The Industrial Giant Reborn

"Okay, how long will it take for the hotel to be demolished? Are you ready for this?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Currently, the Hilton Hotel itself still has contracts with some travel agencies, some of which have even reached half a year later. We need to cancel these contracts before we can officially close the hotel. If it is to be demolished, it needs to be reported to the Hong Kong government. Based on the previous demolition experience of other buildings , if it is fast, it will be over in about three months." Li Haonan said.

"Half a year is too long. Talk to these travel agencies, spend some money to cancel the contract, or discuss with the big hotel and transfer the contract to them. If you want to dismantle the work, follow the normal process." Chen Zhiwen thought I want to say.

The Grand Hotel currently belongs to Guo Henian, and he can be regarded as one of the allies of his own group. Anyway, if he doesn’t open a hotel anymore, it doesn’t matter to his allies. It can also speed up the construction of Hong Kong’s super building.

"Okay, I'll contact the hotel right away." Li Haonan nodded and said.

After Li Haonan left, Chen Zhiwen arranged for someone to call Lei Shengli, but he didn't arrive until the afternoon.

This is also the reason why Chen Zhiwen needs to put all the company's headquarters together. Although Midea and Red Bull do not have to place their headquarters in Central, where the land is expensive, the later generations of Apple, Google, Alibaba, etc. have not put themselves The headquarters is placed in the best location in the city center, on the contrary, this may also bring some inconvenience.

But for Chen Zhiwen, it is convenient for him to put several companies with core businesses together. Otherwise, Midea’s current headquarters is in Yuen Long, and it may take half a day to call someone over. As for the housing price, it may not be enough for the headquarters. Yes, this is not a problem for him.

At present, housing prices in Hong Kong are at the lowest point. To build a new headquarters, the bigger the better. Besides, even if one building is not enough, as long as you buy Landmark, there will be no shortage of office buildings in Central, and you can even pass some pedestrian bridges. The buildings that are close to each other are connected.

"Chen Sheng." Lei Shengli trotted over with a smile.

"Drink water, this is the mineral water recently made by Master Kong under Red Bull. It was produced in Shanghai Stock Exchange, and some of it was sent to Hong Kong." Chen Zhiwen said as he handed over a 500ml bottle of mineral water.

Drinking water is actually the healthiest thing. Even if it is tea, drinking too much and too strong a day is not necessarily a good thing. After all, in modern society, the human body is basically not short of nutrients, and there will only be excessive nutrition or energy. foot problem.

As for the various businesses of Master Kong, in fact, Chen Zhiwen basically didn’t bother with them. They were all decided by his team. When a company’s single business scale is large enough, it will definitely try related businesses. What about the beverage industry? It will naturally spread to other beverages or mineral water fields, even Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo invests heavily in the food industry.

When Red Bull invested in the Shanghai stock market, Chen Zhiwen gave an instruction to produce related products in the fields that are needed domestically. Anyway, with the export of Red Bull beverages, there is enough foreign exchange. According to the foreign exchange balance policy, Red Bull can also sell a large share in China. .

Mineral water is a recent business, because an employee found that he could not buy water when he was on a business trip by train. Most people bought hot water at the train station before boarding the train, and some even took Boiling a kettle on the train made him discover the need, so he put forward this idea after returning to Shanghai, and it was also adopted by the senior management of the Red Bull (Shanghai) branch.

In this era, those who can build trains cannot be said to be rich, but there is a high probability that they are not poor. Master Kong’s mineral water is not very expensive, and most people on the train can still afford it. In cooperation with the railway station agencies, they launched activities such as buying train tickets and giving away mineral water.

Of course, this profit is actually only a small part of the Red Bull (Shanghai) branch, and it is even a drop in the bucket for Chen Zhiwen, but it shows that Red Bull is successfully entering the domestic market. As long as it persists for a few more years, The brand image will be able to gain a firm foothold.

"Thank you." Lei Shengli took the water, but he didn't drink it immediately, but asked, "Sheng Chen, I heard that the Hilton Hotel has been taken?"

"Yes, I won it, and now I am preparing to demolish it. Although a five-star hotel is a bit wasteful to demolish, its location is more cost-effective as an office building. Even if there is no need for Midea's headquarters, I will demolish it." Chen Zhiwen said .

Five-star hotels serve people who are on business or traveling. Among these people, except for a few who are really super rich, most people still care about cost performance. This has led to the fact that even if the Hilton Hotel is located in a prime location, other There is no way to double the price.

But the office buildings in this location are fine, because the office buildings in Central are not worrying about renting out at all, especially after the real estate crisis is over, resources are scarce, and many global technology companies have gone bankrupt. Even those giants are also worried about one day. Garage entrepreneurs will subvert themselves, but those who collect rents from buildings in central locations or other major cities do not need to consider these things at all, and the high returns may not be as high as those of the leaders in the technology industry.

This is also one of the fundamental reasons why Chen Zhiwen is obsessed with the Central Building. Don't look at Midea's strength in the game field now, and its annual profit is comparable to half a Landmark, but no one knows what will happen in ten years. Can't make it to the top? Deeply cultivating the field of computer games may not be able to maintain the current advantages. History has changed too much, and the era of fighting technology will come later. Travelers are not absolutely sure. At most, they rely on various memory cheats to invest in advance Companies like Microsoft and Cisco.

"I have already sent someone to the United States to contact Master Bei Jinming. He is already designing the building based on the basic situation, but it is definitely necessary to take a look at it on the spot." Lei Shengli said.

"Arrange my private jet to pick him up." Chen Zhiwen said without hesitation. His private jet is not absolutely used by himself alone. Some close friends, business partners or some celebrities, if necessary, It can also be used. Bei Jinming is not only his partner in the field of "architecture", but also the most famous Chinese architect in the world.

"Okay, then I will notify my colleagues in the United States." Lei Shengli said.

"How is the development of Mario?" Chen Zhiwen asked again. This game can be said to be Midea's hit in the next five years, not even one of them, because it can produce multiple series and has a strong ability to absorb money. It exceeds the sum of all the current games. In the original history, relying on this game, Nintendo became one of the global game giants. Even in the era of mobile Internet, Mario’s mobile games can earn hundreds of millions of dollars in profits a year.

"The basic underlying framework has come out, and the image of all the interfaces is already being drawn by the art team. When the finished product is almost out, I will hold another meeting, and you will have a look at it, Chen Sheng." Lei Shengli Said.

"Okay, let me know as soon as the plan comes out." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, he can't get involved in technical aspects, but he is still good at appearance and game rhythm. Anyway, as long as it is similar to the previous life, it will be fine.

"Okay." Lei Shengli said.

In February 1983, the Hong Kong government once again conducted a land auction, and also took out some land in good locations, a total of 11 pieces, but 7 of them failed to be auctioned, and the 4 pieces of land that were auctioned, 3 It was shot by He Huang.

The news spread that the real estate market has become more sluggish. Even the Hong Kong government's auctions have few companies going. This shows that most real estate companies are still not optimistic about the future. However, some people have begun to pay attention to Hutchison Huang. You know, in In the two or three years before September 1982, Hutchison Huang did not participate in any auctions. The only land king auction was attended by Chen Zhiwen, the boss behind him. Although he participated in the auction of the land king, he failed in the end. And now that He Huang has started to participate in the auction with a high profile, has any information been revealed?

Hutchison Building.

"This building seems a bit old." Chen Zhiwen stood on the top floor of the Hutchison Building and said with a smile. Although it is the headquarters of Hutchison, it is also a building in the 1960s. The land price at that time was more than 20 floors. It is very high, and it is not worthwhile to be taller, but now various new buildings with 40+ floors are commonly seen near Central, which makes the old buildings look very short.

"The Hilton Hotel is going to be demolished, or, Chen Sheng, the Hutchison Building will also be demolished?" Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"Midea is in urgent need of a headquarters, and Hehuang should not have this need for the time being, right?" Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, "Anyway, it is our own building, and we can demolish it whenever we want. This fund might as well be used in the real estate market in Hong Kong or Japan." .”

It is definitely profitable to demolish and build a super building now, but the real estate markets in Hong Kong and Japan are currently at a low level. At this time, it is a bit inappropriate to spend more than one billion yuan to build a super building. After all, if the money is used in Hong Kong or Japan If Japan buys real estate land, it can easily multiply several times in a few years, and it will be the same when it makes money and then builds buildings in Hong Kong. Although Hong Kong’s labor costs will also increase, it is definitely not as good as the increase in the real estate market itself. .

"Okay, I'm just talking." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile: "In the last few auctions, we won 7 office properties. According to the bidding requirements of the Hong Kong government, we also need to prepare for the construction of buildings. One of them Located in Tsim Sha Tsui, I plan to build a 35-storey new building for long-term rental.”

"After the real estate crisis, the Hong Kong government should have conducted three auctions, right? We only won seven? I heard that there are many failed auctions. Are these lands not very good?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Actually, the location is not bad. If I really have enough funds, I would like more than half of them. But the problem is that the auction of these lands has strings attached. If you buy the land, you will have to spend a lot of money to develop it. , Many projects are not suitable for long-term holding, but the current market conditions are still falling. We may lose money if we sell them after one year of development, so I just choose some projects with better positions that can be held for a long time. At most, we can buy two or three residential lands, and give some benefits to our employees in the group without making much money." Zhou Jiayang replied: "The land price in the market is actually not high now, and I am going to spend a sum of money directly on the market. In this way, we can do nothing if we don’t develop the acquired land, just a few years ago, our Hehuang’s land reserve has also dropped significantly, so it would be good to replenish it during this period of time.”

"That's fine, but the quality of the land is probably not as good as the Hong Kong government's bidding?" Chen Zhiwen said. In fact, in 1984, more high-quality land may be released. After all, the real estate crisis has only been a few months now. The company can still survive for a while.

"It's not comparable, the quality of the Hong Kong government is naturally much better." Zhou Jiayang said.

"As far as I know, the Hong Kong government's recent financial revenue has begun to deteriorate. Without land auction revenue, their life is also difficult. Why don't you talk to the Hong Kong government's land or financial secretary, and we can take over those failed auctions. For the land, the original price of the auction is also acceptable, but the condition is that the Hong Kong government does not impose other restrictions, we can hold it if we want to hold it, and develop it if we want to develop it.” Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said, if it can be successful, or partially successful, then He Huang can easily take advantage of the opportunity of the real estate crisis and hoard medium or even high-quality land on a large scale. Some of the land that the Hong Kong government failed to auction would have been hotly auctioned a few years ago, and it is only because of the economic impact that it cannot be sold now.

"The Hong Kong government has the arrogance of the Hong Kong government. This matter may not be so easy, but let's bring it up first." Chen Zhiwen said again: "How about the acquisition of Hongkong Land and Jardine's stock?"

"Over the past three months, we have secretly acquired 3% of Hong Kong Land shares and 4% of Jardine's shares. Now we already own 16.4% of Hong Kong Land shares." Zhou Jiayang said.

"It's enough to become a director." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Keep it up. The current financial situation of Hongkong Land has not deteriorated on a large scale. In a short period of time, we are not suitable for it."

As the largest consortium in Hong Kong for almost a century, and with a large amount of overseas investment, the Jardine Group has a very strong background. Even if Hong Kong is facing a debt crisis, as long as it sells some overseas assets, it can still be topped. When I really couldn't bear it, it was at the end of 1983 and the beginning of 1984. Jardine was dragged down by the land and had to slowly untie the mutual control of Yizhi. This happened to be Chen Zhiwen's opportunity. Multiple stock shares.

However, the history is very different, because of its own existence, no one knows how Jardine will operate.

"I've been secretly in contact with some funds in the UK. They also have shares in Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land. If they buy them, it will increase our chances of winning." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.