Chapter 37: Superman's Egg
"Why does Jiajia say that Li Ren is a patriotic overseas Chinese?" Liang Yuan asked gently.
"That's what everybody else says. ”
"What kind of talent does Jiajia think is a patriotic overseas Chinese?"
"It should be like what my grandfather said, the Hong Kong Huo family who transported supplies to North Korea during the war. Ning Wanjia looked at Liang Yuan's eyes and said with some uncertainty.
When the three of them were young, in order to keep their sister's status and tell stories to calm Liang Yuan, they dug up a lot of first-hand materials from Ning Jianzhong's mouth during the Liberation War or the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and as a result, they knew a lot about the legendary experience of the Huo family when they resisted US aggression and aided Korea.
At the beginning of the founding of the Republic, it fought a war with the most powerful country on the planet on the Korean Peninsula, and the pros and cons were not mentioned for the time being, but as far as the Hong Kong region was concerned, a group of truly patriotic overseas Chinese compatriots were born, and the Huo family was a typical representative of them.
At that time, the transportation of scarce materials to the newborn republic was carried out at the risk of really losing one's head, which was completely different from the patriotic mouth cannon that was popular after the change of later generations.
"In the seventies, Li Ren followed the Hong Kong British-funded group to force the Huo family out of the Hong Kong real estate industry, and the two patriotic overseas Chinese broke out in a business war before, which one did Jiajia support?"
"Eat inside and out, fall into the well. Ning Wanfei said disdainfully.
Ning Wanjia first nodded in agreement, then frowned slightly, looked at Liang Yuan and asked distressedly: "Xiaoyuan, didn't you say that there is no right or wrong when shopping malls are like battlefields and enterprises compete, but I agree with what my sister said." ”
Over the years, following Liang Yuan's side and watching Yuanjia swell like a blow, Ning Wanjia's interest in business has increased day by day, and she often grabs Liang Yuan and asks what is the reason behind Liang Yuan's decision.
Ning Wanjia's problem is too big, and it is closely related to her outlook on life, worldview, and values.
Looking at the blushing little face in front of him, with a cute and tangled appearance, Liang Yuan laughed at the girl's ears that were disturbed by the sea breeze. Pointing to a large bluestone on the ground, he said, "Let's sit there for a while, that's a long story." ”
Since ancient times, China has always been based on farming, war two words to establish the country, the Chinese people's attachment to the land has infiltrated into the blood of civilization, in the deep-rooted "land and wealth" concept of influence, Hong Kong from the moment of opening the port, real estate has occupied an important economic position.
June 1898. On the grounds of "defense issues," the British government forced the Qing government to sign the last unequal treaty on Hong Kong, the "Treaty on the Extension of Hong Kong's Boundaries," and forcibly leased the Kowloon Peninsula south of the Shenzhen River and north of Boundary Street and more than 2oo nearby islands, which later became the "New Territories" area of Hong Kong.
In the same year, Hongkong Land, a real estate company owned by Jardine Matheson, was officially established, opening the magnificent history of Hong Kong's real estate industry.
After World War II. Hong Kong's economy has embarked on a path of industrialisation.
After the founding of the Republic of China, affected by the world situation at that time, it played a circle with the east, south, west and north, and was temporarily isolated.
From the 50s onwards, Hong Kong's economy began to take off with the influx of immigrants from the mainland into the abundant labour force provided by Hong Kong.
Under such circumstances, the demand for factories, residential and commercial buildings in Hong Kong has soared. In order to reduce the supply cost of building properties, the British colonial government in Hong Kong amended the "Tenancy Control Ordinance" several times to encourage owners to demolish old buildings and rebuild them on the upper floors to stimulate the real estate exhibition.
In the future, Hong Kong Island tycoons such as Li Ka-shing, Kwok Tak-shing, Lee Shau-kee, Cheng Yu-tung, etc., all seized this golden opportunity and invested heavily in Hong Kong's commercial and related real estate, which established their status as the world's richest people in the future.
Late seventies. With the advancement of the reform and opening up of the Republic, the Hong Kong stock market has entered a big bull market since the opening of the port, and a large number of real estate companies have taken advantage of the high stock market to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market, and have taken advantage of the financing function of the stock market to sell new shares, place shares, or take out bank mortgage loans to raise a large amount of funds to expand their business. Rapidly expand the company's asset scale.
In the future, a number of emerging real estate companies such as Cheung Kong Asset, Sun Hung Kai Properties, New World Exhibition, Hopewell Properties, Hang Lung, etc., were listed during this period, and gradually became the backbone of Hong Kong's real estate industry.
At that time, there were more than 26o stocks listed in Hong Kong. There are 112 types of real estate stocks alone, close to 44 percent of the share of the Hong Kong stock market.
Since the 80s, Hong Kong's local industries have moved north to Shenzhen to escape the rocketing property costs in Hong Kong.
It can be said that the tragedy of Hong Kong's future development was already doomed in the 70s.
Liang Yuan first gave the structure and history of Hong Kong's economy to the two girls to do a simple popular science.
"Jiajia's history and politics have always been full marks, and we should understand the cyclical law described in the history books, the rise and fall of ancient dynasties were all due to the great annexation of land in the last years of the dynasty, and the landlords plundered too many benefits from the land, which in turn led to the people's poor livelihood and caused the collapse of the people's uprising and rule, and this cycle has been repeated countless times in our history. Liang Yuan said with a little emotion.
"The root cause of the profitability of the real estate industry is the same as the principle of the old landlords and the rich in the past, which is to monopolize the most basic means of subsistence - land to plunder the wealth created by the whole society. ”
However, with the progress of science and technology, the ability of modern society to create wealth is much stronger than in ancient times, and it has been desolate from the bleak scene of a whole year of hard work and harvesting five buckets of rice and handing over three and a half buckets, so the plundering of the real estate industry looks much warmer. ”
Last year, the gross profit margin of Hutchison Whampoa under Li Ren was close to 3O, and the company with the highest gross profit margin under Yuanjia - Hong Kong Base Collectors, is only about 42%, if it is deducted from the investment in research, the annual net profit rate of Hong Kong Base Collectors may not be as good as Hutchison Whampoa. ”
In 88 years, the patent lawsuit between Yuanjia and mIps and the final introduction of R2ooo processors and other matters together, almost spent tens of millions of dollars, and after amortizing into the financial costs, the gross profit margin of the Hong Kong-based power collection fell sharply, if it were not for the tens of millions of dollars of expenses, the gross profit margin of the Hong Kong-based power collection could exceed 5o%, which was almost the same as the average level of technology companies in Silicon Valley.
"Suppose. Located in Hong Kong, Jiajia is an investor, and which company to invest in in the future is in line with the view of wealth appreciation and preservation. Liang Yuan asked.
"Of course, it's Xiaoyuan's company. The girl said without hesitation.
Seeing that the curvature of the corners of Liang Yuan's mouth was getting bigger and bigger, Ning Wanjia realized the core of the problem, pursed her lips and said with a slightly red face: "Which one makes money and invests more, usually I see Mr. Su walking on thin ice when they operate Hong Kong-based power collection, how can it be safe and simple to build a house to make money." ”
Liang Yuan slapped his palm lightly. If Hong Kong is regarded as an independent city that cannot communicate with the outside world, then with the rapid development of the real estate industry, it will eventually become a situation where all industries are working for the real estate industry, after all, the house is not a pager. It is a necessity for survival, not a dispensable thing. ”
"If this kind of windfall profits continues, all capital, talent and other resources will be concentrated in the real estate industry, and the exhibitions of other industries will be greatly inhibited, and one day the limit of social and economic tolerance will be exceeded, and then violent resistance will come ....... ”
"No taxes, no food, fight local tyrants, divide the land. The home owner has his own house, and the history is always strikingly similar. Ning Wanjia said.
"Jiajia's history and politics are really not in vain. Liang Yuan pinched the cheeks of the girl next to him affectionately.
Rolling her eyes, Ning Wanfei felt that there was something wrong with Liang Yuan's statement.
"Xiaoyuan has been planning with Uncle Xiao these days to acquire Hongkong Land, according to Xiaoyuan, Hongkong Land is the most powerful real estate company in Hong Kong, and Xiaoyuan is the crow that fell into the coal heap. Ning Wanfei hit Liang Yuan.
"Yuanjia is of course different, Yuanjia's acquisition of Hongkong Land is to make greater breakthroughs in the field of science and technology in the future, if measured from a macro perspective like the law of historical cycles. Although Yuanjia is also one of the big landlords, Yuanjia has been committed to the new big 6, as long as Yuanjia keeps the new big 6, then the moment of the whole dynasty restart will be constantly delayed, how can it be compared with those simple, only plundering guys. ”
"Who knows if that guy will follow the same path as Xiaoyuan in the future?" the girl pouted and muttered quietly.
Although Ning Wanfei was still stubborn, the title of guy revealed that Ning Wanfei had actually agreed with Liang Yuan's views and logic.
"Fei Fei. Do you want to bet?" Liang Yuan asked maliciously.
For the future of his classmates, Liang Yuan is really clear.
Aside from the charity of greasing and whitewashing, the main business of the students did not leave any kind of small changes to the planet that promoted social progress, and to put it mildly, except for the use of outsourcing and other means to squeeze the same kind more efficiently. The contribution of Li Ren's companies to the evolutionary path of human beings is infinitely close to zero.
The richest man in the United States founded Microsoft, Bill Gates almost changed the whole world, and Japan's zaibatsu based itself on technology, leaving behind a series of world-class brands such as Sony, Toshiba, Toyota, and Sharp.
In Singapore, Temasek Group's insistence on the modern wafer industry can even be described as stubborn.
What did the Li people leave behind?
North Point City Gardens with a $2 billion investment?
An investment of $3.5 billion in South Horizons Peninsula Garden?
Whampoa Gardens on Hong Kong Island with an investment of $4 billion?
Husky oil with an investment of 12 billion?
Or is it the Hong Kong container terminal with an investment of 40 billion?
In Liang Yuan's impression, the only intersection between Li and the technology industry is artificial eggs, since the new century, Hutchison Whampoa will turn over this gimmick every once in a while to hype it up, but unfortunately until Liang Yuan was thrown into this world, he did not wait for people's eggs to go on sale.
Wearing the hat of the richest Chinese man, Li Ren, who was hailed as a model by Hong Kong locals, speculated all his life, only for profit, and tossed for half a century, except for the long string of money figures like astronomical units, but he did not even leave a world-class brand behind him.
This kind of business success, like a rotting corpse, is quite common in Hong Kong or the big 6 Chinese billionaire group, and it was not until the successful rise of emerging companies represented by Huawei and Alibaba in the Republic that it stirred up a slight stir in this pool of stagnant waters.
Facts are like iron, history is like a knife, and the truth will only become clearer with the passage of time, and no one can be hypocritical.
"Bet on it. Although she has been defeated repeatedly, Ning Wanfei has never admitted defeat in terms of momentum.
"Fei Fei is really courageous, let's compare it with the axBx we just had...... Liang Yuan said.
Before Liang Yuan could finish speaking, Ning Wanjia chuckled and grabbed Liang Yuan's ear and said, "You pig's head, don't take such a bully to your sister, we were in China some time ago, and we heard from my mother that axBx is likely to win the Nobel Prize." ”
"I'll let the water go. Liang Yuan said with a smile
"Yuanjia's main business is the aviation and electronics industry, such as COMAC, Inspur, Brilliance, and Gangji Collector are independent subsidiaries cut out of the main business. ”
The three of them were sitting on a big rock at the top of the mountain, arguing about whether Li would take a similar path to Yuanjia in the future, when there was a sound of the engine of a speedboat sailing high on the sea not far from the foot of the mountain.
Moments later, the Yamaha speedboat that had followed from Hong Kong Island to Lamma turned out from the edge of the harbor at the foot of the mountain.
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