Snapped!
The golf ball flew out and landed on the green, rolling down half a meter from the hole.
"Good shot!" A ghost guy said in fluent Chinese, "Dear Li, your golf ball is getting better and better now. I'm afraid I won't be your match in a while."
"Haha, thank you for the compliment, Mr. Shen Bi! I learned how to play basketball from you. If I have to talk about my achievements, of course I cannot do without you as my master!" Li Jiacheng, CEO of Cheung Kong Holdings, adjusted his glasses and said with a smile.
"You're welcome! You Chinese believe that the best is better than the best." Shen Bi handed the club to the person next to him and asked Li Jiacheng to come over and sit down.
As the chief executive of HSBC in Hong Kong, Shen Bi has been ambitious since he took office. He not only carried out in-depth reforms internally, but also broke the rules set by the ghosts externally. He not only actively provided loans to Chinese companies, but also vigorously promoted the influence of Chinese companies in Hong Kong, so that Many colleagues called him a "heroine".
Shen Bi scoffed at the comments from his peers. For him, finance is a cold game, and there should be no distinction between national boundaries and nationality. A successful banker can only see interests and cold numbers.
This is what Shen Bi thinks and does, and his support for many Chinese businessmen is also driven by interests.
Investing in Chinese businessmen was Shen Bi's sharpest move since he became the head coach of HSBC. By providing loans to Chinese businessmen and investing in Chinese enterprises, he increased HSBC's performance by 30% in just one year, putting competitors Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank behind.
Shen Bi has always been interested in Li Jiacheng, the Chinese boss in front of him.
In Shen Bi's impression, there were not many people he could be interested in. Apart from the wise and understanding chartering king, there was the elegant but ambitious Boss Li in front of him.
The two sat down and the servant served juice.
Li Jiacheng took off his golf gloves, took a sip of juice and said, "I want to expand my real estate business recently, and I need your help, Mr. Shen."
Shen Bi smiled: "You know how I am, as long as there is a good project, I will definitely invest in it - let me tell you what you think."
What Li Jiacheng wanted was this sentence, and he sorted out his thoughts a little: "There is a piece of land in Causeway Bay, with a total area of about more than 10,000 square meters. The location is quite good, right in the center of Hong Kong Island. Recently I just got news from the Urban Development Department that the government wants to Re-planning the central area of Hong Kong Island will make that piece of land extremely valuable!"
"I asked a construction company to make a deduction. If that piece of land is developed into a commercial building, the total construction area will be about 30,000 square meters, of which the commercial area will reach 17,000 and there will be 180 independent shops. The rest can be planned as private residences and apartments. , such as buildings within buildings, sky villas, etc... If this project can take shape, it will drive the economic development of the entire Hong Kong Island in the future."
Li Jiacheng knew Shen Bi's character and didn't like unrealistic deductions, so he carefully thought out every sentence and word, and finally used exact numbers to express his importance to the project.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Jiacheng's plan, Shen Bi held his chin and was silent for a while, then raised his eyes and looked at Li Jiacheng: "Dear Li, your plan is very bold and convincing, but the point is - can you Get that piece of land? If you can't do it, then everything you said before will become a castle in the air in Babylon."
Li Jiacheng smiled: "Don't worry, you've been working with me for so long, don't you still know who I am? I never do things without aim, let alone do things that I'm not sure about."
After a pause, he said: "As far as I know, that piece of land is now in the hands of a Chinese detective. I have sent my men to negotiate with him and offer a price of five million to acquire the piece of land. If your guess is correct, that piece of land is in the hands of Inspector Hua." The detective should have no reason to refuse. As you know, those errands are very vulgar and have no business acumen. As long as they see money, they can do it."
Shen Bi laughed loudly: "You're right! I know a few of those Inspector Hua. They are all vulgar and they don't seem to have read much. It's okay to let them catch thieves. As for doing business, compared to Li Boss, come here, but you’re still far away!”
When Li Jiacheng heard this, he wanted to say something modest, but his eyes revealed a hint of pride.
In his opinion, this acquisition of land is a sure bet. Five million is not a small amount.
In front of Detective Hua, why don't you scare him to death?
At this time——
Someone came over and said that a man named Song Bingshu had something to report.
"Hey, Chief Shen, there must be good news! My subordinates are very capable, and they have already taken care of Inspector Hua." Li Jiacheng beamed with joy and hurriedly called Song Bingshu over.
Shen Bi was also very happy and wanted to meet this talented man named Song Bingshu.
Soon, footsteps sounded.
Song Bingshu grinned, covered his face, and walked over.
Li Jiacheng hadn't noticed anything unusual yet and said excitedly, "Bingshu, do you have any good news to report?"
Song Bingshu then let go of his hand and revealed his pig-headed face: "I'm sorry, Boss Li, my subordinate is incompetent!"
"Huh?" Li Jiacheng was stunned.
Shen Bi was also stunned, turned his face and asked Li Jiacheng: "Are these your elites?"
Li Jiacheng blushed, "There may be some misunderstanding." He quickly asked Song Bingshu, "What's wrong with your face?"
Song Bingshu looked ashamed, and after Li Jiacheng pressed him, he recounted what happened.
Li Jiacheng and Shen Bi listened carefully with different expressions.
Li Jiacheng was inexplicably shocked. He never expected that Du Yongxiao would not be tempted by five million and would dare to beat Song Bingshu violently.
Shen Bi looked curious. He had seen a lot of Inspector Hua, and there were few people who were not greedy for money, but this one named Du Yongxiao was a different kind.
"That's the specific thing. Then Du Yongxiao doesn't take our Changshi seriously at all, nor does he take you, Boss Li, seriously. He told me that he wants the land so you can go see him in person!"
Song Bingshu finally finished speaking. He felt so humiliated that he almost shed tears.
Li Jiacheng took a deep breath and did not mean to blame at all. On the contrary, he comforted Song Bingshu: "Don't think too much, you have done your best! As for the acquisition, I will handle it myself. As for you, just go home and rest first!"
"Boss Li, I——"
"Don't blame yourself! You are great, this was just an accident."
Li Jiacheng comforted Song Bingshu for a few more words before watching him leave.
After the others left, Li Jiacheng looked at Shen Bi.
Shen Bi also looked at him.
Li Jiacheng pretended to smile casually and said, "All good things come hard, and this detective named Du is quite interesting!"
Shen Bi picked up the juice: "What are you going to do?"
Li Jiacheng also picked up the juice and made a gesture of clinking glasses: "I must meet him!" His tone was both contemptuous and disdainful.
"I'm very curious," Shen Bi said with a smile, "What kind of person can be dismissive of five million?"
