Chapter 257 Investing in Shares
Fang Hexuan was very satisfied with the results of this meeting with Chen Songqing, even though the other party left with a sad face.

Four months later, or maybe just three months, Hong Kong will be in turmoil because of the Carrian Group fraud case, but by that time, all Fang Hexuan's goals will have been achieved.

On May 5, Sun Hung Kai Centre, the headquarters building of Sun Hung Kai Properties, which is now at the top of the Hong Kong real estate industry, was officially unveiled.

Fang Hexuan, the boss of Wanda Real Estate, was naturally also invited to attend the opening ceremony.

In fact, all construction work on the building was completed last year, and it took another year to renovate it.

Its geographical location is very advantageous, being located next to Wan Chai Harbour Road, with no obstruction towards Victoria Harbour and no trouble of land reclamation in the future.

It’s nothing like the piece of land for the Exchange Square that was bought by the richest man in another country. If it weren’t for the later International Financial Center, it would definitely be a landmark building on the coastline.

Many celebrities were invited to attend the opening ceremony, many of whom had met or greeted each other at MacLehose's farewell reception some time ago.

When he reached Fang Hexuan's level, he no longer had to flatter others to make friends with them, because others would come to curry favor with him.

Even today's host, Kwok Tak-seng, the helmsman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, personally brought his three sons to thank Fang Hexuan for his visit.

Lao Guo is also a legendary figure. After graduating from elementary school, he followed his father to do department store wholesale business.

In 45, when he was 34 years old, he came to Hong Kong to run a grocery store. His business grew bigger and bigger, and he later established an import and export trading company, importing foreign goods from abroad and exporting groceries from the mainland and Hong Kong to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, becoming Hong Kong's "foreign groceries king" in one fell swoop.

He devoted half of his life to running his business, and was considered to have married and had children late. He had his first child, his eldest son, Bin Sing Kuo, at the age of 39.

If the age difference wasn't so huge, Mr. Guo would have let his three sons call Fang Hexuan uncle.

After all, he often used Fang Hexuan as a positive example to teach the three little Guos a lesson.

As for whether it is effective or not, God knows!
After all, the youngest son, Guo Binglian, is 8 years older than Fang Hexuan and is no longer at the age where he should listen to whatever his parents say.

Fang Hexuan had dealt with the Guo family's one old man and three young men before, and had met Guo Desheng no less than a dozen times on various occasions, so he shook hands with the four of them enthusiastically.

When he shook Guo Binsheng's hand, he patted his arm and reminded him:
"Ah Xiang, be careful when you go out. There's nothing wrong with being careful."

After these words were spoken, the four men, father and son, had different expressions.

Fang Hexuan laughed, then whispered:

"In the future, Hong Kong will only become more and more chaotic, not just because of the change of the Governor. So the criminals who want to 'start from scratch' are most likely to engage in kidnapping business, and they will specifically target rich people like us."

"These kidnappers are very smart. Even if they kidnap, they know how to make choices. For example, they specifically target the eldest sons of wealthy families. In this way, they don't have to worry about no one taking charge, nor do they have to worry about not getting the ransom."

After saying this, he looked at Guo Binsheng again with a joking expression.

After hearing what Fang Hexuan said, the guy's face, which had been rosy just now, turned pale.

The other two Xiao Guo turned their heads away and laughed secretly.

The head of the family, Guo Desheng, had no expression on his face, but his furrowed eyebrows betrayed his unhappiness.

Fang Hexuan also knew that his words were very abrupt and presumptuous. It would be strange if Old Guo was happy to pour a bucket of cold water on other people's festive day.

So he laughed:
"Look at my mouth. I'm sorry for ruining your mood!"

Guo Desheng didn't really dare to get angry in front of him, and what Fang Hexuan said was not malicious.

Considering that the other party owns one of the largest security companies in Hong Kong, it seems that some of his suggestions are not groundless.

"Haha, Mr. Fang, you are too serious. This is good advice. Ah Xiang will definitely keep it in mind." "Yes, thank you Mr. Fang for your reminder. I will pay attention to it in the future."

"It would be too polite to say thank you. We are all business friends. Please go and deal with the guests first. I will talk to others."

After saying that, he raised his champagne, gestured to the four people, then turned and left.

On May 5, the new Governor of Hong Kong, Edward Youde, arrived in Hong Kong to take office as the 20th Governor of Hong Kong.

As per convention, the Hong Kong government held a welcoming reception for the new Hong Kong government and again invited a large number of well-known people from all walks of life in Hong Kong.

Fang Hexuan, the most talked-about and well-known richest man in Hong Kong's business community, even got the opportunity to chat and drink with Youde in person at the party.

Others may be envious, but Mr. Fang, the richest man, really has a calm mind.

After attending the inauguration ceremony of the new Governor of Hong Kong, Fang Hexuan flew to the United States again on May 5.

The purpose of this trip to America was twofold: one was to inspect Maple Leaf Computers' preparations before its listing, and the other was to acquire shares in Starbucks.

In mid-July this year, while students are on vacation, Maple Leaf Computer will officially release and market its first personal computer.

The company missed the CES show at the beginning of the year because there were some problems with its supply chain last year, which delayed it for half a year.

It was mainly due to the burden of the boss Fang Hexuan.

Most of Maple Leaf Computer's parts supply links are concentrated in Neon and Wax Island.

There was no problem with Neon, but we had already negotiated with the supplier on Sock Island, but someone reported us anonymously.

A certain force discovered that this so-called American computer company was actually founded by Fang Hexuan, so they reported it to Chang Er.

In order to solve this problem, Fang Hexuan asked Maple Leaf Computer to spend some US dollars to find several members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to plead with Wadao.

After half a year of delay, Chang Er was finally released.

It doesn't mean that these suppliers from Wax Island are necessary. Fang Hexuan's purpose is not just to save money. Those who understand will understand the other reasons.

As for investing in Starbucks, both the representatives sent by Fang Hexuan to Seattle and the personnel sent by the other party to Hong Kong have held several rounds of talks.

In 1982, Starbucks had little influence in the United States, let alone the rest of the world. It was currently limited to Seattle, with only a dozen branches.

Fang Hexuan specifically asked Starbucks' negotiators whether there had been any recent personnel changes at the company, and the answer was no.

This proves that Howard Schultz, who changed the history of Starbucks, has not yet joined in.

But didn’t Fang Hexuan come here just for this man?
Starbucks' current development has encountered a bottleneck. Not only is there a problem of lack of funds, but the operation and management of the entire brand has also restricted its pace of expansion.

Perhaps this is why Schultz decided to join after seeing the problem.

In any case, Starbucks currently welcomes foreign investors, especially world-class billionaires like Fang Hexuan.

　Thanks to book friend 20230820729_Ed for the recommendation!

(End of this chapter)