Chapter 1265 New Year's Eve Banquet!

January 26, 1990.

New Year's Eve.

Yang Ming just got up and saw the servants of the Yang family villa were busy.

Lin Dezhong, Yang Jirong and his wife, Azhu and others were directing those people to work.

It can be said that today is the most lively day in the Yang family.

Because according to tradition, a grand New Year's Eve banquet will be held here today. The number of participants has increased from hundreds to nearly a thousand people now. These people are all well-known elites in Hong Kong.

For these, Lin Dezhong and others have already managed them.

Yang Ming walked in front, and Guan Jiahui, Zhong Chuhong, and Lan Jieying followed behind.

"Today is New Year's Eve, do you want to go back to accompany your family?"

In addition to her parents, Guan Jiahui also has a younger brother. Now her parents have a good relationship and live in a villa in Clearwater Bay.

And Zhong Chuhong also has parents, two younger sisters, and a younger brother.

Among them, Zhong Chuhong's parents have long stopped doing those clothing business. One of her two younger sisters married someone from a relatively wealthy family in Hong Kong, and the other has a boyfriend. Her younger brother went to study abroad.

At this time, Zhong Chuhong's younger brother was the most promising person in the Zhong family.

Lan Jieying's family was more complicated. She had a pair of brothers and sisters. The elder sister was called Lan Jieqing. In addition, she had two half-brothers and a sister.

However, her father loved her the most.

When Lan Jieying quit the entertainment industry and went to work in the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa, her parents were opposed at first. After all, the Yang family was the richest family in Hong Kong, and they were afraid that there were many rules and their daughter would not be able to adapt to working there.

Looking at these three women, although they were nominally maids of the Yang family, everyone else knew the identities of these three people.

"Sir, I plan to go back tomorrow." Zhong Chuhong said.

"Then it's okay to go back tomorrow."

. . .

After Yang Ming finished breakfast, he went back to the study upstairs.

At noon, he had a simple lunch.

In the afternoon, the invited guests came one after another.

Those who came earlier included the general manager of Empire Group, Mai Lisi, and his wife, the general manager of Zada ​​Bank, Ma Shimin, and his wife, the general manager of Huifeng Bank, Shen Yi, and his wife, and the general manager of Hong Kong First Shipping Group, Li Caixin, and his wife.

In addition, there are the current deputy general manager of Empire Group, Huo Jianning, and his wife, the executive president of Hong Kong United Stock Exchange, Xu Qingsheng, and his wife, Yuan Tianfan, who is in charge of Silicon Valley Venture Capital Fund, and Li Huimin, who works in Hong Kong Science Park.

Now many people in Empire Group know that Yuan Tianfan and Li Huimin have been in love for a long time, but now both of them are working first, but they are not young anymore.

When Yang Ming saw the two people appear, he smiled and asked: "Tianfan, Huimin, you are not young anymore, when are you going to get married?"

"Boss, I'm here."

Yuan Tianfan is in Silicon Valley, and Li Huimin is in Hong Kong.

The two are separated and usually don't see each other once a year.

If the two want to get married, either Yuan Tianfan will be transferred back to Hong Kong, or Li Huimin will be transferred to Silicon Valley.

Being separated for a long time, even if they get married, I am afraid that this kind of marriage will not last long.

Of course, the two of them came out of the secretariat and have been dating for so many years, and their feelings are already deep.

"Do you think about whether to come back first?"

In fact, Yuan Tianfan has done well in Silicon Valley in recent years. For example, the current supercomputer software company, Oracle, Golden Gate Technology, and BlackBerry have successfully listed in Hong Kong and New York. Although Yang Ming played a major role in this, Yuan Tianfan also played a significant role.

However, his contribution is not enough to enter the cabinet for the time being.

If he wants to come back, Yang Ming can transfer him to any Chinese bank in Hong Kong as general manager.

"Boss, let me think about it first."

When others heard this, they looked at Yuan Tianfan and Li Huimin with some envy.

These two people came from the secretariat of the Empire Group and are local Chinese elites in Hong Kong. Although neither of them has entered the cabinet, they will sooner or later, judging from the importance that Sir Yang attaches to them.

When the Governor of the Governor's Office, Zhong Yijie and his wife, came, Yang Ming, Shen Yi and others went to greet them in person.

There are also the family of the Chief Secretary, David Wei, and his wife, the Financial Secretary, and his wife, etc. These white elites in the Governor's Office have come here one after another.

Now there are thousands of people here one after another.

It can be said that these people basically control all aspects of Hong Kong now.

18:00 in the evening.

In the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa, in addition to the hanging lanterns, the Spring Festival atmosphere is very strong. Now these guests are about to attend the New Year's Eve banquet tonight.

Among them, one table is mainly for women.

Including Sarah, Diana, Teresa Teresa, Cherie Chung, Kwan Ka Wai, Anita Mui, Josie Ho, Alina, Yingla and others.

Li Fuzhen from the Korean Sam Hsing Group was invited to attend the New Year's Eve banquet here for the first time.

At Dongfang University, she enrolled under a pseudonym, so other people didn't know her identity. In addition, she was in Goryeo and usually attended an aristocratic school, so outsiders didn't know her identity either.

Now here, although she was at the same table with Diana and others, they actually didn't know Li Fuzhen's identity very well.

However, from the perspective of Li Fuzhen's dress and temperament, she was really not bad.

"Miss, why haven't I seen you before?" Diana asked.

Now Diana can speak Cantonese and Mandarin, and she is quite fluent.

Beside them, Zhong Chuhong, He Chaoxue and others all knew Li Fuzhen's identity.

Then Zhong Chuhong whispered the other party's identity beside Sarah, and Sarah immediately understood.

This Miss Li Fuzhen's identity is really not simple.

"Miss Sarah, I'm still studying now."

. . .

The New Year's Eve banquet started at 18:00 in the evening and lasted until 21:00 in the evening.

Then a grand fireworks show was held in the square of the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

This fireworks show not only surprised the VIPs here, but also surprised Li Fuzhen and others who saw it for the first time.

This is too lively.

And not far away in Deep Water Bay.

Li's Mid-Levels Villa.

On New Year's Day, Mrs. Li left, and the Li and Zhuang families handled Mrs. Li's funeral affairs in a low-key manner, leaving only Li Jiacheng and his two sons here.

However, since their mother left, the two sons have a lot of opinions about their father.

So that now this spacious villa suddenly feels deserted without Mrs. Li.

Li Jiacheng just ate there silently.

The two sons did not say anything.

Li Jiacheng could only sigh, looking at the two sons helplessly and said: "I am also very sad that your mother left. Now the New Year's Eve dinner is not a New Year's Eve dinner. After dinner, I will have someone send you to your grandfather's place."

Li Jiacheng was talking about the Zhuang family.

The Zhuang family was very lively.

Although the Zhuang family had a lot of opinions about Zhuang Yueming's sudden departure from this world and Li Jiacheng, these two children were Zhuang Yueming's flesh and blood after all.

At this time, the fireworks show at the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa not far away began. The fireworks over there bloomed, and the sky above the entire Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay was lit up.

This sight brought the atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

The two may have thought of their mother who had New Year's Eve dinner together last year, and they felt even more uncomfortable.

Of course, now both of them are in their twenties.

Among them, the eldest son officially joined the Changkang Group five years ago, that is, in 1985, and started from the grassroots. He was arranged to work in the office of Cheung Kong Industries in the Bank of China in Central at that time, and followed his father and uncles to learn the way of business.

Last year, in 1989, he became the executive director of Changjiang Industrial Group.

The second son had just returned to Hong Kong from abroad, and was even more sad about his mother's sudden departure.

In history, Li Jiacheng still arranged for the other party to work at Hutchison Whampoa. However, now that Li Jiacheng does not have Hutchison Whampoa, he can only see whether the second son wants to join Changjiang Industrial Group or start his own business.

The two brothers were eating there, silent.

There were a lot of gossip news from the outside world, and in fact, they didn't know who to believe.

However, the eldest son was still very clear about some things.

"Father, I'll stay at home with you." The eldest son looked at his father and said.

As for the second son, he didn't finish dinner, went to burn incense for his mother, and then left here immediately.

As for where to go, Li Jiacheng couldn't control it.

Watching the second son leave, Li Jiacheng sighed.

And in the Bao family villa not far away.

This year's Bao family villa is also a little different from previous years.

In addition to Mr. Bao's own condition, Mr. Bao himself is very clear.

In addition, affected by the failure of the third son-in-law Watari Shinichiro's investment in Toyo, this year's New Year's Eve dinner here, although the family members are all present, is indeed not lively.

When the fireworks started to be set off in the villa on the hillside of Repulse Bay, Mr. Bao's grandchildren all ran out to watch.

"Ichiro, come to the study to see me after dinner."

"Yes, father."

Wait until the reunion dinner at Mr. Bao's house is over.

Watari Shinichiro came to his father-in-law's study.

Bao Yugang was looking at many old photos there.

It can be said that since he started his business investment, except for the failure of abandoning the boat and landing, he has never failed. Of course, the total carrying capacity of the First Shipping Group under the Empire Group is now close to that of the Global Group and the Asian Shipping Group.

In Bao Yugang's view, this is inevitable.

However, what he didn't expect the most was that his third son-in-law's investment in the past few years was equivalent to losing a quarter of his original property.

"Have those properties been sold?"

"Father, I have sold them at a 70% discount, and no one is willing to buy them."

"It's too late. If you had listened to me at the beginning of last year, things wouldn't be like this now."

He originally thought that Watari Shinichiro's family was also a wealthy family in Japan, and he thought that the other party could run a good business in Japan by giving all the assets of the Bao family in Japan to them.

Who would have thought that it would be like this now.

"You should go back to Hong Kong." (End of this chapter)