Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 224 Main House and Outer House

The three maids sent by my mother-in-law all looked to be under 40 years old. To be frank, they were most likely younger than Li Qingxia. It was obvious that my mother-in-law had selected them carefully.

They should have worked in the Guo family for more than a year, received various trainings, and already had rich experience as maids in wealthy families. They are still young, so it will not be a problem for them to come here and work steadily for more than 20 years.

Twenty years later, Pansy Kwok should have trained her own people.

But Cao Yukun seemed to be thinking about something.

After taking Cao Yukun into the cloakroom and changing into some casual clothes, Guo Chaoqiong helped him pull out his T-shirt and put it in order, while saying, "I've made some tea. You can have a few sips and then you can eat."

He said "hmm" casually as a response, and then they went to the living room to drink tea.

In fact, both Li Qingxia and Zhou Aimin had maids, and coincidentally, there were three of them. Cao Yukun didn't think this was strange, as Li Qingxia and Zhou Aimin had no experience in managing maids. This kind of thing was nothing more than the gradual adjustment in daily interactions. However, when he saw these three people sent by the Guo family, on the one hand, Cao Yukun subconsciously felt a sense of wealth and status, and on the other hand, he was a person with a meticulous and thoughtful mind, so how could he not think too much.

Sit down and drink tea.

Fuping, where Cao Yukun was born, is a tea-producing province and the locals love tea. Although Cao Yukun only drank tea with a tea bag when he was sleepy from overtime in his previous life, he quickly fell in love with drinking tea in this life. Almost all the women around him knew about his hobby and were willing to cater to his preferences. No matter how big or small the family was, they would always prepare a full set of tea sets and try their best to collect good tea leaves.

After two cups of tea, Cao Yukun asked casually, "This place isn't very big, why do you need so many people all at once? Wouldn't it be better if there were just one or two people to help?"

Guo Chaoqiong smiled and said, "It's okay. I've talked to Mommy. I'll send them back to sleep over there after dinner and come back in the morning. They won't be here at night."

Hi...she was thinking the wrong thing.

Cao Yukun smiled, leaned on the sofa, took her into his arms, and whispered, "I don't think mother-in-law means that... Is she reminding me that the place you live in is too small?"

Guo Chaoqiong was stunned for a moment, then turned around and smiled, snuggled into Cao Yukun's arms, half raised her head to look at him, and said coquettishly, "Then buy me a mansion!"

Oh, the outside world may generally believe that Guo's eldest daughter, Guo Chaoqiong, is a cold and solemn person. When dealing with outsiders, she is indeed often serious and is a true flower of the mountain. But who knows that this girl is actually very good at acting coquettishly behind the scenes.

It was just like it was impossible for anyone to know that Lin Qingkui looked pure and gentle, and even if you got a little closer to her, you could feel that she was a bit timid and inferior, but in fact, this girl especially liked Cao Yukun to spank her, and especially liked Cao Yukun to treat her roughly.

“Well, buy it!”

With Cao Yukun's brain, he had already thought about it almost completely while changing his clothes. Among the three women, two lived in luxury villas, while Guo Chaoqiong, who came from the highest social class, still lived in her own house. Although this house was more than 260 square meters, and in Hong Kong parlance it was 3,000 feet wide, and it was a sea view room, it was obviously still not comparable to the villas in the Mid-Levels or the Repulse Bay villas - it didn't make sense!

It’s not easy to arrange accommodation for the three wealthy maids sent by my mother-in-law!

No matter how big the house is, it is still an ordinary house, all on one floor. At night, Cao Yukun makes a lot of noise, and if the maid hears her mistress's low singing, she will inevitably lose her dignity and prestige.

"Go out and choose a house later. After you buy it, use it as my main residence in Hongkong. Buy a bigger one, maybe two and a half to three acres. The house should be big, and the garden can't be small either! First, I can't let my mother-in-law think that I don't love her daughter enough. Second, when I have children in the future, they need a place to play."

These words made Pansy Kwok's eyes brighter and brighter.

Great amount of information.

The term "main house" is not available to ordinary households. You're kidding. With the price of Hongkong house, even if you have a little extra money, you can't easily afford a second house. How can there be a term "main house"?

However, the concubine system was not abolished in Hongkong until 1971. The older generation of wealthy merchants in Hongkong generally had a main house and outer houses, and when Hongkong changed the law, it only disallowed new concubines. Concubines that were legally taken in the past were still protected by the law, so many outer houses still exist until now.

Growing up in a wealthy family like the Guo family, Pansy Kwok certainly knows the meaning of the word "main house".

The person who lives in the main house is, of course, the eldest wife of the family.

Then...two and a half to three acres of land!

Judging from Cao Yukun's past practices and the standards he set, the luxury homes he bought for Li Qingxia and Zhou Aimin were already in luxurious villa areas such as Mid-Levels and Repulse Bay. If he bought a main house, it would naturally have to be better and not slightly lower, otherwise it would not meet the positioning of the "main house" and could not be said to be "satisfying to the mother-in-law."

Then the range of luxury homes that can be chosen is extremely small.

You can either choose one from the limited twenty or thirty luxury houses on the top of the mountain, or look for those self-built luxury houses scattered among the people - neither is cheap, and the key is that they are both priced but not in demand, so you have to rely on luck.

But this is not important. What is important is that, according to media reports, he made two consecutive moves about last month, spending nearly 200 million Hong Kong dollars to buy luxury houses for the two women, Lai Qingxia and Zhou Aimin.

Now I have to continue buying bigger and more luxurious ones!
It can be seen that there is no worry about financial shortage.

Although they have been in love for a few months, Pansy Kwok comes from a wealthy family and has always known her limits. Even though they have been in the same bed for so long, she only started to test Cao Yukun frequently some time ago to see if he was willing to let her get involved in his career. She still didn't dare to ask for the specific details.

Generally speaking, men who are capable and have built a career from scratch are undoubtedly smart, brave and domineering. They know very well what their foundation is. If it weren't for the deep love between husband and wife who have been accompanying each other all the way since they started from scratch, latecomers would be unhappy even if they wanted to inquire about the inside story of his career, and think that you are spying on him. For this reason, Pansy Kwok often felt regretful that she did not accompany Cao Yukun from the beginning. Therefore, no matter how close they were later, no matter how good her background was, and no matter whether she was capable or not, she would never even dare to ask about the part of the industry that he started.

What does it mean for a couple to have deep love when they start out?

Empress Lü of Emperor Gaozu of Han and Empress Ma of Emperor Taizu of Ming were both people who rose from humble beginnings.

But now it seems that the beverage business he has is really profitable! You know, his beverage was only sold in Hongkong in June and July. Although it quickly became popular and sold well, it has only been four or five months so far.

However, having just spent more than HK$100 million, close to HK$200 million, to buy two luxury houses, he actually said without hesitation that he wanted to buy a bigger and more luxurious one!
Even this does not seem to affect his other investments.

For example, the deal that I just negotiated for him this morning, the amount of money he needs to invest is more than 10 million US dollars - more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars!

Another luxury home for the price!

It’s a pity that I am a step late for both Yiren Kangyin and Joyoung Electric Appliances. I probably won’t be able to participate in them in this lifetime. The only thing I can participate in now is this BBK VCD.

Oh, yes, and... children.

He mentioned the children.

The main house, plus the children, that is to say...

"Really?"

Guo Chaoqiong took the initiative to hug his neck in return, her face full of joy, her eyes unconsciously full of seduction, "Then I'll ask the agent to help me find a house! Can it be worth over 100 million?"

"Okay! You choose!"

Putting aside the fact that Yiren Kangyin now has a large amount of cash on hand, just the credit line of tens of millions of dollars that Wing Lung Bank had just granted her not long ago would allow her to buy one or two billion-level mansions without any problem - because only buying a house in Hong Kong is expensive, and going to the mainland, even buying a commercial building, would not cost too much money.

Now Pansy Kwok was completely happy and started to think about where to choose a house.

The place where she lives now was bought with her own pocket money and is considered her private property. Although her parents tacitly agreed and she has semi-officially moved out of her home and lives here with Cao Yukun, living here is still a bit inappropriate. It would be more respectable for her to live in a big mansion bought by her husband, as a wealthy wife.

Just like when the media reported the three-timing incident before, no matter how shrewd a person is, he would have to admit that the Repulse Bay villa and the Mid-Levels villa bought by Cao Yukun for Li Qingxia and Zhou Aimin were actually top-notch homes. Although it was against morality, ordinary people were not qualified to criticize anything.

Because of that standard, having a concubine is already the limit.

"It may be hard to buy a house on the top of the mountain. I haven't heard of anyone moving away recently! I guess I should ask around for information about those people who chose the place to build their villas."

While serving Cao Yukun tea, Guo Chaoqiong seemed particularly happy while muttering to him about her analysis. She didn't stop talking until dinner was ready and the two of them sat down to eat. However, after dinner, when the two of them went downstairs for a walk, she couldn't help talking again.

From this angle, you can still see some little girl feeling in her.

Full of excitement and anticipation of buying and decorating a new home.

But after all, she gradually realized that the villa that Cao Yukun wanted to buy for her might not be so easy to find, and her excitement gradually faded away unconsciously.

Top-notch luxury homes are really one-to-one, and you can’t buy them just because you have money.

Then, she didn't know what she was thinking about, and she finally started talking about the negotiations of the past two days.

Although Sun Yansheng has worked in America for many years, he is not a business tycoon, nor even a veteran. After all, he is a technical person, so Cao Yukun has no difficulty in controlling him. With the good foundation laid by Cao Yukun, the subsequent detailed negotiations taken over by Guo Chaoqiong were not too difficult.

The consensus was formally reached this morning.

Next, everyone will jointly register BBK Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. The company's total share capital will be 1500 million US dollars. Cao Yukun's Qinyuanchun Investment Holding Company will invest 1200 million US dollars, Sun Yansheng will personally invest 100 million US dollars, and three other institutions will invest a total of 200 million US dollars.

In addition, Cao Yukun invested 400 million US dollars with his personal business ability, Sun Yansheng invested 350 million US dollars with his personally invented video decoding patent, and Jiang Wanhai invested 250 million US dollars with his VCD patent.

After the company is finally established, Qinyuanchun Investment under the name of Cao Yukun will hold 64% of the shares and become the company's largest shareholder. Sun Yansheng will hold 18% of the shares and become the second largest shareholder. Jiang Wanhai will hold 10% of the shares and become the third largest shareholder. The other three institutional shareholders will hold a total of 8% and become small shareholders.

Once the funds are in place and the company is officially established, Cao Yukun will become the company's chairman of the board and executive president, Sun Yansheng will serve as vice chairman of the board and senior vice president and president of technology, Jiang Wanhai will serve as director and vice president of technology, and Guo Chaoqiong will also become a director of the board and serve as executive vice president.

Cao Yukun didn't know how Sun Yansheng and the others played in his previous life, but this time it was his turn to lead the matter. Obviously, if he wanted to cooperate, everything had to follow his rules.

He had proposed this before, and Sun Yansheng had agreed to it, and now it is all reflected in the final investment cooperation contract - the video decoding technology developed by him must apply for a global patent before it can be used for investment. Although this patent is only at the software level, if others want to imitate it, they really have to spend money to hire people to tackle the problem. It may not be that difficult to break through the technical barriers, but having a barrier is always better than having no barrier.

With the patent for decoding technology, we may not be able to control some small domestic factories in the future, but if we can control the large manufacturers of decoding chips, it will have a certain deterrent effect. Although China does not pay attention to it, America still attaches great importance to technology patents. If we are careful, we can catch the small braids of these decoding chip manufacturers and sue them for supporting patent theft, which will be enough to make them suffer.

At least it can have a certain restraining effect on various types of copying and plagiarism that are bound to occur in the country in the future.

In addition to the VCD technology that Jiang Wanhai is developing, Cao Yukun also requires that a global patent must be registered in the future. In this way, from decoding patents to VCD patents, although the newly established BBK Electronic Technology can only control a limited proportion of independent technology in the entire VCD production chain, it will not be completely controlled by others.

As long as this combination of punches can last for a year or two and prevent other people's VCDs from becoming popular, it will be enough for BBK to reap the highest profits in the early stage of the blue ocean. It will also have the funds to continue to develop its own technology and have a more relaxed position.

(End of this chapter)