Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong

Chapter 1458 1458 [Wait until you are qualified! 】

Shi Zhijian knew that Xie Shihao had a lot of thoughts, if he couldn't convince him, I'm afraid he wouldn't try his best.

So Shi Zhijian no longer concealed it, and directly cooperated with General Wan Long to develop mines and do jewelry business together. Unexpectedly, the Zheng family in Hong Kong wanted to eat alone, and kicked Shi Zhijian, the matchmaker, away.

Now Shi Zhijian is preparing to officially counterattack, open up a jewelry business, and directly declare war on the jewelry business controlled by the Zheng family.

After listening to what Shi Zhijian said, Xie Shihao and others were dumbfounded.

They thought that Shi Zhijian started the jewelry business on a whim, but they didn't expect such a jewelry war to be involved behind it, and the battlefield even spread from Bangkok to Hong Kong.

What surprised Xie Shihao and others was that it was Zheng Yutong, the jeweler of Hong Kong who was fighting Shi Zhijian.

Xie Shihao knows who the Zheng family is. Among other things, at least one-fifth of the jewelry business in Asia is controlled by the Zheng family. As the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Yutong himself is even more sharp, known as "Shadantong", ranking eighth in the list of richest families in Asia, and the famous Chow Tai Fook jewelry is his family business.

Chow Tai Fook was originally the property of Guangzhou gold merchant Zhou Zhiyuan. And Zheng Yutong's father is Zheng Jingyi, a Guangzhou silk merchant, and Zhou Zhiyuan is a good friend from the same hometown. Therefore, Zheng Yutong and Zhou Zhiyuan's daughter have been married since their little fingers. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zheng Yutong's family's silk business was difficult to continue, so Zheng Yutong dropped out of school to work at Chow Tai Fook in Macau.

But when Zheng Yutong first arrived at Zhou's house, he didn't get any benefits. At the age of twelve, he just worked as a small handyman in the store, sweeping the floor, cleaning the table, not to mention, he even cleaned the toilet and empty the spittoon. and have no dissatisfaction.

Because he had just experienced the war, even if he was just a small handyman, he was still grateful. He was not very ambitious at the time, he just wanted to do his job well and live up to his uncle's care for him.

When Zheng Yutong was eighteen years old, Zhou Zhiyuan fulfilled the agreement of the two families and officially married Zhou Cuiying in 1943. After marriage, Zhou Zhiyuan instructed Zheng Yutong to open a branch in Hong Kong. Zheng Yutong is very concerned about this store, and manages it seriously, and its performance is booming.

Zhou Zhiyuan was willing to inherit the family business because he had no children. In order not to fall into the hands of others, he officially handed over Chow Tai Fook to his son-in-law Zheng Yutong before his death. And Zheng Yutong also lived up to his father-in-law's wishes. Since then, Chow Tai Fook has flourished and expanded year after year. Zheng Yutong's boldness, determination and lack of fear also earned him the title of "Shark Brave Tycoon".

Now that Shi Zhijian was going to fight Zheng Yutong, it was really unknown who would win. After all, the assets of the Zheng family are also very strong, especially Zheng Yutong himself, who has been in the business world for many years, is very sharp in both resourcefulness and means, at least Xie Shihao himself thinks that he is not the opponent.

Compared to Xie Shihao's surprise, when Xie Xi heard that Shi Zhijian was going to fight against Zheng Yutong, his blood boiled instantly.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!

What's more, being able to fight against such a senior is an opportunity in itself, and with the support of Shi Zhijian, a super brother-in-law, Xie Xi is even more motivated to fight.

Xie Shihao also knew that his son would definitely accept Shi Zhijian's invitation to be the head of the jewelry company here, so he didn't say anything more.

With his father's acquiescence, Xie Xi became even more energetic, and directly began to discuss the next step with Shi Zhijian at the wine table.

Opening an office is not that simple, but for Shi Zhijian, it is as simple as one. As long as he has money, he can buy a building and start a company, and gather people to go to war directly.

Of course, Shi Zhijian would not do these things himself, but hand them over to Xie Xi to take care of them. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to invite him to come and help.

In this way, the meal was eaten directly from noon to 3:30 in the afternoon, until the phone rang.

The housekeeper of the Xie family hurried over to answer the phone, but unexpectedly the other party was not looking for the Xie family, but directly looking for Shi Zhijian.

And that person is not an ordinary person, but Smith, the US ambassador to Thailand, who Shi Zhijian has had a close relationship with.

Smith said in an extremely serious tone on the phone that he wanted to meet Shi Zhijian this afternoon, and that there were very important things to discuss.

Shi Zhijian knew what the other party was referring to, and immediately replied with a smile: "Okay!"

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At five o'clock in the afternoon that day, Shi Zhijian arrived at the Thai embassy in Bangkok by car.

Shi Zhijian asked Aji to park the car in the parking lot, and asked Tang Long to stand guard outside.

During this period of time, Yan Xiong was busy with the arms business and needed help from people around him. In addition to Agui and Doujiqiang whom he called from Hong Kong, Shi Zhijian sent Ax Jun to his side.

Of course, besides helping Yan Xiong, Ax Jun also has the purpose of monitoring. It's not that Shi Zhijian doesn't trust Yan Xiong, but that only if he does this, Yan Xiong will be more at ease in doing things.

Shi Zhijian combed his hair back, wore a white suit, and had shiny leather shoes. When he came to the gate of the embassy with his palms behind his back, the white security guard who looked down upon others dared not stop him.

Shi Zhijian came to the front desk and told the other party that he had an appointment with Ambassador Smith. The girl at the front desk showed a little surprise, mainly because Shi Zhijian was too handsome and too young.

In addition, Smith is a very snobbish person, and he rarely invites people to come to the embassy for meetings. On the contrary, outsiders have always sincerely invited him to go outside for talks, and he has to invite many times before Smith puts on airs and accepts.

"Ambassador Smith is waiting for you at VIP No. 1!" After the front desk lady called to confirm, she said to Shi Zhijian.

Shi Zhijian smiled slightly and said, "Thank you!" Then he walked proudly towards the elevator with his hands behind his back.

The moment he entered the elevator and turned around, he happened to see the receptionist secretly looking at him.

Shi Zhijian smiled.

The lady blushed instantly.

In the No. 1 VIP room, Smith looked at his watch, calculated that Shi Zhijian should have arrived, and then ordered the people around him: "Get those materials ready, and I will give him a big blow later!"

"Yes, Mr. Ambassador!"

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door, and then the door was pushed open. A service staff in a suit and leather shoes made an inviting gesture, inviting Shi Zhijian in white to enter.

Shi Zhijian nodded, and then walked towards Smith with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Shi Zhijian coming, Smith quickly stood up from the sofa, stepped forward and said enthusiastically, "Oh dear Shi, thank you for coming!"

Shi Zhijian smiled and shook hands with the other party: "Mr. Ambassador invites me, how can I not come?"

"Please take a seat!" Smith and Shi Zhijian exchanged a few more pleasantries, and invited Shi Zhijian to sit across from the coffee table.

At the same time, the service staff stepped forward to serve Shi Zhijian coffee.

Smith said with a smile: "I know that Mr. Shi likes to drink tea, but our embassy has never been visited by people, and there are very few Chinese like you, so I didn't prepare tea, please forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter, what you drink is the same." Shi Zhijian smiled, picked up the coffee, put it on his nose, sniffed it, raised his eyes and said, "Blue Mountain?"

Smith laughed: "Mr. Shi is really wonderful! He can even smell Blue Mountain!"

While speaking, he saw Smith's confidantes bring over the materials. Smith made a gesture to ask his subordinates to pass the materials to Shi Zhijian, and said, "Dear Shi, you should read these materials first!"

Shi Zhijian took it with a smile.

Those materials are all in English, as expected by Shi Zhijian, the content above is all about some methods used by the United States to monopolize the semiconductor market!

To be precise, the United States monopolizes the semiconductor market in three ways.

First, policy support.

Second, extreme suppression.

Third, violent acquisitions.

Shi Zhijian read it carefully, and compared the content of the information with the events of the United States in the semiconductor market in the previous life.

In conclusion, a robber is a robber!

"How is it, dear Shi, how do you feel when you see these people?" Smith asked with a smile.

In his opinion, this is already a threat from Chiguoguo. If Shi Zhijian still refuses to submit obediently and hand over the semiconductor companies in the Dongying market obediently, then their Uncle Sam will unceremoniously wave a big stick and beat Shi Zhijian to the ground. blood flow.

Of course, Smith has enough confidence to think this way, not to mention anything else, in terms of policy alone, many semiconductor rules are formulated by Uncle Sam, and the standards are also formulated by them.

He, Smith, only needs to contact his superiors to slightly change these rules and standards, so that Shi Zhijian's semiconductor company can feel the earth shaking. Not to mention extreme suppression and violent acquisitions, if these two tactics are used in full, Shi Zhijian's unformed semiconductor kingdom will be destroyed immediately! And the Dongying semiconductor company that flourished in the previous life was wiped out by Uncle Sam in this way.

Hearing Smith's slightly threatening tone, Shi Zhijian put down the documents in his hand, and looked up at Smith's proud face, "To be honest, I really don't understand why your Excellency is so interested in my semiconductor business?"

Smith smiled: "Mr. Shi, you are a smart person! We don't tell lies in front of smart people. If you are in the real estate business, we will never intervene or pay attention to it, even if you are doing green electric cars We will turn a blind eye to the car business, but this semiconductor—"

Smith paused, "Semiconductor is related to the future, and it is a business with the highest technological content! If wealth was created by labor force in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, then future technology is wealth! And Technology can also rule the world!"

Smith crossed his legs, took a sip of coffee and said in a soothing tone: "Then tell me, do you think we in the United States will allow a Chinese to dominate the semiconductor business and dominate the future?"

Shi Zhijian laughed loudly: "Your Excellency thinks highly of me too!" He kept shaking his head, as if being complimented.

Smith smiled, "Indeed, we didn't think highly of you from the beginning, and even despised you! We didn't notice you until you started to integrate the entire Japanese semiconductor market!"

"A businessman who only sees immediate benefits is not scary. What is scary is those who can see the future ten, twenty, thirty years, or even longer, such as you!"

Shi Zhijian stopped smiling, and looked at Smith: "I've been taught! Then, what's your suggestion next?"

"My proposal is very simple. It's the same as what I told you last time. Either we buy your company here, or your company allows us to invest—of course, we must take the majority of equity!"

"What if I don't want to?"

"Then I'm very sorry, dear Mr. Shi Zhijian!" Smith laughed, "I will report your situation to my superiors accurately. As for what the superiors do, I can't control it! Of course, as a friend, I still have to advise you In a word, as long as you can make money, why do you care who owns the company?"

Faced with Smith's threats, Shi Zhijian was not afraid at all: "I'm sorry, Mr. Smith! I don't know if you have read a book by our great man called "On Durable Zha"—"

Smith shrugged: "Of course, that is a very famous article! And I also admire and respect your great man!"

"Then you should know that if the semiconductor battle starts, it won't end in a year or so."

"Yes, I know this! Are you going to use your own strength to fight against our entire country, my dear?" Smith's words were full of contempt and sarcasm, "Even if you are rich and powerful, you are not our opponent, you know? What's more, your wealth has not reached that limit, the Rothschild family, the Rockefeller family, the Koch family, the Walton family, the Lauder family, the Mars family, the Johnson family, and even many small families in the United States. crush you in wealth!"

"So is it okay to make a bet?"

"How to bet?"

"Give me ten years, and I will crush those big families you talk about!"

"Hahaha!" Smith looked up to the sky and laughed, "I know you're very smart~www.wuxiamtl.com~Dear Shi! Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to transform from a poor Hong Kong policeman into an all-powerful Hong Kong policeman in just eight years. Hong Kong tycoon! But unfortunately, when your wealth increases, the wealth of those super rich families also increases, and they occupy the advantage of wealth and increase faster than you! So you said that you want to crush them, I can only hehe !"

"Then take a gamble?"

"Gambling? Hehe, I heard that you had a war similar to gambling with Mr. Downey of the Rothschild family, and you won in the end. But how should I put it, Mr. Downey does not represent the entire Rothschild family. De family, he is just a puppet president on the surface, and those family elders are really in charge of the Rothschild family! It can be said that the real strength of the Rothschild family is so powerful that you can hardly imagine!?"

"In addition, I also heard that you have encountered some difficulties recently. You are planning to start a jewelry business, but unfortunately you are about to be kicked out..."

After saying this, Smith looked disdainful: "So you'd better get through this difficulty first! Only then will you be qualified to stand up and tell me that you want to crush a world-class big family!"

"That's great!" Shi Zhijian smiled, stood up and stretched out his hand to Smith, and said, "I'll show you!" His tone was provocative and fearless!