Victoria Harbor Hotel, Executive Suite. shu manhu
On the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, two women sat facing each other. Outside the window is the beautiful Victoria Harbor, and the room has a pleasant atmosphere of reunion after a long absence.
Xia Shao smiled and looked at the young woman opposite. She was about 27 or 28 years old. She had neat short brown hair and a mixed-race appearance. She was wearing a black women's suit and was dressed rigorously and smartly. At this moment, he was sitting on the sofa with respectful eyes and a confident smile on his face.
"Thank you for your hard work on the company during this period." Xia Shao smiled.
"You are too polite, Chairman. Ada Real Estate, since you have given it to me, you have placed your trust in me. It is my responsibility to manage it well." Emily nodded and smiled, taking out a document from her side and handing it over. To Xia Shao, "This is the financial statement and performance of Ada Real Estate for this quarter. Please take a look."
Xia Shao has always known the general direction of performance. In the three months she has been in Hong Kong, she has never been indifferent to the affairs of Huaxia Group. She has been understanding the company's affairs through phone calls and computers, and she has always been in control of the general direction.
Since annexing the Shengxing Group, Furuixiang Antiques has occupied a large share of the major antique markets across the country and is currently the leader in the antique industry in Qingdao Province. In the past two years, Huaxia Group has cooperated with the media in Qingdao Province to hold a number of large-scale activities such as treasure appraisal programs, expert lectures, and folk treasure hunts. The effect of encouraging folk collecting enthusiasm is still great. Not only that, but it has also made great achievements in driving the entire industry.
When Xia Shao first arrived at Qingshi No. 1 Middle School, she asked Chen Manguan to pay attention to the ancient huanghuali wood furniture for purchase. After the subsequent popularity, it has now increased by more than two hundred times! This crazy growth has frightened many people in the industry, but what everyone doesn't know is that the highest price of huanghuali wood in later generations increased to more than 400 times! Much more expensive than gold! Xia Shao had already asked Chen Manguan to buy a large area of land in the south to plant huanghuali. Naturally, she did not want to use the huanghuali wood to make fake antique furniture, but because after the ancient furniture market boomed, huanghuali wood itself was very valuable. . This is the same as high imitation pastel porcelain. There are very few genuine antiques in existence and many people cannot own them. The market is limited to a small group of people. However, if you build a high-end brand and enter the modern high-end market, you can still expand into a vast market. market space to come.
When Huaxia Group was still in the stage of accumulation, Xia Shao did not want to let go of any place where it could make money.
Last month, Huaxia Group achieved great results at the fourth summer auction in the East Market. Huaxia Auction Company is a leader in the domestic auction industry and was founded very early. When many people didn't know much about auctions, Xia Shao focused on this direction and appointed Sun Changde, who had returned from overseas, to take care of this aspect. Although Huaxia Auction Company has only been established for three years, it is already a veteran in the domestic auction industry. Nowadays, when mentioning auction houses, basically everyone in China will think of Huaxia first.
In fact, after the Dongshi auction became so popular, many places in the country followed suit, and auction companies and auction houses sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Among them, there are many supported by large groups, but currently none of them has the reputation of Huaxia Auction Company. Because Huaxia Auction Company has the backing of Fu Ruixiang’s antique shops across the country, Huaxia Group’s momentum in a series of treasure appraisal and treasure hunting activities, Xia Shao’s contacts accumulated through Feng Shui in the political and business circles of Qinghai Province and even all walks of life, Huaxia Group’s The industry chain and successful model cannot be copied.
In the Dongshi Ceramics Industry, Chang Jiu has now led a research team, which is immersed in the study of firing porcelain every day and enjoys it. High-end porcelain with the four-character seal script "Made in Great China" printed on the bottom of the porcelain has now been sold overseas and has become a collection of royalties, nobles, high-ranking officials, and wealthy businessmen. High-end porcelain cannot be mass-produced, and the quality always varies. Therefore, in terms of porcelain, Huaxia Group cooperates with Hong Kong Jiahui International Group and has always followed the path of high-end and limited edition. It is in short supply and demand exceeds supply.
At present, Huaxia Group's development momentum in all aspects of industry is very good. During this period, Xia Shao left Qingshi and came to Hong Kong. She was not in the hinterland of the group, and she could see that the group's operations had already established its own trajectory and developed steadily.
Just two days ago, Xia Shao received a call from Sun Changde. He said that there were auctions in some domestic cities, and because he trusted the qualifications of Huaxia Group, he invited Huaxia Auction Company to host the auctions. Sun Changde believes that after these two years, the group has stabilized. Can Huaxia Auction Company set up branches in several first-tier cities across the country
In fact, although Huaxia Group has not made any major moves in the past two years, it still has various arrangements to pave the way for the future. For example, Huayuan Private Club is well-known among the upper class circles for its body-nurturing effects. The more parties and various commercial wines there are in the circle, the more and more people's fame spreads. The reputation of Xia Shao Feng Shui Master gradually spread through the mouths of these celebrities and through these people's circles.
In the eyes of many people, Huaxia Group is different from ordinary business groups. Many people treat Huaxia Group with great courtesy because of Xia Shao's status as a Feng Shui master.
Sun Changde believes that the conditions for small-scale expansion are already in place.
After careful consideration, Xia Shao asked him to select several first-tier cities centered on Qing Province. The requirements were that they should be close to the city where Fu Ruixiang Antique Shop is located, or in the same city. In short, don’t set your line too far, start from the surrounding provinces and cities.
This was a rare instruction from Xia Shao recently, so Sun Changde put down the phone and went to do it.
After Huaxia Group shocked the business community by engaging in two business wars in Qing Province, many people were watching the actions of this young group. When Huaxia Auction Company announced that it would establish branches in surrounding provinces and cities, many people seemed to smell that Huaxia Group was moving again.
But they didn't know that Huaxia Auction Company was just developing according to the predetermined trajectory. In fact, the one who made the biggest move was Ada Real Estate!
Except for a few veteran senior executives of Huaxia Group, no one knows that Aida Real Estate Company belongs to Huaxia Group.
When Aida Real Estate took over the unfinished project from Jinda Real Estate and finally sold it to Huaxia Group to run a private club, everyone thought that Emily was getting involved with Xia Shao, but they didn't expect that Emily was basically A general under Xia Shao!
Ever since Xia Shao rejected the Xina Real Estate offered to her by Gong Muyun, the former Kinda Group fell into the hands of Anqin International Group. Aida Real Estate had several conflicts with Xinna Real Estate over the competition for landmarks. Xinna Real Estate always backed down at the last moment, intentionally or unintentionally. This made people in the business circles in the province very confused, but it also made Aida Real Estate very confused. Da Real Estate did win the bid for several prime locations and gained a lot.
"The construction work on the winning bidder is almost complete now. I have followed Mr. Xia's instructions and followed the rising trend in terms of price." Amy said from the sidelines while Xia Shao was reading the report.
Xia Shao nodded. These landmarks of Ada Real Estate are all in the business district and are suitable for commercial offices, not residential buildings, so it doesn't matter if the price is higher.
When Xia Shao first entered the real estate industry, she considered that housing prices would be too high in the future and thought that maybe she could do something. She still thinks this way, but the prerequisite for doing this is that Ada Real Estate has a voice in the domestic real estate industry. And letting Ada Real Estate thrive is exactly what Xia Shao wants to do now.
"The company's location has been found according to your instructions and the office space has been purchased. I will handle the personnel aspects. Now these are the status reports of the Hong Kong real estate industry." Emily handed Xia Shao another piece of information.
Xia Shao had long been optimistic about the location of the company from the perspective of Feng Shui. Emily came to Hong Kong on Monday. Xia Shao couldn't leave campus, so she called her to tell her the location and asked her to handle it.
"There are no less than a hundred registered real estate companies in Hong Kong, large and small, and there are three leading companies. Sanhe Group, Jiahui Group and Century Group. Sanhe Group and Jiahui Group are both old companies with a long history and strong funds. Two of them. The groups are all comprehensive international groups. They each have their main business and are not in the real estate industry. For example, Hong Kong Jiahui International Group is an e-commerce group, a world pioneer and giant, and its electronics and high-tech industries account for 10% of the market share. It has a very heavy share, and also invests in some other industries, such as the ceramic industry in Dongshi and the real estate industry in Hong Kong; Sanhe Group's Baidaoshang business is a giant in the vehicle and ship industry, and it also involves the hotel and real estate industries. Because the two groups are strong, so even if they are not the main business, their proportion in Hong Kong's real estate industry is not small. Among the three leading companies, only Century Group's business mainly relies on the real estate industry, and this company is still very young. An upstart that has only developed in the past ten years.”
Xia Shao looked through the information while listening to Emily's report, with a playful smile on her lips.
It seemed that there was going to be some competition between her, Qi Chen and Li Qingyu.
However, Emily's analysis was good. Sanhe Group and Jiahui Group were both very strong, with huge funds and a long history. They could be described as established companies.
Jiahui Group was founded by Mr. Li. He worked hard for most of his life to achieve today's glory. It has not been a century, but half a century. Sanhe Group is even older and is truly a century-old company.
Xia Shao believes that if she works hard for half her life, her achievements will not be lower than this, but for now, Huaxia Group is really too young. This does not mean that Huaxia Group has few assets, but it is relatively speaking. In fact, Huaxia Group's assets have shocked and envy many people, because it only took three years to achieve today's glory, and it can definitely be called a legend in the business world.
Xia Shao only judged that Ada Real Estate was not yet ready to collide with the Qi family and the Li family based on the current situation. Therefore, she set her sights on Century Group and asked casually: "Tell me about this company."
Emily nodded, "Century Group was registered and established ten years ago. It started in the real estate industry. The chairman's surname is Zhou. He is less than forty years old and can be considered young and promising. In addition to the real estate industry, Century Group is currently engaged in catering and There is also investment in the tourism industry. Before I came to Hong Kong, I had some knowledge of Century Group. In terms of commercial landmarks, Sanhe Group and Jiahui Group have a large share, so most of the projects of this group are In terms of people's livelihood projects, vacation villas and residential areas, they like to use the term 'feng shui prosperous land' to promote them, especially in wealthy areas, and they make a lot of money from this kind of promotion."
When Emily talks about Feng Shui now, she seems to have changed a bit compared to when she was neutral. But she still seems a little confused, why Century Group keeps using this for publicity, doesn't it have other methods
Is this kind of trick always effective
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows and smiled, then put down the information and said, "That's it! Check their prices and give me an estimate of their profits. Look at what areas are being tendered in Hong Kong, and compare the distribution and bidding Compile the company’s situation into a report and send it to me.”
"Okay." Emily nodded.
Xia Shao added: "I have taken a fancy to a piece of land and plan to build a private club. The location is here. You just need to coordinate with the relevant departments to purchase the land. Remember to keep the price low. I will take care of the rest. arrange."
Xia Shao handed the information he brought to Emily, and what was written on it was naturally the rumor that the elementary school was haunted. Emily didn't believe that there were ghosts in the world, but as soon as she heard that Xia Shao was going to build a private club, she knew that it was naturally related to her connections, so she accepted it without saying a word.
Mr. Xia has not done much in some days. In the company, when Mr. Sun, Mr. Chen and Mr. Ma met, they often mentioned the events of the previous two years. It seemed that they missed and looked forward to it very much. I don’t know that this time Mr. Xia asked Ada What will be the final development of real estate when it enters Hong Kong
Emily put away the information, with a slight smile on her face, and looked at Xia Shao, who was still looking through the information.
The girl in front of me can always do something that shocks the world.
She believes that this time it will be shocking!
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Emily came to Hong Kong this time, and she had already arranged a good person in Qingshi. Although she is looking at this side at the moment, she can't ignore that side. She may be on a business trip in the near future. If there is a suitable candidate in the future, Xia Shao will choose again.
After meeting Emily, Xia Shao had dinner with her in the hotel at noon. After that, Emily went to do errands, and Xia Shao called Xu Tianyin and asked him to pick her up.
After getting in the car, Xu Tianyin turned to look at Xia Shao, "Go back?"
Of course he was talking about returning to his master's house. Xia Shao nodded and expressed that he wanted to go back to read and review.
Xu Tianyin started the car, and Xia Shao leaned back comfortably in the seat. She turned her eyes and found something like a stack of documents on the car. She reached out and took it. After her eyes fell, she was stunned.
Xu Tianyin glanced at her, reached out and took the information back, and put it back in its original position, "It's not good for your eyes, go back and read it."
He meant that looking at something in the car would hurt his eyes. Xia Shao just smiled and lowered his eyes. She just glanced at it. There was a photo of a four or five-year-old boy standing at the door of a kindergarten, carrying a small schoolbag. He looked very cute.
Xia Shao speculated that that should be the little boy named Tongtong mentioned when the spirit was summoned that night.
It seems that Xu Tianyin has found the address of the little boy.
Last night, Xu Tianyin just gave her the information about the ghost elementary school, including the past photos and other things she asked for. And this morning, he sent her to the hotel and said he was going out for something, probably to get these information.
"Senior brother, don't go back to Master yet. Let's go to the Feng Shui Hall." Xia Shao said.
When the spirit was summoned that day, only a six-word message was left. Hong Kong is so big, Xia Shao thought it would take a while for Xu Tianyin to find someone, but he didn't expect that he would find him right away. In this case, she might as well take advantage of the weekend to visit the little boy. Since he promised his mother to visit him, he naturally couldn't break his promise.
Xia Shao planned to go to the Feng Shui Hall to bring a peace talisman to the child, even if it was a little effort, to protect him from growing up safely and live up to his mother's concern for him after she passed away.
"Yeah." Xu Tianyin responded and turned around, heading towards Temple Street where the Feng Shui Hall is located.
It has only been two weeks since Xia Shao went to school, and she has not yet visited the Feng Shui Hall. I heard from Master that the Feng Shui Hall is a little busy, after all, there are only a small number of disciples left, but fortunately the remaining disciples are diligent enough, and the atmosphere in the Feng Shui Hall is also very good. Less utilitarian and more spiritual cultivation.
Xia Shao felt relieved now. Although Xuanmen had undergone great changes, it could be said that it had gone through a catastrophe. Too many people had been purged, and some bones had been injured. But fortunately, the bloodlines left behind are all with good intentions. Time will make people get used to it, and time will also allow these young forces to grow into new muscles and bones of Xuanmen.
But this time the muscles and bones are straight.
Temple Street is very lively on weekends, and cars have to drive very slowly to get in. The old Feng Shui Hall is in the busiest part of Temple Street. After the car stopped, Xia Shao and Xu Tianyin entered the Feng Shui Hall, but they did not expect that as soon as they stepped in, At the gate of Feng Shui Hall, Zhan Ruonan came out with her thorn-headed gang.
Not only Zhan Ruonan, but Qu Ran was also there!
Qu Ran looked like she had been dragged here. She looked very out of place among a group of poorly dressed girls. Especially when the people who came to the Feng Shui Hall to ask for fortune-telling turned their attention to Zhan Ruonan's bald head, Qu Ran looked very embarrassed.
Zhan Ruonan was wearing a black T-shirt with an exaggerated skull printed on the chest, which was as conspicuous as her bald head. The pants are black casual pants, with a decorative belt hanging diagonally around the waist, and a bunch of bright metal chains on it. The things on the wrists also look very post-modern. In short, no matter how you look at it, she is a bad girl.
She walked with a swagger and looked up to the sky. She didn't pay attention to the strange looks around her. She had long been used to it.
Xia Shao came in through the gate and saw Zhan Ruonan. She wanted to turn around and leave, but she stopped when she saw Qu Ran.
Even Zhan Ruonan, who has good eyesight, saw Xia Shao at a glance and immediately shouted: "Mainland girl!"
There was a roar from all around, and everyone turned to look at Xia Shao. Xia Shao immediately lowered her eyes. She felt that ever since she went to Shengye and met Zhan Ruonan, she couldn't keep a low profile for a day.
"Xia Shao!" Qu Ran suddenly seemed to have seen a savior and ran to Xia Shao's side, "Why are you here? Didn't you say something happened today?"
Xia Shao didn't answer, only asked: "Why did you come with her? Did she force you again?"
Qu Ran waved her hands quickly, but her expression had betrayed her. Obviously, she didn't want to come with Zhan Ruonan, but Zhan Ruonan firmly believed that it was unlucky to encounter ghosts that night, and everyone would come to ask for talismans, so he invited Qu Ran to come too.
"Why did she come with me? What happened with me? Did I treat her badly? I even took her to visit Mr. Tang and asked him for an amulet." Zhan Ruonan was obviously worried about Xia Shao was very dissatisfied with what she said and frowned, "Hey! Mainland girl, I treat Fat Girl so well because she is your friend!"
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows, "Are you nice to her? Just don't force her. Also, I have a name."
"Fat sister said you don't seem to like people calling you Sister Shao." Zhan Ruonan shrugged.
"Oh? Then I like to be called a mainland girl?"
"Then what do you call you!" Zhan Ruonan was very irritated, "What a verbose thing! Why are women so troublesome! Isn't it just a name! Fat girl, gambling girl, Eight Po Zhu, Yan Gui Fang! We usually call them that. .You can call me Bald Nan, I have no objection!”
Xia Shao wanted to help her. She really regretted choosing Shengye Girls' High School when she was choosing a school.
"No need, my parents only gave me the name Xia Shao. It's fine if I can be called that."
"How many points are there?" Zhan Ruonan was very unhappy.
Xia Shao glanced over and said, "What do you think? Am I familiar with you?"
"Why aren't we familiar?" Zhan Ruonan glared, unhappy, "We are familiar with each other once, and there is a saying in the world that we don't know each other until we fight. Hey! I've been beaten twice by you, and I'm willing to get acquainted with you. , why don’t you want to get acquainted with me?”
Xia Shao wanted to hold her forehead again. She felt that Zhan Ruonan was another weird person in logical thinking after Leng Yixin. Although, they took different routes.
Xia Shao shook her head and walked inside to the Feng Shui Hall. Zhan Ruonan followed and asked, "Didn't you say you wouldn't come today? Why are you here again? Don't tell me that you don't want to come with me."
"I'm so glad you still know yourself." Xia Shao didn't even look back.
Zhan Ruonan was angry, "Hey! Are you unhappy with me? Want to fight? Go out and have a fight! I'll accompany you!"
"What else can you remember besides the fight? Do you still remember what you promised when you summoned the spirit that night?" Xia Shao paused and turned around to ask.
Zhan Ruonan was stunned, "You mean Tongtong? I've got someone to check."
"No need to check, it's already been found." After Xia Shao said that, she entered the temple where she was seeking fortune-telling. She expressed that she wanted to ask for a peace talisman for Tongtong. Qu Ran immediately took out the talisman that she had just asked for and said that she wanted to give it to Tongtong. Zhan Ruonan said that he would take Xia Shao to see Tang Zongbo in the back and ask him for Taoist talismans.
Xia Shao was speechless. She wanted to talk about the master when she went back tonight. From now on, no junior from the triad society would come to visit him. He would draw talismans on others.
I don't know how many political and business celebrities outside could not get him to draw a talisman for three to five million yuan, so he gave it to Zhan Ruonan. The talisman on the hands of these delinquent girls was as much paper as they wanted.
Xia Shao came to the temple, which was a place specifically for people to ask for fortune-telling and pray for blessings. On weekends, people came and went asking for fortune-telling and fortune-telling. The hall was led by a master and two disciples were interpreting the fortune-telling for people. Two disciples draw talisman.
The master sitting in the wheelchair was the master of the disciple named Aqi on the day the family was cleared.
He was originally from the Wang family and was not a member of Wang Huai's clan, but his surname was also Wang and his name was Wang Shouren. The disciple named Aqi, whose surname is Zhou and whose full name is Zhou Qi, is among the disciples who are drawing talisman in this hall.
The reason why Xia Shao insisted on coming here to ask for talismans instead of drawing them herself was because she actually wanted to see how good her disciples were at drawing talismans. The entire hall is covered with yellow paper, on which incomprehensible symbols are drawn with cinnabar. Anyone who doesn't understand will definitely think that these talismans can be taken back for use. However, after taking a look at them, Xia Shao understands that not all the talismans inside are effective, because some of them are failures. . The vitality is not smooth, and they are not completed in one go, and some of them have no vitality at all. They seem to be drawn entirely for the purpose of practicing the talismans.
There were three piles of talismans, the ones that were completely unusable were piled on a table, the ones that had some vitality were placed in the middle, and only those that were successfully painted would be hung up.
Xia Shao lowered her eyes and smiled, walked to the table, picked through the pile of unusable talismans, and said with a smile: "I want a peace talisman, which one is it?"
Zhou Qi was immersed in drawing the talisman. Xia Shao saw that he had done a good job in drawing the talisman, but was just missing the finishing touches. But being interrupted so suddenly by her, the energy of the last stroke was stagnated, and it was a pity that it failed...
Zhou Qi was obviously very distressed. Drawing the talisman was a test of his concentration and control of his vitality. He happens to have a bit of a short temper, and drawing talisman is what he's least good at. Many paintings were damaged today, and most of the pile on the table next to him were the results of his failed battles. Finally, this piece was about to be completed, but Xia Shaoyi interrupted it and ruined it. How could Zhou Qi not be annoyed
Xia Shao's face darkened when she saw him, and she took several breaths, but when she raised her eyes, she had already suppressed it. Zhou Qi didn't say anything, he just stood up and walked to the hung talismans, found a peace talisman and handed it to Xia Shao, "This is a peace talisman."
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows, feeling quite satisfied with Zhou Qi's non-deceptive performance, but his temper obviously needed to be tempered. So, she smiled and did not take the talisman, "I ask you about the one on the table, why are you looking for it here? Is the one you hung up expensive? I don't want the expensive one, I want that one. On the table.”
Zhou Qi was stunned, but he was not surprised. It was obviously not the first time he met such a person. "Miss, of course the invitation talisman is useful. The one on the table cannot be used. You can use the one I picked for you without worry." "
Xia Shao didn't appreciate it, "It can't be used? You're not fooling me, are you? If it can't be used, why are you putting it here?"
"That's what we use for practice." When Zhou Qi heard that Xia Shao said he was fooling people, he immediately suppressed his anger and explained patiently.
"Practice? Does that mean you are apprentices? Are you selling charms to our customers before you even graduate? Hey! Do you think we customers are just for your practice?"
"You!" Zhou Qi frowned.
"What happened?" At this time, Wang Shouren discovered the dispute here and wheeled his wheelchair over.