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Since John Swire wanted to chat privately with Jardine Matheson, Su Cheng didn't stop them and went straight out the door.

"Chairman Su, would you like some coffee?" John Swire's female secretary followed him, asking cautiously.

This female secretary of John Swire was about thirty years old and a Brit. She was quite attractive, and she usually accompanied John Swire on business trips. She was the close-fitting type. Su Cheng guessed she was probably John Swire's mistress.

Therefore, he had no interest in being served by her and said directly, "You can stay busy with your work. I'll take a look around the various departments in headquarters."

As a member of the HSBC Group's board of directors, Su Cheng certainly had the right to inspect the various departments.

Su Cheng casually inspected the various departments at headquarters to understand their current situation.

From the current point of view, HSBC Group's international development speed is not bad. It has already acquired several banks in the UK and Canada, and is integrating resources. Moreover, HSBC Group is also seeking to acquire a large bank in the US. If the acquisition is successful, HSBC Group's ranking among global banks will greatly increase.

In Su Cheng's eyes, the future HSBC Group will be Su Cheng's holding company.

Therefore, he already regards HSBC as his own. Although on the surface he currently only controls 4.58% of HSBC Group's shares, these are public. 1% was sold to him by the HSBC board of directors at a low price, and the other 3.58% was sold to him by Morey Fund.

In fact, the shares of HSBC Group he controls have already exceeded 10%.

The 2.26% stake of former HSBC board member Scotty Fischer has been continuously transformed into Tianyuan Investment Company's secret control through a left-hand-to-right-hand approach.

If he announces his status as the largest shareholder of HSBC Group, his power in HSBC Group will greatly increase.

Of course, Su Cheng was not foolish enough to announce it just like that.

Once announced, HSBC Group's British consortium will unite to deal with him, thereby thwarting his plan to plot against HSBC Group. This is what Su Cheng is unwilling to see.

While Su Cheng was inspecting and understanding the various departments of HSBC Group, a dispute was taking place in John Swire's office.

"Asking me to lower my head and apologize is impossible. I represent Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, the largest British companies in Hong Kong, backed by numerous British consortia. How could I apologize to a Chinese? So what if he's the richest man?" Jardine Matheson roared.

"If you don't apologize, why ask me to be the middleman, making it difficult for me? Mr. Su Cheng and I are considered friends.

We were having a good conversation. If you hadn't suddenly said those words, who wouldn't be angry?

Mr. Jardine Matheson, don't blame me for not reminding you. Although forcing villagers to relocate is a minor matter in my opinion, once this matter is broadcast by the media, the reputation of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land will definitely plummet.

The lives of these villagers are worthless, but these are all illegal in law. With Su Cheng's ability, wouldn't it be easy to get your criminal evidence?

At that time, not to mention whether you can still sit in the position of Tai-pan of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, once the Chinese people make a fuss, you'll at least have to go to jail!

Moreover, Mr. Su Cheng is now at the height of his power in the business world, and his influence in the world is growing. On the other hand, Jardine Matheson is just a regional company after all. Do you think you can compete with him?

I went to Governor Murray MacLehose a few days ago. According to Governor MacLehose, even Her Majesty the Queen personally sent an invitation letter to Mr. Su Cheng, inviting him to visit the UK.

You actually want to forge a great feud with such a person for the sake of face?

If I were the controller behind Jardine Matheson, after learning that you had offended Mr. Su Cheng in this way, I would have to consider whether the position of Tai-pan of Jardine Matheson should be sought elsewhere!

Mr. Jardine Matheson, I have known you for many years. In my heart, you have never been an impulsive person, but today it seems that I was wrong!"

There were only the two of them in the office, so they simply dropped the pretense and argued loudly.

Jardine Matheson and John Swire were originally people of the same level, both bigwigs in the Hong Kong business community. Although their relationship was only average, they were both part of British companies and could be considered friends. When would they ever scold each other like this?

John Swire was also unwilling for Jardine Matheson to offend Su Cheng too much. After all, the controllers behind their HSBC Group were very optimistic about Su Cheng's future. For this reason, they had specially tied Su Cheng to HSBC Group.

Even HSBC Group was unwilling to offend Su Cheng. How could Jardine Matheson, as the Tai-pan of Jardine Matheson, offend Su Cheng?

In John Swire's view, Jardine Matheson was too brave today.

Although the matter started because Su Cheng intervened in Hongkong Land's demolition, in John Swire's view, this matter was just a small matter. Just because of such a small matter, it was not worth Jardine Matheson directly forging a great feud with Su Cheng.

Since Su Cheng opposed using the underworld to coerce the villagers, it would be better to carry out the demolition and acquisition through normal market behavior. It was really unwise to offend Su Cheng for the sake of saving more than ten million Hong Kong dollars in demolition fees.

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As many British companies successively withdrew from Hong Kong, and Chinese companies continued to rise, John Swire had already deeply realized that Chinese companies in Hong Kong would inevitably replace British companies in the future and become the main component of the Hong Kong economy.

As for the British companies in Hong Kong, decline was already destined.

He didn't want HSBC to be the only large British company left in Hong Kong in the future.

This was also the reason why he wanted to persuade Jardine Matheson.

John Swire's words completely calmed Jardine Matheson down.

Previously, he felt that he and Su Cheng were bigwigs of the same level. In addition, the British consortia had always looked down on the Chinese, and the matter itself made him very angry, so he suddenly said all the words he had in mind.

Originally, after saying it, he was a little regretful, but after listening to Su Cheng's words, he was once again blinded by anger.

At this time, after listening to John Swire's words, although he was still very tough on the surface, he was even more regretful in his heart.

(End of this chapter)