Chapter 1357 Telecommunications Industry

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After leaving Yanshi, Liu Dong did not stay long after returning to the capital, and after dealing with the matter at hand, he flew to Hong Kong again on his own private jet.

Two years after the successful acquisition of Swire Group Hong Kong Joint Stock Company, Liu Dong is in the world-renowned financial centre for the second time.

The mood of the two visits to Hong Kong was completely different, and when Liu Dong came here for the first time, few knew who he was. By the time he arrived in Hong Kong for the second time today, even if he hadn't informed anyone, by the time his iconic private jet landed in Hong Kong, the global media had already packed the aisle to the brim.

At the beginning of this year, the cover of "Time Magazine" and the "Forbes Global Rich List" that followed completely put Liu Dong, who could be said to be a little deliberately low-key, to the forefront of the global situation.

At present, the most topical topic in the world is probably the history of his fortune as a legendary rich man from the East! Almost all media, whether it is financial or political, or even entertainment news and gossip tabloids, want to get first-hand information about the world's new richest man.

But helplessly, the richest man seems to be very reluctant to media interviews, so far except for the success of "Time", I have not heard that the media can get the first-hand interview information of the richest man, even the "Newsweek" and "Washington Post" under Matrix Media!

However, this result has also intensified the competition among the major media outlets. So. When Liu Dong's iconic private jet appeared at Hong Kong International Airport, all the media that got the news in advance rushed here as soon as possible.

But this time they were doomed to disappointment.

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong International Airport's largest leasing customer, is a company owned by Liu Dong after getting off the plane. He didn't go out of the passage at all, but directly took the helicopter prepared by the airport to avoid the crowds outside and returned to his villa in Repulse Bay.

However, Liu Dong had just returned to the villa for a short time, and the first visitor had already come to the door.

"I wanted you to come back, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly!"

"I live in Repulse Bay, only two kilometers from you. It won't be a matter of minutes if you want to come over!"

"That's right, sit down!"

After nodding, Li Zekai sat down on the sofa in the living room with Liu Dong.

"How long are you going to stay in Hong Kong this time?" Li Zekai said.

"Maybe a week, maybe half a month. Let's look at the specific situation!" The words fell, looking at Li Zekai's eyes with a hint of exclamation in his scrutiny, Liu Dong smiled, "Why are you looking at me like this! Do I have three heads and six arms!"

"I wouldn't be surprised if you really had three heads and six arms!" paused. "Let's be honest. Growing up, I rarely admired anyone other than my father, and you were the first!"

"Oh, then I'm a little flattered!" Liu Dong smiled.

"You are well-deserved, $90 billion in personal assets, $350 billion in company market capitalization, anyone who hears these two figures will be in awe!"

looked at the serious look on Li Zekai's face. Liu Dong smiled, "You didn't come here this time to praise me, right?"

"Part of it. The other part is certainly not!"

"Oh, I'd love to hear the part that's not!" Liu Dong said.

After smiling slightly, Li Zekai looked directly at Liu Dong and said, "Liu Dong, what do you think about the future development of the telecommunications industry?"

"Telecommunications?"

After being stunned for a while, he quickly came back to his senses and thought about it for a while, thinking of the Li family's business group, Liu Dong's eyes flashed and said, "I am naturally very interested in the telecommunications industry! And the 3G wireless market doesn't seem to see the future yet!"

The 2000 bubble in the telecommunications industry caused by the over-issuance of 3G licenses in Europe is memorable. Even giants such as Vodafone, France Telecom, and British Telecom could not bear it, and they were saddled with tens of billions of dollars in foreign debt. Naturally, Liu Dong hadn't thought about going on this troubled water before! And he didn't know much about the telecommunications industry.

However, since the telecom bubble passed, although the telecommunications industry in European countries, which is the world's leading telecommunications industry, has been tepid, Hutchison Telecom and Yingke Telecom, which are latecomers, have been operating well in the United Kingdom, Italy and Austria.

Li Ka-shing's rapid retreat from the European telecom bubble and his bottom-buying operation after the bubble have always been praised by the European business community.

These are clear in Liu Dong's heart.

But he couldn't figure out why Li Zekai suddenly asked himself this?

"3G is the future, and the fast-growing Paper Communication Group under GCA is already telling!" said Li.

"Paper Communication Group's business is mainly the Internet on the PC side!" Liu Dong said undeniably.

"But now all visionary Internet companies are at the helm of clear that 3G wireless networks, especially mobile terminals, will be another important growth point of the Internet!"

"I agree with you, but how long does it take to make a mobile terminal capable of a computer? five years, or ten years?"

After listening to Liu Dong's words, Li Zekai was silent for a moment and said: "Now Hutchison Telecom's 3G business in Europe has launched voice and data services including basic voice services, short message services, and multimedia SMS services, and this year will be ready to launch multimedia services such as video communication, visual information, and video images. In terms of game content, Hutchison Telecommunications has signed cooperation agreements with 10 game providers, allowing users to download more than 40 games, as well as downloading maps, news and financial news, as well as downloading ringtones and photos. It is conceivable that with the advancement of technology, we will provide more abundant services through 3G wireless networks, and the future of the 3G telecom industry will also be brighter. ”

"As for mobile terminals, according to Moore's Law, the performance of microprocessors doubles in a maximum of 18 months. That is, in two years at most, the performance of the phone will now be doubled. And according to our estimates. If the performance of the phone is doubled, its performance will surpass that of an ordinary 586 computer, and there will be enough Internet to run on it!"

Nodding. Liu Dong glanced at the other party and said with a smile: "Since you are so confident in the future of 3G wireless networks, why do you want to ask my opinion?"

Although he and Li Zekai are friends and partners, Liu Dong is very sure that the relationship between the two parties has not reached the point of sticking a knife in both sides.

"Hehe, Liu Dong, you are still so cautious!"

"It's better to be cautious in the ever-changing shopping mall!" Liu Dong said.

"Okay. We hope to cooperate with you to invest in the European telecommunications industry, especially the 3G wireless network!"

Liu Dong, who expected Li Zekai to say this, nodded and said calmly: "Why me? I want to use your Li family's connections in the business field." It should be easy to find a partner!"

"Easy?" Li Zekai shook his head with a slightly wry smile.

"Seems difficult to look at you?"

Although the issuance of 3G licenses in Europe has become more rational, the cost of setting up a wireless network is too high! Billions of dollars are needed at every turn, and a country like the United Kingdom, which has more than 40 million telephone users, wants to cover the whole country with a wireless network. The cost of laying the equipment alone will be 10 billion pounds. And even more!"

"£10 billion?"

Liu Dong was surprised.

"Yes! If the 3G wireless network needs to cover the whole country, it needs at least three different bands. We, Pacific Century Telecom, have obtained the 3G business license in the 2.5 Hz band in the UK, and have invested $3 billion since 2001!"

"Are you profitable?" Although he knew that this involved the internal trade secrets of other companies, Liu Dong couldn't help but ask.

"Not yet!" After a little hesitation, Li Zekai shook his head, "However, this year, our 3G business in the UK has increased by 37% compared to last year! The operating income is 12.8 million pounds! And the revenue in the first quarter of this year has also exceeded the same period last year." Therefore, the future of 3G is still very exciting. The premise is that we can continue to invest. and develop new and more novel 3G services!"

"As for why we are looking for you to cooperate? hehe, the very important reason is that you have enough money! and you have enough ambition!"

"Thank you for the compliment!"

"It's not a compliment. Moreover, if the European 3G telecommunications industry wants to become bigger, it will need more than 10 billion US dollars, and I am afraid that you are the only one who has this strength and courage in China!"

Looking at Li Zekai's shining eyes, although Liu Dong was a little happy to be recognized by others, he was more cautious about investing in the telecommunications industry.

"This matter is not trivial, I need time to think about it!" Liu Dong said after pondering for a while.

"Of course!" Li Zekai smiled slightly, as long as Liu Dong did not refuse on the spot, he understood that there was still hope for this cooperation.

"Three days later, my father wants to invite you to a banquet at home, I wonder if you have time, Liu Dong?"

"Hehe, a very important purpose of my visit to Hong Kong this time is to visit Ling Zun, how can I not have time!"

"Then we're done!"

"Of course!"

"Okay, I'm done with today's business! I won't disturb your rest, we'll see you in three days!" After the words fell, Li Zekai stood up.

"Okay, see you in three days!"

After sending Li Zekai out of the door, watching the black Rolls-Royce extended model that the other party was riding disappear at the corner of the highway, Liu Dong pondered for a while, then closed the door and returned home.

But he had just sat down on the living room couch. I heard footsteps outside again.

"Why are you two here together?" Looking at the two figures in suits and leather shoes who walked in one after the other, Liu Dong stood up with a smile and asked.

"I know that the chairman came to Hong Kong to visit!" Feng Jianhui said with a smile.

"I happened to come to Hong Kong on a business trip! I rushed over when I saw the news of the chairman on TV, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Feng!" Zhang Fan hurriedly said.

"Okay, since we're here together, let's all sit down!Let's talk together!" Liu Dong waved his hand.

After the three of them sat down, Feng Jianhui asked, "Chairman Liu, did Li Zekai come just now?"

"How do you know?"

"Hehe, in Hong Kong, who doesn't know the license plate number of the suave Li Ergongzi?" After a pause, Feng Jianhui glanced at Liu Dong and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, in terms of Fengyue, the chairman and Li Ergongzi are on par!"

Hearing this, Liu Dong's face turned embarrassed! Although being ridiculed by his subordinates made him a little embarrassed, this little thing did not make him angry.

"Alright, you don't make fun of me. Say, what are you doing today? Don't say anything like me, I don't believe it!"

As the first old courtier to follow Liu Dong, Feng Jianhui is called a subordinate, and in fact, his relationship with Liu Dong is also a teacher and friend.

Over the years, Liu Dong has matured so quickly in business, in addition to his own good understanding and ability to never forget, it is very important to have Feng Jianhui, a famous teacher who has a master's degree from Yale Business School. So for Feng Jianhui, Liu Dong has a respect in his heart.

Of course, although the relationship between Zhang Fan and Liu Dong is not as good as Feng Jianhui, as an old courtier who followed Liu Dong to start a business in the early days, the two are naturally very familiar with each other.

"Okay, let's get down to business...... After nearly three years of construction, the Hong Kong headquarters of GCA Group has been completed, and it happens that you, the chairman, are also in Hong Kong, so I would like to invite you to attend the completion ceremony of the group headquarters!"

"It's already finished!" After being slightly stunned, Liu Dong nodded clearly.

After the acquisition of ATV in 02, a piece of land originally located in ATV District, which was originally used to build a studio, was appropriated by Liu Dong to build the headquarters of Hanhua Group.

After nearly three years of construction, the 35-hectare, 529-meter-high, 108-storey Petronas Twin Towers has now been successfully topped out. Of course, it is not possible to stay at the moment. Because it will take a while for the interior to be renovated.

However, the GCA Center, which surpassed Taipei 101 Building and became the world's tallest building, has now successfully bloomed its own light in the world like Liu Dong now.

Thinking of this, Liu Dong couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart!

After nodding again, "I will personally attend the completion ceremony! Also, set up my chairman's office on the highest floor!"

Liu Dong also hopes to practice 'what it feels like to trample the entire Xiangjiang under your feet'!

"I understand!" Feng Jianhui nodded.

"By the way, the 108-story 'Hanhua Center' twin towers, with an internal area of more than 1.5 million square meters, can not be used up by our Hanhua Group, what are you going to do?"

"Our plan is to use one building for office space and the extra for rent, and the other building for K. Wah Hotels and Rega Group to open a five-star hotel and supermarket. Let's see how much they can use, and rent out the excess!" Feng Jianhui said.

After listening, Liu Dong nodded approvingly. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm really sorry, I can't do it for six thousand today! I owe three chapters to the easterners, remember, I must make it up for everyone!