Chapter 132 Digital Port

After chatting with Boss Ma, Su Yehao took a sip of tea.

Grandpa Tang also suddenly came to his door, telling him that the mainland had learned that the Min Fang Lei had been bought. They planned to send the lid over and hold a joint exhibition. In addition, they would find some fine cultural relics from past dynasties to take the opportunity to increase cultural cohesion.

Funding and procedures were no problem, with the north taking care of everything.

The ownership of the vessel body hadn't been discussed yet. Some people proposed paying to buy it back, but Grandpa Tang made excuses, saying that the item belonged to Su Yehao, pushing away the troublesome matter.

At this moment.

Su Yehao got up to make tea for Grandpa Tang, wondering aloud, "You can decide on these small matters yourself, Grandpa. There's no need to ask for my opinion, right? In another two or three months, July 1st will be the second anniversary celebration, which will be a good opportunity to show off the good stuff you have in your hands, and let everyone see it."

"I'm indeed planning to set the opening time on July 1st, just giving you a heads-up. Actually, I have a favor to ask of you today."

Grandpa Tang was in a wheelchair.

The mansion also had an elevator, so going up and down the stairs was not a problem.

As he got older, his health was sometimes good and sometimes bad. After suffering a stroke a few years ago, he had some aftereffects, and he easily fell if he walked on his own.

At his age, he was most afraid of bumping into things, so he mostly used a wheelchair, although he could walk short distances with a cane.

After saying that with a smile, Grandpa Tang looked at Su Yehao.

He felt that this grandson was a talented man, both smart and capable. The saying that grandparents loved their grandchildren was indeed true. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him, and he continued, "Last night, a friend invited me to Casino to play cards, and I lost more than two million in Lisboa Casino. It was rare for a friend to be generous and cover it for me directly. I was wondering about it at the time, but later I realized that there was a price to pay for taking advantage of others. They want me to invite you to a meal and chat with you in person about some business matters."

Su Yehao asked, puzzled, "I'm not a great beauty, and I haven't had any business dealings before. Why would they invite me to dinner for no reason? Do they want something from me?"

"Well, I was afraid they would make things difficult for you, so I specifically asked about it. It seems to be about the matter of the second son of the Li family. He's rallying people to build some kind of Cyberport (Shu Ma Gang), and he intends to take it all for himself. My friends are also in the real estate business, and they want to use your name to see if they can get a piece of the pie, submit a new proposal, and compete with him for joint development."

Grandpa Tang put on his reading glasses and picked up a document from the table. He saw that it was a purchase contract for Intel processors.

Grandpa Tang didn't understand this, so he put it down casually and continued, "It's up to you whether you want to join in the fun or not. I'm only responsible for delivering the message. I remember you mentioned this project before. Since they're so interested, there should be money to be made. Anyway, you don't have to spare my feelings, do whatever you think is best..."

Recently.

As soon as the Cyberport proposal was published, there was an uproar again.

Some people were clamoring that the transaction wasn't transparent enough, and others were taking the opportunity to target Old Li, saying that he was helping his son get ahead, and his behavior was a bit ugly.

The news was so big, how could Su Yehao not have heard of it?

The focus of the current dispute was whether the land should be auctioned off normally to raise money to develop Cyberport, instead of bypassing the land auction and directly allocating the land to Li's second son.

Land auctions could also raise enough funds to develop Cyberport, so most of the reasons given by the Li family didn't hold water. The only advantage they had was that they "knew many high-tech companies in Silicon Valley and could attract them to start companies in Hong Kong."

Now, Su Yehao's Yanwenzi Group (Emoji Group) had already proven its strength.

No wonder developers wanted to use his name to stand up and compete with the Li family.

When it came to achievements in high-tech companies, Li's second son was not enough to watch. Su Yehao was already carrying the banner, having founded an Internet company with a market value of more than eight billion U.S. dollars, enough to crush many Hong Kong companies.

Su Yehao instantly guessed why others had approached him through his grandfather.

In addition to his own advantages, it might also be because Su's father was also in the real estate business, so everyone could make money together.

The Hong Kong property market was recovering, and the trend was obvious. The unsold properties before were selling like hotcakes again.

Cyberport, which had been shelved for more than a year, immediately became a sweet treat in the eyes of others.

After Grandpa Tang finished speaking, Su Yehao stroked his chin, lost in thought. He didn't think that Hong Kong's business environment was suitable for the development of high-tech enterprises, but Hong Kong Island land was still very attractive.

The reason why he was eyeing the land again was that he had also arranged for people to inspect Kai Tak Airport. The core reason was that if he took the restricted shares of Yanwenzi Group to invest in the stock market or start a business, the approval process would be prone to setbacks, and even if it was approved, the amount of the loan would probably be relatively small.

Investing in real estate didn't have this problem, because there was land as collateral, so there was no way to run away, and the risk was relatively small.

With Su Yehao's strength and connections, if he pledged the shares of Yanwenzi Group, he might be able to borrow 80% or even 85% of the securities value.

The best option was definitely to develop the Qianxin City (Thousand Core City) super project. However, in the short term, the rate of recovery in the local Hong Kong property market might exceed the rate of appreciation in the mainland property market. If someone could help share the costs, putting some of the funds in Hong Kong would be considered bottom fishing.

Thoughts flashing through his mind, after some consideration.

Su Yehao handed the hot tea to Grandpa Tang and told him, "Since you've personally asked, Grandpa, how dare I not give you face? I'll meet them. I also happen to be a little interested in Cyberport."

Although friends were important, Grandpa Tang was still more concerned about his grandson, and asked in confusion, "Are you really interested?"

"Of course. After the team evaluated it, they told me that I'd better put the semiconductor R&D department in Hong Kong or Taiwan, mainly to cover people's eyes and avoid being involved in many embargo and sales restrictions. On the surface, there's the Wassennaar Arrangement, and secretly there are many alliances. The northern 908 and 909 projects have all failed. Splitting up the R&D and production departments may get twice the result with half the effort, and we just happen to be short of a place to work."

Su Yehao was relatively calm when he talked about this matter.

He had guessed before that assembling computers would be easy, but getting involved in the wafer foundry field would definitely be full of difficulties.

The Wassenaar Arrangement involved nine major categories, almost blocking all cutting-edge technologies. Now, the mainland's semiconductor companies could only buy outdated technologies that were two to three generations behind, and the same was true for industrial machine tools.

So some people suggested that he open a business outside.

In name, it would be a Hong Kong or other company, but the actual production would be put in the mainland, thereby circumventing some technical transfer and acquisition troubles.

Including Mr. Ni, there was also this consideration. He had previously mentioned establishing a research and development center on the island to facilitate cooperation with companies on the island and recruit and train some talent.

After hearing this, Grandpa Tang didn't say anything more, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, then I'll have dinner with you at that time, so as not to be tricked by those old foxes who eat people without spitting out bones. Since they want to use your fame, they have to give you some benefits. As for the Old Li family, they haven't had much interaction with our family anyway, so offending them is fine. Now that the two families are evenly matched in terms of total assets, everyone can compete fairly, and no matter who fails in the end, there's nothing to say."

The four words "evenly matched"

Made the grandfather and grandson feel refreshed. Whether it was the person who said it or the person who heard it, they both felt great.

In the past, there were four major families in Hong Kong. Recently, as Su Yehao had made a fortune, he had the intention of joining them. At least in terms of family wealth, he was no worse than any of them.

In the past, Grandpa Tang might have weighed the consequences of provoking the Old Li family, but now he didn't care at all.

After all, this time, the other party intended to bypass land auctions and planning to help his son get ahead and take a large piece of high-quality land, which was an act that had angered the public. Moreover, Su Yehao's assets were mainly in the United States, and Sihai International (Four Seas International) was also shifting its focus to the mainland.

The emperor is far away, so he's not really afraid of attracting revenge...