in later generations was selling well, Li Hualong, who was born in the 80s, saw a report on the Internet that Wang Laoji herbal tea used a poisonous traditional Chinese medicine, because he did not pay special attention to this matter, so he did not have many relevant memories, but he remembered that herbal tea could not be drunk often, and pregnant women, children, the elderly and people with weak stomachs would definitely hurt their bodies if they drank it.

After Li Hualong bought Wanglaoji Herbal Tea, he did not make too many changes, and did not clearly tell customers that pregnant women, children, the elderly, and people with weak stomachs should not drink herbal tea, and if he did, Wanglaoji Herbal Tea's business would definitely plummet.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the two international cola giants, invest a lot of money in advertising every year, and never take the initiative to tell customers about the side effects of drinking Coke.

Modern people know that smoking is harmful to health, and cigarettes will be marked with "smoking is harmful to health" warnings, some are words, some are scary pictures, but decades ago, there was no saying that smoking is harmful to health.

Li Hualong thinks that Wanglaoji herbal tea is a good thing, and if he can make the industry bigger and stronger, he can make huge profits, so when promoting and selling Wanglaoji herbal tea, he will consider his own interests more and ignore the danger that herbal tea may have to some customers.

In fact, in Hong Kong, many people know that pregnant women, children, the elderly and people with weak stomachs should not drink herbal tea and other cool things, and there are not many people who will specifically avoid it.