Of course Sioux City was joking. The land auction price for the Connaught Building reached HK$2.158 billion, and another US$250 million was spent on building the building.
In other words, in terms of cost alone, Jardine and Land spent more than three billion Hong Kong dollars, and the Connaught Building has always been the tallest building in Hong Kong. With such a status, and its current value, it is five billion Hong Kong dollars. It's all worth it, there's no way they can sell it for four billion.
"Mr. Su, please stop joking. Hongkong Land is the major shareholder of Connaught Building. We at Jardines cannot make the decision. What's more, Connaught Building is very important to us. No matter how difficult it is, we can't take Connaught Building." For sale." Nui Bijian shook his head and said.
This building can be regarded as a money-attracting beast. After its completion, it can contribute more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in rent to Land every year. This is also the reason why Land has continued to expand in the real estate industry in recent years. They Be confident.
However, blind expansion is always risky. How can you stand by the river without getting your shoes wet?
Land also suffered a lot last year, largely because they followed Jardine Matheson in everything they did.
But there is nothing we can do, because Jardine is their major shareholder. It can be said that Land Group is a Jardine-type company.
Even the senior management team of Land Group needs the consent of Yihe before making some big decisions.
Su Cheng never thought that they would sell the Kangle Building. Saying this is just changing the topic.
If they want to sell the Connaught Building, Sioux City will really buy it.
This building, even thirty or forty years later, is still a very dazzling building on the south bank of Victoria Harbour.
Of course, Sioux City also knows that next year, its number one position in Xiangjiang will be replaced by another new building, Hopewell Center.
Despite this, the status of Kangle Building in Hong Kong is still very high. After all, it has occupied the first place in Hong Kong for 7 years.
"Mr. Nie Bijian, to be honest, we can only offer this price. If you don't sell it, we actually have alternative land. The Huangpu Shipyard is a good piece of land. The location is not inferior to Central. However, if the land is converted into commercial land, hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars will need to be paid. In addition, approval will take time, so my current consideration is to find a ready-made piece of land that can be started immediately. Land, if you are unwilling to sell it, it would be a pity. Mr. Twisted Bijian, I will give you two hours to consider it. If you are really unwilling to sell it, although it is a pity, I also respect your opinion. Choice, business cannot be done without righteousness, I hope you can get through this difficult time." Su Cheng stood up and said solemnly.
If he didn't force Twisted Wall, Su Cheng knew that he would continue to be hesitant.
Therefore, simply give him some time. According to the information Su Cheng has obtained so far, they can either sell it to Li Ka-shing's group at a lower price, or they can only sell it to him.
Even if Li Ka-shing raises the price, with their way of doing things, they will only increase it to 2 billion at most like him.
Now Nie Bijian has no favorability towards Li Ka-shing, so if the price is the same, the most likely option is to sell it to Suzhou City.
After all, Su Cheng is the richest man in the world. Selling to him can be regarded as selling Su Cheng a face.
As for Li Chaoren, he is just an ordinary billionaire in Xiangjiang now. There is a huge gap between him and the richest man like Su Cheng. Tui Bijian looks down on him at all, let alone trying to sell face.
Nie Bijian, like other members of the British-funded consortium, still felt that they were inherently superior to others in Xiangjiang. Even if Su Cheng became the richest man in the world, in their view, he was just on an equal footing with them.
"Okay, Mr. Su, let me call Mr. Bao Fuda. This land is jointly invested by Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group. I can't make the decision by myself! As long as Bao Fuda agrees, then we can I can persuade everyone at the shareholders' meeting to facilitate this deal, but I can't guarantee that Land will agree to it." Sure enough, after forcing him, he was moved.
"Mr. Nian Bijian, please feel free to do so." Su Cheng said with a smile.
So, Zuo Bijian stood up and left his seat, holding his mobile phone in hand and walked outside to make a call.
Two minutes later, Tui Bijian came in again. "Decided so quickly?" Su Cheng asked in surprise.
"No, I invited Mr. Bao Fuda to come over. The Land headquarters is only a few hundred meters away. It won't take long for him to come over." Nui Bijian shook his head and said.
Su Cheng nodded.
Indeed, how could such an important thing be agreed to with just one phone call!
Now that Tui Bijian had agreed with this matter, everyone did not continue this topic, but chatted about other things.
After another seven or eight minutes, the general manager of Joy Lai Restaurant once again brought in a foreigner. He was Bao Fuda.
Speaking of which, Bao Fuda can be regarded as the top leader of a large bank, but many things require the consent of Yihe, so he is quite frustrated as a big boss.
But it seems that Bao Fuda and Twibi Jian get along well.
"Should we do something to sow discord with them?" Su Cheng even had a bad idea.
But after thinking about it, let it go. Based on Nian Bijian's performance last year and this year, he probably won't be able to sit in the position of Jardine's top class for long, so there is no need to waste time on him.
"Hello, Mr. Su." Bao Fuda greeted Su Cheng as soon as he came in.
Bao Fuda has more respect for Su Cheng than Nui Bijian, perhaps because his status is congenitally lower than that of Nui Bijian.
"Mr. Bao Fuda, please sit down. Mr. Nie Bijian should have told you what happened, right?" Su Cheng said with a smile.
Bao Fuda nodded, and before Zhang Qizheng could help pull out the chair, he had already pulled it out and sat down.
Zhang Qizheng also poured a cup of black tea for Bao Fuda.
These British people are considered to be members of the upper class in the UK and have a high status.
In the UK, drinking tea has always been a preference of the upper class, so they don’t think anything of it.
It’s just that they usually add milk and sugar to their tea.
As a drink, the bitter taste of tea is a bit unacceptable to the British, but it is a sign of wealth. Therefore, in order to show off status and make friends with nobles, drinking tea has become a social way Special etiquette.
“Then I wonder what Mr. Bao Fuda thinks?” Su Cheng asked with a smile.
"2 billion Hong Kong dollars is a huge loss for us. If we say it out, we will definitely face strong opposition from shareholders. Therefore, I hope Mr. Su can agree to an additional condition for us. As long as Mr. Su agrees, I will represent Land The group agrees to Mr. Su’s price of 2 billion!” Bao Fuda said directly.
Obviously, he came with a purpose. (End of this chapter)