Chapter 417: Heading to Zhongguancun
At noon, Henry had a beautiful meal of the Manchurian feast, and he couldn't help but feast on it, and his stomach was full. There are so many delicacies on the table, just like the name of the dish, there are steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail......
After the lunch, Henry chatted with Lu Zhishan and his wife about the wedding.
Henry told them that the wedding kit, rings, crowns, earrings, and necklaces were all handed over to Cartier, the world's "king of jewelry", to be responsible for the design and manufacture. The Cartier company is known as "the emperor of jewelers, the jeweler of emperors". The British royal family had ordered 27 crowns from Cartier for coronation. In addition, the royal families of Spain, Portugal, Romania, Egypt, the French princes of Orléans, the princes of Morocco and Albania appointed Cartier as the royal jeweller.
If you want to use the best, so, the first choice for jewelry Cartier!
In order to get his hands on the best and most expensive diamond material, Henry personally called the CEO of De Beers, the world's largest diamond company, and asked him to help. This company is not well-known in the jewelry and diamond world, but it is actually a real giant company. All diamond companies are weak in front of De Beers, which controls all the rough diamonds in the major producing countries (or producing mines) that produce about 70% of the world's diamonds, and is in an absolute position in the diamond trade!
"A diamond lasts forever, a diamond lasts forever" is De Beers' advertising slogan!
The other party still gave Henry quite face, and immediately agreed that he would let Henry choose the best nearly 100 diamond materials from De Beers. Henry didn't think about it, and bought them all, with a total value of more than $2 billion. Even if you don't need it for this wedding, you can stay and maybe you will need it later.
As for the wedding dress, it was handed over to the world's No. 1 wedding dress brand company, the Spanish Pronovias Fashion Group, to be responsible for the design and production. Loved by Queen Elizabeth II, Madonna and other Hollywood stars, this bridal company creates unique and gorgeous wedding dresses in a variety of styles such as white dreamy, timeless elegance, and noble romance through the ultimate luxury tailor-made.
As for the venue, it is located in Hawaii. At that time, European aristocrats, national dignitaries, and the world's richest people will all gather in Hawaii, and this wedding will be the most luxurious and huge wedding in the world!
Lu Zhishan and his wife were very satisfied with Henry's arrangement, and there was nothing to be picky about.
In the afternoon, when they were idle, Henry and Lu Zhishan played a few games of chess.
In the evening, Henry and Karina start a remote video conversation.
In the video, Karina is lying on the bed in white pajamas, supporting her chin with her hands, her hair is a little wet, and she looks like a beautiful woman out of the bath. A large piece of the chest of the pajamas was exposed, so white and big.
When Henry saw Karina's silky eyes and the smile on the corner of her mouth, she knew that she was definitely deliberately pulling down her pajamas to seduce herself, so that she could see it but not eat it, and her heart was itching.
Oh, this damn little goblin!
"Honey, what are you doing in a daze!?" said Karina, smirking.
"I think that in the future, we should establish a family law in our family - if you lie to your husband, you have to enforce the family law, 'correct the law on the spot'!" Henry pretended to be angry, "Uncle and aunt have long agreed to our marriage, but you lied to me before, which made me worry for a long time." You say, are you going to punish you for lying?!"
Karina laughed and said, "Okay, I see how you 'correct the Fa on the spot'!" said, deliberately provocatively standing up.
"You wait, I'll fly back to America in a few days!" Henry said fiercely, "When the time comes, don't beg for mercy!"
Karina giggled, not afraid at all, and after a pause, she said, "Okay, I won't talk to you about these serious things." I've heard that Soros is going to attack Hong Kong, should we join it?"
"No, Hong Kong is a hard bone, not easy to gnaw. And, more crucially, Chinese mainland will help Hong Kong. Therefore, I dare to conclude that Soros must be asking for trouble by attacking Hong Kong!" Henry thought for a moment and said, "The Asian financial crisis is almost over, let's get out of it now!"
Karina nodded and said, "Well, okay then!"
Henry said with a smile: "Although we have not joined forces with Soros to attack Hong Kong, Hong Kong's financial sector will have huge fluctuations, which will facilitate our acquisition of some companies in Hong Kong." ”
After a pause, Henry continued: "Standard Chartered Bank and Hong Kong Telecom are my two goals! In two or three days, I will be ready to return to the United States, and I will go to Hong Kong on the way. Now is the best time to acquire these two companies, as Hong Kong has just returned to China and has coincided with the Asian financial crisis. If we want to buy it after a while, I'm afraid we won't be able to buy it!"
In his previous life, Li Jiacheng's second son, Li Zekai, established a company with assets of billions of Hong Kong dollars, but in the end, this company actually swallowed the elephant and acquired the Hong Kong telecommunications company with a market value of three or four hundred billion US dollars. In Hong Kong dollars, there are more than 300 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the market value of Yingke is less than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. The acquisition was so unbelievable that it became the largest M&A event in Asian history to date.
At that time, there were many competitors, and everyone thought that the Hong Kong Telecom Company was already in the pocket of the powerful Singapore Telecom Company, but they did not expect that the Pacific Century Company had won!
Therefore, once the situation in Hong Kong is stabilized, Henry will not necessarily buy the Hong Kong telecommunications company even if he has the money. Hong Kong's population is only more than 7 million, and the market is small, and the reason why Henry is obsessed with acquiring Hong Kong Telecom is because he bought a Hong Kong telecommunications company, and his eyes are on the Chinese market, a large Chinese market with a population of more than one billion.
Compared with Hong Kong telecommunications companies, Standard Chartered Bank is one of the issuing banks of Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, and its importance is self-evident, and it will be even more difficult in the future if it is not acquired now.
Hearing this, Karina nodded, "Then you try to make the acquisition as fast as possible, after all, there is not much time left before our wedding!"
"Don't worry, it's a big deal to spend a little more money, and I will buy these two companies soon!"
After Henry finished speaking, he told Karina to sleep and rest. He himself turned on his computer to look at the details of Hong Kong Telecom and Standard Chartered Bank! Later, he looked at the situation of the Hong Kong stock market.
At this moment, the situation in Hong Kong is becoming more and more tense, and Soros has gathered a large amount of international funds and threatened to attack Hong Kong's finances.
Obviously, the Asian financial crisis has made Soros a little carried away.
As the saying goes, if you sneak into the village, don't shoot a gun. But Soros even publicized it widely, as if he really thought that he had become a financial predator, and others were afraid of him. As long as he says a word, the stock market will collapse.
On the Hong Kong side, a large number of Hong Kong tycoons, such as Li Jiacheng, the Kwok brothers, and Lee Shau-kee, have issued statements one after another to resolutely resist Soros's attack. Hong Kong citizens are also united, and morale is not too low.
Chinese mainland, Li XX said loudly in front of the media: "Hong Kong compatriots, rest assured, China will be the strongest backing for Hong Kong!! implication is that Chinese mainland will not sit idly by.
And Soros obviously didn't take China seriously, and still went his own way, and even set the time for the war, about August 5. I've seen something rampant, but I've never seen anything so rampant...... Henry is also drunk!
Whatever, it's none of his business.
Late at night, Henry turned off his computer and went to bed.
The next day, August 2nd.
After breakfast, Lu Zhishan told Henry that Beijing Zhongguancun was growing rapidly, with many technology companies rising and becoming more and more popular, and he was going to build a supermarket there. When Henry heard this, he said that he would accompany him to investigate. Of course, Henry's purpose is not only that, he wants to see if there are more powerful Internet companies in Zhongguancun that have emerged in the future.
The Chinese market, Henry naturally coveted. But he also knows that the Chinese government will block foreign websites in the near future. To access a website, you have to use circumvention software, how pitiful it must be!
Now it seems that Henry's Internet companies are developing very well in China, but as long as China's policies are implemented, they basically have to be shut down! Therefore, eggs cannot be put in the same basket. Henry also needs to invest in Chinese internet companies.
The Chinese market is huge, and there is no need to compete with international Internet giants, and only one Chinese market can support and cultivate the world's top Internet companies! Such as Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, ...... Based on China, it is already in an invincible position! It can be attacked and defended (the key is that the government has given its strength and blocked foreign websites).
Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park is the first national high-tech industrial development zone established in China, and the headquarters of a large number of high-tech enterprises such as Lenovo Computer Company, Founder Group, and Sitong Group are located in Zhongguancun. It has more than 40 institutions of higher learning represented by Peking University and Tsinghua University, and 206 national (municipal) scientific research institutes represented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Obviously, Zhongguancun follows the development model of Silicon Valley in the United States, and uses schools to drive the development of science and technology in the surrounding areas. Zhongguancun is also known as "China's Silicon Valley"!
At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Lu Zhishan and Henry came to Zhongguancun in a black Daben.
After the car drove into Zhongguancun, the speed slowed down. Lu Zhishan wants to observe where the location is good and you can open a supermarket. Henry, on the other hand, is dedicated to helping Lu Zhishan analyze the location of the supermarket, but also to keep an eye out for Internet companies nearby.
The car finally stopped in the heart of Zhongguancun Square. The fastest development rate here, which was previously known as the "Zhongguancun Electronic Street" at home and abroad, has a large flow of people, which is suitable for building a supermarket. Henry looked at it, and the future "Zhongguancun Square Shopping Center" was almost built here.
"Uncle Lu, this place is good, let's get out of the car and take a look! If the location is good and the price is right, we will buy the place." Henry said.
Lu Zhishan looked at the surrounding environment and felt that it was good, so he nodded, "Okay!"
With that, Lu Zhishan and Henry got out of the car.
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(To be continued.) )