The morning sun shone into Chu Huan's office. Zheng Mengxian, the future leader of South Korea's Hyundai Group, had already arrived and was explaining their ideas to Chu Huan.
"Director Chu, there are actually a lot of raw materials that we can bring over from South Korea. Even with the shipping costs, they are cheaper than those here in Xiangjiang.
According to our preliminary estimates, the reconstruction of the entire HSBC Building is at least a HK$5 billion project. For such a huge project, Director Chu’s company has already made hundreds of millions of profits from just the raw materials. I hope Director Chu will
You can give us some profit margins at Hyundai."
With a smile on his face, Chu Huan said easily, "Mr. Zheng, I wonder if you have misunderstood this matter. The builder selected for the reconstruction of the HSBC Building was decided by HSBC, not us. The supply of raw materials was also decided by HSBC."
Your Majesty agreed. Now Mr. Zheng, you seem to be saying this.
We, Jiaku, can make the decision for HSBC, and the conditions negotiated between us were deliberately harsh conditions imposed by us!"
"Director Chu has misunderstood, we definitely didn't mean it this way!" Zheng Mengxian quickly denied.
If you don’t come to Xiangjiang, you really don’t know Chu Huan’s influence in Xiangjiang.
After Zheng Mengxian arrived in Xiangjiang, he immediately began to seriously investigate Chu Huan's influence in Xiangjiang. The results he obtained surprised Zheng Mengxian.
Because Zheng Mengxian discovered that as long as you live in Xiangjiang, you can't live without Chu Huan!
Chu Huan's properties in Xiangjiang cover almost all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
There are Yunhai convenience stores all over the street, supermarkets that teachers and nurses are willing to go to, the clothes that ordinary people wear, the houses they live in, the buses they take to travel, electricity, etc., almost all of them are Chu Huan's industries.
Of course, these things actually have nothing to do with Zheng Mengxian. Just talking about the bidding for the HSBC Building. Although Gonghe Construction and Kinmen Construction under Jiaku have not announced their bids, they are still far away from the bidding registration date for the HSBC Building.
not end yet.
If these two construction companies announce a bid, they will definitely be the strongest competitors.
More importantly, no matter which construction company wins the bid, it will be inseparable from Jiaku.
The reason why Zheng Mengxian proposed to Chu Huan to change the supply of some raw materials was actually because of the wood aspect. They purchased the wood from Dongming Timber directly in South Korea and then transported it to Xiangjiang. The cost price was lower than buying it at Chu Huan's Jiaku.
batch of raw materials.
After all, Chu Huan's Jiaku added profits.
But apart from this, Hyundai Group actually needs to purchase other raw materials from Jiaku, especially the two major items of steel and cement.
After Wheelock Shipping reorganized Wheelock Steel, it has almost monopolized the steel market in Xiangjiang. Although this is a newly reorganized group, they have the backing of Japanese steel plants to get the cheapest steel and at the same time
In addition, they dismantled some scrapped ships and Jiaku's monopoly on the Xiangjiang real estate industry.
All of this allowed Wheelock Steel to capture nearly 70% of the Xiangjiang steel market in just one year.
The remaining steel companies that can survive can only survive by seeking shares from Wheelock Steel.
Let’s talk about the cement issue. Qingzhou Yingni completed its monopoly on the Xiangjiang cement market many years ago.
Without the supply of these two raw materials, no construction company will be able to complete construction tasks in Hong Kong.
Therefore, Zheng Mengxian did not dare to offend Chu Huan at all. If they offended Chu Huan, they might be able to win the project, but they would never be able to launch it smoothly.
But Zheng Mengxian must obtain some benefits from this negotiation, at least taking the raw materials of wood into his own hands.
There is no way, Hyundai Group really values this project too much. Precisely because Hyundai Group values this project, Zheng Mengxian must win more benefits for the group in this project.
This time Zheng Juyong handed over this project to Zheng Mongxian. In fact, there was still a lot of criticism within the Hyundai Group. As Zheng Juyong's second son, Zheng Mongjiu was equivalent to the crown prince of the Hyundai Group after the death of the eldest son.
As a prince, how could he not have his own power in the Hyundai Group?
Otherwise, before Zheng Zhouyong died, Zheng Mongjiu would have dared to seize power from Zheng Mongxian!
Therefore, Zheng Mengxian must perform well in this project and strive to gain more support within the group.
"Director Chu, the meeting we had when we were in Seoul was very pleasant. I am also very grateful to you, Director Chu, for your support. When facing you, Director Chu, I don't have to hide it now. This time I bid for the HSBC Building.
This matter is actually very important to me, and I hope that Director Chu can continue to support my development. Meng Xian will definitely not forget your support, Director Chu, in the future!"
When he was in Seoul, Chu Huan once had a secret meeting with Zheng Mengxian, about the bidding for the HSBC Tower in Hong Kong.
At that time, Chu Huan recommended Zheng Mengjiu to take charge of this matter in front of Zheng Zhouyong, but then secretly met with Zheng Mengxian and stated that only by doing so could Zheng Mengxian get this opportunity.
The subsequent result was indeed like this, which even allowed Zheng Mengxian, who had always been loyal to his father, to tell his father about this matter.
Now, Zheng Mengxian hopes to get Chu Huan's support again.
After hearing this, Chu Huan smiled and said, "Mr. Zheng, since you said so, if I refuse again, it will indeed hurt the relationship between you and me!"
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Zheng Mengxian suddenly showed a happy expression, but Chu Huan immediately spoke.
"But Mr. Zheng, if I agree to your request, I will be harming my own interests, so if Mr. Zheng wants to get my help, he will have to pay some price!"
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Chu Huan smiled and said, "I know that the year before last, your father-in-law transferred part of the shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries to Mr. Zheng. Now our Jiaku wants to acquire 27% of the shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries from Mr. Zheng through cash transactions."
Shares, these shares are only part of the shares in Mr. Zheng’s hands, and they will not affect the Zheng family’s control over Hyundai Heavy Industries. I wonder what Mr. Zheng wants?”
Hyundai Heavy Industries is one of the important assets of Hyundai Group.
After Chung Ju-young's death, Hyundai Group was divided into three companies. Chung Mong-hun retained the parent body of Hyundai Group, Chung Mong-koo took over Hyundai Motor, and Chung Mong-joon took over Hyundai Heavy Industries.
But that was what happened later. Now the entire Hyundai Group is actually still in the hands of Zheng Juyong.
However, in the later stages, Zheng Zhouyong also discovered that Zheng Mengxian had no ability to tame his brothers.
So when the Prince Rebellion broke out in the Hyundai Group, Zheng Juyong redistributed the equity in order to balance the rights of them. Under such circumstances, Zheng Mongzhun obtained more shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
But that is all in the future. Now Zheng Mengxian is Zheng Zhouyong’s favorite son, and Zheng Zhouyong still gives him more shares in the group company.
"this"
Chu Huan's suggestion made Zheng Mengxian not sure how to answer for a while. He definitely didn't want to give up the shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries. After all, this share is for long-term development, and the current HSBC Building project is just a one-time deal!
From a purely economic perspective, this is an asymmetric transaction.
However, it is impossible to only look at this point in everything.
Now the entire Hyundai Group knows that their bid for the HSBC Building in Xiangjiang was supported by Chu Huan.
The project in Xiangjiang has been supported by Chu Huan, which actually means that the probability of success of this project has exceeded 50%.
The remaining possibility depends on Zheng Mengxian's ability!
As mentioned just now, Zheng Mongxian is relying on this project to appear in front of many shareholders within the Hyundai Group.
If this project does not go well, then it will be impossible for Jung Mong-hun to get more support from Hyundai Group even with the support of Jung Joo-young.
"Mr. Zheng, you don't have to worry. I can assure you that as long as you are here, our shares in Hyundai Heavy Industries will be used to support you. I am just personally very optimistic about the future development of Hyundai Heavy Industries, that's why I have this
Idea.”
Chu Huan saw Zheng Mengxian's hesitation, so he smiled and said.
Zheng Mengxian is still considering Chu Huan's suggestion. This is a difficult decision to make. Although Chu Huan has given his guarantee, he is selling shares of Hyundai Heavy Industries privately. If this kind of thing is known to people within the group,
That would be a very important matter, and his reputation would also be implicated.
Upon seeing this, Chu Huan gave the final condition, "If Mr. Zheng agrees, I can make the decision. If Hyundai Group can really get the reconstruction project of the HSBC Building in the future, our company can give you a 10% discount on the price of steel and cement."
s price!"
As mentioned before, the project to rebuild the HSBC Building was actually a test of Hyundai Group's ability against Zheng Mengxian.
The more he benefits from this project, the higher his recognition within Hyundai Group will be.
Under such circumstances, Zheng Mengxian had no other choice and finally preached.
"Okay, but Mr. Chu, all this has to wait until Hyundai Group can win the HSBC Building reconstruction project before the transaction can be carried out!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Of course. When I was in Seoul, I told Mr. Zheng that I would strongly support Hyundai Group in winning the HSBC Building reconstruction project. Now I have arranged for Gonghe Construction to
Kinmen Construction’s professional bidding team will provide you with professional advice, Mr. Zheng. I believe that with the support of these two companies, Hyundai Group’s hope of winning the HSBC Building reconstruction project will be even greater!”
Zheng Mengxian immediately smiled and said sincerely, "Thank you very much, Director Chu, for your support. I hope our friendship can continue like this!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "This is natural!"
In the afternoon, Wu Shuhan took the lead in arriving at Chu Huan's office.
Wu Shuhan emphatically introduced Jiaku's domestic investments to Chu Huan.
"The hotels we cooperate with the Jingcheng Government, Shenghai Government, and Lin'an Government will be completed this year. At the same time, the hotels we cooperate with the Pengcheng Government will officially start construction this year. The governments of these four places have invited you, boss, to complete the construction."
You can go to the site when construction starts!”
At this time, the hotel Jiaku cooperated with his hometown was actually the same as the hotel Huo Tsarhuang and Hu Yingxiang invested in building a hotel in their hometown.
It was funded by Jiaku and built by my hometown. Although the final management team was trained by Xiangjiang, the management staff actually belonged to my hometown.
Jiaku, on the other hand, has the right to dividends for a certain number of years. When the period is up, these four hotels belong to the hometown and have nothing to do with Jiaku.
There will definitely be profits, but in fact, taking into account the development of the times, inflation and other factors, there is no profit at all!
To put it simply, Jiaku actually used money to support the development of the hotel industry in his hometown.
But just like the problem Zheng Mengxian faced this morning, this kind of thing cannot be viewed purely from a business perspective.
In terms of business, Jiaku did not make any profits, but Jiaku gained friendship from his hometown immediately and also had a certain fate with these four cities.
When the business policies of my hometown become clearer in the future, Jiaku will have the priority to enter these four cities at the earliest. At the same time, through the practice of the management talents of these four hotels, when the Mandarin Oriental Hotel officially enters in the future,
At the market in my hometown.
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Chu Huan thought for a moment and asked Wu Shuhan to decline the invitations from the governments of these four places. He did not want to leave Xiangjiang too much this year. First, Chu Huan spent too much time outside last year. This year, for Chu Huan, he has to use
From a bird's-eye view, look at how these company leaders in Xiangjiang Jiaku develop without participating in specific affairs.
Furthermore, according to Chu Huan's reputation and status in his hometown at this time, he no longer needs to participate in these local affairs.
"The most important thing for you in your hometown is to always observe the attitude of your hometown towards the two investment plans we proposed. These two investment plans are group-level investments and are related to the development of the group in the next few decades. They are absolutely
There can’t be any mistakes!”
For Chu Huan, the biggest investment in his hometown in the past ten years is actually the Cangjiang Plan and the Rare Earth Strategy. These two plans can be said to be the foundation of Jiaku in his hometown.
As long as these two plans succeed, Chu Huan will no longer have to use external funds to support his hometown's business. By then, Jiaku's business empire in his hometown will be completely self-sufficient!
Wu Shuhan nodded and said, "I know. Before I came back, I met with Mr. Yu again. My hometown has already been in a lot of noise about your two investment plans, boss. There are many voices of opposition. In the eyes of some people, this is a class statement."
It’s a problem, a problem of consciousness, but Mr. Yu also asked me to tell the boss to you.
The old gentleman is very optimistic about your investment plan, boss. However, even the old gentleman needs to balance the voices of all parties, which is why these two things have dragged on for so long. But Mr. Yu also said that he can make a decision in his hometown.
The only one in the universe is the old man.
As long as the old gentleman is supportive, the chance of success is very high!"
Chu Huan frowned slightly.
At this time Feng Jing walked in, "Boss, Mr. Hu is here!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Please come in!"
After a while, Hu Yingxiang walked in.
"Dr. Chu, I wish you a good year in advance!" Hu Yingxiang walked in with a smile on his face.
Director Chu also stood up and said with a smile, "Sheng Hu, please take a seat!"
After the two parties sat down, Hu Yingxiang directly told Chu Huan about his purpose of coming this time, which was to build a highway in his hometown.
"Director Chu, the environment in my hometown is different from the past. I think the future development of my hometown will definitely be good. However, I have gone back many times and found that the traffic environment there is very inconvenient. There is no way to do this.
To meet the needs of future development, I think that if my hometown wants to develop and give wings to development, it must have an expressway.
Unfortunately, I am a soft-spoken person. I have communicated with my hometown several times in private, but the other party did not fully agree with my proposal, so I thought that if you, Director Chu, could make suggestions with me, the possibility of success would be very high.
of!
Of course, the most important step is to get your financial support in this matter, Director Chu.
When I was discussing this matter with my hometown, the other party had a big concern, which was financial concerns!"
Hu Yingxiang did not express any regrets to Chu Huan on this matter. Everyone knew that building a highway was a good thing, but good things could sometimes turn into bad things.
One of the main reasons is financial. As long as such a major project is started, it will definitely attract domestic and foreign attention.
If under such circumstances, the hometown side rushes to launch the project, and the capital chain is suddenly cut off halfway through the project, it will be a very embarrassing thing.
Losing face is a trivial matter. In order to prevent this project from being completed halfway, my hometown will definitely take over. But now my hometown is full of waste and it can be said that everything is in need of funds. If my hometown takes over, it will inevitably affect the people.
Other projects.
Chu Huan nodded and said with a smile, "The plan you proposed, Hu Sheng, does require the support of a large amount of cash. It is right for my hometown to have concerns about this!"
Hu Yingxiang smiled and said, "That's it. Originally, I wanted to unite the major consortiums in Xiangjiang, and I have even contacted more than 40 banks. But you also know that the more complicated the equity, the more likely it is that problems will arise."
, if there is a problem in any link, it may lead to the failure of the entire project.
So instead of looking for so many companies, it’s better to look for your family, Mr. Chu.”
Having said this, Hu Yingxiang paused and reorganized some words before continuing: "Actually, I also know the certain attributes of this project. Building an expressway is a project with heavy investment and slow return. But, Mr. Chu, you
Both of us should also know that once such a project is successful, the annual income will be very considerable and solid."
Chu Huan waved his hand, smiled, and said, "In terms of return on investment, Hu Sheng, you don't need to explain too much. We in Jiaku know it ourselves. In fact, Hu Sheng and I have the same idea. Building roads is imperative."
It’s something that can be done, and the sooner the better, so don’t worry about this, I support you!”
In fact, even if Hu Yingxiang didn't come to Chu Huan to invest in public utilities such as roads and power plants in his hometown, Chu Huan would find a time this year to discuss it with Hu Yingxiang.
If you want to be rich, build roads first!
This is a common saying in later generations and is also a recognized fact.
It is definitely unrealistic to say how selfless Chu Huan is in this matter. The most important issues are actually profit returns and Jiaku's own development.
Highways and power plants are different from hotels. Although their returns are also slow, their timeliness is unmatched by the hotel industry. What is more important is the role they play.
If Chu Huan really gets the approval of his hometown in the future and agrees to his two investments, the power plant and the highway will be the two necessary supporting facilities.
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Moreover, these two aspects are investments at the infrastructure level, which can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles and gain more reputation in the future.
So at this time, Chu Huan happily agreed to Hu Yingxiang's suggestion.
Obviously, Hu Yingxiang did not expect that Chu Huan would agree so happily!
"Director Chu, have you really agreed to invest?"
Chu Huan nodded and said with a smile, "Of course, but if my hometown agrees to our suggestions, I need a self-designated highway that is the same as several important highways!"
Hu Yingxiang doesn't know about Chu Huan's planned investment in his hometown, but it doesn't matter anymore. As long as he has Chu Huan's support, he has a great chance of convincing his hometown!
"No problem, I will report this matter to my hometown truthfully."
Chu Huan asked, "So Hu Sheng, when are you going to go to your hometown to discuss this matter?"
Although Chu Huan has rejected invitations from several governments before and decided to spend more time in Xiangjiang this year, there are still some things that Chu Huan still needs to go to his hometown to resolve in person.
First of all, what is certain is the matter mentioned by Hu Yingxiang.
Secondly, as for Chu Huan's two investment plans, if his hometown can give a positive answer this year, Chu Huan will definitely go to his hometown!
Finally, it was time to meet with Mr. Qi. Chu Huan had also been thinking about the investment by Yin Shang Bureau and other groups!
"I plan to leave for my hometown after celebrating the New Year!" Hu Yingxiang said.
Chu Huan nodded and said, "After Hu Sheng sets the specific time, you can tell Jiaku's secretary office, and they will coordinate my time then!"
Hu Yingxiang stretched out his hands and said seriously to Chu Huan, "Director Chu, thank you so much for this matter!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Hu Sheng's words are serious. We, Jiaku, are also doing it for our own development!"
Just when Chu Huan was meeting Hu Yingxiang, Chen Songqing from Jianing received a call from Jiaku's secretary office.
"Brother Qing, what would happen if Chu Huan suddenly saw you at this time?" Qian Zhengnan sat on the sofa in Chen Songqing's office and said with a somewhat confused expression.
"What else could it be? Brother Qing's development last year has attracted the attention of the whole of Xiangjiang. Chu Huan has been very optimistic about Brother Qing before, and this time it must be to cooperate with Brother Qing!"
Zhuang Yongcheng preached proudly.
In fact, Zhuang Yongcheng was right. When Chu Huan began to expand overseas business in the 1980s, Chen Songqing led his Jia Ning to start a crazy expansion last year.
In September last year, Jiani Real Estate announced that its subsidiary Jiani Shipping had once again purchased a 30,000-ton dry cargo ship 'Xianjin' from Baohua Construction for HK$61 million, and renamed it 'Jianing No. 1'.
Ordered four dry cargo ships from Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany to increase development in the shipping industry. They had previously purchased multiple cargo ships from Wheelock Shipping.
This allowed their Jianing Shipping to be established earlier than in another time and space.
Now Chen Songqing is planning to list Carneline Shipping.
Also in September last year, Jiani Real Estate reached a share exchange agreement with Thai raater. Jiani issued 10,000 new shares at a price of HK$173 per share in exchange for 25% of raater's equity.
Raater is one of Thailand's major listed companies, owning five hotels and operating insurance and finance.
In November, Jianing Real Estate purchased 13.8 million shares of the listed company Jielian Enterprises from the Zheng family at a price of HK$6 per share, involving approximately HK$14.2 billion. It acquired 30% of the shares of Jielian Enterprises and became the company's major shareholder.
But now, Chen Songqing seems to have changed his mind and does not want to turn Jielian into another company that can balance with Jiani Real Estate. He is discussing with Zhengyi Zheng and wants to sell Jielian to Zhengyi Zhengyi.
Originally, last year, Jianing would also buy Japanese daily activities, but this matter was now done by Chu Huan, and Chen Songqing's Jianing no longer had this operation.
In December, Jianing Real Estate announced that it would form a joint venture with Qiu Degen's Far East Development, Chung Ching-wen's Yida Investment, and Feng Jingxi's Sun Hung Kai Securities to obtain listing status through Hong Kong and Kowloon Shipping, a listed shell company under Far East Development. The remaining three companies injected assets, making Qiaolian Real Estate a listed company with assets of HK$86.3 billion, of which Jianing Real Estate holds 217% equity.
However, according to later events, it was not long before the company's major shareholders later had disagreements over the share purchase and sale, which triggered an investigation by the Securities Regulatory Commission, and Zhong Zhengwen finally took over.
Multiple acquisitions have enabled Jiani to grow into a first-class comprehensive group in Hong Kong.
Therefore, in Zhuang Yongcheng's view, Chu Huan suddenly wanted to meet Chen Songqing after entering 1981, probably for cooperation.
As Zhuang Yongcheng said, Chu Huan has always been very optimistic about Jianing during its development!
In fact, not only Zhuang Yongcheng thought so, but Chen Songqing also thought so. At this time, he was sitting on his sofa with great dignity, watching Qian Zhengnan's sermon, which was still a little worried.
"Anan, don't worry, Jianing's development is going well now. I believe Chu Huan is more optimistic about our development than before. This time he took the initiative to ask me to meet him. He must have some big projects! "
"But the company's current funds" Qian Zhengnan is worried that this will empty out the company's funds.
Chen Songqing said confidently, "Don't worry, funding issues have never been a problem here!"
After hearing what Chen Songqing said, Qian Zhengnan couldn't say anything else!