Chapter 1112: Going to Perth again

When you fly away from Jianye, you will change a season every time you pass through a city.

When leaving Jianye, there was light snow in the sky in Jianye; when the plane was turning around in Hong Kong, Hong Kong was wearing thin shirts in spring and autumn; the plane landed in Perth, and the sun was shining, and it was the bright summer, but the summer in Perth would not be particularly hot and hot.

Not long after I got out of the airport, I suddenly felt dark clouds and a heavy rain poured on my head and face. It was dark, but I was feeling the harsh rain in Perth, and it was soon sunny again, just like a child getting angry.

Zhitong, Xirong and Xiyu chattered and scrambled to tell them about their vacation in Perth during this period. Zhang Ke had promised to come to Perth within a week, but when he finished handling the matter at hand, he had been living in Perth for ten days. Fortunately, Perth had many places that were lingering in summer, no matter how cold the winter in Haizhou or Jianye, people stayed indoors all day, but the three little girls didn't feel that time was passing so quickly.

"Ah, the sky here is so beautiful!" Chen Feirong said in amazement.

Through the panoramic skylight, looking at the clear sky after the heavy rain, the clear blue sky that looks like no impurities, except for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, other places in China have basically disappeared.

Even though Haizhou has attached great importance to environmental issues, the blue sky is still covered with a layer of shadow paper, as if some lead powder is penetrated into the blue pigment.

This is also impossible. People and the environment always need to pursue a balance of power that both parties accept. Haizhou City has a total population of more than 7 million, and Western Australia, which is nearly 100 times the area is Haizhou City, with a population of more than 2 million. Naturally, there is no need to worry too much about the impact of human activities on the environment.

The winter vacation of Dongda University has also begun. It has been agreed that Chen Feirong and Zhang Ke will go to Perth to meet Tang Jing, stay in Perth for a while, and then rush back to Haizhou to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

The extended Lincoln sedan slowly drove into the Banpo villa area on the southeast coast of Perth downtown, and the business car taken by the staff behind also drove in.

It is at dusk, and most of the villa faces the sunset and the sea to the west, with beautiful scenery.

Entering the villa area, Chen Feirong saw many people along the way with yellow skin and dark hair like her. Today, the grass was very lively towards the gentle slope of the sunset. She asked Tang Jing curiously: "Why do they all look like Chinese?"

"They are originally Chinese," Tang Jing said with a smile. "Kumho, I bought all the sea view villas in this area. They are all foreign personnel from Kumho or affiliated companies, and some are family members... Of course, there are still many Chinese people in Perth, and there is also a Chinatown. I will go and see you another day."

Chen Feirong smiled and said with a smile: "It's quite happy to be an employee of Kumho."

"That's of course," Zhang Ke said proudly, "Kumho does not survive by simple exploitation..."

Developed countries such as Europe, America, Japan and South Korea have completed the industrialization process, and the manufacturing industry is gradually shifting to emerging countries. The steel manufacturing industry in these countries and regions is already in a state of gradually shrinking and shifting to emerging markets. It has been particularly affected by the economic crisis. Since it fell into a trough in 1997 and 1998, there has been no sign of real recovery. Large steel groups such as Krupp, HG Poshang, RB New Nippon Steel, UK Ispat, France Northern Steel, Italy Reva, and the United States International Steel have not had such a good life compared to before, which has also led to a relatively low period of global iron ore trade.

The economy of Western Australia, including Perth, has a dependence on mining and iron ore trade of up to 10%. Now is the first quarter of the new millennium. Perth's economic activity is low, and the real estate market is quite cold.

This sea-view villa community located in Banpo, has more than 30 villas left. Kumho even spent less than 6 million Australian dollars to complete the whole house. After spreading it, it does not cost 2 million RMB for a villa, which is only slightly higher than the high-end villa in Jianye.

In fact, if China wants to achieve the goal of initial industrialization, it will achieve an annual steel output of 400 to 500 kilograms per capita, with a population of 1.3 billion in the country, and the annual output of China's steel manufacturing industry exceeds 500 million tons or even 600 million tons. It is not unimaginable. It is just that everyone thinks that this will be a long process that will last for twenty or thirty years. No one expected that China would complete this leap in the next six or seven years.

The development of China's steel industry in the next few years alone will nearly double the global steel production, global demand and trade volume will also increase exponentially, and iron ore prices will increase geometrically.

As the world's major iron mining supply and trade zone, even if you can't see it with your own eyes when you pass by, Zhang Ke can't imagine the prosperity and excitement of Perth after 2003.

Kumho's investment activities in Perth should be gradually launched. Investing in some residential real estate. In addition to future profit expectations, office buildings can also increase Kumho's influence in Perth, strengthen ties with the Western Australian government, and lay a solid foundation for the future development of iron ore and supporting projects.

An 18-storey office building is now being developed and built. After completion, it can be used directly as a branch building in Kumho in Perth; this sea view villa has been purchased and is now also provided to its Perth employees and families as dormitories.

Among all overseas institutions, the staff sent by the company to Perth can be said to enjoy the best treatment. Where can the branch staff in Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places have the conditions to use a sea view villa as a dormitory?

In the past six months, Kumho Commercial has officially acquired Australian industrial mining listed company Aokeji. In the name of Aokeji, it has applied for a total of 100,000 square kilometers of exploration areas in Duanyun, Christmas Creek and other regions in Western Australia, and established a joint exploration company with Zhongzhi to explore iron ore resources in the area. In addition, Nanyang Shipping has also opened up ocean freight routes from Perth to China. The iron ore trading company under Kumho Commercial has all the iron ore import and export trade rights of Dongshan Iron and Steel Group and the Donglian Iron and Steel part, and has also set up branches in Perth. Hongyuan Construction will also open branches to Perth. Only Kumho member companies dispatched as many as 60 staff members to Perth. In addition, MCC and Nanyang Shipping staff, as well as some accompanying families, a large-scale Kumho community is formed here.

The villa where Tang Jing and the others live is next to Zhai Danqing and Wei Lan. This is the highest end of the entire community. Looking to the northwest at Perth Harbor and to the east at Perth city at dusk. The whole city is small, and it seems that everything is all concentrated together. At dusk, Perth looks like a beautiful town in a fairy tale, like a small city in a certain place in China. It doesn’t look like a city at all, but it feels very beautiful.

Standing on the lawn in front of the villa, Chen Feirong looked at the green trees opposite, and someone was working on the island like green snails on the sea, and asked Tang Jing: "What are you doing there?"

"I'll know when I go to the island tomorrow..." Tang Jing pretended to be mysterious and didn't rush to tell Chen Feirong.

"That was bought by Zhang Ke. Once it is completed, we can bask in the sun on the private beach..." Zhitong quickly rushes to tell Chen Feirong the answer.

"Oh!" Chen Feirong smiled and said, "It's really luxurious!"

"I can't be a pure person," Zhang Ke pinched his waist with his hands. He had been on the plane for almost a day, and his iron-like waist was about to be soft. "I can't devote everything to the greatest cause of all mankind."

"I just knew it was smooth and smooth," Tang Jing ran over and hugged his neck from behind and asked, "Buying one island is not enough, why buy three?"

"You should know that Australia has just enacted legislation to prohibit private companies from investing in islands, right? Why don't you think my decision to buy three islands was wise?" Zhang Ke changed the topic and couldn't let Tang Jing think more about women. "No matter how thick-skinned I am, I can only occupy one island; the other two islands will either build a resort hotel. In the future, if the annual meeting in Kumho will be held in the winter, it will be snowy in the northern hemisphere, and it will be inconvenient to swim. You can come to Perth, or you will use the upper floors of Kumho as a benefit, and build a resort villa on it. The conditions will be better than here..."

The timing was very coincidental. It was not long before three small islands opposite the villa area were acquired and developed in the name of a private company. Australia has legislated legislation to protect the environment of coastal islands forbidden to develop islands in the name of private. If it were two or three months late, Zhang Ke's dream of becoming a private island owner in Australia would not be realized.

After buying three private islands, Hongyuan Construction set up a branch in Perth. Zhang Zhifei asked Liang Jun to come to Perth to be responsible for the development of the island. The future large-scale iron ore development involves mining area construction, supporting railways, highways and deep-water harbor construction, and the construction scale will reach billions of dollars. Hongyuan Construction of course has to go to Perth in advance to lay the foundation, and directly sent Liang Jun from Xinting to Perth to serve as an assistant to Zhai Danqing.

Compared to building villas on land, the cost of developing islands is much higher. Public facilities such as communications, water, electricity, and domestic sewage discharge have to be laid separately undersea pipelines, and a yacht marina is also built. It will cost tens of millions of Australian dollars to fully develop a private island, which is more expensive than buying this villa area.

Zhang Ke, Tang Jing, and Chen Feirong stood in front of the villa to see the evening scene at dusk in Perth. The three little girls slipped into the villa first. After a while, Wei Lan and Sun Li walked out of the villa and said, "Why are they standing here? What do you want to see? Go to the terrace on the third floor to see it, you can see a little further..."

When Liang Jun came to Perth, Sun Li naturally followed her husband and wife to Perth.
Chapter completed!