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Chapter 249 Career is on the right track

Suning left Hong Kong Island with his family in a leisurely manner, but the changes in Jingzhu Group still shocked the entire business circle of Hong Kong Island. After all, Jingzhu Group, with a market value of tens of billions, is undoubtedly a giant in Hong Kong's business at that time.

Although Lou Xiao'e and Luo Bing wanted to handle internal affairs in a low-key manner, the outside world still got the news. Every day, a large number of financial reporters surrounded the headquarters building for interviews, and many business tycoons called to inquire about the inside story.

Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Lou Xiao'e and Luo Bing simply discussed it and decided to hold a press conference directly to announce the specific situation to the outside world.

Of course, Lou Xiao'e and Luo Bing were talking about buying back 25% of Suning's shares, but in the eyes of Hong Kong's business tycoons, Jingzhu Group was an act of splitting up the family, and it was split into two parts, the Luo Group and the mysterious Huatai Real Estate Company.

You should know that the most important pillar industry of the Jingzhu Group is real estate, and the properties and properties used for exchange are all in the best locations in Hong Kong Island, including the Jingzhu Cinemas, which competes with Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas.

At this moment, many Hong Kong business tycoons remember the rustic name of He Yuzhu and the mysterious Huatai Real Estate Company. Not only because Huatai was split from Jingzhu Group, but more importantly because of Suning’s "magic operation" before leaving Hong Kong.

Suning had long anticipated that Lou Xiaoe would eventually separate from him, so the business information he gave her only covered the past seven or eight years. Suning did not mention future investment directions and major events in the information.

Of course, with that information, Lou Xiao'e can continue to be successful, but it is unlikely that she can continue with her previous god-level investment.

Suning now has more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars in cash. The subsequent catering industry and computer assembly do not require so much money at all, so Suning directly left more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in cash and entrusted the remaining 700 million Hong Kong dollars to HSBC to enter the Hong Kong stock market to purchase shares of three companies: Wharf Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa Group and Cheung Kong Holdings.

"Mr. He, investing such a large amount of money in the stock market and only buying stocks of these three companies is bound to cause stock market fluctuations!
"Should you also consider other Hong Kong stocks?" the HSBC stockbroker suggested with a worried look on his face.

"No need! For now, we only need these three stocks!" Suning directly rejected the stockbroker's suggestion.

"Huh? Okay!
Don't worry, Mr. He, we will definitely provide you with good service!"

In fact, HSBC already had a large number of shares of the three companies. After the top management of HSBC learned about Suning’s requirements and HK$700 million in funds, they secretly sold 8% of Hutchison Whampoa shares to Suning, and then other funds slowly began to absorb the shares of the three companies on the stock market.

Suning did not intend to hide its "magic operation" from other Hong Kong business tycoons, because it knew that HSBC would not be able to maintain its professional ethics and would definitely leak its operations and information to the outside world. Therefore, Suning had no need to conceal it and might as well enter openly. Of course, there will definitely be some losses now, but compared with the upcoming gains, it is completely insignificant.

After returning to Beijing, the family was finally reunited and arrangements were made for Jingguo and Jingtai's schooling. Suning once again focused its work on the mainland catering layout.

The four "Fengchanlou" restaurants in Beijing are still very popular, and the branches in Shanghai and Guangzhou are also under renovation and will be open for business soon.

In order to save time, Suning has asked Ma Hua and Aunt Chen to send suitable chefs and employees to Shanghai and Guangzhou for recruitment. They can open for business as soon as the branches are renovated.

The people currently employed in Hong Kong are all Lou Xiaoe's people, so Suning urgently needs to recruit more people and must set up the group's framework as soon as possible.

Because of the opening of policies, the situation where most mainland talents gathered in the official career has also changed. Many capable people have the idea of resigning and going into business, so Suning has set its sights on them.

Suning directly published recruitment advertisements in the National Daily, recruiting a large number of department managers and managers of catering companies.

Suning’s recruitment advertisement can be said to have caused a huge stir, causing a sensation in the increasingly restless country, and many officials who had resigned to go into business began to be tempted.

Everyone knows that it is good to lean on a big tree for shade. In the past, they thought about quitting their jobs and starting their own business, but they were worried about the risks and pressures they would have to bear. However, the sudden appearance of Huatai Group's recruitment perfectly solved all their worries.

Suning also knew that after his recruitment advertisement was published in the newspaper, his door would be flooded with applicants, but he did not expect that the first applicant would be his old acquaintance Li Gang.

"Mr. He, I would like to apply for the position of general manager of your Fengchanlou Catering Co., Ltd."

"Director Li, we are old acquaintances!

I understand you've always wanted to start your own business, haven't you?"

"Haha, I'm no longer a director!

Mr. He, if you don't mind, just call me Lao Li!"

"Huh? How can that be possible!

No matter what, you are my old leader, so I will still call you Brother Li!"

"Brother Li is fine too! Then I'll be too arrogant!

Mr. He, to be honest with you, I originally wanted to run the foreign trade business!
But now the mainland has not relaxed this policy, so I will definitely engage in smuggling!

I'm still a little concerned about the risks involved, so when I saw your job ad in the National Daily, I was quite tempted!

“Haha, Brother Li, Jingtai’s focus now is to open branches in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.

If you were to become the general manager, wouldn't that be a waste of your talent?"

"Unyielding talent! Not at all unyielding talent!
I've also worked in the steel mill's logistics department for many years and know many material supply companies in Beijing and across China, so I believe I'm definitely qualified for the role of general manager."

"Yeah! Brother Li, you make sense!
I have great confidence in you too!
If you really don’t mind, Brother Li, you can be the general manager of the “Fengchanlou” catering company!

The salary is 400 yuan per month, and there will be a 1% company dividend at the end of the year! "

"Huh? So high?"

"Brother Li, are you kidding me?
The steel mill is a large factory with 10,000 employees. If you are capable of managing it in an orderly manner, this salary is nothing!"

"Mr. He, thank you! I will definitely work hard!"

"Haha, Brother Li, do a good job!

With your joining, I will feel much more relaxed!
But, Brother Li, there is something I have to remind you!"

"Mr. He, what do you say?"

"We are a private enterprise, not like the state-owned steel mills of the past. I hope you won't treat the factory as your home like before!" Suning warned Li Gang with a double meaning.

"Huh? Don't worry, Mr. He!
I understand the difference! "Li Gang knew what Suning meant and blushed unconsciously.

Looking at Li Gang's back as he left, Suning felt a little sad. He didn't expect that the once arrogant Li Gang would have to make a living under him.

Suning has very complicated feelings about Li Gang, because he not only has outstanding abilities, but also has a very wide network of contacts. When doing business in the mainland, connections and relationships are often the most important.

However, Li Gang has the most fatal flaw. He has no bottom line at all, his character is not very good, and there is no need to talk about morality with him. Therefore, Suning still has to take risks if it uses him, which is why there is the last warning.

With Li Gang joining the company, Suning is indeed much more relaxed. Suning no longer needs to be concerned about the affairs of the branches in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and Li Gang can handle them well.

Suning still personally supervised the subsequent recruitment and did not hand it over to Li Gang. He did not want his catering company to become Li Gang's "rat's nest".

The recruitment work went smoothly. Suning recruited several more employees. Except for a vice president of a catering company and a financial director, all other employees were sent to Huatai Real Estate Company in Hong Kong, keeping the financial and personnel affairs of the Hong Kong branch firmly in its own hands.

It’s not that Suning doesn’t trust Lou Xiaoe, it’s mainly because finance and personnel are too important, and one cannot be too emotional about business matters.

"Zhu Zi, I heard that you sold your shares in Jing Zhu Group?"

"Yes! Lou Xiao'e and his wife also felt embarrassed when they saw me, so we should just stop getting involved!

I am also optimistic about Hong Kong's real estate industry, which saves me a lot of trouble."

"Zhuzi, you are right!

Lou Xiao'e has remarried, and your identity as her ex-boyfriend is too embarrassing! This is good, you can fight alone! "

"Yes! Uncle, that's exactly what I think!
No matter what, Lou Xiao'e gave birth to two sons for me, and being able to achieve the current result is the best outcome!"

"Yeah! I also saw your job advertisement in the National Daily.

You guys made a really big mess!"

“Haha, there are so many things!
I have to do everything myself, but I can’t handle it!"

“How are the recruitment results during this period?”

"After all the hard work, I've finally established the catering company, and the branch in Hong Kong now has its own staff."

"Well! It's pretty good to be able to do this!
How about it? Do you want me to introduce you to some outstanding talents?"

"What? Uncle, do you have someone who can help me?"

"Of course! Just like you can train your own chefs and waiters, I have no shortage of management talent!"

"Great! Now the framework of Jingtai Group can be established!"

"Yes! This person is Su Xiangdong. He used to work in the foreign affairs department. He is fluent in English, Japanese, French and German. He also studied at a university in the United States. He has been thinking about going into business lately, so I contacted him for you."

"Uncle, thank you so much!

This is a real talent!"

"Zhu Zi, please don't be polite to me!

I have always treated you as my own child!

Work hard! You must make something out of it! "

"Uncle, don't worry! I will never let you down!"

With the addition of Su Xiangdong, Suning felt relieved. Su Xiangdong did not require him to be constantly on guard like Li Gang. He was a talent introduced by the top leader himself, so Suning would of course trust him more.

As soon as Su Xiangdong took office as the general manager of Jingtai Group, he had a long talk with Suning. After learning about Suning's business plan, he proposed to register a new high-tech company in Hong Kong and name it Jingtai Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., and then assemble computers and sell them all over the world.

With some free time, Suning finally returned to his family and could spend more time with them, no longer having to work hard for the company all day.

"Brother, how come you have time to come back today?"

"Haha, uncle introduced me to a senior talent.

With him in charge of the company, I have some free time!"

"Really? Uncle and aunt are so kind to us!"

"Hmm! Have Jingguo and Jingtai adapted to life in the capital these past few days?"

"Brother, I think they are pretty good!

After all, they are just children, and there is no need to think too much about complicated things."

After hearing his wife Zhang Ning's explanation, Suning smiled with satisfaction, "That's good!"

"Uncle and aunt, how do you feel about returning to Beijing this time?" Su Ning looked at Lou's father and mother.

"It's great! You were right! Beijing is indeed more suitable for retirement than Hong Kong!"

"Haha, as long as you two like it!"

"Zhu Zi, I heard that you also opened a children's welfare home?" At this time, Lou's father asked the doubts in his heart.

"Yes, uncle!

If you’re interested, I’ll take you around!”

"Okay! Your aunt and I are pretty bored too.

I just wanted to go to the welfare home to find something to do!"

"Don't do that! Children are very naughty, how can you bear it?"

"No! Jingguo and Jingtai were raised by us, so they didn't seem too noisy!" Lou's mother said disapprovingly.

"Haha, there are nearly twenty Jingguo and Jingtai in the welfare home. Are you sure you can handle it?"

"Ah? So many children?"

"Yeah! This is just the beginning!
Once the staff have adapted, there will be more and more children in the orphanage!"

Next, Suning brought Lou's father and mother to the children's welfare home. When the children saw Suning coming, they all happily shouted "Dad".

"Zhu Zi, why do all these kids call you daddy?"

"Yeah! I just like children!

When I hear them calling me dad, I feel very happy!"

"Zhu Zi, raising so many children must be very expensive, right?"

"It's not bad! It didn't cost that much actually!"

"Zhu Zi, we still have a lot of savings!

How about putting it into a children's welfare home?"

"No! You should keep that money for your retirement!"

When the children's welfare home was first established, I never thought about accepting external funding!

After all, if you take outside funding, you have to accept supervision and questioning from others, which is too troublesome! "

"Zhu Zi, but this will put a lot of pressure on you!"

"Haha, uncle and aunt, the company will only make more and more money in the future!

Then I saved the money for luxury cars, private yachts and private jets and used it to open a children's welfare home without any pressure at all."

(End of this chapter)