After staying in Fashan for seven days, Xiang Nan and his party returned to Macau.

Accompanying him were more than a hundred workers recruited from Fashan.

It just so happened that the Renji Pharmaceutical Factory in Xiangnan wanted to expand its scale due to too many orders, so it just happened to be convenient for these people.

After returning to Macau, Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan each spent 10,000 silver dollars to acquire a large piece of land to build a new factory and expand production scale.

Moreover, this expansion of production scale requires not only the expansion of the factory, but also the upgrading of production technology.

In the past, people still washed the medicine, soaked it, crushed it, and fried it. Now, we are planning to introduce multiple machines. In this way, many processes will be taken care of by machines, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved.

Zhou Qingquan is full of confidence in the future. He believes that after the Anti-Japanese War is won, the country will surely prosper and the people will live a good life.

Therefore, they need to produce more medicines and treat more injuries and illnesses to contribute to the country.

However, Xiang Nan knew that there would be a liberation war next, and peace was still far away.

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Three months later, the new factory started production.

At the same time, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began.

Seeing the war break out again, people can't help but feel a layer of gloom in their hearts.

But Xiang Nan believes that if there is no destruction, there will be no establishment.

This country will definitely be a dead end if it is ruled by the Kuomintang. Therefore, if the civil war is fought well, they should be overthrown.

Moreover, Xiang Nan knew that after the civil war started, capital would definitely evacuate from the mainland in order to avoid the war. And Macau and Xiangjiang, which are across the river, were naturally the best places to stay.

Therefore, he discussed with Zhou Qingquan to invest in building a building in Xiangjiang. By then, there would definitely be no shortage of tenants.

Zhou Qingquan has long admired Xiang Nan's insight.

In 1935, before the Japanese fully invaded China, he saw that Faoshan would fall, so he persuaded himself to move.

When he moved, he had two choices: Xiangjiang and Macau. Xiang Nan urged him to choose Macau. As expected, Xiangjiang was invaded by the East in 1941.

During the occupation period of three years and eight months, the population of Xiangjiang dropped sharply from 1.6 million to 600,000. People died, were injured, and escaped, and there were scenes of human tragedy.

On the contrary, Macau, as the only neutral zone, was protected from the Japanese invasion. They also survived.

Moreover, Xiang Nan stored a large amount of food in advance, so that they could still eat well and eat well without going hungry during the war.

From this point of view, Xiang Nan can be said to have an insight into the opportunity and a comprehensive strategy.

For this reason, Zhou Qingquan was very supportive of his plan to invest in Xiangjiang Real Estate.

At that moment, the two of them each paid 300,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy land and build a building in Xiangjiang.

During the Anti-Japanese War, although the business of Renji Pharmaceutical Factory suffered heavy losses, under the careful management of Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan, not only did it not suffer losses, but it also made profits year after year.

In nine years, both of them accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealth.

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Hong Kong in the 1940s was actually quite prosperous.

Its population once reached 1.6 million. You must know that a population of over one million is considered a big city. There are only 93 cities with over one million people in the country with a population of 1.4 billion.

Therefore, Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan pooled together 600,000 Hong Kong dollars and could no longer buy land in the downtown area.

Fortunately, he knew that Xiangjiang would develop rapidly in the future and the city would expand very quickly, so he set his sights on suburbs away from the urban area, such as Kowloon City, Sham Shui Po, Wong Tai Sin and other places.

After some comparisons, they finally purchased nearly 400,000 square feet of land in Sham Shui Po at a price of one Hong Kong dollar per square foot, and then built a seven-story residential building for rental.

As far as Xiang Nan knew, with the outbreak of the civil war, a large number of people poured into Xiangjiang in order to seek refuge.

The population of Xiangjiang has nearly tripled from 600,000 in 1945 to 2 million in 1950, with an average of 100,000 people arriving every month.

With such an influx of people, there will naturally be a need for houses. So build a building now and wait to collect the rent when the time comes.

The building was designed by Xiang Nan himself. The area of ​​the house is very small. Each one is only 20 to 30 square meters, barely enough for one bedroom and one living room.

Xiang Nan’s consideration is that refugees don’t have much money and cannot afford to rent a big house. A small house is good if it can accommodate them. Therefore, it is better to build a smaller house and charge a cheaper rent, so that it can accommodate more refugees and will not overwhelm the population. They live on the streets.

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When Xiang Nan first arrived in Xiangjiang to develop, things were not going well either.

There are more gangs in Xiangjiang than in Macau, and they are more violent. There are He He Tu, He An Le, He Sheng He, Lian Yingshe, Chaozhou Gang, etc.

Each gang has its own prefix, ranging from hundreds to dozens of people, so it can be said that the gangs in Xiangjiang are numerous.

Moreover, many gangs have a history of nearly a hundred years, starting from the opening of Xiangjiang in the late Qing Dynasty and continuing to the present. They are veritable local gangsters, arrogant and domineering.

As soon as Xiang Nan bought land and built a building here, a gang came to collect protection fees.

In line with the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, Xiang Nan gave everything he deserved.

After all, he is just here to do business, not to grab territory. There is no need to fight against the gangs.

In addition, Xiang Nan also asked wealthy local businessmen in Xiangjiang to help him make connections and say hello to local snakes.

It's OK to ask for money. He will give as much as others give him, but don't cause trouble. Moreover, he must ensure the safety of the ground.

Most of the gangs in Xiangjiang follow rules. Their purpose is to make money, not to cause trouble.

So when Xiang Nan was willing to give money, there was no conflict between them.

Xiang Nan built his building and paid a fee on time to ensure the safety of his neighborhood.

Is it legal? Is it illegal? Is it reasonable? It’s reasonable.

Public security in Xiangjiang has always been poor. Robbery, robbery, fights, extortion, etc. are everywhere.

The government only cares about collecting money and does not care about people's livelihood.

In "Ip Man 2", Hong Zhennan collects 100 yuan from each master and gives it to the police, which can ensure that the masters can teach boxing smoothly without being troubled by the police; in "Ip Man 3", gang forces went to the school to smash and loot. The police did not care about the burning, but Ip Man and his disciples guarded it;

"The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo", "The Lame Man", "Chasing the Dragon", "O's Triad Files", "The Dragon and Tiger Brothers of the Four Families"... many films also reflected the chaos of public security at that time. The police even rely on gangs to maintain order.

Therefore, paying protection fees may seem illegal, but in fact it is reasonable, reasonable, and something you have no choice but to do.

This situation did not change until the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established in 1974.

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Half a year later, four buildings and more than 4,000 houses were built. Based on a monthly rent of ten to fifteen yuan, the capital can be repaid in about a year and a half, which can be said to be a huge profit.

However, Xiang Nan makes money in more ways than just that.

He took the built house to the bank as a mortgage, then bought land, built another house, and continued rolling development. By the 1950s, Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan already owned 12 real estate projects with nearly 30,000 units.
Chapter completed!