Hong Kong Island Old Events

He Dingxian used Oriental Bank to pay the Anti-Corruption Office's fees. Naturally, he wanted to absorb savings and slowly take over Gui Lao's fee services.

If Oriental Bank can directly serve as a savings pool for fees, it will be convenient for police officers to withdraw, and it will absorb hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars every year.

Of course, the power to charge fees for the entire police force is not in his hands for the time being. If he touches the purse of the entire police force, whether it is good or bad, it will easily arouse the resistance of the police bureaucrats.

Now, he holds the power to collect fees from the Anti-Corruption Office, and it is an independent channel for making money outside of the police force. He can start from the Anti-Corruption Office, and let the ghosts get used to it step by step.

In the future, absorbing and saving police fees will not be out of the ordinary, and there will be precedents, so it will be very convenient to talk about.

afternoon.

Ho Ting-hsien left the Peninsula Hotel with the officers and took a bus back to Wan Chai Police Station. After the passage of the Anti-Corruption Act, his reputation in the anti-corruption office grew and everything became easier. He broke the shackles put on him by the ghost one by one. .

The trapped dragon has been released!

night.

Central, tea room.

Huo Guantai sat cross-legged in front of the coffee table, holding a purple clay pot in his hands, shaking it slightly, and stepped forward to pour tea: "He Sheng, the ghost guy from HSBC wants to meet me again tomorrow."

He Dingxian picked up the tea cup, lowered his head and sniffed lightly. The elegant fragrance of tea was refreshing. He took a sip and praised loudly: "Brother Tai, good work!"

"Are HSBC afraid?" He put down his tea cup and smiled. Huo Guantai sighed: "HSBC is accustomed to being arrogant because of its relationship with the Hong Kong government. It is not afraid of heaven and earth. How can it be afraid of us?"

"He just wanted to save himself some unnecessary trouble."

As one of the three major note-issuing banks, HSBC was the last to enter the Hong Kong market. It has always been known as the darling of the Hong Kong government in the business community and is a foreign bank that the Hong Kong government supports the most.

Without special approval from the Hong Kong government, HSBC would not have the right to issue banknotes. How could it have the influence it has now? There are rumors that HSBC provided great help to the British during the fall of Hong Kong Island. At the same time, several Hong Kong governors held shares in HSBC.

In Hong Kong Island's business community, no firm has a stronger political backing than HSBC.

"What are you going to do?" He Dingxian still has to respect real estate traders. If we can negotiate, it will be good for him if Lixin Real Estate develops greatly.

Isn't it just for money that you work so hard to conquer the world? Enemies can beat him for money. If enemies can make money for him, they can become friends.

Huo Guantai chuckled lightly and broke the news: "He Sheng, the north gave me the franchise of river sand."

"Huh?" He Dingxian's expression was stunned, and then his heart was beating wildly. Although he knew that Huo Guantai had gone to the north for a meeting, as a patriotic entrepreneur appointed by the north, going north for meetings was a routine matter, and he did not dare to think that Huo Guantai could get the river sand franchise. .

"Now that the north has just won the war, it is a period of accelerated development. We need foreign exchange, and we can provide it." Huo Guantai said: "Correspondingly, the mainland provides us with a steady stream of river sand."

"If we can obtain the river sand franchise, we can strangle the lifeblood of all real estate developers on Hong Kong Island."

This time both He Dingxian and Huo Guantai won.

Whether it is the passage of He Dingxian's bill or Huo Guantai's river sand franchise, it is enough to deal a fatal blow to HSBC. If the two are superimposed, HSBC has no chance to fight back.

"Congratulations." He Dingxian raised his teacup and congratulated him sincerely.

Huo Guantai responded with a toast and said with a smile: "Congratulations to us."

"What are you going to do with Swire?" He Dingxian drank a cup of tea and no longer paid attention to Swire Properties. First of all, Swire Properties was definitely doomed. Secondly, Swire Properties currently only had three major industries: shipyards, aviation, and sugar factories as its backbone.

Among them, Taikoo sugar production has been in decline, because after the end of World War II, the industries of various countries have developed, sugar production is no longer a big problem, sugar can no longer become a "weak national tax", and what will replace sugar will be "grain" and "oil".

What's more, Taikoo Sugar's biggest sales market is the mainland.

The shipyards and aviation industry were prosperous, but they were not as powerful as Taikoo's. A second-rate foreign firm was unable to recover and could only be left to the disposal of two people. As for Swire Properties? Don't say you can't do it now! He Dingxian made it impossible for him to do it for the rest of his life!

Don’t even think about doing it in the mainland market!

Huo Guantai has a strong back and speaks naturally and domineeringly: "I'll tell him to get out of the real estate industry!"

It was not enough money to acquire the shipyard and aviation branches, but they had enough cash flow to acquire several pieces of land owned by Swire Properties.

"HSBC holds shares in Swire Properties. You can ask HSBC to come forward to negotiate the acquisition." He Dingxian played with the teacup and chuckled: "As long as you put pressure on HSBC, it will be OK. As for foreign banks, mutual mergers and acquisitions are the norm."

He even had a plan in his mind, which was to wait until Swire Sugar closed down in the 1970s to acquire Coca-Cola suppliers first and obtain the right to supply Coca-Cola, thus depriving Swire Matheson of its largest cash cow.

Subsequently, United Chinese Capital acquired the shipyards and aviation of Swire \u0026 Co., making Swire \u0026 Co. a thing of the past.

He didn't dare to think about acquiring a foreign bank before, but the cooperation with Huo Guantai was very exciting. Joining forces might give him a chance!

The biggest advantage of cooperating with fierce people is confidence, unparalleled confidence!

Win all the way to the end.

Huo Guantai nodded and added tea for him: "So I have promised the senior class at HSBC that we will meet at the HSBC building at seven o'clock tomorrow morning. He Sheng will come with us then?"

"So early?" He Dingxian was quite surprised: "I can't get up!"

For businessmen, time is tight and they can use it flexibly twenty-four hours a day. It is not surprising to schedule it at seven o'clock.

He Dingxian is a person who is even late for work.

"It doesn't matter, it's good if you can come." Huo Guantai didn't care: "Do you still care about Gui Lao's face?"

"Brother Tai, you can't say that. I will definitely give you the face of the governor and director!" He Dingxian retorted hastily, and smiled: "Forget it about the foreign tycoon, I also open a bank, and he and I are competitors. "

"Hahaha." Huo Guantai laughed loudly.

He had exactly the same feeling as Ho Ding-hsien. They felt that they were very close and it was very comfortable to work with each other. Take this incident as an example. Even if he didn't get the river sand franchise, He Dingxian could still handle it.

Only such collaborators can safely hand over their behinds and move forward together. Through the battle with Taikoo, the two's commercial and political interests were bound together early on, and they cherished each other.

The next day, early morning.

HSBC Building.

Huo Guantai was wearing a suit, crossed his legs, held his cigar and took a deep breath: "Huh."

He looked at Qi Yaolin, the HSBC executive in front of him, and said, "Mr. Qi, Swire Properties wants to acquire Lixin Real Estate, do you support it?"

Qi Yaolin brought a cup of hot coffee, placed it next to the meal bag, and pushed it to Huo Guantai, with a smile on his face: "HSBC has never supported Swire's acquisition of Lixin, but only hopes to promote cooperation between Swire and Lixin Real Estate. This is a win-win thing. .”

"oh?"

Huo Guantai glanced at Gui Lao and asked with a smile: "Then do you support Lixin Real Estate's acquisition of Swire Properties?"

Qi Yaolin looked a little surprised: "The land assets in the hands of Lixin Real Estate are only worth 12 million Hong Kong dollars. Swire Properties has received two pieces of land in Pok Fu Lam and has undertaken the Mount Sinking residential renovation project. The asset value exceeds 30 million Hong Kong dollars. .”

"Why did you acquire Swire Properties?"

Huo Guantai was confident and replied: "If I remember correctly, HSBC holds more than 37% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder of Swire Properties. I will find other shareholders to get 14% of the shares. "

"Is it enough to take over Swire Properties?"

Qi Yaolin narrowed his eyes and sensed his intention: "You want to use Lixin Real Estate to take over Swire Properties' land and then waste it?"

Swire Properties is not listed on the market, but there are still private equity transactions, because Swire Properties raised a sum of funds privately when it established the real estate company, and if you are interested, you can buy it at a large price. Huo Guantai never wanted to take over Swire Properties for development, and there is one operation in commercial mergers and acquisitions, which is to buy rival companies, deprive them of valuable assets, and then kill the company.

If HSBC and Bank of China support Huo Guantai, the money invested in Swire Properties will basically be wasted. Because Huo Guantai wanted HSBC to hand over the shares of Sanqi directly, not to acquire his shares of Sanqi.

Although the asset value of Lixin Real Estate will rise, HSBC has less shares in Lixin Real Estate and more investment in Swire Properties. Where is the Hong Kong dollar in between? The first two shareholders were completely advantaged.

"right!"

"I just want to destroy it." Huo Guantai held his cigar and responded simply: "If you offend me, I will make it unable to stand up for the rest of its life!"

Qi Yaolin said coldly: "Huo Sheng, HSBC is willing to continue to support the independent development of Lixin Real Estate. If you agree not to involve Swire Properties, we can negotiate. If you don't agree, we can't."

"HSBC and Swire are two foreign banks that welcome the anti-corruption office to investigate at any time. No matter how you investigate, HSBC can afford the money." At least it's not more expensive than selling out Swire.

Huo Guantai shrugged his shoulders, took another sip of coffee with great interest, put down the cup and stood up: "In this case, I will make it clear that any real estate company that seeks a loan from HSBC will have to use sea sand to build its buildings."

"By the way, how much would it cost to build a building on a land in Central using sea sand?"

"Is it more expensive than Kowloon?" Huo Guantai glared at Qi Yaolin and asked with a smile. He turned around and left without stopping. Qi Yaolin didn't understand what he said, but felt fear in his heart. He blurted out: "There are eight sands on one side of the Victoria Harbor pier. Hong Kong dollars!”

"Yes, now a square meter of river sand only costs eight yuan." Huo Guantai turned to look at Qi Yaolin with a smile on his face: "Where did you get the eight yuan river sand?"

"Outback!"

"Three days ago, the mainland has promised to hand over the franchise of river sand in Hong Kong Island to me. From now on, I am the King of Sand! Whoever builds a building with sand needs my nod!" Huo Guantai shouted: "You Are you convinced?"

Qi Yaolin's heart suddenly beat wildly.

"I'll call Xuansha!"