Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

At the beginning of this year, Lawrence Kadoorie returned from Kyoto, China. All family affairs have been handed over to Michael Kadoorie, and in terms of age, Bao Zixuan should be about the same age as his grandson; therefore, it is impossible for the two to have much intersection. Iraqi Jews in Xiangjiang are not able to rely on either left or right, and it is difficult to divide them into camps. In addition, the old man doesn't like to attend parties, so he has never met Mr. Bao.

Although the Kadoorie family has always been one of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong. But their status is very embarrassing, and Chinese businessmen will instinctively exclude them. After all, they are not Chinese, so it is impossible to join the Chinese business camp. But you said they belong to the British-capital camp; but their hometown is in Iraq, and they should be classified as Israel according to their ethnicity! The families who came from the British mainland could not urinate in the same pot.

Fortunately, several generations of people are very shrewd and good at doing business, so there is still no problem in the development of the family. But if any family wants to grow, it needs allies. No matter how talented you are, you still need someone to help you. Their embarrassing status makes the family's development basically dependent on themselves. Xiangjiang is a humane society, and of course business principles will be adhered to in most cases. But at the critical moment, no family is willing to interact and cooperate with them.

Rowlands-Kadoorie smiled and said: "It's not your style to only talk in half. Does the richest man in Hong Kong have any particularly grand plans that make you a little overwhelmed? Or it's beyond your understanding. The family has already I’ll leave it to you to manage; I already recognize your ability, don’t have any scruples, just do it boldly and confidently!”

The old man's words brought Michael Kadoorie back to reality. It seemed that the old man saw things thoroughly and understood Bao Zixuan better.

Michael Kadoorie: "After Bao Zixuan came to my office, he proposed that there are three hotels in Heiyun Town. If the Kadoorie family wants, they can get the right to operate a hotel. Whether it is buying or leasing, choose The power is mine."

"Of course it's just a small matter, it's just a hotel after all; I won't take it to heart yet."

"But the plan he came up with next felt a little bold, even crazy."

"Bao Zixuan plans to build 50 business centers in big cities in China, and they will be equipped with 50 five-star hotels. I asked our family if we are interested. Whether it is direct investment in the construction of hotels or leasing hotels, there is no problem."

"The current economic scale and per capita income of mainland China may not even be able to support the scale of five five-star hotels. Launching 50 hotels at once is very worrying. Although he said this is a ten-year plan; But with Bao Zixuan’s vigorous and resolute style, it’s definitely not that simple.”

"It is not difficult to see from the construction of Heiyun Town that he pursues efficiency in his work and does not care about the cost. However, the Kadoorie family cannot stand the trouble and cannot refuse directly. Therefore, they agreed to build in Kyoto and Shanghai first. Two pilots.”

The hotel rights in Heiyun Town, although attractive, were not enough to make Michael Kadoorie lose control. But the construction of 50 five-star hotels in Mainland China is not only incredible for Kadoorie, but also for his father, Lawrence Kadoorie. This kid really dares to think, but after careful analysis, you will find that it is not aimless. Not to mention that I have done some research, at least I have done some serious research.

Lawrence Kadoorie said very seriously: "Mi Gao. You have also been to China, but do you know China!"

When his father asked this question, Michael Kadoorie didn't know how to answer for a moment. Understand Huaxia; I dare not say that I understand it yet, after all, the time spent every time is very short, and I have left before I have a clear investigation.

Seeing his son's expression, he knew that no detailed investigation had been done. Apart from investing in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, the Kadoorie family does not have much investment in mainland China.

Rowlands-Kadoorie continued: "The ancestors of the Kadoorie family lived in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. They moved to Mumbai, India in the 18th century. The Kadoorie family purchased the Yangcheng Power Plant from the British, but after the business in Yangcheng suffered losses, It was transferred to Xiangjiang for development and built the Heyuan Street Power Plant, which mainly supplied power to the Peninsula Hotel; your grandfather became the major shareholder at that time after the power plant was reorganized. The Kadoorie family founded Xiangjiang Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd. as early as 1866. It was first established in Shanghai Shanghai operates hotels.”

"Actually, it's not surprising that I don't know about Mainland China. After all, I was born in Xiangjiang, let alone you. Although Mainland China's economy was not developing well in the past few years, with the deepening of reform and opening up in recent years, the entire country has undergone earth-shaking changes. .The political situation on the mainland is stable, and the probability of war is very small, even minimal."

"Hong Kong is not the Falklands, and China is not Argentina. It is not an empty talk. The British will never dare to have an armed conflict with China over the Hong Kong issue. This is much stronger than the Middle East, so I express my gratitude to you for slowing down investment in the Middle East. support."

"It's not that we don't want to help the development of our hometown, but that we are powerless. If a war breaks out in the Middle East, then the family investment will be in vain."

"There is no such problem in China. At least there will be no large-scale war in the next few decades. A country with nuclear weapons is itself a guarantee. And I don't know if you have paid attention to Chinese workers. Of course, I mean the most Ordinary construction workers.”

After hearing my father introduce the family history and analyze the political situation, why did he start talking about Chinese workers again, and they were ordinary construction workers? What kind of operation is this? It's not even close to each other. Could it be that he is really a bit old and confused, but it doesn't look like it.

Michael Kadoorie: "Our hotel only has some service staff from mainland China. They are very obedient and work extremely hard. They are much better than the waiters here in Xiangjiang."

"But I really don't know much about ordinary construction workers. After all, most Chinese workers in Xiangjiang go to Heiyun Town to work. They basically don't come out and are out of reach of outsiders."

Rowlands-Kadoorie was pleased to hear that his son knew something. Although I don’t know what the construction workers are like, I at least know the status of the service staff in my hotel.

Rowlands-Kadoorie: "This time I went to China Mainland and I was deeply impressed. The top management of China Mainland is very ambitious in reform, and there will definitely be many opportunities in the future. Of course, this is just a national policy, but you know what!"

"Ordinary workers in China are the foundation for development. Not to mention the local employees in mainland China. Even the workers in Heiyun Town in Xiangjiang only earn about 30% of what they earn here in Xiangjiang. And they work hard and never look for trouble! They are really not dumplings. Xuan is deliberately squeezing it, after all, this is already much higher than domestic income."

"But you saw Vietnamese people taking to the streets to cause trouble, and have you read any reports about mainland Chinese workers?"

"Because they come here just to work and make money; they don't think much about anything else. Mainland China has a population of more than 1 billion. If there are 200 million such workers, then what the country wants to do will not be accomplished."

"China will definitely be able to develop in the future, and its GDP will not be the largest in the world, but it will definitely be ranked in the top three. By then, do you still think 50 five-star hotels are still many? Don't be fooled by appearances. See the essence of things. Even though Bao Zixuan is young, he is much better than you in this aspect."

"Although our Kadoorie family is very famous in Hong Kong, we don't have many friends at all; no one can count on us at critical moments. The same goes for Bao Zixuan. Since the split of Bao Huodong Mining Company, his contacts with Chinese tycoons have become more Less. Our two families can definitely cooperate, and this is something that is beneficial to both parties."

Jiang is still old and spicy, even if he doesn't accept his father's analysis.

Michael Kadoorie: "My father means that as long as it is a five-star hotel above Hutchison Plaza, the family will participate in the investment."

After hearing his son's words, Rowlands Kadoorie thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Bao Zixuan is only the largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa \u0026 Co.; most of the remaining half of the shares are held by Black Cloud employees."

"After the Hong Kong Bank acquisition crisis is over, Hutchison Whampoa will definitely make big moves. With so many employees in Heiyun, if we don't make the business bigger, it won't be in line with Bao's character. This guy knows how to divide money and is better than us."

"Bao Zixuan will never cheat its own employees, so we must keep up. We can use the family's funds in Swiss banks when necessary, and we must not give other competitors a chance."

Hearing that his father wanted to use funds from Swiss banks was something Michael Kadoorie never expected. After all, this is the family's life-saving money, and it can also be said to be the family's last trump card; it will not be used easily.

In fact, Lawrence Kadoorie said this because he wanted to give Michael Kadoorie confidence. Let him do it boldly and without any scruples; it can be said that he has good intentions!