Chapter 150 Another appointment with the Governor
After coming out of Wei Li's office, Su Cheng first visited some key subsidiaries to check out their operations, and then left the Hutchison Whampoa headquarters building.
The current Hutchison Whampoa Group, under the management of Wei Li, is developing at an alarming rate.
Although Sioux City has not provided much help to Hutchison Whampoa for the time being, judging from the financial statements of the past two months, Hutchison Whampoa has performed very well.
This is probably because there is no advantage of the board of directors. Without too many people's interference, Wei Li can maximize his talents.
Of course, Wei Li took the initiative to report many things to Su City. Basically, Su City would agree with Wei Li's decision-making, instead of interfering with Hutchison Whampoa's management like Huifeng Bank did in the past.
For Su Cheng, a professional manager who can make money for him is a good professional manager.
Now that everyone has arrived at the Hutchison Whampoa Headquarters Building, Su Cheng naturally stopped by the Su Group Building.
Both are in Central, so they are not very far apart.
Su Cheng arrived at the office of the president of Su Group with ease, only to see that Yang Chaoye seemed to be preparing to go out.
"Eh? Boss, you're here." Yang Chaoye was a little surprised when he saw Su Cheng.
"Well, I went to Hutchison Whampoa Building and just came out from there, so I stopped by to have a look. What, are you going out?" Su Cheng asked.
“Well, boss, didn’t you ask me to meet with the Governor before to discuss the purchase of land near Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay, so I made an appointment with the Governor to meet today. Now the time is almost up, so I want to meet immediately. Let's go." Yang Chaoye replied.
"Are you going to the Hong Kong Governor's Office? It just so happens that I also have something to talk to Mr. Governor, so let's go there together." Su Cheng was stunned after hearing this, and then immediately replied.
While at the Hutchison Building, when he and Weili were talking about the subway, he thought of a question.
Since the MTR system lines in the early stages of revision have been built to Kwun Tong, why not extend it by a few kilometers and go directly to Tseung Kwan O!
In fact, the straight-line distance between Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O is only three or four kilometers, but there is a mountain that is not too high between them. Anyway, the early system lines of the MTR system were also underground. , just pass through the mountain through the tunnel.
In the future, Tseung Kwan O will also be connected to the subway, but it was not opened until more than 20 years later, in August 2002.
So, Sioux City is planning to intervene and allow Tseung Kwan O to open the subway in advance.
Because the current traffic in Tseung Kwan O is still too inconvenient, it is very detrimental to the planning and development of Sioux City's tourist resort.
Despite the addition of buses and ferries, going to Tseung Kwan O is still very inconvenient.
If the subway is extended to Tseung Kwan O, it will be of great help to his future tourism and vacation business empire.
"Okay, let's go together. Boss, if you go there together, we will be more sure about our affairs. If I am alone, I will not be so sure." Yang Chaoye said with a smile.
After all, Yang Chaoye is just a professional manager, so Mailihao cannot treat him the same way as he treats Su Cheng.
So if Su Cheng follows, Yang Chaoye will be more confident and confident.
I just came over and before I could sit down, I had to leave again.
But it doesn’t matter if you go to Sioux City, where should you go?
He called the driver and bodyguards, returned to the parking lot, and then asked the driver to drive directly to the Hong Kong Government House.
Yang Chaoye drove his company's car to the Hong Kong Governor's Office.
When they arrived at the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion, Yang Chaoye directly reported his reservation information, and the security of the Hong Kong Governor's Mansion let Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye in.
In fact, even without making an appointment in advance, if Su Cheng came here and told the security department directly, Mailihao would still meet with Su Cheng.
Special people are treated with special treatment. It is naturally difficult to set a threshold for meetings with people of Su Cheng's status.
"Mr. Governor, long time no see." Seeing Mailihao, Su Cheng was the first to speak. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Mailihao. "Yes, it's been a long time. The last time I met Mr. Su was probably in Tuen Mun." Mak Lihao said with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Governor." Yang Chaoye also shook hands with Mailihao and greeted him.
"I received a call from Mr. Yang yesterday to make an appointment. I happened to be free this afternoon, so I chose to meet him today. Unexpectedly, Mr. Su also came over. Please come and sit here while I ask someone to make tea." Mailihao greeted.
Not long after the three of them sat down, a staff member came in with three cups of tea.
Su Cheng noticed that milk was added to Mailihao's tea.
But this is normal, this is their British habit.
Mai Lihao also knew that Chinese people like pure tea without adding anything else, so he didn't ask any more questions.
"I wonder why you two came here this time?" Mailihao asked directly.
He was also curious as to why Su Cheng came here this time.
Previously, after meeting and discussing with Su City in detail, he got Su City to invest in Xiangjiang Petroleum.
This time, could it be other investments?
After all, if there was nothing important, Su Cheng would not come in person.
Just like the last time Su Cheng hoped that Jiashi could add a channel, it was nothing more than a phone call to Mai Lihao.
Yang Chaoye was about to speak when Su Cheng interrupted: "Let me tell you."
Although Yang Chaoye was puzzled, didn't he ask him to come over and talk to the governor? But he nodded.
"Mr. Governor, I would like to ask, is it possible to rent the entire island of Lamma Island?" Su Cheng asked.
Hong Kong cannot buy islands, but it can lease them from the government for a maximum period of 40 years.
"Oh? What do you want the whole Lamma Island for?" Mailihao was a little surprised.
Lamma Island is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Although its area is not comparable to that of Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island, it still covers an area of nearly 14 square kilometers, which is almost half the size of Haojiang.
“The location of Lamma Island is very good. It is alone in the ocean, but not far from Hong Kong Island. The scenery on the island is very beautiful, so I want to build Lamma Island into an international tourist resort island. "Su Cheng explained.
In fact, after he went to Tseung Kwan O, he had no idea of renting Lamma Island.
The vast majority of Lamma Island is made up of stone mountains. It is very difficult to develop, especially the Lamma Island Power Station that is about to be built. It is even more impossible to build a tourist island there. Presumably the Hong Kong Governor's Office is also here. It is impossible to agree. After all, power stations are projects that benefit the people.
However, after discussing with the Governor, if he refuses on the first matter, the latter matter should be easier to negotiate.
After all, Mailihao also wanted to give face to Su Cheng.
This is also the reason why Su Cheng mentioned Lamma Island first.
Anyway, if the Hong Kong Governor's Government agrees, he will naturally be fine and just rent Lamma Island.
If you don’t agree, then choose Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay Peninsula!
Tseung Kwan O and the Clear Water Bay Peninsula are both very poor and remote places in Hong Kong. Sioux City believes that there is a high probability that Mailihao will not refuse to develop these places for Hong Kong.
(End of this chapter)