Shen Bi thought for a while and said: "I haven't read the operating data of the United Soda Factory, but now that the mainstream beverage in Hong Kong is Coca-Cola, I think they should not be very profitable, and the only trouble is whether the Li family is willing to let go." ”

Seeing that Chen Zhiwen's interest is a little strange, Shen Bi no longer persuades, in Hong Kong for so many years, he has also seen a lot of this kind of person, before he sincerely recommended them to some customers to enter the real estate industry, most of them listened to the opinions, but there are still a small number of people who are unwilling to live or die, and they have to do their own manufacturing or trade industry or transportation industry, and it is not strange to see it for a long time.

Chen Zhiwen said: "Although the Li family is rich, Li Xiaohe's health is already very poor, basically he doesn't care about the family business, and their family's business is to collect rent and TVB, a soda factory, as long as the price is right, I think they should not refuse." ”

Speaking of TVB, many people naturally think of Uncle Six, but in fact, before the 70s, the head of TVB was Li Xiaohe of the Li family, but after the 70s, his health was not good, and TVB was gradually controlled by Uncle Six, who served as the general manager.

After the death of Li Xiaohe, TVB naturally changed his surname, and the United Soda Factory was also sold to Chen Songqing, the giant of the century, and the Li family slowly disappeared from the Hong Kong business scene, guarding the Causeway Bay street left by their ancestors to collect rent.

Although Li Xiaohe is still there, the situation of the United Soda Factory, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it will not work, and if he doesn't make a move, he will slowly die, and even Chen Songqing's acquisition of the Soda Factory is just for the land below.

Shen Bi nodded and said, "Okay, I will arrange for the people who have won Dolly to go to the Li family to test it, and if they are interested, I will inform Chen Sheng." ”

"Then thank you Mr. Shen Bi." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Shen Bi smiled and asked again, "Chen Sheng is really not interested in high-quality land?" I've got a few pieces in my hand. ”

"In the real estate industry, I will be interested in it in a while." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile. For Shen Bi's recommendation, it is best to give face, don't refuse completely, and when he can copy the bottom, he will naturally copy the bottom.

"Okay, if Chen Sheng needs it, you can contact me at any time." Shen Bi also understood what Chen Zhiwen meant, obviously he was not interested in real estate, but it was not yet time.

In the original history of 1979, under the mediation of Pao Yugang, HSBC had intended to sell Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka Shing, but it also took almost half a year of various negotiations before it was decided, and this was still in the case of Hutchison Whampoa's senior management being kept in the dark.

However, Qin Zhihao's laboratory, it also takes a while to prepare the right flavor of Red Bull drink, so there is no hurry, the most important thing at present, is to wait for the outbreak of the oil crisis, the plastic orders in the hands to cash out, as long as it is successful, Chen Zhiwen has hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in cash in his hands, so whether it is for the initial development of the manufacturing industry and other layouts in Hong Kong, it is of great help.

And for the rest of the time, Chen Zhiwen seems to have nothing to do, so he took a few good relationship card friends, played two rounds in Japan and South Korea, by the way, Chen Zhiwen also probably learned about their manufacturing situation in these two countries, the former is the first in Asia, is competing for the global high-end position, the latter is ready to go, ambitious.

In the last few days of his trip, Chen Zhiwen also found a lawyer who is good at economics in South Korea, and gave him a small fee to report on various movements of Samsung Group at any time, especially the direction of major investments. Samsung Group is a listed company, but also one of the top chaebols in South Korea, its investment is very large, it is unlikely to hide from the people who have a heart, Chen Zhiwen needs to know the latest moves of this later generation of electronics giants, even if you can't do anything, know a little more, and it is cost-effective to buy some stocks when you have spare money in the future.

At the beginning of October, Chen Zhiwen returned to Hong Kong, had a good rest for a few days, and he took several self-driving trips in Japan and South Korea, and drove RB South Korea's local car, but compared with European and American cars, RB South Korea's car is too small, and the accelerator needs to be stepped deeper, so it is naturally easier to get tired.

On October 16, 1973, the long-awaited first oil crisis broke out on time.

Chen Zhiwen finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned from the satellite broadcast that Middle Eastern countries were restricting oil purchases from Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries, and at the same time reducing production capacity; although he never thought that this little thing he did in Hong Kong would affect such an international event as the oil crisis, this kind of worry has always plagued him, and when he is not qualified to play chess, the last thing he wants is that history has changed, and there can be no slight change.

Therefore, for more than a year, except for a few important layouts, he has been enjoying his young life the rest of the time.

And after this oil crisis, he can also smoothly become a chess player in the Hong Kong business community, and he can face a little fluctuation in the future.

The reason for the outbreak of the first oil crisis is very simple, in the past 20 years, Middle Eastern countries have been regarded by Western countries as their own backyard, the world's largest oil export region, not to mention the most basic pricing power, even their own production can not be decided, and what is even more terrifying is that the profits of oil trading have to be deposited in American banks, Middle Eastern countries want to use, but also have to apply, although American banks have never vetoed, but who can rest assured?

The fuse of the outbreak is the problem between the Middle East and Israel, the West supports Israel, and the Middle East countries just take this opportunity to restrict sales to Western countries and reduce production capacity at the same time, and Western countries are suddenly blinded and enter an unprecedented period of recession.

However, in Chen Zhiwen's view, there is actually a deeper reason behind the oil crisis, that is, the failure of the United States and the United Nations in Vietnam made the United States in a passive state in the Cold War, which naturally made the Middle Eastern countries that have been suppressed for a long time begin to have their own thoughts.

With the development of time, when the Middle East began to restrict oil exports, Western countries did not care at first, but soon, the oil companies in various countries could not buy enough crude oil, and could not refine enough gasoline, diesel and petroleum products, which immediately caused panic among the people, and they desperately went to gas stations to fill up their cars, or buy enough oil to store, which further aggravated the shortage of oil.

Oil is the blood of industry, the basis of logistics, and the basis of retail.

At the moment, the price of oil has risen from $3 a barrel before the crisis to $11.6, almost quadrupled.

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has also been hit like never before.