Chapter 14 A Trip to the Capital
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On October 5, the traveling Elizabeth landed at the Macau International Airport, and as a shareholder representative, toured the Sands Hotel, which is still under construction.
The casino, which was supposed to have a soft opening in 2002, was not in a hurry to open due to the participation of Zhou You, Temasek, but was ready to open on New Year's Day in 2003.
With two months to go, the current Sands themed building has been completed, and the interior renovation is in full swing. Although Sands is not the largest hotel in Macau, nor is it the first hotel to open after the opening of the gambling license, due to the "huge" planning scale of Sands, it has also made Sands the most anticipated hotel in Macau.
Because in Macao, which covers an area of less than 30 square kilometers, Sands occupies an area of 1 square kilometer, accounting for almost one-thirtieth of the area of Macau.
It is precisely because of the size of the Sands that the Sands has become a prominent symbol, although the various service facilities will not be unified to serve tourists, but the first casino to open has attracted the attention of countless people.
A hundred bodyguards trained by Cai Ajiu have already started to serve in the hotel, but these bodyguards are only enough for the time being, and when the entire hotel is opened in the future, the five hundred bodyguards are still a little insufficient.
Although she has never done management work, she has worked in Macau casinos for more than ten years and knows the bottom of Macau very well.
At present, what the hotel needs is a person like her who knows the local situation in Macau very well, so she has also been reused by the hotel and allocated her an independent apartment to use.
Because of her work in Macau, Le Yao has now also transferred to Macau Sanyu Middle School. Sanyu Middle School is just opposite Jinsha, and Le Yao only needs to cross a road to school, which is convenient for her to take care of Le Yao.
Due to the influence of the memories of her previous life, Zhou You doesn't have much hope for Le Yao's studies, this little girl was born for movies, and it is hopeless to expect her to go to college and take the doctoral exam.
Zhou You came over this time, because he had to go to the mainland for a long time, so Zhou You also brought Yan Fangqing and two children, and his sister-in-law and Taya also accompanied him.
It happened to be a Saturday, and Le Yao did not go to school, so she followed her mother and the hotel's general manager, Otis, to the airport to greet Zhou You.
Although he knew that Zhou You already had a wife, but this time he saw Zhou You get off the plane with Long Long in his arms, and Le Yao, who was originally smiling, still gave Zhou You a face.
Especially for Yan Fangqing, she doesn't have a city government at all, she has a face, and she can hang a soy sauce bottle on her mouth.
Yan Fangqing quickly found out that this was wrong, got into the car, and asked about Zhou You. "That little girl seems to be hostile to me."
Zhou You said half-truthfully: "She has a little meaning to me, and when she sees you, of course she is hostile." ”
Yan Fangqing stared at Zhou You suspiciously for a long time, but Zhou You hugged Long Long, looked at the city outside, and ignored her at all. This made her a little unsure, and just said: "This little girl is smaller than Qingya, don't you come nonsense." ”
From Le Yao to the girls in Colombia, Zhou You also felt that his bottom line was getting lower and lower. However, in this regard, he seems to have no limit at all!
Whether it's Lori, or a mature, woman, or wife, as long as it's in line with his preferences, he doesn't seem to have the heart to refuse. The chicks in Colombia have all eaten it, and although Le Yao is only fourteen years old, it seems that she can eat it.
However, judging from her attitude today, this little girl still needs to be trained well.
But this time there was no chance, because during the two days in Macau, Yan Fangqing almost unanimously followed Zhou You, and even when he went to the construction site to inspect, she also followed, leaving almost no space for Zhou You.
On the contrary, Yan Fangqing did not have a little defensiveness against his sister He Chaoqiong, because in the past experience of Zhou You, he had never shown too much enthusiasm for acquaintances and women.
It's just that Yan Fangqing didn't know that Zhou You was reborn at the age of thirty-six, and He Chaoqiong, who had just reached the age of forty and was very well-maintained, was actually very attractive. It's just because I'm afraid of trouble that I didn't provoke this wealthy girl.
He Chaoqiong's negotiations with Hilton are also going very well, and as one of the largest spinach groups in the United States, Hilton also has a wide range of influence. Now that there is a lot of connection, the negotiations between the two sides have a basis of mutual trust, so they are going smoothly.
However, since Zhou You already has a 9% stake in the Sands, although the two companies need Zhou You's intermediary, they are unwilling for him to participate too deeply.
At the beginning of the negotiations, the two companies set a share of no more than 15% of the shares for Zhou You, which also made Zhou You have no expectations for the subsequent negotiations.
His stake in Sands is a stake in Sands Corp. and includes all of Sands' stakes in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Sands Corp.
However, due to the asymmetry between He Chaoqiong and the Hilton Group, this cooperation is limited to the newly established company, and 15% of Zhou You's shares are only shares of the newly established company, which is far less than the 9% of the shares he currently holds in Sands, which also leads to his lack of interest.
After Zhou You confirmed that he owned 15 percent of the shares, he had no interest in the next negotiations. But the remaining two have been competing for baht in order to occupy a little more shares.
Negotiations between the two companies have now entered the final stage of details, and Ho Chaoqiong will use her father's guarantee and her own private money to invest more than $200 million in the new company, plus her connections in Macau, to occupy a 40 percent stake.
The Hilton Group, with an investment of no less than $300 million, occupies 45 percent of the shares, and the two are still negotiating for a specific investment amount.
Zhou You will invest 15% of the capital according to the same investment ratio as He Chaoqiong. Although he does not have He Chaoqiong's various connections in Macau, he has hard power, and he will also provide services for the security of the new company in the future, so he has such a discount.
Although Yan Fangqing was also an ordinary rural girl at the beginning, she had been trained by Zhou You for five years. She usually intersects with He Jing and the ladies of Singapore on an equal footing, and in the face of He Chaoqiong, she did not weaken her momentum.
What's more, she is stronger than He Chaoqiong, He Chaoqiong has not had a child so far, but she is already a mother of two children. Therefore, although she is a little weaker than He Chaoqiong in handling official business, she is not weak at all in terms of her momentum in dealing with people.
Because the two women are also sympathetic to each other, they quickly became friends in a short contact process. So much so that the next day Yan Fangqing took the children to Yangcheng for vacation, He Chaoqiong actually accompanied her to Yangcheng in person, leaving Zhou You alone in Macau.
Zhou Chuan saved a thing, and also flew directly from Macau to the capital.
In the mainland, Zhou You has almost no high-level interpersonal relationships, whether it is three barrels of oil, a mining company, or a bank.
But Zhou You is not worried about this matter at all, because he has a letter of intent between the two sides in his hand, and wherever he goes, it will be warmly pursued.
Since the nineties, domestic enterprises have been advocating going out. In fact, decades ago, domestic enterprises were advocating going out, but they were stuck in China because they lacked the capital and technology to go out.
After entering the 90s, domestic enterprises have made long-term progress in development, whether it is the raising of funds or the improvement of technology, the gap between domestic enterprises and foreign large enterprises has been narrowing.
Domestic oil and minerals are limited, not to mention oil, since 93 we have gone from being an oil exporter to an oil importer. Benefiting from the development of the economy, the consumption of oil is increasing, and the import volume is also increasing.
As for minerals, although there are a lot of minerals in China, the grade of iron ore is low, and other ores cannot meet the huge domestic demand.
Zhou You used to be a captain, except for the first few years when he was pulling bulk cargo, and then he was always pulling all kinds of ores. From iron ore in Western Australia, to iron ore in Brazil, from copper mines in Chile to copper mines in Peru, so Zhou You's understanding of this industry is still very clear.
As for oil, although he has never transported it, because the oil tanker carrying oil is a special vessel, he has never obtained a certificate in this regard. But since they are all in the commodity industry, Zhou You is also very familiar with the oil shortage.
Colombia's oil-producing region is not very large, with less than two billion barrels of proven reserves. However, the oil production area is close to the Magdalena River basin in Cartagena, which is very convenient for transportation, and it is also the safest area in Colombia at present, so it is very convenient for investment and transportation.
This time I came to the capital, and I stayed at the Hilton Hotel in Lufthansa, and that night, I was warmly welcomed by Qin Hui, Qin Hui's younger brother Qin Hong, and even arranged a large number of famous stars in the mainland to accompany him, not only second-tier stars, but even some stars.
Because the relationship between Zhou You and them is different now, it turns out that the two sides are just ordinary friends, but now, they are about to become partners.
For Qin Hui, Zhou You actually has a little knot in his heart, because everyone knows that he can make a fortune by relying on the nephew and son-in-law of a certain big leader. However, because of his flamboyant behavior, the heavens and the earth were directly seized, which shows that his foundation is unstable.
Although Xingmei still existed until the time of Zhou You's rebirth, in addition to the theater chain, it can still remain in the first-class theater chain, but the development of the film and television company is not so satisfactory, it is only equivalent to a second-rate company.
(To be continued.) )