I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

China Everbright Bank,

Wu Guangyao received visiting Dong Yunhao and his eldest son in his office.

Wu Guangyao can probably guess Dong Yunhao's purpose;

So there is some dilemma, but it will not show it.

Sure enough, after a few conversations, Dong Yunhao said, "Guangyao, OOCL wants to borrow 300 million Hong Kong dollars from China Everbright Bank to pay for the ship!"

Hearing 300 million Hong Kong dollars, Wu Guangyao relaxed a little, and he could still accept it!

Wu Guangyao remembers that in his previous life, OOCL owed a total of 7 billion Hong Kong dollars in debt during the Great Depression of World Shipping from 1982 to 1983;

When Dong Yunhao made an appointment with himself, Wu Guangyao deliberately learned about it from Hang Seng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and China Everbright Bank;

According to the final statistics, Dong's OOCL owed these three banks a total of 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

If the loan of 300 million Hong Kong dollars is agreed, it means that the three banks have 800 million Hong Kong dollars that need to be vacant for about 10 years, and they have lost at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars (interest).

Wu Guangyao said: "Brother, the total tonnage of your OOCL is probably 10 million tons!"

Dong Yunhao's face brightened immediately when someone mentioned his 'achievements';

"Total tonnage of 10.5 million tons! Although there is still a certain distance from the 20 million tons at your peak; but now, OOCL is indeed the largest fleet in the world."

Wu Guangyao had persuaded Dong Yunhao a long time ago, but Dong Yunhao retorted: "The shipping industry is sluggish, and ship prices have plummeted. It is a good time to expand the fleet! The veteran world shipping tycoon Onassis bought a batch of ships during the world economic crisis. The tombs at sea, which were regarded as scrap iron, became prosperous a few years later in the shipping industry, and the tombs at sea became gold mines at sea. Even Guangyao, you always build ships before the outbreak of shipping; after the outbreak of shipping, two years Just earn back the cost of a new ship."

Wu Guangyao, who refuted, was speechless, and he couldn't tell him that the shipping winter lasted for ten years;

The important thing is that the shipping industry will never explode again!

Before 1980, the freight price for transporting grain from the United States to Japan was $38 per ton;

After that, the freight rate plummeted all the way, and in 1995, it was only 20 US dollars per ton;

Among them, the starting and stopping loss is the price difference of 18 US dollars per ton,

Labor costs and fuel costs have increased accordingly.

At the same time, in 1980, a 250,000-ton oil tanker cost about 60 million US dollars;

But by 1985, it was only worth $3 million.

Wu Guangyao sighed: "To quote a sentence from The Times, OOCL is no longer a sea dragon, but now a sea dinosaur!"

Dong Yunhao's face showed joy, it is an honor to be praised by the former world ship magnate!

Then, Wu Guangyao's next words made Dong Yunhao's face darken.

"Dinosaurs are huge and have no friends. It's definitely not a good thing! Although you have taken over the business in Japan, you must also know that a large number of ships from Europe and the United States have already moored at the port!"

Wu Guangyao is not afraid of offending Dong Yunhao today, anyway, according to history, he still has less than a year to live;

I said this to his eldest son, don't say that uncle didn't persuade your father back then.

Dong Yunhao said unconvinced: "In the first half of this year, OOCL's profit is estimated to be 100 million Hong Kong dollars; this is what you call the shipping cold winter, so I just need to wait a few years, and OOCL will immediately usher in a surge in profits. "

Wu Guangyao smiled wryly. I'm afraid Dong Yunhao will not know until he dies, leaving a mess for his son;

To the end of his life, he still believed that his decision was correct!

This kind of person is actually living a very happy life!

Wu Guangyao can only express helplessness when he sees people who don't listen to persuasion!

However, for a loan of 300 million Hong Kong dollars, I still have to borrow it;

Whether it's Dong Yunhao's support back then, or the family's friendship, 300 million Hong Kong dollars can be given away!

What's important is that it's not that the money can't be taken back, it's just that some interest will be lost.

"Well, I can't say no to you! I believe you understand that this loan cannot be approved in principle, but I still make the decision and approve it for you!"

"Thank you! Don't worry, the reputation of the Dong family is still trustworthy!"

After sending Dong Yunhao away, Wu Guangyao shook his head helplessly, he really deserves to be damned.

After Dong Yunhao and his eldest son got into the car, he said to his son with a wry smile: "This is how you ask for help. If we succeed in the future, what should they think?"

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Tsim Sha Tsui East

Today's Tsim Sha Tsui East has been fully developed, and there is no longer any piece of land.

The coastal area of ​​East Tsim Sha Tsui, from west to east, is the Yangtze River Center Complex, Tsim Sha Tsui Center, Empire Center, New World Millennium Hotel, and Seaview Hotel;

Among them, the Yangtze River Center Complex, Tsim Sha Tsui Center, and New World Millennium are the industries of Cheung Kong Industrial under the Wu family;

The Empire Center and Seaview Hotel are properties owned by the Bao family.

In a private room of the Haijingjia Hotel, Bao Yugang and his sons-in-law, as well as Wu Guangyao and Wu Xianshuo, were having a banquet.

Seaview Hotel is a five-star hotel. Its brand management is managed by Shining Star Hotel for the time being, and it signed a ten-year contract; it can be said that it is completely helping the Bao family incubate a hotel brand and imparting management skills .

In the private room, everyone is in a happier mood;

The brand-new decoration environment, thoughtful service concept, and delicious food, none of which can make the Bao family very satisfied.

Bao Yu just raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "I heard that Old Dong came to you to borrow money?"

Hearing this, Wu Guangyao felt depressed for a while, took a sip of fine wine, and said slowly: "Well! The heads of several banks under him rejected him, so he came to me; you know, I'm unlikely to refuse this offer." kind of thing!"

Bao Yugang nodded and commented: "You are an enthusiastic person! Otherwise, I wouldn't go ashore so easily!"

This is true, without Wu Guangyao's help, even if Bao Yugang wanted to go ashore in this life, it would be difficult to find a foothold;

Because almost all the British-funded companies were taken over by Wu Guangyao, and even a lot of land was in the hands of the Wu family.

Of course, if the Bao family buys it randomly, its value will be far less than it is now;

At present, Cheung Kong has handed over 50% of the equity of the joint venture Huaxin Real Estate Company to the Bao family;

At the same time, the Pao family also obtained several high-quality real estate projects: Empire Center, Sea View Hotel, New Lijing Building in Central, Universal Building in Wanchai;

In addition to these high-quality properties, Bao Yugang also purchased a lot of onshore properties and assets, which can be said to be a smooth landing.

It can be said that Wu Guangyao supported the Bao family into a wealthy real estate family.

Wu Guangyao asked, "Old Zhao, did you persuade him?"

Bao Yugang shook his head, and said seriously: "I just mentioned a few words in a tactful way, and didn't persuade him directly! I think if our predictions are not accurate, then everyone will become enemies. And you know, Lao Zhao This person, who likes to put funds on board (buy a ship), thinks it is the most flexible way to move out of Hong Kong at any time."

Wu Guangyao nodded, Bao Yugang's worry was very reasonable;

I persuaded Dong Yunhao bluntly, he didn't know what to say about himself behind his back?

And Zhao Congyan has always distrusted the mainland, and he is not sure about the future of Hong Kong, so he only invests in antiques and ships, saying that "ships are movable assets";

The same is true for antiques, which can be easily carried.

And what about real estate?

Naturally, it is very difficult to take away. Once there is a sudden incident, everyone is selling properties, and it is very difficult to sell.

In his previous life, Zhao Congyan did an even more exaggerated thing. In the cold winter of shipping in 1983, he spent 700 million Hong Kong dollars to buy six large ships;

For a while, the shipping people were stunned!

However, Huaguang Shipping finally discovered in 1985 that the world's shipping industry did not see a glimmer of light;

At that time, it was too late!

The Zhao family can only sell antiques and boats to tide over the difficulties!

Wu Guangyao nodded and said, "Everyone just do their best!"

During the meal, Bao Yugang said to Wu Guangzheng: "Guangzheng! You are a newcomer to real estate, so learn more from Xianshuo! A few days ago, Xianshuo's wisdom and real estate development became a good story in Hong Kong Island!"

Wu Xianshuo said modestly: "Uncle Bao won the award, it's all some small tricks, it's not on the stage!"

Bao Yugang said with a smile: "This is not a small trick. I estimate that your trick will save at least 500 million Hong Kong dollars!"

This is true!