Chapter 1112: Perth Again
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When I left Jianye, there was light snow in the sky of Jianye; Transit in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is full of people wearing spring and autumn thin shirts; The plane landed in Perth, the sun was shining, and it was a sunny summer, but the summer in Perth was not particularly hot and unbearable.
Not long after I got out of the airport, suddenly there were dark clouds, and a downpour poured all over my head, and it was dark, but I was feeling the ferocity of the torrential rain in Perth, and the sun was shining again, like a child's temper.
Zhitong, Xirong, and Xiyu chattered to recount their holiday life in Perth during this time, Zhang Ke promised to rush to Perth within a week, but when he finished handling the matter at hand and rushed to Perth, Tang Jing and the three little girls had lived in Perth for ten days; Fortunately, Perth has a pleasant climate in the summer, there are many places that people will not forget, no more than the cold winter of Haizhou or Jianye, people stay indoors all day, and the three little girls do not feel that time passes so fast.
"Ah, the sky here is so beautiful!" Chen Feirong said in amazement.
Through the panoramic skylight, looking at the clear sky after the rainstorm, such a clear, seemingly free of impurities of the blue sky, except for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, other places in China are basically extinct.
Even though Haizhou has taken environmental issues seriously, the blue of the sky still seems to be covered with a layer of shadow paper, as if the blue paint has been mixed with some lead powder.
Haizhou City has a total population of more than 7 million people, and the area is nearly 100 times that of Haizhou City, and the population of Western Australia, which is nearly 100 times that of Haizhou City, is only more than 2 million, so naturally there is no need to worry too much about the impact of human activities on the environment.
The winter vacation of Dongda has also begun, and it has long been agreed that Chen Feirong will follow Zhang Ke to Perth to meet Tang Jing, live in Perth for a while, and then rush back to Haizhou for the Spring Festival together.
The elongated Lincoln sedan slowly drove into the Banpo villa area on the southeast coast of Perth City, and the commercial car in which the staff was riding also drove in.
At dusk, most of the villas face the sunset and the sea to the west.
Entering the villa area, Chen Feirong saw many people with yellow skin and black hair along the road, and this weekend, the gentle slope grass towards the setting sun was very lively, and she asked Tang Jing curiously: "Why do they all look like Chinese?" ”
"They were originally Chinese," Tang Jing said with a smile, "Kumho Sao Bao bought all the sea-view villas in this area, they are all foreign personnel of Kumho or affiliated companies, and some of them are family members...... Of course, there are still a lot of Chinese people in Perth, and there is a Chinatown, so I'll go with you another day. ”
Chen Feirong pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It's quite happy to be an employee of Kumho." ”
"Of course," Zhang Ke said triumphantly, "Kumho doesn't survive by simple exploitation......
Europe, the United States, Japan and South Korea and other developed countries have completed the industrialization process, and the manufacturing industry is gradually moving to emerging countries, the steel manufacturing industry in these countries and regions is in a state of gradual shrinkage and transfer to emerging markets, the impact of the economic crisis is particularly great, since the ninety-seven and ninety-eight years fell into the trough, there is no sign of real recovery, such as the German Krupp, HG Pohang, RB Nippon Steel, the United Kingdom Ispa, the French Northern Iron and Steel Consortium, Italy Reva, The life of large steel groups such as U.S. International Steel is not so good compared to before, which also leads to a relatively low period of global iron ore trade.
The economy of Western Australia, including Perth, is as dependent on mining and iron ore trade as high as 10%, and it is now the first quarter of the new millennium.
This piece of seaview villa community located in Banpo, the remaining more than 30 villas, Kumho even spent less than 6 million Australian dollars to cover the round, spread evenly, a villa does not cost 2 million yuan, only slightly higher than the price of high-end villas in Jianye.
In fact, it is not unimaginable that China wants to achieve the goal of initial industrialization, to achieve an annual output of 400 to 500 kilograms of steel per capita, a population of 1.3 billion, and an annual output of China's steel manufacturing industry to exceed 500 million tons or even 600 million tons.
The development of China's steel industry alone in the next few years will nearly double the global steel production, the global iron ore demand and trade volume will also increase exponentially, and the price of iron ore will increase geometrically.
As the world's major iron ore mining supply area and trading area, even if he can't witness it in the past, it is not difficult for Zhang Ke to imagine the prosperity and excitement of Perth after three years.
Kumho's investment activities in Perth should be carried out gradually, and investing in some residential real estate and office buildings can not only increase future profit expectations, but also increase Kumho's influence in Perth, strengthen ties with the Western Australian government, and lay a good foundation for the future development of iron ore and supporting projects.
An 18-storey office building is currently under development, which can be used as Kumho's branch building in Perth. The acquisition of this piece of sea view villa is now also provided to its staff and families in Perth as a dormitory.
Among all the overseas institutions, the staff sent by the company to Perth can be said to enjoy the best treatment, and the staff of branches in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places have the conditions to take the seaview villa as a dormitory?
Kumho Corporation has formally acquired Australia's listed industrial and mining company Okegie in the past six months, and has applied for a total of 100,000 square kilometers of exploration areas in Western Australia's Broken Clouds, Christmas Creek and other areas in the name of Okech, and established a joint venture with Zhongzhi to carry out exploration of iron ore resources in the area. In addition, Nanyang Shipping has also opened up an ocean freight route from Perth to China, and the iron ore trading company under Kumho Corporation has the right to import and export iron ore of all Dongshan Iron and Steel Group and Oriental Union Iron and Steel, and has also set up branches in Perth, and Hongyuan Construction has also opened branches in Perth. Kumho's member companies alone have dispatched as many as 60 staff to Perth, plus employees from MCC and Nanyang Shipping, plus some accompanying family members, forming a large Kumho community here.
Tang Jing's villa is next to the one where Zhai Danqing and Wei Lan live, which is the highest end of the entire community, overlooking Perth Harbour to the northwest and Perth City at dusk to the east. The whole city is small, it seems that everything is all in one place, and at dusk, Perth looks like a beautiful town in a fairy tale, like a small city somewhere in China, without a bit of an urban look, but it feels very good.
Standing on the lawn in front of the villa, Chen Feirong looked at the construction on several green islands opposite, like blue conches dotted on the sea, and asked Tang Jing: "What are you doing there?" ”
"I'll know when I go to the island tomorrow......" Tang Jing pretended to be mysterious and was not in a hurry to tell Chen Feirong.
"It was bought by Zhang Ke, and when it is completed, we can bask in the sun on the private beach......" Zhitong opened her mouth quickly, and rushed to tell Chen Feirong the answer.
"Oh!" Chen Feirong smiled and said, "It's really extravagant!" ”
"I can't be a pure person," Zhang Ke pinched his waist with his hands, and after almost a day's flight, his iron-like waist was about to soften, "I can't dedicate everything I have to the greatest cause of all mankind." ”
"You know that the oil cavity is slippery," Tang Jing ran over and put her arms around his neck from behind, and asked, "It's not enough to buy one island, why buy three?" ”
"You should know that Australia has just legislated to ban private companies from investing in islands, right? Why don't you think I made the right decision to buy three islands in the first place? Zhang Ke changed the topic, but he couldn't just let Tang Jing think about women in more ways, "No matter how thick-skinned I am, I can only occupy one island; The other two islands will either be built into a resort hotel, and if Kumho has a winter annual meeting, it will be cold and snowy in the northern hemisphere, and it is not convenient to swim, so everyone can come to Perth, or they will give Kumho's high-level benefits and build a holiday villa on it, and the conditions will be better than here......"
The timing was very coincidental, and not long after the acquisition of three small islands opposite the villa area in the name of a private company, Australia legislated to protect the environment of the coastal islands and prohibit the development of islands in the name of private individuals. If he had delayed his start two or three months, Zhang Ke's dream of becoming a private island owner in Australia would not have been realized.
After buying the three private islands, Hongyuan Construction set up a branch in Perth, and Zhang Zhifei asked Liang Jun to come to Perth to take charge of the development of the islands. In the future, the development of iron ore involves the construction of mining areas, supporting railways, highways and deep-water seaports, and the scale of construction will be as high as billions of dollars.
Compared to building a villa on land, the cost of developing an island is much higher. Utilities such as communications, water, electricity and domestic sewage discharge all need to be laid separately for submarine pipelines, yacht marinas are built, and the full development of a private island will cost tens of millions of Australian dollars, which is more expensive than buying this villa area.
Zhang Ke, Tang Jing, and Chen Feirong stood in front of the villa to watch the evening scene at dusk in Perth, and the three little girls slipped into the villa first. After a while, Wei Lan and Sun Li came out of the villa and said, "Why are you standing here, what do you want to see, go to the terrace on the third floor to see, you can see farther......"
Liang Jun came to Perth, and Sun Li naturally followed her husband and wife to Perth.