The Industrial Giant Reborn

Time soon came to October, and the weather in Hong Kong began to cool down, just like Hong Kong's economy.

Although the auction of the land king more than a month ago stimulated housing prices and stock prices, the fundamental problem still cannot be solved, that is, a large number of ordinary people can no longer afford housing. There are a lot of houses in the city, and the houses consume too much money, which will definitely affect other investments.

However, there are still several large companies that are constantly pushing up the housing prices. Although the transaction prices of some auctions held by the Hong Kong government are not as good as before, they are still quite strong.

The most special thing is the Carrian Group owned by Hong Kong's upstart Chen Songqing. It keeps buying various large-scale properties, and the transaction price is much higher than the market price. Like "Landmark", the two of them are known as the Hong Kong real estate market. "Big Friend".

"Dong dong dong" there was a knock on the door of the office of Hehuang Building.

"Come in." Chen Zhiwen looked up and saw that it was Ma Shiming who he had recently recruited personally.

As a time traveler, what Chen Zhiwen is good at is guiding the company's development direction, and what he lacks is the company's direct management. Therefore, recruiting the most powerful managers is one of the musts for the company to grow bigger, that is, the working emperor of later generations.

In a society, there are many talents that can be born. In the original history, Ma Shiming, who was able to be favored by Li Jiacheng and directly invited him to be He Huang's class, was the talent Chen Zhiwen had always wanted to obtain. In his previous life, He Huang was in his hands The achievements are also obvious to all.

Of course, there are other working emperors, such as Huo Jianning, He Huang's next big class in the previous life, who is still very young, but he was also found by Chen Zhiwen. Under the secret arrangement, he was also recruited to He Huang and became his assistant one.

As for Ma Shiming, he could directly create value for him now, so Chen Zhiwen personally interviewed him and granted him the status of vice president of Hutchison Huang, who was specifically in charge of Hutchison Huang's port business.

"Chen Sheng, good morning, this is my preliminary port investment business plan, please have a look." Ma Shiming handed the prepared materials to Chen Zhiwen, and said: "Currently Hutchison has accepted the berth of Wharf, and currently the berth of Kwai Chung is We own 2 and a half of the 5 piers, half of which are joint ventures with Swire. I have also consulted them, but they are not willing to sell.

The Hong Kong government has not yet planned to develop the sixth berth, and the mainland has only one Shekou terminal at present. Therefore, our port needs to expand overseas, and the investment targets I choose are some relatively developed berths in Asia. good country. "

"Why don't you choose Europe and the United States? The consumption power in these places is stronger, right? Don't the docks rely on consumption power?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Basically, the main commodities of the docks in any place in the world are daily necessities. After all, civilian goods, It is the largest market in the world. Even for chemical industry, most of its ultimate purpose is for daily civilian use.

Ma Shiming replied: "Europe and the United States do have a large market, and the port infrastructure is also very stable. If we buy it, we can directly operate it. But again, while the risk is low, the income is also low. We can only maintain the previous operation or make it a little bit better. Moreover, in the past few years, the labor unions in European and American ports have often gone on strike. It is not beneficial for us to acquire such companies.

But Southeast Asia is different. Although they are also very poor, they have a large population. Moreover, under the current globalization model, Europe, the United States and Japan have begun to transfer their low-end industries and polluting industries to these countries. They want to take over these industries. What they need most It is the port, otherwise exports will be a problem, and if they take over these industries, their own economy will also develop, and the demand for external commodities will also increase.

In addition, labor costs in these places are lower than those in Hong Kong, and the requirements for technology are not very high, which is in our interests. "

"It's very reasonable, but there is no guarantee that there will be cases against foreign capital in these places. How do you plan to deal with it?" Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

The current Hutchison has already begun to cash out its various Hong Kong properties on a large scale, plus the huge funds it once earned in the gold futures market, the investment in the mainland alone will not consume much. 1 billion US dollars is invested, but in fact, 100 million US dollars is not needed, and it is still paid in installments.

Under such circumstances, so much money cannot be put in the bank to earn interest. Therefore, after recruiting Ma Shiming, Chen Zhiwen prepared to start investing in overseas port business. After all, this was the most stable business under Li Jiacheng.

The shipping market is prone to crises because too many shipyards can build a large number of ships within a few years, resulting in excessive global shipping capacity, but the ports are different. Although the number of global ports is not constant, the variables are very low , once there is a port in a place, it is unlikely that there will be a second one on the nearby 100-kilometer coastline. Even if the port is not enough, it will only continue to expand here.

Therefore, there will basically be no major problems in the port business, unless the location of the investment is not well chosen, but this possibility is very low. After all, the investment in the port is not a factory, and the local government must have its own opinions on the port. Even if foreign capital wants to invest, it has to cooperate with the government's plan, and under the government's plan, it is basically unlikely that there will be problems, unless the economic development of the region has not been able to develop, then all industries will fail.

But there are still risks, and that is the ZZ problem.

"Hong Kong is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Most countries don't dare to do anything about it, but boss, you have reasonable considerations, so I plan to bring some British-funded groups in Hong Kong to participate, such as the Swire Group." Ma Shiming replied.

"It's okay to cooperate with Swire, but are you sure the Commonwealth still has such a big influence?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile. Whether it is Ma Shiming or many British people in Hong Kong, they still like to indulge in the prestige of the British Empire for decades. At this point, even decades later, many people still think so.

"Then we can also introduce some American capital. I heard that Boss knows a lot of people in the United States. It is better to introduce a small amount of their capital. In this way, our risk is much smaller." Ma Shiming naturally understood what Chen Zhiwen meant.

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter. You separate the overseas port business, and then split the shares. I will introduce some American capital." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that there will be no problem with the future port business between Hong Kong and the mainland. And the income is very high, so there is no need to be independent.