Hong Kong's new giants

The interest of issuing bonds is only more than 3%, and if they are even willing to exchange shares, New Era Group does not need to repay the principal and interest.

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At the same time, the Hong Kong government once again announced the bidding for the "Tuen Mun Inland River Container Terminal Project".

Tuen Mun Inland River Container Terminal specializes in handling containers destined for the Pearl River Basin (inland river). Containers can travel to and from the Pearl River Delta by both water and land routes.The largest player in water transport is China-funded China Transport Group, which accounts for 1/9 of the container throughput of inland rivers; the largest player in land transport is Asia Container Terminal Company (absorbing the original sea-land combined transport container terminal), and New Times Group holds 38% of the shares.The proportion of inland river containers occupied by Asia Container Terminals is about 1/4, and the rest are transported or transported by the container trucks owned by each company.

据1995年4月港府公布的资料，1994年香港货柜年吞吐量为1150万个标箱，比1993年净增195万个标箱，增幅20％。

Among the three major operations, the throughput of Kwai Chung Container Terminal was 735 million, an annual increase of 25.5%; the throughput of mid-stream operations was 290 million, an annual increase of 1.6%; the throughput of inland waterway transportation was 125 million, an annual increase of 52.3%.

Among the three, inland waterway transport showed the largest increase, reflecting the strong economic development of the Pearl River Delta and the surge in demand for container transport.Under such circumstances, the Hong Kong government has decided to build the Tuen Mun Inland River Container Terminal and award the contract through public tendering.

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Clearwater Bay Golf Course.

Lin Zuhui, Zheng Yutong, and Lee Shau Kee gathered together to discuss the Tuen Mun Container Terminal, apparently to play golf.

The Hong Kong container terminal is undoubtedly one of the most profitable terminals in the world, so the Asian container is also a must.

At this time, Asian Containers already owned three berths in Kwai Chung, Port Phillis, Shanghai Port, Zhuhai Port and other ports, and its strength should not be underestimated. I really hope to win it, especially if I can gnaw a piece of meat from Li Chaoren's hand.

亚洲货柜码头有限公司，新时代集团占股38％、新世界占股22％、恒基占股15％、怡和占股15％、美国海陆联运占股10％，配置相当豪华。

After swinging a shot, Zheng Yutong said: "The Hong Kong government intends to weaken the monopoly position of international containers. This is a good opportunity for us. Therefore, I suggest to attract Yuexiu investment. The project spans Jiuqi and requires the consent of the Chinese side. The Chinese side may not To intervene in the bidding, but the British side cannot ignore the opinions of the Chinese side.”

Lin Zuhui put forward a different view and said: "I think it is better to win over Huaxia Ocean Shipping Corporation (Hong Kong) Pacific Company; it belongs to the Ministry of Communications, and COSCO has participated in the construction of No. container, these are real advantages.”

Li Zhaoji immediately echoed: "Ah Hui's idea is better! One place is the central government, and the background of the central government is definitely better. I remember when COSCO won a berth at Container Terminal No. [-], it was still under the command of Ah Hui. COSCO will definitely not refuse the relationship with the Mainland.”

Zheng Yutong's eyes lit up, and he immediately changed his words: "I actually forgot about this, yes, it's COSCO!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Don't worry, COSCO will not refuse!"

Although Asian Containers has British and American capital, it has fewer shares and has a weak voice.Of course, it doesn't matter to Jardine. It's too late for them to thank Lin Zuhui on this big ship.

Then Lin Zuhui said: "In this way, we have both British capital and Chinese capital, and we are sure to win in terms of background. How do you think about technical issues?"

Zheng Yutong said: "The one with the highest price wins. This should be a very important factor! I have also studied the bidding documents, and I advocate using the road traffic of our land and sea combined transportation, and the road traffic passing dozens of kilometers through the Xiangjiang River."

The river terminal is a container ship for overseas trade. It unloads in Tuen Mun and then transfers it to the mainland.To put it bluntly, that place is a container terminal that meets the needs of the mainland.

It's okay if Zheng Yutong doesn't say anything, but when he mentions Lin Zuhui, he becomes alert. In his previous life, the river terminal seemed to be controlled by Li Chaoren.

Does that mean that the Hong Kong government approved Li Chaoren because land transportation pollutes the environment.It makes sense that land and sea transport itself is good at land transport, so Asian container companies that absorb land and sea transport use this method.

"No, we can't take Xiangjiang's land transportation and pollute the environment of Xiangjiang, we will lose a lot!" Lin Zuhui resolutely vetoed.

Zheng Yutong said helplessly: "Just tell us your opinion directly!"

Lee Shau Kee laughed, Lin Zuhui rejected Zheng Yutong's opinion twice, but Zheng Yutong couldn't get angry.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I'm sorry! Actually, I also analyzed the Hong Kong government's bidding documents and found that the Hong Kong government seems to pay more attention to environmental protection and traffic conditions, followed by the price. You said, if the auction of the Tuen Mun inland river section , how much is the price worth?"

Zheng Yutong said: "30 billion Hong Kong dollars"

Li Zhaoji nodded and said, "Almost!"

Lin Zuhui said decisively: "So, we can get 13 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the rest of the funds should be more concerned with environmental protection and transportation. Going west from Tuen Mun Port is the Lingdingyang of the Pearl River Estuary, and going north is the Pearl River system in Guangdong Province. Therefore , we can pay attention to water transportation, organize a fleet of 30 shuttle cargo ships and 15 tugboats, and only use about 150 trucks to divert them by land."

After thinking about it, Zheng Yutong raised a question: "Is it also affected by water transportation?"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "The answer is yes, but the British Hong Kong government doesn't seem to care much about the pollution of inland rivers in Guangdong Province!"

Zheng Yutong and Li Zhaoji looked at each other, and quickly nodded at the same time, it is really possible.What are you afraid of inland river pollution in Guangdong Province? The inland area is being reopened. Is there still less pollution to be done?

The three soon almost reached an agreement, mainly listening to Lin Zuhui.

Of course, Lin Zuhui is also a general opinion, and professional talents are required to formulate the bidding documents.

But Lin Zuhui is somewhat confident that he will definitely be able to defeat the consortium formed by Hutchison Whampoa and Sun Hung Kai.

In the end, Zheng Yutong sighed: "Jardines still holds 15% of the shares in Asian Containers, which is really cheap for them!"

Lin Zuhui shook his head with a smile and said: "Although this project spans nine to seven years, the British Hong Kong government will definitely take care of the British capital. Jardine is a partner of the British government. With them, I can rest assured."

Zheng Yutong was taken aback for a long time before sighing: "As I get older, I'm getting less and less thoughtful!" The conversation changed, and he said again: "In general, the development of Asian containers to this day is indeed very gratifying. Especially in Many ports in the mainland were won, thanks to Ah Hui's contribution."

There are a total of four ports in the mainland, the most important of which is of course the port of Modu.

Lin Zuhui said modestly: "We have the largest shareholding, so I naturally have to pay more attention."

Everyone laughed!

This year, Lee Shau Kee and Lee Chaoren competed in real estate, and now everyone is going to compete in the river wharf.

Of course, on the other hand, everyone's competition is a competition, and the personal relationship is not bad.

Chapter 582 [Sister Asia]

What Lin Zuhui dislikes the most is 'tendering', especially the 'tendering' of the project he is determined to win, he would rather 'bid'.

When auctioning land, if you want to win, the bid is certainly tight, but it is also within the acceptable range.

But if you bid in secret (referring to bidding), you will be even more nervous. If the price conditions provided are out of line with others, you will make people laugh.Therefore, every time the bid is awarded, the data research beforehand must be done thoroughly, and many meetings with the subordinates must be held.But we are also afraid that if there is a sparse population, it will leak out, so most of the people just sit down and talk about the price (negotiate the price) one or two days before the bid is awarded.

Especially in the last one or two days, it seemed particularly tense.

The Central Station of the Airport Railway is undoubtedly the project that Lin Zuhui is determined to win; for this reason, Lin Zuhui greeted several cooperative allies, and the price was set by him.

If the winning bid price is too high and everyone thinks it is unacceptable, you are welcome to withdraw at any time without any responsibility.

In the last two days at the end of November, Lin Zuhui finally decided to enter the bid with 11 billion Hong Kong dollars after discussing with several trusted subordinates;

He always firmly believes that there may not be rich people who want to join him in the army, so he would rather be 'joked'.

Lin Zuhui breathed a sigh of relief when he personally handed over the bidding documents to the subway company; by this time, he was not nervous anymore, after all, the matter had become a foregone conclusion.

Assuming he lost the bid this time, then he has to think about how to play those competitors.

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After a weekend.

Monday, May 12.

Xiangjiang MTR Corporation announced that a consortium formed by New Times Group, Henderson Group, Towngas, and Xinxin Real Estate has obtained the right to develop the property above Central Station.

The reporters inquired about the specific information one after another, and soon got a clear result; New Times Group won the bid by HK$2 billion higher than No.28 Landmark.

Lin Zuhui himself also breathed a sigh of relief, 28 billion higher is completely acceptable.

It's just that people didn't expect that No.2 is Hongkong Land, and it seems that the Keswick family wants to defend the dominance of Central.

Now it seems that in the face of absolute strength, Landmark has done nothing.

After winning the bid, New Era Group immediately took action and invited world-renowned design masters and firms to design the entire project.In Lin Zuhui's mind, it is best for the entire project to be completed and opened in 2003, just in time for the economic growth of Xiangjiang.

There were still two tenders along the subway line, and New Times Group voluntarily gave up bidding. After all, in Lin Zuhui's view, the financial crisis would come in 20 months, so it was not worth investing in.

New Era Group.

Liang Zhenxun came to Lin Zuhui's office and said: "Boss, the work of issuing bonds has been entrusted to Peregrine and Barings Bank, and it is expected to be completed by the end of this month."

Lin Zuhui raised his head and said, "From this point of view, assuming that the funds to pay the subway company are paid first, our company will have a cash flow of 100 billion by the end of the year?"

Liang Zhenxun said: "Well, just a lot!"

Always spending money so nervously, this makes me feel both happy and helpless.

The happy thing is that the cash flow is not much, which means that the company's funds are used well. If too much is put in, it will cause depreciation; the helpless thing is that the company does not have a lot of money in the account, which makes Lin Zuhui lose some confidence.

Regardless of whether there will be around 120 billion at the end of the year, but 60 billion are just issued bonds.

Lin Zuhui thought for a while, and said to Liang Zhenxun: "You have paid attention to London Gold recently. If the price rises to 400 US dollars per ounce, please remind me!"

Liang Zhenxun knew that the boss planned to make financial investment again.

New Times Group is currently under a lot of pressure. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the top of the central station are all said to be too expensive; the Canary Wharf project, the Langting Hotel and other projects are also said to be too expensive. It has been a long time, and there has been no substantial gain in recent years.

In short, there are quite a few people who hold such remarks. They think that Lin Zuhui likes "big money" investment, but the return period of the investment project is too long.If it weren't for Xiangjiang's real estate profits, it would not be able to support Lin Zuhui's extravagance.

Of course, most people think differently:

First of all, the annual profit of New Times Group is one of the best in Hong Kong, which is commendable;

Secondly, the annual non-recurring profit of New Era Group is as high as billions, of course, projects with long investment periods can be considered;

Then, judging from the investment in Manhattan office buildings, New Times Group’s investment is very good (the rent in Manhattan has risen from US$40 per square foot per year to US$48 per square foot per year, and with the advent of the Internet age, the rent of office buildings will continue to skyrocket).

Finally, the growth rate of the net assets of New Times Group is far behind that of all companies in Hong Kong.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

Lin Zuhui nodded. Heung Kong Real Estate will be booming next year, but even so, if there is no non-recurring profit, it will inevitably cause the profit to decrease instead of increase; so, let's continue to come to venture capital.

The reason why he turned his attention to gold is because in this year (1995), after the strength of the US dollar, gold still has an upward trend.

This made him smell an opportunity!

After all, it is common sense that when the U.S. dollar strengthens, gold should fall, because gold is a safe-haven tool.

In addition, he remembers very clearly that gold was on a downward trend in the late 90s, and it would probably fall to around US$260-280 per ounce. In addition to the strengthening of the US dollar, there was also a large amount of gold sold by central banks.

After the 9-11 incident, gold began to grow all the way, and the highest record was more than 2011 US dollars per ounce around 1800.

Based on this information, if gold rises above $400 an ounce recently, he will consider short selling. After all, the chances of winning are huge.

At present, it is only US$390 per ounce, which is still not very safe. In 1993, gold went above US$400 per ounce, and Lin Zuhui believes that this time it should also rise above US$400 per ounce.

Otherwise, it is better not to speculate.

Big deal, in the late 90s and early millennium, buy a lot of gold futures and spot.

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On the surface of the sea, the breeze blows, and it will suddenly make people feel cold and biting.The winter in Xiangjiang is very short, and the temperature is not too low, but it is the same as the winter in the south - wet and cold.

Fortunately, in Lin Zuhui's super yacht, there is no cold at all.

Lin Zuhui sat in the living room on the second floor, enjoying delicious wine and snacks alone, and the indoor temperature was pleasant.

What caused Lin Daheng to go to sea alone?

Of course, Lin Zuhui was not alone in the sea. Soon, through the glass window, he saw a small yacht approaching his super yacht. A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Zuhui's mouth, and his girlfriend came.

As his status rises, even if Lin Zuhui doesn't care about public opinion, he will restrain himself a lot.Especially when interacting with female artists, it is only in family hotels, private villas, and super yachts.

Sometimes fame can be tiring.

Fortunately, Lin Zuhui is rich, good-looking, and temperamental, so he can easily attract women.

Seeing the small yacht approaching, Lin Zuhui got up and went to the entrance on the first floor.

At this moment, she saw a beautiful girl being dragged onto the super yacht by female bodyguards.

The girl has an exquisite mixed-race face, and she is this year's sister Yang Gongru.

"Boss!" Yang Gongru looked very happy when he saw Lin Zuhui, and couldn't help looking at his super yacht.

Lin Zuhui smiled and held her hand, showing Yang Gongru his yacht.No wonder he was so straightforward, but this woman took the initiative. The two had no communication at first, but in an event held by ATV, Lin Zuhui was the boss, and Yang Gongru was the Asian sister. The two had communication at the event; but Yang Gongru seemed Very proactive, Lin Zuhui left her phone number for unnecessary trouble.

Seeing his hand being held by Lin Zuhui, Yang Gongru didn't mind at all, instead he became more active, like the hostess of a yacht, wantonly visiting.

Seeing this, Lin Zuhui immediately understood that this kind of woman is easy to be baited, but she is also easy to cross the line, and she needs to be educated with sticks later.

"Boss, I've never seen such a big yacht!" Yang Gongru said excitedly, sitting directly on the bed in the bedroom.

Lin Zuhui leaned in front of Yang Gongru and said in a low voice, "I'll stay here tonight, so you can see him!"

The two were close at hand, Lin Zuhui's breath sprayed on Yang Gongru's face, the woman boldly moved forward, and then kissed Lin Zuhui.

Sure enough, she is the wolf and Lin Zuhui is the sheep.

"Boss, you want to pick me up!" After parting, Yang Gong said with a peachy face.

Lin Zuhui took her hand, walked towards the restaurant, and said at the same time: "You are the one who picks me up. There were so many people at the event last time, and you were so proactive that I almost couldn't get off the stage."

Yang Gongru would admit it, and immediately said: "Yes, I just want to thank you for letting the company focus on training me!"

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and said, "Who did you hear about this?"

Yang Gongru said innocently: "I guess, because I have only been elected as the Asian sister for a few months, and I have already received the task of filming the series."

Lin Zuhui took Yang Gongru to the seat, and said bluntly: "Then you are completely wrong. You are the most outstanding Asian sister in recent years. It is normal for the stage to praise you, just pretending to be affectionate."