Spring Thunder Chapter 0283: Those who have obtained it are no longer ancient
Xiangkeng in July has entered its rainy season, with heat and humidity, and monsoons sometimes blow.
Lei Jukun's mood was just like the changeable weather, with wind and rain.
Originally, the falling housing prices in Hong Kong had made life difficult for Kowloon Development, which was controlled by the Lei Jukun family. However, they now heard a report from Kowloon Motor Bus that someone was secretly buying up the company's shares, and the stock price had become extremely abnormal.
Lei Jukun's first reaction was that someone wanted to make a fortune by shorting Kowloon Motor Bus, and he never thought that someone wanted to control Kowloon Motor Bus.
Although Kowloon Motor Bus has a relatively high proportion of circulating shares, several major shareholders also hold a considerable number of shares. If they want to acquire a controlling stake, they must buy shares from the shareholders.
But reality is not like in a novel about a domineering CEO. Things like paying a 50% premium, finding small shareholders to acquire more than 50% of the shares, and secretly becoming the largest shareholder are impossible in reality.
Unless the chairman of this company is a pig, well, this metaphor is a bit insulting to pigs, but no matter what it is, it means stupid.
As long as the chairman of the board has some knowledge of corporate management and company law, he will naturally formulate a clause that if a shareholder transfers shares to a third party other than other shareholders, the board of directors must be notified first, and other shareholders must have the right of first refusal.
Without such clauses, there is no point in running a company.
Today the shareholders are Zhang San and Li Si, but tomorrow they will be Qian Wu and Ma Liu. Even if they were playing house, they would get the worst beating from other friends, not to mention that it is a company that involves their livelihood.
The controlling plan formulated by Nan's Investment, acting in the name of Fang Group, did contact some small shareholders of Kowloon Motor Bus. However, before that, a shadow company of Nan's Investment had already become a shareholder of Kowloon Motor Bus and was added to the list of shareholders of Kowloon Motor Bus.
This means that Nan's Investment Holdings has already penetrated into Kowloon Motor Bus, and shareholders can transfer shares between each other without notifying other shareholders.
The economic structure of Xiangkeng is actually very fragile. If the housing prices are not good, it means the economy is not good. Now the housing prices have fallen so badly, so it is also a time of recession in Xiangkeng.
Kowloon Motor Bus is a public service enterprise. The government stipulates that Kowloon Motor Bus’s annual profit cannot exceed 15%. For a minibus fare of one dollar, Kowloon Motor Bus’s actual profit can only be 0.15 cents, and it cannot exceed that.
Although it is relatively stable, the profit return rate is very low. It can be said that all shareholders of Kowloon Motor Bus, including Lei Jukun, who hold shares in Kowloon Motor Bus basically have other ulterior motives.
Some of them are real estate developers, some are owners of department stores, and some have close ties with certain members of parliament. The shares in their hands are a kind of political tool.
Nan Yi is the same. He wants to control Kowloon Motor Bus, not to make a meager profit. If he wants to acquire shares, he must pay a premium. It is unknown how many years it will take to recover the cost of acquiring the shares.
Taking inflation into account, this business itself is a loss-making business. If it weren't for the purpose of serving the real estate industry, Nan Yi would have done this out of boredom.
Nan's Investment, represented by Yuan Tianfan, officially started the journey of visiting small shareholders of Kowloon Motor Bus. At the same time, Fang's Group was also preparing to raise a placard and announced that it already held 5% of Kowloon Motor Bus's shares.
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Cheng Qiming yawned as he sat in the trailer of a pickup truck. "How shameless! There are empty seats in the truck, but he threw himself into the trailer."
He arrived at Central Park at six o'clock, so he had to get up at four o'clock. He didn't go to bed until after twelve o'clock last night, and he only slept for more than three hours in total. He was very sleepy now.
"Isn't it just planting some vegetables? Is it necessary to do it so early?"
Cheng Qiming had never farmed before, so how would he know that Nan Yi thought it was too late. If it weren't for waiting for Cheng Qiming and a few people who were coming for a trial job today, Nan Yi would have arrived in Lengquan Town at five in the morning.
The temperature in New York is very high these days. If you don't finish some work before the sun comes out, all your work will be wasted when the sun is at its highest.
As soon as they arrived at the farm in Lengquan Town, Nan Yi took the six trial workers and Cheng Qiming to the fields. When they reached the ridges where nothing was planted, they placed the container containing cucumber seeds on the ground and said to them, "We will plant the cucumber seeds in the evening. Everyone, please work hard today and get the ridges ready as soon as possible."
The other people were all from farming families. After Nan Yi said this and looked at the amount of cucumber seeds, they already had an idea of how much work they had to do today, and the workload was not too intense.
Without saying a word, several people walked up to the ridge, picked up hoes and started working.
Lin Pingsheng and his wife planted vegetables on most of their land, and there is not much vacant land left. There is no rush to install agricultural machinery. It will not be too late to do so after the probation period is over and the staff is settled.
"Cheng Qiming, don't just stand there. Hurry up and do more work while the weather is not too hot. If you don't know how to do it, ask others for help." Nan Yi threw a word to Cheng Qiming and walked away with Fan Hongdou.
He also brought a basket of sweet potatoes, wanting to try whether he could grow them this month.
Nan Yi and Fan Hongdou arrived under the shade of a tree where there was a well, and they started to grow sweet potato seedlings.
"Chairman, please wash the cans, fill them with water, and line them up here one by one." Nan Yi said as he stepped on the dirt beneath his feet.
"good."
Fan Hongdou did as she was told and went to the well to wash the cans.
Nan Yi picked out the sweet potatoes from the box one by one, carefully selected each one, picked out the healthy ones and put them aside, and threw the others on the ground, preparing to roast them later.
After all the sweet potatoes have been picked, cut them into pieces, cutting small ones into two halves and large ones into three or four pieces.
After cutting the sweet potatoes, Nan Yi went to the side to cut a bamboo. He had seen bamboo here the last time he came. There are also hundreds of species of bamboo in the Kingdom of Xian, but most of them have low economic value and are somewhat unknown. When talking about the Kingdom of Xian, no one would mention the bamboo here.
Snap, snap, cut the bamboo into thin sticks and insert three or four sticks into each sweet potato piece. The sticks will then become supports, allowing the sweet potato pieces to be suspended at the mouth of the can, half immersed in water.
只要半个月到一个月的时间，番薯就会长出带叶子的嫩芽，等番薯块上面长满小苗后，就可以把它们逐一揪下来。
The tender shoots at this time do not have roots yet. Soak them in another container and let their bases be immersed in water. After a few days, the roots will grow out from the base. Add clean water once a day to allow the seedlings to grow healthily.
In a few days, you can prepare for transplanting...
If nothing unexpected happens, Fan Hongdou will supervise the reclamation group in the future, so Nan Yi doesn't ask her to do her farm work well, but at least she has to know how to do it.
At the appropriate time, Wenchang Holdings will certainly face the issue of splitting up, and the property rights of Wenchangwei's industries will need to be divided again. At that time, Nan Yi will withdraw from the most profitable Wenchang Construction and hold as many shares of the Reclamation Group as possible.
After finishing the seedling raising work, Nan Yi took Fan Hongdou to join the ranks of turning the ridges. Fan Hongdou used a smaller hoe and did a good job.
The same goes for the others. They work neither fast nor slow and have a good grasp of the rhythm. When they were in China, they were probably the strong laborers in the family.
Only Cheng Qiming was an exception. He had to rest for fifteen minutes after working for ten minutes. By the time lunch was served, he had only nibbled a small area, and the ridge looked like had been gnawed by a dog. He had to go back to work soon.
But fortunately, it wasn’t bad enough to cause a work-related injury.
Everyone ate lunch together. Nan Yi wanted to give Lin Pingsheng more time, so he didn't go to the house. The food packed from Chinatown was delivered to the village.
“I’m sorry, we have to have lunch in the field. Not all the people are here yet, and we haven’t hired a cook yet, so we have to let everyone eat the packed dishes first.
When the cook arrives, you can tell her what you want to eat. We have enough vegetables here because we grow vegetables. It would be a joke if there were no vegetables to eat.
We also have enough meat, no matter it's beef, mutton, or pork, you can eat as much as you want . If you can eat five or ten kilograms of meat in one meal, we can provide it for you.
Don't think I'm just saying nice things. To be honest with you, our company also has a ranch, and we raise the pigs ourselves. Foreigners don't eat many parts of the pig, such as liver, kidney, trotter, tail, and penis. The same goes for cow and sheep.
So, you don’t have to worry about your food problem. If you want to eat fish, it’s easy. You can just take a fishing net and go to the river in front to catch some fish. Just casting a net will be enough for you to eat for several days.
At noon, you can drink a little if you want, but don’t drink too much to affect your work in the afternoon; at night, you can drink as much as you want, whether it’s beer or liquor, there’s nothing too good, but the quantity is definitely enough for you.
If you want to drink rice wine, you can brew some yourself. I will get you the glutinous rice and wine yeast."
As Nan Yi was talking, he distributed Coors Light Beer to everyone, two bottles per person, no more, no less, "Just two bottles for lunch, even if you're a drunkard, I'll only give you this much. As I said before, you can drink as much as you want in the evening.
But let me be frank with you. If you have a bad drinking habit, drink slowly and don't get drunk and cause trouble. I will deal with whoever causes trouble.
Everyone goes abroad with great difficulty just to earn more money. Those who have wives and children should think more about them. Those who are not married should think more about their parents.
I am a reasonable person, and I hope you will be reasonable with me and not try to act tough.
If you have been in China for some time, you must have heard about how powerful the lawyers are here. I have no shortage of lawyers and can find dozens of them to play with you at any time.
However, if you are determined to dethrone the emperor at the cost of your own life, then I can only say that you are wrong. It is not effective for you to play tough games. Don't try it lightly. It is not easy for everyone to leave their hometown. Don't make yourself the chicken that is killed to scare the monkeys.
Okay, that’s all I have to say. I am very satisfied with all of you. If you want to stay, we will sign the contract tonight. You can choose to receive your salary on a weekly or monthly basis.
If you plan to send money back to China, just tell me how much you plan to send back each month, and I will find someone to send the money back for you. If you have 400 US dollars per month, I can convert it into 4,000 RMB and send it to your home.
The algorithm is not fixed. It will be based on the domestic exchange rate. If the US dollar falls, your money will be less.
Don't worry, I won't cheat you or myself on the exchange rate, so it should be what it is.
Okay, let's get started. After dinner, find a shaded area to rest. If you want to play cards, you can come and ask me for playing cards. But remember, you can only play for fun, but don't gamble for money."
After Nan Yi finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked everyone to start eating.
Everyone, who were already starving, immediately started eating with their chopsticks flying.
Nan Yi was also good at grabbing food. Before their chopsticks even touched the bowl, Nan Yi had already picked up some dishes from the bowl and piled them into his and Fan Hongdou's bowls.
"Boss, my wife came out with me. Can she come here to cook?" A Hu Jianren named Chu Lin asked Nan Yi.
"Let her try. Whether she can stay or not is not decided by me, but by all of you. The meal is prepared for you. If you are used to the food, you can stay. If not, you have to leave.
Let me put it this way. Every month, I will pay a cook's salary. You can decide who to hire as the cook. If you get tired of the food and want to change the cook, it's up to you. Do you understand?"
"How much does the cook make per month?" Chu Lin asked again.
"450, 50 more than you guys. Only when we eat well can we have the strength to work. Let me make it clear first, the cook is the cook, not a woman you find for me. Chu Lin, if your wife works as the cook, I have no right to control how you sleep.
But if it's someone who has nothing to do with us, don't make any plans. I'm not a matchmaker, and I'm not responsible for introducing people here. If anyone gets together with the cook, both of them should get out."
"Then I'll let my wife try it."
Chu Lin was still tempted by the job of a cook. The salary was high and the work was not hard. At most she would have to prepare three meals a day and maybe clean the house, which was not considered hard work.
After Nan Yi finished talking to Chu Lin, he went to Cheng Qiming and said, "If you want to leave, don't hold on. I'll give you $10 and send you back to the city. If you want to stay, I'll pay you $2 a day. When you can work, I'll raise your salary."
"Why do I only have 2 US dollars?" Cheng Qiming got angry when he heard this. He threw the bowl in his hand and pointed at Nan Yi's nose and yelled.
Nan Yi glanced at the contaminated food on the ground and said slowly, "It seems that you have never been hungry, so you dare to waste food like this. I let you try it just for the sake of our fellow villagers. Since you don't know what's good for you, forget it. The food on the ground is worth 100 US dollars, pay up and get out."
"What's wrong if I don't take it out? Want to practice alone? Come on, bastard, I won't be afraid of you even if it's your territory."
Fan Hongdou calmly swallowed the food in his mouth, put his bowl aside, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his mouth, "You are a little older, so I will call you Uncle Cheng. If our Manager Nan is compared to the clouds in the sky, then you can only be a maggot in the manure tank.
Although you are equal in personality, your division of labor is different. You and your future children are likely to be robbers and thieves, and your main contribution to society is to provide negative examples.
You and Manager Nan should each perform your respective duties, do your own work well, and stay at your own post. Don't talk about whether you practice individually or not.
If you really want to practice, I won't stop you. Just choose for yourself. Do you want to practice five alone, or fifteen?
Seeing how tough you are, five shouldn't be enough for you, so let's have fifteen, and you can show us what it means to fight bare-handed."
After Fan Hongdou finished speaking, she gestured to the colonel, and the colonel quickly pointed out a few people, not as many as fifteen, maybe three or four.
They took off their thin suits, removed the holsters from their armpits, pulled out military daggers from their usual positions, and walked towards Cheng Qiming in a surrounding manner.
A lion uses all its strength to fight a rabbit, so it uses one hand. I would never do such arrogant thing as not using my hands in Nan Yi's case. Not using a gun is already imprudent enough, but how could I not use a military dagger?
When Cheng Qiming saw four people surrounding him and saw that they all had knives in their hands, he immediately panicked.
"Damn it, that's too f*cking rude. Even if I lose my life here today, I won't let you have an easy life."
Judging from Cheng Qiming's appearance, we know that he is definitely not a law-abiding person. He must have been investigated many times in the past. This time he came to New York, maybe he couldn't stay in the country anymore because of the tense situation.
Of course, he also understood the principle of capturing the leader first.
While talking, he rushed towards Nan Yi. Just as he was about to pounce on Nan Yi, Fan Hongdou, who didn't notice it, clenched his right fist, stepped forward with his left foot, and hit Nie Gen with a simple straight punch, then quickly retracted his fist and dodged to the side.
Although Cheng Qiming felt pain, the inertia of his steps continued and he kept moving forward into Nan Yi's arms.
Nan Yi formed a claw with his five fingers and grabbed onto Cheng Qiming's crown. With one force he resisted Cheng Qiming's forward momentum, then with another slap, Cheng Qiming fell to his knees.
Of course, it wasn’t Nan Yi who took the photo, he just couldn’t bear the pain.
No matter who it is, if they are hit there, they will have to kneel down.
"Hongdou, do you know that what you did just now was very dangerous? His strength has not yet been released, and it is easy to hit you. Go back and learn from your master. Ask her how she would attack in this situation."
"Got it, godfather."
"Your hands are so dirty, go wash them and come back to continue eating."
Nan Yi sent Fan Hongdou to wash his hands, took out a plastic bag from his pocket, picked up the food on the ground and put it into the plastic bag.
When doing physical work, Nan Yi would carry a few plastic bags with him. He would sweat while working, and the plastic bags could also be used to hold small items on his body to prevent them from getting wet.
This is basically the same as a few years later when rural women liked to use plastic bags to carry money and hikers would bring a few waterproof bags when going out hiking.
"Everyone, don't just stand there, keep eating, and take a nap when you're full." After Nan Yi finished his work, he said to the others who were standing there in a daze, "It's okay, don't worry, I told you, I'm a reasonable person.
Cheng Qiming is different from us. You can tell he has never been hungry. Damn it, smash the bowl. You guys are all from Hujian. There are seven mountains, two rivers and one piece of land. It’s not easy to not fill your stomach at home, right?”
"It depends on the weather. If God is merciful, we can eat our fill. If he is angry, we can only eat 70% full. It has been okay in the past two years, but in the past few years, we had few meals to eat throughout the year." Chu Lin said.
"With good national policies, I believe that it won't be long before we can have white rice and meat every day. We don't have to risk our lives to escape into the sea, we can earn money right at our doorstep."
Few of the people in Hujian in the 1980s came out through formal channels. Most of them were hired by human traffickers. When they came out, they were saddled with debts. At least they couldn't put the first year's money into their own pockets.
The reason Chu Lin and his friends could appear here was either because they were lucky or because they had worked in the snakehead's black factory for quite some time and had paid off their debts.
Those who went abroad to work illegally at that time all had blisters on their hands and bleeding feet, and everyone had a history of blood and tears.
God helps those who help themselves. When Cheng Qiming asked "Why?", Nan Yi was really annoyed. This idiot didn't even have any idea of what he was doing.
But Nan Yi knew in his heart that Cheng Qiming had not made any contribution today. Others would have to redo the work he did. And tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, given Cheng Qiming's temper, he probably wouldn't be willing to ask for advice from others. Not only would it be useless, but it would also cause damage.
In the planting process, no matter which step is not done well, the germination rate and yield will be reduced . Nan Yi paid more than 2 US dollars and food expenses, but also suffered invisible losses.
Cheng Qiming lowered his status to find a farming job, so life in New York must have been very difficult. Nan Yi was kind enough to bring him here, but who knew he would turn out to be such a thing.
I guess he is used to being a vested interest holder in the country. It is already very humiliating for him to stand on the same platform with ordinary people. It is normal for him to be angry when he is asked to get less than those who he looked down upon in the past.
After thinking it through, Nan Yi was no longer so angry. He asked the colonel to give Cheng Qiming $10 and asked a car to take him back to downtown New York City.
At noon, everyone rested until 2:30 in the afternoon before starting work. In the evening, work was finished early and a few people were sent back to the city to give them time to pack their things. Then they were brought back and Nan Yi prepared a formal welcoming banquet for everyone.
Only after everyone fell asleep did Nan Yi and Fan Hongdou leave Lengquan Town.
