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Chapter 492: Long-term investment of tens of billions of dollars

"Mr. Lin, will you invest in Japan during your visit this time?"

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of Japan's current economic situation?"

"Mr. Lin, as far as I know you have a lot of investments in the United States. Which country do you think has better economic development, Japan or the United States?"

After exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Tanaka and others, reporters eagerly surrounded him and asked questions.

Previously, what happened to Lin Haoran in the United States, including his choice to sell shares for cash after Apple went public, were immediately reported to Japan.

So, as media people, these people all know Lin Haoran's situation.

Today, although Lin Haoran has only recently risen to prominence, he is already a world-renowned business figure. Although his influence is not as great as Bao Yugang, he is no longer a small figure.

This is the impact of his series of operations in Hong Kong and the American business community.

Faced with the reporters' barrage of questions, Lin Haoran smiled and raised his hand, signaling everyone to stay calm.

His eyes revealed calmness and confidence, and he was obviously able to handle this kind of situation with ease.

It was just an interview with reporters. He had already been interviewed by reporters countless times in Hong Kong.

Even when he was in the United States, he was often interviewed by reporters.

"Thank you very much for your warm welcome and questions." Lin Haoran opened his speech in fluent English, and then turned to a reporter who seemed to be the leader. "First of all, I want to say that I feel very honored to be so warmly received by the Japanese government and friends from all walks of life.

Regarding the purpose of the visit, it is true that I came to Japan this time at the invitation of Mr. Tanaka, with a mindset of exploration and cooperation. As a world economic power, Japan has made outstanding achievements in science and technology, manufacturing, culture and other fields, all of which I deeply admire. "

He paused for a moment, looked around, and continued, "As for whether to invest in Japan, this is a question that requires careful consideration. My team and I plan to conduct an in-depth study of Japan's market environment, policy support, and potential cooperation opportunities in the next few days.

Once Japan's investment environment satisfies me, I will invest more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars in the short term, and even 10 billion US dollars in the long term. I believe that through in-depth exchanges, we will be able to find mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation points.

After all, both Hong Kong and Japan are in the vibrant economic circle of Asia, and a common development vision and an open market attitude are the basis of our cooperation.”

Regarding his views on the Japanese economy, Lin Haoran paused for a moment and seemed particularly cautious: "The Japanese economy has a solid foundation and unique advantages, especially in terms of innovation, quality and efficiency, which have an important impact on the world.

As for the United States, which is another economic superpower, both countries have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is difficult to simply compare them. Each country has its own unique development path and challenges. What is important is how to adopt appropriate strategies to promote economic growth and social welfare according to its own situation. "

Will there be a long-term investment of tens of billions of dollars?

This statement immediately caused an uproar among many reporters.

This is no small sum.

Japan's GDP last year was only about one trillion US dollars.

And Lin Haoran actually said that he will invest more than 10 billion US dollars in Japan in the future?
This seems a bit exaggerated.

However, Lin Haoran does control quite a few companies.

The market value of the Jardine Matheson Group alone is estimated to be in the billions of dollars.

Although the Hong Kong Land Group has been privatized, the current market value of the Hong Kong Land Group can be roughly estimated based on its previous market value when it was listed.

The Swire Properties Group is just one of the companies controlled by Lin Haoran.

He also controls Hong Kong Electric Group, Man Tsing Group, China Gas Group, Kowloon Motor Bus, etc. The market value of these companies is obviously not low.

Calculated in this way, Lin Haoran's net worth is indeed unbelievable.

It's amazing that such a young man possesses such a huge fortune.

It is indeed not wrong to call him the richest man in Asia, because even in the whole of Japan, there is no such wealthy man.

Despite this, these reporters did not believe that Lin Haoran would invest tens of billions of dollars in Japan. In their opinion, even if Lin Haoran was rich, he would not have so much money, right?
However, Lin Haoran didn't care whether they believed it or not.

In fact, he himself didn't know how much money he would invest in Japan.

This time, he only brought 40 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Even so, it is a huge amount of money.

If you want to reap huge profits from Japan in the later stage, you must invest enough funds in the early stage.

Lin Haoran invested in Japan not to bring about prosperous economic development in Japan, but purely to make money from the Japanese.

He may not be able to make money out of nothing, but he can still make money by investing.

Just like in his previous life, in the 1980s and 1990s, Japan also made large-scale investments in the mainland.

For example, in terms of investment in manufacturing, Japan's investment in China reached its first peak in the mid-80s, mainly concentrated in the home appliance industry.

At that time, Japanese companies such as Panasonic and Hitachi established a number of joint ventures in the mainland to produce automobiles, color TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines and other products.

In the mid-90s, Japan's investment in China ushered in the second wave of peaks, mainly concentrated in the fields of textiles, groceries, food, digital electronics, machinery, etc.

Japanese companies' investment in the mainland is not limited to manufacturing, but also involves infrastructure and basic industries. Their investment purpose is naturally to make money and reap wealth from the mainland.

The same is true for Lin Haoran's purpose of investing in Japan. He wants to reap Japan's wealth, especially the wildly growing economy during Japan's economic bubble.

Of course, no matter what, investments are complementary.

Lin Haoran's current investment in Japan will also boost domestic employment, economy, etc. Although it is not very noticeable to Japan as a whole, it is beneficial to Japan today.

Otherwise, people wouldn't be so polite to him.

The greater the investment in Japan, the higher the rate of return will naturally be.

Therefore, there is no clear upper limit for Lin Haoran's investment in Japan.

He planned to acquire enough Japanese assets before the Japanese economic bubble came.

In this way, when the Japanese economic bubble occurs, it will definitely bring him a huge surprise.

In the future, whether he can become the world's largest hidden billionaire depends on how much wealth he can reap during the Japanese economic bubble.

Lin Haoran is full of expectations for this!
After a brief interview, Lin Haoran, led by Mr. Tanaka, left the airport in a business car.

That night, he received a grand reception. Not only Mr. Tanaka, Mr. Kazuyuki Kitayama, chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization, and the deputy mayor of Tokyo attended the event, but also many Japanese business leaders.

At the dinner, the lights were bright and the atmosphere was warm and friendly.

Lin Haoran was dressed in a custom-made dark suit and had elegant manners. His conversation revealed extraordinary business wisdom and foresight, which made every Japanese business leader present look at him with admiration.

The Japanese business community is naturally somewhat repulsive to outsiders like Lin Haoran because its own development has been very good now and it is considered a very developed country in the world.

But this time he has the support of the government, so even if foreign investors are excluded, these entrepreneurs are very respectful to Lin Haoran and express their hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with Lin Haoran.

This is also a good opportunity for him to get to know the bigwigs in the Japanese business community.

It was not until after nine o'clock in the evening that Lin Haoran, a little drunk, checked into the Imperial Hotel Tokyo.

Other employees of the Jardine Matheson Group have also settled down.

Although the Swire Group does not have many industries in Japan, it does have some.

So, in fact, the Swire Group had set up an office in Japan a long time ago.

When the employees of the Jardine Matheson Group came here, the office here had already made all kinds of reception arrangements for them, including arranging their accommodation and travel.

Naturally, Lin Haoran doesn't need to worry about these things.

In the following two days, Lin Haoran conducted a business investigation in the Tokyo metropolitan area under the arrangement of the Japanese government.

On the third day, he was even received by the Prime Minister of Japan and had a meeting with him.

Huo Jianning, Zhao Xin and the employees settled down in Tokyo.

At the same time, preliminary layout of Tokyo began.

When in Hong Kong, Lin Haoran had already talked a lot with Huo Jianning, so Huo Jianning also knew about the investment ideas of his boss Lin Haoran in Japan.

Investment in Japan is mainly focused on real estate, and the regions are mainly concentrated in first-tier cities such as Tokyo and Osaka, especially Tokyo.

Obviously, during an economic bubble, real estate is the easiest investment with the highest return rate, so they focus their investments on the real estate industry.

Of course, when facing the Japanese government, Lin Haoran would not say that he would only invest in the real estate industry. He would also invest in other service industries, manufacturing, etc.

If he only invested in real estate, Lin Haoran probably wouldn't be so popular.

As for the Swire Properties Group, with HK$40 billion in hand, they have a lot of things to invest in.

Although Japan is a populous country and Tokyo is its capital, in fact, housing prices in Hong Kong are slightly higher than those in Tokyo.

Overall, housing prices in Hong Kong were higher than in Tokyo in 1981.

This may be related to factors such as the economic development status, population density, and land resources of the two places.

As one of the world's financial centers, Hong Kong not only has a highly developed economy and a high population density, but also relatively scarce land resources. These factors have jointly driven up housing prices.

Especially in the past two years, housing prices have doubled or tripled.

In Tokyo, land resources are not so scarce.

In addition, Japan has not yet entered a state of economic bubble development, and the economy has not developed blindly.

It is also because of this that the current housing prices in Tokyo, although high, are not that high.

This is also a good time for the Swire Group to invest in Japan.

(End of this chapter)