Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 232 I Can’t Eat It Anymore
The crackdown on the Comics Alliance continues, and Fang Hexuan shows no mercy.

Therefore, Wong Yuk-long's task of acting as a knife for him will not end immediately, and the acquisition and counter-acquisition drama between the two will take some time to unfold.

Now, Fang Hexuan has set his sights on the hotel industry and has chosen his first battle - acquiring two Class B hotels from the Asian-American Xialilela family.

The family currently owns 60% of the Holiday Inn Golden Mile and also controls % of the shares of Empire Hotels.

When he read the industry research report analyzing the hotel industry, he decided to start with Class B hotels without any hesitation.

This comes from his personal business judgment, and also from his desire to challenge his own ability to run a company.

At present, the hotel industry structure in Hong Kong has been formed long ago, although it has caught up with the bonus period of economic transformation.

However, this industry is still considered a mature market, and large groups have basically completed market layout and positioning.

His joining now does feel like an outsider challenging the insiders.

Fang Hexuan now has businesses in industries such as automobiles, computers, real estate, movies, sporting goods, and toys.

Except for the automobile industry, which is somewhat similar to the hotel industry, the entry barriers for other industries are not high; all you have to do is spend money.

Fang Hexuan is indeed an outsider when it comes to car manufacturing, but the time and money he puts into it are definitely far more than those spent in the hotel industry.

In a word, running the hotel industry is indeed challenging for our richest man Fang.

This is also the reason why he did not choose to directly acquire a five-star hotel at the beginning. It is not very interesting to just eat something ready-made. It will be fun if you add some difficulty.

In addition to commercial value and spiritual reasons, the most important point is that he hates Ah San.

Not only Fang Hexuan, the time traveler, doesn't like it, but even the original owner before the time travel doesn't like it.

Why? Fang Hexuan easily found the reason for his disgust from his memory.

Because their family has lived in Chongqing Building for more than ten years, and Chongqing Building faces Nathan Road, with the Empire Hotel on the left and the Holiday Inn Golden Mile on the right.

This means that the community where the original owner lived is sandwiched between Asan’s two hotels.

When Fang Hexuan was a child, he had witnessed the grand occasion when the Xialilila family inspected these two hotels several times.

It's just as unpleasant as when an ancient official passed through a busy market, with gongs and drums beating, his entourage clearing the way in a show of force, and then asking bystanders to stay away.

The head of the family, Harry Xialilela, may not be so high-profile, but the Xialilela family is large, and there are as many as seven or eight of Harry's brothers or cousins ​​alone.

The young Fang Hexuan didn't know so much, but the impression he got was that the Indians were too arrogant and disrespectful on Chinese soil.

This is a bit like the rule during the Republic of China that “Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter”.

If the Governor of Hong Kong comes to inspect and the police clear the area, Hong Kong people probably won't have any objections.

But you Indians, who are generally despised by the Chinese, take advantage of your wealth to show off in front of Hong Kong people. It would be strange if you are not disliked.

Anyway, Fang Hexuan has disliked Ah San since he was a child. Although his home is very close to the two hotels, he has never eaten there. He guesses that Ah San does not welcome the poor people in Hong Kong either.

Now that he is the richest man in Hong Kong, it seems reasonable for him to vent the anger for the original owner.

Furthermore, even without considering the hotel itself, Nathan Road, a large piece of land extending from the Imperial Hotel north to the Holiday Inn Golden Mile, is very valuable now and in the future.

This piece of land is located in a convenient location, not far from the Peninsula Hotel, and to the south is the Sheraton Grand Hotel. It can be said that once it is acquired, whether it is used to rebuild a hotel or a shopping mall, it can serve as a cash cow for future rental income.

When Fang Hexuan moved out of Chongqing Mansion, he was thinking about whether he could take over the land one day and either rebuild or renovate it. No matter from which perspective, his acquisition of the two hotels of the Xialilila family was an inevitable decision.

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Six days later, at 6pm on April 4th.

Today is Friday. Fang Hexuan went to CUHK to pick up Lizhi with great interest, using the excuse of having dinner together and never saying it was a date.

The dining location this time was not chosen at the Peninsula, but at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile.

When I made a reservation with this hotel three days in advance, it surprised their management.

Who is Fang Hexuan? He is the richest man in Hong Kong and he also owns a Class A hotel.

The management didn't know why the richest man had to eat at an Indian hotel, but they told Harry Xialilila the news.

Although the Indian tycoon was a little surprised, he did not react too much. He just instructed the hotel manager to entertain the richest man well and not to damage the hotel's reputation.

Therefore, Golden Domain Holiday Hotel attaches great importance to welcoming Fang Hexuan.

Fang Hexuan's fleet of cars changes license plates frequently, so it is impossible for Hong Kong citizens to identify whether it is him through a lucky digital license plate.

When Lizhi, wearing sunglasses, entered the hotel with Fang Hexuan, although they were seen by some people, at least they did not encounter any paparazzi or reporters.

After the two people entered the private room, Indian dishes were served one after another.

Frankly speaking, the way the upper class in India eat is pretty normal. They have all the necessary cutlery and the dishes are OK, except that the curry is too strong.

If you come to an Indian restaurant and don’t try their Indian food, it seems like you have come for nothing.

With this joking mentality, Fang Hexuan didn't even consider other Chinese or Western food.

It was also Lizhi's first time to eat Indian food, so her reaction was not as great as Fang Hexuan's. It was purely out of curiosity, so she was much bolder in tasting the food than the man opposite her.

Fang Hexuan deliberately asked:
“You like Indian food?”

"It's OK. It's my first time eating it. It tastes a bit weird, but it's not bad."

"hehe!"

Lizhi thought that Fang Hexuan's laughter meant that he was satisfied with her comments just now, but she had no idea that the image of Ah San grabbing curry rice with his hands was flashing through his mind.

The second time they went out to eat together, Lizhi was no longer as nervous as the first time, and now she was increasingly putting herself into the role of an "ambiguous girlfriend".

"By the way, Brother Xuan, why did you bring me here to eat Indian food?"

"Nothing, it's my first time here too, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat it in the future."

Lizhi was a little confused by what she said. What the hell was going to happen if she couldn't eat it in the future?

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Looking at the other person's big black eyes turning around in thought, Fang Hexuan smiled:
"Don't think too much. I'm afraid this place won't be called Golden Mile Holiday Hotel anymore."

Lizhi, who had been working as Ma Lin's secretary for some time, had gained some experience and she realized that there was something behind Brother Xuan's words.

"Brother Xuan, what do you mean?"

(In the original time and space, the Xialilila family sold 1978% of the shares in to cash out and invest abroad. For the needs of the plot, it can be understood as a butterfly effect brought about by Fang Hexuan.)
(End of this chapter)