Hong Kong's new giants

Since the beginning of July, Xiangjiang's real estate has fallen to a trough, and the market is full of cheap "building industry raw materials". Lin Zuhui, who sits in the office of New Times Group, looks at each transaction contract with a smile every day.

A land exchange contract worth 3000 million yuan was also recovered from the heirs of the Canadian inheritance. The unit price was only 750 yuan per square foot, which was ridiculously cheap.

At this time, the New Territories Land Exchange Agreement received the most indifference and became an existence that no one cares about. This situation may last until the end of the year.Of course, with the joining of the New Era Group, it is natural to join a powerful buyer.But if anyone wants to sit on the ground and raise the price, New Era Group will immediately turn around. There are many cheap land in the market, and they will not buy it at a premium.

The properties that Lin Zuhui bought at a premium were all well-known and high-quality properties. The owner had no intention of selling them immediately, and wanted to wait for the real estate to recover a bit before selling them; therefore, he didn't mind buying them at a premium of [-]% to [-]%. It is also a steady profit in the end.

The office of Chinese Estates.

Lin Zuhui read with gusto a piece of information that he had sorted out, and his eyes were full of desire to buy; this information was about Hongkong Land's non-central properties, that is, a commercial building and seven shopping malls.

Causeway Bay World Trade Center Building: Located at No. 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, the building is 38 stories high and has a floor area of ​​48 square feet. Four, etc., the 1th to 4th floors are office buildings.The World Trade Center faces the entrance of the Hong Kong Submarine Tunnel and the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. There is an Excelsior Hotel (the owner of Jardine) next to it. On the ground floor, there is a pedestrian tunnel leading to the Jardine Noon Cannon opposite Gloucester Road. Langham Place'.

The seven shopping malls are: Xingang Center Shopping Mall (adjacent to Harbor City, on the east side), Excelsior Shopping Center (North Point)
Just looking at the information, Lin Zuhui is already very jealous!These shopping malls have a high retail status, far from the small shopping malls sold by Chinese Land.

The World Trade Center in Causeway Bay is as famous as Times Square in the future, except that Times Square consists of three buildings.

The total price given by the analysts of the Chinese real estate market department is: 39 billion

It was much lower than Lin Zuhui's expectation. Among them, the price given by the World Trade Center was only 14 billion, and the total price of the seven shopping malls was only 25 billion.

Of course, the analyst made an estimate based on the current price, but if this price is quoted, Simon Keswick may not even meet Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui set the price of the World Trade Center at 15.5 billion, and the properties of the seven shopping malls at 28 billion, and planned to make quotations.This price will not fluctuate too much, and Landmark will not open its mouth like a lion, after all, it has to echo the current market situation.

The worst possibility is that Hongkong Land will plan to sell later, but because Lin Zuhui proposed the acquisition first, they will still give priority to Chinese buyers.Unless someone joins in and maliciously bids a high price, Chinese real estate may be eliminated.

The current market situation is:

Hong Kong's tourism industry will be greatly sluggish. Business people understand the seriousness of the problem, and they are even very pessimistic about the prospects.Based on this consideration, the depreciation of shopping malls and shopping centers in Xiangjiang is certain.

It is also very obvious that Xiangjiang's foreign capital has withdrawn in large numbers. Owners of office buildings also understand that it is normal for rents to drop by [-]%. What is important is that the vacancy rate has begun to increase significantly.The development prospect of the entire office building is very unclear.

Therefore, although it is said that the real estate industry can recover in one year (only the protagonist knows), the office buildings and shopping malls will not explode until 1992 (reopening).

Therefore, even next year and the year after, the prices of these two investments will still not be too exaggerated.

In summary, Lin Zuhui will not be taken advantage of this time, and the premium will be [-]% at most.

Since owning the "Garden Land Land King" and "Central Land Land King", Lin Zuhui no longer looks like a tycoon who has never seen the world. He has many high-quality properties and is no longer so rare.

Not only that, Xiangjiang has several big projects in the future, why should he be so greedy!
After the 90s, he not only wanted to get out of Xiangjiang Investment, but also had to reshape his image.

Land Corporation.

The expression on Simon Keswick's face was stunned, because Lin Zuhui personally sent an offer to the door, and he himself did not release any news that he would sell it!But as soon as he thought of the previous cooperation, he understood that this person was determined to relocate the land, and he was staring at the wool of the land.

"Lin Sheng, you will seize the opportunity. Once the real estate plummets, you will take the initiative to come to buy properties. I really admire your way of picking up cheap!" Simon Keswick said playfully.

Lin Zuhui didn't feel 'ashamed' at all on his face, but said: "Mr. Ximen is joking! When we bought real estate properties before, we didn't miss out after the plunge. We bought them at a normal level and at a premium. As for this time, such a thing happened , I just came to Hongkong Land to ask if it intends to sell. After all, Xiangjiang’s tourism industry has begun to slump and foreign capital has begun to withdraw. It is reasonable for me to make this analysis!”

Simon Keswick nodded when he heard the words. Lin Zuhui's words made sense. Since 1984, Xiangjiang's real estate properties have not plummeted. Even after the August 10th stock market disaster, high-quality properties only fell by [-]%. There is a saying of picking up leaks.

"Lin Sheng is not optimistic about Xiangjiang's future?"

"No, I am optimistic! Because I am from Xiangjiang, I have no place to go, and my overseas investment ability is weak, so I must be optimistic about the development of Xiangjiang. I can afford to wait for one year, two years, or three years! This time I The quotations are all intended to be purchased at a premium. Therefore, if Mr. Ximen intends to sell these properties, we might as well communicate with each other and strive for a mutually satisfactory result."

When Lin Zuhui said this, he meant that the price could still be raised, and Simon Keswick immediately softened his face.This is a high-quality object for sale, and it is a very good object for Jardine who is eager to relocate their capital.

As for the price, Landmark will only release it if they are satisfied!

As for Lin Zuhui's side, naturally he would not foolishly give too high a price, as long as it is reasonable.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, if we want to sell the property you want to sell, we will give priority to you Chinese buyers. But you also know that it is a bit sudden now, and we need the company to discuss it."

"No problem! We Chinese Real Estate are willing to wait and buy at any time!"

He is not worried that the land will not be sold, because office buildings and shopping malls will not improve for a year or two.Hongkong Land was always in panic. After all, the 50 years generation was almost wiped out, and the Keswick family was bound to evacuate Xiangjiang in a hurry.

In fact, Hongkong Land has another high-quality property that can be sold, that is, No. 38 Queen's Road, Central District, which is under construction; this property is 40 stories high and has a floor area of ​​nearly 1992 square feet. 38 million.

Lin Zuhui plans to wait until the 90s before proposing to buy it, and he has to buy it at a premium. After all, this building has a good location, beautiful architecture, and the use of Chinese and Western architectural features, which is very worth buying.

The marketing staff of the New Times Group, like hunting dogs, frantically searched for the land and properties in the market.And Lin Zuhui also quickly gained a lot, buying many high-quality villas.

On this day, he got another message that Pang Yalun, the chairman of Benda Group, was going to sell No. 1 Barker Road.Lin Zuhui sent someone to contact without hesitation, and quickly won it with 3000 million Hong Kong dollars.

It's too cheap, the current villa is just like picking up money!For those held by rich foreign investors, they want to cash out and leave; for those held by Chinese rich people, they want to cash out and emigrate.

The office of Huazhi Center.

Lin Zuhui didn't put too much energy on buying high-quality properties. Now that he has money, he can buy them, so why worry about it!

Instead, he started to think about the expansion of New Era Group!
The achievements of the New Times Group in real estate/home ownership have now surpassed Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai and become the well-deserved real estate hegemony of Hong Kong (high debts are not discussed).

But in terms of influence, it is still much lower than Cheung Kong, and it can only compete with Sun Hung Kai.

The fundamental reason is that New Times Group has either just started or has not dabbled in businesses such as container terminals, telecommunications, infrastructure, retail, and energy.

Therefore, he and Li Chaoren still have a lot of shortcomings in their strength in the Xiangjiang business world.

Lin Zuhui sat on the office seat, and gently wrote 'Container Terminal' and 'Telecommunications' on the paper with a pen.

In the short term, telecommunications cannot enter because they have to wait for the Hong Kong government to invite tenders. New Times Group has been preparing for it; Telecommunications.

In the end, he crossed out the telecommunications, leaving only 'container terminal', and began to think about the situation of Hongkong container terminal:
Hong Kong has the world's largest independent merchant fleet and the world's largest private container terminal.

香港货柜码头以葵涌为中心，该码头于1970年起招标承建；1972年葵涌货柜综合总站正式启用；到 1976年共有5个码头（6个泊位）陆续投入使用；1988年6号码头第1个泊位又建成营运。香港货柜码头与美国纽约、荷兰鹿特丹、新加坡并称为世界四大集装箱港。将来更是超过另三大港踞世界第一，其后连续多年荣登世界第一货柜港榜首。

香港的码头装卸仓储运输业，在政府管理下，由私人公司拥有并独立经营。葵涌码头主要由香港国际货柜码头公司（和记黄埔）、现代货柜码头公司（九龙仓占25.8%）、（美国）海陆联运货柜码头公司这三家经营。至 1989年上半年止，香港国际货柜码头公司拥有4、6、7号三个码头（10个泊位）；现代货柜码头公司拥有1、2、5号三个码头；海陆货柜码头联运公司（美国）拥有3号码头。

There is also an Asian container company, New World holds 39% of the shares. It invested in the construction of the largest container distribution center in Asia at Kwai Chung No. 3 Container Terminal, with an area of ​​590 million square feet. It is the largest multi-storey direct container freight warehouse in the world. Building, New World also holds a 13% stake in Sea-Land Containers.

"If the new era wants to enter this field, it must start with modern containers or sea and land containers!"

“九龙仓仅持有现代货柜25.8%的股份，另外：欧洲航务、英国铁行轮船两家公司持有25%，招商局持有20.3%、太古17.65%、汇丰6.3%、捷成洋行4.9%。”

"Although Sea-Land Container has only one terminal, it is weak in the container terminal industry, but it has an advantage in the container truck transportation industry. It has a huge container fleet and its business scope extends to Hong Kong and the Mainland. Moreover, the major shareholder of Sea-Land Freight is the US Sea-Land Terminal, which holds the It owns 87% of the shares. Now that the relationship between China and the United States has dropped to a freezing point, the United States may not have the idea of ​​selling the shares, as long as the price is generous!"

After some thinking, Lin Zuhui plans to bet on both sides, that is, consider taking over its shares from European Shipping and British Railway Shipping, and consider buying most of its shares from Sea-Land Containers.

The reason why he did this was because he planned to combine the two consortiums first, and beat Hutchison Whampoa in the bidding for Kwai Chung No. 8 Container Terminal next year, grab the four berths of No. 8 Terminal, and then let the two consortia split into two indivual.

As for the future container terminal No. [-] and the first river terminal in Tuen Mun, these two major projects must also be won!

In short, it is to fight Hutchison Whampoa and unite all forces that can be united.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui became ambitious!
In terms of funds, he personally has a cash flow of 200 billion (65 billion in debt);

In terms of influence, he is the only newspaper giant in Xiangjiang and the boss behind ATV;

Whether it is the Hong Kong government, the mainland, or even the United Kingdom as far away as Europe, they can all see the huge influence and potential from him, and it is inevitable to win him over.

What's more, container terminal No. 8 came with a high bid, and only container No. 9 will be the network struggle of all parties in the future.

When the No. 9 container and the Tuen Mun Inland River Container Terminal are called for bidding, his influence is no worse than that of Li Chaoren, and he will not be afraid at that time.

To sum up, let everyone resist the monopoly of international containers and beat Li Chaoren to death.

Xiangjiang can only have one Superman, and that is Superman Lin.

After being in a good mood, Lin Zuhui felt relieved. If he wants to get involved in the container terminal, he must first purchase the equity of several foreign companies.

In this way, he can unite with New World, Henderson, Wharf, etc., and be qualified to speak.