"By the way, boss, there are two more things I think you should know."
After Xu Yi told Chu Huan about Zhang Yuliang's family, he reported to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan showed an interested expression. Xu Yi would definitely not talk to her about trivial matters now. If she could report it as a major event, it would definitely not be a trivial matter in Xiangjiang.
"whats the matter?"
Xu Yi said, "The first thing is that Swire Properties is preparing to go public in August. Before that, Shiyok Shihuaiya specially called and wanted to ask the boss to meet you. The second thing is that Mr. Guo from Malaysia came to Xiangjiang and wanted to
Meet you!"
Swire Properties is the flagship company of the real estate company of the Swire Group. In 1972, the Swire Group saw that the real estate industry in Xiangjiang was booming, while the world's shipping industry was beginning to slump, so it founded Swire Properties Co., Ltd. to enter the real estate industry.
Close Taikoo Dockyard and use its vast land for real estate development.
It is now Taikoo Shing.
In the early days, Taikoo felt that the group lacked real estate expertise. In order to absorb experience, in 1973, it jointly acquired the small real estate company Jiancheng Real Estate with Dah Chong Properties, a subsidiary of Chen Detai, reorganized it into Taikoo Chang Development, and injected the Taikoo Shing Phase 1 site.
Taikoo Shing is Swire Properties' leading project. Last year, Taikoo Shing launched two buildings, "Dong Ting Pavilion" and "Poyang Pavilion", priced at $1 per square foot.
At that time, Swire Properties was worried about poor sales and gave priority to employees of the Swire Group and Kinmen Construction Company to enjoy discounted subscriptions in order to create a "sold out in a short period of time" effect and attract public attention.
However, after the opening of Dong Ting Court, Taikoo Shing Residences attracted many buyers with its high-end residential image, and the selling prices continued to rise.
With the success of Taikoo Shing, Swire Properties believed that the scale of the redevelopment of Taikoo Dockyard was too large and there was no need to share it with Dachang. In 1977, it acquired all the shares of Taikoo Chang Development and listed Swire Properties on the Heung Kong Stock Market.
Xu Yi nodded and said, "That's right. Although Dachang Real Estate was not very satisfied, they had no choice but to withdraw."
It is quite interesting to talk about Dah Chong Real Estate. Dah Chong Real Estate is also a well-known real estate company among Xiangjiang real estate companies. However, unlike other real estate companies, this real estate company is very keen on cooperating with British-funded consortiums. Not only does it have Swire Pacific
Kucheng originally wanted to jointly develop the land of Whampoa Dockyard in Hung Hom, Tai Kok Tsui and Heung Kong Tsai with Wo Hop International and Whampoa Dockyard.
However, this matter was stopped by Chu Huan. In another time and space, when Qi Dezun left Hehe International, Wei Li took over Hehe International. At that time, Wei Li believed that the real estate market in Xiangjiang was booming and he had to share it with Dachang.
Overturning many previous oral contracts between the two parties, the relationship between the two parties broke down and went to court, and later settled out of court.
In 1979, Dah Chong Properties purchased back the remaining 55 shares of Capital City from Hutchison Whampoa for NT$3.1 billion, and at the same time sold 25 percent of the ownership of the Hutchison Building in Central District back to Hutchison Whampoa for NT$1.1 billion. The cooperation between the two parties was terminated.
Now it is impossible for both parties to go to court. After Hehe International paid a certain amount of cash, Dachang and Hehe International no longer have any relationship.
In fact, not only Hehe International, Swire, and Dah Chong Properties will also cooperate with Hysan Land to jointly develop Hysan Tower and Leighton Center of Hysan Land.
Chu Huan also knows Chen Detai from Dachang Real Estate and has met several times!
But the most important thing is the listing of Swire Properties.
"Did Shi York talk about what happened on the phone?" Chu Huan asked.
"No!" Xu Yi shook his head and said, "But there is a high probability that it is two things, or it is related to the listing of their company. Although the Swire Group was one of the most powerful foreign banks in Xiangjiang and was once one of the four major foreign banks in Xiangjiang, the stock market in Xiangjiang this year has
Except for some fluctuations when you, boss, take action, the overall trend is similar to last year, with consolidation as the main focus and limited ups and downs. In addition, boss you previously invested in CMB and KMB, which brought an impact on the stock prices of these two companies.
Regarding the growth in the stock price, I think Shi Yoke should also have this idea."
The stock market in Xiangjiang in 1977 was not much different from the stock market in 1976. As Xu Yi said, consolidation was the main trend with limited ups and downs.
Following the sluggish atmosphere in 1976, the Hang Seng Index opened at 10 points in early 1977, rising as high as 0 points, and then fell repeatedly to 50 points.
After mid-March, the market once experienced a technical rebound and slowly rose.
Later, the market was affected by HSBC Bank's announcement of interest rate cuts, and the stock market rose slightly to 17 points.
Under normal circumstances, in the second half of the year, the Hang Seng Index only moves back and forth between points, with extremely narrow fluctuations.
At the end of the year, the Hang Seng Index even reversed the past "law" that "it must rise at the end of the year" and fell from the November point to the closing low for the whole year.
If the factor of Chu Huan's existence is discarded, then the total transaction volume of the Four Clubs in Xiangjiang for the whole year has shrunk significantly to only 100 million yuan.
Therefore, under this background, according to Xu Yi's analysis, if Swire Properties wants to be listed and have a higher-than-expected increase, then favorable external conditions will need to occur.
Now, no one in Xiangjiang can match Chu Huan's personal influence, so if Chu Huan can become a shareholder of Swire Properties, it will definitely be a very good thing.
As for Chu Huan's previous business competition with the Shihuai Ya family of the Swire Group, it has become insignificant at this time. Only profit is everyone's eternal pursuit.
"Two possibilities, you just said one, there is another possibility." Chu Huan asked Xu Yi.
Xu Yi said, "It is very likely that it is another kind of cooperation, but now the units in Taikoo Shing are very good, they should not need this kind of cooperation. The most popular thing in Xiangjiang now is the property development rights above the two subway stations.
The bidding was launched, and Swire also signed up to participate, and now Zhulu Real Estate has also signed up. I think they want to explore the possibility of cooperation!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Due to the hot sales of "Dong Ting Pavilion" and "Poyang Pavilion" in Taikoo Shing, now "Tang Gong Pavilion" and "Yuan Gong Pavilion" in Taikoo Shing are also going to be sold to the public. The problem is definitely
Not big.
In fact, this is also the case. When these two buildings were put on sale, the price had risen to 300 yuan per square foot. Buyers and speculators lined up 48 hours in advance and asked the labor police to send personnel to maintain order.
This was not the peak of Taikoo Shing. By 1981, housing prices in Taikoo Shing had risen to 1,300 yuan per square foot.
The profit of Taikoo Shing is HK$700 per square foot!
To put it simply, Taikoo Shing has made Swire Properties extremely profitable.
As for the bidding for property development rights above two subway stations this year, it is the Central and Admiralty subway stations that Chu Huan had previously asked He Bingguang to take charge of.
In another time and space, Cheung Kong built Admiralty Center on Admiralty Station and Global Tower on Central Station.
Chu Huan pondered for a moment. If he wanted to invest in Swire Properties, it was absolutely possible. But if it was a matter of cooperating in bidding for the property rights of the subway station, Chu Huan could not agree to it.
"Call Swire Properties. Just tell me that I can't do it tonight. Let's make an appointment tomorrow afternoon!" Chu Huan said to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi nodded and said, "Okay, what about Guo Sheng's situation?"
Chu Huan seemed a little helpless about what happened to Guo Henian. During the time when he returned to his hometown, Guo Henian did a big thing in Xiangjiang.
Guo Henian established the Klee Steamship Company in Xiangjiang, with five new ships, each costing US$8 million and a total tonnage of 250,000 tons.
Guo adheres to the creed of "don't let the rich water flow to other people's fields" and uses the ship to carry natural products such as wood and sugar for himself, saving a lot of freight.
It seems good now, but it also gave Guo Henian the wrong idea that the shipping industry has great potential.
So Kuok, who had tasted the benefits, formed a shipping company with the Malaysian government. Two years later, the world's shipping disaster hit, and Kuok lost nearly S$200 million.
From then on, Guo gave up his dream of becoming a shipping king and invested most of his capital in the hotel industry.
However, he does not have a shipping business here, so Guo Henian's appointment with him here should not be for this matter.
As for Chu Huan, he would not take the initiative to mention the situation of the shipping industry to Guo Henian. Now is the time for Guo Henian to focus on the shipping industry. If he talks too much, it will be useless.
But no matter what, the two parties are now cooperating on the Shangri-La Hotel in Zhulu Commercial Center, and the relationship between the two parties has always been good, so Chu Huan said.
"Let's make an appointment tonight!"
Xu Yi nodded and said, "Yes."
That evening, Chu Huan and Guo Henian met at the Western restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel.
Seeing Guo Henian's cheerful face, Chu Huan knew that the other party was quite optimistic about his development now.
Naturally, it is even less possible to mention the shipping industry.
"Ah Huan, the Shangri-La Hotel will be completed soon. I have chosen mid-June this year for the opening ceremony. You must attend then!"
It has been nearly two years since the construction of Zhulu Commercial Center started, during which the construction of Shangri-La Hotel, Zhulu Central Plaza and other projects have been completed.
Then came the intense decoration work. Now the Shangri-La Hotel has completed all the decoration work and is ready to be officially put into operation.
And Guo Henian came to Xiangjiang this time for this matter.
"No problem, Uncle Guo just needs to send the time to my secretary in advance, and let them adjust my time then."
Chu Huan did not refuse this. Shangri-La Hotel Chu Huan was a land owner. Although he did not hold a large share, he was still a boss.
When the Shangri-La Hotel opens, you should attend the opening ceremony.
Seeing that there were no problems on Chu Huan's side, Guo Henian looked very happy.
"If Shangri-Lai Hotel's business in Xiangjiang can be successful, I am going to set up a hotel company and officially enter the hotel industry. Ah Huan, do you have any ideas?"
Guo Henian sent an invitation to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan's business model is actually rare, extremely rare, because Chu Huan has enough cash in his hands and has established personal connections, so Chu Huan can do business.
The emergence of choosing to eat alone.
But others are different.
Not even wealthy people like Guo Henian. Most of these people's assets are concentrated in real estate, antiques, company stocks, and other aspects, but the actual amount of cash is limited.
Therefore, when they do business, they seek more reliable partners, which can reduce their pressure on cash. At the same time, some people will invite people who are highly respected in society or have official backgrounds to join, which can provide
Open up more space for your own business.
This was the case with the Swire Group, and it is also the case with Guo Henian now.
If they can guarantee their status as the company's major shareholder, they actually like people like Chu Huan to join their company, which can not only bring prestige and funds to the company, but also provide an additional line of defense for their company.
With Chu Huan's sufficient financial support, there is no need to worry about the company being maliciously attacked after it goes public!
Chu Huan just thought about it briefly and said with a smile, "Uncle Guo, please come up with a specific charter. Then Yun Shang and I will jointly become shareholders!"
The acquaintance with Guo Henian was through Cao Wenjin's matchmaking. Now that Chu Huan has roped in Cao Yunshang to jointly invest in the company, it can be regarded as a guarantee to Guo Henian that they are simply buying shares and will not affect Guo Henian's authority in the company.
"Haha, since I invited you today, Ah Huan, I naturally believe in your character, Ah Huan!"
Guo Henian said with a smile, and he naturally understood the meaning of Chu Huan's words.
In fact, even if Chu Huan did not join Cao Yunshang, Guo Henian still believed in Chu Huan. If he did not have full trust in this kind of thing, Guo Henian would not invite Chu Huan.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Chu Huan has made many acquisitions in Xiangjiang, Chu Huan still has a strong reputation for his partners. This is the case with Li & Fung Group and TVB.
After Chu Huan joined these two consortiums, Chu Huan not only rarely participated in the operations of these two companies, as he had promised at the beginning, but at the same time, he also heavily favored these two consortiums in terms of his own company's resources, which led to this
The current development of the two consortiums is also rapid.
Coupled with the relationship between the two parties, Guo Henian naturally believed in Chu Huan even more.
"Well, I'm just waiting for the specific regulations from you, Uncle Guo." Chu Huan also smiled.
Guo Henian nodded and said, "I'll have someone prepare it."
After talking about this matter, Guo Henian told Chu Huan the details, and the two parties separated.
Chu Huan, who returned to No. 12 Mount Calais Road, also told Cao Yunshang about the incident.
Cao Yunshang said, "I have no problem here, so let's wait until Uncle Guo comes up with specific regulations!"
Chu Huan nodded.
During this period, he had been living at No. 12, Mount Galley Road, in order to satisfy the problem of making her belly bigger as soon as possible.
So tonight, there was still a lot of talk and a lot of movement at No. 12, Mount Galley Road.
The next day!
Before Chu Huan went to see Shi Huaiya, he called Liu Pingkui to his office.
Liu Pingkui was wearing a plaid shirt, sitting on the sofa in Chu Huan's office without any image, holding the drink he received from Wu Shuhan in his hand, and said to Chu Huan somewhat flatteringly, "Brother Huan, you put it together early in the morning."
If I call you, there must be something good going on, right?"
Chu Huan kicked Liu Pingkui's feet off the coffee table, and then said, "I originally wanted to tell you something about getting rich, but seeing how you are now, I decided not to tell you. Now go out and turn right.
Get out of Chinatown in a smooth manner."
Liu Pingkui chuckled and didn't care about Chu Huan's reprimand. He smiled and said, "Brother Huan, you know that I am not used to my image."
Chu Huan is still very concerned about Liu Pingkui. He is the first one to follow him when he was young. He doesn’t have any big pursuits in life. As long as he has enough money, enough place to live, and enough women, that’s all.
"Where is your girlfriend Wei Qiuhua?"
Last year, Liu Pingkui brought Wei Qiuhua to the gathering at No. 12 Mount Galley Road. At that time, many people thought Liu Pingkui was about to give up.
result
"We broke up. After the filming of that movie, we broke up. We can get together and part ways without defaulting on each other!" Liu Pingkui said proudly.
Chu Huan didn't care about this kind of thing and asked directly, "How much cash do you still have on hand now?"
When Liu Pingkui heard Chu Huan ask this, he immediately sat up straight and said, "There should be three to five million in cash. If you add stocks and real estate, you should be able to get around five million. Brother Huan, you want
Use it?
If you want to use it, I will find a stock broker and a real estate agent soon to sell the stocks and real estate!"
Even though Liu Pingkui is now one of the most well-known commercial film directors in Hong Kong, his assets should not be so large, but who makes Liu Pingkui Chu Huan's childhood friend? In addition, with the help of Chen Haichao, Bao Tianming, and Zhu Xiaozhao,
With a net worth of over ten million, it only shows that Liu Pingkui usually spends a lot of money.
Chu Huan said angrily, "If I get so lucky that I have to use your money to make money, then I will really be a failure!"
Hearing that Chu Huan was not asking for money, Liu Pingkui returned to his lazy look and laughed and said, "Brother Huan is mighty!"
Seeing Liu Pingkui's generous attitude, Chu Huan was helpless and said, "Keep those properties and stocks of yours. Even if you have 4 million in cash, I will ask Xu Yi to get you another 6 million in cash later."
Ten million, this money is not given to you for free, I will be paid for the scenes you film in the company later!"
"No problem!" Liu Pingkui said nonchalantly, "But Brother Huan, why did you suddenly give me so much money?"
Chu Huan said, "Tang Gong Pavilion and Yuan Gong Pavilion in Taikoo Shing are about to be sold to the public, you know, right?"
Liu Pingkui nodded and said, "I know, the advertising has been very loud recently, and we even invited artists from our company to be spokespersons!"
Chu Huan said, "The houses in Taikoo Shing are good. You can just use the ten million to buy properties in Taikoo Shing. Whether you can buy it depends on your own ability!"
The "Tang Gong Pavilion" and "Yuan Gong Pavilion" sold this year were priced at HK$300 per square foot, but by 1981, the house price in Taikoo Shing had risen to HK$1,300 per square foot.
With an increase of more than four times, if Liu Pingkui could persist until the time when Chu Huan was reborn, a house of 500 to 600 square feet in Taikoo Shing could be sold for more than 20 million.
Chu Huan also figured out that it was unrealistic to let Liu Pingkui go into business on his own. It would be good to give him a clear path to become a happy rent collector in the future.
In fact, not only the houses in Taikoo Shing, but also the properties developed under the name of Zhulu Real Estate will all be reserved for Liu Pingkui. Otherwise, how could Liu Pingkui have millions of units?
"Hey, this is a good thing. Brother Huan, don't worry. Although I'm not as good as Brother Tianming and others in business, I guarantee that this kind of thing will be no problem."
Liu Pingkui preached happily.
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do, get out of here!"
"No, Brother Huan, I didn't even eat in the morning. You can leave me here after eating!"
Liu Pingkui acted rogue.
"Shu Han, Shu Han!" Chu Huan stood up, called Wu Shuhan in, pointed at Liu Pingkui and said, "Let the security come in and drive this fat man out!"
Wu Shuhan understood the relationship between Chu Huan and Liu Pingkui, but just covered her mouth and chuckled.
Liu Pingkui stood up helplessly, took a bottle of XO of unknown vintage and left Chu Huan's office.
In the afternoon, Chu Huan once again appeared in Peninsula, but this time it was not a Western restaurant in Peninsula, but a cafe in Peninsula. Here Chu Huan also met Shao Yifu of Shaw Brothers.
"Uncle Six, I haven't congratulated you properly yet!"
Since you have seen him, you have to say hello. Just this year, in recognition of his contribution to Hong Kong charity, Shao Yifu was awarded the knighthood by the Queen of England.
From now on, Shao Yifu can be officially called Sir Shao!
Shao Yifu chuckled softly and said, "If someone else said this, I would really take it as a compliment to me, but if you say it like this, Ah Huan, I feel like you are making fun of me."
This year's knighthood was actually not only Shao Yifu's in Xiangjiang, Chu Huan was also nominated, but Chu Huan rejected it.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "I sincerely congratulate you, Uncle Six."
Shao Yifu waved his hand and did not dwell too much on this matter. Instead, he told Chu Huan about another matter, "We just met today. What do you think about this year's Xiangjiang Cultural Festival? I heard that the organizer
Didn’t the work unit look for you? Why didn’t you agree? "
At the end of June and the beginning of July this year, there was an art festival in Xiangjiang, which was actually the same as the film exhibitions in other places.
Previously, the organizer found Chu Huan and invited Chu Huan to serve as the chairman of this art festival, but Chu Huan refused.
"They are looking for you, Uncle Six?" Chu Huan asked.
Shao Yifu nodded and said, "I've found it, I'm still thinking about it!"
In fact, Shao Yifu was not entangled. The other party first found Chu Huan. After Chu Huan was rejected, he found himself. If Shao Yifu had wanted to compete with Chu Huan's black and white images in Hong Kong before, but in recent years,
It was successively suppressed by Chu Huan's black and white images on the Hong Kong box office list. At the same time, Chu Huan himself did not pay much attention to black and white images.
This made Shao Yifu no longer have the idea of competing with Chu Huan, even if he had, it would be with Fang Jianhui.
"Then I agree. Uncle Six, you are highly respected in the film industry and are the best candidate. You also know my situation. Firstly, I basically don't care about the black and white video matters. Secondly,
I’m not too interested in this kind of activity right now.”
Chu Huan preached nonchalantly.
Now Chu Huan really doesn't care about this false reputation.
In the past, they needed these false names to enhance their prestige in Hong Kong. Now they need these false names to increase their influence. This is the same as rejecting the Queen's conferment before. In the eyes of other people in Hong Kong, it is a great thing.
.
But in Chu Huan's opinion, it's completely unnecessary!
"What are you two talking about? You are so happy!"
While Chu Huan was chatting with Shao Yifu, Shi Huaiya came over and said to Chu Huan with a smile, "I'm very sorry, Director Chu. The company is late for something at the moment!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I came early."
Now that Shi Yoke and Shi Huaiya are here, Chu Huan naturally ends the conversation with Shao Yifu. The two arrive at their seats, sit down, and start their conversation.
After some pleasantries, Shiyok and Shihuaiya told the purpose of their visit.
"I believe Director Chu already knows about our Swire Properties' upcoming listing, right?"
When Chu Huan heard what Shi York and Shi Huaiya said, he knew that the other party asked him to come out to build momentum for the listing of Swire Properties.
"I already know, and I would like to congratulate Mr. Swire Properties. After Swire Properties is listed, and with the popularity of Taikoo Shing, it will definitely become another mainstay in the real estate industry in Xiangjiang."
Shi Yok Shi Huaiya smiled reservedly and said, "I hope to borrow Mr. Chu's good words. I invited Mr. Chu here today. It was actually just for this matter. We Swire want to know whether Mr. Chu is interested in becoming our Swire Real Estate
shareholders, if possible, our Shi Huaiya family very much hopes to maintain a cooperative relationship with Director Chu."
In inviting Chu Huan to become a shareholder of Swire Properties, Shi York and Shi Huaiya were not only optimistic about Chu Huan's influence in Xiangjiang at this time, but also optimistic about the development of Zhulu Real Estate. If both parties can use this relationship to deepen their mutual understanding in the future,
Business contacts are a very good thing for the entire Swire Group.
Before this, Chu Huan hoped to find an opportunity to acquire Taikoo, but with the occurrence of various events, Chu Huan also understood that it was basically impossible to acquire Taikoo.
Since it is impossible to acquire, it is a good thing to invest in Swire Properties now. After all, the current market value of Swire Properties is only one billion Hong Kong dollars. But by the 1990s, Swire Properties had become a large real estate company with assets of tens of billions.
Already.
"It would be great to be able to cooperate with Swire Taipan, but Swire Properties is backed by the Swire Group and has a major project like Taikoo Shing. Mr. Taipan should not just want to invite me to become a director of your company, right?"
Although Chu Huan is now very famous, Chu Huan still thinks that Shi Huaiya should have other considerations when inviting him.
Shi Yoke and Shi Huaiya said with a smile, "If there are other plans, I hope that if Director Chu has any business to do in the future, he hopes to bring our Swire Group with him. In addition, he also hopes that Director Chu will be here to let others
Don’t dare to covet our Swire Group.”
This time I invited Chu Huan to invest in Swire Properties. Although I had the idea of borrowing Chu Huan's name, it was also for the sake of Swire's future development. Shiyok Shihuaiya said calmly!