Hong Kong's new giants

"Boss, Mrs. Lin, happy new year!"

"Okay, take it, my wife wrapped it herself!"

"Thank you boss, Mrs. Lin, congratulations to the boss for making a fortune, and Mrs. Lin's eternal youth!"

"Same hair, same hair!"

Lin Zuhui and his wife are distributing New Year's lai see from floor to floor. Every staff member they see has a 200 Hong Kong dollar lai see, which is quite a big lai see.

The employees who didn't see it will not miss it. Assistant Li Ke will give a part to the management of this level, and then ask them to send it to the employees who missed it.

Lin Zuhui is also personally distributing and exchanging a few words with people.He has a good memory and knows hundreds of employees, which is amazing.

"Ah Hao, the boy is getting more and more energetic, work hard, and strive for a salary increase and promotion!" Lin Zuhui said to a young man.He came in after graduating from the University of Hong Kong and has been working for one year.

Ah Hao suddenly felt smoke coming from the ancestral grave, but he didn't expect the boss to remember him, so he was flattered and said, "Thank you boss for your encouragement, I will definitely work hard."

What Lin Zuhui wanted was this kind of effect - for show, he patted his hand on the young man's shoulder, and looked at the 'fat beauty' who squeezed in.

"Xiaoya, you will become plump again in the new year, so be careful!"

"Yes, boss, I must pay attention to my figure and learn from my wife."

"It's okay, you can do a little more work at work, just treat it as exercise, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!"

Everyone laughed.

Xiaoya blushed, but not to be outdone, she said, "I'll listen to the boss!" This seemed to be telling her colleagues, implying that she was an 'acquaintance' of the boss.

Lin Zuhui smiled, and chatted with some of the staff. Today is the only day he is "free" throughout the year.

New Era Group has many beautiful employees, but Lin Zuhui can't remember any of their names, so he naturally won't have any scandals in the company.

Wang Lingyin also has a certain prestige in the company. She is beautiful and has a good temperament. She is in charge of the company's charity department;

After walking through the office buildings, Lin Zuhui and Wang Lingyin came to his office.

Wang Lingyin looked around the office and said, "Brother Hui, why don't you set up a lounge, so you can rest at noon."

Lin Zuhui welcomed her to his office chair, sat on his desk, and said to her, "I don't want it on purpose, I don't like taking a break at noon!"

The work habits of Hongkong millionaires are different:

Li Chaoren is the most diligent. He wakes up at five or six o'clock, goes to work after playing golf, and arrives at the company on time at eight o'clock;

Zheng Yutong is the most 'lazy', maybe ten o'clock, maybe twelve o'clock, in his words, as long as he goes to the company, he can achieve the effect he wants;

Lee Shau Kee is the most 'weird', he likes to start working at two o'clock in the afternoon until the early morning of the next day;

Lin Zuhui is the most "standard", going to and from work like the staff, with relatively little overtime.

Wang Lingyin looked at Lin Zuhui and smiled. Of course she knew why Lin Zuhui didn't rest at noon, because he wanted to accompany them to have lunch and go shopping.Of course, she is also a beneficiary, sometimes invited by Lin Zuhui to have lunch together, and then go shopping or exercise.

Sometimes, Lin Zuhui also entertains guests during the lunch break, so he is not worthy of the lunch break.

Then, Lin Zuhui said: "This year, you will officially work in the New Times Group. The most important thing is to be familiar with the company's affairs. You can figure out the specific work!"

Although Wang Lingyin graduated from the University of Hong Kong, it is actually equivalent to 'part-time work-study'. She started having a baby in her sophomore year and missed a lot of courses. However, she is good at studying and can pass the exam. The University of Hong Kong also issued a graduation certificate. certificate.Of course, it is also for Lin Zuhui's face, who made Lin Zuhui the "financial father"!

"Where are the two little guys at home?" Wang Lingyin asked hesitantly.She also wants to participate in more work, but she is worried about her two sons.

"What are you afraid of if you have a nanny! You don't have too many work schedules. For example, you work five or six hours a day and take weekends off. You are a normal working woman. If you have children, you don't have children. Of course, I respect your choice!"

Wang Lingyin immediately said, "I'll listen to you!" In fact, of course she wanted to go to work, especially to establish a certain influence in the New Times Group. This was also Lin Zuhui's idea, just in case.

After making an appointment to go out for lunch together, Wang Lingyin returned to her office, which was more like a booth, with a small area and glass partitions.

After a while, Liang Zhenxun came to Lin Zuhui's office.

The top executives of the New Era Group all have a characteristic, that is, they are relatively young, and they are basically around 40 years old. In theory, they can still work for more than 15 years.

Lin Zuhui said: "Olympia York Company still declared bankruptcy this month. Richman is going to redeem London's 'Canary Wharf' project and intends to invite us to become shareholders. So I plan to invest 9% of the equity, which will cost about 13.5 million pounds (US$105 billion, HK$[-] billion)."

Liang Zhenxun was surprised, and said: "So much investment? That project still needs to be injected?"

Lin Zuhui said: "There should be no need for capital injection, and the follow-up loan will be used to solve the problem! This project has a very good prospect, and it is the best channel for us to enter European commercial real estate."

Liang Zhenxun nodded, he never doubted the boss's investment vision.

To put it bluntly, now is buying the bottom!

As for whether it is the bottom or not, the boss has the most say in this point.

"The company still invested in Diamond Mountain Land King in February, which is estimated to be more than 30 billion. It is estimated that there is only 40 billion left in the account. It can only issue convertible bonds recently. However, the Hang Seng Index has recently dropped to around 6000 points. , the market is not particularly good.”

Lin Zuhui heard the words, thought for a while and said: "Others can't issue convertible bonds at this time, it doesn't mean we can't. The popularity of New Times Group is not comparable to those companies, so you can communicate with Peregrine , directly issue bonds of 50 billion Hong Kong dollars. Of course, I personally still subscribe for 25 billion, so that you will have no pressure."

After Liang Zhenxun listened, he immediately said: "Of course there is no problem! The annual report is due again in March, how does the boss plan to distribute dividends?"

Lin Zuhui said: "According to last year's dividend (15 billion), our company will invest heavily, and the dividend can only be like this!"

"Ok"

The assets of New Era Group are several times that of Henderson, but the dividends are about the same. If it is replaced by other masterminds, investors will definitely be pessimistic.

However, Lin Zuhui is different. He has a strong personal charm, and his investment in overseas projects is indeed a 'cheap bargain', so the small dividend ratio will also increase the stock price.

One of the advantages of New Era Group is that it can achieve relative financial transparency. For example, the income from investing in US stocks is reported from time to time.In this way, investors know that New Era Group's overseas investment is very smooth.

But going on like this is not a solution. Lin Zuhui is worried about how much money he has and how much money he will spend. In case the property above the airport and railway station is called for bidding, New Times Group does not have enough cash, which is not a good thing.

So, he thought for a while, and said to Liang Zhenxun: "Take out 5 million Hong Kong dollars to buy gold futures, and add 20 times leverage."

When he was inspecting Manhattan in the United States some time ago, he remembered that in the summer of this year (1993), a terrorist attack occurred in the parking lot of the Times Trade Center in Manhattan, which caused a huge impact.And the outbreak of such an event will generally cause gold to skyrocket.

So this summer, gold must rise to more than $400 an ounce, while it is currently only $330 an ounce.

Liang Zhenxun knew that the boss was raising money for the company again, so he said, "Well, I'll buy right away."

5 million funds, it is a gamble.

In fact, Lin Zuhui made a rough estimate that this year New Era Group may have a net profit of more than 140 billion yuan, plus 50 billion yuan in capital raising, the balance last year was 60 billion yuan, and the annual expenditure can reach as high as 260 billion yuan. (It is only a rough estimate, the timing and the return of the principal, far more than this amount)

Calculated in this way, for the investment in Diamond Mountain King (estimated at 35 billion), London Canary Wharf (estimated at 105 billion), and mainland spending of 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, it is estimated that there will be less than 100 billion cash flow left after the Hong Kong investment expenditure funds .

Completely worry-free.

However, Lin Zuhui liked to be more affluent, so it is safe to make more than one billion in gold for the company.

Of course, it is also possible to lose money, who knows if there is a 5% fluctuation!

A loss is a loss, and no one dares to say that Lin Zuhui is wrong.

Chapter 484 [You are so majestic! 】

Since February, real estate transactions in Xiangjiang have become active again, mainly because major real estate developers have provided additional mortgage services, and even some small and medium-sized banks have begun to secretly increase mortgages.

Major real estate developers took the opportunity to launch some residential units in some large housing estates to stimulate the market and achieve active trading. The results are also very gratifying.

this day.

Lin Zuhui, Cheng Yutong and Lee Shau Kee came to Kwai Chung Container Terminal to inspect the work.

"This site is good. It is used to build a container building, which can be bigger than the previous container building. Thanks to the friendship between Uncle Tong and the Hong Kong government, this time I did not return empty-handed!" Lin Zuhui sighed.

Zheng Yutong said with a smile: "You have finalized three ports in the mainland, what is the container building I built." Before he finished speaking, he said sadly: "It's just that the Hong Kong government and the mainland continue to fight like this. I don't know how many livelihood projects will be deadlocked. go down!"

His exclamation is not unreasonable. At the end of last year, the Kwai Chung Container Terminal No. 9 tender was invited. The Hong Kong government did not directly enter the bid based on the price. 9 container, 2 modern container.

All in all, the Asian container is still the big winner, which is also in line with the purpose of the new Hong Kong government to combat the excessive monopoly of international containers.

Asia Container has five shareholders, namely: New Times Group (38%), New World Development (28%), Henderson, Jardine, and Hailu. Kwai Chung has 9 container berths.

However, the mainland officials and the Feipeng Hong Kong government are having conflicts, unilaterally vetoing the distribution plan, believing that major projects have not been communicated with the mainland, and saying that they will not recognize them after the [-]th.

As a result, the bidding for Container Terminal No. [-] naturally could not be counted, and it was also put on hold.

However, the Kwai Chung Container Terminal is already overwhelmed, and many container ships have to queue up to unload, which affects the local development of Hong Kong.

That's why Zheng Yutong said that because the two sides had such a big fight, many major livelihood projects had to be postponed, including the Lantau International Airport...

Lin Zuhui replied: "There is no way out! From the looks of it, it may be two or three years, everyone should be prepared!"

He suddenly understood that if his guess was followed, it meant that the building above the airport railway station might have been built in 1995.

At this time, Li Zhaoji suddenly said: "Zu Hui, you have such a good relationship in the mainland. I see that you stopped after you took down Modu Port, Rongqi Port, and Zhuhai Port. It's not like your style at all!" Finished, looked at Lin Zuhui with a smile.

What he meant was very simple. In the competition with Li Chaoren, Lin Zuhui has always been very active.

Zheng Yutong also said: "That's true! Ah Cheng has won many ports recently, and he is more powerful and active than you!"

In his opinion, there is no need to be humble!

There are no fathers and sons in the mall, let alone friends.

If it comes to the auction house, the three of them are competitors, and each auctions the land according to their own ability. It is impossible to rely on the friendship of the three masterminds.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "We can't compete with Li Chaoren. He has been in the mainland for so many years, and Yantian Port is in his pocket. The above-mentioned name is entrusted to him to do it. Why not he also accompanied the leader to inspect Yantian Port. What Shantou Port, Beihai Port, etc., he has taken the lead, so I can't handle him."

This statement is somewhat believable, Li Chaoren also has a deep relationship in the mainland, and the mainland also hopes to share the cooperation.

As for Wu Guangzhen, the mainland doesn't want to talk to him now!

Of course, with the initial investment of the charter king, Ningbo Port still let Wharf invest.

As for other ports, don't even think about it.

Although the matter at Container Terminal No. 9 was delayed this time, Zheng Yutong took the Hong Kong government's tricks and won a large piece of land for the construction of the container building.

Once the container building is completed, it will once again climb to the top of the world's largest container warehouse and is expected to be completed in 1996.

The three of them inspected the site of the container building together, and found a tea room to sit together.

Lin Zuhui said: "I plan to set up a private real estate fund this month, and I invite you to join me then!"

The two became interested, and Lee Shau Kee immediately asked, "Buy commercial real estate in Manhattan?"

Lin Zuhui nodded without concealing it, and said: "It is indeed a bargain-hunting commercial real estate in Manhattan, but I don't plan to buy it directly from the market, but I plan to buy it from properties handled by the government, which can be cheaper! Of course, the location is also particular, the best It is a commercial property near the university, because the university cannot move away."

Because of the severe sluggishness of commercial real estate in the United States in the past few years, both real estate companies and commercial banks in the United States have suffered serious crises, and countless bankruptcies have occurred.And some properties mortgaged to the bank are now closed down again, so the New York government simply sold and auctioned the mortgaged properties to repay the debt.

But in fact, the more it falls to the bottom, the less people buy, after all, the panic is great.

So it is quite profitable to pick up leaks at this time.

Lee Shau Kee said in admiration: "You are still amazing, you have all kinds of contacts in the world!"

Lin Zuhui said: "You have a lot of connections, you're being modest, aren't you?"

Lee Shau Kee waved his hand and said, "Our network is an active one. Those people are thinking about our money, so they come to the door to ask for investment. But I know that projects that come to the door may not necessarily make money."

In fact, despite Lee Shau Kee's lack of reputation in the four major real estate families, his apparent wealth this year is higher than that of the other three major families; because he holds a relatively high share in Henderson Land and directly controls the blue-chip stock of China Gas.

Although Li Chaoren controls many consortiums, he does not directly control Hutchison Whampoa and HK Electric, so it will not be counted as his wealth.

Lin Zuhui continued: "This is not necessarily true! By the way, Uncle Tong, are you buying a hotel in the United States?"

This matter was spread outside, so Lin Zuhui had to ask this question.

Zheng Yutong said generously: "Well, it needs about 7 million US dollars. But I think the same as you. The European and American economies have been sluggish since the late 80s, and now it has been three or four years. It is the right time to buy the bottom."

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According to Lin Zuhui, Zheng Yutong's family should use the money to start a real estate business.

Of course, Zheng Yutong's family has always wanted to become the hotel king of Xiangjiang, even the world's hotel king, so it is understandable.

In a few years, New Era Group will also need to acquire hotel assets, provided that the company's cash flow is too high.

I chatted with the two about some things. It was the first gathering among friends in the beginning of the year. The three families could be regarded as an alliance and could work together.

Local consortiums still need to form alliances, let alone foreign consortiums entering Hong Kong.

Xiangjiang is a highly monopolized place, and outsiders who want to come in and invest can only rely on local consortiums.

With the rise of emerging chaebols, we must also pay a visit to fellow villagers and Bole.

Don’t look at those Nanyang consortiums that brought huge capital into Hong Kong. In fact, they can only linger in second-tier real estate companies, such as Kerry Properties (Guo Huonian) and Sino Land (Huang Tingfang). These two are the best Nanyang consortiums. Not in the top ten real estate companies.

Like Lippo (Li Wenzheng family, Indonesia), Hong Leong (Kok Ling Chan family, Malaysia), Savills (Lin Siu Liang, Indonesia), Baoguang Industrial (Huang Ziming family, Thailand)... these are only second-tier families in Hong Kong wandering outside.

Because of Lin Zuhui's appearance, Lippo's Huazhi Center, Hong Leong's Overseas Trust Bank... these rich assets were all snatched by him.They don't have much representation in Xiangjiang.

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The New Times Group suddenly announced two news, and a typhoon of category [-] blew in Xiangjiang.