Shen Bi thought for a while and said: "I haven't seen the operating data of United Soda Drink Factory, but now the mainstream beverage in Hong Kong is Coca-Cola. I think their efficiency is not very good. The only trouble is whether Lijia is willing to let go."
Seeing that Chen Zhiwen's interests were a little weird, Shen Bi stopped trying to persuade him. He had met a lot of such people in Hong Kong for so many years. He had sincerely recommended some clients to enter the real estate industry, and most of them listened to their opinions, but there were still some. A small number of people just refuse to live or die and insist on developing their own manufacturing, trading or transportation industries. This is no wonder.
Chen Zhiwen said: "Although the Li family is rich, Li Xiaohe's health is already very poor, and he basically doesn't care about the family business, and their family's business is rent collection and TVB, a soda factory. As long as the price is right, I don't think they will reject."
Speaking of TVB, many people naturally think of Uncle Six. But in fact, before the 1970s, TVB was headed by Toshi Hakawa from the Lee family. However, after the 1970s, his health failed, and TVB gradually replaced Uncle Six as the general manager. control.
After Lee Hsiao-woo's death, TVB naturally changed their surname, and the United Soda Water Factory was sold to the century-old fraudster Chen Songqing. The Lee family slowly disappeared from the Hong Kong business scene, and they only collected rent on the Causeway Bay street left by their ancestors.
Although Li Xiaohe is still there, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the situation of the United Soda Drink Factory is in jeopardy. If they don't take action, it will slowly die. Even Chen Songqing purchased the soda drink factory just for the land below.
Shen Bi nodded and said, "Okay, I will arrange for those who have made a lot of money to go to the Li family to test it out. If they are interested, I will inform Chen Sheng."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Shen Bi." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"You're welcome." Shen Bi smiled and asked, "Chen Sheng is really not interested in high-quality land? I have a few pieces of land on hand."
"As for the real estate industry, I will be interested in it after a while." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Regarding Shen Bi's recommendation, it is best to give him face and not reject it completely. And when he can buy the bottom, he will naturally do so.
"Okay, Mr. Chen can contact me at any time if he needs it." Shen Bi also understood what Chen Zhiwen meant. It was obviously not that he was not interested in real estate, but that it was not the time yet.
Naturally, the acquisition of a company cannot be negotiated in a few days. In fact, it can be settled in a few months, which is already very fast. In the original history of 1979, with the help of Pao Yugang, HSBC There was already an intention to sell Hutchison Whampoa to Li Jiacheng, but it took almost half a year of various negotiations before the decision was made, and this was while the senior management of Hutchison Whampoa was kept in the dark.
However, it will take some time for Qin Zhihao's laboratory to prepare the right Red Bull drink, so there is no rush. The most important thing at the moment is to cash out the plastic orders after the oil crisis breaks out. , as long as it succeeds, Chen Zhiwen will have hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in cash, which will be of great help to both the initial development and research and development of the manufacturing industry and other layouts in Hong Kong.
In the remaining period of time, Chen Zhiwen seemed to have nothing to do, so he took a few poker friends with him to play two rounds in Japan and South Korea. By the way, Chen Zhiwen also probably learned about their manufacturing industry in these two countries. According to the situation, the former is the number one in Asia and is competing for the high-end position in the world, while the latter is ready to go and has great ambitions.
In the last few days of the trip, Chen Zhiwen also found a lawyer in South Korea who was good at economics and paid him a small fee to report various developments of Samsung Group at any time, especially major investment directions. Samsung Group is a listed company and one of the top chaebols in South Korea. Its investment activities are very large and it is unlikely that it can be hidden from interested people. Chen Zhiwen needs to know every recent move of this future electronics giant, even if he can't. What, if you know more, it will be cost-effective to buy some stocks at the right time when you have spare money in the future.
At the beginning of October, Chen Zhiwen returned to Hong Kong and had a good rest for a few days. He went on several self-driving tours in Japan and South Korea. He also drove RB Korean cars, but compared to European and American cars, RB Korean cars were too small. You need to press the accelerator deeper, which naturally makes you more prone to fatigue.
On October 16, 1973, the long-awaited first oil crisis broke out on time.
When he learned from the satellite broadcast that the Middle East countries had restricted oil purchases and reduced production capacity in Europe, the United States, Japan and other countries, Chen Zhiwen finally breathed a sigh of relief, although he never believed that the small things he did in Hong Kong would affect the oil crisis. kind of international incident, but this worry has always troubled him. When he was not qualified to play chess, the last thing he wanted was for history to change, even slight changes.
Therefore, for more than a year, apart from a few important arrangements, he spent the rest of his time enjoying his young life.
After this oil crisis, he can successfully become a chess player in Hong Kong's business community. If there is a little fluctuation in the future, he will be able to face it calmly.
The reason for the outbreak of the first oil crisis is very simple. In the past two decades, the Middle East countries have been regarded as their own backyard by Western countries. The world's largest oil exporting region, not to mention the most basic pricing power, does not even have the right to produce. It cannot be decided, and what is even more terrifying is that the profits from oil transactions must be deposited in U.S. banks. If Middle Eastern countries want to use them, they must apply. Although U.S. banks have never vetoed it, who can rest assured?
The trigger for the outbreak was the issue between the Middle East and Israel. The West supported Israel. The Middle East countries took this opportunity to restrict sales to Western countries and reduce production capacity. Western countries were suddenly blinded and entered the market. An unprecedented recession.
However, in Chen Zhiwen's view, there is actually a deeper reason behind the oil crisis. That is the failure of the United States and the United Nations in Vietnam, which made the United States passive during the Cold War. This naturally caused the long-suppressed Middle Eastern countries to begin to have their own thoughts.
As time went by, when the Middle East began to restrict oil exports, Western countries did not pay attention at first. But soon, the oil companies in each country could not buy enough crude oil and could not refine enough gasoline, diesel and petroleum products. This immediately caused panic among the people. They desperately went to gas stations to fill up their cars, or bought enough oil to store it, which further aggravated the oil shortage.
Oil is the blood of industry, the basis of logistics, and the basis of retail. Two months after the oil crisis broke out, Western countries realized for the first time what an energy crisis is.
At this moment, the price of oil has risen from US$3 per barrel before the crisis to US$11.6, a price that has almost quadrupled.
Hong Kong's manufacturing industry has also suffered an unprecedented impact.
