Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

Whether it was his game company going public in the United States, or betting on the victory of the British Empire in the previous Falklands War, he was on the winning side almost every time.

Even Mr. Huo and the Chartered Ship King, the most powerful Chinese in Xiangjiang, praised it. In addition, HSBC and Standard Chartered also have close cooperation with it.

Before, HSBC's Shen Dapan supported the charter king to seize Wharf, this time maybe HSBC was also involved in it, otherwise, with that Mr. Yang Chen alone, it would be impossible..."

This time, Jardine's companies in various regions have been attacked more or less, which is somewhat unbelievable.

Although Yang Chen is very famous now, after all, his rise time is too short and his foundation is not solid. Apart from Xiangjiang, other places can't compare with Jardine at all.

It would take half a year or so to complete this layout, and it would be impossible to achieve such a big effect, unless there is support from a big bank like HSBC.

Although Jardine is known as the No. [-] foreign bank in Hong Kong, as the economy of Hong Kong continues to rise, the influence of HSBC and Standard Chartered, two banks with the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, is also increasing day by day. Among them, the strength of HSBC has faintly surpassed Jardine.

HSBC earlier supported Chartered Ship King and Li Chaoren, allowing them to successfully seize Wharf and abandon the ship and dock, and the other to successfully control Hutchison Whampoa. At the same time, they continued to increase their influence in the circle of Chinese-funded consortiums.

All of these, there is no lack of replacing Jardine's number one position.

Faced with Yang Chen, a newly rising young man, everyone might not pay much attention to it, but the situation is different if they switch to HSBC Bank, even Jardine has to be cautious.

At present, Jardine is burdened with huge debts, and the financial pressure is unprecedentedly huge. If one is not handled well, it is likely to cause collapse.

After listening to it, Niu Bijian also found that the matter was more serious than he imagined, so he asked, "Is there any good way for General Manager Parker?"

"The only solution now is to solve the funding problem as soon as possible. Now that Hongkong Land is burdened with too much debt and there are many holding companies under its umbrella, once someone becomes interested in Hongkong Land, the consequences will be disastrous.

We need enough funds to ensure that if there is a takeover battle in the future, we can quickly reach an absolute controlling position, so that we will not be bought back by others..."

Parker did not hesitate, and directly expressed his worries. Although the shares of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land Mutual Control have reached [-]%, logically speaking, this amount of shares is absolutely safe.

However, Jardine's opponent this time is not someone else, but our boss Yang and HSBC Bank. Neither of these two houses is poorly funded. Maybe they can really come up with a large amount of cash to buy the remaining five Sixty percent of the shares.

Chapter 776

In the next few days, the Yang Consortium headed by Hang Seng Bank formally launched a large-scale business war with the Jardine Consortium. Due to the wide spread, it caused severe stock market fluctuations.

Xiangjiang media, which had been paying attention to the negotiations between China and Britain, suddenly focused on the two major consortiums. Compared with the issue of Xiangjiang’s ownership, the competition between the two consortiums is obviously more eye-catching. .

From Xiangjiang to Singapore to London, the three major stock exchanges were shaken by the two consortiums. The battle between the newly emerging Yang's consortium and the established Jardine consortium is comparable to the previous Wharf Pao and Jardine consortia. competition has become more intense.

To what extent?

It was so intense that no matter whether it was British capital or Chinese capital, no one dared to step in easily. Everyone was afraid that one would get burned.

The big boss behind the Hang Seng Bank is the new richest man in the Chinese community. Boss Yang has enough financial support, plus Zheng Haiquan and others have ruthlessly shorted Jardine's stock price at the beginning, and drank a mouthful of soup .

Therefore, I am quite confident and not afraid of trouble at all.

Although the Jardine Group has the support of the Keswick family behind it, because the European consortium is now deeply involved in the oil crisis and the Latin American debt crisis, the Keswick family has experienced two crises and suffered considerable losses.

In less than two days, Hongkong Electric and Telephone, which are controlled by Hongkong Land, have lost their holding status under the heavy attack of Zheng Haiquan and others, and are now controlled by Hang Seng Bank Holdings.

Xiangjiang Electric and Telephone are the companies that Yang Chen specially told Zheng Haiquan and others to win. This is related to the next industrial layout, and it is one of the main purposes of this business war.

From the beginning of comprehensive defense to the final focus of defense, concentrating funds to acquire the shares of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, the only consideration for Jardine Matheson executives now is how to keep these two parent companies that hold many companies.

As the situation was out of control, the Keswick family, the major shareholders of Jardine, couldn't sit still at this time, and immediately sent the best members of the family to Xiangjiang, preparing to take over all the affairs of the Jardine Group.

Although Jardine has listed companies in Singapore and London, the center of the war is mainly on the Xiangjiang side.

As the majority shareholder of Jardine, the reason why the Keswick family is so anxious is mainly because Yang Chen persuaded William Jardine, one of the early founders of Jardine, through the Spencer family, that is, the family of Princess Diana. His descendants acquired the Jardine shares they held in their hands.

Although the descendants of William Jardine do not hold many shares in Jardine, because the other party is one of the earliest founders of Jardine, the significance of selling shares cannot be ignored.

In addition, Jardine's shares held by the Cizek family, which is second only to the Keswick family, have also shaken the price offered by Yang Chen. Now the major consortiums in Europe are deeply troubled by funds, and the Cizek family is no exception. .

As for the shares of Jardine Matheson Group, the proportion of its family business is not much, and the bulk is actually on the side of the Keswick family.

We must know that the main reason why the Keswick family has been controlling the Jardine Group by virtue of their status as the major shareholder is because of the support of the two major families.

Today, the two major families that are regarded as right-hand men have already sold their shares at a good price, while the other has also begun to waver. The Keswick family, which had a great advantage, lost its previous advantage all of a sudden. live.

Previously, the two major companies, Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, controlled more than [-]% of each other, and the Keswick family only needed to acquire another [-]% of the shares to be invincible.

However, one of the right-hand men and the right-hand man was removed. Although the Keswick family is the major shareholder, the major shareholder does not mean that they can completely control the company.

Under the strong gold dollar offensive of Hang Seng Bank, the Keswick family's only slight advantage has begun to change due to financial pressure.

In Jardine's chairman's office, Simon Keswick looked at Niu Bijian, the outgoing chairman of Jardine's board of directors, with a sad face, and asked, "Did you find that Mr. Yang Chen? Did you get in touch?"

Niu Bijian: "It has been found. According to the news, he is currently in Bangkok, Thailand."

Simon Keswick hurriedly said: "Okay then, hurry up and book a ticket to Bangkok for me, and you will continue to be responsible for the affairs here."

Niu Bijian nodded, turned and left the office he was familiar with. Regarding the occupation of the office, he thought very openly, knowing that his position would be replaced sooner or later, and who occupied the office was no longer important.

This time, no matter how hard Jardine tried, the final result would be a loss, and there was no room for recovery.

The only difference is that you lose more and lose less.

He, the chairman of the board of directors, will definitely leave his post in the future. As early as a few years ago when he lost Wharf, all the directors of the board of directors have already begun to feel dissatisfied with him.

Now that Jardine has suffered such a big setback under his leadership, if Simon Keswick hadn't been afraid to take over the chairman of the board at this time and take the blame for him, he would have been kicked out a long time ago.

To be honest, Niu Bijian felt helpless and a little unwilling. In his opinion, if it hadn't been affected by the general environment, Jardine would not have lost so badly.

The other party had planned so hard to prepare for so long, whoever faced this situation would stumble, he just happened to be unlucky.

He knew that the Keswick family wanted to control the power of Jardines a long time ago, but it was only in consideration of the interests of all parties that the Keswick family distributed the rights to the other two founding families.

Now that this is the case, the Keswick family is naturally worried that the other two families will continue to control the company.

"Ruth"

"Chairman, what's the matter?" Seeing Niu Bijian approaching, Ruth quickly got up from her seat.

"Go and book some tickets to Bangkok."

"Bangkok?" Ruth was taken aback when she heard the words, and asked, "Is the chairman going to Bangkok? When?"

"It's not me." Niu Bijian shook his head, glanced at the direction of the office, and said, "Go and book a ticket to Bangkok now, and you will follow along when the time comes. Don't ask about other things."

"Okay, Chairman," Ruth nodded.

Seeing Niu Bijian who had already left, Ruth felt a little bit reluctant. As the chairman's secretary, her advantage did not lie in her ability, but mainly in her ability to have frequent contact with Niu Bijian.

With the status of secretary, according to the usual practice, as long as she has accumulated enough qualifications and connections, she can delegate to other departments, at least starting from the manager level position of the subsidiary company.

If the ability is recognized and high-level leaders are optimistic about it, it will be possible to rise to the top from now on.