On the plane from New York to London, Lin Zuhui deliberately took an ordinary cabin in order not to be lonely during the journey.

In this way, he can sit and chat with Monica without wasting nearly 10 hours of the journey in vain.

In fact, the two of them were like glue, and Monica was lying comfortably in Lin Zuhui's arms, frequently attracting the attention of other passengers.

She's so beautiful!

However, it wasn't she who got into trouble first.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin!" A flight attendant came to Lin Zuhui's side and said with a decent smile.

Undoubtedly, Lin Zuhui likes flight attendants, and instantly made Lin Zuhui decide to let Monica cosplay next time.

Monica immediately sat up straight, scanning back and forth between the flight attendant and Lin Zuhui, intending to find something. Can this man meet a lover on a plane?

And Lin Zuhui was also a little confused, but he still said politely: "This young lady, what are you congratulating me?" I'm sorry, I don't know at all! After speaking, he looked at Monica innocently and said that he didn't know the flight attendant.

The flight attendant is really beautiful, and she is also a blonde beauty, of course, much worse than Monica.

I saw her hand a magazine to Lin Zuhui and said: "This is the latest Fortune magazine, Mr. Lin is the richest man in the world!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lin Zuhui felt that the whole surroundings were cast with shocked eyes, and then applause rang out.

Lin Zuhui was stunned, he never thought that the news that he had become the richest man was learned from such a scene.

At this time, he clearly saw many foreigners getting up from their seats and casting curious glances in this direction.

And Lin Zuhui's bodyguards and assistants suddenly became a little nervous, he usually went abroad with 4 foreigners as peripheral bodyguards, and then a man and a woman Chinese personal bodyguards, plus an assistant Li Ke and a secretary. There are also quite a few teams.

Lin Zuhui reacted quickly, flipped through the magazine twice, and said politely to the flight attendant: "Thank you, please tell me the news, I am very surprised!" ”

The flight attendant said: "I believe many people will be surprised, after all, you are so young!" ”

Lin Zuhui spread his hands and said, "Maybe!" But to my surprise, they underestimated my wealth. Perhaps, I will ask my lawyer to send them a lawyer's letter. ”

"Wow"

For a while, there were incredible voices around, and the flight attendant was even more dumbfounded.

Of course.

Lin Zuhui was just joking, anyway, the matter has already been exposed, why not let yourself pretend to be a B first.

Monica's eyes were full of little stars, and then she snuggled into Lin Zuhui's arms again, and opened the magazine and read it carefully.

After simply dealing with the flight attendant, Lin Zuhui hugged Monica and continued to warm up.

This woman is strong!

In her, Lin Zuhui felt that he had double the happiness!

"My dear, you are actually the richest man in the world! For a long time, I thought you were just the richest Chinese, but I didn't expect you to be the richest person in the world. Monica still couldn't believe it, stuck to Lin Zuhui, and said seriously.

Lin Zuhui hugged her waist, feeling very comfortable, and said calmly: "Wealth has reached a certain level, but it is just a cold number. I'm no longer obsessed with and concerned about this number, and only care about doing something meaningful, such as I'm going to London this time to talk about a meaningful project that can reposition the position and geography of European finance. ”

For a person like Monica, who only has skin, Lin Zuhui now gives her the feeling that she is a majestic figure.

This B is pretended! Give full marks!

In fact, Monica follows Lin Zuhui, and there is always a psychology of Cinderella becoming a princess. She's beautiful, but there are so many beautiful girls!

And when she followed Lin Zuhui, she always amazed how 'aristocratic' Lin Zuhui's life was, and every time she went to a city, a group of people would serve him (family office), they were like British housekeepers, providing Lin Zuhui with a Rolls-Royce team and providing various services.

As for the big things Lin Zuhui did, Monica can also talk about a few things; For example, he won eight skyscrapers in Manhattan in one fell swoop and became world-famous.

Following.

After a night's rest at the London manor, Lin Zuhui said goodbye to Monica and went to work.

Work doesn't play with girls, play girls don't work, this is Lin Zuhui's motto.

Lin Zuhui's motorteam sailed to Canary Wharf, a project that haunted him. It's not about how much money the project can make (and certainly a lot of money), but because it's a milestone project, like a 'landmark' for a city.

For example, he invested in the Americas, and 'Eight Skyscrapers in Manhattan' is his masterpiece, a masterpiece that people talk about.

And his European masterpiece is, of course, the 'Canary Wharf' project.

Of course, at present, it must be Richman's masterpiece, and Lin Zuhui is at most an investor.

But Lin Zuhui knew that Richman was just working for him.

The Rolls-Royce convoy crossed a bridge and drove into Canary Wharf.

It is located in a peninsula-shaped massif in the dog island district, which is surrounded on three sides by the Thames and covers an area of 0.35 square kilometres (3.8 million square feet, equivalent to 1.6 Taikoo Shing in Hong Kong).

Canary Wharf is located in the London Borough of Dorkland, 5 kilometres east of the city of London, the Dowland covers an area of 8.5 square kilometres, and in the future, Doug Island will be the de facto core of the Dowland Business District.

At present, the Canary Wharf project has completed 8 high-rise buildings, about 6.5 million square feet of office area, and the development area is less than half.

The convoy came to a building and stopped, Lin Zuhui walked out of the car, this time he was still with Liang Zhenxun, Gao Yi, and of course, Lin Zuhui's personal consultant team and lawyer team.

Under the guidance of the staff, the group came to a huge conference room, where a large number of people had arrived.

Richman greeted him warmly and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, welcome to Canary Wharf!" ”

Lin Zuhui held his hand and responded enthusiastically: "In the past six months, every time I come to London, I will come to see it once, and I am no stranger at all!" ”

"Haha"

Then, Lin Zuhui greeted people from HSBC and Citibank, who were also the second investors in the project.

Canary Wharf was built into three towers and the three tallest buildings in the UK: the 235.1-metre-tall First Canada Place (also known as the Canary Wharf Tower), the 199.5-metre-tall Eighth Canada Place (also known as the HSBC Tower), and the Citigroup Centre. A large number of landmark commercial properties, represented by three super high-rise buildings, provide a strong appeal for the new district.

The two banks, themselves the largest creditors of the collapsed Olympia York Company, now have a stake in the Canary Wharf project.

Also present at the meeting were the chairman of the Transport for London Commission, who is now also the chairman of the project, Clem, and Richman as the de facto manager.

The reason for this is that London does not want the project to be completed, which is related to the image of the government. This close connection has also made the development of Canary Wharf in line with the development of London's urban transport from now on.

After everyone sat down, Richman began his speech, introducing the project in detail, and everyone listened very carefully, after all, Richman was the chief planner at the beginning of the project, and it can be said that without him, no matter who takes over, it will be difficult to convince the public.

Richman continued: "The London Government's decision to complete the extension of the Jubliee Line before the turn of the millennium and to open a major station in Canary to integrate into the existing Bay Area Light Rail system will activate the commercial value of the area. ”

Clem added: "If Canary Wharf is restructured, we expect Canary Wharf Group to invest £500 million over the next 24 years to develop the transport infrastructure in the area. ”

Investors are talking that Canary Wharf is only one part of this area, and it is only 0.35 square kilometers in size.

At the end of the 70s of the 20th century, a new phenomenon emerged in the big cities of the United Kingdom, led by London: large blank or semi-empty plots of land characterized by abandoned industrial or warehouse ruins waiting to be redeveloped. Most of this land is publicly or semi-publicly-owned, and local municipalities plan to use it for housing or roads, but this is not possible due to financial cuts or public opposition.

In short, in this inner city of London, there is also a large amount of land that is undeveloped and publicly owned. This makes Hong Kong, a city where every inch of land is valuable, think about how to think about it, Hong Kong is not short of capital, but also lacks land, of course, the premise is private development.

Richman then said loudly: "The current restructuring of the Canary Wharf project requires £1.5 billion in redemption funds. Today we are going to talk about who would like to be his investor. First of all, my good friend Mr. Lin Zuhui is willing to invest 60% of the shares. ”

For a while, dozens of people in the conference room looked at Lin Zuhui one after another, a little incredible.

Clem immediately asked: "Then this project will be implemented in the future, will Mr. Lin Zuhui participate!" He was a little unconvinced that Lam was capable of planning and building the project, and thus ruined the overall layout of London.

Lin Zuhui immediately said: "I decided to invest in this project because of Mr. Richman's face, so I only believe that he has the ability to complete this project." And, I have a proposal that when the time comes, we can take Canary Wharf public and raise funds to continue investing in this area and contribute more to business in London. ”

M's, it's a bit against the will. It should be said that it is to continue to engage in real estate in London and make a lot of money.

(PS: In the previous life, this area included 37 high-end office buildings, 4 shopping malls, more than 400 retail stores and more than 300 restaurants, and more than 150,000 people employed in various industries.) Among them, the office and retail area reaches 1.4 million square meters, and 600,000 square meters of office buildings are currently under development; There are also internationally renowned brands such as Four Seasons Hotel, Marriott Hotel, Fraser Palace Hotel and Ibis Hotel. ）

When Clem and other government officials heard this, they immediately nodded and put their minds at ease. First of all, they are eager for the project to be restarted so as not to have a bad impact on the government, and although Lin Zuhui has a large stake, he is only an investor after all, and Richman is still the person in charge of this project.

They also know that the reason why Richman brought Lin Zuhui in to invest must have gained some benefits.

Citibank and HSBC have endorsed Lim's investment and expressed their willingness to invest 15% each. Citibank supports Lin Zuhui's majority of the shares because Lin Zuhui is the second largest shareholder of Citibank, and the cooperation between the two sides is deep; As for HSBC, it is the largest creditor bank of the New Era Group, so it naturally supports the New Era Group and borrows from them.

Of course, the most important thing is that Richman insisted that New Era Group invest a large amount, which made many people a little puzzled and speculated that there must be some secret deal between the two sides.

The remaining 10% of the shares were subscribed by three U.S. investment institutions and Richman personally.

After the initial consultations, everyone was ready to discuss in detail, starting with the details of the redemption of Canary Wharf. As for the development after that, that's for later.

(End of chapter)