Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa are both Chen Zhiwen's next goals. If you get one of them, you can be proud of half of Hong Kong. If you get the second, you can bring all the British capital except HSBC to the table. He said proudly: Everyone here Everyone is trash.
Of these two goals, one belongs to Jardine Matheson, which has strong funds behind it, and the other, although it is about to die, its biggest creditor is HSBC. Currently, Chen Zhiwen, even if the industrial real estate he is currently investing in is resold in two years, he can earn a few months. It is also difficult to compete with Jardine Matheson, let alone HSBC. If you want to pursue these two ideas, you can only "take refuge" in HSBC. Furthermore, in the next few years, with the help of HSBC, during the rise of the real estate market, , but it’s really like picking up gold with a dustpan.
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The charity gala held by HSBC was held at the Grand Hotel. Speaking of the Grand Hotel, this hotel belongs to the Kadoorie family, the boss behind CLP Power. It is a relatively neutral luxury hotel in Hong Kong. It is not neutral among British and Chinese investors, but Hong Kong The struggle between several large foreign companies.
Although HSBC is not a foreign bank in Hong Kong, it is more powerful than Jardine Matheson, Hutchison Whampoa, Swire, Wheelock, etc. As the cake stabilizes, the struggle between the major consortiums has also formed a large scale, but Ming Ming On the surface, everyone is still hello and I am hello.
"We haven't seen you for half a year. Chen Sheng's company is getting bigger and bigger." After the party, Shen Bi had a confrontation with several people from major foreign banks, and then came to the Chinese District. He first said hello to a few other people, and then came Arriving in front of Chen Zhiwen.
"Mr. Shen Bi praised me, so I just stocked up some industrial land." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"That's not what I'm talking about, but Red Bull." Shen Bi said with a smile: "I heard that Chen Sheng's Red Bull is very popular in the United States. This is the first time in Hong Kong's history that a beverage brand has entered the American market. "
"It's just a small fuss." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Red Bull's export volume has indeed skyrocketed during this period. It is impossible to keep these secrets. After all, the customs export volume is a transparent number in the eyes of some powerful people. If you are interested, If people go to the United States to look at the prices, they will know the approximate scale of this. However, there are still relatively few such people. Chen Zhiwen is currently very low-key in Hong Kong. Shen Bi, who has worked with him, may pay more attention to it, and Shen Bi It is impossible for Bi to know how much profit Red Bull makes in the United States. After all, it is impossible for European and American supermarkets to show their contracts to outsiders.
Shen Bi smiled and said: "What kind of enterprise is not just a small business at the beginning? The same is true for Bao Yugang back then. If you can achieve such results in the United States within one year, the future is absolutely limitless."
"Although the scale of Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is not small, 99% of it is small-scale and cannot become a big success. My goal is to create one or several well-known global brands in Hong Kong." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the current Hong Kong's manufacturing industry is quite popular. After all, no one expected that the mainland in the north would carry out reform and opening up, nor would they expect that the manufacturing industries in the neighboring Bay Area and South Korea would rise rapidly.
"A year ago, I thought Chen Sheng was too young and his goals were too exaggerated. Now I think I was wrong. Chen Sheng does have this ability." Shen Bixiao said, "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."
"With risks come rewards. I am still more 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 them." HSBC’s support.”
In fact, in the short term, there are no big projects anymore, because even with high-risk leverage with several foreign banks, after acquiring a batch of industrial office buildings, the funds are almost used up. As for the funds recruited in Central, they are mainly for him Dad’s Hengyi Company is still far behind compared to the hundreds of millions of loans.
Next, the most important thing is not Wharf, but Hutchison, because the stock price of this company is about to fall to the anklet. Compared with the acquisition of Wharf, it will require at least several hundred million more funds. Wait until December and next year. In 1975, the total market value of Hutchison was only about HK$300-400 million, so the opportunity was naturally greater.
However, Hutchison's biggest problem is that it has too much debt and its own operations are extremely chaotic. If you want to acquire it, the biggest difficulty is how to stabilize all banks. And Hutchison's largest creditor bank is naturally Hong Kong's local overlord HSBC. bank.
"No problem." Shen Bi nodded. If the real estate market recovers, he will naturally be willing to cooperate with Chen Zhiwen, or in other words, with any real estate company.
"Thank you." Chen Zhiwen didn't explain much. Hutchison's plan needs to be kept secret for now.
Shen Bi left after saying a few polite words.
The whole charity dinner is actually a lot of rich people taking out their treasures and placing them around the hotel lobby. If anyone likes them, they can put a price on them. In the end, the person with the highest price will get it.
This method avoids the tediousness of the auction. After all, there are a lot of things. If a good thing appears, it may trigger bidding and provoke conflicts. If there are too many bad things, it will lose face if the auction fails.
Chen Zhiwen went around in circles and finally chose a painting that he couldn't understand, and put a check of HK$200,000 in the box in front of the painting.
"Sheng Chen has a good eye. This is a copy of Mr. Qi Baishi's painting." A voice came from behind. Chen Zhiwen turned around and saw that this face was so familiar that he would recognize it even if he was 40 years older.
"Hello, Li Sheng." Chen Zhiwen came back to his senses, stretched out his right hand and said with a smile.
"Chen Sheng knows me? That would be great." The visitor said with a smile.
"Li Sheng's Cheung Kong Holdings is one of the five most famous real estate giants in Hong Kong. How could I not recognize him?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. The person coming was none other than Li Jiacheng, the founder of Cheung Kong Holdings.
"Thank you." Li Jiacheng said, "I heard about Chen Sheng a long time ago, 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 this were not the case, Land would have probably found a way to demolish this hotel." Li Jiacheng said with a smile.
"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 for such a large-amount acquisition to plan several years in advance.
"I had this intention before, but now that Chen Sheng has acquired it, I can only let it go." Li Jiacheng said lightly.
