After leaving Yanshi, Liu Dong did not stay too long after returning to the capital. After taking care of the matters at hand, he took his private plane and flew to Hong Kong again.
Since the successful acquisition of Swire Group Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Liu Dong came to this world-famous financial center for the second time two years later.
The mood of coming to Hong Kong twice was completely different. When Liu Dong came here for the first time, few people knew who he was. Today, when he came to Hong Kong for the second time, even though he didn't notify anyone,
By the time his iconic private jet landed in Hong Kong, the passage was already packed with global media swarming outside.
At the beginning of this year, the cover of Time Magazine, followed by the Forbes Global Rich List, completely brought Liu Dong, who had been deliberately keeping a low profile, to the forefront of global affairs.
Now, the most topical topic in the world is probably the fortune history of this legendary rich man from the East! Almost all media, whether it is financial, current affairs, or even entertainment news and gossip tabloids, want to talk about it.
To get first-hand information about the world's new richest man.
But unfortunately, the richest man seems to be very resistant to media interviews. So far, except for the success of Time Magazine, no media has been able to obtain first-hand interview materials of the richest man, even under Matrix Media
Newsweek and the Washington Post!
However, this result has also intensified competition among major media. Therefore, when Liu Dong's iconic private jet appeared at the Hong Kong International Airport, all the media who had received the news in advance rushed here as soon as possible.
But this time they were destined to be disappointed.
Cathay Pacific, the largest leasing customer of Hong Kong International Airport, is a company owned by Liu Dong. After getting off the plane, he did not walk out of the aisle at all. Instead, he directly took the helicopter prepared by the airport to avoid the flow of people outside and returned to his home.
Villas in Repulse Bay.
However, not long after Liu Dong returned to the villa, his first visitor had already arrived.
"I had expected you to come back for a long time, but I didn't expect you to come so soon!"
"I live in Repulse Bay, only two kilometers away from you. It only takes a few minutes to get here!"
"That's true! Sit down!"
After nodding, Li Zekai followed Liu Dong and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
"How long do you plan to stay in Hong Kong this time?" Li Zekai asked.
"Maybe a week, maybe half a month. It depends on the specific situation!" After saying this, looking at Li Zekai's eyes with a hint of sigh in his eyes, Liu Dong smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that! Do I have three heads and six arms?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if you really grew three heads and six arms!" After a pause, "To be honest, growing up, except for my father, I rarely admire anyone, and you are the first!"
"Oh, then I'm a little flattered!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"You are well-deserved. With a personal asset of 90 billion US dollars and a company market value of 350 billion US dollars, anyone who hears these two figures will be in awe!"
Looking at the serious look on Li Zekai's face, Liu Dong smiled and said, "You didn't come here specifically to praise me, right?"
"Part of it is. Part of it is certainly not!"
"Oh, I'd love to hear the other part!" Liu Dong said.
After smiling slightly, Li Zekai looked directly at Liu Dong and said: "Liu Dong, what do you think of the future development of the telecommunications industry?"
"telecommunications?"
After being stunned for a moment, he quickly came back to his senses and thought about it for a while. Thinking of the Li family's business group, Liu Dong's eyes flashed and he said, "Of course I am very interested in the telecommunications industry! But now the 2G market has long been divided up.
The 3G wireless market seems to have no future yet!”
The bubble in the telecommunications industry in Europe caused by the over-issuance of 3G licenses in 2000 is deeply memorable. Even giants such as Vodafone, France Telecom, and British Telecom couldn't bear it, and they all shouldered tens of billions of dollars in foreign debt. Liu Dong
Naturally, he had never thought about going into this muddy water before! And he didn’t know much about the telecommunications industry.
However, since the telecom bubble passed, although the telecom industry in European countries, which are the world's leading telecoms, has been tepid, latecomers Hutchison Telecom and Pacific Century Telecom are operating vigorously in the UK, Italy and Austria.
Li Ka-shing has been praised by the European business community for his brave retreat from the rapids during the European telecommunications bubble and his bargain-hunting operations after the bubble.
Liu Dong knew all this in his heart.
But he was a little confused as to why Li Zekai suddenly asked himself these questions?
"3G is the future, and the fast-growing Xuntong Group under Hanhua has already proved the problem!" Li Zekai said.
"Xuntong Group's business is mainly the PC-side Internet!" Liu Dong said unequivocally.
"But now all forward-looking Internet company leaders know that 3G wireless networks, especially mobile terminals, will be another important growth point for the Internet!"
"I agree with your point of view, but how long will it take for a mobile phone terminal to have the functions of a computer? Five years, or ten years?"
After listening to Liu Dong's words, Li Zekai was silent for a while and then said: "Now Hutchison Telecom's 3G business in Europe has launched voice and data services including basic voice services, short message services, and multimedia SMS services. It will be launched this year.
Video communications, visual information, video images and other multimedia services. In terms of game content, Hutchison Telecom has signed cooperation agreements with 10 game suppliers, allowing users to download more than 40 games; other businesses include downloading maps, news
and financial news, as well as downloads of ringtones and photos. It is conceivable that with the advancement of technology, the services we provide through 3g wireless networks will be more abundant, and the future of the 3g telecommunications industry will be brighter."
"As for mobile phone terminals, according to Moore's Law, the performance of microprocessors will double in up to 18 months. In other words, in up to two years, the performance of current mobile phones will double. And according to our estimates, if the performance of mobile phones
If the performance is doubled, its performance will surpass that of an ordinary 586 computer and be enough to run the Internet on it!"
Nodding. Liu Dong glanced at the other party and smiled: "Since you are so confident in the future of 3G wireless networks, why do you ask for my opinion?"
Although he and Li Zekai are friends and partners, Liu Dong is convinced that the relationship between the two parties has not reached the point of being mutually exclusive.
"Haha, Liu Dong, you are still so cautious!"
"It's better to be cautious in the ever-changing shopping mall!" Liu Dong said.
"Okay. I won't give in! Our Li family hopes to cooperate with you to invest in the European telecommunications industry, especially 3G wireless networks!"
Liu Dong, who expected that Li Zekai would say this, nodded and said calmly: "Why me? I think with your Li family's connections in the business field, it should be easy to find a partner!"
"Easy?" Li Zekai shook his head with a wry smile.
"You look like you're having a hard time?"
"Of course it's difficult! Although the issuance of 3G licenses in Europe has become more rational now, the cost of setting up wireless networks is too high! It often costs billions of dollars. In a country like the UK with more than 40 million phone users, if
If you want to cover the whole country with wireless networks, the cost of equipment installation will be 10 billion pounds or even more!"
"Ten billion pounds?"
Liu Dong was surprised.
"Yes! If the 3G wireless network needs to cover the whole country, it needs at least three different bands. We, Yingke Telecom, have obtained the 3G operating license for the 2.5 Hz band in the UK, and have invested US$3 billion from 2001 to now!"
"Have you made a profit?" Although he knew that this involved the company's internal business secrets, Liu Dong couldn't help but ask.
"Not yet!" After a slight hesitation, Li Zekai shook his head, "However, this year our 3G business in the UK has increased by 37% compared to last year! Operating income was 12.8 million pounds! And the revenue in the first quarter of this year also exceeded last year's
Year-on-year. Therefore, the future of 3G is still very exciting. The premise is that we can continue to invest and develop new and more innovative 3G services!"
"As for why we are looking for you to cooperate? Haha, the very important reason is that you have enough funds! And you have enough ambition!"
"Thank you for the compliment!"
"This is not a compliment. It is a fact! Your current achievements speak for themselves! Moreover, if the European 3G telecommunications industry wants to grow big, it will require funds of more than 10 billion US dollars. Now in China, companies with such strength and courage
I’m afraid it’s just you!”
Looking at Li Zekai's shining eyes, although Liu Dong was a little happy to be recognized by others, he was more cautious about investing in the telecommunications industry.
"This matter is not trivial. I need time to think about it!" Liu Dong said after thinking for a while.
"Of course!" Li Zekai said with a slight smile. As long as Liu Dong didn't refuse on the spot, he knew there was still hope for this cooperation.
"In three days, my father wants to invite you to a banquet at home. I wonder if Liu Dong has time?"
"Haha, one of the most important purposes of my visit to Hong Kong this time is to pay a visit to your father. How could I not have time?"
"Then we've settled!"
"certainly!"
"Okay, I've finished today's work! I won't disturb your rest. We'll see you in three days!" After saying this, Li Zekai stood up.
"Okay, see you in three days!"
After sending Li Zekai out of the door, Liu Dong watched the black Rolls-Royce extended model he was riding in disappearing around the corner of the road. After Liu Dong meditated for a moment, he closed the door and returned home.
But just as he sat down on the sofa in the living room, he heard footsteps coming from outside again.
"Why are you two here together?" Liu Dong stood up and asked with a smile, looking at the two figures in suits and leather shoes who walked in one after another.
"I knew the chairman was in Hong Kong and came here to visit!" Feng Jianhui said with a smile.
"I happened to come to Hong Kong on a business trip! I saw the news about the chairman on TV and rushed over. I didn't expect to bump into Mr. Feng!" Zhang Fan said quickly.
"Okay, since we're here together, let's all sit down! Let's chat together!" Liu Dong waved his hand.
After the three of them were seated, Feng Jianhui asked: "Director Liu, did Li Zekai come just now?"
"how do you know?"
"Haha, in Hong Kong, who doesn't know the license plate number of the charming Mr. Li?" After a pause, Feng Jianhui glanced at Liu Dong and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, in terms of romance, the chairman and Mr. Li are quite different.
On par!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong looked embarrassed! Although he was a little embarrassed by being teased by his subordinates, this little thing did not make him angry.
"Okay, stop teasing me, you guy. Tell me, what are you doing here today? Don't say you missed me or anything like that. I don't believe this!"
As the earliest veteran official who followed Liu Dong, Feng Jianhui was called his subordinate, but in fact his relationship with Liu Dong was both a teacher and a friend.
Over the years, Liu Dong has matured so quickly in business. In addition to his good understanding and ability to never forget his mistakes, the guidance of Feng Jianhui, a famous teacher with a master's degree from Yale University Business School, is very important. So for
Feng Jianhui and Liu Dong have respect in their hearts.
Of course, although the relationship between Zhang Fan and Liu Dong is not as good as that of Feng Jianhui, as old ministers who followed Liu Dong in starting a business in the early days, the two are naturally very familiar with each other.
"Okay, let's get down to business!... After nearly three years of construction, the Hong Kong headquarters of Hanhua Group has been completed. It happens that you, the chairman, are also in Hong Kong, so I want to invite you to attend the completion ceremony of the group headquarters!"
"It's completed!" After being stunned for a moment, Liu Dong nodded clearly.
After the acquisition of ATV in 2002, a piece of land originally used by ATV to build a studio in Tsuen Wan District was appropriated by Liu Dong to build the headquarters of Hanhua Group.
After nearly three years of construction, this super-tall twin tower building covering an area of 35 hectares, 529 meters high, and 108 floors has now been successfully topped out. Of course, it is not yet available for occupancy because the interior decoration will take some time.
However, the Hanhua Center, which surpassed Taipei 101 and became the tallest building in the world, has now succeeded in shining its own light around the world like Liu Dong now.
Thinking of this, Liu Dong couldn't help but feel a little excited!
After nodding again, "I will attend the completion ceremony in person! Also, set up my chairman's office on the highest floor!"
Liu Dong also hopes to practice "what it feels like to have the entire Hong Kong under your feet"!
"I understand!" Feng Jianhui nodded.
"By the way, the 108-story 'Hanhua Center' twin towers have an internal area of more than 1.5 million square meters, which we alone at Hanhua Group cannot use up. What are you going to do? Are you going to rent it out?"
"Our plan is to use one building for offices and rent out the excess! The other building will be given to Jiahua Hotel and Lejia Group to open five-star hotels and supermarkets. We will see how much they can use it and use the excess.
Rent!" Feng Jianhui said.
After listening, Liu Dong nodded in approval.
ps: I'm really sorry, I can't help you with the 6,000 today! I owe you three chapters, Dongren. Remember, I will make up for everyone!