Reborn in Hong Kong: The Tycoon Grows Up

As the largest restaurant group operator in Hong Kong, Wu’s restaurants can be said to be spread throughout Hong Kong. How could the Jockey Club be such a lively place without Wu’s shop? Fortunately, Arabs often come to the Jockey Club, and there is still food suitable for Prince Sultan. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome, which is why many people are not very comfortable with receiving Middle Eastern customers. Diet alone is a troublesome matter, and living habits are even more different.

At noon, because Prince Sultan was present, no one drank. However, during this period, the Charter King intentionally or unintentionally wanted to talk to Bao Zixuan alone. It seemed that he had something to negotiate.

Both the Wu brothers and Prince Sultan can see this. Shuangbao wants to communicate alone, although currently it is only the chartering king; the Wu brothers and Prince Sultan definitely want adult beauty. Therefore, after lunch, Prince Sultan proposed to go back to the hotel to rest. As for the Wu brothers, they were originally in their family's territory, and they only regarded it as patrolling the shop.

The Charter King smiled and said: "Sheng Bao, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Can we chat alone?"

Although we no longer have any friendship with each other, after all, they are both well-known figures in Xiangjiang. It is difficult to refuse an invitation to chat.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "Since the Charter King is interested, I happen to have some time."

The two of them came to a private room in the Jockey Club. The charter king here was obviously more familiar with it, but Bao Zixuan didn't care.

After sitting down, the chartered king smiled and said, "Sheng Bao, the Bao family currently wants to sell some shares of the rare earth company. I wonder if you are interested."

When Bao Huodong Mining Company was split up, Bao Yugang and Zheng Yutong won a mine. At that time, he did not hesitate to break up with Bao Zixuan and introduced American and British capital for this purpose. It seemed that the matter was very simple. The two of them could completely control a rare earth mine. But when I really entered the mining industry, I realized that things are far from that simple. The entry of American and British capital often caused disagreements in company management, and the two did not understand the specific value of rare earths at all. I just know that this thing is valuable, and I don’t know anything else.

Bao Zixuan can manage well only because he knows the specific value of each rare earth and knows what customers need what products. When it's the turn of Charter King and Shark Dan to manage, they often can't find the final customer. Moreover, American and British capital just want to buy back rare earths as strategic reserves.

Therefore, it is often proposed to increase mining efforts at the board of directors and never care about price issues. Because as long as you get rare earth resources, the little money you lose on investment is nothing.

It was Mr. Bao who gave the chartering king the idea to allow Bao Zixuan to invest in Baojia Rare Earth Company. It doesn't matter even if the other party spends less or no money. As long as Bao Zixuan joins the company's board of directors, British and American capital will not be able to play any tricks. Professional matters still need to be handled by professionals. Unless the Bao family completely withdraws from the rare earth mineral industry, they must find a way to solve the current predicament.

However, the charter king is certainly not willing to withdraw. Not only is it a matter of financial loss, there is also a matter of face.

Bao Zixuan smiled and said: "I'm sorry, Heiyun Group has no plans to cooperate with other companies. And I don't want to have anything to do with the Bao family and the Zheng family. It would be good if we all meet up and drink tea together and chat with each other."

"If Bao Sheng wants to package and sell the company as a whole one day, then I would be somewhat interested. As for cooperation, let's forget about it."

Hearing that Bao Zixuan was completely disrespectful, the Charter King found it hard to accept it. He actually wanted to buy it as a whole, but this guy didn't have any good intentions.

Rare earth mining companies can still make money, but even if they don't make money, there are still a lot of people willing to take over. There is absolutely no need to sell it to the kid in front of you, as that will only bring humiliation to yourself.

If you get angry easily, then the business of chartering king will not be so big. But I still feel a little uncomfortable. After all, I have only been rejected a handful of times over the years. This was the first time that Bao Zixuan refused without mercy.

The chartering king smiled and said: "Sheng Bao, won't you listen to my quotation?"

"100 million Hong Kong dollars, 10% stake in Baojia Rare Earth Mining Company."

To be honest, the price is absolutely too low. If you flip it, you can make dozens of times the profit. But Bao Zixuan doesn't want to get involved. He can make money anywhere. The main reason is that he doesn't want to cooperate with the Bao family and the Zheng family. I just rejected it directly and without mercy. Now, when I hear someone's quote is so much cheaper than the market price, and I want to take advantage, that's a matter of character.

Bao Zixuan said with a smile: "It seems that Bao Sheng is very sincere, but I am very sorry. This is not a price issue, although you can make money after buying it. But money can be made at any time. To be honest, making money also requires a certain mood. .”

"If I'm not interested, I won't do it even if it's a profitable business. After all, I'm not waiting for rice to be cooked."

"I know that the difficulties Baosheng is currently facing are mainly due to the fact that the price of rare earths cannot rise, or even slightly decline. Moreover, it often fails to meet customer requirements and often does useless work."

"Industrial production, especially the production and research and development of high-end materials, is a highly professional thing. Although rare earth minerals are good things, they must be sold to companies in need. In the eyes of ordinary people, they may be worthless. Even if If you sell it to a middleman, the price won’t go up.”

“But selling to professional institutions and enterprises requires a detailed analysis and comprehensive understanding of the composition of rare earth minerals.

"I inherited the main body of Baohuodong Mining Company, so all professionals are already employees of Heiyun Group at this time. And they were recruited by me, so it is normal to follow me. At that time, you also felt that some people's wages were slightly higher; although it was obvious that I didn’t say it publicly, but in private, I was given eye drops.”

"It's not that you don't know some things, you just don't want to say them in order not to hurt your feelings. But don't think that others don't know about some small tricks; often the person you think you trust the most may also be the person who betrays you in the end."

"If Mr. Bao wants to sell rare earths at a high price, recruit a professional analysis team. Don't worry about spending money. When you don't understand, some money must be spent. Mr. Bao has been in business for so many years, don't I need to teach you the truth? ! Test the mined rare earths every day, even if it is cumbersome. Because hundreds of millions of dollars in profits are at stake, the price can only go up if we sell to the customers who need it most."

"To give a simple example, two different rare earths appear to be of similar quality. But they need to be sold to two metal companies; one needs to produce steel with strong ductility, and the other needs to produce steel with strong hardness."

"At this time, we need to analyze the rare earths to see which product is suitable for that customer. On the surface, both rare earths can meet the customer's requirements; but through professional data analysis, let the customer feel that the product you selected for him is the most suitable for him. . This is professionalism, Bao Sheng himself shouldn’t be able to analyze the components of rare earths!”

"I know that Bao Sheng and Shadantong may look down on us engineering and technical personnel, thinking that as long as we have business acumen, we will definitely make money. And the rare earth minerals themselves are not worried about sales, so there is no need for any technical personnel at all."

"But it's us technicians who are promoting social progress. Of course, businessmen also play an active role in this process. But compared with great inventors, we are still inferior. Perhaps in terms of wealth, science and engineering men are not as good as pure Businessman; but when it comes to professional aspects, it may surprise people even more.”

"I can only say so much. In fact, there is no need to tell you. But we are all Chinese, and I don't want the rare earth minerals in China to be sold at a low price. It is the wealth of all Chinese people. I hope Bao Sheng can take part of the profits. Develop the local economy. Otherwise, how will local residents live after the rare earth minerals are developed?"

"When doing business, we should not just focus on the immediate future, but should take a longer-term view. Mr. Bao, who has been in business for so many years, must understand this truth better than I do."

After Bao Zixuan finished speaking, he did not stay, but left directly.

However, the boat charter king couldn't calm down for a long time. It turned out that there were so many unknown stories here. Maybe he is a good player in the shipping industry, but when it comes to industry, he is not even close to Bao Zixuan. We should discuss it carefully with Shark Dantong when we go back. We must recruit a professional team, even if it costs a lot of money, it will be worth it.

In fact, Bao Zixuan really didn't want to tell the truth, but when he thought of rare earth minerals being sold at such low prices. I really can't bear it in my heart. God is relatively fair to every country. The Middle East is not suitable for growing food, so it gave them oil and natural gas. China has very few oil reserves, but its rare earth mineral reserves rank first in the world.

In the digital era in the future, rare earth minerals will be more widely used. If everything is sold out now, it will not be so easy to have the right to speak in the future.