Siheyuan: I am Jia Dongxu's cousin

A week later, Zhang Weiguo took Lin Qing and Meng Cheng to the auction at Kowloon Shipyard.

Originally, Chinese capital would not be invited to participate in this auction, but this could not stop the support of some members of parliament in the British Empire.

After all, those US dollars spent every year are not wasted, and these congressmen have to contribute at critical moments.

What's more, it's just a spot in the Kowloon Dockyard auction, which is far less valuable than US$50 in the eyes of those congressmen.

After 20 minutes, the three arrived at the auction site.

"Mr. Zhang, I've long heard of your name!" Niu Bijian, the head of Jardine Matheson, said to Zhang Weiguo with a smile.

"Mr. Niu Bijian, you're too polite!" Zhang Weiguo replied politely.

Although Niu Bijian is the current head of Jardine Matheson, he does not own many shares in Jardine Matheson and is just a senior professional manager.

After the two men exchanged a few pleasantries, Zhang Weiguo and the other two found a place to sit down and waited for the auction to begin.

10 minutes.

A blond man walked up to the auction table.

"Hello everyone, my name is Will. Welcome to the Kowloon Dockyard Auction..."

"..."

After Will on the stage talked for a long time, he finally got to the point.

"The auction is now officially open. The starting price is 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, and each bid increase cannot be less than 100 million Hong Kong dollars."

Niu Bijian was the first to raise the price.

"2400 million!"

"2600 million!" the agent of Jardine Matheson raised the price.

"3000 million!" the people from Wheelock shouted.

Just like that, with everyone bidding, in about 10 minutes, the price of Kowloon Dock reached 1.05 million Hong Kong dollars.

At this time, Zhang Weiguo said: "1.1 million Hong Kong dollars!"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang!" Niu Bijian said, and then he bid: "1.11 million Hong Kong dollars!"

After another round of fighting, the only two people left were Zhang Weiguo and Niu Bijian.

After Zhang Weiguo shouted out "1.5 million", Niu Bijian stopped talking.

At this time, auctioneer Will said, "Anyone want to bid?"

"Boom!"

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!!"

As the gavel banged three times, Will said, "Congratulations to this gentleman for winning the Kowloon Dockyard!"

"Congratulations, Mr. Zhang!" Niu Bijian said to Zhang Weiguo, then took his people away.

Zhang Weiguo asked Lin Qing to hand over the HSBC check for 1.5 million to the Hong Kong government. After confirmation by HSBC, Kowloon Dockyard completely belonged to the Zhonghua Group.

Logically speaking, this should be the first time that Chinese capital has won against the British Empire, and it should have been reported prominently in newspapers.

But it was suppressed by Zhang Weiguo relying on the power of Zhihua Media.

The Flower Planting Group is now in a period of low-key development. It can just reap the benefits secretly and there is no need to draw attention for these false reputations.

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A week later, Zhang Weiguo brought people to visit Kowloon Dockyard.

Looking at this huge shipyard, Zhang Weiguo also sighed with emotion.

"Meng Cheng, I'll leave the job of recruiting people to you."

"I will give you HK$5 million in funding. Within a year, I want to see Kowloon Dockyard become one of the best dockyards in Asia."

After explaining the matters at the dock, Zhang Weiguo drove to the teahouse where they had agreed to meet long ago.

After all, we have a shipyard, but it won’t work if no one buys ships.

As early as after taking over the Kowloon Dockyard, Zhang Weiguo called Pao Yue-kong, Tung Chao-yen, and Zhao Cong-yen, three Hong Kong ship tycoons. The three also gave Zhang Weiguo face and agreed to the appointment.

Everyone may be familiar with Pao Yue-Kong. After all, the title of "World Shipping King" is still very meaningful.

According to the flawed science video I saw in my previous life, Pao Yue-kong had a fortune of 80 billion and 400 ships in the 210s. He was the richest man in Hong Kong at that time.

At that time, in addition to the "World Shipping King" Pao Yue-kong, there were also several other very powerful shipping kings in Hong Kong.

Dong Haoyun and Zhao Congyan are the second ones.

According to the financial report disclosed by Tung Chao Yung's company, Tung Chao Yung's fleet size is about 149 ships. The total tonnage reaches 1100 million tons, and it is also one of the "Seven Largest Ships in the World", which shows Tung Chao Yung's strong strength in the shipping industry.

Although Zhao Congyan is not as strong as the first two, he is a cross-industry tycoon who switched from being a lawyer to engaging in shipping business.

Relying on his precise vision, Zhao Congyan saw the superior geographical location of Hong Kong Island and the development prospects of the shipping industry. After the war, he acted decisively and purchased the Victoria ship. He brought his family to settle in Hong Kong Island. Now he is also one of the important figures in Hong Kong's shipping industry, owning dozens of cargo ships and oil tankers.

As long as it gets the support of these three shipping kings, Kowloon Dockyard will have a large number of orders.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Weiguo arrived at the teahouse.

Not long after Zhang Weiguo arrived, Pao Yue-kong, Tung Chao-yen and Zhao Cong-yen also arrived.

"Yugang, do you know why our Mr. Zhang asked us to come here?" Dong Haoyun asked.

"I'm not sure, but since they called the three of us shipping kings together, it must be related to transportation!"

"Don't worry about it, we are here. Just go in and take a look and you will know." Zhao Congyan said with a smile.

"Then let's listen to Lao Zhao!" Dong Haoyun said and stepped into the teahouse first.

Pao Yue-Kong and Zhao Cong-yen followed closely and entered the teahouse one after another.

Seeing the three shipping kings coming in, Zhang Weiguo stood up and said with a smile: "Welcome, Bao Wang, Dong Wang, and Zhao Wang!"

"Please sit down and have a taste of my treasured Da Hong Pao!" Zhang Weiguo personally poured tea for the three of them.

Bao Yugang's Global Shipping and the Flower Planting Group have a lot of business dealings, and he also has a good personal relationship with Zhang Weiguo, so he asked first: "Friend Zhang, you invited us all here at the same time this time, it shouldn't be just for tea!"

As soon as Bao Yu finished asking, he was surprised and said, "Zhang Sheng, your tea is not ordinary! It must be from the mother tree!"

"Shipping King, you have a great tongue!" Zhang Weiguo gave Pao Yue-kong a thumbs up.

This tea was brought by Lou Xiao'e from her father, and it is indeed from the mother tree.