Chapter 466: A New Visitor

Five or six years ago, Li Ke was just a thug watching in an underground movie theater on the corner of the street, but now he has become a shopping mall tycoon with a lot of money. The subsidiary of Star Optoelectronics, which is preparing to be listed under his name, can be valued at least two or three hundred million. There is also a family carnival film industry that can make more than a dozen movies every year, which can be worth at least tens of millions.

As for Kunpeng Real Estate Company, although Li Xuan said that he was dragged down by him, Li Ke himself understood that the luxury houses that he bought on dips in the previous two years alone have now increased by more than 100 million yuan. Li Ke naturally did not have so much capital to invest in the property market, and all this money was borrowed from Jiahua Bank and Standard Chartered Bank by relying on Li Xuan's guarantee.

Li Ke never felt that his younger brother owed him anything, if he was not Li Xuan's elder brother, it would be impossible to get to the current point with just his own ability. And now Li Ke is no longer Wuxia Ameng, and his experience over the years has made him understand the fierceness and ruthlessness of business competition.

Of course, Li Xuan doesn't see it that way, with such an action as the acquisition of Land, he is even willing to bring the family behind his friends such as Xu Jinkui and Lin Yuhao to join in and share a piece of the pie, not to mention his own brother who is connected to his blood!

As the largest real estate group in Hong Kong, once the world's richest man receives the financial support, the two will be almost invincible in the Hong Kong real estate industry!

But instead of eating alone, Li Xuan took the initiative to give the fattest part of the land company to others. Of course, Li Xuan contributed the most in the acquisition of Hongkong Land. Naturally, he actually got the most rights and interests.

But in the eyes of other industry insiders, it is not seen that way. In everyone's opinion, the Xu Shixun family's China Construction Group. After getting the five buildings in Central, he became the king of Central. Guo Henian's Karrie Group after getting the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Company. In one fell swoop, it became the largest premium hotel group in Asia.

Most of the equity Li Xuan received was stock, and it would not threaten the control of the other four companies in the new company. In the eyes of other bigwigs in Hong Kong, Li Xuan's approach is no different from giving money for free and then giving the land company to others!

Could it be that "Li Xuan, the God of Wealth," is a living Lei Feng? Of course not! A clever person can naturally roughly estimate that Li Xuan has made a lot of profits in this acquisition, and it can only be said that his choice is not to be interested in the real estate industry! While breathing a sigh of relief, other real estate tycoons in Hong Kong could not help but secretly sigh that such a good thing could not be brought to their heads!

After Li Xuan gave up the low-hanging fruit company, he at least convinced the real estate community in Hong Kong that he really had no interest in entering the real estate industry to compete for food! Li Xuan naturally no longer needs to restrict his eldest brother's Kunpeng Real Estate Company.

In the past, although the boss of Kunpeng Real Estate was Li Ke, as long as there was a stir, everyone would always involuntarily think about whether it was the God of Wealth Li who was behind the control.

"These assets are not all for you, there is also half of the share of the little sister Ah Ying! you are not qualified to refuse on behalf of the little sister!" Li Xuan explained to his eldest brother.

From the beginning of his business, Li Xuan never thought about developing the Oriental Group into a family-owned business. Therefore, after he closed down Ke Kee Electronics Company, which manufactured pirated arcade machines, he did not let his eldest brother Li Ke enter the newly established Dongfang Electronics Company, but always supported him to start his own business.

"Anyway. I won't ask for it, you just transfer my share to the name of the little sister!" Li Ke still didn't agree.

"The valuation of these assets is much larger than the scale of Kunpeng Real Estate, and if they are all classified under Xiaomei's name, then Xiaomei's equity in Kunpeng Real Estate in the future. You are A-Ying's eldest brother, so naturally I think there is no problem, but can my sister-in-law figure it out in the future? Probably bigger than your other two companies!

And Xiaomei is now studying in the United States, so naturally it is impossible for her to come back and take over Kunpeng Real Estate! In the end, I didn't pass it on to your children, but let Ah Ying, the sister-in-law, pick the fruits of victory! I don't want to be because of this asset. In the future, I will see the drama of my sister-in-law fighting for property!" Li Xuan said undeniably.

Li Xuan listened to his mother say that when his eldest brother was talking about business, he fell in love with a female accountant of Luo Bingxian Accounting Firm. It is said that Li Ke doesn't seem to be just playing this time, but is really ready to settle down and start a family.

Although Li Ke has not officially brought this future sister-in-law home to introduce to everyone. But these rumors can reach the ears of Li Xuan's mother, and his eldest brother did not deny it, Li Xuan can also guess that this future sister-in-law still has some means.

Li Ke listened to his brother's words, and immediately wanted to refute it. But under Li Xuan's direct gaze, he didn't dare to say anything to death for a while. After all, the drama of wealthy families competing for property has been staged a lot in Hong Kong.

"This kind of pie-in-the-sky opportunity can't happen often, don't think I'll be so generous in the future! Your biggest task next is to run Kunpeng Real Estate well! When Kunpeng Real Estate grows and grows in the future, if you don't want to go, when the New Year's package is sealed, just seal it thicker for your nephews and nieces" Li Xuan said with a smile, not allowing his eldest brother to refuse again.

The assets he plans to transfer to his eldest brother and sister include a 45,000-square-foot plot of land in the most prime location in Central, as well as two high-end office buildings, one of which can be demolished and rezoned separately in the future, with a total value of more than $3 billion.

Of course, some people may ask, this bit of land and property is not anything in Hongkong Land's total assets, it is already worth 3 billion Hong Kong dollars, so how can the total value of Hongkong Land be more than 16 billion Hong Kong dollars!

Hongkong Land's total assets are indeed much higher than that, but its liabilities are just as high. In '83, Hongkong Land's debt ratio once reached 60%, making it the largest debt company in Hong Kong, so much so that it was nicknamed the "debt king" by public opinion.

Although Hongkong Land's debt level has improved in the past two years, it still remains at around 50%. In other words, Hongkong Land's total assets are actually more than HK$30 billion, but it is also burdened with debts of more than HK$15 billion.

Hongkong Land because of these debts. The annual financial cost paid is more than HK$1 billion, which is the most important reason for Hongkong Land's valuation. And Li Xuan is ready to merge these assets into Kunpeng Real Estate. Naturally, it does not contain any debts.

At Li Xuan's insistence, Li Ke finally signed the asset transfer agreement. Kunpeng Real Estate was incorporated into the asset given by Li Xuan. In fact, it has been promoted to a medium-sized real estate company in Hong Kong.

And the assets given by Li Xuan are also carefully selected. Two of these office buildings can provide a stable cash flow for Kunpeng Real Estate. In particular, the largest tenant of Gloucester Tower, Oriental Group, will soon move into the newly completed Oriental Tower. After Kunpeng Real Estate took over, Li Ke could reclaim a large amount of floor space for re-leasing.

Hong Kong's economy has been picking up in an all-round way since last year, especially after the depreciation of the US dollar, and the Hong Kong dollar, which has been pegged to the US dollar, has also depreciated simultaneously, which has greatly boosted Hong Kong's industrial exports. As Hong Kong's economy continues to boom, the vacancy rate of commercial office buildings. It has dropped rapidly from 20% in 1983 to about 5% now. Grade A office space in Central is in short supply, with rents rising by 30% in the last six months.

As for the remaining plot of land next to Exchange Square, Kunpeng Real Estate could be used as the next flagship development. In this top area of Hong Kong, the construction of an iconic skyscraper is enough to make Kunpeng Real Estate famous in one fell swoop!

What's more, the other four shareholders of Li Xiangjiang Holdings, after following Li Xuan and receiving a lot of benefits from Hongkong Land Company, owed Li Xuan a lot of favors. And Li Xuan himself is not ready to set foot in the real estate industry, so this incense will naturally be transferred to Li Ke's real estate company.

Kunpeng Real Estate can reach a cooperative relationship with Xu's China State Construction Group, Lin's Lin Group, and Guo Henian's Jiali Group. It can be said that Li Xuan has laid a good foundation for the next take-off of Kunpeng Real Estate, and it will depend on how his eldest brother operates in the future!

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April 1st, April Fool's Day, Oriental Tower, 83 Des Voeux Road Central, Central. On this day, the Oriental Tower was officially inaugurated and opened, with a height of 128 meters and a total of 32 floors, including 30 floors above ground. 2 basement floors.

The first floor of the Oriental Building is the reception hall of the front desk, and the second floor is the Chinese restaurant. The third floor is a western restaurant, and the fourth floor is a gym and entertainment lounge. After removing one more layer of fire insulation, the actual area that can be used for office is 25 floors. However, the Oriental Building is not intended to be rented to the outside world, and the entire building will be used entirely for internal use.

Now the Eastern Bloc has swelled into a large conglomerate that includes more than a dozen independent subsidiaries. The headquarters of the Eastern Group will occupy three or four floors of office space. For example, subsidiaries headquartered in Hong Kong, such as Orient Commercial and Jiahua Bank, each will also occupy two or three floors of office space.

Although the headquarters of Aikang Computer and CG Company (Computer Park) are not located in Hong Kong, they are at least their Asian headquarters, or important production and R&D bases, so they also have a large number of civilian office staff.

So in fact, the civilian departments in the Eastern Bloc have already filled the Oriental Building. As for R&D-oriented companies such as Oriental Research Institute and Oriental Game Company, a large number of R&D personnel have already moved to the Oriental Experimental Building in Shatin. Across the road from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Oriental Group has bought a lot of land from the Hong Kong government in recent years, and has built four scientific research buildings with more than ten floors.

As for the reason why the Oriental Building was chosen to open on April 1, it actually has nothing to do with April Fool's Day. It is an auspicious day of the zodiac specially selected by a respected feng shui master invited by the company according to the lunar calendar.

Hong Kong people believe in feng shui, and even British companies like HSBC have invited feng shui masters to participate in the layout planning of the entire building when building their headquarters building. Later, after the completion of the Bank of China Building, a famous feng shui battle broke out between the two sides.

In order to gain a firm foothold, the upper part of the building was designed as a triangle, and the sharp corner of one side of the wall was like a sharp sword, directly slashing at HSBC not far away. In order to cope with the surging atmosphere of the Bank of China Tower, HSBC Tower deliberately set up two cannons on the roof of the building in the direction of the Bank of China Tower, and used cannons against swords.

Although Li Xuan is not superstitious, he has also chosen to follow the customs of the locals! The decoration and layout of the reception hall on the ground floor are said to be integrated into the feng shui array that can gather wealth.

The opening ceremony of the Oriental Building was very grand, with the opening ceremony presided over by the Governor Youde himself, and almost all the tycoons of Hong Kong's business community came to cheer. As Li Xuan expected, the thunderous action of the previous purchase of the local company has greatly enhanced his status in Hong Kong.

For example, last week, Li Xuan's foundation organized a charity auction in conjunction with the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Originally, the project leader of the foundation only politely sent invitation letters to some wealthy families in Hong Kong.

As a result, I didn't expect to get a very high-level response quickly, including Li Jiacheng, Zheng Yutong and many other Hong Kong city tycoons, who not only sent high-value charity auctions, but also attended the charity auction in person. So much so that Li Xuan, who originally didn't plan to go to the auction, had to temporarily come forward with his wife Zhong Chuhong to receive these VIPs in person.

The total amount of funds raised for this charity auction exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars in one fell swoop. The reason why Li Jiacheng and others are willing to buy face like this is naturally to release their goodwill to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan used the acquisition of Hongkong Land to show his muscles to the whole of Hong Kong. He is not ready to enter the real estate industry, so he does not have a natural conflict of interest with these real estate tycoons, and everyone is naturally willing to be friendly with him!

After the opening ceremony of the Oriental Tower, the Oriental Group held a grand appreciation reception at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

"Li Sheng, I have a few friends who want to meet and communicate with you!" said John Shi as he walked up to Li Xuan with a glass of brandy.

He is the fourth-generation head of the Swire Group, which is controlled by the Swire Group, which is one of the four major British conglomerates in Hong Kong, along with the Jardine Matheson Group. After Li Xuan's strong acquisition of Hongkong Land, the remaining British giants in Hong Kong couldn't help but be frightened. The Schwyawah family and the Kadoorie family immediately began to increase their stakes in Swire Group, CLP Power, Grand Shanghai Hotel Company and other family businesses respectively in order to protect themselves.

Whether it was last week's charity auction or today's opening ceremony of the Oriental Building, John Shi personally came to support the event, in order to establish a good relationship with Li Xuan, so that he would not impulsively target his own business.

As the so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling face, John Shi, who originally didn't have much friendship with Li Xuan, quickly became familiar with Li Xuan. Li Xuan looked in the direction of the other party's gaze, and not far away, there were also two well-dressed white men, raising the wine glass in their hands and saluting Li Xuan gentlemanly.

Li Xuan doesn't know these two people, and it seems that they should not be figures in Hong Kong's local upper circles. And since the other party came to the door through the Shi Huaiya family, Li Xuan couldn't help but be a little curious! (To be continued......)