In Yanjing City, at the Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, several dishes of fragrant delicacies were delivered to a private room.
"This roast duck looks pretty good." Bao Yugang said with a smile: "Come on, Mr. Chen, I'm treating you today, so don't be polite."
"Don't worry, I didn't have breakfast this morning, but I'm just waiting for now." Chen Zhiwen laughed.
"Okay, come on." Bao Yugang said with a smile.
There are only two of them in this private room. Bao Yugang treats guests. There are many delicacies in Yanjing City, but most of them have similar tastes in Hong Kong. Only this Yanjing roast duck is special. Hong Kong also has roast duck, but as long as the technique is different , then the taste will be different.
"It tastes pretty good." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. In fact, he was used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, so he was basically immune to delicious food. Fragrant.
"Well, it's no worse than those in Hong Kong." Bao Yugang smiled and said, "Sheng Chen has been a bit generous in recent days."
"The projects seem big, but many of them are future intentions and require a long time of investment. In fact, it's nothing. It's just mutual benefit." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
Building a university in the deep sea and building the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway are both projects that will take several years. Especially the latter, 90% of which may require loans, so it seems that the funding requirements are high, but the investment is not much. As for launching it to help the uncle project itself is also good for Costco in the United States.
One of the purposes of coming to Yanjing this time is the economy, and the domestic side is also trying its best to achieve certain cooperation with these Hong Kong businessmen worth hundreds of millions.
Especially after last year, the country originally expected to develop on a large scale with the West after the reform, and formulated a huge plan to introduce 20 billion U.S. dollars of investment in the next five years. However, due to various reasons, there was no negotiation with many Western manufacturing giants within this year. Success, this also made the country realize that it is difficult to do business directly with the West, so it turned its attention to overseas Chinese. Although overseas Chinese are not very good at the large-scale industries that the country needs most, they have funds, and overseas Chinese, most The easiest ones to catch up with are naturally Hong Kong businessmen. CITIC Group, the largest commercial group in the country in the future, was born for this purpose.
Therefore, when Hong Kong businessmen come to Beijing this time, as long as departments related to the economy come to test it out, there may be opportunities for cooperation. Once there are opportunities, it will immediately spread to the top domestic officials, and people like Bao Yugang will naturally Also easy to know.
"With the current situation in Hong Kong, if Chen Sheng invests so much money in China, isn't he afraid that it will cause some trouble in Hong Kong or Europe and the United States?" Pao Yugang asked with a smile.
"I understand what Bao Sheng means, but this is not 50 years ago. The empire on which the sun never sets is no longer viable, especially in Asia." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "As for the United States, there is no need to worry. They are now Relations with the country are also very good.”
A long time ago, Chen Zhiwen formulated the strategy of investing in the mainland after the reform, especially in infrastructure projects, special real estate projects, large factories, etc. in some big cities in the 1980s. As long as it is beneficial to him, he will invest. .
As for other influences, he didn't care. In the past, Li Jiacheng had clearly established his position and served as a director of CITIC Group. In exchange, HSBC won over and gave Hutchison to him. Although HSBC has its own goals, it is enough to show that the Hong Kong government does not dare to do anything. As for Europe and the United States, they are currently in the honeymoon period with China.
"You always have to be prepared, although I think it's unlikely." Bao Yugang smiled and said, "By the way, I've already told the Chinese side about the suggestions Chen Sheng gave me before, and they also agreed in principle. I agree with this plan, and I have calculated that as long as there are no major problems with domestic foreign trade exports in the future, it is impossible for me to lose money on this investment, and I have to thank Chen Sheng."
"You're welcome, everyone should help each other." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In fact, domestic shipping companies are basically offshore fleets. Before the reform, foreign trade was not very developed, and they mainly handed over transportation to Hong Kong. However, after the reform, foreign exports became one of the most important purposes of economic development. , according to the original historical development, after the three to one supplements are spread across the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, the export cargo volume will double, and the domestic transportation capacity will definitely not be enough. At that time, we will definitely need to rely on overseas shipping companies, which is cheap Western ghost guys are worse than cheap shipping kings, and shipping kings will also place orders for domestic products, killing two birds with one stone.
"Sheng Chen has helped me a lot during this time, but I basically haven't helped him much. In the future, I will need to rely on Mr. Chen to acquire China Electronics, especially HSBC. Well, if China If the acquisition of electricity is successful, I will increase Chen Sheng's shares at the lowest discount price. In addition, if Chen Sheng's goods are exported to Hong Kong, as long as they use my ship, it will be at the cost price." Bao Yugang said proudly. : "Don't refuse either, or I won't feel comfortable."
"Okay, okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and agreed without being pretentious.
Although Pao Yugang's financial resources are second only to him in Hong Kong and stronger than the Kadoorie family, the controlling family of China Power, it will be much more difficult for Pao Yugang as an acquirer to attack and defend. Even if he succeeds, he may not succeed. There is a big price to pay.
The most unstable factor is Hong Kong's large banks, especially HSBC. Although Pao Yugang has a good relationship with HSBC, the current situation is completely different from the original history. In the past, HSBC used Chinese capital to clean up the situation. Jardine Matheson, which challenged them, now has multiple Chinese-owned mergers and acquisitions of large British-owned consortiums. This is a situation that neither HSBC nor the Hong Kong government is happy to see.
Chen Zhiwen had already predicted that this would happen when he acquired Hong Kong Electric, so he entrusted Henry Morgan to acquire SITC Bank to restrict HSBC. As long as HSBC was caught, other banks basically had nothing to fear. Standard Chartered, Hong Kong's third largest bank, may not be able to quickly mobilize 1 to 2 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Stabilizing HSBC can be regarded as indirectly helping Bao Yugang, but for Bao Yugang, it is a huge favor. Although the discount he proposed may not be repaid, Chen Zhiwen was happy to accept it.
"Okay, then I'll feel more at ease." Bao Yugang said with a smile.
"Actually, I have another idea." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "In Hong Kong, there are actually a group of people who are willing to invest in the country. If you are just a single person, your investment ability is limited, not only funds, but also resources. But if It would be much more convenient if we have a group of people, so I want to form a small alliance. In the future, everyone can discuss with each other and invest in each other. And sometimes, some risks may be great for some people, but very small for others. By joining this alliance, we can transfer certain risks, what do you think of Bao Sheng?"
"It sounds good." Bao Yugang nodded and said. He naturally understood what Chen Zhiwen meant. The so-called risk is actually relative. For example, when investing in China, for those who have assets overseas, they need to consider a lot, but there are If people don’t have assets there, it doesn’t matter.
"And it's not just about investing in China. In the future, if there are some good projects overseas, and even in Hong Kong, everyone can work together. If there is a physical factory, we can also undertake part of the orders from Midea or Galaxy Trading, so that everyone can also We can develop together." Chen Zhiwen continued.
In Hong Kong, he can naturally be the only one, but even the United States, the world's most powerful country, has many younger brothers around him, and the same is true at the business level. With the potential of Midea and Galaxy trade, the future scale may be hundreds of billions of dollars. There will definitely be many people following behind to enjoy the success. After all, no one can monopolize the wealth of the entire industry chain.
In this case, it is better to give the profits to some people who are willing to really invest in the country, whether it is building factories or investing in infrastructure. As long as you have this intention, you can join this alliance.
"The orders from Midea and Galaxy Trading are the most popular businesses in Hong Kong. I'm a little excited when I say that." Pao Yugang said with a smile.
"If Mr. Bao is interested, he can indeed consider entering the physical manufacturing industry. I can at least provide enough orders in the early stage." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Same as Hu Yingxiang and Hu Sheng?" Bao Yugang asked.
"Yes, Hu Sheng's Hehe Industrial has become one of Midea's main suppliers, but the foundation is still weak now. In the future, I think it will develop as well as Hehe Real Estate." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
As early as 1978, Hu Yingxiang established a real industrial company, specializing in providing plastic casings for electronic products to Midea, such as fans, refrigerators, radios, the latest game boy, etc. This was actually Chen Zhiwen's intentional behavior. He was still I admire Hu Yingxiang for investing most of his assets in the domestic infrastructure construction industry when Hong Kong was developing well. This caused him to completely fall behind the ranks of Hong Kong's super rich in the future. This can be regarded as an assist given to him by Chen Zhiwen. As long as If we really want to expand in the field of electronic OEM in the future, our worth and influence will definitely be higher than those of the four major families in Hong Kong in our previous lives.
However, there are definitely difficulties. Not everyone can become Foxconn, but as long as it has some scale, it is good. Besides, in the previous life, Wanwan was an electronics foundry giant and had a great influence in the electronics industry. Now, Chen Zhiwen also I plan to use my own capabilities to cultivate some potential foundries in Hong Kong. It would be good to seize some of them. Even if all factories are built in the mainland in the future, some of the wealth will always flow to Hong Kong instead of the Bay. bay.
"If you say that, I'm a little moved. I'll think about it when the CLP matter is over." Bao Yugang nodded and asked: "Then what is the name of this alliance?"
"Since it is an alliance, it must be at the top and focus on domestic investment, so let's call it the Taishan Association. How about it?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"The first of the Five Mountains, Taishan, Taishan Hui, the name is very good, concise and elegant." Bao Yugang nodded and said.
"Actually, it's not just Hong Kong. If there are other Chinese overseas, they can also join in, or if there are some potential businessmen in the country in the future, they can also be introduced. Let's discuss how to do it specifically?" Chen Zhiwen said, he said, he will discuss the details of the future. I don’t know, I can only talk about this road as I walk.
(End of chapter)
