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Volume 3 Chapter 25 Temptation Continued

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    Unlike Pao Yugang's Chinese style of playing it safe, Jardine Matheson was straightforward. As soon as Shen Chong finished talking to Shu Qi, Qiu Siyu told him that Niubijian had called him to ask him to have dinner at the Peninsula Hotel at six o'clock in the evening.  "Yihe is worthy of being the king of foreign trade. He is full of arrogance. It is already dinner time before he comes to send out invitations. This is not a treat. This is just chasing ducks." "Then do you still want to go?" "Go, of course, you are arrogant.  It's a good thing, especially when discussing business." As Shen Chong spoke, he pressed a button on his desk, and the wall on the right opened silently, revealing a wardrobe with neatly hung rows of clothes and colorful accessories.  He took out a set that had been matched in advance, and then said: "Go and notify Yuan Tianfan and ask him to bring the draft we discussed in the afternoon and come with me." "Okay." Talking about business at the dinner table is China  There are many unique skills among people, but the British only learned a superficial form, so this dinner only lasted for more than half an hour before it ended on bad terms.  "Mr. Niubijian and Mr. Bao Dafu, I would like to remind you that if I sell the shares in my hands to you, you will be on an equal footing with Pao Yugang. If I resell it to Pao Yugang, he will hold 40 Kowloon  There is no need to insist on the position of 49¡¯s largest shareholder in order to drag down the Land Group. Which one is more important? Please think about it.¡± Before leaving, Shen Chong motioned to Yuan Tianfan to put the document on the dining table and said, ¡°This is the right thing to do.¡±  I¡¯ll put the draft here. You can take it or not, it¡¯s up to you. I¡¯ll go to the mainland tomorrow and come back in a week. If you¡¯re still interested, we¡¯ll talk about it.¡± After walking out of the Peninsula Hotel and getting into the car, Shen Chong asked.  Yuan Tianfan: "What do you think?" "I only saw four words on the faces of Niubijian and Bao Dafu." Yuan Tianfan smiled and stretched out four fingers and said: "Hesitant." "That's right.  Shen Chong laughed and said: "They are reluctant to part with Wharf and want to fight Pao Yugang, but they are also worried about being attacked from behind and losing their footing. The former king of foreign companies no longer has the ambition to dominate."  " "The so-called wind and water turn around, retribution comes." Yuan Tianfan also laughed and said: "If Yihe Matheson was not too greedy and annexed the milk company without any money, it would not be in the current situation. "Yihe Matheson was founded in 18.  In 1998, it made its fortune by trading opium and smuggling opium to China. After the opening of Hong Kong in 1841, Jardine moved its headquarters to Hong Kong. Its power once expanded to the entire China, and its business expanded from opium to shipping, trade, and finance.  , real estate, industry and other fields, it has become the most famous diversified and comprehensive enterprise group in old China. It claims that "anywhere in China, wherever there are trade activities, there is Jardine Matheson" and is considered the king of foreign companies.  After 1949, Jardine Matheson & Co. lost all its assets in the mainland and withdrew all its operations to Hong Kong. In the 1960s, it ranked first among the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong. The American "Fortune" once reported the power rankings of Hong Kong at that time.  They were the Jockey Club, Jardine Matheson, HSBC, and finally the Governor of Hong Kong. This shows how powerful Jardine Matheson was at that time.  Land Group was jointly founded by Paul Chater and Jardine Matheson in 1889. It is the main enterprise under Jardine Matheson. Before the rise of Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings, Land Group had always been the largest real estate developer in Hong Kong, sitting on a large number of properties in Central.  High-quality real estate is considered the "crown jewel" of Hong Kong's real estate industry.  In 2019, the Hong Kong Harbor Tunnel was about to open to traffic. Causeway Bay became the most prosperous business district in Hong Kong outside Central. Land prices rose sharply, so the Land Group came up with the idea of ????a Hong Kong Dairy Company.  The Hong Kong Milk Company is also a British-owned company. It was founded in 18RU. It bought a large amount of land in Pok Fu Lam and Causeway Bay for pastures, raised cows, sold fresh milk, and made ice cream. This kind of business method was understandable when Hong Kong was still a small fishing village.  But in the 1970s, when such a business was still in business, it was just a matter of holding on to the gold mountain to eat the corn. The milk company did not have a controlling shareholder, and the shares were very dispersed. In 1919, the Land Group adopted a share-for-share split.  In this way, without spending a penny, he acquired the milk company, then converted the ice factory in Causeway Bay into a commercial building, and converted the pasture in Pok Fu Lam into a residential complex. He made a lot of money, but it also buried the ground for  The hidden danger is that the Milk Company has many shareholders. After the stock exchange and stock split, Land Group's shares were dispersed to many small shareholders, and Jardine Matheson's controlling position in Land was greatly weakened.  In 2019, Chinese enterprises in Hong Kong had just begun to rise, and they could not threaten the status of Jardine Matheson. But by 19RU, the situation was very different. The strength of Chinese enterprises had greatly increased. With the strength to compete with British capital, Hutchison Whampoa fell into the hands of Li Ka-shing.  The hand is the proof.  The current situation of Jardine Matheson is that if it does not issue new shares to raise funds, it will not be able to regain the controlling stake of Wharf from Yukang Pao. However, if it issues new shares, it is worried that Yukang Pao will secretly infiltrate Chencang and abandon Wharf and acquire Land Group.  Land Group is the core industry of Jardine Matheson and cannot afford to lose, so it is in a dilemma.  "Exchanging real estate for the stocks I hold is the best choice for Jardine Matheson. Unfortunately, Newbrick wants the shares in my hands and doesn't want to pay too much.Much cost.  Shen Chong smiled and said: "The British are still too arrogant, thinking that I am easy to fool when I am young, so they use Starlight Hotel as an excuse. When Land bought Starlight Hotel from Fok Yingdong, it only cost 37.5 million, even if the value there increased."  It's more than ten times more, but it's only four to five billion. Besides, what do I need a building from the 1960s?  ¡± Star House is a commercial building built in 2019 by Fok Ying-tung, Stanley Ho, Stanley Ho and other Hong Kong and Macau tycoons, with an investment of HK$300,000. It is 19 floors high and located in the prosperous area of ??Tsim Sha Tsui. It is one of the most famous buildings in Hong Kong in the UU era.  Huo Yingdong was blacklisted by the Americans during the Korean War. After the establishment of Starlight, he rented one of the large shops to the "Zhongyi" company that dealt in handicrafts from mainland China. Therefore, he was regarded as pro-communist and was banned by the United States and Japan.  The British government jointly suppressed it. The Americans declared that all tenants of Star Shop could not sell American goods and could not even use cash registers made in the United States. The British Hong Kong government even refused to provide telephone services to tenants of Star Shop. Fok Ying-tung put every square meter of  The rent dropped to 90 cents, but no one dared to rent it. In addition, Ho Hong betrayed him behind his back. In desperation, Fok Ying-tung finally sold Star Bank to the Land Group for 37.5 million Hong Kong dollars. After the Land Group bought Star Bank.  , it was quickly rented out and sold out, making a huge profit. This setback also made Fok Yingdong less interested in continuing to develop the Hong Kong real estate market. If there had not been the Starlight incident, with Fok Yingdong¡¯s financial resources and connections in the mainland, maybe two  Hong Kong in the eleventh century was not "Lee's City", but "Huo's City" Shen Chong didn't even want the Prince's Building in Central, and he didn't like the Star Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui, so he refused without hesitation.  As for the terms of Jardine Matheson, the difference in chips between the two parties is too big, so there is no need to continue the negotiation. ¡°What does Mr. Shen mean by leaving Jardine Matheson alone and selling the stock to Bao Yugang?  " "There's no rush. I think both sides are building up their strength. It's not a life-or-death fight yet. In other words, the stocks we hold still have room for appreciation.  Shen Chong tapped the leather seat with his fingers and said in a very clever way: "Go and check whether Pao Yugang has any travel plans recently. Jardine Matheson is at a disadvantage and it is very likely that he will do something when he is not in Hong Kong."  sneak attack.  "    "good.  "
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