Chapter 378 [The Messenger of Delivering Children]
Monday, July 31st.
In the office of Huazhi Center, Lin Zuhui is checking the "Hong Kong Telecommunications Industry Report" written by Lu Donglai and Yang Baolin.
The comprehensive departments of New Era Group currently include: retail (History Convenience, Yonghui Supermarket), infrastructure (10% stake in Tate's Cairn Tunnel), ports, and telecommunications.
Among them, ports and telecommunications are the areas that Lam Cho-fai will prepare for this year, because next year the bidding for No. 8 Kwai Chung Container Terminal and the second and third mobile phone licenses will begin.
Looking at the information in his hand, Lin Zuhui thought carefully:
Hong Kong Telecommunications Corporation (owned by British Dadong) has monopolized Hong Kong's telecommunications industry for a century. The company's strength is second only to the HSBC Group. It controls the patent rights of local fixed telecommunications and international telecommunications respectively, and has 16,000 employees.
Hong Kong's local telephone patent will expire in 1995. The grant of new patent rights will be a life-and-death battle. This year, Hong Kong Telecom used a unique trick to first "cut the Hong Kong telephone patent into a piece of meat and bones" - that is, cancel it
Hong Kong (local) telephone charges. In this way, the battle for patent rights is undoubtedly "dogs fighting for meat and bones." It is not heartbreaking to abandon Hong Kong Telecom; the winner of the new patent rights will be in vain and will not be profitable for at least several years.
The overseas telephone patent owned by Hong Kong Telecom will expire in 2006. Overseas telephone revenue is the majority of the company's profit, and it can enjoy the patent for 16 years. Before the expiration, Hong Kong Telecom will go all out to strive for the success after 2006.
patent.
Of course, local telephone patents are by no means unprofitable, because although the right to operate local fixed-line telephone network services does not include the right to operate international telephone networks. However, when anyone makes an international call and picks up the phone to dial, the message
It must first go through the local network before reaching the gateway of the international telephone network, and then transmit it to outside Hong Kong. At the same time, the principle of international calls and faxes entering Hong Kong is the same. Therefore, anyone using the new network that will appear in the future
To make or receive international calls, if the new network is directly connected to the international telephone channel, the Hong Kong telecommunications company will have to pay the new network operator an average transmission fee of HKD per minute (about 1.05 yuan per minute, which will be specified in the government tender)
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Because the local telephone patent needs to expire in 1995, but it is estimated that bidding will be held in 1993, so this matter is not urgent!
However, in addition to overseas telephone patents and local telephone patents, there is another field of telecommunications - mobile phones (cell phones) and pagers. This field does not belong to the "patent business".
Since the late 1980s, innovations in mobile communication tools have led to the rapid development of Hong Kong's non-proprietary telecommunications industry. Mobile phones (mobile phones) and wireless pagers (bb machines) have increasingly become essential communication tools for interpersonal communication.
In the communications field of non-proprietary businesses, Hutchison Communications is currently the dominant player. It currently owns 100 paging stations, serves 230,000 customers, and occupies 50% of the Hong Kong paging market; Hutchison Telephone also occupies Hong Kong
55% of the total cellular mobile wireless phone service, currently has more than 50,000 customers.
The reason why Lam Cho-fai started to intervene now is because he knew that the Hong Kong government will allocate two mobile phone licenses next year. Hong Kong Telecom must have one license, and the remaining one license will naturally fall into fierce competition.
Of course, Lin Zuhui also knows that licenses will be issued in the future, and even a license to operate ct2, the second generation mobile phone, will soon be issued.
Therefore, this year he will build New Era Group's 'Era Telecommunications' to a certain scale. He will start with the simplest pager license, and then quickly connect with British or European companies with 'European Digital System GSM' technology, and then participate
Bid for mobile phone licenses next year and launch gsm mobile phones.
It doesn't matter if you don't have technology, then find a company with technology to cooperate, preferably a British-funded company, which will help you win the bid.
It doesn't matter if you have no experience, just buy a paging company right away. That year, Hutchison acquired seven paging stations, and was the first to launch wireless phones, establishing its dominance in the non-telecommunications patent field in one fell swoop.
Therefore, as long as New Era Group has money, it can still get a share of this industry.
afternoon.
Lu Donglai, head of the comprehensive department and director of the group, and Yang Baolin, general manager of Times Telecom, came to Lin Zuhui's office.
Lin Zuhui said: "Has the telecommunications department been fully established?"
The market research has already been done, and it is obvious that New Era Group has been preparing for a long time.
Yang Baolin said quickly: "It has been completely established, and the paging radio company's information is also ready."
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "Well, quickly launch the acquisition of paging stations. The Hong Kong government will issue mobile phone licenses next year. We must have a certain level of strength to be qualified to intervene in this field. So, when you enter the paging field,
At that time, we have to consider cooperating with European telecom operators so that we can launch gsm mobile phones!"
Yang Baolin seemed to be well prepared, so he said: "Well, I can complete the tasks you gave me this year."
Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "That's good. The group has sufficient funds. Now we have to pay attention to all aspects and be tough in all aspects!"
"good!"
Lu Donglai was actually a little surprised. Is the group really rich in funds?
Even if it is abundant, with the boss's spending speed, the debt by the end of the year will probably exceed 10 billion!
After Yang Baolin left, Lu Donglai said: "Boss, Hailu Container is very interested in our proposed cooperation and plans to visit you!"
Lin Zuhui nodded, and he gave a big bait, that is, New Era Group would only buy 50% of its shares, and American Sea and Land Containers would retain 37% of the shares; then, Lin Zuhui would lead the subsequent bidding for the Kwai Chung container.
As for the land and sea containers, whether they want to withdraw or stay, this plan is very tempting. If they withdraw, they can make profits now; if they stay, with Lin Zuhui, a local leader, the sea and land containers may not be unable to win.
Next No. 8 Kwai Chung Container.
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"I contacted them, but they didn't give a clear answer. It seemed like they didn't want to sell it very much! But I guess they may still be considering it, and we didn't make an offer, so they weren't enthusiastic about it."
After hearing this, Lin Zuhui thought for a moment and then said: "I'll ask HSBC to help us test it out!"
"OK!"
When Lin Zuhui does these things, he does not directly harm anyone's interests. It can only be said that he is buying high-quality shares and making investments. Even if he succeeds, in the eyes of everyone, I am afraid that his ambitions will not be visible. At most, he wants to invest in containers.
It's just a dock industry.
Because International Container and Li Chaoren are so famous, no one would have thought that Lin Zuhui would dare to launch a real challenge.
In the past, the several confrontations between Lin Chaoren and Li Chaoren were not actually direct confrontations. After all, the highest bidder won, and they were not the only ones who were qualified.
And if Lin Zuhui draws everyone together to bid for the No. 8 Kwai Chung Container Terminal, he will be directly at war with Li Chaoren, and anyone with a discerning eye can see the smell of gunpowder.
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The next day.
New Era Group and Wanguo Baotong Bank held a signing ceremony and invited reporters to witness it.
New Era Group sold 20% of the equity interest in "Garden Road Land King" to Wanguo Baotong Bank for 700 million yuan (profit of 80 million yuan).
At the same time, New Era Group, Wanguo Baotong, and Hengjin Real Estate (Lin's Private Real Estate Company) jointly participated in the investment in "Wanguo Baotong Plaza".
The later construction fees and taxes will naturally be paid through loans from Wan Guo Baotong.
After the signing ceremony between the two parties was completed, both Lin Zuhui and Steve accepted interviews from on-site reporters.
Reporter: "May I ask Mr. Lin, what kind of building is Wanguo Baotong Plaza? Does your company have a preliminary plan?"
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You are right. We were planning this project as early as half a year ago. At present, the preliminary plan has come out, and the next step is to refer to the opinions of Wanguo Baotong. The details of this project
The general plan is: We plan to build two high-end office buildings with intelligent architecture operations. Each floor will have an elevated platform and an optical fiber central communication system. On the square platform, there is a 47-story Wan Guo Baotong Bank Building.
, a 37-story Yatai Financial Building with a total floor area of 1.66 million square feet..."
When talking about architectural topics, Lin Zuhui is not only eloquent, but also extremely professional. This is what all reporters think, and he is worthy of being a good friend of real estate.
The reporter asked a few more questions, and Lin Zuhui answered them one by one.
There was an issue that also involved the core strategy of New Era Group, but Lin Zuhui had no choice but to express his position.
Reporter: "Currently, Hong Kong's real estate is in a downturn, and some people say it will become an airport. I would like to ask Mr. Lin, does New Era Group follow other companies and invest funds overseas?"
Undoubtedly, this question is a bit tricky!
However, Lin Zuhui still said generously: "Apart from considering investment in the mainland, New Era Group will not consider transferring funds overseas for the time being. Our policy is still to be based in Hong Kong and develop here."
applause!
Next, the reporter also asked Steve, the representative of Universal Baotong.
“May I ask President Steve, what does IWC think of this ‘IWC Plaza’ project?”
Steve said with confidence: "The central location of Wan Guo Baotong Plaza has redefined the banking center in the Central District. We are very confident!"
At this time, the banking center in Central District should be HSBC Bank and Bank of China Tower.
Of course, this will not affect the relationship between Lin Zuhui and HSBC.
The press conference that day spread quickly throughout Hong Kong, but the real estate industry should still be depressed. After all, Lin Zuhui can only represent himself.
There will be no shortage of fear among everyone, so this emotion may last until the end of the year.
It can also be analyzed that in fact, after December, Xiangjiang's real estate began to pick up. After all, as far as Lin Zuhui knows, within one year, that is, in June 1990, real estate returned to the level before the crash.
This is good, the shorter the time for bargain hunting, the less his competitors will be able to react, and the properties that are bargain hunting in the new era can also appreciate quickly in value.
Throughout July, New Era Group, the Lin Family, Wanhui Media, and Leit Group completed property transactions worth 3 billion.
The transaction objects of New Era Group are: land, old real estate, land exchange rights and other land reserve properties;
The transaction objects of Hengjin Real Estate are: shops, high-end residences, villas, and office buildings
Wanhui Media and Leit Group are also the same as Hengjin Investment.