Chapter 172 Purchase of a Hillside Villa
Chapter 172 Purchase of a Hillside Villa
Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll try."
"Yes." Yang Wendong continued: "In fact, the most important thing is to rely on a good system to manage the entire group company, including all branches.
It’s just that we are just starting out now and have no experience in this area, so we won’t be able to achieve any results in a short period of time.
We will slowly explore in practice and gradually optimize the management model.”
It will take a long time to learn a perfect system, even if you copy the template of other large companies.
Su Yiyi nodded and asked, "So in the short term, we can only kill the chicken to scare the monkey?"
"Yes, this idiom is well used." Yang Wendong said with a smile.
"I understand a little bit." Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Then where do I work? Is it here too?"
"Yes, the anti-corruption department belongs to the headquarters, so of course it's here." Yang Wendong paused, then said, "But calling it the anti-corruption department doesn't sound good, so let's call it the safety supervision department. From now on, you will also be responsible for safety."
"Safety? Do you mean the safety of the factory?" Su Yiyi asked.
Yang Wendong nodded and said, “Yes, the factory, our real estate company, or other businesses in the future, involving the physical safety of employees and the safety of construction equipment will also be monitored by the headquarters.
But there is no need to worry about these things now. Changxing Industrial's factory has its own department for this purpose. In addition, the products are relatively simple and many of them are outsourced. So for now, we just need to build up the team, so that when we need it in the future, we will have people there immediately."
Last year, the entire group developed very quickly, and this year it will definitely be even faster, so many things need to be prepared in advance.
"Okay." Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Brother Dong, if you leave these important matters to me, aren't you afraid of any problems?"
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "What can go wrong? I am the same as you. Look at Haoyu, isn't he also managing a small company now?
He was not used to it at first and made a lot of mistakes, but now he is doing pretty well.”
Su Yiyi said: "But his company is just a small company. It has no impact on your career. Mine is much more important."
"It's true that it's important, but there's no rush." Yang Wendong added, "The things I arrange for you to do basically have no time limit, they're all about the future, as long as you don't have any results for a long time.
If that's the case, I will intervene, don't worry, there won't be any problem."
Su Yiyi nodded and said, "Okay, then I will do my best."
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Yes, there will definitely be no problem."
Su Yiyi added: "By the way, Haoyu is planning to buy a house in Hong Kong Island."
"Hong Kong Island? Why?" Yang Wendong asked curiously.
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "Because he is dating a girl who lives in Hong Kong Island, so he wants to buy a house here. He is also planning to borrow money from Liao Chong Hing Bank."
"This guy is quite capable." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "If he wants to buy it, then buy it. I will talk to Liao Chong Hing Bank and ask them to give a lower interest rate.
But let him buy in Central, or near Central, in a better location.”
"Well, I'll tell him next time." Su Yiyi said with a smile.
"Actually, it's a coincidence. I was about to tell you that I was also planning to buy a house in Hong Kong Island." Yang Wendong said suddenly.
"You want to buy it too? Can't you just buy it casually?" Su Yiyi asked puzzledly.
Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "No, I want to buy a villa halfway up the mountain as our wedding house, so that we can live in it after we get married."
"Wedding house? Our current house is enough, right?" Su Yiyi smiled. Although she asked the question rhetorically, she was still very happy.
Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "Actually, that place is not very suitable right now. The living quarters are definitely big enough, and one person can only live in one room at most, but I am worried about the security issue.
The company has grown significantly this year, and I’m worried that if it’s exposed by the media again, the treatment I’ll receive will be completely different from last year.”
Last year, after the identity of the "Post-it Note King" was exposed, the people of Hong Kong only knew that he existed. There are still some such "king" level figures, but they are not particularly concerned. At most, the fact that they started from scratch and are relatively young is more attractive.
However, as the scale of the enterprise grows, especially the export amount of Changxing Industrial and the order amount to its internal factories in Hong Kong, they are showing an exponential growth trend. Exponential growth cannot be seen in the early stage, but it will be very terrifying in the later stage.
Once it is discovered and exposed by some media, the value of it will be completely different this time.
Su Yiyi asked: "Isn't the villa area where we live safe enough?"
"No, there are so many outsiders." Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "It can't compare to an independent villa halfway up the mountain. Besides, I can arrange a large number of people to directly block all the nearby entrances. This is simply impossible where we live now."
"That's right." Su Yiyi nodded and said, "In fact, recently many of our neighbors have been deliberately coming to us. Some of them run factories. Maybe they just want to please you."
"Yes." Yang Wendong added, "And some of the mid-level villa areas are very intimidating because these places are where the most powerful people in Hong Kong live;
Once something goes wrong in one place, it will pose an invisible threat to everyone, so no one with a brain would come here to attack anyone."
If you don't have any brains, you can only use the simplest traditional physical method.
Su Yiyi asked again: "I heard that it is difficult to buy a villa halfway up the mountain. Can we buy one?"
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "In fact, I sent a message to the agent during the Chinese New Year. In the past two months, they have also inquired about many houses. There are two villas that seem to be for sale;
I originally wanted to check out one or two more stores, but since it was mentioned today and we have time, why don’t we go check it out together?”
"Going today?" Su Yiyi asked in surprise.
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded: "Let me make a phone call first, and the agent will take us there."
As a VIP client, Yang Wendong received a call and the agent rushed over immediately. Then Yang Wendong's motorcade followed the agent to Deep Water Bay.
When they were almost there, Su Yiyi asked, "Brother Dong, I seem to have heard that the villas halfway up the mountain are exclusively for British ghosts?"
"Those are places in Taiping Mountain." Yang Wendong explained: "Generally, wealthy Chinese can buy villas in the middle of the mountain."
"Oh." Su Yiyi nodded. Yang Wendong added, "In fact, it is not impossible to buy a villa in Taiping Mountain, as long as you have enough social influence. For example, Mr. Ho Tung bought land in Cheqi Mountain in the 30s and built a house himself."
"Ho Tung? The former richest Chinese?" Su Yiyi asked.
Yang Wendong replied: "Yes, his influence was too strong at that time, and the British needed to win him over.
Now, the control of the foreigners over Hong Kong is even weaker than before, and this aspect will only become more lax.”
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "Brother Dong, will you also move into the Taipingshan Villa one day?"
"Of course." Yang Wendong smiled faintly and said, "There is actually not much difference in where you live, but it is a symbol of status, just like wanting to own a building in the core area of Central."
Su Yiyi smiled and said, "Then you will definitely succeed."
"It's us. We will definitely succeed." Yang Wendong smiled.
"Yeah." Su Yiyi said happily.
The convoy soon arrived at the villa, which is No. 86 Deep Water Bay.
Yang Wendong looked at the people outside and said, “Yiyi, look, there are enough security forces here, and the space is large enough to protect our family;
Especially if you have children in the future, you will be more likely to become a target for bad people.”
"Yeah." Su Yiyi nodded.
The car then entered the hospital normally.
This is a European-style villa. Roughly estimated, the area is at least 3-4 times the size of where Yang Wendong lives now, probably close to square feet.
The agent said: “Mr. Yang, this villa was built in 1948. The owner is also a British who has been doing trading business in Hong Kong;
Recently, I was thinking about selling this villa because I wanted to raise funds to do shipping. "
"Yeah." Yang Wendong nodded. He didn't want to buy the best villa, so two months after releasing the news, he would naturally be able to find a similar partner.
The agent said again: "Then I'll take a few people to have a look."
"Okay." Yang Wendong naturally wanted to see what the villa looked like.
At this moment, a white guy came over and said in English: "Mr. Yang, welcome here. I hope I can give you a perfect tour today."
"Hello." Yang Wendong also replied in English, then looked at the agent and asked, "Who is this?"
The agent said quickly, "Mr. Yang, this is Mr. Brian, the butler of this villa. Mr. Brian holds a butler certificate issued by the British Empire and has been working as a family butler for more than 30 years. He is very experienced."
"Butler?" Yang Wendong thought about it and it seemed that there was such a culture in Europe and America, so he looked at Brian and asked, "Can you speak Mandarin? Or Cantonese?"
Brian seemed to hesitate for a moment, but still said in Cantonese: "I can speak Cantonese."
Yang Wendong smiled faintly and said, "Then introduce them to us."
"Okay, this way please." Brian said, pointing the way.
Su Yiyi followed Yang Wendong and whispered, "Brother Dong, if you buy this house, will the foreigners work for us in the future?"
"Why not?" Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Do you think they are superior to others?"
In this era, obviously at the social level, many Chinese still think that the British are superior, and it is normal for Chinese to work for the British, but the opposite may be considered outrageous.
Even in the 70s, when wealthy Chinese had many British people under them, reporters would specifically ask them what it felt like to manage the British people under them. This was enough to show the social view of such things at that time.
Su Yiyi thought for a moment and said, "I just feel a little uncomfortable."
"You'll get used to it. Sooner or later, we Chinese will be able to stand on equal footing with them, or even surpass them," said Yang Wendong.
By the 80s, these conditions had basically been achieved.
Of course, this can be achieved because the neighboring mainland has become stronger.
The highest level a businessman can achieve is not his ability, but the country and nation behind him.
There are so many top companies in the United States, and this reason accounts for at least half of the importance.
Afterwards, Yang Wendong and Su Yiyi followed the agent for a tour. The villa had one main building and two secondary buildings. The latter were for the nanny, housekeeper, and bodyguards.
There are 8 bedrooms in the main building, each with an independent bathroom, as well as a gym, a study, 2 living rooms, and a large yard on the top floor with many different flowers.
The secondary building is simple, just a simple house, but it is much better than ordinary houses in the city. In addition, there are 12 parking spaces inside the entire villa.
There is also a swimming pool.
After looking around, Yang Wendong asked Su Yiyi softly: "What do you think?"
"It's great. I don't know how we are going to live in so many rooms after we buy them? Most of them are empty." Su Yiyi said.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "The empty rooms in this kind of house are all empty, don't worry about it, just like many rich people have endless money to spend."
"Oh." Su Yiyi thought about it and felt that it was right.
Yang Wendong turned to the agent and asked, "What's the price of this villa?"
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