Time soon came to October, and the weather in Hong Kong began to turn cooler, just like Hong Kong’s economy.
Although the land king auction more than a month ago stimulated housing prices and stock prices, the fundamental problem still cannot be solved, that is, a large number of ordinary people can no longer afford housing. Although the customers of commercial office buildings are not ordinary people, they are in the hands of real estate speculators. There are a large number of residences in the city, and residences consume too much of their funds, which will definitely affect other investments.
However, there are still several large companies that are constantly boosting housing prices. Although the transaction prices at some Hong Kong government auctions are not as high as before, they are still strong.
The most special thing is that Hong Kong's upstart Chan Song Ching's Carnegie Group keeps buying various large-scale properties, and the transaction prices are much higher than the market price. Like "Land", the two of them are known as the Hong Kong real estate market. "Big Friend".
"Dong dong dong" There was a knock on the door of the Hutchison Whampoa Building office.
"Come in." Chen Zhiwen looked up and saw that it was Ma Shiming who he had recently recruited personally.
As a time traveler, Chen Zhiwen is good at guiding the company's development direction. What he lacks is the direct management of the company. Therefore, recruiting the most powerful operators is one of the musts for the company to grow bigger, that is, the working emperor of future generations.
A society can produce many talents. In the original history, Ma Shiming, who was favored by Li Jiacheng and directly invited him to be Hutchison's top class, was the talent that Chen Zhiwen had always wanted to acquire. In his previous life, Hutchison was in his hands. The results are obvious to all.
Of course, there are other working emperors, such as Huo Jianning, Hutchison Whampoa's next chief executive in his previous life. He is still very young, but he was also found by Chen Zhiwen. Under secret arrangements, he was also hired by Hutchison Whampoa and became his assistant. one.
Ma Shiming can now directly create value for him, so Chen Zhiwen interviewed him personally and granted him the status of Hutchison Whampoa's vice president, specifically responsible for Hutchison Whampoa's port business.
"Sheng Chen, good morning, this is my preliminary port investment business plan, please take a look." Ma Shiming handed the prepared information to Chen Zhiwen and said: "Currently, Hutchison Whampoa has accepted the berths of Wharf, and currently Kwai Chung We own two and a half of the five terminals, half of which are joint ventures with Swire. I have also consulted them and they are unwilling to sell.
The Hong Kong government has not yet prepared to develop a sixth berth, and on the mainland, there is currently only one Shekou Terminal. Therefore, our port needs to expand overseas, and the investment targets I have chosen are some of the more developed ones in Asia. Good country. "
"Why not choose Europe and the United States? The consumption power of these places is stronger, right? Doesn't the terminal rely on consumption power?" Chen Zhiwen asked. Basically, the main commodities of a terminal anywhere in the world are daily necessities. After all, civilian supplies, It is the largest market in the world. Even in the chemical industry, most of its ultimate goals are for daily civilian use.
Ma Shiming replied: "Europe and the United States do have a large market, and the port infrastructure is also very stable. If we acquire it, we can operate it directly. But at the same time, the risk is low and the income is also low. Even if we acquire this kind of port, we will not be able to operate it directly." We can only maintain the previous operations or make them slightly better. Moreover, in the past few years, unions at ports in European and American countries have often gone on strike. It is not beneficial for us to acquire such companies.
But Southeast Asia is different. Although it is also very poor, it has a large population. Moreover, under the current globalization model, Europe, the United States and Japan have begun to transfer their low-end industries and polluting industries to these countries. If they want to take over these industries, they need the most It's the port, otherwise exports will be a problem, and if they take over these industries, their own economy will develop and the demand for external goods will also increase.
In addition, the labor costs in these places are lower than in Hong Kong, and the technical requirements are not very high, which is in our interests. "
"That makes sense, but there is no guarantee that foreign investment will be targeted in these places. How do you plan to deal with it?" Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
At present, Hutchison Whampoa has long begun to cash out its various Hong Kong properties on a large scale, plus the huge funds it once earned in the gold futures market. The investment in the mainland alone cannot consume much. Although the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway is known as An investment of US$1 billion is actually not needed, and it is still paid in installments.
Under such circumstances, so much money cannot be left in the bank to earn interest. Therefore, after recruiting Ma Shiming, Chen Zhiwen was ready to start investing in overseas port business. After all, this was the most stable business under Li Jiacheng.
The shipping market is prone to crisis because too many shipyards can build a large number of ships within a few years, resulting in excess global shipping capacity. But ports are different. Although the number of global ports is not constant, the variables are very low. , once a place has a port, it is unlikely that there will be a second one along the hundreds of kilometers of coastline nearby. Even if the port is not enough, it will only continue to expand here.
Therefore, there will basically be no major problems in the port business, unless the location is not chosen well when investing, but this possibility is very low. After all, the investment in the port is not a factory, and the local government must have its own concerns about the port. Even if foreign investors want to invest, they must cooperate with the government's plan. Under the government's plan, it is basically unlikely that problems will arise unless the economy of this region continues to fail to develop, which means that all industries will fail.
But there is still a risk, and that is the ZZ problem.
"We in Hong Kong are a member of the Commonwealth. Most countries don't dare to do anything like this. However, boss, your considerations are reasonable, so I plan to bring some British-funded groups in Hong Kong to participate, such as the Swire Group." Ma Shiming replied.
"It's okay to cooperate with Taikoo, but are you sure the Commonwealth still has such great influence?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile. Whether it is Ma Shiming or many British people in Hong Kong, they still like to indulge in the prestige of the British Empire for decades. Even decades later, many people still think so.
"We can also introduce some American capital. I heard that the boss knows many people in the United States. It is better to introduce a small amount of their capital. In this way, our risk will be much smaller." Ma Shiming naturally understood what Chen Zhiwen meant.
"Okay, I will handle this matter. You will separate the overseas port business and split it into shares. I will introduce some American capital." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that there will be no problems with the future port business between Hong Kong and the mainland. And the income is very high, so there is no need to be independent.
(End of chapter)
