Repulse Bay villa, swimming pool.
After floating in the water for 20 minutes, Chen Zhiwen stood up from the railing and walked up. The nanny beside him brought a bath towel to wipe the water.
"It's only been 20 minutes and you're already tired?" Chen Tianfu, who was reading the newspaper by the swimming pool, said with a smile.
"It's not that I'm tired, it's that this swimming pool is too small. It's so boring to swim around." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. At the same time, he took the small buns on the table and ate them. After staying in the United States for a while, What I remember most are some snacks in Hong Kong.
"Twenty meters long is already quite big. How about you demolish the small pavilion over there and expand the swimming pool." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.
"Forget it, if you demolish it you won't be able to expand it by a few meters, and it will make the yard uncoordinated. Let's think about it later when we move to Taipingshan." Chen Zhiwen leaned back on his seat and said very relaxedly.
"The houses in Taipingshan may not be as big as this." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.
"As long as the area is sufficient, the main thing is status, status symbol, and safety issues." Chen Zhiwen said with a shrug.
We can afford to live in a villa, so how could it be that the area is not enough? Besides, if it is really big, it may be inconvenient to live in. It is not good to go to the extreme. Not everyone likes to be like the richest man in India in later generations, who built a very ugly super building as his residence in the city center and hired 600 people to live in it. Many servants with the highest academic qualifications.
As for Victoria Peak, it is not only the most luxurious area, but also the best residential area in Hong Kong, no matter from the perspective of scenery, environment, or safety. After all, the British are not fools. For more than a hundred years, the entire British capital has It makes sense that the top representatives all live in Victoria Peak.
"Are you ready to take action against Hutchison Group?" Chen Tianfu suddenly asked.
"Yes, it's almost time." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. There is no need to hide this kind of thing from the family. After all, once it is done, the whole of Hong Kong will know about it. This is why Chen Zhiwen asked the family to move into a villa on the mountainside of Repulse Bay. If they were still in the previous place, the kind of villa area would be visited by various financial reporters. Surrounded.
"Hutchison's foreign debt is very heavy. Even if you can acquire it, how will you deal with it?" Chen Tianfu asked with a frown. Although he knew that Hutchison was not operating well before, he only knew about it because it had nothing to do with him. Later he found out The son had some thoughts about Hutchison, so he began to gradually check the news to learn about Hutchison's situation.
His son attacked one of the four major foreign banks. Although he didn't know whether he would succeed, Chen Tianfu was still very happy. This was the first time in the history of Hong Kong that a Chinese had launched a sniper attack on a large British-funded conglomerate. No matter what the result was, it would be fine. It has gone down in history.
Hutchison Group is a listed company, and its financial information is easy to find. After Chen Tianfu learned more about the financial situation of Hutchison Group, he began to worry again. It was really too big.
"The foreign debt is not heavy. How could Hutchison Group, one of the four major foreign banks, be in this situation today, and how could it give me a chance? Don't worry, I know what's appropriate." Chen Zhiwen said calmly.
Hutchison's heavy foreign debt has long caused almost all Hong Kong people to lose confidence in him, as well as the major indebted banks. However, because debt collection will only lead to Hutchison's rapid bankruptcy, the major banks dare not make any changes. I can only suffer.
In the original history, HSBC took over Hutchison as a last resort, but Chen Zhiwen knows that as long as Hutchison survives for another two years and Hong Kong land prices and stock prices rebound, it can get out of the current predicament.
"Okay, I won't interfere in your affairs, but stability must still be the priority." Chen Tianfu thought for a while and said.
"I'm going to the company first. The Hutchison matter will be exposed soon. By then, various reporters will definitely come back to find ways to interview us. I have already hired the security team, but you still have to be careful not to be approached by those reporters. Otherwise, it will annoy people to death." Chen Zhiwen said helplessly.
As a group of journalists, we have good intentions, but we do not rule out that some people will do whatever it takes to grab headlines. It is not illegal and extreme measures, but they will use various words to stimulate the people being interviewed, which is very annoying.
If such people really appeared around Chen Zhiwen, he would definitely deal with them one by one, but it was better not to encounter them.
"Hello, Mr. Chen."
"Chen Sheng, morning."
Along the way, every employee in the office greeted Chen Zhiwen politely.
Facing the employees who were polite to him, Chen Zhiwen naturally responded politely. However, others knew him, but he didn't know everyone. After walking around for half a circle, he discovered that among the dozen or so people he greeted, only 3 looked familiar. , but the name can’t be called.
An Qi, secretary to the board of directors, had already arrived at the door. Her office was just outside Chen Zhiwen's office.
"How many people are there at the headquarters now?" Chen Zhiwen asked after entering the office, while turning on the air conditioning to the lowest level.
"I asked Manager Li once last month. There were 515 people in total. Now it may be a little more." An Qi thought for a while and replied.
"There are a lot of people. It feels quite crowded outside." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. The office building area of the headquarters is almost 5,000 square meters. Normally, it is not a problem for 500 people to work, but the previous design here was directly used from the decoration of the previous tenants. There are many single rooms inside, which causes overcrowding.
"Several company managers have also discussed this issue. Red Bull and Midea can move to Kowloon. In this way, the remaining real estate and investment businesses here at the headquarters will not be so crowded." An Qi said.
"Don't separate the headquarters. It will be much more convenient to be together. I'm going to build or buy our own building." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.
His future idea is to build a super building in Central as his headquarters. The location of the Hilton Hotel is good, or he may choose another location. However, this is also a future plan and may not be realized until the mid-1980s. Before that, Its major businesses are developing very fast, and the company's demand for office space is also expanding very fast. It needs to own a building as soon as possible.
"Okay." An Qi agreed.
"In addition, there are so many people in the company now, and it should be very inconvenient to go to work. You can find a car rental company and let them be responsible for picking up and dropping off the company's employees to and from get off work." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.
In the past, when the company was small, the staff lived relatively scattered, so there was no plan. Now that there are more and more employees, unified transportation can be arranged. Otherwise, in Hong Kong, where traffic is congested and there is no subway, the commuting time of normal employees is as high as Two or three hours is also a loss for the company. At least the employees have enough rest and can work better. At the same time, this is also a benefit to the company.
In the future, whether you move to the next location or build a super building in the Central Center as your headquarters in a few years, this benefit can be continued. Later, large mainland companies or Internet companies will have this service. Of course, some The company also used this to create some special tricks to indirectly trick employees into working overtime.
"Okay, this will be much more convenient for everyone." An Qi said with a smile.
Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "Let Xu Weishan and Lei Shengli come to my office."
(End of chapter)
