"Every time the subway station entrance property in Hong Kong is auctioned, I don't know how many big consortia covet it, and even Hongkong Land, which has not completely annexed Milk International, will not be absent, if we want to participate, it is difficult to compete with these companies in terms of funds, unless your Hutchison or Galaxy is with me?" Chen Tianfu said.

"Not in a short period of time, maybe you can consider it after half a year, and you don't have to think too much, Dad, there are so many subway stations, and there are so many plots of land near each station, and it is impossible to take them all down, as long as we find the right time, there is still a chance." Chen Zhiwen said: "And the British-funded consortium basically likes to buy land for long-term holding, especially Land, the acquisition of Milk International, and the development of self-owned properties, and Hong Kong's subway company is different from other places, the Hong Kong government does not give subsidies, can only rely on the sale of land to recover funds, the British capital this way of holding itself is completely inconsistent with the interests of the MTR, in a short period of time they can still rely on their own funds to support, for a long time it is absolutely not feasible, relatively speaking, I think the threat of Chinese capital is a little greater. ”

The construction of subways in most parts of the world is invested by the government, and the future operation is generally subsidized by the government, because drilling subway tunnels, purchasing subways and future maintenance and operation are very costly, and it is impossible to earn back the revenue of a few dollars per person in the future.

But the subway can not increase the price, the price has risen and people are running to take the bus or taxi, besides, the purpose of the subway itself is to ease the traffic on the ground, from the perspective of the whole social level, it is still earned, so it is necessary to pay subsidies, the mainland of later generations, a city is often billions of subsidies every year.

But Hong Kong is strange, perhaps in order to comply with the so-called "free economy", the Hong Kong government will not allocate funds to build the subway, but will hand over the land near the subway station to the Hong Kong MTR Corporation to operate, so as to maintain the subway, which is the core logic of this strategy.

The original Hong Kong subway should have been built in 1973, but just encountered the real estate crisis and the global oil crisis, the land could not be sold at a high price, so it could only be delayed, and in 1975, it began to start construction slowly, but it was just beginning, this kind of large-scale project, the preparation time took at least a year or so, and in the second half of 76, the Hong Kong MTR company began to auction the land vegetables on a large scale, before it was only pediatrics, in order to raise the cost of starting construction.

In the original history, since 1977, many properties of the subway station have basically been acquired by a consortium composed of various Chinese-funded real estate, including Cheung Kong Industrial, Hang Lung Real Estate, Eagle Real Estate, etc., the housing price growth rate of the subway station property is higher than that of other places, and these Chinese investors have also made a lot of money in it.

"Forget it, just get a piece of the pie, even if it's you, it's impossible to take too much land, being too greedy will only cause other real estate companies to form a group to confront." Chen Tianfu smiled and said.

"I know, we don't have that much financial resources, next, Hutchison's main focus will be on developing the land in Hung Hom and the subway, Dad, if you participate, I won't care, if you lack money, we'll discuss it again." Chen Zhiwen said.

Since Dad wants to build Hengyi into a company at the level of the five tigers of real estate in the future, Chen Zhiwen is still very willing to push behind the back, which can also save him the energy of worrying too much about real estate, Chen Tianfu's ability may not be as good as Li Jiacheng, but they are all mixed in the real estate market, the basic rules will still be, and they are much stronger than the British capital.

Besides, Hong Kong's Chinese-funded real estate companies are not currently monopolizing Hong Kong in the 90s, everyone is basically restraining each other, and will not engage in internal friction, not because of unity, but because there are too many places to make money.

"The land in Hung Hom, some news has been reported recently, are you sure to take it from the Hong Kong government?" Chen Tianfu asked.

"It's a matter of how much money to invest." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Hutchison began to try to communicate with the Hong Kong Land Bureau about the "industrial to business" of the 2 million feet of land in Hung Hom Port a few months ago, but the Hong Kong government lion opened his mouth and asked for a price of 580 million Hong Kong dollars, Zhou Jiayang naturally did not agree, so he postponed it for a while, and this news is difficult to keep secret completely, and naturally some media know.

"Okay, can you do it? If you have any financial problems on your side, I can still draw two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars. Chen Tianfu said.

"No, I've already prepared the funds." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

In this life, Hutchison's weight loss speed is much faster than that under the control of HSBC in the previous life, except for a few core businesses, all the other sales, even if it is the price of cabbage, can recover hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, besides, a large number of land is not sold, but developed with Li Jiacheng or other Chinese capital, and can also get a lot of funds from it.

And the most important thing is that after 75 years, the real estate market has a trend of recovery, so that a large number of properties under Hutchison Whampoa have more credit lines, although there is a trend of continuing to expand the debt, but doing real estate, or doing business, itself is to play the capital chain to the extreme, otherwise, it will not be able to roll up the Chinese volume king.

"You're always so confident." Chen Tianfu said with a smile, having such a powerful son, of course he is very happy, and when he meets with card friends and peers, Shui will not give a thumbs up to praise him.

"You'll see more confidence in a few years." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, after a few years, the investment in the field of science and technology will begin to pay off, plus a very rare financial opportunity, it is enough for him to have the basis to wrestle in international competition, and at that time, Hong Kong, although the income will not be low, but the importance is far less than that of several other companies.

"One more thing, I want to tell you." Chen Tianfu paused and said: "You know that I also have a big brother, we separated more than 20 years ago, I came to Hong Kong, he stayed in the mainland, I have been worried about them all these years, so I am going to arrange someone to inquire about where their family is?" ”

"It should be very troublesome for Hong Kong people to go to the mainland now, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

Although the mainland is now open to the outside world a little, but not everyone can apply to enter, want to enter, either have a diplomatic purpose, or an economic purpose, or an industrial purpose, Zeng Ziqian was able to enter because of the Canton Fair, and he can stay for a period of time because there is a certain order, and there are people in the mainland to guarantee it.

It's only December now, and the Canton Fair is still a few months away, so it's okay but it's hard to get in, admittedly, with the situation of the Chen family, maybe it's not difficult to get in, but it's not necessary, the mainland hasn't decided to reform and open up yet, so why go in? If you just want to buy something, you don't need to go in person, although you will definitely have a lot of cooperation with the mainland in the future, but you will only abide by the principle of fairness.

"You don't need me to send someone in, maybe you don't know, the current trend in the mainland, many Hong Kong people want to know the situation of their relatives in the mainland, which has a great demand market, some people with vision began to do this business, I don't know how to operate it, but it is true that some people have succeeded, and the letters have been contacted." Chen Tianfu said with a little excitement.

"But uncle, they shouldn't be in their hometown anymore, right? Isn't that easy to find? Chen Zhiwen frowned and said.

He still knows a little about the things of the previous generation of the Chen family, because of a locust plague, the Chen family had to leave their hometown, but fortunately, the Chen brothers are all scholars, know how to read, and they did not starve to death along the way, but once they crossed the river, they were washed away by the current, and there was no way to contact them, even if they were only a few kilometers apart, the two brothers could not find each other, and in the end they could only go their separate ways.

Fortunately, the Chen family can swim, and the current was not in a hurry at that time, Chen Tianfu can survive, then his eldest brother Chen Tianshou should be fine.

Subsequently, Chen Tianfu caught up with the team fleeing Hong Kong by chance, and also met his current wife Wu Xiuling, and then came to Hong Kong together.

"Your uncle was a middle school teacher at that time, and the purpose before we separated was Yanjing, and at that time, our idea was that with the knowledge level of the two of us, he would definitely not starve to death in a big city like Yanjing, and after that separation, he should still go to Yanjing, so I am going to entrust someone to go to Yanjing to find out." Chen Tianfu said.

"Just one Yanjing is also very big, and it's not easy to find an estimate." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, there is no Internet, want to find someone? It's really a needle in a haystack. And there is also a possibility that the person is not in Yanjing, then there is no way at all.

"Let's try it first, give priority to the school in Yanjing, there is no loss anyway, just spend some money to find it." Chen Tianfu shrugged and said.

"Yes." Chen Zhiwen nodded, this money is just a drop in the bucket for the Chen family, but for Chen Tianfu, his brother is his closest person, he shared weal and woe together for decades when he was a child, and now he is developed in Hong Kong, but he doesn't know where his eldest brother is? What kind of life do you live?

If you still can't find it, in fact, it's not in a hurry, and when it is changed in 78, your identity will inevitably be valued by the central government, as long as you entrust it, the mainland government will definitely be willing to help, and in the current mainland, if you find someone, the government's efficiency is the highest.

(End of chapter)