Legend of Xiangjiang Tycoon Chapter 542

Zhang Yuliang's family can be traced back to Zhang Zhushan, who moved to Xiangjiang in the late 1930s.

The Zhang Zhushan family is the most feudal family in Xiangjiang. The biggest feature of the Zhang Zhushan family is "cohabitation and common wealth".

The Zhang Zhushan family moved to Hong Kong in the late 1930s and made a living by running small stalls. By the 1980s, the family fortune exceeded HK$10 billion.

This fulfills the old adage "accumulate sand to form a tower, gather armpits to form a fur", and it is also the karmic fruit brought by the family motto of "living together and sharing wealth".

However, although the Zhang family is very rich, they keep a low profile. The new generation of Hong Kong residents know very little about it, and Li Zhiwen also knows little about it.

At present, when people in Xiangjiang know the Zhang family, it all stems from a lawsuit not long ago.

In the early 1980s, the Zhang family property dispute turned into a lawsuit, and the Zhang family became famous.

In fact, in Hong Kong, which is located in Shiliyangchang, the collision between Chinese and Western cultures is the most intense, and the colonial culture is still lingering.

In fact, in this context, Zhang Zhushan's family can keep the national quintessence of living together for public wealth, which is both puzzling and amazing.

In the early 1930s, Zhang Zhushan and his family went to Yangcheng to make a living, and the family lived in an old house on the first floor of Jiuquhang.

Zhang Zhushan is a weaver. The original source of life is that the family weaves straw mats, rattan mats, bamboo mats, vegetable baskets, rattan chairs, etc. in the open space of the rented house, and sells them to the grocery store.

The space is small, and even the beds are piled up with materials and products, which are moved down at night and vacated to sleep.

The Zhang family's knitted products are of high quality and sell well. The Zhang family accumulated a small amount of money and opened a Zhang Jinji, which is self-produced and sold, and the income is gradually increasing.

Soon, the Zhang family had their own residence and shop. Unfortunately, Zhang Zhushan became ill from overwork and died in 1936, when Yang Shou was only fifty-four years old.

The burden of life falls on the shoulders of his widow, Guo Geng, and his eldest son, Zhang Yujie.

Guo Geng became the backbone of the family. She summoned her son to instruct her: "Dad passed away, you brothers must be united. Only by uniting can you live, and you will not be bullied by outsiders."

At this time, the youngest son was ten years old. The four sons of the Zhang family have been knitting for their parents since they were three or four years old.

Later, Zhang Yujie recalled: "At that time, our brothers were dealing with rattan and silk every day, and our hands were full of blood blisters and calluses. My younger brother often burst into tears in pain."

Zhang Yujie was twenty-two years old when his father died. He is a very business-minded person, he knows that relying on handicrafts alone, he will not be able to develop.

Zhang Yujie took care of Zhang Kam Kee, and began to break through the rut of self-production and sales, selling all kinds of woven products and mountain goods.

The more the business is doing, the more prosperous it is, and the semicolon will be expanded immediately. In just two years of hard work, he earned more money than his father's life savings.

But things didn't go according to their wishes. In 1938, Yangcheng fell, and the Zhang family had to reluctantly abandon the property and flee to Hong Kong with their hard-earned 3,000 yuan.

At that time in the Pearl River Estuary, pirates often robbed rich families who fled the port. Just in case, the Zhang family bought a boat of horseshoes (water chestnuts) and buried the silver dollars underneath. The family dressed in rags and left Guangzhou in tears.

Frightened all the way, the boat arrived at the central port in Hong Kong, and the family breathed a sigh of relief.

Guo Geng couldn't help crying. She said to her son, "Blessed by the Buddha, the family is safe and sound. When we arrive in Hong Kong, brothers must be united. This is the territory of the ghosts."

People from Guangdong have fled to Hong Kong one after another. There is a shortage of auspicious houses in Hong Kong. The family finally found a place to live on Suhang Street in Sheung Wan.

In a place the size of a palm, it is obviously impossible to engage in the weaving industry.

Guo Geng and Zhang Yujie went to the stall separately. Guo Geng searched for two days to no avail, so he set up a street stall in the 30th Street in Central, selling small groceries.

Zhang Yujie searched for a full 5 days before he found a shop on Yongji Street and opened a Zhang Jinji foreign grocery store.

The other three sons of Guo Geng, the second eldest Zhang Yuqi went to college in the mainland. This is the unanimous main chapter of Zhang Zhushan and Guo Geng. The poor can only get ahead if they study; Study at King's College, a prestigious school in Hong Kong.

In December 1941, Hong Kong was occupied, and the family was in trouble.

Guo Geng took the risk and sold some smuggling goods from the smuggling boat, but was caught and thrown into a damp cell. A few days later, Guo Geng was released and did not dare to set up a stall any more, so he took his fourth son Zhang Yuliang and fled to Zhanjiang.

Guo Geng opened a small shop, and Zhang Wangliang helped his mother with the small shop chores.

In 1942, the war subsided a little, and the city of Yangcheng gradually prospered.

Zhang Yujie saw the horror and chill in Hong Kong, so he took his third brother back to Yangcheng to open Zhang Jinji.

At that time, Lisboa was still under Portuguese rule. It was a peaceful corner and became a refuge for refugees from the province and Hong Kong. It was very prosperous.

Zhang Yujie then set up a Zhang Jinji in Macau, headed by Zhang Yulin.

Guo Geng happily said: "People don't let their hearts go." Before he could finish the sentence, tears were already streaming down his face.

After Yangcheng and Hong Kong were recaptured, the Zhang family's career developed by leaps and bounds.

The Zhang family still retains stores in Yangcheng, Zhanjiang, and Macau, and uses Hong Kong as the liaison office and supply station. Zhang Yujie immediately buys and takes the delivery boat for any goods needed by each branch.

The second child, Zhang Yulin, works in the Yangcheng Construction Department. For the sake of the family business, he had to resign from public office and become the small owner of Zhang Jinji grocery store.

The Zhang family has successively opened Zhang Jinji Mountain Goods Store, Lilai Western Medicine Store, Zhuxing Foreign Store, Taihe Store, and so on. It has gradually shifted from retail to import and export trade.

The Zhang family got involved in the western medicine business, which brought the family business into a new realm.

The Zhang family was first involved in the western medicine business and did not think the business had a bright future.

The Zhang family's principle is that as long as their financial resources permit, they will not miss any business opportunities.

The Zhang family first opened a western medicine grocery store next to the old shop on Yongji Street in Hong Kong, and then opened a western medicine store in Yangcheng.

The clever Zhang Yujie discovered an interesting phenomenon when he was doing business. There were many merchants and sailors from Southeast Asia and the mainland who bought western medicine from the store.

Zhang Yujie thought that there was a huge shortage of western medicine in these places, and if they wholesaled western medicine, they would definitely make money.

Zhang Yujie actively contacted foreign merchants, and finally obtained the agency rights of Shandulian Western Medicine in the Far East, a British pharmaceutical company.

Zhang Yujie opened a European Coast Company at No. 21, Zhaolong Street, and imported a large number of Shandulian.

The original packaging of Shandulian has a net weight of 35 ounces. Zhangjia changed the packaging to 1 ounce per small bottle. The bottle is affixed with the money brand logo. Each bottle is 100 Hong Kong dollars, which is 3.5 times more profitable than the original packaging.

Shandulian is the raw material of deworming medicine. It is bought by pharmaceutical factories and drugstores to make Fujisan and flower tower sugar, which are very popular in the market. The money card mountain durian is in short supply.

The Zhang family was in full swing and carried out various activities. It has successively signed agency contracts with Chinese pharmaceutical companies such as Beautiful Country, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and imported a large number of new drugs such as PAS lung tablets and penicillin.

At that time, lung diseases such as tuberculosis were the diseases with the highest mortality rate in Asia. When everyone heard of "tuberculosis", doctors were helpless. The birth of new drugs was undoubtedly a blessing for lung disease patients.

Especially penicillin, its use is suitable for almost all inflammations.

Western medicine is one of the few special commodities subject to import and export duties by the Hong Kong government.

In order to reduce the tax, the European Coast Company approved the medicine to the family's Zhu Xingxing, and Zhu Xingxing then approved it to Zhang Kam Kee Western Pharmacy.

The medicines needed by other pharmaceutical companies also have to go to Zhuxinghang for wholesale.

Colleagues said that the Zhang family had ten abacuses in their hearts, and they sighed and cried.

In 1950, when the Korean War broke out, the Zhang family's western medicine business developed rapidly.

At that time, the West imposed an economic blockade on the mainland, and the mainland was already short of western medicine.

At present, the only source of medicine in the mainland is to rely on Hong Kong. The three years of the Korean War made the Zhang family rich.

In the early 1950s, due to the expansion of Hong Kong's population, housing prices and land prices soared.

The Zhang family believes that the real estate industry has great achievements, so they focus their investment on the real estate industry.

The original purchases were shop properties: No. 10, No. 9, Yongji Street, No. 9, Chiu Lung Street. Then purchased 8 MacDonnell Road as a family residence.

In addition, in cooperation with the Japanese to open the Dajiu department store, the Zhang family accounts for 49% of the equity.

Zhang Yujie was the leader of the family business, but unfortunately died of cancer in 1959 at the age of 45.

The second younger brother, Zhang Yuqi, died earlier. He was turned from a government technical official to a businessman, and soon he was able to take charge of himself alone. He could have made a great achievement, but died unexpectedly in 1952, at the age of 34.

Fortunately, at the time of Zhang Yujie's death, the family group company had already taken shape and the business had entered a prosperous state.

The old mother Guo Geng is still alive, the eldest grandson and the third son and the fourth son have learned the way of doing business after years of hard work.

Therefore, the Zhang family's business continues to expand with remarkable results.

Zhangjia Real Estate's big project is the construction of the Federal Building and the International Building towering in the Central District. The building is magnificent, proud of the mountains and swallows the sea, and it is no less than the central district where there are many high-rise buildings.

After that, Zhangjia's real estate investment was a big one, and these large-scale properties gathered together to form a cement forest.

Decades ago, the Zhang family, young and old, was still lying in a cramped hut, weaving rattan utensils with their hands and feet, and created a family business empire in the hands of a generation. In fact, this is not uncommon in Hong Kong, where the rich are born in large numbers.

In the subsequent family business, the fourth son Zhang Yuliang showed excellent business talent. Zhang Yuliang was in the fourth grade at King's College, and Hong Kong was occupied and forced to drop out of school, and fled to Zhanjiang with his mother to make a living.

Zhang Yuliang is the second of the four brothers to speak English. In the British colony of Hong Kong, knowing English is a major advantage in life. This advantage, coupled with his business potential, makes him able to have both advantages and disadvantages in the business world.

Zhang Yuliang is also an early successful use of backdoor listing techniques.

The so-called shell is the listing status of the stock market. Some listed companies have their assets actually hollowed out due to poor management and other reasons, leaving only the company framework, which is just an appearance, like an empty shell, so it is called a shell.

Although the shell has no meat, the shell's reputation still exists, so the shell is still valuable.

Zhang Yuliang took a fancy to a shell—Federal Real Estate Co., Ltd. founded by the British.

The company used to be rich, and today it is empty, but its former illustrious reputation is not lost.

Zhang Yuliang exchanged the first new building for 7.64 million shares of Federal Real Estate, and the building was renamed today's Federal Building.

Afterwards, the International Building was exchanged for shares in Federal Real Estate.

In this way, the Zhang family owns 77% of the shares of Federal Realty, and the board of directors of Federal Realty is solemnly led. Federal Realty became a subsidiary of the Zhang family.

In the 1970s, Zhang Yuliang exchanged a number of properties for the shares of Wheelock, a well-known British-owned group, and his shareholding accounted for 40% of the group.

The Zhang family can create a huge business empire, thanks to the right time and place.

When the weather is good, it is the business of western medicine and the windfall of "smuggling" in the Korean War; the geographical advantage is deeply rooted in the world's free ports with a loose economic environment;

When it comes to living together and sharing wealth, there are actually many families who have pursued it, but it is only an expedient measure. At the beginning of the business,

Wealth is weak, and we can only rely on the concerted efforts of the whole family.

Once wealthy and wealthy, they will be relatively independent, and the Eight Immortals will cross the sea and show their magical powers. Even if they are not relatively independent, the main members of the family have private money, eat and dress, socialize and socialize, and they are responsible for each other.

And like Li Zhiwen's family, Li Zhiwen's eldest brother Li Zhiwu moved out after getting married.

The Zhang family's cohabitation and common wealth are similar to the primitive egalitarianism of the ancient clan society. Family members do their best and spend equally.

The Zhang family has four bedrooms, all living at No. 8 MacDonnell Road, which was originally a two-story house, destroyed in a fire in 1952 and rebuilt into a five-story house. The buildings are allocated as follows:

The first floor: Ancestral Hall, a place where the family pays homage to their ancestors.

The second floor: Cui Xiuying, the widow of Zhang Yuqi in the second room, lives with her children and the children of Zhang Yuliang in the fourth room.

The third floor: Zhang Yujie and his concubine live in one room, Zhang Yujie's wife Li Suiyi and their children live in one room, Zhang Yuliang and his wife live in one room in four rooms, and Zhang Wanglin and his wife Tan Ailian live in two rooms in three rooms.

The fourth floor: the residence of Guo Geng, the widow of Zhang Zhushan, the late father, with additional guest rooms and study rooms.

Fifth floor: Buddhist hall, laundry room, etc.

When this mansion was at its peak, more than 30 family members lived there.

With such a high density, only the shabby houses of Shengdou Xiaomin are so crowded. It should be noted that the Zhang family is a real estate giant in Hong Kong, owning more than 20 high-rise buildings.

In addition, the Zhang family also has large properties in Australia and Macau. Almost every family member owns one!

This is called begging with a golden bowl and making a floor with an empty jade bed.

Naturally, the Zhang family would not leave the property empty. UU reading www.uukanshu. The purpose of the com Zhang family is: renting out for own use is worse than renting it out. If you save a dollar at home, you can get out of it when you go outside.

What is even more amazing is that the family members have no complaints about such crowding, and have no dissent to move out and live alone.

Within one door, the blessings are shared, and the difficulties are shared. One of the great benefits of cohabitation is that it enhances family cohesion.

There is no doubt that the Zhang family eats a big pot of rice. Except for business entertainment, family members never go out to eat.

The members of each room will never fight their teeth privately outside—even if they have the desire to improve their diet, they have no private money to pay.

Once, Zhang Yulin went back to his mother's house with his wife. At the dining table, Zhang Yulin was full of praise for the dishes and said, "Xiaozao is so delicious!" This made the people of her mother's family burst into laughter.

Among the wealthy families in Hong Kong, only the Zhang family knows the taste of big pot rice.

Needless to say, the advantages of cauldron rice can save the cost of helpers and create a harmonious atmosphere in the family.

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