Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 236 Family Meeting
Although strict requirements were implemented in the process of aging and counterfeiting, Fang Hexuan was not sure that no one could tell that this "ancient book" was a forgery.

Fang Hexuan also felt it was a bit strange that Xu Zhandong chose to publicly display the contents of the ancient books at the art center the next day. He felt that he wanted to promote his reputation as the top collector in Hong Kong.

But no matter what, at this point, Fang Hexuan's basic goal has been achieved. Later, he will quietly exert his strength to bring the wind towards Golden Domain Holiday Hotel.

When Harry Sharilela saw the news in the newspaper, he was surprised at first, and then found it ridiculous. He believed that Chinese history was not reliable at all.

The reason why he is so confident is that he participated in the entire process of building this hotel.

If any underground ruins were really discovered during the construction process, Party B would have notified him long ago.

So, after reading the newspaper, apart from his daily complaints about the Chinese, he no longer cared about this matter.

However, Fang Hexuan, the fanner of trouble, was not idle. He bought space in most newspapers in Hong Kong through a third party, and continued to do so for a week, focusing on reporting that there were ruins under the Golden Mile Holiday Hotel, which might be an ancient tomb.

Hong Kong citizens love gossip, and news involving historical mysteries is most likely to attract everyone's attention and discussion after dinner.

Even Murray MacLehose, who had not yet resigned, joked in a meeting with the administrative units below that an ancient book had triggered an archaeological craze among Hong Kong citizens.

At this point, if Harry Harilela doesn't take it seriously, he really doesn't deserve to be in Hong Kong.

At night, Kowloon Tong, Waterloo Road, the ancestral home of the Harilela family.

The mansion covers a total area of ​​more than 4600 square feet ( square meters). The exterior of the house is bright green and is divided into two wings, the old and new wings, both three stories high, with an additional basement.

It not only refers to the design of Barak Mahal, but also draws on the architectural style of British overseas colonies.

The mansion is surrounded by a two-meter-high wall with barbed wire on top, making it as tightly guarded as a prison.

The mansion has a total of 90 rooms (40 bedrooms, 40 bathrooms), several magnificently decorated living rooms, and a cinema with 75 seats.

There are also prayer rooms, bowling alleys, gyms, saunas, swimming pools, jacuzzis, bar areas, etc. It is like a small community in its own right.

The basement can accommodate 70 cars.

Three generations of the Xialilila family live here, with a total population of more than 100 people.

The design inside is a mixture of Barak and British decoration styles, and it can be described as magnificent and luxurious.

Every weekend, family members have dinner together, and there are birthday parties or other types of celebrations almost every other day.

他们还聘请了30个仆人、3个厨师、几个修理技工、1个园丁、7个司机和1个裁缝，以维持每日的起居作息。

Tonight happened to be Saturday, and after the members finished dinner, several adult men were asked to go to a living room to discuss important matters.

As the patriarch of the family and the actual manager and operator of most family-owned enterprises, Harry Sharilela naturally spoke first.

"Everyone has noticed the news in recent days, right?"

The eight people sitting in a circle nodded in unison. These people were all between 35 and 60 years old. Those under 35 were considered young and were not qualified to attend the meeting.

In addition to Harry's five brothers, there is one who is his youngest son and the other two are his nephews.

Of course, if Harry is counted as the second generation, there must be more than three third-generation grandchildren and nephews. Some of them are either studying abroad or managing overseas hotels or assets.

Harry glanced at everyone and continued to ask with a calm expression:
"Then what do you think?"

George Xialilila is the second oldest of six brothers. He heard that his hotel might become famous and was quite interested.

"My brother, are there really tombs and treasures under the Holiday Inn Golden Mile?" After these words came out, Harry remained calm, but the eyes of the others suddenly lit up, and they all seemed to be very concerned.

Harry didn't answer the question directly, but instead looked at everyone's face.

"If it is true, how do you think we should deal with the public opinion?"

"Ha! I told you it was true, but you still didn't believe it!"

When someone heard this, he suddenly became excited. He was Harry's youngest brother Mickey.

Harry was immediately filled with disappointment towards his sixth brother. This boy was a typical playboy and also the most handsome and youngest among the six brothers.

Although he is already 42 years old, he pays little attention to the family business and focuses all his attention on socializing and picking up girls.

As the patriarch, the questions Harry asked just now were not simple questions, but part of his daily inspection work.

Many talented people from the third generation have been sent overseas. These people were all selected by Harry himself.

Their family moved from Barak to Shanghai, and then to Hong Kong, and decided to live together and share their wealth.

Because they know very well that it will be even more difficult to succeed if they are not united when working overseas.

Harry has achieved what he has today by starting a business with his brothers since he was young.

So he is well aware of the importance of selection and unity.

Therefore, even though he looked down on his sixth brother Mickey, he did not criticize him to his face for being the center of attention.

The other people did not follow Mickey's surprise, and they all started thinking about the patriarch's problem.

Harry's youngest son John was the first to answer:
"Father, I think that according to the Chinese way of thinking, it is better to open up than to block. Even if there is something going on, we can deny it, but we cannot help but speak out. We should hold a press conference and explain it to the outside world in a timely manner."

Harry did not get excited because it was his son, but continued to ask calmly:

“What if it’s fake?”

John thought seriously for a few seconds, then replied:
"If it's fake, we'll keep silent, which will lead to more discussion among Hong Kong people, which will be of great benefit to the reputation of our hotel."

The younger son's response was a standard answer, there was nothing wrong with it, but it was nothing new either. However, Harry was still quite satisfied with it.

In the general understanding of people, they all hope that each generation will be stronger than the previous one.

But the rich are much more rational, they understand very well that success is not an easy thing.

If your offspring are really capable, then of course it's worth being happy.

But if their descendants are all mediocre, the rich would hope that they would stop making trouble.

It would be great if the heirs can follow the rules, and the non-heirs can eat, drink, have fun and not cause trouble.

Therefore, even though John's qualifications were average, Harry did not despise him.

　Thanks to Wang Jianguo for the recommendation!

(End of this chapter)