In the battle for Wharf, both Bao Tycoon and Jardine Matheson were the winners. One of them won the Wharf Terminal, and thus went ashore to transform from the shipping king to the land king, and escaped the great recession of shipping in the 1980s.
After getting out of trouble at a high price, we began to transfer assets and shift our focus from Hong Kong to overseas.
The only unlucky ones are the retail investors who were attracted by the takeover war. They were all trapped in high positions and lost money.
It is also because of this battle that many smart people have clearly seen who the uncrowned king of Hong Kong is. Otherwise, no one would lament that in Hong Kong, the board of directors of HSBC Bank is the real authority.
Turning one's hands to make clouds and turning one's hands to make rain, controlling the food, clothing, housing and transportation of people in Xiangjiang.
In order to maintain the influence of HSBC in Hong Kong and continue to suck the blood of the Chinese, in the 1980s, with the support of the "Big Ban King" Shen Bi, not only Bao Tycoon, but also a large number of Chinese people including Li Jiacheng and Deng Tycoon joined the HSBC board of directors.
Together with the four major foreign banks, Jardine Matheson International, Swire Group, Yingzhijie Company, Wheelock & Madden and other veteran investors, they have become influential figures in Hong Kong.
However, how beautiful it was before, how miserable it is now.
As directors and shareholders of HSBC, they must find ways to fill the $180 billion hole. They cannot let HSBC fail, otherwise their deposits in HSBC will be wiped out.
What's even more depressing is that.
If the bank fails, everyone's deposits in the bank will be wiped out. Even if they lose money, they won't be much. Loans will not, and they will continue to exist even if the bank fails.
Because before it went bankrupt, HSBC would pass on the loans and the new bank would continue to collect them.
Directors such as Li Jiacheng were able to rise rapidly in the 1980s and become one of the few wealthy families in Hong Kong, relying on the continuous loans from HSBC Bank.
This is the same as later mainland real estate developers, who all relied on bank loans to develop and never used their own money to build houses.
When the market is good, everything goes wrong, but when the market is bad, as soon as the bank calls for a loan, you immediately turn from the richest man to the first debtor.
In order to keep HSBC, they tried every means.
Cao Dahua is not the first wave of lobbyists to persuade Lei Weidong.
When Lei Weidong just returned to Hong Kong, countless people called him. They all hoped that Lei Weidong could join HSBC and stabilize HSBC in the name of the world's richest man.
Even if he can't buy shares, he still hopes that Lei Weidong can pay to sell the HSBC property.
"Xiao Lei, which asset of HSBC Bank do you want most?"
Regarding Lei Weidong's refusal to invest in HSBC, Cao Dahua was not surprised. If he fell into the trap so easily, Lei Weidong would not be the richest man. Even if HSBC had it, he would not be where he is now. He has to wait for the directors of HSBC to fill in the hole. Eight, only Lei Weidong would consider investing.
"I want a lot. HSBC has too many high-quality assets, but what I want most is Hang Seng Bank." Lei Weidong said.
A lean camel is bigger than a horse. In addition to its business outlets and vaults around the world, HSBC also has many high-quality assets.
In terms of banks alone, there are Hang Seng Bank, British Bank of the Middle East, Mercantile Bank of India, and SITC Bank, which ranks among the top 20 in the country.
There is also nearly 15% stake in Midland Bank, one of the four major settlement banks in Eagle Country.
These are still assets in the financial sector, and there are countless other assets held by HSBC. Now these are being sold to the outside world, and they are still sold at low prices.
The Hang Seng Bank that Lei Weidong mentioned was a bank founded in 1933. It was once the largest Chinese bank in Hong Kong and the biggest rival of HSBC in Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, in 1965, Hang Seng Bank encountered a crisis and was swallowed up by HSBC.
Originally, the matter had nothing to do with Hang Seng Bank.
The cause was that a U.S. dollar check worth approximately HK$7 million issued by Matilda Bank was dishonored.
After the news came out, many depositors were worried that their deposits would not be protected, so they used to withdraw cash because the Mingde Bank account stub could not be maintained and they were unable to withdraw huge amounts.
A few days later, Mingde Bank declared bankruptcy and was officially taken over by the Hong Kong Eagle Government.
Immediately afterwards, the run spread to other Chinese banks, including Trust Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Guang'an Bank, Dao Heng Bank, Wing Lung Bank and other banks.
For the sake of stability in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Eagle Government came forward and asked HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, which have the right to issue banknotes, to declare unlimited support for Chinese-owned banks in Hong Kong, finally calming down the turmoil.
But the matter does not end there. Killing you while you are sick is a basic operation of the shopping mall.
Some newspapers and periodicals continue to publish some unfounded messages that seriously damage Chinese banks, among which Hang Seng Bank is the top priority.
According to the most dubious theory of who benefits, HSBC is likely to be behind the turmoil.
The most typical example is that during the crisis, many large customers quietly canceled their accounts at Hang Seng Bank and switched to HSBC.
So the layout is completed.
In early April 1965, bank runs broke out again. Hang Seng Bank was the first to bear the brunt and was crowded with citizens who came to withdraw money.
Among them, the branch in Wan Chai is the most unlucky. Countless customers have withdrawn deposits in the past, including big customers that Hang Seng Bank cannot offend, such as Superintendent Han Sen.
He forced the general manager of the branch, He Tian, to personally come forward and give Han Sen a signature guarantee before stopping the withdrawal.
But just like that, the Wan Chai branch fell into a shortage of money and had to ask the head office for help.
The head office is not much better. The flow of people withdrawing money can extend from the entrance of the bank to the Hong Kong Club in Statue Square.
Facing the swarm of cash withdrawals, HSBC once again stood up to support Hang Seng Bank and sent staff to the Hang Seng Bank headquarters with cash and placed stacks of banknotes in every corner of the lobby to prove that there was sufficient cash supply. .
But the run situation has not changed. Countless Hong Kong dollars are withdrawn every day. In just a few days, Hang Seng Bank lost 200 million Hong Kong dollars in deposits.
This is 200 million Hong Kong dollars in the 1960s, and its purchasing power is more than 2 billion or even 5 billion in the 1990s.
Faced with a steady increase in the number of people withdrawing money, bank bosses had to hold a board meeting to discuss countermeasures and came up with a total of three solutions.
The first is to accept assistance from Chase Bank of America.
The second is to declare bankruptcy and have the government take over the company.
Third, seek help from HSBC Bank.
Although three countermeasures were discussed, it can actually be said to be one.
Because through two supports, especially the unlimited cash supply in the past few days, HSBC has bought many people from Hang Seng Bank without accepting bankruptcy.
The owner of the Hang Seng Bank account could only choose to seek help from HSBC.
So negotiations took place.
At the beginning, the two parties had relatively large differences on the total value of Hang Seng and the proportion of equity sold.
HSBC believes that the value of Hang Seng is only HK$60 to 70 million, and requires a one-time purchase of 76% of Hang Seng's shares to become the absolute majority shareholder of Hang Seng.
The boss of Hang Seng believes that Hang Seng Bank is worth at least HK$100 million and only agreed to sell 51% of the shares, hoping that there will be a chance to take the bank back in the future.
Worried that the asking price was too low, Hang Seng would rather go bankrupt than accept its own shareholding. HSBC thought over and over again and agreed to Hang Seng Bank's plan. It purchased 51% of Hang Seng's equity for 51 million yuan, thus achieving control of Hang Seng Bank.
After the news of HSBC's move into Hang Seng Bank came out, the run storm ended abruptly, as if it had never happened.
The bank that took decades of hard work to establish changed hands overnight, and the boss He Shanheng was very sad.
However, life still has to go by. In order to allow Hang Seng Bank to develop and grow, He Shanheng accepted all this and helped HSBC stabilize the hearts of Hang Seng Bank.
It can be said that HSBC became the biggest winner in this bank run. Not only did it win over Hang Seng Bank at a low price, it also eliminated Hang Seng, its biggest rival in the banking industry in Hong Kong.
It established HSBC’s monopoly in the financial industry in Hong Kong and created the myth of HSBC City.
As for He Shanheng's desire to hide back in Hang Seng Bank, it can be said to be a daydream. HSBC would not give him a chance. Just a few years later, HSBC seized the opportunity and increased its shareholding in Hang Seng Bank from 51% to 60%. Too many, ruining He Shanheng's hope.
With HSBC as its backer, Hang Seng Bank developed rapidly. By then, its total value had increased dozens or even hundreds of times, becoming one of the highest-quality assets in the hands of HSBC.
Lei Weidong is coveting Hang Seng Bank and has long wanted to get it.
"If you are interested in Hang Seng Bank and enjoy acquiring its shares, OK, I will give a message to HSBC. As long as no one is fighting for it, Hang Seng Bank is yours."
After negotiating a deal, Cao Dahua was very happy, laughed and said: "Xiao Lei, besides Hang Seng Bank, what else are you interested in.
This time HSBC can offer many physical properties, and has specially organized an auction for this purpose. "
If you are interested, you can go and take a look.
Although this auction is sponsored by HSBC, the properties being auctioned include not only those of HSBC, but also the properties of many wealthy people.
They were implicated in the crisis caused by the robbery and had to sell part of their properties in exchange for working capital to tide them over. "
"I have also heard about this auction and received an invitation. Don't worry, I will definitely participate. Even if I don't participate, Saliana will be allowed to go."
Lei Weidong nodded, showing great interest in the auction.
"Do you know about the deputy director?" Seeing Lei Weidong preparing to leave, Cao Dahua quickly called him Zhu.
"I know. It is said that he died so tragically. He was hit by a shell from the front, and even his body could not be found. So the burial ceremony to be held a few days later could only use the method of burial."
Lei Weidong nodded and mentally observed a minute's silence for the deputy director.
"Let's not talk about the funeral. Let's go together then and join in the fun." Deputy Director Gui Lao almost turned Cao Dahua into a polished commander. It was strange that he had a good impression of Cao Dahua.
"In view of the vacancy of deputy director, you have rescued Mrs. Faye's daughter, so your superiors are going to let you serve as deputy director and be responsible for the work of the operations department."
"Let me be the deputy director. Director, isn't it too soon? I am only in my early 30s and I have reached this position. What will I do in the future?" Although he wanted to do it in his heart, he still had to have the necessary reserve. Lei Weidong shook his head. Shaking his head, he said he was too young and needed a few more years of experience.
"It's all my own people who are being polite to me. Besides, who else can secure this position besides you." In response to Lei Weidong's rejection, Cao Dahua shook his head, threw the promotion document to Lei Weidong, and said.
"Take it back and take a look at it slowly. Don't forget about the auction."
"Don't worry, I won't forget it." After picking up the promotion document and looking through it roughly, Lei Weidong responded with a smile, turned around and left back to his hometown.
"There are a lot of good things this time, but the money is too little." Leaning on the chair with his feet on the table, Lei Weidong began to open the product catalog for the auction sent by HSBC Bank.
It has to be said that there are many good things inside, including villas located in Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bend and Victoria Peak areas, office buildings in urban areas, and land that has obtained permits but has not yet had time to develop.
There are also various industries.
There are hundreds of light industries such as garment factories, plastic factories, electronics factories, etc., large and small, and the prices are also very cheap, only one-quarter or one-fifth of the market price, so you can definitely sell them. Earn.
If Lei Weidong buys all these factories and moves them to the mainland, he will definitely make a fortune.
These days, labor in the mainland is really cheap.
These are labor-intensive enterprises because their technical level is not high. Although they can provide a large number of jobs if they are located in Xiangjiang, the labor cost in Xiangjiang is too high.
The goods produced have no competitiveness at all and can only be transferred to the Pearl River Delta region.
It's a pity that Lei Weidong doesn't have much funds on hand, most of them are useful, and he has more than 20 billion US dollars in free funds.
It looks like a lot, and it can take away most of the things in the auction.
But this crisis is just the beginning. There will be a lot of good things coming later. If you spend all your money, you will not be able to buy the good things you want to buy when you see them in the future.
It would be great if the wealth in the portable space could be used.
"Task!"
Just when Lei Weidong was thinking about how to wash away the wealth in the space and use the title to buy things, the voice of the system appeared again.
"As the initiators of the War of 1840, the Eagle Nation has caused too much harm to the people of the country. How can the HSBC robbery make up for it?
If we continue our efforts, we need to shoot down the Bank of England's vaults as well. "
Robbing the Bank of England vault, the system is addicted to robbing bank guns, and even the local banks in Eagle Country are eyeing it.
However, although he complained, Lei Weidong was a little moved in his heart. The Bank of England vault is one of the largest vaults in the world, with 1/5 of the official gold reserves stored in it.
It is said that there are as many as 5,000 tons and its value exceeds 100 billion pounds.
This is just the price of gold. If you include the foreign exchange inside, it is conservatively estimated that the wealth will far exceed the underground vault of HSBC Bank.
If this vault is also robbed, the impact on the people of Eagle Country will be far greater than that of the HSBC Bank robbery.
(End of chapter)
