Xiangjiang, No. 19 Zhongxia Road, HSBC Bank Executive Room!
Chu Huan was no stranger to this place. He had attended various banquets here before and had also met Sha Ya here several times alone.
I believe you will be familiar with this place in the future. After Luo Yin Bentley reaches the top of HSBC Taipan, he will also live here.
When Chu Huan came here, the place was already crowded with guests.
As the chief executive of HSBC, his resignation is bound to bring together all the celebrities in Hong Kong. Even Hong Kong Governor MacLehose, who rarely appears on such occasions, is here today.
However, Chu Huan's appearance still caused a sensation here. After all, in the past nearly a year, Chu Huan only appeared at the celebration dinner for Hehe International's acquisition of Wheelock. Chu Huan rarely appeared on other such occasions.
Already.
"Haha, Director Chu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought you wouldn't come today!"
Sha Ya was also very happy to see Chu Huan coming over. She walked over in person, held Chu Huan's hand, and preached seriously.
Chu Huan said with a smile, "You don't have to show up normally, but you have to show up today. Shaya Taipan's contribution to HSBC and Hong Kong will remain in the business history of Hong Kong forever!"
Sha Ya became even happier when she heard what Chu Huan said. She smiled and said, "Xiangjiang is the most beautiful city I have ever stayed in. I think I will miss it very much in the future!"
Chu Huan said, "If you want to, come back and I will personally take care of Mr. Taipan!"
With Sha Ya, there was competition, cooperation, and mutual calculations, but now that Sha Ya has resigned, all the past has disappeared like a passing cloud.
Just like washing hands in a golden basin in the world of rivers and lakes, after washing, there are no more rivers and lakes!
So now Chu Huan is willing to offer his friendship to Sha Ya.
Chu Huan's friendship is not something that everyone can have. Sha Ya said with some emotion, "In all these years in Xiangjiang, what surprises me the most is your rise, Mr. Chu, as bright as a comet.
And as eternal as the sun, even in the history of world business, it is rare to see Director Chu like this."
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Mr. Taipan said this in front of so many celebrities in Hong Kong, I feel a little ashamed!"
"I think what Sha Ya said is the truth. Director Chu's achievements in Xiangjiang are all eye-catching!"
MacLehose also preached with a smile at this time.
"Mr. Governor of Hong Kong, you are flattering me!"
Chu Huan joked.
"Director Chu, the two of us haven't seen each other for a long time. How about we find a time to make an appointment for a football match?"
MacLehose extended an invitation to Chu Huan.
Nowadays, the situation in his hometown is becoming increasingly unclear, and Xiangjiang is the most sensitive city among them. MacLehose now also wants to know what the businessmen in Xiangjiang think of his hometown, especially people like Chu Huan.
A person with far-reaching influence.
Chu Huan said, "Of course I have no objection to the invitation from the Governor of Hong Kong, but the Governor must be merciful when the time comes. You know my football skills."
"Don't be humble, Director Chu. I've heard people say that Director Chu's skills have skyrocketed during this period, so I should be careful in dealing with him."
MacLehose smiled and preached.
The two quickly agreed on a time to play ball.
In fact, in the final analysis, no matter what level of people hold the party, in the end it is actually the people attending the party, connecting with each other to connect with each other, see if there are any projects that can be cooperated, and at the same time, drinking and dancing with each other, that's it
The process is over.
The only difference is actually the level of people attending the party.
Chu Huan has kept a low profile for more than a year and has not made any big moves in Xiangjiang. However, there are many people similar to Chu Huan, and there are also many people who rarely appear on such occasions for a long time.
For example, Mr. Yan Chengkun, the chairman of Hua Bus, Chu Huan has only rarely appeared on such occasions for more than a year, but Yan Chengkun has not participated in such activities for several years.
Yan Chengkun is not only the chairman of the board of directors of China Bus, but also holds many social positions. For example, the famous Tung Wah Group of Hospitals in Hong Kong was actually merged by Yan Chengkun into Tung Wah Hospital, Tung Wah East Hospital, and Kwong Wah Hospital in Kowloon. Tung Wah Hospital
After the unification of the three hospitals, Yan Chengkun became the first chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals!
In addition, Yan Chengkun has also served as a director of the Chaozhou Pat Yi Chamber of Commerce, a consultant of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Rice Industry Chamber of Commerce, the permanent honorary president of the Hong Kong Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, the chairman of the Nanhua Sports Association, the school director of the Xiangjiang Private Peiying Secondary School, Yinghua College and
He is the school director of Yinghua Girls' School, the school supervisor of Tsuen Wan Chiu Chow Public School, the chairman of District 6 of the Chinese Christian Church, the financial committee member of the Chinese Reserve Police and other public offices.
He is the top boss of the Xiangjiang Chaozhou Clan.
He also came to the scene today, which shows the great impact of Saya's resignation.
Chu Huan took the initiative to walk over and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Mr. Yan. Your body is still strong!"
The two had met several times at chamber of commerce gatherings, and they were no longer strangers.
When Yan Chengkun saw Chu Huan, he took the initiative to say hello and said with a smile, "It turns out to be Chairman Chu. It's been a long time since we last met. The last time we met was at the annual meeting of the General Chamber of Commerce, right?"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "That's right, Yan Weng's memory is so good, it's admirable!"
"What's the point? My dad can memorize all the minibus routes in Xiangjiang!" Yan Jieling, the eldest daughter next to Yan Chengkun, said proudly.
"A Ling!" Yan Chengkun whispered dissatisfiedly, and then smiled and said to Chu Huan, "Don't worry, Mr. Chu, girls don't know the rules!"
Yan Jieling was a little dissatisfied with being scolded by her father on the spot, but in the end she didn't dare to say anything.
Naturally, Chu Huan didn't take Yan Jieling's attitude to heart just now. To put it simply, Yan Jieling was a master with high ambitions and low intentions.
When Yan Chengkun was the chairman of CMB, he could easily control the two major trade unions under CMB. However, after Yan Jieling took over her father's position, she would only use strong methods to suppress it, leading to the deterioration of labor relations and even the relationship with the Hong Kong government.
It was also very bad. Finally, in 1998, the Hong Kong government terminated the China-Pakistan franchise!
"Yan Weng has something that I want to discuss with you. I wonder when Yan Weng has time for the two of us to sit down and have a good chat?"
After returning to Xiangjiang, Chu Huan had already decided what he wanted to do next in Xiangjiang, which was to get involved in the bus industry in Xiangjiang.
Xiangjiang's bus industry seems to be a public undertaking and not profitable. According to Chu Huan's current financial resources and influence, there is no need to put his business tentacles here, but in fact, this is not the case at all.
Buses are the most important means of transportation in Xiangjiang. If Chu Huan can control the bus industry in Xiangjiang, then it can basically guarantee that Zhulu Real Estate, owned by Chu Huan, can develop its own real estate anywhere in Xiangjiang.
It ensures the traffic flow of your property for a while, and this is one of the important reasons why the property can command a higher price.
Later, Sun Hung Kai took action against Kowloon Bus for this purpose.
Of course, since these two companies were established before the war, they own a lot of fast and high-quality land in Xiangjiang, which can be used for development in the future. This is another advantage.
Later, Henderson Land acquired China Gas and Cheung Kong Holdings acquired Hong Kong Electric. In addition to the value of these companies themselves, what is more important is that these companies control the people's livelihood in Hong Kong.
With these most basic facility guarantees, they can ensure that the properties under their company's name can obtain these guarantees in the shortest possible time.
Regardless of Chu Huan's current status in Xiangjiang or Yan Chengkun's current status in Xiangjiang, Chu Huan is no longer suitable to fight without declaring it as before.
Now that Chu Huan has become interested in these two bus companies, what he needs to do is to discuss with the chairmen of the two boards of directors to see if there is a possibility of a peaceful acquisition. If not, then conduct a hostile acquisition.
This is the same as when two countries go to war, first be polite and then attack!
Faced with Chu Huan's sudden invitation, Yan Chengkun was slightly startled at first, and then said with a smile, "Okay, I haven't had tea at Lu Yu Teahouse for a long time, how about we make an appointment somewhere?"
Chu Huan said, "Of course I have no problem!"
After Chu Huan left, Yan Jieling couldn't help but ask her father, "Daddy, why did Chu Huan invite you suddenly?"
Yan Chengkun glanced at his daughter and said with some dissatisfaction, "How many times have I told you not to talk nonsense on such an occasion? Don't talk nonsense. I know you think highly of yourself, but with my help, you are now
He is just an executive director of the company, but it only took Chu Huan five or six years to get to where he is now. Your little cleverness is not enough for him. If he is still so frivolous in the future.
, just go back to England!"
Yan Jieling went to university in England.
"I'm not being clever!" Yan Jieling is in her thirties, and now she feels a little aggrieved to be scolded by her father like this. "Besides, what I just said is also true!"
Yan Chengkun shook his head helplessly and said, "You know whether you are being clever or not. Let me tell you, if Chu Huan really wants to do this, even if you say so, it will have no effect!"
Yan Jieling was stunned for a moment and said with some worry, "Chu Huan is really interested in Hua Bus?"
Just now, Chu Huan suddenly came over and took the initiative to greet Yan Chengkun. Normally, it would be nothing. Although the Yan family's wealth in Xiangjiang cannot be compared with Chu Huan's, Yan Chengkun is highly respected in Xiangjiang after all.
Nowadays, there are many respected people in Xiangjiang, and there are many people with the same level as Yan Chengkun. However, Chu Huan did not go to say hello to those people he was more familiar with first, but came to say hello to Yan Chengkun first. To say that he had no ideas,
Yan Jieling didn't believe it.
That's why Yan Jieling acted the way she did just now.
"If you have any ideas, I won't know until I meet Chu Huan tomorrow."
Yan Chengkun thought helplessly. In the past two years, China Bus had just dealt with the covetousness of United Overseas Transportation Company, and now it might encounter a stronger opponent, which made Yan Chengkun very helpless.
"Daddy, look, Chu Huan went to chat with Lei Juehua!"
Yan Jieling noticed Chu Huan's whereabouts at this time.
The bad premonition in Yan Chengkun's heart became stronger and stronger.
Chu Huan and Lei Juehua have known each other for a long time. Up to now, the Lei family's theaters are still leased by Shanhai Cinemas. Lei Juehua has also supported the black-and-white "Big J" and Shaw Brothers' "Young People"
》Waging a big propaganda war.
In addition, the film company founded by Lei Juehua's girlfriend Li Jing also has a very good cooperative relationship with Black and White Video.
"Director Chu, Jingjing told me before that she wanted to express her gratitude to Director Chu for her strong support of Jingjing's last drama!"
Different from another time and space, Li Jing left Shaw Brothers early to start her own film company.
However, the style of Li Jing Film Company has obviously not kept up with the current trend of the Hong Kong film market. However, due to Lei Juehua, when Li Jing Film Company's film was released, Shanhai Cinemas still gave many theaters support.
of.
"Yes, Mr. Chu, today I will lend you flowers and offer them to the Buddha to thank you!"
Li Jing held her own wine glass and preached to Chu Huan with a smile.
Although Li Jing has a lot of halo as a movie queen, such a halo is actually worthless in such an occasion. Only when she reaches the level of Chu Huan can she carry her with her no matter what the occasion is today.
If girls from the entertainment industry like Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi, and Miao Kexiu come to participate, other people in Xiangjiang will still pay attention to the impact.
But now Lei Juehua still brings Li Jing here, which shows that the two of them may really be on the verge of good things, but I don't know if Lei Juehua's results in this world will be the same as in another time and space.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Then I will be disrespectful!"
"Lei Sheng, do you have time for us to sit down and chat alone?" Chu Huan sent an invitation to Lei Juehua.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lei Juehua did not think as much as Yan Chengkun did just now, mainly because he and Chu Huan were old acquaintances. Although this relationship did not go further later, but
From Lei Juehua's point of view, there is nothing wrong with their relationship and having an appointment to sit down with each other.
"Of course I have no problem. It depends on Director Chu's time!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Well, wait until I have set the time here and let the secretary notify you then!"
"No problem!" Lei Juehua said with a smile.
After the negotiation was completed, both parties parted with smiles on their faces.
At tonight's party, apart from Chu Huan taking the initiative to have a brief exchange with Yan Chengkun and Lei Juehua, the rest of the time was spent dealing with those who took the initiative to talk to him.
As for Guo Desheng and others, they all knew that Chu Huan must be very busy now, and their relationship did not require any communication on this occasion, so they just nodded lightly and did not talk.
However, some old acquaintances found Chu Huan at this time.
"Ah Huan, you have allowed me to find you!"
Li Xiaohe, chairman of the board of directors of TVB, found Chu Huan.
Chu Huan showed a helpless expression and said, "Li Weng, when you say this, it seems that I am avoiding you!"
Li Xiaohe laughed and said, "I didn't say that, but I do have something I want to ask your help for!"
Chu Huan said, "Li Weng, with your Li family's status in Xiangjiang, I really can't think of anything you can ask me for help with!"
Li Xiaohe laughed and said, "I really need you to help me with this matter. No one else can. And to be honest, you are not helping me, but you are helping us!"
Hearing what Li Xiaohe said, Chu Huan knew what Li Xiaohe was talking about, and asked with a smile, "Do you think it is another matter about the judges of the Miss Xiangjiang finals?"
Li Xiaohe said proudly, "That's it. Now the new year's Miss Xiangjiang election has begun. You didn't agree to the company's invitation in the past two years, so you have to agree to anything this year."
According to Chu Huan's influence in Xiangjiang, if he agrees to be a judge for the Miss Xiangjiang finals, it will naturally become a lively event in Xiangjiang.
Chu Huan vaguely remembered that if there were no accidents, Huo Zhenting would find the other half of his life journey among this year's Miss Hong Kong.
To be honest, his half is indeed very beautiful, but unfortunately it is not Chu Huan's type.
Therefore, it is better not to change this period of history. "Well, Leon has already invited me twice. If I refuse again, wouldn't it be even more difficult to invite than Zhuge Liang?"
Counting this year, Li Xiaohe has invited Chu Huan to serve as a judge for the Miss Xiangjiang finals for three consecutive years. It is really difficult to refuse again.
"Five Dynasties Rivers, Mountains and Winds"
After all, although Li Xiaohe is the chairman of the board of directors of TVB, Black and White Video is the largest shareholder of TVB.
"Haha, let's make an agreement then. I will let the company publicize this matter!"
Li Xiaohe preached very happily.
Since Chu Huan has agreed to Li Xiaohe's invitation, he naturally doesn't care about this kind of publicity. Chu Huan has indeed been relatively low-key for more than a year, but it does not mean that Chu Huan will deliberately do anything. The so-called low-key,
It's just that I don't want to do something I don't like.
"What are you two talking about? Are you so happy?"
Zheng Yutong, who happened to be passing by, heard the laughter of Chu Huan and Li Xiaohe and asked specifically.
Although they wouldn't go out of their way to chat with each other, now that they have met, if they still don't communicate, it would be deliberate.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "We are talking about this year's Miss Hong Kong finals!"
Zheng Yutong immediately understood the meaning and asked with a smile, "Ah Huan, are you a judge going to the finals?"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "It's hard to refuse such kindness, but there won't be much to do in Xiangjiang during this period, so it's no problem to be a judge. I'm still very confident in appreciating beauties!"
Zheng Yutong, Li Xiao and the two of them laughed at the same time.
After laughing, Zheng Yutong asked Li Xiaohe, "Li Sheng, I wonder if your TV station has found a jewelry sponsor for this year's Miss Hong Kong election. If not, we at Chow Tai Fook Jewelry are very willing to sponsor it."
In the Miss Hong Kong election, the crown on the head is usually sponsored by a jewelry company.
But last year, it was other jewelry companies in Hong Kong. Now when Zheng Yutong heard that Chu Huan was going to serve as a judge for this year's Miss Hong Kong finals, she immediately smelled the business opportunities and knew that this Miss Hong Kong finals would definitely become the one that the Hong Kong media pays attention to.
prosperous age.
Li Xiaohe also understood what Zheng Yutong meant and said with a smile, "We are still talking about it for now. If Chow Tai Fook is interested, it will be easy for us to talk!"
Zheng Yutong laughed and said, "Then I will ask Ah Chun to go to your company tomorrow!"
Li Xiaohe nodded and said, "No problem!"
After the discussion, the three of them separated. Chu Huan met Luo Yin Bentley, who was unusually low-key here today. Chu Huan could understand Luo Yin Bentley's low-key attitude today.
After all, the protagonist tonight is Saya. Although the appointment of Luo Yin Bentley as the head of HSBC has been officially approved at the HSBC board of directors today, all the spotlight must be given to Saya today. Otherwise,
Luo Yin Bentley will inevitably give people a feeling that he is not stable enough.
"Congratulations!"
Chu Huan smiled and clinked glasses with Luo Yin Bentley.
Luo Yin Bentley tried his best to conceal his inner joy and said calmly, "You already congratulated Director Chu this morning!"
Chu Huan himself is also a director of HSBC, so naturally the HSBC board of directors also attended this morning.
Chu Huan said, "The congratulations in the morning are routine, the congratulations now are sincere blessings, and the blessings in a few days are common progress!"
Luo Yin Bentley laughed softly and said, "What Director Chu said is always so refreshing!"
Chu Huan said, "That's because we are now a firm partnership!"
“Cheers to partnership!”
“Cheers to partnership!”
The two clinked glasses again.
But after the two of them finished drinking this time, Sha Ya came over.
"Director Chu, I think the outcome of HSBC now should be what Director Chu wants to see the most, right?" Sha Ya said with a hint of meaning.
Chu Huan smiled easily and said, "As a director of HSBC, I naturally hope that the next CEO of HSBC will be a capable person!"
Sha Ya nodded and didn't say anything more about this matter. To be precise, he no longer had any relationship with HSBC at this time. Even the large class room where he was living was about to be handed over, but he didn't.
People will care about this kind of thing. As long as Sha Ya does not leave Xiangjiang, he can always live here.
But Saya would definitely not do such a self-deprecating thing.
"Director Chu, although I will no longer be the head coach of HSBC in the future, I still hope that Director Chu can help HSBC a lot in the future, such as HSBC's future layout in Europe!"
Although Sha Ya left, he still hoped that Luo Yin Bentley could complete the plan he had set and complete HSBC's plan for the global strategic layout of the Triangular Stool.
This strategic plan was set by Sha Ya. No matter who succeeds HSBC in the future, as long as this strategic plan continues, Sha Ya will inevitably be mentioned in the future. Therefore, even now that Sha Ya has left HSBC, she is still with Chu
I love preaching like this.
Luo Yin Bentley is not an idiot. He thinks that if Sha Ya is gone, he will have no influence in HSBC. People who think so will not be selected by Chu Huan to be Shen Bi's opponent.
So at this time, Luo Yin Bentley still treats Saya with the same respect as when Saya was in office.
"Taiban, please rest assured that I will definitely complete the plan you made before!"
Hearing Luo Yin Bentley's statement, Sha Ya was obviously very happy, "Haha, Luo Yin, of course I know your abilities. I believe that in the future you will become a better HSBC executive than me!"
Luo Yin Bentley smiled and said, "Without your support from Taipan, Luo Yin would not have this opportunity."
Sha Ya nodded, and then looked at Chu Huan. Now that he has resigned, he will be a little concerned about whether HSBC will be suppressed by Chu Huan and become the second largest company in Hong Kong, but it will definitely not be the same as when he was in office.
Anyway, even if Chu Huan became the number one in Xiangjiang and surpassed HSBC, it was only achieved under Luo Yin Bentley's tenure.
Nowadays, when people in Xiangjiang talk about the four major financial groups in Xiangjiang, they will put Jiaku ahead of HSBC, but that is only because of Jiaku's profits. But in terms of influence, Jiaku still can't keep up with HSBC, and is even more powerful than HSBC.
Both are slightly worse.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Taipan. As I said just now, I am a director of HSBC. Naturally, I hope that HSBC can get better and better. So if Luo Yin is in need, I will help him without hesitation."
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"If that's the case, that would be great!" Sha Ya smiled very happily!
Sha Ya then left the scene, and Luo Yin Bentley also left Chu Huan's side.
By 11 o'clock in the evening, the party officially ended.
After Chu Huan left the main squad room by car, he did not return directly to his residence. Instead, he asked Qin Peng to drive to a food stall in Saigon.
No matter how many parties she attended, Chu Huan was never full. However, these parties were long and smelly, so at the end, Chu Huan always liked to find a delicious food stall to fill her stomach.
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By the time Chu Huan returned to No. 12 Galley Road, it was already past twelve o'clock in the evening, and Cao Yunshang had already gone to bed. Chu Huan did not wake her up, but simply took a shower, then lay down on the bed and felt
After hearing Chu Huan's movement, Cao Yunshang shouted, turned around, and hugged Chu Huan
The next day!
While the two were having breakfast, the servant brought some newspapers from today.
‘The end of an era!’--"True Report"
‘Hong Kong enters the next era!’--"Hong Kong Economic Journal"
‘The Luo Yin era, what to look forward to in the future!’--"Sing Tao Daily"
Almost all newspapers in Hong Kong today dedicated their front pages to Sha Ya.
Although Saya's performance was not as brilliant as that of his predecessor Sandus when he was in office, the HSBC Triangular Stool strategic development plan led by Saya in the later period still had a great impact on Xiangjiang.
In the eyes of Hong Kong people at this time, HSBC's acquisition of the North American Bank of Ocean Milan was just to expand its influence in the North American banking industry. In addition, everyone now believes that HSBC represents Hong Kong.
HSBC’s performance is actually Xiangjiang’s performance!
Therefore, HSBC’s acquisition of Ocean Milan Bank of North America is bringing glory to Hong Kong!
"How was Sha Ya's farewell party yesterday?" Cao Yunshang took a small steamed bun for herself and asked Chu Huan.
"There's no difference!" Chu Huan said nonchalantly, "But yesterday I made an appointment with Yan Chengkun from CMB and Lei Juehua from KMB. I don't know if they will agree to my acquisition!"