Chapter 1119 Central Building
Han Xuan often overlaps the current cities of South Korea, China and other countries with scenes in past lives, so he feels that it is not beautiful.
It is normal to have this mentality. If you look at the old photos of these cities in the 1990s, you will know why it is difficult for him to fall in love with them now. It is really not easy to accept looking at the scene at this time from a twenty years later.
For a country, the more prosperous the "face city", it often means that the country is stronger.
Take Seoul for example. Before the 1980s, there was not even a decent hotel in Seoul.
So much so that Lee Kun-hee's father, Mr. Lee Byung-chul, could no longer bear it. In 1979, he acquired the then-state-owned Yingke Hotel and established the five-star Shilla Hotel where Han Xuan is now located.
Last year, the GDP per capita in the United States exceeded 30,000 US dollars for the first time, South Korea was 12,000 US dollars, China was only 6,400, and it was RMB, which was about 800 US dollars.
However, from 1994 to 1997, China's economic growth rate was 8%, 8%, and 8%, which was astonishingly fast.
It will take until 2014 that the per capita GDP will exceed US$10,000 for the first time, which is twenty years later than South Korea without considering population factors.
Nowadays, South Korea is known as one of the four Asian dragons. You should know that in 1986, ten years ago, the per capita GDP of this country was only less than 3,000 US dollars.
If economic factors are taken into account, then the current unfriendly attitude of Koreans towards Chinese people seems to be a reason.
When China was strong in history, countries on the Korean Peninsula had always been surrendering. Now serfs turned over and wanted to show off their confidence from their old bosses.
It was not until twenty years later that many Koreans' impression of China changed, and they even put on the title "Super China", and produced a program to analyze China objectively and marvel at its changes.
At present, the vast majority of Koreans' concept of China is even stuck in the turbulent period when people often starve to death.
So, a reporter was puzzled at this moment when interviewing Han Xuan: "There was news some time ago that you will invest 3 billion US dollars in China within ten years.
As far as I know, your family has invested a lot of money in China over the years, such as the one being built in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which is expected to be more than 600 meters high.
Why not invest this money in our South Korea?”
I seemed a little unhappy when I listened to it.
Perhaps it was because China was attracted by Han Xuan, and his country was not attracted by Han Xuan.
When it comes to the patriotism of the people, even Chinese and Koreans have to sigh.
The patriotism of Chinese people is more derived from the pride of a great country and is unwilling to let the glorious history decline.
Koreans are more like a kind of fragile national self-esteem that has been caused by long-term inferiority complex, a slightly arrogant personality, and a small-minded person. You can tell by looking at Korean history books.
In fact, Linguo Erpang is the same as them. The same cultural background has produced a similar national character. The name "the largest marshal in the universe" is not a waste of time.
Don’t let others say that they are not good or their country. If they say that they are not good, they will come out to refute immediately.
Han Xuan knew that if he dared to say something inappropriate, someone would definitely march to protest him tomorrow, so he replied vaguely:
"Because the labor costs in China are lower, low costs can expand the interests of our company. The labor costs of manufacturing a product in South Korea are several times higher than those in China.
Recently, China has opened up, and investment opportunities are everywhere. Most of the Korean industries have been involved, and they are facing greater competitive pressure.
As for the building, I have an agreement with the Chinese government. The construction cost is almost exempted from taxes, and I also divide the land for free, and the conditions given are very generous.
Considering the proportion of many populations to commercial housing, there is a broad prospect in high-end commercial office land…”
Xiaodi advertised for China, and believed that those who are interested can be inspired by it and bring investment to China.
The reason why Han Xuan bought a large tract of land in Lujiazui was not only because of investing in waiting for the land to appreciate, but also to build a commercial building complex based on skyscrapers and invest in the real estate industry.
Since the sale of land, the Shanghai Municipal Government has sent people to discuss development plans with him. Judging from the extremely generous conditions given, the local government really hopes that its city can have an international skyscraper to show it to residents of other countries in the world.
The Jinmao Building, which was about to be built, should play this role. Unfortunately, the Four Towers of Snow Mountain and Stark Building have been built one after another. In addition to the spiral building under construction in New York, the limelight of the Jinmao Building was suddenly built.
Baodao also joined in the fun and wanted to build the 101 Building in Taipei. It is expected to be groundbreaking at the beginning of next year, which makes Jinmao a tragedy.
It's too late to increase the height. Unless a few hundred meters of antenna is vertical, it will be crushed at the height.
Then all of them were given for free, and the green light was given all the way, just to ask Han Xuan to have a special hobby for skyscrapers. He also built a building in Lujiazui, with only one requirement: high one! It is best to be the highest in the world!
However, Han Xuan once fantasized that the Shanghai Central Building was his own, and its shape was lingering in his mind. In order to satisfy his wishes in his previous life, he moved it to Lujiazui again and adopted the previous shape.
The height is still more than 600 meters. If you don’t agree to increase it any further, the local government is quite satisfied. They have never thought about such a tall building before.
The Global Financial Center Building, which is currently being built by Japan Mori Building, is only less than 500 meters away.
The reporter who asked that question was speechless. The labor cost in South Korea is indeed high, so many domestic companies are running out, especially labor-intensive industries.
Regarding such controversial questions, only this reporter asked, and others kindly asked why they came to Korea, how long they planned to stay, etc.
Han Xuan had no intention of answering the question, but after being caught by them, he could not run away rudely and answer some painless questions one after another.
Upstairs, Lee Kun-hee just heard the hotel manager say that he was here and had not seen Han Sun for a long time, so she asked his son, Lee Jae-yong, the "Prince" of Samsung Group, to come and take a look.
Seeing Han Xuan being surrounded by reporters, he knew what happened and said, "Let's interview next time, I'll take him there for something to do first.
I should be tired after riding the plane for such a long time. I will say that when he wants to be interviewed, you should have something to write, so don’t disturb the guests in a rude way.”
After saying this, the reporters immediately expressed their gratitude to Han Xuan and walked out.
Their companies were held in the hands of the chaebol, which means that the people waiting for Han Xuan were their bosses.
The Li family has spoken, so how can they not give face? They will continue to ask questions... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!