The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chapter 176 Returning to Hong Kong - Dad's Ambition

On December 19, 1975, a large Boeing 747 aircraft hovered over Hong Kong for nearly an hour before landing at Kai Tak Airport.

Hutchison Whampoa had already arranged for a pick-up person, but they were not sent to the company, but to the Chen family's villa in Repulse Bay.

This renovated villa is currently the place where Chen's family lives. After entering the gate, there is a small garden. Two gardeners are cleaning up the sundries in the garden. When they saw Chen Zhiwen, they all waved.

"Chen Sheng, let me get the things?" A housekeeper came up and said.

"Thank you, John." Chen Zhiwen handed the suitcase in his hand to a 50-year-old British ghost who spoke.

Although to a large extent, Chen Zhiwen looks down on the large number of British ghosts in Hong Kong, but in any case, Hong Kong is still under the rule of the British, and he still needs to contact many British people in the future. Therefore, Chen Zhiwen also deliberately looked for A standard British aristocratic butler to guide myself on what to do and what not to do.

As for learning the aristocratic etiquette of the British? That is naturally impossible.

On the other hand, some British culture is not completely useless. These aristocratic butlers are still very capable in arranging life. In Hong Kong, there are actually many wealthy Chinese who also like to hire such people.

Of course, many Chinese also have a special kind of arrogance and let the British guys work for them. Recently, this topic is often discussed in the Hong Kong media. If you work part-time by yourself, you can satisfy yourself by looking for some special streets.

"It's quite heavy." John took the suitcase, but he didn't expect it to be so heavy, and almost lost his waist.

"Take this bag. There are wheels underneath, so you can pull it." Chen Zhiwen pulled out a bag from the front of the suitcase and said with a smile.

In fact, Chen Zhiwen discovered a small thing a few years ago, that is, the luggage of this era is different from the later generations in that it does not have a pull rod, but is pulled by a rope in front. But because at that time my main energy was still in the electronics industry and Red Bull, as well as the subsequent layout of real estate and acquisitions and records, I forgot it after a long time.

"Sorry, I actually knew it, but I didn't expect your suitcase to be so heavy." John said apologetically.

"There are some red wines from friends in here, so it's a bit heavier." Chen Zhiwen said, he took them all the way along the way, and of course he didn't care about the weight.

"Okay, then I'll put the red wine in the underground wine cellar." John said, then pulled the suitcase and walked towards the other side.

"Awen, you're back." Seeing her son, Wu Xiuling immediately put down a raccoon cat in her hand, and said with a smile, "Do you want something to eat?"

"No, it's all on the plane. I'll just go get a bottle of mineral water." Chen Zhiwen smiled, walked to the sofa, and asked, "Where's Dad? Did you go to the company?"

"No, it should be upstairs?" Wu Xiuling pointed to it and said.

"Okay, I'll go up there." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, without a mobile phone, the family can only know the approximate time of his return, so naturally it is impossible to wait at the door all the time, so they can do whatever they want.

"What do you want to eat tonight?" Wu Xiuling then asked.

Chen Zhiwen said: "Cook something lighter? Green vegetables, lettuce, seaweed soup, etc. You can just cook two kinds of meat dishes."

Laomei’s technology is indeed good, but the food is what Chen Zhiwen really complained about. Vegetables are mainly steamed with olive oil and seasonings, or vegetable salads. The taste is not bad, especially in big hotels, but eating After a long time, Chen Zhiwen became very uncomfortable.

Walking to the balcony on the third floor, Chen Tianfu was dozing off. The movement behind him seemed to wake him up. He turned to see his son, and quickly pulled out the chair next to him, saying, "Come on, sit for a while." , the sun here is quite comfortable, and the scenery is not bad.”

"Just this scenery, I've been looking at it for almost half a year, isn't it not bad?" Chen Zhiwen smiled and sat down.

"You can never get tired of seeing the sea view. When you have the opportunity to go to the deep sea to see it." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

"Yes, my cruise ship can also go to the deep sea, as long as it is not too far away." Chen Zhiwen said, although the cruise ship he bought before was not as big as the super-large type of later generations, it was still small and well-equipped with all internal organs. There are still such safety facilities. It is no problem to go to the deep sea when avoiding bad weather, but because of the voyage, you can’t go too far. It is safest to go around the coastline.

"Forget it, I've been so busy recently that I've been going crazy. You just came back from the United States today, so it's rare for me to give myself half a day off." Chen Tianfu said.

Chen Zhiwen asked, "Are you so busy?"

"Of course, your Hutchison gave me 8 pieces of land at one time, plus a few projects I own, so I'm busy running around every day." Chen Tianfu said.

"You should also consider finding a professional manager. Why do you have to work so hard?" Chen Zhiwen said.

"Let's wait until this batch of projects is over, but I still have to find a professional manager to manage the company." Chen Tianfu said, "I'm different from you. You have so many companies under your control, so it's impossible to participate in the management. I'm just one of them." , if I don’t care, what do you do every day? Sunshine?”

"Okay, it's good to have a little leisure time." Chen Zhiwen didn't force it. For many people, work has become a habit. If they stop suddenly, they really have nothing to do. The pursuit of life may be gone. Many people continue to work after retirement. Making money is one aspect, but on the other hand, there must be something to do. Otherwise, people are easy to lose, let alone the boss of a company.

"Did your trip to Europe and America go well this time?" Chen Tianfu continued to ask.

"Not bad, basically achieved my goal." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and then explained the general situation of the acquisition of Bitzer in Europe and the acquisition of 20% of Nike in the United States. As for Apple's 33.3% equity, there is no Having said that, it's not that I want to hide it from my family, but it's not necessary to say that I can't say that I believe that the market value of this company will be billions of dollars in the next few years.

"It's not bad. In this case, your plan for a ten-thousand-person industrial park can be further implemented." Chen Tianfu said.

Chen Zhiwen asked: "Dad, do you know about this?"

"Of course, many real estate companies in Hong Kong have come to me now, wanting to ask me where your industrial park is going to be built?" Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

"This group of people have really sharp noses, and they deserve to be in the real estate business." Chen Zhiwen smiled, and all of this was within his expectations. An industrial park that can directly provide tens of thousands of jobs will inevitably drive more people around. In the service industry, the number of people gathered can easily reach tens of thousands of people. Adding their family members, the number of radiated people may reach 1 to 2 points of the total population of Hong Kong. With so many groups, the demand for housing is also amazing , real estate companies will naturally be interested.

"You released this news for a purpose, right?" Chen Tianfu asked.

Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "Yes, but these purposes are also secondary. I really need to build a large-scale industrial park to meet the future needs of Midea, Red Bull and Anta Shoes. These demands are very large. It is not enough to rely on the current messy factory layout in Kowloon and Hung Hom, and it is prone to quality problems.”

Not to mention the importance of arcades, starting next year, Midea’s fans will need to increase in volume, even if they can only obtain a small part of the US market, the production volume may be in the millions, and the same is true for radios. The annual sales are easily a few million. Although the sales of refrigerators and air conditioners are not so scary, these are large items that require large-scale production lines to maintain the most efficient production. Industrial office buildings are simply not feasible.

Needless to say, Red Bull and Very Coke will grow exponentially in the future. The same is true for Anta, which produces sports shoes for Nike. You must know that in the original history, Nike’s sales increased by an average of 80% every year. In ten years, it overturned Adidas's number one throne.

No matter which factory, the demand will double in the next few years, and a large-scale and efficient industrial park is imperative. Fortunately, the current factory can still produce at full capacity, and it is no problem to meet the demand for the next year, so With a little buffer space, Chen Zhiwen decided to make this industrial park a bargaining chip.

"Actually, the most incredible thing to me is that you can actually make the factory industry into what it is now, or whether you still insist on opening the factory after you have achieved such achievements in the real estate industry, I don't know what to say It's gone." Chen Tianfu said in a deep voice.

"Low-end industries are far worse than real estate, but high-end ones are different." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "Everything I do is to make high-end, even if it is still low-end now, as long as I continue like this, sooner or later It will be high-end."

Red Bull is already considered high-end, but it is very cola. Its own characteristics are to take volume, and with the existence of Coca-Cola, it can only take the low-end route.

As for Midea, now it is mainly in the home appliance market and cannot go high-end, but when electronic computers start to explode, foreign giants are all on the same starting line, it is another matter, not to mention computers, even smart home appliances, Midea will also has a very strong advantage.

"Okay, those things of yours are too mysterious, I don't understand, hahaha." Chen Tianfu continued: "But there is another good news. Do you remember that you mentioned before that you asked me to collect funds from Hong Kong people at high interest rates?"

"Of course I remember? How much money did you gather?" Chen Zhiwen suddenly became interested. Although his industry is developing smoothly, it costs too much money. The only thing that can generate cash on a large scale is an arcade machine, or it is still there. Walmart stock keeps appreciating.

Out of consideration for future strategic goals, a lot of his funds must be invested to ensure that he can seize the opportunity to rise in the future by taking advantage of the opportunity of the mainland's reform and development. It is a pity for Hong Kong's real estate market, knowing how much it will double in a few years times, but there is not enough money to invest in it.

The price of acquiring Hutchison is naturally that the credit line of the Hong Kong bank has been severely reduced. In addition, the idea of ​​Wharf will be used in the future. For direct investment in real estate, there is not enough spare energy. Besides, investing in real estate in Hong Kong , the best way is to use other people's money.

"It's almost 150 million Hong Kong dollars, and it's all five-year. I rely on these funds to start 8 projects with Hutchison at the same time." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

"It's not bad. It seems that the people in Hong Kong are really rich." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, if you think about the huge scam Chen Songqing a few years later, you will be relieved. There are too many rich people in Hong Kong. Moreover, many wealthy people do not only invest in the stock market and real estate. Not everyone believes in the stock market and real estate. Many people will diversify their investments, so funds with high interest rates will naturally attract many people.

"So I'm going to play a little bigger." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

"Or high interest rates to absorb deposits?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, the logic of foreign inflation that you analyzed with me before will inevitably raise interest rates. I checked a lot of information, which makes sense. In addition, the mainland seems to be a little more open. The number of people coming to Hong Kong has been increasing, which shows that the mainland's control over this area seems to be less stringent than before. I will not talk about the domestic and overseas trade situation. As long as there are more and more people in Hong Kong, the real estate market will It will inevitably explode on a large scale." Chen Tianfu said excitedly.

"That's fine too. Daddy, you can do it boldly. You can borrow 1 billion without any problem." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

With the knowledge of the future real estate market, large-scale fundraising and then entering the real estate market will definitely not lose money, but other people dare not play like this. Even Li Jiacheng would be terrified if he really operated like this. Real estate, although it is more radical in the real estate market, most of them are smart people, and many of them are using other people's funds instead of their own.

"How dare you think, I thought that 500 million would be enough. One is that the risk is too high, and the second market may not be able to raise so much money. If it continues to increase, I'm afraid it will offend the bank." Chen Tianfu shook his head and said: "If I can get 500 million yuan in the market, plus Hutchison's resources, I will be sure to develop Hengyi into a company at the same level as the real estate five tigers, and I will go public when the time comes." Don't lose your face."

"One billion won't be a problem, it will take a little time." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In the history of Hong Kong, there is really no such large-scale fundraising. The spare funds in the Hong Kong market must be heavenly. Quantitative, of course, the premise is that Chen Zhiwen's name is famous enough, otherwise, raising funds will not be so easy, and the cost of dispelling trust will be very high.

"If there is a billion, that is really a huge number." Chen Tianfu couldn't help but change his face. The largest project of his company is only about 100 million, and it is only the total value. During the development process, These funds are all liquid, at most tens of millions.

"So it is not so easy to reach the level of the real estate five tigers. And the most important thing is to have real estate development capabilities, money is secondary." Chen Zhiwen said, although the real estate five tigers and Hutchison Huang and several others Dayang Bank is far behind, but its growth rate is very fast, especially after seizing the real estate market in the next few years, each of them has become a giant second only to the British-funded foreign firms, and even surpassed them in terms of market value. Ship king Bao Yugang's global voyage was suppressed.

"I still have some ability in this regard." Chen Tianfu said confidently.

"Actually, there is a shortcut." Chen Zhiwen said again: "Hong Kong subway."

"You mean to compete for property development near the subway station?" Chen Tianfu naturally understood what his son meant.

"Yes, the movement of people is the core of real estate, and the subway is the most important thing. There are precedents for this point in other developed cities. I am sure that the properties near the subway will be the most popular in Hong Kong in the future. "Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

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