I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

Wu Guangyao overestimated the appetite of the Marden family and the Zhang Yuliang family. Hearing that the Wu family offered 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy the Federal Building and the International Building, Wheelock immediately agreed;

There was no bargaining during the period, which shows how high the price Wu Guangyao offered!

Of course, Wu Guangyao is not at a disadvantage;

It should be noted that in another half a year, the prices of these two buildings can rise to more than 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Then again, there is another very important reason why Wu Guangyao gave the price of 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars:

At the beginning of this month, Chen Qingsong's Carrian Group acquired Landmark's Golden Gate Building at a price of 998 million Hong Kong dollars;

This transaction is the highest record for a single building transaction in the world, and it has completely ignited a wave of real estate speculation on Hong Kong Island;

So, don't make a high offer, Wheelock might be up for grabs!

Federal Building is located at No. 71, Des Voeux Road Central, Central, next to the Hong Kong Club Building (Wu’s owns half of the equity), and is separated from the Hilton Hotel (Hutchison Whampoa assets, the former Cheung Kong Industrial Headquarters) by Chater Road and Chater Garden.

The International Building is located on Cotton Tree Road in Central, not far from the Bank of China Building in the previous life, and the location is quite good.

federal building

Wharf Real Estate is signing a property sales contract with Wheelock Group;

As Wu Guangyao signed his name on paper, Wharf Real Estate acquired two more Central buildings.

After the transaction was completed, John Madden said with mixed feelings: "Mr. Wu really loves the commercial buildings on Hong Kong Island!"

John Madden is jealous of Hong Kong's real estate industry, but he is worried about following in the footsteps of Jardine (in 1950, the mainland confiscated Jardine's assets.)

Not trusting the mainland government was the root cause of the final defeat of the Madden family!

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "It's just a normal investment. I made a lot of money overseas. I have to find a way out for the funds!"

Seeing that Zhang Yuliang was silent at the side, Wu Guangyao joked: "The Zhang family is really low-key. The citizens of Hong Kong Island would never think that there is such a wealthy family on Hong Kong Island!"

Zhang Yuliang blushed, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Wu is serious, there are not many people in Hong Kong Island who are richer than me, how dare I claim to be rich!"

In the previous life in 1985, Li Chao was ranked as the richest man in Asian Chinese by Forbes for the first time.

The Li family has also become the first family in Xiangjiang.

But in an interview with a reporter, Li Chaoren publicly stated that he was only the richest man on the surface;

In Xiangjiang, those who have more assets than him can be counted in the palm of their hand.

Although this may be a little exaggerated, in Xiangjiang, invisible rich people are everywhere, and Zhang Yuliang is one of them;

In the previous life, if it hadn't been for the outbreak of the Wheelock War in 1985, most Hong Kong people would never have imagined that the largest shareholder of Wheelock, one of the four British foreign firms, was actually a Chinese family.

The Zhang family has been doing business in Xiangjiang since the beginning of the 20th century. They started their business by selling western medicine, and started to set foot in real estate in the 1950s;

In 1962, Zhang Yuliang, the fourth son of the Zhang family, used family funds to build two buildings in the Central District - Federal Building and International Building.

In the 1960s, a Chinese family could buy two pieces of land in the core area of ​​Central, and build two buildings with their own funds;

Among them, the Federal Building was the tallest building in Xiangjiang at that time (previous life), and the strength of the family can be seen;

Bao Yugang, the ship king, probably didn't have this ability in that year, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the number one Chinese family in Xiangjiang at that time.

But such a family, such a large investment, used their own funds, the media and ordinary people at that time did not know their existence, and their behavior was low-key, which is amazing.

Later, Zhang Yuliang successively sold two buildings to the Madden family's United Real Estate in exchange for its shares. By 1970, Zhang Yuliang held more than 77% of the shares of United Real Estate.

From 1970 to 1972, the Zhang family once again went public through the back door, exchanging shares of Wheelock with properties such as Commonwealth Real Estate, Meidao Mid-Levels, and Garden Terrace. At the peak, the Zhang family held 40% of Wheelock’s shares, while On the bright side, Wheelock's shareholding family, the Madden family, has less than 20% of the shares.

The Zhang family is the opposite of the Madden family. The Zhang family is extremely low-key, as long as the flesh (truth) is ignored, the shell (name) is ignored.

And John Madden is very happy, as long as the name, regardless of the reality, cooperate with each other to form a perfect balance.

It was not until later generations that Wheelock suffered serious losses that conflicts broke out.

At this moment, because John Madden is not optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang, when Bao Yugang reduced the number of ships and landed, he still went his own way, taking advantage of the opportunity of Bao Yugang's low-priced sale to expand the fleet, and at the same time spent several dollars in several major European shipyards. billion dollars to order new ships.

"Make money in Hong Kong, develop overseas" - in this regard, Wheelock and Jardine are exactly the same.

In order to raise funds to purchase the freighter and at the same time reduce Wheelock's assets in Hong Kong, the sale of the two buildings, the Commonwealth and the International, became inevitable.

Zhang Yuliang didn't refer to the Zhang family, but referred to him as 'I'. He obviously believed that the wealth earned by the Zhang family over the years belonged to him, and he didn't want to give it to the other families at all.

It's no wonder that future generations will go to court, and there will be a lot of troubles on Hong Kong Island!

The Zhang family used to be the family representative of "cohabitation and common wealth" in Hong Kong Island, that is, several brothers live under the same roof, eat together, and buy clothes together......

Relying on the qualities of diligence, thrift and unity, the Zhang family has created huge wealth;

But when Mrs. Guo died in 1977, the family fell apart;

There are four brothers in the Zhang family. The eldest died of illness in 1959, the second drowned in 1952, and the third died of anger in 1979, leaving only the fourth Zhang Yuliang.

A group of orphans and widows, there are Zhang Yuliang's opponents;

Even how much property the Zhang family has, these orphans and widows can't tell;

However, Zhang Yuliang believes that he is mainly responsible for the management of the assets of the Zhang family, and the credit is all his own, so he does not intend to distribute them to the other houses;

The fact is the same, the eldest and second child died early, the third child likes public activities and art, only the fourth child Zhang Yuliang has been managing the family business.

In the previous life, the property lawsuit of the Zhang family caused great popularity in Hong Kong Island;

First, the Zhang family was suddenly revealed to have a large amount of assets, and the citizens of Hong Kong Island were stunned;

Second, in the end, Zhang Yuliang won the lawsuit, that is, the family assets were monopolized by Zhang Yuliang, and the other three houses got nothing; even the costs of the lawsuit were paid by the loser.

In the end, even the judge of this lawsuit took the blame and resigned. Presumably, he got a lot of benefits and returned to the UK to retire!

Seeing Zhang Yuliang's modesty, Wu Guangyao did not continue this topic;

In Hong Kong Island, many rich people are very low-key, because kidnapping happens from time to time, and everyone follows the practice of not revealing their wealth;

Even Wu Guangyao's children were kidnapped once;

Of course, the result can be imagined, how miserable those people are;

Death is not terrible, the process of dying will be terrible!

Although Wu Guangyao looked down on people like Zhang Yuliang, he didn't have any hostile thoughts!

After taking down the Federal Building and the International Building, the Wu family has owned as many as five buildings near Admiralty Station, namely the Hilton Hotel, Hutchison Building, Hong Kong Club Building, Federal Building, and International Building.

Although there are only 5 buildings, what needs to be known is that there are currently only 7 buildings in this area;

The later Bank of China Building was still the Murray Building of the Victoria Barracks at this time, and it was not considered a building.

The HSBC Building of later generations is under construction at this time, and it cannot be counted either.

Therefore, there are only two buildings in this area that are not owned by the Wu family. I don’t know that other businessmen from Hong Kong Island are here, so what should I think?