The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "I know, I'm going to talk to Shen Bi too. I've been busy with Midea things these days, and I haven't seen him for a long time. We still need to establish a good relationship with HSBC. We still have to give the Whampoa Garden a project. Only Shen Bi can do it."

After getting hands with Huang, Shen Bi would not lend him any more money, so naturally he had no contact with him, but recently, his business with Huang has improved a bit, and with such a big new project, he naturally had to pay a visit.

Although I have made good progress in various businesses in the past six months, I have not yet reached the point of ignoring HSBC. It is not a problem to borrow money from other banks for development in Hong Kong. .

"That's good too. HSBC has plenty of funds, which just happens to provide us with protection, but I don't know if Shen Bi would dare to lend us another few hundred million." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.

"What is he not afraid of?" Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said, he dared to build a headquarters building worth US$1 billion, what is this little money?

"One more thing, Mr. Chen, you arranged for me to buy 2.2 million TVB shares from HSBC. The negotiation is about to be completed, and now there is only the price issue." Zhou Jiayang continued.

"Oh, that's not bad. What's the current price?" Chen Zhiwen asked. He Huang had already acquired 2.3 million TVB shares from the declining British-owned Times Life Co., Ltd. before adding the amount held by Hutchison. 61% of TVB's shares have actually obtained a controlling stake. However, at that time, Hutchison Huang had a lot of personal affairs, and Chen Zhiwen's main focus was still on Midea's arcade sales, Nike's shareholding, etc., so he did not go to fight for TVB control. Not bad for those few months.

However, it did not completely put it aside, but continued to acquire another 30% of the shares from HSBC. Once acquired, Hutchison Huang will have 90% of the shares of TVB. Shao Yifu is gone.

This is indeed a huge bargain. When TVB was first established, the Hong Kong government did not recognize Chinese, so Lijia could only give most of the shares to the three large foreign firms at that time. As a result, Chen Zhiwen is now all cheaper.

"HSBC asked for 21 million yuan, and I insisted on 20 million yuan, which is already 20% more expensive than what we bought from Times Life before." Zhou Jiayang said.

"Oh, let's talk about it again. We should take a step back and take a median value of 2050. How can we say that we and Huang are also long-term partners of HSBC." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said: "The assets in HSBC, do you want to buy them?" If you come down, you will have to pay a premium, normal things, there is no comparison with the declining foreign firms in the life of the times."

Zhou Jiayang actually came to explore the way, obviously because he couldn't negotiate, 500,000 or 1 million is actually nothing to Chen Zhiwen, it's not worth wasting too much time, and it's impossible for him to go find Shen Bi , favors are more valuable.

"Okay, then I'll talk to Huodoli again. These people are really tough." Zhou Jiayang said helplessly.

"Huodoli is a department of HSBC that specializes in debt investment and mergers and acquisitions. Of course, it has rich experience and can speak well. If it weren't for the fear that HSBC would disagree with the acquisition of Hutchison, I would have wanted to find Huodoli." Chen Zhiwen said.

"What about Wharf?" Zhou Jiayang said suddenly.

"No, Shen Bi will never agree to my acquisition of Wharf." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

Shen Bi does not care whether the other party is Chinese or British in order to make money, but he absolutely does not want to cultivate a giant that he cannot control. In the original history, Jardine once tried to acquire Wheelock, but HSBC intervened , because after the acquisition of Wheelock, Jardine will surpass HSBC in scale, which Shen Bi cannot tolerate.

Chen Zhiwen had already controlled Hutchison and Huang. If he controlled Wharf again, Shen Bi would not tolerate such a large scale. Relatively speaking, although Midea and Red Bull have made a lot of money overseas, their scale in Hong Kong is still much lower than that of Ocean Bank.

"Unfortunately, we now have 18% of the shares of Wharf. If we have the support of HSBC, we will be able to take over with full confidence." Zhou Jiayang said.

"We haven't moved Wharf's stock for a year, and there are two real estate projects that are not small in Galaxy. We don't want to resume it for the time being. Let's wait a few months, and then I will transfer money from overseas." Chen Zhiwen After thinking about it, he said.

The funds in Hong Kong are mainly to start the Whampoa Garden project, plus the investment in the Midea Industrial Park. These are relatively expensive. As for Wharf, although it is also important, there is no rush. If we look at the original history, we will At the beginning of 1978, Li Jiacheng began to acquire Wharf, causing the stock price of Wharf to soar more than three times, which opened the prelude to the war between China and Britain, and was also the first shot in the history of Hong Kong where Chinese capital replaced British capital.

But in this life, because Hutchison was forcibly acquired by him, Jardine also began to pay attention to the controlling stake in its own companies. Whether it was Hongkong Land or Wharf, Jardine had increased its holdings, but the share was not large. Because Jardine began to work hard from outside to inside.

There are still about two years to go, and it doesn't matter if it is a few months later. Besides, even if it was delayed until 1978, Li Jiacheng would not be able to acquire Wharf.

"Okay." Zhou Jiayang nodded. He also probably knows the situation of the boss's main businesses. Now it seems that only arcade machines can make a lot of money, and there are several new arcade machines waiting to be launched. If they exceed the , the profit of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars is estimated not to be a problem.

"Reach an agreement with HSBC as soon as possible, and then you will go out and take control of TVB." Chen Zhiwen said.

"With 90% of TVB's equity, we can naturally take over TVB. However, for the TV station, we can only rely on the original team to manage it. But now TVB is controlled by Shao Yifu. His status is special. If he doesn't cooperate , That's really troublesome." Zhou Jiayang obviously thought about this issue.

"I know this. Currently TVB Li Xiaohe is the chairman, and Shao Yifu is the general manager. You are responsible for solving the Li family. If Shao Yifu is concerned, let me talk to him." Chen Zhiwen said.

There are many types of management in various companies, but they are all wage earners. To put it mildly, they are the emperor of wage earners, but Shao Yifu is not. Ten years ago, when the Shaw Brothers movies were at their peak, he was one of the top ten richest men in Hong Kong. , much higher status than Li Jiacheng and others.

In recent years, the real estate industry has grown exponentially. In addition, in the film field, Shaw Brothers movies have been beaten by new players Golden Harvest. TVB Chairman Li Xiaohe has given the management of the company to Shaw Yifu due to health reasons. , It also gave Shao Yifu the idea of ​​​​abandoning the screen from the big to the young.

It is impossible for such a person to work for him, but if he is driven away, TVB will also suffer heavy losses. Over the years, Shao Yifu has controlled TVB and Shaw Brothers Films at the same time, and the two sides have carried out various cooperation in many aspects. If disconnected suddenly, there is a high chance of chaos.

This is the biggest trouble.

"Li Xiaohe? I heard that he has been lying at home for several years. His wife Li Lu Yanqun is in charge of the business of the Li family. It is said that the management is not bad, so I have to find her." Zhou Jiayang thought for a while and said.

"I haven't seen it before. Red Bull bought the Lijia United soda factory at the beginning, but Huodoli came forward to buy it." Chen Zhiwen said: "You have to hold her, otherwise she will go around chewing us and bullying people who are dying. People are in trouble."

Obtaining TVB is the first step in the development of the media, and it is also a necessary step. When one's own business is booming, controlling the media becomes a must. However, when TVB was first established, Li Xiaohe signed an escrow agreement with the three major foreign companies , although the general meeting of shareholders can forcibly overthrow it, but Li Xiaohe has cancer. If he does this, someone will definitely use this to talk about it in the Hong Kong media.

The injury is not to hurt Chen Zhiwen, but there is no need to recite this matter.

"Don't worry, Chen Sheng, I will handle it easily." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.