Why did Li Ka-shing invest a lot of money in Britain's hydropower field?

In the three years since 20 10, Li Zeju has spent more than HK$ 200 billion to acquire infrastructure projects in * * *1Britain, Canada and other countries. Li Zeju owns 78% of Changjiang Infrastructure. Based on this, he personally spent about HK$ 654.38+050 billion on these acquisitions. Compared with his personal assets of HK$ 290 billion, nearly half of his assets have been transferred to the west. On the contrary, this year, its real estate-based "Changhe Department" has not taken land in the Mainland or Hong Kong. As a weather vane of investment, the Li family is shrouded in various worries in the market. Some people even think that their departure from Hong Kong is the beginning of mainland capital's departure from overseas. So, is Li Zeju's behavior just an example?

Li Ka-shing retired completely. "In recent years, I have mainly handled business, and behind it, Mr. Li gave some suggestions." The president of the above-mentioned large investment company revealed. 20 12 in may, Li Ka-shing distributed his property to his two sons, and Li Zeju took over two-thirds of the rights and interests of 22 companies under his family trust. In fact, Li Zeju took over the scepter of Lee's commercial kingdom several years ago, but in addition to high-profile overseas acquisitions, its business in Hong Kong and the mainland has also repeatedly caused trouble: in May this year, nearly 1,000 workers at its docks stopped working because of dissatisfaction with low wages; At the beginning of this year, the "Yong Cheng Xuan" hotel in Hong Kong developed by Changjiang Industry was split and sold, which eventually failed due to unclear legal relationship; In September last year, Hutchison Whampoa's property in Guangzhou had quality problems, and nearly 100 owners collectively complained about water seepage in the wall. ...

Hong Kong people call the Lee brothers "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", and their dragon face is full: as early as 1990, Hutchison Group, the 26-year-old host, acquired British Rabbit Telecom, and then through capital operation, the family assets doubled in a few years; The self-built Yangtze River Infrastructure has a market value of over 100 billion yuan, making it the third largest family business after Changjiang Industry and Hutchison Whampoa. How does Li Ka-shing evaluate this son? "Li Zeju's performance can be more than 90 points. If you are not your own child, give 100 points. "

Very high evaluation. In fact, Li Zeju's business is experiencing a bottleneck period of rising performance. In the past two years, its two major businesses have experienced a downturn, and the net profit of Cheung Kong Industrial and Hutchison Whampoa 20 1 1 decreased by 30% and 53% respectively. At this time, overseas breakthrough has become its main strategy. Since Li Zeju held Changjiang Industry in 2000, the company has transformed into an international company, with assets and business involving more than 50 countries around the world, and the proportion of overseas business has increased to 80%.

Li Zeju inherited his father's words and deeds, but his business methods were so different. Wen Tianna thinks: "The son management mode has accelerated the internationalization of the group, which is related to the background of Li Zeju. Li Ka-shing's emotional factors in the overall investment will be heavier, and his son's burden will be less. He will consider more international business and consider the interests of shareholders and the income of the company. "