Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 509 Dinner Chat (Two in One)

Su-style gardens originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, developed in the Jin and Tang Dynasties, flourished in the Song and Song Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Su-style gardens use a unique gardening technique. In a limited space, through stacking mountains and rivers, planting flowers and trees, configuring garden buildings, and using a large number of plaques, couplets, calligraphy and painting, carvings, steles, furniture and various ornaments Waiting to reflect ancient philosophical concepts, cultural awareness and aesthetic taste, thus forming a poetic and picturesque landscape garden, allowing people to enjoy the pleasure of mountain spring water even in the downtown area of ​​the city.

The next day, Lin Baicheng came to Hutchison Whampoa and listened to the introduction of the Soviet-style garden to be established by several professors who were doing blueprint design.

Lin Baicheng asked Hutchison Whampoa to build the Soviet-style garden in Tuen Mun District, New Territories. Tuen Mun District has many residential complexes, public halls and supermarkets. It is not densely populated, but it is not small.

Of course, Lin Baicheng's Soviet-style gardens cannot be built near residential areas, and must be far away from crowds.

The Soviet-style garden that Lin Baicheng wants to build covers an area of ​​90 mu, which is 6 square meters when converted into a square. This area is not too small in Xiangjiang where there are many people and little land.

Different from the existing Soviet-style gardens, the Soviet-style garden that Lin Baicheng wants to build also comes with modern equipment, such as electric wires and telephone lines, which are convenient for the use of electrical appliances, and even a swimming pool and a golf course.

After all, it is modern now, and it is impossible to build ancient Soviet-style gardens, and modern equipment must be indispensable.

"On-site inspection, after comparing the drawings to confirm that there is no problem, Wei Li, you can let Hutchison Whampoa start construction work. I will transfer the initial [-] million Hong Kong dollars to Hutchison Whampoa's account in a few days."

After listening to the introductions of several professors, Lin Baicheng turned his head and said something to Wei Li who followed him.Although the construction cost of the Soviet-style garden is estimated to be one billion Hong Kong dollars, it will not be completed immediately, so it is only necessary to give [-] million Hong Kong dollars to Hutchison Whampoa at the beginning.

This is because the acquisition of the land cost a little more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars, otherwise [-] million Hong Kong dollars would be enough at the beginning, and then transfer or find a bank loan when the funds are insufficient later.

"Since Mr. Lin, you have confirmed that there is no problem, then I will choose an auspicious day and let people start work."

Wei Li immediately said that although he is British, he has stayed in Xiangjiang for a long time, but he is very aware of the superstition of rich people in Xiangjiang about Feng Shui.Although he himself does not believe in this, he believes in God, but since he is working in Xiangjiang and building a house for his boss, he must be doing as the Romans do.

"it is good!"

Lin Baicheng nodded.

"For some rockery and strange stones, remember not to be afraid to spend money to buy them, and it's best to go to the mainland to buy them, because the land is vast and abundant. Forget it, I'll ask someone to help me buy them. You don't have to do it here. Provide yourself."

Lin Baicheng decided to ask the two presidents of Xinhua News Agency for help. Huaguo has a vast land and rich resources, and there should not be too many fake mountains and strange stones. Moreover, people in this day and age don't pay much attention to such things, and they will definitely not reach the level of not for sale. Acquiring some is not a problem.

Wei Li nodded and said, "Alright Mr. Lin, I will talk to the purchasing department about this."

"Although I really want to live in my garden as soon as possible, everything is based on the quality of the building, so don't build me a scumbag project."

Lin Baicheng reminded that it will be the Lin family's mansion in the future, quality will be the top priority, and construction will start later.

Wei Li said immediately after hearing the words: "Don't worry, don't say that this is a mansion built for you, even if it is other apartment properties developed by the company, the company has always followed your instructions, focusing on quality and safety."

"Well, it's good that your management can implement this."

Lin Baicheng nodded, at least since he took over Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Whampoa has never had quality engineering problems in the real estate industry, so he believes that Wei Li and other management have listened to his words.

After more than half an hour, Lin Baicheng left Hutchison Whampoa and went to Galaxy Semiconductor Company.

In Xinghe Semiconductor Company, Lin Baicheng met with the technical masters who had just joined the company, especially several well-known people in the industry specially invited by the manager Noda Hao from Japan.

The technical talents of Galaxy Semiconductor include Chinese Americans, Japanese, Koreans, Americans, and people from some European countries. It can be said that there are a lot of talents.

Of course, so many talents are invited to join the company, especially some people are paid much higher than their peers, so the annual salary expenditure here is not a small amount, not to mention the expenditure on research and development funds.

It can be said that Xinghe Semiconductor Company is a gold-swallowing black hole. The expenditure this year alone must exceed [-] million US dollars, not to mention that the expenditure will only increase in the future.

Fortunately, there will definitely be returns on expenditures, but we have not seen returns yet, and it is uncertain whether this return can be higher than the investment. At present, we can only get in and not out.

Fortunately, Lin Baicheng is already psychologically prepared for the investment in semiconductors, and he has been mentally prepared for at least a few years of large capital investment.The point is to be backed by the huge profits of gold futures, otherwise he would not dare to spread the stall so big now.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng attended a dinner hosted by Huo Yingdong, and all Chinese businessmen and well-known tycoons were invited to the dinner.

Tonight's dinner does not have any name, Huo Yingdong, Bao Yugang and other Chinese tycoons will hold it several times a year, and Lin Baicheng will also hold it when he has time, and he does not have to attend every time, as long as he has time.

This is different from the dinner party held on birthdays and other happy occasions. It is just a party, and there is no way to give face if you go or not.

This time Lin Baicheng left Xiangjiang for Los Angeles for a long time, so this time he came back and had time, so he went to the dinner.

"Lin Sheng!" "Long time no see, Chen Sheng!"

"Lin Sheng, good evening." "Zhang Sheng!"

"Lin Sheng!".
During the dinner, Lin Baicheng greeted each other with some people he knew.

The center of the dinner party is usually where the tycoons stay. After Lin Baicheng walked over, all he saw were acquaintances, such as Bao Yugang, Hu Yinxiang, Li Zhaoji and others.

Seeing Lin Baicheng who came over, Bao Yugang smiled and said: "Lin Sheng, we are talking about something related to you."

"Oh? What are you talking about?"

Lin Baicheng was quite curious.

"It's Hutchison Whampoa."

It was Li Zhaoji who spoke, and he said: "We are talking about Hutchison Whampoa preparing to sell the Golden Gate Building. I remember that when Hutchison Whampoa bought it from Jardine Matheson last year, it only cost 6.1 million Hong Kong dollars. As high as 11 billion Hong Kong dollars, this is as high as 80% of the profit."

"Oh, if only it could be sold at such a high price."

Lin Baicheng waved his hands when he heard the words: "Everyone is a member of the industry, and I know that I can't hide it from you. It's nothing more than asking prices all over the sky to pay back the money."

Hutchison Whampoa sold the Golden Gate Building at a base price of 9 million Hong Kong dollars, and Wei Li even said that it could be sold at a higher price. Therefore, the external price of Hutchison Whampoa must not be lower than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.The reason is simple, to leave room for customers to bargain.

The people here are all business tycoons, and no one would understand such a method of "outrageous price bidding", so Lin Baicheng simply said it directly, and there was no need to hide it.

"In the past few years, land prices and house prices have risen a lot, and the growth rate of properties is even higher than the previous two. Lin Sheng, if you wait until the end of the year to sell, I think it is not impossible to sell 11 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Li Zhaoji said aloud that he is in the real estate industry, so he is most familiar with the price changes in this area.

"Hutchison Whampoa is short of money now, so I can only choose to sell the property."

Lin Baicheng smiled helplessly, and he couldn't tell others about the deal with HSBC, as long as he knew it himself.

"Golden Gate Building is still very good. I don't think there are no buyers for 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, as long as you can find the right person."

Chen Zhenxi said that his Hengrong Group is also engaged in real estate. If the price of the Golden Gate Building is not too high, he would really like to buy it. He thinks that holding it in his hands for a year or two will make a lot of profit.To put it bluntly, he is optimistic about the future of the current real estate industry and believes that it will continue to rise.

"Lin Sheng, your Hutchison Whampoa is still short of money? If I remember correctly, from the beginning of the year to now, Hutchison Whampoa has earned more than one billion Hong Kong dollars."

What Bao Yugang was talking about was Hutchison Whampoa’s income from closing long positions in gold futures at the beginning of the year and the income from the sale of foreign trade business.

Lin Baicheng said: "There is no reason why there is no shortage of money. Don't look at the income and expenditure. Especially now that Hehuang has entered the pharmaceutical industry again, the more funds the better."

"The pharmaceutical industry, this industry is very dependent on technology. Fortunately, Lin Sheng, you are entering the pharmaceutical sales channels and hospitals, and you don't need to research and develop drugs. Otherwise, the annual R&D investment alone will be a large expenditure."

For example, industries that require a lot of R&D investment, the tycoons present are not interested, because the risks are too great, and there is no prosperity in the real estate industry and guaranteed income from droughts and floods.

Having said that, in fact, the real estate tycoons present wished that Hutchison Whampoa would spend a lot of money on medical research and development, so that Hutchison would invest less in the real estate industry, which would weaken the strength of the real estate industry, and their company would be less in disguise. It's a pity that Hutchison Whampoa didn't do that.

"Actually, I mainly work in hospitals."

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "I am going to build a world-class hospital and invite a large number of well-known doctors to Hehuang University Hospital. Among other things, if I accidentally get sick one day, I will be able to have the best technology right away." The doctor treats me, that's what I value most."

Lin Baicheng’s words are not completely fooling other people. He really values ​​this very much. The purpose of the establishment of Hutchison Whampoa Hospital is to recruit famous doctors from all over the world, so that if he or his family members get sick one day, as the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa, he will You can get the treatment of these famous doctors in the first time.

"Lin Sheng, you think so far."

Bao Yugang couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard this: "But, you are still so young, you don't need it at all, but we people may be able to benefit from you."

"Time is not forgiving!"

Regarding this topic, the tycoons who were at least 50 or [-] years old were quite emotional.

"Everyone is in the prime of life, it's still early."

Lin Baicheng laughed, and immediately changed the subject: "Speaking of which, why haven't I seen Huo Sheng yet?"

Bao Yugang refreshed himself: "Brother Huo and gambling king He Sheng have something to talk about, so they went to the quiet room to talk."

"Are these two going to discuss some big business?"

Lin Baicheng asked some curious questions, mainly because he wanted to find a topic to talk about so that everyone would no longer feel old or not.

Bao Yugang speculated: "Although the two of them didn't say anything, it must be related to the casino license on the Ao Island."

Although it is true that Ho Hongsen is the king of gambling on the island of Australia, he does not own 100% of the casinos on the island of Australia. all know.It's just that only relevant people know the specific shareholding ratio.

"So this is ah."

Lin Baicheng nodded casually when he heard the words. He was not at all envious of the zero profit of the gambling industry, because this industry has a ceiling, and it is simply not comparable to the semiconductor and Internet industries.

After looking at Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Lin Sheng, if you are interested, you can actually talk to He Sheng and the others. I think with your current energy, they will definitely give you face and let you join the class." share."

"Bao Sheng was joking, how can I have such a big face."

After waving his hand, Lin Baicheng shook his head lightly: "Besides, I'm not interested in running this industry, so I won't join in the fun."

It is superstitious to say that opening a casino will shorten your life, as if you are doing something bad.Lin Baicheng, who has been reborn once, believes in science, but he doesn't believe in the good and evil retribution of gods and Buddhas at all. Operate the spinach business.

Regarding Lin Baicheng's statement that he was not interested in running a casino, the tycoons present were a little noncommittal, but they didn't quite believe it.If they have that face and strength, they definitely don't mind intervening, because this industry is very profitable and the investment is very small.

However, although everyone didn't believe Lin Baicheng's words, no one dispelled them.They are all old foxes, to expose or ridicule Lin Baicheng will only offend him, no one would do this for no reason.

Then everyone chatted about other topics, such as Wharf's development progress of Harbor City, whose company won another piece of land, whose company's business strategy changed, and so on.

Twenty minutes after Lin Baicheng's arrival, Huo Yingdong and He Hongsen finally finished their conversation, greeted Lin Baicheng, and chatted with others.

In such a dinner party, someone may negotiate a business verbally, someone may have some competition that needs others to help adjust, someone may inquire about some news, and someone will always gain something.

It is precisely because the invited Chinese businessmen have gained a lot and can communicate with other tycoons that there is no shortage of guests for similar dinner parties, and they have been held forever.

During tonight's dinner, although Lin Baicheng didn't negotiate any business, and he didn't have any news to inquire about, he chatted with some people and maintained their relationship, so it wasn't fruitless.

(End of this chapter)