I want to be a giant of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 686 [Jardines retreat]

On May 5, when the Sino-British negotiations on the future of Hong Kong Island entered a critical moment, Hong Kong investors had just built up a little confidence;
The chairman of Jardines, Simon Keswick, suddenly announced that the registration of Jardines would be moved from Hong Kong to Bermuda, the British Autonomous Region.

The so-called relocation of Jardine Company is actually to register a group holding company in Bermuda - Jardine Holdings Co., Ltd., and exchange the shares of Jardine Holdings Co., Ltd. for the shares of Jardine Company, a listed company in Hong Kong; Become a shareholder of the new holding company and replace the listing status of the original listed company.

When the news came out, the whole Hong Kong was shocked!
The "South China Morning Post" pointed out: Jardine Matheson, an old British foreign company that claimed to 'always represent Hong Kong in the colonial era', announced its withdrawal from Hong Kong at the most critical moment, and its shocking effect was like dropping a 'Bermuda bomb';
"Oriental Daily" criticized without hesitation: If Jardine has no confidence in Hong Kong, why not just do business in Hong Kong and not make money from Hong Kong people?

Public opinion generally believes that it is 'inappropriate' and 'unwise' for Jardine to announce the relocation of registration at the most sensitive time, and it is a kind of pressure to help the British government at a critical moment; It will be as smooth as before.

American bankers commented: Jardine hopes to protect the overseas assets of the group, because if there is any change in the future of Hong Kong, even if Jardine loses only Hong Kong assets, it can preserve overseas assets through the Bermuda holding company; however, Jardine In fact, there is no such urgency to take action at this stage, and it is not too late to implement it in two or three years.

Obviously, Jardine's move is more of a political act than protecting assets, and its purpose is to put pressure on Huaxia.

However, although Jardine's move made the Chinese feel angry, the Chinese quickly remembered that Wu Guangyao cut off the wings of Jardine - the matter of Wharf and Landmark;

Suddenly, the wind on Hong Kong Island blew off again!

Some media used "national hero" to "increase the aspirations of the Chinese people and destroy the prestige of the British", "Mr. Wu is worthy of being the descendant of the dragon, the pride of the world's Chinese businessmen" and "greatly inspired and improved the national confidence and self-esteem of the Chinese people".
In order not to provoke confrontation between Sino-British capital, Wu Guangyao had no choice but to stand up and say;

"I think some of you must be very interested in my participation in certain Hong Kong real estate company activities (implying Wharf and Hongkong Land Acquisition). Today I will tell you that my participation in real estate activities is not because I want to be with traditional British You can also see that I have never initiated any acquisitions of established British companies such as Swire & Co., Wheelock & Co., and Grand Hotels. On the contrary, I have cooperated more. The objects I participated in are those who have encountered difficulties. company, even if I'm not involved, there are other people involved.

Like most people, I am full of confidence in the future of Hong Kong, so these business activities are just my surplus funds needing to find a foothold, nothing more!

Everyone develops under one sky, and competition and mergers are inevitable; even so, the attitude that peace is the most important cannot be discarded. "

Having said that, in fact, only he knows what Wu Guangyao thinks in his heart!
However, no matter how you think about it, Enron cannot be crowned a "national hero" because of this kind of acquisition;
Otherwise, if it acquires a Chinese-funded enterprise in the future, wouldn't it be labeled as 'national rebellion';
This is the so-called 'moral kidnapping'!
As long as you don't have that kind of 'morality', no one can kidnap yourself.

In late May, Wu Guangyao returned to Hong Kong from the mainland.

This trip was full of rewards, and I won the investment of Beijing International Trade Center, and it was a sole proprietorship;
At this time, the mainland has not passed the policy of "sole proprietorship" enterprises, so Wu Guangyao obviously has a big face;

Of course, there is also a mainland that does not have enough funds to invest in a large project of 6 million US dollars.

Over the years, Wu Guangyao has invested in many projects in the Mainland, some for profit and some for non-profit;
Non-profit projects include: Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway, Shajiao Power Plant A, Shekou Nanhai Hotel, Shaoxing University;
Profitable projects are all joint ventures, including: Shenzhou Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing Color Picture Tube Factory, Shanghai Jaguar (UK Wu), Shekou PG Zipper Factory, and Shekou Automation Equipment Factory.
It has already invested 200 billion Hong Kong dollars in real terms, which can be described as very hard work;

In his previous life, although Hu Yingxiang of Hopewell claimed to have invested 500 billion Hong Kong dollars in the mainland, it was an investment of more than 30 years.

In less than five years, Wu Guangyao invested 200 billion Hong Kong dollars in real cash.

Central Terminus.

Wu Guangyao looked at the two international financial center buildings that were about to be capped, and couldn't help but feel his neck ache;

Building A of the International Finance Building has 72 floors above ground and a height of 325 meters;
Building B of the International Finance Building has 68 floors and a height of 308 meters;
The two buildings are like pinnacles in the sea, straight into the sky, no wonder Wu Guangyao's neck is sore after looking at it for a few minutes.

At this time, there were only four high-rise buildings in this land reclamation site in Central, all of which belonged to Wu Guangyao;
分别是环球大厦（52层）、长实大厦（55层）、国际金融大厦A幢（72层）、国际金融大厦（68层），总计330万平方尺的商业楼宇面积；
Based on the monthly calculation of the office building at 28 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, the monthly rent of these four buildings can reach 9200 million Hong Kong dollars, and the annual income can reach 10 billion Hong Kong dollars; of course, this is only a rough calculation, after all, the rent of shops is higher than that of office buildings. And there is no management fee included.

If it was 1994, the monthly rent of these four buildings could reach HK$90 per square foot, and the annual rent would reach HK$36 billion.

Thinking of this, Wu Guangyao secretly made up his mind that no one should be allowed to squeeze in this reclaimed land.

"Let's go! Let's take the pedestrian bridge today and see how many buildings we have connected together!" Wu Guangyao said to Wu Xianshuo beside him.

Today is the weekend, Wu Guangyao and Wu Xianshuo father and son made an appointment to inspect their high-quality properties.

Stepping on the overpass, the flow of people suddenly increased, and it can even be said to be 'crowded';
After the completion of the pedestrian bridge in Central, it will connect more than a dozen buildings under Wu Guangyao's banner, and several government office buildings will also be connected together;
After the building is connected, it immediately attracts Hong Kong people to come shopping, because there are shopping malls under many buildings, and there are office buildings, hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, etc. living in these buildings;
Therefore, the flow of people on the pedestrian bridge has always been crowded!

Soon, the father and son saw the eight buildings in the core area of ​​Central to which the Wu family belonged;

These eight buildings are the six buildings in the front land - Chater Building, Cultural Oriental Hotel, Alexandra Building, Prince's Building, Landmark Building, and Jardine Building;

There are also Lane Crawford Building and Yikang Building (on the subway station).

These eight buildings are also connected by pedestrian bridges, because they are in one area.

To the west of the pedestrian bridge is Queen's Road, and the Wu family also owns three buildings, namely Everbright Building, Changjiang Building, and Huarenhang.

Walk towards Admiralty in Central, Hilton Hotel, Hutchison Building, Hoi Fu Building (on Admiralty Station), Hong Kong Club Building, Building A\B of New World Building (Admiralty Station, Section 8 of the Metro), Avenue [-], Duke There are [-] buildings in total.

In other words, in the best location in Central, the Wu family owns 23 first-class buildings, accounting for about 50% of the entire area.

Central is originally the core commercial area of ​​Hong Kong, and these 23 buildings are located in the core area of ​​Central, so they are the core of the core;
In addition to these 23 buildings, the Wu family also has 15 buildings in other areas of Central;
In other words, the Wu family owns 38 first-class buildings in Hong Kong Central, with a total of 1500 million square feet of commercial buildings.

Very exaggerated!
Not only that, the Wu family also owns a full 30 commercial buildings in Sheung Wan, West Wan, Mid-Levels, Wan Chai, and Causeway Bay;
The Wu family owns close to 70 commercial buildings on this island alone.

No wonder some people called Wu Guangyao 'Wu Bancheng' in private. Although it was exaggerated, it made sense.

(End of this chapter)