Chapter 350: Inspecting the Southern Country
Time entered 1946, after the Spring Festival, Zhang Naijing and Qin Ling took their three children, plus the old man Zhang Danru, and left the magic capital together and went to New York, USA.
This year, Zhang Yiran was 19 years old and Zhang Shaoqing was 16 years old, and since then, the siblings have stayed in the United States to study.
And Zhang Naijing and Qin Ling only stayed in the United States for three months, and then returned to the magic capital with their youngest son Zhang Shaoming.
The old man, Zhang Danru, stayed in the United States for a few more months, arranged the lives of his two children, and ensured that there were no safety worries before he returned to China.
In the spring of March, Qin Di and Yan Xue took their father Qin Hancheng and mother Zhu Wan, as well as a group of small radish heads, including Qin Hong, Qin Ying, Qin Xi, Wang Shao, and Wang Zhe, to take a boat trip to the south together.
They arrived in Hong Kong first, and Yan Xue and Zhu Wan stayed at the Repulse Bay villa with their children, accompanied by bodyguards, and walked around the beach.
Qin Di took his father Qin Hancheng, accompanied by Zhou Ming, Zhao Chang and You Long, to inspect the previously purchased property.
Zhou Ming said: "Old man, Mr. Qin, at present, we hold 350 properties, half of which are villas, all of which are more than 250 square meters, and the highest value is located at the top of Taiping Mountain, with a construction area of only 220 square meters, but its location is excellent, let's go see this one first, okay?"
Qin Hancheng nodded: "Okay, let's take a look!"
Hong Kong Island, 552 meters above sea level, has been excavated everywhere, leveled hills, built houses, and has cable cars to go up.
Five people took the cable car to the top of the mountain and found that there were not many villas on the mountain, only a few dozen in total, and there were still some open spaces.
Qin Di looked at the two-storey, 220-square-meter "small house", circled around the house, and said: "The place is very good, facing the sea, with a wide field of vision, and there is still open space in front of and behind the house, but the house is a little smaller, and it looks a little old, it seems that it has been for many years, so let's tear it down and rebuild it! Lay a deeper foundation, build a few basements, and expand the construction area! Make a swimming pool in the yard." ”
Zhao Changdao: "Sir, if you build a swimming pool on the top of the mountain, I'm afraid there is a problem with the water supply." ”
Qin Di said: "You just have to build, and I will solve the water problem." Then he pointed to the distance and said, "There is still some land over there, I don't know who owns it, you go and inquire and buy as much as you can." ”
Zhou Ming said: "Sir, the top of the mountain is a place where foreigners live, and few people are willing to sell the land here. If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese put foreigners in concentration camps, we wouldn't have been able to buy this land. ”
Qin Di said: "Wait until next year, Hong Kong's policy will change, as long as there is money, anyone can buy the land on the top of the mountain." ”
"Well, we'll keep an eye on it, and as long as the other party wants to sell it, we promise to buy it. ”
"Don't worry about how much you spend, the future housing prices in Hong Kong will be unimaginably high. ”
Qin Di is right, a mountaintop mansion like this, after a few years, each one will exceed 1 billion Hong Kong dollars!
Subsequently, everyone went to see many luxury houses in Mid-Levels, Deep Water Bay, Stanley, Chunkan Kok, Causeway Bay, Kowloon Tong and so on.
Qin Di said: "I brought some more funds, in addition to pounds and dollars, there is also a batch of gold and silver, you help me buy real estate." It doesn't matter what the location, what the price is, come out and sweep one building!"
All three were shocked and excited.
Zhao Chang said: "Sir, if you buy so many houses, it will inevitably raise the house price, and the people below will be miserable!"
Qin Di said: "Buy the property and rent it out, and leave this work to You Long to be responsible." ”
Qin Hancheng suddenly said, "Ah Di, how did you bring the gold and silver here?"
Qin Di said with a smile: "Dad, I have a secret channel to transport 10 tons of gold through Boss Du Yuesheng in advance." You don't care. ”
Qin Hancheng suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's the case." ”
He looked at twenty villas in a row, and finally understood that what Qin Di said was true, with so many properties alone, the Qin family would not be poor in the next hundred years.
Qin Hancheng lived in Hong Kong for seven days, and someone accompanied him around every day. After a long time, he feels that the environment in Hong Kong is okay, the only bad thing is that most of the people here speak Cantonese, while the people in the magic capital speak Wu, which are two completely different language families, and he doesn't want to stay here at this point.
So, Qin Di took his family to Macau again.
Qian Rong led four bodyguards to meet them on the pier and led them to a villa by Nanwan Lake to live.
Then, he reported to Qin Di the progress of the work here, saying that the land of the casino has been bought, the location is not far from Nam Van Lake, and the base is currently being built, and the drawings have also been designed, with a construction area of 150,000 square meters, including a hotel composed of a single 10-storey building, with a total of 1,200 rooms, and a hexagonal casino in front, which can accommodate 750 gaming tables and 2,000 slot machines......
Such a large building also costs a lot of money, and it can spend sixty percent of the money that Qin Di left in Macau last time, and the remaining forty percent can be used to buy gambling tables, furniture, and the like.
Qin Di looked at the map and felt that the location was good, and it happened to be the place where the casinos of later generations gathered. Looking at the design drawings again, it's not bad, Qian Rong's consideration is more thoughtful, the ten-story building is already relatively high in this era, and it will not lag behind for at least thirty years. If a 30-story building is built all at once, there will be problems with water supply and fire protection, and it is not good to be too advanced.
So he nodded in agreement: "Yes, just follow this plan." All the materials are made of high-quality goods, and the casino is to be decorated in a magnificent manner, which is second to none in Asia. You don't have to worry about funding. I can go on and on. ”
Qian Rongdao: "Mr. Qin, the Macau authorities have regulations on gambling, and they have to compete for the gaming franchise every year. Last year, a tycoon surnamed Gao spent 2.4 million yuan to get the gambling rights. ”
Qin Di said: "This problem will be discussed when we build a casino." According to this plan, the casino will be built within two years. At that time, I will try to get my hands on the gambling power. ”
The next day, he went to the location of the casino and went to the Taixing Entertainment Company opened by "Gao Kening" to take a look, and found that the scale of the casino was not large, and it only occupied one floor.
He knew in his heart that Macau's economy was still relatively weak at this time, and it would not take off until the 60s, with the inflow of a large number of people. Gambling king Stanley Ho cooperated with Fok Ying-tung in 1961 to win the exclusive right to operate the casino and dominate the Macau gaming industry for 40 years.
The family stayed here for two days before returning to the city by boat.
After coming back, Qin Di urged Du Yuesheng to go to Macau in person, bring more Qinggang disciples over, and leave some people to help Qian Rong build the casino, and then cultivate power in Hong Kong and Macau.
Du Yuesheng agreed without hesitation, because he was rejuvenated, just like a thirty-year-old young man, he couldn't wait to jump up and down, and he was busy every day.