On Wednesday afternoon, Li Guangyu and Gan Qinglin walked together into the hall where the Xiangjiang government held a land auction. Since '77, Heung Kong has survived the economic turmoil caused by the stock market crisis of '73. Nowadays, Hong Kong has entered a new round of rapid development, and the real estate industry has also ushered in a vigorous development. Its housing prices have risen by 30% compared to 77 years, which has also attracted many families to enter the real estate industry, and every land auction in Xiangjiang has also caused fierce competition among major real estate companies.

In the auction hall, Li Guangyu saw some acquaintances, Li Ka-shing came, Lee Shau-kee also arrived, and Lin Baixin actually came to join in the fun. Also there were Hu Yinxiang of Harmony Industries, Chen Zengxi of Hang Lung Properties, Cheng Yutong of New World Group, and Kwok Tak-shing of Sun Hung Kai. At the same time, there are some medium-sized real estate companies and companies affiliated with several major foreign banks, and Li Guangyu does not know much.

Li Guangyu came to sit next to Li Ka-shing and asked, "Uncle Li, which place did Cheung Kong take a fancy to today?"

Li Ka-shing said to Li Guangyu: "Guangyu, our company is ready to choose one of the two plots in Kowloon and Central for next year's commercial development project. ”

When Li Guangyu heard that Li Ka-shing also took a fancy to the plot in Central, he knew that it would not be easy to win the plot in Central today. said to Li Ka-shing: "Uncle Li, I came this time to the land in Central, and I am going to buy it to build my company's group headquarters." ”

As soon as Li Ka-shing heard that Li Guangyu wanted the land in Central, he immediately knew that there was no hope for Cheung Kong Industrial in Central, so he said to Li Guangyu: "Guangyu, since you want the land in Central, I will not fight with you.

"Uncle Li, there is no way to give the Yangtze River infrastructure this project, I have already ceded the Kowloon Construction Industry to the Lei family, this is as a condition for Lei Sheng to transfer his theater to me. ”

Li Ka-shing didn't say anything on this issue when he saw that the project was not working, and then chatted with Li Guangyu about the Tin Shui Wai Industrial Park.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the auction officially began, and the auctioneer walked up to the stage and said: "Welcome to this auction, I hope you can win your favorite goals in this auction." ”

The auctioneer continued, "The first lot of the day is a mansion with an area of more than 3,000 square feet in Deep Water Bay, with a starting price of 2 million. ”

Li Guangyu is not interested in a mansion at present, he is currently very satisfied with his family's residence, and there is no need to buy a mansion, and this mansion is not too big, and in the future, Li Guangyu will find a way to buy a piece of land on the top of the Taiping Peak with the head of the He family to build it himself.

In the end, the mansion was won by a medium-sized family for three and a half million.

After the auction of several luxury properties one after another, noon entered the focus of the day.

The first site, located in Sham Shui Po, with an area of about 50,000 square feet, was sold by Hang Lung Properties for $45 million. The second parcel in Mong Kok, with an area of about 78,000 square feet, was acquired by Cheung Kong for 62 million.

"The following auction is a land parcel of about 76,000 square feet located on Des Voeux Road in Central. The starting price is 30 million, please bid!" said the auctioneer.

After Li Guangyu heard what the auctioneer said, he immediately bid 35 million, and the Chinese-funded consortium saw Li Guangyu's bid, and those who were able to compete did not plan to buy the land in Central. Therefore, after Li Guangyu made a bid, several major real estate companies on the Chinese-funded side did not participate in the bidding. At this time, several major foreign banks didn't seem to want Li Guangyu to get this land so easily, and Niu Bijian, chairman of Jardine Matheson Group, directly bid 40 million.

Li Guangyu didn't know what Niu Bijian thought, so he had to get along with him, Li Guangyu immediately shouted 41 million, and Jardine Matheson immediately quoted 45 million.

When other Chinese-funded consortia and several major foreign companies saw that Li Guangyu and Jardine Matheson were on the bar, they did not participate and watched the play quietly on the side.

Lee Kong Woo immediately quoted 46 million, and Jardine Matheson Group subsequently increased the price to 47 million, and the price rose to 65 million under the rise of the two companies, which is far beyond the market land resale price.

Li Guangyu felt that he didn't offend Jardine, why did he get on the bar with himself, Li Guangyu then directly increased the price by 5 million and quoted 70 million.

At this time, Chairman Jardine Matheson saw Li Guangyu's angry face and showed a smile, the reason why Niu Bijian wanted to fight Li Guangyu on this land was not because Jardine wanted the land of Central. But he doesn't want Li Guangyu to get this land easily, who calls Li Guangyu a shareholder of Cheung Kong Industrial, Niu Bijian just doesn't want Li Guangyu to get this land easily. Now that I see Li Guangyu's offer of 70 million, I have not increased the price again.

Subsequently, several pieces of land were auctioned by Henderson Land, Sun Hung Kai Group, and New World Group, and the whole auction ended successfully.

Li Guangyu accompanied Gan Qinglin back to the International Building and presided over a high-level meeting of Starlight Real Estate. After announcing the company's acquisition of the land in Central, the company's design department was arranged to come up with the design plan of the headquarters building, and contacted Kowloon Construction to enter the site as soon as possible, so as to be officially put into use on January 1, 1981. At the same time, the design department will be arranged to plan and design the commercial development of Tin Shui Wai to ensure that the development can be carried out smoothly in the coming year.

Later, Li Guangyu talked with Gan Qinglin alone in the office.

"Qinglin, at present, Xingyu Game Company in the International Building, Tianyu Investment Company, and now Xingguang Real Estate Group, the office on this floor is already very crowded, I plan to let you move out and find a new office location, so as to leave enough space for the game company to use. ”

"Okay, Chairman, I'll find a new office space. Gan Qinglin replied.

On October 20, Li Guangyu came to the Kowloon Bus Company to learn how the company had prepared for the bus routes in Tin Shui Wai.

"Qingya, how is the company's current line design from Tin Shui Wai to Tsuen Wan, Tai Po and other places. Lee asked Kwok Ching-nga, general manager of Kowloon Motor Bus.

"Chairman, at present, our company has planned three bus routes, starting from our industrial park, to connect Tin Shui Wai and the traffic in the city center. ”

"Will the company be able to open the industrial park when it is completed?"

"Our company plans to start operation in December, with fewer operating vehicles in the initial stage, and we will gradually increase the investment in operating vehicles with the increase in passenger flow in the later stage. ”

Li Guangyu was very happy to know that the company was able to operate several lines to Tin Shui Wai in advance, which would be of great benefit to its subsequent commercial development. Li Guangyu immediately encouraged: "Qingya, you are currently leading the Kowloon Bus Corporation, and I will consider transferring you to a platform that can better demonstrate your abilities at a suitable opportunity in the future." ”

"Rest assured, Chairman, I will manage the company well. Guo Qingya replied happily.

Lee Kwong Yu and Kwok Ching-nga then inspected various departments of Kowloon Motor Bus and learned more about their work.