There was a sensation in the Hong Kong press all day long. Various newspapers and magazines used eye-catching headlines to describe Shi Zhijian's successful acquisition as a "snake swallowing an elephant". It was like dropping an atomic bomb over Hong Kong. Its earth-shattering power not only shocked the entire
Hong Kong also caused the stock market to soar.
On August 25, 1971, Shi Zhijian finally reached an agreement with HSBC Bank on the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa shares, completing what the Far Eastern Economic Review called "the deal of the century that propelled Shi Zhijian straight to the sky."
The day when a major British-owned bank fell into the hands of the Chinese was undoubtedly an important milestone in the development history of Hong Kong's capital consortium. It was undoubtedly an exciting turning point recorded in the annals of Hong Kong's social and historical development.
Shi Zhijian held the most exciting press conference since the founding of Shinhwa Group. Shi Zhijian, who has always been calm, could not hide his excitement and announced in a proud tone: "On the basis of not affecting the original business of Shinhwa Group, our company has
A bigger breakthrough - Shinhwa Group purchased the equity of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, an established British consortium with 90 million ordinary shares of HSBC Bank, at a price of 6.2 yuan per share."
Shi Zhijian announced that the shares purchased by Shinhwa accounted for approximately 22.4% of all issued shares of Hutchison Whampoa, making it the largest single shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa.
Of course, Shi Zhijian did not forget Cheung Kong Holdings who was staring at him eagerly waiting to drink soup.
At the press conference, Shi Zhijian announced that Shinhwa and Cheung Kong Futures would join forces to manage and operate Hutchison Whampoa. Moreover, Shi Zhijian graciously gave up the position of president of Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-shing, praising Li Ka-shing as a thoughtful and wise good friend.
!I have a hundred confidence in Li Ka-shing taking charge of Hutchison Whampoa. I believe that Li Ka-shing will definitely be able to build Hutchison Whampoa into an aircraft carrier in the East!
Since then, although Li Jiacheng has not gained much benefit, he has gained great reputation, and for a time he became a "national hero" along with Shi Zhijian.
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"Youwei, remember to keep the loan from HSBC Bank in Shinhwa for one month, and then transfer each installment of the payment to Qi Dezun Company!" Shi Zhijian pushed away the office of the financial director Su Youwei and looked at the person who was lowering his head to sort out the accounts.
Su Youwei said.
Su Youwei has handled financial statements for so many years, so of course she knows the tricks in them.
This time, Li Ka-shing invested 200 million as the down payment for the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, and Shinhwa borrowed 400 million from HSBC. According to the signed contract, 100 million was transferred to Qi Dezun every month.
Shi Zhijian's plan is that the HSBC transfer will not be directed to Qi Dezun Company, but will be transferred to Shinhwa Group first, and Shinhwa will then transfer it to Qi Dezun Company. With a time lag in between, the interest of 100 million per month is a lot of money!
"But if Qi Dezun Company pursues the case——" Su Youwei looked up at Shi Zhijian but hesitated to speak.
Shi Zhijian smiled, "Then let them look for me! The interest earned from 100 million yuan will be transferred to the charity donation account, and all the interest will be donated in the name of Mrs. Mai Lihao!"
As soon as Su Youwei heard this, her beautiful eyes shone with admiration.
Although she is already Shi Zhijian's wife, in her heart Shi Zhijian will always be the man she respects and admires the most.
Shi Zhijian was a little embarrassed by Su Youwei's adoring look, so he scratched the bridge of his nose and said, "Don't always look at me like this, it makes me so embarrassed."
Su Youwei chuckled, stood up, put her hands around Shi Zhijian's neck and said, "What should I do? I just like you so much and admire you so much!" She looked like a little girl.
"Naughty!" Shi Zhijian tapped her nose.
In the past, Su Youwei would not dare to do such a thing, and it was only after she married Shi Zhijian that she dared to "let herself go" like this. In the past, she was very passive and was always deliberately "bullied" by Shi Zhijian.
Just when the young couple wants to "pretend for public benefit" and have a little "love" here----
Boom, boom, boom!
Someone knocked on the door.
With a creak, the office door was pushed open.
Su Youwei hurriedly released her arm around Shi Zhijian's neck, her pretty face glowing.
Shi Zhijian also coughed and acted like a gentleman.
The cleaning supervisor who broke in, Xiu Yuming, knew what he had done wrong as soon as he saw this scene! He half-stretched his body and wanted to shrink back, but he did not dare to move. He could only get stuck in the crack of the door. He put his head around and said: "Mr. Shi, my wife asked me about today."
What do you want to eat for lunch?"
Smelly Yuming's wife "Sister-in-law Ming" is the little girl Hui Yinghong's mother. After her husband passed away, she lived alone with several children. She supported her family by selling cigarettes and chewing gum on the street.
By chance, Shou Yuming met her, and he didn't mind her bringing a few oil bottles with her, and formed a new family with her. Hui Yinghong's mother also changed her name to "Sister-in-law Ming".
After getting married, Shou Yuming and Ming's wife depended on each other to support their family. Shou Yuming, who was originally lazy and lazy, changed his ways and got into the Shinhwa Company as a cleaning staff by relying on his relationship with Shi Zhijian in Shek Kip Mei.
I have been doing this for two years. Every time the company provides barbecued pork rice at noon, Xianyu Ming will be reluctant to eat it. He will hide it and take it home to give teeth to Xiao Huiyinghong and others. He will not pick up the bones until the children have finished eating.
Give it a lick or something to enjoy it.
Shinhwa Company is developing rapidly, and Xiu Yuming has also been promoted. Not only has his monthly salary increased from 300 yuan to 1,300 yuan, but he also serves as the director of the company's cleaning department. He leads eight subordinates by himself, which is very impressive!
Although Shou Yuming has become "prosperous", he still has not forgotten his wife. After he has established himself as a "cleaning supervisor" at Shinhwa Company, he plans to arrange for Ming's wife to work in the company as well.
At that time, Shi Zhijian was planning to open a canteen in the company and needed someone who knew how to cook. So Ming's wife became the canteen manager.
"What to eat? Well, I'll go over and take a look first!" Shi Zhijian laughed, winked at Su Youwei, and asked her to continue working, while he followed Shou Yuming out.
Shou Yuming watched Shi Zhijian winking at Su Youwei, and felt funny in his heart. They were already married and still flirting with each other. Boss Shi really meant it!
Shi Zhijian took Shouyu Ming to the company canteen and saw Ming's wife sitting on a small wooden bar choosing vegetables.
These purely natural and pollution-free vegetables are supplied by my sister Shi Yufeng’s vegetable company.
In fact, this small canteen is not big, and the food consumed every day is not much. At most, it can be used as a small stove for Shi Zhijian, Su Youwei and other senior executives, similar to that kind of private club.
Logically speaking, there is no need for such a big vegetable company to help supply goods, and a round trip is not enough to cover the travel expenses.
However, the Queen of Vegetables, Shi Yufeng, is Shi Zhijian’s sister. She is afraid that her younger brother will not be able to eat well, so she wants to come over and help cook, let alone provide ingredients. Basically, she supplies fresh vegetables, chicken, duck, fish, etc. every day.
Carefully selected.
"The ingredients are so rich today, I like mushrooms and abalone the most!" Shi Zhijian said with praise.
Sister-in-law Ming looked up at Shi Zhijian, then at her husband Shou Yuming, and said, "If it weren't for the rats here, boss, the ingredients you see would be even richer than now!"
There is obviously something in the words.
Shou Yuming blinked hard at his wife, but Mrs. Ming pretended not to notice, "Boss Shi is so kind to us, let me tell you the truth, is it wrong?"
Shi Zhijian knelt down, picked up the abalones, looked at the shark fins, and said with a smile: "It looks like Brother Ming is very anxious!"
Xiu Yuming hurriedly came over, took out a cigarette and handed it to Shi Zhijian: "Boss, don't listen to her nonsense! Women have long hair and short knowledge! They always like to talk nonsense!"
"That's not the case. Sister-in-law Ming said there are big rats here. It looks like I need to do an extermination operation!"
Hearing this, Xiu Yuming couldn't help but knelt down to Shi Zhijian: "Boss, please forgive me, I'm guilty!"
Shi Zhijian pretended to be surprised, "Brother Ming, what are you doing?"
The smelly fish did not dare to raise his head in the open, and cried: "I confess, I confess! I have embezzled the abalone and shark fins here..."
Mrs. Ming glared at him: "Just abalone, shark fin?"
Shou Yuming almost cried. He didn't expect that his wife would be so righteous in killing her family. Not only did she not stand with him, she also kept exposing his background.
"There are also chickens, ducks, fish, and Cordyceps sinensis and the like!" Xiu Yuming tried his best to squeeze away his tears, raised his head and said with tears, "Boss, please punish me, I was wrong! You were so good to me, but I secretly embezzled money."
Your ingredients, I am not a person, I am not a thing!"
Smelly Yuming slapped himself hard twice.
Shi Zhijian smiled.
In fact, Shi Zhijian knew a little bit about Guo Yuming's embezzlement of food ingredients, but he didn't reveal it.
This era is an era where corruption is rampant.
There is an endless stream of corruption, big and small, throughout Hong Kong. Even the waiters in tea restaurants embezzle various restaurant tips, let alone people like Xiu Yuming.
The reason why Shi Zhijian refused to tell the truth was that after Shao Yuming married Ming's wife, he was responsible for eating, drinking, and eating for a family of more than ten people. It was a heavy burden on his shoulders, so Shi Zhijian turned a blind eye. Unexpectedly, today Ming Ming
The sister-in-law exterminated the relatives and uncovered the corruption of Yuming.
"Boss, believe me! I didn't mean it! I just wanted to sell those ingredients to supplement my family income! Wuwuwu!" Xiu Yuming said with tears and snot in his eyes.
Before Shi Zhijian opened his mouth, Mrs. Ming sneered and said, "What you say is better than what you sing! Who knows what you embezzled so many good things for? Could it be that you took it to the dance hall to make it easier for that female seductress named 'Tina'?"
I heard that she came back from studying in France, knows how to dance a lot, and charmed many men in the ballroom!"
"Uh, you know everything?" Xiu Yuming was stunned and looked at his wife.
Sister-in-law Ming angrily smashed the green vegetables in her hands into the basin, causing splashes: "How could I not know? During this time, you always secretly go to the dance hall behind my back. I followed you and saw you giving money to that Tina
, and even talked and laughed with her! Man, there is no good thing!"
After Mrs. Ming finished scolding, she saw Shi Zhijian still standing aside and added: "Of course, except you, boss!"
Shi Zhijian finally figured it out. It turned out that Ming's wife was so angry today because Yu Ming was having an affair!
Shou Yuming was so scolded that he waved his hands and said, "You're wronged! You've wronged me! I have nothing to do with that Tina! You are the only one in my heart!"
"Bullshit! Then what are you giving her money for? Charity, or do you have money but nowhere to spend it?"
"I...I can't talk!" Xiu Yuming looked confused.
"Haha, it's not that I can't speak, it's that I don't dare to speak! I'm afraid I'll expose your fancy thoughts! I'll beat you up!" Sister-in-law Ming got up and picked up the water skirt and threw it at Yu Ming, "You don't have Boss Shi's ability, so
He’s not as handsome as Boss Shi, but he still wants to imitate his boss and be a public lover! I’m going to piss you off! Why don’t you pee and look in the mirror, how much do you weigh?”
Shi Zhijian was embarrassed when he heard this. Although he was very handsome and had a lot of money, he couldn't use it to slap Yu Ming in the face! The main reason was that the two of them were not on the same level!
Shou Yuming looked aggrieved: "If you say that again, I will tell the truth!"
"Tell me! Tell me how you fell in love with that little goblin?" Sister-in-law Ming put her hands on her hips and pointed at the smelly fish Ming's nose and said angrily.
"I'm not looking for Tina for myself, but for Hui Yinghong!"
"Uh, for Ah Hong? What do you mean?" Sister-in-law Ming was stunned. She was worried about her little daughter Hui Yinghong.
"This little girl always goes to nightclubs to watch people dance during this time. She said that I know I like dancing and want to learn to dance! As you know, the tuition for formal training classes is very expensive. Just one month costs three or four dollars."
Thousand Hong Kong dollars! It’s different from studying with Tina. I just sold the ingredients and gave her three to five hundred to teach Hong’er how to dance!”
Sister-in-law Ming rolled her eyes: "Do you think I'm stupid for finding such a reason to lie to me?"
"I'm not lying to you! I'm telling the truth!" Xiu Yuming hurriedly explained, "I know you are very strict with Hong'er, and you want her to study hard and get into a good school in the future. But she doesn't like studying, so in school
She was always bullied by her classmates! Several times I saw her secretly hiding in the corner wiping her tears! But she was so happy when she danced, and I also think she is so talented!"
"What a talent! What's the point of learning to dance?" Ming's wife said angrily.
"I knew you would say this, that's why I didn't dare to tell you! You usually take away all my salary, even the money for food and cigarettes! In order to help Hong'er find a teacher, I embezzled the ingredients!"
After saying this, Xiu Yuming looked at Shi Zhijian, "Boss, I tell the truth, you believe me!"
Shi Zhijian never expected that the "anti-corruption campaign" in the cafeteria would reveal so many secrets. He couldn't help but mediate: "Okay, Sister Ming! I believe Brother Ming made an honest mistake this time! I will take the money he embezzled from the cafeteria from his salary."
Deduction! As for Ah Hong... I remember she is almost twelve or thirteen years old. Since she doesn't want to go to school, then find a better teacher for her to teach her singing and dancing - Hong Kong film and television will develop very rapidly in the future.
, girls who know how to sing and dance are very popular!"
"Uh, boss, what do you mean..." Sister-in-law Ming was interrupted by Shou Yuming before she could finish her words: "Don't you understand what boss means? Ahong likes singing and dancing, that means becoming a big star.
Your talent! When the time comes, send it to Boss Film Company, and it will definitely flourish!"
Sister-in-law Ming looked at Shi Zhijian in disbelief.
Shi Zhijian didn't explain either. To him, Hui Yinghong and her brother Hui Tianci were both very good star prospects. Giving them some opportunities would help them rise to the top. Whether they can succeed or not depends on themselves.
"Thank you, boss! Thank you so much!" Sister-in-law Ming came back to her senses and hurriedly thanked Shi Zhijian profusely.
Shi Zhijian smiled and joked: "If you really want to thank me, then help me make a bowl of shark fin bibimbap! I really like your craftsmanship!"
"Okay, I'll do it now!"
"I'll help light the fire!"
Shou Yuming and Sister Ming were very excited. With Shi Zhijian as a big backer, it would be difficult for Hui Yinghong not to be prosperous in the future!
The couple went to make a fire to cook, but Shi Zhijian was bored and turned on the TV.
There is an advertisement on the TV, but it is a hair dye advertisement filmed by Zeng Jiang, a veteran actor from the previous life. In it, Zeng Jiang looks like a fair-faced young boy, clasping his fists and saying: "Slowly you will get darker, and you will get darker immediately."
Got it, got it!"
Just when I was feeling bored, the screen turned to the news channel, and the TV anchor announced loudly: "Today, with the approval of the British Parliament and the authorization of the British Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption will be established!"
"Huh?" Shi Zhijian was stunned for a moment and said to himself: "An anti-corruption campaign in a small canteen can cause such a big storm, let alone the whole of Hong Kong?!"
Looking at the TV again, as one of the founders of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, Sir Bailiqu appeared on the screen. He held a speech and faced the camera and vowed: "In the future, the Independent Commission Against Corruption will be the cornerstone of Hong Kong's social development! Your integrity
Self-discipline and active participation in anti-corruption and anti-corruption, coupled with our Independent Commission Against Corruption’s fearlessness, impartiality and selflessness, will jointly build a new tomorrow for Hong Kong!”
In the end, Bailiqu put down his speech and stared at the camera: "The anti-corruption starts today! It starts with icac!"
