Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

On January 10, 1968, He Yuzhu visited Niu Niu's hometown again and spent the day with Masha. The next morning, he took care of business.

A large oil field has been discovered on your continental shelf, with reserves of no less than 30 billion barrels, involving you and several other coastal countries!

Are you confident you can get a piece of the pie?

"Hey, are you sure?"

"It can be confirmed that the American company that the experts acquired the large oil fields in Texas and the giant oil fields in Canada in previous years is very powerful."

If you can acquire a share, I can give you some detailed addresses; your technical capabilities are somewhat weak.

I need your help to acquire all of Swire Pacific's shares in Hong Kong. Their family's stake is too high; it's impossible to obtain them through other means.

"Hey, how much did you spend? Oilfields are expensive!"

"Last time, I made a total profit of 300 million Niu Niu coins."

"You're amazing, 720 million US dollars in one go. This is even bigger than the last one. We need time. As for the Swire family, it's a minor matter."

What are their total assets in the port city?

"Three hundred million NiuNiu coins, mainly invested in aviation!"

"This is a lot of money, but using oil shares isn't a good deal. Oil isn't profitable; oil prices are too low!"

"Svenge, your judgment is wrong. Oil prices are not high for now, and they will increase fivefold within ten years at the very least."

"Hehe, and for us, there are at least two big deals to do within five years, about the same as three months ago!" He Yuzhu laughed.

"Damn, where did you get this information from?"

"The conclusions drawn by our company's global economic assessors are still being formed; they can't avoid them unless they want to be like you. Problems must be addressed and progress made."

"Gold." Richard realized.

"It's American gold. Gold traders and many in their government are dissatisfied, and your government probably won't be happy either. A price that's too low benefits no one!"

"Why not say it? I almost forgot, my father complained about this at home."

"That's normal."

"What, when?"

"Two prerequisites: first, countries are dissatisfied with the gold rush; second, the US government officially intervenes."

We also need to give the world an explanation; the only solution is to decouple gold from the US dollar and liberalize gold prices!

"Hahaha, this time it's those American prisoners' turn to be in trouble, and we'll make money again."

"Gold is still a long way off, let's talk about oil fields first. He, do you mean we should wait for oil prices to rise and then swap shares with the Swire family?"

"That's the idea. You don't need to worry about the oil company. Even without this oil field, there are plenty of other oil fields. Our entire company needs to complete its transformation within thirty years."

"Transformation, why?"

"Industrial development is progressing too rapidly. What is the most needed sector? And which industries will benefit?"

"There's such a saying? This economy is no game for humans. Luckily you're on our side."

"My men predict that this is what they do; it's their job. They can't just drink coffee while they're at work."

"That's true. There are people like that in the government too, unlike you guys."

"It's not that they're inferior to us, it's that they consider too many things, including the US think tank. They have to think things through from politics, military affairs, neighboring countries, international relations, and alliances."

We don't need to consider that; we only consider the pros and cons for our company. Everything else is irrelevant; we're not a government.

"That makes sense. People shouldn't think too much. You're staying here for a few days, and it seems like you're celebrating a festival, a very important one."

"About ten days, I'll be going back a week before the Lunar New Year!"

"Oil exploration takes time. The government encouraged private individuals to search for oil, but now nobody's going because it's too costly in terms of manpower, resources, and money."

"It's still a technical issue. If you need professional offshore oil exploration and extraction equipment, contact them." He Yuzhu handed Richard a business card.

"These are three locations that will yield oil, and on a significant scale. What do you guys decide?"

He Yuzhu didn't care about the North Sea oil field at all. If he couldn't get it himself, he might as well do it as a favor. The resources of Swire Group and Australia were more important!

With them around, problems in Malaysia were not a big deal. They could basically do whatever they wanted in the Commonwealth countries, especially two thousand years ago.

Isn't business all about exchanging interests? He Yuzhu is using money to gain power and to befriend useful people.

On the eighth day, a formal reply was received: the property will be privatized under state supervision, and the state will not be taken back for the time being!

"You guys have fun. I'll be back the day after tomorrow. Let me know how much investment you need."

"We're going back the day after tomorrow, so let's celebrate today. You need a good mood to do things! Hey, you know what? Your company's best product is 'little pills,' hahaha!"

"That's what I think too."

"Let's walk."

.......

After putting aside his work at the Beihai Oilfield, He Yuzhu returned to the port city on the eve of the Lunar New Year. With the New Year approaching, he spent time with his family and took the children to buy New Year supplies!

In March, Zhou Songyu gave birth to her third son, named He Mingyi. Qin Huairu was a little envious, as all three of her children were sons.

He Yuzhu's sons are ranked according to the virtues of loyalty, filial piety, propriety, righteousness, and trustworthiness, while his daughters have given names but no ranking; their current names are Hui, Zhi, Wan, and Yue.

I can have children, but I have four daughters and only one son, which is a little too few. I also want to have a son!

I don't want to deal with this baby-making maniac!

As long as the body doesn't go out of shape, it's fine as long as there's a spiritual spring and everyone in the family practices martial arts!

Because he didn't have much to do, Ho Yu-chu was practically always at the "Miss Hong Kong" program team at Dongda TV, where he would have sincere and in-depth exchanges with four qualified contestants on various issues every day.

Leave two opportunities at home; only when the red flag at home stands firm can colorful flags flutter outside.

It's a pity that the quality of Miss Hong Kong contestants nowadays isn't as good as it was in the 1980s; they're just passable!

Bored, He Yuzhu decided to give back to society by playing scratch-off lottery tickets, definitely not to make money for himself!

It's definitely not a 'match-3' game.

The subordinate printing factory is in charge; they have long mastered anti-counterfeiting technology and have no need to worry about anyone counterfeiting them.

The timeframe is set at one year, with at least 100 million 'scratch-off tickets' to be issued, for every company and every product, including the cheapest bus tickets, with a lottery draw for every 50 tickets.

The odds of winning are as high as 70%, and the prize money is HK$300 million!

This is supposed to be publicly released data, but the actual amount is not up to Dongda Group to decide!

The grand prize is fifty Heilong II cars, currently valued at HK$280,000; the first prize is a complete set of household appliances and a five-year, HK$100,000 medical card; and the second prize is a 600-square-meter house...!

The prizes are divided into nine levels, including commemorative items such as towels and toothbrushes for the ninth level. Every HK$100 spent earns one entry into the prize draw, and the amounts can be accumulated with no limit on the number of entries!

This event starts on May 1st, and all products under the Dongda Group are participating!

The redemption points have specific addresses, and the Dongda Group headquarters also has a dedicated department to handle this matter!

The news caused a huge uproar in Hong Kong. Previously, commodity prices remained unchanged, so this lottery is like a free benefit, and we want to participate.

What does their desire to increase their customer base have to do with us? Such opportunities are rare; we'll go buy Dongda Group products on May 1st.

For ordinary people, it's just a chance to get a better deal. With the same amount of money, they might be able to buy a large item in the lottery, which would be like making a profit!

"Mr. He's amazing. It's a sure-fire way to make money. How do the people in his company think? They're so clever."

"We can learn from that too."

"We can't afford to play this game."

Many businesses are interested, recognizing the huge benefits, but they either don't have suitable products or don't have enough money to participate.

What if someone tries to stop me when my company isn't Dongda Group?

You're overthinking it!