Dropped out of school at the age of 14, became a billionaire at the age of 27, the romantic life of legendary property speculator Luo Zhaohui

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In 1978, the 14-year-old Luo Zhaohui resolutely dropped out of St. Joseph's English Middle School on the grounds that his classmates framed him for stealing the T-shirt and the teacher favored him, so he dropped out in anger.


After leaving school, Luo Zhaohui came to Chungking Mansion in Tsim Sha Tsui alone. At that time, Chungking Mansions had not yet caught fire due to Wong Kar-wai's movie "Chongqing Forest". Thousands of tenants from more than 100 countries lived here. There are brokers in suits and leather shoes, prostitutes leaning against the door and smiling, and young and Dangerous with guns. Looking at this scene, Luo Zhaohui knows what is meant by "a mixture of dragons and snakes, and the opposite of nine."



In this "dark forest", there is a bed that belongs to Luo Zhaohui. How many times has he been tossed and awake thinking about the vitality of tomorrow. .


Luo Zhaohui can endure hardships. He has worked as a security guard, a salesman, a handyman, and even speaks bad English to help prostitutes. In short, he can do anything as long as he can eat.


In the most turbid place of the rivers and lakes, Luo Zhaohui has dealt with the three teachers and nine fluents all day, and has developed a good eloquence, which laid the foundation for his future fortune.


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In 1985, Luo Zhaohui helped a real estate agent order a suit. He looked at the neat suit and thought: This is a glamorous industry. So he decisively left Tsim Sha Tsui and went to work at Man Tong Real Estate in Central International Building.



The property market in Hong Kong was booming. In Song Dandan's words, that guy was a sea of ​​people, and citizens lined up to buy. Luo Zhaohui also found himself very suitable for this industry, why? Because real estate sales have to be tricky, he's eloquent. Just talking about the collection of old building resources, some customers haggled and refused to sell, Luo Zhaohui made a sweet remark to cheer up the residents, and the house naturally sold.



In just one year, Luo Zhaohui was promoted to manager, and the company sent him to specialize in luxury home guests. Since then, his fate has begun to change.


Soon after, Luo Zhaohui got acquainted with the noble man in his life-Hong Kong godfather tycoon Liu Luanxiong. At that time, Liu Luanxiong was already the CEO of a listed company, worth hundreds of millions, and was called a "stock market sniper". How did the bottom guys get to know the big guys? According to legend, Luo Zhaohui asked someone to find out that Liu Luanxiong likes antiques, so he used his savings of 200,000 to buy antiques and gave Liu Luanxiong as a birthday present. At that time, the monthly income of Hong Kong citizens was only two to three thousand Hong Kong dollars, and Luo Siu-fai's spending a lot of money was a huge gamble.



Fortunately, Luo Zhaohui won the bet. After Liu Luanxiong received the antique, he became curious about the real estate agent and asked his subordinates to ask Luo Zhaohui to have a meal. After opening up Liu Luanxiong's "gate", Luo Zhaohui half-footed into the rich circle. Since then, Luo Zhaohui has met Zheng Yutong , Yang Shoucheng and other top wealthy people, and his contacts have become wider and wider.


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In 1988, Luo Zhaohui set up Huangjue Group on his own, specializing in real estate speculation for familiar bosses. The yellow is extremely respectable, the noble is extremely expensive, Luo Zhaohui is full of ambitions for the future.


In this year, Luo Zhaohui partnered with others to buy ten shops, and then split them for sale, earning the first pot of gold-7 million Hong Kong dollars. Since then, Luo Zhaohui fought the world with short-term real estate speculation, and his wealth rolled in like a snowball. Soon, Luo Zhaohui became one of the most successful real estate speculators in Hong Kong at that time.



In 1991, Chungking Mansion suffered a fire. The owner Zheng Yutong wanted to sell it, and Luo Zhaohui quickly smelled the business opportunity. He asked Liu Luanxiong to spend 140 million to buy the Chungking Mansions shopping mall, invested 20 million in renovation, and changed its name to Italy-French Day Plaza.


The following year, Luo Zhaohui sold the transformed Italian-French Day Plaza to Baohe Mingzhu Industrial, with a net profit of 540 million. This year, Luo Zhaohui was only 27 years old, and he gainedWith the nickname of "Wizard Fai", there was no difference in the limelight.



In 1994, Luo Zhaohui acquired the famous Hong Kong Chinese herbal medicine group "Dongfanghong" and became the owner of a listed company. The period from 1994 to 1996 was the node of Hong Kong's property market soaring, and it was also the peak period of Luo Zhaohui's property speculation. In 1996 alone, under the blessing of Liu Luanxiong, Zheng Yutong and other bigwigs, Luo Zhaohui conducted many large-scale transactions, totaling more than 3.3 billion, and his worth soared to 2 billion.


Luo Zhaohui really became a rich man.


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With money, Luo Zhaohui began to imitate the happy life of the big guys. At the most beautiful time, Luo Zhaohui owns more than ten famous cars such as Rolls-Royce, President and Ferrari. He also spent 4 million US dollars to customize a luxury yacht with a length of more than 20 meters. He named the yacht Miracle, which translates as miracle. He firmly believes that he will always create miracles.


gangster Liu Luanxiong wandered around the flowers, after Luo Zhaohui was unwilling to do so, he revealed that the actresses he dated were in double digits in the entertainment industry alone.



Luo Zhaohui's first girlfriend in the circle is the movie star Miss L. At the beginning of the relationship, Luo Zhaohui gave Miss L a mansion worth more than 30 million with a big hand, and immediately won the heart of the beauty. Soon, the two became fit.


Soon after, Luo Zhaohui will target the actress Sun Jiajun. He spent 15 million to buy the repulse bay mansion and donated part of the property rights to Sun Jiajun. Among Luo Zhaohui's many girlfriends, Sun Jiajun is the most righteous. Many years later, Luo Zhaohui was hospitalized and visited her.


Luo Zhaohui also had a relationship with the famous film star Anita Yuen. Luo Zhaohui claimed to be raising Anita Yuan with 500,000 yuan per month. Later, in an interview, Anita Yuan admitted that he had been with Luo Zhaohui, which was suspected to be a rumor.



After Anita Yuen, the third-level film queen Maggie entered the range of Luo Zhaohui. Not long after the two met, Luo Zhaohui gave the woman a BMW three-series luxury car.


Luo Zhaohui’s biggest star actress is Carina Lau. When the two were in love, they kissed on the street and were photographed by the media. In 1999, they spent time together in Malaysia. Money is good, but if you don't have money, you can fly. In 2000, Luo Zhaohui attempted to commit suicide by burning charcoal. During the hospitalization, he complained that Carina Lau would not visit him.



In addition, Zhou Huimin, the "Master of the Jade Girl" was not spared either. Luo Zhaohui claimed to have taken care of Zhou Huimin in 1995, and he also accused the woman of being greedy for money and asking for money every time she met.


The romantic Luo Zhaohui lingers in the flowers, but he has a more ambitious goal-to become a super rich, but the storm is quietly coming.


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In 1997, the Hong Kong property market went into a frenzy. Luo Zhaohui decided to buy the real estate company International Tegent, hoping to go public on the backdoor and become a real estate super boss.


At this time, due to the large scale of real estate speculation, Luo Zhaohui’s property burden has exceeded 2 billion. In order to buy Tegent International, Luo Zhaohui made a desperate bet and cashed out the shares of Dongfanghong Company in the bank. At the same time, he split and resold Tegent International to other buyers, crowd-raising funds. Unexpectedly, the Hong Kong property market fell sharply during the transaction. Other buyers have unsubscribed, and he needs to make up more than one billion yuan to complete the transaction. At this time Liu Luanxiong persuaded him to let go, but he blamed Liu Luanxiong for not wanting him to get rich.



Liu Luan was full of ambitions at this time, but he didn't know that a big storm was brewing, and he rushed towards Hong Kong.


In October 1997, the financial turmoil that swept Asia caused the Hong Kong property market and stock market to fall. Luo Zhaohui's wealth evaporated by 600 million almost overnight. The International Tegent, which he insisted on buying, became a hot potato.


At the end of 1997, Luo Zhaohui was unable to support it, and sold international Tegent and Dongfanghong to the "shell king" Chen Guoqiang.


debt collection companies followed one after another, ranging from recovering the last number of property transactions to as small as the millions of lighting projects for decorating the house.


Luo Zhaohui became a negative equity man overnight, owed 300 million Hong Kong dollars and declared bankruptcy. After the bankruptcy of


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, Luo Zhaohui became reticent. He once closed on his miracle yacht for 6 months. He deduced the quick turnaround method on the small blackboard day and night. "I want to practice supernatural powers and increase his power for 30 years." However, all this All in vain.


On the winter night of the millennium, the coldest night in Hong Kong, Luo Zhaohui felt desperate and committed suicide by burning charcoal on a yacht and fell into a coma. Fortunately, it was discovered that he was rescued in the hospital in time and his life was recovered.



After returning from the ghost gate, Luo Zhaohui fell into a frenzy, often speaking surprisingly. He even exposed himself to a number of female celebrities sexual affairs, let a lot of wealthy celebrities avoid it. Someone ridiculed that Luo Zhaohui became the protagonist of Yanzhaomen earlier than Edison Chen. The wall fell and everyone pushed, Luo Zhaohui had an egg-sized sore under his jaw, and the media and magazines laughed at him as a "century sore." He was so bored that he had avoided Paris for drinking and pleasure, and punched reporters. Liu Luanxiong didn't worry about him, and sent his confidante reporter Gambi to visit him.



Luo Zhaohui once confided in his heart: "I'm alone in these years, all those who are willing to talk to me, I will tell him everything, when he is a friend, but how do you know that they all regarded me as stupid and provoked me to be crazy. After


returned to Hong Kong, Luo Zhaohui became a harlequin in the media's writings, and he read bleakly: "He is holding an eco-bag, with a big belly, and walking on the street with his eyes dull. Pedestrians can't avoid it; ""He took the subway, biting his fingers in a daze, and the aunt beside him was full of disgust. "



Luo Zhaohui occasionally has a sober time. Once faced with the media, he said in English: "Life is important, not heavy. Being rich does not mean you are happy, but you are lucky."


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Soon after, Luo Zhaohui avoided Macau again and was arrested for possession of drugs. After several rounds, Luo Zhaohui finally settled in Dongguan and stayed in a hotel called Good Luck. He believes that this good luck hotel will bring him good luck in the Mainland, and his favorite saying is "Rising from the East".



Rumor has it that Luo Zhaohui made a rich friend in his early years and gave him a calligraphy and painting. In the winter of 2011, the rich man returned the calligraphy and painting to Luo Zhaohui, who sold it for 7 million yuan, as the start-up capital for a comeback.


However, God did not give him more time to revive him.


In the winter of that year, Luo Zhaohui suffered a heart attack and died suddenly while handling a real estate transfer in a law firm in Changping Town, Dongguan. A police photo at the scene showed that he was wearing a pair of black leather sandals and a pair of dark red socks that day. This was his last external object.



from Changping all the way south, across the mountains and the sea, to the Chungking Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. This is the starting point of Luo Zhaohui's life, and now there are a new group of young people talking about the property market, all of them are smug. I feel that the future is under control.


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