Chapter 281 The end of an era
The cost of Huangpu Group's investment in U.S. stocks has reached US$3.5 million, and its current profit is US$1500 million.

According to Liu Zhicheng's prediction, the annual rate of return will remain above 35% until the beginning of 2000, and more than 8 billion US dollars can be earned in 80 years.

This money can serve as a "guarantee" for Huangpu Group's investment in commercial real estate from 1993 to 1994.

It's like the egg philosophy. If a project generates losses and has low profits, another high-return industry can increase the overall return on investment.

Of course, Liu Zhicheng is also full of confidence in investing in the commercial real estate of Beautiful Country, and he will definitely be able to successfully buy at the bottom.

At the end of May, Liu Zhicheng came to the capital.

He signed three contracts with Beijing officials in succession, winning three major projects that were negotiated at the beginning of the year, namely:
The renovation project of Dong'an Market on Wangfujing Street will increase the business area to 150 million square feet after the entire renovation.

The building has 10 floors at the highest and two underground floors, and is composed of multiple buildings; one of which is the "Dong'an Market" department store with a central cashier model, and the rest are modern shopping malls that collect rent.

The cooperation model between the two parties is: Dong'an Market invests in land and holds a 35% stake; Huangpu Group bears all construction costs and taxes and holds a 65% stake.

The entire "New Dong'an Market" project is expected to be completed and put into operation in the first half of 1997.

The Wangfujing Marco Polo Hotel (Xiaowei Hutong) project is adjacent to the Dong'an Market. The entire project covers an area of ​​20 square feet. The Huangpu Group purchased the land and is solely owned by the project.

Huangpu Plaza in Sanlitun covers an area of ​​70 square feet and is a modern shopping mall composed of 19 low-density buildings (10 stories).

It also aims to create a fashionable, trendy and artistic style block. This project is wholly owned by Hong Kong capital.

All three projects went very smoothly, with the negotiation time taking less than three months, which was closely related to Liu Zhicheng's connections and influence.

Liu Zhiben himself is not just a real estate businessman. His clothing factories in the mainland employ thousands of people and are a representative manufacturing industry among foreign-funded enterprises.

After winning the three projects, Liu Zhicheng did not leave Beijing, but continued to negotiate with Beijing city officials.

In a conference room, Liu Zhicheng expressed his thoughts: "Beijing is the capital of China. Foreign tourists who come to China basically come to Beijing.

In recent years, there have been many new buildings in Beijing, but the low and dilapidated houses in the city center really affect the cityscape.

Therefore, I would like to discuss with the leaders to carry out a comprehensive renovation of the old city of Chongwen and build new modern urban buildings. "

The Beijing official said: "The old city of Chongwen is about 200 million square meters (2200 million square feet). Such a huge project,

Just relocation is a big problem. People have to live and work in peace, otherwise there will be chaos.”

Liu Zhicheng immediately expressed his thoughts and said: "Of course we will consider it carefully. Our Huangpu Group is willing to cooperate with the government in development and adopt the method of demolishing and building at the same time.

Such a huge project can be constructed in multiple phases, and we can cooperate to set up a company to carry out the construction.

In the entire project, we will build residential buildings, hotels, commercial buildings, etc., and make overall planning. "

It is unrealistic to purchase land and build the renovation project of 200 million square meters in the city center of Beijing alone.

Not to mention other factors, just the relocation project alone, without the government to handle it, I don’t know how many problems would arise.

This project is so huge that Huangpu Group's phased construction and investment is equivalent to reserving land in disguise.

Huangpu Group's investment in the Mainland must also adopt the approach of "paying attention to land reserves" in order to slightly increase the rate of return.

He knows that the return rate of mainland projects is only 8-15%, and it is not possible to make quick money. But if the volume is large, it is still worth it.

During this visit to the mainland, in addition to signing six contracts, he also had to invest in "development properties" (residential projects).

Because the payback period for rental properties (shopping malls, office buildings) is too long, we must work on both rental properties and property development at the same time in the Mainland.

After two years of developing a property, you can start selling pre-sale properties to recover funds;

The money earned is just enough to make up for the investment in the rental property.

Beijing city officials immediately attached great importance to this project and the two sides held preliminary discussions.

Taking into account the situation in Beijing, Liu Zhicheng tried his best to show sincerity and achieve true win-win cooperation.

Finally, the two sides reached a preliminary intention and were quite satisfied with the cooperation.

Of course, this project cannot be launched immediately as it still needs approval from above, but Liu Zhicheng believes that it will not be a big problem.

Because this project is very beneficial to the development of the city!
To launch such a project, Huangpu Group (Huaxia) does not actually need to invest too much, after all, it is carried out in stages.

Liu Zhicheng's move to the mainland was very quick. He quickly signed three contracts in Shanghai and also successfully negotiated a large residential land (300 million square feet).

After returning to Guangdong Province, he acquired another 800 million square feet of land in Guangzhou, planning to develop a residential project over a period of ten years.

On the Go board, black plays first, which is an established rule and also a subtle winning rate.

A skilled chess player plans and strategizes while playing the game, but a smart chess player understands the rules of promotion and points before the game begins.

It’s not about winning or losing a game, but about being ahead at every step.

This is how Huangpu Group plans its project investments in the Mainland, aiming to grab the best projects in the best locations.

Moreover, land reserves are very important for real estate development in the mainland because housing prices are rising rapidly. The cheaper the land cost, the higher the project's rate of return.

Therefore, when Liu Zhicheng left the mainland, he said to Lv Jianhua: "Your team should continue to investigate residential land in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and other places. If you have a good project, report it to me so that I can come to investigate!"

Although all projects in the mainland need Liu Zhicheng's approval, Lu Jianhua's team must do the preliminary work well.

"Well, we will keep an eye on the land markets in these cities and strive to have better and more projects in the second half of this year."

Liu Zhicheng nodded with satisfaction. The mainland projects seemed to require huge investments, but in fact the investment funds were very small.

For example, a project worth 600 billion Hong Kong dollars actually only requires about 120 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it does not need to be paid out all at once.

At this time, Huangpu Group's total investment in the Mainland has reached nearly HK$200 billion.

For example, the cooperation agreement between the Shanghai-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is to invest HK$60 billion in renovation and upgrading in the future.

The two parties split the shares 10-, with Wharf Holdings injecting HK$ billion in cash and Shanghai-Hong Kong injecting assets.

As for subsequent investment, the Wharf Group does not need to pay any money because the port itself is operating normally, has revenue, and can also obtain loans.

The start-up capital for some residential projects is even lower. Land in the mainland is very cheap now. After acquiring the land, you only need to develop it in stages.

Take out a small amount of funds to start the first phase of the project, and then you can take out loans and sell pre-sold properties to continue development.

In short, this year Shanfeng Investment plans to allocate 30 billion Hong Kong dollars to the mainland, and it will have no problem negotiating a project worth 300 billion Hong Kong dollars.

For example, for several Whampoa Plazas, the Whampoa Group only needed to purchase the land first, and it only held a 60% stake.

In the second half of the year, Liu Zhicheng will come to the mainland to discuss more projects. The earlier the investment, the higher the return rate in the future.

.........

Hong Kong.

Liu Zhicheng, Li Zhaoji, Yang Bingzheng and others came to the land of Miramar Shopping Center.

This piece of land is 8.6 square feet in size and is located in the tourist area of ​​Tsim Sha Tsui, adjacent to Kowloon Park. It is a Feng Shui treasure land.

Liu Zhicheng and Li Zhaoji have officially become directors of the Miramar Hotel. Although Liu Zhicheng is only a director, the citizens of Hong Kong have already classified the Miramar Hotel as a subsidiary of the Whampoa Group.

In the eyes of the citizens, the Yang family will withdraw from the management of Miramar Hotel sooner or later.

Liu Zhicheng didn't care about these issues.

"The mall will have eight floors, providing 54 square feet of shopping space. The office building will have 18 floors, each floor will be 39100 square feet, providing 70.3 square feet of rental space. Construction will begin this year, and it is expected to open for business in early 1996!"

Hearing Liu Zhicheng's words, Yang Bingzheng said: "We should have started construction earlier. The demolition here was completed in 1988. We were too conservative.

In the past two years, there were almost no office buildings started in Hong Kong, but Huangpu Group started construction of several commercial buildings. Mr. Liu's vision is really embarrassing!"

From 1992 to 1993, the Huangpu Group accounted for more than 7% of the office space purchased in Hong Kong. Recently, industry insiders have praised Liu Zhicheng for his sharp vision.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "In recent years, the most important thing for office building construction is money. Huangpu Group happened to have high non-recurring profits in the past two years, so it is slightly better than everyone else."

Lee Shau-kee joked: "In terms of money, who can beat the Whampoa Group?"

Public opinion has been completely ignited. Although everyone knows that Liu Zhicheng is investing heavily in mainland projects, no one expected that he would sign six major projects at one time.

Three projects have been invested in "Huangpu Plaza" alone. The scale and speed of the investment are incredible.

Everyone was having a great time chatting on the construction site, and everyone was quite satisfied with the cooperation among the three companies.

Li Zhaoji did not expect that he could still participate in the stock market. He recently bought 6% of Miramar Hotel shares in the market.

Together with the shares that Li Chaoren sold to him, he now owns a total of 10% of the shares of Miramar Hotel, with a cost price of HK$17.2 per share, which is quite moderate.

In this way, a triangle was formed with Whampoa Group holding 34.5%, Henderson Land holding 10% and Yang Bingzheng holding 5%.

.........

Red Hall.

Zhou Huimin performed passionately on the stage. In tonight's concert, she worked particularly hard, singing and dancing frequently, and her long legs made the men in the audience excited. Tens of thousands of audiences were also immersed in the singing and dancing of the "Jade Lady Leader", but soon they could no longer be happy.

When the concert was about to end and everyone was still reluctant to leave, Zhou Huimin announced on the stage with deep emotion that she would retire from the entertainment industry.

For a moment, the place was completely silent, but soon there were voices of people trying to keep him.

Although Zhou Huimin was reluctant to leave, she still chose to finish singing a song and waved goodbye.

Finish!

Maybe it's the end of an era!

Because, the 'Hong Kong idols' are coming in full force!

Zhou Huimin was sitting in the car, with mixed feelings. She was still so young, but she quit the entertainment industry so early.

Of course, no one forced her to quit the entertainment industry; it was her own choice.

She doesn’t consider whether this choice is right or not. In short, she has made up her mind - this is how she will live her life!
At the beginning, I didn't take the initiative, but the man forced me;
But she accepted her fate and had chosen a person, no matter how excessive he was, she would accept him;
Even if I grow old and ugly and am abandoned by him, I will still stay with his children for the rest of my life.

Yes, rich people care about their children!

When Zhou Huimin returned to the mansion in Diligenta Pavilion, as soon as she opened the door, she saw Liu Zhicheng sitting on the sofa reading a book, and the TV was on in the living room.

Liu Zhicheng put the book down and walked towards Zhou Huimin. To his surprise, Zhou Huimin actually threw herself into his arms.

All along, Zhou Huimin has been "submissive" in front of him, allowing him to play however he wants, but she is not very proactive.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "Can't bear to leave the entertainment industry?"

Zhou Huimin raised her head and suddenly said, "Can we be alone together once a month?"

She asked very seriously, and her expression even looked a little pitiful!
However, Liu Zhicheng was determined, so he said, "Let me do the math for you. Even if you live to 60, you still have 35 years left. There are 12 months in a year, which is a total of 420 days. Don't you think this is a bit high?"

Zhou Huimin lowered her head, wanting to cry but without tears. She knew this man was the type that was hard to talk to. Sometimes, he even spanked her buttocks, and he seemed to particularly like the sound of her begging for mercy.
Liu Zhicheng raised Zhou Huimin's face, looking like a 'bad guy', bullying a good girl.

Zhou Huimin's facial features are not particularly outstanding, but her temperament is well-managed. She has a sense of cuteness and a touch of literary and artistic atmosphere, making her look a bit like a lady from a noble family.

However, Liu Zhicheng is not so superficial. The women he looks for need a sense of "immersion".

What is a sense of substitution? It means that you are a person who you could not get in your previous life, but you have been interested in the star.

To be honest, Liu Zhicheng has met too many beauties, even those as stunning as Guan Jiahui, Liu Zhicheng has met several;

However, the others are not from the entertainment industry. Even if Liu Zhicheng wants to pursue them, even if they come from large families, they cannot escape Liu Zhicheng's clutches.

But Liu Zhicheng only likes the fantasy object from his previous life!
Looking at Zhou Huimin's pitiful appearance, Liu Zhicheng became excited instead.

"If you behave well, I will reward you with one alone time every two months!"

Zhou Huimin's face lit up, and she immediately asked, "What do you mean by good performance?"

"Of course you have to serve me well and let me take whatever I want!"

Zhou Huimin's whole body stiffened immediately. Just thinking about how strong this man was made her tremble.

For a moment, Zhou Huimin looked pitiful again, arousing the man's desire to fight for her.

Liu Zhicheng continued to tease, "If you are so scared, why do you still ask to be alone together?"

Zhou Huimin felt that she was satisfied just being in this man's arms.

She said carefully: "Since I got to know you, no matter what problem I have, I can always ask you and you can solve it.

So sometimes I want to talk to you about my inner thoughts, you can help me solve my doubts and give me comfort. "

So that's how it is, Zhou Huimin is from a single-parent family and lost her father when she was young. If you give her a sense of omnipotence, she will be very dependent.

In fact, these are easy things for Liu Zhicheng.

In Hong Kong, nothing can stump him, except that the dead cannot be resurrected.

Liu Zhicheng asked again: "Don't you think that I am with you just to get satisfaction from you?"

Zhou Huimin immediately shook her head and said, "No, every time you are with me, you are serious!"

Is this true?

If Zhou Huimin wasn't troublesome and was willing to be with Li and Zhang, he might not have cherished her.

Money is a small matter, Liu Zhicheng doesn’t care much about it!

For example, Yuan Jingjing probably only accompanied him about ten times, but Liu Zhicheng still gave her a house worth millions.

In addition to gifts, breakup fees and so on, she would have to work for many years to earn that much, maybe ten years, after all, houses will appreciate in value!

What Liu Zhicheng can't tolerate the most is greedy women who cling to him.

Of course, he has always broken up peacefully, and his reputation among Hong Kong women is very good.

This woman has a great figure, smooth and fair skin, and a uniquely pitiful expression.
"Brother Cheng, I won't beg for mercy tonight!" Zhou Huimin also felt that Liu Zhicheng treated her differently recently, and decided to repay him with "death".

"Of course you shouldn't beg for mercy! You know, I usually don't do it alone because you're too incompetent and it wastes my energy!"

"Ah, can you please let me go later!" Seeing Liu Zhicheng's eyes full of wolfishness and wildness, it was like a blood suppression. Zhou Huimin finally changed her tone before the battle.

"Tear"

It could be that a set of clothes worth thousands of dollars is broken!

So what if they were high-end European and American brands? The money he earned from Europeans and Americans could buy dozens of LVH groups.

"Will I get pregnant?" Zhou Huimin said with satisfaction while lying in his arms.

"It's okay! You haven't fought for me, so there's nothing wrong with your body!" Liu Zhicheng suddenly blurted out.

He probably remembered the rumors from his previous life, so he said that.

Zhou Huimin immediately retorted: "What? I gave you the No. 1 spot. What you said just now was so rude!"

Liu Zhicheng then remembered that he did have some strange intentions, and immediately scratched Zhou Huimin's nose and said, "What I mean is that I cherish women very much!"

Zhou Huimin blushed immediately.

Soon, the two started talking about Zhou Huimin's retirement life.

"Go to Singapore, give birth to your baby, and let the media here forget about you for a while!"

"Then can I go back to Hong Kong?"

"You're asking that. Am I the kind of person who cares too much? What I mean is, don't let the paparazzi in Hong Kong get the news of your childbirth."

"understood!"

"Don't worry that I won't be responsible in the future. I will slowly reward you with assets for raising my children. Maybe when the children grow up, you will have billions of Hong Kong dollars!"

"I'm not with you for money!"

"What is that for? Could it be..."

"I don't hate you, but I recognize you. Once I've made up my mind, I won't look back!"

As they chatted, the two slowly fell asleep in each other's arms.

Everyone has different ideas, and Liu Zhicheng only has ten long-term ones.

It is not proportional to his ability and wealth.

Haven’t you seen that in the previous life, a certain executive placed 100 legitimate wives and lovers in one community, and what’s more important is that there were twins.kao!

Zhou Huimin's retirement is just a small matter in the entertainment industry.

This year, Hong Kong idols are the focus of major media and TV stations.

Even TVB has launched a boy band singing and dancing group;
It has learned about 70% of what YG Entertainment has learned and has achieved certain success.

In addition, many companies have begun to enter this industry. I heard that Yang Shoucheng is also preparing for the "Hong Kong Pop Idol".

Liu Zhicheng naturally didn't care. He originally wanted to lead the entire Hong Kong onto the path of "Hong Kong culture".

Currently, the five teams under YG are developing quite well, and more importantly, they are developing very well overseas;

YG Entertainment's revenue in Hong Kong only accounts for more than 20%, which shows how important foreign exchange is.

This is a big game, so Liu Zhicheng hopes that more people will join in.

(End of this chapter)