America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 444
"Fan Liu" is Xiangjiang's alternate chaebol. Compared with Li Cucumber and Li Ji, he can only be regarded as a junior.

He is the last super rich man who captured the golden age of Xiangjiang.

In business, this man is famous for his sharp vision and great courage.

In the 80s, as a stock market sniper, he galloped in the stock market and rose rapidly.

If this kind of script is in the United States or the United Kingdom, there is a high probability that he will become a financial tycoon in many years.

To some extent, Abel in the United States can be said to be an enhanced version of "Fan Liu" at the beginning.

However, the area where "Fan Liu" is located is Xiangjiang.

Xiangjiang is a magical area where no matter what industry you are engaged in at the beginning, in order to succeed in the end, you will turn to real estate.

Even the high-tech IT port can eventually become a place for super-giant real estate projects that mainly rent out shops and sell high-priced residential buildings.

It can be said that engaging in real estate has been made by Cucumber Li and his gang, the only solution to becoming a consortium in Xiangjiang.

This is also the reason why Xiangjiang has made no progress since entering the 21st century.

In a small city, housing prices are sky-high.The average house price is more expensive than Manhattan, and the average price of CBD office buildings is among the top three in the world.

The key area is only more than 1100 square kilometers, but the population is as high as 700 million.

In addition to real estate, there are also service industries such as finance and tourism. It has been unable to develop any serious industries.

Basically, Xiangjiang has no future.

The local tycoons are not fools, and they can naturally see this.

Most of them are unwilling to be lonely, and most of them are looking for a way out.

The vast majority of people set their sights on the north.But the hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the north are not the same as before, it is the new century.

A small number of people set their sights on the international scene.

When the international super crocodile, the richest man in the world, Abel Smith, came to Xiangjiang.

Any rich man in Xiangjiang is very concerned about his itinerary.

When Abel left Lu Yu's teahouse, he was in a skyscraper on Connaught Road, Central.

Zheng Tong, one of the New Big Four in Xiangjiang, is being surrounded by many people. They are... hoeing big D.

"Hoe Big D" is a popular card game in Hong Kong Island and Guangdong Province.

The way of play is to fight against each other, the big fights the small, and the first to run out of cards wins. It is also called "fighting for the top" or "running fast".

Although it is a single-soldier battle, it also pays attention to cooperation, bullying the weak, and joining forces. .

If there are Xiangjiang media practitioners here, you can tell at a glance that these people around Zheng Tong are almost all Hong Kong's tens of billions of billionaires.

In addition to Zheng Tong himself, there are also the famous "Fan Liu", Yang Shoucheng of Yingwang Entertainment, Ma Yamu, the king of buses, and so on.

Having said that, Xiangjiang's media practitioners especially like to give celebrities nicknames.

Except for the stars in the entertainment industry, even the rich are not spared.

Like Superman, Fourth Uncle, Fan Liu, Bus King, Toy King, Costume King and so on.

If you read those Hong Kong financial news, you will find that there are a bunch of "kings" everywhere in various industries on Hong Kong Island.

The local media especially likes to give him the title of "King of XXX" for a relatively outstanding businessman in a certain field.

Like Cucumber, his initial nickname was the King of Plastic Flowers.

"Pair."

"Three."

"Five straights."

"same color."

"Haha, are you out of cards? Straight flush! Hahaha—give money, give money, 13 per person, Shenghui Shenghui!"

Zheng Tong's happy voice sounded in the crowd.

This time, Zheng Tong played a good deal of cards, and killed everyone alone, and everyone lost 13 to him.

Only 13, not to mention Hong Kong dollars, even if it is US dollars or British pounds.

For these billionaires, who are worth billions, it is just "sprinkling water".

The losers all smiled and pretended not to be reconciled, and took out the cash and returned it to the winner, Zheng Tong.

And Zheng Tong, who has won more than 100 million yuan, looks happier at this moment than he has made hundreds of millions in business.

This is because Zheng Tong, one of the four super rich people on Hong Kong Island, loves this game very much.

He often pulls his son and a group of wealthy friends to play this kind of hoe big D.

Over time, because of his status, a large group of wealthy people united by his side.

A very mysterious "Big D Club" in Xiangjiang was formed.

The main program of "Big D Club" is playing cards.

However, many times, every card in this kind of game is actually the capital outside the game.

Just like today, a large group of people seem to be playing cards, and Zheng Tong, who has won money, is also very happy.

But most of their attention today was not on the game in front of them.

This can be seen from the fact that one of the main backbones of the "Big D Club", Zheng Tong's son Zheng Chun, just came in from the outside, and everyone's eyes were focused on him for a moment.

Zheng Chun, who was stared at by everyone, was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing his father staring at him, Zheng Chun knew that now was not the time to play tricks.

He said directly:

"I've been in Lu Yu's teahouse all the time. In the middle, Tsar Huo went in and stayed for a while. A ghost girl went in behind. I asked someone to check. She was the sales director of a yacht company in France. After that, he left Lu Yu's teahouse and went to Disneyland and Ocean Park, went to the Taipan Building for lunch at noon. After eating, he went to the Kowloon Ice Room. After leaving the Kowloon Ice Room, he went to No. 26 Garden Road after two o’clock in the afternoon.”

After hearing his son's long words, Zheng Tong asked calmly

"That's it? In other words, he only met Huo Yiguan, and also met a ghost girl? He didn't see anyone else?"

Zheng Chun nodded, "At least that's all our people see."

What Zheng Chun reported just now was actually the whereabouts of Abel and his people in Xiangjiang all day today.

After all, this is Hong Kong Island.

The Zheng family is one of the out-and-out big snakes.

Abel didn't intend to act secretly.

His entire whereabouts were even carried out under the coverage, protection and surveillance of the Hong Kong police.

It is really not a problem for a local snake like the Zheng family to get his whereabouts.

"Damn it. This Yankee, did he really come to visit Hong Kong Island?"

In the "Big D Club", the richest "Fan Liu" besides Zheng Tong couldn't help but say.

"I don't believe it..." Yang Shoucheng said:
"Ghosts love money like their lives. His time is so precious. Where is it not good to travel? Come to our Hong Kong Island to travel? Maybe the secret lies in the meeting between him and Huo Yiguan?"

Yang Shoucheng's words were approved by most of the people present, and even Zheng Tong felt that what he said was reasonable.

After all, who would have thought that the world's richest man, Abel Smith, is the core figure of an American consortium.In his pure Angsa body, there will be a soul with Chinese feelings.

"Uncle Tong." Fan Liu suddenly said, "You have a good relationship with Huo Yiguan, maybe you can ask him?"

Everyone's attention was focused on the "chairman" Zheng Tong when the fan Liu said so.

Having said that, Zheng Tong loves to play cards.

So there is the emergence of the "big D club".

Even at the beginning, the members of the Big D Club were even more prominent than they are now.

The other three members of Xiangjiang New Four, as well as Huo Yiguan and He Ga. Wang, were once members of this big D club.

It's just that these people's addiction to cards is not as strong as Zheng Tong.In addition, this invisible organization has always been dominated by Zheng Tong.

Gradually, these bigwigs gradually alienated the big D club.

But there is no doubt that Zheng Tong has a very good relationship with them, and he is the one with the best relationship with other people in the New Four.

Unlike the two Li in it, the relationship is getting worse and worse.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have named his son's name as similar to the other's name.

Under everyone's gaze, Zheng Tong shook his head slightly:

"Why did Huo Yiguan go to him? You don't need to think about it. You don't need to think about it. But what exactly is it? He is so popular. If he doesn't want to talk, it's useless for anyone to ask."

Zheng Tong didn't even want to ask, and the others naturally didn't have the guts to ask Huo Yiguan.

After 97, Lao Huo's status in Xiangjiang was an existence that even the old four and the new four must pay attention to.

Just as this group of people frowned, they thought about the purpose of the "strange" whereabouts of the world's richest man on Hong Kong Island.

One of Zheng Chun's secretary came in from the outside, trying not to attract the attention of other rich men, and whispered something in the boss's ear.

After listening, Zheng Chun showed a surprised expression on his face.

The eldest son of the Zheng family immediately said: "You may not need to guess, maybe you will know the reason tomorrow night."

His voice drew everyone's attention to him.

"How to say?" Zheng Tong looked at his son and said.

Zheng Chun didn't dare to show off to his father, so he said directly:

"Just now the secretary informed me that there will be a party tomorrow night at No. 26 Garden Road. Consul General Gao Lesheng, please invite you to the party tomorrow night."

After hearing what his son said, Zheng Tong became interested:
"You mean, the main function of the party of Gao Lesheng is to entertain Abel Smith?"

"Should it be like this? The party at the ancestor's house was also of the same nature." Zheng Chun said uncertainly.

At this time, next to Yang Shoucheng was a wealthy member who had just joined the Big D Club not long ago.

He asked in a low voice to Yang Shoucheng who was always more loyal beside him:
"Brother Albert, what's the matter with the ancestral banquet?"

Regardless of Lao Yang's ruthless reputation, this guy has a gentle appearance, and he looks like a gentleman.

In the same level of ecological circle, he has always been a very enthusiastic person.

This can be seen from the fact that he later took the initiative to invite Zhang and Xu from the Mainland to join the Big D Club.

"It was a banquet at the ancestor's house last year. At that time, it was the American envoy in London, and he hosted the banquet for Abel Smith, who was not the richest man in the world. It is said that all the people who attended the banquet were super big men, such as envoys from various countries in the UK, Top tycoons from various countries and the like. It is said that even the Crown Prince of England wanted to go, but his status was not suitable. After all, so many diplomats were present. Mr. Zheng happened to be in London that time and was taken in. But he was very humble, He said that at that banquet, he was the little transparent in the corner. Even Mr. Zheng said that, one can imagine the grade of that banquet."

Yang Shoucheng said with a fascinated expression.

After Yang Shoucheng's explanation, the new members suddenly realized.

In fact, the new members just came from the mainland not long ago.

But I also know that the "ancestral home" is on Hong Kong Island, which generally refers to the UK or London.

The older generation on Hong Kong Island, the more they admire sheep, the more often they have an inexplicable longing for the country where the sun has set.

This trend is especially true in the rich circle.

Like Zheng Chun, he likes to bring out his experience of participating in that banquet and often talk about it in the big d meeting.

Obviously at that banquet, Abel didn't even feel the existence of Zheng Chun, and didn't know it, he was just a little transparent.

But just because he participated in the banquet of the level of his ancestors, Zheng Chun was always proud of it.

Even if it is a little transparent.

This is true for big shots on Hong Kong Island like Zheng Chun.

One can imagine what some ordinary Hong Kong people feel like.

"If it's the same as that time." Zheng Tong made a direct decision:
"It's probably not just me. There should be many of you, and you can all receive the invitation from 26 Garden Road. Go there tomorrow night. If it's a donkey or a horse, you should all know."

Everyone nodded.

In fact, Zheng Tong was not wrong in his judgment.

The banquet held at No. 26 Garden Road tomorrow night will be very grand.

It is true that Zheng Tong is not the only top Hong Kong Island figure who received the invitation.

In order to expand its influence on Hong Kong Island, No. 26 Garden Road sent invitations to most of the celebrities and dignitaries in Hong Kong Island.

No. 26 Garden Road is the address of the US Consulate in Xiangjiang.

It is the largest consulate in Hong Kong with a large area and can hold parties of up to a thousand people.

In the mind of gathering wool, and in order to make the party as grand as possible, in order to please Abel.

Consul General Gao Lesheng sent hundreds of invitation letters at once...

Basically, all the celebrities on Hong Kong Island, and even Hong Kong and Austria, were wiped out in one go.

When the dignitaries and celebrities in the city were mobilized by the invitation letter from Consul General Gao Lesheng.

Consul General Gao Lesheng himself was in a secret conference hall of the consulate at the same time.

Watching one of the heads of CLA in Asia.

Being trained so hard by Abe Smith that he couldn't even lift his head up.

"Who do you think you are? Sir, who do you think I am? Do you think I'm an employee of CLA or FBl? How dare you ask me? Sir, are you sure you're not joking?"

"No, not what you think. That's not what I meant, Mr. Smith."

One of the heads of CLA Asia.

Nathan De Funeso, stationed on Hong Kong Island, hurried to explain.

ClA is very powerful, especially when it is aimed at those small countries, even the leaders and monarchs of small countries will tremble when they hear their names.

But CIA has always been the largest foreign intelligence agency in the United States.

Not to mention that the big man in front of him is a character that even ClA's immediate superior should be courteous and in awe of.

Facing Abel's outburst at this moment, Nathan De Funeso had to keep apologizing:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Smith. I really didn't mean that, I'm really sorry, please calm down..."

Nathan De Funeso hated his boss now.

What do you mean by "Abel Smith can cooperate with some of your actions", "This is the authorization from the commander", "You can do things with confidence, I am your strong backing"...

Shet!

Nathan suspected that if he made a phone call now.

To his immediate boss, he said that he might have provoked Abel Smith, and he hoped that the boss could help him.

Then his boss will definitely hang up his phone immediately, and may even hold him accountable immediately.

Although he has been stationed abroad for a long time, he is a member of the intelligence agency after all.

Born with a very strong ability to understand information and intelligence.

Nathan De Funeso knew very well that if a big man like Abel wanted to play a small role like himself.

In fact, most of the time, it's just a phone call, or even a few words in front of some people.

It is almost the same difficulty as trying to kill an ordinary foreigner.

It just depends on whether you want to or not, it is definitely not a question of whether you can.

Seeing Abel's angry look, Nathan De Funeso now just wants to whip himself hard.

I also hate my boss who fooled me to death.

And Abel looked at the leader of the CLA Hong Kong Island organization who kept admitting his mistakes in front of him in fear, and he finally calmed down a little.

Just now, in front of Gao Lesheng, the Consul General of Hong Kong Island.

Nathan said that he would ask Abel to do something for CLA.

Abel asked what was the matter.

Nathan said it was arranged by the White House.

He wanted to invite Abel to take a group photo with some local people on Hong Kong Island, such as students, university professors, officials, etc.

I would also like to ask Abel to come out and attend some small special banquets held by CLA after the banquet tonight.

Abel immediately thought of something that had made him angry.

Although from the perspective of his current interests, doing this kind of thing may be beneficial to himself.

But doing that would make him feel bad inside.

Unhappy, Abel caught Nathan De Funeso directly and spit.

Abel promised George that by the way, he would help American intelligence agencies abroad to do something.

But in his heart, he still doesn't want to do these things on Hong Kong Island, or in his former spiritual mother country.

At least not now.

Nathan De Funeso was out of luck.

Even if the head of intelligence has a high status on Hong Kong Island, the so-called New Big Four and Old Big Four will tremble in front of him.

But in front of Abel, Nathan De Funeso is really a small character.

When the small intelligence chief of the empire dispatched abroad faced the top elite of the empire.

Don't care if it's reasonable or unreasonable, don't care what the dignitaries promised earlier.

As long as the powerful are not happy, they are so powerless.

Abel scolded enough, and Nathan De Funeso was really sensible and kept apologizing.

Only then did Abel calm down his anger a little.

He looked at Gao Lesheng next to him.

Gao Lesheng, who was watching the play, immediately smiled at Abel.

"Michael, I think spies who play intelligence sometimes just have no brains."

Gao Lesheng's original name is Michael Crossen, and Gao Lesheng is just his Hong Kong-style Chinese name.

Most of the ghosts who live and work in Hong Kong will have a Chinese name in order to integrate here and to facilitate their work.

This point, even the former governors of Hong Kong were no exception.

Looking at Nathan De Funeso, who was scolded and didn't dare to refute, Sacred Heart of Gao Le wanted to tell you that you have always made things difficult for me.

But Abel can pat his ass and leave in two days.

Gao Lesheng will at least stay in Xiangjiang and work for another year or two.

During this period, I will always work with Nathan De Funeso.

So of course he will not really mess up the relationship between the two parties.

Gao Lesheng smiled for Nathan De Funeso, distracting Abel's anger.

"Ha - you are right. But Mr. Smith, you are one of our media tycoons and entertainment tycoons in the United States. The guests of this banquet tonight, I don't know if you are interested in meeting outstanding people in the relevant local industries ?”

"for example?"

(End of this chapter)