The Industrial Giant Reborn

"I mainly stayed in the United States during this time, so it's more comfortable to return to Hong Kong." After returning home, Chen Zhiwen stretched his waist and said with a smile.

In the past two or three months, he basically stayed in the United States when it came to cashing out of gold futures investment and the subsequent industrial layout in the United States. He only came back a few times in the middle to learn about the business development in Hong Kong. All aspects have basically been stabilized, and the existing business and management teams can solve almost all problems by themselves. In fact, there are some urgent businesses, and the relevant personnel from Hong Kong also go to the United States to report face-to-face.

Although all the five-star presidential suites in the United States are lived in, they are still not as comfortable as at home. Especially last month, New York City ushered in a severe cold snap, the temperature dropped by 20 degrees Celsius, and he almost caught a cold up.

"In the future, if you have an airplane, it will be much more convenient for you to travel back and forth to the United States." Chen Tianfu sat down beside him, and said with a smile, "It's just a few hundred million to buy an airplane. If Hong Kong knows about this, it may be another big news."

"It doesn't matter, they will know sooner or later." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said, such a big private jet, everywhere is a news node, Chen Zhiwen doesn't care, now, it's time for him to show off his strength everywhere, watches, Luxury cars are nothing, such a big plane is the best silent evidence, and there is that 80-meter-long super cruise ship, but the cruise ship is only for amateurs, it is impossible to travel around the world, but there is no plane Give people the shock.

"That's right. There is one more thing I didn't tell you before. I want your uncle to come to Hong Kong for fun. He is a domestic cadre. Isn't it inconvenient to come to my place?" Chen Tianfu said.

"It shouldn't matter, I'll just talk to Xinhua News Agency." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

"That's good. In fact, if he didn't want to leave the country, I would like to bring his family to Hong Kong." Chen Tianfu said.

"Everyone has his own aspirations. My uncle aspires to serve the people in the mainland. It is more important for him to realize his own value. Otherwise, even if he comes to Hong Kong, his material life will be better." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, everyone should There are pursuits, but most ordinary people can't think too much because of the pressure of survival, and can only survive for making money, but if it is true that wealth and freedom are not short of money, but there is no goal, then life will be meaningless.

When I was in China before, I talked with my uncle several times. He could feel that Chen Tianshou really wanted to do something for ordinary people. Worry about food.

"Yeah, I've told him many times, he just doesn't want to live and die, and he was not willing to come before, saying that he was afraid of being fascinated by Hong Kong's colorful society." Chen Tianfu smiled and said, the past six months During this time, he has actually been to the mainland several times.

"If you don't come to Hong Kong, how can you know how good Hong Kong is?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "Let him see the colorful world of Hong Kong, and then he will know that this is the goal that China will pursue in the future."

"The point of view of your idea is quite good." Chen Tianfu nodded and said, "Then I'll make a call at night, just wondering if he can go away from his work for a while."

"Don't worry, if you can't leave, there will naturally be other people who can do it. You think our investment there is for nothing." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

In fact, my father still doesn't know how much attention is paid to enterprises that can earn foreign exchange in China today. After the reform, if they want to develop the economy quickly, a lot of equipment needs to be imported, and a lot of talents need to be sent overseas for study. A large amount of foreign exchange funds is needed, and the domestic export resources are not enough at all, and because they dare not take big steps, the domestic government also rejected the high loan proposed by France.

Although his current investment in China, including those in Shekou, Tianjin, and Yanjing, is only five to six million US dollars in monthly exports, this figure has already surpassed many provinces without resources. But this is actually just the beginning. Some domestic departments that specialize in external affairs are aware of Chen Zhiwen's influence in electronics and retail.

"By the way, there is one thing I almost forgot to tell you. Your uncle has been transferred to Yanjing, and he has several positions to choose from." Chen Tianfu said again.

"It's as expected. It's fine to go to Yanjing, and it will be more convenient for us to go to the mainland in the future." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In fact, everyone knows the domestic intentions.

"One more thing. Once I went to the mainland, some officials with other identities also came to me and said that they wanted us to invest in enterprises such as cashmere processing factories. I didn't care about it at the time, but now I think about it. Not interested?" Chen Tianfu asked again.

"Let's talk about this. I think I will go to the mainland again in a while." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said that velvet products are actually very popular in Europe and the United States, and they can be sold at a good price, especially because domestic procurement costs are far away. It is lower than foreign countries, and the profit is still quite high.

However, the so-called high profits are only about hundreds of thousands of dollars a month. Galaxy Trade naturally doesn't care much, but it is different in China. It turns out that the fluff on ducks and geese can also earn foreign exchange. This is for those who are trying to earn foreign exchange. For domestic officials, it is the easiest way, but they have no export channels.

"That's okay, you can figure it out? We can also get some benefits from it, and it can help the country earn foreign exchange, and it can also give ordinary people more income. It is a business that kills three birds with one stone. If we can do it, we should do more." Chen Tianfu nodded and said.

"Don't worry, this fluffy business is just a drop in the bucket for my future investment in the Mainland." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Last year, his main funds were in the gold market. The mainland has just reopened. Many policies have not yet started, and it is not suitable for large-scale investment. (Except for Shekou), it is estimated that the scale was relatively large in the past year.

Now, a large amount of returns from gold futures have already arrived in the account, and after a year, the country has a better understanding of foreign investment, and has a much clearer understanding of the international situation, and will pay more attention to foreign investment, especially Hong Kong capital, this gave me a great opportunity.

"That's fine, but you shouldn't force the investment, at least you can get back the capital, otherwise it won't last at all." Chen Tianfu said.

"Don't worry, when have you ever seen my investment lose money?" Chen Zhiwen said confidently. The domestic opportunities in the 1980s were indeed not as good as those in the 1990s, but there were still a lot of gold investments. At this time, the country lacked capital and overseas funds. The time period when you dare not enter the market. The history of later generations proves that those who invest at this time basically don’t know how many times they have earned blood. Many of them are projects that cannot be obtained even if they have money, and they are also real. able to contribute to domestic development.

The next day, Chen Zhiwen came to Hutchison Building. At the same time, several senior executives from Galaxy and Wharf also came here to hold a high-level meeting on local business in Hong Kong.

"Everyone, Chinese New Year is coming soon. On behalf of Hutchison and Xinghe Group, I would like to express my gratitude to all of you. Thank you for your contributions to the company over the years." Before the meeting even started, Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. At the same time, An assistant handed over envelopes with names to everyone on the scene one by one.

Everyone received the envelopes, but because of the environment at the scene, no one opened what was inside. Seeing this, Chen Zhiwen said: "Everyone, open it and have a look."

After the boss spoke, everyone opened the envelope in front of them. Inside was a check. Many people's expressions changed a little, obviously a surprise.

"Okay, let's officially start the meeting." Chen Zhiwen went on to say, just like the senior management of Costco, Chen Zhiwen also gave some rewards to the senior management in Hong Kong. house that can.

In addition to Galaxy and Hutchison, the same is true for Midea and Red Bull, and even all employees of all companies will receive an additional 2-3 months' salary bonus. But even so, these rewards are just a drop in the bucket of recent profits.

The meeting officially started. The current Hutchison and Galaxy are still implementing the development plan formulated by Chen Zhiwen at the beginning. With the real estate industry as the core, they will fully develop their own land and cooperate with other companies to develop, but they are all short-term projects. Figure to achieve rapid capital turnover.

In the current period when the real estate market is at its peak, he is a fool. As long as he has the courage, he can make money, even more than those who work hard to do business.

With the funds and enough trust from Chen Zhiwen, the two companies benefited a lot last year. Hutchison Huang’s net profit exceeded 470 million Hong Kong dollars, and Galaxy Real Estate gained 210 million Hong Kong dollars. As for Galaxy Trading, the results were even more conspicuous. Leading dozens of large supermarket chains around the world, throughout 1979, Xinghe Trading received orders exceeding 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, and its net profit was as high as more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars.

Wharf is a little bit worse. After all, it has just been acquired, and the main energy in the early stage was to improve the construction of Harbor City. After the opening of Harbor City in early 1979, Wharf also began to devote its energy to developing its own land. It took more than half a year , The profit is also more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, but the construction of Harbor City owed a lot of loans before, and this money is mainly used to repay the loan and prepare for the project in 1980.

The annual net income of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars has made Hutchison and Xinghe the top consortia in Hong Kong. If the two groups are listed companies, their market value will definitely not be lower than that of the entire Jardine family. It is estimated that only Hong Kong's quasi-bank HSBC can surpass it. up.

"Very good, then next year everyone will focus on real estate business, but unless you can get the core location in Central, or some land with special value, then all business will be mainly for sale, not for self-retention." After listening to the reports from several companies, Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Although real estate is not as important as technology companies in his mind, knowing the future, the ability to absorb money is too strong, especially before the real estate crisis in 1982. For example, in the original history, Hutchison Huang, controlled by Li Jiacheng, The annual net profit is as high as 1.13 billion Hong Kong dollars. This huge profit makes Hutchison’s market value as high as 9.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. One of the richest men in the world, gradually began to sit on an equal footing with the shipping tycoon Bao Yugang.

In other words, in the next three years of 80/81/82, the real estate market in Hong Kong will be even crazier. As long as you pay attention to it in 1982, the profits will definitely surpass Midea's arcade machines.

However, it is limited to the small market of arcade machines. If Midea can play a leading role in the field of home game consoles, the high profits of the world's popular civilian products can easily crush Hong Kong's real estate market.

"Understood." Everyone nodded and replied, and then, Wharf General Manager Zhao Lilin said: "Chen Sheng, there is one more thing, I negotiated with Zhou Sheng and Xu Sheng to acquire the Kowloon Bus. Small shareholders and the stock market acquired about 32% of the shares. It seems that several people in the market have discovered the abnormality. They are also hoarding KMB shares, which increases the difficulty of our acquisition. The three of us discussed For a moment, I think it’s better to make an official announcement, and directly purchase shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a high price. In this way, as long as the speed is fast enough, the cost will be less than if it has been delayed like this.”

"Now the Hong Kong government has revised the proportion of stocks that trigger the tender offer. When it reaches 35%, it will trigger a general tender offer. Are you planning to fully acquire KMB?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, we have this plan, but once we make a public acquisition, the stock price of KMB will inevitably rise sharply, which will consume more of our funds." Zhao Lilin said.

"It doesn't matter. If you buy it, of course there will be a premium. You can buy it directly at a higher discounted price. Don't worry too much about the money." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently.

Compared with the appreciation of the real estate market in Hong Kong, the longer the delay, the higher the price of the land owned by KMB may be.