Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Although He Yuzhu had some prior knowledge of this, Huo Yingdong's insightful and easy-to-understand analysis and explanation instantly gave him a more thorough and profound understanding of "selling pre-sale apartments".

After listening to Huo Yingdong's detailed explanation, I gained a relatively in-depth and comprehensive understanding of all aspects of this business.

Although the mainland has also introduced and learned from this pre-sale system, it must be said that they have only learned the basics and mastered only the first half of the process.

As a result, many netizens are now criticizing the pre-sale system implemented by Li Ka-shing and Fok Ying-tung, believing that it is a complete violation of consumer rights. However, in reality, this statement is quite unfair to them.

It is important to know that in Hong Kong, a unique and crucial legal provision has been specifically formulated to effectively protect the core interests of homebuyers.

This clause explicitly stipulates that the specific delivery date must be clearly and explicitly agreed upon in the purchase contract. It also emphasizes two extremely important time points: the twenty-eighth day after the delivery date and six months later.

If the developer fails to deliver the house to the buyer on time as stipulated in the contract, the buyer has the right to apply for a refund to the relevant authorities within the two specific time periods mentioned above, and to request the immediate termination of the purchase contract.

If this happens, the bank will be required to refund all payments previously made by the buyer without reservation.

Meanwhile, all economic losses caused by delayed delivery of the property will be borne by the builder. In this way, the buyer will not suffer any financial loss whatsoever.

It's a pity that such a crucial and protective clause was not adopted by the mainland when it introduced the pre-sale system; instead, it was simply removed from the entire system.

If a house is unfortunately left unfinished and cannot be delivered on time as agreed, it would be incredibly embarrassing and troublesome.

In this situation, the builders were unscathed, the banks were also unharmed, and the only ones who suffered huge losses were the poor buyers.

Nevertheless, not a single penny of bank loan could be shortchanged. However, the warm home that was once full of anticipation has now become a dilapidated and abandoned unfinished building.

At this moment, Huo Yingdong slowly said:

"Actually, you should have gotten involved in the real estate industry a long time ago."

The other party responded:

"Yes, I've always wanted to get a piece of land in Tuen Mun and then build my own construction team."

It is worth noting that Fok Ying-tung owns numerous companies, including one called Yau Wing, which specializes in construction.

However, most of the projects they undertake are large-scale projects and various commercial projects, with relatively few developments and constructions of ordinary residential buildings.

In the bustling Hong Kong area, construction companies are countless, as numerous as stars in the sky.

Even if He Yuzhu successfully establishes his own company in the future, there will be no obvious competition between the two for the powerful Huo Yingdong.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yingdong generously stated:

“No problem! When you start operating, I can assign two capable people to assist you, so that the whole team can be quickly built and perfected.”

He Yuzhu quickly thanked him gratefully, "Thank you so much!" Huo Yingdong waved his hand and said with a smile:

"It's nothing, not worth mentioning. Once it's all settled, we'll find some time to get together and have a lavish feast."

If it were someone else, Huo Yingdong, he might have responded politely, but when the person was He Yuzhu, the situation was quite different.

There's a reason for this, of course. You see, He Yuzhu's culinary skills are so exquisite that once someone has tasted just one bite, they'll crave it day and night and never forget it.

He Yuzhu, being a grateful person, immediately asked:

"Are you interested in getting into the clothing and textile business? I happen to have some connections that can get the relevant equipment!"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yingdong was slightly taken aback and hesitated before saying:

"This business..."

After all, the textile industry is the labor-intensive industry with the lowest entry barrier among all industries. In Hong Kong today, sand factories and textile factories are everywhere.

Even Wheelock, one of the four most famous trading companies, owned its own textile mill.

At this time, it was still the early 60s. It would not be until the late 70s, when Hong Kong's textile industry would gradually decline due to the sharp rise in labor costs.

Prior to this, Huo Yuandong had never been involved in any physical business; his main focus had always been on real estate engineering projects.

It must be said that Fok Ying-tung has indeed made a name for himself in the current real estate industry, achieving great success on a large scale.

Unfortunately, he was not among the future five most famous real estate tycoons.

The main reason for this is that he has never ventured into the industrial sector, but instead focused on building commercial buildings and selling them directly to the public.

The turning point in his business was the construction of the Starlight Building, but unfortunately, he was disliked by the authorities at a particular time, which resulted in the entire building being unable to connect to landline telephones.

Then, the Starlight Building was sold to Jardine Matheson's real estate company for 36 million.

From then on, his business went downhill.

"Let me think about it."

Chapter 527 Looking for Death

"Let's all make money together!"

Along the way, the two chatted incessantly about business, covering everything from market trends and marketing strategies to cost control and profit distribution. Before they knew it, the cargo ship slowly entered Guangzhou Port.

After disembarking, they dragged their slightly tired bodies into the guesthouse near the port.

After a quick wash, the two collapsed onto the bed and quickly fell asleep. They slept exceptionally well that night.

The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window, waking the two from their sweet dreams.

Just then, the roar of a car engine came from afar. It turned out that Lou Xiao'e had personally driven over to pick them up.

As she got out of the car, He Yuzhu quickly went to greet her. The two smiled at each other, and their intimate manner made Huo Yingdong, who was standing next to her, smile as well.

The driver gently pressed the accelerator, and the car smoothly drove out of the port, speeding towards the production park. Before long, they arrived at their destination.

As soon as he got out of the car, Huo Yingdong was shocked by the scene before him—spacious and bright factory buildings were neatly arranged, advanced machinery and equipment were humming, and workers were working busily and orderly.

Led by He Yuzhu, they toured the various production lines with great interest.

The first thing that catches the eye is the watch production line, where exquisite watches are gradually taking shape under the skilled operation of the workers;

Next is the radio production line, where small and exquisite radios are constantly rolling off the line, ready to be shipped to all parts of the country;

There are also lathe production lines, where huge machine tools are running at high speeds, producing all kinds of precision parts; the electron tube and transistor production lines are equally busy, as these small components are the core parts of modern electronic products.

As Huo Yingdong walked, he carefully observed each step of the process, secretly marveling at it.

He never imagined that He Yuzhu would be able to build such a large-scale and technologically advanced production park.

"He Yuzhu really has a good idea!" Huo Yingdong exclaimed sincerely.

"With this industrial park, we can continuously produce high-quality products and earn a lot of foreign exchange!"

“That’s right!” Lou Xiao’e replied with a smile. “Most of the goods produced here are transported back to Hong Kong for sale by me.”

As they spoke, Huo Yingdong casually picked up a newly assembled radio, his gaze falling on the manufacturing address. There, clearly written, were the words "Indonesia," and he couldn't help but smile.

"That's a clever way to do it, as it avoids some unnecessary trouble."

"Haha, that's right!" He Yuzhu nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, this ship also carried a lot of sewing machines, overlock machines, ironing machines, zipper machines and other equipment, which will further expand our production scale!"

Because China's foreign exchange reserves are relatively small, the demand for importing everyday consumer goods is not high.

In contrast, what is most urgently needed to be imported are these advanced industrial equipment and the raw materials required for related production. Therefore, all the goods He Yuzhu transported this time were such important materials.

Huo Yingdong nodded in deep agreement and remarked with emotion:

"Entering the real economy is indeed a career choice that can lead to long-term and stable development."

After a thorough tour of the industrial park, the local government held a grand reception to commemorate the visit.

It should be noted that this was the first time in his life that Huo Yingdong had set foot on the vast land of his motherland, and he felt an unprecedented warm welcome and hospitality.

At the reception, leaders at all levels engaged in friendly exchanges with He Yuzhu and Huo Yingdong, speaking frankly and exchanging views and suggestions with each other.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Yingdong went to the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce and the branch of China Minmetals Corporation to further conduct business negotiations with them.

To everyone's delight, the entire negotiation process was conducted in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere. Representatives from both sides exchanged views and opinions, and a cooperation agreement was reached smoothly in a short period of time.

According to the finalized agreement, Minmetals Corporation officially appointed Yu Rong Company as the exclusive general agent for the export of domestic sea sand to Hong Kong.

At the same time, several sea areas, including Dapeng Bay, Xiaomeisha, and Yantian, were clearly designated as exclusive sand mining areas for You Rong Company.

Under this cooperation framework, Minmetals Corporation will be responsible for organizing and arranging workers to carry out sand mining operations, while Yu Wing Company will be responsible for the safe transportation of these sea sands to Hong Kong and the sales activities.

It took two whole days to finally settle the matter and get the contract signed smoothly!

Throughout this period, He Yuzhu stayed by his side from beginning to end, participating in and witnessing the entire difficult and tortuous negotiation process.

When the long and intense negotiations finally came to an end, Minmetals Corporation showed great hospitality and warmly invited them to enjoy fine wine and food together.

However, faced with their relentless barrage of toasts, they eventually succumbed and were thoroughly drunk.

The next morning, sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and He Yuzhu slowly woke up. He felt a throbbing, nauseous headache, as if his head was about to explode.

I reached up and rubbed my temples, trying to clear my head a little.

At this moment, Lou Xiao'e, who was lying next to her, said softly, "It's time to get up."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu mumbled in a daze, "Why are they kicking me out so soon?"

Upon hearing this, Lou Xiao'e gave him a coquettish glare, then hugged He Yuzhu tightly and whispered shyly, "Of course I don't want to leave you."

Back then, when He Yuzhu was with Lou Xiao'e last time, he failed to completely win her over.

But after this reunion, perhaps it was fate, or perhaps their feelings had reached a boiling point, the two naturally developed an intimate relationship. Everything was so logical and natural.

Afterwards, He Yuzhu gently stroked Lou Xiao'e's silky smooth hair and asked tenderly: