168 War breaks out
The environment can always change a person quietly, the Wang Laoji who used to make a living by setting up flower stalls, swept the rivers and lakes of Hong Kong and Kowloon with a pair of iron fists, and hung 'pounce on your mother' at every turn, is now like a gentleman in high society, wearing a well-fitting suit, a bow tie, and a bag of flowers, which makes Zhou Wenqiang look sideways.
“mygod! Brother Zhou, this is the eldest lady of the Bai family, right? You've got a great eye! When are you going to have a happy event, I must go and drink the wedding wine. ”
As the vice chairman of Beiwang Company, Wang Laoji is now also a person with a row, and he has also received an invitation to the auction; Although Wang Laoji herbal tea seems to have nothing to do with today's auction items, Beiwang Company is Zhou Wenqiang's, and inviting Wang Laoji to attend the meeting also indirectly gave Zhou Wenqiang face.
Wang Laoji, who was standing in front of the Peninsula Hotel, was a little nervous, and had already quietly looked through the glass window a few times, and the guys inside who were either rich or expensive and opened their English accents at every turn made him a little timid.
It was easy to wait for Zhou Wenqiang, and when he saw Bai Yue'e holding Zhou Wenqiang's arm, his eyes lit up, and he also dragged a sentence in English under excitement, which he had studied for a long time, just to deal with a big scene like today.
Bai Yue'e was secretly happy when she heard this, and immediately looked at Wang Laoji as pleasing to her eyes, and smiled sweetly at him: "Brother Lao Ji, you speak English really well." ”
Wang Laoji laughed, walked over and lowered his voice and said: "Everyone is their own person, I won't pretend, in fact, I can speak a few words of English, or I am learning ......."
Zhou Wenqiang laughed loudly: "Brother Ji, in fact, you don't have to be nervous, deal with those foreign devils and fake foreign devils, let's just speak Chinese!" That's what you call a row of noodles. ”
"Pounce on your mother, Wen Qiang, you said it earlier, what else am I pretending?"
Wang Laoji was immediately relieved.
"Let's go in together, Brother Ji, in addition to the business people on Hong Kong Island, there are also many high-level politicians who are here today, and there are also a lot of bigwigs in Aocheng, you can communicate with them more if you have the opportunity, which is beneficial to the future development of Beiwang Company."
Don't really take Wang Laoji as a rough person, during this time, Zhou Wenqiang watched coldly and found that Wang Laoji's learning ability is first-class, although he is a little rough, he is the most enthusiastic and frank, he is a character like Cheng Biting Jin, in the group of high-class gentlemen who everyone wears masks, the more people like him, the easier it is for the other party to let the other party take off his guard.
The most important thing is that he now has the status of a director of the Beiwang company, and although he was mixed with the rivers and lakes before, he did the gaming industry, and the upper class people in Hong Kong and Macao are actually very open to gambling, and now the Hong Kong government is even discussing the introduction of a national gambling mechanism, which is the famous Mark Six lottery in the future.
Zhou Wenqiang really didn't see the wrong person, not long after entering, Wang Laoji started to play, and began to call some bigwigs brothers, including the famous Australian city tycoon He Xian.
The two chatted enthusiastically, and they had already begun to talk about business, preparing to sell Wang Laoji herbal tea and Weidong spicy noodles across the sea to Aocheng.
He Xian, who had just passed the age of forty-two, was chatting with Wang Laoji while looking at Zhou Wenqiang with admiration and curiosity. This young man had not been on the rise for long, but the name filled his ears and made him very curious.
Zhou Wenqiang didn't pay attention to He Xian, although he knew that the Australian city tycoon was participating in today's auction, he didn't want to have a deep friendship with him.
He Xian was enthusiastic about charity in his later years, and regarded money as dung, which was originally good, but Lei Yingdong made a deal with him at the beginning, but he was pitted very badly, this kind of person is too complicated, if it is not necessary, it is better to limit it to business exchanges.
"Zhou Sheng."
"Zhou Shazhan."
Zhou Wenqiang walked into the conference hall with Bai Yue, a delicately dressed beauty, like a pair of wall figures, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Many people are looking curiously at this young man who has recently become famous, and secretly admire.
Now Zhou Wenqiang is a net worth on the surface, and he has steadily stepped into the ranks of millionaires on Hong Kong Island, if you add the potential benefits brought by the Kowloon Walled City, although he is not a first-class rich, at least he is a second-rate upward.
What's more, he is still so young, and he obviously has more development potential than those gray-haired rich people. Some second- and third-rate tycoons on Hong Kong Island smiled kindly at Zhou Wenqiang and looked for an opportunity to come over for a talk.
Zhou Wenqiang nodded slightly to Li Jiacheng, Lei Yingdong, and He Hongsen who were standing in the distance, and then talked and laughed with these people.
He was born in a wealthy family in his last life, and he held an important position in a large group, so he was able to deal with this kind of scene with ease, talking gently and politely, and occasionally adding some innocuous jokes, which made some old guys laugh out loud.
The social chatter between the upper class is this kind of 'elegant yellow' tone, everyone is a gentleman when they put on their clothes, and they are yuppies when they take off, what is there to pretend?
"Zhou Sheng, is it convenient to have a few words?"
A middle-aged man with a dignified face walked up to Zhou Wenqiang with a smile, and Li Jiacheng followed behind him and whispered to Zhou Wenqiang: "The charter king wants to talk to Wen Qiang about today's auction." ”
Zhou Wenqiang nodded: "It's exactly what I want, charter king, let's go to the café next to it." ”
After Bai Yue'e explained, he and the charter king moved to the café next to it, and after the two exchanged a few words, the charter king smiled: "Zhou Sheng, I want to thank you for the medicine first, my wife drank it and it was very effective, and the old wound showed signs of healing." ”
Originally, Zhou Wenqiang was going to give some other gifts, but later Jiang Wentao heard that Mrs. Bao had accidentally fallen while riding a horse when she was young, and the old injury had been bad.
The system magic medicine is naturally extraordinary, and seeing the happy appearance of the charter boat king, he is obviously very grateful to him.
Zhou Wenqiang said with a smile: "This is nothing, I also got the bone-setting medicine wine from an old Chinese medicine doctor by chance, which is said to be very effective." It would be best if it was helpful to Mrs. Bao, it was just a small matter, and the ship king did not have to thank me. ”
The charter king smiled and said: "I don't thank you for my kindness, but this favor has to be repaid." Zhou Sheng, I'll get straight to the point, how many boats do you want to win in this auction? ”
"Of the two merchant ships with a displacement of 4,000 tons, I want to take at least one. I am also interested in speedboats, the more the better, as well as those big-tail boats, Venus boats, charter boats will definitely not look down on this kind of bargain, I am interested. ”
Zhou Wenqiang was also not polite, and directly released his bottom line.
The ones who can compete with themselves today are Lei Yingdong and the charter king, Lei Yingdong is his own person, and now it depends on how much appetite the charter boat king has.
"Zhou Sheng, you will not be outsiders in the future, I will call you Wen Qiang."
The charter king smiled: "To tell you the truth, I have been doing ocean trade between Europe and the United States recently, and I need to add ships, I have a suggestion, do you think it is acceptable?" ”
"I know you've chartered two merchant ships in my company, and you're doing ...... Legal trade, but also an urgent need to expand the fleet. In this way, I want both merchant ships! In addition, I also packed and photographed those speedboats, big-tail boats, and Venus boats, and as a reward, these speedboats, big-tail boats, and Venus boats are all considered as gifts from me to you. ”
Zhou Wenqiang frowned slightly: "This gift from the charter boat king is not light......"
The charter king sighed and said, "I know that Wenqiang is interested in those two merchant ships, and this time I will think that you are doing me a favor." ”
"As a token of appreciation, in addition to gifting those dinghies, your charter fee will be discounted by 50% off the existing price. In addition, after half a year, our company will eliminate two merchant ships that are not suitable for ocean voyages, with a displacement of more than 2,500 tons, and I will give you these two ships at the price of 20% of the new ships, which is guaranteed to be lower than the second-hand ships on the market. ”
"Oh?"
Zhou Wenqiang raised his eyebrows, this is a big bargain. In fact, it is not much cheaper than buying two new ships, and it is more like taking the opportunity to establish a deeper friendship with himself.
At the level of the charter king, it is obviously to give you benefits, and it must be done on a beautiful surface, which will not be embarrassing, which is called cleverness.
"Charter King, in that case, I don't seem to have a reason to refuse? Thank you very much. ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.
As expected, Lei Yingdong was reminded by Zhou Wenqiang that he did not bid for the auction, and the rest of the competitors were either 'threatened' by Zhou Wenqiang in advance, or they were unable to compete with the charter king, so they withdrew from the auction one after another, and all the ships were directly packaged and auctioned by the charter king.
With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen speedboats, big-tail boats and Venus boats worth more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars were directly given to Zhou Wenqiang.
These boats are his 'gifts' to repay Zhou Wenqiang for curing his wife's old illness, and the king of the boat is really arrogant.
Half a month later, all these ships that had changed their registration countries were brought under Zhou Wenqiang's banner, and the offshore fleet of 'Shenzhou Company' further developed and expanded.
At the same time, the third round of the sea gold tour of 'Shenzhou Company' set sail!
On the second day of the fleet's departure, a blockbuster news shook the whole of Asia.
The Asagishima War is in full swing!