Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 690 [The Flower of France]

end of june.

Xiangjiang MTR Corporation announced that the property development right of the Kowloon Station Phase [-] station was won by New Era Group.

At the same time, Chen Bin, the president of New Era Group, also announced to reporters: New Era Group will invest more than 200 billion Hong Kong dollars to complete the Kowloon Station Phase [-] project together with the subway company.

For a time, a frenzy of public opinion was set off.

Everyone in Xiangjiang knows that New Times Group has already occupied Central Station, and now it is occupying Kowloon Station again, which can be called the monopoly of Xiangjiang commercial real estate.

New Era Group.

Lin Zuhui couldn't help being excited when he heard the news of winning the bid in the office.

He also voted very cautiously for this bid. The bid price is HK$65 billion, and MTR will take another 21.5% of the shares. The total investment is expected to be HK$210.

Among them, the price tag is 65 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is used to pay the land compensation fee to the Hong Kong government;

New Times Group also bears all the costs of the entire project, and MTR does not participate in investment or specific construction. Even so, MTR will take 22.5% of the equity for nothing.

The MTR Corporation holds all property equity along the subway lines, including a 10% stake in the Central Station. Because of this, the Hong Kong MTR is one of the few profitable subway companies in the world.

"Boss, it is said that Sun Hung Kai's price is 58 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the shareholding is 20%. It is our strongest opponent." Chen Bin said excitedly.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "This is not an opponent, but a defeat. But to be honest, I didn't have the confidence to win before the bidding. Although I like commercial real estate very much, New Times Group obviously doesn't need it like it used to. , is too obsessed with high-quality properties, and bids at a higher price than the opponent."

Chen Bin nodded. He knew what the boss meant. The boss was indeed a good friend in commercial real estate back then, and the price was so high that people were stunned. The premium, people will soon find out that the high-priced property purchased by the boss has risen rapidly, and people will find out that Lin Zuhui is a master of bottom-hunting.

"Boss, then we're officially bidding for the design proposal. Do you have any instructions?"

Lin Zuhui heard the words and said: "For high-rise office buildings, we should not pursue height anymore. After all, the higher the building, the higher the construction cost. The height of about 480 meters to 500 meters should be about the same, which is lower than the second phase of the International Finance Building. The sixth phase Build a twin tower."

Over the years, Lin Zuhui's ability in the field of architecture is naturally very superb, so many opinions are very valuable.

"Okay, I took note!"

"Well, don't delay the construction period for this project. The first phase will be the 'sixth phase project', the second phase will be a shopping center, and the third phase will be skyscrapers. We will strive to complete the project in 2008."

"Ok"

Generally speaking, if other real estate developers are allowed to develop, it will definitely take 8 to 10 years, not because of the construction period, but because they have to consider the financial relationship.

But obviously, Lin Zuhui never liked to procrastinate. Of course, he also completed the project according to the real estate situation.

For example, for the development speed of the International Finance Center, he compressed the construction period before the end of 2003, so that he could catch up with the explosive period of real estate and tourism.

As for this Kowloon station, he completed the bidding before 2008, which coincided with the peak season for global real estate, and Lehman had not yet arrived.

After Chen Bin left, Lin Zuhui took out a newspaper and looked at the news on it with a smile.

"The top five high-rise buildings in Hong Kong (including those under construction), New Times Group occupies three buildings, which are the second phase of IFC Building, the superstructure of Kowloon Station, and Central Plaza; the other two buildings are Bank of China Tower and Central Center (73 floors) )."

"The New Times Group has five of the top ten tallest buildings in Hong Kong, including the hotel building in Tsuen Wan Plaza and the Twin Towers above Kowloon Station (actually two buildings)."

"New Times Group is the largest charter company in Hong Kong, with a total property management area of ​​more than 3000 million square feet, all located in excellent locations."

There are a lot of news analysis. New Times Group owns more than 900 million square feet of high-quality properties in Central alone, twice as much as Landmark.

Wan Chai and Causeway Bay are also the No. [-] and No. [-] in the region. Now, with the high-quality properties in Kowloon, it is really enough to develop the company by simply collecting rent.

Originally, Lin Zuhui also thought that the stock price of New Times Group would drop a wave, and it would be more reasonable to reach 5000-6000 billion Hong Kong dollars, so that his public wealth could be counted less.

Unexpectedly, when the Hang Seng Index fell from 19500 points to 17000 points, New Times Group was still operating firmly above the market value of 10000 trillion Hong Kong dollars.

The biggest credit here is naturally the cash flow of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, and the blind worship of Lin Zuhui by investors.

No way, if you want to increase your holdings now, there is no way.

It's good that way, after all, his wealth doesn't depend entirely on his subsidiaries, it's probably only half of it.

Due to the bursting of the Internet bubble, Bill Gates' wealth has shrunk, but Lin Zuhui has not been greatly affected, so recently the US media has honestly sent Lin Zuhui the "world's richest man in the millennium", and his worth is as high as 800 More than [-] million US dollars, compared with Bill Gates in his peak period, it is only so lost.

At the same time, Lin Zuhui found that it was getting easier and easier for him to make money.

The 'Hong Kong Stock Exchange' was listed in the past few days, with a market value of less than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars. This reminded Lin Zuhui instantly that the family office should hold less than 5% of the stocks in the secondary market, intending to hold them for a long time and enjoy the annual dividends.You must know that the market value of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is expected to reach more than 3000 billion in the future, at least an increase of more than 30 times, and this does not include the dividends during the period.

Including this year's subway company listing, Lin Zuhui's family office will hold less than 5% in the secondary market.

Investing in such stocks is much more cost-effective than investing in blue-chip stocks of Xiangjiang Real Estate. Blue-chip stocks of Xiangjiang Real Estate will hardly have a return of more than 300%.But these public stocks not only have great market value but also great potential, and even the annual dividends are very impressive.

If it weren't for the fact that the Hong Kong government only released 25% to 30% of the public stock, Lin Zuhui would have wanted to hold more shares.

Beginning of July, Saturday.

In Milan, the Gucci brand held the 2000 summer women's wear catwalk show, and Lin Zuhui also sat in the audience in a low-key manner.

On one side of him are Monica and Barings President Andre, and on the other side are Gucci President Robert Polet and creative director Tom Ford.

President Robert Polet was originally a senior executive of Unilever, and was invited by Barings Bank to serve as a professional manager of Gucci. After a year and a half of work experience, his ability was recognized by Barings Bank executives and Lin Zuhui.

The creative director Tom Ford joined Gucci as early as 1994. He was so talented that he made Gucci return from a nearly bankrupt brand to the forefront of luxury goods in the world.

Of course, in the past year and a half, the relationship between Robert Polet and Tom Ford has been the focus of Barings Bank; after all, Robert has a mission, which is to reduce the dependence on big-name designers who are too independent , Continuously train new designers and give newcomers more opportunities.

In this way, it is inevitable that there will be some small collisions with Tom Ford, and what the two sides need is cooperation.

Looking at the models on the runway, Lin Zuhui not only lamented that he has no fashion genes, but only has a feeling for luxury goods - that is not the aesthetics of normal people.

No wonder, Lin Zuhui's luxury clothing has always been custom-made suits at most; but suits are very formal after all, and no matter how expensive they are, they are still at the fashion level of normal people.

And he originally started out as a casual wear-Jeanswest, Giordano, so fashion almost stays at the level of mass models.

But having said that, beautiful women are friends in everything they wear. Looking at the models on the runway, Lin Zuhui thought so.

Of course, compared to watching the show now, Lin Zuhui was looking forward to the dinner tonight. He looked at Monica beside him, and couldn't help feeling that he should not invite her to watch.

It seems that something is wrong. Monica has now joined Gucci, and it seems wrong not to come.

Monica seemed to notice something, turned her head and saw Lin Zuhui, and the two looked at each other. Monica showed an admiring smile, which made Lin Zuhui feel like a spring breeze.

This woman is still very attractive. If she goes up and walks around, she should be able to gain a lot of appreciation.

The two did not speak. After all, one must be respectful when watching a show, not to mention the presence of reporters.

Milan, Langham Hotel.

In the evening, the Gucci dinner finally started, and Lin Zuhui also became the focus of the dinner.

Lin Zuhui, Andre, Robert Polet, Tom Ford and others gathered together to discuss the matter of Gucci.

"Mr. Lin, we found out that we are not the only company that is acquiring Fendi." Robert said seriously, holding a wine glass.

Lin Zuhui showed a smile, and said with a confident expression: "If nothing else, it must be the LVMH group, after all, they are ambitious."

Robert was taken aback for a moment, this guy in Hong Kong is also so well informed, of course he also thinks Lin Zuhui's analysis is very reasonable.

"In this way, two companies are acquiring Fendi at the same time, and our acquisition price of Fendi will be much higher!"

Andrei, the president of Barings Bank, said with a smile: "No, the opponent's price is much higher, and we will make a profit and get out. After all, if it is too expensive and there is money to be made, why don't we quit!"

Suddenly, Robert said: "Yes, Fendi is not a must for Gucci!"

Lin Zuhui nodded, and then he said to Tom Ford: "Director Ford, next year will be the 340th anniversary of the birth of the Luchen family. I hope you can design a wine label for him."

In the first half of this year, the LEIT Group sold the second-class Bordeaux estate, the Luchen family, to Gucci.

Over the years, the LEIT Group has held the Luchen family and has not interfered with its own development, so it is dispensable; but Gucci is different. If it owns the Luchen family, it will be a strong alliance, luxury goods and famous wines. joint.

In this way, the Gucci brand involves various products such as clothing, leather goods, accessories, perfumes, and wines.

You know, the Luchen family in the previous life was Chanel's wine brand.

Tom Ford said with a smile: "I am very happy!"

This talented designer still admires his boss very much.

There is nothing else to say. To be honest, in Lin Zuhui's view, Gucci, LV, and Chanel are the three major luxury goods in the world, and the rest of the brands must be left behind.And a brand like Gucci will lie down and make money next.

Of course, Lin Zuhui specially asked the senior executives of Barings Bank to pay attention to the relationship between Robert and Ford, and prepare for mediation.

Although it is said that Tom Ford is gone, Gucci may not have too much influence. After all, Gucci has no shortage of talented designers, and there are many young designers with unlimited potential, but if Tom Ford is allowed to stay, it will naturally be very great. Well, it'd be better if it stays at Gucci like Chanel's Galeries Lafayette.

At present, both the Hilton Hotel Group and the Gucci brand have started to get better and better after being acquired by Barings Bank.

It also proves that the executives of Barings Bank are very capable and worthy of Lin Zuhui's high salary.Originally, as the head of the investment bank, Lin Zuhui was required to personally plan the follow-up operation of the acquired company, but this was obviously unrealistic. Lin Zuhui only hoped to rely on excellent talents to join him.

Several people chatted for a while, and the Gucci dinner officially started. Many beauties showed up one after another, feasting Lin Zuhui's eyes.

During this period, Lin Zuhui saw a person, his eyes lit up, and he walked over there involuntarily.

At this time, Monica was talking with the flower of France 'Sophie Marceau', and she seemed to understand what she meant when she saw her man approaching.

"Miss Sophie, this is Mr. Lin Zuhui, I think you should know him!" Monica introduced with a smile.

She is now a manager of Gucci and also the second shareholder of Gucci, because with the permission of Lin Zuhui, she took 8 million US dollars to buy 8% of Gucci's shares, second only to Barings Bank's 92%.

And Gucci has obtained 8 million US dollars in cash, so it can naturally control the capital market, so it started to acquire the shares of Italian luxury goods 'Fendi' in May this year.

In fact, in the year and a half since Gucci was acquired, a number of acquisitions have been carried out, such as the acquisition of Luchen Family and the acquisition of several studios in Paris.

Sophie Marceau's eyes lit up, and she said in surprise: "Of course, it is Mr. Lin Zuhui, the new richest man in the world who defeated technology tycoon Bill Gates!" After finishing speaking, she took the initiative to move her face closer.

Lin Zuhui smiled and finished the face-to-face ceremony with Sophie Marceau, but he was not so honest in his heart.

Monica said from the side: "It's not the new richest man in the world. Mr. Bill Gates only temporarily served as the richest man in the world for two years. This man has always been the richest man in the world."

Sophie Marceau said in surprise: "Monica, how do you know these things so well, are you friends?"

Monica said: "We are good friends!"

Lin Zuhui saw that the two had a good relationship, and Monica deliberately concealed that they were his lover, so he couldn't help sighing, Monica wanted to contribute!

The two have been dating for so many years, and Monica has already returned her heart very much. Although she is a European and American woman, she is very loyal to Lin Zuhui; besides, Lin Zuhui holds the holy spirit of these women, so it's no wonder they are willing to leave.

"Miss Sophie, I'm your fan!" Lin Zuhui said.

Sophie Marceau looked at Lin Zuhui for a while, and then said in disbelief: "You men always like to deceive women. Since you say you are my movie fan, please tell me about the movies you like!"

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and said mentally, "Why are you so serious?"

Fortunately, I read a little bit in my previous life. Although I can't remember much, I should be able to pass the test.

""Wild Love", "Roses", "Louis XIV's Mistress". How about it, have I passed the test?" Lin Zuhui talked about three movies.

Sophie Marceau was really happy, her expression couldn't lie.

But Lin Zuhui underestimated a feminism, and she said again: "Then Mr. Lin, why do you only talk about this kind of love movie? Is it because you have only seen this kind of movie, or do you not know about my other movies? I'm sorry, I did this because you said you were my fan." After speaking, my eyes revealed the expression that I wanted to expose you.

No wonder this woman wants a divorce.

Monica was dumbfounded, what was wrong with this woman, she dared to embarrass her man.

Lin Zuhui's mind turned quickly, and he said immediately: "Because I like your sexy look very much, so I only talked about these three parts."

Sophie Marceau looked at Lin Zuhui's eyes, and soon her heart was shocked, and then the current continued to hit her heart.

"Well, Mr. Lin is really a legendary businessman who is very humorous and frank."

There is a play!

Next, Lin Zuhui said a few words, and soon asked for Sophie Marceau's contact information.Although he didn't have any scruples about Monica, he believed that it would not be a problem, and at most he would coax her after the fact.

Afterwards, Lin Zuhui did not attack other sheep and horses. Although there were still many models, he was not interested.

And in this party, Lin Zuhui is not the protagonist, he is just a guest, so naturally he doesn't need to entertain.

After the banquet, Lin Zuhui and Monica drove to the villa in Milan, where he and Monica had a son and a daughter. The eldest son was 8 years old and the youngest daughter was over 4 years old.

Because of this, Lin Zuhui felt that, if possible, leave Gucci to the couple; of course, the premise is ability, otherwise it is better to hand it over to a professional manager.

Just like the Hilton Hotel Group, the third generation is a douchebag that cannot be supported, and will naturally fall into the hands of outsiders; the same is true for Gucci. Family internal turmoil and scandals caused Gucci to almost go bankrupt in the early 90s before outsiders took over.

In the car, Monica approached Lin Zuhui's face and said charmingly: "Have you taken a fancy to Sophie Marceau?"

Lin Zuhui said calmly: "No, I just want to get to know each other!"

"Liar, to be honest, I'm not jealous!" Monica said slyly.

Lin Zuhui hugged the woman's devilish figure in his arms, and the brothers were already signaling that Sophie was no longer attractive at this moment. You must know that Monica's body and face are all perfect for Sophie Marceau.

Of course, although Lin Zuhui and Monica are not together all the time, they have more or less been together for more than ten years, so they do have the idea of ​​changing partners tonight.But anyway, Sophie Marceau is not so easy to make love, there is no so-called one-shot love.

Seeing that Lin Zuhui didn't speak, Monica said, even though Lin Zuhui's eyes were broken, "You can call Sophie, as far as I know, she is in a low mood right now, and she is having that conflict. has hope."

Lin Zuhui looked at Monica sideways and found her funny expression, he understood!

I saw him start dialing the phone!
On the other side, Sophie Marceau returned to the hotel, opened a bottle of red wine a little bored, and drank alone in the room.

Suddenly, the phone rang, and she didn't want to answer it, but finally picked it up.

"Miss Sophie, I wonder if you returned to the hotel safely?"

"Mr. Lin is so concerned about me, why not come to XX Hotel to see if I'm safe."

(End of this chapter)