My 1999

In the dim night, a convoy of five Maybachs passed through the winding mountain road and entered the wealthy area of ​​Hong Kong Mid-Levels.

This was not the first time Xu Liang came to the Li family.

He was familiar with the route.

After getting off the car, he was soon ceremoniously received into the reception room by the father and son of the Li family.

"Mr. Xu, congratulations. The Seibu Group has strong assets. Now that you have taken it under your command, your career has taken a step forward." Li Jiacheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Li is too kind. Although the Seibu Group has strong assets, Japan has not been able to get out of the real estate asset bubble of the year. Consumption is sluggish, and the department store and tourism industries are very affected.

In addition to the huge debt left by Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, if I have a choice, I really don't want to acquire it."

Li Jiacheng: "With Mr. Xu's identity and status, if you don't want to acquire it, who can force you?"

"It's not forced, but sometimes I have to do it." Xu Liang didn't plan to say more. After all, his relationship with the Fukuda family was not easy to say.

"Mr. Li invited me here today, not just for dinner, right?"

Li Jiacheng smiled and picked up the teapot to pour him a cup.

"Mr. Xu is a smart man, I won't waste my time.

Cheung Kong Group hopes to acquire 47.55% of NetEase's equity held by Hongmeng, 32 billion Hong Kong dollars, all cash transaction."

"Mr. Li, I mentioned it last time, I am not short of funds."

"Really don't think about it?"

Xu Liang shook his head very straightforwardly.

"What if Beijing Oriental Plaza is included?"

Xu Liang was a little surprised.

The Oriental Plaza project can be said to be the most valuable real estate project under the entire Li family.

This No. 1 Chang'an Avenue project is located opposite the Forbidden City. There is no better place in China than this location.

What's more rare is that it covers an area of ​​100,000 square meters and a total construction area of ​​800,000 square meters, which is huge.

The business format includes the 120,000 square meters of "Oriental New World".

The "Oriental Economic and Trade City" composed of 8 Grade A office buildings.

The "Oriental Court Apartment" composed of two luxury apartments.

and the five-star luxury hotel ‘Grand Hyatt Hotel’.

This is the top commercial complex in the country.

After opening, the revenue in just one year exceeded 3 billion Chinese yuan.

At present, the only two projects that can compare with him under the entire Taihua Group are ‘Taihua Century Plaza in Pengcheng’ and the newly opened ‘Taihua Times Square in Shanghai’.

The former is located at Shendong South Road and Wenjin South Road, Pengcheng CBD.

The latter is located in the core area of ​​Pudong, next to Zhengda Plaza and Oriental Pearl TV Tower.

Both are flagship projects of Taihua.

If we can take over Oriental Plaza, Taihua will also have its own flagship project in the most core area of ​​Beijing.

“Will Mr. Li be willing to sell Oriental Plaza to me?”

“No, but I am even more reluctant to give up the others.”

Li Jiacheng said simply.

“OK, as long as Mr. Li is willing to sell, I will buy it at 20,000 per square meter.”

The housing price within the second ring road of Beijing is about 10,000 now.

Oriental Plaza has a superior location, so of course it is much higher.

"Twenty thousand is a bit low. I spent $1.5 billion to build it, so twenty-five thousand is the right price."

Xu Liang shook his head. "Although Oriental Plaza has a good location, it took too long to build. The use period of commercial land in the mainland is 40 years. From the acquisition of the land in 1992 to now, 14 years have passed, and more than one-third of the time has passed.

The discount is natural.

As for the original investment.

Mr. Li, Changjiang has also recovered a lot in these years.

Add these from me, you have made a lot of money."

"Mr. Xu, the construction of Oriental Plaza has repeatedly encountered political review, and it was not truly open to the outside world until the end of the century. I only made a few years of profit.

If you don't sell it at a higher price, how can you recover the cost?"

The two of them went back and forth, and after a long struggle, they reached an agreement on 21,700/square meter.

As for the acquisition of Netcom, it is more complicated than Oriental Plaza.

It is necessary to obtain Netcom's information and complete due diligence before negotiations can really start.

Without one or two months, this transaction cannot be completed.

But the two sides have finalized the outline, and the rest will be handed over to the subordinates.

After dinner and tea, Xu Liang said goodbye.

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Time passed quickly, and it was September 1st in a blink of an eye.

On this day, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in the United States were decorated with lights and people were flowing.

Xu Liang led some of Hongmeng's senior executives to preside over the Hong Kong side, while Xie Wen and Yu Jun presided over Nasdaq.

Due to the time difference, the Hong Kong side was listed one day in advance.

When Xu Liang held a wooden hammer tied with red silk and struck the gong, colored paper flew on the scene, and applause and cheers continued.

Standing next to Zhang Yida, the Hongmeng senior executives, as well as representatives of investment institutions such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Softbank, were also filled with happy smiles, sharing this glorious moment together.

"Hongmeng Bing (HK, 1011), opened up 21.2%, closed at 374.3 Hong Kong dollars."

"Hongmeng Bing (HK, 1011) landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with an issue price of 308 Hong Kong dollars, raised 138.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, and became the world's most valuable Internet company."

The next day, Bing successfully listed on Nasdaq.

The issue price was 40 US dollars, and it closed at 53.42 US dollars on the first day, opening up 33.5%.

With Google as an excellent example, the market value has risen faster than in Hong Kong.

Combining the market value of both parties, after the first day of listing, Hongmeng Bing's market value reached 1127.8 billion Hong Kong dollars and 146.4 billion US dollars.

The information of Hongmeng Bing's successful listing was quickly sent back to China by reporters from various countries who were squatting on the scene of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.     One report after another was quickly released:

"Hongmeng Bing becomes the first Internet stock"

"6 years, 1127.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, 146.4 billion US dollars, witness the moment of miracle"

"27-year-old Xu Liang becomes the youngest CEO of a listed company on Nasdaq in 44 years"

"A century-old genius, the world's richest man"

"The world's largest Internet company is made in China"

Although Xu Liang did not study at CAFA for a few days, the school BBS also posted a post about him beating the gong.

"Congratulations to our outstanding alumnus Xu Liang on his successful listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange"

In fact, there are many companies that Xu Liang has listed.

But this time it was particularly sensational.

Because the market value of Hongmeng Bing is too high.

It has exceeded the current popular spicy chicken PetroChina.

It is the company with the highest market value in China.

And it's a tech company.

"Fuck, the company went public before you even graduated from college." A passing student commented.

"I thought everyone was on the same starting line when entering college, but you ended up standing at the finish line."

"Is Bing also a company founded by Xu Liang? Isn't the company he founded called Hongmeng?"

"Reply to the above, Bing is a subsidiary of Hongmeng; although the son has made progress and its market value has surpassed Google to become the world's most valuable Internet company, it can't deny its father."

"Bing is $146.4 billion, Sina is $174.5, Netcom is $8.95 billion, No.1 Store is $15.3 billion, and Kanghua is worth nearly $30 billion... Damn, Xu Liang is too rich."

"This year, he will definitely be able to surpass Bill Gates, Forbes tops the list. "

"Forget it, can the Americans still let a Chinese top the list?"

"Hmph, low-quality people always imagine others as trash, but in fact, you are the only trash."

"Fuck, you traitor who stalks the Americans, how much money did your American father give you to make you kneel so thoroughly?"

"7th floor, no need to pity a third-class citizen."

"13th floor, what third-class citizen, isn't it just a slave?"

"You low-quality trash, stay in this decadent, authoritarian, disgusting place forever and slowly rot..."

Just when the Internet was clamoring for Bing's listing.

Xu Liang had already taken a plane to London.

Three days later, Mo Manniang gave him a son.

When the child was a full month old, he flew to Paris again.

Christina's triplets were also born.

He had three more sons and a daughter.

After staying in Paris for another month, he rushed to Rio de Janeiro, the former capital of Brazil, in mid-November.

"It's nice here!"

Looking at the famous Bread Mountain in the distance and the blue coastline, Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction.

He was not used to staying in a hotel, so before arriving in Brazil, he asked Andrew Forrest, who arrived here in advance, to help him choose a seaside villa.

"As long as you are satisfied!"

Looked at him, pointed to the sofa next to him and sat down.

"Tell me about the current situation."

After Andrew nodded.

"This is the sixth round of oil exploration bidding after the reform of Brazil's new "Petroleum Law" in 1997. There are a total of 15 blocks.

All are located in the San Lis Basin on the southeast coast.

Among them, blocks SM-E-01 to SM-E-07 are located in the shallow water area of ​​the San Sein platform, with a water depth of about 300 meters to 500 meters;

Blocks SM-F-08 to SM-F-12 are located in the deep water area of ​​the San Sein continental shelf at a depth of 500 to 1,500 meters;

SM-G-13 to SM-G-15 are located in the ultra-deep water area of ​​the San Sein platform at a depth of 2,000 meters."

7 shallow-water exploration blocks, with a total area of ​​7,504 square kilometers;

5 deep-sea exploration blocks with a total area of ​​6,730 square kilometers;

3 deep-sea exploration areas with a total area of ​​5,923 square kilometers.

The largest is the SM-G-15 block, which is as much as 2,871 square kilometers. ”

Xu Liang: "Where is the geological data I asked you to prepare?"

"All ready. ”

Andrew Forrest took out a drawing marked with different colors and graphics and placed it in front of him.

“According to your requirements, we have marked the distribution area of ​​the salt layer in the Santos Basin.

The white part is the shallow sea salt-free area.

The blank area in the middle is the rock transition zone, and the middle is the rock thickness zone.

From the cross-section, it can be divided into three layers, namely the non-marine strata in the rift period, the non-evaporite strata in the transition period, and the marine strata in the post-rift period.

The thick evaporite divides the entire Santos Basin into two structures: the upper salt layer and the lower salt layer.

From the 1970s to the present, the Brazilian Petroleum Administration has drilled a total of 274 exploration wells in the Santos Basin, of which 55 have discovered oil and gas.

Although most of the reserves are not high, they are all located in the upper salt layer area.

Therefore, most of the oil companies participating in this bidding are concentrated in the deep water areas numbered E and F.

As for the ultra-deep water area numbered G, there are currently no other bidders except us and Petrobras. ”

Xu Liang: “Do you think the ultra-deep water area is promising?”