“Sales suspended?”

In the conference room, you look at me, I look at you… Did they hear correctly? The market is so bad now, and we have to suspend sales. Wouldn’t that delay the collection of funds?

You have to know that the real estate industry is an industry with an extremely high demand for funds. The sooner you get the money back, the more profit you will make.

“Well, the villa area is on hold, and the main focus in the next stage will still be on small units.”

Well, you are the president now, what can others do? They will naturally nod and prepare to carry out the order.

Of course, there is a reason why Chen Fang did this. You know, villas in Hong Kong have always been very popular. Now it is just a temporary reason. As we just saw, these villas will be worth hundreds of millions in the future.

That is to say, if Rongkai Group holds on to the villas and does not sell them now, the prices of these villas will at least increase tenfold in ten or eight years, and the bank loan quota occupied by the villa area is not high.

Banks have very strict loan reviews for villas, not only for people who buy villas, but also for developers who apply for loans. The main reason is that the premium of villas is too high. If someone buys it, it is worth the price. If no one buys it, then the value will be greatly discounted.

Managers from several departments packed up their things and left the meeting room one after another. The sales director in particular had his work cut out for him.

It’s been difficult lately.

Chen Fang sighed. These things are indeed not as easy as investing. The main reason is that the stock market is a game of money, and investing is also about other people making money for you.

As soon as I walked out of the meeting room, I saw Li Mingjie coming over.

“Why are you here?”

I have the impression that I have been working in Rongkai for such a long time, but Li Mingjie has never come here once?

I originally thought that he was afraid of being embarrassed here, because he used to be the vice president of Rongkai, and he had a falling out with Li Guokai because of differences in business philosophy, and that dispute was quite big.

“I’m here for something. Let’s go to the office and talk.”

“Row.”

In the corridor, Li Mingjie subconsciously glanced at Li Guokai’s former office, not knowing what he was thinking.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Chen Fang half-jokingly said, “Mingjie, you can’t be here today to poach people from Rongkai, right?”

He has done such things in the drama before, and several times it happened in front of Li Guokai.

“No, let me make it clear that I don’t have such an idea. I want to discuss with you the candidate for vice president…”

Chen Fang waved his hand: “You can decide this yourself. I’m only in charge of the general direction. You have full control over the specific matters.”

It is estimated that according to Li Guokai’s intention, Rongkai Group will be handed over to the other party in the end, and Universal Real Estate will be regarded as a training ground for him. After all, Li Guokai is really good to him.

Li Mingjie did not hesitate and said that he would recruit two people.

“Mingjie, what do you think of the current situation of Chinese Estates Holdings’ shares on the stock market?”

Chinese Estates Holdings is a listed company. Even Liu Luanxiong cannot hold all the shares. If that were the case, why would it be listed and how would it make money?

Li Mingjie adjusted his glasses and said, “Are you planning to buy back all the shares on the stock market and then start privatization?”

“Well, I have this plan, so I want to ask for your opinion.”

“It would be best if it could be privatized. Being a listed company sounds good, but the annual financial reports and major events must be reported to the stock exchange…”

Li Mingjie naturally raised his hand to support this matter, because no one wants to be controlled all the time, especially now that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is so strictly controlled.

In fact, the supervision of the Hong Kong stock market has always been very strict, unlike the illogical A-share market in later generations.

“Okay, let’s get started on this matter.”

“Well, wherever the company needs my cooperation, I will fully cooperate.”

After discussing this matter, Li Mingjie was ready to go home, and his home was in the Universal Building. As soon as they went downstairs, Chen Fang seemed to have thought of something: “Mingjie, do you know about Mingsi?”

Li Mingjie nodded: “I have roughly guessed some of it, but she should suffer a little.”

“So let’s go see her now?”

“OK, there’s nothing to do right now anyway.”

Chen Fang first made a phone call, and then he found out where Li Mingsi was. Li Mingjie was watching nearby, and it was estimated that this was Chen Fang’s idea.

In fact, the two siblings, Li Mingjie and Li Mingsi, have some similarities in character, but Li Mingsi is far behind in terms of how to deal with people.

Although Li Mingjie also likes to make mistakes, he at least uses some logic and reason in doing things. Li Mingsi is the little fairy in later generations, and she is a very rich little fairy.

He never thinks before he speaks or does anything. He has been married three times at such a young age. Every time he got married, he almost pissed off Li Guokai and Zhang Shuyuan. In the end, he let the honest man Li Yi take over.

When the two arrived, Li Mingjie covered his nose as soon as he got off the car. Chen Fang smiled and said, “This place is actually nothing. If you really reach a desperate situation, will you still despise these things?”

Li Mingjie nodded and thought of himself some time ago. When people are really in desperate situations, they don’t care about the environment anymore. As long as they have a place to live and enough food to eat, that’s enough.

Although the environment here is a bit worse, at least it is habitable.

“Mr. Chen, Mr. Li.”

When someone saw the two people appear at the entrance of the alley, he came forward immediately. This was the head bodyguard arranged by Chen Fang. Until now, Li Mingsi didn’t know of their existence.

“Well, where are the people?”

“It’s on the third floor over there. Also… Miss Mingsi hasn’t eaten for three days.”

Li Mingjie said: “Didn’t she want to find a job?”

He was staying in a small hotel at that time and never gave up. He was just thinking about finding a job and making a comeback.

“Ms. Mingsi hasn’t found a job yet, but a few days ago a fast food restaurant asked her to wash dishes, but Miss Mingsi didn’t agree and came back angrily.”

Chen Fang and Li Mingjie both smiled bitterly and shook their heads, which means they would rather starve at home than go to work.

In fact, at this time Li Mingsi was already preparing to go to work in the fast food restaurant, mainly because she was too hungry. She even suspected that if she continued working there, she would starve to death in this small room.

She tidied up at home, ran to drink a glass of tap water, and prepared to go downstairs… When the people in the next room noticed this, they quickly spread the news.

“Mr. Chen, Mr. Li, it seems that Miss Mingsi is going out.”

“Okay, let’s hide for a while.”

Chen Fang and Li Mingjie immediately stood sideways in a box next to them. There were many such small boxes in many Young and Dangerous movies in the 90s.

The three of them had just entered the alley, and after a while they saw Li Mingsi coming out. Li Mingjie saw that his sister had changed a lot.

“Where would Mingsi go at this time?”

Chen Fang smiled and said, “I guess she went to that fast food restaurant. Even if she felt embarrassed, she had to do the job of washing dishes.”

“why?”

“Because when people are hungry, they don’t care about anything.”

Li Mingjie: “………”

The three of them followed all the way and arrived at the fast food restaurant two minutes later. There were many such restaurants in Hong Kong because the prices here were very high, even now in the 1990s.

Many office workers cannot afford to eat in tea restaurants, so they naturally choose boxed lunches with a few meat and vegetable dishes, which are what we call fast food restaurants.

Li Mingsi first said a lot of good things to the boss, and then the other party agreed to let Li Mingsi try the job for a day. The boss was also very puzzled. A few days ago, he asked her to come to work as a dishwasher, but she left angrily. Why did she come to him again today?

Seeing that the boss agreed, Li Mingsi was a little happy. This meant that she would not go hungry later because meals were provided here… This was also the consensus of most restaurants. Even star-rated hotels had employee meals.

Chen Fang and Li Mingjie were watching from the side. Seeing his sister busying around, he was filled with emotion. After a while, he said, “Let’s go. We have to go home too.”

Chen Fang smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll come over and take a look next time when I’m free.”

“Okay, I’ll have to trouble you with Mingsi’s matter.”

“You’re welcome. We are all relatives.”

Chen Fang was thinking of bringing Guan Lin over for dinner in a couple of days, and then see if the eldest daughter of the Li family still had the arrogance she once had, looking down on everyone.

Chapter 660: While preparing to buy the buyer’s bank, Li Zi was accidentally injured.

Forget about it today. I guess Li Mingsi will continue to work here because she can get food here.

Just as Chen Fang expected, Li Mingsi worked very hard. Not many people came to eat in the evening, so he was not very busy. But now Li Mingsi was really tired. But when he thought about having a full meal soon, he found that he was not tired anymore.

Seeing that there were not many people in the store, the boss invited a few people to come for dinner. Judging from Li Mingsi’s performance in the afternoon, he was still very satisfied with him. At least he was quite diligent.

This was the most full meal Li Mingsi had had recently. He threw all the romance, candlelight dinner, and steak out of his mind. How could he be in the mood to care about these things now?

Seeing Li Mingsi eating so fast, the others were worried, wondering how many days it had been since he had eaten. However, the boss didn’t think it was a big deal. This was a fast food restaurant, so there would usually be some leftover food, so it would be better to use it up instead of wasting it.

The boss won’t be so generous as to cook a few extra dishes for the employees, so just use the leftovers and you can save a lot.

According to the situation in the drama, Li Mingsi should have suffered from anorexia. Chen Fang said that this woman was just pretentious. She wanted to commit suicide one moment and had anorexia the next. Now she is eating well after being hungry for a few days.

After Chen Fang returned home, he couldn’t help but eat a little more for dinner when he thought of Li Mingsi’s miserable condition.

Guan Lin served Chen Fang some soup and asked, “Did something good happen to you?”

Li Jiaxin also pricked up her ears and listened.

“You know Li Mingsi, right? Guess what she is doing now?”

“I don’t know… Is she having a miserable life?”

Guan Lin knew that Chen Fang and the other party had always been at odds with each other. She probably saw the other party’s miserable state at this moment, otherwise why would she be so happy?

“Yes… Li Mingjie and I learned about her recent situation this afternoon…”

After saying that, Chen Fang smiled unkindly again. Although Guan Lin was happy in her heart, she would not show it on her face because Li Jiaxin was beside her and she was also afraid that Chen Fang would think too much.

“Then I guess she will change it this time.”

“Who knows? This young lady from my second uncle’s family is ridiculous to talk about.”

If it weren’t for Li Guokai, Li Mingsi would be so arrogant, get married three times, and go to bars every day… If Zhang Shuyuan hadn’t been at home, I’m afraid she would have become a drug addict.

At the Li family villa, Li Minghao returned from the mainland. The location of the shoe factory has just been negotiated in the past few days, and the next step is to recruit workers.

The mainland is now in a state of development and of course hopes that businessmen will come to invest, so Li Minghao’s trip was very smooth.

“Mom, I have a girlfriend in Lamma Island, I don’t know if you…”

Li Minghao asked tentatively. In fact, he had never dared to tell this matter to his family. You know, as a wealthy family in Hong Kong, the Li family pays close attention to the marriages of their children, especially their two sons.

Zhang Shuyuan smiled and said, “Minghao, who is the other party?”

She actually knew some things about her eldest son, but now he would definitely take the initiative to tell his family. Zhang Shuyuan was naturally very happy because this meant something different.

“Her name is Wen Nianshan…”

Li Minghao told everything between him and his girlfriend, and it seemed like they were planning to get married.

His girlfriend didn’t appear many times in the play, and she later got married to Li Minghao. It seems that the TV series made some changes.

“Minghao, are you planning to get married?”

“Mom, I promised her when I left Lamma Island…so…”

“Then bring it home sometime so we can see it. I’ll tell your dad about it in the evening. I think he’ll be happy.”

In fact, the emotional lives of the three children of the Li family are in a mess. None of the two sons have started a family, let alone the daughter Li Mingsi. It’s good that the eldest son has found a marriage partner now.

“Thank you, Mommy.”

After Li Minghao finished speaking, he went upstairs to make a phone call. Zhang Shuyuan looked at her eldest son’s back with a smile on her face. When Li Guokai learned about this in the evening, he didn’t say anything… He felt that it was okay to meet him.

Universal Building, where Universal Technology has also moved in. Lu Xiaohua was allowed to use the previous employees if they could be employed, and if they were not employed, he would simply give them severance pay and let them leave.

“Manager Xue, how is the stock market reduction going?”

“Mr. Chen, in order to maximize profits, we still have 30% of the position.”

Chen Fang nodded. This meant that he had a large amount of funds in his hands and it was time to enter the mainland market, whether it was real estate or the film and television entertainment industry.

Although Soros tried to suppress the market again in the following months after his failure in 97, he slipped away without gaining any advantage.

“Mr. Chen, I have a suggestion. Actually, we can acquire a medium-sized bank now. Although Hong Kong’s development has encountered obstacles, the prospects are there…”

“Acquiring a bank?”

Chen Fang had never thought about this matter, mainly because he had lived in the mainland before. Everyone knows the financial controls in the mainland. It is impossible for a private individual to acquire a bank. But it is possible in Hong Kong at this time.

Seeing that the boss was interested, Xue Dahua immediately told him his detailed plan.

“Okay, give me a report soon, and tell me which banks are ready to be sold.”

Chen Fang definitely can’t afford to buy a large bank, but some large and medium-sized banks are fine. Hong Kong is a place with a highly developed financial industry. There are more than a hundred of them in the future, not to mention now.

“Okay, I’ll do it right away.”

Xue Dahua also knew that the stock market was preparing to go short recently, but he couldn’t sit idle. If he could acquire a bank, it would shock the industry.