198 Plotting the Yingxiao of Jingzhou
For people like Chen Tianfu who came to Hong Kong from the mainland, he has a very deep affection for the mainlanders, and most of them are still willing to help the mainland.
At this time, Chen Zhiwen also paid more attention to the situation in China, and learned from some foreign media and Xinhua News Agency that the rescue there was still very fast, and a large number of PLA and tens of thousands of medical personnel gathered from all directions in the country, racing against time.
Fortunately, it is still summer, and the weather has not become another killer, as long as the rescue is in place, many people can wait for a while.
Chen Zhiwen's heart is also relaxed, and the rest is long-term economic assistance, which will take many years, and there can be other ways to help in the future, not to mention others, just Wal-Mart and Costco's light industry orders, which can easily drive the economy of a city.
The time will soon come to August, and the entire Midea Industrial City has been completed.
From a bird's-eye view from the sky, there are a total of 17 industrial buildings here, the shortest has 6 floors, the highest 12 floors, each building has a large area, the few have four or five thousand square meters, into the interior, a variety of different types of elevators, covering the entire space.
Even if the Hong Kong government is a little "generous" and has allocated an industrial zone to the Midea Group, but in Hong Kong, the land is still too precious, and it is impossible to really use only one layer on the ground.
However, even so, the industrial city is only half of the area, the other half is still vacant, these 17 industrial buildings have been able to meet the needs of Midea now and even in the next two or three years, if it is needed in a few years, new buildings will be built.
After all, the change is only the beginning of attracting domestic and foreign capital, coupled with the current industrial base in the mainland is too low, for a long time, the main production area of the United States will always be in Hong Kong, and then slowly transfer to the past, and when the housing prices in Hong Kong have been so high that enterprises can not stand it, the domestic industrial chain will be much better.
After a perfect seamless connection, leaving such a large industrial land in Hong Kong can also make a fortune in the 90s when housing prices peaked.
For example, Hong Kong's steel tycoon Pang Dingyuan, whose family property is located in Tiu Keng Leg, in 95 years, the government asked them to demolish, so they moved away, and the industrial land left behind was sold to the Henderson Group at that time for 5 billion Hong Kong dollars, only to find that their family tossed for so many years, and it was not as valuable as the land under the factory.
The land area of Midea Industrial City is much larger than that of a steel plant, and in the future, whether it is sold or developed by itself, it is a huge income, and this money can also be used for industrial investment.
After all, Hong Kong's low prices, with or without Chen Zhiwen, will rise sharply, rather than cheapening those real estate developers who know how to build houses, it is better to cheapen him, so that at least when there is a price war in a certain field in the future, he will have more ammunition.
In the overseas market, Red Bull still implements the strategy of stabilizing the market without profit, and now it has become the first place in the energy drink market with a devastating trend, but this market is still too small compared to traditional drinks, and only those who are tired from work and exercise will buy it.
But as long as this market is stabilized, it can slowly expand outward and spread its customer base to the general public.
However, I heard that some large beverage companies are also preparing to launch similar drinks, which can be regarded as a bit of a sense of crisis.
In terms of very Coke, it is still mainly Costco, and Wal-Mart is a small amount of purchases, after all, in terms of sales, very Coke is still not enough to see compared to Coca-Cola or Pepsi, even if the price is cheap, the average person is still used to buying big brands, besides, Coca-Cola itself is also low-priced, and it is not much more expensive than the "miscellaneous brand" of Very Coke.
Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries or regions, Red Bull and very Coke have also begun to slowly infiltrate, but the effect is also very average, one is too expensive and the other is not famous, it can only be said that these markets still need to be slowly cultivated in "years".
The traditional industry is developing so slowly, and Red Bull can have today's scale in a few years, in fact, it is also because Chen Zhiwen has used the golden finger of the prophet in many aspects and a large amount of money in the early stage, otherwise, it is already a miracle that the normal development of the enterprise can develop into such a thing in ten years, such as the original history of Red Bull, which really became popular in Europe and the United States, I am afraid it will be in the early 90s.
However, the non-traditional industry, the development is very fast, especially the United States arcade machine, the market potential of the snake in the United States has basically been developed, a year, a total of 76,000 units sold, according to the established profits, this alone, has obtained a net profit of nearly 100 million US dollars.
And Magic Cubes has also begun to enter a rapid rise stage in the United States, and a large number of bars are more interested in this new game after making a fortune through Snake, and Magic Cubes is more playable than Snake.
In addition to the European market, the Japanese market, and a small number of Asian and South American countries, Midea's factory in Hong Kong has entered an unusually busy stage, and at the same time, Midea has more than $100 million in cash in the accounts of several tax haven companies registered in Bermuda.
With such a large amount of money, in this golden period of development, it is natural that it cannot be put in the bank to eat interest.
Hutchison Building:
Chen Zhiwen was fiddling with a computer on the table when Zhou Jiayang knocked on the door and walked in.
"Come on, come on, look, this is a personal computer called Apple that I invested in in the United States." Chen Zhiwen saw Zhou Jiayang and said with a smile: "There are still a few units to be sent over after a while, and I will give you one for each of you when the time comes." ”
"Personal computers? Computers also have personal use? Zhou Jiayang asked curiously, although he was in Hong Kong, he was the top worker after all, and he was still very clear about such things as computers.
"Yes, Apple's main intention is to develop a computer that can be used by individuals, and I just liked their idea, so I invested $500,000 when they didn't have a product." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.
Not interfering with the normal development of Apple is his strategy, so since he invested in Apple at the end of last year, he also gave them a sum of money according to the contract, and then let them develop on their own.
Finally, in June of this year, Wolds called him to inform him that Apple's second-generation personal computer research had been successful, and that he had gone to an exhibition and received hundreds of orders.
Chen Zhiwen naturally wanted one, but because this thing was new, the airline did not allow it to be transported by air, so it could only be transported by sea, but fortunately, Chen Zhiwen was not in a hurry, and the personal computer finally came to Hong Kong after floating in the sea for more than a month.
"Sounds ambitious." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile, even if it is a screwdriver, it can really be sold to everyone, and it will definitely be a world-class enterprise.
"It will be later." Chen Zhiwen smiled and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”
"Mr. Chen, we already hold 20% of Wharf's shares." Although there was no one around, Zhou Jiayang still said in a low voice.
"Oh, more than Jardine?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"It should be exceeded, after our acquisition of Hutchison, it is said that many British investors in Hong Kong have increased their own companies, but Jardine Matheson has lost too much overseas in the past two years, and it is estimated that there is not much cash, even if you want to increase shares in Wharf, you may not have this ability." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile: "And the Harbour City project is seriously short of funds, and Wharf is said to have to raise funds in the stock market, even if Jardine Matheson increased its shares before, it has to be spit out now." ”
"It's really Chengye Harbour City defeated Harbour City." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.
The project of Harbour City is indeed too high-quality, this kind of project, it is absolutely correct to develop and hold it by yourself, but if you forcibly develop it when you exceed your own ability, it will only lead to the collapse of your own capital chain, and you will have to raise a large amount of money, and as a result, you will lose the controlling stake of the company, but it will cheapen the acquisition party, just like Emperor Yang of Sui.
Chen Zhiwen has not made a big move on Wharf, in addition to not being willing to fight with Jardine Land too early, another purpose is to ask Jardine to build Harbour City, and when the Harbour City is almost built, Wharf's debt-ridden stock price has plummeted, and it is best to start at that time. Otherwise, if you buy it too early, you will have to invest hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in Harbour City, which is unacceptable to the prophets who used every money for important purposes in the 70s.
"When is Wharf's next share increase?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.
"It should be in October." Zhou Jiayang said.
"Okay, with this share increase, I will acquire a few more points." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that when he first acquired Hutchison shares, no matter how bad Hutchison shares were, when Chen Zhiwen's side acquired 20%, a large number of transactions could not be concealed.
Under normal circumstances, even if it is this kind of ancient enterprise that has been listed for a hundred years and has a large number of scattered shares, even if the stock price is suppressed during the acquisition period, outsiders can also see the abnormality through the stock trading volume in the recent period, after all, 20% is too much, unless it is directly transferred from the hands of major shareholders, not through the secondary market, otherwise, it is difficult not to be discovered by the market.
However, Wharf's stock is an exception, because in recent years, in order to raise funds to develop Harbour City, Wharf has raised shares on a large scale, and its share capital has increased several times, and a large number of new shares have been released into the stock market.
If it weren't for the huge amount of money spent in the entire 75 years to acquire Hutchison, merge Whampoa and settle Hutchison's debt problems, Wharf's shares are now estimated to be 30 points.
"No problem, everything is under my control." Chow said that the acquisition of Wharf's shares was much easier than the original Charter.
"There's one more thing that's just looking for you." Chen Zhiwen added: "Midea has recently made a lot of gains in overseas markets, and there are already a lot of funds in overseas accounts, and I don't want to put them in the bank, so I plan to invest directly in some stocks in Hong Kong." ”
"Which ones?" Zhou Jiayang asked, Midea's earnings this year, he also knows, it can indeed make giants of the level of Hongkong Land and HSBC red-eyed, but fortunately it is a non-listed company, and there is no need to announce profits, otherwise, the whole of Hong Kong will have to fry.
"Cheung Kong Industrial, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Henderson Land, Harmony Industrial, Hang Lung Group, Eagle Industrial, let's just these few, not an acquisition, a pure investment, contact Citibank Hong Kong Branch, use a little leverage to acquire, it is estimated that our principal of 200 million is enough." Chen Zhiwen said.
"Okay, no problem." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
"But the next one, I'm going to buy it." Chen Zhiwen continued: "Yingzhou Yingxiao. ”
"Jing Zhou Yingxiao? Did Chen Sheng take a fancy to their factory land in Hung Hom? Zhou Jiayang immediately understood the boss's true intentions.
"Yes, 800,000 square feet of land, the area is not small, we can get it quickly, and then transfer it to business at the normal price, and then develop it, and we can sell it all within two years, and the value is still very high." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
A large amount of idle funds in the United States must have an investment purpose, Cheung Kong Industrial, Hehe Industrial, Sun Hung Kai and other stocks investment effect is very good, the rate of return is also OK, but these companies are currently hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in market value, and they do not plan to acquire, each of them can acquire a small part of the equity.
This is a pure business investment, he does not have to be a director, coupled with this era, the investment should use less of their own money, more from the bank turnover, if you want to obtain the shares of these Chinese-funded companies, only need to estimate 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and all the rest from the bank to take loans.
Nowadays, the Hong Kong real estate market is about to have a blowout trend, these real estate masters will inevitably make a lot of money, the stock price rises, you can remortgage the acquisition of other stocks, the formation of a profitable investment model, and even the early investment of 100 million Hong Kong dollars can also be cashed out, completely empty gloves white wolf.
In the short term, Hong Kong's real estate market is naturally the best choice.
Yingzhou Yingni, is a British-funded enterprise with a history of 100 years, its main business is to make cement, Hong Kong real estate market, almost half of the cement is from this company, even in the early days when Wanwan was just developing, but also imported a large amount of cement from Yingzhou Yingni.
In the early days of Hong Kong, where the factory was opened, the location was not bad, the factory of Yingni in Jingzhou was located near the sea in Hung Hom, with an area of about 800,000 square feet, almost 40% of the area of the former Whampoa port, but the location was relatively poor, but it is still a rare large area of high-quality land in Hong Kong.
In the original history, Jingzhou Yingxiao was also acquired by Li Jiacheng, and then privatized by Li Jiacheng at the end of the 80s, and then used this land alone to develop two medium-sized communities, making billions of Hong Kong dollars.
"The market value of Jingzhou Yingxiao is not very high, less than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and their family also holds a small amount of equity, as long as we are ready, it is not difficult to acquire." Zhou Jiayang thought for a while and said.
Nowadays, Hutchison, or Midea, is already very strong at the capital level, and if you really want to acquire a listed company, unless the company's major shareholder controls more than 30% of the equity, otherwise, as long as you are prepared, it is easy to succeed, and the difference is the problem of more and less investment.
"Indeed, in comparison, the acquisition does not cost much money, and the latter is the big one." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, now the price increase in Hong Kong is not low, and the cost of the same land for industrial to commercial conversion will naturally increase, and it may not be as good as the land in Whampoa Garden, but the total amount will be not small.
"Then I need to prepare as soon as possible, will we do this alone, or will we invite Tori to do it?" Zhou Jiayang asked.
"Invite Dolly, it doesn't matter if HSBC knows about it, Jingzhou Yingxiao is just a medium-sized company, Shen Bi won't care." Chen Zhiwen said.
As a giant in Hong Kong's financial industry, HSBC not only exchanging foreign exchange, absorbing and storing money, and issuing loans, but also its core business is to make money through investment, which is the value of Victorious's existence, and it specializes in helping various companies acquire and sell businesses, and even their own companies.
As one of HSBC's core businesses, Tory has also attracted some of the best financial elites in Hong Kong over the years, and at the same time, backed by HSBC's tree, they have no shortage of resources.
In the history of Hong Kong, many classic acquisitions are the credit of Victorious, such as the sale of land to drink milk 5 years ago, and Landmark Land is the invitation of Tori Profit?
Before Chen Zhiwen acquired Hutchison, if it weren't for the fear that HSBC would not agree, Chen Zhiwen would definitely invite Woo Dolly. Although there will be a large fee charged, the ability to get a lot of money and HSBC's resources can ensure that the acquisition is completed more probably, and the total cost will be less, not to mention, time is also a cost.
"Okay, then I'll communicate with Victory, does Chen Sheng have any special requirements for the acquisition?" Zhou Jiayang then asked.
Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "There are no requirements, the sooner the better, after we get it, we must also develop it quickly, like Huangpu Garden, before the end of 78, all the development will be completed, or the pre-sale will be completed." ”
"Okay, I see." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
Two days later:
In a café on Hong Kong Island, Zhou Jiayang invited a bald man about 50 years old, who was Qi Weibin, the vice president of HSBC's Victorious.
"Qi Sheng, do you think there are any problems with this acquisition?" Zhou Jiayang said with a light smile. Although Midea used funds for this acquisition, Midea, as a company specializing in electronic technology, will not participate in financial or real estate investment, so this acquisition is Chen Zhiwen to mobilize funds from Midea's overseas accounts, and then hand them over to Hutchison Real Estate for investment.
In order to privatize Hutchison, Chen Zhiwen chose to delist Hutchison first, then buy the shares of many shareholders, and then inject a large amount of capital to dilute the shares in the hands of those shareholders who refused to sell.
After nearly a year, Chen Zhiwen's equity in Hutchison has exceeded 99%, and the rest is irrelevant, so the acquisition of Jingzhou Yingni started in the name of Hutchison, because the cement business of Jingzhou Yingni has helped Hutchison a lot, and besides, the injection of funds has diluted the shares of small shareholders.
Zhou Sheng said with a smile, with the current scale of Hutchison, it is not easy to acquire this kind of company. Qi Weibin said.
In the past six months, the price of land in Hong Kong has risen by 20%, and Hutchison's once precarious debt problem has been alleviated because of the large amount of real estate held in his hands, and the debt ratio has increased because of the increase in the value of his parents.
Although Hutchison still owes about HK$2 billion in foreign debts, the value of its own assets has risen sharply, it has cash in hand, and it also has a certain net profit every year, which has completely gotten rid of the debt problem.
"Okay, what our boss means is that it is best to complete the acquisition within 2 months, which is impossible to do only by acquiring on the stock market, only to contact the many shareholders of Jingzhou Yingxiao one by one, and it is possible to acquire the shares in their hands, which is also the strength of Victor, I hope Qisheng will not let me down." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
The advantage of strong resources is that after communicating with many shareholders, there is a high probability that they will not disclose it, if you communicate with Huang in person, it is estimated that the news will reach the hands of the management of Yingxiao in Jingzhou in three days, this is the difference, although the scale of Hutchison is not small, but people are not afraid of you, HSBC is different, in Hong Kong, who can do business and leave HSBC? Even if you don't need it today, what about in the future?
As a last resort, no one will offend HSBC casually, even foreign giants such as Jardine Matheson and Swire have to give HSBC three points of face.
"Two months? This is a bit too urgent, that is, when Hongkong Land purchased milk, it took nearly three months before and after. Qi Weibin said with a slight frown.
Zhou Jiayang said: "The scale of Yingzhou Yingxiao is far from that of Dairy International, as long as Tori can find those shareholders, the price can be negotiated." ”
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll immediately check all the shareholder information of Jingzhou Yingxiao, and at this time tomorrow, I will give Zhou Shengxin a new reply." Qi Weibin thought for a while and said.
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