Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 583 [Competition]

Magic City, Pudong.

Accompanied by Lu Xiangdong, Lin Zuhui came to the 'Global Financial Center' which was under construction.

The appearance of this building has the shadow of the "corkscrew" in his previous life, but with Lin Zuhui's strong background in the mainland, he naturally has a height of 518 meters and will not be cut off by the middle; that is to say, this building is pointed.

Lin Zuhui is also from the mainland, and with the huge amount of money invested in the mainland and hundreds of millions of donations every year, his relationship in the mainland is much stronger than that of Li Chaoren; not to mention, his investment in the mainland includes both real estate and manufacturing , Technology companies, the impact is very large.

Therefore, the plan is the world's tallest building, but I don't know if the Taipei 101 building will be raised.

As for the Burj Khalifa in the future, Lin Zuhui said that he can't afford to play with those oil tycoons.

"Boss, the officials of Shanghai Magic City want to let Jinmao Tower open first!"

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and said, "When are they going to open?"

The World Financial Center obtained the right to develop the land in 1993, and then Lin Zuhui instructed that the construction should be completed at a normal pace, preferably in July 1998, and put into use in the second half of [-].

Lu Xiangdong said: "1999, probably the second half of the year!"

Lin Zuhui thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's celebrate New Year's Day!"

Save face, this is Lin Zuhui's idea!

Of course, when the Jinmao Tower was planned to be 420 meters and the World Financial Center was planned to be 518 meters, the officials of the Shanghai Metropolis also gave Lin Zuhui face.

However, with the development of the mainland's economy, the officials in Shanghai have also improved their face.

"Yes. It is also beneficial to open later. The economy in the Mainland can develop better, and there is no pressure on the lease." Lu Xiangdong said.

Next, Lin Zuhui inspected other projects in Pudong, including the Tangchen Yipin land in his previous life, which had already been acquired by New Times Group (Huaxia).

Lin Zuhui said to Lu Xiangdong that the focus should be on the development of "Pudong Lujiazui" and ignore the saying that "it is better to have a bed in Puxi than a room in Pudong".

"Boss, speaking of it, Tang Junnian of the 'Taiwan Island Gang' has always been optimistic about Pudong, and they compete fiercely with us." Lu Xiangdong said with a smile.

Lin Zuhui said calmly: "The one with the highest price wins, he is just a competitor! I like the project, but no one can snatch it away yet."

Lu Xiangdong nodded, that's really true. Although the boss likes to get projects at a premium, don't forget that the boss always takes projects at the best time.For example, when selling a property with front-end land, it seems that the owner pays a high premium, but in fact, when the land is not good, they are lost by the high premium and hand over high-quality properties.

In this way, the New Times Group is equivalent to a high-quality project won at a low price, which saves the participation of competitors and the possibility of being slaughtered when the market is good.

The total investment of New Era Group (Huaxia) in the mainland has reached 700 billion Hong Kong dollars, making it the largest foreign investor in the mainland; in addition, Xiaomi Technology, LEIT Group, Hengchang Beverage and Food and other enterprises have a total investment of tens of billions .

When Lin Zuhui invested wildly overseas, he also spent a lot of money in the mainland. How could the officials not treat him well!

In Lujiazui, Pudong, New Times Group (Huaxia) not only owns the World Financial Building, but also a bank building, a five-star hotel building, and a luxury residential project, all on the river view side.

The bank building will be used as the Octopus Bank building in the future, and Barings Bank will also move in; the five-star hotel building is going to be handed over to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel; the luxury residential real estate is the Tomson’s first product in the previous life, and of course it will be built in the new era in this life. The group's 'Jiangchen Yipin'.

In the first ten days of November, the Hong Kong government announced a tender for the property development right on top of the Airport Railway Central Station. Interested bidders should submit their bids before December 11. The basic principle of bidding is: the highest bidder wins.

All of a sudden, the major consortia heard the news and started looking for allies to form a consortium.

New Era Group soon joined forces with Henderson Land, China Gas, Xinzhong Real Estate (a real estate company under the Bank of China), and MTR Corporation (each consortium reserved a seat) to form a consortium and prepare to enter the bid.

在这个财团中，新时代集团占股60%，恒基地产占股15%、中环煤气占股10%、新中地产占股7%、港铁占股8%。

Since the highest price wins, the strongest and most competitive consortium is of course the consortium led by New Era Group.

Two stations have been contested along the railway line, namely:
Tsing Yi Station was won by Cheung Kong Enterprises and Hutchison Whampoa;
Kowloon Station (Phase [-]) was acquired by a consortium composed of Lai Sun Development, Global Investment, Wing Tai, Singapore Land, and China Overseas Land & Investment.

In mid-November, the ownership of the development rights of the first phase of Tai Kok Tsui (Kowloon) will be announced.

The roof of each station along the Airport Railway is a fat chicken leg; Tung Chung Station, Tai Kok Tsui Station, Kowloon Station, etc. have many phases, which can bring hundreds of billions of income to the Hong Kong government.For example, at Kowloon Station, there are almost six or seven phases, and the later ICC Building is the superstructure of the station behind it.

As for the Central Terminus of the Airport Railway, it is a one-time entry bid.

New Era Group.

Lin Zuhui was in the office, looking at the map of the Central Station of the Airport Railway, and couldn't put it down.Of course, he was extremely calm, after all, he hadn't won the bid yet.

In the previous life, this project invested 400 billion Hong Kong dollars, but after 2015, it was valued at 2500 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is very high in terms of return on investment.

"It's called an international financial center, which is more in the interests of the Hong Kong government."

Lin Zuhui did not insist on calling the building "New Era Center". After all, this piece of land is a landmark building in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong government and the Planning Department may not agree.

The general plan of the entire complex is:

The low-rise building complex, namely the part of the shopping center, is connected to the entrance and exit of the airport railway, with a total area expected to be 80 square feet;

The hotel building is about 110 million square feet. It depends on whether it is settled in the Four Seasons Hotel or the Langting Hotel. The key is that Lin Zuhui will seek to acquire the Four Seasons Hotel Group after 2000. If he cannot acquire it, he will naturally settle in the Langting Hotel.

The first phase of IFC Finance is about 80 square feet, and the building height is below 50 floors.

For the second phase of Guojin Finance, the subway company currently means two buildings, which is obviously not agreed by Lin Zuhui. He also has the confidence to change the two buildings into one building and build the world's tallest building - the Freedom Tower, with a floor area of ​​approx. 180 million square feet.

Yes, Lin Zuhui remembered that in his previous life, Sun Hung Kai persuaded the Hong Kong government to build the 88-story (415-meter) International Finance Phase II; for him, it was naturally an easier task.

415 meters is certainly not the tallest building in the world, but if the 'tower' part is added, the height can reach more than 500 meters.

Yes, it is to imitate the World Trade Center after 9~11, and copy it first.

Freedom Tower, which will be its nickname, symbolizes Hong Kong's status as a 'free trade port'.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui showed a smile. Such a landmark building will bring tourism promotion effect to Xiangjiang.

There are almost no obstructions, but some views on the Taiping Mountain are blocked, of course, that will be a matter of the future.Moreover, since the Freedom Tower was built, it is natural to consider setting up a viewing platform.

If a viewing platform is set up, it can offset the 'disadvantage' of blocking Victoria Peak.

"dong dong"

"Come in"

Chen Bin and Liang Zhenxun walked in hand in hand, and Lin Zuhui directly signaled them to come to his desk.

Pointing to the map, Lin Zuhui explained his thoughts on the Central Station: "Look, I roughly planned the second phase of the IFC Building in this way. I also call it the 'Freedom Tower'. First of all, its exterior facade Eight elongated isosceles triangles are formed to form a prism shape. This height is 8 floors and 88 meters. Next, the Freedom Tower and sightseeing center will be built on the top, and the height will reach about 415 meters. The Freedom Tower is a free trade port the meaning of."

After listening to Lin Zuhui's explanation, the two sincerely admired it.

Chen Bin said with a smile: "The boss can be a designer. Once this Freedom Tower is completed, it will be an absolute landmark in Xiangjiang, which will greatly improve the tourism industry in Xiangjiang."

Lin Zuhui was a little proud, but still waved his hands and said: "What I said is the general idea! If I win the bid, I will let Libeskind Architects and SOM Architects in the United States complete the design, but I have to follow my ideas Come."

They are all world-renowned design firms. IM Pei, a Chinese, is now designing some low-rise cultural and artistic buildings, and he is not suitable for him; moreover, he is almost retired, so he may not have the energy to deal with such a large project.

Chen Bin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll write it down!"

Next, Lin Zuhui said: "The bid price, please give me a reference price as soon as possible, and you must comprehensively consider the factors in the opponent and the market. In addition, assuming that the total investment of the entire project is 400 billion, how much do you set for the bid price?"

"Okay, boss!" The two said at the same time.

The final price is in the hands of Lin Zuhui, and with Lin Zuhui's infallible idea, there must be a premium.

For example, if the price is 200 billion, he will make 230 billion.

Lin Zuhui thought about it again, and said, "How is the company's cash situation?"

Liang Zhenxun said: "150 billion Hong Kong dollars, after all, we only hold 100% of the equity, so there is no problem at all. Moreover, we can prepare [-] billion Hong Kong dollars in a short period of time for bank loans and bond issuance."

With the reputation of New Era Group, this is really the case, of course, it is mainly because of Lin Zuhui.

And after winning the bid, it is not the first time to hand over the funds, there is a period of three to six months.

Therefore, funding is not a problem, it depends on how much you are willing to give.

The reason why the New Times Group did not put in all its efforts in the previous phases of the subway station was because Lin Zuhui knew that at this time, he would not be able to make much money from auctioning residential land, and he might even sell it at cost price.

Only commercial real estate, long-term rent collection, plus the construction time is the trough time of Xiangjiang real estate.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Well, it is indeed enough."

After the two left, Lin Zuhui thought about it.

Recently, his private investment company, Hengjin Investment, began to buy a large amount of Hong Kong's blue chip stocks, buying almost 50 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Zuhui's idea is that it is no problem for Jiu Qi to earn 30 to 50 billion Hong Kong dollars.

He consumed the money in advance, and he subscribed for half of the bonds issued by New Era Group this time, allowing New Era Group to raise about 60 billion Hong Kong dollars.

That way, you don't need a loan.After all, bank interest is as high as 7-8%, and New Era Group pays more than 25 billion in interest a year.

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.

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 carried by the container trucks owned by each company.

According to the information released by the Hong Kong government in April 1995, the annual container throughput in Hong Kong in 4 was 1994 million TEUs, a net increase of 1150 million TEUs over 1993, an increase of 195%.

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.

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.

(End of this chapter)