The Industrial Giant Reborn

Wharf and Hutchison are both Chen Zhiwen's next goals. If he wins one of the two, he will be able to disdain half of Hong Kong. If he wins the second, he can bring all the British capitals except HSBC to the table. He said proudly: All of you are garbage.

As for these two goals, one belongs to Jardine, which has strong funds behind it, and the other is about to fail now, but the biggest creditor is HSBC. The current Chen Zhiwen, even if the industrial real estate he invested in now can be sold for a few months after two years, It is also difficult to fight against Jardine, let alone HSBC. If you want to make these two ideas, you can only "seek refuge" with HSBC. Moreover, in the next few years, with the help of HSBC, during the rising real estate market , But it’s really picking up gold with a dustpan.

The charity gala held by HSBC this time was held at the Grand Hotel. Speaking of the Grand Hotel, this hotel belongs to the Kadoorie family behind CLP Power. It is considered a relatively neutral luxury hotel in Hong Kong. The struggle between several foreign firms.

Although HSBC is not a foreign firm in Hong Kong, it is more powerful than Jardine, Hutchison, Swire, Wheelock, etc. With the stability of the cake, the struggle among the major consortiums has also formed a large scale. On the surface, everyone is still hello, me, hello, everyone.

"I haven't seen you in half a year. The scale of Chen Sheng's company is getting bigger and bigger." At the party, Shen Bi came to the Chinese area after confronting the people of several foreign firms. In front of Chen Zhiwen.

"Mr. Shen Bi praised it, so I just hoarded some industrial land." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"I'm not talking about this, but Red Bull." Shen Bi said with a smile: "I heard that Chen Sheng's Red Bull is very popular in the United States, and this is the first time in the history of Hong Kong that a beverage brand can enter the American market. "

"It's just a small fight." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Red Bull's export volume has indeed skyrocketed during this period, and it is impossible to keep it secret. People who go to the United States to look at the prices will know the approximate scale of this place, but there are still relatively few such people. Chen Zhiwen is currently very low-key in Hong Kong, and Shen Bi, who has worked with him, may pay attention to it, and Shen Bi It is impossible for Bi to know how much Red Bull's profits in the United States are. After all, it is impossible for supermarkets in Europe and the United States to show their contracts to outsiders.

Shen Bi smiled and said: "What kind of business didn't start out as a small business, and it was the same with Bao Yugang back then. To be able to achieve such achievements in the United States within one year, the future is absolutely limitless."

"Although Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is not small in scale, 99% of it is small business and cannot achieve success. My goal is to create one or several global well-known brands in Hong Kong." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the current Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is still very popular. After all, no one expected that the mainland in the north would carry out reform and opening up, nor would it have thought that the manufacturing industry in the neighboring bay and South Korea would rise rapidly.

"A year ago, I thought Chen Sheng was too young and his goals were too exaggerated. Now I feel that I was wrong. Chen Sheng does have this ability." Shen Bi said with a smile: "Not only in industry, but also in real estate. Knowing Chen Sheng's recent operations, I have to say that the risk is indeed too high, and I will never let HSBC take this risk."

"There are risks and benefits. I am still optimistic about Hong Kong's manufacturing industry." Chen Zhiwen continued: "However, doing business in Hong Kong is still inseparable from HSBC. If there are some projects with lower risks in the future, I still hope to obtain HSBC's support."

In fact, there are no big projects in the short term, because even with high-risk leverage with several foreign banks, the funds are almost used up after the acquisition of a batch of industrial office buildings. As for the funds recruited in Central, they are mainly for him. Dad's Hengyi Company is far worse than a loan of hundreds of millions.

And next, the most important thing is not Wharf, but Hutchison, because the stock price of this company is about to fall to the ankle ring, which requires at least a few hundred million more funds than the acquisition of Wharf. In 1975, the total market value of Hutchison was only about 300-400 million Hong Kong dollars, so the opportunity is naturally greater.

It’s just that Hutchison’s biggest problem is that it has too much debt and its own operations are extremely chaotic. If it wants to acquire it, the biggest difficulty lies in how to stabilize the banks of all parties. And Hutchison’s current largest creditor bank is naturally Hong Kong’s local overlord HSBC bank.

"No problem." Shen Bi nodded. If the real estate market recovers, he would naturally be willing to cooperate with Chen Zhiwen, or any real estate company.

"Thank you." Chen Zhiwen didn't explain too much, and the plan with Huang still needs to be kept secret.

Shen Bi left after a few polite words.

In the whole charity dinner, many wealthy people took out their treasures and placed them around the hotel lobby. If anyone liked it, they could put a price on it, and in the end, the one with the highest price would get it.

This method avoids the tediousness of the auction. After all, there are many things. If there are good things, it may cause bidding and conflicts. If there are too many bad things, it will lose face in case of a bad auction.

Chen Zhiwen went round and round, and finally chose a painting that he couldn't understand, and put a check of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in the box in front of the painting.

"Chen Sheng has a good eye. This is a copy of Mr. Qi Baishi's painting." A voice came from behind, and Chen Zhiwen looked back. This face was so familiar, even if he was 40 years old.

"Li Sheng, hello." Chen Zhiwen came back to his senses, stretched out his right hand and smiled.

"Chen Sheng knows me? That would be great." The visitor said with a smile.

"Li Sheng's Cheung Kong Industrial is one of the most famous five real estate companies in Hong Kong. How could I not know him?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. The person who came was Li Jiacheng, the founder of Cheung Kong.

"Thank you." Li Jiacheng said: "I also heard about Chen Sheng very early, when the Hilton Hotel was acquired."

"It's just a hotel that I can't control and manage." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and smiled.

"If it weren't for this, Landmark would have thought of a way to demolish this hotel long ago." Li Jiacheng laughed.

"Li Sheng is also interested in the Hilton Hotel?" Chen Zhiwen asked. In the original history, Li Jiacheng acquired it in 1976, but it is normal to plan a few years in advance for such a large-scale acquisition.

"I used to think so, but since Chen Sheng bought it, I can only let it go." Li Jiacheng said lightly.