By the time Zhao Yi finished arranging the battle, a week had passed.
However, the British Hong Kong government has not issued relevant details yet, which makes some melon-eating people confused. In fact, the British Hong Kong government released this news before to achieve certain purposes, and it was not really intended to do this.
But after waiting and waiting, there is no news at all from the mainland government. It seems that it is not interested at all. You can do whatever you like.
This kind of disregard by the mainland government has shattered the trace of pride that still existed in the empire on which the sun never set.
What is unbearable is that an order from the British mainland has arrived in Hong Kong. The theme is to be tough. The mainland government must show that it is definitely not a bluff.
Sure enough, on the third day after Zhao Yi was ready, the British Hong Kong government announced the details of the first batch of land auctions. The first batch of land auctions were located in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.
This area is the city center of Hong Kong. In fact, there is not much land left. The land area provided by the British Hong Kong government this time is only 10 hectares of land, which is 100,000 square meters.
In the past land auctions, it was considered a big deal, but Zhao Yi felt really disgusted when he saw it. After holding it in for so long, he had so little courage
In fact, we cannot blame the British Hong Kong government, because they do not have a lot of land in their hands. This is most of what they have selected after carefully sorting out the remaining land in their hands.
And the location is very good, located in the bustling area of Hong Kong, and the value is also very high.
After the news was announced, Hong Kong citizens and businessmen were a little calmer than before. After all, the land auction area this time was not very large.
Although it has a certain impact on the Hong Kong property market, the impact is still limited and will not cause the risk of the property market continuing to collapse.
Zhao Yi will not participate in the land auction on-site. He only needs to use a satellite phone to remotely control the land auction. The person who will be at the auction site is Qi Xiaming from the Hong Kong Housing Company.
This person is now considered a celebrity in the Hong Kong business community, because in the past few months, the acquisition speed of Hong Kong housing companies has been very fast, which has caused a sensation in the real estate circle.
Although it seems to Zhao Yi to be just average, it is indeed a remarkable achievement in the Hong Kong business community, and 10 billion yuan is quite a lot.
Qi Xiaming's current reputation is still very high. He is accompanied by 10 security personnel equipped by the Umbrella Security Company, of which 6 security personnel are temporarily added.
Because Qi Xiaming will be at the center of the vortex in the next period of time, his security level must be improved, otherwise something unexpected will not only affect this operation, but also have a negative psychological impact on his other subordinates.
All the big guys in the real estate industry who were present looked sideways when they saw Qi Xiaming's pomp. Now these big guys in Hong Kong have not realized the importance of their own safety. In line with the principle of frugality, they basically came here with their secretary. At most, there will be one more driver.
Although there are many triads in Hong Kong and countless gangs, they all abide by certain rules. These rich people are not too worried that these triads will cause trouble for them.
It's just that there are always some independent workers who do not follow the rules, otherwise the kidnapping of Mr. Li in 1996 would not have happened.
Before Qi Xiaming joined the Hong Kong Housing Company, he was just a real estate agent. Compared with these big shots, his status was very different, so there was no friendship at all.
In addition, the Hong Kong Housing Company has been snatching food from them in the past few months, and the relationship has become even more tense. If they had not clearly seen the details of the Hong Kong Housing Company, they would probably all have the idea of joining up to kill the Hong Kong Housing Company.
Security personnel were not allowed to enter the auction site, so Qi Xiaming just brought his secretary in, found a place with a small number of people to sit down, and waited for the auction to arrive.
According to the notice Qi Xia Ming received from his superiors, that is, Lin Hexia's notice, this time the Hong Kong Housing Company was planning to play the next big deal. Qi Xia Ming was in a daze after hearing part of the plan.
It is actually preparing to use the power of a company to fight against the entire British Hong Kong government. You must know that behind the British Hong Kong government is the British government. The former world power has never had such an idea for Hong Kong people born in Hong Kong.
But this is the fact. Now the accounts of Hong Kong housing companies have an extra US$10 billion in funds, which is real money.
Moreover, according to the plan, if the British Hong Kong government sells land in the future, it can borrow US$100 billion from HSBC. When he heard about this loan amount, he realized that this time things might not be that simple.
At the same time, he also had a more intuitive understanding of the strength of his parent company. Although his brother companies were not small in size, he did not know the specific situation.
The assets and financial reports of the brother companies will not be shown to him. When Lin Hexia held the annual meeting, he did not bring all the companies together for the meeting like Zhao Yi, but implemented a single meeting system.
Qi Xiaming picked up the atlas of the land auction in his hand and looked at it. The land auctioned this time was mainly distributed in the typhoon shelter and Tseung Kwan O.
However, there are very few land parcels in Kowloon and the center of Hong Kong Island. There are only four parcels of land, and only one is for residential use and the other three are for commercial use.
In fact, Qi Xiaming had already obtained this manual before it came. According to what his superior, Miss Lin, said: "If you can win it, take it decisively. Don't worry about funding, but you must prevent someone from deliberately raising the price. When the price is too high, you can Give up the bid."
Among the real estate developers present, there must be chess pieces arranged by the British Hong Kong government. There is no need to guess. Regardless of whether they are Chinese or British investors, they will not refuse certain requests from the British Hong Kong government.
Because after all, they have to beg for food from others, which is very different from the situation after returning.
The auctioneer wearing white gloves came on stage, and the land auction officially began. The first was, of course, the auction of land in Tseung Kwan O. This area was relatively remote, so it was perfect as a warm-up auction for this trade fair.
After several rounds of competition, the first piece of land was won by the Hong Kong Housing Company, and the price was higher than the current market price. It was precisely because of this that it was won by the Hong Kong Housing Company.
The next few plots of land were basically similar to the first plot of land, which made other real estate developers nod. They originally took advantage of this opportunity to acquire some land at a low price.
As a result, this Hong Kong housing company was like a fool, always raising the price higher than the market price, which made their plans fail.
All the leftover plots in front were photographed by the Hong Kong Housing Company, which gave the real estate developers present a new understanding of the ambitions of this newcomer to the Hong Kong real estate industry.
Next is the auction of a land parcel located in the core area of Kowloon. The competition this time is more intense. Firstly, it wants to undermine the confidence of Hong Kong housing companies. Secondly, the value of this place is indeed relatively high.
Although the auction is at a market premium now, they believe that as Hong Kong's property market picks up, they will always make money.
Qi Xiaming seemed to be at odds with them, raising the auction price of the first piece of land to the highest level in 1981 of more than 340,000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter.
This price, to be honest, is already the limit, and real estate businessmen like them don't have much confidence that Hong Kong's property market can rebound to this level in the short term.
But here's the weird thing. They still didn't give up the competition for this land and auctioned it at a price of HK$500,000 per square meter.
You must know that the area of this land is not small, reaching 20,000 square meters, and the total price has reached 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Although Qi Xiaming doesn't know the specific situation inside, there is no need to auction it at this price. In fact, when the price reached 300,000 Hong Kong dollars per square meter, he had already planned to give up.
However, I received a temporary call from Lin Hexia and asked them to continue filming.
So far, the price has reached HK$500,000 per square meter. Qi Xiaming was about to follow the photoshoot again, but suddenly he got a call. Lin Hexia asked him not to follow the photoshoot.
As a result, Qi Xiaming immediately caused a stir among real estate developers after he gave up following the auction. You must know that they originally wanted to drain the Hong Kong Housing Company's capital flow so that they could successfully auction the land behind them.
In order to achieve this goal, several forces finally united once, but in the end they just hit themselves in the foot.
What's even more terrible is that at this time, HSBC suddenly announced its new loan policy, saying that in view of the downturn in Hong Kong's property market in recent years, which has resulted in large-scale non-performing assets, it is preparing to raise the standards for housing loans for real estate companies and individuals. , interest rates were also raised by one percentage point.
Of course, the real estate bosses present learned the news immediately. This was because the house leaked and it rained all night. Several forces had already suffered losses just now.
And this news is undoubtedly adding insult to injury, because most of the funds for those involved in real estate come from banks. If the banks don't lend, they will stop working completely.
Of course, you can also borrow money from other banks, but other banks are either small in scale or have adopted conservative operating strategies due to the Hong Kong financial crisis, making it difficult for them to lend large amounts of funds.
This is not the most fatal thing. As the news of HSBC spreads, will other financial institutions follow suit? You must know that HSBC is the anchor in Hong Kong, and this anchor has become so conservative that other financial institutions have become more pessimistic about the future.
The real estate company, which had good assets before, also became worried because of this news, and could not wait to rush to HSBC Bank immediately to inquire about the specific situation.
Most of their bargain hunting funds also come from banks. How can normal businessmen always have so much cash on hand.
Now that financial policies are tightening, it will be more difficult for them to raise working capital. If they cannot turn around, it will not only affect their main business, but also may even lead to bankruptcy.
Even if the turnover is over, the increase in interest rates will also increase the debt burden. Such continuous bloodletting will have serious consequences if the Hong Kong property market cannot rise in the short term.
Before, many of them bet that the mainland government would not turn a blind eye to Hong Kong, and that the negotiations between the two sides would be concluded as soon as possible.
As long as the results of the negotiations come out, the property market will definitely rise. However, this time the mainland government's attitude towards the British Hong Kong government is unpredictable, bringing greater uncertainty to the future. (End of chapter)