In the future, once Jianing goes bankrupt, all the companies it works with will be investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and if the loan funds involve insider trading, even if it is legal, it will also be investigated.

None of the big companies in this world are clean, and if they are really scrutinized, there will always be many problems, and even many of them don't even know what the board of directors is, Xu Zhi will not let his company fall into this situation.

"Okay, I see. Yuan Tianfan nodded and said.

Xu Zhidao: "What is the price offered by Landmark and Jianing for the Hilton hotel property?"

"HK$2.7 billion, but he wants us to settle the dispute with the Hilton Hotel. Ma Shimin said that he has been in contact with Bao Fuda and others, and now is the craziest time for land prices, and at the beginning of the year, a piece of land on Hongjin Road was auctioned for 30,000 square feet, second only to Manhattan in the world.

Xu Zhi smiled: "How is it possible, tell them clearly, they can handle this kind of thing by themselves, either agree or just cooperate with it." ”

Hilton Hotel is also an internationally renowned hotel, and now Xiangjiang because of the reform and opening up of the mainland, tourism development has entered an explosive period, it is not easy to persuade it to give up the business in Xiangjiang, eighty percent have to go to court, and in another half a year, the real estate market will fall into a state of slump, and even if Hutchison spends a high price to persuade the Hilton Hotel, it is unlikely to sell it to Hongkong Land at a high price.

"I'll talk to Niubijian and Bofforda about this again. Ma Shimin nodded and said, he actually didn't want to have friction with the Hilton Hotel on this matter, and he was more worried that if he negotiated this matter, then the boss would want to build the first building in Xiangjiang by himself, after all, he knew that although Xu Zhi was not optimistic about the real estate market, he was quite concerned about holding the property in Central.

Hutchison raised HK$3 billion from the stock market some time ago, with a five-year interest of 13%, which means that by 1986, it had to repay a debt of HK$4.95 billion in a lump sum.

The money is ready to go to the United States to invest in General Electric, he is not sure whether he can make money, and he, like Xu Zhi, also believes that the real estate market has reached the point where the bubble is about to burst.

"Okay, then that's it, Wang Liming stays, and the others leave first. Xu Zhi said with a smile that if it weren't for Hongkong Land's involvement, he would not have taken the initiative to sell the property in his hand.

Excluding the land of Future Times Square, he currently has a total of four Central properties, Cathay Pacific Tower and Federation Building are 100% owned, while Hutchison Tower and Hilton Hotel belong to Hutchison.

However, it is too far from Hongkong Land's properties in Central, including Connaught Building, Prince Building, Alexandra Building, Glouce Seder Building, Standard Chartered Building, Lane Crawford Building, Landmark Plaza, Pacific Place, Culture Oriental Hotel, Holland Walk, etc., as well as several top buildings in some prime locations on the Kowloon Peninsula, such as Duke of Windsor Building, Royal Building, Harcourt Building in Wan Chai, Excelsior Mall, and Causeway Bay Trade Centre.

These properties have a total area of more than 10 million sf and can generate HK$2 billion to HK$3 billion per year just from rent.

These are just the buildings, Hongkong Land also has a large number of land parcels and residential villa properties.

However, the price of owning so many properties is not small, the shares of these buildings, including Hongkong Land itself, have been mortgaged multiple times, the debt of the entire group is as high as more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the rent of all the buildings must be mostly used to repay interest.

In fact, this is a non-stop loan to support loans, which is naturally not a problem when the real estate market has been rising, but once the land price falls and the bank withdraws loans after the assets are insufficient, the entire business system will collapse.

The sale of the Hilton hotel business can not only make a profit in itself, but also put a lot of straw on the camel of Hongkong Land, and at the same time, because of the loan of Miramar, BEA can also act as a creditor to force the debt, so as to obtain the highest profit in the future.

After Ma Shimin and Yuan Tianfan left, only Xu Zhi and Wang Liming were left in the office.

Xu Zhi asked, "Has Hutchison's money been converted into dollars?"

Wang Liming nodded and said: "The conversion has been completed, a total of 580 million US dollars, which is already on the account of Citibank." ”

"Okay, I'm going to the United States soon, and I'm going to do this all at once. Xu Zhi said with a smile that the exchange rate between the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar is now about 5.13:1, and Hutchison issued 3 billion Hong Kong dollars of bonds from the stock market, which have now been converted into US dollars.

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United States:

"Mr. Welch, congratulations on becoming the new president of General Electric Company. On a Boeing 747 plane, Xu Zhi raised a glass of red wine and greeted a white man opposite with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu. Welch raised his wine glass, politely touched it in the air, tasted a sip of red wine, looked around and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu's plane is really luxurious, a Boeing 747 is used as a private jet, I have heard this kind of thing before, I never thought that I would be able to sit in it today." ”

"It's not about luxury, I originally wanted to buy a 737, but I had to wait too long, so I changed this one. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

The private jet purchased from Boeing was delivered three months ago, and then handed over to a professional decoration company in the United States for interior decoration, this time in the United States, although there are some business cooperation, but the most important thing is to take over the most luxurious private jet in the world.

The 747 is currently the largest aircraft in the world, with an area of up to 450 square meters, while in Xiangjiang, the so-called thousand-foot mansion is only about 90 square meters, and the shared area has to be deducted.

Just looking at the area, it is more than many villas in Xiangjiang, the interior of the aircraft has 2 sets of rooms with independent bathrooms, a large bar, a conference room that can accommodate 20 people, a study room, equipped with IBM's latest small supercomputer and an indoor cinema, this luxurious configuration, so that the new CEO of General Electric is also shocked.

The stewardess brought two steaks, and Xu Zhi and Welch raised the paper as if they were in a restaurant to prevent the boiling oil from burning their bodies.

After waiting for a while, Welch used a knife and fork to cut off a small piece of steak, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, and said: "This steak is great, I have been to many steakhouses in the United States, but few have this level." ”

"This is a professional chef from France, and what I do best is frying steaks. Xu Zhi said with a smile, since he spent more than 100 million US dollars to buy a private jet, the other investments are naturally only a fraction, of course he has to choose the best.

The Boeing 747 needed four pilots, and Xu Zhi arranged for someone to poach the top six from Cathay Pacific. Naturally, the flight attendants are all the youngest, most beautiful and service-friendly Xiangjiang beauties.

In terms of chefs, more than a dozen top chefs from all over the world have been hired, and these chefs usually stay in Xiangjiang to prepare meals for the Xu family or the executives of several major companies, and when needed, they follow private jets to prepare food on the plane.

Soon, the two finished the steak, Xu Zhi took a sip of red wine, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Welch, regarding the matter of taking a stake in General Electric, I wonder if your board of directors has approved this proposal?"