The first thousand two hundred and ninety-first chapters of rapid expansion
Regardless of the mood of the head of the American consortium, Li Guangyu was in a very good mood anyway. At the closing time in the afternoon, Li Guangyu even went out to meet with Gu Zhenfu, Zheng Yutong, Sumitomo Qiying, Iwasaki Shunying, Li Jianxi, Zheng Zhouyong, Kuok Henian, Qiu Deba, etc.
They communicated with each other and tried their best to suppress the rebound of the Nikkei Index in the next two days.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guangyu, Gan Qin, Guo Qingya, Zhao Qianyin, Zhou Huayu and other senior officials went to Tseung Kwan O to jointly inspect the Li's industry there.
On New Year's Day, Wheelock Plaza, located in Central and Tseung Kwan O, was officially put into operation, and Star City was also launched for external sales.
Since this place is backed by several major universities, the medical equipment is very good, and there is a subway project under construction, and the price is relatively cheap, the sales in Starlight City are very hot, and they are sold out in just over half a month.
The stores in Wheelock Plaza are also very popular with merchants and have been basically rented out. Many stores are still under renovation, such as Hengyu Supermarket, 7-11 convenience store, Phoenix Direct Store, Jiayi Cinema, Tianyu Bank,
Business locations such as Xiangjiang Bank and several major clothing stores are now open for business.
Currently, the main customers of Wheelock Plaza in Tseung Kwan O are tens of thousands of teachers and students from several universities, as well as residents of Star City and citizens of Sai Kung District.
Currently, the Lee Group has three Wheelock Plazas in operation in Hong Kong, including Tin Shui Wai, Central and Tseung Kwan O, and two more are under construction in Yau Tsim Mong and Powder Shui.
In other regions, three are currently in operation in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and eight are under construction in Seoul, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Kaohsiung, Vancouver, Shanghai and Busan.
This is also the reason why Li Guangyu injected capital into Wheelock Group again. It has expanded too much and is now a gold-eating beast. And Li Guangyu refused to let Wheelock get a loan, so he had to inject capital here.
This year Wheelock Group will also invest in building Wheelock Plazas in twelve cities including Huacheng, Pengcheng, Tianjin, Tainan, Jakarta, Toronto, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Sydney, Vienna, Paris and London.
On the way to Tseung Kwan O, Li Guangyu said to Guo Qingya who was in the same car: "We at Wheelock Plaza must increase our linkage with resident brands, especially those chain companies, to create a business consortium. We at Wheelock Plaza
Wherever the plaza is built, their brand stores will be opened. The first thing is to integrate ourselves and our allies."
Since there were only a few Wheelock Plazas before, there was no system in this area. As more and more Wheelock Plazas are built now, Wheelock Plazas are originally a platform. Resources need to be integrated and rationally planned to ensure that in the future
The construction of Wheelock Plaza is more reasonable and more convenient for corporate decoration.
At present, Wheelock Plaza relies on a lot of resources from the Li Group, including Hengyu Supermarket, 7-11 convenience store, clothing and footwear brands including Watsons, Feiyu, Hongyu, Pengyu and Meiqi.
A series of brand companies such as South China Electrical Appliance Chain, Tianyu Bank, Jiuhua Hotel, Phoenix Direct Store, Jiayi Cinema and other companies have settled in.
As for the allies, many banks including New World Development Hotel, Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, Bank of Hong Kong, Bank of East Asia, and Sun Hung Kai Bank have established business offices here.
And in terms of fast food, Uni-President Group, together with Hsinchu Commercial Bank and Tianyu Investment Company, fully acquired Dicos in Texas last year. It is currently undergoing large-scale expansion, and its Dicos will also be located in Wheelock Plaza.
Of course, it is not enough to rely solely on the Lee Group and its allied companies to develop Wheelock Plaza. The Wheelock Group itself also needs to attract some world-renowned brands and companies to join Wheelock Plaza, so that it can
Improving the quality of Wheelock Plaza can also make Wheelock Plaza a new center for urban consumption.
Guo Qingya has also experienced the experience of Xiangjiang Air Transport Group in the past two years. With Li Guangyu's support, they can also develop rapidly.
If she continues to expand at this rate, her future profits are really expected to rise to the top three of the consortium. Moreover, she is more relaxed here, just collecting rent. Except for Hengyu Supermarket Group, she doesn't think any group can compare with Wheelock in the future.
In the past two years, the Kowloon Group and the Wheelock Group have invested the most. The Kowloon Group has been expanding rapidly in the past two years, with the establishment of Taipei MRT Line 2 and Line 3, the acceleration of the construction of the Central No. 2 Expressway, and the Chengdu-Guoyu Expressway.
With rapid progress, the Western Malaysia Expressway is also under rapid construction.
And the Wheelock Group she presides over is not slow either. In addition to the three Wheelock Plazas that have been put into use, two more in Taipei and Singapore will be put into use this year, and more will be put into use next year.
Guo Qingya believes that at this speed, the expansion of Wheelock Plaza will be self-sufficient in five years, and the annual rent will be enough to sustain the group's expansion.
She responded: "Li Sheng, our group is currently focusing on this. We are striving to reach long-term cooperation with some big brands. Let us build a Wheelock Plaza in the future and countless well-known merchants will settle in, driving Wheelock's popularity."
Popularity.”
Of course, the long-term partners will not occupy the entire Wheelock Plaza store. Guo Qingya will also carefully select the long-term cooperation brands to account for one-half. The other is for external leasing. After all, the long-term cooperation is with Wheelock Group.
There are a lot of discounts to be given.
The leasing part can also reflect the reasonable rent of Wheelock Plaza in the local area, so that Wheelock Group can negotiate rent with these long-term partners when renewing the contract.
Li Guangyu said: "The expansion of Wheelock Group must also be properly planned. You cannot just pursue scale expansion. You must also pay attention to the details of management and arrange the expansion plan reasonably to ensure the healthy operation of the group."
Only now that the Lee Group has a big business can they support the rapid development of these groups. Whether it is the Kowloon Group, the Wheelock Group, the Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group and the Tianjiao Group, these major groups have now officially replaced Xiangjiang Airlines.
The transportation group has become the group’s new gold-swallowing beast.
Now Li Guangyu is focusing his investment and attention on these four major groups. Kowloon Group, Tianjiao Group and Wheelock Group are all typical investment returns with relatively slow returns.
Xiangjiang Petrochemical Group needs to build several major production bases, Husky Energy Company needs to expand, and mainland gas stations need to be built on a large scale. The investment is also huge.
Only when these monsters grow up, the Li Group will not be short of funds. With them, plus several major retail groups, the liquidity in the hands of the Li Group will become a nightmare for any hostile force.
Guo Qingya also knew that some senior executives within the consortium had a lot of opinions about her rapid expansion, but she didn't care about those people's opinions. These were just sour grapes.
Think about the Wheelock Group from 1983 to 1987. Li Guangyu did not inject a dime of capital into the Wheelock Group. However, Starlight Real Estate Group, Xiangjiang Air Transport Group and other groups received large sums of money from Li Guangyu, and the group grew rapidly.
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Xiangjiang Air Transport Group was only established at the end of 1981. In just a few years, it has become the third largest company in the world, with more than 300 passenger and cargo aircraft.
This time, Li Guangyu finally started to pay attention to the Wheelock Group. How could she try every means to get more funds from Li Guangyu to help the Wheelock Group develop rapidly?