Chapter 125 An unexpected surprise
Fang Hexuan, HSBC and Huanggua held three days of negotiations on the acquisition of shares in the South China Morning Post.
In the end, HSBC and Huanggua agreed to sell their respective shares to Fang Hexuan at a valuation of HK$3.8 million for the South China Morning Post.
He also paid nearly 2 million Hong Kong dollars to become the largest shareholder of this English newspaper.
Since this newspaper is still a listed company, Fang Hexuan cannot do whatever he wants.
So he decided to join the board of directors first and then look for opportunities to further expand his equity.
And make large-scale reforms to the existing management and content departments.
If TVB is included, he now owns two newspapers and a TV station.
In Hong Kong, he is an absolute media tycoon.
But Fang Hexuan's ambition goes far beyond this. At least, he can't be much worse than Murdoch.
On December 12, he was invited to Zhongshan to attend the opening ceremony of the Hot Spring Hotel.
This is the first Sino-foreign joint venture hotel established since the mainland's reform and opening up.
The Sino-Australia Investment and Construction Company, co-founded by Hong Kong and Macao tycoons such as Hou Guantai, He Xian, He Gongmu, and Ma Wanqi, was responsible for all construction projects.
Therefore, these people also attended the opening ceremony today.
Of course, big shots like the charter boat king naturally came with Fang Hexuan.
They were all well-known figures in Hong Kong and Macau. At the cocktail party after the ceremony, everyone started chatting with each other.
Fang Hexuan tried not to talk too much with He Gongmu to avoid embarrassment.
However, after Hou Guantai teased him in a good-natured way, he also invited him to attend the opening ceremony of the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou.
Fang Hexuan was speechless. It seemed that the White Swan Hotel was not opened until 1983.
Is it too much to book his presence now?
But when he thought of this, he felt very emotional.
When the mainland began its reform and opening up, many areas started from scratch.
For example, high-end hotels, which are indispensable for commercial activities, are almost non-existent in the mainland.
This is why many Hong Kong and Macau tycoons often make hotels as their first investment in the mainland.
The closest one is the Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel, and further away there is the White Swan Hotel, a cooperation between Hou Guantai and Guangzhou, the China Hotel, a cooperation between Hu Yingxiang and Guangzhou and opened in 1984, and the Beijing Zhaolong Five-Star Hotel, which opened in 1985.
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After attending the event that day, Fang Hexuan returned to Hong Kong from Zhongshan.
At night, The Peninsula Hotel.
After the beautiful lady Gao Cang and Fang Hexuan had sex,
She lazily rested her head on the other's shoulder, and her white, boneless hands stroked his well-defined abdominal muscles.
"Xuan Jun, I want to go back to Neon the day after tomorrow."
"Hmm? Something happened at home?"
"You are so busy! New Year's Day is coming soon, which is also the New Year for us Japanese people."
"Haha, I was really busy and forgot. Sorry, Mikiko!"
"No, no, Xuanjun is a man of great accomplishments. It doesn't matter if he doesn't remember."
"Wrong is wrong, although I am indeed very busy."
"Well, I'll take you shopping tomorrow and buy some New Year gifts for your family."
"Ah! Thank you Xuanjun, I love you so much!"
"Haha, it's too insincere to just say it. Besides, it's not enough for you to thank me alone."
"Then who else?"
"Of course. Of course he's my brother!"
Ten seconds later, the sounds of quacking and Shen Yin were heard in the room at the same time.
The next day, Fang Hexuan took some time to take Gao Cang Meiren to Lane Crawford in Central and Harbour City in West Kowloon for shopping.
A lot of gifts such as clothes, jewelry, bags, famous watches, cigars, etc. were also bought, so that Xu Guohua and others who followed him all had their bags full.
Miki Takakura has been in Hong Kong for almost half a year. She only has the minimum guaranteed salary in the TVB art training class and basically has no other income.
Therefore, Fang Hexuan gave her a HSBC bank card at the beginning with a limit of 500 million Hong Kong dollars.
He didn't say that this was a maintenance fee, and Takakura Miki used it with a clear conscience.
So, it’s definitely a good idea to watch less movies and TV series.
90% of men and women who want to enter the entertainment industry, a place of fame and fortune, are after fame and fortune.
The same is true for Miki Takakura.
Fang Hexuan is very open-minded. Women who ask for money are the easiest to deal with. When you get tired of playing with them, they can just part ways in peace.
The New Year holiday for Japanese people starts on December 12st of the previous year.
Therefore, Takakura Miki said goodbye to Fang Hexuan on the 30th.
Under the escort of local Hong Kong bodyguards, he boarded a flight to Neon.
On New Year's Day, January 1981, 1, Fang Hexuan did not attend the celebratory reception hosted by the Hong Kong government.
He chose to reunite with his mother, sister and You Bingwen in the villa at 12 Barker Road.
In fact, there were more than just four of them. After all, there were several bodyguards from the mainland as well.
Fang Hexuan planned to take his family to Hawaii for vacation on New Year's Day in the middle of the year.
But plans cannot keep up with changes, and one thing happened that completely ruined the New Year's vacation.
My mother, Lu Qiaoling, has been quiet for more than a year since she got married on October 1979, 10.
Fang Hexuan never cared about this matter.
But on December 12 last year, You Bingwen took the opportunity to tell him that his mother was pregnant.
Fang Hexuan's mood at that time was really complicated, an indescribable feeling.
You say you are happy, but it seems not!
You say disgust, that's definitely not the case.
In short, I felt awkward and somewhat unable to adapt to this sudden change.
It was only after more than ten days of self-adjustment that he finally stopped worrying.
Therefore, he chose to return to 12 Barker Road on New Year's Day.
One is to reunite with my family, and the other is to communicate with my mother and explain my thoughts.
Naturally, Lu Qiaoling was both happy and sad about her pregnancy, and she was especially worried that Fang Hexuan would feel uncomfortable.
But her love for this son was not in vain, as he not only became successful, but also more sensible than she had imagined.
Fang Hexuan was not stingy and gave a red envelope of 999 million Hong Kong dollars to his half-brother (or half-sister) who would not be born for more than nine months that day.
This made Fang Luoyi next to her very envious. The little girl pestered her brother and said that he was biased.
Fang Hexuan gave her a pear on the head without hesitation.
"Biased? You little girl, do you know what I, your brother, have prepared for you?"
Fang Hexuan complained about his sister in his heart at that time.
He didn't say it directly. He would only tell Fang Luoyi about this after she went to college.
For his sister, he visited KFC and Starbucks in the United States and personally designed famous shoes for Felix Sports.
I just hope that the little girl can grow up to be a strong woman who doesn't rely on men.
You can't call her a little girl anymore. In three months, Fang Luoyi will be eighteen years old.
Fang Hexuan plans to hold a grand coming-of-age ceremony for his sister, to make up for some regrets!
(End of this chapter)