Chapter 193 Football and Paradise

After Liu Zhicheng finished handling the official business of Orange Technology, he did not immediately go to handle other official business of the company.

It's the weekend.

Liu Zhicheng put his work aside and took his wife Yang Minli and son Liu Wenyi to the Yuen Long Stadium to relax.

Since the City Group entered the football industry, it has built a professional training base and acquired the Yuen Long Stadium.

After the Yuen Long Stadium was acquired, it was renovated, with the number of seats increased from less than 3 to 50, and VIP boxes added.

The Hong Kong Football League is the oldest league in Asia.

But in Hong Kong it is only a popular sport, and its influence is insignificant compared to that of the Jockey Club and the Golf Club.

In order to promote football and enhance its influence in Hong Kong, Liu Zhicheng would visit the Yuen Long Stadium whenever he was free and use his fame to promote football.

VIP Room No. 1 is exclusively for Liu Zhicheng. When he and his family of three arrived at the door of the room, Sun Lina was already waiting for them.

It is normal for Sun Lina to come and greet the boss.

Normally, she would come over only when Liu Zhicheng came alone. Today, his family of three came to watch the game. Under normal circumstances, she would choose to avoid suspicion.

"Mr. Liu, Mrs. Liu." Sun Lina greeted them while opening the door of the private room.

The private rooms at the Yuen Long Stadium are probably the most luxurious in Hong Kong, even those at the Jockey Club are inferior to them.

When you open the door, you will see a small reception room equipped with air conditioning, refrigerator, and large TV. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, you will see a viewing area.

Standing in the viewing area, you can overlook the entire stadium, which clearly shows the identity of the owner of the private room.

The game hadn't started yet, but the fans started singing "Descendants of the Dragon".

The song Descendants of the Dragon is the team song of the Orange Technology Team of the Urban Group.

"Manager Sun, how did the last time I asked you to go to Lantau Island to buy land go?"

"China Entertainment, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, has a piece of land in Lantau Island where it plans to build an amusement park.

But considering the inconvenience of transportation and the popularity of Songcheng, I put the plan on hold and thought about selling the land."

Chinese Estates Holdings is very famous. Liu Zhicheng would often see it when reading Hong Kong novels in his previous life.

A few years later, Chinese Estates Holdings was snatched away from Li Fuzhao's home by Liu Luanxiong. Liu Zhicheng knew this history, but he was not aware that Chinese Estates Holdings also invested in an amusement park.

"Where exactly is the land for the amusement park?" Liu Zhicheng asked curiously.

"In Penny's Bay, across from Tsing Yi Island."

Penny's Bay is a good location. Disney was built here in the past, but it is a bit of a pity that there is no land transportation now.

Since the establishment of the City Group, its purpose has been to develop the cultural industry.

Now that he has two best-selling toys, Transformers and Kung Fu Panda, Liu Zhicheng plans to build a theme park, which can be regarded as an extension of the cultural industry.

Since its opening, Hong Kong Ocean Park has been a world-class ocean park and the first choice for citizens to travel and play.

The land reserved by the Whampoa Group are all prime locations for real estate development and it is absolutely impossible to use them to build a theme park.

Not only is it a waste of land resources, but no one can guarantee profits after the park opens.

The land on Lantau Island is now cheap and serves as a reserve for the future. After the Tsing Ma Bridge opens, it will be no problem for the land price to increase tenfold.

"Well, hurry up and take the land." Liu Zhicheng nodded and said, "You go and get busy first."

In the previous life, Chinese Estates was blocked by Liu Luanxiong because of its own internal strife, which gave Liu Luanxiong the opportunity to take advantage of it.

The civil unrest certainly would not happen overnight, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Liu Zhicheng gave instructions for a quick resolution.

Sun Lina then withdrew.

The game is about to begin. Today, the Orange Technology team will face the Seiko team at home.

Yang Minli took Wen Yi's hand and sat down next to him.

Now my son has become very curious, and when he sees the fans enjoying themselves, he also starts dancing.

Not long after, Sun Lina appeared again.

"Manager Sun, is there anything wrong?" Liu Zhicheng asked.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Huo and Mr. Xu are watching the game in the next room. They want to come over and visit them."

Mr. Xu and Mr. Huo are also celebrities in Hong Kong. They usually only go to the Jockey Club and the Football Club and basically never come to the stadium to watch football.

Today, the two of them came to Yuen Long to watch the game, which is a historic breakthrough.

It was rare for Liu Zhicheng to go out with his family, and he didn't want to be disturbed by outsiders, so he could only shake his head helplessly and signaled Lina to invite them.

"Amin, you should also know Mr. Huo and Mr. Xu, right?" Liu Zhicheng asked.

"We knew each other when we were young, but I later went to study in North America and we didn't keep in touch much," Yang Minli replied.

"Let's go together."

As soon as Liu Zhicheng finished speaking, he saw two young men coming into the reception room.

"Hello, Mr. Liu! Amin, long time no see." Xu Daheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Huo, welcome to the stadium." Liu Zhicheng welcomed them politely.

"It's a great honor to be able to watch the game with Mr. Liu today." Huo Daheng greeted Liu Zhicheng with a smile.

The four of them began to exchange greetings, and Liu Zhicheng was also happy to make friends with the second generation.

"Mr. Xu and Mr. Huo also like football?" Liu Zhicheng asked with a smile.

"Mr. Liu, my father often mentions you at home, which makes me feel ashamed. It's not that Mr. Huang from Seiko wants to transfer the team,
I had nothing to do all day, so I mentioned this to my father and asked him to support me in winning the team. Mr. Huo was my partner. "Heng Xu smiled.

Mr. Xu should be the most dissolute young man in Hong Kong. Shipping tycoon Xu left him hundreds of billions of assets.

His father was one of the top ten richest men in Hong Kong. In order to make his son rich and prosperous throughout his life, he had to set up a family fund management.

In his previous life, Xu Daheng could only withdraw living expenses from the family trust fund every month.

But his life is something that most people can only look up to. He lives in a mansion worth 7 million Hong Kong dollars and drives luxury cars worth tens of millions.

Of course, these are just later stories. Mr. Xu is still managing the family property.

"Well, from now on we will be a community of shared interests." Liu Zhicheng said with a smile.

"Then this is also our honor." Huo Daheng said in an obviously flattering manner.

In fact, Liu Zhicheng is very happy to have these people join the big family of football. Only with the participation of these wealthy people can the sport of football flourish in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has always been jointly managed by the Hong Kong government, the Jockey Club and HSBC.

The upper class of Hong Kong is proud to join the Jockey Club, followed by the Football Club. Now Liu Zhicheng wants to break this tradition and make the football club one of the hobbies of the wealthy in Hong Kong.

So, he built super luxurious VIP rooms to attract these people to watch the game.

"I invest in football in order to unite more ordinary citizens of Hong Kong, so that they can unite and turn their hearts towards the mainland." Liu Zhicheng boasted again.

After hearing this, Huo Daheng did not expect Liu Zhicheng to have such an idea. This was exactly what he wanted because it was a tradition in their family.

When Liu Zhicheng learned that Xu Daheng and Huo Daheng were interested in investing in football, he talked to them about the development of the football industry.

Since there is horse racing lottery in the Jockey Club, there should be football lottery in the soccer game.

“I suggest that the league should set up a company to develop football lottery, and use the profits to subsidize league teams and for social welfare.

In addition, in order to enhance the viewing experience of the game, appropriate foreign aid policies should be introduced, but there must also be certain restrictions.

Moreover, the Class A teams are required to set up training bases and establish echelons for all age groups.”

Liu Zhicheng expressed his thoughts one by one.

"Mr. Liu has a good idea, but if we continue like this, won't the investment be too huge?" said Mr. Huo.

“I know this, so I suggested developing a lottery, which would reduce the pressure on everyone.

Of course, this is just my opinion, and we need to discuss it with other parties." Liu Zhicheng replied slowly.

Xu Daheng and Huo Daheng nodded in agreement.

Of course, these administrative tasks are all handed over to the team under him. They only need to grasp the general direction.

Just two days after parting from Yuen Long Stadium, Liu Zhicheng went straight to Lantau Island.

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A few days later, Liu Zhicheng and Sun Lina boarded the Peak cruise ship and went to inspect the planned theme park site on Lantau Island.

On the boat, Sun Lina reported that City Group and Chinese Estates have basically reached an agreement on the transfer and are preparing to sign the agreement and officially announce it to the public.

"Well, just hurry up. There's no need to keep arguing over petty gains." Liu Zhicheng explained.

The Shanfeng first passed Hong Kong Island, sailed south along the coast of Lantau Island, and did not dock until it reached Penny's Bay.

There is a dock here, and when the Peak came over, there were already several people standing on the dock to greet us.

Liu Zhicheng and Sun Lina got off the boat at the dock, surrounded by several bodyguards.

At this time, a middle-aged man came up and said, "Welcome Mr. Liu to inspect."

This plot of land was originally used as a warehouse and had a dock.

However, due to its remote location, Chinese Estates planned an amusement park.

This middle-aged man is called Wang Wenchao. He was the former head of the Huazhi warehouse and is now of course Liu Zhicheng's subordinate.

"I came here today just to take a look and understand the situation." Liu Zhicheng said.

Afterwards, accompanied by the former warehouse employees, they began to inspect the terminal warehouse facilities.

Liu Zhicheng was standing at the pier and could just see Discovery Bay. From a distance, Discovery Bay was a sea of ​​green mountains and clear waters.

But you can also see traces of construction. With the development of Phase I and Phase II, Discovery Bay has gradually become famous in Hong Kong.

As they walked, Wang Wenchao introduced the situation of the warehouse to Liu Zhicheng. The warehouse has basically stopped operations now, with only a few staff members left to look after the facilities.

This warehouse covers an area of ​​15 hectares, which is relatively large in Hong Kong.

However, Lantau Island is separated from Hong Kong city by the sea, transportation is inconvenient, the population is sparse, and the land is worth little.

The key lies in the future construction of the theme park, which is a project that will cost a lot of money.

Liu Zhicheng waved his hand at Wang Wenchao and said, "Lead the way, let's go take a look inside the warehouse."

Liu Zhicheng visited the entire warehouse area. After coming out, he raised his hand and pointed at the entire factory area and said to Sun Lina:
"When the time comes, we will demolish the warehouse and clear the area around it. We will build a large theme park here that is no worse than the Ocean Park.
If we build a large theme park with Transformers and Kung Fu Panda as themes, won’t Hong Kong be a world tourist destination? We want to create a new business card for Hong Kong tourism.”

Sun Lina asked, "Mr. Liu, should our park be modeled after Disneyland in the United States?"

Liu Zhicheng said: "It is almost the same model, but our theme park, such as Kung Fu Panda, must use antique buildings to showcase oriental classical culture and create its own characteristics."

When Sun Lina heard about classical culture, she immediately talked about a Hong Kong company: "Mr. Liu, the Far East Group is building a Songcheng Amusement Park in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon. This is not good for us."

This is an amusement park with the theme of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". They have a very good geographical location and are located in a densely populated area.

After Songcheng was built, magic tricks, stunt performances and antique wedding performances were performed.

Liu Zhicheng shook his head and said, "This Qiu Degeng wants to get involved in everything. Doesn't he have an amusement park?

There seems to be a zoo inside. I heard that the business is very prosperous, attracting two to three million tourists every year?"

Sun Lina replied: "Since the opening of Ocean Park, business has started to decline. Qiu De also saw that Hong Kong,
There is no amusement park with classical culture as its theme. In order to boost profits, we decided to invest in Songcheng. "

Liu Zhicheng felt that Mr. Qiu had a good business sense and asked, "How is the business in Songcheng?"

"Business is OK. After all, the ancient city is still relatively new to Hong Kong people."

"So, we must have our own characteristics, which will not only attract Hong Kong people, but also attract overseas tourists."

As a reborn 'prophet', Liu Zhicheng knew that the Disneyland in his previous life was profitable and that the business was booming.

Isn’t Disneyland the same place? In fact, if we really compare the investment risks, Songcheng has a higher chance of failure.

In fact, Liu Zhicheng knew that Songcheng was a money-losing project in its previous life. The scenery and tourist programs of Songcheng remained unchanged, and tourists soon began to get bored.

Later, due to the sluggish business, the store closed down. However, the land value increased, so it can't be said to be a loss.

But even if Liu Zhicheng did not lose money when building the theme park, it would certainly be difficult for him to make money, after all, transportation was a big problem.

The panda theme park that Liu Zhicheng wanted to develop was called "Kung Fu Panda".

It would be best to introduce giant pandas from the mainland, but I don’t know if it can be achieved in the 1980s.

"We have a good relationship with the mainland now. You should go to the mainland to rent a few pandas and put them in the park.

Wouldn't this be a project that attracts tourists from all over the world? So you have to do some work in advance and negotiate with the mainland in advance."

Kung Fu Panda Park is a pure entertainment park that must attract tourists.

Otherwise it would be a waste of money, so there must be an attractive project.

Now, the transportation between Lantau Island and Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories all depends on sea transportation. Therefore, the role of the Star Ferry has been reflected.

“After signing the agreement with Chinese Estates, you must set up a project company immediately, start designing, and start construction immediately,” Liu Zhicheng said.

It was not until noon that Liu Zhicheng and his party left by boat and got off the boat at the Star Ferry Pier.

(End of this chapter)