The Boeing 747 private jet arrived at Paris International Airport as Sophie Marceau said goodbye to Lin Zuhui.

Because Lin Zuhui is going to fly to London for business, he also has to pick up Li Jiaxin, Li Zi, Monica and their children in London to return to Hong Kong for the summer vacation.

"No, Sophie, you can't bear it!" Lin Zuhui put his arm around Sophie Marceau and quipped.

Sophie's reluctant expression immediately retracted, and then said seriously: "I'm just thinking, are you lying to me!" ”

"I didn't lie to you in a word! Remember to get in touch, or I'll take the initiative to contact you! ”

"You're so busy!"

"No matter how busy you are, you won't forget your promise, rest assured!"

"Hmph, I don't need you to promise anything!"

After saying that, Sophie Marceau smiled, then turned around and stepped out of the plane.

......

In London, after a day of business trip.

Lin Zuhui picked up Li Jiaxin, Li Zi, Monica and their children and began to fly back to Hong Kong.

Although there is a saying that 'father and son are different boats', Lin Zuhui obviously does not have this trouble now.

Of course, he will never take the same plane with Lin Wenjie (eldest son), nor will he take the same plane with Wang Lingyin to go abroad.

As for the other concubines, they are not so particular, after all, he only needs to ensure the basic plate.

But now that he has such a big career, even if he has an accident, there is no problem for his children to be rich for generations.

A day of business in London is almost always a matter of real estate, and the overall result makes Lin Zuhui very happy.

The 12 million square feet of commercial properties in the first phase of Canary Wharf have all been leased, and the vacancy rate is less than 1%; The major customers who have moved in are: HSBC, Citibank, Bucklai Bank, Credit Suisse, Lehman, Xiaomo and other international institutions, becoming a veritable European 'Wall Street'. The second phase of 4 million square feet of commercial property is also under construction and is expected to be fully put into use in 2002.

Commercial office buildings have achieved good results, and shopping malls have also developed very well.

Amazon Mall currently has a total of eight shopping malls in the UK, six of which are in competition with Westfield Mall and are obtained from the British public fund; This means that Amazon Mall has beaten Westfield Mall in the UK.

At the same time, Lin Zuhui also got some information, Germany, the United Kingdom and other countries have successively bid for 3G broadband licenses around the world, and Li Chaoren and several consortia are preparing to do a big job.

In this regard, Lin Zuhui said that if he doesn't play, let Li Chaoren play global 3G, which also means that Li Chaoren will lose hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars in ten years, and he will not be able to turn a profit until 2010.

As far as he knows, there will be another wave of Internet bubble bursting in the second half of the year, and the telecommunications industry will also plummet.

For his telecommunications industry, he wants to use Hong Kong Telecom to successfully acquire Australia's second largest telecommunications company;

In this way, HKT has completed its overseas expansion and made a geographical breakthrough.

On the plane, the family talked and laughed, and Lin Zuhui also interacted with the children, and the children liked their irresponsible old beans.

As his children, it is natural that they have been flying private jets since they were young, and although it is the family office that manages them, they are no strangers to private jets at all.

In addition to his Boeing 747, Mr. Lin's family office also manages three private jets, all of which are brands like Gulfstream and Bombardier.

"When will you introduce Sophie to me?" Monica found an opportunity and whispered to Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You don't have to test me, she is just my passerby, and she won't join you!" I really appreciate you, Monica, though! ”

Monica happily hugged Lin Zuhui, leaned in and said, "Then you will be the last to belong to me today!" ”

Lin Zuhui hugged Monica's charming waist, feeling the charm completely different from Sophie, naturally he wanted to get into Pianpiao, he seemed to remember that the two women had worked together in their previous lives, and the photos made men yearn for it.

"No problem! But Monica, why would you help me? ”

Monica smiled and said, "I'm calling it a desire to get away with it!" ”

Good guy, this woman has now become Huaxia Tong, and she can even use idioms.

"That's what you call capture!"

Good big! That's what a woman is called!

"What about Zong?"

"Horse Relaxation Recruitment..... Look at the moves"

.......

In early July, 22 corporations, including SOGO Co., Ltd. (the parent company of Sogo Department Store), filed for the Civil Rehabilitation Act (the first law after the passage of the law) and officially declared bankruptcy. Its liabilities are as high as 1,870 billion yen. On the same day, the application for special liquidation of the Tama branch began, and more than half of the branches began to close.

When the news reached Hong Kong, there was an uproar.

Since 1997, Japan's Yaohan Department Store and Hisamitsu Department Store have gone bankrupt one after another, and the Japanese-funded department stores that dominated the Quartet in the early years have begun to go into ruin; And now the closure of Sogo Department Store has completely confirmed this.

You must know that in the seventies and eighties, the Japanese-funded department stores beat the old Hong Kong department stores Xianshi and Yong'an, and the Chinese-funded department stores sold themselves one after another to escape the catastrophe.

And now, under the impact of shopping malls, traditional department stores also seem to have failed.

However, Hong Kong's Sogo Department Store has a different performance, it is located in the core area of Causeway Bay, and owns a Sogo department store with a property area of up to 350,000 square feet and a value of more than HK$3 billion. At the same time, after the financial crisis, Hong Kong Sogo Department Store began to grow in both turnover and net profit in 1999, with outstanding performance.

Therefore, the parent company of Sogo Department Store closed down and started the regeneration process, so Xiangjiang Sogo Department Store could not be left alone, and it was possible to sell itself to pay off debts, so some chaebols in Xiangjiang also had the heart to get involved.

New Era Group.

"Boss"

"Well, sit!"

Lin Zuhui pointed to the sofa and asked He Yonghang, the head of the retail business of New Era Group, to sit down.

"So, I want you to set up a department store!"

He Yonghang reacted immediately and asked, "What does the boss mean to fight for Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong?" ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, the retail department of the New Era Group - Times Retail, currently has two brands - supermarket Yonghui supermarket and convenience store Xishiduo; The development of these two brands is not bad, and the retail of Hongkong Land and Hutchison has formed a three-point world in Hong Kong.

At the same time, these two brands have successfully entered the mainland for many years and occupy a place in the mainland retail sector.

This is due to Lam's knowledge of supermarkets and convenience stores in the Mainland, and from the perspective of customers, Lam knows very well what the supermarkets and convenience stores in the Mainland are like. As a result, Yonghui Supermarket and Xishiduo have become leaders in foreign retail in the mainland.

Of course, due to the speed of liberalization of the mainland retail market, the scale is not particularly large; At present, Yonghui Supermarket has a total of seven supermarkets and 100 convenience stores in Guangdong Province and the magic capital.

On the contrary, Li Chaoren's PARKnSHOP supermarket is in the mainland, which can only be said to be generally developed.

The WTO is about to enter, and the retail market is becoming more and more open, and Lin Zuhui has begun to notice this business.

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In the past, he felt that retail didn't make much money, and it didn't matter more or less, but now he needs the influence of the retail market, and his food and beverage needs to master the terminal market.

Therefore, Times Retail will continue to exert its strength.

He Yonghang said: "Okay, it's not a big problem, Times Retail is now full of talents, and it will be no stranger to the department store industry, and Sogo Department Store has started a regeneration process, which means that the brand ..... is retained."

He is right, even if Sogo Department Store in Hong Kong wants to sell, it is not something that can be taken if you want to.

Although there is no need for the New Era Group to take Sogo Department Store, including the property, after all, it is a big business, and small interests are not worth fighting.

However, he wanted to win this wealth for Li Jiaxin and Li Zi.

Although these two women will also hold a certain amount of U.S. stocks in the future, they also have to have some real industries.

However, neither of the two women is a business material, and the department store is handed over to them, which must be uneasy.

Moreover, according to Lin Zuhui's understanding, if Sogo Department Store wants to sell itself, the Japanese headquarters will never want to just sell the Sogo Building, but want to retain the department store business.

Therefore, if the enterprises involved in the negotiation say that they just want to buy the building, it is impossible.

Japan's corporate revitalization law means that stores can be 'recycled', even if the management rights are relinquished, but the Sogo department store is still the Japanese headquarters, so that they can collect management fees and export Japanese goods.

In this way, even if someone makes a higher bid and wants to buy the property separately, the Japanese side will not agree.

"After you set up this department, tell me, because this time the New Era Group is just a partner, and this industry is what my girlfriend wants. At that time, the two sides jointly won the Hong Kong Sogo department store. After winning the event, it will strive to open another branch in Kowloon and Tsuen Wan, as well as a branch in the mainland, and at the same time look for opportunities to go public. ”

He Yonghang's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly: "Okay, I will definitely transfer elite soldiers and strong generals to start this department store business." ”

That is to say, the boss may not personally take action on the billions or tens of billions of projects; Now a project of only three or four billion yuan has to be arranged in person.

He Yonghang naturally doesn't care about the boss's affairs, he just needs to complete the task for the boss.

The meaning of the boss is very simple, the new era group and his girlfriend are in a joint venture, and the era retail participates in the management, as for the future listing, whether to withdraw from the company or not, it is all the boss's meaning.

.......

Causeway Bay, Sogo Department Store.

There are a lot of people here, and the flow of 70,000 or 80,000 people a day at its peak shows its prosperity.

Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong opened on May 31, 1985, located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with an area of 120,000 square feet at that time. In 1993, it was added next door, doubled in size, and was named Jumbo Sogo, which became the largest department store in Hong Kong after expansion. In November 1996, Sogo opened on the opposite side of East Point Road; In July 1997, the basement of the adjacent Kimberly shopping mall was opened and connected to the Sogo basement to open the supermarket Supermart.

The gradual expansion of the territory also shows that the business of Sogo Department Store is getting better and better.

Lin Zuhui dragged Li Jiaxin to Sogo Department Store, he was dressed in casual clothes, although he was easy to recognize, but it was also a little disguised.

Seeing the crowd at the door, Lin Zuhui couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of Causeway Bay, the world's number one retail street.

Of course, he has a lot of properties in Causeway Bay, such as Windsor Tower, Grand Mall, World Trade Center Tower, and Excelsior Mall, all of which are well-known retail shopping centers.

Looking up at the Sogo Building, an idea instantly came to his mind:

As far as he knows, the Sogo Building has 19 floors, so it is completely possible to transform the part of the office building above 11 floors into a shopping mall again, expanding the retail area in one fell swoop.

Shop rents are certainly more expensive than office buildings, and Xiangjiang already has a 17-storey shopping mall in Times Square as a precedent, which is obviously very suitable for renovation.

Originally, Li Jiaxin's The One, as well as the Windsor Tower of the New Era Group, were ready to build high-rise shopping malls one after another; The One is the tallest shopping mall in Hong Kong with 26 floors. The 17-storey Windsor shopping mall is expected to open in 2004.

Now, with the addition of the Sogo Building (which is not yet certain whether it can be bought), it can also be converted into a 19-storey mall (including the basement) (without affecting the existing retail component).

"Brother Hui, what are you bringing me here for, I still like the IFC, after all, it's our family's!" Li Jiaxin said so, but her expression was very happy, after all, Lin Zuhui personally came to accompany her shopping, what an honor.

Lin Zuhui pointed to the Sogo Building and said with a smile: "How about I buy him and give it to you?" ”

Li Jiaxin's eyes changed from surprise to ecstasy, and then hung on Lin Zuhui, and said coquettishly: "Woo, Brother Hui, you are too good to me!" ”

It's one thing for her to like properties, but more importantly for her to know that there are some properties that she has the money and the means to buy and operate them.

It's like Dongying Building rebuilding the ONE shopping mall, if there is no Brother Hui, she can buy it at most and collect rent; Even, she didn't have the channel to buy it.

And this Sogo department store is very famous in Hong Kong, and it is a retail hit in Causeway Bay and Times Square, and she is not too excited and too well-behaved.

"Be careful, it's out there!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

"Ahh Good. Brother Hui, I'm so happy...."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Don't be happy too early, this project still has to compete." But don't worry, I've asked Times Retail to set up a department store department, and I'll cooperate with you when the time comes. You and Li Zi each have 30% of the equity, Times Retail accounts for 40%, and you pay for it yourself. ”

Li Jiaxin nodded hurriedly and said, "Brother Hui is whatever he says, I will listen to you!" She didn't care about sharing it with Li Zi, and she knew that no one knew Li Zi in Xiangjiang, and the Hong Kong people didn't think it was her industry at that time, after all, she was a celebrity of the Lin family.

Lin added: "But don't worry about the lack of shares, we will also develop Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsuen Wan, and even Sogo Department Store in the mainland." It will be listed in the future, so this industry will be worth tens of billions. ”

Li Jiaxin smiled like a flower, and nodded like a chicken pecking rice. Brother Hui promised to make her a billionaire, and she is only more than 10 billion at present, which is still far behind.

She comforted herself in her heart: "It's not that I'm greedy for money, but I have two sons, so it's not wrong to fight for it." ”

As everyone knows, if she wants to become a billionaire, she has to invest in U.S. stocks as the simplest, of course, this is a later thing.

When the two of them walked into Sogo Department Store, they felt like they had walked into their own home industry, and they couldn't help but be very interested in shopping.

Although Sogo Department Store is a Japanese-funded department store and has many Japanese brands, it has a wide range of luxury goods and international makeup brands.

The two naturally had to make some purchases, and during the period, many people recognized Lin Zuhui and Li Jiaxin, and there were many people who greeted each other, but they were harmless.