Chapter 189: Outrageous Prices (Part 3)
After a long while, the sixth uncle spoke: "I don't think there is much of a problem in this matter, as long as their construction group can settle the Hong Kong British government, then it will not be too much trouble for us to let them come over to work." After all, they can let us invest in the Big 6, and we can also let them come over to help, the global trade market is free, and there is no reason why other local construction companies can't get through. ”
The sixth uncle is a knight canonized by the British side, and he has a good relationship with the authorities, he has said so, so even if there is a problem with this matter, it will become no problem. Besides, the United Cinema Line is not a small family, any shareholder in it is a big man, so many bigwigs gather together, as long as it is not too much, the Hong Kong British government has no reason to be embarrassed.
After hearing that Uncle Dao said that there was no problem, several other people also said that there was no problem, and Cui Xiaoming's opposition was meaningless, so he simply didn't speak, not to mention that he had no right to speak for such a thing, even the overseas filmmakers behind him also had no right to speak.
At this moment, Li Mingbao suddenly interjected: "Sixth uncle, when the time comes to get an invitation letter over there, we must indicate that we pay in US dollars." Then maybe we'll get further preferential treatment. ”
Hearing Li Mingbao's words, even an old Jianghu like the sixth uncle didn't quite understand what Li Mingbao meant. Why does it have to be the US dollar, the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar can be freely exchanged in Hong Kong, why bother to exchange the US dollar in Hong Kong?
Seeing Uncle Liu's puzzled look, Li Mingbao explained: "Big 6 is different from our Hong Kong, even if our Hong Kong dollar is worthless, it will have its own exchange rate, and it is easy to exchange Hong Kong dollars for huàn dollars." Although the big 6 also have an exchange rate, their foreign exchange against huàn is not so free. In Hong Kong, it is easy to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, but it is more troublesome for Big 6 to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, because their foreign exchange reserves are very strict, even if the construction group wants to exchange Hong Kong dollars for US dollars, they have to report to the above.
It will take a lot of time to come and go, so we might as well get them done in Hong Kong. Besides, it is not easy for them to earn foreign exchange, although the Hong Kong dollar is also a hard currency in the big 6, but their favorite is the US dollar, and being able to earn US dollar foreign exchange is also a political achievement for them. So if we pay in dollars, we can not only pay them well, but also save more money. Because we pay dollars, they will do it for us even if we lose money. ”
"Do it at a loss? How can these companies last long? Especially for a project like ours, more than 100 movie theaters need to be renovated, which is not a small amount of work, and a loss of one percentage point is not a small amount. "It is difficult for Uncle Six, who does not know anything about the Big 6 Forex Urgent Cheng Dù, to understand the thinking of the Big 6 people.
The big guy in Li Mingbao's memory also came from this era, and in the era of Big 6, the madness of foreign exchange is not something that outsiders can understand at all. Commodities that are actually worth ten dollars, as long as they can be sold for dollars, even if it is only five dollars, they will have to export. Anyway, in the end, the state will subsidize their losses, and in the end, it is the state, not the individual collective, that loses in the end.
And for the big 6, in fact, it is not too much of a loss, after all, the RMB is printed by itself, and the foreign exchange is someone else's, although the RMB is lost, but the foreign exchange is earned. If the construction company in Hong Kong wants to do this, it will have to be crippled if it does not die, but if the big 6 company wants to do this, not only will it not be crippled, but it will also vigorously develop. In these years, even leaders have to pay great attention to companies that can earn foreign exchange.
At present, these construction companies are not aware of making money abroad, although there are also foreign aid projects, but they are all image projects, and they are bought and sold at a loss. I didn't even think that I could make money by helping others with construction.
"What the big 6 lacks now is the global hard currency, and there is no shortage of RMB. It's a loss for us, but it's a good thing for them, and they never have too much foreign exchange. In fact, they also need Hong Kong dollars, but the demand cannot reach the height of the US dollar, if we give US dollars directly, they will have a better impression and work harder.
Even if we get some kind of reward, their degree will be faster. Don't look at our cinemas, there are more than 100 of them, and the amount of work is very large. If they were to do it, even if all the movie theaters were bulldozed and rebuilt, it might not take more than a month. Li Mingbao looks at the problem from the perspective of a person who has come before, and it is easy to find the weakness of the big 6.
And the sixth uncle, who heard Li Mingbao's words, was not surprised that Li Mingbao knew the big 6 so well, even if it was several other people, including the Xiang brothers, there was nothing strange about it. After all, they all know the details of Li Mingbao, and it is not impossible to have a connection with the big 6. Or now the only ones who are kept in the dark are Li Mingbao and Cui Xiaoming.
"In that case, then we will pay the funds in dollars. Anyway, it's not a hassle for us. I don't know how many dollars it will cost to invite them. If you let those construction companies in Hong Kong do it, the renovation of more than 100 movie theaters will probably cost about 30 million. The number of screens will be doubled. After all, some movie theaters are very troublesome now, the land is there, but the space is not large, if you want to do the requirements, you can only tear down and rebuild, although such a movie theater is not much, but it costs a lot more than simple decoration. The sixth uncle said.
"If you use a company in Hong Kong, 30 million Hong Kong dollars is about the same, but in terms of time, all the decoration will be completed, and it will take them at least three months. But if we can invite the construction group, then we can pay in US dollars, two million US dollars can be done, and they will bring their own materials and everything, we don't have to worry about it at all, one-stop service, and the time it takes, maybe a month can be done. Li Mingbao thought for a moment before saying this number.
Two million dollars is not a big amount for Li Mingbao and them. But if this invitation letter is really sent, the construction group on the big 6 side will definitely have to fight for the scalp, you must know that the construction group is not only one on the big 6 side, there are more than 10 and so many, and in terms of foreign exchange, the foreign exchange reserves on the big 6 side are less than 700 million US dollars.
Don't look at the $7 billion is a lot, but in a place as big as the big 6, the foreign exchange reserves may not be as much as the money of the Chinese families in Hong Kong, so the hard currency of $2 million is definitely not small for them. How many resources do you have to sell to get it? Now just help Li Mingbao and them get a movie theater, you can get it, anyone will think that this deal is very profitable, not to mention the one-stop service of their own dry food, even if they help Li Mingbao and them build two more buildings, there is no problem.
"Two million dollars? Isn't it a little less? Local companies in Hong Kong still have to spend 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which is about 4 million. But if someone comes from Big 6 and brings their own materials, you have to cut half the price, and they may not be willing to take over such a project. The sixth uncle frowned and said to Li Mingbao.
Others say that his sixth uncle is dead and wants money, but looking at Li Mingbao's current appearance, it is even worse than him to ask for money, the construction cost of four million US dollars, and Li Mingbao only gave two million US dollars to the big 6 side, although it saves money, but looking for the construction group over there in the big 6 is not simply to save money, in fact, it is also to pull relationships.
Now Li Mingbao is doing this, saving money is saving money, but it is impossible to pull a relationship or something. How can a little money be able to pull a relationship? Therefore, although Uncle Sixth is a money-saver, he has different opinions on this issue.
It is rare to see the generosity of the sixth uncle, Li Mingbao said with a wry smile: "Two million US dollars, for the construction company of the big 6, is actually attractive enough." Sixth uncle, you may not know, now to invest in the big 6, one million dollars has to attract at least a department-level municipal party secretary, and even come forward to receive most of the deputy provincial cadres. And the investment of 10 million US dollars can basically be received by the country's leaders.
The project cost of two million dollars is definitely not a small amount for them. If we pay four million dollars, as long as our cinema can meet the conditions, they can build us a three-story cinema that can go from two or three screens to seven or eight screens. And the material or something, absolutely the best. It's no problem to use it for hundreds of years. ”
"How can it be so cheap? Li Sheng, you're kidding, right? "Don't say that Uncle Sixth doesn't believe it, except for Li Mingbao, everyone present doesn't believe that there will be such a cheap thing, if it's really like what Li Mingbao said, ask the construction company over there to do the construction, it's not as simple as saving money and pulling relationships, it's just taking advantage. If there really is such a good thing, even if the British government in Hong Kong is worried about it, it must be done. In the face of interests, the pressure of the British government in Hong Kong is all scum. Even Xiang Jia, who dislikes to deal with the government the most, is willing to offend the British government in Hong Kong.
"Whether it's a joke or not, in fact, a phone call can prove it. I don't believe that Uncle Six, you don't have the contact information of the big 6 there, you should have a friendship with Xinhua News Agency, right? Call and ask them, and everything will be clear. If it's as cheap as I say, I'll do what I want. Li Mingbao simply pushed the matter to the Xinhua News Agency, and no matter how much he explained, it was not as strong as the official government's explanation.
"In this case, it seems that the problem of our theater decoration has to be discussed in the long run." The sixth uncle said with emotion.
Originally, it was just to talk about the renovation of the cinema in the cinema, but since Li Mingbao said that the big 6 side wants money cheaper, the simple movie theater renovation problem has become farther and farther, and after hearing the cost, the sixth uncle can't help but want to take advantage of it.
Labor in Hong Kong is already expensive, and the news on the Big 6 side is actually not too transparent at this time, so even well-informed people like Uncle Sixth don't know anything about the news that the Big 6 side is common-sense. In these days, in the era when a house could be built for a few hundred yuan, there was no price at all. A pound of first-class meat is only a little more than a dollar, and this is still in a big city.
People here in Hong Kong have a hard time understanding the prices on the Big 6 side.
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