On 1 January, 1977, New Year's Day, Orchard Shopping Centre opened. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]

Orchard Mall is a large-scale project invested by Lee Wah Loong's wholly-owned company, Singapore Wah Loong Properties, which is not a single building, but a complex of buildings, with a construction area of 250,000 square meters, which translates into a whopping HK$520 million, slightly exceeding the initial budget.

Mr. Lee provided HK$300 million for the Orchard Mall shopping mall, and another HK$220 million was a loan from the Singapore branch of Hang Seng Bank.

In order to attract more popular merchants, Orchard Mall has taken the initiative to reduce the rent when it is rented, and the rent is very attractive.

Li Hualong's Carrefour opened a store in Orchard Mall as early as a year ago, in the form of a shopping mall, with a business area of 10,000 square meters, his Hualian Cinema Line Company has also opened two cinemas here, and his wholly-owned Seven Days Hotel Company has also opened an express hotel here, with a total of 200 rooms.

In addition to Lee's Lane Crawford, two Hong Kong-owned department stores, Sincere and Wing, have also settled in Orchard Mall, as well as more than 50 eateries and 600 snack shops.

At the beginning of the opening, only a few tenants had not yet completed the renovations, and most of the tenants opened on the opening day.

In order to attract popularity, Lee Hualong advertised Orchard Mall in major newspapers in Singapore.

With the cooperation of tenants, a large number of preferential promotions were held on the opening day of Orchard Mall, attracting more than 400,000 Singaporeans to shop at Orchard Mall.

Lee Wah Loong invested heavily in the development of a shopping mall in Singapore, and many people were not optimistic about the project, and some even waited to see Lee Wah Lung's jokes, and when various figures were released in the first week of Orchard Mall's opening, those who were ready to gloat shut up. Many of them began to admire Li Hualong.

In the decades that followed, several large shopping malls appeared in succession, perhaps more luxuriously built and larger. However, the flow of people, unit area rent, and influence are far inferior to Orchard Mall.

When the internet came along, some people introduced Orchard Mall online, mentioning that Li Hualong spent HK$520 million to invest in the project, and it took only seven years to recoup the investment. This project has made Li Hualong reap huge benefits.

When someone talks about this matter in the forum, some people will retort that Orchard Mall is nothing at all, and many of Li Hualong's investment projects have a higher rate of return, and if you calculate the investment income ranking, Orchard Mall can only be ranked behind.

This time, Li Hualong came to Singapore, Liu Minchen accompanied him to the land, and during his stay in Singapore, the two stayed at the Holiday Inn.

Though. Holiday Inn Singapore isn't IHG's first hotel outside of Hong Kong, but Lee still values the hotel.

Long before the renovation of the Holiday Inn Singapore, InterContinental Lee began to look for a suitable manager for the Holiday Inn Singapore, and finally selected a woman named Song Yuanyuan as the general manager of the Holiday Inn, although she is only 35 years old, but since she has 13 years of experience in the hotel, she has worked in a number of positions, this person joined the InterContinental Hotels Group, another four-star hotel in Singapore as the general manager. In order to poach her from changing jobs, InterContinental Hotels Group increased her salary by 30 percent.

The work at Song Yuanyuan has been excellent and business has been very good since the opening of Holiday Inn Singapore. The average occupancy rate of hotel rooms is as high as 87 percent, which is far overestimating the performance forecast of Li Hualong and the senior management of the InterContinental Hotel before the hotel opens.

Before leaving Singapore, Li Hualong took a hot bath, while Liu Minchen did not take a bath, this afternoon. She took a sauna with Song Yuanyuan.

When Li Hualong was taking a bath, Liu Minchen was lying on the bed watching TV.

After taking a bath, Li Hualong returned to the bedroom, hugged Liu Minchen's delicate body, lay down in the quilt, and chatted.

After chatting for a few words, Liu Minchen asked coldly: "Ah Long, is Manager Song beautiful?" ”

"Beautiful!" Li Hualong was stunned, saw the teasing expression on Liu Minchen's face, and said with a wry smile, "What are you thinking?" Could it be that in your eyes, you are a person who thinks with the lower half of my body? ”

Liu Minchen smiled noncommittally and said, "I heard her say that she is divorced. ”

This time, Liu Minchen came to Singapore and met Song Yuanyuan, and the two hit it off at first sight and became friends.

"This ...... I don't know. Li Hualong couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why did you get divorced?" ”

"After she and her husband got married, they couldn't have children for many years, and her parents-in-law blamed her for not being able to have children and asked her to go to the hospital for a check-up, she went to the hospital for a check-up, and there was no problem, and when she proposed to let her husband go to the hospital for a check-up, her husband firmly disagreed, and her in-laws still said that it was her problem. Later, she found out that her husband was cheating and divorced. ”

"Huh." Li Hualong smiled and said curiously, "You and her just met, why did you talk so deeply?" ”

"People talk about eye contact, and she and I hit it off at first sight." Liu Minchen smiled, "I asked her what she thought of you, although she didn't say much, but I could tell from her eyes that she still admires you very much, if you are interesting to her, you can consider accepting her." ”

"In a few months, I'll be fifty years old." Li Hualong glanced at Liu Minchen, smiled bitterly, and continued, "It seems that I am really unbearable in your eyes!" ”

"Don't you think you're careless?" Liu Minchen teased with a smile.

"Flower Heart!" Li Hualong smiled and kissed Liu Minchen's lips, "Do you like it?" ”

"I like it!" Liu Minchen smiled, stared at Li Hualong for a moment, and asked, "How did Zhao Yazhi become your woman?" ”

Li Hualong was slightly stunned, pinched Liu Minchen's nose with a smile, and asked rhetorically, "Why did you think of asking this question?" ”

"A little curious."

"It's about the same as you, slept with her, let her be my woman, and she agreed."

"Sister Chongyi didn't help?" Liu Minchen asked with a smile, reaching into Li Hualong's pajamas and caressing the solid skin of his abdomen.

"I see you're a little dissatisfied!" Li Hualong suddenly became interested, kissed Liu Minchen's mouth, and walked with his hands on Liu Minchen's delicate body.

After some passion, both of them are tired, so deal with it briefly. After a few words, I fell asleep.

That night, Li Hualong had a spring-dream, in a dream. Song Yuanyuan became his woman.

When he woke up, Li Hualong saw that Liu Minchen was still asleep, and he squinted his eyes to reminisce about the wonderful moments in his dream.

"Song Yuanyuan...... In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely take her in and let her be my woman. Li Hualong said secretly in his heart. He had already taken Song Yuanyuan as his prey.

Song Yuanyuan is really beautiful, Li Hualong, who has the memory of two people, feels that Song Yuanyuan and Gao Yuanyuan of later generations are like carved out of a mold, in contrast, Gao Yuanyuan is small and fresh, and Song Yuanyuan has more of the maturity-maturity-rhyme-flavor of a young woman.

Li Hualong thought for a while, and Liu Minchen woke up.

"Brother Long, I'm a little swollen." Liu Minchen said coquettishly.

"Hehe, I'll help you suck!" Li Hualong smiled, lifted the quilt, and lay on Liu Minchen. Served her.

After a while, Liu Minchen snuggled in Li Hualong's arms.

"Last night, there was a question that you haven't answered me yet." Liu Minchen muttered.

"What?" Li Hualong wondered, he really couldn't remember what question Liu Minchen asked him last night.

"Sister Chongyi, did I help you?" Liu Minchen smiled.

Li Hualong smiled without saying a word, kissed Liu Minchen on the cheek, and said, "What do you want to do with this, you really want to help me and Song Yuanyuan draw the red line, and come to Singapore next time." I asked her directly if she would like to be my woman. ”

"It seems that you are emotionally attracted to Song Yuanyuan." Liu Minchen smiled faintly.

Li Hualong did not answer and was silent.

Liu Minchen was silent for a moment and asked, "How many women have you ever had feelings for in your life?" ”

"A few hundred!" Li Hualong said.

"You're so sweet." Liu Minchen said with a smile. She didn't take Li Hualong's words seriously.

"You marry me, this is your life!" Li Hualong kissed Liu Minchen's lips as he spoke.

After a hot kiss, Liu Minchen said with silky eyes: "It's not early, let's get up and wash." ”

Li Hualong did not postpone his return to Hong Kong for Song Yuanyuan, and at about half past ten in the morning, he and Liu Minchen boarded a flight to Hong Kong.

En route. When Liu Minchen and Li Hualong were chatting, they asked with a smile: "Ah Long, have you ever thought about taking a stake in an airline?" ”

"There's really no Hong Kong. Investing in the aviation industry is not very profitable, and there are still great risks. Li Hualong paused, and then said: "In the future, I have too much money to spend, and I can also consider creating a new airline, and I am also thinking about buying a private jet in the future." In the future, my company will become larger and larger, and I will invest more and more overseas, and I will have more and more time to fly overseas for business trips......

As soon as Li Hualong returned to Hong Kong, Li Huawen came to his house and talked to him about the Hong Kong MTR Corporation to conduct a public tender for the development of properties above the Central and Admiralty stations.

The first phase of the MTR project is the largest infrastructure project since the opening of Hong Kong, and the first phase of the project is planned to be connected from Kwun Tong to Central via the Tsim Sha Tsui Cross Harbour Tunnel, costing HK$5.6 billion, but the Hong Kong government does not provide direct financial support.

Needless to say, Central's status is not to be mentioned, and the adjacent Admiralty Station will also close the gap with Central with the opening of the MTR, becoming the real core of Hong Kong.

"Third child, now it is rumored that you and Hongkong Land are determined to win both projects, and they are bound to go through a fierce battle." Li Huawen smiled and said, "What the hell do you think?" ”

"I am very optimistic about the prospects of Hong Kong real estate, and if the opponent is still rational, then I will win these two projects." Li Hualong said with a smile.

"How much are you going to bid?" Li Huawen asked curiously.

"This needs to be negotiated with the subway company." Li Hualong replied.

"If I have enough money, I will also participate in the competition of these two projects." Li Huawen said with a smile.

"Big brother, don't join in the fun."

"By the way, before, you bought the old navy plot, and part of the land was used for greening, this time the Hong Kong government took a piece of green land and handed it over to the subway company, did you compensate you?"

"It's a little compensation, not for me, but for Gemdale Group. Building No. 3 of Gemdale Group will be demolished and rebuilt within 20 years, doubling the area of redevelopment, and there is no need to pay land premium. ”

"If you take the Admiralty site, will Building 3 be demolished and merged into a single plot of land for reconstruction?"

"No, Building Three is big enough." (To be continued.) )