Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Su-style gardens originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, developed in the Jin and Tang Dynasties, flourished in the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Su-style gardens use unique gardening techniques. In a limited space, they stack mountains and water, plant flowers and trees, configure garden buildings, and use a large number of plaques, couplets, calligraphy and paintings, sculptures, steles, furniture and various ornaments. It reflects the ancient philosophical concepts, cultural consciousness and aesthetic taste, thus forming a landscape garden full of poetic and picturesque scenery, so that people can enjoy the joy of mountains, forests and springs even if they are in a busy urban area.

The next day, Lin Baicheng came to Hutchison Whampoa and listened to several professors who were doing drawing design introduce the Soviet-style garden that was about to be built.

The Soviet-style garden built by Lam Baicheng and Hutchison Whampoa is located in the Tuen Mun District of the New Territories. There are many residential complexes in Tuen Mun District, as well as public halls and supermarkets. The population is not dense, but it is not small.

Of course, Lin Baicheng's Soviet-style garden cannot be built near a residential area. It must be far away from crowds.

The Su-style garden that Lin Baicheng wants to build covers an area of ​​90 acres, which is 60,000 square meters when converted into square meters. This area is not small in Xiangjiang, a city with many people and little land.

Different from the existing Soviet-style gardens currently available, the Soviet-style garden to be built by Lin Baicheng also comes with modern equipment, such as electric wires and telephone lines, to facilitate the use of electrical appliances, and even a swimming pool and a golf course.

Nowadays, after all, it is modern. It is impossible to build ancient Soviet-style gardens, and modern equipment is definitely indispensable.

"After on-site inspection and comparing the drawings to confirm that there are no problems, Wei Li, please let Hutchison Whampoa start the construction work. I will transfer the initial HK$200 million to Hutchison Whampoa's account in a few days."

After listening to the introductions by several professors, Lin Baicheng turned to Wei Li, who was following him. Although the construction cost of the Soviet-style garden is estimated to be more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, it cannot be built immediately. Therefore, it only needs to give Hutchison Whampoa 200 million Hong Kong dollars at the beginning.

This is because it cost a little more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire the land. Otherwise, 100 million Hong Kong dollars would be enough at the beginning. Later, when funds are insufficient, you can transfer money or find a bank loan.

"Since Mr. Lin is sure that there is no problem, I will choose an auspicious day and let people start work."

Weili immediately said that although he was British, he had stayed in Xiangjiang for a long time and was very aware of the superstitions of the wealthy people in Xiangjiang such as Feng Shui. Although he himself does not believe in this, he believes in God, but since he works in Xiangjiang and builds a house for his boss, he must follow the local customs.

"good!"

Lin Baicheng nodded.

"Remember, don't be afraid to spend money to buy some rockeries and rocks. It's best to go to the mainland to buy them, because the land is vast and rich in resources. Forget it, I will ask someone to help me buy them. Hutchison Whampoa doesn't have to do the procurement of rockeries and rocks. I will Provide it yourself.”

Lin Baicheng decided to ask the two presidents of Xinhua News Agency for help. The country of China is vast and rich in resources, and there should not be too many rockeries and rocks. In addition, people in this era do not pay much attention to such things. They will definitely not reach the level of not for sale. As long as you are willing to spend money, I believe Acquiring some is not a problem.

Wei Li nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Lin, I will discuss this with the purchasing department."

"Although I would like to move into my garden as soon as possible, the construction quality is the main priority. Please don't build a shoddy project for me."

Lin Baicheng reminded that it would be the Lin family's mansion from now on, so quality was the top priority and the start of construction would be delayed.

When Wei Li heard this, he immediately said: "Don't worry, even if it is to build a mansion for you, even if it is other apartment properties developed by the company, the company has always followed your instructions and focused on quality and safety."

"Well, it would be great if your management can implement this."

Lin Baicheng nodded. At least since he took over Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Whampoa has never had quality engineering problems in the real estate industry, so he believed that Wei Li and other management had listened to his words.

More than half an hour later, Lin Baicheng left Hutchison Whampoa and went to Galaxy Semiconductor Company.

At Galaxy Semiconductor Company, Lin Baicheng met with the technical masters who had just joined the company, especially several well-known people in the industry specially invited from Japan by the manager Hiroshi Noda.

The technical talents at Galaxy Semiconductor include Chinese Americans, Japanese, Koreans, Americans, and people from some European countries. It can be said that there is a lot of talent.

Of course, when so many talents are invited to join the company, especially some people's salary is much higher than that of their peers, the annual salary expenditure here is not a small amount, not to mention the expenditure on research and development funds.

It can be said that Galaxy Semiconductor is a gold-swallowing black hole. This year’s expenditure alone will definitely exceed US$100 million, not to mention that the expenditure will only increase in the future.

Fortunately, there will definitely be a return on the expenditure, but the return has not been seen yet, and it is not certain whether the return can be higher than the investment. At present, it is only in, not out.

Fortunately, Lin Baicheng is mentally prepared to invest in semiconductors, and has been mentally prepared to invest a large amount of money for at least several years. The key point is that he has the support of huge profits from gold futures, otherwise he would not dare to spread his stall so big now.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng attended a dinner hosted by Huo Yingdong. All Chinese businessmen and well-known tycoons were invited to the dinner.

Tonight's dinner doesn't have much of a name. Chinese tycoons such as Huo Yingdong and Bao Yugang hold it several times a year. Lin Baicheng will also hold it when he has time. And he doesn't have to go to attend every time. Just go when you have time.

This is different from a dinner party held for happy events such as birthdays. It is just a party. There is no point in going or not to give face.

This time Lin Baicheng left Xiangjiang for a short time in Los Angeles, so he had time when he came back, so he went to the dinner.

"Lin Sheng!" "Long time no see, Chen Sheng!"

"Lin Sheng, good evening." "Zhang Sheng!"

"Lin Sheng!".

During the dinner, Lin Baicheng greeted each other with some people he knew.

The center of the dinner party is usually where the tycoons stay. When Lin Baicheng walked over, he saw all acquaintances, such as Bao Yugang, Hu Yinxiang, Li Zhaoji and others.

Seeing Lin Baicheng coming over, Bao Yugang smiled and said, "Lin Sheng, we are talking about things related to you."

"Oh? What are everyone talking about?"

Lin Baicheng was quite curious.

"It's Hutchison Whampoa."

The one who spoke out was Li Zhaoji. He said: "We are talking about Hutchison Whampoa preparing to sell the Golden Gate Building. I remember that when Hutchison Whampoa bought it from Jardine Matheson last year, it only cost 610 million Hong Kong dollars. Now the selling price is actually As high as 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars, this is a profit of up to 80%."

"Oh, it would be great if it could be sold at such a high price."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand after hearing this: "We are all in the circle, and I know I can't hide it from you. It's just a matter of asking for the price and paying back the money."

Hutchison Whampoa's base price for selling Golden Gate Tower is HK$900 million, and Wei Li even said that it can be sold at a higher price, so Hutchison Whampoa's external selling price must not be less than HK$1 billion. The reason is simple: leave room for customers to bargain.

The people here are all business tycoons, and no one would understand this kind of "high price bidding" method, so Lin Baicheng simply said it directly, there was no need to hide it.

"Land prices and house prices have increased a lot in the past few years, and the increase in property prices is even higher than the previous two. If Lin Sheng waits until the end of the year to sell, I think it is really possible to sell for HK$1.1 billion."

Li Zhaoji said aloud that he was in the real estate business, so he was most familiar with price changes in this area.

"Hutchison Whampoa is short of money now, so we have no choice but to sell the property."

Lin Baicheng smiled helplessly. He couldn't tell others about the transaction with HSBC. He just wanted to know it himself.

"The Golden Gate Tower is still very good. I think HK$1 billion is not without buyers, as long as the right person can be found."

Chen Zhenxi said that his Hengrong Group was also engaged in real estate. If the price of the Golden Gate Tower hadn't been too high, he would have actually wanted to buy it. He felt that he would make a considerable profit if he held it in his hands for a year or two. To put it bluntly, he is optimistic about the future of the current real estate industry and believes that it will continue to rise.

"Lin Sheng, your Hutchison Whampoa is still short of money? If I remember correctly, from the beginning of the year to now, Hutchison Whampoa has received more than one billion Hong Kong dollars."

Bao Yugang was talking about Hutchison Whampoa’s income from closing long gold futures orders at the beginning of the year and the revenue from selling its foreign trade business.

Lin Baicheng said: "There is no reason why we are not short of money. Regardless of the fact that we have a lot of income, we also have a lot of expenses. Especially now that Hutchison Whampoa has entered the pharmaceutical industry, the more funds, the better."

"The pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on technology. Fortunately, Lin Sheng, you are entering pharmaceutical sales channels and hospitals, so you don't need to research and develop drugs. Otherwise, the investment in research and development alone would be a huge expense every year."

For example, the tycoons present are not interested in industries that require a lot of investment in research and development, because the risks are too great, and there is no way for the real estate industry to be prosperous and to ensure income despite droughts and floods.

Having said that, in fact, the real estate tycoons present are eager for Hutchison Whampoa to invest a large amount of funds in pharmaceutical research and development. In this way, Hutchison Whampoa will invest less in the real estate industry, which is equivalent to weakening the strength of the real estate industry, and their company will be underrepresented. It was a pity that Hutchison Whampoa did not do that.

"Actually, what I mainly do is hospitals."

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "I plan to build a world-leading hospital and invite a large number of well-known doctors to Hutchison Hospital. If nothing else, if I accidentally get sick one day, I will immediately have the best technology. The doctor treated me, and that’s what matters most to me.”

Lin Baicheng's words were not entirely deceiving others. He indeed valued this very much. The purpose of establishing Hutchison Whampoa Hospital was to recruit world-famous doctors, so that one day he or his family members would fall ill. As the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa, he would You can get treatment from these famous doctors as soon as possible.

"Lin Sheng, you are really thinking far ahead."

Bao Yugang couldn't help feeling a little after hearing this: "But, you are still so young now, there is no need for it at all, but we people may be able to benefit from you."

"Time is not forgiving!"

Regarding this topic, the tycoons present who were at least forty or fifty years old were quite emotional.

"You are still in your prime, but it is still early."

Lin Baicheng laughed and immediately changed the subject: "Speaking of which, why haven't you seen Huo Sheng yet?"

Bao Yugang reminded himself: "Brother Huo and gambling king He Sheng have something to discuss, so they went to the quiet room to talk."

"Are these two going to discuss some big business?"

Lin Baicheng had some curious questions, mainly because he wanted to find a topic to talk about so that everyone would stop lamenting about ageing.

Bao Yugang guessed: "Although the two of them didn't say anything, it must be related to the casino license on Ao Island."

Although Stanley Ho is the gambling king of Ao Island, he does not hold 100% of the shares in the casinos on Ao Island. He is not that strong yet. The Huo family holds a lot of shares in the casinos on Ao Island. This is a Chinese tycoon. We all know. However, only relevant people know the specific shareholding ratio.

"So this is ah."

Lin Baicheng nodded casually when he heard this. He did not envy the huge profits without capital at all in the gambling industry, because this industry has a ceiling and is not comparable to the semiconductor and Internet industries.

After looking at Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Lin Sheng, if you are interested, you can actually talk to He Sheng and the others. I think with your current energy, they will definitely give you face and let you enter." Stock."

"Bao Sheng is joking, how can I have such a big face?"

Waving his hand, Lin Baicheng shook his head slightly: "Besides, I'm not interested in running this industry, so I won't join in the fun."

To put it more superstitiously, opening a casino will shorten your life, just like doing something bad. And Lin Baicheng, who was reborn, although he believed in science, he did not believe at all in the retribution of good and evil from gods and Buddhas, but more or less believed in it. Therefore, when the future was bright, he went to eat after he was full. Operating a spinach business.

Regarding Lin Baicheng's statement that he was not interested in operating a casino, the tycoons present were somewhat hesitant, but they did not quite believe it. If they had the face and strength, they would definitely not mind getting involved. This is because this industry is very profitable and requires very little investment.

However, although everyone did not believe Lin Baicheng's words, no one exposed them. They are all old foxes. Exposing or ridiculing Lin Baicheng will only offend him. No one will do this for no reason.

Everyone then started chatting about other topics, such as the progress of Wharf's development of Harbor City, whose company had acquired another piece of land, whose business strategy had changed, and so on.

About twenty minutes after Lin Baicheng's arrival, Huo Yingdong and Stanley Ho came out, greeted Lin Baicheng, and chatted with others.

At such a dinner party, someone may have concluded a business deal verbally, someone may have some competition that needs help from others to adjust, someone may find out some news, and someone will always gain something.

It is precisely because the invited Chinese businessmen have gained something and can communicate more with other tycoons that similar dinner parties are not lacking in guests and continue to be held.

At tonight's dinner, although Lin Baicheng did not negotiate any business and he did not have any news to inquire about, he chatted with some people and maintained their relationship, so it was not without gain.