Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1616 Trivia
While Han Li was comforting Zhong Chuhong, he was still considering how to avoid further losses and did not notice that his sister-in-law Zhong Chudan's gaze towards him was different from before.

After breakfast, Han Li said that he would stay home to adjust to the time difference today, and would attend classes and handle some trivial matters at Hong Kong University tomorrow.

Therefore, after finishing their housework, the Chung sisters went to the garment company.

After the two sisters left, Han Li picked up his teacup and resumed his phone calls, which had been interrupted for several days.

Han Li's biggest concern right now is to seize the opportunity before the talks between China and Britain begin and before the foreigners in the Hong Kong government make any adjustments to the existing land policies, and to quickly acquire large tracts of wild mountains, wastelands, and islands in Hong Kong that no one is interested in.

Otherwise, if Han Li tries to accomplish these things after the two sides start talks, not only will it be more difficult, but he will also have to spend a lot more money unnecessarily.

Because at that time, the Hong Kong government would limit the amount of land that could be sold each year in the city of Beijing.

The foreigners from England will squeeze Hong Kong's land to its limit, and the housing and land prices in those prosperous areas will rise year by year to a level that is unimaginable to most people.

Wild mountains, wastelands, and islands that no one is interested in now will become highly sought-after properties with skyrocketing prices.

Before the British completely leave Hong Kong, if no one buys those wild mountains, wastelands, and islands, foreigners will use various reasons and excuses to divide them into wild parks and protected areas, thereby increasing the difficulty of developing those places and the funds required.

The main idea is that if I can't make money now, I won't let you have a good future either. I'll delay you as much as I can and make you spend as much money as I can.

So, after returning to Hong Kong, Han Li's first call was to Anita Koch of the High T Brothers law firm.

More than twenty days later, almost a month later, after receiving a call from Han Li, Anita Koch first complained about the slow progress of the acquisition of Tai Sui.

Then Anita Koch began to talk about the progress of Han Li's commissioned acquisition of wild mountains, wastelands, and islands.

Han Li ignored the hardships Anita Koch mentioned, and what came out was the truth.

Anita Koch had previously developed varying degrees of friendship with the foreign officials in charge of the Hong Kong government, and had also had successful collaborations in purchasing large tracts of land.

Therefore, when Han Li made the request again, after Anita Koch communicated and exchanged ideas with the foreigners in Hong Kong, the request progressed very smoothly.

Although the foreigners agreed to the deal, they were still deliberating on selling the wild mountains, wastelands, and islands.

However, from Anita Koch's description, Han Li realized that the conflict was actually caused by the division of interests and differences in ideology among these foreigners.

Some of them had considerable confidence in England, believing that even after the talks between the Chinese and British, Hong Kong would still shine under the British flag.

Some people do not approve of their colleagues' ideas; they hold opposing and different opinions.

However, regardless of the circumstances, these foreigners are taking a very cautious approach when it comes to selling land.

The land for sale, the land in which areas, the land that would make them money without giving the buyers any leverage, and so on. Han Li wrote down the place and island names that Anita Koch mentioned, which were now basically confirmed, in his pen before hanging up the phone.

Han Li took a sip of tea, looked at the place names on his notebook, mentally processed what he had just heard, and then picked up the phone again to make a call.

Han Li made this call to Kennan Spencer of the World Law Firm, the Italian guy in his early thirties.

Because after Han Li completed the transaction of exchanging the antique mules and horses for the Milan property, he signed a private legal counsel contract with Kennan Spencer for Italy.

Han Li always paid on time, whether there was something to do or not, so he didn't need to be polite when he called Kennan Spencer.

After the call connected, Han Li went straight to the point and asked about the tenants who hadn't vacated the room last time.

Kennan Spencer said he has taken back the house and it is almost finished with renovations, so it will be ready for use soon.

After praising him a couple of times, Han Li asked Kennan Spencer to speed up the process and find him a professional manager locally.

This professional manager will be responsible for the structure of the Sunshine and Phoenix clothing brands in Milan, the operation of the two specialty stores after renovation, and business coordination between Milan and Hong Kong.

After Han Li and Kennan Spencer agreed, they brought up the issue of counterfeit Sunshine and Phoenix clothing products being rampant in Hong Kong recently.

Kennan Spencer receives a monthly fee from Han Li as his personal lawyer, even though he is only responsible for trivial matters related to Mi Lan.

Now that Han Li has brought up the issue of counterfeit goods in Hong Kong, Kennan Spencer still needs to take it seriously. However, Hong Kong currently has no regulations in this regard, so even if he invokes the name of the World Law Firm, it won't make a difference.

After some consideration, Kennan Spencer had no choice but to call the Milan branch of World Law Firm and ask the branch to send a letter of protest to the relevant departments in Hong Kong under the names of "Chengda Law Firm", "Sunshine Apparel", and "Phoenix Apparel".

Han Li and Kennan Spencer both knew that the protest letter was useless, but it was the only option available at the moment.

Moreover, Han Li hadn't expected it to work out before he made the call; the protest letter was just a pretext.

Once the protest letter reaches Hong Kong, Han Li will have Cherie Chung spend money to buy a space in a newspaper or magazine specifically to report on the matter.

This approach doesn't have much effect on the actual customers, but it can give them a sense of superiority and increase their recognition of the "Sunshine" and "Phoenix" clothing brands.

It can also indirectly enhance the status of these two brands in Hong Kong and suppress the two competitors, "Moulong" and "Mounu," for a period of time.

Han Li's next call was to Attorney Jin, but there were some things he couldn't say over the phone. He chatted briefly with her, agreed on a time and place to meet, and then hung up.

After hanging up the phone again, Han Li rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, took a sip of tea while complaining about his hardships, and then picked up the phone to make another call.

The call was to the real estate company in Knutsford Terrace. Han Li originally just wanted to find out about the company's situation these past few days, but what he didn't expect was that a "surprise" awaited him.
(End of this chapter)