Rebirth: Outstanding

John Bao from the Securities Affairs Department of HSBC Bank is 27 years old this year. He looks more like a financial elite than Shen Bi, who is slightly tough. Well-proportioned, typical British towering eagle-hook nose nose, with black-rimmed glasses on it, wearing a white polo shirt and cotton trousers with stiff trousers, a golf glove on his left hand, and a chic swing. When hitting the ball, the small golf ball will roll toward the hole against the **** of the turf and enter the hole accurately.

"Ten birds in the forest are not as good as a bird in hand!" After seeing the ball go into the hole, John Bao turned around excitedly to the side Shen Bi, Song Tianyao, Angie Peris, and Jiang Yongen clenched their fists and shouted. An old English proverb.

Song Tianyao, Shen Bi gave a thumbs up to John Bao's beautiful ball while biting his cigar, and applauded.

Hand the caddy to the caddy, take off the gloves, and leave the staff to repair the lawn. With a little excitement, John walks back to the sun umbrella beside the others and takes out a brown one from a cherry wood cigar box on the low table. He cut off the cigar cap skillfully. Instead of touching the gold lighter on the table, he chose an old-fashioned long-handled match to ignite, slowly spit out a puff of silver-gray smoke, and said with a smile:

"When I was young, I thought about becoming a professional golfer, fighting alongside Henry Kirton, and violently teaching Americans in the Leiden Cup. Unfortunately, I couldn't make such a beautiful goal back then. Song Sir, your golf skills are also good, it looks like you have worked hard for it."

Song Tianyao humbly smiled: "I practice golf skills, just like poor people in England practice golf skills. Golf is just a springboard and a way to escape poverty."

"That's it, that's it, Song, what he said is very correct, and these words are very frank. I have always said that the poor are not terrible. The poorest people do not know how to find a shortcut to get out of poverty. It is the most terrible. The active poor cannot even be redeemed by God. It’s not a bad habit to vote for good. You always have to share some hobbies with everyone.” John Bao said to Song Tianyao that learning golf skills is to be arty, and use it as an arty. I agree with a way of communicating with other people.

Standing with Angie Peris in the distance, Jiang Yongen, who was admiring the scenery of the green, heard faint words coming from John Bao’s mouth, and was very disapproving. These British people do not understand the suffering of Hong Kong people. The British poor may still have money to let them go. His own children practice cricket or golf. These British upper-class figures pursue popular sports. After becoming a well-known athlete, they will be able to gain fame and fortune immediately. However, the poor Chinese in Hong Kong, not to mention this kind of golf course practice skills, even if they are outside their own homes. They may not have the money to buy the cheapest golf club.

But standing next to Angie Peris, these words can only be thought of in my heart.

Shen Bi crouched on his hips and bit a cigar in his mouth. Even if he ridiculed, he had the taste of resolute vigor on the battlefield. At this time, he said to John Bao: "Our Mr. Song has recently developed a wig from the factory and turned it into a wig. Golf, yachts, and go to the jockey club to watch horse races."

Song Tianyao opened his hands towards Shen Bi, and asked confidently, "Is there something wrong?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" John Bao also said with a smile at Shen Bi: "You may think that Mr. Song can use golf, yachting and horse racing as hobbies to get to know the rich, capitalists, and bankers. The owner of the factory, but first of all, there is an absolute premise, that is, he is qualified to use these hobbies to show that he is no different from the people he wants to meet, but the horse racing of the jockey club seems to cost more than the hobbies of yachts and golf... a little bit."

"I plan to spend three to five years with Mr. Song to find a high-quality racehorse at a reasonable price, buy it, and then go to the Hong Kong Cup competition held by the Jockey Club." Shen Bi held a cigar next to him, jokingly Said: "You don't need to win the championship, you only need to suppress the "Prince of Persia" from the Yihe Taipan. I think it’s safer to buy a horse and press it down."

John Bao laughed: "Actually speaking, the little grudges between HSBC and Jardines 100 years ago have nothing to do with us today, but it is so strange that when I joined HSBC after graduating from university, it seemed that I started to feel that Jardines naturally. This name is very annoying to me, and my college classmates reacted to the word HSBC the same as I did to the word Yihe after entering the job at Yihe."

Song Tianyao and Shen Bi had heard of the grievances and grievances between Jardine and HSBC for nearly a hundred years, but if it hadn't been mentioned by Shen Bi, Song Tianyao really didn't know that so many interesting things had happened between these two behemoths.

HSBC Bank and Jardine Commercial Bank are the two behemoths of the British in Hong Kong. Although Jardine currently has a board seat on the HSBC Board of Directors, the two parties seem to be a combination of interests, but these two combinations have been glamorous for a century. The nasty happening behind the scenes is more talked about by the employees of the two companies as a joke than the appearance of respect and respect.

At the beginning of HSBC’s establishment a hundred years ago, Jardine Matheson was already the first of the five major British commercial banks in the Far East. When HSBC invited foreign banks to invest in HSBC, Jardine Matheson was the first to express its refusal. When HSBC applied for a business license, Jardine Matheson was also the No. One objection was even fierce. From London to Hong Kong, almost every department arranged people to lobby and set up obstacles to the establishment of HSBC.

The reason is nothing more than profit. Before the outbreak of the Opium War, Jardine used the large amount of cash obtained from the opium trade to carry out exchange and loan business.

After entering Shanghai, Jardine's banking department actually took over most of Shanghai's international exchange business, including not only general commercial remittances, but also the remittances of the British government. The public funds remitted to Hong Kong by consulates of various countries were still using their money orders until 1855, and none of the other foreign banks and foreign banks were eligible to fight against Jardine Matheson.

In order to maintain a close relationship with the Chinese business community and government, Jardine Matheson has also loaned money to Chinese banks and local governments. If you buy a stake in HSBC, it means you want to merge these financial businesses of Jardines Bank into HSBC. The veteran Jardines Bank refuses to buy a stake in HSBC because it is unwilling to give up the profitable international exchange and lending business.

Jardine is unwilling to give up its banking business, which is already huge enough to surpass most banks and banks. This is also a manifestation of the sharp contradiction between Ocean Bank and professional banks at that time. Therefore, in the process of HSBC's application for business license, Jardine was fierce. It's not surprising to shoot. It was originally the fat in his own bowl, but now it has become the food in other people's bowls, how can he swallow this breath.

For HSBC to be formally established, the Governor of Hong Kong must issue a concession order, complete the legislation in Hong Kong, and obtain the approval of the British government. HSBC officially opened in Hong Kong on March 3, 1865, but obtained a business license from the British government. And the concession order came on August 14, 1866, which means that HSBC opened its business in Hong Kong for more than a year without any legal procedures.

Although HSBC has achieved great success in its Hong Kong business for more than a year, its business license has been delayed for more than a year before obtaining it. The obstruction by Jardine Matheson is the main factor in the occurrence of such delays.

In addition, the promoters of HSBC were all well-known British foreign banks that started business in China. Several of them were rivals of Jardine Matheson. In particular, Jardine Matheson was the main promoter of HSBC. The opponent is HSBC, and Jardine Bank certainly does not want to deal with HSBC.

At that time, the Baoshun Foreign Bank tycoon John Diandi, who was the first to respond to the initiation of HSBC, felt that Jardine had maliciously blocked the establishment of HSBC, so he made a bold move. However, the method of this taipan was not a shopping mall strategy, but an absolute inferior method, Yi He couldn't stop the establishment of HSBC, so he just wanted to add nausea to Jardine.

When Jardine's boss David Jardine ran to London to put pressure on the British Treasury Department and tried to prevent HSBC from obtaining a business license, Mr. John Dindi said nothing, and threw out a lot of banknotes. The beautiful mistress who stayed in Hong Kong soaked in her own bed.

Moreover, in the Hong Kong Cup horse racing competition, John Dindi spent a lot of money and bought a thoroughbred horse to win back the Hong Kong Cup, which had won the Jardine Meisterstuck Robert Jardine for several years in a row.

HSBC's board member at the time, Baoshun Foreign Company's tycoon John Diandi, a typical temperament figure, used these two things to declare to Jardine that if you engage in my business, I will engage your woman and horse.

The two things John-Diandi did are said to have been talked about in the upper class in the United Kingdom. He is indeed too arrogant and domineering. On the day when HSBC did not obtain a business license but opened for business, his left hand took the money to seduce the man who went to bed. The woman of the Yihe tycoon is holding the thoroughbred horse that snatched the Hong Kong Cup from Yihe in her right hand. The faces of the two Yihe tycoons are simply swollen and green.

Men estimate that the most embarrassing thing is that women and honor are taken away.

Then Yihe, the king of foreign travellers, grinned his fangs and prepared to wait for an opportunity to make a move.

It coincided with the end of the American Civil War in 1866 and the outbreak of the cotton industry crisis that shocked Europe. During the American Civil War, the cotton from Mumbai, India was used as a substitute for American cotton to speculate. Established banks are all at risk. Within three months, seven consecutive British banks declared bankruptcy. Three or four banks that have a cross-holding relationship with John-Diandi’s Baoshun Foreign Bank are all going bankrupt. And with the outbreak of the cotton industry crisis, Mumbai As the real estate bubble in Shanghai burst, the price of a large amount of land stocked by Baoshun International Co., Ltd. in Mumbai and Shanghai plummeted.

At that time, whether it was a British bank or a British foreign bank, almost no one was unaffected. Only Jardine Matheson, with a forward-looking vision, had long ago judged that the American Civil War would end in the near future. This speculative feast has come to an end, so deal with it early. The lost cotton business and the real estate business in Mumbai and Shanghai made a big profit and left the market early. After getting out of this speculation, they began to transform and set their sights on China's railway and port business.

Many foreign banks and banks are dragged down by debts and bankruptcy is imminent. The main promoter of HSBC Bank who slept with the Jardine elder woman six months ago and snatched the trophy from the other side is also among them.

In desperation, Baoshun, together with several other foreign firms, sought help from the Jardines Bank, which had already made a lot of money.

Song Tianyao guessed that John Diandi might have gone to Jardine Matheson for help when the scene was as follows:

John-burst into tears, crying bitterly: "Dude, let the brothers together, we all crossed the oceans to the East together, and there is always a deep friendship."

"Pu, your mother, when I slept with my woman and grabbed my trophy, why didn't you talk about the deep friendship?" Robert Jardine smiled: "Want me to help? Give your woman out to let me sleep, and then give the trophy. give me back."

John Diandi immediately said: "My woman and the trophy are outside, and I have already brought it."

After Robert Jardine was finished, he dang his toothpick and said refreshingly: "The landlord's house has no surplus food, so let's transfer the four-round route on the Yangtze River to me. I will consider helping you save it. Overcome difficulties."

Then John Diandi immediately offered a price: "One hundred yuan, four ships and one route, sell it to you immediately."

"Didn't you tell you that the landlord has no more food? Twenty yuan."

"Fxxkyou! You are cutting my meat!" John-yelled, and then immediately said happily: "Deal!"

"I will think about it for another two months. Now I have five dollars in my pocket. I will give you five dollars first. The route is mine. You can buy a bun for five dollars and I will accompany your wife."

"I'll take your lungs, and if I have another chance, I will kill you!" John looked at Robert Jardine and walked away with his wife in his arms, desperately looking at the five yuan on the ground, five yuan. There is not enough money to buy buns to eat, and get through the difficult times.

Then, there was no chance to kill his opponent. John Jardine and his Baoshun Bank went bankrupt because of Jardine’s failure to save. The nascent HSBC lost its most important pillar, and the situation was also precarious. He wants to take advantage of the crisis and kill HSBC in one fell swoop, forcing the bankruptcy to close.

But whether the British Treasury Department, the Hong Kong colonial government, and even the other promoters of HSBC, they all realize that if HSBC falls again, Jardine Matheson will really dominate Hong Kong and China, and the British government does not want to look at it. To Jardine is in a completely unrestricted state.

Therefore, under the help of the three parties, HSBC barely breathed this breath, and failed to follow in the footsteps of Baoshun Foreign Trade.

And HSBC also began to realize that, like the idiot John Dindi, it should not be right with Yihe on the face, but to have a good relationship with the other party. Therefore, since 1866, it has frequently extended an olive branch and invited Yihe. Invested in HSBC, but Jardines always remained arrogant. It wasn't until 1877 that HSBC was indeed qualified to be recognized by Jardine Matheson before the two sides began to cooperate.

However, even after the cooperation, the two sides will always use the sword and the secret arrow, making endless moves.

Even John's dirty tricks of engaging each other's women and grabbing each other's honor have been repeated several times against each other over the past century.

Maybe a certain Jardine employee was unknown before, but if he could find the mistress or wife of a certain HSBC manager, he would definitely become a hero in Jardine's forever.

The opposite is true for HSBC.

In fact, to Song Tianyao, these were just listened to as jokes.

For him, Jardine and HSBC are two giants. Chinese businessmen who want to deal with the British must learn to stand in line, and either choose HSBC in the UK or join Jardine in the UK.

Starting from Lin Xizhen, the Lin family has always followed in Yihe's footsteps. Song Tianyao leaned in and didn't even have the qualifications to eat ashes.

Song Tianyao wanted to find some help, so he could only choose HSBC, which was still behind Yihe at this time.