Chapter 181 Sailing Building
On January 1982, 1, the Sail Boat Tower opened and the Sail Boat Hotel started trial operation.

This building was built with the foresight of Liu Zhicheng, who took over the concept of the Sailboat Hotel, which originally belonged to the wealthy people in the Middle East in his previous life.

It is a building composed of sailboat-shaped buildings with a unique exterior design that gives people a luxurious feeling.

Looking from a distance, the Sail Boat Building seems to rise from the ground beside the Victoria Harbour, like a huge sailing ship, about to ride the wind and waves, sailing towards the Victoria Harbour and the sea.

This design allows citizens and tourists to feel the luxurious atmosphere, and also makes people curious and yearning for the Huangpu Sailing Building.

Huangpu Sailing Building was designed by Liu Zhicheng as a super five-star hotel and an office area for Shanfeng Investment.

This design, which combines a sailboat with a luxury hotel, allows guests to enjoy luxurious services while feeling the vastness and freedom of the sea.

The interior of the Burj Al Arab is luxuriously decorated, and every detail has been carefully designed to give visitors a sense of unparalleled luxury.

This hotel can be said to be covered in golden armor, using a large number of the highest-grade materials, such as gold, Brazilian wood, natural marble, etc.

The magnificent Huangpu Sailing Building brings people into a dreamlike world of luxury, where every step is an ultimate enjoyment for the senses.

In Hong Kong, in Southeast Asia and around the world, the Whampoa Sailing Hotel, with its majestic sailboat figure, tells a new definition of luxury.

Here, every detail exudes a touch of luxury.

Liu Zhicheng's exclusive office area on the top floor, 88th floor, is also incomparably luxurious and a place that symbolizes Liu Zhicheng's wealth and power.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see the work area of ​​the assistant team and the security team. Further in is a reception and leisure area of ​​several thousand square feet, equipped with a simple golf practice area.

There are also reception rooms, meeting rooms, and a luxurious boss lounge.

Liu Zhicheng was standing in front of the French window, gazing at the Victoria Harbour when Hao Qingwen came over to report on his work.

"Mr. Liu, the Gateway has been completed. The shopping mall has already attracted investors and will open before the Spring Festival," Hao Qingwen reported.

"Yeah." Liu Zhicheng didn't say much and motioned Hao Qingwen to continue.

“It’s just that it’s difficult to rent out office buildings right now, with the occupancy rate currently only around 4%,” said Hao Qingwen.

Liu Zhicheng nodded and said, "Use Huangpu City's leasing plan and preferential means to lock in customers for a three-year contract."

"Okay." Hao Qingwen glanced at Liu Zhicheng, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he continued, "Mr. Liu, the scale of our land development has been reduced, and we expect to clear all the properties on sale before May."

"Hmm." Liu Zhicheng tapped his fingers on the desk, thought for a moment and said, "Residential property prices have been flat for many days now, and the upward trend is slowing down. You need to speed up the clearance efforts.

New buildings will be reduced and construction periods will be extended. We must prepare for the worst.”

Hao Qingwen paused. This was not the first time he heard his boss mention the crisis. He replied, "Okay, boss."

In fact, Hao Qingwen also had a sense that more and more people were selling their assets and relocating their registered offices in the market. The wealthy began to bet on both sides and began to transfer part of their assets to other places.

"How is the Shell Company's land exchange plan going?" Liu Zhicheng asked.

Liu Zhicheng had previously planned to exchange a piece of oil depot land on Tsing Yi Island for Shell’s two oil depot sites on Cha Kwo Ling and Ap Yuet Lei Chau.

In his previous life, Li Chaoren built four large housing estates in Hong Kong, namely Laguna City, South Horizons, Whampoa Garden and Kingswood Villas.

In January 1988, four companies under Li Chaoren, namely Cheung Kong, Hutchison Whampoa, HK Electric and Cargill Holdings, purchased the oil depot land of Shell Company in Cha Kwo Ling, Ap Yuet Chau and Lei Chau.

The announcement of building two large housing estates with an investment of HK$110 billion caused a sensation in Hong Kong at the time. The Hong Kong Economic Journal said: "Only a superman could do such a superman thing."

The housing estate in Cha Kwo Ling is the former Lai King City, which covers an area of ​​8.7 hectares and is a high-end residential area with a club specially set up for residents.

丽港城建有38栋25~28层住宅楼宇，每户面积640~920尺不等，共8072个单位。

The total floor area is 620 million square feet, with 16.1 square feet of commercial buildings attached. The total investment is HK$45 billion.

The housing estate in Ap Yuet Lee Chau was named South Horizons, but this was a project developed in conjunction with the Hong Kong Electric Power Company.

Liu Zhicheng has already acquired Whampoa Garden, plus the planned Tin Shui Wai, if he could take over these two plots of land.

Of the four major housing estates owned by Li Chaoren in his previous life, Liu Zhicheng will take over 3.5, and as for the remaining half, it doesn't matter anymore.

Thinking of this, Liu Zhicheng smiled and wondered whether the future business historians of Hong Kong would also call themselves Liu Bancheng.

"Mr. Liu, the price is basically close to the market price, but considering the crisis you have mentioned many times, I still want to lower the price?" said Hao Qingwen.

"Don't think too much about it. If you can get it at the market price, get it as soon as possible. You can't develop it right away after you get it.
The next step is to demolish the buildings and negotiate with the Hong Kong government on the "industrial to commercial" transformation, which will take time. "Liu Zhicheng instructed.

Liu Zhicheng’s main concern was that his appearance had caused a butterfly effect, and he was really worried about unexpected situations.

"Okay, I'll send someone to sign the agreement right away." Hao Qingwen replied. Under normal circumstances, Hao Qingwen would resolutely carry out his boss' instructions.

Because, in his mind, Liu Zhicheng is already like a "god".

"What about the situation in Tin Shui Wai?" Liu Zhicheng nodded and continued to ask.

"Mr. Liu, this project is currently in trouble." Hao Qingwen glanced at Liu Zhicheng and continued, "The major shareholder, Huarun Company, has found Changjiang Company, and Li Chaoren is currently actively participating."

Liu Zhicheng's worries were correct, as Huarun Company also found Li Chaoren in his previous life.

But Li Chaoren was concentrating on discussing the equity transfer of Hutchison Whampoa with Shen Bi and had no intention of participating in the planning of Tin Shui Wai.

In this life, since Hutchison Whampoa no longer exists, Li Chaoren will of course actively participate. But Li Chaoren would never have thought that a real estate crisis would occur next.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "What is the current equity structure of Weicheng Company?"

"Huarun accounts for 51%, Dabao Real Estate accounts for 25%, Cheung Kong accounts for 12.5%, and Wheelock accounts for 11%." Hao Qingwen seemed to have been prepared and spoke without hesitation. It seemed that he was quite attentive.

"Does Hutchison Whampoa still have shares?" Liu Zhicheng asked.

In 1978, Cheung Kong Company and Wheelock Group jointly purchased the land in Tin Shui Wai. In the following year (1979), Wah Yung Company acquired most of its shares and became the absolute controlling shareholder.

Liu Zhicheng had always thought that Wheelock had given up all its shares, but he did not expect that Madden, who was bent on developing "walking assets", still had one trick up his sleeve.

I can't be so self-righteous in the future. If I don't investigate, I have no right to speak.

But Tin Shui Wai is related to their major strategic layout and cannot be lost.

"Don't worry about it for now. Make an offer to Wheelock and Trimble. As for the price, I only have six words: whatever the price!"

When Hao Qingwen heard Liu Zhicheng's decisive instructions, he paused in his heart, stood up and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Liu, there will be no loss." In his previous life, Li Chaoren used 488 hectares of land in the entire Tin Shui Wai to build Kingsway Villa and earned tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars.

If he could take over the whole thing, wouldn't Liu Zhicheng make tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars?
But Liu Zhicheng plans not to make a penny, but to invest all the money in high-tech development and incubation, and be a responsible businessman.

"Mr. Liu, the Huangpu Hotel we jointly invested in Pengcheng has been completed and is now in trial operation. Pengcheng has always wanted to invite you to cut the ribbon. What do you think?" Hao Qingwen talked about another matter.

The investment layout in the mainland is related to his interests and profits, so Liu Zhicheng cannot easily refuse the invitation.

"Just coordinate a date with the mainland before the Spring Festival and I will attend."

…………

January 1th, the day before the Chinese New Year.

Liu Zhicheng came to Pengcheng, accompanied by Hao Qingwen, Han Chunxi and Sun Lina.

After more than a year, the hotel (building) built by Huangpu Group in Pengcheng City has been fully completed.

The interior decoration has been completed and it is time for the hotel to cut the ribbon and open.

The Pengcheng Municipal Government also took this opportunity to invite Liu Zhicheng and his team to attend the opening ceremony.

After entering Luohu Port, the branch of Huangpu Group in Pengcheng City had already arranged several luxury cars to receive us.

After Liu Zhicheng and his group got on the car, it drove towards the urban area of ​​Pengcheng.

Along the way, Sun Lina looked at the scenery outside the window and was surprised to find that there were so many construction sites under construction, and many office buildings and residential buildings had been built in many places.

"Manager Hao, why are there so many construction sites here? And are they all building houses?" Sun Lina asked curiously.

Although Sun Lina had been to the mainland for inspection, she had never been to Pengcheng City. This was completely different from the situation in the mainland she had seen before.

Although Hao Qingwen is not directly responsible for the infrastructure of the Huangpu Group, he has come to Pengcheng for inspection many times. This time when the big boss comes, he naturally has to accompany him in person.

Hao Qingwen didn't dare to be careless with Sun Lina, and replied with a smile: "Manager Sun, this is not actually a construction project in Pengcheng City.

Instead, some real estate groups in Hong Kong developed residential projects here, which were mainly sold to ordinary citizens in Hong Kong.
Although these ordinary Hong Kong citizens cannot afford to buy houses in Hong Kong, the housing prices in Pengcheng are only one-fifth of those in Hong Kong.

Moreover, the living area and greenery are very good, and it is said that even many wealthy people came here to buy several units.”

"Real estate developers in Hong Kong! When did it start?" Sun Lina continued to ask.

Liu Zhicheng certainly knew all these things, and he just smiled and said nothing.

Hao Qingwen smiled and said: "It should have started from the year before last. In the first half of last year, the number of projects started to increase, and at the end of last year, it became very popular.
It is said that dozens of buses pick up and drop off homebuyers from Hong Kong every day at Luohu Port. I have also sent people to take a look at the houses here. They are really good. Not only are they spacious, but they are also cheap. "

"Manager Hao, do you have any projects to develop here?" Sun Lina asked curiously.

Hao Qingwen looked at Liu Zhicheng and said, "Since Mr. Liu disagrees, we will not participate."

At this time, Liu Zhicheng smiled, interrupted their conversation, and said: "My personal suggestion is that if you have spare money, you should invest in two sets."

At present, the mainland has clearly stipulated that land cannot be sold. Even though Pengcheng City is at the forefront of reform and opening up, it dares not openly defy the regulations.

However, the real estate developers in Hong Kong are very smart. The first person to invest in real estate development was Liu Tianjiu, the owner of the Hermione Group.

In 79, he signed the first land development agreement with the Pengcheng Municipal Government in the name of trade compensation.

It is said that the agreement did not even have a signature or official seal at the time. Both parties cooperated based on trust, and the agreement became an instant success.

In early 1980, the price per square meter of Donghu Liyuan, the first residential area in Pengcheng City, was 2700 Hong Kong dollars (1100 RMB).

At that time, the average monthly income of workers in Pengcheng was less than 100 yuan, so it was obviously impossible for them to afford such a house.

Liu Tian, ​​the boss of the Hermione Group, sold pre-sale properties in Hong Kong, which were extremely popular and sold out within a few days.

Both Pengcheng City and Hong Kong businessmen made huge profits and also saw a bright future for money.

Now that the sample was available, there naturally were more and more subsequent collaborations. Then, starting in the 80s, dozens of large real estate projects were added to the Luohu Port area near the Hong Kong River.

These huge real estate projects were actually the first pot of gold for Pengcheng City. With these projects, it earned hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange.

Therefore, Pengcheng City began to level the land on a large scale and build roads and transportation, which also attracted a large number of subsequent industrial companies to invest in factories.

In fact, since the beginning of reform and opening up, the proportion of the entire Pengcheng industrial scale has never exceeded that of the real estate industry.

Or, this is also the pain point of the entire reform and opening-up process.

"Boss, then why don't you let Manager Hao and others come over to develop the residential building?" Sun Lina asked Liu Zhicheng again.

When Liu Zhicheng was asked this question by Sun Lina, he felt like his authority was being questioned, and even casual chatting was not allowed.

Because he doesn't have that much time to consult on the work of his companies. He will only explain everything once, and those who disobey his orders will be executed!

"This is a strategic requirement of the company. The same will apply to the City Group in the future. I will only explain anything once." Liu Zhicheng said lightly.

In terms of future real estate development in the mainland, Liu Zhicheng plans to only engage in commercial real estate development and build urban complexes, and will never allow large-scale residential projects.

If someone asked, Liu Zhicheng would definitely not answer, and there was nothing good to answer.

Sun Lina knew that her boss's words had offended him, so she dared not say another word on the issue.

She had no choice but to nod and look at the scenery around her. This was her first time in Pengcheng, and everything was full of curiosity.

Suddenly, she pointed in a distant direction and asked, "Boss, is that your building? The tallest one?"

"That should be it, right?" Liu Zhicheng squinted and looked in the direction. But he was not sure because it was a bit far away.

The next direction is the direction of Pengcheng city. There are several other buildings around that building, but they are much lower.

It stands out from the crowd and seems to be the tallest building in Pengcheng City.

Hao Qingwen looked in the direction and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu, Manager Sun, that's Huangpu Building!"

(End of this chapter)