Chapter 1175 1177 [King of Kowloon Tower]
After seven days in Fushan, Xiang Nan and his party returned to Macau.
Accompanying them were more than 100 workers recruited in Fushan.
It just so happens that Xiangnan's Renji Pharmaceutical Factory is about to expand its scale due to too many orders, so it happens to be convenient for these people.
After returning to Macau, Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan each contributed 10,000 silver dollars to acquire a large piece of land to build a new factory building and expand the scale of production.
Moreover, the expansion of production scale this time requires not only the expansion of the factory building, but also the upgrading of production technology.
Before, people washed, steeped, crushed and fried medicines, but now they are preparing to introduce multiple machines. In this way, many processes are handled by machines, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved.
Zhou Qingquan is full of confidence in the future. He believes that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the country will surely develop vigorously and the people will surely live a good life.
So they have to produce more medicines and treat more injuries to contribute to the country.
However, Xiang Nan knows that there will be a war of liberation in the future, and peace is still far away.
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Three months later, the new factory started production.
At the same time, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began.
Seeing the war broke out again, the hearts of the people could not help but cast a haze.
Xiang Nan thinks that if there is no destruction, there will be no establishment, and if there is a big break, there will be a big establishment.
This country, if ruled by the National Party, is definitely a dead end. So civil wars were well fought and they deserved to be overthrown.
And Xiang Nan knew that after the civil war broke out, the capital would definitely withdraw from the interior in order to avoid the war. And Macao and Hong Kong, which are separated by a river, are naturally the best destinations.
So he discussed with Zhou Qingquan to invest and build a building in Xiangjiang together. At that time, there will be no shortage of tenants.
Zhou Qingquan has long admired Xiang Nan's insight.
In 35 years, before the Japanese fully invaded China, he saw that Fushan would fall, so he persuaded himself to move.
At that time, there were two choices when moving, Xiangjiang and Macau. Xiang Nan urged him to choose Macau. Sure enough, Xiangjiang was invaded by the East in 1941.
During the occupation period of three years and eight months, the population of Xiangjiang dropped sharply from 1.6 million to 600,000. Died to death, wounded to wounded, escaped to escape, and there were scenes of tragedies in the world.
On the contrary, Macau, as the only neutral zone, was free from Japanese invasion. They also survived.
Moreover, Xiang Nan stored a large amount of food in advance, which enabled them to still have enough food and good food during the war without starving.
From this point of view, Xiang Nan can be said to have insight into opportunities beforehand, and he can be regarded as exhaustive.
Because of this, Zhou Qingquan is very supportive of his plan to invest in Xiangjiang Real Estate.
At the moment, the two each paid 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, planning to go to Xiangjiang to buy land and build a building.
During the Anti-Japanese War, although the business of Renji Pharmaceutical Factory suffered heavy losses, under the careful management of Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan, not only did it not lose money, but it also made profits year after year.
In nine years, both of them accumulated hundreds of thousands of family fortunes.
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Xiangjiang in the 1940s was already quite prosperous.
Its population once reached 1.6 million. You know, with a population of over one million, it is already considered a big city. With a population of 1.4 billion, there are only 93 cities with over one million people.
Fortunately, he knows that Xiangjiang will develop rapidly in the future, and the city will expand very fast, so he focuses on the suburbs that deviate from the urban area. Such as Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and other places.
After some comparisons, I finally purchased nearly 400,000 square feet of land in Sham Shui Po at one Hong Kong dollar per square foot, and then built a seven-story residential building for lease use.
According to Xiang Nan's knowledge, with the outbreak of the civil war, a large number of people flooded into Xiangjiang for asylum.
The population of Xiangjiang has nearly tripled from 600,000 in 2045 to 2 million in 50, with an average of 100,000 people pouring in every month.
With so much influx of people, houses are naturally needed. Therefore, building a building now, when the time comes, just wait for the rent to be collected.
The building was designed by Xiang Nan himself. The area of the house is very small, each of which is only 20 to 30 square meters, barely counting as one bedroom and one living room.
Xiang Nan thinks that the refugees don't have much money, and they can't afford to rent a big house, so it's good to have a small house to accommodate them. Therefore, build smaller houses and lower rents, so that more refugees can be accommodated, and they will not be allowed to sleep on the streets.
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When Xiang Nan first came to Xiangjiang to develop, it was actually not too smooth.
There are more gangs and gangs in Xiangjiang than in Macau. Like Hehetu, Heanle, Heshenghe, Associated British Press, Chaozhou Gang, etc.
Each gang has a prefix, and there are as many as hundreds of people, as few as dozens of people, so it can be said that the Xiangjiang gang has as many powers as an ox hair.
Moreover, many gangs have a history of nearly a hundred years, which has been passed down from the opening of Xiangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty to the present. He is a veritable local snake, arrogant and domineering.
Xiang Nan just bought land and built a building here, when gangs came to collect protection fees.
Based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, Xiang Nan gave everything that should be given.
After all, he is only here to do business, not to grab territory, so there is no need to fight hard with the gang.
In addition, Xiang Nan also asked local wealthy businessmen in Xiangjiang to help him match up and greeted the local snakes.
It’s okay to ask for money. He will give as much as others give, but don't cause trouble. Moreover, the safety of the ground must be ensured.
The gang forces in Xiangjiang mostly follow the rules. The purpose is to make money, not to make trouble for nothing.
So when Xiang Nan was willing to give the money, there was no conflict between them.
Xiang Nan built his building, paid a fee on time, and ensured the safety of his neighborhood.
Is it legal? Is it not legal? Is it reasonable? Reasonable.
The law and order in Xiangjiang has always been bad. Stealing, robbery, abduction, fighting, extortion... abound.
The authorities have always only cared about collecting money, completely disregarding the livelihood of the people.
In "Ip Man 2", Hong Zhennan received one hundred yuan from each master and gave it to the police to ensure that the masters can teach boxing smoothly without being troubled by the police; in "Ip Man 3", gang forces ran to the school to smash and loot Burning, the police didn't care, but Ye Wen led his disciples to guard;
"The Legend of 500 Million Inspector Lei Luo", "The Lame Man", "Chasing the Dragon", "O's Triad File", "The Dragon and Tiger Brothers of the Four Families"...Many films also reflected the chaos of law and order at that time, and the police It even depends on gangs to maintain order.
So paying protection fees may seem illegal, but in fact it is reasonable and reasonable, and it is also a forced and helpless thing.
This situation did not change until the ICAC was established in 1974.
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Half a year later, four buildings and more than 4,000 houses rose from the ground. Based on a monthly rent of 10 to 15 yuan, the cost can be paid back in about one and a half years, which can be said to be very profitable.
However, Xiang Nan's way of making money is not limited to this.
He will take the built house to the bank for mortgage. Then buy land, build a house, and continue to develop in a rolling manner. By 1950, Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan had already owned 12 real estates and nearly 30,000 houses, becoming the out-and-out Kowloon Kings.
(end of this chapter)