Hong Kong's new giants

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Isn't this just finding you two!"

Interest appeared on everyone's faces, and Zheng Jiachun said with great enthusiasm: "I think it is feasible! The high degree of international container monopoly on Kwai Chung Terminal is obviously not a good market law. The three of us may join forces, and there may be no hope of winning!"

Zheng Yutong said calmly: "International Containers, Modern Containers, plus us, the three compete, and we are still the weakest."

Lin Zuhui added: "Then we have to compete! The container terminal is not a real estate industry, and we can continue to purchase land. If we miss this time, we will not have many opportunities. And the monopoly nature of international containers is getting bigger and bigger. In the future, we will If you want to enter this line of work, your strengths will be even greater!"

Lee Shau Kee said: "Not bad! The earlier you enter, the more you can get a share of the action!"

Zheng Yutong nodded, and Zheng Jiachun quickly agreed to join.

In fact, Lin Zuhui knew in his heart that it would be difficult for the three companies to compete with international containers and modern containers;

Therefore, he put his hope on acquiring the shares of Modern Containers. As long as there is a breakthrough there, it will be [-]-[-] with the strength of International Containers.

……

At the same time, Li Ka-shing also visited the sick charter king, in fact intending to win Modern Containers.

Wharf holds 25.8% of Modern Containers. Although it is not its parent company, it is also an associate company; therefore, Wharf has the largest voice in Modern Containers.

When Li Ka-shing proposed to cooperate and bid for the No. 8 Kwai Chung container together, Wu Guangzheng immediately agreed.After all, in his opinion, no consortium can squeeze in if the two join forces.

Only the charter king said: "Although Lin Zuhui is young, I believe that if he really intends to bid for Container Terminal [-], he will also win over other consortiums."

Li Chaoren said confidently: "The two of us have teamed up, so it's not a big deal for them to join forces. Of course, no matter what, our chances of winning are greater, aren't we?"

Bao Yugang just nodded. This time, Modern Containers got two terminals. This benefit made him act very much.

In this way, the two container giants, which accounted for more than [-]% of the business of Xiangjiang Container Terminal, planned to jointly bid and not give anyone a chance.

This is the tactic of the monopoly group!

Of course, at this time, the Hong Kong government has not officially launched the bidding process, but as far as everyone knows, the bidding process will begin at the beginning of the year.

Li Chaoren walked out of Deep Water Bay No. 79, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he recovered immediately.

"Hey, if Lin Zuhui wasn't too aggressive, I wouldn't want to make such a move!"

"How many years have we worked hard in Xiangjiang? He, who only came out in the last five years, seems to be able to do everything."

Li Chaoren quickly found a reason for his gaffe just now.

……

In mid-August, the Hong Kong government announced that it would invite bids for Kwai Chung No. 1990 Container Terminal. Interested consortiums can apply for registration. The bid opening time will be January 1 next year (5).

The reason why the news was released in advance is that many factors need to be considered in the bidding of the container terminal, and the terminal design plan is one of the important factors.Therefore, during this period of time, everyone has enough time to come up with a plan.

After the Hong Kong government released the news of the bidding, International Containers and Modern Containers revealed to the media that the two intend to jointly bid.

For a while, public opinion was in an uproar!

This is simply not giving other consortiums a chance to survive!

Of course, no foreign consortium is interested in this Kwai Chung Container Terminal No. [-] at this time, because the situation is not very good.

So everyone's eyes are on New Era Group, because of the stake in sea-land container transport;

Therefore, everyone thinks that Lin Zuhui is preparing for this project.

It's just that I didn't expect that the No. [-] and No. [-] container companies in Xiangjiang would join forces.

Even Lin Zuhui's allies, New World Development and Henderson seem to have the intention to withdraw.

In fact, for Lin Zuhui, this step has already been counted.

Because in the previous life, the two container companies jointly entered the bid, and then divided up the four berths.

Modern Containers is not stupid. They work together with International Containers, and at least they can be divided in half.

Therefore, all of Lin Zuhui's bargaining chips are placed on the acquisition of 25% of the shares in the hands of European Airlines and British Railways.

With this 25% stake, he is not worried that Modern Terminals will not defect.

……

Lu Donglai hurried to Lin Zuhui's office with a happy expression on his face, making Lin Zuhui seem to guess something.

"Boss, European Airlines and British Railways have relented and are willing to sell their shares! However, the asking price is a bit high. They asked for 25 billion yuan to buy 25% of their shares."

If it was the head of another consortium, he might still hesitate, but Lin Zuhui didn't care about the 5 million higher than the budget.

"Promise them! Arrange the signing as soon as possible!"

"Okay, I'll get in touch right away!"

After Lu Donglai left, Lin Zuhui also stood up and paced around the office.

He doesn't feel bad for 25 billion, and he can sell it to Wharf for at least 30 billion in the future!As for why it was not given to Wharf, because this share was originally intended to force Modern Containers to defect.

It is impossible for him to develop two container companies at the same time, and the debt of the new era has already caused him a headache. After all, he will not be able to make money on oil futures until the second half of tomorrow.

This year, if the debt continues to rise, I am afraid that the stock price will not go up.

Even right now, the New Era Group can't afford the 25 billion!

Originally, there were 100 billion, but the garden land king and the purchase of land reserves planned to spend 80 billion;

There are only 20 billion left, plus the 7 million returned from the sale of Huayuan Dao Di Wang’s equity, plus the real estate profits, the company can only spend 30 billion on its account; and just invested 12 billion in sea and land freight, which is actually only 18 billion of funds.

In the end, Lin Zuhui decided to let his family investment company take all 25% of Modern Containers shares.As long as it is agreed to pay in three months, the funds returned by Japanese securities can come in handy.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui laughed!

For international containers and modern containers, the "good news" announced too early, you will know how much it will be later.

Chapter 314 [Reshaping the image]

Friday, April 8.

The media reported a news that a company named Bowater bought 25% of the shares in the hands of European Airlines and British Iron Man at a sky-high price of 25 billion yuan.

For a while, there was a public opinion storm about Xiangjiang's large-scale transaction of commercial projects.

The public didn’t know who the boss of Bowater Company was, so the media rushed to inquire about the news; of course, the most urgent one was the Bao family of Wharf. They are the largest shareholder of Modern Containers. Now someone suddenly gave their shareholding a difference of only 0.8 %, how can you not be in a hurry?

78 Deep Water Bay.

Chartered Ship King looked seriously ill, but he didn't dare to let anyone underestimate his attack power. Hearing that he was still staring at him, we knew that he wanted to fight until his death.

Wu Guangzheng hadn't come out of the shock yet, and said in a dazed way: "European Shipping and British Railways, why did they release their shares without notifying us? Who is buying the shares at such a high premium? His intention is what?"

The charter king snorted coldly and said, "Why are you nervous? Just ask HSBC Bank's Paul Wess and you'll know?"

Wu Guangzheng was taken aback immediately, and quickly said: "What father-in-law said is true!"

The charter king continued: "No matter who it is, his shares are a little less than ours. I think if he wants to take down the modern container, he will definitely ask China Merchants, Swire Pacific, Jebsen, and HSBC. Four shareholders. But as far as it is concerned, it is impossible for these four shareholders to hand over their shares, so we don’t need to worry. Maybe, others just came to join.”

Wu Guangzheng nodded, and then regretfully said: "If we get the 25% of the shares, Modern Containers will no longer be our associate company, but our subsidiary company."

Speaking of this, even the charter king is very excited. The joint venture is simply a shareholding. Wharf Group is not the boss at all, and everyone has to discuss everything together; if it is a subsidiary company, then Wharf has the right to speak. Quite big.

……

In the ground conference room.

Lin Zuhui and Simon Keswick signed a huge transaction project. Chinese Land bought a building and seven shopping malls of Landmark at a price of 45 billion, including Causeway Bay World Trade Center, Xingang Center, Excelsior Shopping Center and other famous properties.

In terms of price, the premium is more than [-]%, but it is [-]% less than before the plunge.

The important thing is that without such a sudden incident, Hongkong Land would never choose to sell at this juncture.

After signing the contract, Simon Keswick joked with a smile: "Sheng Lin, don't come to us to buy properties again. Our current high-quality properties in Central are not for sale."

Lin Zuhui said in his heart: "Didn't you sell the No. [-] Queen's Road Building in your previous life?"

However, he still responded with a smile: "Mr. Ximen, in a few years, our New Times Group has spent a full 115 billion on Landmark. In fact, you still have a full 300-400 billion worth of real estate in Central. Property is still the largest real estate company in Xiangjiang."

The real estate of Hongkong Land is too rich. The property area of ​​the seven buildings in Central is more than 480 million square feet. Together with No. 500 Queen's Road, which is under construction, the rental area has exceeded [-] million square feet.

These buildings are all first-class locations and first-class commercial buildings, including Three Exchange Square, Landmark Building, Gloos Tower, etc.; therefore, they are several percent higher than those in the Convention and Exhibition Center; if they are sold, they will cost 7000 to 8000 yuan per square meter ruler, there is no problem.

Unfortunately, the land will not be sold.

Simon Keswick couldn't help being a little proud. After selling so many properties, Hongkong Land is still the real estate company with the highest market capitalization.

Of course, the market value of Hongkong Land is only 190 billion, and its net assets are twice that. Obviously, shareholders are not very keen on speculating Hongkong Land.

"Mr. Lin, I'm overwhelmed! The rent-collecting properties of Chinese Real Estate and New Era Group will exceed 800 million square feet in a few years!"

Lin Zuhui really didn't count, because many of them are under construction, but it should be more than 800 million square feet, including those under construction.

It's scary, this is already the largest real estate company in Xiangjiang.

"Many are still under investment, and they are completely inferior to the buildings that have been put into use by Hongkong Land."

After the completion of this transaction, the debt of Chinese Land has reached as high as 50 billion, and it still needs to pay a lot of construction costs and interest every year.

However, after taking over these properties, the annual rent of Huaren Properties has reached about one billion, which is enough to support the company's operation.

The debt was a full 10 billion less than Lin Zuhui expected. Moreover, Hua Ren still has 25% of Yongji shares in his hands, and the value is 8 million. There is no problem.

With a debt of 50 billion yuan, Hua Zhi does not need to make money financially at all. It can collect rent, repay loans and interest, and pay construction costs at the same time.

Once it came to 1992, when rents rose sharply and new buildings were completed, the annual rent of Chinese Properties would be as high as billions.

At present, the only thing remaining for Chinese homeowners is to be "privatized", and it is expected to come up with a plan in November.

……

The next day.

Hong Kong's second best-selling "Economic Daily" published an article written by a professor at the University of Hong Kong. The article pointed out that: Hutchison Whampoa's international containers monopolize [-]% of Hong Kong's container terminal business; Modern Containers, a container terminal business, jointly bid for Kwai Chung No. [-] container, intending to highly monopolize the container industry in Hong Kong.

A tabloid published an article by a primary school student - "Xiangjiang, the City of Li's Family": True to its name, Hong Kong is the city of Li's family.He is our God, and all things are created by him.His power far surpasses that of human beings, and he shelters the wage earners from wind and rain, and protects Hong Kong from typhoons and heavy rains.They have paid so much, just hope that we can come to work on time and not leave work on time.This is the greatness of Brother Cheng.

For a while, the citizens deeply felt that they could not do without the Li family in every aspect: the electricity they used was from the Li family, the houses they lived in were built by the Li family, and the supermarkets they went to were owned by the Li family...

It seems to be praising Li Chaoren, but only the person involved knows the hidden dangers brought about by this.

……

When Lin Zuhui came to Xiaomi Technology's office building, Zou Kaixuan was already waiting, and he was going to formally invest in the high-tech industry to reshape the image of the Lin family as a real estate developer.Invest in the electronics industry first, and then invest in life science and technology. Anyway, it’s just for fun!

Sitting on the boss's chair, Zou Kaixuan came behind him and took the initiative to massage Lin Zuhui. The technique was not bad.

"How is the sales of Xiaobawang game consoles in the mainland?" Lin Zuhui said while enjoying with his eyes closed.

"It's not bad! Compared with the counterfeit game consoles in the mainland, our Xiaobawang game consoles are of higher quality, and the return rate is getting lower and lower, around 5%." Zou Kaixuan said with a little excitement.

She is a woman in charge of a technology company, which is something to be proud of anyway.

Lin Zuhui immediately cracked down: "The return rate of 5% is too high, it should be controlled at about 2%, and then you ask the management to pay close attention to quality and production."

Zou Kaixuan immediately said seriously: "Okay, I will definitely work harder!"

Lin Zuhui patted her hand and pulled her to the front. Zou Kaixuan was about to squat down, but Lin Zuhui raised his chin and pulled her up again.

"What's the rush! I haven't finished my work! Don't be in the office anymore, I'll go to the hotel later!"

Zou Kaixuan's face blushed immediately, she might be wrong, but as long as this man likes it.

"Um"

Next, work continues.

Lin Zuhui said: "Xiaomi Technology has been established for almost a year, and now it's time to develop! I bought an industrial building, which will be converted into an office building and a factory building, with an area of ​​20 square feet. Xiaobawang By the way, you slowly hand over the work to the senior staff, and you only need to spend half the effort. Now you come to Xiaomi Technology as the president, and recruit management and technical personnel for me, and the preparations will be completed by the end of the year."

Zou Kaixuan asked: "Develop the VCD you mentioned?"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "In addition to VCD, there is also research and development of Chinese pagers. VCD, I have explained the principle to you. The most important thing about that thing is to go to the United States to obtain a patent for a digital compression chip. This is the heart of VCD. Transform TV signals into digital signals...In short, these two products are marketed in the mainland, so we will set up R&D departments in Xiangjiang and Shenzhen at the same time, and produce in the mainland."

Both products are not high-tech products, but what Lin Zuhui wants is to be the first person to eat crabs.

In his previous life, Jiang Wanmeng, director of the Modern Television Technology Research Institute of Huizhou Province, went to Las Vegas, USA to participate in the International Radio and Television Exhibition in 1992, and ran into Sun Yansheng, a Chinese-American, in front of a very small booth.The digital compression chip shown by Sun is the heart of VCD, which can convert TV signals into digital signals.From then on, Jiang Wanmeng was locked up by this small chip, thinking hard all day long.One day after returning to China, he said: "If we compress the signal on a CD and make it into a player, this chip will create a very large industry."

Lin Zuhui is rich. Once the research and development is successful, his funds can quickly promote the product in the market; and Wan Yan in the previous life, after developing VCD, promoted it for another year. When the market accepts CVD, Wan Yan has no money. advertised.I can only watch the major manufacturers come in to get a share of the pie. The important thing is that Wanyan has not registered a patent.

Xiaomi Technology is different. It will secretly develop VCD until the product is successful, and then immediately promote a large number of advertisements; of course, it must register a patent.At that time, Lin Zuhui only needs to let Jack Cheng come to endorse, and then buy CCTV's Biao Wang, and he is not afraid of unsuccessful marketing.

In fact, this thing can't make a lot of money, but it is an accumulation of brand and technology.

Zou Kaixuan said: "Then should we acquire land in the Mainland to invest in factories?"

She knew Lin Zuhui's style, that is, he was not short of money, and he invested heavily from the beginning.