Chairman of Chinachem Group

After Gong took over, Hua Mao still seldom borrowed money from banks. The benefits of this method were realized again when the financial storm hit in 1998. In the subsequent Great Depression of the property market, China Trade's projects did not stop, but accelerated construction. "At that time, people's trade unions were cheaper." Gong Ruxin smiled. Hua Mao still adheres to the strategy of "property hoarding" and changes most of the houses sold before to "serviced apartments" for rent.

Gong Ruxin is still not interested in the topic of Chinachem's listing. "We have discussed it many times, but the timing is always wrong. Now I think this (not listed) is also good. During the financial turmoil, many people said to me, you are so relaxed. Fortunately, you are not listed. "

In his bones, Gong never relaxed himself. The rule in Hua Mao is to get off work at six o'clock, but Gong Ruxin never finishes her work at this time. For more than ten years, Huamao Headquarters, located on the15th floor of Huamao Golden Plaza, has become the work and life center of Gong Ruxin. At one or two o'clock at night, subordinates often receive her phone calls. At seven o'clock in the morning, Gong's secretary needs to get to the office and wait for the dispatch. Gong explained to his friends that if he didn't work at night, he wouldn't sleep well.

Gong is not alone. At his side, there are many veteran ministers who have worked for Hua Mao for many years. The core is Liang Rongjiang, who is in charge of core real estate business, and Wang Liquan, who is in charge of entertainment business. The former is unsmiling and is a key figure in handling the internal affairs of China's trade, while the latter is Gong Ruxin's "diplomatic ambassador". However, Wang Jintian, who joined 1994, usually has the most communication with Gong Ruxin. "She has a keen interest in architectural design and is very sensitive to interior design," commented Wang Jintian.

After 1994, the business circle in Hong Kong quickly learned a revived "Mrs. Wang". Speaking of "Nina Tower", what is mentioned most naturally is its new shape and girlish mentality of "miniskirt+croissant braid".

"This shape is very cute, like a doll, and it is easy to arouse people's interest." Huang Baiming, a famous Hong Kong filmmaker and chairman of Oriental Entertainment Holdings Limited, said.

Gong Ruxin wants to give Hua Mao a brand-new label. The answer is diversification and internationalization.

Before Gong took over, Hua Mao only invested in entertainment except real estate. The industry calls Huamao, which has most of its funds in banks, a "cash company". Now, Hua Mao is testing the water in new and old economic fields other than real estate.

The biggest move is to expand into the hotel industry from 1998. In addition to Nina Tower and Repulse Bay, after the relaxation of the policy, Gong also applied to the Hong Kong City Planning Commission to convert Huamao's industrial land in Mong Kok and Kwun Tong into a mid-range hotel. Today, Hua Mao has invested nearly 20 billion in hotels.

Gu Xianhui, head of Huamao Hotel Department, said that with the completion of large-scale entertainment projects like Disney and the acceleration of economic integration between the mainland and Hong Kong, Huamao's vigorous expansion into hotels will prove to be a wise decision in two or three years.

At the end of 2000, Hua Mao entered Anning Digital (0 128) and wanted to use it as the flagship of developing information technology business. After more than two years of rectification, this high-tech company mainly engaged in telecommunications and biomedicine has steadily lost money.

After Gong 1995, overseas investment increased significantly. In Taiwan Province Province, she invested in Yangming Shipping, a leading international container shipping company, and served as a director. In the United States, Gong owns the second largest live music brokerage company in the United States, Blues House and S&S retail store, which runs Sesame Street. In Canada, she invested in the live experience theme park Playdium. Because of his fascination with the frontier biotechnology field, Gong invested in more than a dozen biotechnology companies in the United States before the concept of biotechnology was sought after by the capital market. Among them, the genetic laboratory has been listed, and Gong Zi 1997 has served as the company's director.

She even wanted to bid for gambling cards in Macau: At the height of the competition for gambling cards in 200 1 Macau, Gong Ruxin suddenly joined hands with Liu Luanxiong, a wealthy businessman in Hong Kong, and once became a hot bid, but eventually lost.

Now it seems that her most successful investment is Chelsfield, a British real estate company.

Chelsfield is a British real estate star stock, founded by Elliott Bernerd on 1986, with a large number of properties in London and new york. 1990 during the lunar new year holiday, huamao had a big holiday. Gong Ruxin and Wang Dehui traveled to England and met Elliot bernal, so they decided to invest in Chelsfield. At the end of 1993, Chelsfield was listed in London, and Gong Ruxin was the founding shareholder, holding nearly 14% of the shares (later diluted to 12.34%), second only to Elliott Bernerd. 1996, Gong became a director of Chesfield. Now, Gong Ruxin's investment of about 300 million Hong Kong dollars in that year has appreciated by more than 654.38+0 billion.

"She worked so hard to make everyone realize that her success is not only because of' Wang Dehui's wife', but also because of her own career." Zhao Shiceng said, "But to be fair, Wang Dehui and Gong Ruxin were close partners in Huamao in the past, and the establishment of Huamao was the result of their joint efforts."

It is not easy to prove this. What is imminent is the century lawsuit between her and her husband Wang Tingxin:1In July 1997, Wang Tingxin filed a complaint with the Hong Kong High Court, asking the court to order Wang Dehui to die, confirm Wang Dehui's will made in 1968, and designate Wang Tingxin as the sole beneficiary of the estate. Marathon-style production litigation began. 1In June, 1999, the High Court declared Wang Dehui legally dead. Gong Ruxin said that Wang Dehui's will made in 1990 made him the sole beneficiary of the estate. In June 2002, the court ruled in writing that Wang Tingxin won the case. After hearing the verdict, Gong Ruxin said that he would appeal to the end. At present, the marathon appeal lawsuit is still in progress. This rich and powerful feud drama has attracted the attention of Hong Kong people. Hong Kong tabloids reported that Wang Tingxin, now 92 years old, had the support of people in entertainment and sports circles in Hong Kong, as well as "spokespersons" of casinos in Macau. Wang Liquan, Gong Ruxin's assistant, told reporters that Gong Ruxin's personal safety is being threatened by black forces. "Like the bridge in the movie, it happens every day."

Wang Geng said that the lawsuit had many adverse effects on the normal operation of China's trade. Hong Kong News, a well-known financial newspaper in Hong Kong, commented after the court ruled that Wang Tingxin won the case last year, saying that if Gong Ruxin lost the lawsuit against the estate administrators of Wang Tingxin and Wang Dehui, her position at the helm of Chinachem would be shaken.

As a result, in the global rich list published by Forbes magazine in March this year, Gong Ruxin, who ranked 123, was selected as the "rich man who is tired of money".

In an interview with reporters, Gong Ruxin said that she didn't care about the so-called wealth ranking. "How did they find out? They are so capable that I can't figure it out myself. "

Gong Ruxin, 66, said that she has made up her mind to inherit the huge wealth that has caused her trouble. Considering that we have no children, my husband and I made a charity fund on 1987, and we will make an international prize similar to the Nobel Prize in the future, all of which will be donated to the country.