The office of New Era Group.

Lin Zuhui was looking at the plan of the 'International Financial Center', and he was in a very good mood.

The IFC is divided into four phases:

The first phase is the 'shopping mall', with an area of 860,000 square feet, which will be put into use at the end of 1998.

Phase 2, IFC Phase 1, is a 52-storey, 880,000 sq ft first-class Grade-A office tower that will be completed and put into use in early millennium.

The third phase is the 'IFC Phase 2 (Freedom Tower), which is 88 storeys high, plus a 126-metre observation tower, with a height of 535 metres, the world's tallest building with a property area of 1.86 million sq ft, which will be completed in 2002, and will serve as the headquarters of the New Era Group and the office of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

The fourth phase, the 'Hotel Tower', will provide 1.28 million square feet of hotel space and serviced apartments, and will be put into use by the end of 2003.

The overall renderings of the 'International Financial Center' give people the feeling of technology, the future and luxury, with a total cost of about 23 billion Hong Kong dollars, becoming a veritable money-burning war; The total investment is 46 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is 10% more than the cost of the previous life.

Originally, the government plan for the second phase of the International Tower project was to combine two buildings, but Lin Zuhui insisted on merging them into one building to build the world's tallest building, which is conducive to the tourism economy of Hong Kong.

With Lam's personal connections, the Legislative Council members did not directly agree to the ball's submission to the 'District Councils', thus allowing Lam to make use of his personal relationships. The Central District Council members were invited to the hotel for discussion, and the result was approved, but the District Council members proposed to set up a 'sightseeing area' to compensate for the loss of the high Victoria Peak.

Of course, Lin Zuhui immediately agreed, but in fact, when the Lands Department signed the document, the document did not stipulate the 'sightseeing area', which was a side game. If there is no express provision in the instrument, then it can not be enforced.

Of course, Lin Zuhui still set up a 'sightseeing and tourism area', but whether it will be open in the future or not is another matter; it is necessary to consider this 'opening' issue according to the actual situation, especially the safety issue.

After reading the drawings, Lin Zuhui leaned back in his chair with a smile on his face.

With the opening of 'Tsuen Wan Plaza' and 'Hollywood Plaza', New Era Group's rental area has greatly increased, and of course, some small and medium-sized rental properties are currently being sold.

But on the whole, the rental property is strengthened!

"Knock Knock"

"Come in"

Chen Xiaofen walked in with a smile on her face, she is in her early forties, she is much more pleasing to the eye than Hong Xiaolian, and the problem of ability is not easy to compare, but Chen Xiaofen must be qualified to be the director of a giant group with a market value of 400 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Hong Xiaolian's ability is the kind of 'spicy' type high-level who climbs up from the bottom, and her speech is more or less 'wild', the former Changshi and Henderson's real estate battle, Hong Xiaolian openly claimed that 'Changshi's real estate is better than Henderson's real estate', which is obviously very unsuitable, and cannot be named because this is a 'shrew' behavior.

And Chen Xiaofen has studied in college, although she also climbed up from the bottom, but she is less gangsteristic and more intellectual. But don't think that others are not suitable for sales, on the contrary, Chen Xiaofen was born as a sales champion back then, and she was polite and courteous, which was very convincing.

Of course, the three carriages of the New Era Group are already Chen Bin, Liang Zhenxun, and Yuan Tianfan, and the three have been promoted to global management talents. The rights of the three of them are very great, because Lin Zuhui almost grasps the big and lets go of the small, and is more of a spiritual symbol.

"Boss, the 'Excelsior Mall' in Causeway Bay has been sold to Great Eagle Group for 2.12 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile when he heard this: "It seems to be quite popular!" ”

Chen Xiaofen said: "Well, almost as soon as the news was released, many consortiums came to negotiate, and the deal could be finalized in almost a week or two!" ”

In his previous life, including Li Chaoren, he lost a lot of money in the financial crisis (securities investment, real estate investment), not to mention that Lin Jianyue spent 6 billion yuan (nearly double the premium) to buy Furama Hotel.

"Are there any large real estate companies that sell properties in a similar style to ours?"

"Yes, Hang Lung sold properties worth more than $1 billion at the end of last year, and it seems that they are still selling!"

It's actually this company, Lin Zuhui's first thought was. You must know that Hang Lung suffered a lot of losses in the '73 stock market crash' and the '82 crash', reaching the point of almost going bankrupt.

It seems that Hang Lung has learned to 'eat two trenches and grow wiser'.

In fact, large real estate companies such as Cheung Kong and Sun Hung Kai have misjudged the situation; It's just that they have sufficient cash flow and low debt ratio, so they can completely survive the trough, and even buy the bottom in the trough. Of course, there must have been a lot of losses before.

Chen Xiaofen made a brief report and left Lin Zuhui's office, generally speaking, the boss is not inattentive to the real estate in Xiangjiang; If it weren't for the boss's instructions, she wouldn't have bothered the boss, a busy man.

"Knock Knock"

"Come in"

Yuan Tianfan walked in, and then sat respectfully on the sofa.

"Boss, the auction for the privatization of Vale, Brazil, will be held in May, and we have been invited!"

Lin Zuhui nodded happily and said: "Good news, after investing in Brazil for two years, I finally got in touch with the government relations. ”

Yuan Tianfan said with a smile: "The last time you met with their president, the boss, our relationship with the Brazilian government is already very solid!" ”

At the beginning of 1995, New Era Group listed Brazil as an investment market, opened a five-star hotel in São Paulo, the Langham Hotel, acquired retail industry assets, and later participated in the Brazilian privatization company to take shares, etc., with an investment of hundreds of millions of US dollars.

Of course, the most important thing is the title of Lin Zuhui, the 'richest man in the world', and the guests of presidents are not joking.

Since 1993, Lin Zuhui has become the richest man in the world, and this year (1997) he will still be the richest man in the world, and Bill Gates can't surpass it at all.

For example, the market value of the New Era Group is 400 billion, so Lin Zuhui has a net worth of 200 billion, plus the market value of other listed companies, Lin Zuhui's net worth is about 300 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 30 billion US dollars when converted into US dollars, and Bill Gates has not even reached 20 billion US dollars!

In fact, because Lin Zuhui's shareholding ratio is too high, his worth is really terrible!

Lin Zuhui said: "In the auction in May, I will personally go to the town and strive to win 5%~10% of the shares. ”

Yuan Tianfan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll remind you then!" The boss is very optimistic about the iron ore industry? ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I am optimistic about the long term, I am betting that the demand for subway ore will explode in the 21st century, so you can investigate the iron ore projects in Brazil and Australia, and then leave it to me to discuss!" ”

Yuan Tianfan is specifically responsible for the overseas business development and acquisition of New Era Group, so Lin Zuhui is also relieved to hand it over to him.

"No problem!"

Then, Lin Zuhui thought for a while and said: "By the way, you will reorganize the Hong Kong shipping business, and the main tasks are: first, sell some old ships as soon as possible and reduce the tonnage; Second, based on the world's giant Maersk, we will formulate a strategy for the development of Heung Kong Shipping into a world's transportation giant, which should include the development of sea, land and air transportation, logistics, procurement and other aspects. ”

Yuan Tianfan was stunned for a moment and said, "Reduce the ship first?" ”

Lin Zuhui nodded and said bluntly: "This is called breaking and then standing, first streamlining the team, and then needing opportunities to develop and grow." In short, sit up and talk about the plan first. In the future, we will be the world's transportation giant, but we must understand the cyclical nature in order to avoid losses. ”

When it comes to periodicity, Yuan Tianfan understands what the boss is worried about, of course he won't talk nonsense; But by the side of the boss, I still understand the boss's layout.

"No problem, I will definitely organize a team to formulate a big development plan for Heung Kong Shipping. By the way, should you change the name? ”

"Times Shipping"

"Okay!"

After formulating the plan, Times Shipping began to become a world shipping giant through mergers and acquisitions in 1999. M&A is the fastest shortcut to growth, not only to buy the original company's ships, but also to buy the original company's business, channels, etc., which is a valuable asset.

There is a logistics giant in Hong Kong, Li & Fung Group, which has become the target of Lin Zuhui, and after the financial crisis, he began to make acquisitions, of course, as well as possible in good faith.

Real estate, hotels, beverages and food, transportation and logistics, and telecommunications, these four major industries will become the pillar industries of New Era Group. Other industries such as retail and pharmaceuticals will also develop slowly.

Yuan Tianfan excitedly left Lin Zuhui's office, he likes to follow the ambitious boss, New Era Group is the world's largest commercial real estate company, which is already globally recognized; Now, the boss is moving in a different direction, which makes me excited and motivated.

The last one was Liang Zhenxun who came to Lin Zuhui's office.

"Boss, gold has fallen to $345 an ounce, and we have a profit of $550 million on our books!"

"Leave it alone, I don't think $300 an ounce is a problem!"

Liang Zhenxun was a little surprised, the boss is too confident!

"Okay! The market capitalization of the US stock market is currently US$3.2 billion (HK$25.5 billion), the market capitalization of the UK stock market is HK$21 billion, and the market capitalization of the Japanese stock market is HK$12 billion."

With one investment, the market value of New Era Group's investment in finance has reached nearly 70 billion Hong Kong dollars!

"Keep holding on and ignore it!"

"Okay, I remember!"

Then, a number of expenditure items were reported, undoubtedly in Europe and the United States, with hotels and shopping malls being the most.

Of course, hotels and shopping malls can also provide a large amount of net profit every year, although it is not enough to spend every year, but as you invest, the net profit will also increase.

In the large box of the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Heung Kong 'Tomorrow Will Be Better' Foundation held a party, and Lin Zuhui, as one of the members, naturally participated.

The 'Better Tomorrow' Fund was established to deal with the public opinion that 'Hong Kong is dead' that has been circulating in the Hong Kong market since 1995, and because the British are unwilling to withdraw from Hong Kong, the British and their followers have been singing about the decline of the Hong Kong economy.

As the base camp of many wealthy people, everyone doesn't want Xiangjiang to not be able to make money, after all, everyone's foundation is in Xiangjiang; Therefore, 20 billionaires each contributed HK$5 million to set up a 'Better Tomorrow' fund to promote the development of Hong Kong's economy.

This foundation has a great influence, especially when it was established at the call of Lu Ping of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and after its establishment, it was also received the highest reception in Beijing.

Cheng Kar-chun is the chairman, and Lin Zuhui has refused all positions and is just a member of the board.

"Let's take a picture together!" Hong Kong affairs adviser Fang Huang Jiwen (female) proposed.

"Okay" everyone began to prepare.

One of the interesting things about this is that the front row is sitting, and there are 11 seats; Lin Zuhui thought that he was very young and there was no need to sit, so he and Zheng Kar-chun stood in the back.

Now it's okay, everyone 'dares to sit' there, and they all invite Lin Zuhui to sit in the middle position.

Lin Zuhui was humble again, and reluctantly sat in the middle, but not in the middle.

In fact, this situation has been like this since the early nineties, no matter where Lin Zuhui is, age is no longer his problem, his identity and status are there, and going there is the central point.

After taking the photos, everyone talked about everything about the foundation, and the most important thing was the economy of Hong Kong.

Taking advantage of the gap, Li Chaoren came to Lin Zuhui's side and said, "Lin Sheng, let's sit together later to discuss the listing of the orange company?" ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "No problem, it's almost time!" ”

It turned out that the two companies had merged their telecommunications businesses in Europe so as not to fall into hostile competition; After the merger, the telcos continued to use the orange company, and the business grew by leaps and bounds, becoming the second largest mobile telecommunications provider in the UK, after Vodafone.

However, last year, Hutchison Whampoa wanted the orange subsidiary to go public and then cash out some of the funds; was rejected by Lin Zuhui on the grounds that it would be more beneficial to go public a year late.

In fact, in one year, the number of customers of the orange company has increased by more than 30%.

And now if it is listed, there is no problem in cashing out 60~8 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the two can almost recover the cost. At the same time, the company can also participate in the bidding for licenses in other European countries.

Li Chaoren said: "Mr. Lin's timing is really admirable!" ”

Lin Zuhui smiled: "There, there, Li Chaoren is the same!" ”

Everyone saw Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren talking and laughing, or the two sides cooperated, and they were suddenly a little strange, after all, the competition between the two is also very fierce.

Last year alone, there were many big projects competing, such as the inland river terminal and the No. 9 Kwai Chung wharf; This month, the two sides also launched a fierce exchange of fire at the new airport franchise store, and both sides won and lost.

In the airport franchise store, Lin Zuhui has a lot of retail brands in need, and the same is true for Li Chaoren; As a result, the two companies each won the franchise of nearly ten stores, accounting for 60~70% of the quota, and other consortia and overseas consortia complained bitterly.

The reason why Lin Zuhui is like this is naturally because he is also a clothing, jewelry, beauty, and retail giant, and he is naturally very much needed for airport franchise stores.

For example, in the field of makeup, due to the birth of Nature Hall, the impact on Watsons is also huge. Nature Hall is not only involved in the field of beauty, but also in the field of retail, and will usher in great development in the future, after all, 'Hong Kong culture and Hong Kong' was proposed by Lin Zuhui, and he himself naturally wants to eat enough.

(End of chapter)