"Shen Bi?"
Hearing Bao Zeyang's words, the owner of the boat suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his son in surprise.
Did he really think of this?
In his previous life, Li Jiacheng had given up on Nine Wharf because he could not swallow it up. Secondly, it was because Jardine Matisse had cleared Huifeng Bank's big boss, Shen Bi, and asked him to persuade Li Jiacheng to stop.
Li Jiacheng didn't dare to offend Shen Bi and even wanted to befriend him, so he gave up on Nine Dragon Warehouse.
And why did Li Jiacheng hand over the shares to the charterer instead of selling them to Jardine?
This showed the relationship between the King of Boats and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
The current chartered king was not only a knighthood granted by the Queen, but he was also a director of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
Moreover, the chartered owner had a good personal relationship with the two senior executives of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Sundas and Shen Bi.
Big Boss was actually Cantonese, which meant Chairman!
It could even be said that the business of the king of charters could not be separated from the full support of the Bank of Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Therefore, Li Jiacheng couldn't withstand the pressure of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, but the charterer could. He even helped Li Jiacheng obtain the shares of Hutton Whampoa from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
This was the current influence of the King of Boats.
As early as two years ago, the King of Boats had received the Queen's CBA, which was the Knight's Medal.
Li Jiacheng would only get this medal 12 years later, in 1989!
"That's right. In fact, over the years, Jardine Group's intention to withdraw from Hong Kong has been very obvious. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so careless with Wharf!”
"Even so, it's still very difficult for Jardine Group to hand over Wharf openly. Therefore, we need a middleman to persuade Jardine Group!”
"Shen Bi, as a big boss of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, can act as the middleman and help us!”
Bao Zeyang said in a deep voice.
The Boat-chartering King frowned.
"I have a good relationship with Shen Bi, but he just took up the position last year. The situation is not stable yet, so he might not help us!”
Personal relationships were personal relationships, but when it came to such a large scale acquisition, even the chartered owner couldn't guarantee that Shen Bi would stand on their side and help.
Bao Zeyang smiled and nodded." That's right, Abba. That's why we have to give Shen Bi some benefits!"”
"You can go to Shen Bi and tell him that if he helps us, I can help him take over the shares at a premium!”
Bao Zeyang said with a smile. Bao Zhaolong, who had been silent all this while, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at his good grandson in surprise.
At the same time, Bao Zeyang's second brother-in-law, Wu Guangyao, who was beside the Boat-chartering King, was dumbfounded.
His brother-in-law actually had such a big appetite?
Not only did he want to swallow Wharf, but he also wanted to take down Hutton Whampoa?
For a long time, John Bull's main forces in China were the four great ocean companies, namely Jardine, Wheelock, Huchison Whampoa, and Swire.
Before the 1970s, the Four Oceans had monopolized all the popular industries in Hong Kong and earned a lot of capital.
However, after the 1970s, the Four Oceans began to transfer their capital out of Hong Kong, and local companies began to run poorly.
Wharf and Hehuang were targeted by the Chinese capital under such circumstances.
Strictly speaking, Huchison Whampoa was a subsidiary of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
However, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank did not take the initiative to take over, but passively!
Due to poor management, Hughuang nearly went bankrupt in 1975. Then, it was rescued by a 150 million investment from the Hong Kong Bank. As a result, the Hong Kong Bank obtained a 33.65% controlling stake.
However, to put it bluntly, Huainan was a mess at the moment. It suffered losses and debts year after year. To Qingfeng, it was a mess that could not be helped up and was difficult to shake off.
After all, in this day and age, whether Hong Kong businessmen could accept these shares was another matter. Whether or not he dared to accept it was another matter.
Therefore, from 1975 to 1978, the shares of Huchison Whampoa did not have much meaning in the hands of the Bank of Hong Kong, nor did they generate any profits.
At that time, the person who decided to inject capital to save Hutton Whampoa was Shen Bi, who was the vice chairman at that time.
However, today, this move had become a stain on Shen Bi's resume!
Therefore, Bao Zeyang was certain that if the chartered ship owner was willing to help Shen Bi take over the shares of He Huang, Shen Bi would definitely agree to step forward.
If he could save the money to fight the Wharf stock price war with Jardine, Bao Zeyang wouldn't mind taking action in advance to intercept Huji Whampoa.
"That's right, Little Yang's thinking is very correct. If we're willing to help the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank take over this trouble, Shen Bi might not be unwilling to come forward!”
Bao Zhaolong said seriously. He didn't know much about shipping, but he was very familiar with banks and real estate in Hong Kong. In fact, he had urged the chartered ship king to invest in real estate in the early years.
On the other hand, the Boat-chartering King was deep in thought.
"It's not a big problem to take over Hehuang, but there's another problem. Taking over two foreign companies at the same time, I'm afraid the governor will notice and have ideas!”
The King of Boats said slowly. When some businesses reached a certain scale, they were no longer purely commercial.
Although the British investment was slowly withdrawing, Hong Kong was still under John Bull's rule. The other party might not want to see the Chinese Bao family monopolize the business, taking over two foreign companies and controlling a large number of high-quality industries.
"We can promise Shen Bi that we won't take control of Hehuang and will only help the Hong Kong Bank take over!”
Bao Zeyang said to the Boat-chartering King.
To Shen Bi, in a sense, it was to leak information to the governor. To put it bluntly, it was to help the Hong Kong Bank take over the mess.
He Huang didn't have many high-quality industries now. The best ones were the docks, containers, and land.
To Bao Zeyang, there were many businesses in Nine Dragon Warehouse. At most, he would split them up. However, Bao Zeyang would not let go of the land under Hehuang.
If Li Cucumber wanted the rest, Bao Zeyang could sell them to him at a high price and earn another wave of money!
Hearing Bao Zeyang's words, the Boat-chartering King smiled and nodded.
"In that case, I have some confidence!”
He had a good personal relationship with Shen Bi and understood him well. He didn't have such a strict distinction between the two.
In his previous life, it was also Shen Bi who made a move. The Hong Kong Bank gave the King of Boats a loan of 2 billion, allowing the King of Boats to defeat Jardine in one fell swoop and obtain the control of Wharf.
Later on, when Li Jiacheng became the richest man in China, Shen Bi also contributed a lot.
However, at the same time, this fellow did not have any good intentions when facing the mainland.
Bao Zeyang would not show his dissatisfaction with this old man, but he would guard against him in his heart.
At the same time, there was a knock on the door.
Soon after, Bao Zeyang's mother, Huang Xiuying, walked in.
"Third Uncle and the others are here!"
Bao Yugang had a total of seven siblings. He was the second, with an older brother, a younger brother, and four sisters.
Therefore, the Bao family was also a big family. However, most of the Bao family's business was earned by the Boat King. The others only followed the chickens and dogs to heaven.
"Let's go out for dinner!"
Bao Zhaolong stood up and said with a smile.
At his age, what he liked the most was nothing more than having a lot of children and grandchildren around him.
Then, Bao Zeyang helped his grandfather out. He met with his relatives and made small talk.
A grand banquet!
After the banquet ended, Bao Zeyang did not stay in the mansion. Instead, he drove a car down Taiping Mountain.
After Bao Zeyang left, Huang Xiuying returned to her bedroom hesitantly.
"That brat left again?"
In the bedroom, Bao Yu just put down the book in his hand and asked indifferently.
"Do you even need to ask? He must have gone down the mountain to look for that celebrity!”
"Old Master, our son has been with that Zhao something Zhi for several years. Why haven't I seen that woman's stomach move?”
Huang Xiuying asked with concern. Of course, the two of them knew about Bao Zeyang and Zhao Yazhi.
Although the woman was a little older, as long as she was not officially married, the two of them would turn a blind eye.
After all, it was not easy to enter the Bao family!
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