Chapter 593 Pressure from British capital
Zheng Zhijie also nodded and said, "Qi Dezun is really a master in management. A Hutchison Trading Company has almost increased its market value by a hundred times in his hands. It is really amazing. I didn't expect that there are such self-made figures among the British ghosts. ”
Strictly speaking, Qi Dezun annexed Hutchison Trade Company, a subsidiary of Huidefeng, and then gradually became rich; but no matter what means it is used, as long as it is not illegal or even discovered, it is its ability.
Yang Wendong also said: "Yes, among the British ghosts, there are actually many capable people, but the descendants of large enterprises and families are not good;
This has nothing to do with Chinese and British capital. The Chinese family decades ago is no longer able to do so now. It would be good to be able to stabilize the family's wealth. Many people who fight from the bottom are naturally capable. ”
Although Hong Kong is just a city, there are also many entrepreneurs and working emperors, both Chinese and British.
Qi Dezun, Ma Shiming, Shen Bi and others are all very capable.
Among the Chinese, it is not to mention the ability to build a top Chinese family from scratch, but their descendants are often just average, and it is actually good to be able to maintain their family business.
The Yang family may also be like this in the future. This is not something that Yang Wendong can control. He can only try his best to cultivate the next generation, but the next generation cannot control it. The ancient founding emperors could not do anything, and each generation would do well. Just do it.
Zheng Zhijie smiled and said, "Yes, now our group has many British ghosts coming to interview, and some are senior executives of other large groups."
"If you have the ability, you can also ask for it." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "In the future, our group's core business will gradually expand overseas, and your real estate company is also possible, so many ghosts need to participate, and they are with European and American countries. Customers, negotiation is always more convenient.”
After 12 years of traveling through time, the Yang family has become one of the top consortiums in Hong Kong, but globally, compared with some giants, it is far from the same distance, and even many large groups in Japan are far from comparable.
Although it will continue to develop in Hong Kong in the future, the upper limit of scale is limited by the city of Hong Kong; if you want to become bigger, you have to go out of Hong Kong, go to overseas markets, and compete with international giants.
This is also the goal of life. Otherwise, if a person has no goals and no motivation, it will be too decadent. So many rich people have been financially free, but they still work hard to make money because life requires direction;
Of course, you should not be too obsessed, and you can even make illegal profits even if you are financially free. This is unnecessary.
Zheng Zhijie asked curiously: "European and American real estate? We are not very good at this, right? Yang Sheng, do you mean hotels and shopping malls?"
Real estate in Southeast Asia and even Japan can still be invested in, but it is not easy for Europe and the United States. There are also giants in the local area, and the laws are completely different.
Yang Wendong said with a smile: "Yes, real estate is not just about building houses, it is too low-end. The real high-end one is office buildings, hotels and shopping malls;
It is not realistic to invest in and build residential buildings overseas. Generally, foreign capital is not allowed to participate in residential buildings, but hotels and shopping malls are still possible, and we even consider joining the franchise first. ”
In the mainland in his previous life, real estate was basically played by oneself, and foreign capital could not participate at all. Only a few Hong Kong capital, under the central government's consent, could occasionally participate in some projects;
However, there are fewer restrictions on shopping malls and hotels. The Zhengda Plaza, which was famous in Shanghai in the past, was invested by Thai Chinese capital.
Zheng Zhijie nodded and said, "I have thought about it before, but I just want to convince local capital from Europe and the United States to cooperate with us and join our hotel. This is more difficult."
"Don't think about the first hotel. The best way is to build it ourselves." Yang Wendong said: "I still have a lot of funds in the United States. I can build a Four Seasons Hotel directly. If the operation is successful in the future, it can be used as a role model. , attract other local capital to join. ”
The large chain hotels in their previous lives were basically in the franchise model, because this industry is really a huge investment. If the hotel brand builds its own property, it will not be able to grow bigger in a few hundred years;
On the contrary, local capital investment and hotel brands professionally operate hotels is a perfect cooperation model that can expand rapidly. With more quantities, it can also reduce operating costs and increase management experience, save money and profit for investors, and kill multiple birds with one stone;
Zheng Zhijie said, "That's OK. Has Yang Sheng chosen the city address?"
"Let's go to Los Angeles or New York. You can send someone to inspect the specific location." Yang Wendong said: "I also refer to Bei Jinming's suggestion. He is a great architect and an American, and has designed other hotels."
"Okay." Zheng Zhijie agreed.
Yang Wendong asked again: "Have Bei Jinming made the design drawings of Kangle Building?"
It has been two months since the successful bid for the Land King, and the time should be almost the same.
Bei Jinming replied: "Bi Jinming's design drawings are ready, but the model building is still in a hurry. It is estimated that it will take another week to complete, and then it will be delivered to Hong Kong immediately.
The other companies are similar, and they will arrive in Hong Kong after mid-August, and we will also give you within 3 months. ”
"Okay, then I'll talk about it later." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
The design of large-scale buildings is very time-consuming, especially since Hong Kong has not built super tall buildings before. Designers also need to understand various weather, foundations, regulations, etc. in Hong Kong, which naturally takes some time.
The next day, Qi Dezun came to Changxing Building. After seeing Yang Wendong, he smiled and said, "Yang Sheng."
"Come on, have tea, Dahongpao, the native British one." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "I have seen the business with Huang recently and it has developed very well."
"That's also for Yang Sheng's help at the financial level. Whether it's Hang Seng or Citi, it has helped me a lot." Qi Dezun replied.
Yang Wendong said: "That's what it should be. I am also a major shareholder of Hebei Huang. In this regard, I should naturally provide help."
Yang Wendong did not let go of the company he invested in. Although he really did this, these companies could develop successfully. After all, the people he invested in were successful people in the future; but if these people who were capable of obtaining it, If you help yourself, the effect will only be better;
The simplest level is finance. Even if these emerging companies have a great future, if they are far inferior to current giants in terms of scale, when they go to banks to obtain loans and financing, they may also have some hesitation when they involve projects with high risk;
Yang Wendong knows the future, which includes their abilities and Hong Kong's future, so he naturally has full confidence and has also stimulated banks to support loans for these companies;
But if you know it, you know it, but he knows it or not, and others don’t know it. Therefore, there are still agency fees required for guarantee. According to industry rules, even the greater the risk on the surface, the higher the guarantee fee. Even so, it is most important for these companies to obtain financing funds.
Qi Dezun also smiled and said, "That's good. We will work together to make Hutchison Huang bigger. Sooner or later, Hutchison Huang will become a giant like Defen in Jardine Mahjong."
"I am also very confident about this, you definitely have this ability." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "It's just that if you want to become a giant, it not only requires superficial scale, but also requires some core industries;
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For example, Yard has Land and Hutchison Whampoa, Swire has Cathay Pacific Airways, Huidefeng has a large number of shipping vessels, including our Changxing Group has a large number of industries;
For Hutchison, a container terminal can barely count, but I don’t quite understand why you want to sell some of your shares to Swire Group. ”
"Yang Sheng, I knew you must have called me here today for this." Qi Dezun smiled lightly and said, "There are two reasons here;
The first is that John Shi Huaiya gave me a heart-warming cooperation proposal. Swire and Hutchison Wong jointly invested HK$300 million to build large docks and various ships in the Tsing Yi Island area. In this cooperation, Huang Wong and I occupied 60% of the shares. . ”
"60%, is this equivalent to giving up the dock to you?" Yang Wendong nodded and said, "It looks pretty good, but it's not as valuable as the dock, right?"
Hong Kong is the freight center in Asia. Such a location must have a large number of docks that need maintenance, repair, etc. In the early years, there was even shipbuilding in Hong Kong, which gradually evolved into ship repair and dismantling, etc.;
Changxing Shipping began to plan to build its own docks many years ago, repairing its own ships and taking on external business. However, it is difficult to compare the British shipyard that has existed for decades. At most, it is not necessary. Rely on others.
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Swire and Hutchison are the largest dock maintenance center in Hong Kong. Swire is relatively larger, but this cooperation is mainly Hutchison, which is obviously Swire's concessions;
Qi Dezun smiled and said, "Yes, it's not comparable, but he only needs 1/4 of the shares, and then Swire's ship has priority on Pier 5, which is actually what Swire wants."
"That's right." Yang Wendong nodded.
The most important thing for shipping companies is time, because ships burn money every moment, and their early loans are also very strong. Only when they run can they generate profits;
But when you arrive at the port, you have to follow the arrangements. Like an airplane, the difference is that the plane cannot fly for a long time, otherwise the airport below will not be able to escape responsibility, but the ship can only park in the sea infinitely. After waiting for a long time You can't do anything about it;
Qi Dezun said again: "In addition, Swire Group has also expressed its willingness to cooperate with me. If these are used well, they may also have a revenue of over 100 million in the next few years."
"Then is the second reason?" Yang Wendong asked back.
British capital basically does not play real estate, but Qi Dezun is an exception. He is still very strong in this regard. Hutchison Wong's ability to develop from less than ten years to one of the four major overseas banks is enough to say everything.
Qi Dezun shook his head and said, "This is not counting. The cooperation in real estate is just a verbal agreement. After all, that will be a long time later. I can only talk about it later, but he should not deceive me, so he will be more than a little bit;
Another reason why I am willing to sell my port shares is the pressure from the Hong Kong government and some British capital. ”
"Hong Kong government put pressure on it? Is the governor?" Yang Wendong said hurriedly.
The Governor of Hong Kong is about to leave, so he should not do such a thing, and put pressure on the company, which is too low; even if he really does this, he doesn't need to issue codes.
Qi Dezun said: "No, it's George of the Lands Department. He did not say it directly, but instead hinted at me that he asked me to consider the interests of British capital in Hong Kong;
The British capital side was HSBC. He stuck several of my projects and then the other party also said the same thing. ”
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "So that's how it is."
Obviously, Hong Kong and British capital are not very happy with Hutchison Whampoa.
Qi Dezun sighed and said, "I can't offend the Hong Kong government and HSBC at the moment, otherwise many of my projects will have problems. The conditions proposed by Swire are almost the same, and I won't lose money, so I can only agree."
"There is a saying in Chinese that people have to bow their heads under the eaves." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "This kind of thing is actually normal. Businessmen do not fight with officials, nor can they fight with big businessmen."
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Qi Dezun agreed, "Yes, I can only endure it. When one day I will be bigger than Taikoo, I will definitely let the Shi Huaiya family enjoy the same treatment."
"Okay, ambitious." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "As long as we join forces, the scale of Hehuang will sooner or later surpass that of Swire. I also hope to see this day sooner or later."
Qi Dezun is not a fool either. He naturally knows the importance of the port. It is estimated that he will consider it only after Taikoo takes Cathay Pacific shares to exchange them;
But now that I am oppressed by many parties, and the conditions on the "surface" are OK, I can only give in;
This kind of thing is also very common. In history, after Li Jiacheng acquired 20% of the shares of Hutchison Whampoa, the weak Jardinea did not want to fight against Chinese capital, so he found HSBC. Two British consortiums joined forces to force Li Jiacheng, which forced him to give up.
However, Li Jiacheng was also smarter and directly gave the stock to Bao Yugang, who had a stronger capital. Then Jardine lost his arm in Hutchison Whampoa, and he obtained Hutchison Whampoa.
Qi Dezun nodded and said, "Okay, thank you Yang Sheng."
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