Chapter 280 HSBC Support and Water Storage Base Station
Bai Liji was very efficient. Three days later, Yang Wendong received a call from the water company, telling him that personnel could be arranged to discuss cooperation.
Yang Wendong naturally did not participate in such a matter, and he did not understand pipelines. He then arranged for an expert from Changxing Real Estate who was proficient in pipelines, plus several people from the Changxing Charity Foundation, to negotiate with people from the water company. As for the matter, he, as the boss, is only responsible for the final approval and payment.
But the other person had to be received by Yang Wendong personally.
In a presidential suite at the Peninsula Hotel, Yang Wendong met with Sanders, the new chief executive of HSBC Bank.
"Hello, Mr. Sanders." Yang Wendong said with a polite smile.
"Hello, Yang Sheng." Sanders nodded, and then said: "I heard that the construction of your Four Seasons Hotel has started. It seems that next year, we can meet at another place."< br>
“Haha, yes, the construction speed in Kinmen is very fast. It will be almost there by the end of next year.” Yang Wendong smiled and said: “Four Seasons Hotel will also be committed to protecting customer privacy in the future and preventing reporters from getting involved. We are also very welcome Check-in of business people. ”
Many businessmen in Hong Kong like to go to hotels to discuss business. Even if they are locals, they will find a hotel to discuss business. The richer they are, the more they like to go to luxury hotels, even luxury hotels. Presidential Suite.
It is rumored that Li Jiacheng met Bao Yugang more than ten years later in history and transferred his Wharf stocks to him, and he settled in the presidential suite of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
At this stage when Hong Kong's tourism industry has not yet been fully developed, the hotel's business market is very important, so Four Seasons Hotel will also develop in this direction in the future.
"That's good. I come to the Peninsula Hotel so often that I'm tired of it." Sanders smiled and then asked: "Yang Sheng, the Governor of Hong Kong came to me yesterday and told me about you. , I have to say, I am really curious, is Yang Sheng so sure that this drought will last for a long time?
If there are several major typhoons this summer and there is a lot of rain in eastern Guangdong Province, the drought in Hong Kong will be over. If you buy so many old freighters, you will suffer heavy losses. "
The land in Hong Kong does not store much water, so even if a typhoon comes, the drought will be relieved for a while, but it will not last long.
But Eastern Guangdong Province is different. It can store water. Once there is water in Eastern Guangdong Province, it will naturally be delivered to Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong government will naturally not need to spend huge sums of money to arrange cargo ships. Went to East China to fetch water.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I personally hope that this drought will end soon. My real estate and industry have also been affected. The money earned from transporting water may not be able to offset this loss; and so many people in Hong Kong are suffering from no water. This This is also something I don’t want to see;
The second thing is that I am very optimistic about the future shipping industry, so even if there is a problem with the water transportation business, economically, I will not think that I will suffer a loss. ”
Speak human language when meeting people, and speak official language when meeting officials.
Facing the Hong Kong Governor, it is natural to say that his purpose is to help the Hong Kong government solve problems and help Hong Kong citizens solve the water shortage crisis.
When you meet the person in charge of HSBC, you will naturally have to discuss risks in a business context. This kind of capitalist does not care about the life and death of ordinary people, but only cares about his own business and risks.
Sanders smiled with satisfaction: "What Yang Sheng said is very good, and I am very optimistic about the future sailing business; but you have too many old ships, and the operating costs will inevitably increase in the future. I don't think so. How promising."
"I know this, so I built a shipyard repair shop in Zuizui Bay, so as to avoid various problems in the future to the greatest extent." Yang Wendong nodded.
Using second-hand equipment, under normal circumstances, will not achieve great things.
Not only shipping, but also airlines and car rental companies on the ground, if they want to become bigger and stronger, they must use new cars.
But in the next five years, there will be special circumstances. The crisis in the Middle East will turn moving ships into gold. By then, there will not be much difference between old ships and new ships.
In just five years, he was unable to obtain enough new ships, so purchasing second-hand ships was the fastest and easiest way.
However, for a normal bank businessman, this kind of business method will make them feel a little confused. If they don't have other industries, then HSBC may not help them.
Sanders said again: "Well, our bank generally will not interfere with your business model, and what Yang Sheng has done is also of great help to the Hong Kong government, so HSBC is naturally willing to Help."
"Thank you." Yang Wendong smiled.
Using the demand for water transportation, he can purchase a large number of second-hand cargo ships and receive support from HSBC. Otherwise, he would have to invest a lot of his own funds to buy old ships;
Even if we can get support from the bank to change to a new ship, it will still be too late in terms of time.
"In terms of interest and the amount of funds, I will arrange for someone to negotiate with Changxing Shipping later;" Sanders added: "But Yang Sheng, in addition to shipping, we can actually cooperate in other fields. "
"Of course, we can also cooperate in real estate," Yang Wendong nodded.
The Changxing Group’s strategy is to build a stable real estate business and cooperate with Chinese-owned banks. For shipping, it seeks British-owned foreign banks. If it is a new ship, Japanese banks will also be involved.
This is also a balancing strategy. High-quality, low-risk loans for enterprises are also a resource that many large banks want.
But now that HSBC has helped him a lot in the shipping field, he naturally needs to give him some help.
"Okay." Sanders asked again: "I heard that Yang Sheng is planning to build a large museum in Hong Kong?"
"Yes, HSBC is also interested in this project?" Yang Wendong asked back road.
Many people already know about such a major event as building a museum, and it is impossible to hide it from outsiders. However, the address and scale have not yet been determined, so there is no publicity. But it is naturally impossible for people like Sanders. have no idea.
Sanders said with a smile: "Yes, although the Hong Kong government will be much cheaper in land transfer for such public projects, if the area is large enough, the cost will not be low, plus construction costs and future Yang Sheng doesn’t invest all the operating expenses himself, right?”
"Of course not, I also need to use the bank." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Then, after my team has decided on this matter, I will discuss it with you?"
A large museum The investment is also amazing, especially if it needs to be near the Admiralty, so of course you will need a loan.
He had not considered which company to look for originally, but if things were like this now, he would give priority to HSBC.
"Okay." Sanders added: "But I hope that some of my deeds at HSBC can also be included in some of the historical stories."
"Okay." Yang Wendong readily agreed. : "HSBC itself is also a part of Hong Kong's history. Of course I will not miss it. Mr. Sanders's name will also be included in some stories."
Obviously, when people are not short of money, they will start to care about fame.
On the other hand, if he can leave his name in the historical memory, he would be happy to spend some money. Anyway, the money is already spent.
Not to mention, Sanders still uses of HSBC Bank in exchange.
"Haha, thank you very much." Sanders nodded and said.
There are some things that he cannot explain clearly, so he can only use the name of "HSBC", and Yang Wendong obviously understands "human feelings". After meeting with Sanders, Yang Wendong returned to Changxing Building and happened to meet Zhao Liming and Lin Haoyu who came to find him.
"How was it? How was the negotiation with the people from the water company?" Yang Wendong asked immediately.
Although in the process of solving the drought problem this time, he also tried his best to seek some benefits for himself.
But the core of the whole thing is disaster relief and helping ordinary people. The rest is done incidentally, or to attract other people to help in the form of profit.
The most important thing now is to build the pipeline, because Yang Wendong knows that the current drought is just the beginning. In a few months, hundreds of thousands or even millions of Hong Kong citizens will be in the most pain.
In the original history, it was indeed very uncomfortable for many people to have water supply four times a day, but later it was changed to once every four days, and many times there was even no water after four days of waiting.
Not to mention washing up, sometimes there is not even water to drink. The poorer the people, the greater the impact. Even if they queue up to get water, they have to invest too much time in it, which leads to loss.
Lin Haoyu replied: "Brother Dong, the water company is very fast. They have already decided to lead more than a dozen water pipes from the existing water pipes to Tsim Sha Tsui and Kwun Tong. Next to the squatters in areas such as Kwai Chung and Kowloon Bay, we will build water storage stations there, so that water can be released during the day and slowly stored at night, and related queuing facilities can also be built. , to avoid chaos."
"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and asked, "Can the water company handle the pipeline?"
The biggest trouble in building pipelines is that they need to be buried underground, especially when they run into roads, houses or other buildings.
Compared with building a terminal water replenishment point by yourself, pipeline construction will obviously be more troublesome, which is why Yang Wendong cannot do it alone.
"I asked about this, and they said it's no problem." Zhao Liming said: "I'm a little worried too, but it's not easy to ask too many questions."
Lin Haoyu said: "Brother Dong , Actually I have a way, let Oriental Daily or Hong Kong China Daily report this matter together, and report the completion time of the entire project.
In this way, it will be convenient for many surrounding people. People know about our site, even if they don’t buy the newspaper, they will still receive news from other people. Secondly, it will put pressure on the Hong Kong government, so the water company will not dare to take it seriously.”
"Well, that's a good method." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Okay, I will let Qin Zhiye be responsible for this matter, and I will definitely publicize it in place."
If he directly confronts the Hong Kong government, then he I will definitely not agree. Even if there is a need in this regard, I will go to Jin Yong's Mingbao.
But in itself, it can be regarded as helping the Hong Kong government expand its positive reputation, because once the water storage base station is completed, it will also alleviate the drought and reduce the pressure on the Hong Kong government.
It’s just that if you can’t finish it on time, it may have the opposite effect.
"That's good." Lin Haoyu said with a smile: "Actually, the distance is not very far. Most of the land leading to the squatter area has not been developed much. As long as the water company wants to do it, it will definitely be no problem. .”
Zhao Liming added: "Yes, if we didn't have this right, we would definitely do it ourselves faster."
"Don't think about rights." Yang Wendong paused and asked again: "Hydration Have you thought about how to build the base station facilities? "
Lin Haoyu said: "We have thought about it. We have also discussed it with the people from Kinmen Construction. They suggested that we dig a big pit directly on the spot and then the bottom. Make waterproofing measures, similar to a swimming pool, and make it larger, and then you can store water in it
Then there are various water supply facilities to pump water from the pool and supply it out. ”
Yang Wendong thought for a while and said: "In this case, the water cannot be recycled for a long time, otherwise it will easily become stagnant water and cannot be drunk."
Flowing water can be preserved for a long time, but water in a pool cannot.
Lin Haoyu said: 'Yes, so there is no need to build a large pool at a water supply point. The water plant means that two to three hundred cubic meters is enough. Anyway, the pipes carry water in every day. . '
"It's true that it can't be very big, but a few hundred is too little. It's better to build a thousand." Yang Wendong paused and said, "If it doesn't work, buy a few air compressors and pump air into the reservoir. Just ensure that the water quality remains unchanged in the short term. "
This is actually a backup plan. One thousand cubic meters of water is a lot, but the problem is still that there is no water. With a big pond, at least there is water. When you are ready, save some first, and save as much as you can.
If water intake is restricted for the population, it will at least be able to ensure the survival water needs of most people around.
As for taking a shower and washing clothes happily, there is really no other way.
Zhao Liming said: "Brother Dong, if this is the case, then this base station will require a large area, including a pool, a queuing area, some houses, and water management equipment; in total, it will take A lot of money has been invested.”
“Don’t worry about the funds, I will invest in it.” Yang Wendong added: “Besides, this is a public project. I will let the people from Changxing Real Estate go to Hong Kong. After discussing with government officials, we got cheap land.”
As long as it involves purchasing land, today’s charity expenses can be earned from the land in the future.
Even if it is industrial land, it can be converted into commercial land after the drought is over. Once again, building industrial office buildings can be very profitable before 1985.
"Okay." Lin Haoyu said with a smile.
If it can help hundreds of thousands of people solve the problem of water shortage, then as participants, they will feel very honored.
After a while, Yang Wendong called Zheng Zhijie and told him about the incident.
Zheng Zhijie agreed and said: "Don't worry, Yang Sheng. The livelihood of countless people has been designed, and I will definitely do a good job in it."
"Well, okay." Yang Wendong nodded: "Then take it Until the drought ends, our entire Changxing Group needs to do its part to help the poor and vulnerable groups in society.”
"Understood." Zheng Zhijie said again: "Yang Sheng, let me say something more. If this water replenishment base station can be built bigger, it will indeed be a good real estate business.
With the previous habits of the Hong Kong government, this kind of Land is not very expensive, and social enterprises are legally supported to participate in public investment."
"There is no need to overinvest," Yang Wendong shook his head and said, "It just depends on demand. If you want to invest in real estate. There are plenty of opportunities."
"Okay." Zheng Zhijie nodded.
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