The Industrial Giant Reborn

"Bao Sheng, I have already won HK Electric, when are you going to take action against CLP Power?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile.

"CLP is different from Hongkong Electric. It has a controlling family. For more than a year, even if we use the oil crisis and hype the third power plant to suppress the stock of CLP, it only allowed me to acquire about 15% of the shares. , be conservative, I still need a little more time to prepare for this matter, and you have just acquired Hong Kong Electric, and I am going to buy CLP, I am afraid that the Hong Kong government will really intervene regardless of face." Bao Yugang He shook his head with a smile and said.

"It makes sense for you to say that. The current market is indeed very sensitive, but there is also an advantage. According to the regulations of the Hong Kong government, the power group is not allowed to be controlled by a capital. I bought Hongkong Electric, so all my subsidiaries Assets can no longer be acquired from CLP Power, and the Kadoorie family will probably feel no pressure, and Bao Sheng wants to land, but not many people know about it?" Chen Zhiwen said.

"I have been selling the old ships in my hands. This is still a normal business practice. Besides, even if I am not optimistic about the shipping industry, they will not think that I am planning to transfer all my assets to Hong Kong land." Bao Yugang nodded and said.

"Okay, then tell me before you decide when to do it, I can give you a certain amount of financial assistance, but I can't intervene. As for the HSBC side you are worried about, I will block it for you, but it can only be done in two months." Within a year, it will be hard to say after two years." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

Threatening HSBC with Haifeng Bank is also time-sensitive. If the negotiation fails within two years, HSBC may abandon this bank and choose another bank, which will be meaningless.

"Within two years? Well, I guess it will be at the end of this year or the beginning of next year, depending on when we can acquire similar shares." Bao Yugang said.

"At the end of the year? Then I can help you too. I will release the news that Hongkong Electric will enter the Kowloon Peninsula. In this way, the market will definitely not be optimistic about CLP's stock. If the stock price is lowered, you can achieve it sooner." The purpose." Chen Zhiwen said.

Although the two major power groups in Hong Kong monopolize their own scope, they are not restricted by the Hong Kong government. In other words, CLP Power sends electricity to Hong Kong Island, and Hongkong Electric can also send electricity to the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. , but power transmission also needs to involve very high-cost power infrastructure. Therefore, there will be a certain regional monopoly anywhere in the world.

The same is true for Hong Kong Electric and CLP Power. The two have a tacit understanding of the division of labor. Chuhe Hanjie has Hong Kong Island on one side and Kowloon on the other.

"Isn't that a loss?" Bao Yugang said incomprehensibly: "Although the holiday news won't be really manipulated, it must be feasible to convince others, right?"

"It is of course impossible to fully compete with China Power in other people's sites, but if I just pull a high-voltage line to Midea's industrial park, the investment cost is not high. Given the power consumption of Midea's industrial park, it is still cost-effective to use my own cheap electricity In the future, we can use this as the center to slowly infiltrate into the nearby industrial areas.” Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: “Don’t worry, Baosheng, I won’t do this, and you don’t have to worry about realizing it, it will affect your future. electricity business."

This idea is actually feasible. The power consumption of the Midea Industrial Park is very large, and there are a lot of related supporting industries that provide parts and components in the nearby industrial parks. In the past, the root line was absolutely cost-effective. Unfortunately, Hong Kong’s industry has no future. In the next ten years Basically, it will be transferred to the mainland step by step.

"In this case, it is indeed feasible." Bao Yugang nodded and said, "Then I would like to thank Chen Sheng. By the way, we said before that we have mutual shareholding in power companies. Does HK Electric need me to invest now?"

"Let's wait until you buy CLP Power, Baosheng, and then we will invest in each other's shares together. Otherwise, if you become one of the major shareholders of Hong Kong Electric and then buy CLP, it will be directly to the Hong Kong government. It's an excuse for meddling." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

"That's right." Bao Yugang nodded and said.

"Then it's settled. When does Baosheng need me to do it?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Why don't you wait until you come back from the mainland?" Bao Yugang said.

"Okay, let's talk about it after returning from the mainland." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. Years ago, the president of Xinhua News Agency Liang once again invited some business representatives from Hong Kong to go to the mainland for the purpose of some economic cooperation. Chen Zhiwen Also agreed.

The time is set for late March, which is just over a week from now.

The acquisition of Hong Kong Electric came to an end, and even the capital market, the stock market, did not fluctuate much. It did not cause a bloodbath in the Hong Kong stock market, and it was far inferior to the magnificence and scale of Landmark Drinking Milk back then.

But smart people know that for the acquirer, this is the most efficient way with the lowest cost, and it can be regarded as the most successful acquisition if it can do this. Even if it succeeds, it will be a loss to grandma's house.

For HK Electric, nothing has changed. Apart from arranging the financial settlement, nothing else has been changed. All management rights are still owned by the original team. However, some land under HK Electric has entered the preparation period According to the pace of development, several batches of teams from Galaxy Real Estate began to investigate.

According to Chen Zhiwen, Hong Kong's real estate bull market has lasted for two years, and now is the last chance.

On March 15th, old friend Hu Yingxiang came to Xinghe Building.

"Hu Sheng, why do you have time to come to my place?" After meeting Hu Yingxiang, Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, this infrastructure madman has already gained a lot of fame in Hong Kong, and he is the head of the real estate five tigers. It is that he wants to invest in domestic infrastructure, and the funds are large, and he has become a frequent visitor to discussions in many Hong Kong newspapers.

"I'm short of funds, so I came to you." Hu Yingxiang said with a smile: "I plan to invest in the construction of a highway from eastern Guangdong to Shenhai City in China, and the total investment is estimated to be about 1 billion U.S. dollars. Are you interested? "

"Okay, I voted." Chen Zhiwen agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Such a straightforward answer surprised Hu Yingxiang, who was about to present a lot of data to convince others, and asked, "Will Mr. Chen listen to the investment plan?"

"Of course you have to listen, but it's not me, and I don't understand this kind of thing. I'll just send a team to your company in a few days." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said.

It's not building a house in Hong Kong. He can probably calculate the profit based on the future housing price. The expressway is much more complicated, and the professionalism is far beyond the normal real estate business. Besides, as a future person, he knows that the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway is In the future, the busiest expressway in China will lose money in terms of revenue.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to deliver the specific financial and investment data in a few days." Hu Yingxiang said, there are a lot of information on such a large project, and it is not something that can be obtained casually in a contract.

"Just one thing, your expressway company has 4 lanes, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, 4 lanes, what's wrong?" Hu Ying asked instead.

"Guangzhou and Shenhai, I guess they will both be big cities in the future, and Hong Kong is expected to invest a lot in eastern Guangdong province in the future. I'm afraid the 4-lane lanes will not be enough in the future." Chen Zhiwen said.

"You mean to build 6 lanes? But in this way, the cost of investment will increase by dozens of points. Not only will we have to invest more money, but it may be even more difficult for the bank to agree to the mortgage." Hu Yingxiang frowned and said: "And in a short period of time, the possibility of this situation should be very low?"

"If you consider the capital investment, you should take the land that can be expanded into 6 or 8 lanes first, and then expand it when necessary in the future. The current land is cheap, but if the expressway drives the economy, then It may be difficult to requisition land, and the cost will increase significantly." Chen Zhiwen suggested.

The speed of economic development in the mainland in later generations is impossible for any prophet in the world to predict. The highways built in the 1980s and 1990s are all main roads, but they will all be expanded after the new century.

"That's right, anyway, the current land is not worth much." Hu Yingxiang nodded and said.