RBCT Chapter 28 Zhang Xiangjiang, the shocked old father: "Where did you get so much money?"
Chapter 28 Zhang Xiangjiang, the shocked old father: "Where did you get so much money?"
When Su Rongrong followed Gu Yuhan onto the land of Hong Kong, she felt dizzy, as if her head was stuffed with a tangled mess that she couldn't sort out no matter what she did.
What exactly happened?
Gu Yuhan only went to the United States once, but when he came back, his net worth skyrocketed to 4.5 billion US dollars.
It's worth noting that even Hutchison Whampoa, a prominent business in Hong Kong today, is valued at only around HK$6 billion.
Overnight, Gu Yuhan's cash reserves reached an astonishing figure, so substantial that it shook the entire Hong Kong business community.
However, neither Gu Yuhan's father, Gu Zhenguo, nor his mother, Su Linghong, knew anything about this astonishing news that was enough to overturn the business landscape of Hong Kong.
The only thing they know now is that when Gu Yuhan returned from his trip to the United States, besides a few heavy suitcases, he only brought back several large boxes full of seemingly inconspicuous books.
In addition, Gu Yuhan already had a grand plan in mind: to immediately set about establishing his own Light Laboratory.
The laboratory's research will comprehensively cover multiple high-tech fields, including semiconductor wafers, electronic hardware, and computer software.
During this trip to the United States, he had already recruited a group of scientific research talents who had made great achievements in various fields. Gu Yuhan's idea for these people was very simple: to provide them with the best living conditions and the best working environment so that they would not have to worry about trivial matters such as daily necessities and could devote themselves wholeheartedly to scientific research.
In addition to these American researchers, Gu Yuhan also turned his attention to Taiwan across the strait.
During his months in the United States, Gu Yuhan was never idle. On the one hand, he spent huge sums of money to acquire various advanced production equipment, core technologies and key patents, and on the other hand, he secretly collected and compiled one talent list after another to recruit talents from all walks of life for his technology empire.
In order to recruit the talent he needs more efficiently, Gu Yuhan even registered a headhunting company in the United States. The sole mission of this company is to discover top talents with genuine skills in science and engineering from Taiwan, mainland China, and the United States.
Gu Yuhan understands better than anyone else in this era that technology is the true primary productive force.
However, among all the recruitment targets, Gu Yuhan values talent from mainland China the most.
In fact, mainland China is the place with the richest talent pool in the world. It has never lacked brilliant and talented researchers. However, as the reform and opening up has deepened and the country has begun to transform into a market economy, some basic research projects that require large investments and have slow returns have had to be cut.
Those who can stick to their posts under extremely difficult conditions and silently dedicate themselves to the country's scientific and technological development undoubtedly deserve everyone's respect. However, there are always some people who have to leave their beloved scientific research positions due to the pressure of life. These are the people that Gu Yuhan most wants to recruit.
What Gu Yuhan needs to do is provide them with salaries far exceeding those in China, and give them the respect and recognition they deserve.
It's better to keep these talented people in Hong Kong to work for us than to watch them go to Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea to contribute to the technological development of other countries.
In any case, with Gu Yuhan's current financial resources, offering these talents any generous treatment would not be a problem.
Gu Yuhan has already chosen Tseung Kwan O as the site for the future Bright Lab. The Gu family had previously acquired almost all the vacant land in Tseung Kwan O, which can be used to build this large-scale scientific research base.
Gu Yuhan has always been generous and never stingy when it comes to scientific research investment. However, he is also aware that although the talents he has recruited are all elites, not everyone may be able to fully match the direction he wants to develop. In the end, he still needs to integrate and point out the direction for many technical problems.
Therefore, Gu Yuhan now has to force himself to spend a lot of time every day learning various cutting-edge scientific and technological knowledge.
Fortunately, his rebirth not only gave him the ability to foresee the future, but also allowed his brain to be developed like never before.
His memory, comprehension, and learning efficiency have all improved several times over compared to his previous life.
Besides preparing for the Brightness Laboratory, Gu Yuhan was also busy during this time. His other important goal was Asia Television, which is now called Rediffusion Television.
His film company now has a large number of talented artists under its wing. If it relied solely on the film market, it would be impossible to support so many people or fully realize their potential.
Asia Television (ATV) has not yet officially changed its name and is still using the old name Rediffusion Television. Not long ago, Gu Yuhan obtained a crucial piece of information through his intelligence network: Rediffusion Television's British parent company suffered a disastrous defeat in its Middle Eastern oil investment project. Coupled with the global oil crisis causing crude oil prices to soar, their international transportation costs suddenly increased seven or eight times.
This series of blows severely damaged the parent company behind Rediffusion Television, plunging it into a serious financial crisis.
Upon receiving this news, Gu Yuhan immediately dispatched his most capable negotiation team to secretly contact the major shareholders of Rediffusion Television, hoping to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and acquire Rediffusion Television.
In recent years, TVB, under the leadership of Run Run Shaw, has emerged as a dark horse, producing and broadcasting a large number of excellent TV dramas and variety shows that are loved by Hong Kong citizens. In comparison, ATV's performance seems somewhat inferior.
This is not hard to understand, after all, you can't expect a group of foreigners in the UK to truly understand the preferences and needs of ordinary citizens in Hong Kong.
Although RTV had a group of outstanding Chinese executives, and through their efforts, RTV launched several powerful counterattacks, engaging in a fierce and protracted struggle with TVB, a situation that lasted for several years, Gu Yuhan clearly knew that after the turn of the millennium, ATV, having lost the support of its parent company, would begin to decline step by step and eventually collapse completely.
Although Rediffusion Television's British parent company suffered heavy losses this time, it was not yet at the point of being desperate enough to sell Rediffusion Television in order to survive. However, they obviously did not expect that Gu Yuhan would now have such an astonishing amount of capital.
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Tseung Kwan O, the top-tier villa complex developed by KUK, General No. 1
Although this newly built villa complex currently has very few wealthy residents and its facilities are not yet fully complete, Gu Yuhan moved in as soon as possible.
Not far from here by car is the Tseung Kwan O Film City, which is currently under construction. If you feel bored on weekdays, just make a phone call and all sorts of beautiful women from the film city will come to keep you company.
Currently, Wen Bixia, Guan Zhilin, and Li Saifeng are all attending Tiu Keng Leng Secondary School nearby.
This Tiu Keng Leng Secondary School was actually built with funds specially funded by Gu Yuhan some time ago.
Thanks to the vigorous development efforts of the Gu family over the past few years, the permanent population of Tseung Kwan O has gradually increased to around 30,000.
This is partly because the large-scale development and construction in Tseung Kwan O has attracted a large number of construction workers and related personnel, and partly because Gu Yuhan has set up all the production factories for movie figurines and film and television peripheral products in Tseung Kwan O, creating a large number of job opportunities for the local area.
"Hutchison Whampoa's share price is rising again!"
Gu Yuhan slowly put down the thick book on semiconductor physics in his hand, looked up at his father Gu Zhenguo sitting opposite him, and asked somewhat nonchalantly, "Isn't this normal? We've been secretly buying up large amounts of Hutchison Whampoa stock lately, so it's only natural that Hutchison's share price has risen with such a large buying volume!"
"Things are probably not that simple!" Gu Zhenguo picked up his teacup, took a sip, and slowly said, "I have a feeling that someone else is pulling the strings behind the scenes!"
"Oh? How do you know?" Gu Yuhan's expression immediately turned serious, and he asked with some curiosity.
Gu Zhenguo put down his teacup and analyzed the situation clearly: "First, the recent surge in Hutchison Whampoa's stock price is quite abnormal; the speed is too fast, and the trading volume is also unusually high. Second, I had already contacted several of Hutchison Whampoa's minority shareholders, and we were almost at the point of reaching an agreement, just waiting for the final signing. However, starting yesterday, they all suddenly changed their minds and refused to sell their shares to us under any circumstances!"
"Dad!" Gu Yuhan gently licked his slightly dry lips, his eyes narrowing slightly as he slowly asked, "You mean, besides us, there are other people secretly acquiring Hutchison Whampoa's shares?"
"That's right!" Gu Zhenguo nodded heavily, his tone firm. "So my plan is to immediately go to HSBC's Sir Michael Sandberg and get another huge loan. We must take over Hutchison Whampoa no matter what!"
"Do you know who's behind this?" Gu Yuhan frowned and asked with great curiosity.
"It's not quite clear yet!" Gu Zhenguo shook his head and slowly said, "However, in Hong Kong today, there are only a handful of companies that have the strength to compete with us for Hutchison Whampoa's rights!"
"Immediately send people to thoroughly investigate Li Jiacheng, and track his every move 24/7!" Gu Yuhan pondered for a moment, then said decisively, "I suspect that this guy is most likely behind this. Also, keep a close eye on Hutchison Whampoa's current manager, Wei Li. Our biggest concern right now is that someone is colluding with them from within Hutchison Whampoa!"
"You suspect it's Li Ka-shing?"
Gu Zhenguo looked surprised and asked in disbelief.
"I'm almost certain it's him!" Gu Yuhan said with great certainty. The first person he thought of was Li Ka-shing. He had snatched Hutchison Whampoa from Li Ka-shing's hands this time. Given Li Ka-shing's personality, he would never give up so easily. Who knows if he would do something underhanded and continue to covet Hutchison Whampoa?
"Okay, I'll immediately arrange for the most reliable person to secretly follow him!" Gu Zhenguo nodded. To be fair, Li Jiacheng did indeed have the ability to compete with them. He paused, then continued, "However, do you think we should still inform Shen Bi first and prepare the loan in advance? Otherwise, if the other side suddenly launches a full-scale attack, our existing capital might not be enough to defend Hutchison Whampoa!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yuhan suddenly laughed and waved his hand, saying, "No need. I made quite a bit of money on this trip to America, enough to handle the situation ahead. Besides, if we go to Shen Bi to borrow money now, given Li Ka-shing's shrewdness, he'll definitely figure out our intentions immediately, which would only alert him. How about this, I'll cover the funding gap needed for the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa!"
"Did you make money in the US?"
Gu Zhenguo was slightly taken aback, his face showing even greater surprise. He quickly asked, "How much money did you make?"
"Not much, just about 4.5 billion US dollars!" Gu Yuhan said with a casual smile.
"How much?" Gu Zhenguo's voice suddenly rose eight octaves, and he almost jumped up from his chair.
"Four hundred and five billion... US dollars!" Gu Yuhan repeated each word with a calm smile.
Gu Zhenguo's voice trembled instantly. He stared wide-eyed at his son, stammering, "Then, then, where did you get so much money?"
"That's what I've done!" Gu Yuhan smiled at his father and said calmly, "Dad, you knew about the recent surge in oil prices?" "Of course I knew!" Gu Zhenguo replied, "The shipping magnate is like a cat on a hot tin roof. He sold several ships recently and started buying up Wharf Holdings shares on a large scale. Jardine Matheson is in a real panic!" "It seems those two are going to have a big fight!"
Gu Yuhan laughed and said slowly, "Dad, I brought a total of fourteen million US dollars to the US this time. Then, I leveraged 100 times and bought 14 billion US dollars worth of oil futures. Currently, the price of oil has increased by more than three times, so I've made about three billion US dollars!" Gu Zhenguo secretly took a breath and couldn't help but ask, "You leveraged 100 times?" "Of course!" Gu Yuhan said with a smile. "You're really bold!" Gu Zhenguo couldn't help but exclaim.