"Hahaha... Okay, great, you did a great job, I want to congratulate you and give you a big reward, hahahaha..."
In the office, Wang Yaocheng was not at all miserable as described by the American media. He laughed happily and leaned over to press the intercom;
"Ms. Guo, open a bottle of my treasured wine, um, the classic Latour wine. Let me have a drink with you all to celebrate."
"Okay, I'll come right away."
Turning around, Wang Yaocheng strode to the sofa and raised his hand to turn on the stereo. A melodious violin sound echoed in the room. He followed the melody and spun it twice. The joy in his heart could not be suppressed.
President Mo Yuxuan, who has always been mature and prudent, looked at Du Bo and Yu Chengde with a complacent expression. His heart was full of pride, and everyone was immersed in the joy of success. This beautiful feeling was beyond words.
"Cheers! I wish us immediate success and win over the Swire Group."
"With the chairman personally in charge, I have seen the business landscape across the world slowly opening up, allowing us to create greater glory."
"Hahaha, cheers!"
The wine is not intoxicating, people are intoxicated themselves. Put down the wine glasses, everyone looked at each other and smiled. Every happy smile contained the satisfaction of career success, and it overflowed inadvertently.
President Mo Yuxuan said with emotion: "The plan for the share exchange agreement was drafted by Director Yu Chengde. It was not recognized by HSBC at first. Mr. Du Bo added conditions for strategic cooperation between the two parties to the plan.
It is an important factor that impressed HSBC. You two young people have made the most of the contribution."
"Where, if President Mo had not personally led the negotiations, battled wits with HSBC's negotiation team, and had not had the Chairman personally make the final decision, and decided that HSBC was shortlisted for Yahoo's first round of IPO financing negotiations, that old fox John Cusack would still refuse to let go.
." Yu Chengde had a smile on his brows; "To be honest, they are really difficult to deal with."
Wang Yaocheng patted Du Bo on the shoulder, looked at everyone and said, "No matter how cunning a fox is, he can't escape a good hunter. Even if HSBC breaks the rules, it can't escape a word of "profit". As long as we have enough in our hands to make him excited."
As a bargaining chip, I have secured the 30% stake in Cathay Pacific."
"The chairman is domineering."
"Haha... Now, this century-old British company, the Swire Group, should panic. We have the strength to take down their three listed companies in one go."
"Then why are you so polite? Do you want to leave some soup for them?" Wang Yaocheng waved his hand with high spirits; "We will take the opportunity to return to Hong Kong this afternoon and fight a clean battle of annihilation to wipe out the Swire Group. They are entrenched in Hong Kong.
It’s been long enough, it’s time to get out.”
"Chairman, CITIC Group has not given any accurate information. I'm afraid something will happen."
"Hahaha... Accidents cannot happen, and they will never happen in this life." Wang Yaocheng pretended to be mysterious and looked at everyone. Seeing that everyone was confused, Shi Shiran finally revealed the answer; "It's still the same
As the old saying goes, since you are operating in a shopping mall, you can’t escape one person after all.
The word "profit" is that my Carrefour supermarket chain in mainland China is expanding nationwide. This is a very good asset. It is time to introduce strategic partners. Since CITIC Group is strong enough, why not include him?
It’s a matter of mutual benefit.”
It turned out to be so, and everyone suddenly realized.
Carrefour supermarkets are expanding faster and faster in China. Currently, they have successively opened locations in six provinces and one city in East China, mainly provincial capital cities and sub-provincial cities, and have built up to 22 Carrefour hypermarket stores with a business area of more than 30,000 square meters.
Thirteen of them have been put into operation this year, and the remaining nine will be officially put into operation before June 1994.
In the next step, we will focus on comprehensive expansion in Yanjing, Jincheng, Fucheng, Wuyangcheng and other municipalities and developed coastal cities. According to the three-year plan, by the end of 1995, we will develop 36 hypermarket stores. By the end of 1996, we will expand Carrefour
The number of stores has expanded to 90, covering all provincial capital cities in coastal and central and western provinces, as well as sub-provincial cities, completing the initial nationwide expansion.
Supermarkets, a new retail format, are developing rapidly in China and have attracted great attention from international retail giants.
It is reported that;
Carrefour, the French international retail chain group that ranks first in Europe and second in the world, has officially decided to enter China and will open its first store in 1994, one year earlier than in its original history.
Now, the French Carrefour Group is fighting with Carrefour Supermarket over its Chinese name. The lawsuit was brought to Chairman Wang Yaocheng, and the reply he received was only one word: "Get out!"
You come and go, I don't have time to serve you.
The current Carrefour supermarket chain group is a well-known brand enterprise in China, why should it be given to you?
Chinese people have a very strong concept of family. The word home reminds people of warmth, happiness and comfort. This is a very beautiful feeling. Coupled with the meaning of joy and blessing, the brand "Carrefour" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The strong Chinese flavor is unanimously welcomed by consumers!
It sounds like time-honored Chinese brands, such as Tongrentang, Hengyuanxiang, Pien Tze Huang, Lao Fengxiang, and Carrefour. Putting them together doesn't seem out of place at all.
The French Carrefour retail chain group is completely miserable now. It will either use the French brand name meaning "Crossroads" or use the transliteration of "Carrefour". Anyway, it is completely different from "Carrefour".
This kind of lawsuit will be useless even if it goes to the international court, because the French Carrefour retail chain group's brand has neither the meaning of home, nor the meaning of joy, nor the meaning of blessing. The real meaning of French is "crossroads".
You will always lose this kind of lawsuit no matter where you go.
Wal-Mart Group, the world's largest retail company, plans to enter the mainland market in 1995, one year earlier than planned.
Large retail chain groups, including world-renowned enterprises such as Metro and Auchan, are optimistic about the Chinese market and plan to enter the market in a large scale. This process is much earlier than in the original history.
Unfortunately, with the Carrefour supermarket chain at the forefront, these large foreign supermarket groups have lost the opportunity. By the time multinational companies react, domestic large supermarkets have already bloomed everywhere, and even the last bit of freshness has been lost. They will inevitably be worse than the original history.
Development is more difficult.
As a qualified cash cow, the Carrefour supermarket chain group initially independently supported the expansion of Wang Yaocheng's business empire. In the past two years of operation, it has gradually matured. Its management personnel and financial system have fully integrated with international standards, and its average gross profit margin has reached 24%.
High level.
It is impossible for CITIC Group not to be tempted by such a high-quality enterprise that is in line with international standards. It is natural for both parties to cooperate to drive away the major shareholder Swire Group.
Anyone who leaves this world can turn around.
Wang Yaocheng's butterfly wings fluttered, causing slight deviations in the trajectory of history. This gave him an inexplicable sense of urgency, hoping to formalize his business empire and have a strong ability to withstand market risks before the world became unrecognizable.
The first phase of the "Sniper Swire Group" plan was successfully completed.
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
January 2, 1994
Just after the New Year's Day holiday, the Stock Exchange officially opened at 9.30 am. Swire Holdings, Cathay Pacific and HAECO's three stocks under the Swire Group have skyrocketed, especially Cathay Pacific.
Five minutes after the market opened, Cathay Pacific's share price soared as much as 126%, and its total market value exceeded the HK$58 billion mark. It was a shock.
Market trader Wu Guotai was stunned when he saw the rocket-like price increase...
He had just returned from the Maldives with his newlywed wife. On his first day at work, a huge earthquake occurred at the Stock Exchange.
Not only Swire Holdings, Cathay Pacific Airways and HAECO soared, but also more than a dozen stocks in which Swire Group held shares surged, ranging from more than ten to three or forty percent, driving the air travel sector and the real estate sector to rise simultaneously.
, showing a prosperous bull market.
Wu Guotai remembers;
When I first joined the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1987, the total market value of Cathay Pacific was between 16 billion and 17 billion. Anyway, it never exceeded 20 billion. It has been rising and falling over the past few years, and most of the companies have a market value around 20 billion.
Range wanders.
After all, it is a traditional industry, and the only topic of speculation is performance expectations. The Swire Group has firmly controlled the position of the major shareholder for decades and has no imagination for mergers and acquisitions. How can the stock price rise?
In 1993, when the global economy picked up, Cathay Pacific once again won the title of "Best Airport in the World". Year-end profits soared, and the total market value also broke through a record high, reaching a huge figure of 260. Wu Guotai clearly remembers this number.
What the hell now?
Seeing Guilijin, a short and fat senior broker next to him, running over in sweat, Wu Guotai grabbed his collar and shouted hurriedly: "Guilijin, what's going on with these Taikoo stocks? Are they exploding?"
Are you nesting?"
"Let go, street boy."
"Tell me and I'll let you go. What happened? I'll treat you to a meal at the Yuji Seafood stall after get off work. Brothers, come to the rescue!"
"Eat seafood? You're a street eater. You don't know such big news, so why are you a stockbroker? Does the boss king, the rich Chinese man in the United States, know about it?" Guilijin jumped anxiously with the receipt in his hand, wishing he could
He strangled the street boy in front of him to death.
"I know, you're such a rich man! He's buying companies all over the United States, and he has more dollars than he can use up."
"The boss king landed on Hong Kong Island with great momentum this time. He was the first to kill the Swire Group. He has successively raised signs for Swire Holdings, Cathay Pacific Airways and HAECO. Judging from this momentum, he is ready to swallow up the entire Hong Kong.
The island's financial community has been shaken, and all the big guys can't sit still. Didn't you see that Liu Luanxiong of Chinese Real Estate is also here? The big boss of Cross River Dragon has landed, and the world of Hong Kong Island is about to change."
"Wow..."
Wu Guotai's words shook his mind. Looking at the Swire stocks that were still rising, he suddenly jumped up like an electric shock and ran frantically to the entrustment counter.
If you are lucky and get more orders, one day today will be enough to pump money for a month.
Damn it!
It’s not the time that’s being delayed, it’s all the Taurus.