Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 336 [Go North]

Hutchison Whampoa.

Li Chaoren was in a meeting with a group of Hutchison executives, and his mood was obviously not very beautiful, even a little bad.This time at the No. [-] Kwai Chung Container Terminal, his initial hope was to win a berth right, that is, to distribute two to Modern Containers and one to Sino-Ocean.It's just that I don't know, the last berth is not available, it's a bit sad!
However, there are about half of the foreign executives in the conference room at this time, they are very happy in their hearts, and their faces are even relieved; it turns out that half of the capital of Hutchison Whampoa is British capital, and these foreign executives represent British interests.

In the hearts of these foreign executives, they hoped that Hutchison Whampoa would invest capital overseas or in the UK, and even once pressured Li Chaoren to relocate.If it wasn't for Li Chaoren's fear of too much influence, he is the leading businessman in Xiangjiang. If he takes the lead, he will offend the mainland officials to death, and it will be difficult to do business in the future.

However, this time Hua Yuanyang turned against him, and the mainland invited Lin Zuhui to visit first, and Li Chaoren was behind. Li Chaoren felt a little unbalanced for a while.Therefore, he decided to spread more of Hutchison Whampoa's capital overseas, reduce investment in the mainland, lose his temper, and show off his power.

Li Chaoren said: "Although we failed at Container Terminal No. 70 this time, we still account for [-]% of the business of Kwai Chung Terminal; moreover, the failure of this bidding may not be a good thing. If we really win the bid of nearly [-] billion, Hutchison Whampoa will be financially burdened."

Everyone nodded and agreed.

Ma Shimin said seriously: "We have sufficient funds, and we should actively invest in Europe and the United States. The remaining 43% shares of Canadian Husky, another shareholder intends to sell, we should buy it! There is also the British telecommunications market, we also You can consider cooperating with the British Aeronautics and Astronautics Agency, where you can invest heavily; there are also Australia’s telecommunications industry, Watson’s expansion of overseas retail business, and Hutchison TV.”

Li Chaoren shook his heart and said, "Give me the plan, and I will consider it one by one!"

All the British managers finally cheered up, and even felt a little grateful to Lin Zuhui.For a long time, Li Chaoren has been swaying overseas and Hong Kong in the mainland, placing bets on both sides, and the mainland of Hong Kong is even more important; now, with these things happening, it will inevitably lead to a tilt in the proportion of his overseas investment, which is of great importance to the entire peace It is a good thing for Kee Whampoa, in the eyes of the British managers.

In early January, Lin Zuhui went to another city. The Hong Kong government announced that it would allocate 1 million square feet of industrial land in Siu Chi Sha, Tseung Kwan O to Asia Satellite Television for the construction of ATV's Asian Television Headquarters.

All of a sudden, Hong Kong's public opinion exploded, ATV is going to surpass TVB!

TVB's headquarters is currently leased Shaw Brothers Clearwater Bay Studios, with a total floor area of ​​only about 70 square feet; now ATV has raised its headquarters to 122 million square feet, which is simply a huge advantage over TVB.

This year, ATV released another good program - Music Bank, inviting all the singers who released new albums to play songs. Not only did they get support from the singers, but they also gained good ratings.

This music program is full of creativity, which has caused a great impact on the serious "Golden Songs" nowadays. "Music Bank" has added a transparent selection mechanism to score singers' new albums through record sales, audience selection, etc. and ranking.These elements have beaten the programs of this era, whether it is entertainment or professionalism, they all outperform "Golden Songs".

It can be said that the only shortcoming now is that "Golden Songs" has been established for so many years and has a certain authority; however, with the rise of "Music Bank", the authority of "Golden Songs" will gradually be challenged.

It's very simple. "Music Bank" is a program that includes singers from all over Hong Kong on the Internet, and also includes audience selection and record sales.

ATV's meeting room.

The "Preparatory Committee" of ATV headquarters was formally established, including the internal management/technical personnel of the TV station, real estate/construction companies, and design units. Lin Zuhui and Zheng Jiachun served as the chairman and vice chairman of the preparatory committee.

Lin Zuhui first said: "The ATV headquarters is not eager for success, but to cooperate with the Hong Kong government's new town industrial village to prepare for the construction! The Hong Kong government is already considering the introduction of this plan. By then, ferries, roads, and even subways will be connected to the city. Over there. Of course, our headquarters started to be completed gradually in 1994! Okay, let’s discuss, what advantages should the ATV headquarters have?”

An old producer in the drama department said: "Such a large area, you can consider the ancient costume street and the folk street!"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "This can be done. Both the city wall and the palace can be built in miniature. The palace can copy the Huaqing palace style and build it in a reduced scale."

An equipment management office said: "The boss is preparing for Asia Satellite TV, so a satellite ground station is also needed!"

Lin Zuhui said: "Well, yes!"

Then, everyone discussed seriously.

Lin Zuhui said during the period: "We estimate that the investment amount of this project is a huge project of 16 billion, and strive to solve the problem of ATV's headquarters once and for all. Among them, 4 million is used for equipment, and 12 billion is used for land, civil engineering and related expenses!"

The Hong Kong government gave special preferential treatment to ATV this time, and only charged 122 million yuan for the 2 million square feet of land.You know, even for industrial land, the current cost is more than 300 yuan per square foot.

In addition to Lam Zu-fai's relationship, the Hong Kong government also hopes that the ATV headquarters will drive the popularity of the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, after all, it is in an undeveloped stage.

Zheng Jiachun said: "With only 10 billion construction costs, a few buildings should be enough, but the antique palace should be very expensive!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's not enough, we can increase investment! Antique palaces, city walls, ancient costume streets, folk street, etc., plan a unified area. In the future, not only can filming, but also open to the public two days a week, and charge for tickets. You can definitely make a fortune!"

Zheng Jiachun immediately smiled and said, "That's a good idea. People in Xiangjiang see these ancient buildings on the green screen!"

Some results were probably discussed in this meeting, and Lin Zuhui will naturally not participate every time in the follow-up. In the end, he only needs to present the plan to him and agree after reading it.

ATV's ambition is another blow to TVB.

In Uncle Shao's view, Lin Zuhui's increased investment must be due to his great self-confidence.In this way, wireless is really dangerous.For a long time, Shao Liushu believed that Lin Zuhui was the biggest threat to TVB, and he alone could cover half of ATV.

Shao Liushu urgently summoned the senior management of wireless to formulate some targeted strategies.

In addition to the high production requirements on the show, Shao Liushu also said murderously: "For those artists who bet on both sides, we must resolutely boycott and give him a cold seat!"

In the conference room, none of the high-level executives expressed any objection, but took it for granted.

It can be seen that this is the status quo of Xiangjiang TV Station, and the competition is fierce.

Unfortunately, what these people don't know is that the current ATV is not what it used to be. If TVB forces artists, others may choose to quit as soon as the contract expires.

Then, Fang Yat Hua said: "We should prepare for the filming of "Bao Qingtian", the ratings will definitely not be wrong!"

TVB executives once again agreed with Fang Yat-wah's point of view, so that later Hong Kong citizens turned on the TV with the charcoal face of 'Bao Qingtian', and they would get tired after watching too much.

And "Bao Qingtian" doesn't have any copyright, Hong Kong citizens still like to watch it, and ATV has aired it last year and this year, and the ratings have not declined.Therefore, wireless management is really tempted.

Sunday, May 1.

Lin Zuhui started to go north. This time he was invited by the government, so it is of great significance.

Of course, he also knows that Li Chaoren, Zheng Jiachun, and Lee Shau Kee will all go north this year, and everyone will invest in many mainland projects.

Now that Lin Zuhui is the first to go north, the significance is of course a little bit bigger.In fact, he has always adopted countermeasures of both sides, but the more he is like this, the more he hopes to win over Lin Zuhui.On the contrary, those who are too specialized will be under strong pressure from one side.

Like Lin Zuhui, the four major families and other wealthy families all use this kind of countermeasure.After all, we are businessmen, and if we insist on bundling, the business will not grow at all.

Speaking of which, among the relocations in recent years, only Lin Zuhui and the four major families chose not to move. On the contrary, Wu Guangzhen, the son-in-law of the charter king, couldn't bear it and moved Lane Crawford to Bermuda.

This is the view of the general situation. Although it will not offend too much, it will have an impact to some extent. In his previous life, Wu Guangzhen wanted to run for election, and he was simply overconfident.

Not re-registering is fully optimistic about the future of Hong Kong. There is no such good business environment in the world as Hong Kong!
Lin Zuhui went north this time and led a large number of subordinates, including Chen Bin, general manager of New Times Group, Chen Shiwen, president of LEIT Group, Zou Kaixuan of Xiaomi Technology, and a group of senior staff.

With a strong lineup, we inspect the market with sincerity.

For Lin Zuhui, he has actually made a plan in his heart. In the next five years, the investment in the mainland will not be less than 500 billion. Of course, the investment will be in the name of the company, and as much as possible will be used for loans.

The projects invested include: infrastructure (highway, power plant), commercial complex (Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen), garment manufacturing industry, high-tech industrial park, port.

If all goes well, after returning to Hong Kong, New Times Group will establish a New Times Development (Huaxia) subsidiary, which will be responsible for investing in mainland projects.

Lin Zuhui and his party rented a chartered plane from Dragonair and headed for the capital.

Accompanying personnel, as well as personnel of units stationed in Hong Kong, such as Xinshe and Overseas Chinese Committee.

On the plane, Lin Zuhui seemed very relaxed and chatted with everyone.

"This time I organized everyone to climb the Great Wall together to experience the miracle of our Chinese world. I used to listen to the texts, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to climb it!"

Chen Bin said with a smile: "Standing on the Great Wall to see the scenery, there should be something special!"

Lin Zuhui responded: "I think there should be a sense of the realm of life. Although I have never been there, I think standing on it should also give me a sense of giving advice to the world of business, haha!"

The person in charge of Xinshe Xiangjiang said: "The mountains and rivers of the motherland welcome Chinese compatriots like Mr. Lin to visit, so Mr. Lin will visit the mainland more often when he has time!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Yes, I will really go back to the motherland to see more in the future! I can not only enjoy the scenery, but also invest in the construction of the motherland."

People from Xinshe breathed a sigh of relief. All along, the mainland officials thought that Lin Zuhui was prejudiced against the motherland!

After all, Lin Zuhui went to Hong Kong after suffering.

Of course, Lin Zuhui immigrated to Hong Kong through formal channels, so there is no such thing as fear!

　happy mid-Autumn Festival!Pay attention to rest during holidays!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)