Chapter 114 I want to acquire Hutchison Industries!
As we all know, Li Chaoren started his business by making plastic flowers and made his fortune in real estate. In fact, he is not a traditional real estate businessman.
Traditional real estate businessmen would start building buildings or developing various projects immediately after purchasing the land, but Li Chaoren was not like that.
After he has bought the land, he will not start construction for a while, or even for several years. He will wait until the land price rises to a certain level, and then he will start construction or simply sell it to make a high profit from the difference.
In this way, Li Chaoren can avoid the risk of land price fluctuations and easily earn high profits, but the government that has been hoarded land will have to bear the pressure.
The original intention of most local governments to sell land to businessmen is not only to exchange for funds, but more to create economic benefits, increase jobs, and more tax revenue.
If developers keep hoarding land and the area becomes lifeless, it will not generate any economic benefits at all, and it will be absolutely harmful to local governments.
It is understandable that businessmen pursue profits, but Lin Zehao does not approve of using such means.
So Lin Zehao's words seemed to be praising Li Chaoren, but in fact they were mocking him.
"Young people are young people, they are hot-tempered, much better than an old man like me who is in his 50s."
"We are talking business. As long as you accept my investment and sell me 51% of Hutchison Holdings, all the real estate projects under Cheung Kong Holdings will be handed over to you."
"Moreover, if you want to go public, I can also manage the market for you. With Hutchison Industries' current momentum, after my operation, you will definitely be able to make a fortune in the stock market!"
Of course, Li Chaoren could hear the deeper meaning in Lin Zehao's words, and he immediately launched a counterattack with a hidden tactic.
Li Chaoren has been in the business world for many years. Although he suffered a major setback in the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa and has not yet found out what went wrong, this does not affect his keen sense of smell when it comes to making money.
Hutchison Holdings has been in the limelight recently. Its subsidiaries Hutchison Entertainment and Hutchison Construction have both achieved quite good development. This phenomenon has attracted the attention of Li Chaoren.
When it comes to making money, these top billionaires all agree on certain things: no matter what company it is, the core is people, or more precisely, the founder or the leading figure among them.
Therefore, Li Chaoren spent a lot of time studying Lin Zehao.
From disdain at the beginning to astonishment in the end!
The struggle stories of any top billionaire who has made his fortune from scratch are enough to write a dramatic novel, and Li Chaoren is no exception.
However, in the face of Lin Zehao's strong rise, it still seems a bit petty and not qualified at all!
Although Hong Kong has been developing for so many years, it has never really left the community, and many community leaders who were once prominent have emerged during this period.
Li Chaoren had come into contact with many of them, such as Bo Hao from Yi Qun, and Jiang Zhen and Xiang Qian before him.
However, there has never been a gang leader like Lin Zehao who could rise from the bottom of the pack to the leader of the four major gangs in Hong Kong Island in just two years!
If that were all, Li Chaoren would not be too surprised. In the eyes of these wealthy people, those who just hang out in gangs will definitely not have a good ending in the end.
Lin Zehao's series of operations in Zhengxing are what really impressed Li Chaoren!
With great perseverance and courage, he founded Hutchison Whampoa, made movies, engaged in real estate construction, and acquired properties.
All of these things are not something that people in the society can do.
If these gangsters who come from gangs can do one of the above things well, they will be admired enough.
But Lin Zehao managed to accomplish everything, and it was not a success in the conventional sense, but a success that exceeded the standards!
Take the movie "A Better Tomorrow" released some time ago, for example. Even Li Chaoren, who doesn't like watching movies, watched it twice in his private theater at home. Lin Zehao, who is only 20 years old, has achieved such success. In contrast, when Li Chaoren was 20 years old, he was still the general manager of someone else's factory and didn't even have his own business.
As a result, Li Chaoren's desire to use Lin Zehao for his own purposes and make money for him became extremely strong!
"If you're not angry, can you still call me a young man?"
"But thank you very much for your kindness, Boss Li. I have no intention of going public yet."
"As for selling shares, there is no need to even discuss it. Even if I agree, the 50,000 brothers in Heshenghe will not agree."
Lin Zehao replied indifferently, although he still had a decent smile on his face.
But Luo Tianhong, who was familiar with him, understood that such a smile was a little cold.
Lin Zehao had never thought of listing Hutchison Industries. There was no need to list an industry that was closely related to the social business. It would serve no purpose other than causing trouble.
If there are other industries suitable for listing in the future, they can be split out and operated separately.
As for Li Chaoren's desire to get a piece of the pie, that's pure dreaming!
As the saying goes, people with different ideologies cannot work together. Lin Zehao and Li Chaoren are destined to be different people, and judging from the current situation, they are most likely business rivals.
Lin Zehao never shows mercy to his enemies.
"You really don't think about it anymore?"
Li Chaoren heard the threat in Lin Zehao's words, and his expression became a little ugly, but in view of the huge benefits involved, he still asked without giving up.
"There's no need to think about it."
After saying this, Lin Zehao turned around and left. Luo Tianhong and Gao Lihong followed closely behind him without even looking at Li Chaoren.
Looking at Lin Zehao's gradually receding back, Li Chaoren, who was always good at disguising himself, couldn't help but reveal an angry expression and cursed in a low voice: "Block-shaped bamboo hat, Wu Beizhimao. (Literally meaning like a farmer, only worthy of wearing a bamboo hat, can also be described as not knowing how to respect others.)"
"Immediately collect information and find connections. I must get this project and I must not let Hutchison Industries snatch it away!"
"Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Industries, I must have a conflict with the two words Hutchison..." Li Chaoren cursed a few words in dialect and gave instructions to the secretary behind him.
"Understood, boss." The secretary responded quickly, not daring to delay at all.
After Lin Zehao went out, he took a Mercedes-Benz and went straight to the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. He had an appointment with the boss of American Express Bank to meet there.
Luo Tianhong was driving, Gao Lihong sat in the passenger seat, and Lin Zehao sat in the boss seat in the back row.
Gao Lihong pretended to look at Lin Zehao casually through the rearview mirror. After spending some time together, her impression of her boss became better and better. As she got to know him better, it even aroused her strong curiosity.
Gao Lihong always couldn't help but wonder what made Lin Zehao so outstanding.
Lin Zehao was like a black hole, making her sink deeper and deeper, and she couldn't help wanting to explore more and more.
As he was thinking, he was actually lost in thought for a moment. I don't know what he was thinking about, but his face turned a little red.
At this time, Luo Tianhong parked the car steadily in front of the hotel, looked at the Rolls-Royce beside him, and said, "Brother Hao, when will you buy a few of these cars? What's it called? I think those British guys like to drive this."
(End of this chapter)
