In April 1992, Chen Zhiwen came to Shanghai again.

On the Huangpu River, a yacht about 25 meters long is fluttering in the wind, and Chen Zhiwen and several of his men are sitting on the deck, enjoying the spring breeze. This yacht, also Hutchison Sunseeker Yachts, was built in Hong Kong.

As early as ten years ago, Hutchison acquired the British Shengxi, and then after several years, it successfully built a yacht production factory in Tin Shui Wai, mainly from the Shenhai City next door, and Hong Kong is only assembling, after all, Hong Kong's local industry is gone, and even if there is, it can't make ship accessories.

Relying on the scale and network of Hutchison in Asia, the business of Shengxi Yacht is also not bad, a year down, can also build a small yacht of different sizes, the main focus is the internal lakes, rivers used, deep-sea yachts, at present, it is not involved, one is the technical difficulty, the other is to find the right customers is also more difficult, many people still believe in Europe and the United States in this aspect of the enterprise.

On the mainland side, Chen Zhiwen also put a Shengxi river yacht on the Yangtze River, just considering convenience, his sea vessel, it is not impossible to enter the Yangtze River, and it is very troublesome to park reliably.

On the side of the yacht is the Pudong New Area, which is preparing for large-scale development, and in front, a large number of workers and construction equipment are busy.

"Chen Sheng, this time our shopping malls and 7 buildings in Pudong New Area are ready to start work together, and all the workers are also domestic construction companies, using a 24-hour three-shift mode, and the construction period of people and equipment is non-stop, unless there is extreme weather." Dong Youwei explained to a construction site in front of him.

"When is it expected to be completed?" Chen Zhiwen looked at the countless busy crowds and asked.

"The mall has a total of 8 floors, which is estimated to be completed by the end of next year, and several other office buildings are estimated to be at the end of 93, especially the hotel, which is more luxurious in five stars, and this hotel is currently the largest hotel under Mandarin Oriental, so in terms of time, it will be a little longer." Dong Youwei said.

"Well, it's okay, First Hotel, naturally do a little better." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Culture Oriental Hotel, as early as after Chen Zhiwen took over the land, immediately arranged the expansion of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in China, and like Watsons' retail supermarket, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel has also obtained the permission to open hotels in 20 cities that have been opened, especially in Shanghai, because of the negotiation with the Shanghai municipal government, it can also be wholly owned, and Chen Zhiwen knows the future economy, and the scale of hotels in various places is very large.

First, the local government will not allow unlimited expansion of the scale, and the second is that when the land price is cheap, it is a loss to build too tall buildings, therefore, in addition to the relatively high-rise buildings in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, other places are generally forty or fifty floors, in fact, it is the tallest building in the local area, and even in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it is not possible to build as high as you want, and the area of each city is planned, although it can be negotiated, but there is no need, because there are many places to invest in this era, It is enough to be able to obtain the maximum height allowed by the locality.

However, this hotel in Pudong is special, because the future positioning of Pudong New Area is the core CBD area, and the government also hopes that the higher the better, for the local building, the higher the better, therefore, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Pudong is a skyscraper, with a floor of 88 floors, which is much higher than the giant building of Shi Yuzhu in Shenhai City.

Of course, such a tall building can not be a hotel, the planning is a shopping mall below, an office building in the middle, and the top 30 floors are hotels, because there is really no need for so many hotel rooms now, and so on in the future, according to the actual situation, if the hotel is in high demand and the profit is higher than the office building, it is not difficult to change.

"The scale of this complex is no less than that of the International Trade Center in Yanjing, and when completed, the total assets of Hongkong Land in Shanghai will exceed that of Yanjing." Dong Youwei said again.

"It's still not as good as Deep Sea City, is it?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile that the earliest development of Shenhai City was the first city to open to the outside world, and in the earliest days, Chen Zhiwen did not invest directly, because the scale of the entire Shenhai City was too small, so he let his old man go.

Later, after 84 years, Shenhai City has a certain scale, Chen Zhiwen also acquired Land, and subsequently, Hongkong Land began to invest in Shenhai City on a large scale, real estate, exaggeratedly speaking, nearly 1/6 of the new office buildings in Shenhai City are Land, RT-Mart controls more than half of the market in terms of retail, and the hotel is also a two, but in terms of residence, Hongkong Land has not touched.

"It's definitely not comparable to Shenhai City, Shanghai and Yanjing combined, but this is only the area, in terms of value, the deep sea is still not comparable to Shanghai or Yanjing." Dong Youwei said with a smile, although Shenhai City has become a relatively well-known city in the south, it is still too far from Yanjing in Shanghai.

"This will need to wait for another ten or twenty years, and in the future, the economy of Shenhai City will not be much lower than that of Shanghai Yanjing." Chen Zhiwen said.

"In that case, Hongkong Land's assets in the mainland will surpass that of Hong Kong." Dong Youwei said: "However, there is no big project like the International Trade Center or Shanghai Huangpu Plaza in Shenhai City, which is a pity. ”

"Wait for a suitable opportunity in the future to mention it to the Shenhai City Government, they don't have this idea, we can propose, and they shouldn't refuse." Chen Zhiwen said.

After all, Shenhai City is not a first-tier city in terms of population and economy, and it is not even comparable to some of the stronger second-tier cities, and at present, there is no need for super-large commercial complexes, because for the government, building such a large-scale project will definitely lose money. However, if private capital is willing to invest on its own, no government will refuse, as long as it does not need to pay for it itself, then such an investment is absolutely beneficial and harmless.

"Okay, I'll go back to Deep Sea City and talk to the local leaders about it." Dong Youwei said with a smile.

"Don't worry, over there in Shenhai City, there will be more opportunities in the future." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently, this is still different from Hong Kong, Hong Kong's housing prices are rising and falling sharply, and the time point needs to be carded, otherwise it is easy to make a lot less, but the mainland, before the 21st century, when to invest is actually not much different, unless it is a very rare prime location in those places, there is no chance if you don't take it in the early stage and then be taken away by others.

There are many such places in Yanjing and Shanghai, because these places have been developed for a long time, and there are only so many good places, and Shenhai City is a new place, developing around, there is no so-called absolute prime location, in the words of Wang Wanda in later generations: where my shopping mall is built, where is the new center of the city.

"Yes, Mr. Chen." Dong Youwei said.

After a while, the yacht had gone a long way and began to approach a pier in front of Huangpu Square.

Therefore, long before the Huangpu Plaza project was finalized, the traffic aspect was the top priority of the negotiation, including the number of roads, bus stops and buses, port terminals, etc., because the location of the harbour city in Hong Kong is almost the same, therefore, Hong Kong can be said to be experienced.

Even in the future, the company will learn from Hong Kong, using the model of free buses, back and forth to pick up people from some densely populated or economically strong places in Shanghai, and come to Huangpu Plaza for shopping and fun, but it is not cost-effective at the economic level, and it will be seen when the time comes.

This marina has several berths for ferries or small cruise ships, and their Shengxi yachts can also be easily docked.

"Suddenly I remembered, what's going on over there at Pudong Wharf?" Chen Zhiwen asked Li Zhiyun next to him, who was the head of the Hutchison Group in Shanghai.

"Chen Sheng, Shanghai City has chosen Yangshan Town, Zhejiang Province, to build a large port there, the government is also willing to introduce Hong Kong funds for joint ventures, in terms of cooperation content, we are still talking with the government, at present has not talked about the extent to which a memorandum can be issued, it will take some time." Li Zhiyun replied.

"Okay, when you almost have a result, hand me over the information." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, Pudong Port, as the first choice for future exports in the entire Yangtze River Delta, the port terminal throughput is also the world's largest, which is naturally good for Hutchison who intends to control the global port business.

A few people soon came to the Huangpu Square where the foundation was being laid, and now, the whole project has just begun, and there is nothing to see, after a circle, everyone went to the Master Kong factory not far away.

Before the car arrived, everyone could see the huge factory wall in front of them, Master Kong's factory was not chemical, steel or anything like a large pipe or chimney, but it just highlighted one word: "big".

"That's a lot of area." Dong Youwei looked at the city wall with no end in sight and said.

"More than one square kilometer, of course, the area is large." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "Today's Master Kong instant noodles are very popular in the country, coupled with Watsons' achievements in Southeast Asia, they can also be exported on a large scale, so many sales, most of them are produced here, you say that the scale is not big." ”

At that time, it was mainly due to the fact that there were a large number of migrant workers in Pudong, but there was no industry, and hundreds of thousands of people came and went to Pudong and Puxi every day, which caused unimaginable traffic pressure.

Chen Zhiwen naturally also knew that there would be a large-scale development of Pudong today, so a large number of orders were put here, and the Shanghai factory was expanded several times, with a total area of more than one square kilometer, but Shanghai is also very profitable, because it has generated billions of economic benefits a year, especially hundreds of millions of dollars in exports every year, which is a factory that has driven tens of thousands of jobs without any pollution, and it is very popular wherever it is placed.

Soon, the team came to the main gate of Master Kong, where all the factory leaders and some leaders of the Pudong Development Zone were received.

A food factory, naturally, is not much to see, Chen Zhiwen only spent half an hour, and then left the factory and came to a conference room, where he was also Director Lei in charge of industry in the PD area, as well as several high-level government and factory officials.

Everyone is here today, not just to visit, but to have a real event.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Dong, and Director Lin, I think the three of you also know that the purpose of everyone gathering here this time, according to the national policy, some areas here in Pudong will form a new area, and the place where Master Kong's factory is located is also within that range, so we need to discuss the relocation of the factory together." Director Lei said.

"Do you have to move? Pudong is so big, isn't there a lot of vacant land in other places? Chen Zhiwen asked, demolition is naturally beneficial, but as long as the factory is his own, then it is actually the same at all times, although he had this purpose at the beginning, but it doesn't matter when the demolition is done, on the contrary, if a large factory can be maintained in a prosperous place, it is also a huge value.

"Chen Sheng, if you really want to delay, it should be okay to delay two or three years, but it doesn't make sense, sooner or later, I think, while there is no urgency now, it is more important to give things as soon as possible, after all, it takes a long time to relocate such a large factory, and there are tens of thousands of workers, if it is urgently relocated, the impact will be great, and it will also affect Master Kong's normal business." Director Lei said with a smile.

"What are the plans for the Shanghai market?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"We will choose a new piece of land in the south of the PD area, where Master Kong can build a new factory first, and after the house is built, the equipment can be slowly relocated from the current factory, so that the impact will not be great." Director Lei said.

"But what about the workers? So many workers, all moving over? A lot of workers, but they live around here? Chen Zhiwen asked.

"We will have some measures, such as we will set aside a piece of land near the new factory, which can build dormitories or small apartments to meet the needs of Master Kong's factory." Director Lei said: "But this can't meet everyone's requirements, it's really not good, then it can only be dealt with in accordance with the law." ”

"Well, that's fine." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "Then what should we do with our land now if it is demolished?" ”

"Mr. Chen, what we mean is that the land itself belongs to you, so the natural land use right is also yours, but it needs to be changed to commercial land, and you have to make up the difference." Director Lei said: "But because of the requirements of our government, Master Kong's factory will also have a lot of losses in the process of demolition, so we will neutralize the two first, and then we will calculate it clearly, and then refund more and make up for less?" How is it? ”

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and did not dwell on who made and who lost, this is meaningless, because Master Kong's demolition will indeed cause a lot of loss of production capacity, and it is not realistic for the government to accompany this money.

There is also such a policy in Hong Kong, for example, in recent years, many useless industrial land and buildings, the Hong Kong government and the owners have also had a tacit understanding, changed to commercial land, but this also requires the owner to pay a lot of money, so the Hong Kong government first authorizes the business, and then the owner rebuilds the commercial property, and then makes up the government's money after selling, killing three birds with one stone, otherwise so much industrial land can only be abandoned.

"That's good, it's just Chen Sheng, such a large land also needs to be developed according to the needs of the government, although you have property rights, you also need to develop it within the specified time." Director Lei said.

"That's no problem, whether it's an office building or other property, I can cooperate with the government plan." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile, he originally laid out Master Kong in Pudong, but it was for today, such a large piece of land in Pudong, even if it is not by the river, there is no need to build any skyscrapers, but it is large enough, even if it is built normally, it is also a sky-high construction area.

After discussing for a while, everyone got the preliminary results and dispersed, Chen Zhiwen said to Dong Youwei: "How is it?" This gift to Hongkong Land, not bad, right? ”

"Very good, such a large land, even if you have to make up the cost of reworking and transferring to business later, it is incredible." Dong Youwei said.

"Yes, this is the charm of real estate, such a large area, built into a commercial center, I'm afraid, than so many highways and ports built by Hehuang over the years, the value is even higher." Chen Zhiwen shook his head helplessly and said. (End of chapter)