"Going to Longfu New Street for a water fight?" Huang Liu looked at Song Tianyao doubtfully, then looked up at the night sky outside the window. "Really?"
Song Tianyao didn't repeat what he had just told Huang Liu. Instead, he dialed Luo Zhuankun's number and said into the phone, "It's all settled. We'll arrange for Zhaofeng Trading to issue 48 million new shares, raising HK Hong Kong dollars 27 million. Someone in Macau will buy them all. After raising the money, we'll resell the 6% stake in Xizhen Properties to Zhaofeng Trading at the market price."
"Understood, Mr. Song." Luo Zhuankun's voice on the other end of the phone held barely concealed excitement. "I'll arrange the issuance of new shares immediately tomorrow."
Zhaofeng Trading was a shell company that Song Tianyao had prepared in advance. It was a trading company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1948, mainly engaged in trade between the local area and Hong Kong. There were many such listed trading companies on the exchange. After the Embargo Order was issued, most of the Hong Kong trading companies that mainly did business with the Mainland closed down and declared bankruptcy. Those that were lucky enough to survive became junk stocks. Zhaofeng Trading was one of them. Song Tianyao only used Hong Kong dollars 2.7 million to acquire 70% of the shares held by the major shareholder of this listed company. However, he has not yet changed the name of Zhaofeng Trading.
Simply announcing that Zhaofeng Trading holds a 6% stake in Xizhen Properties, even without explicitly stating the intention to acquire Xizhen Properties, is enough to excite other shareholders and cause the stock price to rise rapidly. Furthermore, the fact that someone underwrites the new share issuance is tantamount to telling those people that this is Song Tianyao's preliminary preparation for further acquisition of Xizhen Properties, raising a large amount of funds to begin a forced acquisition.
Those Shanghai people and locals interested in stock trading would be excited and ready to buy stocks and wait for the price to soar. As long as Song Tianyao set up his stance, Luo Zhuankun could almost see countless Shanghai people waving money at him, asking to open accounts and trade stocks.
Song Tianyao chuckled, holding the receiver. "I bet the Lin Family is thinking about getting Jardine shares back from Jardine Matheson. We need to help Jardine sell them for a good price. Keep a close eye on HSBC's news, and Bao Yuehan Paul frequently. He's well-informed within HSBC. Besides the Lin Family's mortgage loan from HSBC, also keep an eye on their activities in Mainland China. HSBC's dozen or so branches in Mainland China are all at a standstill, only spending and not earning. Swire and Jardine have already held shareholder meetings to express their stance. Only Morse at HSBC still clings to the hope of doing business with Mainland China. He won't last much longer. When HSBC finally makes a tough decision, they'll need someone in HSBC Hong Kong to pay for the huge loss they've suffered in Mainland China."
"I've been keeping an eye on things, Mr. Bao Yuehan, Mr. Michael Sandberg. The three of us just had dinner together," Luo Zhuankun said on the phone.
"Very good, that's settled then, thank you for your hard work." Song Tianyao said and hung up the phone.
Huang Liu, still standing nearby, looked at Song Tianyao suspiciously. "Boss, are we really going to Longfu New Street to play at the water market?"
Longfu New Street is most famous for its various Brothels lining both sides of the street. After Hong Kong banned prostitution, Longfu New Street in Macau became the real pleasure destination for people from Macau and Macau. Not only locals, but also most foreign visitors to Macau would go to Longfu New Street to experience the Macau entertainment scene.
The so-called "water enclosure" is similar to the tea enclosure popular in Shanghai Bund. It is a unique custom of Longfu New Street. Macau has more than 130 brothels of various sizes and more than 2,000 registered prostitutes. Only the 23 brothels in the Longfu New Street have the "water enclosure" custom. These 23 Brothels are not places where customers can simply go in with money, choose a woman, and have sex.
When guests enter these high-class Brothels, they can first select a young woman to accompany them for tea and music. During this time, the woman will only sit and flirt with the guests, drink tea and listen to music, but will not go to bed with them. If a guest wants to stay overnight, it depends not only on how much money the guest has, but also on whether the woman is willing.
If it were his own father, Huang Sen, saying he was going to a fishing village, Huang Liu would believe him. But when Song Tianyao said he was going to Longfu New Street to fish, Huang Liu was very suspicious. To put it nicely, his boss wasn't interested in women; to put it bluntly, Huang Liu suspected that his boss might have some kind of hidden illness.
Song Tianyao has six or seven women around him, big and small. He could sleep with one of them every night for a whole week, but he sleeps alone six nights out of the week.
Besides, his boss, Song Tianyao, always hated trouble. How could he possibly go to a place where people would fight all night over a woman, sometimes resulting in hundreds of people killing each other?
"Dr. Dr. Pedro Lobo is treating us to dinner tonight. I didn't have a chance to thank Uncle, Brother Quan, and all the other uncles who helped out today, so I asked Uncle to arrange a dinner party on Longfu New Street. I'll go and have a couple of drinks with them to express my gratitude." Song Tianyao said to Huang Liu, "What? Can't I have a drink with courtesans?"
Huang Liu turned to open the door, but then turned back to Song Tianyao: "Boss, did you say you were going to take my father to a brothel for drinks and entertainment? And you want me to stand behind you and watch him have fun with girls?"
"No." Song Tianyao smiled at Huang Liu.
Huang Liu breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, otherwise it would have been really embarrassing to think about it. My father sitting at the table with his arm around a woman, and me, his son, standing there..."
"I'll pick a girl to keep you company, Brother Six," Song Tianyao said to Huang Liu with a smile. "How could it be as bad as you think? It's just that Brother Quan has a favorite prostitute there, so we chose that place to support her. Do you think I invited you and your father to a raunchy party? What kind of nonsense are you thinking about all day?"
Huang Liu grinned. "The prices there are very high. I've never been to a brothel. I only know that going to a brothel and drinking with women is the same as going there for prostitution, but I don't know how it works."
"All you ever talk about is whoring. When we get back to Hong Kong, I'll have Sister Xiong introduce you to some factory girls, so you won't go out and get venereal disease." Song Tianyao picked up a cigarette and prepared to walk towards the door.
Actually, Song Tianyao really wanted to lie in bed and sleep. He was still vaguely aching from the gunshot wound to his chest and needed to rest and recuperate. However, Huang Sen and Lee Kuen had helped him today, and if he didn't express his gratitude, it would easily leave them with the impression that he was a young man who didn't understand human relationships.