Maybe in the near future, Chen Zhiwen will also participate in residential investment, and there will be certain internal benefits at that time. However, the housing prices in a few years may be very different from now. It is naturally not a problem for employees to buy discounts, but liquid It won't go back to the price of a few years ago.
The time after the New Year has become more leisurely, but for Hilton Hotels, it is just like sitting on pins and needles.
"Damn it, this Du Guoming actually handed over our data to the police." In an office of the hotel, Silas lost his temper.
Several Chinese people nearby did not dare to speak at all. Another American, Allen, shook his head and said: "There is no way, we can't compete with the rich in terms of capital."
At the end of last year, Hilton Hotel and its owner Galaxy were involved in a game. One party wanted Du Guoming to reveal the data. If the other party was unwilling, then both parties could be held criminally responsible. Galaxy promised that even if Du Guoming entered, even if Du Guoming entered, His assets were seized by the Hilton Hotel, which will also give his family a large sum of money.
How much money to spend is just a word from the boss of Galaxy, but Hilton Hotel is not good. Small money can't compare with Galaxy. Big money requires the approval of Hilton's US headquarters. Let's not talk about whether the US headquarters can agree. This is the process. Once it is agreed, the day lily will be cold. Okay, besides, even if it’s not cool, Galaxy can raise the price within a few minutes. Hilton has to go through the process of applying for funding approval for the US headquarters again?
And embezzling funds is even worse. Doing such a thing at this juncture can be easily discovered. Once caught, the death will be even worse.
In the end, after nearly two months of tossing, Du Guoming couldn't bear it anymore after spending the New Year in the detention center. He told the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the police some secrets he knew that could not be disclosed and the data Xinghe needed. In the end, the ICAC finally The PCPD officially launched a comprehensive audit and investigation of the entire Hilton Hotel.
"Then what should we do now? In a few days, we will be fully investigated." Silas frowned and said. This kind of comprehensive investigation is an investigation authorized by the court. It is completely different from ordinary annual audits. Many secrets cannot be withheld. Checked live.
Their hotel does not cheat on taxes, but there are some loopholes in dealing with the owners and even the US headquarters. Moreover, many high-level officials have some problems, especially when there are internal agents, how can they withstand strict investigation? ? Once a few more people are identified and these people also act internally in order to protect themselves, it will only trigger a chain reaction.
"There is only one way now, to find Chen Zhiwen. He is the owner of the hotel. From a legal perspective, as long as he pursues the case, the police and the Independent Commission Against Corruption will have to investigate. If he does not pursue the case, even though the case has been filed, it can still end with the best result. ." Hilton Legal said.
"This guy doesn't see me at all, so he can't let me block his office, right?" Silas frowned and said. After Du Guoming was arrested, they actually didn't want to make a big fuss anymore, otherwise even if they won, the news would be lost. When the news spread to the United States, it was also very bad for their future, but unexpectedly, Chen Zhiwen didn't care about them at all, and only sent one of his men to meet. At that time, Silas felt that he was insulted, so he naturally did not go to the meeting. That was settled.
"Then we have to be sincere. For example, change the report for the last quarter of last year to include profit and dividends." The legal officer continued.
"That's okay." Silas looked at Allen and said, "According to the actual accounts, pay Galaxy the fourth quarter dividend and ask to meet Chen Zhiwen."
"No problem." Allen nodded. He couldn't wait to end this matter now. As the financial person in charge, he was investigated by the police on a large scale. No matter who had a problem, he might be involved.
"Sheng Chen, this is the annual dividend information for the last quarter that was just sent over from the Hilton Hotel." An Qi sent the document she had just received to the boss as quickly as possible.
"Oh, so proactive." Chen Zhiwen had just looked at Red Bull's financial information and felt bored. When he heard Hilton's stuff, he immediately became interested.
He took it and opened it, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "The profit last quarter was 900,000 Hong Kong dollars. This change is really fast."
"Now that we are offering profit dividends, are Hilton Hotels ready to admit defeat?" An Qi said with a smile.
"It's only HK$900,000. For a hotel in Central, this kind of return rate is not as good as depositing it in a bank." Chen Zhiwen said disdainfully. If the Hilton Hotel property is converted into an office building, even if the real estate market is not very good now, Okay, the annual rent should be tens of millions.
"There is another letter here. Silas, the general manager of the hotel, wants to meet with me." Chen Zhiwen said again.
"Do you want to make some arrangements?" An Qi asked.
"Then see you." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
The next afternoon, in the presidential suite of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Chen Zhiwen met the man who controlled his largest fortune.
"Sheng Chen, I'm very happy to meet you." Silas looked "sincere", as if the two had just met and there was no conflict.
"Mr. Silas, maybe we should have met a long time ago." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. After buying the Hilton Hotel, Chen Zhiwen actually didn't have much interest in meeting the management of the Hilton Hotel. He didn't care about the hotel at first. The value of the hotel was enough to be arranged for his subordinates to operate it, but he was nowhere to be seen. The senior management of the Hilton Hotel did not send anyone to come and get to know him. Although the hotel management had absolute management rights, Chen Zhiwen was not expecting it to be so disrespectful. .
"It's all for business. Chen Sheng also knows that the economy has been bad recently, and tourism and business travel have been relatively poor. In order to get the maximum benefit for the owners, we can only go all out." Silas said with a smile. said.
"The business of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is pretty good. Hilton's location is much better than here. By the way, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel belongs to Land, and Land is a listed company. The general financial situation of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, the stock exchange The financial report published there has information, I think the Hilton Hotel should be no worse than here, right?" Chen Zhiwen said calmly.
"Sheng Chen, the location of the hotel is very important, but it is not the only factor in the decision." Silas said calmly.
"That means management is incompetent?" Chen Zhiwen said coldly.
"." Silas was speechless for a moment and quickly changed the subject and said: "Sheng Chen, we may have had some misunderstandings in the past, but we are all partners. We can discuss anything together. There is no need to involve government agencies like the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the company. Otherwise, if there is a big problem in the hotel, Mr. Chen, you will also suffer a lot of losses."
"Not a small loss? You mean a loss of 300,000 in one quarter?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Now that the economy has picked up, I guarantee that it will definitely be the last time. In the future, Chen Sheng's investment in the Hilton Hotel will definitely receive generous returns." Silas said.
"No one knows what will happen in the future, let's talk about the past, shall we?" Chen Zhiwen said lightly: "You and I both know what's going on, and I don't want to waste time. If you want the Independent Commission Against Corruption to stop the investigation, you can, but the condition is I will authorize a third party to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the entire hotel's finances. Starting from 1961, your financial information should be kept for 15 years, right? That means it should all be available?"
"1961?" Silas was startled and said, "Sheng Chen, the Hilton Hotel used to belong to the American Yonggao Group. What happened before has nothing to do with you?"
"I acquired the Hilton Hotel property from Yonggao, why does it have nothing to do with me? Or do you want me to contact Yonggao Company in the United States? Do you think they are willing to help you or help me?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, the former Hilton Hotel It's not too bad for Yonggao. Even if he can make money, Yonggao may turn a blind eye, or because he is not in Hong Kong, he doesn't know many things. But now, the cooperative relationship is long gone. Who wouldn't be happy if they could make more money?
"Then if something is found, what does Chen Sheng want?" Silas asked.
"I only want the share that belongs to the owner. In addition, in the future, your hotel's finance department will give my people a position." Chen Zhiwen shrugged.
"This matter, no matter what the outcome is, will take a long time. I need to discuss it with the US headquarters. The ICAC's action will start soon. Please ask Mr. Chen to delay a little longer." Silas frowned and said. .
"Don't think about it. It's either action or end. Do you think the ICAC is run by my family and can do whatever they want?" Chen Zhiwen refused.
"OK, if there is any further news, I will inform Chen Sheng. If there is nothing else, I will leave first." Silas saw that the conversation was not appropriate, but also got the other party's bottom line, so he said goodbye and left.
Chen Zhiwen didn't stay long before he went home and later told his father about the incident.
Chen Tianfu nodded and said: "You handled it very well. It's not good to have a quarrel with an international hotel group like Hilton. If it makes you anxious, they in the United States will evacuate all the current group of people and replace them with another one." There is nothing you can do about this group of people. Now that the home court is in Hong Kong, you have an advantage. Once these people all run back to the United States, the Hong Kong government may not be able to do anything about it."
"I think so too. This kind of thing is actually just to scare the team in Hong Kong. No matter how big the fuss is, it can't threaten the Hilton Hotel." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, a five-year-old hotel that has existed for decades and spanned the world. Star hotel chain groups have never encountered any storms, and which hotel team is clean?
What is happening in Hong Kong now may not be taken seriously when it comes to the United States. However, it is a big trouble for the team in Hong Kong. What Chen Zhiwen needs to control is the team in Hong Kong and let them take care of it. You can only spit out as much of your previous inventory as you can. At the same time, you must be more honest in the future.
As long as the other party is willing to give in and abide by the rules in the future, then everything will be normal. Otherwise, if the Independent Commission Against Corruption really finds out something, Chen Zhiwen may not be able to do anything about it.
Three days later, Chen Zhiwen received another urgent fax from the Hilton Hotel. The hotel officially invited Chen Zhiwen, the owner, and arranged for a financial staff to stay in the hotel. As for those things that cannot be said openly, naturally they will not be mentioned openly.
Five days later, as the owner, Chen Zhiwen withdrew the prosecution against the Hilton Hotel, and the ICAC investigation was naturally terminated. At the same time, Chen Zhiwen invited Hong Kong's largest financial audit company to start a comprehensive financial investigation of the Hilton Hotel.
It took half a month for Chen Zhiwen to have more evidence in his hands. It was only then that Silas and others discovered that they were completely controlled by the other party, but they could not blame others. They were completely responsible for their own death. This family The U.S. headquarters cannot control much of the Hong Kong hotel, and the owner is also in the United States. This is very rare among Hilton's numerous hotels.
Under normal circumstances, the owners are basically local and supervise the hotel management at all times, but there is no such thing here in Hong Kong. As time goes by, they have become more natural and casual, and many things are not covered up. Now the local owners are rebelling against the generals, and some of them have been found out.
Although it is only a small part, if it is announced, they will either go to jail in Hong Kong or go back to the United States, because Hilton headquarters will not let them go.
In the end, as a last resort, they spit out most of their illegal profits.
"It seems like you've made a lot of money?" Chen Tianfu asked with a smile when he saw Chen Zhiwen sitting on the recliner and shaking himself.
"It's just eight figures." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Eight figures? Ten million? Good guy, these people have earned more than I have in my lifetime?" Chen Tianfu said in surprise.
"It's normal. If you think about it, five-star hotels in prime locations in Central have not been supervised for more than ten years. Even if they are, they may have been dealt with. It's not surprising that there are so many." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "I also deliberately left I gave some to them.”
"Then you've won a lot this time. You didn't invest much before, right?" Chen Tianfu said with a smile.
"It's not bad. I just have a good relationship with the police. It may not be useful in the future, but it's better than nothing when needed." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, "Besides, I don't care if it's only 10 million."
"." Chen Tianfu was speechless for a while. He didn't want to talk anymore today. Your total assets and mine are only over 10 million.
(End of chapter)
