Rebirth of the Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 286 Chapter 285: Divide the Cake

(Ah Xian wishes everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
(Nung, moon and new moon.)
Big Brother's care really made HSBC gnash its teeth.

On March 1865, 3, HSBC was officially listed for business in Xiangjiang.

But during this period, it was operating without a license, and HSBC also paid a large fine to Whitehall, so nothing happened.

On August 1866, 8, after almost two years, HSBC obtained a legal business license, which became the basis for outsiders to laugh at HSBC.

In addition to interests, there are also many personal grievances.

After all, the East India Company was not monolithic.

Moreover, among the many promoters of HSBC Bank, they were all well-known foreign firms from major ancestral houses that did business in Asia, and several of them were opponents of Jardine Matheson.

In particular, Jardine's thorn in Baoshun Co., Ltd. is one of the major shareholders of HSBC.

The old rival, the old enemy has invested in HSBC, and of course Jardine Matheson does not want to make HSBC happy.

At that time, John Diandi, the boss of Baoshun Bank, who was the first to respond to HSBC, felt that Jardine maliciously obstructed the establishment of HSBC.

So this John Taipan made a bold move, but the method he used was not some clever business strategy, but a low-level hooligan's move.

Everyone knows that there is no way for Jardine to prevent the establishment of HSBC. Even the Jardine Taipan knows that their efforts are in vain.

So John just wanted to add nausea to Jardine.

When Jardine Jardine went to London to put pressure on Whitehall, trying to prevent HSBC from obtaining a business license.

Without saying a word, this Mr. John Dingdi spent a lot of money to sleep the beautiful mistress Taipan Jardine left behind in Xiangjiang into his bed, and then announced it to the world.

Moreover, in the Xiangjiang Cup horse race that year, John even spent a lot of money, buying a thoroughbred horse, and taking back the Xiangjiang Cup that Jardine had won for several years.

The flamboyant young man of the past, the ultimate villain, the master of fun, used his own way to retaliate.

He used these two things to declare to Jardine that if you engage in my business, I will engage in your women and horses.

At that time, the upper class of the ancestral family spread the story in all kinds of ways, and everyone listened to it with great interest, which fully satisfied everyone's life adjustment after dinner.

This is not over yet, John Taipan is also extremely arrogant.

On the day HSBC did not obtain a business license but was open to the public, this guy was holding the woman of the Jardine boss who was seduced with money for sex with his left hand, and the award-winning thoroughbred horse with his right hand.

All the executives of Jardine Matheson who came to attend the opening ceremony lost all face.

In the next hundred years, even with the subsequent cooperation, such open and secret struggles will happen at least five or six times a year.

"It's not important to win once, it's important to win."

Shen Bi picked up the whiskey glass, took a sip, and said this sentence lightly.

HSBC has always been in second place, and Jardine has declined in recent years, but it is not obvious yet.

80.00% of Asia's profitable sea routes, ports, oil, iron ore, high-quality deep-water ports in Malacca, and circulation ports are all in the hands of Jardine.

To be exact, they are all in the hands of Wharf.

Being in a group with Hua James today was not an accident, but Shen Bi's intention.

Lin Huaile was also salivating at Wharf. He was not very interested in the shipping industry or the wharf industry.

Malacca is a golden waterline, where there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If you are not careful, you will blow the lamp and pull out the wax.

However, the large amount of land in the core areas of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, New Territories and Hong Kong Island held by Wharf is the high-quality assets most needed by Fengrun Real Estate led by Lin Huaile.

As for the trams, warehouses, and freight terminals, they are all added.

Lin Huaile found a special appraisal company to do the calculations. The valuation of the land was 6000-7000 Hong Kong papers per square meter, but now the stock price of Wharf is only 11 yuan.

The valuation is greatly underestimated, and the most exaggerated thing is that Heung Kong Properties and Wharf, known as the wings of Jardine, have four directors on the board of Jardine, but the shares directly controlled by Jardine are very few .

Wharf is 5.00%.

And Xiangjiang Land is even more pitiful, only a mere three percent.

If this was ten years ago, or five years ago, it would not have been a big problem. After all, Chinese companies at that time did not have sufficient funds in their hands.

However, the rapid development of the real estate industry in the past few years has made the pockets of these real estate tycoons bulging. Sun Hung Kai, Hengfeng, Li & Fung and other big groups are secretly absorbing the shares of Heung Kong Land.

But Lin Huaile didn't get involved, he just used the leather bag company to inhale stocks, preparing to make a fortune.

His real goal is Wharf.

I chatted with Shen Bi about this idea for a long time, and they didn't even cut the ribbon at the foundation laying ceremony of the Science and Technology City, but discussed the feasibility of the matter.

The two studied for several hours and found that there was a possibility of success.

Wharf has achieved good results in recent years, and has successively built famous properties such as Harbor City and Ocean Center Building.

But in terms of business methods, it is not commendable, it is too conservative.

They stick to the concept of building and renting out buildings as their main profit model, and only rent and not sell.

This is less risky, but it also leads to a slower return of funds, and the growth rate of rent is slower than that of land prices.

Therefore, the profit performance of Wharf is mediocre, and the stock price has been low.

And Jardine is looking for two large cargo terminals in Mumbai and Delhi, with the two as the center, to transport and sell precious timber in India.

In order to grasp the industrial chain, Jardine and Wharf jointly invested to acquire a 30.00% stake in Fendi's furniture business line, and at the same time took over two furniture brands that were born in 1850.

Investing one after another, let Wharf empty out the cash in the account.

In order to alleviate the company's financial crisis, it chose to sell a large number of bonds to obtain cash, which made the group's debts piled up, its reputation declined, and its stocks depreciated.

Now is the best time to make a move.

And James Hua is the best entry point.

"Win all the time?"

"To overwhelm Jardine completely?"

"It's a difficult job. What can I do?"

Hua James also heard something in Shen Bi's words, it was difficult to find him out for dinner, how could he waste time playing golf with him.

"Of course there is."

"I just wonder if you will keep it secret?"

Lin Huaile also picked up his wine glass, took a sip, took out his wallet, counted out a few banknotes, and sent the staff around him to leave.

Those who can go to the golf course to work are all clever ghosts. They all take the money and leave obediently.

"It seems that this is a big secret, it really makes people's blood spurt!"

"Rick, the movie star you sent last time didn't have such an effect."