In the 1950s, Xiaodouzi and Zhang Ruohan mortgaged their house in Macau and used the money to establish their own hospital.
After Xiang Nan found out, they all complained about why he didn't open his mouth to him. It was just a drop in the bucket to open a hospital, so why go through all the trouble of mortgaging a house.
“Senior brother, I know you are kind to me, but I still want to support myself.” Xiaodouzi explained, “After all, you have helped me a lot over the years.”
"I haven't said anything yet, which one of our senior brothers will follow the other." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "If you need anything in the future, just ask. Senior brother will always be your strongest support."
Xiaodouzi nodded.
After the hospital was opened, word of mouth gradually spread due to their excellent medical skills and their kindness and love for patients, and more patients came to see the doctor.
By the mid-1950s, what was originally a small hospital had developed into a medium-sized hospital with more than 20 doctors, nearly 100 beds, and an annual income of six figures.
At the time, it was already very good.
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Time flies by. In the 1960s, due to the influence of the international environment, a craze also set off in Xiangjiang.
Affected by this storm, the situation in Xiangjiang was turbulent. Rich people are selling off their assets and preparing to leave this dangerous place. This also caused the stock market and housing market in Hong Kong to plummet.
Xiang Nan, on the other hand, took advantage of others' abandonment and took advantage of low prices, and won a lot of stocks, properties and land.
Hong Kong's economy will recover as time passes. The stock market and real estate market were booming again, and Xiang Nan also made a lot of money. By the late 1960s, his net worth had swelled to about HK$5 billion, making him one of the richest Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong.
And because he likes to support younger generations, he has a high prestige among Chinese businessmen and is respectfully called "Duan Weng" by everyone. But in fact, Xiang Nan was only fifty years old at that time.
At the same time, Xiaodouzi's hospital business continued to prosper, developing from a medium-sized hospital to a large hospital.
With nearly 100 doctors, nearly 1,000 hospital beds, and an annual income of over one million Hong Kong dollars, it is already one of the best hospitals in Hong Kong.
Seeing his junior brother achieve such achievements, Xiang Nan was very happy for him.
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In the 1960s, Xiang Nan not only made money by taking advantage of the turbulence of the stock market and real estate market, but also participated in the investment and establishment of a wireless TV station in 1967.
Hong Kong's television media began in 1957, when Lai's Yingsheng Radio opened Lai's TV Station. When it first opened, there was only one English channel, and it was a paid cable TV.
At that time, television sets themselves were a rarity, and cable television viewing fees were also high, costing 42 Hong Kong dollars per month.
For ordinary people, they are simply looked down upon. Those who look up to them are all wealthy people. Most of them are foreigners and compradors who work for foreign banks, and they must understand English.
In 1963, Li's TV station added a Chinese channel, but it was still a pay TV.
In 1965, the British Hong Kong government intended to issue new television licenses. Xiang Nan knew the importance of television media, so he teamed up with several Chinese businessmen to bid together, and finally succeeded in winning the new license.
After two years of preparation, TVB finally launched.
Different from Li TV Station, TVB TV Station is a wireless broadcast. As long as you have an antenna, you can watch the program without paying high cable TV fees.
Moreover, wireless has a major latecomer advantage over Li's, that is, it was the first to adopt color broadcasting. The colors are more vivid and realistic, which naturally attracts the audience more. It was not until a month later that the broadcast was switched from black and white to color. And it wasn't until 1973 that Li's broadcasting was switched from cable broadcasting to wireless broadcasting, and from paid to free, lagging behind wireless broadcasting for a full six years.
With such a long time of six years, the audience has already developed the viewing habit. As long as TVB's programs are not too bad, viewers won't tune in easily.
This has resulted in TVB’s ratings always being higher than those of Lite. The higher the ratings, the higher the wireless advertising fees, and the more willing to spend money to produce programs. The more investment and higher the quality of the program, the more it will attract viewers and the higher the ratings will naturally be.
Under such a positive cycle, it is naturally extremely difficult for Li to win.
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Xiang Nan relied on the influence of wireless TV stations to further enhance the influence of Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong.
Coupled with the impact of that trend, some foreign capital has withdrawn from Xiangjiang. Therefore, the influence of foreign capital and foreign banks in Hong Kong has naturally weakened.
By this time, Duan Xinyi and Duan Nanxing had also grown up. Both of them inherited Xiang Nan's intelligence, so their academic performance was very good, and they were both admitted to Xiangjiang University when they grew up.
After graduation, Xiang Nan also sent them to study abroad.
However, what made Xiang Nan both happy and depressed was that after returning from studying abroad, neither of them joined his company, but chose to start their own businesses.
Duan Xinyi studied in the United States and studied law. After returning to Hong Kong, he joined a law firm and quickly became a well-known lawyer in Hong Kong with his excellent strength, fluent eloquence, and Xiang Nan’s connections;
Duan Nanxing went to the UK to study in finance. After returning to Hong Kong, he established an investment company to mainly invest in global stock markets and bonds. With the support of Xiang Nan's connections, he quickly raised tens of millions of capital.
After continuous investment appreciation, by the late 1970s, the funds managed by his investment company had reached 3 billion Hong Kong dollars, making it one of the largest investment banks in Hong Kong.
Xiang Nan was naturally very happy to see his sons and daughters achieving such success. But no one will inherit the family business, which is also a problem.
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In the 1970s, Xiang Nan not only successfully avoided the Xiangjiang stock market crash in 1973, but also took advantage of the low prices and made a fortune as usual.
By the late 1970s, his net worth had swelled to HK$30 billion, and Duan Weng's name became more and more famous.
Xiaodouzi's hospital has also developed into one of the few famous hospitals in Xiangjiang. Every year, countless top wealthy people in the city receive treatment here, with an annual income of more than 10 million.
Cheng Mo, the son of Xiaodouzi and Zhang Ruohan, also learned medical skills like his parents, and is now a well-known doctor in the city.
Juxian was originally thinking of arranging a marriage between Duan Xinyi and Cheng Mo. After all, the two families are well-connected, and the two children grew up together, which is quite destined.
But it's a pity that God's will plays a trick on people. Although Duan Xinyi and Cheng Mo were childhood sweethearts, they were only siblings and had no ambiguous feelings. Xiang Nan didn't want to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum, so he left it alone.
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In 1982, due to Sino-British negotiations, Hong Kong's economy was once again in decline, and the stock and property markets plummeted again.
Xiang Nan took action again, took advantage of the low price, and continued to make big profits.
By 1985, after the turmoil subsided, he had a net worth of HK$50 billion, making him the richest man in Hong Kong. When he stamped his foot, the entire Hong Kong Island shook.
Subsequently, Xiang Nan announced a comprehensive investment in the mainland, buying land, building hotels, building commercial buildings, and building buildings in the mainland...