Chapter 272 Landmark Plaza
"Boss, where are we going?"

After leaving the hotel, Richard asked Li Changhe curiously.

"Go find a car dealership and buy a car!"

"Go to a big car dealership and buy a nice car!"

Li Changhe said to Richard with a smile.

Richard was a little stunned when he heard what Li Changhe said.

"Boss, you're not going to fire me, are you?"

"Idiot, I want to buy a car and drive it myself. Do I have to take a car all the time when I go out?"

Li Changhe couldn't help but laugh and curse.

Although it is convenient to have a driver, Li Changhe actually prefers to drive himself.

After all, he was not used to having people following him around all the time.

"Boss, what car are you going to buy?"

"If you want to buy a Japanese car, you can go to Dah Chong Hong. If you want a luxury car, you can go to a brand agency. For BMW, go to Sime Darby. For Mercedes-Benz, go to Inchcape. Oh, and there's also Porsche."

"Cheng Long bought himself a Porsche, which is very cool."

Nowadays in Hong Kong Island, car sales are mainly done by sales companies rather than the brand agents that are common in later generations.

An agency company often sells many brands.

Dah Chong Hong Auto Sales is such a sales company, but Li Changhe does not buy Japanese cars.

Here, Porsche is now the highest-end brand, and Hong Kong people are particularly fond of Porsche and Maserati.

"Then let's go check out the Porsche."

Li Changhe said nonchalantly.

If you can’t drive a car in China, you must experience it when you come to Hong Kong Island, especially these luxury cars from the 1980s.

"Okay, boss, but to be honest, if you want to wander around Hong Kong Island, it's more comfortable to take a car than drive."

“Because if you drive you need to find a parking space, which is very troublesome. There are too few parking spaces in Hong Kong Island!”

In order to avoid losing his job, Richard persuaded Li Changhe while driving.

"That's why we have parking boys, right?"

"Boss, you even know the parking attendant!"

"There's nothing we can do about it. It's because there are too few parking spaces."

Richard said helplessly.

Parking spaces in Hong Kong Island are very tight. Unlike domestic shopping malls in later generations that built sufficient parking spaces, land here in the commercial district is extremely valuable and capitalists have no interest in building a large number of parking spaces as that would take up too much space.

However, roadside parking spaces in Hong Kong Island are very limited, so some people saw business opportunities and built parking lots in remote areas of some busy areas.

However, many people are too lazy to drive there by themselves, after all, the distance is too far. Therefore, a famous profession in Hong Kong movies, the parking attendant, was born.

Most of the parking attendants in Hong Kong movies are gang members, but this is not the case in reality.

Some large hotels and shopping malls will recruit their own employees to work as parking attendants.

Secondly, in some ordinary commercial streets, some associations will occupy parking lots, then help with parking and earn tips.

This kind of work is generally one of the more formal jobs in the community and is an excellent job to provide employment for younger members.

The competition for parking spaces is not actually fierce now. It will only be after the 1990s, when a payment system is installed for roadside parking spaces, that competition will become fierce.

"Some of those parking attendants are okay, but some are from gangs and have no manners. Boss, you should get out of here. It's easy to get angry when dealing with them."

"Don't worry, Richard. Normally I ride in your car, but I just need to drive myself."

Li Changhe saw Richard's worry and said to him with a smile.

Soon, Richard took Li Changhe to a Porsche agency where several Porsches were displayed.

Li Changhe also saw the second-generation Porsche 911 here. He could only say that, according to his aesthetic standards, it was extremely ugly.

After choosing for a long time, I finally picked a Porsche 928s coupe, which is said to be the same model as Jackie Chan’s, and it costs less than $.

Li Changhe readily wrote a check to pay the money.

The reason why he bought the car was very simple. It was impossible for him to take Richard with him everywhere.

In a capitalist society like Hong Kong, a luxury car can avoid a lot of trouble.

He now has a complete identity in Hong Kong Island, that of Victor, including many documents such as a driver's license.

Bao Yugang helped him with everything.

After buying the car, Li Changhe smiled at Richard and said, "Okay, go back, I'll drive around by myself!"

"Boss, can you really do this?"

"rest assured!"

Li Changhe waved at him, then got into the car, and drove off into the distance with the engine roaring.

He wants to familiarize himself with the roads in Hong Kong Island.

You don't need to be familiar with too many places; the focus is on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

Li Changhe planned to drive and buy a place for himself in Hong Kong Island in advance.

Can't come and stay in the hotel all the time.

But there is no rush today, so he will just take a stroll first.

After walking around for an afternoon, with Li Changhe's current memory, he easily became familiar with the roads along the way.

Then, Li Changhe drove back to the Peninsula Hotel.

When they returned to the Peninsula Hotel, Wells had woken up and was scolding Richard.

"Well, Wells, I was the one who got Richard back."

"After buying a car, you should always be familiar with the road conditions."

Li Changhe smiled and helped Richard out, then called Wells back to the room.

"How's it going? Are you awake?"

Li Changhe smiled at Wei Ersi and said, "It's okay. At least I feel better now."

He actually fell asleep only when he couldn't hold on any longer, but even so, he didn't sleep very soundly.

"Just take a nap, let's go and check out the company!"

Li Changhe said to Weiersi with a smile.

Now that Wells is awake, it's time to go to his company.

"it is good!"

Weiers then followed Li Changhe out of the hotel.

"Porsche 928s, the same model as Cheng Long."

Looking at Li Changhe's new car, Weiersi looked around and said with a smile.

"The car dealer recommended it to me. It feels much more beautiful than the 911. It is also the latest development with complete functions. It was a new car that just arrived in Hong Kong. I feel pretty good, so I bought it."

"Come on, I'll drive and you show the way!"

Li Changhe opened the car door and said to Wei Ersi with a smile.

"Is this okay? It's a right-hand drive car. It's different from the ones you have there."

Wells was still a little worried because Hong Kong Island's traffic rules were based on the British system and the cars were right-hand drive.

"It's not difficult, it's very simple!"

Li Changhe had driven a long way and didn't feel any discomfort.

He thought it was a bit strange. Britain drives right-hand drive, and so does the small notebook. However, the Americans, who are of the same lineage as Britain, drive left-hand drive and on the right, which is the same as our rules.

"Then let's go to Central. The investment company is in Central."

Central on Hong Kong Island has always been the core business district of Hong Kong Island, with a large number of companies and financial elites located in this area.

And Wells also opened an investment company here.

Following Weiers' instructions, Li Changhe drove and soon arrived at Lishan Building.

This is actually Li Changhe’s next target, one of the high-quality buildings owned by the Swire Properties.

In fact, the entire area of ​​office buildings surrounding Alexandra House are all assets of the Hong Kong Land.

"Yes, do you see the construction site over there? It's the new project of the Landmark, Exchange Square."

"It is said that the entire Exchange Square is divided into three phases, three skyscrapers, and they will be connected by a sky bridge in the air, becoming the new symbol of Central."

After stopping the car, Wells pointed to an open space in the distance and said.

“Not only that, including the Alexandra House in front of us, which has just been renovated, and the Duke’s House and Gloucester House next to it, these landed properties are also being renovated.”

"They have a very strong plan to connect this area, including the areas in front of the Exchange Square, with sky bridges to form an integrated office shopping center called Landmark Plaza."

"It's a grand plan, isn't it?"

At this time, Wei Er Si said to Li Changhe with emotion.

"Landmark Plaza?"

Li Changhe smiled when he heard this. If nothing unexpected happened, if it weren't for this real estate project, Li Changhe might not have dared to acquire the land.

Many times, Li Changhe actually couldn’t understand the British people’s thinking.

Take the management of Hong Kong Jardine Matheson for example. On the one hand, it continuously provided capital transfusions to Jardine Matheson, and on the other hand, it was frantically making big moves in Hong Kong Island.

Just like this Landmark Plaza, not only are many old buildings being rebuilt at the same time, but many new buildings are also being built simultaneously, such as the Exchange Tower.

Then, such a huge plan would involve the cash flow of the country.

The most obvious one is the Exchange Building.

The Exchange Building is well planned and well designed.

When it was being built, the real estate market in Hong Kong Island was on the rise. However, when the first and second phases were completed, it happened to coincide with the real estate storm in Hong Kong Island.

Its sales were very poor that year, which caused a shortage of cash flow for the property.

Of course, it isn't much better now.

“Soon, that will be our construction site!”

Li Changhe said secretly in his heart.

Currently, only he and Bao Yugang know about the intentions of the property, and no one else knows, including Wells.

And Wells was still feeling emotional at this moment.

"Changhe, compared to Wharf Holdings, Hongkong Land is actually the uncrowned king of Hong Kong Island real estate."

“The most essential parts of Central are currently in the hands of their company.”

"Compared to Hutchison Whampoa, Wharf Holdings is still a little bit behind."

"Okay, stop sighing. If you continue to sigh, the land will not be yours. Let's go and see our team first."

"Well, come on, I'll take you upstairs."

"Another reason why I chose Alexandra House to locate my company is the gold and silver commodity trading house in front of it."

"That tall building over there is less than a thousand meters away from us. It is now the gold and silver market trading center of Hong Kong Island."

"By the way, after we go in, do you want me to introduce you first?"

Wei Er Si asked Li Changhe.

Li Changhe shook his head: "Don't worry, you are still the leader of the company at the moment, I don't need to show up right away."

"Let's talk about it later."

Li Changhe now has limited time to stay in Hong Kong Island, so there is no need for him to show up too early.

Of course, he also wanted to use this opportunity to test Wells.

He wanted to see how far Wells could go when he had so much power.

If possible, Li Changhe would like to see if he can train a butler like Henry Fok.

After all, when it comes to vision, he is far better than Li Chaoren!

(End of this chapter)