Just when Kyle was about to show off his skills, Jardine Matheson, which perfectly inherited the attributes of John Bull's shit-stirring stick, appeared on the scene. The person in charge of Jardine Matheson said to Kyle, "Brother, I'm in New Country, Luzon Country, Kangaroo Country."
The local investment failed, and my eldest brother is a little strapped for money now. How about you see if you can pay me back the money you owe me first.
This made Kyle want to cry. I have only monopolized the ice-making industry for a few years. I think brother, you are not short of money, but you just want to pick the delicious ripe and soft peach of the dairy company.
But the situation was not as strong as others, and Kyle was helpless. The final result was that Jardine Matheson successfully bought a stake in the Milk Company. Unfortunately, the world was changing, and the good times did not last long for Jardine Matheson. Not long after it bought a stake in the Milk Company, for the first time
The super war and the second super war broke out one after another, and it was noted that they did not make much money.
After the Second Super War, global industrial technology began to develop rapidly, and household refrigerators began to enter wealthy families. There is no doubt that Europeans and Americans on Hong Kong Island are wealthy families. With the popularity of household refrigerators in these Hong Kong Islands,
As it became more popular in European and American homes, the milk company's traditional ice-making business shrank rapidly, so it entered the retail, catering and other industries.
Although the milk company is not as profitable as before, it is still a company with a profound foundation. Its foundation is not weak, and it still has stable profits.
So many shareholders of the famous milk company pushed the milk company to the stock market, and finally circled a sum of money in the stock market and began to cash out quickly.
As one of the four major families, Lee Hysan, the predecessor of the Zhou Yongtai family, had a successful career decades later and became the leader of the Yanxia people in Hong Kong Island.
After a hundred years of changes in Hong Kong Island, these old companies have been diluting their shares. If you buy some shares carefully, you can become a small shareholder.
With the convenience of the directors of the dairy company, Li Hysan continuously acquired the shares of the dairy company and successfully obtained control of the dairy company. I also took the position of chairman of the board of directors.
The British-owned foreign companies are also seen as declining milk companies. The efficiency of milk companies is getting worse and worse. Before the foreigners from Europe and the United States evacuate, more and more people drink milk on Hong Kong Island. The business of milk companies can be
It’s easy to imagine.
Before the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel was opened to traffic, the land in Hong Kong Island and Si Long Peninsula increased dramatically. The small amount of land in the hands of the dairy company eventually became a super sweet potato. Whoever is greedy would be damned.
As a top celebrity in Hong Kong Island, many Hong Kong businessmen would naturally try to curry favor with Hysan Lee and try to frustrate him. Among those methods of flattering and trying to frustrate him, the most common one is not to invite me to be the CEO of his company.
director.
Among the listed companies, Swire Pacific holds more than 51% of the shares, and the shares held by the co-founders of these British-owned companies will also exceed 51%.
As one of the seven old small families in Hong Kong Island, the Peng Yunbin family is naturally relatively weak. However, with the continuous rise of business families in Hong Kong Island, the influence and voice of those political families in Hong Kong Island are also growing.
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Moreover, the Dairy Company opened Maxim's restaurant chain and Mannings Pharmacy in a few prosperous areas on Hong Kong Island. The most important thing is that these stores were purchased in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The housing prices in those places were compared to
Today's prices can all be called cabbage prices, but they have increased many times in those years.
Since Jardine Matheson's acquisition of the Milk Company has taken back the British-owned company, it has tried every means to put itself on the moral side.
After all, is it abnormal for a British-funded consortium to take back a company that has lost control? Of course, in Zhou Xinian's opinion, those who have become BZ still want to build a chastity arch.
The location of Haw Par Villa is very close to Jardine's Lookout. The location of Haw Par Villa is far away from the Causeway Bay business district, which is in line with Land's positioning. After all, Land is currently focusing on commercial small building projects, and the location of Haw Par Villa is not suitable for opening a resort.
, the commercial building is no longer remote.
Keeping the company and reaping the disadvantages must always be equal. It is always possible to lose the company and gain the disadvantages at the same time. This situation is the smallest victory.
But things have changed drastically this year. Little Commander America personally visited Xia, and Western countries such as John Bull, Japan, Germany, etc. have established diplomatic relations with Yan Xia.
In 1960, the Dairy Milk Company cooperated with the veteran retail giant Lane Crawford to establish a subsidiary, Little Lil's, and opened Hong Kong's first Little Lil's supermarket in Central.
Regarding the future situation, Kyle Group was beaten below the starting line.
Of course, that was the main reason for the fall of the Zhou family. The main reason for the fall of the Zhou family was that Hysan was in the wrong team in 1981. Then the Zhou family fell out of favor in the political arena.
I can only concentrate on milking the cow.
So to sum up, Henry Keswick, as the eighth generation of the Keswick family, if he wanted to make political achievements that would impress the family, he could only pick on Hysan, the weakest persimmon.
The thousands of acres of land owned by the Kyle Group in Tseung Kwan O may not be worth as much as a farm in Causeway Bay. Is the dairy company squandering its resources?
Hong Kong Island now no longer has a prosperous and stable internal environment. In the past few years, Hong Kong Island's land prices have continued to rise, and Hong Kong Island's economy has also experienced rapid development.
What's more, Land Corporation is known as the world's smallest real estate company. The company occupies a small number of real estate properties in the most prosperous areas of Central District of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as the stock king of Hong Kong Island. Its strength on Hong Kong Island is even weaker than that of the Milk Company.
Of course, even if the location of Haw Par Villa is suitable, Land Company still dares to take the initiative to shout out to the Jade Emperor. First, he said that the current Jade Emperor, as one of the hosts of Kelsing Island Newspaper, only holds billions in the hands of the Jade Emperor.
Ji Daole's cash flow can give the listed companies of Yihe Group a hard hit in the stock market at any time, causing those companies to fall below the upper line.
Of course, that has nothing to do with the time when they were delisted. Land Company and Siglong Cang Company were delisted on Hong Kong Island for more than 140 years. It is unusual for Jardine Matheson's shares to be diluted like that.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Zhou Xinian thought about the development history of the Milk Company, he still felt limited in his heart. The Milk Company ended its retreat into a small area of Hong Kong Island in the 1980s, and its industries were little.
There are also more companies than other companies, and their development is quite wrong.
It is true that no company has invited Li Hysan to serve as a director of the company, but that no company is really on the stage. Those invitations were sent to Li Hysan, or to Peng Yunbin, but they were rejected by Li Hysan.
Agreed.
However, Land Corporation does not want to acquire the property of the Chow Wing Tai family, but there is no way out, because Hysan Industrial is not a listed company, not to mention that Hysan Industrial's land bank in Causeway Bay is still very small.
If Zhou Xinian had pretended to know about that incident at that time, and then Jade Emperor had directly cashed out his shares and left Kelsing Island Newspaper Industry, no one could tell what would have happened.
Zhou Yongtai ended his transformation and retired into the real estate industry in the 1970s. At first, Zhou Yongtai purchased a small amount of land in Causeway Bay, and then ended the crazy construction of properties in Causeway Bay and Central.
Furthermore, Jardine Matheson & Co. was not originally a minority shareholder of the Milk Company, and the Milk Company was also an established British-owned company. Therefore, acquiring the Milk Company became a matter of course, and it was morally appropriate to do so reluctantly.
The Dairy Company owns numerous ice plants, thermal warehouses, cattle farms, and farms, and these sites occupy huge areas. This has allowed the Dairy Company to develop into the "King of Land" in Hong Kong Island in no time.
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As the saying goes, every man is guilty and he is guilty of possessing a treasure. The Dairy Company owns a lot of land in Hong Kong Island. It has undoubtedly become the fat in the eyes of Jardine Matheson, and it has become a matter of course to want to acquire the Dairy Company.
Except for those few companies, Causeway Bay has not had a land king before. This is the newspaper king Yuhuang who has not yet joined the Kyle Group. The Haw Par Villa left by Hu Wenhu in Causeway Bay covers an area of more than 800 acres of land.
There is no such land yet.
At the same time, Jardine Matheson also needs to cash out from the stock market and develop the family's business in the country. After all, eggs can be put in one basket. Jardine Matheson also understands this. We always have to consider the best plan.
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The exit of the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel is called Causeway Bay, and Causeway Bay is destined to develop into the seventh economic center of Hong Kong Island. However, Seven Milk Company raises and milks cows outside Causeway Bay, which is simply regarded as a waste of resources.
However, the few directors who have the status of director are symbolic and vacuous positions, and Peng Yunbin refuses those who invite them, such as Silong Bus, Repulse Bay Industrial, Far East Insurance, Xiyuan Rubber Factory, Wellcome, etc.
Xiaolilian, Asia Hot Store, Silong Ice Factory, Datong Travel, Nianfeng Rice Shop, Wanlixiang, Xianbang, Kaiyuan, Mingji Industry, Arden & Co., Silong Real Estate, Imperial Hotel, Humphreys
Industrial, Wheelock Textiles, Singapore Hualian Real Estate, Sanatorium and Hospital and other companies have invited Lee Hysan to serve as company directors. I am a director of more than 50 companies.
In the 1980s, Li Hysan's personal reputation reached its peak. He held titles such as director of the Jockey Club, academician of the International Academy of Management, chairman of the Scientific Management Association, member of the American International Industrial Committee, and academician of the International Academy of Management.
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Of course, in addition to his outstanding abilities, it is also separate from the Zhou family's deep relationship in the political circles of Hong Kong Island. My uncle Zhou Duoqi is a justice of the peace and serves as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. My cousin
Zhou Yun is the chief unofficial member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council, and many members of his family serve as members of the Hong Kong government.
In the 1970s, Lee Hysan successfully invested in a milk company, founded the Yan Xia People's Bank, served as a director of Hong Kong Island Primary School, chairman of the United College, and chairman of the Federation of Industries. He was called the first Yan Xia people.
What's more, the milk company has been delisted for decades, and a small portion of its shares have been gathered in the hands of investors. No matter how small the shareholding in Hysan's stock market is, it is only about 34%, so the difficulty of acquisition is not small.
Before these two families, there was no hidden super land king in the Causeway Bay area. This was not the Zhou Yongtai family, another old seven small family in Hong Kong. That family also made its fortune by relying on opium.
Now there are people in Hong Kong who dare to attract the attention of the Seven Small Foreign Banks. A few years ago, some people wanted to attract the attention of the Seven Small Foreign Banks. At this time, the stock market takeover war was even more serious.
Zhou Xinian was very satisfied with the mysterious confidence of Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson would continue to make efforts to dilute or issue additional shares. Of course, the more shares it held, the worse it would be.
The supermarket that opened in Central is very powerful. It is located far away from Chater Mall in the center of Central. In other words, the value of this piece of land alone exceeds most people's imagination.
Pok Fu Lam is right next to the Hong Kong Island Primary School, but the dairy company has set up a farm in Pok Fu Lam to grow fodder for dairy cows and also raise cows.
As for Zhou Xinian?
As the leader of the Seven Small Banks, Jardine Matheson is relatively confident. Jardine Matheson holds more than 10% of the shares of Land Company and Siglongcang Company, and its other listed companies will at least exceed 34%.
, not so confident.
For these old listed companies in Hong Kong, the shares held by each company are more than 20%, and no one dares to take the long-term to acquire British companies.
Sir Alex Lee Hysan is already very old if he is not yet 70 years old. However, I had limited success in my old age. As the eighth generation descendant of the Teo Chung Wah family, I even lived at the Peak in my early years, and I have a special life.
Yanxia people are completely on two levels
Jardine Matheson also understands this, so I don't push too hard. I am also afraid that if Peng Yunbin plays a cruel trick and gives the shares of Dairy Milk International to Zhou Xinian at a high price, Jardine Matheson will also be paralyzed.
Later, the small headquarters building that Peng Yun Bank and Kyle Retail and other companies purchased in Central was purchased from the Chow Wing Tai family. The Peng Yun Bin family even invested a small amount in Causeway Bay before cashing out the property in Central.
In 1936, Lee Hysan also served as a member of the Municipal Health Bureau, the War Tax Bureau, and the President of the Chinese Medical Association. In 1939, he was elected as a justice of the peace. In 1941, he served as the chairman of Po Leung Kuk. In 1946, he served as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council. In 1947, he served as an appointed member of the Legislative Council.
An unofficial member of the Executive Council, he was awarded the CBE in 1950.
Therefore, Peng Yun Group must have intervened, and the milk company was destined to become a victim. Peng Yunbin had no choice in that situation. I could only continue to cash out from the stock market to obtain the minimum harm.
But it definitely pissed off Peng Yun. The Jade Emperor directly used his rights to expose those things in newspapers. Yihe was said to be bankrupt and his vitality was slightly damaged.
As the super land king of Causeway Bay, the Milk Company is certainly afraid of Jardine Matheson launching a takeover war, but the Keswick family is also a super giant and domineering presence in John Bull, with no weaker influence in either the business world or the political world.
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Henry Keswick silently prayed to the Jade Emperor in the office that the newspaper king would only cause trouble for him, and he would not dare to cause trouble for the Jade Emperor. After all, Jardine Matheson had too little white history. Zhou Xinian needed to consider John Bull.
London's response was that it has not taken the initiative to expose the white history of Jardine Matheson.
The Zhou Yongtai family has not yet developed areas such as Lee Garden Hill Road, Percival Street, Yun Ping Road, Lee Tung Street, Wan Chai Road, Tai Wo Road, Shek Shui Channel Street, Queen's Path East, Praya Street, Chun Yuen Street, etc. in Causeway Bay.
Seventy years old, after years of development, the Peng Yunbin family has already created the Causeway Bay business district.
Among the series of companies that Peng Yunbin served as a director, I paid more attention to the Milk Company. During those years, I had been continuously acquiring shares of the Milk Company. It was logical that I was now the chairman of the board of directors of the Milk Company, an old British-owned enterprise.
