On Hong Kong Island, the "International Financial Center Phase 2" of the "IFC Center" in Central is full of joy, and the "topping out ceremony" is being held.
As of now, only two hotel towers in the fourth phase of the IFC Center have not yet been topped out.
There are a total of five properties in the entire IFC Center. The situations are as follows:
IFC Shopping Center officially opened in 1998. It houses more than 200 international brand merchants and has a property of over 800,000 square feet. It is the most popular place in Hong Kong Central.
The first phase of the Guojin Building is 38 floors high, plus 4 floors underground, with a property area of over 800,000 square feet. It is a pure office building. It is mainly rented by financial institutions. It has 4 trading floors for large financial institutions to rent.
There are 18 elevators divided into 4 service areas. It is estimated that about 5,000 people work here every day. The main tenants of the first phase of the International Financial Center include the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, etc. It was put into use in early 2000.
The current occupancy rate is as high as 99%.
The second phase of the Guojin Building has 88 floors and 6 underground floors. It is equipped with an observation tower on the top. The total height is 515 meters, the floor height is 418 meters, and the property area exceeds 1.8 million square feet. It is expected to be put into use in 2002.
The remaining two properties, the Four Seasons Hotel and Four Seasons Place (hotel serviced apartment), will also be topped out this year and are expected to open by the end of 2003.
At the ceremony, there were either dignitaries or wealthy businessmen and celebrities.
"Uncle Fourth, are you sure you don't want to move Henderson to the second phase of the Guojin Building and become our neighbors?" Lin Zuhui said to Li Zhaoji with a smile.
At this time, he was not at all ashamed that he had lost his fourth uncle's daughter-in-law. After all, there were so many women, and Li Jiacheng could just look for her.
If he still likes Xu Ziqi, it doesn't matter. Lin Zuhui has played. On the contrary, the noble element should be higher. Among the girlfriends he dumped before, none of them were snatched up by rich people and celebrities.
Who hasn’t had a past?
The higher the status of a person, the more they care about the other person. Only those at the bottom of society will care too much, because they may be one of the tens of millions of bachelors, or they may become the successors.
Take a closer look at the rich, they want to find an 18-year-old virgin, and they are afraid that they will not win, but others just like someone of similar level, such as Luo Kangruiying married Zhu Lingling, who has been secretly in love for decades, Liu Luanxiong's female lawyer, Cheng Jiachun
Still worth watching.
In the same way, Lin Zuhui also has this aspect - Guan Jiahui and Lin Zixia, but Lin Zuhui has never had a knot in his heart, or even thought about it.
Li Zhaoji shook his head with a smile and said: "The first phase of the National Financial Building is very good!"
The second phase of the IFC Building is a hot commodity. After all, it can be called the tallest building in the world (not counting the observation tower), but there is no doubt that it is currently the tallest building in Hong Kong.
Based on this meaning, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has considered the idea. This year, Ren Yizhao proposed to purchase a total of 14 floors of the property and test the leasing situation of 88 floors.
Ren Yiyi's moves are indeed a bit inflated. Because of his character, I believe he will be in constant trouble in the future.
Of course, Lin Zuhui directly rejected any request. New Era Group would not consider selling the rent-collecting properties. As for the leasing issue on the 88th floor, there is no need to say that. It must be his office there.
In the end, Ren Yizhao could only rent the 71st to 79th floors as his office and the offices of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and related departments.
The 80th to 88th floors are the headquarters of New Era Group. This is something that almost everyone thinks of.
Ren Yizhao likes luxury, this is his nature, otherwise he would not have rented a 9-story office building at once.
"Lin Sheng, congratulations!" Ren Yizhao stepped forward to say hello.
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Mr. Ren is so polite. Thank you to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority for supporting the International Financial Center. From now on, our two families will be neighbors."
Someone laughed and joked on the side: "You two are in the trillion-dollar club. Together, it's amazing!"
This is true. Although the market value of New Era Group is now over 800 billion, its net assets have already exceeded one trillion Hong Kong dollars. The foreign exchange managed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is actually only more than 110 billion US dollars, but it is equivalent to Hong Kong's
The central bank', it's not wrong to barely join the trillion-dollar club.
Ren Yizhao said modestly: "The money of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority belongs to the citizens of Xiangjiang, we are just managing it on their behalf. New Era Group is the real trillion-dollar club."
"Haha, New Era Group also has hundreds of thousands of shareholders!"
Although Lin Zuhui is very humble, people around him undoubtedly dare not take it seriously.
Everyone in Xiangjiang knows that Lin Zuhui's wealth is the sum of the top ten richest people in Xiangjiang (excluding himself), which is much more. This undoubtedly shows one thing, everyone combined is not enough to beat Lin Zuhui.
For example, although the market value of the company managed by Li Chaoren is nearly 500 billion, neither Hutchison Whampoa nor Hong Kong Electric will be included in his wealth, because it belongs to all shareholders of Cheung Kong. Li Chaoren only holds 38% of the shares in Cheung Kong, and Cheung Kong
Currently it is only over 150 billion, so Li Chaoren’s net worth is only over 60 billion.
The three Sun Hung Kai brothers were robbed of many projects by Lam Cho-fai. Although they hold a higher shareholding in Sun Hung Kai, the market value of Sun Hung Kai is only over 120 billion, and the three brothers are only worth about 60 billion.
In fact, Lin Zuhui's high net worth is mainly due to the huge overseas assets and business of his subsidiary companies, which is unmatched by anyone. Otherwise, the small Xiangjiang will support the world's richest man.
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Return to the company.
Lin Zuhui was sitting in his office. He looked at the stocks on his computer and found that the Hang Seng Index had fallen to the 0.00 mark.
He decisively logged into Wang Lingyin's stock account and cleared out all the stocks in it, which amounted to tens of millions.
This account was used by Lin Zuhui for fun, not to make money, but just a thought from his previous life.
After the financial crisis, the Hong Kong stock market once reached a breakthrough point, with the highest point (before the Internet bubble crisis, that is, 2000.3). Unfortunately, there was no breakthrough point.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Since then, it has been dragged down by the Internet bubble, the economic downturn in Europe and the United States, and the sluggish real estate industry in Hong Kong, and it has now fallen to the point mark.
If this situation continues, it may fall to around 30.00 by the end of September (affected by the 911 incident), so Lin Zuhui sold the stock without hesitation.
In recent times, the Hang Seng Index has been falling every day because of the drag on Heung Kong real estate stocks.
Lin Zuhui leaned on his chair and thought about things. Although there is support from the culture and technology industries, as well as the example of New Era Group, Hong Kong's economy will still be stuck in the past few years, and the GDP should be hovering around 200 billion US dollars (
Less than 170 billion in the previous life).
However, after all, the cultural industry still has great potential. Games, software, the Internet, and technology have just begun to develop and have not yet exploded... So once SAS passes, Hong Kong's economy will usher in a big explosion.
Unknowingly, Lin Zuhui took on the identity of the butler.
"Dongdong"
"Come in"
Yuan Tianfan and Morris walked into his office together. Lin Zuhui motioned for them to sit down, and he also stood up.
"I called you two here this time because I hope you will form a team to investigate the aircraft leasing business and prospects, and then report to me."
As the president of Times Shipping, Morris naturally already knew something about this industry, so he said: "Does the boss plan to transport cargo or lease passenger aircraft?"
Lin Zuhui said: "I'm afraid there will be some difficulties in freight transportation. We should first consider aircraft leasing. It is best to start with acquisitions and purchase aircraft at the same time."
New Era Group has more than 160 billion in cash flow on its books. It has almost no new major projects in the past six months, in order to buy the bottom after the 911 incident.
Aircraft leasing, shipping companies, hotels, shopping malls, and office buildings are still the focus of bargain hunting. If there are other good projects, naturally they will not be missed.
Yuan Tianfan said: "Haste makes waste, let's lease the aircraft first. If there is a chance, maybe we can acquire a freight company!"
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "It doesn't have to be sole proprietorship. If you want to open up good industries in other countries in this world, joint ventures are undoubtedly the best way to start."
Generally speaking, when an experienced team acquires a company, if it is a company that is difficult to acquire (involving political and other factors), they can consider investing in the company first, and then increase the shareholding when the public opinion is not so big, and finally complete the control.
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Mainland companies often behave aggressively at the beginning, so there are very few cases of successful overseas acquisitions, which often have the impact of local public opinion.
For example, the acquisition of Unocal, the ninth largest oil company in the United States, in the previous life is a lesson learned from the past. Of course, the background of CNOOC (state-owned capital) as the acquirer is also a major flaw.
Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui suddenly felt that New Era Group could try to enter the oil field.
At present, oil is only 26 US dollars per barrel. After the 911 incident, oil will plummet; the important thing is that in the future, oil will generally run above 60 US dollars. Before Lehman, it was as high as 90 US dollars per barrel, and it will recover quickly after Lehman.
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Yes, it’s time to invest in the energy sector!
Remember to first understand the situation before formally forming an acquisition team.
For such an important acquisition, the team and timing are very important. It is also necessary to hire a US lobbying team to convince those congressmen. After all, if those congressmen wantonly stir up public opinion in the media, the acquisition will be shot soon.
Timing is also very important. When CNOOC acquired it in the previous life, oil was already around US$60, and it was during the summer vacation. But when Americans were traveling by car, they were naturally very worried about the safety and price of American oil, so the public did not support it.
And if the price of oil is plummeting, the American people will feel that oil is so cheap, so naturally they will not care too much.
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"Brother Hui, are you lying to me?" Xu Ziqi said pitifully.
At this time, the two came to the Furama Hotel suite, and it was Xu Ziqi who took the initiative to make an appointment with Lin Zuhui. The relationship between the two was originally good, and she gave the man the last good thing. Unexpectedly, she learned from her parents that she was
Abandoned.
She was unwilling to give in, so she secretly made an appointment with Lin Zuhui and wanted to make it clear in person.
Lin Zuhui was sitting on the sofa and had no feelings for Xu Ziqi's mood swings. He was disgusted with Xu's mother. In addition, Xu Ziqi listened too much to her mother, so he was also a little unhappy with Xu Ziqi.
Therefore, exposure and success happened naturally.
"Why did I lie to you? Your parents don't approve of our affairs. On the contrary, they are still plotting against me, and you listen to them so much, so it's good to break up early."
Xu Ziqi wanted to ask a question - was it Lin Zuhui's intention to suddenly expose the two of them, but she was worried that Lin Zuhui would be angry, so she didn't dare to bring it up. She still liked Lin Zuhui very much, but first, her parents had always taught her, and secondly, she liked Lin Zuhui very much.
Erlin Zuhui refused to make a formal arrangement.
"Didn't you say let nature take its course?" Xu Ziqi looked at Lin Zuhui and said reluctantly.
"Your parents have already tried to punish me, so how can you let nature take its course? Miss Ziqi, since I became a listed company, few people have dared to play tricks on me. Your mother is the only one. I didn't find them.
The trouble is just for your sake." Lin Zuhui said.
In fact, it’s not that they didn’t cause trouble for Xu’s father and Xu’s mother, but they also used some tricks!
Xu Ziqi suddenly panicked, then approached Lin Zuhui and threw herself into Lin Zuhui's arms.
"Brother Hui, I'm sorry. I actually like you very much. I never thought of betraying you."
"Silly girl, there is no such thing as betrayal. You have met someone better. I am happy for you. I am not such a heartless person."
Lin Zuhui comforted him by saying that it is one thing to do something and another thing to say it.
He overestimated the little girl's IQ. Xu Ziqi was so moved that she moved forward and asked for a kiss.
Soon, the two rolled together again.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The two warmed up for a while, and Xu Ziqi left the hotel after regaining her strength.
Lin Zuhui couldn't help but sigh, this woman is quite good, but her mother not only wants to calculate her own pocket, but also wants to calculate Lin Zuhui's bottom line.
Come on, now he might be able to get it for nothing in the future. Judging from the situation just now, Xu Ziqi is a little obsessed.
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Xu family.
Xu's mother looked at her daughter who had returned and said, "Have you gone to see Lin Zuhui?"
If it were in the past, Xu Ziqi, as a good girl, would naturally not lie.
At this time, she already had her own thoughts, so she said disdainfully: "I will not go to her. If it weren't for my mother, I would have looked down on such a romantic person."
Xu's mother suddenly felt happy and said quickly: "My dear daughter, don't blame mother. I didn't know he was such a romantic and rich man at first, but I didn't expect that he would only have a few days with you in a year. But don't worry,
I won’t do this kind of thing again in the future. The real estate company will not all belong to you in the future. You and I bought a total of 400 million Hong Kong dollars worth of properties."
Xu Ziqi was not stupid and asked: "The real estate company is in trouble? Your leverage is so high, and now you don't have the support of Lin Zuhui!"
Xu Ma said with a smile: "We have a way to do this. At most, we will just sell some properties, but sooner or later the housing prices in Xiangjiang will skyrocket, and your net worth will be at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars in the future. So, you can study hard with peace of mind. If you can get acquainted with rich and wealthy people,
Young Master, then you can try to get in touch with me."
"Know it!"
Xu’s mother is very satisfied that her daughter is so obedient!
In fact, Xu's mother still doesn't know that a "catastrophe is coming". She may not be able to withstand the impact of the 911 incident and the SAS incident. In addition, she will also be worried that Lin Zuhui has deliberately set up a trap, so it is very possible that her property will be severely damaged.