In September, Xiangjiang is still hot and hot, early in the morning, Yao Mingcheng has been waiting for Xu Zhi at the gate of Taikoo Shing Community, now, Xu Zhi is worth more than 10 million, is already one of his most important clients, more importantly, the other party is still very young, lock in a growing client, is the favorite of all lawyers.

"Sorry, it's late. Xu Zhi opened the car door and sat in.

Yao Mingcheng smiled: "It's okay, it's not hot if there is an air conditioner in the car anyway." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "Is the appointment made?"

Yao Mingcheng nodded and said, "It's already an appointment, let's leave now, Xu Sheng, you fasten your seat belt." ”

Even if you sit in the back seat, it is safety first, and the law may not stipulate that the back seat must be tied, but life is your own, not the law.

Xiangjiang is one of the densest cities in the world, but there are very few traffic jams. In later generations there were many different brick homes that came out to explain: what public transportation is convenient, orderly, and elevated.

But in fact, they are all secondary reasons, and the real reason is very simple: the cost of using a car is too high.

Buying a car in Xiangjiang is not expensive, but there is a registration tax for every car purchase:

A car of 150,000 yuan, registration tax of 60,000 yuan

A car of 500,000 yuan has to pay a tax of 400,000 yuan

The more expensive the car, the higher the tax rate, and Xiangjiang itself is a city, the oil is imported, and the oil price is also very high.

Of course, the front ones are easy to solve, but the most expensive is always land, and parking spaces are also on the ground.

Parking in a busy area, even in the 70s, the parking fee was dozens of yuan an hour, and in their own community, if you want to buy a parking space, it is estimated that the price can buy a few cars parked on it.

On the other hand, the polarization of Xiangjiang is a challenge to the bottom line of human civilization, especially in terms of housing, according to the 2018 Xiangjiang government census, the per capita living area of the entire Xiangjiang is only 15 square meters.

It sounds okay, but per capita is always per capita, in fact, a large number of people do not even have an independent space of 5 square meters, a family of seven or eight people (grandparents, two sons and daughters-in-law plus grandchildren:) crowded in thirty or forty square meters abound, which is still good, after all, there is their own house.

In fact, most of the ordinary people in Xiangjiang work hard, and in the end they can only pay the rent of a few square meters of small and dilapidated houses, and what is even more tragic is the hundreds of thousands of people in the cage bureau, for them, the coffin room is also an untouchable happiness!

According to one statistic, the living conditions of the one million people at the bottom of Xiangjiang are worse than those in RB prisons.

In fact, Xiangjiang has a per capita green area of more than 105 square meters, which is the largest per capita green area among developed cities in the world.

Greenery is important, but people don't have a place to live, so why can't these suburbs be developed?

It's not that the government doesn't want to, but once this policy is proposed, countless "environmental protection" groups will immediately come out to protest on a large scale, and the real estate giants in Xiangjiang attach great importance to environmental protection, and spare no effort to support these environmental protection organizations in every action, coupled with the "environmental awareness" of the media, so Xiangjiang has developed into the appearance of later generations.

In 98, the first Chinese Governor of Hong Kong attempted to build a large number of public housing, but was protested by the ridiculous "negative bourgeoisie" class, and finally failed, and the only chance to solve the deformed economy of Hong Kong was wiped out.

The wealth of Xiangjiang is concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, and only some of these people will buy cars, so the traffic in Xiangjiang is actually not congested.

Yao Mingcheng handed over the Mercedes-Benz car keys to the parking brother, and paid a tip of 20 yuan, the parking brother was covered with tattoos, and he was a ruthless person at first glance, but he was full of etiquette to customers, and the service was considerate, and 20 yuan was already a very much tip.

Xu Zhi walked into the hall and said with a smile: "This recreation building is really spectacular!"

Yao Mingcheng said: "Of course, this is the tallest building in Asia. ”

Connaught Building is actually the Jardine Matheson Building, which was built in 74 and is currently the tallest building in Asia, until it was replaced by Hopewell Centre in 80, three years later.

The elevator was fast, and it only took a little more than a minute to reach the destination on the 43rd floor.

Looking at the surrounding decoration, there is a peculiar American style, but the walls are covered with various Chinese character wall plaques, which are incompatible with the surrounding environment.

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It seems that this Goldman Sachs is still very good at following the local customs, and I know that we Chinese like these things with calligraphy, calligraphy and painting." ”

Yao Mingcheng nodded and said: "Goldman Sachs has been in Xiangjiang for five years, so it is natural to know something about the Chinese, and the person in charge of Goldman Sachs in Xiangjiang is a Chinese. ”

"Five years. Xu Zhi smiled: "So Goldman Sachs came to Xiangjiang for 72 years?"

Yao Mingcheng said: "No, there used to be an office in Xiangjiang, but it has been relatively low-key, since 72 Goldman Sachs began to contact major Chinese consortia and some local tycoons, it is said that it has also attracted the attention of British foreign firms, but Goldman Sachs has not been successful in many aspects." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Xiangjiang is basically the power of the British, and it is not easy for other countries' capital to infiltrate. ”

The strong dragon does not suppress the snake, Xiangjiang has the old forces of traditional banks such as HSBC and Standard Chartered, and Goldman Sachs even if it is in full swing in the United States, it is still difficult to break the traditional forces in the intricate Xiangjiang.

Yao Mingcheng had already made an appointment and took Xu Zhi into the innermost office.

"Xu Sheng, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Gao Yada, the general manager of Goldman Sachs in Xiangjiang. Yao Mingcheng introduced to Xu Zhi.

"Hello Xu Sheng!" Gao Yada shook hands with a smile and said, he already knew Xu Zhi's information, especially knowing that the other party had tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in cash, so he was naturally more polite.

Xu Zhi shook hands in return and said, "Gao Sheng is good." ”

Gao Yada smiled: "Please two inside." ”

The three of them walked in together, and after the secretary asked, he left to prepare coffee for the three of them, and they chatted casually.

After greetings, Gao Yada smiled: "I don't know what we Goldman Sachs can do for Xu Sheng?"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I intend to invest in a company's stocks, and I want to be responsible through Goldman Sachs Securities, I don't know what discounts I can have?"

Gao Yada replied with a smile: "As long as Xu Sheng is willing to invest, I can promise a 20% discount on the handling fee, and the more funds, the greater the discount, which Xu Sheng is absolutely assured." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "What if I want to use leverage?"

Gao Yada was happy in his heart, leverage can represent high income, but his face did not show it, and asked, "How large is the leverage?"

Xu Zhidao: "I am ready to invest 15 million Hong Kong dollars, almost 5 times leverage. ”

Not only Gao Yada, but even Yao Mingcheng, who came over together, was shocked, 15 million and 5 times leverage, enough to 75 million Hong Kong dollars, this money into the stock market, enough to acquire a medium-sized listed company.

Gao Yada quickly regained his heart and said with a smile: "Xu Sheng is really big, could it be that he wants to acquire which listed company?"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I don't know how to operate, I'm just optimistic about the shares of a company and want to invest in it to make a profit." ”

Gao Yada frowned and said: "Xu Sheng, if you just invest, the interest rate on using leverage is not low, you have to think clearly." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Of course I know, I know it in my heart." ”

Gao Yada asked again: "75 million admissions, I don't know which company it is?"

Xu Zhidao: "Wharf." ”

"Wharf. Gao Yada frowned and said, "The stock of this company has not improved, but Xu Sheng wants to be sure?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Yes, but I am still optimistic about Wharf, its properties are all in a prime location, the current housing prices in Xiangjiang have been rising, and the stock price of Wharf I personally think is seriously undervalued." ”

Gao Yada is a professional, so he naturally knows better than Xu Zhi, a layman, and shook his head and replied: "But Wharf has been building a lot in recent years, and the construction of Harbour City is said to have cost more than one billion, but now it is only half completed, and the current interest is not low, if the business of Harbour City is not good, then the entire Wharf may go bankrupt." ”

"No, the location of Harbour City determines that it is impossible to fail, and it is impossible to build such a huge commercial plaza in the current prime location of Xiangjiang. Xu Zhi shook his head and replied.

In the early 70s, when the real estate industry in Hong Kong began to rise, the chairman of Wharf naturally understood that the use of this land as a warehouse was a great waste of resources, so he prepared for commercial development.

Unlike the Swire Group, which only knows how to build houses, Chairman Wharf found that although Heung Kong Central was extremely prosperous, it was a decline in human relations at night, while on the other hand, a large number of Heung Kong people living in Kowloon could only play some traditional streets, so he had plans to build a large shopping mall on the pier.

The plan was good, but in the middle of the global oil crisis in the early 70s, the global bank loans contracted, interest rates soared, the Wharf Group was heavily indebted, and many people were not optimistic about the Harbour City project, so the stock price plummeted.

However, Xu Zhi, who came through in later generations, knew that as long as Wharf survived the past few years, the future achievements were limitless, and the rent of Harbour City alone exceeded 10 billion Hong Kong dollars a year, and the annual profit exceeded 200 Wanda (just profits, the profits of Wanda Plaza had to deduct bank loans), if Xu Zhi had several hundred million at the moment, he would definitely take a bite.

"Then what is Xu Sheng's plan?" Gao Yada nodded, since the customers are so resolute, as a service provider, they are very taboo to interfere with other people's decisions, to put it simply, the customer listened to your words and did not invest, but the stock went up, or on the contrary, when they met unreasonable customers, some of them made trouble.

This is the same as us ordinary people, don't suggest others to buy and sell houses, because people won't think of you if you make money, if you lose money after listening to your advice, that's ......

Xu Zhidao: "After Goldman Sachs offers 75 million Hong Kong dollars, I hope to buy slowly before the end of December without attracting anyone's attention, which is extremely important." ”

At this moment, Wharf, with a total market value of about 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars, 75 million is equivalent to 6.8% of its market value, so much money if invested in a single brain, it will definitely attract the attention of the capital market and the board of directors of Wharf, not to mention that it is not yet the era of computer networking, buying stocks requires manual operation, and a little more capital will be found when entering the market.

Gao Yada nodded and agreed: "Xu Sheng, rest assured, we Goldman Sachs have been operating in the world's major stock markets for so many years, and now there are two and a half months until the end of the year, and we will definitely not let anyone find out." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation." ”