Rebirth of the Tech Madman

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The governor of Hong Kong, You De and Si Ni, just let Taikoo and Qinhe, who have no intention of fighting, strike. HSBC and Qinhe still have their own calculations, and all parties are well aware of this situation.

After Tang Huan had dealt with the situation, he planned to leave for the mainland as usual. But just before boarding the plane, there was a news that Standard Chartered Bank, one of the two note-issuing banks in Hong Kong at this stage, was hostilely acquired by Lloyds Bank.

In terms of status, even HSBC is inferior to Lloyds Bank. The former belongs to the land rich, while the latter is one of the four major banks in the UK.

Therefore, as soon as the confrontation took place, the struggling Standard Chartered Bank was a little bit overwhelmed, and the strength and weakness were obvious, and outsiders could see it clearly.

If Standard Chartered doesn't want to be eaten, the most effective way it can respond is to seek friendly foreign aid. The bigwigs in the business world who have seen through this point also began to calculate the costs and benefits of being this white warrior.

Although there are business contacts with each other, Tang Huan really didn't pay attention to whether Standard Chartered Bank was dead or alive.

Because of the interest entanglement and relationship balance involved in this, Tang Huan and Qinhe Group, who were secretly watching HSBC drooling, were not suitable for mixing. And there is also a lesson from the past - Tang Huan was very tired of the effort consumed in the process of digesting the Jardine controlled by the British into Qinhe, and if he did it again in a short period of time, he might have indigestion.

Outsiders would naturally not know about Tang Huan's plan, so Wu Guangzheng hurried over to find out, If Datang is interested in Standard Chartered, what my father-in-law means is that we join hands to prevent Lloyds Bank from The acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank, as a 'white warrior' to acquire the shares of Standard Chartered Bank.

Speaking of this, Wu Guangzheng specifically added: At present, two other white warriors have contacted my father-in-law. With the financial resources of the four of us, we can definitely easily repel the menacing Lloyds Bank.

The field of banking is too professional and complicated, and I have some contacts with Lloyds Bank in the UK in other businesses, so I don't want to get involved. Tang Huan directly refused.

Seeing the disappointment on Wu Guangzheng's face, Tang Huan changed the subject and said, Sir Bao just won Wheelock last year and participated in the formation of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines. Are you interested in the banking industry now?

The implication of Tang Huan's words is that the charter king's big moves one after another, can he still keep his business kingdom running steadily?

Although in the battle for Wharf in 1980, with Tang Huan's secret intervention, the charter king was able to save hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, but still spent more than a billion Hong Kong dollars; Wang spent another 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars; and in 1985, charter king began to participate in the establishment of Dragonair, and has injected at least 200 million Hong Kong dollars so far.

This has not taken into account the many major investments that the charter king has made in mainland China, but now he has started to act as the white warrior of Standard Chartered Bank. This stall is a bit big!

If the battle for Wharf and Wheelock is an inevitable choice for the abandon boat and land strategy, and it is done cleanly and beautifully, then in terms of investment in Dragonair, the charter king is showing signs of getting into a quagmire.

At the beginning, Charter King participated in the establishment of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines because he was invited by the person in charge of the Xiangjiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency surnamed Xu.

For this reason, the charter king also resigned from the director of Cathay Pacific, and even rejected the recruitment that was absolutely cost-effective from a commercial point of view when Dragonair was jointly suppressed by the Hong Kong government and Cathay Pacific; but the result was that Cathay Pacific The flirting with CITIC has made Dragonair's position more subtle.

As people get older, they may have some nostalgic feelings. Wu Guangzheng explained carefully: In the early years, my father-in-law used to work in the banking industry for a while; in 1949, when he brought hundreds of thousands of yuan to Xiangjiang , and even had the idea of ​​starting a bank, but considering the lack of funds and the fierce competition in the banking industry in Xiangjiang, he gave up. It can be said that in his heart, he always remembers his past banking career,

Dream of becoming a banker.

Tang Huan smiled slightly, That's true, dreams have no age.

Seeing that Tang Huan seemed a little unconvinced, Wu Guangzheng shrugged, My father-in-law attaches great importance to this investment. In order to be able to join the board of directors of Standard Chartered Bank, he even resigned from the board of directors of HSBC Bank to avoid conflicts of interest.

It seems that Sir Bao's plan is not small. Tang Huan quickly corrected his face, and asked: You said just now that there are two other white warriors who are willing to participate in this operation to save Standard Chartered Bank, who are they?

Business tycoon Khoo Teck Puat from Singapore and Malaysia, and Australian businessman Robert Holm. After Wu Guangzheng finished answering, he laughed first, Are you feeling strange again?

Yes. Tang Huan nodded with a smile, Sir Bao and Qiu Deba were rivals fighting each other before. I didn't expect to fight side by side so soon. It's really unexpected.

The confrontation between the Chartered Ship King and Qiu Deba mentioned by Tang Huan was the battle for Wheelock last year.

The two main shareholders of this old British-owned foreign firm-Zhang Yuliang, a descendant of Chinese businessman Zhang Zhushan, and the Jewish family, the Madden family, have been arguing for many years.

On the afternoon of February 14, 1985, Wheelock suddenly suspended trading and announced that Singaporean wealthy businessman Khoo Teck Puat had acquired 13.5% of the voting shares from the Madden family. Zhang Yuliang believed that he had been betrayed by Madden, so he transferred the shares to The charter king, and requires it to fully control Wheelock, and cannot allow opponents to reverse the takeover.

There is a sense of vindictiveness in this. If Qiu Deba succeeds in acquiring Hui Defeng, the Madden family can continue to sit in the position of Taipan, while Zhang Yuliang is trying his best to drive the other party down, so he asks the charter king Complete takeover of Wheelock.

Because the charter king took 34% of the voting rights of Zhang Yuliang's shares of Wheelock and the conglomerate holding 6.8% of the shares of Wheelock, he surpassed Qiu Deba first, and further held shares of more than 50%, which finally forced Qiu Deba to announce his acceptance of the charter king's acquisition proposal, and resell the 25% of the Wheelock shares he had already collected to the winner, admitting that he was out of the game.

Tang Huan really didn't expect that the two of them would change so quickly from being in the army to talking and drinking.

But after carefully recalling the information in his memory, Tang Huan was relieved again.

Speaking of which, Qiu Deba was also living in the cracks. Originally, he was very successful in creating Bank of Malaysia and became a member of the Malaysian Parliament. But in 1965, when Malaysia kicked Singapore out of politics politically, Malaysia kicked out Bank of Malaysia on the grounds of using Bank of Malaysia’s funds to conduct private investment in Singapore, and turned Bank of Malaysia into Native Bank.

This is the sadness of not finding a strong backing. At present, Qiu Deba is an Australian citizen. In this living environment, there is really no need for Qiu Deba to expand the conflict of interests in the business world to personal grievances and hatreds. Generating wealth with harmony and being kind to others have more realistic meanings to him.

However, no matter whether he resigned from the directorship of Cathay Pacific Airways, participated in the formation of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, or resigned from the directorship of HSBC to serve as the white warrior of Standard Chartered Bank, I am afraid that the decision of the charter king will not be as superficial as Wu Guangzheng said. There should be an overall layout that is linked together.

Since Sir Bao attaches so much importance to Standard Chartered Bank, I'm afraid the action will not be small, and he will need to transfer a large amount of funds? Tang Huan asked tentatively.

My father-in-law wants to take advantage of this opportunity to become the largest individual shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank. The ideal result is to gradually obtain a controlling stake. Therefore, a conservative estimate is to spend 2 billion Hong Kong dollars to acquire a 15% stake in Standard Chartered Bank.

After Wu Guangzheng answered without concealment, he climbed up and said: Datang, if you don't want to be this white warrior, I won't force you, but you can't let me go for nothing, please give me some financial support .”

You must be aware of our family's situation. My father-in-law has no sons, and he favors sons over daughters. In the end, the family business will definitely be inherited by our sons-in-law. I can't behave badly.

I understand very well! Tang Huan smiled loudly, You have already spoken, so I naturally have no reason to let you go home empty-handed. Tell me, how much do you want to turn around?

I know that your title as the richest man is not covered, and your pocket is bulging. Wu Guangzheng stretched out two fingers with a smile, How about this amount?

Two hundred million, right, no problem. Seeing Wu Guangzheng nodding his head in confirmation, Tang Huan waved his hand cheerfully, and then asked casually, By the way, is it Hong Kong dollars or U.S. dollars?

The delighted Wu Guangzheng just took a sip from his cup. Hearing Tang Huan's superfluous questioning, he immediately sprayed water on the coffee table in a gaffe, coughed a few times, then looked at Tang Huan and asked, I said It's dollars, you agree?

As long as you dare to borrow it, I will give it to you! Tang Huanyun said calmly.

Wu Guangzheng's blood boiled all of a sudden, and he murmured blushingly: If this is the case, maybe I can preside over this matter.

Of course I will help you. Tang Huan patted Wu Guangzheng's shoulder meaningfully, However, I have two hopes.

Tell me. Wu Guangzheng quickly calmed down his agitated mind.

Although the situation of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines is a bit delicate at present, I hope that Sir Bao can continue to fight for it, which can be regarded as helping me to hold the attention of Swire Group.

Tang Huan snapped his fingers, A lot of people know about the filthy relationship between Qinhe and Taikoo during this period. Hong Kong governor Youde personally came forward to make peace, and the current chairman of the board of directors of Swire Group, John Shih, also made it clear , The conflict is over here, but the heart of guarding against others is indispensable.

Wu Guangzheng nodded clearly, There must be a time limit, right?

Three years. Tang Huan groaned and made a gesture.

I think it's okay, but I still have to report it to my father-in-law. Wu Guangzheng, who couldn't give an answer on the spot, smiled embarrassedly, and asked, What's the second point?

I know that Huo Duoli, a subsidiary of HSBC, has been Sir Bao's financial advisor for a long time. However, since Sir Bao has resigned from the directorship of HSBC, it is very likely that there will be no turnover to HSBC for this investment. How about changing to a non-HSBC financial advisor during the investment process? Tang Huan's eyes were particularly sharp when he said these words.

Wu Guangzheng scratched his head, Datang, your request sounds simple, but I think it is full of deep meaning! I can't answer in person, I have to go back and discuss it with my father-in-law.

Tang Huan nodded disapprovingly, Don't feel pressured. If Sir Bao disagrees, it will be 200 million Hong Kong dollars; Running in vain,

Isn't that called pressure? Wu Guangzheng stood up with a wry smile, I'll report what you mean to my father-in-law right away.

I'm leaving for the mainland right now, and then fly directly to the United States, because I have a company that is about to be listed on NASDAQ. Tang Huan sent the other party out, while saying: For financial matters, you can go directly to Sun Hung Kai Bank. OK.

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Silicon Valley No. 1 flew directly from Xiangjiang to Yanjing, and Tang Huan read the official mainland newspapers collected by his assistant on the plane.

From some of the above reports, it is not difficult to find that in the process of reform and opening up, the conflict between the conservative and the innovative has become more and more intense. In particular, the official establishment of the political term bourgeois liberalization also illustrates the complexity of the current situation in China.

After arriving in Yanjing, the little uncle Meng Qingguan who came to greet him told Tang Huan, It's a coincidence, the old man went out of Beijing to investigate below.

It's good to go out for a walk and relax. Tang Huan asked a little worriedly, Who will take care of you?

Although don't worry, your aunt will take care of it herself. Meng Qingguan patted Tang Huan's shoulder in relief, then changed the subject and said excitedly: In the first half of this year, our side has contributed a lot in foreign trade.

Tang Huan's layout in Funan is equivalent to opening up a low-end market. After the scourge of long-term war, there is a shortage of everything there, which just allows many Chinese products with average competitiveness to find a place to use by virtue of their price advantage. In addition, there are some infrastructure projects that are handed over to Chinese companies.

In Tang Huan's view, many of China's current problems are often caused by the weak economy. Having created some additional employment opportunities and product sales, it should be regarded as exerting influence on the right medicine. Judging from the current indications, the effect is limited.

Therefore, Meng Qingguan's little complacency did not resonate with Tang Huan, but he lazily confirmed to the other party whether his itinerary in Yanjing had been arranged.