On May 13, 1971, the Hong Kong government auctioned off the land near the New Territories on this day, and the Hong Kong government conducted a very low-key auction, and all the people who came to participate in the auction were Hong Kong people, and none of the British came, not even a representative was sent.

Among the Hong Kong tycoons who participated in the auction was a young man named Li Ka-shing, who started by producing plastic beads and flowers, and has become a small fortune in a few years.

Zhuhua this product does not have any technical content at all, the success of Zhuhua has also attracted other people to be involved in this industry, and more and more people are involved, Zhuhua this commodity is the same as all other commodities without any technical content, and has also entered a tragic price war, and the profits are getting lower and lower, and there is no profit at all this year.

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is just like Hong Kong's movies, they are all swarming, seeing what industry makes money, they are all swarming into it, and the quality is not bad, and under the effect of bad money driving out good money, the industry will soon be killed, which is a typical speculative psychology.

Unless you can be like Ling Shizhe's Ambrera company, you have a strong technical backing, so that others can not imitate, even if there are a large number of counterfeit and shoddy products, you can rely on the vast overseas market to survive and develop.

Li Ka-shing didn't come to bid this time, he just came to see if there was any chance to meet these rich people, and sell a lot of beads.

Now Li Ka-shing is not the future generation of Li Chaoman, Hong Kong's top rich, he is now only a small wealth, the plastic bead market is now more and more competitive, there is no profit at all, but if you can get to know some of Hong Kong's top tycoons, just pluck a hair, can let his factory survive, these rich people are not short of money, as long as the quality of the beads is good enough, the design is exquisite and beautiful enough, those rich people are very generous and willing to spend money, anyway, the beads are not expensive, they will not be too concerned about the price.

When the competition is fierce, network is the standard of enterprise survival, Li Ka-shing firmly believes this, so he has been actively building contacts.

Turning his head to look ahead, suddenly his eyes lit up, only to see an old man in his seventies in the first row in front of the right, and a middle-aged man in his fifties sitting next to him, Li Ka-shing thought to himself, if he can establish a relationship with them, then, at least for a few years, his pearl flowers will not be sold, how can he establish a relationship with them? Li Ka-shing was in a dilemma for a while.

The old man sitting in front of him is none other than Ling Zhigao, the head of the Ling family, who is known as the first wealthy family in Hong Kong.

He and his eldest son are here to cast the ground today, and the bids have been handed in, listening to the master of ceremonies singing the bids.

Ling Zhigao is now a little nervous, this year is different from before, the clear mark has been changed to a dark standard, no one knows what the price of the other party is, until the final disclosure, no one knows who the winner is.

didn't let Ling Zhigao wait long, the master of ceremonies quickly finished singing, and the final result came out, the Guo family won the land in the New Territories for 143 million, 1 million more than the Ling family.

Ling Zhigao's face was very unhappy, he spent a lot of effort for this land, but he still lost, he slowly stood up with Ling Shikai's support, turned around and saw the triumphant Guo family father and son on the other side, snorted, and left directly.

Ling Zhigao walked very fast, and before Li Ka-shing could react, he walked out of the hall, and when he chased him out, the Ling family had disappeared.

The Ling family's bid failed, and Ling Shizhe found out from Yan Xiaoyun an hour later.

When he heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the bustling streets outside the window, he thought to himself, the difference is only one million, it is obvious that the Hong Kong British government secretly told the Guo family the price of Ling Zhigao's bid, which anyone can see, the old man is very angry. But that's okay, the Hong Kong government and the Guo family's secret operation also made the Ling family escape in the future, after this incident, the old man and the eldest brother should settle down to run the company, right?

That night, Ling Shizhe returned to the villa in Repulse Bay, which was the first time he returned to this home since he was scolded by Zhang Yuzhen for no reason, and a month had passed.

When he entered the hall, he found that Ling Zhigao was also here, the old man was sitting on the sofa sullen, and Zhang Yuzhen was comforting him.

Seeing Ling Shizhe come in, Zhang Yuzhen was so angry that she said, "My eldest young master is finally willing to go home today!" ”

Ignoring his mother's sarcasm, Ling Shizhe walked directly to Ling Zhigao's side, patted him comfortingly on the shoulder, and sat down on the sofa next to him.

lit a cigarette for the old man and smoked one himself, and the father and son sat silently without saying anything.

Zhang Yuzhen looked at the appearance of the father and son, felt bored, and said, "You father and son are sitting here." So he went upstairs, and left no regard for the father and son.

Li Li came out of the kitchen, saw Ling Shizhe, was slightly surprised, and after serving Ling Shizhe a cup of tea, she also left, never saying a word to him from beginning to end.

The living room was very quiet, neither of the two men spoke, drinking tea, smoking one after another, constantly creating haze.

When Ling Zhigao finished smoking the third cigarette, he finally broke the calm and said, "You already know the matter, right?" ”

Ling Shizhe nodded and did not speak.

"Aren't you going to say something to comfort and comfort you?"

"Old Bean, do you still need comfort?" Seeing Ling Zhigao's face change, Ling Shizhe hurriedly said: "Okay, comfort you, congratulations on your escape, this should be okay, right?" ”

"Are you comforting me? Look what you are talking about, you lost a piece of land, and when I came to you, I still escaped, what is the reason? ”

Ling Shizhe stopped joking with the old man, looked at Ling Zhigao, and said seriously: "Dad, do you know that in the first quarter of this year, there was a surplus in US overseas trade for the first time since the 70s?" ”

"You know, the U.S. stock market is in the green across the board, and the trade surplus is all because your computer camera and calculator have changed the U.S. trade deficit for many years, what, do you want me to tout you?"

Ling Shizhe smiled and said, "That's not what I mean, I mean that they just achieved a trade surplus, and before they had time to be happy, there was a trade deficit again in late April." ”

"What's going on, why is it that all of a sudden there is a deficit again?" Ling Zhigao asked strangely.

"Quite simply, because the Vietnam War digested too much of their financial expenditures, and their film supply in the market was seriously insufficient, Germany's Agfa, Japan's Fuji and other world-famous film giants have increased their exports of American film, so that the surplus of the United States has suddenly turned into a deficit. Moreover, the gold reserves of the United States are even smaller, less than 50 tons, and their coffers are empty, which has caused the seventh international dollar crisis. ”

Ling Zhigao didn't speak, sat on the sofa alone and thought for a while, and said: "This alone doesn't mean that the Bray Forest system will disintegrate, and the disintegration is the least beneficial to the United States?" ”

"What if you add to that the oil crisis?" Ling Shizhe looked at Ling Zhigao and said lightly, and then Ling Shizhe took out a stack of materials from his briefcase, all of which were related to the Middle East in recent times.

Ling Zhigao is right, if only because of the Vietnam War and the emptiness of gold reserves, it will not be enough to disintegrate the gold dollar, if the explosion of the powder keg in the Middle East causes a global oil crisis, under the influence of several factors, the gold dollar system is not finished.

Silently looking at the information brought by Ling Shizhe, the more Ling Zhigao looked at it, the more wrong it became, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, the information showed that the Middle East has become a giant powder keg, and war will break out at any time, once the Middle East war breaks out, the oil crisis will inevitably appear.

After Ling Zhigao finished reading the information and put down the documents in his hand, Ling Shizhe smiled and said: "How about it, believe it now, even if the gold-dollar system does not disintegrate, once the war starts in the Middle East, it will also hate the economy of the United States and the world, will Hong Kong be affected by then, and will the British take the opportunity to shear Hong Kong's wool?" When the Guo family was still unwillingly developing that piece of land, come to this point, what do you say will happen to their family, is there any possibility of stepping over? Even if they can't get across, will they cut their flesh to survive? ”

Ling Zhigao nodded first, thought about it and shook his head, and said, "But who knows when this oil crisis will happen?" No one can tell, right? ”

I know that this is Ling Shizhe's heart, because he came through time, but he can't say that, but said in a different way: "It's true that it is not clear when the war will start and when the oil crisis will break out, but please pay attention to your father, if the Guo family invests that piece of land, if all the development is to be completed, with the current strength of the Guo family and the resources they control, it will take at least nearly seven years to complete, they are not our Ling family after all, isn't these seven years enough to have an oil crisis?" There could be two oil crises. ”

"Yes, seven years is enough, and then the Guo family will have to shed its skin if it doesn't die. Indeed, our Ling family has escaped. ”

Ling Shizhe stood up and smiled: "By the way, now that you want to open it, don't you get angry?" If you're not angry, then eat, I'm hungry. ”

"Well, eating, I'm hungry too, but it's just a piece of land, what am I angry about, what am I angry about, really, I actually say I'm angry, young man, where can you see that I'm angry? Dine! After speaking, without waiting for Ling Shizhe's support, he stood up and walked towards the dining room, his steps were brisk, not at all like a seventy-year-old man.

Looking at Ling Zhigao, who didn't admit that he was angry, Ling Shizhe smiled.