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"Mr. Lin, can you really help HSBC reopen in the mainland?" Shen Bi asked with surprise.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile. I can't guarantee 100%, but I will use my connections to help."

China, although the current situation is not very good, but there is a huge market there.

Since the 19th century, HSBC entered China and opened its first branch, it has been more than a hundred years.

They know better than anyone how much potential China has.

In fact, when Lin Yi threw out this trump card, the other party was already very willing in his heart.

But the surface reserve still needs to be done.

"Mr. Lin, I will try my best to convince the board of directors. But you also know that there are still considerable difficulties in making this thing work.

There are some people on the board of directors who are conservative and are unwilling to sell so-called British things to Chinese capital.

However, I strongly disagree with this view. Business is business. HSBC does not want to participate in politics, but only wants to do business well." Shen Bi expressed his attitude.

"Mr. Shen, I'll leave this matter to you. As for Swire and Jardine, I guess that when you convene the board meeting, their representatives may not be able to arrive due to various reasons. God's will is unpredictable, who knows what will happen in the future?"

After listening to Lin Yi's words, Shen Bi's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance.

He is now more and more interested in this young man.

...

Day 2.

Office of the Chairman of HSBC.

"Mr. Shen, what do you think about what I said?" Li Chaoren of Cheung Kong Group asked Shen Bi with great interest.

"We, Cheung Kong Group, are willing to pay a premium of 40% to acquire all the Hutchison Whampoa shares currently held by HSBC."

"Mr. Li, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Li Chaoren's expression froze, and an ominous premonition emerged in his heart.

The two sides sat down as host and guest, and Shen Bi personally poured Li Chaoren a cup of tea.

"Mr. Li, this matter... I'm sorry I can't agree to it." In the end, Shen Bi decided to tell the truth.

"Why, Mr. Shen, our cooperation has been very good for so many years. If it is because of the price, no problem, we can talk about it again." Li Chaoren said anxiously.

He has been planning this acquisition for a long time.

The last time he acquired Wharf, Bao Bu Tong intercepted it.

This time he planned to acquire Hutchison Whampoa again, but he never expected that someone would jump out.

Shen Bi shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, it's not entirely because of the price factor. The company also considers other aspects."

"Mr. Shen, can you tell me the reason?" Li Chaoren stared at Shen Bi with wide eyes. He wanted to know where he lost?

However, in the end, Shen Bi still shook his head.

"Sorry, Mr. Li. I can't tell you the reason for the time being. This matter is related to HSBC's commercial secrets."

Seeing that the other party was firm, Li Chaoren finally gave up the plan to lobby the other party.

"Okay, Mr. Shen, I understand. I hope we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

"Of course, HSBC has always welcomed cooperation with friends from all walks of life."

But the last sentence is a bit too formal.

Without taking over Hutchison Whampoa, will Cheung Kong Group still create that glory in the future?

September 24.

This day is the time when Mr. Shen Bi, chairman of the board of directors of HSBC, proposed to convene the company's board of directors.

Before this, the agenda of the meeting was highly confidential, and Shen Bi did not inform others.

Early in the morning, Paul, a representative of Swire, drove to the headquarters of HSBC.

However, when the vehicle passed Mong Kok, the driver James suddenly stepped on the brakes.

Paul, who was reading a newspaper in the car, frowned and asked unhappily: "What's the situation? James."

"Sorry, sir, there is a fight in front, it seems that two societies are fighting for territory." James replied.

"Damn it, these good-for-nothings in the police department have made the public security here so messed up that they can't even handle a small matter. And we have to pay a lot of taxes to these incompetent people every year."

After complaining a few words, Paul said, "Let's go somewhere else. Don't waste time here. I have an important meeting later."

James turned the car into an alley. According to his memory, he could take a shortcut here.

However, what he didn't expect was that the end of this alley was blocked by sand and stones.

When he finally backed the car out, he found that the tire had been punctured at some point.Exploded.

The nailed wooden board pierced the four wheels of the car.

"Boss, I, I really don't know why this happened?" James couldn't figure out why he was so unlucky today.

"Forget it, you wait for the tow truck here, I'll take a taxi to HSBC first."

He stopped a taxi and got in, then lay down in the car with his eyes closed.

However, what he didn't notice was that a smug smile flashed across the driver's rearview mirror.

For some reason, after Paul got in the car, he always felt drowsy.

Could it be that he had worked too hard these days and was tired?

Gradually, Paul fell asleep.

When he woke up again, he found a wilderness around him.

The driver was a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face. When he saw his employer wake up, he apologized in a embarrassed manner: "Sir, I'm sorry. It's my first day at work today and I'm not familiar with the road.

I don't know how I brought you to the New Territories. I'm so sorry. I won't charge you for the fare this time. After all, it was my mistake. I've called the main station and they will send another taxi."

Paul was speechless after hearing the sincere apology from the middle-aged taxi driver.

Looking at the Rolex on his wrist, it was already afternoon, and there was no meeting.

At the same time, Lewis, the representative of Jardine Matheson, also encountered the same bizarre thing. The difference was that he was taken to Tseung Kwan O by the taxi driver.

...

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Shen Bi held a meeting on time.

Looking at the two empty seats of Taikoo and Jardine Matheson, Shen Bi was amazed that the little guy surnamed Lin really did it.

As one of HSBC's directors, Bao Bu Tong also participated in this meeting.

When Shen Bi mentioned the agenda of this board meeting, Bao Bu Tong was the first to raise his hands in approval.

The other directors who had a good relationship with Bao Bu Tong also agreed to the deal one by one after Shen Bi mentioned the conditions offered by Lin Yi.

As for the representatives of the hardliners, they were also unable to support themselves without the representatives of Jardine Matheson and Swire.

In the end, the board of directors passed Shen Bi's proposal with an absolute majority vote to sell all 90 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa held by HSBC to the Landlord Foundation.

HSBC made a profit of more than 550 million yuan from this transaction, which can be said to be a huge profit.

Moreover, Boss Lin also promised them that he would try his best to open up their business in mainland China.

This time, HSBC really won.

As for the conflict between the major shareholder and the management of Hutchison Whampoa, it had nothing to do with them at all.