Hong Kong Island Old Events

"Brother Tai." He Dingxian said sincerely: "If I don't resolve this matter, you will never do business with me again."

"give it to me."

"Ghost, let me settle it."

Huo Guantai moved his mouth, sighed, and said no more explanation: "Thank you very much, then I will make it clear to Taikoo that the land reclaimed from the sea will never be sold!"

"Um."

He Dingxian opened the lid of the tea bowl, picked it up and took a sip: "It is my responsibility to solve the problem."

If he hadn't had guns and men to solve the trouble the ghost man was causing, Huo Guantai wouldn't have been able to cooperate with him.

You know, he holds more than 30% of the shares of Lixin Real Estate. When Huo Guantai approached him for financing, in addition to asking for money, he also wanted him to provide some political endorsement.

Damaging the interests of Lixin Real Estate is harming his interests.

If this matter is not resolved cleanly, Huo Guantai may be forced to increase shares to allow HSBC to take shares, which will invisibly reduce He Dingxian's income. The key is the next step of the real estate company. It will be difficult to occupy a large share.

However, the real estate development company that is about to be established is the most profitable part of the real estate industry. If someone throws someone off the bus at the last moment, they will really want to kill!

Swire \u0026 Co., Ltd. is a standard purely British-owned company. It was founded in Liverpool and registered in London. It has a history of a hundred years and has had trade exchanges with China since the late Qing Dynasty. In 1866, a branch company was established in Shanghai, specializing in the textile industry. Then, aiming at the Yangtze River steamship market, he founded the Shanghai Shipyard. The business entered its peak period, and the business was cooking in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It has branches and offices in New York, Manchester and other places.

However, Ocean Bank, which developed along with the British national destiny, was destined to decline along with the British national destiny.

Swire \u0026 Co. suffered heavy losses during World War II. The British factories and machines were smashed, and the factories in the mainland were confiscated. In the end, thanks to the special characteristics of Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Island branch became the most powerful place.

So Swire \u0026 Co. focused its development on Hong Kong Island, brought its technicians back to the old business, and founded Swire Shipyard.

Currently, Taikoo Shipyard is one of the three major shipyards on Hong Kong Island. It is commonly known as "Taikoo Dockyard", alongside it is "Navy Dockyard" and "Whampoa Dockyard". After more than ten years of hard work, it has recovered and regained its status as a shipyard. Well-known foreign companies.

However, it is still far behind foreign banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Land. The current development focus is on the aviation industry, aiming at the air transport market after World War II, hoping to get a share of the pie with the help of technology accumulation.

Historically, there is no doubt that Swire Pacific has achieved this. It has huge aviation maintenance factories in Hong Kong Island and Xiamen. At the same time, it owns 45% of Cathay Pacific Airways.

But just as Swire's most profitable business before World War II was not shipbuilding, after World War II, Swire's most profitable business was not aviation, but through the acquisition of Coca-Cola Partnership, a company that manufactured glass bottles for Coca-Cola. cooperation rights to provide Coca-Cola with bottles from dozens of regions around the world, including Mainland China, Hong Kong Island, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

This is a profitable business, just like Swire Sugar, the world's largest sugar factory before Swire, and now Swire is eyeing real estate.

night.

He Dingxian was in the study room at home, carefully checking a business report, which was filled with information about Taikoo \u0026 Matheson.

"It turns out that Swire Sugar has not closed down yet. A few years ago, Swire just invested in Cathay Pacific and participated in the construction of Kai Tak Airport. It wanted to develop the aviation industry." On his right hand was a piece of fruit, including star fruit and watermelon. , honeydew melon.

"This time, you feel that the real estate industry is profitable again, and you want to try it out?"

He Dingxian sneered: "I don't know who came up with the idea. I think Lixin Real Estate is easy to bully and want to develop it directly by acquiring land."

Of course Swire will give you some hard work fee, but it is far from the expected return.

This company's ambitions are really big. It wants to be able to operate on land, sea and air, but according to his understanding, Taikoo has succeeded! Because before he saw the information, he didn't know that Taikoo \u0026 Co. had shipyards and airlines. He only knew that Taikoo \u0026 Co. had been involved in real estate.

In its previous life, Taikoo Li Mall was well-known in China, with Taikoo's sites in the central areas of several core cities. Now it seems that Taikoo Li is joining forces with HSBC to squeeze it out of the real estate industry.

This move is not completely targeted to Huo Guantai. It is a combination of cutting and beating. Who is cutting?

Damn it!

It's to cut him!

He Dingxian actually hated him so much in his heart. The ghost guy has a characteristic that he likes to disgust you.

Chinese people take their face into consideration when doing things, and when people leave, they have to wait for time to cool off, and Sir He is still in the police force. But the ghost guys don't know how to do it. When they see you have no power, they will come out to grab food, for fear that they won't be able to share the food if they are slow.

He Dingxian also thought that his business was getting bigger and bigger, and the position of the anti-corruption office might not be able to cover it. It was the police force that was anti-corruption, and it couldn't reach into the business world, and the guns he had didn't look strong enough.

"Inviting the guys from the criminal team and the uniformed team to cause trouble can re-show their strength, but the people are not in the position, and the influence can only be used as a trump card." Only when the people are in the position, the brothers will As the arm pointed out, people are not in their position, and all they use are favors, which can never be replenished after they are used up.

If He Dingxian uses the power of the Chinese police to do things, he will actually lose a move and there will be resistance to regaining power in the future.

The simplest truth is that the brothers' fees are no longer paid by him, so why should they work for him again? For loyalty? They say it's okay, but if brothers go out on the street and suffer large-scale casualties, or are scolded or punished by higher-ups, who will take the responsibility?

He is in power and can help his brothers carry it back. Is Gao Yongsheng willing to carry it for him?

As a qualified politician, Brother Sheng may even take advantage of this opportunity... Therefore, He Dingxian can only hope that the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bill will be passed and the scope of authority of the Anti-Corruption Office will be expanded. The power of greed.

The big point is that they hope to retain their influence in the business world and increase their resistance to the attacks of foreign companies.

"I hope Brother Tai can hold on."

He Dingxian put down the information about Taikoo \u0026 Matheson and sighed in his heart.

It takes time for the bill to pass.

At present, the Hong Kong Governor's Government has not approved it, and the business community does not know yet. Once the Hong Kong Governor's Government approves it, foreign companies will definitely speed up their pace and press hard on Lixin.

Sometimes it is interesting to look at the history of the development of British banks. After all, as the victor of the First World War, Britain was an empire on which the sun never set. Foreign banks were an important means of harvesting colonies. Each foreign bank has a history of more than a hundred years. History, with its ups and downs, mergers and acquisitions, development, and business ideas, has witnessed the changes in the history of world business.

Half a month later.

HSBC Bank, VIP room.

Huo Guantai was wearing a black suit and a blue tie. He opened the door and bowed gently: "Pray, sir."

Qi Yaolin, the senior manager of HSBC, stood up from his seat on the sofa and stepped forward to shake hands with a smile on his face: "Huo Sheng, good morning."

"Morning." After Huo Guantai and Qi Yaolin shook hands and talked happily, he glanced at the other ghost guy sitting next to him, Xuansha, the chief executive of Taikoo Mathematics. Xuansha stood up when he glanced at him, smiled and nodded, looking very respectful.

Qi Yaolin stood in the middle and introduced him: "Huo Sheng, this is Xuan Sha, the president of Swire \u0026 Co., Ltd., who is responsible for all business on Hong Kong Island."

"Sir Xuan." Huo Guantai stepped forward to shake hands with a much calmer expression. Xuansha was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was different from the gray-haired ghost next to him. After shaking hands, he said: "Huo Sheng, I have long admired your name, please take good care of me."

"I don't dare to take it seriously." Huo Guantai spoke in Cantonese.

Qi Yaolin said: "Sit down."

The three of them sat down on the sofa, and the female secretary opened the box door and handed them a cup of coffee.

"Thank you." Huo Guantai nodded casually, picked up the coffee cup, took a sip, put it down, and asked aloud: "Sir, what's the matter?"

"That's it." Qi Yaolin clasped his hands, crossed his fingers, crossed his legs, and sat gracefully on the chair: "HSBC has invested in Swire Properties and is also a shareholder of Swire Properties. We hope to promote cooperation between Swire Properties and Swire Properties. .”

"Can we sell the reclaimed land of Lixin Real Estate to Swire Properties? In the future, Lixin Real Estate will be responsible for the engineering and Swire Real Estate will be responsible for the development."

Qi Yaolin is best at exchanging resources in business to gain maximum benefits, and he can speak without blushing or heartbeat.

Huo Guantai sat between the two of them. As a guest, he was in a dilemma.

"Of course, Swire Properties will never acquire it at a low price, and in the real estate industry, Mr. Huo can still do it, but the division of labor is different." After Qi Yaolin finished speaking, he looked at Xuansha. Xuansha saw that Mr. Huo did not answer, and continued. : "Mr. Huo can also invest in Swire Properties and work together in the real estate industry. When the time comes, Mr. Huo's personal company will undertake the reclamation project and build land for Swire Properties, and Swire Properties will make money for Mr. Huo."

"We are all still in the same boat."

Seeing this, Qi Yaolin attacked again: "Huo Sheng, if Lixin Real Estate can reach a cooperation with Swire Properties, HSBC can continue to invest in real estate companies under your name in the future."

"If you don't agree."

Qi Yaolin shrugged his shoulders and leaned his back completely against the sofa. The implication was self-evident.

"Sorry, gentlemen." After a long silence, Huo Guantai stood up and refused decisively: "Lixin Real Estate is not my sole proprietorship. Any decision you want to make needs to be discussed with the shareholders."

Qi Yaolin immediately stood up and looked at Huo Guantai with the wrong eyes.

"Mr. Huo!"

"You are the largest shareholder of the company, and HSBC is the third largest shareholder. There are only three shareholders in the company. Together with you, can't we still influence the company's decision?" Qi Yaolin's tone was threatening. : "Without HSBC's help, how could you, an orphan just plundering people from the sea, get to where you are today?"

Huo Guantai looked at the anger in the eyes of the HSBC senior manager, and then looked at the Taikoo senior manager next to him who was watching the show. His heart was shaken, but soon he took a deep breath and said calmly: "Didn't I make money for HSBC?"

"What do you mean when you say this to me?"

Huo Guantai is indeed an orphan who lost his father at the age of seven, but what the orphan is not afraid of most is risking his life, and no one can threaten him!

"Are you threatening me?" Huo Guantai took a step forward, lifted Qi Yaolin's collar, and stared at him.