We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

The next day, at three in the afternoon, Su Cheng brought Zhong Chuhong to the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Central.

As for Zhang Qizheng, the two had already made an appointment and he had already driven over on his own.

This wasn't Su Cheng's first time at HSBC Bank headquarters. The last time, when acquiring the Su's Group shares from Yang Zhao and others, he had also come here. After all, large-sum monetary transactions could only be processed at the headquarters.

However, Su Cheng didn't meet with Shen Bi last time, but was received by a VIP business manager.

Su Cheng led Zhong Chuhong and Zhang Qizheng into the bank lobby. After inquiring about the location of the chairman's office, they took the elevator to the sixth floor.

Because they had an appointment, the three of them arrived at Shen Bi's office without any trouble.

At this time, someone had already notified Shen Bi, and he was already waiting at the door.

"You must be Mr. Su Cheng? Truly a promising young man!" Shen Bi said with a smile, taking the initiative to greet him.

"Mr. Shen Bi, hello," Su Cheng said with a simple smile.

In Hong Kong, he didn't need to flatter anyone, including Shen Bi.

Moreover, this visit to HSBC Bank was at their invitation, and Su Cheng and the others were simply responding to the invitation.

"Please, come in and have a seat," Shen Bi said, gesturing.

Shen Bi's office was over a hundred square meters in size. In addition to his work area, there was also a reception room.

After all, those who could negotiate with Shen Bi were almost all bigwigs in the business world, so the place couldn't be too simple.

After everyone was seated, Shen Bi asked, "What would you like to drink? I'll have someone prepare it for you."

"A glass of hot water, please."

"Me too."

"I thought you'd want a cup of coffee!" Shen Bi said with a smile.

Shen Bi seemed like a very approachable person. But if you really thought so, you would be very wrong.

People in their position always have a smile on their face, but behind the scenes, they would bring you down if they needed to, and seize what they could.

Just like Hutchison International and Hong Kong and Whampoa Dockyard back then, when Heung-Wong boss Qi Dezun encountered a crisis, he thought that everyone was a British-funded enterprise, so he asked HSBC Bank for help. As a result, the crisis was indeed resolved, but Hutchison International and Hong Kong and Whampoa Dockyard were swallowed up by HSBC Bank, at the cost of only 150 million Hong Kong dollars.

Heung-Wong boss Qi Dezun was forced to resign in dismay. In the end, Hutchison International and Hong Kong and Whampoa Dockyard were merged into Hutchison Whampoa, which is the origin of Hutchison Whampoa.

Of course, these were things that happened three years ago. By now, Hutchison Whampoa had already emerged from its predicament, which also showed how powerful HSBC Bank was.

"Mr. Su, and Mr. Zhang, you should know why I invited you here, right?" Shen Bi asked with a smile, leaning back on the sofa.

"Of course. If I'm not mistaken, Jardine Matheson asked HSBC Bank to help persuade us to give up the idea of controlling Wharf," Su Cheng replied with a smile.

He didn't show a trace of panic when facing Shen Bi, the top bigwig in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Su is right. I've also heard that you directly quoted 150 Hong Kong dollars per share, which is a bit of a random price. As a mediator, I hope Mr. Su can tell me your bottom line. How can you give up Wharf?" Shen Bi continued.

"Mr. Shen Bi, before answering this question, can I ask you a question?" Su Cheng didn't answer directly, but asked in return.

"Oh? Mr. Su, please ask," Shen Bi immediately became curious.

The young man in front of him indeed had his reasons for success. Even when facing him, the helmsman of HSBC Bank, he revealed full confidence at all times.

And self-confidence is an indispensable condition for success.

"Mr. Shen Bi, what do you think of the future of Hong Kong?" Su Cheng asked with a smile.

"The future of Hong Kong? Naturally, it is full of hope," Shen Bi replied without thinking.

"Then why have more and more British consortia started to withdraw from Hong Kong in recent years? Some British companies have even directly moved their headquarters, which were originally in Hong Kong, away. Even Jardine Matheson has the idea of withdrawing some of its industries from Hong Kong. From this, it can be seen that most British consortia have no confidence in the future of Hong Kong. HSBC Bank is the leader of British companies in Hong Kong, so why does Mr. Shen Bi think that the future of Hong Kong is full of hope?" Su Cheng continued to ask with a smile.

In terms of the question, it had a bit of an aggressive taste.

"It seems that Mr. Su knows our British companies very well. Indeed, some British companies have lost confidence in the future of Hong Kong and have chosen to withdraw from Hong Kong. But that only represents a part of the British companies. HSBC Bank is rooted in Hong Kong, so naturally we won't be like them.

For us, those British consortia that withdrew from Hong Kong are just a bunch of short-sighted guys. But HSBC Bank is different. We are based in Hong Kong and rooted here, and we are full of confidence in the future of Hong Kong!"

Shen Bi shook his head and smiled, very magnanimous, as if he was not angry at all because of Su Cheng's aggressiveness.

In fact, HSBC Bank was also very helpless. They may have thought about withdrawing from Hong Kong, but HSBC Bank's largest business is in Hong Kong. It can be said that if HSBC Bank leaves Hong Kong, its strength will be reduced by at least 90%. In this situation, how dare they have the idea of withdrawing from Hong Kong!

"Mr. Shen Bi's words, I very much agree with. Then I wonder how Mr. Shen Bi views Chinese companies?" Su Cheng continued to ask.

This series of questions seemed to have turned this place into Su Cheng's home field.

"I am very optimistic about Chinese companies. After all, this is the world of Chinese people. Now, some British consortia are losing confidence in Hong Kong and withdrawing from Hong Kong, which is causing the strength of British companies to gradually decline, so that the strength of Chinese companies will have the opportunity to surpass British companies in the future. This is inevitable. Although I am British, I cannot deny that this is the reality," Shen Bi sighed and said solemnly.

Su Cheng expressed his great agreement with his words.

It seemed that Shen Bi was indeed a famous legendary Taipan in HSBC history. From the conversation, it could be seen that he was a person who knew the overall situation.