Compared with the big moves made by the Hong Kong housing company, the Macau housing company's moves are not small, and because their international status is not as good as Hong Kong's, they must make more noise than the Hong Kong housing company.
Since Macau is not a big place and has a small population, the housing problem is not that urgent yet. The Macau Housing Corporation has only carried out the construction of some residential housing sporadically.
They put more energy into the development of commercial real estate. Macau is positioned as a tourist city, so it needs to spend more thought on the construction of hotels and entertainment facilities.
If you want people to come to Macau to travel, you must have an attractive place, and Macau itself has few resources. If you want people to come to travel, it is difficult to achieve the effect by relying on the gaming industry alone.
The reason why Macau developed very well in the previous life is because the mainland economy has continued to develop, the total volume has increased, and a large number of wealthy people have been born. The tourism consumption of these people in Macau has driven the development of Macau's economy.
However, although the mainland's economy is developing well, the general income of the people has not yet reached the level of traveling. In addition, Macau has not officially returned to China, which greatly reduces the convenience of attracting mainland tourists.
Therefore, if Macau wants to develop in the short term, it must attract the world's middle-class and above population to travel, so that it can drive Macau's economy to achieve leapfrog development.
So how can we attract the attention of the world? This reminded Zhao Yi of the development process of Dubai in his previous life, which was to create global topics and attract the attention of the world.
Then what could be more attractive to others and cause people to surge in adrenaline hormone secretion than the behavior of a local tycoon? So according to Zhao Yi's instructions, the Macau Housing Company started its own journey to become a local tycoon.
Macau is currently building the world's tallest skyscraper, with a total height of 888 meters. Not only in this era, but also in previous lives, this height could still rank first in the world.
And it not only needs to be so tall, but also very beautiful, so that people’s eyes will light up when they see it, and they can be recognized immediately. It must be highly recognizable.
In this process, of course, Zhao Yi did not do the design work, although he had the ability. Instead, he invited all the famous architectural design companies in the world to participate in the bidding.
The purpose is to make this matter known to the whole world. In this process, ATV has done a good job as a publicist and publicized this matter well in the world.
The result is obvious. In the past, many people did not know which corner Macau was located in. However, after this incident, more than half of the people in the world knew that Macau existed, and they were also very rich.
It's just that at that time, Zhao Yi's architectural design company had not yet been established, otherwise it would have to participate in the design bidding. Now that the plan for the Macau Tower has been determined, Zhao Yi did not pay special attention to the specific work, and just let the people below make their own decisions.
As long as he can achieve his goal, according to Lin Hexia's report, the Macau Tower is currently under construction. According to the plan, it will not be completed until the end of next year, with a total cost of 3 billion yuan.
In other words, the entire construction process takes about 2 years, which is not long. For example, the Burj Khalifa in the previous life took 5 years to build, and the entire time was shortened by more than half.
Of course, the US$1.5 billion spent on the Burj Khalifa in its previous life is different from its current value of US$1.5 billion. That is to say, when the construction of the Macau Tower is completed, a large number of tourist landscapes and buildings will be built around the Macau Tower.
Just having the tallest building in the world cannot turn Macau into the number one tourist city, so related work needs to be carried out around entertainment, shopping and other aspects.
The largest entertainment industry in Macau is the gaming industry, and it is relatively difficult to enter this industry. Currently, there is only one company operating the gaming industry in Macau.
There is no problem for umbrella holding companies to come in, but there is no problem if they want to take the initiative.
Boss He is not a fuel-efficient person. It is still difficult to decentralize power from him, otherwise Mr. Huo will not have trouble when cooperating with him.
But compared to ordinary businessmen, umbrella holding companies do have a huge advantage, that is, capital, capital enough to allow the Macau government to change its policies.
Therefore, if the Umbrella Holdings does not accept their investment and takes a certain degree of dominance, the Umbrella Holdings will apply for another gaming license from the Macau government.
This sentence is not a threat. If Boss He really doesn't agree, Umbrella Holdings will really do it. Considering the overall urban development situation, the Macau government will definitely not refuse their request.
You know, the Macau Housing Company has just made a big news in the world. It built the world's tallest building, which made Macau well exposed in front of the world, and its popularity has skyrocketed.
It was during this period that the number of tourists in Macau experienced a surge. This is the effect brought by the Macau Housing Company. This is just the beginning. The future umbrella holding company will bring greater surprises to Macau.
Not to mention a gaming license, even N licenses have no problem. The Macau government has already tasted the sweetness and plans to continue to develop Macau's tourism industry and make it bigger and stronger with the umbrella holding company's thigh.
In addition, the exclusive rights signed between him and the Macau government are about to expire. At this point in time, the umbrella holding company can completely leave him alone and do it on its own, or even sign a longer-term exclusive rights with the Macau government.
In the end, Boss He gave in and accepted the Umbrella Holding Company's shareholding. Of course, he would still hold the positions of chairman and general manager. After all, he was very familiar with this industry and was a rare talent.
Moreover, the umbrella holding company does not have many employees, but its subsidiaries have a lot of industries, which are simply impossible to manage. It is impossible to manage and operate them personally. In the end, each major subsidiary operates independently.
However, when necessary, the subsidiaries below must follow the instructions of the umbrella holding company. This is an iron rule that cannot be violated.
Since Boss He is willing to accept shares, things will be easy to handle. Umbrella Holdings will build Macau's gaming industry into a gaming center with world influence based on its own development plan.
Naturally, the funds invested in this will not be less, so according to the capital required for this plan, the investment directly occupied 90% of the shares of Boss He's gaming company, and he and other shareholders directly became minority shareholders.
Fortunately, the company is still under his management. The umbrella holding company promises not to easily interfere with the company's normal operations. Only under special circumstances, the company's cooperation is required, and this special situation is likely to never happen in a lifetime.
In addition to carefully building the gaming industry in Macau, the other is the shopping paradise. In this work, Umbrella Holdings and Commercial Trading Company have cooperated to build a number of luxury shopping malls in Hong Kong.
Since the Macau Jockey Club is incomparable to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Zhao Yi simply changed the Macau Jockey Club into a racing venue similar to F1, where major speed and extreme competitions are held regularly, such as F1, motorcycle Competition etc.
In addition to land projects, Umbrella Holdings also plans to build maritime entertainment projects in Macau, such as maritime yacht parties, beach renovations, etc., which are all a decadent capitalist life.
But people all over the world like this, so the Umbrella Holding Company implements everything according to what others think, and if conditions permit, so that rich people don't want to leave once they come here.
Not only that, HSBC will also improve the status of its Macau branch and provide more considerate financial services to high-rollers from all over the world who come to spend a lot of money, so that they can have fun more stylishly.
There will also be a series of related buildings and arrangements such as song and dance performances, art exhibitions, commercial halls, etc. In this way, Macau will not only be a place of revelry, but also have a cultural atmosphere, adding even more excitement to Macau's tourism industry.
According to Lin Hexia's report, these works are being carried out in an orderly manner. It will take 1990 for all construction to be completed. Although it will take a long time, if all is really completed, Macao will enter the ranks of developed regions in one fell swoop.
By then, as the largest landowner and investor in Macau, he will definitely be able to obtain very generous returns, and will also completely control the economic lifeline of Macau.
This is because Macau is small, has a small population, and the economy is not very good, so it can allow the umbrella holding company to do whatever it wants. But in Hong Kong, it is not so easy, and it is more difficult to do so freely.
Although Zhao Yiyi positions Hong Kong as a financial center, trade center, shipping center, service center and cultural center, he does not follow through on his words, so he will not deliberately do it.
"Let's continue talking about other industries in Hong Kong." Zhao Yi said.
"Now Hong Kong Telecom has basically completed the layout of mobile communication networks in Southeast Asia and other countries, and is now focusing on countries such as Japan, South Korea and the Middle East.
Especially in countries such as the Middle East, since there is no major conflict of interest, cooperation in the construction of mobile communication networks is progressing relatively quickly, and formal contracts will be signed soon.
As for Japan and South Korea, due to the involvement of interests, Eagle Sauce also has great influence in these two countries, and they are still in difficult negotiations. Lin Hexia said.
Western countries mainly have oil interests in the Middle East, and there is little resistance to Hong Kong telecommunications companies entering these countries to operate mobile communication networks.
Of course, it is impossible to operate alone. Hong Kong communication companies mainly focus on cooperation, establishing joint ventures with local companies to jointly build mobile communication networks.
Now Zhao Yiyi is no longer pursuing a controlling stake. The instructions given to Hong Kong Telecom are to negotiate as much as possible. As long as the negotiations can be achieved, he does not want to drag it out any longer. There is no need.
With this instruction, Hong Kong Telecommunications Company will have a much easier time handling it. When negotiating with local companies and the government, it took the initiative to reduce its shareholding to less than 50%, and promised that it would not interfere with the joint venture as long as it did not harm their interests. operations.
Perhaps because they made such big concessions, the governments of these countries no longer obstructed the entry of Hong Kong telecommunications companies, and negotiations with local companies went much smoother.
However, Lin Hexia mentioned an interesting thing, that is, the ongoing discussion of the "Iridium Project" within Motorola.
After hearing the news, Zhao Yi suddenly said something, that is, it is struggling to death. Now in the 2G era, Hengtong Communications Company has blocked all technical directions, leaving Motorola with nothing to do.
Not to mention Motorola, communication companies all over the world are now actively researching. As a result, after such a long time, the results can be said to be lackluster. They are just scraps of patented technology and cannot change the overall situation at all.
The "Iridium Project" is the means that Motorola is preparing to use to break the situation. Although this plan is still in the discussion stage and has not been officially announced, Hong Kong Telecom Company still obtained the news from other channels.
This news made Hong Kong Telecommunications Company very nervous. If the "Iridium Project" is really implemented successfully, then the ground base station they are currently building will be difficult to handle, so He Pinyun reported the news to Lin Hexia immediately.
After Lin Hexia received the news, she took it seriously, but it didn't make her panic. The main reason was that the plan would not be completed for a while, and there would be no change in the current situation.
In addition, she has a blind admiration for Zhao Yi's technology. She feels that even if Motorola's "Iridium Project" is implemented first, Zhao Yi will catch up later and will never let Motorola be the best company.
In the previous life, the "Iridium Project" was launched by Motorola in 1987. The current "Iridium Project" is one year earlier than in the previous life.
But it is not easy to carry out the "Iridium Project". It requires overcoming a series of technical problems such as interstellar links, rather than simply launching a few satellites.
The previous "Iridium Project" lasted 11 years from 1987 to 1998 when it was officially put into use. During this period, the main research work was to solve the problem of interstellar links.
For them, launching is not a problem. There are only 66 satellites in total. The launch work can be completed within one year, and it does not need to take 11 years.
In other words, they did not have relevant technology at this time. They announced the plan first and then invested money in research and development, so that they would not pose any threat to Zhao Yi.
Moreover, Motorola's "Iridium Project" in the previous life failed. Not to mention the "Iridium Project", even other constellation projects that followed the trend ended in failure.
For example, "Globalstar" launched by Laura and Qualcomm in 1991, "Orbital Communications" founded in 1993, and "Aerial Internet" invested by Bill Gates and the Saudi prince in 1994 to launch 840 satellites.
These plans attracted tens of billions of dollars in global investment at the time. It can be said that the entire aerospace industry chain from satellite manufacturing to rocket launch was completely activated, and orders were expected to increase significantly.
As a result, in March 1999, the “Iridium Project”, which lasted 12 years and cost 5 billion US dollars, declared bankruptcy 15 months after its launch due to insufficient users and unable to make ends meet, and commercial services were also terminated.
Although Yingjiang's aerospace industry is very strong, it does not mean that launching satellites will be very cheap. Whether it is rocket launch or satellite manufacturing, the cost is very expensive, not to mention that a lot of money must be invested in the research and development of new technologies.
In fact, the mobile communication network built by Hong Kong Telecom Company has significantly reduced communication costs. The high-cost and high-investment satellite solution is not very competitive.
It stands to reason that such a stupid plan should not have been proposed by Motorola, because they should understand that communication costs are too high and it is impossible to compete with submarine optical fiber and terrestrial cellular base stations. It can be said that they will be "struck by dimensionality reduction" .
In the end, they still came up with such a plan. Do they think that many people will pay for their high costs? Zhao Yi was skeptical about this.
After the Iridium satellite came online in the previous life, it cost 25,000 yuan to configure the simplest Iridium satellite phone. The domestic cost was as high as 9.8 yuan/minute, the international call fee was as high as 27.4 yuan/minute, and a basic call fee of 250 yuan was paid every month.
As long as you are not a fool, you will not purchase such an expensive service, and not many people can afford such an expensive service.
More importantly, compared with terrestrial communication networks composed of optical fiber and cellular base stations, satellite mobile communications have worse indoor call quality and longer delays, and have no technical advantages at all.
Of course, now that Zhao Yi has accelerated the development of the world's semiconductors, Motorola's "Iridium Project" may not need to spend so much money, and future communication costs will drop slightly.
But it is still impossible to be cheaper than terrestrial communication base stations. More importantly, with the current satellite communication technology, there is no competitiveness in terms of call quality and delay.
Unless Zhao Yi provides technology to Motorola, this is impossible, which means that the "Iridium Project" will still be doomed to fail.
Now Lin Hexia is waiting for Zhao Yi's decision on whether to build a satellite communication network to compete with Motorola's "Iridium Project."
Because this plan sounds very powerful to the world. If it can be realized, it will completely subvert the current communication model and completely control the global mobile communication market.
Hengtong Communications Company, owned by Zhao Yi, is currently the overlord in the field of mobile communications technology. If it is overtaken by Motorola in this direction, it will completely lose its advantageous position.
Not to mention, if Motorola's "Iridium Project" is really announced to the public, it will really get a lot of support, because governments and communication companies have been suffering from Hengtong Communications Company for a long time.
Maybe other communication companies will really follow the idea of the "Iridium Satellite Project" and invest heavily in the research and development of satellite communication technology in order to achieve overtaking in corners and seize the market that originally belonged to them.
As for their alliance, Zhao Yi is not too worried, because they each have their own interests and demands, and they will not unite to carry out the "Iridium Project". At most, they will form a few groups.
To be honest, this is exactly what Zhao Yi wants. If they invest heavily in the satellite communications industry and end up failing, they will probably face a bankruptcy crisis.
You know, they don't have much ground business to make up for his losses now. If they really fail, they will go bankrupt accidentally.
At that time, Hengtong Communications Company and Huawei Technology Company will really jointly dominate the global communications equipment market, because when executing this plan, they will need to spend a lot of money, which will lead to less investment in cellular communications technology.
"In this way, after you go back, let Hong Kong Telecom Company and Hengtong Communications Company announce the launch of the 'Hongyan Project', which will establish a global satellite communication network to provide communication services to people around the world." Zhao Yiyi said to Lin Hexia.
"Are we really going to follow up?" Lin Hexia said uncertainly.
"We don't really want to follow up, but we are bluffing to let Motorola make up its mind as soon as possible. The 'Hongyan Plan' will allow them to put aside their gains and losses and be confident and bold to implement their 'Iridium Plan.'" Zhao Yi said .
After listening to Zhao Yi's words, Lin Hexia instantly understood that these two international giants jointly released the "Hongyan Plan", which means that this satellite communication network is indeed making progress. Otherwise, the two companies that already have a dominant position would not be able to enter this field. field.
This fully demonstrates that satellite communication networks are the future development trend. As long as they enter this field at the beginning, they will not continue to be left behind.
If they don't enter, they will really lose the competition with Hengtong Communications Company in the field of mobile communications, and they will be completely eliminated.
Regardless of whether they are really willing or fake, they have to invest, and they have to put in all their efforts to completely surpass Hengtong Communications Company in this field.
"However, the 'Hongyan Plan' is not entirely a cover, it is just not implemented for the time being." Zhao Yi continued.
Although I don't know what the deep meaning of Zhao Yi's words is, Lin Hexia can just follow it. (End of chapter)