People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

After Apple released its new product, although Su Cheng was in Hong Kong, he was very concerned about how popular this new product was in the market.

Through the information he collected and the feedback he received from Jobs, he was very satisfied that Apple could get such a response so quickly.

In this era, due to the weight factor, the sales volume of laptops cannot definitely be compared with that of desktop computers.

That is to say, for some niche languages, the target customers are not as large as those of desktop computers.

However, the niche also has its own advantages, that is, the users with demand are all rich people, and they will definitely have a great desire to buy computers that can be easily carried.

Although the Oracle computer has only been released for one year, it has greatly increased the popularity of computers during this year.

In order to improve work efficiency, many large companies have made computers an indispensable product in their offices.

After using computers, people have discovered the convenience they bring to work and how they greatly improve work efficiency, causing some companies, even those with less financial resources, to purchase computers as office supplies despite the pain.

At the same time, computer giants such as Oracle, IBM, and HP have cooperated with many schools to increase sales of their products, which has also made a great contribution to the popularity of computers.

Therefore, in just one short year, the world's computer penetration rate has far surpassed Su City's previous level in the same period.

The emergence of laptops and their unique features have already shown that they will not conflict with desktop computers.

Half a month after the press conference, Apple's exhibition machine was successfully introduced into Oracle brand experience stores, accepting cash reservations from everyone.

If we don't take more market share at this time, when similar competitive products from IBM and HP appear, the losses will be huge.

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-November.

Hutchison Plaza has achieved excellent results since its opening. Although it has not been able to maintain the same level of visitor flow as at the opening, it has still exceeded expectations.

For example, on weekdays, the flow of people is generally higher than 50,000, and occasionally even reaches 100,000.

On weekends, the number of visitors is stable at over 100,000.

After only one and a half months of official opening, Hutchison Plaza has already become one of the most popular places on the Kowloon Peninsula.

In Dashaling Village, with the assistance of Brother Wu, the real estate company successfully convinced all the villagers of Dashaling Village by offering a relocation price that was 10% higher than the market price.

Moreover, with the assistance and supervision of Brother Wu, the land was able to directly settle the demolition fees after signing the demolition contract with the villagers, thus entering the demolition stage.

As for the Jardine Matheson Group, Suzhou City itself has no intention of stopping its development and even looks forward to its better and better development.

After all, Su Cheng had already secretly become a major shareholder of the Jardine Matheson Group.

In the future, when the time is right, he will directly control Hutchison Whampoa and thereby indirectly control Jardine Matheson.

The timing is not urgent because he has to wait until the mutual control between Hutchison Whampoa and Jardine Matheson is successful before he can announce it.

Otherwise, it would be too early to alert the enemy and lose control of Jardine Matheson.

Now, the share price of Swire Properties is a bit high due to the influence of Hong Kong property market.

But it doesn’t matter, because Su Cheng knows that by 1982, Hong Kong will experience a brief real estate slump.

At that time, the stock prices of all listed real estate companies will be greatly affected.

Of course, he certainly couldn't wait until that time to buy so many stocks at one time. Doing so would only let people know that someone was making a move in the opposite direction.

Therefore, even though the current share price of Swire Properties is a bit high, he will still buy it.

After all, no matter how high the stock price is, compared to the land in more than ten years, this price is nothing! All the companies under its umbrella are thriving, so naturally Su Cheng doesn't need to worry too much.

So, he lived a very carefree life during this period of time.

On the afternoon of November 11, Su Cheng took Gillian to the Fanling Golf Course in the New Territories.

The ones playing ball with him were Shen Bi and Baochuan Wang.

Two days ago, the charter boat king invited Su Cheng to play golf at Fanling Golf Course in the New Territories if he was free today.

He happened to have nothing to do, so he readily agreed.

Although Su Cheng is the richest man in Hong Kong, he seldom plays this sport.

But he would not refuse to play this rich man's sport. Rich people usually have a lot of social activities, and playing golf can be a good opportunity to build connections and relationships with people of their equal status.

The most important thing is that you can discuss some top-secret business cooperation while playing golf on the golf course.

This has an advantage that cannot be matched in a box or office, and that is confidentiality.

In an empty golf course, there is no need to worry about anyone eavesdropping on their conversation or having any bugs.

At this time, the three of them were discussing what would happen after Harbour City was completed.

The major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa is China Shipping Group, and the second largest shareholder is Tianyuan Investment Company in Suzhou.

Huifeng Group is a shareholder of Global Shipping Group and also the largest creditor of Global Shipping Group.

Therefore, it can be said that Harbour City is related to Su Cheng, the charter king, and Shen Bi.

Today, the shipping business has been handed over to his son-in-law. Almost all of his energy is focused on Hutchison Whampoa, the most important project of which is the Harbour City project.

This shows how much importance the charter king attaches to Harbour City.

The success of Hutchison Plaza has also given charter kings full confidence in Harbour City.

Given Harbour City’s scale and geographical location, the profits it will gain after it is officially put into use will be incomparable to those of Hutchison Plaza in Kowloon Tong.

The two aren't even on the same track.

While the three were playing ball and chatting, the bodyguard in the distance held a mobile phone and shouted to Su Cheng: "Boss, there is a call."

"Sorry, I've got to go answer the phone first." Su Cheng said to the boat charterer Wang and Shen Bi, then walked towards the bodyguards.

The bodyguard took the golf club from Su Cheng's hand, while Su Cheng had already gone to the side to answer the phone.

"Hello, I'm Su Cheng."

"Boss, I'm Li Yihui. I have something important to report to you." Li Yihui breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it was his boss' voice.

What happened happened too suddenly, even Li Yihui, the president of Tianwen Petroleum Company, was unable to handle it.

"Well, you said it, I'm listening."

Hearing Li Yihui's tone, Su Cheng felt a little strange. Could something unexpected have happened?
"Boss, at about noon today, one of our 10-ton tankers was hijacked by pirates on the Arabian Sea, more than nautical miles south of Oman, when it was sailing out of the Gulf of Aden. We have lost contact with the tanker for four hours. Judging from past cases, the other party should demand a sky-high extortion fee from us. Up to now, we still have no idea what is happening on the ship." (End of this chapter)