Hong Kong: Starting with 10 billion

Chapter 189 The domineering attitude of the building king!
"It depends on the richest man to make his move. It's very sharp, too sharp!"

The reporter who had just praised Fang Hexuan to his colleagues couldn't help but exaggerate again.

He is a fan of Fang Hexuan and has always been paying attention to various news about the richest man.

Now, he has already thought about how to write an article about the land battle filled with smoke and blood!

The protagonist must be Fang Hexuan, and this reporter has no choice but to choose!
When Fang Hexuan called out 49 billion, not only was the auctioneer stunned for a few seconds, even Jardine Matheson was a little unbelievable!

This price completely exceeded all the analysis conducted at the company before coming here.

"Are you crazy? You can buy any other piece of land for 49 billion. Why do you have to compete with us?"

This is the truest thought in the heart of the person who bid for Hutchison Whampoa at this moment.

The Hong Kong government officials behind the scenes were also a little confused. They originally thought that Mr. Fang had withdrawn from the bidding and were a little disappointed at first, but they never thought that something was waiting for them here!
In fact, if we really talk about closeness, the Hong Kong government would definitely prefer the Swire Properties Group to win this piece of land.

But if someone is willing to offer a higher price, no one can resist money!
After the auctioneer reacted, he started shouting, "Anyone else want to bid? 49 billion once, 49 billion twice,,,,,,"

".49 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

Swire Properties still didn’t want to give up, and gritted its teeth and added another HK$3000 million!
Fang Hexuan still had an indifferent expression: "50 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

After calling out the price, he stood up, turned back and smiled at Cucumber:

"Mr. Li, we are all Chinese. You can raise the price again. As long as you raise the price, I will give it to you!"

After saying that, he looked at Guo Desheng and Li Zhaoji again!

The three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

They knew that Mr. Fang was mocking them.

Fang Hexuan indeed thought so. Originally, he did not take other real estate companies seriously. He only had one rival in his mind, and that was the Jardine Matheson Group!
Originally, if he had bid against Swire Properties, he would have been confident of getting the land for around HK$49 billion, but he didn't expect a Cheng Yaojin to pop up halfway!

After the three of them got involved, it is now a question whether the 55 billion can be obtained!
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't angry, that's why I deliberately said something to Li Huanggua!

Several people from Jardine Matheson who came to the scene gathered together to discuss for a while, and then seemed to have reached a consensus!
"50 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

The voices at the scene rang out again, and everyone thought that Swire was determined to take over this piece of land.

Fang Hexuan certainly knew that Zhidi’s determination was very strong, but it was definitely not as firm as his own!

As a reborn person with a God's perspective, he believes that even if he bids 60 billion or even 80 billion Hong Kong dollars to acquire this piece of land, it will still be a big profit in the long run.

Once he owns this piece of land, Fang Hexuan will build a building complex on it that is far more magnificent than the "Trading Square" in history.

If you claim to be the king of buildings in Hong Kong, but don’t have some iconic buildings, do you have the nerve to call yourself the “King of Buildings”?

"51 billion!" The Swire Properties Group bid again!
Fang Hexuan responded without hesitation: "52 billion!"

The people from the property company started discussing among themselves again, and Fang Hexuan signaled to the auctioneer not to rush to bring down the hammer.

This made the other onlookers at the scene applaud and cheer for the richest man's calmness and magnanimity!
As if determined, Landmark called out a new price: "53 billion Hong Kong dollars!" Fang Hexuan did not bid immediately this time, but turned sideways to the Landmark people behind him and said, "I am the boss of Wanda, I can always make my own decisions, but the current price is probably beyond your authority. So, no matter what price you bid, I will always add million. How about that?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hundreds of people at the auction site burst into warm applause again.

There were a few foreigners in the group from Jardine Matheson. After listening to their colleague's translation, their faces looked a little unhappy. When they heard others giving faults to the opponent, their expressions became even more distorted.

The foreigners really wanted to bid a very high price to defeat Fang Hexuan, but they just didn't have the courage to do so. What if Fang Hexuan didn't follow?

"Mr. Fang has offered 54 billion. Is there anyone who wants to raise the price? Is there anyone who wants to raise the price?"

The auctioneer said this to Zhizhi. After asking twice and still getting no response, he finally had a clue in his mind!

"54 billion once. 54 billion twice. 54 billion three times. Deal. Congratulations to Mr. Fang and Wanda for winning the title of the highest land price in Connaught Road Central. Congratulations!"

As the auction hammer fell heavily, the Central Land King Auction finally came to an end!

Although the process was very exciting, the ending was not too surprising. After all, everyone had guessed before coming here that either Wanda or Swire would take over the land!

HK$54 billion is far less than last year's expectations, but after removing the water, this price is still a sky-high price.

The Hong Kong government was very satisfied with the result. After all, it was almost twice the starting price. What else was there to be dissatisfied about?

Although Fang Hexuan spent an extra 600 to 700 million Hong Kong dollars, he was in a good mood because he finally got the land he had always coveted.

Other spectators, in addition to enjoying a thrilling bidding game, also gained a new understanding of the wealth of the richest man!
It seems that, except for Jardine Matheson, no one is a loser!
Landmark was indeed disappointed as this was their last proactive move in Hong Kong.

As the negotiations between the two countries approached, Hong Kong Land and its parent company, Jardine Matheson Group, became concerned about the future of Hong Kong.

It is said that Jardine Matheson is considering a relocation plan, intending to transfer most of its industries in the Far East to North America and Europe.

Swire Properties originally planned to build the land into a "Trading Plaza" after acquiring it.

In this way, Jardine Matheson Group has completed the last piece of the real estate puzzle in Central, Hong Kong!
There is no need to make additional investments in the future, just collect rent comfortably.

But I didn’t expect that plans could not keep up with changes!

This is also why, when Swire Properties became frustrated and sold many of its prime properties in Hong Kong to real estate giants such as Cheung Kong Holdings, even Liu Luanxiong's Chinese Estates Holdings got a piece of the pie!

All I can say is that when Jardine Matheson falls, everyone suffers!

In this time and space, Fang Hexuan hopes to stop Jardine Matheson from acquiring the "Trading Square" land, and at the same time, he also wants to take the biggest and most delicious piece of cake from them!
However, now that he has offended Jardine Matheson too much, Fang Hexuan doesn’t know whether Jardine Matheson will be willing to carry out subsequent cooperation with him!
"Hey! Let's just take it one step at a time!"

Fang Hexuan could only think so in his heart.

This time, Fang Hexuan spent 54 billion to acquire the land king, and he used all the cash he had in HSBC.

Then, he would use the land to mortgage to HSBC, with part of the funds used for construction costs and part used to acquire prime land and properties during the real estate crisis!
The more severe the economic crisis is, the more flexible you should be in using the funds you have!
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