We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

For the next week or so, Su Cheng spent most of his time relaxing and unwinding, except for a few hours he set aside to privately discuss the development plan for Macao with Governor Izidy.

Macao wasn't large, and in this era, it was even smaller than the Macao he knew from his previous life, so there weren't many places to go for a vacation.

However, traveling is essentially about going from a city you're tired of to a city others are tired of.

Enjoying the sea breeze, looking at the scenery, even playing a few hands at the Lisboa Hotel, and occasionally inspecting the various branch offices, the days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was already October 25th.

At noon, after lunch, Su Cheng and the others got into the car and headed to the pier.

Having stayed here for over ten days, this was the longest Su Cheng had ever stayed here.

In the past, he would usually come and stay for a day or two before returning, so this time he broke his record.

It was time to return to Hong Kong.

Originally, Ah Jiao and the others wanted to continue playing here for a few more days, but Su Cheng had matters to attend to in Hong Kong, so they had to return.

A little over an hour later, Su Cheng and the others returned to the Central Pier.

Back at Central Pier, Su Cheng wasn't in a hurry to go home, simply instructing the other two cars to take Chingmy Yau, Ah Jiao, and Amy Yip back to the Su family villa.

As for Su Cheng, his car headed directly towards the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Hung Hom.

The destination was the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal, a dozen kilometers away.

Berth No. 4 at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal belonged to Hutchison Whampoa Limited.

Berth No. 1, on the other hand, belonged to Wharf Group.

Currently, five berths at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal were already in use.

Among them, the first container terminal, "Berth No. 1," was completed in 1972.

In December 1973, Kwai Chung Section 4 (Berths 4 and 6) was granted through land exchange.

Therefore, among the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, two currently in use were related to Su Cheng, with Hutchison Whampoa holding full usage rights to Berth No. 4.

As for Berth No. 1, since it belonged to Wharf Group, and Su Cheng was the second-largest shareholder of Wharf Group, this berth was also related to him.

Today, the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal had already become the largest terminal in Hong Kong, with ships coming and going every day.

In fact, there were already signs that it wasn't enough.

Therefore, the government already had plans to reclaim land at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal to build more container berths.

The Rolls-Royce smoothly drove directly into the terminal.

Sitting in the car, Su Cheng could see that the entire Berth No. 4 was a hive of activity.

Container trucks, cranes, forklifts, and other construction vehicles were constantly busy on the terminal.

The car eventually arrived at a berth.

Zhang Qizheng came up to greet him as he got out of the car.

"Boss, this is the first cargo ship carrying the equipment. The second and third ships will arrive in Hong Kong successively in the next two days," Zhang Qizheng said, pointing to a giant ship docked at the pier.

Su Cheng nodded and carefully examined the giant ship in front of him.

The Dali Logistics Company logo was on the ship, indicating that this was a cargo ship of Dali Logistics Company.

Dali Logistics Company was Su Cheng's logistics and shipping enterprise, which had gradually taken over many large ships from Global Shipping Group over the past year or so, offering excellent value for money.

That's right, after more than a month, all the production equipment from Austin Motors' several factories in the UK had been packed up and shipped back.

In addition, the research and development equipment of Austin and Jaguar had also been brought over.

Besides that, it also included a portion of the Jaguar car production line.

Due to the restrictions of the agreement, Jaguar Cars' headquarters could not be moved to Hong Kong.

However, setting up a branch factory in Hong Kong was still possible.

Therefore, the Jaguar production line that was shipped over this time was all new.

As early as a week ago, Zhang Qizheng had already discussed it with the Lands Department.

In the end, Su Cheng's planned automotive industrial park would be located in the Tai Lam and Siu Lam areas of Tuen Mun.

Although this place belonged to Tuen Mun, it had many advantages.

First of all, in terms of distance, it was much closer to the urban area than the oil base, and it was also a neighbor of Tsuen Wan, making it very convenient to travel to and from the urban area.

Secondly, it was close to the sea. Although it couldn't build super-large tonnage terminals, it could still build medium and large-sized terminals. After acquiring this piece of land, he could build his own car transportation terminal.

Moreover, it was only a dozen or twenty kilometers away from the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal. Even if the export volume was large in the future and his own terminal wasn't enough, he could still export through the Kwai Tsing Terminal.

Most importantly, this place had not yet been developed, and the vast majority of the land belonged to the government.

In the end, this southeasternmost piece of land in Tuen Mun was acquired by Tianyuan Investment Company at market price.

Thanks to the care of Governor Murray MacLehose, the Lands Department took only half a day to obtain this piece of land, which was a full 1.28 million square meters.

There were several small villages nearby, with small populations.

In addition, the land sold by the government to Tianyuan Investment Company belonged to the government's own land, so even demolition was saved.

As long as the entire piece of land was leveled, construction could begin.

Unlike the factory buildings in the industrial park in Macao, the requirements for car factory buildings were not high, and in the early stages, even iron sheet houses could be built to cope.

However, Su Cheng certainly didn't intend to do this, after all, he didn't lack factory buildings now, he only lacked such a large and connected piece of land.

Therefore, after discussion, the car manufacturing equipment and research and development equipment that were shipped from the UK would be temporarily transported to a factory area in Kwun Tong.

Kwun Tong would also become the starting area for Hong Kong's automotive industry.

After the automotive industrial park in Tuen Mun was built, all the equipment would be moved to Tuen Mun as a whole.

As for the industrial factory buildings in Kwun Tong, they naturally had their own good use.

"In addition, a portion of Austin and Jaguar's employees have also arrived in Hong Kong in batches. Although a large portion of them refused to come, we can cultivate local Hong Kong automotive industry employees through the leadership of this group of British employees in the later stages. In addition, we are also using Sanyo Headhunting Company to poach talents from automotive powerhouses such as Dongying, America, Germany, and Italy. Hong Kong's automotive industry will become more and more perfect," Zhang Qizheng continued to introduce.

"Do you have a target for the person in charge?" Su Cheng asked.

Su Cheng had great expectations for this Hong Kong Automotive Group, so he definitely needed a capable automotive professional to lead the development of this automotive group.

"Mr. Liu from Sanyo Headhunting Company is currently in Germany, preparing to poach a well-known senior vice president from Volkswagen. Since Hong Kong is a desert for the automotive industry, the top automotive managers will not come at all, so we can only settle for second best. This senior vice president is also very capable, but he is still too young, only in his thirties. Mr. Liu and I are both very optimistic about his car management ability," Zhang Qizheng replied.

(End of this chapter)