Chapter 191 Successful Cooperation and Conspiracy Bus Company

Chapter 191 Successful Cooperation and Conspiracy Bus Company

Chapter 191 Successful Cooperation and Conspiracy Bus Company

A week later, Sanders came to Changxing Industrial with several people from HSBC.

Naturally, Yang Wendong personally took them to visit the Post-it Notes factory and the nearby suitcase factory.

"It would be really troublesome to ship this thing overseas," Sanders said after twisting the box.

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Yes, this box takes up too much space on the ship. The cost is too high if we use the normal shipping mode."

At this time, a young foreigner next to Sanders suddenly asked, "Eric, this box is empty. Since it is so light, why not put some sticky notes from our previous visit? Wouldn't it be heavier and save space?"

"." Yang Wendong was speechless. If he didn't know that the young man in front of him was the child of a senior executive of HSBC, he would have wanted to kick him out.

"Tyron, this won't work." Sanders was helpless about the rich second generation around him. They dared to ask such a question in front of others.

But he still explained: "It's too expensive to put two different products together. People need to put them in one by one. The cost in Hong Kong is not that high, but when it comes to Europe and the United States, do we have to let European and American workers take them out one by one?"

"Yes." Yang Wendong also said: "It is not cost-effective, and the two products have their own batches. Mixing them will only cause chaos;

And more importantly, during the loading and unloading process, there is a high possibility of product damage, which is impossible to control. "

Terran was silent. He didn't think too much about it. The Chinese man in front of him was obviously younger than him, but he seemed to know much more than him.

Seeing that Taillon was no longer talking, Sanders turned to Yang Wendong and said, "So Mr. Yang is now entering the shipping industry for his own transportation?"

"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "This is the first goal. If the shipping industry develops well in the future, I will invest further."

“Haha~” Sanders said with a smile: “It seems that Hong Kong will have another shipping tycoon in the future.”

Yang Wendong asked: "Mr. Sanders, if I want to buy a ship, can I ask HSBC for a loan?"

After a moment of silence, Sanders said, "If it is a new ship and you can find another bank to cooperate in the loan, then we at HSBC can get involved, but not for second-hand ships."

"Okay, then I will definitely consider HSBC when I buy a new ship." Yang Wendong smiled and asked, "Has HSBC ever had such a cooperation case?"

“Not yet,” Sanders said, “but I am planning to cooperate with a shipowner in Hong Kong.”

"Who is it?" Yang Wendong had already guessed, but still asked.

Sanders said: "His name is Bao Yugang, you should have heard of him, right?"

"I've heard of it." Yang Wendong nodded. It seems that it is time for Bao Yugang to take off.

Sanders added: "The requirement I asked him to get a letter of credit from a Japanese bank is not an easy one."

"Haha, maybe he will succeed." Yang Wendong smiled, and then said: "Mr. Sanders, let's discuss our cooperation?"

"Okay." Sanders nodded.
Yang Wendong said: "Then let's go to the conference room over there."

Afterwards, several people went to the conference room together;

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Sanders said, "Mr. Yang, HSBC can participate in this loan, but we need half of the amount."

"Sure." Yang Wendong agreed directly and readily. It is the lender's right to decide how much money to borrow from which bank.

Even if HSBC wants the entire amount, it is not a problem, but HSBC will probably also want to spread the risk;

In commercial investment or lending, large conglomerates and large banks will try to join forces and cooperate with multiple resources to reduce risks.

Sanders added: "In addition, we need to pay off the loan within three years. I have seen the information you provided. Given Changxing Industrial's demand for raw materials, this time should be enough."

"I don't have any problems here." Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "I will talk to the partner in Taiwan, but it should be the same."

"OK." Sanders said, "Then how much is the subsequent interest? HSBC will send someone to Taiwan to negotiate."

"No problem, I have people over there too." Yang Wendong said with a smile, "I hope we can succeed in our cooperation soon."

Sanders said with a smile: "Me too, I hope that after this cooperation is successful, we can have more cooperation on more levels."

"No problem." Yang Wendong said, "I will invest in real estate in the future, and I will contact HSBC when the time comes."

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation." Sanders stood up, shook hands and said with a smile.

The same goes for Yang Wendong.

In the next 20 years, Hong Kong will still belong to HSBC, and there will be no conflict with itself, so naturally there will be cooperation.

……

On the Taiwan side, a joint banking group from Hong Kong also arrived soon, but the main players were still HSBC, Hang Seng and Liu Chong Hing, and they could be said to be just there to make up the numbers.

Yang Wendong did not go to Taiwan, but he was also paying attention to that place. Finally, after almost half a month of negotiations, Formosa Mau and the HSBC banking group reached an agreement and successfully loaned 50 US dollars.

"Old Wei, even though we don't participate in the management of Formosa Auto, we still have to supervise it." Yang Wendong said after reading all the information:

"Not only do we need to arrange the finances here, but we also need to find a way to bribe the people from Formosa Mau. I don't need this person to do anything illegal for me, but I need to know what's going on at Formosa Mau.
In addition, we also have to be wary of Wang Yongqing. He has great abilities, and it would be good to use him to open a factory, but we also have to be cautious about whether he has any personal ideas. "

Investing in a company that was relatively strong in the past does not mean that you will be safe.

The simplest example is Yahoo and Masayoshi Son’s investment in Alibaba. Although they made a lot of profit in the end, they were still cheated by their boss Jack Ma.

If it was just an ordinary investment, the founder would have his own ideas as long as they were not outrageous. However, Formosa Mau was also one of the important layouts of his future industrial planning, so he had to be cautious.

"Okay." Wei Zetao agreed and said, "I will ask the people in Taiwan to find such an opportunity."

Time quickly came to March.

On this day, Yang Wendong came to Hong Kong China Building.

Zheng Zhijie came to report, handed over a few documents, and said, "Mr. Yang, here are the sketches of our new building and new property."

"Okay." Yang Wendong took the document, glanced at the first page, and said, "What are you going to call this new building?"

Zheng Zhijie replied: "It hasn't been named yet. Does Mr. Yang have any ideas?"

Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Jili Building."

He couldn't think of any good name. He originally thought of calling it Changxing, but this name was the signboard of his company, so he would rather leave it empty than give it to a 10-story office building.

When we have the ability to acquire the core building in Central in the future, or buy land and build taller floors, we can name it "Changxing".

As for "Geely", it's okay to put it on the building. In his previous life, he drove a Geely car. These two words are suitable for the name of the building.

"Okay." Zheng Zhijie agreed and asked, "What about this sketch?"

"There's nothing good about this kind of ordinary building. They're basically all like this, square and square." Yang Wendong took a quick look and found it was just right, so he said, "Let's decide based on the best utilization efficiency."

Before large skyscrapers appeared, high-rise buildings were nothing special and were probably only found in the core commercial areas of Central, where various situations needed to be taken into consideration.

Zheng Zhijie smiled and said, "Yes, ordinary buildings are basically the same. Then take a look at our residential properties." "Yes." Yang Wendong turned to the second page, which was the floor that was about to be built on the land in Admiralty.

Zheng Zhijie said: "We plan to build 412 residences on this land, mainly in three types: one is 1008 feet, one is 826 feet, and the other is 633 feet.

Among them, the one with 4 square feet is a -bedroom apartment, and the others are -bedroom apartments. The interior design is also designed to optimize utilization. These pictures are the floor plans. "

"It looks good." Yang Wendong looked at it carefully for a while and said, "When do you plan to start construction?"

In fact, a thousand feet is about 90 square meters, and 600 feet is just over 50 square meters. If such a small area was built into a four-bedroom or three-bedroom apartment in the mainland in the past, it would be laughable.

But this is Hong Kong, it's normal.

Besides, times are different. Take the mainland after the reform and opening up, for example. The per capita living area was actually very small.

"Early next month." Zheng Zhijie replied: "The land over there still needs to be processed a little bit before the foundation can be laid. It is estimated that the bottom floor will be completed in December, and all the houses will be completed in August next year."

"Then when can we start selling the pre-sale properties?" Yang Wendong asked again.

When doing real estate business, the most important thing is the time to sell the property. The earlier you sell it, the easier it is to recover your funds and move on to the next project. This way, money can continue to make money.

Zheng Zhijie said: "We can do it anytime, but if our property has not started construction, many people will not believe it. If we cannot sell it when it is launched, it will be troublesome once it is exposed by the media.

So we have to wait until around November or December, when construction starts, before we start selling pre-sale properties.”

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Then we can build a model house somewhere near the property before November, and the interior decoration should be better.

After I sell the property, I will take my clients in to have a look.”

Yang Wendong had visited some real estate projects before. One time when he had some free time, he accompanied Lin Haoyu to buy a house and saw the marketing methods used by real estate companies in this era.

A few pieces of paper with the floor plan on them are hung on the blackboard, and then consumers are tricked into placing orders for the properties.

Although it is a bit rough, consumers think it is normal without comparison and will still buy it.

Zheng Zhijie said with a smile: "If we sell it this way, the property will probably be snapped up like crazy."

“It doesn’t matter if there’s a rush. If it’s really popular, we can just raise the price.” Yang Wendong didn’t care.

Since it is not a necessity of life, he does not care about the price increase, everything is determined by market demand.

Although a house is one of the “food, clothing, housing and transportation”, here it refers to a place to shelter from wind and rain, not the residences, office buildings, shops, etc. in the luxurious areas of Hong Kong Island.

Zheng Zhijie agreed and said, "Okay, let's see how the first batch of pre-sale properties go. If they sell well, we can raise the price later."

"Well, OK." Yang Wendong added, "Pay attention to the decoration. This is the selling point of our brand in the future. We must provide good service in this area. We will never allow cutting corners when customers order decoration."

"I understand, Mr. Yang." Zheng Zhijie replied.

Yang Wendong asked again: "Did you acquire any suitable cinemas during this period?"

Zheng Zhijie shook his head and said, “No, there are very few cinemas in Hong Kong Island that have been sold. I basically asked around and no one is willing to sell.

Now I am focusing on choosing a suitable location, buying the land, and then building a cinema.”

"Okay." Yang Wendong thought for a moment and said, "Now we have about ten cinemas, right?"

"Yes, there are two in Hong Kong Island and eight in Kowloon, one of which is next to Changxing Industrial." Zheng Zhijie replied.

Yang Wendong asked: "How did you operate during this period?"

Zheng Zhijie said: "We haven't set up a dedicated cinema chain yet. We are operating independently. I have recruited some people who have run cinemas and asked them to manage them and be responsible for cooperating with film companies and introducing movies."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, let's run it under the real estate company first. When there are more theaters in the future, I will separate these theaters and set up a theater chain company."

At present, he has no plans to enter the film industry so quickly. He will first stabilize his several core industries.

"Okay." Zheng Zhijie said, "Mr. Yang, there is one more thing. You asked me to investigate the situation of two bus companies in Hong Kong before, and I have already done it."

"Oh, tell me about it." Yang Wendong became interested.

The bus industry itself is not very profitable, but it controls the "travel" in Hong Kong and is considered to have some influence.

In addition, buses are of great help to real estate companies. Not to mention that these bus companies have land in many places because they developed early.

That is, if you control the bus company, you can easily add routes, which is a huge advantage in real estate transactions.

"Both bus companies were founded in the 30s. Kowloon Motor Bus was founded by Tang Shiu-kin, Ray Ruide, Ray Leung and others." Zheng Zhijie introduced the two companies step by step: "The founders of China Motor Bus were Yan Chengkun and Huang Wangcai,"

After spending more than ten minutes, Yang Wendong had a general understanding of the situation of the two companies, and then asked: "In other words, these two bus companies will be listed soon?"

"Yes, the Hong Kong government has been promoting the policy that public utility companies must go public." Zheng Zhijie replied: "Kowloon Motor Bus has confirmed that it will go public next year, while China Motor Bus has not confirmed it yet, but it will be soon, otherwise it may be deprived of its exclusive operating rights."

"Well, do you think we can acquire one of them and obtain controlling rights?" Yang Wendong asked after thinking for a while.

In the 80s, both China Motor Bus and Kowloon Motor Bus were spotted by big capitals and launched mergers and acquisitions.

There are many reasons that are enough to illustrate its value, but now I have traveled through time too early, and it is impossible for me to really wait until the 80s to fight for it.

If you can't even change history, what kind of time traveler is it? If there is something good, you naturally have to find ways to get it first.

Zheng Zhijie also knew his boss's intention and was not surprised. Instead, he said, "From the information I have so far, it is difficult for KMB, but it is possible for China Motor Bus."

"Oh, why?" Yang Wendong asked back.

Zheng Zhijie analyzed: "There are five founders of KMB, but they have a good relationship. Even if it goes public in the future, we will not be able to buy enough shares unless we pay a high price that they cannot refuse.

As for China-Pakistan, although there are only two founders, one of them, Mr. Huang Wangcai, has passed away and his stocks were handed over to his descendants. The management rights of China-Pakistan Company are also in the hands of Yan Chengkun's family. There are also big conflicts between the two families, and the Huang family also wants to compete for the management rights of China-Pakistan.

There are even rumors that the listing time of China Bus has not been determined because of the serious internal conflicts between the two companies. "

"Well, this is a good opportunity. This kind of castle is easier to break from the inside." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Then let's set the target on China Motor Bus. China Motor Bus's headquarters and many properties are in Hong Kong Island, which is more meaningful at the moment."

As for the bus business, KMB's future potential is higher than that of China Motor Bus, because Kowloon is larger in area and will have a larger population in the future, so its exclusive business will naturally be stronger. The same will be true for the electricity market in the future, as CLP Power will be stronger than HK Electric.

But the most valuable thing in Hong Kong is real estate. China Motor Bus and Hong Kong Electric have been operating in Hong Kong Island for many years and own a large amount of high-quality land, which is what real estate companies are more optimistic about.

The two specialized companies in the same industry in Hong Kong cannot be controlled by one person. If he had to choose between the two, Yang Wendong would choose China Motor Bus.

Zheng Zhijie said with a smile: "Yes, since our Changxing Real Estate Company has decided to go the high-end residential route, we will also invest in Hong Kong Island for a long time in the future;
Having a minibus will also be helpful to our real estate business.”

"Okay." Yang Wendong added, "We don't know when the minibus will be launched yet. Let's try to contact the descendants of the Huang family first."

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