The Industrial Giant Reborn

In late October in Hong Kong, it was no longer as hot as before. Although there were no cooperation agreements with several major investment banks, everything went as he expected, which made Chen Zhiwen feel much better. As long as this If you succeed once, you will have more funds to realize your dreams.

After all, no matter how high the previous profits were, they were all at the level of 100 million US dollars. In Hong Kong, there are a lot of funds, but if it involves global layout, the funds are too little. In the coming 80s, the global market has countless Opportunities, all of these require a huge amount of funds to have a chance to seize, otherwise, at most, you can only go in and have a sip of soup.

On Hutchison's side, Whampoa Garden, the largest walled village project in Hong Kong's history, has been put on sale in full swing. Countless people are rushing to donate funds in order to obtain enough real estate, and some people even buy houses in blocks.

Midea is still developing in the old way. At present, it is mainly arcade machines. With the preparation of "Pac-Man" to be launched, the factories in Hong Kong have also entered a busy period. However, some people have left their jobs, especially some capable technical or management personnel. After investigation by the HR department, it was discovered that these people have gone to the real estate industry. Although they are technical, they are very smart to be able to get into a certain position in the industry. Under the current environment in Hong Kong, they naturally choose better way.

Red Bull actually has a similar situation, but fortunately, the impact is not too great. After all, only a few people have the courage to change careers, and when a large number of people do it, it is not far from the bubble.

After Chen Zhiwen knew about this, he didn't take any action. It's normal for people to make money and kill birds for food. He can't stop others from making big money, can he? Anyway, the re-opening is about to start. Even if many industries cannot be transferred in the early stage, as long as the transfer part is enough, it is enough to share the labor pressure on the Hong Kong side.

The current Midea Industrial City has a very large production capacity in all aspects, especially fans. Under the condition of the best cost performance, many supermarkets around the world have begun to place orders. A small industrial park in Hong Kong has already begun to be overwhelmed. This is an urgent need to transfer. Going to the low-end industries in the mainland, Hong Kong needs to make preparations for the mass production of home game consoles and handhelds that will be developed soon.

Of course, the entire industry chain of fans, especially the motor technology and fan low-noise technology that Midea has spent a lot of money on over the years, is not too low in technology.

Following the trend is also Chen Zhiwen's default attitude towards Hong Kong's real estate industry and industries.

Standard Chartered Bank:

Big class Bill Winter is drinking afternoon tea leisurely. As a British gentleman, no matter how busy he is at work, he still needs to spare half an hour for a cup of tea in the afternoon.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Bill Winter said, "Please come in."

A young purple-haired beauty walked in, who was his assistant.

"Mr. Winter, Midea Group's board secretary's office just called. Mr. Chen Zhiwen invited you to have tea at the Grand Hotel Group at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but because you have a meeting with Australia at three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I don't know you How to arrange it, Midea said that it can be adjusted according to your time." The purple-haired assistant said.

"Chen Zhiwen? What did he ask me to do?" Bill Winter was stunned. Standard Chartered and Chen Zhiwen's companies cannot be said to have no cooperation. After all, Standard Chartered is also the third largest bank in Hong Kong and has the right to print Hong Kong dollars. Chen Zhiwen's The company is now vaguely known as the largest consortium in Hong Kong. There is naturally cooperation between the two, but even if the scale is not small, it is just an ordinary cooperation. The high-level leaders of the two parties have not reached a strategic cooperation.

Assistant Zifa analyzed and said: "Before, when Chen Zhiwen took Wharf from Jardine, HSBC was on Jardine's side. It is said that Chen Zhiwen didn't give HSBC face at that time. I think it might be because of their The conflict between them has not been eliminated, so Chen Zhiwen wants to cooperate with us. After all, the largest banks in Hong Kong are HSBC, Hang Seng and our Standard Chartered, and Hang Seng is also owned by HSBC."

"Shen Bi shouldn't be that stupid, giving up such a big client for the sake of saving face." Bill Winter thought for a while and said, "But it's also possible that Chen Zhiwen wanted to give up the cooperation with HSBC. He is still a young man, no matter how capable he is, but his mind is still quite arrogant."

"Then I'll postpone the meeting with Australia?" the purple-haired assistant said.

"Of course, that meeting is nothing compared to this matter. Let's make another appointment," Bill Winter said.

"Okay, then I'll reply to Mei first." The purple-haired assistant left immediately after receiving the order. Thoughts left for Bill Winter.

In the afternoon of the second day, Bill Winter arrived at the hotel ahead of time. Under the guidance of the waiter, he came to a sunny suite. There was no one else here, only a few Chinese here, and one of them sat on the sofa in the middle. There is a 4-person team behind him, who should be bodyguards or personal assistants.

"Mr. Winter, hello." Chen Zhiwen had already had a photo of Bill Winter's appearance, so he knew him naturally, and the other party should be the same.

"Hello, Chen Sheng." Bill Winter shook hands and smiled. The person in front of him has successively acquired Hutchison Group and defeated Jardine Matheson head-on. Almost no one is second in the business world. In addition, the scale of those overseas industries has surpassed Standard Chartered Bank itself. In addition, this meeting , It may bring great benefits to Standard Chartered Bank and himself, so Bill attaches great importance to it.

"Please sit down. I know that Mr. Winter likes to drink tea, so I have prepared the famous Earl Grey tea in England." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. The high-quality consumer group is also British. Therefore, larger hotels will also prepare a lot of British favorite food, tea, etc. Earl Gray tea is a favorite taste of British nobles. Chen Zhiwen has already arranged for it.

"Thank you. I haven't had Earl Gray tea for a long time. I've been in Hong Kong for the past few years. I'm also used to Chinese tea. It tastes good." Bill Winter said with a smile.

"There are also tea from the mainland here. You can change the taste later." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Over the years, he has also developed a habit of drinking tea. Compared with drinking coffee and smoking, drinking tea is at least true. I am in good health.

After chatting casually, Bill Winter asked, "Sheng Chen, I don't know why you asked me out this time?"

Chen Zhiwen said: "Actually, it's nothing. I just want to get a loan from Standard Chartered Bank."

"That's no problem. I wonder how much money Chen Sheng needs?" Bill Winter's eyes almost lit up. As expected, he asked himself to borrow money. Although he knew that the company under Chen Zhiwen should not be short of funds, which one Rich people don't need bank money to develop? In particular, Chen Zhiwen also owns a large number of real estate businesses.

"I need almost 200 million US dollars (900 million Hong Kong dollars), and I need a loan in US dollars and foreign exchange." Chen Zhiwen said a piece of data calmly.

"200 million U.S. dollars?" Bill Winter calculated in his mind. With the scale of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, it is not a problem to spend one billion Hong Kong dollars. Even if such a large sum of money is spent, it will definitely affect the normal business of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong. , but this is not a problem, the big deal is to ask the headquarters for funds.

Turning around quickly in his mind, Bill Winter said: "Sheng Chen, I, Standard Chartered, can pay out the loan of 200 million US dollars, but I don't know what Chen Sheng will use as collateral?"

"This." Chen Zhiwen waved his hand, and a person behind him took out a box and put it on the table. When he opened it, it was a stack of stocks.

"This is Landmark's stock?" Bill Winter's face changed when he saw the company name on the stock.

"According to the market value of Hong Kong Land today, the stock here is worth about 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars. What does Mr. Winter think of this mortgage?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Chen Sheng already owns 17% of Landmark's shares?" Bill Winter did some calculations and knew the ratio.

"Almost." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, before buying Wharf, he used funds to buy Hongkong shares. His original idea was to have a back-up to prevent accidents when fighting for the control of Wharf. In this way, The Hongkong shares held in hand may be useful.

However, the follow-up Wharf shareholders meeting was held very smoothly, and Wharf was directly obtained, but the follow-up acquisition of Hongkong shares did not stop, and it was still slowly acquiring, but after losing Wharf, Jardine began to raise funds and then The increase in capital and the rapid rise of the real estate market have made the stock of Hongkong Land more and more expensive, and the difficulty of acquisition has increased a lot.

Recently, Chen Zhiwen estimated the possible situation in 1983, and felt that it would not be cost-effective to make another acquisition, so he temporarily stopped, and if the acquisition continued, it might be discovered by Jardine Matheson. Raise funds to go long on gold futures.

And these land stocks are also a kind of asset, it would be too wasteful if they are not used, but if you don’t want people from Jardine to find out, if you can mortgage it, you can only find a bank with a general relationship with Jardine, and the scale must be large, Standard Chartered It's the most suitable.

"I see, this stock can be mortgaged." Bill Wente nodded and said, he naturally knew that Chen Zhiwen had so many stocks, and he must have some ideas about where to buy them, but it's not easy to say clearly, and it must be kept secret, otherwise Well, Hong Kong has turned upside down, but I offended Chen Zhiwen.

"It's just that, Chen Sheng, stock mortgages basically have a cash-out rate of 50%. Yours is over 80%. Is this a bit of a violation?" Bill Winter continued.

"It's a bit too much, but this fund can be given to me in two months. By then, Hongkong Land's stock should rise a lot. Moreover, we can sign an agreement. If Hongkong Land's stock price falls in the future, the under-collateralized part I can add more." Chen Zhiwen said.

Although gold will grow nearly three times next year, and if leverage is added, the profits will be unprecedentedly high, but he will not put all his capital into it, and in 1979, all companies were still developing normally. In the middle of the year, Midea’s arcade machines and some real estate projects in Hong Kong can still make money. There is no need to invest these funds in the gold market in 1979, because it is not worthwhile to enter the market too late.

Besides, housing prices and stock prices in Hong Kong will continue to rise in 1979, and there will be no major problems. In this way, it is just to stabilize the worries of the banks.

"That's fine, then, what does Chen Sheng want this money for?" Bill Winter continued to ask. This is obviously not the acquisition of other companies or the purchase of land, otherwise the shares or land of the acquired company can also be used as collateral.

"I'm going to invest in the United States, but it's not convenient to disclose what I'm investing in." Chen Zhiwen said that it is normal for banks to ask about the purpose of the loan. If the purpose of the investment is approved, the risk of the bank will be lower and the loan will be larger. More funds, and vice versa.

"Chen Sheng really put me in a difficult situation." Bill Winter said hesitantly.

"It's true that it may violate the bank's risk control principles a little bit. However, if the prefect succeeds, the opportunity will be gone. Besides, as long as I'm here, how risky is this project actually?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile.

"I understand what Chen Sheng means. I can agree to this plan in principle, but there may be some twists and turns at the British headquarters." Bill Winter said with a frown.

The real estate companies in Hong Kong rely on bold guesses to develop their scale, and the Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong are actually the same. However, because they have triggered several financial run crises, the Hong Kong government has introduced policy restrictions, but there are still many banks. It is human nature to operate at risk.

But Standard Chartered has a problem. The business style in the UK is different from that in Hong Kong. The people at the headquarters can’t keep up with the rhythm here, but they still have power.

"Then go through the process as soon as possible. If it doesn't work, then give me a loan amount, or I can find someone else." Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

"Okay, I will definitely reply to Chen Sheng as soon as possible." Bill Winter promised that he didn't want to lose such an opportunity, because this is not just this transaction, once we cooperate, there will be more cooperation in the future. And if the cooperation is not successful, or the cooperation is not pleasant, then the opportunity may be lost in the future.

After receiving Bill Winter's promise, Chen Zhiwen had completed one thing. He personally showed the importance of this matter. At least in terms of probability, it would make the people of Standard Chartered pay more attention to it.

After returning to the Xinghe Group headquarters, Zhou Jiayang also came over and said: "Chen Sheng, I have already negotiated with several Chinese banks in Hong Kong and several overseas banks. A $200 million loan, and they don’t ask where.”

PS: There is another one at night, ask for a monthly ticket