Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 490 [Back-buying Europe]

On the plane from New York to London, Lin Zuhui deliberately took the ordinary cabin in order not to feel lonely during the journey.

In this way, he can sit and chat with Monica without wasting the nearly 10-hour journey in vain.

In fact, the two were like glue, and Monica lay comfortably in Lin Zuhui's arms, frequently attracting the attention of other passengers.

She is so beautiful!
However, she wasn't the one who got into trouble in the first place.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin!" A flight attendant came to Lin Zuhui and said with a decent smile.

Undoubtedly, Lin Zuhui likes stewardesses, which instantly made Lin Zuhui decide to let Monica cosplay next time.

Monica immediately sat up straight, scanning the stewardess and Lin Zuhui back and forth, intending to find something.Can this man meet his lover on a plane?

And Lin Zuhui was also a little confused, but he still said politely: "Miss, what are you congratulating me for? I'm sorry, I don't know at all!" After speaking, he looked at Monica innocently, expressing that he didn't know the flight attendant.

The stewardess is indeed beautiful, and she is also a blonde beauty, of course she is much worse than Monica.

She handed a magazine to Lin Zuhui and said, "This is the latest Fortune magazine. Mr. Lin is the richest man in the world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zuhui felt shocked looks from all around, and then applause broke out.

Lin Zuhui was stunned. He had never thought that the news that he was the richest man was learned in such a scene.

At this time, he clearly saw many foreigners stand up from their seats and cast curious eyes in this direction.

As for Lin Zuhui's bodyguards and assistants, he suddenly became a little nervous. When he goes abroad, he usually has 4 foreigners as peripheral bodyguards, plus a male and a female Chinese personal bodyguards, plus assistants Li Ke and secretaries. The team is also quite a lot.

Lin Zuhui quickly reacted, flipped through the magazine for a while, and politely said to the stewardess: "Thank you, please tell me the news, I'm very surprised!"

The stewardess said: "I believe many people will be very surprised, after all, you are so young!"

Lin Zuhui spread his hands and said, "Maybe! But what surprised me is that they underestimated my wealth. Maybe, I will ask my lawyer to send them a lawyer's letter."

"Wow"

Suddenly, incredible voices came from around, and the stewardess was even more stunned.

Of course.

Lin Zuhui was just joking, since everything has been exposed anyway, why not let himself pretend to be a B first.

Monica's eyes were full of little stars, and then she snuggled into Lin Zuhui's arms again, and opened the magazine to read carefully.

After simply dealing with the stewardess, Lin Zuhui hugged Monica and continued to be gentle.

This woman is strong!
In her body, Lin Zuhui felt that he had double the happiness!

"Honey, you are actually the richest man in the world! All along, I thought you were just the richest Chinese, but I didn't expect you to be the richest man in the world." Monica still couldn't believe it, and stuck to Lin Zuhui, He leaned closer and said seriously.

Lin Zuhui put his arms around her waist, feeling very comfortable, and said calmly: "To a certain extent, wealth is just a cold number. I no longer struggle with and care about this number. I only care about doing meaningful things, such as my This time I am going to London to talk about a meaningful project, which can reposition the status and geography of European finance."

For a skinny person like Monica, what Lin Zuhui gives her now is that of a stalwart figure.

This B pretends well!Give full marks!

In fact, Monica always has the mentality of Cinderella becoming a princess when she is with Lin Zuhui.She is beautiful, but there are so many beautiful girls!
And when she followed Lin Zuhui, she always made her marvel at how "noble" Lin Zuhui's life was. Every time he went to a city, a group of people would serve him (household office). They were like British butlers, providing Lin Zuhui with Rolls-Royce fleet, providing various services.

As for Lin Zuhui's major achievements, Monica can also mention a few;

The next day.

After a night's rest at the London manor, Lin Zuhui bid farewell to Monica and went to work.

Don't play girls at work, don't play girls at work, this is Lin Zuhui's motto.

Lin Zuhui's convoy headed for Canary Wharf, a project that had haunted him.Not because of how much money this project can make (of course it can make a lot of money), but because it is a milestone project, like a city's 'landmark building'.

For example, he invested in the Americas, and "Eight Skyscrapers in Manhattan" is his masterpiece, a masterpiece that people talk about.

And his European masterpiece, of course, is the 'Canary Wharf' project.

Of course, at present, it must be Richman's masterpiece, and Lin Zuhui is at best an investor.

But Lin Zuhui knew that Richman was just working for him.

The Rolls-Royce convoy crossed a bridge into Canary Wharf.

It is located in a peninsula-shaped plot in the Isle of Dogs area, surrounded by the Thames on three sides, with an area of ​​0.35 square kilometers (380 million square feet, equivalent to 1.6 Hong Kong Taikoo Shing).

Canary Wharf is part of the Docklands district of London and is located 5 kilometers east of downtown London. The Docklands area covers an area of ​​8.5 square kilometers; in the future, Doug Island will have most of the commercial buildings in the area, and Canary Wharf will be the de facto core of the Docklands business district.

At present, the Canary Wharf project has completed 8 high-rise buildings with an office area of ​​about 650 million square feet, less than half of which has been developed.

The motorcade came to a building and stopped, and Lin Zuhui got out of the car. This time, Liang Zhenxun, Gao Yi, and of course Lin Zuhui's personal consultant team and lawyer team were also accompanying him on the inspection.

Under the guidance of the staff, a group of people came to a huge meeting room, and there were already a lot of people in it.

Richman greeted him enthusiastically, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, welcome to Canary Wharf!"

Lin Zuhui shook his hand and responded enthusiastically: "In the past six months, every time I come to London, I will come to see it once, and I am no stranger at all!"

"Ha ha"

Then, Lin Zuhui greeted people from HSBC and Citibank, who are also the second investors of this project.

There are three tall buildings in Canary Wharf, which are also the three tallest buildings in the UK. They are: the 235.1-meter-high First Canada Square (also known as "Canary Wharf Tower"), and the 199.5-meter-high Eighth Canada Square. (also known as "HSBC Tower"), and the Citigroup Center.A large number of landmark commercial properties represented by three super high-rise buildings provide a strong appeal for the new district.

These two banks themselves are also the largest creditor banks of the collapsed Olympia York Company, and it is only logical that they now participate in the Canary Wharf project.

Also at the meeting was Clem, chairman of Transport for London, who is also now chairman of the project, while Richman is the actual manager.

The reason for this is that London does not want this project to be unfinished, which is related to the image of the government.This close connection also enables the development of Canary Wharf to keep pace with the development of London's urban transport from now on.

After everyone sat down, Richman started his speech, introducing the project in detail. Everyone listened carefully. After all, Richman was the chief planner of the project at the beginning. It can be said that without him, no matter who takes over, it will It's hard to convince people.

After the project introduction, Lichtman continued: "The London government decided to complete the extension of the Jubliee Line before the millennium, and open an important station in Canary, which will be incorporated into the existing Bay Area light rail system. This development plan It will activate the commercial value of this area."

Clem added: "If Canary Wharf is restructured, then we hope that the Canary Wharf Group will invest 24 million pounds in the next 5 years to develop the transport infrastructure in this area and provide guarantee for transport construction. "

A lot of investors are talking about it. Canary Wharf is only a part of this area, with an area of ​​only 0.35 square kilometers.

In the late 20s, a new phenomenon appeared in large British cities headed by London: large blank or semi-blank land characterized by abandoned industries or warehouse ruins Continue to develop.Most of this land is public or semi-public, and local municipalities planned to use it for housing or roads but were unable to do so because of financial cutbacks or public opposition.

In short, in the inner city of London, there is also a large amount of land that is not developed and is publicly owned.This makes Hong Kong, a city where every inch of land is expensive, how to think about it. Hong Kong does not lack funds, but it lacks land. Of course, the premise is private development.

Richman then said loudly: "The current restructuring of the Canary Wharf project requires a redemption fund of 15 billion pounds. Today we are going to discuss who is willing to be his investor. First of all, my good friend Mr. Lin Zuhui, Willing to invest 60% equity.”

For a moment, dozens of people in the conference room looked at Lin Zuhui, a little incredulous.

Clem immediately asked: "Then this project will be implemented in the future, will Mr. Lin Zuhui participate in it!" He was a little bit unsure about Lin Zuhui's ability to plan and build this project, thus destroying the overall layout of London.

Lin Zuhui immediately said: "I decided to invest in this project because of Mr. Richman's face, so I only believe that he has the ability to complete this project. Moreover, I have a proposal. When the time is right, we can put the canary The terminal will be listed to raise funds to continue investing in this area and contribute more to London’s business.”

M's, it's a bit against my will.It should be said to continue to engage in real estate in London and make a lot of money.

(PS: In the previous life, this area included 37 high-end office buildings, 4 shopping centers, more than 400 retail stores and more than 300 restaurants, with a population of more than 15 employees in various industries. Among them, the office and retail area reached 140 million square meters, At present, 60 square meters of office buildings are being developed; there are also internationally renowned brands such as Four Seasons Hotel, Marriott Hotel, Fraser Palace Hotel and Ibis Hotel.)
When Clem and other government officials heard this, they immediately nodded and felt relieved.First of all, they are eager to restart the project, so as not to cause adverse effects on the government. Although Lin Zuhui holds a large share, he is only an investor after all, and Richman is still the person in charge of the project.

They also knew that the reason why Richman brought Lin Zuhui in to invest must be some benefit.

Citibank and HSBC have approved Lin Zuhui's investment and expressed their willingness to invest 15% of the equity each.Citibank supports Lin Zuhui's shareholding because Lin Zuhui is the second largest shareholder of Citibank, and the two parties have a deep cooperation; as for HSBC, which is the largest creditor bank of New Times Group, it naturally supports New Times Group and borrows from them.

Of course, the most important thing is that Richerman insisted on letting New Era Group invest the bulk of the investment, which puzzled many people and speculated that there must be some secret deal between the two parties.

The remaining 10% stake was subscribed by three American investment institutions and Richman himself.

After preliminary negotiations, everyone is ready to discuss in detail, the first is the redemption of 'Canary Wharf' details.As for the subsequent development, that is a matter of the future.

(End of this chapter)