Although for Chen Zhiwen, the greatest wealth of Tin Shui Wai lies in the large amount of land he purchased in the early days, and through the employment driven by his own industry, he has revitalized the regional economy and formed a cycle, coupled with the crazy price of the entire Hong Kong real estate market, which has also made the housing prices in Tin Shui Wai rise, so that the wealth obtained by Hongkong Land here may not be less than the interests in Central, but psychologically, he still hopes that the economy of Tin Shui Wai can develop normally, and he does not want this place to become a slum in Hong Kong in the original history. At the very least, it can give it some economic vitality.

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything, and when there is economic vitality in Shui Wai on the day, the housing prices are much higher than the original historical slum, so if you want to buy a house here, it will be much more difficult for ordinary people.

But this kind of thing, the gods can't do anything when they come, this is the most basic logic of the economy, but where there is a large flow of people, a large number of people living in the place, and a lot of employment, there will inevitably be competition, and this price is the price of the house, otherwise, who doesn't want to live in Central?

Only at the government level can control all this with administrative orders, but this is only theoretical, in fact, the government also has its own considerations, such as the income from land sales, and they will not take the initiative to cut themselves, and at the same time, even if they sometimes want to properly control housing prices, they will be opposed by big capital.

For example, the most famous "80,000 Plan" in history was not actually proposed by the Chinese chief executive after 97, but was launched as early as the MacLehose era more than 20 years ago.

The establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) almost offended most of the British politicians and even the police in Hong Kong, but MacLehose still succeeded in completing this matter under strong pressure, using the Independent Commission Against Corruption to suppress the underworld forces in Hong Kong and their protective umbrellas, and giving Hong Kong citizens a normal and prosperous life, but the "80,000 Five-Year Plan" has not made the slightest progress, because the resistance to this matter is even stronger than that of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the resistance is so great that MacLehose can only put it forward but cannot do it.

Facts have proved that MacLehose is right, and the "80,000 Five-Year Plan" after 98 years of history has completely failed, because it has harmed too many vested interests, and it is almost impossible to be promoted.

Real estate and finance are an endless cycle, and when they get bigger and bigger, they will tie up more and more people, like cancer cells.

With Chen Zhiwen's strength, he can't stop this general trend, what he can do is to let Hong Kong retain a little industry, to ensure that some people's lives will not be so difficult, at least "cage" this kind of living environment is worse than prisons, he hopes to be able to completely exterminate these, and just like the mainland charity, appropriately help some vulnerable groups or disabled groups in Hong Kong, etc.

Fortunately, Hong Kong will also become one of the most developed economic regions in the future, and the geographical location will not be very cold in winter, and it is still difficult for normal people to starve to death and freeze to death in Hong Kong.

It is also Chen Zhiwen's principle to help the extremely difficult, and the others will not be managed, but there will also be some mutually beneficial ways to ensure that both parties are beneficial.

……

After leaving Tin Shui Wai, Chan Chi-man came to Connaught Building.

"Lao Dong, has the construction plan of the Landmark Building been completed?" Chan took a sip of tea and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows at Victoria Harbour, a beach near Central, where a new area had been reclaimed from the sea.

"It's not designed yet, because it's going to be the tallest building in Southeast Asia, and the requirements for the foundation, shape, wind resistance, overall weight are extremely high, and the design team needs to ensure safety and future energy savings, all of which need to be done with great care." Dong Youwei reported.

"Okay, after the design drawings come out, for safety reasons, you have to entrust two third-party agencies to verify the rationality and safety of the design, and the reclaimed land must be sure that there is no problem." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In 1992, the Hong Kong government selected a site in Central to be reclaimed, and the area obtained from the reclamation was also open to auction.

In the original history, this building should be the financial center of Hong Kong, but in this life, it was taken by Hongdi, Chen Zhiwen planned to build a Hongkong Center, and now Hongkong Land, the scale is five or six times that of the original history, just in Hong Kong, it will be much larger, not to mention, there are so many assets in the mainland.

Because the operating income is all based on rent collection, Hongkong Land has not entered the list of the world's top 500, but in fact, Hongkong Land's actual scale or influence can be ranked in the top 100, both in terms of assets and annual net profit.

A group of this size also needs a large headquarters building, the former Recreation Building, which was the tallest building in Hong Kong in the 70s, but today, 20 years later, it is not enough to see, therefore, Chen Zhiwen used this land as the headquarters building of Land, so as to be worthy of the world's largest real estate company.

However, although Hongkong Land is large, its own business is simple, and a super building may really have a surplus of area, so it can also be leased out, which is also Hongkong Land's main business anyway.

Not only Landmark, but also several other companies, Midea Building has long had a super building headquarters, and Red Bull will also set up a new headquarters, but not in Central, but in Tin Shui Wai, and because of the low land price in Tin Shui Wai, it will not build skyscrapers, but will build several buildings to form a circle, as for Hutchison, it has also demolished the former Hutchison Building in Central and built a new building with more than 72 floors.

"Okay, this is my biggest masterpiece since retirement, and I will definitely guarantee its quality and safety." Dong Youwei laughed.

"Okay, I'll leave you an office and a large apartment on the top floor of the Landmark Building, and it won't be a problem for you to come to work or live in the future." Chen Zhiwen laughed.

For those who follow themselves to fight the world, they have to retire because of their age, but they are also very bold to them, and there will be no shortage of house and car tickets, such as Pierce, who retired a few years ago, Chen Zhiwen bought him a villa in Los Angeles worth more than 10 million US dollars.

Of course, in fact, for these people, this is nothing, they are all working emperors who have followed Chen Zhiwen for more than ten years, and everyone's worth is actually no less than that of some super-rich people in Hong Kong.

Their own salaries are not low, and more importantly, Chen Zhiwen also acquiesced in their investment direction with the company.

For example, before speculating on the Japanese housing market, Hong Kong housing market, and now investing in China, so many opportunities, keep up with the last time, the value can easily double.

"Thank you Chen Sheng." Dong Youwei said with a smile.

"Haha, you're welcome, everyone is friends too." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile, for so many years, although it is the relationship between the boss and his subordinates, it is not an exaggeration to say that ordinary friends are ordinary friends, and the relationship is still good on weekdays, otherwise, if they all behave high, how boring they must be.

Of course, this is Chen Zhiwen's point of view, I don't know what his subordinates think, maybe like the emperor in ancient times, no courtier really dared to treat the emperor as a friend.

"Didi...... Didi" At this moment, the sound of the mobile phone rang, Dong Youwei took out the mobile phone from his pocket and put it to his ear to pick up the phone.

"Hey, Cao Sheng." Dong Youwei said.

After a while, he said, "Okay, we'll wait for you upstairs." ”

After hanging up the phone, Dong Youwei said: "Cao Sheng is coming soon." ”

"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded, coming to Land today, naturally there is something to do.

After a while, a familiar person walked in, led by a female assistant.

"Cao Sheng, long time no see." Chen Zhiwen stood up and laughed.

"Haha, Chen Sheng, it's been a long time, you're a busy man." The person who came said.

"I'm not busy, it's far worse than Cao Sheng, I heard that Cathay Pacific Airways is about to be discounted by you, this is the first time in Hong Kong history." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Eight years ago, with the sponsorship of more than 20 Chinese tycoons such as Chen Zhiwen, Bao Yugang and Li Jiacheng, Hong Kong's second airline was established.

In the original history, Dragonair can be said to be ill-fated with twists and turns, and has been pressed and beaten by Cathay Pacific Airlines, but in this life, there is Chen Zhiwen, one is more funds, and the second is that British capital has long been rubbed on the ground by Chen Zhiwen, and Swire Group has been targeted by Chinese capital in many fields, and it does not have the ability to deal with Dragonair anymore.

Of course, no matter what you say, in terms of scale, Cathay Pacific is still a lot, and Ganglong is only a threat, but the gap is still very large.

"The discount is only in the matter of freight, and the passenger transport is still an independent route, and there is almost no competition, which will not affect the fundamentals of Cathay Pacific." Cao Guangbiao shook his head and said: "This is thanks to Chen Sheng for suggesting that Ganglong give priority to the development of freight, and you asked me to apply for routes to second-tier cities in the mainland, and now these places have begun to have enough customers." ”

"Oh, enough customers, so you're going to raise money to buy another plane?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile.

Under his suggestion, Dragonair applied for routes between Hong Kong and more than 20 second-tier cities or provincial capitals in the mainland very early, and because the central government at that time was more supportive of Hong Kong Chinese airlines, the route fee was only intended to be levied, which gave Dragonair a great help.

In the 80s, people from the mainland came to Hong Kong from big cities, and there were not too many second-tier cities, so in more than 20 cities, Dragonair basically used two to three planes to fly in rotation, and a route may need to wait for 3-7 days, which can also maximize the benefits.

With the entry of the 90s, coupled with the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, more and more people from the mainland came to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Dragon Airlines also asked shareholders to raise funds to buy aircraft several times.

"The plane is ready to be bought, and the current funds of Dragonair are indeed insufficient." Cao Guangbiao said: "It's just that this time I'm not going to look for shareholders for financing, but I'm going to go public." ”

"Going public? This can also be done. Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Dong Youwei on the side asked: "Is it because of the news that Cathay Pacific is preparing to go public in the market?" ”

"I've heard about it, too." Chen Zhiwen said.

Cathay Pacific Airways' biggest pressure on Dragonair is not the strong capital behind Dragonair, because many routes are exclusive monopoly business, and no matter how big Ganglong does on other routes, it will have an impact on Cathay Pacific, but it can't hurt the fundamentals, or at least it is unlikely to seriously impact Cathay Pacific.

For Cathay Pacific, the biggest threat to Ganglong is that after Hong Kong 97 in the future, if it loses the Hong Kong British government behind it, then what kind of monopoly route is not a word.

Therefore, in order to protect itself, Cathay Pacific has introduced domestic capital, but Hong Kong Dragon is the same, both sides have no advantages, so Cathay Pacific is ready to go public, once listed, then a large number of Hong Kong shareholders will be tied to Cathay Pacific, in the future, no matter who wants to use unfair means to deal with Cathay Pacific, you have to consider the attitude of so many shareholders in Hong Kong.

"Yes, Cathay Pacific wants to go public, and I have no reason to stop them, so I can only go public together, so that everyone is at least one level." Cao Guangbiao said.

"That's fine, and the funds raised are a lot, enough to buy some regional jets." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

"Chen Sheng, I don't know the development of Dragonair in the future, do you have any suggestions?" Cao Guangbiao asked, this time here, the first is to inform the major shareholder Ganglong of the news that it is ready to go public, the second is to wait for the news of this meeting later, it can also increase Ganglong's fame, and the third is the most important thing, to ask about the experience of the most successful person in Hong Kong.

"In the short term, it is impossible for Hong Kong Dragon to defeat Cathay Pacific, especially after it is listed, even after 97, the government will only be even." Chen Zhiwen paused and said:

"But Ganglong will not fail, you already have the exclusive right to operate dozens of routes in the mainland, this is the hen that hatches golden eggs in the future, in fact, it is unrealistic for you to completely defeat Cathay Pacific, it is better to stagger the competition, concentrate on air freight, the future Asian economy is getting better and better, then people will receive more and more time for cargo transportation, which is very good for air transport. In particular, the potential for development of cargo transportation between the mainland and Hong Kong is still very large, and you should focus on this area. ”

"Freight? Okay, I'll go back and look into it. Cao Guangbiao nodded and said.

……

A few days later, it was rumored in the market that Dragonair was about to go public, and at the same time, Cao Guangbiao visited Chen Zhiwen, but no one knew what it was.

Subsequently, Dragonair also confirmed the news of the upcoming listing and applied to the stock exchange.

Half a year later, Dragonair was listed, and the IPO market value exceeded HK$6 billion on the same day, becoming one of the top 50 giant companies in Hong Kong by market capitalization. (End of chapter)