The Industrial Giant Reborn

After chatting with Richard for an hour, Chen Zhiwen has a comprehensive understanding of the vice president of Hutchison. First of all, there is absolutely no problem with his ability. A company like Hutchison is not a family business. With a certain ability, even if you rely on flattery, that is still a skill.

In terms of business style, Richard is also very similar to Chen Zhiwen in many aspects. The simplest point is that he supports Heji and concentrates on developing a few key industries. Even if others can make money, they should benefit through investment instead of Do everything by yourself, which is completely opposite to the current Qi Dezun.

On the distinction between Huayang and foreign countries, Richard has a tendency to want to protect the interests of British employees, but this is also normal. When working in a foreign country, if he can help his own people by the way, he is indifferent, and Chen Zhiwen looks down on such people.

On the whole, Richard is currently the best candidate for Hutchison.

At the end, Richard hesitated for a moment and said: "Sheng Chen, there is one more thing that I think you should know in advance. A week ago, all of us knew that there was a consortium buying shares in Hutchison, and It is very likely that many acquisitions have already been made. At that time, Qi Dezun had no way to stop the new major shareholder financially, so the senior management of United Hutchison signed a joint advance and retreat agreement. If the new owner attacked the management, then they would All resign together."

"It's interesting. This trick is theoretically possible, but how can people be united? Qi Dezun thinks highly of people." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and smiled.

Theoretically speaking, this move is indeed ruthless. If the management of Hutchison can really advance and retreat together, let alone that Hutchison is still in a debt crisis. Even in normal times, the acquirer has nothing to do. All of them drive people away, right? Even if it is a company with the same business, the new management will not be able to completely take over Hutchison's business in a short period of time.

But this is just a theory. Theoretically speaking, there are hundreds of African bison in a group, and the adult bison normally has half a ton. This ethnic group should not talk about unity with the outside world. As long as a few adult bison stand out, a group of lions can be easily overwhelmed. Put it down, but the reality is that once a lion weighing more than 100 kilograms launches an attack, hundreds of bison will all flee. When the lions catch the weakest one and besiege, other large bison will just watch from the sidelines, maybe He will still eat weeds with peace of mind, as long as he doesn't die today, he will be fine.

Not to mention human beings, this kind of company can easily resolve the so-called mutual advance and retreat agreement, unless the new owner is really planning to lay off workers on a large scale, which affects the interests of everyone, but as long as the frogs are boiled in warm water, one day will be processed. , and then they all became lambs to be slaughtered.

Chen Zhiwen obviously didn't plan to lay off employees on a large scale. At the very least, he had to understand who were capable and capable, even if they were worthless now, they could stay and prepare for the future, and naturally all the dawdlers would be eliminated.

"Although they are not very good at uniting, there are also many small groups within Hutchison. If these people do not cooperate, it may cause some trouble." Richard said.

"Then fire directly. As long as you cooperate well, you can stay. If you don't cooperate, you can leave or be transferred to a marginal department." Chen Zhiwen said: "I will go to Heji in two days. , you can find the people you think are more important and convince them, the rest is up to them.”

"Okay." Richard nodded.

"This is my business card. If you have any progress or news, you can contact me directly." Chen Zhiwen took out one of his business cards from his arms and said, "It is very important to me to take over Hutchison. Everything should be prepared as much as possible." Well, don't ask any questions."

"No problem, I will do my best." Richard nodded and said, "Qi Dezun is still counting on your side to actively negotiate to let him continue to manage the company, and he is completely unaware of the problem."

After a while, Richard said goodbye and left.

Chen Zhiwen said to Li Haonan: "Arrange your people in Heji to keep an eye on Qi Dezun and Richard. Although I don't think there will be any problems with Richard, it's better to be on guard."

"No problem." Li Haonan agreed. In the past six months, Li Haonan has contacted many middle-level Hutchison staff through headhunting companies, including Chinese and British, and induced them to serve him with high salaries and provide internal information about Hutchison. It is all within the law, because Li Haonan does not want any confidential information of Hutchison, but observes the internal personnel structure of Hutchison, understands which high-level is important and which is not important, and is also investigating the business situation of Hutchison.

Of course, in order to avoid legal risks, Li Haonan never came forward by himself.

In half a year, Hutchison has more than 30 people serving Li Haonan. The highest level found is the direct assistant of a vice president of Hutchison, and he has also obtained a lot of information from Hutchison's senior management.

While looking up information, it is natural to be able to stare at people.

"Then just wait." Chen Zhiwen said, looking at the Victoria Harbor in the distance through the glass.

On the second day after Xinghe acquired Hutchison, there was no newspaper in Hong Kong that did not mention this matter.

On the first day, it was the Hong Kong Economic Journal that stole the show, and naturally, the second day, it was all in full glory.

"Hutchison International, one of the four major British foreign firms, is about to welcome new Chinese shareholders."

"Chinese capital acquired the Hutchison Group, and Chen Zhiwen became the first Chinese to acquire a British bank in the history of Hong Kong."

"Shocked, Hutchison Group was acquired by a mysterious person, and it turned out to be him."

"Since the opening of Hong Kong, it is the first time that Chinese capital has acquired a British foreign firm!"

"Nonsense, British-funded foreign firms are actually acquired by Chinese-funded companies? This is a disgrace to the British Empire"

"Chen Zhiwen completely ended the era when the four foreign firms informed Hong Kong."

A series of different headlines are all cheering the excitement of Chinese capital's official acquisition of British capital. For many ordinary Hong Kong citizens, it is like the cross-border merger in which Geely acquired 9.69% of Daimler in the later generations and changed it to 49.69%.

This is a very exciting acquisition for many Chinese. Although Chinese capital also has giants in Hong Kong, such as Bao Yugang, Zhao Congyan and other ship kings, these are all overseas capital and have little to do with Hong Kong. For countless years, Hong Kong Several major foreign firms in China control the basic necessities of life of ordinary people, and the only thing that changes is that they occasionally replace them.

However, there are also some media who are not optimistic about this acquisition. They claim that this is a surprise attack by Chinese capital while a British foreign company is in a major debt crisis. question.

The voices of some small channels cannot influence the mainstream. After countless media failed to interview Chen Zhiwen and his family, they began to investigate his family history and the composition of the entire business empire.

"You mean that the valuation of Red Bull can reach 2 billion Hong Kong dollars?" Inside the Ta Kung Pao newspaper, editor-in-chief Shen said incredulously after listening to the report of his reporter.

"Yes, other reporters are checking how many properties Chen Zhiwen owns and how many shares in other companies he has. I specifically went to check Chen Zhiwen's beverage company. This company sends an average of 15 containers to the dock every day. According to my approximate According to calculations, there are at least 600,000 to 800,000 bottles of beverages in it. I asked my friends in the United States. The price of Red Bull’s terminal in the United States is quite different, and it is 2.5 Hong Kong dollars. Even if the transportation cost and terminal cost are deducted, a bottle of Red Bull It shouldn’t be difficult to earn 50 cents. In this way, the net profit will be at least 300,000 to 400,000 Hong Kong dollars a day, and more than 100 million a year. According to Hong Kong’s listing ratio, it will be easy for the market value to break through 2 billion.” Reporter Qin Songlei said emphatically.

Red Bull's profit is actually his guess. Hong Kong's listing rate is also the data of a few years ago, and it must not be more than ten times now. But as a reporter, not cheating is the bottom line of abiding by the law.

"It's unbelievable that a company that makes beverages can have such good results." Editor-in-Chief Shen said in disbelief. In fact, he probably knew that his subordinates were a bit exaggerated, but it is undeniable that the value of Red Bull must be very high, and This is only the results in the United States. According to the available information, Red Bull has already begun to enter the European market, but it has just begun, and the sales volume is still not large.

If we achieve the same results in Europe, we will definitely enter Asia. A small beverage may be able to create a large company comparable to the four major foreign companies!

"In Hong Kong, there are steel kings and clothing kings. Watch kings, I think Chen Zhiwen should be suitable for the title of drink king." Qin Songlei continued.

"Beverage King? Is this name too vulgar?" Editor-in-Chief Shen said with a smile: "But if what you said is true and Red Bull has such profitability, it is really not a problem for Chen Zhiwen to undertake Hutchison's debts. .”

"Chen Zhiwen will go to Heji the day after tomorrow, so if we expose this news tomorrow, it will definitely become the first news. This is much more valuable than the hundreds of millions of land owned by Chen Zhiwen." Qin Songlei said.

"Okay, I'll save the front page for you, and immediately sort out useful information from this document." Editor-in-Chief Shen said.

"OK, I have to stay up all night to make it." Qin Songlei suddenly got excited, and the information he researched by himself can finally be published on the front page.

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