349 Diwang Auction(4)
The one-time increase of 500 million did calm many people present, but for the bigwigs who really knew the price of this land, it was nothing, they felt that Li Jiacheng had done a good job, otherwise the price increase would only waste more time.
After Li Jiacheng finished bidding, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see the slightest wave, although there were many competitors this time, he was also prepared.
Since the loss of Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong's investment in recent years has also become more aggressive, a large number of its land reserves have been used to develop residential buildings, and the house price has risen 3 times in 6 years, Cheung Kong's profits can rank in the top 10 in Hong Kong, and the market value can also enter the top 3 among real estate companies, and it is a well-deserved first among the Chinese!
Several major Chinese business consortia fought with each other first, and Li Jiacheng's one-time increase of 500 million also made Bao Fuda frown, among all the people present, only two people made him more worried, one is Xu Zhi, whose assets behind him are not less than the entire Jardine Matheson system, and the other is Cheung Kong Industrial, the scale of the wheel, Cheung Kong Industrial is indeed not comparable to Land, but it has the full help of HSBC behind it, and this kind of power will also form a great threat when it erupts.
"3.3 billion. The peace on the field was quickly shattered, and Lee Shau Kee held up the sign and shouted loudly.
"3.5 billion. Li Jiacheng did not let in the slightest.
"3.6 billion. Guo Desheng glanced at a few people and quoted his price.
The scene has been completely lively, and the three major Chinese consortia are fighting to the death for this largest auction of land in Central in the past decade.
"4 billion. Li Jiacheng broke out his price again.
Li Shaoji frowned, and did not continue to ask for the price, but glanced at Xu Zhi and the senior executives of several British-funded companies in the distance.
Guo Desheng didn't keep up anymore, just pondered in his seat alone, not knowing whether he had given up or was thinking about something.
"4.5 billion. Xu Zhi held up his sign, glanced at Li Jiacheng at the same time, smiled and nodded in greeting.
"Another 500 million!"
Everyone's hearts trembled, although this piece of land has a good location and a large area, but 4.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, for many people here, is a huge data that cannot be reached in a lifetime, even if there is bank financing, but take out 4.5 billion to buy a piece of land, and few companies can have this qualification.
Li Jiacheng also frowned, this price is actually the limit of the range in his heart, if there is no competition, it is not impossible to win this land at this price, but obviously the other party will not let go so easily, not to mention that there is Jardine Matheson Group eyeing him by the side.
In fact, he can see the value of this land, and he also believes that the future of Xiangjiang will not lose money if he wins the future at a price of 4.5 billion or even higher, but he is unwilling, because he will make more money by investing this money elsewhere, and he does not dare, because it will be extremely risky, and the profit of taking this land is very high, but the huge loan will also bring great debt.
For him, this is the equivalent of putting more than half of his eggs in a cage, and no matter how strong the outside of the cage is, he will not take this risk.
Seeing that Li Jiacheng did not react, Xu Zhi looked at the Swire Group and Hongkong Land Group on the side.
Although the Swire Group behind Schwiyah is not much worse than Jardine Matheson's comprehensive strength, its main asset is Cathay Pacific Airways, and in terms of real estate, it is not a rival to Hongkong Land, before the auction of Diwang, he has auctioned 2 plots of land, one large and one small, with a total amount of more than 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars. At this moment, the king of the earth is auctioning, and he seems to be just watching the excitement, and he has no intention of ending.
And Bao Fuda frowned tightly, and confronted Xu Zhi hard, which was the last thing he wanted to see, but time waits for no one.
"4.5 billion, once! Is there any further price increase?" The auctioneer saw that no one had raised the price for a while, although he hoped that someone would continue to compete, but according to the rules, he still had to start counting down three times when the time came.
"4.6 billion!" Bao Fuda said, holding up his card.
Xu Zhi glanced at Bao Fuda and Niu Bijian, and raised the sign again and said: "4.8 billion Hong Kong dollars!"
This price has exceeded the price of the original historical land, and the former Hongkong Land Group won this golden land king for 4.75 billion Hong Kong dollars.
"4.9 billion. Bao Fuda did not back down.
"5 billion. Xu Zhi bid again and raised the price to the five-digit head.
At this moment, everyone is quiet, this is the battle between the top two consortia in Xiangjiang, although the so-called real estate five tigers have been fierce in recent years, but they are not qualified to join this struggle.
"5.1 billion. Bofforda raised his cards again, but his fists were already clenched.
Xu Zhi was silent for a while, and when the auctioneer was about to call the number again, he raised the sign again and said, "5.2 billion." ”
Bao Fuda didn't immediately raise his card, and glanced at Niu Bijian next to him, both of them frowned, and seemed to hesitate, and finally, Niu Bijian whispered a word, and Bao Fuda raised his card again and said: "5.3 billion." ”
Xu Zhi smiled, picked up a bottle of "Golden Bull" cans beside him, and opened the buckle with a "pop", which was very clear in the venue at this moment.
Seeing that Xu Zhi's side did not continue to increase the price, the auctioneer could only shout:
"5.3 billion, the first time, is there any more card?"
"5.3 billion ...... The second time!"
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"5.3 billion
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The third time, a deal!"
With a hammer drop, the most expensive land in the entire history of the world was sold. HK$5.3 billion, or almost US$1.1 billion at the current dollar/Hong Kong dollar exchange rate.
$1.1 billion, in 82 years, that's an astronomical amount!
The mainland next door currently has foreign exchange reserves of almost $2 billion a year, and the annual export volume of the entire mainland (including all industrial products, mineral resources, and oil) is only about $20 billion.
The Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corporation has products all over the world, and its annual profit is only about 500 million US dollars.
General Electric, one of the world's top 10 companies, reported an annual net profit of $1.3 billion last year.
Just a piece of land can be sold at such a high price, how many governments can refuse the temptation in this?
5.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, a total of 144,000 square feet of land, the price of a foot is 36,000 Hong Kong dollars, the average price has also broken the global record, the mainland of later generations, although the real estate bubble is serious, but even in the first-tier cities, there has never been a piece of land can exceed this price, and from the average salary to compare, the current Xiangjiang, the average monthly salary is only 1,000 Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to about 200 US dollars!
Although he did not acquire the land, Xu Zhi is still quite happy, compared with the original history, Hongkong Land has spent 600 million Hong Kong dollars more, and the future debt will inevitably be more serious, which is a good thing for him who has already begun to secretly acquire Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson shares.
"Congratulations to Mr. Newbijian and Mr. Bao Fuda for receiving such a treasure. Xu Zhi walked up to the two and congratulated with a smile.