The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chapter 166 Michael Jackson?
The next day was sunny and sunny. Although it was winter, the weather was good these days and the temperature was not very cold.

"It looks like a farm here?" When the convoy arrived at the destination, Chen Zhiwen looked at a barren land across the road and said.

The reason why it can be seen that it is a farm is because there are many wooden frames and other tools on the ground of Nuoda, which look like they are used to build vegetable sheds.

"It used to be that this place was a rich vegetable garden a few years ago, but in the past few years, Los Angeles has been very dry, with little rain, and even the urban area has begun to restrict water from time to time. The nearby farms have no agricultural water, dead I bought a large area, so I chose this farm as the base of our logistics center. It is close to the highway, the traffic is not bad, and it is only 40 miles from the seaport. The main reason is that it is cheap. I bought 120 acres (0.5 square kilometers) at one time. ) land, and only spent 30 US dollars, this time the construction of the logistics center only needs 20% of the area." Pierce said with a smile.

"Is there a water problem in Los Angeles?" Chen Zhiwen asked. It seems that most of the Northwest of the United States is a desert area, and Las Vegas, the casino city, is built in the desert.

"The past few years have been very troublesome. The price of tap water has tripled. However, the Los Angeles government has also built large reservoirs in several places. It is said that as long as they are built, there will be no problems." Pierce said.

"Oh, won't the farms in Los Angeles be able to grow back after that?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Indeed, this is a good investment project, boss, why don't you invest in some?" Pierce asked with a smile.

"In the future, let's forget it now. I already bought one in Portland, but it doesn't make much sense. It's just for fun." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

Farms and ranches can be said to be a good investment. Bill Gates of later generations liked to invest in farms in his old age and became the largest landowner in the United States.

But the real agricultural giants do not own large farms and control the world's food. The four giants ABCD do not grow food themselves, but control global food prices, sign billions of dollars in agricultural product orders with a country, and use technological means to monopolize high production. Seeds indirectly control the fate of millions or even tens of millions of farmers.

Investing in farms can only be said to be a lack of interest.

However, if you have the opportunity, you can also participate in it. It is not a direct farm, but a business like ABCD. This is not impossible, but it is difficult to achieve the level of ABCD. In Southeast Asia, some Chinese have achieved this. One point, based on the domestic demand for feed, oil, and soybean products in the future, if we cultivate this aspect early, there may be opportunities.

The later generations of Lao Li left Hutchison with 5 major businesses, and it doesn’t matter if he adds another one. Anyway, Hutchison still has a lot of internal talents. As long as he provides funds and direction, he may be able to achieve certain achievements.

"Eric, you see, this floor plan corresponds to that location. We will build 3 large warehouses here. According to my estimation, it is enough to withstand the needs of 30 Costco stores. If our computer project is successful, then It can even improve the turnover efficiency of logistics." Pierce opened the drawing of the Semi-National People's Congress, facing the open space in front, explaining the design of the future logistics center.

There is another person beside him, who is responsible for the foreign construction project contracting the entire logistics center project. When Pierce is not clear, he will ask him.

After a while, Chen Zhiwen already had a three-dimensional image of this warehouse that cost him 600 million US dollars. He also thought it was very good, so he asked, "When will this logistics center be built?"

"We are going to start construction in January next year, and it will take about half a year." The foreign engineer said.

"Half a year?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, the speed of half a year, only our Capitol Construction Company can have this efficiency!" Capitol's engineer showed a proud expression on his face.

"." Chen Zhiwen was speechless for a while, just a warehouse on the first floor. As long as the ground is paved, the steel structure can be built as soon as the frame is built. Is it faster?

Pierce also understood Chen Zhiwen's request, and after dismissing the foreigner, he said: "The construction companies in the United States are like this. If you add more money, it may be faster. I used to rely on the newly built Costco storefront." I added money to speed up the construction progress. For the logistics center, I considered that it would take four months to order a few sets of equipment for the logistics center, so that’s it. Moreover, the logistics center is not in urgent need at the moment. Costco stores are still operating as normal."

"Okay, you can go according to your own plan. Anyway, time is the most important thing, and the money spent is secondary." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

It's a pity that manpower training still can't keep up with the expansion speed. Otherwise, the cost of large-scale expansion is actually not high when the suppliers are willing to pay for the goods first, but that's it, Costco's expansion speed is not inferior at all For Wal-Mart, which is expanding at a high speed, as long as ten years pass, I will hold a large American supermarket in my hands, and at the same time be the major shareholder of another supermarket.

Relying on the large number of daily necessities orders from Costco and Wal-Mart, Hong Kong's Galaxy Trading has become one of the largest trading companies in Asia.

Los Angeles, Hollywood Center:
A Cadillac luxury SUV stopped on the side of the road. Ron skillfully pulled up the handbrake and said to Chen Zhiwen, the co-pilot: "Mr. Chen, this is the center of Hollywood. Many well-known Hollywood companies have their headquarters here. nearby."

"There are so many handsome men and beautiful women here!" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, casually looking out of the window, row after row of beautiful scenery.

"Thousands of young people come here every year to seek their dreams. What is not lacking here is all kinds of appearance, but opportunities and capital. If Mr. Chen is interested, just invest in a small movie, and those blondes will Will come after them like bees!" said Ron.

"Yeah, but let's forget it, the water in Hollywood is too deep, I still don't participate." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

Making money in Hollywood is the most common routine in many online time travel novels of later generations. In the 70s, there were well-known high-grossing and low-investment movies such as "Jaws" and "ET Alien", which cost tens of millions of dollars. The investment, just the box office share is estimated to be 2-3 million US dollars, plus the follow-up peripherals, etc., it can completely equal the sum of the value of several companies that Chen Zhiwen has worked hard for several years!

But only if you can get it...

Even in Hong Kong's film industry, there are all kinds of shady, obviously popular movies, and the accounts are so that the investors can't make a penny, let alone Hollywood, which has the deepest water, and even Wall Street's investment is huge. The dude came to make a movie, and they were all screwed back to New York, let alone a Chinese.Even if opportunity + ability is combined to shoot classic movies, it will only be cheaper for others.

"Maybe after today, your mind will change." Ron said with a smile, as if he was very confident.

"Let's go, let's get down to business!" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, the two got out of the car, and a doorman came over, and Ron threw the key in his hand to him.In large hotels, there are usually employees who specialize in parking for customers. Customers enter directly from the hotel gate, and the car is driven to the garage by a special person, and the key will be returned later.

"We made an appointment on the 21st floor." Ron walked into the elevator with Chen Zhiwen and two bodyguards. Just as he was about to close the door, several black men rushed in. They looked like teenagers, but each held a With various musical instruments.

"Thank you!" The leader, a black man, was very polite, and then pressed down on the 13th floor.

There was a moment of silence in the elevator. After reaching the 13th floor, several black people left. Chen Zhiwen asked: "The one who spoke just now, I always think he looks familiar. If you have time, can you find out his name for me? "

"I didn't care about it just now, so I have to go down and find him." Ron was stunned for a while, no one would remember the information of a person who passed by for no reason. I just forgot all the appearances of the few people just now. A normal person would not be able to remember the appearance of a stranger he saw a few days ago like in a detective TV series.

"I just heard his friends call him Michael. They all took musical instruments. They should be in a band. You can check it out. If it's not the case, forget it." Chen Zhiwen continued.

Just now he felt that the black man at the head was very familiar, which made him very strange, because he had never had any contact with any black man in the past few years since he traveled back, until he heard several other people call him Michael, plus they have been He was tinkering with musical instruments when he suddenly woke up. It turned out to be the most famous singer in the future - Michael Jackson!
This can't be blamed on his poor memory, he was white in his impression, but now he is black, and younger, no one would have guessed it.

"Michael? Okay, I'll check back." Ron agreed.

The elevator quickly arrived at the 21st floor. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he welcomed a friend whom he had only met once but was already familiar with—Henry Morgan.

"Eric, it's a pleasure to meet you in Los Angeles." Henry Morgan said happily, shaking hands with a smile.

"Me too, Henry, you seem to have become younger." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Your arcade machines are selling so well, I'm so happy that I'm naturally younger." Henry Morgan laughed.

"This is just the beginning, the bigger surprise is yet to come!" Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

For people in the 70s who can only be entertained by movies and TV, suddenly encountering a game like Snake is naturally like a primitive person encountering a flashlight. The boss and merchants in various prosperous areas moved their minds to buy arcade machines.

In the end, continuous orders were transmitted to Hong Kong. Although the previous 1.5 units had not been fully produced, orders from the United States increased rapidly, and Henry Morgan placed another order of [-] units.

And Henry also learned that Chen Zhiwen was in Los Angeles, so he immediately invited him to come to his side.

"I'm looking forward to this day." Henry Morgan said with a smile, "Please come inside."

Chen Zhiwen and Henry Morgan came to the open-air balcony of the hotel suite, surrounded by glass, and with enough heating, it didn't feel like winter in December at all.

From the balcony, you can directly see the landmark of Los Angeles, the mountain with the "Hollywood" sign, the sign is above the top, there seems to be a few people, and above the sky, there is a helicopter flying around above.

"This is what happens every day at the Hollywood sign. There are always people who come to Hollywood and want to climb up the sign to take pictures to commemorate. I have been here for three days, and I can see this kind of person every day." Henry Morgan took a glass of red wine and handed it to Chen Zhiwen.

"American dream!" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Hollywood's sign is strictly forbidden for anyone to climb, but it can't stop a lot of people from going there. It is estimated that only after the 21st century, the development of electronic technology will be more able to stop it. These people are gone.

"Eric, have you ever thought about getting an American green card? It will be of great benefit to your business. Red Bull, Midea or Costco will be much more convenient." Henry Morgan said.

"No need." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, he didn't want to become a media tycoon in the United States, and he didn't want to control a certain technology field in the United States. With the green card in the United States, is he planning to pay more taxes to the United States?

"Okay, tell me when you need it, I have a way for you to get it quickly." Henry Morgan took a sip of red wine and said: "Eric, you entrusted me to help you dispose of some overseas assets, I asked me A friend went to check. She is a professional who specializes in handling various assets. She found a port company in the United States willing to take over the port you are in, but the other party is only willing to offer 1500 million US dollars. You only need to take the money. After the transaction is completed, it has nothing to do with you."

"1500 million US dollars? Negotiable." Chen Zhiwen calculated in his mind that it was almost 7000 million Hong Kong dollars. Although it was far from the hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars invested by Hutchison, the current situation can recover a little. Anyway, the loss of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars is He also acquired Hutchison at a low price because of the losses before Hutchison was acquired by him.

"Okay, I'll let her talk about it, but I know a little bit about the situation in that port. It may be difficult for you to improve a lot," Henry Morgan said.

"I know that, just try my best." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, after taking over Hutchison and changing its name to Hutchison, Hutchison's branch in Indonesia notified the Indonesian local government in the name of the new company, and spent a certain amount of time on the relationship. Only then did he stabilize the opponent, but it will definitely not work for a long time, and Chen Zhiwen has no plan to continue investing in Indonesia, he is just looking for an opportunity to sell the port.

I'm afraid I won't be able to drag it any longer, so I might as well sell it at a suitable price and let the next investor make real investment in the port. In fact, from a commercial point of view, this port project is still good. It's just that the price/performance ratio is too low for me who knows the future.

"You still have some assets such as farms, mines, hotels, and office buildings in South Africa and Australia. My friend has also researched them. Now she has given you two options, or hang on to her side, and wait until someone has Talk about interest, or she will take over your industries, but the price may only be 7% of the market." Henry Morgan continued.

"7%? Although these assets are not good, there is no major problem. Isn't 7% too ruthless?" Chen Zhiwen said with a frown.

Although Qi Dezun is arrogant and conceited, he is not an idiot when it comes to investment. In terms of overseas expansion, he basically focuses on stability and acquires normal business projects, such as sugar cane plantations, iron mines, Assets such as hotels, although the global oil crisis has caused a little bit of inefficiency in the past two years, they have basically not lost much. If Hutchison is not too heavily indebted, causing problems in the entire capital chain, the return on these investments is actually not bad. .

"That's how it is in their business. They earn the price difference. They take advantage of other people's eagerness to ask for money, and they also need to pay in advance. In fact, there are risks. You just have to think about whether it is worthwhile." Henry Morgan said with a smile.

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