Chapter 265 Yanjing’s decision and the purchase of transistor production lines
“It’s an idea. An architect like him must have studied museums.” Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Big architects, when it comes to building "small buildings" of twenty or thirty stories like Hong Kong, are actually a bit overqualified;
Skyscrapers, libraries, art galleries, schools, etc. in European and American countries. Gymnasiums and science museums are the most technologically advanced.
Then he asked: "The design drawings of the Four Seasons Hotel should be almost the same among the four bidders, right?"
"Yes, but Bei Jinming is the fastest. The latest date we set is two weeks earlier, so we sent it over first." Zheng Zhijie said.
"Okay. I also want to see how it is designed." Yang Wendong said.
The museum thing is just a plan now. It first needs the consent of the mainland, otherwise it will be lonely without cultural relics.
We also need the consent of the Hong Kong government. After all, in our territory, even if the Hong Kong government likes to pursue a "free market" policy, museums are part of public infrastructure and must require approval;
< br>Besides, he also hopes that the Hong Kong government can approve a large area of land in a good location, otherwise it will be difficult for him to buy it at this time even if he has money.
Therefore, I can just put this matter aside for the time being, and wait for the consent from the mainland. I will consider the next step, and among my own many things, the Four Seasons Hotel is also the top priority.
"Okay, I will bring him here when the time comes." Zheng Zhijie said with a smile.
Mainland, Yanjing City:
A group of people were sitting in a conference room. Their clothes were all ordinary, but they were very dignified.
The leader said: "Everyone, what do you think of Hong Kong China Resources' proposal for the Hong Kong Museum?"
Someone below said: "I think it's okay. We were originally planning to sell some antiques to the Chinese in Hong Kong to exchange for foreign exchange and buy food. It would be the same for anyone in Hong Kong;
And this Yang Wendong proposed to lease some of our Antiques that cannot be sold are also a good way. In this way, we can also earn foreign exchange.”
Another person said: “Yes, I have been to museums in the United States, and there are many in their museums. Is it rented from someone else or directly from the National Museum?”
“Why rent it?” one person asked in confusion.
“That’s because in a capitalist society, museums have to make money. Many people will come to look at antiques and learn about history and culture. But if the things in your museum don’t change, who will come to see them a second time? Huh?”
"Yes, foreign antiques are also very expensive. Some of them belong to the country and are not for sale. However, leasing is a normal behavior. In this way, museums that rent antiques can make money, and museums or other institutions that rent them out can also make money. Get the money and maintain the antiques.
Everyone is engaged in antiques. The cost of maintaining antiques is also sky-high. It also requires imported air conditioners and consumes electricity, which is all foreign exchange.”
"So that's what happened!"
"It does cost money for us to maintain the antiques ourselves."
"It would not be a bad idea to rent some antiques that cannot be sold."
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"I don't think it's good. Many antiques are so fragile. Can they be transported to Hong Kong?"
"You're wrong. Are antiques one and the same? Some antiques are suitable for transportation. You can't transport those that are fragile." Isn’t it enough to rent? Isn’t everything about renting negotiable?”
Many people joined the discussion, and it seemed that most people at the scene thought this method was good.
"Okay, everyone, let's raise your hands to vote." The leader waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Raise your hands if you agree."
Everyone also became quiet, then looked at each other and raised their hands. Those who raise their hands raise their hands, and those who disagree remain silent.
"9:3" The leader waited for a while: "Since most of them agree, we will pass this matter internally, but this matter still needs the approval of the superiors."
"I follow the command of Zhong Y ." One person who disagreed said.
“Who is not?” the leader said with a smile.
One day later, a small courtyard in Yanjing said:
“This is a good idea.” A man with a loud voice said after reading the document in his hand: “This can solve our current foreign exchange problem. It is a very good business idea to solve the problem of urgent shortage and ensure that we can obtain foreign exchange for a long time in the future.”
The person next to me smiled and said: "Yes, we can sell some antiques that are not of historical significance to the Hong Kong Museum, so that we can exchange for foreign exchange to buy urgently needed food.
But some antiques with high historical significance cannot be sold. We rent the antiques to the Hong Kong Museum, so that we can earn foreign exchange for a long time in the future, and the Chinese in Hong Kong can also see the history of their motherland, killing two birds with one stone."
"Then transport them from the mainland to Hong Kong. There will be no problems on the road Right?"
"This still requires internal negotiation. Only some antiques that are not easy to break can be transported, or some special foreign vehicles may need to be purchased."
"Well, as long as we can earn foreign exchange. , and don’t let the national treasure be lost, then that’s fine.” The leader thought for a while and then asked: “I have heard of this Yang Wendong before, but I didn’t pay much attention to it. He seems to be a relatively successful businessman in Hong Kong recently. His specific situation. Tell me.”
"Okay, it's like this. This Yang Wendong was originally a young man living in a squatter house in Hong Kong. Squatter house means slum area. In 1958, he"
Listen and listen, the interest on the man's face It was getting bigger and bigger. After a long time, when the subordinate finished speaking, he laughed and said: "Haha, it's amazing. You started from scratch. From nothing to a billionaire in a few years. If you lived in the M country period, you could say that you couldn't do it. He has become a powerful person."
"Yes, and the most rare thing about Yang Wendong is not how much money he makes, but that he also takes care of the poor even when he is rich. His factory recruits tens of thousands of workers and pays him a high salary. He is relatively high, and he often distributes food and even meat, plus some charitable acts. He is already a great philanthropist in Hong Kong. Because of him, many people in Hong Kong have been lifted out of poverty."
"Okay. Ah, when will the 600 million of us be able to do the same? From now on, please report to me about Yang Wendong’s affairs. I’m a little interested.”
“Okay, actually, I’m the same, too. People are really capable, and Huo Yingdong thinks very highly of him
Not only as a person, but also as a businessman, he can always come up with some lasting business ideas. Just like this antique rental, our Ministry of Culture, Hong Kong citizens and him all made money, no one lost, and we can still cooperate for a long time. ”
“In fact, this is the long-lasting way. Just like cooperation between countries, there are benefits and only then can the relationship last. "The leader nodded.
"Yes. "
"Let China Resources build more good relations with others. There are some things that we can't sell domestically, but they may have a way to let them make a fortune from it, and we can make a fortune too. Now the country There is a huge shortage of foreign exchange. "
"Okay, what about this time? ”
"Agree!"
"Understood, I will make arrangements right away."
"Don't be so hasty. You have to sort out some information first, such as what can be sold and what can be rented. The total amount of foreign exchange we can earn is almost determined. Let’s discuss it with others.”
“Yes, I am too impatient. Our Ministry of Culture also wants to earn foreign exchange to share the country’s worries.”
< br>"Well, I understand how you feel, but haste makes waste. You cooperate with China Resources on this matter. They understand the rules of Hong Kong."
"Okay."
February 19, Hong Kong, Lantern Festival:
Yang Wendong met Bei Jinming, a famous architect in his previous life, at Changxing Building.
In the 1980s, this man built the most famous Bank of China Building in Hong Kong. The blade-like design allowed the Bank of China to build a building with a total area of 12.9 hectares with the minimum amount of funds (US$130 million). Ten thousand square meters of skyscrapers.
Compared with the HSBC Bank of the same era, a building cost 1 billion US dollars, and the area is not as good as the Bank of China Tower. Although HSBC has the purpose of showing off, it can also indirectly highlight the high cost performance of the Bank of China Tower. .
As a commercial building, whether it is a hotel, office building or other building, construction cost control is always the core.
"Hello, Mr. Bei." Yang Wendong shook hands politely.
For masters in an industry, especially future academicians, there should still be some respect. These are one of the foundations of human civilization.
"Mr. Yang is very kind." Bei Jinming said with a smile: "I have heard of Mr. Yang's name when I was in the United States. Your sticky notes are very popular in the United States and I often use them. It’s really convenient and can improve work efficiency.
And your trolley suitcase is also a very great invention. It’s so convenient for me to travel to other places now.”
"Haha, thank you." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Please sit down here."
His two inventions have indeed improved the production efficiency of the entire human society, including sticky hooks. Same effect.
A few people came to the conference room. After chatting for a while, Bei Jinming went straight to the topic and said: "Yang Sheng, the main reason why I came to Hong Kong this time is to submit the structural design drawings of your group's Four Seasons Hotel, and also Please take a look."
After saying that, a blond white assistant opened the roller that he had been carrying and took out a roll of paper that was one meter and a half long. Then he opened it and turned it into a roll of paper. 1.5*2 meter architectural drawings.
On top of the drawing is a semi-circular building, and below the building is a circle of circular buildings, covering almost all of the land area.
"This one doesn't have an outdoor swimming pool or anything like that?" Yang Wendong wasn't very good at understanding complex architectural drawings.
Bei Jinming replied: "There is no open air. Considering that the area of the land is not very large, my design mainly takes into account the maximum utilization of the area and the convenience of the hotel."
"Well, then tell us about the situation on each floor." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
This piece of land on Queen's Road is already quite large in terms of area in Central, Hong Kong. But compared to overseas five-star hotels, this area is a joke.
Therefore, many design concepts are also different.
"Okay." Bei Jinming pointed to the drawings and introduced: "This first floor is the lobby and security room."
Next, Bei Jinming introduced to Yang Wendong in detail what he designed in the drawings. Five star hotel.
Yang Wendong, Zheng Zhijie and several other future Four Seasons Hotel executives not only listened carefully, but when they had questions, they would also ask them one by one for Bei Jinming to answer.
Two hours later, everyone finally calmed down from the intense discussion.
Bei Jinming then concluded: "Yang Sheng, this is my overall design for the Four Seasons Hotel. There are a total of 666 rooms, including 3 presidential suites, 108 executive suites, and the others are single and double rooms;
There is also a conference room that can accommodate 1,000 people, 6 banquet halls that can accommodate 30 Chinese-style dining tables, 2 large gyms, 3 bars, and a built-in cinema;
There are dozens more For small shops, you can decide on your own to open different restaurants or retail stores, etc."
"Well, not bad. Yang Wendong asked again: "What about the interior decoration?" "The interior decoration is shown in the next chapter." "After Bei Jinming finished speaking, his assistant opened another piece of paper of the same size.
Bei Jinming introduced again: "Mr. Yang, your hotel's positioning is Super luxurious, so our style is.”
After listening for a long time, Yang Wendong thought about it and said, "Old Tang, do you understand what you heard?"
Old Tang, named Tang Xingzhi, was recruited by an international headhunter at the Intercontinental Hotel in the United States some time ago. The Chinese senior management also came with one of his team, who is also the future person in charge of the Four Seasons Hotel.
"I understand." Tang Xingzhi then said: "Yang Sheng, these are relatively professional. Mr. Bei can consider many details of the hotel, which is very impressive."
"Yeah." Yang Wendong nodded and said to Zheng Zhijie: "Old Zheng, Let your construction and decoration team build the structure and decoration of several suites as quickly as possible. How long will it take? "
"Building the structure and decoration?" Zheng Zhijie said after thinking for a while: "It's estimated to take a month, no matter how quick it is, it will take three weeks."
"Well, okay, arrange someone to do this immediately. The materials can be a little different. I need to see the structure with the naked eye." Yang Wendong said.
This Four Seasons Hotel has a huge investment, and it will also be the first store of his own hotel chain brand in the future. He must be cautious.
Although he doesn't understand architecture, he still has his own vision. Before the construction of the building starts, he needs to see it with his own eyes. After all, it is an investment of tens of millions.
Even before building a house, he had to take into account the layout and decoration.
"Okay." Zheng Zhijie agreed.
Yang Wendong looked at Bei Jinming again and said, "Mr. Bei, because this investment is huge, I need to see with my own eyes the internal structures of several suites."
"Understood." Bei Jinming said with a smile.
"That's it." Yang Wendong nodded.
For the picture on this paper, he had to use his brain cells to come up with the three-dimensional structure. If there were real buildings, it would be much simpler.
After discussing the hotel design for a while, Yang Wendong brought up the issue of the museum.
After Bei Jinming understood it clearly, he asked: "Mr. Yang, how large an area do you plan to build this museum?"
"I can't say that now, many conditions are still uncertain." Yang Wendong explained Said: "In this regard, professional architects' opinions are also needed."
Bei Jinming also said: "There are many factors to consider when building a museum. We architects are responsible for professional issues, but Some basic information needs to be known in advance.
For example, the future planned flow of people in the museum, the size and transportation method of the antiques in the museum, and the level of security measures will all affect the architectural design. ”
Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "In terms of the flow of people, let's think that Hong Kong's population can double in the future. In terms of per capita economy, consider today's Tokyo. In addition, consider Hong Kong as a large tourist city. With these data, You should be able to roughly calculate the flow of people, right?”
After listening to the boss's words, Zheng Zhijie and others around him also couldn't believe it. Can Hong Kong compare with Tokyo? Will the population double? Will it also be a large tourist city?
If this were the case, not to mention museums, how many times would the real estate in Hong Kong be able to increase?
No wonder, my boss is willing to invest in real estate on a large scale. It turns out that this is the future economic blueprint of Hong Kong in his mind.
Bei Jinming obviously didn't believe it, so he said: "Yang Sheng, your data is indeed a reference. I can design the size of the museum based on overseas cities;
< br>I’m just worried, is this goal too big? ”
As an architect, whether the completed commercial building will generate business in the future will have little impact on his economic income. Basically, the income he should receive has already been received after the construction is completed.
But this building was not commercially successful, which also had an impact on the architect's reputation, especially for a landmark building like a museum.
Besides, a good architect should also make his own suggestions based on the needs of the client.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "First design according to the data I mentioned. Later, maybe we can build it in phases."
"Okay, then I need to check some local information in Hong Kong first. "Bei Jinming said again: "I wonder if Mr. Yang has chosen a good location?"
Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "This is not yet available, but it will be on Hong Kong Island. As for the area, it will take some time to know."
The museum must be on Hong Kong Island, whether now or in the future, the economy The core is all here.
Real estate is a bit special. It cares about growth rate, so the Kowloon Peninsula is more cost-effective for people with low capital.
"Okay, I just need time to visit some museums in the United States." Bei Jinming nodded and said.
"Okay, Mr. Bei, this is a hard job," Yang Wendong said: "When the museum matter is finalized, I will issue a global tender like the Four Seasons Hotel, but on your side, I will Prioritized.”
No matter what the project is, he cannot appoint one person to do it, even if that person will be an academician in the construction industry in the future.
From an economic point of view, if you insist on asking a merchant to buy something, isn’t it just sending it to your doorstep and letting it be ripped off? Academicians are also human beings, and they don’t mind having too much legal money.
"Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Yang." Bei Jinming said with a smile.
Being able to participate in the design of a large five-star hotel and a local museum in Hong Kong is also a great help to his career;
Especially Yang Wendong in front of him, whose future potential is immeasurable. If he builds good relationships, his overseas career will also improve qualitatively in the future.
In the following days, Changxing Real Estate also sent people to take Bei Jinming and his party to many places in Hong Kong.
In the future, if appropriate, Yang Wendong also plans to have long-term cooperation with this person, because a good architectural design can save a lot of costs for large buildings, and even the energy consumption of future buildings will be very popular. The impact of design capabilities.
This is also the reason why a good architectural design can charge a commission of 5% or even higher of the entire construction cost.
February 28:
Design drawings from several other construction companies were also sent to Hong Kong.
The internal team headed by Tang Xingzhi and Zheng Zhijie immediately began comprehensive review and approval. Yang Wendong would occasionally participate, but he didn't understand it very well after all. He could only wait for the follow-up, after these companies produced models of their own drawings. Only then will you have a more intuitive experience.
March 2:
Chairman's Office of Changxing Building:
Yang Wendong is teasing his son who can barely walk, pulling him forward slowly with his fingers walking.
"Dong dong dong~" There was a knock on the door. Su Yiyi quickly picked up the child and said, "Is Mr. Wang here? You'd better talk about business first."
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said loudly: "Come in."
Soon, a middle-aged man walked in, it was Wang Zhiqun who had returned from the United States.
"Yang Sheng, Mrs. Yang." Wang Zhiqun greeted politely.
"Come, sit here." Yang Wendong led people to the sofa area near the window sill. The view here is very good. If you turn your head, you can see half of Hong Kong and many freighters in Victoria Harbor.
Under normal circumstances, he likes to bring people here to discuss things.
Afterwards, an assistant brought hot tea to everyone.
Yang Wendong asked: "How is the transistor production line going?"
Wang Zhiqun replied: "I have been communicating with Fairchild Semiconductor for a while, and they are willing to sell a line with an annual output of more than 15 million 1 transistor production line for us.”
“15 million? What’s the price?” Yang Wendong is not surprised by this figure. It looks big, but it’s not really a lot.
In history, Fairchild Semiconductor also invested in Hong Kong in the 1960s. Its annual production capacity was as high as 120 million pieces, and it hired thousands of workers.
It is a pity that Fairchild Semiconductor itself failed later, and the Hong Kong government was unwilling to show actual sincerity to support the electronics industry, causing Hong Kong to miss out on the high-end field of the electronics industry.
Wang Zhiqun said: "The price is 450,000 US dollars. I have also inquired about such a new production line. It costs almost one million US dollars, and it will take almost a year to wait;
And This Fairchild Semiconductor production line has only been used for 2 years. I went to see it and it is almost 70% new. I also brought some photos for you to take a look at. "
After that, he started. Take some photos out of the bag.
After Yang Wendong took it, he looked at it for a while and said, "The equipment has been shipped to Hong Kong. What will the technicians do?"
Wang Zhiqun said: "I have also discussed this with Fairchild. They will send engineers to Hong Kong to teach us, and we can also send people who can speak English to study in the United States.
Transistor production line technology has certain difficulties. There are many things that need to be paid attention to, so the best internal staff to train must have a college degree, preferably science students."
"Well, of course." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "That's OK. , I will send someone to the United States again, and he will inspect the equipment and negotiate cooperation with Fairchild on my behalf.”
Although hundreds of thousands of dollars is not a small amount, it is actually a second-hand ship. The price of the freighter was not enough for him to make a special trip to the United States.
As the scale of his company grows, there will be more and more similar things like this. Therefore, in the headquarters office, Yang Wendong also specially trained some people to represent him and go overseas to check. Some medium-sized investment projects.
For example, Changxing Shipping previously wanted to purchase more than a dozen second-hand cargo ships. In addition to Zheng Yuhua, the business leader, people from the headquarters office would also be involved to act as Yang Wendong's eyeliners.
In this way, you can not only let yourself know more detailed information, but also avoid the branch's rights being unrestricted for a long time.
"Okay, I will go back to the United States again." Wang Zhiqun said.
Yang Wendong said again: "Okay, but our future Honor Electronics will not only produce transistors, but also needs to produce terminal civilian products. I have two directions here, you can understand it first."< br>
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