Chapter 674 Tianhe Real Estate

On the day Barron left HK for mainland China, a "small incident" also happened in France.

That is, a sports car failed to brake while speeding, ran off the road, and the driver died on the spot.

The driver of the sports car was named Miso Edu, a 35-year-old French Jew.

The Edu family has always had a close relationship with the Rothschild family, and Miso Edu is an important partner and close friend of Benjamin Rothschild.

"Has the matter come to a conclusion?"

In response to Benjamin Rothschild's question, an ordinary-looking man replied:

"Yes, Mr. Rothschild, Mr. Edu's sports car was tampered with, which caused this car accident..."

"Did the Weber family do it?"

"Although there is no evidence, the previous incident just happened, and now..."

"There must be the figure of our old British friend behind this..."

In fact, although there is no clear evidence to show the relationship between William Weber Capital and Barron Cavendish, when NM Rothschild Bank lost a large sum of money to William Weber Capital due to the bet agreement, the Rothschild family had already doubted the source of funds for William Weber Capital.

After all, although the Weber family is behind William Weber Capital, it is not the style of the Weber family to dare to bet such a huge amount with them.

Although some superficial information can be found about the equity structure of William Weber Capital, many of the shareholders are obviously offshore companies that are hiding their true intentions...

And the source of funds for William Weber Capital...

Although the Rothschild family still has its heritage and influence, it cannot penetrate the global financial system and track down funds as strongly as the US government - even the US government cannot track funds in many cases.

But there are various signs, such as William Weber Capital CEO Ashley Weber once met with Barron, and after her car accident, a group of security personnel with British passports protected her...Combining these data, in Benjamin Rothschild's eyes, there is a conclusion that is the most likely.

It seems that the death of Miso Edu is also a part of the other party's revenge.

This did make Benjamin Rothschild a little uncomfortable, mainly because although the Edu family had cooperated with their family for many years, after the death of Miso Edu, the heir of the Edu family would undoubtedly fall on his younger brother Guido Edu...

And Guido Edu had many frictions with Benjamin Rothschild, and the two did not get along well.

"Send someone to find out where those British people are. I don't believe they can escape our sight when they come to France..."

Benjamin said with a grim face.

"Yes, Mr. Rothschild."

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After arriving in mainland China, Barron's first stop was to land in the Magic City.

In fact, the subprime mortgage crisis that swept the world this time also had a certain impact on China. The direct impact was that some Chinese financial investment companies purchased American subprime mortgage-related products, which caused considerable losses.

But objectively speaking, because China's restrictions on investing in foreign financial products are still relatively strict, the scale of these investments is not large and is within an affordable range.

In addition, as the global stock market fell, China's A shares also fell sharply last year.

Taking the Shanghai Stock Exchange as an example, the stock index fell from the highest point of 5499.6 points at the beginning of last year to the lowest point of 1664.93 points at the end of the year, which can be said to be very tragic.

Of course, in addition to these, the subprime mortgage crisis also has a lot of indirect impacts on China. For example, the United States is its largest source of trade surplus, and another major trading partner, Europe, is also deeply affected by the subprime mortgage crisis. Therefore, China's exports will also be greatly affected.

At the same time, because major countries around the world have successively entered quantitative easing policies, the Chinese currency is also under considerable appreciation pressure, which will also be unfavorable to exports.

Faced with such a situation, China also launched a 4 trillion plan to stimulate the domestic economy...

"With the relaxation of credit, the real estate industry has become active again, and the development of our Tianhe Real Estate has also begun to accelerate..."

Li Lu came to Cavendish Garden at No. 699 Yuyuan Road, where she met Barron. She said:

"We have reached an agreement with the government of Shanghai. After Costco settles in Shanghai, we will build a series of commercial complexes with this supermarket as the center..."

Yes, according to the plan, Costco's first store in China will soon be settled in Shanghai, which is nearly ten years earlier than Barron's previous life!

In fact, there is also some discussion within Costco about whether to enter the Chinese mainland market now.

After all, Costco's style is to focus on the high-quality and low-cost mass-market warehouse supermarket model. Like in the United States, many families drive to Costco for bulk shopping...

At this time in China, the popularity of private cars is still not high, so whether Costco's approach will not be suitable for the local environment is worth discussing.

However, Costco has a successful experience in Taiwan, and its first store in China is located in Shanghai, the economic center of China. The conditions here are relatively ideal, so it finally decided to enter the Shanghai market.

Of course, it is just an intention at present. It will take until next year at the earliest for Costco to open.

Tianhe Real Estate can also take advantage of this opportunity to build a commercial complex centered on Costco, and the world's first Gucci-Hermès integrated flagship store will be opened in this commercial complex. In this integrated flagship store, all brands under the Gucci-Hermès Group will appear. This is also the first attempt of the Gucci-Hermès Group to open this type of store in the world.

Therefore, this project is still quite attractive to Shanghai. At present, the project is also under negotiation with the local government. Once it can be implemented, the local government will also provide Tianhe Real Estate with a relatively ideal location for construction.

It can be said that this is the most important real estate project since the establishment of Tianhe Real Estate.

Not only Li Lu, the CEO of Tianhe Capital, but also Barron attaches great importance to it.

"In addition to this project, when I was in HK, I also talked to Li Chaoren about taking over part of his land and carrying out construction later. So we can send someone to contact them in this regard."

After all, Li Chaoren himself is a businessman who rose to prominence with the support of HSBC - in fact, even among businessmen, his bottom line is relatively low...

This can be seen from his various operations in mainland China. Taking advantage of the opportunities for investment and development in various places, he used huge investments as bait to acquire large tracts of land at low prices. As a result, he taught a lesson to local governments who did not know the dangers of the market - after getting the land, he almost stopped investing in construction, holding on to the land and waiting for the Chinese economy to take off, and then selling it at a high price.

Well, it's not that he didn't build at all. He would repair something every once in a while. Who told you that your contract did not stipulate the deadline for the completion of the project? I strive for excellence. Can't I build it for 100 years?