"Okay, the cost is not a problem." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
"Mr. Chen." Bei Jinming suddenly put down the camera in his hand and said, "Please don't insult me like this. It is my honor to serve such a great project."
"Okay, then I won't give you money, but if there are books or materials about Zhiwen Elementary School in the future, I will definitely add your name to it." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In fact, he also knew that people like Bei Jinming were not No normal person would accept money for such a project unless they were really poor.
Obviously, Bei Jinming is not a poor man. As one of the most famous architectural designers in the world, he has his own architectural design office. Every year, they design several buildings around the world, and their income is definitely in the tens of millions of dollars. unit.
"Thank you." Bei Jinming was very happy, as if he was even happier than making a million dollars.
"Then let's go over there. The sea breeze is stronger here." Chen Zhiwen smiled and continued to walk around with Bei Jinming.
Everyone needs to have a goal to pursue, otherwise life will feel too empty. This is also true for billionaires who already have wealth and freedom. Some people choose to continue to earn more wealth.
For example, Li Jiacheng, who in later generations still refused to retire when he was 80 years old. He was not short of money at all, and both Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa already had complete management, so there was no need for him, the eldest brother, to personally Although he still insists on coming forward to participate in business activities, it is actually a pursuit in life.
There are also people who, for the sake of fame, such as Shao Yifu, have been donating their wealth to charity. Although they may have listened to the words of Feng Shui master in the early stage, in the later stage, it basically became their pursuit in life.
Building Zhiwen Primary Schools across the country is also a goal Chen Zhiwen has set for himself, although it will only be part of his future charity field. And people like Bei Jinming will definitely care about their names, so being able to leave their own name in the future Zhiwen Elementary School incident is also very self-motivating.
Early the next morning:
Chen Zhiwen got up late. He was in a good mood. Hutchison Whampoa was on the right track. Although it might take some time to get out of trouble, the trend was already clear. Even the debt banks were slowly giving up their caution. As long as There was no problem with the repayment of the debt interest, so there was no further question.
With Hutchison Whampoa being stabilized, Shen Bi also personally called and informed him that he had given Galaxy Real Estate a higher credit line. This was actually to give Galaxy enough funds to purchase land from Taikoo, as well as future Development Plan.
Are you doing real estate? If you know that land prices will rise sharply in the future, any company with a brain will go all out to develop it. Galaxy Real Estate has also got rid of the previous situation of only hoarding but not developing.
When he arrived at the company, it was almost ten o'clock. An Qi came over with a cup of yogurt and egg tarts. This was his breakfast.
"Sheng Chen, last night we received a fax from Joey from Citibank. He said that one of his customers in the United States was interested in the location of our arcade dealer. He also said that in three days, That means he will come to Hong Kong to meet us on the 12th." An Qi said after Chen Zhiwen finished breakfast.
"Do you have any information about this customer?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"No, he didn't tell me." An Qi replied.
"So mysterious." Chen Zhiwen was a little curious about this person: "However, the person who can be treated so seriously by Citibank is probably not an ordinary person. This is good, if it is really appropriate, it can also solve my headache. ”
Under Chen Zhiwen's planning, Midea's main market for arcade machines in the early days was bars. And because one of Red Bull's customers was also a bar, except for the beginning, Midea directly connected with some bars. Later, when there were more orders, this The business is temporarily subcontracted to the supplier team behind the bar.
But the main business of this group of people is not arcade machines, and there are always various problems with the cooperation in all aspects. Fortunately, Snake was not well-known in the first half year of its launch, and the production capacity of the Hong Kong factory was also gradually increased. Naturally, it was not very full, so it lasted for a while.
However, as time progressed, production capacity gradually began to catch up with sales. Because the United States is so big, even the number of bar suppliers is a very large number. It is difficult for Midea to compete with all the suppliers responsible for all bars in the United States. Therefore, in the entire United States, only a small number of bars actually know about Snake Arcade, and the rest, the existing group of "dealers" have no way to communicate.
And more importantly, because this group of people are unprofessional, coupled with communication problems between Hong Kong and the United States, and a small number of quality issues that have been seriously delayed, some very bad effects have been caused.
For any product, when the sales volume increases, it will be a fatal problem if the after-sales and service cannot keep up.
Therefore, in the past few months, Chen Zhiwen has also entrusted some friends in the United States to find a suitable general distributor. This person must be able to arrange logistics outlets and after-sales outlets across the United States, and at the same time be able to solve various minor problems that arise.
More importantly, this person must be able to open up the US market for Midea's arcade machines. Covering all bars is just one of them. In addition to bars, the market also needs to be opened. This can only be hoped that the new dealer has a strong Meili’s connections and resources are beyond its reach, and it can’t even handle a small portion of the bar market.
This requirement is very high. In the past few months, several people came to Hong Kong to meet with Chen Zhiwen, but there has never been a satisfactory candidate.
"I think he might want to tell you in person, why don't you arrange a phone call?" An Qi replied.
"Okay, let's make arrangements. Actually, it doesn't matter. The person will arrive in three days anyway. He is so mysterious. I want to see who he is." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
The time difference is too troublesome. In addition, without a mobile phone, everyone is very busy and it is impossible to be in the office all the time. In many cases, calls need to be scheduled in advance.
"If it is really suitable to be our general distributor, then Midea's problem will be solved." An Qi said with a smile.
"I hope, it will indeed be a bit troublesome if we delay it any longer." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. His ability in arcade machines is a golden finger memory that knows which one will become popular, but if it is not good at the channel, it will only be stuck. Hey, the Magic Cube has almost been developed, and because of this, it cannot be released.
Although you will definitely find a suitable general dealer in the end, if you delay for one more day, you will lose one day's money. Especially in recent years, if more money is invested, it can easily increase tenfold in the future.
"Dong dong dong" There was a knock on the door. When Chen Zhiwen saw it, it was Zhou Jiayang.
"I'm going out first." An Qi left with the breakfast tray.
"Come, sit down." Chen Zhiwen greeted with a smile: "This time you invited Bei Jinming over so quickly, which surprised me. I thought it would take a long time for negotiations before he would come to Hong Kong?"
"Actually, it's not my credit. I just asked him to design a building in Hong Kong. After I learned about your identity, Chen Sheng, I agreed." Zhou Jiayang sat across from him and said with a smile: " It should be that Chen Sheng, you are famous enough that all the Chinese in the United States admire you."
"So being famous has this benefit." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "In this way, even if the headquarters building of Galaxy is stable, HSBC will also be willing to lend money. Although I estimate that the profit of the Saixi Lake community is quite high, it is not difficult, no If there is any big problem, let’s let the two teams that Hutchison Whampoa has just hired from Cheung Kong Holdings to test their skills and see if they are worth our double price.”
"Yes, Hutchison Whampoa's internal affairs are gradually returning to normal." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
When he accepted the position of vice president of Hutchison a few months ago, he thought there would be great difficulties. After all, Hutchison was too heavily in debt at the time and had difficulties in internal operations.
But unexpectedly, it was like God's help. First, his boss privatized Hutchison Whampoa and injected hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars into it. This not only alleviated the company's capital chain problem, but also caused the bank to press for debt. The steps stopped.
The second is Li Jiacheng’s assistance. He planned a way to unblock a large number of suspended projects in Hutchison and to cash out marginal real estate. Not only did the projects operate normally, Hutchison Whampoa also directly received a substantial amount of cash. With so many projects added up, The amount of this money is hundreds of millions, and in the future, Hutchison Whampoa can get another piece of the cooperation project, although Li Jiacheng may take a bigger piece.
The third is the recovery of Hong Kong real estate. Although it has only recovered a little in the past few months, with an appreciation of only 5%, it has given enough confidence to allow Hutchison Whampoa's credit line to recover.
Although in theory, Hutchison Whampoa's debt is still ridiculously large, it is finally not so urgent.
"So next, my job is my biggest move against Hutchison." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "I want to develop the land formerly owned by Whampoa Group in Hung Hom Port."
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