money player

Even if Uncle Li is slow at dealing cards, he will eventually get them right. After a few dozen seconds, he said reluctantly, "Okay, okay, let's deal the cards."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Lin simply flipped the cards face down on the table. After four rounds, he had a total of four pairs of cards: two pairs each in the last and middle rounds, and three loose cards in the first round.

Uncle Li also opened his cards. When Xian Yaowen turned over his own cards, he glanced at Uncle Li's cards and thought to himself, no wonder it was so hard to match. There were only three Aces, and the other 10 cards were useless. The three Aces were one in the head, one in the middle, and one in the tail, so it could be considered as having a head, a middle, and a tail.

"Hiss, Zhongyuan Yidianhong." Uncle Lin looked at Xian Yaowen's cards and gasped, "It's over, Lao Cai has two iron bars."

Cai Jinkun chuckled and flipped over his cards. "Two iron bars, and a three in the top. You two are lucky. If Yaowen hadn't blocked you, you would have doubled your winnings."

Uncle Li threw out his prize money and said irritably, "That's enough. What else do you want? Deal the cards now."

Cai Jinkun wasn't annoyed. He took back the prize money he was owed, gathered the cards, and placed them next to Xian Yaowen. "I didn't deal the cards, Yaowen did."

Sin Yiu-man picked up the cards, shuffled them casually, and began to deal.

It seems that he really brought good luck to Cai Jinkun. For the next twenty or so hands, Cai Jinkun had good luck. When he had good cards, he was likely to hit a home run. When he didn't have good cards, he would encounter players with good cards who didn't win. He won more than he lost and made more than fifty yuan.

On the way back to Huaxia, he was in a great mood and shared with Sin Yiu-man the fun he had playing cards at the club, saying that he had been having a lot of luck lately, winning more than he lost.

Xian Yaowen went along with it, never mentioning Cai Jinman's complaint that Cai Jinkun had asked her for money twice.

Since the son-in-law is rich, the married daughter should give her parents some money for household expenses. He asked Cai Jinman to give Cai Jinkun and Li Renniang 200 Malaysian Ringgit each every month. During festivals, he would give them several large red envelopes as the son-in-law. The total amount was at least 10,000 Ringgit a year. With the rent and dividends, the annual income would be at least 20,000 Ringgit, making a total of 40,000 Ringgit a year. This would be enough to buy three small shops and still have some money left over.

He had already given 40,000, so naturally he wouldn't care about the few hundred that Cai Jinkun had asked for. He would pretend not to know and protect Cai Jinkun's self-esteem.

The journey home wasn't far; in less than ten minutes, they were already seated at the dining table. Li Renniang had prepared a table full of dishes, and after a lively meal, while drinking tea, Li Renniang mysteriously took out her account book and reconciled the accounts with him.

He initially granted Li Renniang the right to collect rent from 69 shops, with an average monthly rent of 500 yuan per shop, totaling 3.45 yuan per month. The money could be reinvested, allowing her to purchase two more shops each month, with the remaining amount kept for dividends. In this way, the monthly rent could be increased by 1000 yuan each time, and at a certain point, the number of shops that could be purchased each month would increase by one.

If this process is repeated, the number of shophouses can be increased to several hundred within ten years.

This calculation doesn't take into account rent increases. Even with rent increases, well, a hundred buildings would still be the limit. Any more would easily incite public anger, and slogans like "beat up the landlord, sublet the shops" would certainly emerge.

He and Li Renniang whispered for a while, deciding to register the shops under multiple names, with a maximum of 15 shops under each name. They would hire more people to help collect rent, and Li Renniang should not appear in public at each shop, but should patrol quietly without making a sound.

In addition, since repeat purchases affected the actual dividends, he proposed a new distribution method—to distribute all the profits generated by the shop in a ratio of 50% to 35% to 15% to 50% to 15 ...

Cen Peipei chatted for a long time, past the appointed time for dinner, before Chen Qiongyun finally got to the point—she wanted to sell her shares in Zhenxiang Real Estate, not just her 25%, but also Guo Shuangqi's 25%.

She was a sensible person; once she got to the point, she took her leave.

Zhenxiang Real Estate's assets include shares in Forty Houses, Yueyuan, and Tiangong Nightclub. The latter two assets are very suitable for Lizhi Garden. By changing the positioning of Tiangong Nightclub to a place for young people to dance, without providing dancers, and only allowing young people to find partners on their own, and depending on the situation, a few private rooms that can be transformed into private spaces can be created to differentiate it from Lizhi Garden Nightclub. There is still a business opportunity.

The same applies to Moon Garden. It was a poor business as a children's amusement park, but if it had changed its mindset and been operated as a romantic spot for couples or a family-friendly place, the situation would have been much better.

When Cen Peipei returned home, Xian Yaowu confessed to her what had happened on Feie Mountain. Her head spun instantly, and she immediately sent a fax to Xian Yaowen.

Nine o'clock.

Sin Yiu-man sat in his study on Oxley Road, a fax he had just finished reading on the table.

Outside Anita Lee's house, Jiang Wanwan, codenamed Chicken Heart Bowl, and two other team members used specially made lock-picking tools to open the door lock. Crouching low, holding high-standard HDM silenced pistols, they filed into the house, knocked Anita unconscious in the bathroom while she was taking a shower, and then thoroughly cleaned the room, erasing all traces and scents left by Xian Yaowu.

Anita was taken to the dock and boarded a cargo ship bound for Taiwan. Ford 1949 was driven to the Dizzy Sheep Cart Company, thoroughly cleaned inside and out, and assigned to the Chicken Bowl Group as a means of transportation.

nine thirty.

Cen Peipei sat in Chen Qiongyun's residence and handed Chen Qiongyun a promissory note for HK$50. After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Qiongyun accepted it and set a date for Guo Biting to marry into the Xian family and become Xian Yaowu's concubine.

Cen Peipei met with Guo Biting and asked about Xu Wanyi's family background.

ten o'clock.

Another fax appeared on Xian Yaowen's desk, containing information about the Xu family.

Xu Shaodong, the patriarch of the Xu family, came from the Xu clan of Anbu, Chao'an. They made their fortune in opium, tax farming, and sugar shipping. His grandfather's generation was known as Xu the Millionaire. During the Xinhai Revolution, the Xu family was a target of suppression. It is said that Xu Shaodong, in his early twenties, arrived in Hong Kong with his family and millions of silver dollars.

After arriving in Hong Kong, he first stayed at a Chaozhou Association on Wing Lok Street in Sheung Wan. Three days later, he used 100,000 silver dollars to buy his first 80,000-square-foot plot of land in North Point to build a tenement building. He then rented out the land while building, and now owns a large number of tenement buildings in North Point and King's Road.

The following year, he opened the Nanhua Rice Shop and pawnshop, lending money to Chaozhou boatmen while secretly smuggling opium into Kowloon Walled City.

In 1915, he married the daughter of the Lin family in Chao'an, receiving a huge dowry. He continued to buy land in North Point and increased the number of tenement buildings.

During World War I, when the British army was short of food, Xu Shaodong monopolized the rice shipping routes from North Point to Kowloon, reaping considerable profits in three years.

In 1919, the South China Steamship Company was established, and the first 5000-ton used freighter, the "South China No. 1", was purchased to run the Hong Kong-Shantou-Shanghai route, transporting refugees and gold.

There is a gap in information about the 23 years from 1919 to 1942; nothing has been found.

In 1942, Xu Shaodong spearheaded the establishment of Nanhua Insurance, holding a 65% stake.

To date, the Xu family's apparent wealth includes South China Insurance Co., Ltd., 10 cargo ships owned by South China Shipping with a total tonnage of 5.5 tons, large areas of tenement buildings in North Point and King's Road, and a large amount of saline-alkali land and warehouse land in Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung.

Xu Shaodong had three sons and three daughters: eldest son Xu Runcang, second son Xu Runtang, youngest son Xu Runshen, eldest daughter Xu Wanwen, second daughter Xu Wanshan, and third daughter Xu Wanyi.

Xu Runcang was a major financial backer of the Chaozhou triads and owned many properties in Kowloon Walled City; Xu Runtang was the de facto head of South China Shipping Company and South China Insurance; Xu Runshen was a land speculator and may be preparing to enter the real estate industry in the future.

Xu Wanwen is 29 years old and married. Her husband's family is unknown, and the outside world only knows that she is very powerful in San Francisco.

Xu Wanshan is 25 years old and unmarried. In the past three years, she has frequently traveled between Hong Kong and Shanghai, and is suspected of engaging in gold smuggling between the two places, providing services for Shanghai gangs to realize assets in mainland China.

Xu Wanyi is 21 years old. She went to study in the UK for secondary school five years ago and then transferred to the US for university. Judging from the timeline, she should not have graduated yet. It is unclear why she returned to Hong Kong.

After reviewing the information, Sin Yiu-man was a bit overwhelmed. The Tsui family was not short of money, but they were not as easy to deal with as Chan King-wan. The Tsui family had deep roots in Hong Kong, so why did they plan to immigrate to Canada?
Did I offend some powerful British guy and have to leave?

After a moment's thought, he said to Xie Tingyun, "Send another fax and immediately send a visiting card to the Xu family. I will pay them a visit tomorrow afternoon at six o'clock."

"Yes."

After sending the fax and receiving a reply, Sin Yiu-man immediately went to bed.

The next day.

The restaurant at the European-style hotel.

Sin Yiu-man had breakfast with Oskar Schindler and his lover Ingrid von Wald (the real-life Ingrid who witnessed the Krakow ghetto massacre on horseback in the film), and Itzhak Stern and his wife.

“Mr. Schindler, I’ll give you two options. The first is a fixed-percentage salary system. I’ll give you 1.5 marks a year for basic living expenses, 1 marks a basic salary, and unlimited entertainment expenses. But you have to produce results to offset the expenses.”

Then, for every 1 million marks of revenue you generate, you will receive a bonus of 100 marks, which is 1%; for 500 million marks, the bonus percentage increases to 1.5%; and for 1000 million marks, the bonus percentage increases to 2%.

If the amount exceeds 1000 million marks, we will proceed with further negotiations.

Sin Yiu-man did not show off his German skills, but waited for Stern to translate.

After listening to the translation, Schindler smiled and said, "That's a good offer, but I'd still like to hear about the second option."

"The second is the partnership share system. The basic salary is the same, but you can only receive a small amount of bonus. At the end of each year, I will evaluate your performance and give you a certain amount of shares based on your contribution."

The first time will not be less than 1%. If you don't get it, it means I am very dissatisfied with your performance. My suggestion is that you leave on your own.

The second time, the percentage will be no less than 0.2% and no more than 1%. If you perform well, you can generally get 5% of the shares within 10 years, and you will have the opportunity to get another 5% in the next 10 years.

This 10% is a reward, which you can receive free of charge as long as you perform well. In addition, I will give you a 10% quota, starting from your third year of employment, at the end of each year you will be eligible to purchase no more than 0.3% of the company's shares from me at 80% of the company's valuation.

You can buy it yourself, or you can resell the qualification to someone else and profit from it, but there's one condition: it can only be resold to Germans.

After hearing Stern's translation, Schindler asked Stern, "Yitzhak, what do you think I should choose?"

Stern adjusted his glasses and said in a low voice, "I think... the second one is better."

“OK.” Schindler turned to Sin Yiu-man in broken English and said, “Mr. Hepburn, I choose to take the shares.”

Xian Yaowen put down his knife and fork, wiped his lips with a napkin, and then said slowly and deliberately, "Mr. Schindler, when you arrive in West Berlin, someone will come to you to sign a contract. What I just said will all be reflected in the contract."

“Excellent!”

“In Kirchdorf on the Ill River in Baden-Württemberg, there is a Hans Liebherr machine shop that was established two years ago. I need you to acquire no less than 30% and no more than 40% of its shares and ensure that the founder, Hans Liebherr, firmly controls the factory’s decision-making power in the future.”

Sin Yiu-man picked up his briefcase from the side, took out a file folder and placed it on the table. "There are some documents inside that will be helpful to you, as well as a contact list. You can contact them if you need help."

“OK,” Schindler replied crisply and confidently.

Sin Yiu-man nodded to the other three. “I’m very sorry, I encountered an emergency and have to fly to Hong Kong urgently. I can’t take you sightseeing in Singapore. Perhaps we can meet in West Berlin around Christmas.”

After booking Fei Baoqi's flight to Taipei, Sin Yiu-man took Song Chengxiu on a flight to Hong Kong, with a technical stopover in Kuala Lumpur, and arrived at Kai Tak Airport at 4:45 pm.

At 5:15, after a quick wash and changing into clean clothes, I sat in the garden of the villa on Lantang Road. Opposite me sat Xian Yaowu, who had his head bowed, and next to me sat Cen Peipei.

"Does Jieling know?"

"I didn't tell her."

“I’ll talk to her later.” Xian Yaowen’s gaze shifted from Cen Peipei to Xian Yaowu’s face. “You’re not a child. I’m too lazy to scold you. Listen to me clearly: you’ve used up your last chance to make a mistake without being punished. If you make a mistake again, you’ll be punished as you should be. Do you understand?”

Xian Yaowu looked up at Xian Yaowen and nodded.

"Last night I had someone put Anita on a ship to Taiwan. If she's pregnant, she'll come back in a few days, and she'll be your wife. If she's not pregnant, I'll arrange a future for her, and you'll have nothing to do with her anymore."

I'll repeat myself: you can play around with women however you want, but you can't just have children whenever you want.

Did you understand?

Xian Yaowu nodded again.

"I won't say it a third time: remember to wear a condom when you hunt in the wild next time."

"understood."

Just then, Xie Tingyun leaned close to Xian Yaowen's ear and whispered, "We just received news from home that Madam Zhao's name is Guo Biwan, Guo Biting's older sister."

Sin Yiu-man nodded, then turned to Cen Pei-pei and asked, "Did you see Guo Bi-wan yesterday?"

"I saw her; she was with Chen Qiongyun."

"What does it look like?"

"She's quite pretty, but her overall demeanor is lacking."

Xian Yaowen looked at Xian Yaowu and said with a laugh, "You little rascal, you're quite the player. Madam Zhao's name is Guo Biwan, Guo Biting's older sister."

Xian Yaowu asked in astonishment, "What a coincidence?"

"Sometimes things just happen by chance, and you end up cleaning up your mess."

"How do we clean it?" Xian Yaowu scratched his head. "Kill her?"

"Kill him my ass. Since you've already slept together, go all the way. But be careful not to make a fool of yourselves fighting over his affections."

"Uh... now?"

"Going right now."

After Sin Yiu-wu left, Sin Yiu-man said to Cen Pei-pei, "Now that things have turned out this way, it seems that we have no choice but to buy Zhenxiang Real Estate's shares, but business is business, and we still have to lower the price if necessary."

Cen Peipei nodded. "Amei replied that Chen Qiongyun's younger sister, Chen Qiongzhi, married Lin Baishou of the Lin family in Banqiao, and another younger sister, Chen Qiongzhen, married Lin Chuigong of the Lin family in Wufeng."

Xian Yaowen smiled faintly: "You little brat, you've stumbled upon a good thing. It's not a bad thing that the Guo family has arranged this marriage. It's about time. You go back first, and I'll go and meet the Xu family."

Upon arriving at 186 Queen's Road Central, Sin Yiu-man waited downstairs for a while before Zhou Ruoyun, heavily pregnant, came out of the building.

He went to greet her and helped Zhou Ruoyun up.

Zhou Ruoyun said quietly, "Did Uncle really do that kind of thing?"

"Ah."

“The Zhou family and the Xu family are on good terms. Uncle Xu came when my father was being buried.”

"I got it."

The circle of Teochew people in Hong Kong is actually not very large. As the vice president of the Teochew Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Maochen should know most of the prominent Teochew people.

"Are you really going to propose marriage?"

"What else can we do? Arranging a marriage is a good solution."

"The Xu family may not be well-known, but they have a very deep foundation and their wealth is no less than that of the Zhou family."

Xian Yaowen helped Zhou Ruoyun into the car, cracked open an Aksu paper-shelled walnut, and placed the kernel in Zhou Ruoyun's palm. "I know something about the Xu family's situation. No matter how rich the Xu family is, it's all dead money. Xu Wanyi becoming Yaowu's concubine is not a disgrace to the Xu family."

Zhou Ruoyun put a walnut kernel in her mouth and nodded. "The last time I saw Xu Wanyi was four years ago. If she hasn't changed her temper, my uncle's life won't be easy from now on."

"Is Xu Wanyi a troublemaker?"

"She's not acting strangely, she's just a bit odd. She's unpredictable and no one can figure her out."

"Yaowu said she wasn't a virgin."

"She was sent to study in England because she had a boyfriend, a Portuguese man, a sailor, maybe..." Zhou Ruoyun hesitated.

"Have you had an abortion?"

Zhou Ruoyun shook her head. "I don't know, I'm just guessing."

"If it's true, it's not bad news. In that case, things will be easier to discuss."

"you do not mind?"

"It's none of my business, and Yaowu has no right to care. He caused this mess, so let him suffer the consequences."

Aren't you afraid of your home being disturbed?

Sin Yiu-man cracked another walnut. "What good is being afraid? Let's solve the immediate problem first."

He didn't want to continue Zhou Ruoyun's conversation because there were some things he couldn't talk to her about. The premise of domestic unrest is an indecisive parent. He can accept a woman having a little temper, but he can't stand any woman making a mess of the household. Whoever dares to do that, he will teach them a lesson, and if he can't teach them, he will take a permanent solution.

Throughout history, every grand mansion has had its share of mysterious deaths, and the Xian family is no exception.

On the other hand, women who know a lot about the Xian family's secrets won't cause trouble, and women with restless tendencies aren't qualified to know too many secrets. Based on the information we have now, Xu Wanyi isn't of much use. If she marries into the Xian family, she'll only become a rich wife who doesn't care about anything. Let her cause trouble and show off, just don't let it reach him. If it does reach him, he'll just advise her to leave.

If Yaowu were any more sensible, he'd better win over his sister-in-law, Xu Wanshan. That woman could be of great use.

After eating the second walnut, Zhou Ruoyun said, "There are already ten South China tigers in Ruoyuan's tiger enclosure. There aren't enough to keep them all. When do you plan to send them away?"

How many do you plan to keep?

"I only need one pair."

"Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Send away seven and keep three to make a tiger-killing dish for the New Year."

Zhou Ruoyun chuckled and said, "Tiger-killing dish, how did you even come up with that?"

"Just trying it out of curiosity, you might not be able to eat it again in the future."

"Want to eat some? That's easy. We can just have more sent from the mainland. We just received 300 tiger skins in the last two days. They include Siberian tigers, South China tigers, and Indochinese tigers. Are you planning to keep them for yourself or resell them?"

"How much did you pay per sheet?"

"Siberian tigers are more expensive, 500; South China tigers and Indochinese tigers are cheaper, 300."

"It's not expensive, and it won't take up much capital. Let's keep it for now. If the tiger-hunting campaign in the mainland continues like this, probably only a few Siberian tigers will survive. South China tigers and Indochinese tigers may become extinct. We'll eat as many tiger skins as we can and stockpile them for a few years so we can sell them for a higher price."

"Should I collect it myself?"

"Are you out of money?"

"It'll be soon. I've found another piece of land I like, paid for it, and Yunwen Real Estate will be almost out of money."

"The money for building your garden is all spent too?"

"Ah."

“There are many places where I need to spend money recently, and I can’t just touch the money at home. Give me 20,000 yuan tomorrow as an investment for me to do a couple of quick in-and-out business deals. I’ll give you a share of the profits later.”

"it is good."

The two chatted all the way and unknowingly arrived near Chun Yeung Street in North Point. Hidden deep in the tenement buildings was a villa with a considerable area, which was the location of the Xu family mansion.

After the car made several turns, it came to a lawn where a Western-style rectangular dining table was set up. Several people were standing or sitting around the table, and they all looked over when they heard the car.

Xian Yaowen glanced at the two familiar faces. One was an elderly man who should be Xu Shaodong, and the other was a man in his mid-thirties who should be Xu Runcang.

A quick glance at the dining table revealed that tea was already prepared; the Xu family was probably following custom by hosting guests outside. (End of Chapter)