Chapter 233
After Zhao Gangsheng pulled Boss Ou out of the restaurant, Zheng Jirong glanced at A Yi and others who were silent at the table.
He lit a cigarette and asked calmly: "Tell me, I don't know why the price increased twice."
Jimmy was the first to say after hearing this: "Actually, I have told Brother Rong about the price increase, and you have already signed the documents."
After hearing this, Zheng Jirong asked strangely: "Why didn't I know I signed it?"
"cough"
After hearing this, Jimmy glanced at Ruan Mei next to Zheng Jirong, then coughed twice and replied: "Brother Rong, because you have less time to come to the group, many of the backlogged documents are handled by your secretary. Your secretary was Ajuan when the price was raised for the first time, and Wenci was the secretary for the second time not long ago.”
"But one thing is certain, they must have shown you these contract documents and signed them yourself. Without your signature, we can't make the decision to increase the price."
After listening to Jimmy's explanation, Zheng Jirong recalled in his mind that there seemed to be these two things, and the reason for his signature was also very simple.
Zheng Jirong has a habit when working at work. He will basically not hesitate to consider things that Jimmy has approved for too long. He will not even look at the content of the document carefully and just sign his name directly. Instead, it is a project contract that he has not approved. Zheng Jirong Will check again and again many times.
He trusted Jimmy's business acumen, but only half-heartedly.
Now that he had figured out the signature issue, before the food was served, he asked, "What's the reason for the price increase?"
Jimmy explained: "Actually, the reason is very simple. The Hong Kong dollar has depreciated due to this year's immigration wave."
A few minutes later, when Jimmy finished speaking, Zheng Jirong also understood.
The immigration wave in the past two years has caused all the people in Hong Kong to want to exchange Hong Kong dollars into US dollars. As a result, the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate has continued to fall. In just five days, the exchange rate fell from 9.3 to 9.6. Such a crazy depreciation made many people think that Hong Kong Island was finished. Well, the Hong Kong dollar is also finished.
In order to prevent their money from evaporating due to the depreciation of the Hong Kong dollar, citizens have withdrawn their bank deposits and used them either to buy hard currencies such as gold and US dollars, or to purchase expensive goods such as home appliances and cars.
When citizens were withdrawing their deposits in unison, there were even spectacular scenes of long lines of people queuing up in front of some banks. Immediately afterwards, rumors began to spread about a certain bank being "run". Combined with the recent collapse of many gold banks, Many banks on Hong Kong Island have experienced a credibility crisis, resulting in more and more people going to banks to withdraw money.
Finally, Hang Lung Bank was the first to be unable to hold on. The Hong Kong government had to take over the bank urgently and made promises to appease the public, which finally suppressed the run.
But this has also led to currency depreciation and soaring prices in Hong Kong Island. In order to operate normally, Huasheng Property had to raise prices twice within a few months.
In fact, what Zheng Jirong and Jimmy didn't know was that the chaos in Hong Kong Island in history was largely caused by the ROK itself. In order to prove that Hong Kong Island would collapse as soon as it was left under the management of the ROK people, and then move northward in turn. With pressure from all sides, the private media were the first to spread negative news and cause panic among citizens.
As a result, the northern side ignored it at all, and now the trouble has reached a point where the Japanese side cannot get out of power.
But in the end it is the ordinary citizens living in this area who suffer.
But after listening to Jimmy's words, Zheng Jirong didn't care about these. All he cared about was whether he could make profits from it.
Although he does not know the specific rise and fall trend of the Hong Kong dollar, Zheng Jirong believes that the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar will definitely rise back in a short period of time.
The idea of making money came to his mind. Currently, the company with the most liquidity in his hands is [Asia Star]. There is no problem in spending hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in a short time. Moreover, the gambling boat has just returned from overseas. Almost all of his cash is US dollars and other foreign currencies. With the current exchange rate of 9.6, as long as he converts it into Hong Kong dollars and deposits it in the bank, and waits for the Hong Kong government to force a constant exchange rate, he can make a lot of money!
Thinking of this, Zheng Jirong was in a good mood. He had to discuss the specific operation with Mrs. Li. After all, half of the money on the gambling boat belonged to her.
Suppressing his inner emotions, he nodded expressionlessly and said, "Jimmy, you said it in great detail. I understand the reason for the price increase, but is nine dollars per foot too much?"
Jimmy replied: "It is indeed several times higher than usual, but if you count purchasing power, it is actually not much different."
"Um"
After Zheng Jirong thought for a while, he said to him: "Let's do this. I guess the government will stabilize the exchange rate soon. After the Hong Kong dollar appreciates, you can sign contracts with the merchants again. This time the price will be more fair."
"Appreciation?" Jimmy looked at Zheng Jirong in surprise. Now almost all Hong Kong citizens believe that the Hong Kong dollar system is about to collapse, but out of trust in Brother Rong, he still nodded and said: "I understand."
After talking about the price increase, Zheng Jirong then looked coldly at A Yi, who said nothing, and asked calmly: "Did you rob the gold bank that you gave to your sister-in-law just like this?"
"No!"
Ayi immediately denied: "Zhou Zuo and I pooled together the money to buy Jinhang through formal procedures."
Zheng Jirong glared at him when he heard this, pointed at Ah Yi and scolded: "What did I tell you before? Even if you make a little less money, don't ruin your reputation!"
"What we are doing is not a business, it is a career!"
"Have you heard how others are scolding you now? You are a beast among beasts!"
"I'm telling you, don't think about spending the New Year with your mother at home these days. Instead, go door-to-door with gifts and apologize to merchants!"
"Did you hear that?"
"I heard it!" Ayi quickly nodded in agreement.
Zheng Jirong sighed secretly as he looked at A Yi's left hand who felt sorry for him and the Twelve Young Masters Tie Dan and others who were looking at them with gloating eyes.
After all, they are still social at heart. When encountering some difficult things, their first reaction is always to rely on force to solve them, instead of thinking about sitting down with others and discussing them.
Of course, Zheng Jirong actually has no qualifications to criticize A Yi and the others. After all, his current status was achieved through force.
After holding up the tea cup and taking a sip, Zheng Jirong calmed down a little, but when he saw Tie Dan laughing at A Yi, his anger suddenly rose again.
"Smile, smile, laugh! You're laughing your ass off!"
Zheng Jirong smashed the tea cup directly at Tiedan, pointed at him and asked: "I saved you some face in front of those outsiders and didn't bother to talk to you, but don't think that I just forgot about you!"
"What's going on with that invoice?! You think other store managers are easy to bully, don't you think? How dare you pay for something worth millions of dollars on credit?!"
"How many times have I told you not to bully the bully! Have you ever listened to what I said?"
Tie Dan, who was splashed with tea, said in a panic: "No, boss, you really misunderstood me. What I thought was that if you are not satisfied with Brother Rong, I can just return it without spending a penny. But If you pay, there will be a handling fee for returning the product, so I gave it on credit to save some money!"
"you"
Zheng Jirong pointed at Tie Dan for a long time, and then said something between his teeth, "What you bastard said really makes sense."
"But let me tell you, if I see you doing these buy-now-pay-later things in the future, stop being the leader of Mong Kok and become the leader of the pond!"
"oh"
A New Year's dinner that was originally a harmonious atmosphere became a little quiet because of this incident. Except for Amei, Grandma and Xinxin, everyone in the private room sat upright and looked at the tableware in front of them.
At this time, the private room door rang, and a series of waiters came in holding various dishes in their hands.
Ou Zhaofeng, who came in with them, smiled and pointed to several special dishes and introduced: "[Baked Carp Noodles], [Crystal Sweet and Sour Pork], [Yellow Croaker in Soup], [Strengthening the Mountains and Rivers], [One Palm of the Universe], [Golden Pork]" Jing Huo Nao]."
Except for the first few dishes, which can be guessed by their names, it is impossible to guess the ingredients of other dishes just by listening to their names.
After seeing Zheng Jirong's doubts, Ou Zhaofeng picked up a piece from one of the dishes and put it in his bowl. "Sir, why don't you try it first to see if it tastes good?"
Zheng Jirong nodded and put the dish into his mouth with chopsticks. The moment he took a bite, his eyes widened and his face was full of surprise.
"good!"
"As expected of [Manhanlou], it can make an ordinary piece of tofu so delicious!"
"Hahaha", Ou Zhaofeng said with a happy smile: "As long as you are satisfied, sir, I hope to visit the store more often when I have time in the future."
"Don't worry," Zheng Jirong assured, pointing to the dishes on the table: "Just because of your restaurant's craftsmanship, I think we will become familiar with each other soon."
"Haha, that's good, that's good."
After Ou Zhaofeng led a group of waiters out, Zheng Jirong raised his chopsticks and looked at everyone, "Okay, stop grimacing and eat first. This is the first time I have seen a restaurant with such superb craftsmanship."
Hearing this, everyone picked up their chopsticks and tasted it. Tiedan looked at the baked carp noodles in front of him and said unhappily: "Brother Rong, the boss should put chopped green onions in the noodles."
"Just let it go. He said so many bad things about us. He has already given me face by not spitting."
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After they had had enough wine and food, Zheng Jirong sent someone to send them all back home. After the two boys, Ayi and Tiedan, knew that they had done something wrong, they both drank and apologized in front of him with red eyes, making themselves want to be punished heavily. For a moment, both Zheng Jirong couldn't bear to speak.
So I had to let them punish themselves with three cups this time to see the effects.
As for Zheng Jirong, he now wants to take Ruan Mei to someone else's house to pay New Year's greetings.
Repulse Bay No. 6.
Zheng Jirong's Rolls-Royce drove in from the gate of Tang Zhudi's house. On both sides of the road were neatly trimmed pine trees, standing like two rows of guards, giving people a sense of solemnity.
When you first enter, you will feel like a wealthy person.
Under the guidance of the housekeeper, the car stopped around a rockery fountain. After getting out of the car, Ruan Mei secretly looked at the surrounding environment and whispered: "Brother Rong, Sister Judy's house is so big!"
Zheng Jirong smiled and said, "I also have a villa here, but it's too far away from Kowloon. If you like it, I can stay with you for two days."
"Why do you have a house here?" Ruan Mei frowned in confusion.
Zheng Jirong explained: "The property market has fallen recently. If you have money, of course you have to buy more. Oh, don't talk about it yet, Judy is out."
On the high steps in front of the two of them, Judy Tang, wearing a bright red tight-fitting dress and a white shawl as a coat, walked down the steps quickly in surprise.
After she walked up to them, Zheng Jirong saw Tang Zhudi open his arms enthusiastically, shook his head helplessly, and was about to open his arms to hug him, but found that this guy actually ignored him and hugged her tightly. He hugged Ruan Mei who was beside him.
"you"