Chapter 147: Shipping King and Infrastructure King

Given the domestic reform and opening-up situation, even if I don't support it, they will definitely find investment to start construction of this expressway. It's just a matter of time.

After Director Duan left, Liu Zhicheng chatted with Hu Yingxiang again and said with a smile: "Mr. Hu, you brought them here, you are not going to run away by yourself, are you?"

"Mr. Liu, I was afraid that they would reject the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway project, so I thought of pulling out a big Buddha like you to block it. I didn't expect you to agree so immediately." Hu Yingxiang said helplessly.

"Okay, how about this highway still be operated by you, Mr. Hu? We set up a joint venture company and each holds 50% of the shares. What do you think?" Liu Zhicheng asked.

"Mr. Liu, my financial resources are limited, and the investment for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway has not yet been finalized." Hu Yingxiang shook his head.

Liu Zhicheng didn't want to force him, but he also didn't want to take all the responsibility, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Hu, this joint venture company is still half and half. I can take the initiative to undertake most of the financing work, but you have to take the lead and be responsible for the construction of this highway."

Hu Yingxiang thought for a moment. It didn't matter if it was just one cow or two cows, so he nodded and said, "Mr. Liu, I have no objection. Since you are responsible for financing, I will own 4% of this joint venture and you will own 6%."

"Okay, let's proceed according to Mr. Hu's suggestion." Liu Zhicheng said.

In the previous life, it took several years for the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway to go from the idea to the start of construction. This was a pure waste of time. Thinking of this, Liu Zhicheng spoke.

"Mr. Hu, the preliminary survey of the road can be carried out in advance. Since there is no budget in the mainland, we can advance the funds first and start construction directly after the contract is signed. After all, the sooner it is completed, the sooner the return can be obtained."

"Okay, I'll send someone to find them and give them some advice." Hu Yingxiang nodded and said, "Registering the company in Pengcheng, how about that?"

"Row."

After Liu Zhicheng and Hu Yingxiang reached a cooperation intention, the only thing left for him to do was financing. Hong Kong was about to face a financial crisis, which was also a headache.

Liu Zhicheng suddenly understood why the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway was not started so late in the previous life. Could it be related to the Hong Kong financial crisis?
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In Beijing City, in the VIP888 box of Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant located on Qianmen Street, a table of fragrant whole duck feast was brought into the box.

Today, the charter king hosted a banquet for Liu Zhicheng here. Liu Zhicheng and Yang Minli attended the banquet together.

"This roast duck looks pretty good." The boat charter king said with a smile: "Come on, Mr. Liu, Amin, I'm treating you today, so don't be polite."

"Uncle Bao, don't worry, I didn't have breakfast this morning, but I've been waiting for this moment." Yang Minli said with a joking smile.

"Amin, call me Brother Bao from now on. Liu Sheng and I are brothers. Wouldn't it be confusing the generations if you call him Uncle Bao?" Bao Chuanwang said with a smile.

After meeting each other several times, the charter king and Yang Minli knew each other, and Liu Zhicheng brought her to the banquet, so it was known that they had a complicated relationship.

Liu Zhicheng and Yang Minli were a little embarrassed by the joke of the shipping tycoon. They only heard Yang Minli offer tea to the shipping tycoon while laughing and saying, "Let's talk about our own things."

"Okay, come on." The boat charterer said with a smile.

There were only three of them in this private room. There were many delicious foods in Beijing, but most of them had similar flavors in Hong Kong. Only this roast duck was special.

"It tastes good." Liu Zhicheng nodded.

In fact, Liu Zhicheng is basically immune to delicious food now because he is used to eating delicacies from land and sea. But if he stays abroad for a few days and tastes delicious food again, the taste will be different.

The charter king put down his chopsticks, took a sip of tea, smiled and said, "By the way, Mr. Liu told me about shipping before. I have already made an agreement with the domestic side and ordered four container ships with a capacity of more than 5000 tons. In the future, they will specialize in Southeast Asia, inland coastal areas, RB, and the west coast of North America."

"They also agreed to this plan in principle. I calculated that as long as there are no major problems with domestic foreign trade exports in the future, this investment will not be a loss. Will Mr. Liu still invest?"

When Yang Minli heard about the ship purchase, she couldn't help but look at Liu Zhicheng and thought: Does her man want to enter the shipping industry?

When Liu Zhicheng heard the question from the charter king, he felt a bit of a headache. He had invested tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars a few days ago, and now he wanted to invest in the shipping industry again.

I can only blame myself for speaking too hastily and not thinking about the financial crisis in Hong Kong. After thinking for a while, I smiled and said, "Baosheng is the industry leader, so it's not good for me to take more shares. How about I take 40%?"

"Mr. Liu has been quite generous in recent days. I thought he would wave his hand and give all to me." The charter king laughed jokingly.

"The deals seem big, but most of them are investment intentions, and they take a long time to implement. But they are mutually beneficial," Liu Zhicheng said with a smile.

Fortunately, he is thick-skinned enough that most people cannot see his inner changes. It is typical that his acting skills are not good enough, so he makes up for it with his facial paralysis.

The construction of the two expressways is a project that will take several years. Although the investment is more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, 9% of it requires loans. So although the capital requirements seem high, the investment is not too large.

The purpose of the mainland inviting Hong Kong businessmen to come to Beijing this time is not only for economic development, to put it bluntly, but also to attract investment.

Especially after the mainland experienced the failure of a huge plan to attract US$200 billion in investment last year, it also made the country realize that it is difficult to do business directly with the West.

So they turned their attention to overseas Chinese, and among overseas Chinese, the easiest to establish a relationship with were naturally Hong Kong businessmen. Liu Zhicheng's large investment was immediately known to the top leaders in China, and people like the charter king naturally knew about it.

To put it bluntly, Liu Zhicheng's investment today is just a token of his loyalty, and he is aiming at future major projects, such as Shanghai-Hong Kong, Pengcheng Port, and Pengcheng's nuclear energy project.

"Given the current situation in Hong Kong, Mr. Liu is investing in the country now. Aren't you afraid that it might cause some trouble in Hong Kong or the British Isles?" The charter king asked with a smile.

"I understand what Bao Sheng means. I just came back from investing in the British Empire, and today's British Empire is no longer the same as yesterday's." Liu Zhicheng said with a faint smile.

A long time ago, Liu Zhicheng formulated the investment strategy for the mainland after the reform and opening up, and the first choice of investment was infrastructure projects.

Although infrastructure projects require large investments, the profit returns are stable, with basically no major ups and downs.

As long as he maintains his influence, he doesn't need to care about anything else. In his previous life, Li Chaoren served as a director of CITIC Group, and in return, he was wooed by HSBC.

This is enough to prove that as long as the Hong Kong government maintains sufficient influence, it will not dare to do anything to you.

As for Europe and the United States, they are now in a honeymoon period with the mainland because of polar bears.

"We always have to be prepared, although I don't think it's likely." The charter king said with a smile.

Liu Zhicheng nodded, raised his teacup and said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Bao for your reminder."

Liu Zhicheng now has only two ways to maintain his influence: one is to improve his own economic strength, and the other is to run his newspaper well.

In addition, the best way is to follow the path of Li Chaoren in his previous life and become a director of CITIC to put on a coat for yourself.

"You're welcome. We are all Chinese investors, so we should help each other." The boat charter king said with a smile.

At present, the shipping companies in the mainland are basically near-shore fleets. Before the reform and opening up, foreign trade was not very developed, and transshipment was mainly entrusted to the Hong Kong ports.

But after the reform and opening up, foreign exports became one of the most important goals of economic development. According to the development of the previous life, the three imports and one subsidy would spread throughout the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, and the volume of exported goods would double.

Now that the reform and opening up have been carried out, it will be impossible to rely solely on domestic transportation capabilities. At that time, it will inevitably be necessary to attract overseas shipping companies.

If we dock our ocean-going container transport fleet at inland ports in advance, will we need to expand port capacity and upgrade terminal equipment?

In this case, do I have the opportunity to gain more coastal port development rights?

Moreover, establishing a foothold in ocean shipping in advance can be regarded as a talent reserve for the future development of the shipping industry.

"Mr. Liu has helped me a lot during this period, but in return, I have basically not helped Mr. Liu much. If Mr. Liu needs any help in the future, please feel free to let me know." The charter king said with a smile.

Liu Zhicheng knew that the charter king was implementing the landing work and must have already found a company he liked.

Judging from the current situation, it should be interested in China Land, otherwise it would not buy its shares from me.

But from the words just now, there was a hint of winning us over. Is he ready to take action now?

"Okay, if you need help from Bao Sheng in the future, I will definitely ask for your help. Similarly, if you have any problems from Bao Sheng in the future, just tell me. I will never refuse if I can do it." Liu Zhicheng nodded without being pretentious.

Although the charter king is the invisible richest man in Hong Kong, his financial strength should be stronger than that of the Keswick family, the controlling family of Jardine Matheson Holdings.

But one is attacking and the other is defending, and with his own efforts, Jardine Matheson's shareholding in Hutchison Whampoa is now relatively stable.

It would be much more difficult for Charter King to be the acquirer, and even if he succeeds, he may have to pay a huge price.

In his previous life, Li Chaoren launched two attacks on Jardine Matheson but had to give up due to the stock market crash.

In fact, Jardine Matheson's biggest crisis was in 1984, when Ben Newby was sacked and Simon Keswick took over, and he implemented a large-scale asset sale.

Although the market value of Swire Properties remains at around HK$100 billion, the market value of Jardine Matheson is only around HK$30 billion.

At this time, Jardine Matheson and Swire Properties held controlling stakes in each other, although there were rumors in the market that Chinese capital would acquire Swire Properties.

But everyone knows that whoever acquires Jardine Matheson first will be able to control Hutchison Whampoa.

If anyone could attack Jardine Matheson at this time, Simon Keswick would definitely be unable to save Jardine Matheson Land.

The most unstable factor is the large banks in Hong Kong, especially HSBC, although the charter king has a good relationship with HSBC.

　It's the end of the month, I'm shamelessly asking for monthly tickets! Please give me monthly tickets! Please give me monthly tickets!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)