Chapter 580: The Toyota Coaster

After the Toyota Coaster left the airport, it entered the Kai Tak Tunnel and headed toward Tsim Sha Tsui.

Soon, it arrived at The Peninsula Hotel.

"Wow, it's quite luxurious."

"Are we staying here tonight?"

The group got off the bus and entered The Peninsula Hotel to check in.

They checked into luxury suites, two people to a room.

The glass windows of the rooms faced Weiduoliyagang, offering a distant view of Wan Chai, Admiralty, and Central across the water...

The most prosperous area of Hong Kong Island was fully in view.

Zhu Shimao: "It's truly prosperous~~"

Chen Peisi: "There are so many high-rise buildings."

The tour leader: "Tomorrow, I will take you to report to ATV, and then take you to tour Hong Kong Island for a day."

"Tomorrow night, I'll take you to attend the Five Star Group's year-end banquet."

Zhu Shimao asked curiously: "What is a year-end banquet?"

The tour leader: "It means that after the company's year ends, all employees eat together. This year, the Five Star Group has booked the Jumbo Kingdom. It's a floating restaurant with three ships that can accommodate over 2,000 people. You can attend their year-end banquet then."

"However, the Five Star Group is too large, with tens of thousands of people, so only employees who win a lottery can go. We happened to arrive at the right time, so the Five Star Group's boss, Mr. Guan, added us to the list."

Chen Peisi asked curiously: "What is the Five Star Group anyway?"

They had talked about it on the road, but not in detail, and since it was clearly ATV, what did it have to do with the Five Star Group?

The tour leader explained: "The Five Star Group is ATV's parent company. This company is very large, covers a wide range, and has a good reputation. I estimate it's the most powerful company in Hong Kong Island right now..."

He didn't know how to explain how powerful Five Star was, so he decided to let them find out for themselves slowly.

"During the flood the year before last, they donated the most in all of Hong Kong."

Hearing this, the members of the performing arts troupe were suddenly filled with respect.

Soon,

The waiter delivered late-night snacks, and the troupe finished eating, then showered and went to sleep.

Before sleeping,

In Chen Peisi's room,

Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Chen Peisi said with some worry: "Old Zhu, do you think they can understand the Mandarin we speak? What if they don't understand?"

Zhu Shimao: "I don't know, but no matter what, we must give our best performance."

Chen Peisi: "Shouldn't we rehearse more? Otherwise, if we make a fool of ourselves on stage, we'll lose face."

Zhu Shimao: "Okay."

Coming to Hong Kong Island for the first time, the two were full of anxiety about the unknown.

At this time,

Downstairs, another group of people also arrived at The Peninsula Hotel.

It was the Cantonese crosstalk group led by Huang Junying.

He was a famous, household-name "star" in Guangdong Province and a pioneer of Cantonese crosstalk.

His Cantonese crosstalk was very impressive and very popular among the people of South China.

This time, he was also sent over by Guangdong Province, and it was even arranged by the capital.

A new day, January 19th,

Waking up early in the morning,

Zhu Shimao and his companion, with panda eyes, came downstairs to meet with the acrobatic troupe and have breakfast.

After breakfast, they boarded the Coaster and headed to ATV.

After reporting to ATV, the tour leader prepared to continue taking them around Hong Kong Island.

Zhu Shimao asked in surprise: "Don't we need to rehearse?"

The Spring Festival Gala director: "No need to rehearse, the rules in Hong Kong are not that strict, and the programs are relatively casual..."

Mainland performing troupe: "6!"

In the afternoon, the Five Star Group completed the settlement of the HSBC stock short-selling.

In the evening,

Night gradually fell.

Hong Kong Island district, Shenwan.

Jumbo Kingdom,

The three ships were quietly moored on the surface of Shenwan. Night had not yet fallen, but the lights were already on, illuminating the three ships brilliantly.

Tonight,

The Five Star Group booked these three ships to hold their year-end banquet here. The senior management and 2,000 lucky employees drawn by lottery, totaling 2,500 people, were dining here.

As time passed,

Most of the employees arrived one after another.

And Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi, the acrobatic troupe, and Huang Junying's group also arrived here.

Zhu Shimao: "Wow~~ A floating restaurant?"

Chen Peisi: "So grand!"

To think they could actually build a restaurant on the sea.

An eye-opener!

Soon,

Under the guidance of the service staff, they sat in the front rows of the restaurant stage.

"Sitting in this position, do we count as important guests?"

"I don't know..."

Then, Huang Junying and the others were also arranged to sit with them.

"Hey, aren't you Mr. Zhu and Mr. Chen?"

"Hello, hello~~"

After introducing each other, since they were all from the mainland, they suddenly felt close.

Soon,

The time gradually reached 19:00,

The entire restaurant was bustling with people, noisy and lively...

Guan Zu, Ruan Mei, Fang Ting, Le Huizhen, Gao Jin, Wei Yingzi... they also arrived one after another.

Xiao Fu, Li Jie, and Wang Jianjun also rushed back from the United States.

Naturally, they sat at the front tables.

Ah Wah, Wah Di, Xie Weihao, and Li Changjiang, the Four Wahs, were just about to sit down when they were kicked by Guan Zu,

"Get up there and sing to warm up the crowd."

"?? Us? Isn't it Brother Wu Ying?" The four Ah Wahs pointed at their own noses.

Guan Zu: "It's New Year, of course it's 'Gong Xi Fa Cai'!"

The four Ah Wahs: "emmm~~~"

Good heavens, Brother Wu Ying got to eat, and now we've become the workhorses.

The four Ah Wahs went on stage and started acting crazy with the headsets...

Ah Wah: "Ladies and gentlemen, all the brothers and sisters of the Five Star Group, good evening everyone~~~~"

Wah Di: "Welcome to the Five Star Group's year-end banquet!"

Xie Weihao: "Now we will sing 'Gong Xi Fa Cai'!"

All employees: "Ura~~~~"

The president is singing for me, am I awesome or what!

As the music started,

The Four Wahs started singing: "I wish you wealth, I wish you brilliance, the best ones come over, the bad ones please walk away, politeness costs nothing..."

As the sound of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" rang out, the entire venue suddenly became lively.

After singing,

Ah Wah shouted: "Next, let's have our Human Resources Director, the God of Song Brother Wu Ying, come on stage to sing for everyone, shall we!"

All employees shouted excitedly: "Yes!!"

Then the Four Wahs ran off the stage to grab Brother Wu Ying.

Brother Wu Ying ran away a step early: "You want me to sing? No way!"

Then he didn't notice his feet, and a foot was stretched out.

It was Gao Gang, who was reading a book!

Then, oh my~~~

Brother Wu Ying stumbled and fell forward.

Abu grabbed him, preventing him from falling: "Why are you so careless?"

Then the Four Wahs ran over and dragged Brother Wu Ying onto the stage.

"Don't~~~"

"Hahahaha~~~~"

The whole audience laughed.

Soon, Brother Wu Ying started singing.

After singing three or four songs, the warm-up ended.

Then Guan Zu came to the stage.

Holding the microphone,

"All brothers and sisters..."

"1992 has passed..."

"I am here to thank all the brothers and sisters for their hard work over the past year..."

Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi, the acrobatic troupe, Huang Junying, and others looked at each other.

Who is this?

The boss?

Why is he so young?

"The past year has been a year of rapid development for the company!"

"Everyone, working together..."

"Last year, Five Star Property practiced the concept of charity, carrying out a total of 13.2 million recorded good deeds..."

"Last year, through the efforts of all staff, ATV successfully became the TV station with the highest ratings in Hong Kong, with a comprehensive rating as high as 65%..."

"Last year, we and the citizens of Hong Kong raised 4 billion to launch the Five Star Supermarket No. 3 and No. 4 projects..."

"Last year, together with the citizens of Hong Kong, we spent 5.6 billion HKD to jointly acquire 45% of the shares of the Central Plaza project..."

"Last year, in response to the high housing price problem for Hong Kong citizens, we used the first phase of 3 billion HKD to launch a low-cost housing project..."

"Last year, we jointly acquired Hong Kong Dragon Airlines with other companies, realizing an airline controlled by Chinese people..."

"Last year, we spent 200 million HKD to carry out the Sunshine Community project, solving the housing problems of more than 200,000 cage home residents and homeless people..."

"Last year, we established the Five Star Bank, and in just 2 weeks, with the support of all Hong Kong citizens, it became the number one bank in Hong Kong..."

Guan Zu stood on the stage, full of passion, with a bit of pride, talking about the things that happened to the Five Star Group last year.

"We have always been practicing the concept of 'being kind to others and benefiting the neighborhood'..."

"We have always been for Hong Kong..."

The many employees off the stage stared tightly at Guan Zu on the stage, unable to stop a surge of heat, and many people had excited tears flashing in their eyes.

Pride!

Pride!

Gang Sheng looked at Guan Zu on the stage. If Guan Zu hadn't saved her, she didn't know how miserable she would be now.

Zhang Guobiao felt lucky for his correct choice, being able to realize his self-worth and contribute to society... This life, it was worth it!

Wang Jianjun looked at his younger brother, then at Guan Zu on the stage, feeling that he had followed the right person. If it weren't for Guan Zu, he was afraid he would have already died on the road of robbery.

Gong Wei and his wife Li Xia and son Gong Gu held hands.

Xu Zhengyang looked at Guan Zu and couldn't help but smile. He seemed to like this place more and more.

The seven Tian Yang brothers...

Li Jiacheng...

With the growth of the Five Star Group, more and more people joined the Five Star Group and worked hard together.

And Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao, and others were stunned listening to Guan Zu's summary of last year.

Is this Five Star Group really this powerful?

Guan Zu stood on the stage, his voice passionate,

"Brothers and sisters,"

"Last year, such great achievements were all because of you!"

"I also believe that this year, with the joint efforts of all of us, the Five Star Group will surely be more brilliant, and the tomorrow of Hong Kong will also become more beautiful because of us!"

"In the new year, let us continue to work together and climb to higher peaks! Charge, charge, charge!"

"Charge!"

"Charge!"

"Charge!"

Everyone in the audience waved their arms and shouted loudly, instantly erupting into deafening cheers!

Guan Zu: "Alright, the year-end banquet, officially begins."

Soon,

Dishes were served to the tables.

Start eating.

Zhu Shimao and Chen Peisi's tables, while eating, saw Guan Zu walking over with people.

Zhu Shimao and the others stood up quickly, feeling a bit reserved.

This is a big boss!

Just now when the tour leader introduced Guan Zu, he said that this person's net worth was at least the richest man in Hong Kong, in the tens or hundreds of billions.

Such a big boss made everyone feel a bit fearful and trembling.

Mr. Guan enthusiastically shook hands with Zhu Shimao and Chen Peisi: "Thank you Mr. Zhu and Mr. Chen for coming..."

Then he shook hands with the acrobatic troupe, Huang Junying, and others one by one.

"Thank you all for coming."

Zhu Shimao and others quickly shouted "You're welcome...", "It's what we should do", "Hello Mr. Guan..."

Their palms were sweating...

The next day,

January 20th, the 28th day of the lunar year.

The Five Star Group took a 7-day holiday. Except for necessary posts, all other posts were on holiday.

Newspapers all over Hong Kong reported on the Five Star Group's year-end banquet.

"Five Star Year-End Banquet, Guan Zu Counts Down the Achievements of '92..."

"Five Star Group Announces Official Settlement of HSBC Short-Selling, Profit Exceeds 3 Billion HKD"

"Taking Stock of Five Star Group's Companies, Experts Say Guan Zu Tops the List of Hong Kong's Richest"

"..."

January 22nd, New Year's Eve.

At 20:00 that night, ATV held the Spring Festival Gala.

The scale was very large, with more than 100 film and television stars, as well as a group of stars from Taiwan and three small teams from the mainland.

At eight o'clock in the evening,

The Four Wahs group went on stage to sing "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to open the show...

Then stars from all walks of life went on stage to perform programs one after another...

Then Huang Junying and his partner went on stage and performed the Cantonese crosstalk "Competition in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau", winning applause and laughter from all over Hong Kong.

Subsequently, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao went on stage to perform "Protagonist and Supporting Role". The live audience was confused. However, the audience in front of the TV, because the TV had subtitles, made many elderly people who fled to Hong Kong during that period feel deeply touched and amused.

Continued to insert Hong Kong and Taiwan stars singing, indoor variety shows,

Then it was the performance of the China Acrobatic Troupe, among which the rotating chairs and rotating water tanks stunned the citizens of Hong Kong, and the sword-swallowing part made the audience gasp.

Then it was the red envelope lottery session...

Finally,

At 23:50, Guan Zu brought Ruan Mei and others, as well as the senior executives of the Five Star Group, to the stage for greetings...

"Dear Hong Kong audience friends..."

"There are 10 minutes left until the new year..."

"Looking back at the past, Hong Kong in 1992 has changed with each passing day..."

"Looking forward to the future, I hope that in the new year, the Five Star Group can accompany every citizen, regardless of rich or poor, old or young, to feel the warmth brought by the development of Hong Kong..."

As the bell rang.

Lunar 1993, January 1st, 0:00, arrived.

The ATV Spring Festival Gala officially ended.

Then the camera switched directly to Weiduoliyagang.

"Bang bang bang~~~~~~"

Fireworks erupted in the sky over Weiduoliyagang.

The new year arrived.

Like fireworks, it came with a bang~~

Hong Kong citizen approval rating +1% (47%)...

In a flash,

Half a month passed.

Hong Kong entered a busy stage, everywhere filled with the atmosphere of working and making money.

And at this time,

Swire Group finally gathered 3 consortia with acquisition intentions, which were capital consortia from the United States, South Korea, and Indonesia.

First was the United States, the Citibank consortium became interested in Taikoo Shing.

Through massive investments in Japan and Southeast Asia in the 1980s, the Citibank consortium had formed a mature "US dollar capital + local industry" M&A model.

Secondly, South Korea was the Samsung Group.

And the Samsung Group, in 1992, accounted for 15% of South Korea's GDP, with abundant cash flow and deep pockets. In recent years, it has been in a peak period of overseas expansion, specializing in large-scale integrated development.

Finally, Indonesia, which was the Lin and Huang consortia.

February 9th,

A private jet arrived from South Korea and landed at Kai Tak Airport.

It was indeed the Samsung Group.

"Aishiba~~~"

"This Hong Kong is too hot!"

"Not as cool as our South Korea!"

The person who came was Lee Jae-yong, the heir to the Samsung Group.

Beside him, his younger sister Lee Boo-jin rolled her eyes at her brother's vulgarity.

Lee Boo-jin,

The eldest princess of Samsung, a true super rich and beautiful woman, 23 years old this year, in the prime of her youth...

(Book friends crowdfunded the picture)

(End of this chapter)