I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

  Chapter 455 [Set off a boom in the reconstruction of commercial buildings in the Central District 1] (3000 words!)

  One day in August, Wu Guangyao took Fu Hongru, Shi Jun, Li Xing, Xiu Yanbing, Chen Cheng, Sun Lin and many other executives to inspect the land of the “Land King” in the central district that was just photographed.

  The executives of the Yangtze River department were surprised. The boss inspected the land and called Fu Hongru, the president of Baiyou Group, but everyone would not ask it out;

  Everyone is familiar with each other and occasionally talks a few words behind the boss.

  Wu Guangyao stood on the land of the "Land King" in the Central District and observed for a while, beckoning an assistant to give him paper and pen;

In the original history, Land Land built a 52-storey Kangle Building (now Jardine House) on this land. Land Land was built at a record-breaking speed, and it took only one and a half years to cover the roof; Kangle Building cost 140 million. In Hong Kong dollars, the auction land cost 260 million Hong Kong dollars, so together with the land, a total of 400 million Hong Kong dollars was invested. Leisure Building provides office buildings and shopping malls with a total lease area of ​​700,000 square feet, which was also the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia at the time, and it was the highest building in Victoria. port.

  In fact, the appearance of the original historical Kangle Building is ugly!

  Since Wu Guangyao has obtained this piece of land, it is absolutely impossible to rebuild such an ugly building;

  After all, I am a person who pursues beautiful buildings, and I am not in a hurry for speed. What I need is quality, beauty, luxury, and domineering.

I saw Wu Guangyao drew a simple graphic on the paper. It turned out that Wu Guangyao was not designing the building, but was planning to connect his own Central District Building (including a good location for future auctions) to form a Central District. The'Natural Heart' has set off an upsurge in the reconstruction of commercial buildings in the Central District.

Wu Guangyao said to a group of executives: "Look, I plan to build a 55-storey building on this land, called the Cheung Kong Building; after completion, the Cheung Kong Building and the Universal Building are like two door gods, guarding them. The prosperous Central District."

  When everyone heard the boss’s bold words and lofty ambitions, they naturally agreed;

"This reclaimed land was originally the location with the best geographical conditions in the central area of ​​the island, and the boss’s two buildings are the only two high-rise buildings in this reclaimed land. Naturally, there is a kind of domineering view of the Victoria Port. Imposing." Chen Cheng, head of Hong Kong Island First Construction, sighed.

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "Then you can build this building for me to be more beautiful and vigorous, and use glass curtain walls as much as possible! Moreover, this time I have another request, that is, the bottom five floors of the building. , To be used for shopping mall rental, then it can be leased to high-end department stores, brand stores, and specialty stores"

  Wu Guangyao’s words were quickly recorded and will be handed over to a group of executives to form a draft later.

  Chen Cheng of Hong Kong Island First Construction, Sun Lin of Changjiang Design Institute, the two quickly answered Wu Guangyao.

  Wu Guangyao looks at the middle section of Cheung Kong Building (under planning) and Global Building, where is the terminus of China Bus and Minibus (parking lot and administrative office);

  The minibus was in the June 7th Incident. Because people planted bombs everywhere, the minibus had to close some lines;

Therefore, some nine-seater or fourteen-seat minibuses came out to pick up guests. After calmness was restored, the Hong Kong government gave these vehicles legal procedures; there was some impact on CMB, but overall it was not big, so Wu Guangyao also supported this. Kind of measures to benefit the people.

  Although this lot is the terminus of CMB and minibuses, the land is owned by the Hong Kong government, and it is cheaply rented to CMB and minibuses!

  Wu Guangyao pointed to the land of the CMB terminal and said: "This land is enough to build three commercial buildings. If the Hong Kong government auctions in the future, I will go all out and never let anyone insert a knife into my heart."

What Wu Guangyao refers to (the bus terminal) is the future Exchange Square Phase I, II and III, which will be auctioned off by the Hong Kong government in the 1980s. The winning bid is HK$4.8 billion (Landland won the bid); if it weren’t for the Sino-British negotiations Some people estimate that this piece of land will be auctioned for 7 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Shi Jun looked at the terminus of the CMB and minibus and said with a sigh: "This land is the'land king' of the land kings. Even if the land is auctioned off, the bus platform will still be there. It can be said to be very popular. But as long as When the Hong Kong government put it out for auction, no one has ever competed with the boss."

  Wu Guangyao looked towards the side of Victoria, and the pride in his heart spontaneously!

  But something soon came to mind, not right!

  At this time, the Global Building, Cheung Kong Building, and the bus terminal are all coastal areas. Then why are there financial centers and Four Seasons Hotel directly in front of and on the side of these buildings in the future?

  Fill the sea!

  What Wu Guangyao thought of, it must be that the Hong Kong government reclaimed some distance in the 1990s.

  No wonder, the situation Wu Guangyao saw in his previous life was different from the situation at this time!

  In this case, Wu Guangyao may also have to participate in the construction rights of the newly reclaimed land in the 1990s;

   Not to mention eating alone, at least it has to be a pit.

   Retracted his gaze, today's first barrier in the central area (reclamation area) is considered to be completed, and it is time to go to the second barrier;

  North of Connaught Road is the first barrier in Central District (reclamation area), so the south of Connaught Road is naturally the second barrier in Central District.

   "Let’s walk today and appreciate the charm of the Central District, how about?" Wu Guangyao said with a smile.

   "Naturally is excellent!" "Just to exercise!".

  A kind of executives smiled and agreed, and then followed Wu Guangyao;

  At this moment, everyone still wonders why the boss is so interested today?

  From the Cheung Kong Building site, from north to south across Connaught Road, you will see Chater Building (Landmark) and Cultural Oriental Hotel Building (Jane Wo).

Looking at the two Jardine buildings (Chater and Wenhua), Wu Guangyao said: "Our Cheung Kong Building is a dagger that penetrates into the heart of Jardine. It makes them want to form a large area here into the Kingdom of Jardine. The idea seems to be empty."

  Hearing Wu Guangyao say this, everyone finally understands what the boss did to bring everyone here today?

  Land Corporation is indeed terrifying. There are too many buildings in this area. If you only talk about the four central barrier areas of Connaught Road, Chater Road, Des Voeux Road, and Queen’s Road, the strength of LANDMARK is still ahead of Wu Guangyao;

  If you talk about the entire Central, Wu Guangyao's strength is more than that of Land and Jardine.

   Come to the second road-Chater Street (the first road is Connaught Road), and you will see the two buildings of Hongkong Land, Alexandra Building (old) and Prince Building (old);

Wu Guangyao's mood instantly deteriorated. It is no wonder that the future generations of Land Land built all these places into new buildings, and then the Hong Kong Government plans to build skywalks between these buildings to connect the buildings of Land Land. This area has become Land’s Kingdom.

If Wu Guangyao did not take away the land of Cheung Kong Building, and if he would take away Phase I, II and III of Exchange Square in the future, then Land Land already has 8 buildings that can be connected together (there are buildings behind), and the footbridges in these places can be said to be citizens. The only way to go, then isn't the value of shops in these places skyrocketing? I'm afraid Land Land is richer than the richest people on Hong Kong Island in rent collection.

   Seeing Wu Guangyao's face calm and frowning, Fu Hongru said: "The next road-Des Voeux Road, we have inserted a sharp knife in Jardine Land again!"

  The senior executives of the Yangtze River Department said in unison: "Lian Crawford Commercial Building!"

  Fu Hongru said: "Yes! It's Lane Crawford Building!"

  Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "Go, let's go and see our Lane Crawford Commercial Building!"

A crowd of people came to Des Voeux Road, the third core of the Central District with great interest. Wu Guangyao looked at Lane Crawford Commercial Building (the old commercial building) and the Gloucester Tower next to it (the Land Tower in later generations), and suddenly remembered something. matter;

Wu Guangyao pointed to the old Jardine House on the west side of Lane Crawford (west of Pedder Street), and said, “If we did not acquire Lane Crawford, then the Land Company could use the Jardine House and Lane Crawford. Exchange this Lane Crawford commercial building; by then, the Land Company will have six buildings (excluding reclaimed land) that can be connected together, and these places will be built into modern buildings, and then the Hong Kong government will be persuaded to erect a skywalk. This is one Jardine Kingdom."

  Everyone was taken aback, and soon thought of the mystery, and sighed in their hearts that Land Land is worthy of being the old "Land King" in Central District.

   Wu Guangyao continued: “So we need to rebuild Lane Crawford Commercial Building! How many square feet is this land?”

  Fu Hongru said unsurely: "It seems to be 70,000 square feet!"

  Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "It is 76,000 square feet. I have done my homework beforehand, so I know it in detail!"

Li Xing thought for a while and said, "We used 50,000 square feet to build a building, and then 26,000 square feet to build a five-story square, forming a square hollow building; The entire five-story plaza is used for leases of boutiques and restaurants with different styles; the center of the plaza can hold various performances-fashion, music, exhibitions, etc., and there can also be coffee galleries and cafes around it , Covered with light-permeable glass fiber on the top."

  Wu Guangyao heard it loudly and praised it loudly: "Look, this is the strength of the old architects and Zeshi. This will be a high-end shopping and casino in the central district."

  Everyone also sighed for Li Xing's strength, and they all admired each other.

  Li Xing said modestly: “I have been in this business for more than 20 years, and I have studied with the boss for 20 years. If you don’t grow up, you won’t deserve that high salary!”

  Wu Guangyao said to Sun Lin, the dean of the Yangtze River Design Institute: “I will plan and design as President Li just said later, and hand over the drawings to me for approval!”

  Sun Lin quickly said: "Yes, boss!"

  The Lane Crawford Building at this time is the Gloucester Building and the Landmark in the 1980s. It was obtained through exchange;

  In this life, Lane Crawford was acquired by Wu Guangyao (in the previous life it was acquired by Wheelock), then Wu Guangyao would definitely not exchange it, so he invested in a small shopping mall in Central and grabbed the land’s fortune.

  Then Land will rebuild in the future, it is certainly impossible to create another square, because the Gloucester Tower next to it is only about 60,000 square feet, which is only enough to build a building (Land Plaza).

  (End of this chapter)