"According to the contract, when is the next audit every three years?" Chen Zhiwen said after thinking for a moment. .
"We have to wait a year, probably around July." An Qi had already read the relevant information before coming. The boss didn't need to remember these details, but she did.
"One year is too long, and they still have to cheat me out of millions." Chen Zhiwen thought for a moment and said, "Let Lin Yanming come over."
"Okay." An Qi agreed, then immediately walked out of the door, and after a while, she brought Lin Yanming over.
Since the development of several of his businesses, Chen Zhiwen has set up a legal department. Real estate investment, stock market investment, and export issues in Hong Kong all need to be reviewed by the legal department to avoid legal mistakes.
"Sheng Chen." Lin Yanming greeted after coming in.
"Sit down." Chen Zhiwen waved his hand and then briefly talked about Hilton.
After hearing this, Lin Yanming thought for a while and said: "Sheng Chen, Hilton's contract is very overbearing, and the contract period is 50 years. Because the contract was signed in the United States, it avoids some legal restrictions on the contract period in Hong Kong. We can do this in Hong Kong." Sue them for false accounting, but if you want to break the contract, you have to go to the United States."
"I know this. Those people in Yonggao are simply idiots. They dare to sign such a contract." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "I don't plan to take back the management rights of the hotel for the time being. This is too difficult. The contracts of large hotels are basically There are no loopholes in it, and I don’t want to completely fall out with Hilton. It’s just that these people blatantly falsified their accounts and took me for granted. I must teach them a lesson.”
In fact, having said that, if it weren't for this cheating hotel, he wouldn't have the chance to acquire this property in a prime location in Central. This is because even the local giant Jardines is not sure of acquiring such a world-class hotel. Only Only Chen Zhiwen, who knew the future, dared to do this.
When I have the opportunity, like Li Jiacheng in later generations, I will buy out the contract of the Hilton Hotel, and then build a super building in this prime location. It will be very impressive if it is used as the headquarters. If it is not used as the headquarters for rent, the annual rent is estimated That's hundreds of millions or even billions in revenue. This income has completely exploded most industries.
Moreover, there is basically no way to end the contract with Hilton through normal channels, not even by law. This is not a confrontation with a Hilton hotel, but with the entire Hilton and even global hotels such as Intercontinental and Sheraton. Groups, these large hotel groups will never allow their owners to rely on the law to forcefully break the contract, because this is the core point of their business model. If the owner finds a loophole, there is a way to break the contract, then this kind of hotel Business empires can collapse in an instant.
Of course, it is not completely impossible, but it may be too costly, and it will eventually be terminated through negotiation.
"However, according to the contract, we can only wait until next year to audit the financial affairs." Lin Yanming said with some embarrassment. He is also quite capable in the Hong Kong legal profession, but Hilton's contract was customized by a large consortium that spent huge sums of money to hire a large number of lawyers. Yes, there is no way to break it without a huge breach of contract on the part of the hotel.
"Actually, we don't need to take action," Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "The Independent Commission Against Corruption has just been established in Hong Kong. We can borrow their power."
"What Chen Sheng means is to find evidence that they made false accounts and then report it to the Independent Commission Against Corruption? This will indeed trigger a government investigation, but we don't have such evidence." Lin Yanming also understood what the boss meant. Any company Falsifying accounts will affect tax payments, and the government can intervene in investigations. No contract can restrict the government.
"How can such a big company not have problems?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "Hilton's management is also human, and they also have selfish motives. Just say that the Mandarin Oriental Hotel under Jardine Matheson has no problems? There are so many outsourced hotels Business, how can it be possible without rebates? Just start from their main business, you can definitely find loopholes, and then you can dig out the rats in the entire nest."
As one of the future elites in the workplace, Chen Zhiwen knows very well that no matter what company or industry he is in, there will definitely be unspoken rules. If a senior executive of a powerful company says that he is completely clean, it cannot be said that there are no such people, but It must be very rare, the difference is the difference between more and less.
Many times, the boss actually knows, but usually if it is not excessive, he will turn a blind eye, because it will be the same for everyone else. Now this one has been fed at least, and if he replaces it with a new one, he may only play. More ruthless.
Including his current subsidiaries Midea, Red Bull and the Galaxy Trading Company that is about to be established, the external procurement volume is not small. If external suppliers or those who want to become suppliers are not "courteous" to his senior officials, Chen Zhiwen will not look down on him. these people.
As long as everything has a degree, it will be fine, but the unspoken rules of the industry really need to be investigated. If the quantity reaches the limit specified by law, it is still illegal. Just follow this line and investigate.
"That's what I said, but we don't have the power to enforce the law. No one from the Independent Commission Against Corruption reported it, and no case will be filed." Lin Yanming frowned and said: "As far as I know, the Independent Commission Against Corruption is now focusing on the police department. If we They won’t investigate if they can’t produce solid evidence.”
"Aren't the police responsible for checking the evidence?" An Qi asked curiously.
"Evidence that can go to court needs to be investigated by the police, but filing a case also requires a certain basis. It is not just someone who reports it that will be investigated. Either you have evidence in this regard, or you have to be a relevant person to report it. ." Lin Yanming explained.
"Then let the relevant personnel report it." Chen Zhiwen shrugged, handed the document just now to Lin Yanming, and said: "I will now pay 300,000 Hong Kong dollars to the Hilton Hotel. This money will be given to the relevant personnel and let them report it. It shouldn’t be illegal to let the police file a case, right?”
"This is not illegal." Lin Yanming was stunned for a moment. He had never seen anything like this in so many years of working in the industry. He took another look at the document and said, "It's just that Hilton's lawyers may seize this loophole to invalidate the surrender plot. "
"Even if it fails, as long as the Hilton Hotel is really suspected of falsifying accounts, or high-level officials accepting bribes, I, as the owner, should be able to apply for a comprehensive audit and criminal investigation by government departments, right?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"It should be possible, but when it comes to this step, Hilton Hotel will definitely not give up. The cost of going to court will be very high." Lin Yanming reminded.
"Money doesn't matter." Chen Zhiwen said nonchalantly. Even if a hotel loses one million Hong Kong dollars every month, the loss for ten years will not be worth the appreciation of real estate in the next year. But he will not be taken advantage of. Become someone else’s cash machine.
"Okay, then I'll arrange for someone to investigate. To be safe, it's better not to give money directly. It would be more appropriate to use other methods." Lin Yanming thought for a while and suggested.
"Okay, you can figure it out and let me know when the time comes." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
...
At five o'clock in the afternoon, after handling all official duties, the driver took Chen Zhiwen and left the company alone. They were in a bulletproof car specially ordered from Mercedes-Benz in Germany. The weight of the car was almost twice that of other similar types, and it was equipped with the most powerful W12 engine.
After acquiring the Hilton Hotel, Chen Zhiwen became a little famous in Hong Kong, but fortunately he spent a little money to prevent some media from exposing his situation. The media in this era are not like the paparazzi of later generations, and they are basically not super popular. You can discuss whether or not to report any news, as long as the money is available.
Besides, even the paparazzi of later generations only dare to bully celebrities. The bosses behind these big newspapers may not care about the influence of big stars, but for the consortium that really controls Hong Kong, they would not dare to report randomly even if they had the courage to do so.
In the 1970s, the main way for ordinary people to understand society was daily news and newspapers, and the secondary way was television. Within a certain operating space, the current public basically would not know about Chen Zhiwen, but if you are a caring person, you can still find it. Therefore, Chen Zhiwen specially purchased three bulletproof cars from Germany, one for himself and one for his parents.
Fortunately, since MacLehose came to power a few years ago, he rectified public security and launched the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Hong Kong's daily security has improved a lot. In addition, Chen Zhiwen's main activities are on Hong Kong Island, which is the center of Hong Kong's politics and economy and has a large number of people. In the police station, vicious security incidents rarely occur.
However, this may not last long. When it comes to taking action against the British giants, the high-level officials in the north will probably know about its reputation.
After the car arrived at a villa area on the east side of Hong Kong Island, Chen Zhiwen got out of the car and the driver drove away.
This is a villa with an area of about 4,000 square feet. It is not very large, with a total of 2.5 floors. A few months ago, Chen Zhiwen bought several villas on a whim, and this is one of them.
After opening the door, the interior of the villa was in order, and there were some pothos next to the sofa. It was obvious that someone lived here.
"Young Master Wen? Why are you here? When did you come back from the United States?" The beautiful girl who was watching TV on the sofa said in surprise when she saw Chen Zhiwen.
"Why, I can't come yet." Chen Zhiwen stepped forward and held the woman on his lap.
The pretty girl didn't care, and said with some hesitation: "Young Master Wen, why don't you let us know before you come so that we can prepare some dinner for you?"
"I'm not here for dinner." Chen Zhiwen chuckled and said, "Where's your sister?"
"She's upstairs. She's not feeling well today, so it's probably not convenient."
"It's okay, my super power is to cure all diseases." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
When Chen Zhiwen woke up early the next morning, there was no one around him. He yawned, got up and got dressed. After brushing his teeth and going downstairs, he saw two beautiful girls who looked exactly the same preparing breakfast.
"Master Wen, the time is just right, breakfast is just ready, and there are egg tarts in the kitchen. You need to wait for another three minutes." One of them said with a smile after seeing Chen Zhiwen.
"It smells so good." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "Shiya, your skills are getting better and better."
"As long as Mr. Wen likes it." Shiya smiled and pulled out the chair and placed a velvet cushion on it.
"Let's eat together, Shi Qian will come too." Chen Zhiwen waved to the other person.
Wang Shiya and Wang Shiqian are twins. Chen Zhiwen became friends with them by chance. It happened that his house was empty, so he left it to them to take care of it. Their main job was to clean it. After all, no one lived in such a big villa. It will accumulate dust everywhere.
"My mouth hurts a little. I'll just eat some egg tarts later." Wang Shiqian said, touching her cheek.
"Okay, I'll give you all the egg tarts." Chen Zhiwen chuckled, took the steamed dumplings on the table and started eating, along with sandwiches and milk, making him a satisfied breakfast.
After eating and drinking, the three of them played some small games and then went out to have a steak dinner with a bunch of twins, which attracted a lot of attention.
After that, the three of them went to the mall together and bought some clothes and bags. On the way back, Wang Shiya suddenly asked: "Young Master Wen, my sister and I want to buy a house in Taikoo Shing as an investment. What do you think? "
"Buy a house? Yes, yes. Have you visited Taikoo Shing?" Chen Zhiwen asked. When they were with the twins, sometimes the two of them would inquire about some of Chen Zhiwen's views on investment. By chance, Chen Zhiwen will also say a few words, such as the real estate market is almost at its end.
"Taikoo Shing is on pre-sale. I went to check it out a few days ago. It seemed that no one was buying it, so I didn't dare to buy it." Wang Shiya also said.
"I don't care much about Taikoo Shing, but the location there is good, so there won't be any problems." Chen Zhiwen thought for a moment and said, "If you say that, I'm going to buy a few buildings for investment."
Although the recovery speed of the residential market is not as fast as that of industrial real estate, this is only in the short term. In the long term, if the time is extended to 1981, the potential of residential buildings is much greater. However, Chen Zhiwen still mainly invests in industrial real estate, because by 1977 It can be cashed out in large amounts, with higher efficiency, and the money can be used to invest in other projects with higher returns.
Therefore, except for a few villas to entertain his good friends, he basically did not invest in other residential projects.
However, Taikoo Shing is still a bit special. Its location on Hong Kong Island is a rare prime residential land in Hong Kong. The residential location is very rare because it is close to Victoria Harbour.
Before the large-scale popularity of containers, Hong Kong had three large ports, namely Jardine Wharf, Swire and Hutchison Whampoa, two on the Kowloon Peninsula and one on Hong Kong Island. The Hong Kong terminals were moved in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving three The land of a large port, Wharf's land became the most famous Harbor City in later generations, and Hutchison Whampoa's land became Hong Kong's largest housing project in the 1980s - Whampoa Gardens. This project earned Li Jiacheng 5 billion Hong Kong dollars plus a A 1.7 million square foot shopping mall, and the Taikoo land became Taikoo Shing.
From the perspective of investment return, it is obvious that Wharf has the highest return on investment. Harbor City’s rental income in the next year will be as high as billions or even tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars. However, such a large project has exhausted Wharf’s funds and also made Li Jiacheng After two sneak attacks with Bao Yugang, the Harbor City project finally came to an advantage for Bao Yugang.
However, Swire Group and Future Hutchison Whampoa have made billions of Hong Kong dollars by relying on the two land acquisitions, and then use this money to invest in other projects. It is difficult to say who is the most cost-effective investment.
Fortunately, the Swire Group has launched this residential project, and Chen Zhiwen can get a small share of the pie.
