Chapter 246: 240 Boss Li: This Guan Zu is too weird!

Tse Wai-ho looked at the report card,

"35th in the whole grade?"

His eyes lit up, and he happily patted his younger brother's shoulder.

"Not bad, little brother, you did very well this time!"

"As expected of my little brother!"

Then Tse Wai-ho couldn't help but look at his sister: "Little sister, the family economy is a bit better now, you should repeat the grade in September, only by studying will there be a way out."

The sister's studies were okay before, but it was because of his own reasons that she had to drop out of school to earn money to support the family.

Now that he was working and earning money, plus his father, it was enough to support this family, so the sister should naturally return to school.

Father nodded after hearing Tse Wai-ho's words: "Right, daughter, you should also repeat the grade."

Seeing his younger son's studies improve, he was also happy, and also hoped his daughter would study too.

Everything was getting better.

Thank you Brother Zu.

……

At this time,

Parents of elementary and middle schools under the Five-Star Education Group in Wong Tai Sin and Jiulongcheng received the report cards sent by Five-Star Property employees one after another.

Some cheered, some were happy, some drank until they were dead drunk...

Their hearts were all grateful to the Five-Star Education Group that brought changes, grateful to the principal, grateful to Mr. Guan.

When they saw the news report about boycotting Boss Li in ATV news, they also thought:

"We must also support Brother Zu!"

"Boycott ParknShop! Boycott Wellcome!"

Soon, this trend blew bigger and bigger in Wong Tai Sin and Jiulongcheng as the monthly exam ended.

……

On Guan Zu's side,

Following the end of the monthly exam, new rewards came.

"Your Five-Star Education Group has significantly improved the grades of its students in this monthly exam..."

"Your behavior has gained the loyal gratitude of the vast number of student parents!"

"You have received the following rewards:"

"Reward 1: Wan Chai District support rate +2% (Total 45%)"

"Reward 3: Central and Western District support rate +2% (Total 25%)"

"Reward 2: Kowloon Central (Wong Tai Sin, Jiulongcheng) support rate +2% (Total 22%)"

Knock knock knock~~~

At this time, Gao Jin knocked on the door of Guan Zu's office.

"Come in."

"Brother Zu, the mortuary of Mingxin Hospital you asked me to check, I found a deceased person to go in, and took the opportunity to touch their roster, it is indeed as you said, Brother Zu, there are a few mortuary cabinets registered as empty."

Last week, Guan Zu started preparing to deal with Mingxin Hospital. Although he knew that the mortuary cabinets J1-J4 in the mortuary were connected together and transformed into the entrance of an arms depot.

But!

Guan Zu didn't dare to take the risk to bet on whether he remembered correctly.

So, he sent Gao Jin over, and then took the opportunity to enter the mortuary while sending a corpse of a deceased person from Causeway Bay.

Inside the mortuary, there were several people guarding, all Johnny Wang's people, and all the procedures for moving corpses were done by them.

Ordinary people naturally couldn't get in.

So he needed someone like Gao Jin who had a certain reputation in Wan Chai to go over, and then use the excuse of "I want to send my friend on his last journey" or "I want to choose a feng shui treasure cabinet for my friend" to contact the ledger for entry and storage.

And now, Gao Jin had handled it.

"What is the serial number?"

"J1-J4."

"Good!"

It seems it hadn't changed.

Guan Zu said to Gao Jin: "Don't worry about it next, wait for a period of time, let them relax their vigilance, then I'll let the police take action."

At least half a month or a month.

Guan Zu: "By the way, how are 'Once Upon a Time in China', 'Fight Back to School', and 'Infernal Affairs' filming?"

Gao Jin said: "'Once Upon a Time in China' has finished filming, and is currently being edited and scored, Mr. Wong Jim has been invited. 'Fight Back to School' is still filming, but it can be finished by the end of this month. 'Infernal Affairs' is currently too busy for Ah Yan, so it's temporarily not being filmed."

Guan Zu: "In other words, 'Once Upon a Time in China' and 'Fight Back to School' can be released in June and July?"

Gao Jin nodded: "Yes."

Guan Zu thought for a while, there was flooding in June and July, and from late May, mid-June, to early July, there were three large-scale plum rainstorms, lasting for 56 days.

But it wasn't until July 11 that the country started to seek international rescue after experiencing long-term flood fighting and rescue.

If Guan Zu remembered correctly, on the Hong Kong side, entertainment industry figures filmed the movie "The Banquet", and held a large-scale concert "Forget Me" at the Happy Valley Racecourse to raise funds for flood victims. The whole of Hong Kong then set off a wave of donations to help the East China flood. In just ten days, the total amount of disaster relief funds raised in Hong Kong reached over 470 million Hong Kong dollars.

Guan Zu naturally wanted to contribute.

"'Once Upon a Time in China' will be arranged for release in July, and then 'Fight Back to School' will be arranged for release in August."

Guan Zu prepared to use two movies, in the form of box office, to raise charity funds from all over Hong Kong.

Moreover, it just happened to be logical to push Gao Jin, the boss of this film company, to the front desk and let him get some exposure.

Now Chan Wing-yan and So Kin-chau's exposure rates were very high, and their reputation in the education sector was very high, enough to cope with the direct election qualification in September.

Gao Qiu was responsible for the Five-Star Charity Foundation, and occasionally got exposure recently, so he could be considered a celebrity.

Gao Qiu: Didn't expect that I, a gangster, could also be a celebrity! Hehe~~~

Chan Wing-yan, So Kin-chau, Gao Qiu... the exposure rates of these three were not bad.

Only Gao Jin and Ah Wah were not.

However, later, Guan Zu prepared to let Gao Jin use the movie to raise charity funds to increase exposure.

Guan Zu didn't care about the box office of the movies at all!

And Ah Wah would use the name of Five-Star Property to raise charity funds in the three areas of Kowloon Central (Wong Tai Sin, Jiulongcheng), Central and Western District, and Wan Chai District, which was enough to brush up his reputation.

By then, plus Guan Zu, they would have 6 people to compete for the 6 direct election seats in the three districts.

The plan, perfect!

If they could continue to intervene in more districts, they could also push Tan Meili and Leung Siu-yau to become legislative councilors.

What ICAC commissioner, what police undercover, once they come, don't even think about running!

Isn't being a legislative councilor more refreshing than being your undercover?

As for Wu Ying...

With his smooth brain, being a legislative councilor is a disaster, not a blessing.

Wu Ying: "..." Well scolded!

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Cheung Kong Group.

Boss Li's office.

"Currently, the general managers of ParknShop and Wellcome in Wong Tai Sin and Jiulongcheng have all reported that the supermarket's customer flow has decreased, only half of the usual."

The secretary reported to Boss Li.

Boss Li's brows were tightly furrowed: "Is the customer flow in Central and Western District and Wan Chai supermarkets also the same situation?"

Secretary nodded: "Yes. It wasn't very obvious yesterday, but today the customer flow has decreased significantly. And people in the supermarkets below are reacting that other supermarkets are taking the opportunity to solicit customers."

Boss Li took a deep breath,

"It seems I still underestimated Guan Zu!"

He knew that Guan Zu had companies in Wong Tai Sin and Jiulongcheng, and also had companies in Wan Chai and Central and Western District. Now it seems that as long as there is a place where Guan Zu's company is, the impact on local citizens is very large.

He had never regarded Guan Zu as an opponent, because Guan Zu was too weak, just like shorting his stocks, Boss Li still had the ability to pull the stock price back up. At most, it was letting Guan Zu make some money.

But now, he found that Guan Zu played by different rules than him, and could influence supermarket customers.

If Guan Zu were to run a supermarket, wouldn't that be terrible?

And the survival space of his ParknShop, Wellcome, 7-Eleven, and Watsons?

The only good news was that Guan Zu currently wasn't doing supermarkets.

Boss Li looked at his watch, it was already 18:55.

"Help me turn on the TV." "Okay."

His office was always equipped with a TV, allowing him to watch news and understand some policy news.

Soon 19:00 arrived.

ATV news broadcast on time.

"Dear citizens, good evening..."

"Today, the Hang Seng Index continued to rise... However, the stock of Hutchison Whampoa Group was still affected by the boycott storm, continuing to fall, falling 10% in one day today..."

"Besides Causeway Bay, ParknShop and Wellcome supermarkets in Wong Tai Sin, Jiulongcheng, and Central and Western District have also been boycotted to varying degrees, and the customer flow has decreased significantly..."

"Our reporter came to Wong Tai Sin and interviewed local neighbors..."

"(Neighbor footage) Mr. Guan has taken good care of us neighbors, my neighbor had a car accident, and the next day, the third day, Mr. Guan's charity foundation sent people over."

"Of course I support Mr. Guan, my grandson's grades were good this time, thanks to Mr. Guan's education group..."

!.

"Mr. Guan's Five-Star Property company is a very good company, Mr. Guan is a very good person, I support him, boycott Boss Li's supermarket..."

Boss Li looked at the news, his face becoming more and more gloomy.

The secretary was on the side, not daring to speak.

Then Boss Li watched and watched, and suddenly a thought popped up: "Isn't it just doing good deeds? I also have a charity foundation!"

"I can also let the foundation do good deeds and get a reputation!"

"Guan Zu can, why can't I?"

Do it if you want!

Execution power is off the charts!

Boss Li instructed the secretary to call people from the foundation under his banner.

30 minutes later,

The person in charge of the Li Foundation, Jack Li, rushed over hurriedly. He was a bit confused because he was eating and happy with friends from the Monetary Authority, and as a result, Boss Li made a call and asked him to come over immediately.

No, I'm happy, and you called me over?

It is worth mentioning that the Li Foundation did not add the two words "charity". This was Boss Li's requirement. According to Boss Li, the foundation is 100% doing charity, helping people in need, but he doesn't like to use the word charity for the foundation.

Boss Li also stated that no matter if it's his family members or directors, they cannot take a single cent from the foundation, the foundation is 100% for donations.

This is a very positive energy foundation.

The construction of Shantou University, the University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University all had its contribution, a big one.

"Boss!" The person in charge of the foundation, Jack Li, entered the office and said respectfully.

"You should have watched the news about Guan Zu recently, right?" Boss Li said.

"Watched, this person is simply too arrogant!" Jack Li said with righteous indignation, expressing his attitude of supporting the boss to the fullest.

"I want you to do one thing!"

"Boss, please instruct."

"Find out Guan Zu's model of doing charity, and then make a similar charity plan, three days, you report to me."

Jack Li: "…………"

Headache.

Busy again.

Forget it, anyway, the ones busy are the people below, I just need to report.

"Okay, Boss!!"

After Jack Li left, Boss Li finally looked a bit better.

You Guan Zu doesn't have a good mass base?

I will walk your path, so you have no path to walk!

Guan Zu:??

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And at this time,

Mr. Chu of China Resources Vanguard was also watching the news, also watching ATV news.

Looking at the news, so many interviewed citizens supporting Guan Zu, made Mr. Chu couldn't help but mutter.

"This Mr. Guan is actually so popular..."

"Incredible!"

"Causeway Bay is one thing, after all, he has operated there for so long. But Wong Tai Sin, how long has it been, and he has such a solid mass base."

"And looking at it, Wan Chai, Central and Western District, it's about the same..."

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration, an idea sprouted — partner with Guan Zu to open a supermarket!

The current China Resources is not what it used to be, before it was state-coordinated, but now the higher-ups have released news that they want to self-operate, with strong autonomy, but self-responsible for profits and losses.

He also has some pressure.

Since Guan Zu's popularity is so high, they can completely cooperate.

China Resources has its own supply channels, connecting to mainland suppliers, while Guan Zu has a mass base, simply natural allies.

However, he couldn't be in a hurry yet.

"Come here!"

The secretary walked in quickly.

"Go and collect detailed information about Guan Zu, mainly regarding good deeds. Collect others too... three days, report to me."

"Okay, I'll go do it immediately."

……

……

For the next 3 days,

Boss Li hadn't appeared much.

In the stock market, Hutchison Whampoa kept falling, and Boss Li took the opportunity to buy back many stocks. What he lost was stocks, but stocks are not real losses. The only thing that was uncomfortable was being shorted by Guan Zu and making money.

And in terms of supermarkets, Causeway Bay neighbors were still boycotting ParknShop, and China Resources, relying on mainland supply channels, had cheap prices, directly letting neighbors taste the sweetness, pulling 80% of ParknShop's customers to China Resources.

AEON also ate some of ParknShop's customers, but because the distance of 4 kilometers was a bit far, it couldn't compare to China Resources, which was only a few hundred meters away.

Boss Li had already realized something was wrong, if this continued, goods would be backlogged, cash flow would break, and his losses would be even greater.

So, Boss Li simply engaged in a 20% off discount for the whole store, compressing profits to just a little bit.

As a result...

The neighbors didn't care at all.

ParknShop continued to be deserted, customers ≈ 0.

Boss Li didn't believe in evil, 30% off discount, profits were compressed to 0!

As a result...

The neighbors continued to ignore it!

Boss Li: "????"

What's going on?

Decades of business experience, completely unable to understand the point in front of him.

On the fourth day,

Boss Li simply engaged in a 40% off discount, selling at a loss, hoping to pull customers back first.

As a result...

The neighbors still didn't go!

Boss Li was a bit numb.

No, I'm giving a 40% off discount!

40% off!

And you guys don't come?

Is it too weird?

Now, Boss Li, who had always been calm and steady, started to sweat.

At this time, on the China Resources supermarket side, it was extremely lively, with people mountain and people sea.

China Resources directly engaged in price reduction promotions, small profits but quick turnover, attracting customers and cultivating customer habits.

The neighbors expressed: "Family members, who understands, found that the prices here are cheaper than ParknShop's 40% off..."

"Can't go back, can't go back at all!"