If you were to use a song to describe your impression of Hong Kong, which one would it be?
In Tan Jincheng's heart, it should be Ding Xie's "Laughing at the Wind and Clouds."
"Don't be afraid, it's a technical adjustment."
This meme became popular among A-share investors many years later, and the five crabs are well-known figures among investors.
Crossing the border from Shenzhen port to Hong Kong, Tan Jincheng's purpose at this time was naturally for QQ, but was it a bit ominous to think of these five people at this moment?
But it doesn't matter.
I'm investing, not speculating in stocks.
I buy and play dead, not using leverage.
What can you do?
Kowloon Tong Plaza Building, a 16-story building, is one of Hong Kong's high-rise buildings, located next to the international airport and one of Hong Kong's most prosperous and famous commercial areas.
The headquarters of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is located here.
As one of Asia's economic barometers at the time, the Hong Kong stock market held a crucial position during this period.
In the 2008 financial crisis, it was also an important battleground for various forces.
The specific details of the game are unknown.
In his previous life in 2008, his understanding of the stock market and financial market was limited to some business partners talking about which stock had fallen again and how much money they had lost.
And these people, although they had some money in their hands at that time, were just larger leeks in the financial market.
The information they knew was very limited, and they only listened to the long-short battles between international giants they talked about as stories.
Later, many online novels also wrote about these scenes, but novels are just for entertainment.
If you take them seriously, it becomes boring.
Ah, speaking of online novels, they are better at this stage.
They dare to write anything, unlike in later generations.
Qidian, founded in 2002, already has many excellent online novels serialized.
Recently, when he has nothing to do, Tan Jincheng also reads Zhang Xiaofan, an online novel that was deified in his previous life, which Tan Jincheng had never read before.
Not bad, it's quite interesting.
Tan Jincheng slowly walked in this famous commercial area, passing by men and women dressed in neat business attire.
All of them were in a hurry.
The fast-paced life made them unwilling to stop and chat with people.
If they met acquaintances on the road, they would just say hello and rush away.
Occasionally, there were also people carrying large amounts of food, looking like delivery drivers, rushing out of shops and heading towards the building.
Skyscrapers, hurried social elites.
For a moment, Tan Jincheng felt like he was back in his previous life, an era of developed internet.
It truly deserved to be one of the world's financial centers at present.
After buying a newspaper, Tan Jincheng arrived at the agreed cafe entrance, ordered a cup of coffee, and found a seat.
Well, prices are also quite expensive, but for Tan Jincheng, who came from the mainland, it was acceptable.
Hong Kong dollars were not worth much these days.
5 Hong Kong dollars could only be exchanged for 4 yuan RMB, and it could not be circulated in the mainland.
Although not as grand as James spending US dollars to exchange for RMB in Yangcheng, Tan Jincheng, coming from a later generation, didn't have as strong a filter for Hong Kong as people of this era, and somewhat felt superior.
It's normal for rich relatives to look down on poor relatives, but "thirty years on the east bank, thirty years on the west bank."
Unlike the hurried crowd, Tan Jincheng leisurely sipped coffee and read the newspaper.
The newspaper was still reporting on Li Ka-shing's donation of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars to the University of Hong Kong a few days ago, which was the largest educational donation ever in Hong Kong and Asia.
These Hong Kong newspapers know how to hype.
The headlines are no less shocking than UC Shock-style headlines in the internet era, but the traditional Chinese characters look a bit troublesome.
"Should I find time to visit the University of Hong Kong?"
Forget it, no.
It's reasonable for a reborn person to be a bit superstitious, right?
It's better to finish the business quickly and go back to being a factory owner.
Before coming this time, Tan Jincheng also sorted out his assets: dividends plus the 1 million yuan borrowed from Zhang Xupeng, an additional 150,000 yuan worth of Moutai Liquor shares, and a house (his old home not counted, it's not worth much).
Furthermore, if historical inertia has not changed, and the Champions League final still has a miracle night like in his previous life, then the previous bet on Liverpool to win the championship, plus the finals score "draw or other" he secretly bought a few days ago, should bring him 1.32 million yuan in income after tax.
Adding everything up, the usable assets are about 4 million yuan, which is quite ample for setting up a factory.
As for the money owed, Zhang Xupeng's loan can be repaid during the year-end dividend.
The bank and mortgage are not urgent; they can be repaid when due.
Although he held a large amount of cash, Tan Jincheng didn't plan to buy too many QQ shares.
Compared to stocks, the factory's interests were more important.
This time, Tan Jincheng only planned to buy 100,000 QQ shares, with a market value of about 500,000 yuan.
After thinking about the house in Yangcheng, he decided against it.
In the entrepreneurial stage, it is best to use most of the assets in businesses with renewable profits.
Zhang Xupeng was right, at most he would go there twice.
One or two houses in other cities might appreciate a lot, but they wouldn't help his future much.
Instead of decentralizing money in cities that have little connection with him, it's better to deeply cultivate Beicang.
Tan Jincheng still had great confidence in Beicang's investment environment.
Speaking of which, before the last Canton Fair ended, Tan Jincheng visited the Yongcheng delegation and once again expressed his gratitude for the legal assistance provided to him earlier.
The person in charge also introduced him to the Beicang representative.
After listening to Tan Jincheng's report, both expressed congratulations on Jinpeng Trade's gains at this Canton Fair.
Although it was just a meeting, it more or less helped them get acquainted.
In the future, for small matters like exhibition booths, Jinpeng Trade should no longer need to find private connections everywhere like this year.
With performance and customers, the official side will help you contact booths.
If the scale reaches a certain number, it will be even easier to talk.
In the future, whether it's exports or electric scooters, contact with the official side must be maintained.
Since a good foundation has been laid, there is no need to wander around.
It's like playing a game; opening a new map requires strength.
If you're not strong enough, just focus on the newbie village, kill monsters, and level up.
"Hello, are you Mr. Tan Jincheng?"
After Tan Jincheng read the newspaper and mused for a while, a question in broken Mandarin came to his ears.
He looked up to see a middle-aged man in a Polo shirt, slightly stout, with a receding hairline, smiling at him.
Seeing Tan Jincheng look at him, the middle-aged man introduced himself:
"Hello, I was introduced by Mr. Lin. My surname is Li, and this is my business card. I called you earlier to arrange to meet here."
Tan Jincheng also quickly stood up, took the business card, and said,
"Oh, Mr. Li, hello, I am Tan Jincheng."
Li Jiamin, a very common name.
The title on his business card was manager of a certain securities company, but he actually worked as a securities broker.
The Mr. Lin he mentioned was one of Jinpeng Trade's clients in Hong Kong and a stable source of customers.
Tan Jincheng couldn't just run around like a headless fly to buy stocks here.
Private exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong were not so convenient these days, otherwise Tan Jincheng wouldn't have made a special trip for merely 500,000 yuan worth of stocks.
In later generations, it would just be a few taps on a mobile phone, but in an era where stock investors were not many and buying overseas stocks was still a novelty, it was still somewhat troublesome.
"Mr. Lin told me long ago that Mr. Tan is young and promising, and even more handsome in person than in photos,"
Li Jiamin flattered.
But from his eyes, Tan Jincheng didn't feel any sincerity in what he said.
This was just his normal attitude towards clients, and there was no need to care about it.
A person's mindset, once fixed, cannot be easily changed.
It doesn't matter, I'm only looking for you once.
Just maintain a normal business attitude, and I'll pay the commission.
"Mr. Li, please sit down. What would you like to drink? I'll buy you a cup,"
Tan Jincheng said with a smile.
"Then thank you, Mr. Tan. I'll have the same as you,"
Li Jiamin glanced at the coffee on the table and didn't refuse.
"Okay, please wait."
As Tan Jincheng walked towards the cafe counter, he called his client.
Being able to say his name and Mr. Lin's information, he shouldn't be a scammer, but it's better to be safe.
After confirming, Tan Jincheng returned to his seat with the coffee and began to converse with the securities broker.
Opening a securities account in Hong Kong has no requirements for capital threshold or holding quantity, but the Hong Kong securities market adopts a broker custody model, which theoretically poses a risk to clients' asset safety if the broker goes bankrupt.
Therefore, the choice of broker is a very important part.
The broker's qualifications and background, commission and other fees, the stability and ease of use of the trading platform, supported trading varieties and methods, and customer service quality are all very important.
Previously, Tan Jincheng asked his client Mr. Lin for help.
When Mr. Lin heard that Tan Jincheng wanted to buy Hong Kong stocks, he introduced him to a lot of rules, big and small, and choices of brokers, which made Tan Jincheng's head spin.
In the end, it was more suitable to directly find a securities broker to handle it, saving time and effort.
As for the broker, Tan Jincheng chose an investment institution under Bank of China International's Hong Kong branch.
This was definitely safe; there was nothing safer than this.
Commission wasn't important to Tan Jincheng; safety was.
Another point was that Bank of China International's currency exchange was relatively much more convenient.
Carrying various documents, he ran to various counters with Li Jiamin.
After completing the series of procedures for opening an account and depositing funds, he could trade directly.
It was both troublesome and convenient.
This is how a mature financial market operates.
Tan Jincheng was not familiar with it, so he simply entrusted Li Jiamin to place the order:
"Mr. Li, please help me buy 100,000 shares of QQ?"
"Ah? 100,000 shares of QQ? Then there won't be much left in the account. Are you sure, Mr. Tan?"
Li Jiamin was a bit stunned by Tan Jincheng's request.
However, he quickly switched to QQ's main interface.
He knew this company, an internet company in Shenzhen, well-known in the mainland, but not considered a particularly impressive company.
Upon seeing this, he was completely dumbfounded.
The total trading volume of this stock yesterday was less than 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and yesterday's closing price was 5.35 Hong Kong dollars.
After opening flat today, it began to fall.
The current share price is 5.25 Hong Kong dollars, and the trading volume has exceeded the entire volume of yesterday.
It is a slight drop with increased volume, and this internet company is currently facing difficulties in transformation, and whether it can get through them is unknown.
Where did this country bumpkin come from?
Does he understand stocks?
He just goes all-in, buying more than a tenth of yesterday's volume.
Is that how you establish a position?
"Yes, not even 100,000 shares; right now, buy this stock with all the money in the account,"
Tan Jincheng said confidently.
"Mr. Tan, are you really not reconsidering? Just buying this one stock? We have many other excellent stocks here. Also, this company is currently facing performance difficulties, and look, it's still falling."
"No need to consider. My friends and I use their software to chat, and I find it very interesting. I'm optimistic about it."
Seeing Tan Jincheng's firm attitude, Li Jiamin's heart stirred, and he tentatively asked, "Does Mr. Tan have any inside information?"
"What inside information do I have? I'm just buying for fun. My family gave me a sum of money to invest, so I'm buying based on my feeling. It doesn't matter if I lose money,"
Tan Jincheng shrugged.
So it's a rich second-generation country bumpkin gaining experience.
That makes sense.
Let him be, it's his money anyway, so follow his requests.
Although he felt a bit disdainful inside, Li Jiamin's professionalism was sufficient.
Although this stock's trading volume had already exceeded yesterday's, it was still not very high.
A one-time purchase of 100,000 shares would still have a certain impact on the stock price fluctuations.
So Li Jiamin placed orders in batches, accumulating shares, trying to control the price within a very small range, aiming to buy more shares for the client.
After a series of operations, Li Jiamin completed the establishment of a 100,000-share position for Tan Jincheng at a price of 5.29 Hong Kong dollars.
Looking at the green account, Li Jiamin smiled slightly.
He had seen many strange clients in his career, but this was the first time he had seen such a young and strange one, and from the mainland too.
Tan Jincheng, on the other hand, looked at the account with satisfaction; haha, just wait to get rich! —
Zhang Qingliang had been feeling restless these past few days, not because something happened at the construction site, but because of his eldest nephew.
He had been in Yongcheng for more than a month, helping his eldest nephew manage the construction site, but in this past month, he had only seen him a few times.
He was either on a business trip to Yangcheng or driving around the city.
And now he had gone to Hong Kong.
What troubled Zhang Qingliang the most was that this eldest nephew never discussed anything with anyone when doing things.
He was too opinionated.
Not only did he open a second company, but now he also rented a 1200 square meter factory building, preparing to set up a factory to produce electric scooters!
This news came from his childhood friend, Zhang Xupeng.
That day, this young man came over, said he wanted to treat him to a meal, and then inadvertently revealed it.
When Zhang Qingliang learned this news, he was incredibly shocked.
1200 square meters!
Where did his eldest nephew get so much money?
Upon further questioning, the young man in front of him, still looking naive, had also lent him 1 million yuan, and neither of their parents knew about this.
The two of them settled millions in loans and millions in investment with just a few words.
Are young people this wild now?
Zhang Qingliang didn't dwell on the fact that his eldest nephew hadn't told him.
As a relative, even though he was his biological uncle, Zhang Qingliang didn't feel that his nephew had to tell him everything.
People don't have that obligation.
But even his own sister and brother-in-law didn't know.
Aren't they afraid of something going wrong?
Should he tell his sister and brother-in-law?
Millions in investment, it's playing a bit too big.
What if they can't sell, and the factory can't operate?
That's millions in debt.
What would the family do then?
After two days of agonizing, seeing that his eldest nephew was about to return from Hong Kong, Zhang Qingliang decided to tell his sister.
It wasn't snitching, but purely out of concern.
His eldest nephew's itinerary was still told by his childhood friend Zhang Xupeng.
This child had been coming over frequently these days.
During the days Tan Jincheng was away, he entrusted some affairs of the new company to Zhang Xupeng.
Currently in Beicang, if anyone Tan Jincheng could absolutely trust and who had the ability to handle some things, it was only Zhang Xupeng.
Zhang Xupeng invited Zhang Qingliang for a meal also to express this sentiment.
As Tan Jincheng's good brother since childhood, his biological uncle had been there for over a month, hadn't met him, and hadn't been treated to a meal, which was somewhat impolite in the eyes of Yicheng people.
If his parents found out when he went home, he would inevitably be scolded.
"Sis, is the family busy lately?"
After much thought, Zhang Qingliang dialed Zhang Suzhi's number.
"Not busy, just looking after the child; your brother-in-law and Lamei are taking care of the construction site, so there's nothing much. How about you?"
Lamei was the name of Zhang Qingliang's wife.
The construction site in Yicheng, after Zhang Qingliang left, resumed work after a few days of stoppage.
Usually, matters like purchasing materials fell to Tan Lihua, and site management was handed over to Zhang Qingliang's wife.
She had also worked in decoration with Zhang Qingliang for several years and was good at scraping white.
Zhang Qingliang said in a deep voice:
"If the family isn't busy, you or brother-in-law should find some time to come over. Jinyue is almost half a year old; leaving her with grandma for a few days should be fine."
It has to be said that sometimes men are like this: they care, but their emotional intelligence is really low.
Zhang Qingliang's words startled Zhang Suzhi.
It sounded like something had happened:
"What's wrong? Is it a problem with the construction site or something happened to Jincheng?"
"Ah, no, no, everything's fine here, and Jincheng is fine. He's in Hong Kong now. It's just that he opened a big factory, over a thousand square meters, and I thought he hadn't told you, so maybe you should come and see."
"You scared me to death, you can't even speak clearly. Suddenly asking us to come over out of the blue, is that how you talk?"
"My fault, my fault, it's like this…"
Then, Zhang Qingliang told his sister some information he learned from Zhang Xupeng; Zhang Xupeng didn't hide anything.
Whatever Zhang Qingliang wanted to ask, he would tell what he knew.
Xiao Tan started a company and earned money from business.
His parents knew about these things.
As for why he didn't mention opening a factory this time, based on Zhang Xupeng's understanding of Tan Jincheng, it wasn't a deliberate concealment to avoid worrying his parents, but rather that he genuinely hadn't thought about this aspect.
When a person gets used to making decisions and taking charge for a long time, they habitually overlook some issues and the opinions of those around them.
Especially someone like Xiao Tan, who hasn't made any mistakes so far and is extremely confident.
He doesn't need to consult others when making decisions, nor does he need to consider other people's opinions.
"Hello, Sis, are you still there?"
"Oh, yes."
A conversation was met with silence on the other end of the phone.
As an employee of a state-owned enterprise, Zhang Suzhi was not an ignorant village woman.
Her son started a company last year, bought a car, and earned hundreds of thousands; Zhang Suzhi could understand these things.
Even the previously incomprehensible idea that selling clothes online could make money, and a lot of it, was now acceptable, after all, there were hundreds of thousands of yuan in the bank account.
But jumping from hundreds of thousands to several millions all at once, and that's just the initial investment, Zhang Suzhi found it a bit hard to accept.
Millions!
A figure many people wouldn't even dare to dream of in their lifetime, and her son earned it in just half a year, and then invested it all?
He was only 19 years old, where did he get such courage?
Is making money that fast?
Could he be doing something bad?
Zhang Suzhi had seen factory buildings over a thousand square meters, but those belonged to the state.
Now, my son also has such a large factory building and wants to produce electric scooters.
Is this real?
After calming down for a while, Zhang Suzhi said,
"Alright, I don't know what to say now. When your brother-in-law comes back tonight, we'll discuss it. When is Jincheng coming back?"
"Probably in the next two days, his friend said so. I don't know the exact time."
"Oh, Pengya. I know, I'll call him and ask. That's all for now."
Without waiting for Zhang Qingliang to reply, Zhang Suzhi quickly hung up the phone and dialed Zhang Xupeng's mobile number.
Asking that naughty boy at home directly probably wouldn't get her anything, and he was in Hong Kong now, so it might not be convenient.
It was more convenient to ask Pengya; that kid was a bit more honest.
"Hello, Aunt Zhang, what made you think of calling me?"
"Pengya, I want to ask you something. It's like this, Jincheng's uncle just called me."
Zhang Xupeng, who was directing workers, knew what was going on as soon as he heard it:
"You want to ask about Xiao Tan starting a factory, right? I'm in his factory right now."
"Auntie, wait a moment, I'll find a quiet place to talk to you properly."
Haha, does this count as backstabbing Xiao Tan?
Zhang Xupeng thought with a mischievous smile.
These past few days, he had been handling the affairs of Tan Jincheng's three Taobao stores.
He was familiar with this area, so it was easier to deal with.
He never thought that Xiao Tan would secretly open a QQ underwear Taobao shop and even ask him to help contact factories in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province!
How did this thick-browed and big-eyed guy come up with these ideas?
Too obscene, isn't it?
(End of chapter)
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