Chapter 268: Learn to speak Mandarin from me
Li Ye took Wang Jianqiang and Li Dayong through Luohu Port and was warmly welcomed by Pei Wencong.
"Mr. Li, I have been looking forward to having you here. You must stay in Hong Kong Island for a few more days this time and let me entertain you well."
Pei Wencong held Li in both hands. Ye shook his hand vigorously, as if he had grabbed a money tree and wanted to shake it down like a rain of money.
Actually, this is indeed the case.
The reason why Pei Wencong even used the honorific "you" to Li Ye was because the Hengsheng point finally fell to around 700 points some time ago, and there were violent fluctuations.
Luo Runbo asked Li Ye for his opinion. Li Ye analyzed it and told Luo Runbo that he could gradually deliver the harvest. Pei Wencong, the guy who followed behind and made a big bet, got into Li Ye's anger. Luck."
Li Ye didn't know how much money Pei Wencong invested, but he himself earned more than 70 million Hong Kong dollars. No matter how cautious Pei Wencong was, he must have earned a few tens of millions.
Li Ye and Pei Wencong finally finished shaking hands and said jokingly: "Why, you bought a big villa on the top of the mountain to let me stay for a few more days to show off?"
Listen When Li Ye teased him, Pei Wencong not only didn't get angry, but actually burst into laughter.
"Oh my god, I don't dare to show off in front of Mr. Li. I just want to fulfill my friendship as a landlord."
"Then let's go! Take me to see the sea view on your mountain top. Mansion."
"Please, please."
Pei Wencong quickly took Li Ye to the car and opened the door himself to let Li Ye and the two younger brothers in.
After getting in the car, Li Ye said: "Your Mercedes-Benz is a bit inappropriate! Why, the Rolls-Royce application hasn't been approved yet?"
Pei Wencong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned back and said with a smile: "Mr. Li knows Hong Kong Island well. You don't have to be rich to buy a Rolls-Royce. But when Mr. Li comes again next time, I will drive a Rolls-Royce to pick you up." . ”
Before it was taken over by BMW, Rolls-Royce was very “pretentious”. Their requirements for customers were “celebrities and gentlemen” and they took care of their customers to the extreme.
Pei Wencong has his own publishing house, and later he also took a stake in Hong Kong Fenghua Clothing owned by Siris. He also graduated from the University of Hong Kong. Now that he has money, he should be qualified after some time to settle down.
But Li Ye waved his hand and said: "I don't care about Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce, but I am somewhat interested in the hilltop mansion and Ferrari.
Let's see if you can help me look for them. Next I want to drive around and have a look when I come here. ”
After finishing the match, he was stunned, and then said in surprise: "Mr. Li, are you going to buy a house on Hong Kong Island? Do you plan to come to Hong Kong Island to live permanently in the future?"
Li Ye glanced at Pei Wencong and waved his hand noncommittally. No answer.
Of course he will not move his family to Hong Kong Island. After all, in the next forty years, the mainland will be the soaring dragon, and Hong Kong Island will be nothing more than a scale attached to the tail of the dragon. .
It’s just that the housing prices on Hong Kong Island were at their lowest between 1983 and 1985. Mr. Cha Leung-yung bought the luxury house at No. 1 Peak Road for only HK$12.5 million.
But after he lived there for eleven years, he sold it for HK$190 million, with an annual return of more than 15%.
Although with Li Ye's cheating ability, the return rate in the past eleven years may be higher, it is still necessary to buy a mountaintop luxury house with only a few hundred units of fixed assets.
. . . . . .
Amin drove his Mercedes-Benz up the mountain along a two-way, two-lane road.
In 1983, there was no cable car in Taiping Mountain, and it was not that convenient for ordinary people to go up the mountain. Therefore, the surrounding environment was very private and quiet, with almost no tourists or idlers.
Li Dayong and Wang Jianqiang were sitting in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz, looking at the villas passing by, feeling as if they had walked into a Hong Kong movie they had watched before, feeling both excited and fascinated.
Li Ye smiled and whispered in Qingshui dialect: "What's wrong? You like it?"
Li Dayong and Wang Jianqiang immediately sat up straight and looked away from the window.
The sugar-coated bullets of the evil society cannot defeat their unyielding successors.
Li Ye patted his brother's arm and said, "Don't worry, we can be neighbors here if you like. It would be nice to bring your family over for the winter."
Wang Jianqiang and Li Dayong immediately became interested.
Li Dayong asked in a low voice: "Brother, how much does a house here cost? Is it more expensive or cheaper than the courtyard in Beijing?"
"Well, it must be more expensive now."
Li Ye looked at the expectant eyes of the two little brothers and quoted the house price cruelly: "The price of a unit now is about 10 million Hong Kong dollars! You don't have to be too anxious, you can wait a few years."
Li Dayong: "."
Wang Jianqiang: "."
The light in the eyes of the two friends dimmed instantly, looking at the resentment on Li Ye's face.
Brother, are you sure you are not drawing a pie?
10 million Hong Kong dollars for a house~
Are you sure the pit inside is not made of gold?
Li Dayong and Wang Jianqiang are now considered to have a small fortune, and they are definitely considered a small group of wealthy people in the mainland, but with millions of assets in front of a location like Taipingshan, they can't even sneeze. Come out, okay?
Li Ye touched his nose, unable to comfort the two brothers' low mood.
He can't say that speaking English was popular in the past in this hilltop, and Cantonese will soon become popular.
But in a few decades, it doesn't matter whether your mother tongue is Cantonese or English. , all teach me to speak Mandarin.
This is not because the mainland bosses have entered Taipingshan. Although there are indeed rumors that the boss of SF Express led a group of his men to raid Taipingshan,
but what it really means is that the focus of the economy has always been Move north. As long as you want to stay in step with the times, you have to move closer to the north.
Pei Wencong's new home is located on a high ground, and the Mercedes-Benz almost climbed to the top of the mountain before entering a villa.
This villa doesn't look big, but it has a good location.
Li Ye asked Pei Wencong: "Is your house above the fog line?"
Pei Wencong praised: "Mr. Li has good eyesight. If there is fog tomorrow morning, you can see "The scenery above the fog." Li Ye said with a smile: "This is nothing but common sense."
The luxury houses in Taipingshan are also divided into upper and lower grades. Those above the fog line, where you can see the scenery above the clouds and fog in the morning, are called "upper mansions".
And if it is foggy weather, through the window At first glance, everything is foggy, which is the "lower mansion".
After entering Pei Wencong’s home, Li Ye saw Aqiang.
Aqiang was dressed like a painter, concentrating on painting an old house in the yard.
“Hey, Qiangzi!”
Aqiang, who was on the herringbone ladder, heard the sound, turned around and saw Li Ye, and almost fell off the ladder.
He threw away the paint, ran over in a few steps, and asked nervously: "Mr. Li, why did you come to Hong Kong Island at this time?"
Li Ye said strangely: "What? Do I need to choose a time when I want to come to Hong Kong Island?"
"No," Aqiang scratched his head and said: "We are negotiating recently, and those reporters are chasing people like me who have been to the mainland all day long. People are causing trouble,
Just a few days ago, reporters here learned about the short play "The Return of the Wanderer" in the Great Hall, and are trying to find out who is A Qiang in it,
I don't know why they suspected me, so I hid here with the boss. If you come over now, be careful of reporters. "
Li Ye said with some surprise: "Are you so well-informed? But so what? Can they still betray you? "
"That's definitely impossible. Hong Kong Island is a legal place,"
Aqiang kept shaking his head and said: "But now I hate staying here more and more, otherwise Mr. Li, when you go back this time, take me back to the capital with you! "
Li Ye looked at Aqiang for several seconds before smiling and saying: "You are lying about wanting to go back to the capital, but you are really thinking about reporter Pan Xiaoqing, right? ”
Aqiang's face turned red at the sight, and he chuckled a few times, feeling very embarrassed.
Li Ye thought for a while and then said: "You corresponded with Pan Xiaoqing recently. Didn't she say whether she was willing to come to Hong Kong Island?"
Aqiang nodded and said: "She didn't say it directly. But I think she wants to come to Hong Kong Island to study, but as you know the current situation, even I am annoyed to death by reporters. I am afraid that she will regret it after coming."
[You don’t want to let her. Come on, maybe she will regret it! 】
Li Ye didn’t want to comment on the love between Aqiang and Pan Xiaoqing. He thought for a while and said: "You don’t have to worry. The environment in Hong Kong Island will stabilize soon. By then, reporters will have no interest in caring about this kind of love." It’s a trivial matter.”
Li Ye knew that this month was the most tense time for negotiations between the mainland and Britain. The two sides had great differences. Britain even played the "economic card", causing the stock and foreign exchange markets in Hong Kong Island to plummet, causing the Hang Seng Point to eventually fall by more than 600 points.
But in the face of the tough stance in the mainland, the former empire on which the sun never sets only had this one big card. It only lasted for two months and finally had to bow in the face of strength.
Aqiang sighed and said: "That's the best. I have never been to the mainland before, and I thought Hong Kong Britain was very powerful, but now it seems that some people are just wishful thinking."
Li Ye was surprised. He didn't expect Aqiang to have such an idea.
You must know that most people in Hong Kong are still very confident, thinking that the Iron Lady who just won the Battle of the Falklands can achieve greater glory!
"Didi didi~"
A car horn sounded outside the villa door. The maid of Pei Wencong's family opened the electric door, and a small red BMW drove in.
After the BMW parked, two women, one old and one young, got out of the car carrying several bottles of wine.
The old woman is at least over fifty. Although her hair is black, the deep scratches on her face reveal the vicissitudes of her first half of life.
The girl driving the car was probably less than twenty years old. Xiaoniaoyiren's eyes were lively. She kept looking at Li Ye, Li Dayong and Wang Jianqiang as soon as she got out of the car.
When she saw Li Ye, her eyes were full of light, and when she saw Li Dayong, her eyes were full of surprise.
Compared to the height of Hong Kong people, Li Dayong, who is nearly 1.9 meters and 1,890 pounds, is really too tall and too strong.
The girl did not take the liberty to come over to say hello to Li Ye and others, but shouted to Pei Wencong in the villa: "Brother, did you bring your friends here?"
Pei Wencong took a few steps. Come out and take the girls and women with you He came over and introduced: "Mr. Li, this is my mother, and this is my sister Pei Wenhui."
"Ama, this is the Mr. Li I told you, and this is Mr. Wang, This is also Mr. Li.”
Pei Wencong's mother immediately greeted Li Ye in Cantonese, very warmly, and Li Ye also felt a little nervous.
My younger sister, Pei Wenhui, was more generous. She bowed slightly to the three of them and said, "Hello, welcome to my house."
Mother Pei slapped Pei Wenhui on the arm. He said displeasedly: "What are you doing as a guest? This is Mr. Li's home, and we haven't brought guests in to drink tea."
Pei Wenhui stuck out her tongue and hurriedly took Li Ye and others in to drink tea.
Mother Pei went into the kitchen and quickly packed up a large table of dinner. She had obviously prepared it a long time ago, and the two of them probably went out to buy wine.
Pei's mother poured wine for Li Ye, picked up the wine glass and said: "These two bottles of wine are not good wine, but I buried them under the house in my hometown for more than ten years.
I said at that time Well, we have to wait until A Cong gets married and holds a happy event. I didn’t drink it until later, but today I know that Mr. Li is coming to Hong Kong Island. I think this is a great joy. I hope Mr. Li won’t dislike it.”
Li Ye quickly raised his glass in return, and then drank it happily. The three members of the Pei family were all greatly impressed.
Then everyone started drinking, eating and chatting about home affairs, and Pei’s mother was very happy in chatting, almost completely overpowering Pei Wencong.
It’s just that Pei’s mother can understand Mandarin, but can only speak Cantonese.
Li Ye could understand, but Wang Jianqiang, who had stayed in Yangcheng for a short time, had to guess continuously, while Li Dayong was completely confused.
“My mother said that we used to be from the mainland and came from Chaoshan when she was very young. We have lived very hard for so many years.
But my mother never lost hope. Because the master said that my brother will definitely flourish."
Pei Wenhui's Mandarin is better than Pei Wencong, so he acted as a translator, but this translator seemed to be only for Li Dayong.
The old man at home was not feeling well today, so he wasted time going to the hospital. I’m sorry.
(End of this chapter)