Maybe it was too long at Chen Qingwen’s shop. When Song Tianyao took Angie Peris to the Administration Office of the Chief Secretary, and planned to use this ghost girl lawyer to seduce a few high-achieving students, he realized that the interview was already early. At the end, the interviewees have almost left, only two or three frustrated and unconcerned unlucky ghosts, in suits and leather shoes, are standing on the street depressed.

These are only a few people who failed in the interview and were not picked up by other firms. Even those firms who waited outside the door to pick the unsuccessful were not even beholden to them. It can be seen that the fineness of these two or three guys is really bad. A bit.

"Let's go." Angie Peris said to Song Tianyao, "I still have something to do."

"Come here, you can't go back empty-handed." Song Tianyao took out a business card from his pocket and walked towards a man in a suit and leather shoes squatting on the street smoking a cigarette, compared to the other few who were unsuccessful and had no business. The interviewer, the image of this man is even more unbearable. First of all, he is at least 30 years old, and he is different from those interviewees who wear hair wax to maintain the hair style. He only has short hair, and the whole face is as thin as a knife. There is also a hard and dense beard that is like a steel pin, and a pair of eyes still can't help turning when smoking. Although there is loss in it, it is definitely not frustrating.

"Likang Trading Company, Song Tianyao, what do you call your husband?" Song Tianyao asked this scented business card in his hand.

The man threw away the cigarette in his hand, first stood up, and then took Song Tianyao's business card with both hands: "Don't dare, the little surname Luo, Luo Zhuankun."

"Mr. Luo's age, and the suit he wears, don't seem to be coming for an interview. If he dyes his hair and beard, he looks like those ghost interviewers." Song Tianyao took out the cigarette from his pocket. Give one to the other side: "I don't know where is Mr. Luo from, where was he from before?"

From seeing this man named Luo Zhuankun squatting on the street to smoke, Song Tianyao noticed that he was different from the other hapless guys. First, his personal image was old and unshaven, and second, it was his body. The suits and fabrics are much higher-end than those worn by Song Tianyao. I'm afraid I can't make them without five or six hundred Hong Kong dollars.

"A native of Shanghai, I used to be a recorder at the Shanghai Gold in Central." Luo Zhuankun took Song Tianyao's cigarette, said thank you, and responded.

Song Tianyao was taken aback for a moment. Shanghainese, Shanghai Gold Number in Central? He paused for two or three seconds, then asked:

"George Hardong, Xu Jizhuang, Zheng Chongchen, Wang Yuanxi? Whom does Mr. Luo work for?"

Luo Zhuankun also froze for a moment. Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him could just judge his origin from his own words. He nodded: "Before making a living under Wang Yuanxi’s boss, Mr. Song had heard of Wang’s boss. Several people?"

"These people were among the top of the high-rollers from Shanghai to Hong Kong back then, and now they can't keep even an elite like Mr. Luo?" Song Tianyao sighed and asked.

The Jewish tycoon George Harton, Xu Jizhuang, director of the Kuomintang Post Office and Post Office, Shanghai speculator Zheng Chongchen, and gold tycoon Wang Yuanxi. These people were arguably the wealthiest with the most cash flow when they came to Hong Kong in 48 years and 49. Compared with these Shanghai visitors, the local chamber of commerce is just a poor pauper.

George Harton is definitely a well-known person in Shanghai. His adoptive father Silas Harton was known as the richest Jew in the Far East when he was alive. He owned the entire Nanjing Road and half of the real estate in Jing'an District. Shanghai The largest private garden, Ai Li Garden, was built by Silas Harton.

Pinghu Qiuyue in West Lake in Hangzhou was also bought by Silas Harton as the back garden of his wife Luo Jialing, which was called Luo Yuan.

In 1931, Silas Harton died of illness in Shanghai, leaving behind assets valued at 660 million U.S. dollars.

In 1949, the adopted son George Harton realized all the assets he had allocated after sixteen years of inheritance disputes. He obtained more than 70 million U.S. dollars in cash, equivalent to approximately HK$230 million, and went to Hong Kong.

And Xu Jizhuang, to give a simple example, in order to prevent the Hong Kong government from sending him back to the mainland to be tried by the Kuomintang, in 1948, Xu Jizhuang’s concubine Wang Baimei hired more than a dozen Hong Kong lawyers for Xu Jizhuang while he was in custody by the Hong Kong colonial government. These law firms helped to hire four Queen’s Counsel who were in Hong Kong at the time, and the seven barristers formed a group of lawyers to defend Xu Jizhuang’s court defense. In the end, the court argued vigorously for four days and eventually forced the Hong Kong colonial government to regress. No more mentioning the return of Xu Jizhuang to the Mainland, and the Hong Kong court issued an unprecedented 5 million Hong Kong dollar bail. Xu Jizhuang was allowed to be released on bail pending trial after paying the bail. Everyone thought that Xu Jizhuang’s concubine might have to be sold. The assets were cashed out or borrowed for a few days to pay. I didn't expect that just after the sentence was announced, five million Hong Kong dollars in cash had been delivered before the judge who tried the case went out of the court, and Xu Jizhuang was released in court.

The Kuomintang’s prosecution against Xu Jizhuang’s corruption and fraud was US$50,000, US$260,000 in government bonds, and 2.8 billion yuan in legal tender. Together, they were converted to about 150 million Hong Kong dollars.

George Harton, with a net worth of 230 million, embezzled 150 million Hong Kong dollars, and paid 5 million bail without blinking his eyes, Xu Jizhuang shocked most local Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong that year. Compared with these inland dragons, Jia's handwriting is really not worthy of the title of earth-headed snake, at most earthworms.

Because there are at least a dozen Shanghai merchants like George Hartong and Xu Jizhuang who are worth billions of dollars. Rong Hongyuan, Bian Runqing, Zheng Chongchen, Wang Yuanxi, etc. are not as high-profile as George Hartong and Xu Jizhuang, but in terms of getting up. Home is not much different.

After being released on bail, Xu Jizhuang, George Hardong, Zheng Chongchen, Wang Yuanxi and others were used to speculative business in Shanghai. After they came to Hong Kong, they found that the Hong Kong colonial government had very loose supervision on gold trading. Naturally, the four of them formed a Shanghai Group. Started with Hong Kong's gold business.

It can be said that the Hong Kong gold speculation trend that began in 1949 was completely initiated by the Shanghai Group. They judged that the Hong Kong colonial government would face an inflation crisis after the liberation of Guangzhou in the Mainland. Once inflation, the price of gold would inevitably rise. Before the Hong Kong colonial government almost never interfered in the gold trade, Xu Jizhuang and George Hardong decided to act as a dealer for the Hong Kong colonial government this time, manipulate the price of gold, and slaughter Hong Kong.

From the beginning of 270 yuan one tael to 330 yuan one tael, the Shanghai Speculation Group began to swallow a large amount of gold. The total amount of gold held by it has reached nearly 800,000 taels, worth more than 260 million Hong Kong dollars. If Guangzhou is liberated The price of gold has risen, and this batch of 260 million Hong Kong dollars at this time is no longer a concept of doubling, but directly allows this group to secure the position of the market maker in Hong Kong gold trading.

As a result, on the first day of the liberation of Guangzhou, the opening price of the Hong Kong bullion trading market soared to 470 yuan a tael according to the judgment of Xu Jizhuang and others. On the afternoon of the same day, the bullion trading market suddenly sold a large amount of gold spot, unlimited trading, and closed in the afternoon. At that time, the price of gold was knocked down to more than 430 yuan. No matter how much Xu Jizhuang and others ate, there was still a steady stream of gold spot waiting for them to continue to pay to swallow it.

In just three days, the price of gold in Hong Kong fell back to 360 yuan. Xu Jizhuang and others added discounts. One or two gold fell to nearly 90 Hong Kong dollars. People in the gold and silver trading market have calculated that this failed speculation. Let these Shanghai tycoons lose at least 40-50 million Hong Kong dollars each, not counting the small Shanghai speculators who want to eat meat behind the tycoons.

And this batch of gold that suddenly appeared to kill Shanghai’s four tycoons was secretly transported by the Hong Kong colonial government from South America. The total number is unknown and the time is unknown, but everyone says that it is because George Harton and Xu Jizhuang are too arrogant in Hong Kong. The Governor couldn't see it, so he shot them.

There are also rumors from Shanghainese that several big local Cantonese businessmen, relying on their relationship with the British, deliberately set up a situation to cut the flesh and blood of Shanghainese.

Song Tianyao is not sure whether the rumors are true or not, but the four high-profile Shanghai tycoons have never heard from it, and it is true that they have not paid attention to it. Song Tianyao has also heard that several major Shanghai speculators failed after the gold speculation failed, but he did not see it with his own eyes. Later, I was a little surprised when I saw Luo Zhuankun at this time. Can these wealthy Shanghainese even keep their talents?

"The two concubines of Wang Yuanxi's boss have been taken away by debts. People like us, want to be bought by others and no one takes it, so we can only make a living on our own." Luo Zhuankun lit the cigarette with a match, some Said with emotion.

Wang Yuanxi? Was he a billionaire tycoon when he first came to Hong Kong? In just two years, the concubine's wife was taken into debt?

"Today I have something to do. Tomorrow night I will invite Mr. Luo to eat at the restaurant of the Durex Hotel. If you don't dislike the shallow water of Likang Trading Company, I would like to invite Mr. Luo to work at Likang." Song Tianyao said to Luo Zhunkun.

After speaking, Song Tianyao took Angie Peris and turned and left. Angie Peris still had a lot of registration matters related to Oxfam. Song Tianyao liked to listen to people telling stories and couldn't delay business.

"This person feels very bad for me." Angie Peris said to Song Tianyao.

"Xu Jinian Group has a few Shanghai Gold employees in Central. This kind of person is best at speculation. It’s normal to have a bad impression. But don’t you and I also rely on speculation to do things now? So I don’t see you telling me, it feels very Not good." Song Tianyao and Angie Peris got into the back seat of a taxi and responded.

Angie Peris said in a faint tone: "Of course it's different. It's you who speculate, not me. Your method of speculation is that power is in the front and money is in the back. This kind of speculators can never see anything except money. Anything. If a person has status, no matter how much money he has, people will not feel obtrusive. So strictly speaking, you are not a qualified speculator, and you also lack an important one. Condition, you have no money."

When Angie Peris said that Song Tianyao had no money, Song Tianyao was thinking about what Luo Zhuankun said. If these tycoons don’t want to kill the Hong Kong Governor’s Zhuang and seize the status of the local Cantonese businessmen in the gold market, With those huge cash flow capital, future generations, even if they can't talk about celebrities through the ages, will at least be stinking for thousands of years, and it will never be the result of being left alone in just two years.

"It's not terrible to have no money. It is the most terrible to feel that you are number one in the world if you have a little money."