Chapter 120: Zhang Guirong of the Third Prince of Central
The Hakka Chamber of Commerce in Tai Tam Shanjiang Courtyard in Hong Kong, the Hakka Gang Chamber of Commerce was founded by the four major families in Hong Kong, Ho, Li, Xu and Luo, as well as Lin Bingyan of Hang Seng Bank and Li Shipeng of the Bank of East Asia.
Although the Hakka Gang Chamber of Commerce is not as good as Guo Desheng, Li Shauji, and Zheng Yutong's Cantonese Gang Chamber of Commerce in terms of numbers, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce of Bao Yugang, Shao Yifu, Dong Haoyun, and Zhao Congyan in terms of financial resources, and the Chaozhou Gang Chamber of Commerce of Li Jiacheng, 14K, Xin Yi'an, and Da Liu in terms of unity, the Hakka people, as the indigenous inhabitants of Hong Kong, have joined forces with the British to control Hong Kong's power and economy, and they are half of the emperors of Hong Kong.
I saw that the building inside the Hakka Chamber of Commerce in the Dongjiang Annex, which is a tiled house full of Chinese-style courtyards, with some couplets hanging everywhere, "There must be guests in every mountain, and there must be guests living in the mountains." This couplet shows that the Hakka ancestors went through countless hardships and hardships in the process of taking root in the mountainous areas and working hard, and exercised the spirit of hardship and hard work.
In a spacious hall, Liang Jinling, Shen Bi, Lin Xiufeng, several secretaries and lawyers, are sitting around a table made of hard, fragrant sandalwood, drinking kung fu tea and talking about business.
"600 million Hong Kong dollars, Boss Lin, this is the highest price I have paid, if you don't buy it, I can't help it." Liang Jinling really didn't want to spend any more time with this old fox, so he directly opened the price from 550 million to 600 million Hong Kong dollars, and fully acquired Jiayi TV Station. If it weren't for the artist resources of Jiayi TV, 600 million Hong Kong dollars would be enough for Liang Jinling to open a new TV station.
"Mr. Liang, the price of 600 million is not very high, I spent 500 million yuan from investing in Jiayi TV Station to acquiring Mr. He Zuozhi and Jardine Matheson Co., Ltd., and I also invested 10 million some time ago to send 2,000 people to Jiayi TV Station, and I owe 1 month's salary, plus other bits and pieces." Although Lin Xiufeng was happy to earn nearly 100 million in his heart. But he still wants to continue to squeeze out Liang Jinling's surplus value.
Originally, Lin Bingyan's son Lin Xiufeng wanted to learn from the son of Hong Kong opium "film" king Lee Hysan, and enter the entertainment industry like that and become a media tycoon.
Some time ago he received the boss behind the scenes. Shen Bi, the head of HSBC, told him to sell the newly acquired Jiayi TV station to Hong Kong's new tycoon Leung Kam-ling
It has only been less than a month since he took over, and he wants to sell the TV station in his hand to others, Lin Xiufeng is still very dissatisfied, but he does not dare to offend the big boss Shen Bi. After all, his shares in more than 6 floors of Hang Seng Bank are in the hands of HSBC, and Shen Bi can recover the hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars that Hang Seng Bank loaned to Jiayi TV in a word, and Jiayi TV will collapse immediately.
Under Shen Bi's introduction, Lin Bingyan had no choice but to contact Liang Jinling for talks, in order to scare off Liang Jinling, the lion opened his mouth and shouted out the purchase price of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, before he was willing to buy Jiayi TV Station, which scared the face of the middleman Shen Bi.
After some verbal battles and bargaining, Liang Jinling lost patience.
"Mr. Lin. Take a look at these numbers for yourself, Jiayi TV, it has only been half a year since it was launched, and it has already lost 400 million, which is a bottomless hole, not to mention that Jiayi TV also borrowed 300 million Hong Kong dollars from Hang Seng Bank, and owes you 300 million Hong Kong dollars to Hang Seng Bank, which is completely in debt, you have earned so much, what do you want. ”
Liang Jinling was in the hands of the secretary Yiyi beside him. took a lot of information, threw it in front of Lin Xiufeng, and sprayed it directly at him, don't be too greedy. Liang Jinling looked angry. I am secretly happy in my heart, and when the price of real estate in Hong Kong rises in a few years, the cost of selling the Jiayi TV station building will be recovered.
"Lin Dong, since you have already earned it, don't make any more extraneous branches, hurry up and sign the contract. Then we went to lunch to celebrate the successful transaction. Lin Xiufeng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Shen Bi's words.
Just kidding, now Liang Jinling's magic company's endless foreign exchange is the performance that can help Shen Bi become the chairman of HSBC, Lin Xiufeng, the second ancestor, is too ugly, offend Liang Jinling, what should he do if he affects himself, if Liang Jinling deposits money in Standard Chartered Bank or Citibank, Shen Bi is not a bamboo basket - a waste.
"In that case, Mr. Liang, I won't say much, I'll give Shen Daban a face today, and be friends with Mr. Liang, I suffered a little loss in this transaction, and the deal was completed, and we have a happy cooperation." Lin Bingyan's son Lin Xiufeng, who was cheap and behaved, this old man in his 50s, with a triumphant smile on his face, stood up, stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Liang Jinling.
"It's a pleasure to work with." Liang Jinling also smiled and shook hands with him.
Silly hat, both of them bought each other in their hearts. The lawyers of both parties quickly drafted a contract in both Chinese and English, and under the witness of Shen Bi's class, Lin Xiufeng and Liang Jinling both took the Hong Kong dollar from the secretary behind him and marked their names, and from then on, Jiayi TV was Liang Jinling's.
"Why didn't you talk when you were eating just now?" While driving, Liang Jinling touched the elastic white leg under the female secretary's professional skirt and asked her.
"Can you concentrate on driving, touching around." Yiyi slapped Liang Jinling's strange hand and gave him a blank look, this guy was driving and rubbing oil.
"You haven't answered my question yet." Liang Jinling ignored Yiyi's anger and continued to stroke her ****. Women just like to flirt and scold, love to be coquettish, and say don't in their mouths, but in fact, they don't resist in their hearts.
"At lunchtime, I was thinking about things." Yiyi was very speechless, he was still touching, is the meat on his legs so easy to touch? I really don't understand men, I like to look at legs so much.
"What do you think, so fascinated, you didn't even hear me call you."
"You still say, it's okay if you give me so many things, I can find an excuse to buy it with a salary, but you give me a Repulse Bay villa and let me live in it, how can I tell my family." Yiyi is annoyed to death, buy some beautiful clothes, brand-name bags, jewelry and necklaces, and her parents are asking long and short questions, if they also move to the villa to live, they won't wear a pot anymore.
"What's there to worry about, just tell your family, I raised you with "Bao", isn't it okay?" Liang Jinling smiled evilly.
"You bastard, I'm mad, I'll fuck you." Yiyi shyly stretched out her jade hand and twisted Liang Jinling's strange hand.
"Alright, stop making a fuss, we're here." Liang Jinling withdrew his hand, stepped on the brakes, and parked the car on the side of the road.
"Here's that. Aren't we going back to the company? Yiyi unbuckled her seat belt and looked up after getting out of the car.
"This is 88 D'Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong Island, Cheung Kee Clothing Store." Liang Jin smiled and bent his arm.
"What are we doing here?" Yiyi obediently went over and hugged Liang Jinling's arm tightly.
"Come to the clothing store. Clothes, of course. Let's go inside. ”
"Boss Zhang, are you doing the suits I wanted to do last time?" Hugging Yiyi, as soon as he walked into Zhang Ji's clothing store, Liang Jinling said to an old man who was directing several apprentices to make dresses. Shout loudly.
"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Liang, come on, hurry up and take a seat, Ah Cai, hurry up and pour tea for the two distinguished guests, Ah Ying, go and send Mr. Liang's finished clothes." This old man named Boss Zhang is Mr. Zhang Huohai, the famous king of Western clothing in Central, Hong Kong Island.
Zhang Huohai, a member of the Hakka Gang Chamber of Commerce. He is a famous tailor in Hong Kong, and once served as the head of the Hong Kong Cheung Clan Association and the Zhongsheng Winter Swimming Group. Zhang Huohai's father was the largest landlord in Lingnan Province, and his house was raided after liberation.
As early as the thirties of the 19th century, Zhang Huohai opened a dress shop on D'Aguilar Street in Central, Hong Kong, selling the latest Hollywood fashion at that time.
Therefore, it is particularly popular with artists in the film and drama industry, such as famous director Alfred Hitchcock, actor Gary Grant, Marlon Brando, William Holden and other Hollywood superstars, who also made a special trip to visit Cheung Kee's clothing store when they came to Hong Kong to perform.
Although Cheung Kee has opened more than a dozen chain stores in Central, Cheung Hok-hai, as the owner, still insists on being his own tailor master, teaching the art of tailoring to his apprentices while designing tailor-style clothes for some big customers.
"Mr. Liang. Please wear them and try them out, whether they fit your body shape or not, whether they look good or not. Zhang Huohai took the suits from the female apprentice A-Ying. It was handed to Liang Jinling.
Liang Jinling took off his coat, put on the suit with Yiyi's help, stood by the fitting mirror, and looked carefully.
"Well, not bad." Liang Jinling swayed his body and looked at it from all angles. Ask your female companion Yiyi.
"It's fitting, it's trendy, it's good." Yiyi patted Liang Jinling's newly worn suit, looked at it carefully, and praised it. People rely on clothes, Buddha relies on gold clothes, Liang Jinling wears this suit, and everyone looks a little more handsome.
"Haha, the material of Mr. Liang's suit is made of the world's most expensive worsted wool fiber fabric, which is not only light, drapes well, durable, but also waterproof and stainproof." Zhang Huohai began to sell melons, selling and boasting, and the rich people ordered a suit for hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is not comparable to the Italian famous brands in those stores.
Seeing Liang Jinling and Yiyi in such close contact, Zhang Huohai showed a smile on his face that all men know.
"Well, Boss Zhang, you are not the most famous tailor in Hong Kong, this suit is well done. Boss Zhang, my company will have a feast next, there will be a lot of big stars to cheer, and when the time comes, I will let them all come to your Zhang Ji clothing store and order clothes. ”
"Really? Then I have to thank Mr. Liang in advance for your pull. Zhang Huohai was dizzy, and it seems that he has received a big business again.
"Woohoo." There was a sound of motorcycle brakes coming from the doorway, and a young man wearing a helmet got out of the motorcycle.
I saw that the young man in this helmet was wearing a dark blue wool suit jacket, with a three-button design, with two pockets at the waist, and the proper cut highlights the slenderness of the waist, the most special thing about this dark blue jacket is its asymmetrical design, only one pocket is opened at the bottom right of the zipper, but the other side is not.
If you look closer, you'll notice that the dark lines hidden in the cuffs make the whole garment instantly refined, and at the same time, the length of the sleeves is much longer than the usual standard.
The pants worn are a pair of the most popular bell bottoms of the 60s and 70s, with several zippered pockets on the top and a hem like a big flare underneath.
The young man removed the helmet from his head, revealing a picturesque face. I saw him pouting the corners of his mouth, still biting gum in his mouth, with a ruffian face, and walked strolling in front of Zhang Huohai.
Damn, isn't this Zhang Guirong? This ruffian appearance is still the elegant, profound, and melancholy "brother" of later generations, which completely subverts the image of Liang Jinling's "elder brother" in later generations.
"Dad, how is business going today?" Zhang Guirong walked up to his father, chewed gum, leaned back on a table, and spoke to his father lightly.
He has no good impression of this father who is a "flow", and he has no feelings, Zhang Guirong's mother Pan Yuyao because of the catch of "Rape" at the Peninsula Hotel, caught Zhang Huohai in the Peninsula Hotel for many years "raising" of celebrities and ladies from all walks of life (social, interpersonal, flower), after a big quarrel, he separated from his father, Zhang Guirong was brought up by the sixth sister of the worker since he was a child, and he has no feelings with his family.
"Zhang Fazhong, you decrepit boy, you are willing to come back today, you don't see anyone all day long, let you go to the textile department of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom to study fashion design, but you sneaked back. When I go back to Hong Kong, I either go to a bar to sing, or I go to a dance hall to dance, I am 20 years old, and I still hang around all day long, doing nothing, like a flying boy (naughty egg), please you can grow a little knowledge, and if you don't study, you can find a job well, don't always worry your mother. ”
Zhang Huohai caught fire when he saw this unfortunate little son. He took a wife and two concubines, and gave birth to ten children, three of whom died after birth, and the other children were very natural, and they were not angry with this youngest son.
Zhang Fazhong? Haha, Liang Jinling felt funny when he heard this name, how did his father help the handsome guy Zhang Weirong come up with this name, it's really ugly. Zhang Guirong's stage name was changed when Zhang Guirong entered Li's TV station.
"Dad, you know that I don't like to make clothes, and you want to force me to learn what kind of fashion design, isn't it good that I'm like this now? Also, don't call me Zhang Fazhong in the future, it's so ugly, you can ask me Leslie Cheung in the future. Hearing that his father was annoying himself again, Zhang Fazhong (Zhang Guirong) looked impatient, spit out the chewing gum in his mouth, took out a few peanuts from his mouth, and gnawed them.
"You are a second ancestor, you are still reasonable, look at your uncle Zhang Renlong's son, your brother Zhang Jingxian (Fu Sheng, Zhen Xiaoni's husband), who has played since childhood, is only two years older than you, and is now the boss of the film company." Zhang Huohai was stunned, forgot that there were guests present, and reprimanded this son who hated iron but not steel.
"Okay, okay, you always mention other people's sons, why don't you recognize Zhang Jingxian as your son." Zhang Guirong was impatient to hear this, threw the peanut in his hand into his mouth, picked up the helmet, and walked to the backstage.
"I'm sorry, I'll teach that naughty son a lesson, let Mr. Liang make you laugh." Zhang Huohai saw this disobedient son leaving, his face turned blue with anger, and at this time he wanted to patronize and teach his son a lesson, forgetting the big customer Liang Jinling.
"It's okay, young people like to be playful, and I used to be too. Boss Zhang, in fact, your son is so good-looking, why don't you ask him to come to work at my TV station, I just bought a TV station. Liang Jinling responded with a smile, and met Zhang Guirong's big gold mine, and he didn't take the opportunity to take him away.
No wonder Zhang Guirong played a supporting role for Chen Baiqiang in TV stations and movies in the early days, and played so many ruffian flying boys, playboy described the role, in Li's TV shows and ATV TV shows, so naughty. It turned out that he was so rebellious when he was young, and it is no wonder that he grew up in such a family since he was a child, and he had no father's love and mother's love.
But who would have thought that this rebellious, cheerful, and naughty boy with a rebellious appearance, is actually very fragile inside, because Tan Zhang competed for hegemony in the music world, he couldn't withstand the pressure, and later suffered from depression, and finally picked up the soap. (To be continued.) )