Hong Kong's new giants

"Lin Sheng is not optimistic about Xiangjiang's future?"

"No, I am optimistic! Because I am from Xiangjiang, I have no place to go, and my overseas investment ability is weak, so I must be optimistic about the development of Xiangjiang. I can afford to wait for one year, two years, or three years! This time I The quotations are all intended to be purchased at a premium. Therefore, if Mr. Ximen intends to sell these properties, we might as well communicate with each other and strive for a mutually satisfactory result."

When Lin Zuhui said this, he meant that the price could still be raised, and Simon Keswick immediately softened his face.This is a high-quality object for sale, and it is a very good object for Jardine who is eager to relocate their capital.

As for the price, Landmark will only release it if they are satisfied!

As for Lin Zuhui's side, naturally he would not foolishly give too high a price, as long as it is reasonable.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, if we want to sell the property you want to sell, we will give priority to you Chinese buyers. But you also know that it is a bit sudden now, and we need the company to discuss it."

"No problem! We Chinese Real Estate are willing to wait and buy at any time!"

He is not worried that the land will not be sold, because office buildings and shopping malls will not improve for a year or two.Hongkong Land was always in panic. After all, the entire army was almost wiped out in the 50s, and the Keswick family was bound to evacuate Xiangjiang in a hurry.

In fact, Hongkong Land has another high-quality property that can be sold, that is, No. 38 Queen's Road, Central District, which is under construction; this property is 40 stories high and has a floor area of ​​nearly 1992 square feet. 38 million.

Lin Zuhui plans to wait until the 90s before proposing to buy it, and he has to buy it at a premium. After all, this building has a good location, beautiful architecture, and the use of Chinese and Western architectural features, which is very worth buying.

……

The marketing staff of the New Times Group, like hunting dogs, frantically searched for the land and properties in the market.And Lin Zuhui also quickly gained a lot, buying many high-quality villas.

On this day, he got another message that Pang Yalun, the chairman of Benda Group, was going to sell No. 1 Barker Road.Lin Zuhui sent someone to contact without hesitation, and quickly won it with 3000 million Hong Kong dollars.

It's too cheap, the current villa is just like picking up money!For those held by rich foreign investors, they want to cash out and leave; for those held by Chinese rich people, they want to cash out and emigrate.

The office of Huazhi Center.

Lin Zuhui didn't put too much energy on buying high-quality properties. Now that he has money, he can buy them, so why worry about it!

Instead, he started to think about the expansion of New Era Group!

The achievements of the New Times Group in real estate/home ownership have now surpassed Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai and become the well-deserved real estate hegemony of Hong Kong (high debts are not discussed).

But in terms of influence, it is still much lower than Cheung Kong, and it can only compete with Sun Hung Kai.

The fundamental reason is that New Times Group has either just started or has not dabbled in businesses such as container terminals, telecommunications, infrastructure, retail, and energy.

Therefore, he and Li Chaoren still have a lot of shortcomings in their strength in the Xiangjiang business world.

Lin Zuhui sat on the office seat, and gently wrote 'Container Terminal' and 'Telecommunications' on the paper with a pen.

In the short term, telecommunications cannot enter because they have to wait for the Hong Kong government to invite tenders. New Times Group has been preparing for it; Telecommunications.

In the end, he crossed out the telecommunications, leaving only 'container terminal', and began to think about the situation of Hongkong container terminal:

Hong Kong has the world's largest independent merchant fleet and the world's largest private container terminal.

香港货柜码头以葵涌为中心，该码头于1970年起招标承建；1972年葵涌货柜综合总站正式启用；到1976年共有5个码头（6个泊位）陆续投入使用；1988年6号码头第1个泊位又建成营运。香港货柜码头与美国纽约、荷兰鹿特丹、新加坡并称为世界四大集装箱港。将来更是超过另三大港踞世界第一，其后连续多年荣登世界第一货柜港榜首。

香港的码头装卸仓储运输业，在政府管理下，由私人公司拥有并独立经营。葵涌码头主要由香港国际货柜码头公司（和记黄埔）、现代货柜码头公司（九龙仓占25.8％）、（美国）海陆联运货柜码头公司这三家经营。至1989年上半年止，香港国际货柜码头公司拥有4、6、7号三个码头（10个泊位）；现代货柜码头公司拥有1、2、5号三个码头；海陆货柜码头联运公司（美国）拥有3号码头。

There is also an Asian container company, New World holds 39% of the shares. It invested in the construction of the largest container distribution center in Asia at Kwai Chung Container Terminal No. 3, with an area of ​​590 million square feet. It is the largest multi-storey direct container freight warehouse in the world. Building, New World also holds a 13% stake in Sea-Land Containers.

"If the new era wants to enter this field, it must start with modern containers or sea and land containers!"

“九龙仓仅持有现代货柜25.8％的股份，另外：欧洲航务、英国铁行轮船两家公司持有25％，招商局持有20.3％、太古17.65％、汇丰6.3％、捷成洋行4.9％。”

"Although Sea-Land Container has only one terminal, it is weak in the container terminal industry, but it has an advantage in the container truck transportation industry. It has a huge container fleet and its business scope extends to Hong Kong and the Mainland. Moreover, the major shareholder of Sea-Land Freight is the US Sea-Land Terminal, which holds the It has 87% of the shares. Now that the relationship between China and the United States has dropped to a freezing point, the United States may not have the idea of ​​​​selling the shares, as long as the price is generous!"

After some thinking, Lin Zuhui plans to bet on both sides, that is, consider taking over its shares from European Shipping and British Railway Shipping, and consider buying most of its shares from Sea-Land Containers.

The reason why he did this was because he planned to combine the two consortiums first, and beat Hutchison Whampoa in the bidding for Kwai Chung No. 8 Container Terminal next year, grab the four berths of No. 8 Terminal, and then let the two consortia split into two indivual.

As for the future container terminal No. [-] and the first river terminal in Tuen Mun, these two major projects must also be won!

In short, it is to fight Hutchison Whampoa and unite all forces that can be united.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui became ambitious!

In terms of funds, he personally has a cash flow of 200 billion (65 billion in debt);

In terms of influence, he is the only newspaper giant in Xiangjiang and the boss behind ATV;

Whether it is the Hong Kong government, the mainland, or even the United Kingdom as far away as Europe, they can all see the huge influence and potential from him, and it is inevitable to win him over.

What's more, container terminal No. 8 came with a high bid, and only container No. 9 will be the network struggle of all parties in the future.

When the No. 9 container and the Tuen Mun Inland River Container Terminal are called for bidding, his influence is no worse than that of Li Chaoren, and he will not be afraid at that time.

To sum up, let everyone resist the monopoly of international containers and beat Li Chaoren to death.

Xiangjiang can only have one Superman, and that is Superman Lin.

After being in a good mood, Lin Zuhui felt relieved. If he wants to get involved in the container terminal, he must first purchase the equity of several foreign companies.

In this way, he can unite with New World, Henderson, Wharf, etc., and be qualified to speak.

Chapter 3 and Eight [1 Barker Road]

Guan Jiahui was sitting in Lin Zuhui's presidential car, always dishonest all the way, either asking where Lin Zuhui took her to, or 'harassing' Lin Zuhui in various ways.

Of course, Lin Zuhui likes this kind of Guan Jiahui, who has a variety of styles, and his eyes and smiles are full of love.

When the convoy reached the intersection of Peak Road and Barker Road, it slowly stopped in front of a building, and the bodyguard opened the door for the two.Lin Zuhui got out of the car first, followed by Guan Jiahui, and then looked at Lin Zuhui suspiciously.

"This is No. 1 Barker Road! The total length of Barker Road is 1.7 kilometers. I won't talk about the people who live here. Anyway, they are either rich or expensive!"

Guan Jiahui nodded numbly, now she felt a little unbelievable, but a little uneasy; she guessed that this was the residence given to her by Lin Zuhui, but she couldn't believe that she could live in such a "noble" place.

Lin Zuhui took Guan Jiahui's hand, motioned her not to get excited, and introduced her personally:

"No. 1 Barker Road covers an area of ​​9000 square feet. The entire building is located on this large podium, and then it is composed of one tall and one low building..."

Lin Zuhui led Guan Jiahui into a car passageway, and continued to introduce: "This is the security room and the place where the security guards live, because this villa is at the intersection of the roads, if you want to move in, I will arrange two female bodyguards in the villa And four male bodyguards, to protect you and Wen Hua, and they will not disturb you even if they guard the door."

Only then did Guan Jiahui happily grab Lin Zuhui's arm, and said in disbelief, "Give it to me?"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "This is No. 1 Baijia Road, and you are my first woman, so I just give it to you!"

The woman immediately gave Lin Zuhui a sweet kiss, which made Lin Zuhui's appetite go wild, but with so many people watching, it's better to restrain himself.In fact, the bodyguards had already recited it and began to search around.

After letting go, Lin Zuhui pulled Guan Jiahui to continue to visit. Although this villa covers a small area, it is still very good in all aspects, and the security is also relatively well arranged; otherwise, Ma Qingwei, the former chairman of Dasheng Real Estate, would not have lived here forever .

The large podium is like a large base. In addition to the security room, the other part of the large base is also a parking lot, a gymnasium, etc.;

The upper part of the podium is composed of two buildings, one high and one low. The low building has only one floor, but it has a large area, and there are swimming pools, gardens, and lawns on it; the tall building is a three-story building, which is very Modern, the exterior is a glass curtain wall.

After visiting around, Guan Jiahui's mood can be imagined, and asked excitedly: "How much did you buy?"

Lin Zuhui smiled and said, "3200 million!"

"so cheap?"

"Nonsense, the value was nearly 5000 million before the plunge, but it has fallen a lot now!"

This villa has a disadvantage, that is, it occupies a small area, only 9000 square feet, which can barely be regarded as a super luxury house.It is impossible for Lin Zuhui to give Guan Jiahui only one set, and he will still give a bigger one if he has the opportunity in the future!

The real purpose of giving them a mansion is that when the children grow up, they will have their own property, and it will be under their name first.

"Give it to me, they won't be jealous, right?" Guan Jiahui said happily.

She was really worried that they would be jealous, but just wanted to test Lin Zuhui's thoughts.

Lin Zuhui didn't know what this woman was thinking, so he said angrily, "You can line up and buy better ones before you choose. I'll give them this set first!"

Guan Jiahui immediately acted like a baby, this villa is very good, she actually likes it very much.This is a villa on the top of the mountain, and it's Baijiadao. Being able to live with a lover alone has already raised his value.

Of course, in Guan Jiahui's view, there are high and low points in being a lover. Being Lin Zuhui's lover has more status and wealth than those wealthy wives who are married by the media.

One is that this man has a high status in Xiangjiang;

In the end, Lin Zuhui said: "Recently, I arranged for someone to clean and rearrange here. In the future, you can come and live if you like. Anyway, Nanwan Road and this place are your home!"

The property rights of the villa on Nanwan Road have not been transferred to the names of the girls. After all, it is his palace, so the property rights will naturally not be transferred.

"Well, when you don't go home, I will live here!" Guan Jiahui said happily.

Then, Guan Jiahui asked Lin Zuhui what reward he wanted, as long as you open your mouth.

What reward?

Of course it's a trick!

Lin Zuhui, who has changed into a T, can't play, but there are still times to play.

……

Lin Zuhui brought his subordinate Lu Donglai to Kwai Chung Container Terminal No. [-].

Immediately, I just felt that the scale of the sea-land container terminal intermodal transport company was too small, with only one berth and storage yard.

The important thing is that the property behind the terminal - the container processing center, is the property right of the Asian container (held by New World, OOCL and other companies).Generally speaking, the property behind the pier is granted to the pier operating company.It seems that the sea and land container was not willing to invest too much at the beginning.

"It's better to be small, so that we can have the experience of gradually growing up and have the motivation to develop!" Lin Zuhui sighed from the side.

Seeing that the boss was so confident, Lu Donglai naturally agreed: "With the boss's prestige in Hong Kong and the relationship with the Hong Kong government, I believe we will be the biggest competitors in the future. Although Container Terminal 3 is small, it can give us a Chance to buffer!"

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "There is no time to buffer. The business of Xiangjiang Container Terminals is growing rapidly, and the throughput of Container Terminals [-] to [-] is becoming increasingly saturated. I estimate that Container Terminal [-] will be called for bidding next year!"

Lu Donglai was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what to say!

In a year's time, New Times Group may not have the opportunity to participate in the bidding for Pier No. [-].

Bidding is not an auction. In addition to considering the price factor, you must also consider the relationship with the Hong Kong government. This is not bad for the boss; the key is that you must have comprehensive strengths such as container terminal technology and experience. Great test.

Lin Zuhui knew the problem when he saw the low mood of his subordinates!

Of course, he also knows the advantages and disadvantages of all aspects, but instead of taking the usual path, he intends to combine the forces of all parties to compete with the international container for No. 8.

He may even use the media to name and criticize Hutchison Whampoa's monopoly in the container terminal: generally speaking, accounting for 2% of a certain field already involves monopoly, and once Hutchison gets half of the No. It has reached [-]%, which is a high degree of monopoly.

Therefore, Lin Zuhui will fight for Container Terminal No. [-]!

To get rid of the thoughts in my mind, I still have to take it step by step. At the moment, I am contacting Sea and Land Freight to purchase its main shares.

"I know how to operate it. Now you should immediately contact the person in charge of Sea-Land Freight and tell them that our new era intends to buy most of their shares. Whether it is the withdrawal of capital from the United States or cooperation, our purchase of shares is for them. All good! Following the response of their government, selling the shares to us, they can retain some of the shares. This way, they will support our technology in the future, and we have local relationships, and together we can scale up the sea and land containers.”

In fact, Lin Zuhui still has an idea in his heart. When the time is right, he will unite with New World, Henderson Land, Landmark, and COSCO (choose Hutchison) to reorganize the assets of Asian containers and land and sea terminals to form a large terminal group.

As for the shares, Lin Zuhui is not worried at all. As the investment increases, the party with financial strength will naturally have more and more shares.For a party without financial strength, the shares can only be diluted.

Lu Donglai nodded, and immediately said: "Okay, I will start action immediately!"

Lin Zuhui added: "Let's contact Modern Containers' European Shipping Service and British Railway Shipping, and we will try to get their shares too!"

Lu Donglai was shocked, how much investment the boss is going to make.

If international containers account for 6% of the Hong Kong container terminal business, then modern containers account for 3%, and sea and land only account for 1%.

Therefore, Modern Containers can be considered a giant company!

"Okay, I'll do it!"

Lin Zuhui said: "When negotiating with European Shipping and British Railway Shipping, it is necessary to disclose that our prices are easy to negotiate. lest they still want to be the charter king and ignore the benefits!"

Lu Donglai nodded!

Lin Zuhui's move will definitely cause the charter king and Wu Guangzheng to dislike, but once the matter is completed, then Lin Zuhui will have an active advantage in negotiating with Wharf.

The reason is simple: once he also owns 25% of the shares of Modern Containers, which is equivalent to the same as Wharf (currently Modern Containers can only be regarded as an associate company of Wharf, not a subsidiary company), he will have a great say. It's like getting a chip.

Of course, Lin Zuhui is not pretending to be the king of the boat, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, it is no longer their era!

Back at Huazhi Center, Lin Zuhui began to think - where does the money come from?

After the New Era Group plummeted, it had a full 80 billion funds (as well as debts), 60 billion was spent on the purchase of land reserves, and 20 billion was spent on the land king in Central.

In the end, he decided to contact Steve, the head of Wanguotong Xiangjiang.

Chapter 3 and Nine【Cooperation with Citigroup】

Steve warmly received Lin Zuhui in the office. He knew that Lin Zuhui predicted the risk this time and sold a large number of scattered properties and real estate before the plunge.Today's New Times Group and Lin Zuhui himself have huge financial capabilities and can buy real estate at the bottom.

Of course, the premise is that Xiangjiang will not become a smelly port.

On this point, Steve is not sure, will Xiangjiang's economy and real estate slump?

Now, though, the stock market has bounced back a bit, which is true!

Moreover, under the call of the state, some European and American entrepreneurs are actually withdrawing from Xiangjiang in large numbers. Even the sale and transportation of the "Asia 1 Satellite" has been banned by the US government (later, with CEFC's efforts, the ban was lifted. ).

Steve said, "Mr. Lin, I'm curious about a question!"