When he first arrived in Hongkong, Lee Shau Kee took advantage of his familiarity with currency exchange business, and put up orders in several silver shops, engaging in the trading of foreign exchange and gold. At that time, during the war of liberation, many rich people from the mainland went to Hong Kong, and the foreign exchange business and gold trading business were very prosperous. Lee Shau Kee cooperated with He Xian and others and made a fortune in this golden war, which laid the foundation for his later career development. In the early 1950s, after the liberation of the mainland, Britain quickly recognized the status of China and established diplomatic relations. Lee Shau Kee realized that Hongkong would become a bridge for China to go to the world, so he switched to hardware business and import and export trade, and the business was very smooth.

However, despite making money, Lee Shau Kee's heart is still not steadfast, and his experience in Guangzhou will never be forgotten. He is determined to choose another industry. Judging from his past experience, he chose a reliable business this time? Engaged in real estate.

1958, Lee Shau Kee, Feng Jingxi, Guo Desheng and other eight people set up Yongye Company and started to set foot in the real estate industry. At the beginning of 1973, when the Hong Kong stock market was bullish, Lee Shau Kee took the opportunity to list Yongtai Company, and the stock of one yuan per share suddenly rose to one yuan and seventy cents, and Lee Shau Kee made a fortune. It's also luck. Just after Lee Shau Kee made a fortune, Hong Kong stocks collapsed with the world economic recession, and the real estate industry also fell into a trough. Lee Shau Kee is holding a huge amount of cash at this time. He seized the opportunity and bought land and old buildings at a low price.

1975, the Hong Kong stock market began to recover. Lee Shau Kee also set up his own company at this time? Henderson Zhao Ye Limited has a share capital of HK$ 65.438+0.5 billion and has 20 sites. When Henderson Land was founded, there were only one hundred and fifty million yuan of share capital and 20 properties. But a few years later, its territory surged to more than 100. In Hong Kong, where land is scarce, it is not easy to continuously obtain enough land for building.

Lee Shau Kee has increased its land reserve for itself with its unique vision and way. Lee Shau Kee manages the real estate industry in an industrialized way. He regards land as raw materials and buildings as finished products. Constantly buying land and constantly producing finished products have made Henderson Land win the reputation of the Hong Kong population. Building manufacturing factory? The reputation of. 198 1 In June, Lee Shau Kee successfully listed Henderson Land, raising HK$ 10 billion in one fell swoop, thus enriching its own strength. Successfully passed the low tide when Hong Kong's status was uncertain in the early and middle 1980s.