Although the top British-funded companies can be eaten all over the world, the vast majority of middle- and lower-level British-funded companies are actually very limited in their capabilities, and they are far from Hong Kong-funded companies.

The reason why these companies were able to obtain huge returns in Hong Kong is actually the same as the children of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty more than 100 years ago.

Don't think that the Englishmen have always been gentlemen, as they advertise in the world, and that the people who think the most gentleman in the world will always be English.

In fact, before the British were ready to dress themselves up as gentlemen, they had just laid down their bloody bayonets, and if the British were all gentlemen, there would be no second crows. If there is a war, there will be no British and French troops burning the Old Summer Palace.

It is known as the Old Summer Palace, which is known as the garden of ten thousand gardens, it took 150 years to build, and it was completed by three emperors before Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, and it is the most valuable garden building in China.

How many treasures the British and French invaders robbed of the Old Summer Palace can never be said because its accounts were all looted and destroyed.

According to the historical materials of the Qing Dynasty, there were only 441 pieces of European clocks and watches of all sizes displayed and stocked in the Old Summer Palace, and only one large bell survived after the disaster.

After the fact, 1,197 pieces of lost objects that had been snatched by bandits and "abandoned by the invading army" were seized, which was at best only 1/2 thousandth of the objects in the park.

According to British and French officers, priests, and journalists who witnessed the looting:

Officers and soldiers, the British and the French, in order to grab the treasure, poured into the Old Summer Palace from all directions, indulged in wanton, took and plundered, and in a hurry, they beat each other and even fought with weapons in order to grab the treasure.

Because there were so many treasures in the garden, they didn't know what to do for a while, some moved the cloisonné porcelain vase, some coveted embroidered robes, some chose high-end leather coats, and some went to get the wall clock inlaid with pearls and jade.

Some carry large pockets filled with all kinds of treasures. Some put gold bars and gold leaves in the wide pockets of their coats; Some were wrapped in brocade silk on their halfs; Some hats are filled with jewels such as ruby sapphires, pearls, and crystal stones; Some have jade collars around their necks.

In one chamber, there was a mountain of fine silk, said to be enough for half of the inhabitants of Beijing, and it was carried away by soldiers in large carts.

A British officer looted a golden Buddha statue from a temple with 500 statues of gods, worth £1,200.

A French officer looted 600,000 francs worth of property. The son of the French commander-in-chief, Montopia, plundered 300,000 francs worth of treasure and filled several wagons.

A second-class military officer named Helis stole two golden stupas (both three-storey, one 7 feet high and one 6.4 feet high) and a large number of other treasures from the garden at one time, and found seven strong men to carry them back to the barracks for him.

In addition to the wanton looting, the invaders have also destroyed countless things. Several houses were full of satin clothing, and clothes were dragged out of boxes and thrown to the ground, and people walked into them almost to their knees.

The sappers, armed with large axes, smashed all the furniture and removed the gems from the top. Some smashed large mirrors, others ferociously shot at the menorah for fun. Most of the French soldiers used sticks in their hands to mash everything that could not be taken away.

So never think that there is a bottom line in being a man, especially for someone who dresses up as a gentleman from a pirate.

In order to prevent these poor children who could not get enough to eat in Britain from starving to death in Hong Kong, the British government of Hong Kong formulated many strange regulations. Under these strange regulations, even a beggar can become a teacher in Hong Kong.

Under such circumstances, it can be said that it is quite difficult for Chinese capital in Hong Kong to make a big breakthrough. Of course, it will not always be like this, in the face of the increasingly powerful mainland, in the face of the protests of the mainland government and Hong Kong Chinese capital, the Hong Kong British government sometimes has to change some strange rules.

Then after changing the rules, many British Yankees didn't get used to it, and the teacher who was originally a beggar didn't take long to become a beggar again, originally the owner of a very large company who didn't have much ability, and it didn't take long for him to change back to the old way.

For those Chinese elites who are slowly getting up little by little, it is too simple to confront these British, it is too easy, so the British, who were originally high, have become fat sheep one by one, waiting for everyone to slaughter, and the good body that has been made by hard work before can also eat fat meat in one breath without dying.

This led to the acquisition of a large number of British capital by Chinese capital in the late 70s and 80s. For example, Li Ka-shing's empty gloves and white wolf became the owner of Whampoa International, Bao tycoon swallowed the elephant to buy Wharf, and Li Sishu became the owner of the gas company.

Of course it was in the late seventies, early eighties! There are still more than two years to go.

Although Hong Kong's economy is recovering, Chinese capital is rising rapidly, while British capital is still dead in addition to large capital. In many places, it is not at the same level as Hong Kong capital at all.

But the camel that suffered was bigger than the horse, and the British capital was still wearing a tiger skin, so that the Chinese capital did not dare to move.

It wasn't until two years later that Shen Bi, the head of HSBC, made a move.

The reason why Shen Bi supported Bao Daheng's acquisition of Wharf and why he supported Li Chaoren's acquisition of Whampoa International was because HSBC was completely disappointed with the British Yankees of Hongkong Land and Whampoa International.

Bao Tycoon is okay, in the Wharf acquisition war, Shen Bi just lent him a sum of money to help him turnover.

The Huangpu International acquisition case is different, this time it was HSBC that made a direct move, and Li Chaoren was the successor of Huangpu International seen by HSBC.

The most powerful part of the acquisition war is that with the help of HSBC, Li Chaoren can be said to have used empty gloves and white wolf methods, and directly won half of the shares of Huangpu International without spending a penny. Completed the transformation from an ordinary rich person to a super-rich person.

It can be said that the acquisition directly opened the prelude to the retreat of British capital in Hong Kong. Because everyone saw that HSBC had taken action, the tiger skin on the British capital was stripped off.

In such a harsh environment, those British people who are very judgmental about their own ability clearly know that Hong Kong is a good place, and they are about to be unable to get along. It's time to start preparing for your own back

Lei Weidong's purchase of a large amount of land at this time can be said to be the end of a good opportunity. Now the enterprises of British capital in Hong Kong are lifeless, although they can see the money made from real estate, but they have no spare money to buy land.

The Chinese capital is just emerging, although they continue to buy land in various parts of Hong Kong, but they are still very weak, without the support of HSBC, the purchasing power is still not strong, and many land plots have not yet been purchased by the capital. For example, Li Chaoren is now just an ordinary billionaire, and has not yet become the richest Chinese in the future.

So during this period of time, as long as Liang Shuren looked at the place, there was nothing that he couldn't reach. In just a few months, seven or seven years have not really passed, helping Lei Weidong win more than 20 pieces of land. The smallest of these sites is more than 5,000 square meters, the largest is more than 20,000 square meters, and the land area in the luxurious Central and Causeway Bay is also more than 10,000 square meters.

Of course, a lot of money has been spent on these lands, and now Lei Weidong is a billionaire and owes a large number of loans to the bank. But now Lei Weidong's Xiaomi Comics Company has a super ability to attract money, and it won't take a few months to repay these loans.

Of course, if it weren't for Xiaomi's super ability to attract money, Lei Weidong would not have been able to borrow so much cash.

Banks in Hong Kong are different from state-owned banks in the mainland, as long as you have a relationship with the bank in the mainland, you can give a rebate to take out the loan. Anyway, it's all the country's money, and what does it have to do with yourself.

In Hong Kong, they are all private banks, and even HSBC also has private shares. The requirements for loans are very strict, and if you can't repay the loan, you won't be able to borrow money even if you ask the Governor to come out.

However, Lei Weidong's crazy land acquisition behavior in the past few months has still attracted the attention of others. In particular, Liang Shuren's snatching of several pieces of land from Uncle Li Si aroused the ideas of others.