Spring Thunder Chapter 0226 Acquisition of Times Square
Golden Gate Building, the property rights of this building are a bit complicated.
The building was built by the famous Golden Gate Construction Company. After Jardine Matheson acquired Golden Gate Construction in 1975, Golden Gate Building became Jardine Matheson's property.
In December 1978, Hong Kong Land purchased the property from Jardine Matheson for HK$715 million. By the end of 1979, Hong Kong Land wanted to raise funds to purchase more shares of Wharf Holdings, so it intended to sell the building "at a price higher than the purchase price a year ago". Chen Songqing immediately started negotiations with Hong Kong Land.
On July 11, 1980, the Carrian Group confirmed that it had paid the final installment of the purchase of the Golden Gate Building "as scheduled."
On July 15, the Carrian Group announced that it would transfer its 75% stake in the Golden Gate Building to Carrian Properties for a symbolic price of HK$1, and Carrian Properties would assume the equity and debt of the Golden Gate Building.
At that time, Jianing Real Estate said the group was interested in making a "long-term investment" in Golden Gate Building.
However, before their words were out, at the end of July, Jianing Properties suddenly announced that negotiations on the sale of Golden Gate Building had entered an "advanced stage" and the selling price was approximately HK$1.5 billion.
Stimulated by the news, the share price of Jianing Properties further rose sharply to HK$9.
On August 14, Carrian Properties announced that it had reached a preliminary agreement with the Panasonic Group, owned by brothers Lin Xiurong and Lin Xiufeng, sons of Hang Seng Bank founder Lin Bingyan, to sell its 75% stake in Golden Gate Building for HK$1.18 billion. The buyer has paid a deposit and the transaction will be completed on September 13.
However, the preliminary agreement was soon replaced by another statement that Jianing Real Estate and Zhong Zhengwen would sell the entire Golden Gate Building to Bai Ningshun for HK$1.68 billion, and the transaction would be completed before the end of October.
In other words, in less than a year, Carrie Lam and Chung Ching-man made a profit of nearly HK$700 million from the sale and purchase of the Golden Gate Building.
Nan Yi didn't care what tricks Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen were playing. He let Nian Lufu sell his shares of the former Mei Han Enterprise, now Jianing Real Estate, at the beginning of the year. He didn't make much profit, just a little less than 7 times, from 40 million Hong Kong dollars to 270 million.
By June, Jianing's decline had become apparent, and the defense level of the Repulse Bay Villa began to increase. Nan Yi tried to keep the two little girls from going out except for school.
On the seventh floor of the Golden Gate Building, Nan Yi rented an office of 2,600 square feet as the office space for the Fang Group.
Fang Group, the group where Fang Mengyin is the chairman, Nan Yi serves as the general manager and plays the role of a young master.
As a rich young man, he should naturally look like a rich young man.
Nan Yi's personal secretary Liang Yun was sitting opposite the big desk at this time, with her legs on the chair and applying red medicine on her knees. Nan Yi was holding a knife in the corner of the office, scraping a piece of agarwood.
Scrape the agarwood into an incense bowl, open the lid of the incense burner, tamp the incense ash in the incense burner, place the shaping mold in the incense burner, scoop agarwood powder into the blank space of the mold, tamp it, strike a special extra-long match, light the agarwood powder, and cover the lid of the incense burner.
Suddenly, a faint fragrance wafted through Nan Yi's office.
The fragrance washed away the previous corruption and made the air in the office fresh.
"You tore my stockings." After applying the red medicine, Liang Yun capped the bottle and put it away, then said to Nan Yi in a shy tone.
"Then take off the other one as well, and you can go to the mall and buy a new one this afternoon."
As Nan Yi spoke, he opened the drawer, took out a stack of money, and placed it in front of Liang Yun without counting.
In fact, there was no need to count. There were three stacks of money in the drawer, and the amount in each stack was different, but Nan Yi had prepared them in advance. This stack was taken from the middle, with a face value of 500 yuan, a total of 20 notes.
Nan Yi's personality determines that he is willing to spend money, but he has to know where every penny goes. It is impossible for him to do things like "not counting" and pretending to be rich.
Don't expect him to spend a penny more than he should.
"You won't go with me?"
"I'm busy. My grandma will be back soon. The company has no business right now and we haven't recruited all the employees yet. I have to hurry up and do my work, otherwise my grandma will definitely blame me."
"Okay, I'll go by myself then."
Liang Yun put the money on the table, stood up and was about to walk out, but as soon as she took the first step, she couldn't help but frown slightly, and rubbed her back subconsciously. She waited for a moment to calm down before walking out of Nan Yi's office.
How to hide your identity as a super rich person?
The best way is to make yourself a rich man, a rich man who everyone knows is weak and all show.
Fang Mengyin's identity cannot be hidden from anyone, so why not just reveal it openly to everyone? The Fang family in Shanghai has been prosperous for twenty or thirty years, and they have some assets overseas, and have hidden some gold and jewelry. Everyone can understand this.
A shrewd old lady paired with a poor man who suddenly became rich, this is very much in line with the imagination of the spectators.
A rich second generation who does not take drugs or have promiscuous sex is not a good rich second generation.
Originally, Nan Yi could hide in the wild in the mainland, but his movements will become more and more large-scale, and he will fly around the world. Hiding in the wild is no longer realistic, so he has to change his strategy and hide in the city.
Not many people would care about a second-generation rich man who is incompetent, doesn't date female celebrities, and rarely shows up. Even gossip magazines don't bother to deal with such people. Instead of using this kind of Chinese kung fu, it would be better to find a good angle and take an ambiguous photo of a celebrity.
Starting with a picture, all the content is made up, this is the basic skill of a paparazzi.
Press the intercom to let Ruan Zhiping in.
"Zhiping, what's the name of the beautiful lady at the front desk?"
"Xia Wenzhen."
"Is there a gambler in the family?"
"No, it's just that her eldest brother likes to buy horses, just for fun, and buys five or ten dollars each time; her parents are just ordinary citizens, there's nothing special about them."
"Well, if Fang's is the same as Sieve, it's too fake. The company wants to set up an Asia-Pacific sales department to sell red wine. You should first look for a human resources director, a woman, and let her set up the human resources department.
Once the HR team is established, we will start recruiting salespeople. They are no longer called salespeople, but…”
Nan Yi thought for a moment and said, "The image ambassador for promoting red wine culture is the right name. No educational background required, age 18 to 35, good looks and figure, outgoing. If you are good at talking, the appearance requirement can be relaxed a bit."
"Really?"
"Well, they are people who do things, not actors. Fang's must have a business that can make money. Put Donglaiwu Film and Television Investment Company under Fang's umbrella, and Fang will be in charge of running Lafeng."
"Understood."
Beep beep beep!
Nan Yi’s pager rang.
After pressing the button, three numbers "129" appeared on the screen.
1 represents the country's area code, 2 represents official business, and 9 represents urgency and requires Nan Yi to reply immediately.
Nan Yi stood up and walked outside, went downstairs, entered the parking lot, got into his car, picked up the phone and dialed a number.
Fang hasn't become a sieve yet, so it's okay to make phone calls in the office, but Nan Yi just wants to develop a habit of not making important calls in Fang's house to avoid any omissions in the future.
"Huiwen, what's the matter?"
"Cooper just called and said Times Square in New York is for sale and asked if you would like to buy it."
"Times Square is for sale, how is that possible?" Nan Yi was surprised for a moment, then immediately realized, "You mean Times Building is for sale?"
New York's Times Square, or Times Square, originally did not refer to a bustling Longacre Square area in Manhattan, New York, but the name of a building built on Longacre Square.
However, as time went by, the original Longacre Square was gradually called Times Square, and then became Times Square again, and the meaning of the name also changed. The original real Times Square was renamed Times Building.
"Yes, the original landlord wants to sell it."
"Got it. I'll call Cooper."
After Nan Yi hung up the phone, he quickly called Cooper again, "Cooper, the New York Times is going to sell the Times Building?"
"Yes, Boss, I have already consulted them. Their asking price is not too high, only 60 million US dollars. If we buy the Times Building and then announce it after the naming campaign is over, our Wonderful name will be known throughout the country and in the future the world."
That’s right, the naming campaign has not yet ended, but the name has actually been decided, and the one million dollars will return to Nan Yi after paying a small amount of tax.
Nan Yi's mind raced, recalling all his memories about the Times Building. Finally, he said into the microphone, "Sixty million is indeed not a lot. This is a good deal. Please check as soon as possible to see if the Times Building has any debts or property rights disputes. I will try to raise funds."
"OK, Boss, I'll report to you as soon as possible."
Buying the Times Building for US$60 million is a very profitable business. There is no need to rent the building to others for office use. You only need to rent the building and then beg for money from big companies.
You give me millions of dollars every year, and I let you put a dog-skin plaster on my building.
After deducting the building maintenance costs from the advertising fees, if the time span is extended to ten years, it can bring Nan Yi at least 150 million US dollars in net income. Even if the building is full of difficult tenants, even if the New York Times collects the rent for a hundred years, he will still make a profit.
Buy it, you must buy it!
After a burst of excitement, Nan Yi thought about the land issue. The land under the Times Building definitely did not belong to the New York Times. If he was not mistaken, it should belong to Trinity Church.
Trinity Church of New York is located at 79 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street. It is an ancient parish church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
The church was consecrated on May 1, 1846, the Feast of the Ascension of Christ. At the time, it was the tallest building in Lower Manhattan. Its towering neo-Gothic spire was decorated with a gilded cross and served as a welcoming beacon for ships entering New York Harbor.
Of course, these are not important. The most important thing is that Trinity Church is a big landlord in New York. It owns large tracts of land in Manhattan. The land under the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center all belong to them, and they have to pay money to the church every year.
If nothing unexpected happens, Nan Yi will have to pay them every year.
