Category: Money tips Release Date: 2006-08-06
Chow Tai Fook Jewelry, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong Grand Hyatt Hotel, Beijing New World Center, these seemingly unconnected terms with a person's name on, that is, Cheng Yu-tung.
Goldsmith workers from the juvenile to the Hong Kong New World Group's founder, known as Cheng Yu-tung Hong Kong's super-rich, their personal assets in Hong Kong ranked third. Stated that he was lucky, and he himself said it was hard. In the end he was kind of a character?
A jewelry king Cheng Yu-tung was born in 1925 in Shunde, Guangdong a poor family, the father of 15-year-old was sent to Macao, "Chow Tai Fook" to become an apprentice goldsmith, less than 3 years, he was promoted to head for the gold shop. In 1946, 21-year-old Cheng Yu-tung to Hong Kong to set up a "Chow Tai Fook-building", and soon he formed a "Chow Tai Fook Jewelery Co., Ltd.", and this also limited the earliest gold jewelry industry body. When the Cheng Yu-tung would "Chow Tai Fook," onto a new stage, he began to turn its attention to the diamond industry, to the last century 70's, Cheng Yu-tung has become Hong Kong's largest diamond importer, diamond imports account for about a year in Hong Kong 30%, so enjoy "jewelry king" reputation.
When someone asked about the elements of his success, he said: "I do things, we must do it can only succeed, not fail; right of people to be sincere and certain disloyal to others, no credit is no way to success. "
Jewelry industry's success, so that the little-known Cheng Yu-tung had a well-known figure in Hong Kong business community. However, when people still see him as a jeweler of the time, Cheng Yu-tung has quietly rounded out the real estate industry.
Is not profit-oriented 50 years from the last century began, Cheng Yu-tung on the small scale to merit investment in Happy Valley after another Blue Pool villas and the construction of Hong Kong in Causeway Bay, Triangle Building, laid a large-scale development. By 70 years, Cheng Yu-tung began to let go in hard in the real estate. First, he built in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong New World Center, completed in 1982, this magnificent building is still the Tsim Sha Tsui, the construction of signs. In 1986, he invested in building the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. In 1997, the handover ceremony was held in this Convention and Exhibition Center, so that the newly completed convention center focus of the new wing of the world. Today, the building of similar construction ranked highest in Asia, and in 1998 was elected "Global Top Ten Best" International Convention and Exhibition Center.
See the New World's Hotel and the International Convention and Exhibition Center for the Cheng Yu-tung has brought huge wealth, many people say that the success of Cheng Yu-tung is a bold, adventurous, quick money. However, Cheng Yu-tung did not think so.
"I do not like to be able to make money right away, but earned a lot of projects. More to earn quick money, the greater the risk, that's for sure."
"I do not like this. Because I do everything is seen through before we do, not quick success. HKCEC as an example, I have to do this thing, when someone say I'm bold, in fact, I've learned my lesson, China will eventually take back Hong Kong. In 1997, when many people have no confidence, but I have confidence in China, is one such. "
Have confidence in China Confidence in China, prompting Cheng Yu-tung in the mainland of China to be successful. Cheng Yu-tung in 1982, began to invest in the Mainland, in Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Hangzhou, we can see his investments in hotels, arts centers and highways. In these projects, money is not his main purpose, such as: with Beijing, Wuhan and other local governments to build low-cost housing, and the Beijing Chongwen District government to transform the old city and so on. More than 100 billion yuan investment in Beijing whether it is in the name of the old city reconstruction project, or Tametoshi? Cheng Yu-tung has its own understanding.
"These are not commercial in nature, because of what? I think on the one hand, I have to help the Beijing Municipal Government to change the road better with some of the dilapidated tomb he had to build new houses. The spirit of the image of Beijing as an important, if not build it nice point, foreigners came, it seems not so decent, so I have the heart. On the other hand, I was in Hong Kong, the Chinese people, to help our country, this matter is I think doing the right thing. "
Now is a ripe old age of Cheng Yu-tung has long since retired at home, but if you are a little more observant, whenever he funded medical schools, secondary schools and power plants have a significant activity, the total can see his shadow. Cheng Yu-tung said that he was a restless person.
