659, became the largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia
"I'm sorry to bother you, but Chu Sang please don't take offense!"
After meeting Chu Huan, Kiura Kisaburo bowed politely.
Chu Huan stood there and said with a smile: "Mr. Chipu, you're too polite. When we were in Osaka, we met once and we can be considered friends. There's nothing strange about friends visiting each other. I'm still happy.
It’s too late!”
After finishing speaking, Chu Huan asked Kiura Kisaburo to sit down.
"This is an aged Pu'er I bought at an auction before. I heard that Mr. Chipu likes to drink tea, so let's taste it together!"
"Let Chu Sang spend the money!" Kiura Kisaburo bowed slightly again.
After the two parties exchanged greetings, Kiura Kisaburo told his purpose of coming this time: "Chu Sang, I met Tsubouchi-kun before coming to Xiangjiang. I specifically asked Tsubouchi-kun for advice and learned that Chu Sang had no idea about the future shipping industry.
I’m not very optimistic about it, I came here specifically to learn from it today, and I also asked Chu Sang to give me some advice!”
Now, those who know Chu Huan and those who don’t know Chu Huan seem to have a consensus, that is, Chu Huan is not optimistic about the shipping industry.
This can be seen from the fact that after Jiaku acquired Hehe International-Wheelock, it began to package and sell the oil tankers of the shipping companies of Wheelock.
But at the same time, some of Chu Huan's operations also made these people a little confused. That is, although Chu Huan is not optimistic about the shipping industry, Chu Huan has invested in the Laishima Shipyard of Hisao Tsubouchi in Japan. If these people know that Chu Huan has already had a relationship with Bao Yu,
We have just reached a consensus that after Bao Yugang acquires Wharf, he will acquire the container company under Wharf, which will make these people even more curious.
Chu Huan chuckled lightly and said: "There is nothing to be optimistic about or not. It's just that the current focus of Jiaku's business is not in the shipping industry, and we don't know much about the shipping industry. There is a saying in China that you can't do it if you are familiar with it.
Since you’re not familiar with this job, it’s better to give up!”
When I met Kiura Kisaburo today, Chu Huan met him because of his business in Japan. After all, Japan Industrial Bank can be considered a very big bank.
But if the two of them meet for the second time, it would be impossible for Chu Huan to tell Kiura Kisaburo his plans. Chu Huan is not his father, so there is no need to worry about them!
Kiura Kisaburo slightly frowned, and it was hard to tell whether he believed Chu Huan's words or not. However, Kiura Kisaburo understood that if he could get Chu Huan's support, then his trip to Xiangjiang would be very difficult.
It's just very important.
Xiangjiang has relaxed its blockade on overseas banks this year, and Ikeura Kisaburo's Industrial Bank of Japan also hopes to enter Xiangjiang's financial market. Although everyone now knows that Chu Huan's Alde Commercial Bank will also
Entering Hong Kong's financial market, Kisaburo Ikeura still believes that there are opportunities for cooperation between the two parties.
"Chu Sang's far-reaching vision is admirable. I came to Xiangjiang this time, firstly, to stabilize the hearts of the shipping kings in Xiangjiang, and secondly, I hope to reach cooperation with Chu Sang. If our Industrial Bank of Japan and Chu Sang's Al
If Commerzbank Japan Branch can jointly support Nippon Steamship and Yamaguchi Steamship, I think it will be able to alleviate the bad reputation of the current shipping industry!"
Faced with Kiura Kisaburo's temptation, Chu Huan did not answer the call. He invested in Kurishima Shipyard because he knew Hisao Tsubouchi's abilities, not because he was optimistic about the shipping industry.
Although Ikeura Kisaburo's Industrial Bank supported Nihon Shipping this time and helped Nihon Shipping survive this shipping winter, in fact Nihon Shipping still suffered heavy losses in the following years and once reached the point of bankruptcy.
On the edge, if Mitsui hadn't taken action in the end, Japan Shipping would have ended up in bankruptcy and liquidation.
So for Chu Huan, now is definitely not the time to come forward.
The shipping industry is an important channel for transporting goods. Chu Huan will not give up on this industry, but it is definitely not the time to enter this industry.
To put it simply, in 1980, a 250,000-ton oil tanker sold for US$70 million, but by 1985, the market value had fallen to US$2 million, and the price of US$3 million was equivalent to
The price of scrap iron.
That's when it's time to really hunt for bottom oil tankers.
What Chu Huan has to do now is to keep his business away from this industry.
"I'm really sorry. Alde Commercial Bank Japan Branch has its own development plan. Although I am the major shareholder of this company, I am not involved in the company's specific affairs, so I have no way to deal with this matter now.
I promise to eat Mr. Park here."
Chu Huan's answer made Kiura Kisaburo a little disappointed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Because of his identity as the president of the Industrial Bank of Japan, Kiura Kisaburo was very popular in the Hong Kong business community, but it also depended on the identity of the other party.
If he really had a higher status than Chu Huan, then it would not be him who came to visit Chu Huan, but Chu Huan who would go to the hotel to visit him.
"It is indeed a bit regretful, but our bank still hopes to cooperate with Chu Sangduoduo if there is an opportunity in the future!"
Kiura Kisaburo could only preach helplessly.
Chu Huan nodded and said: "I believe that such opportunities will definitely exist. I am also very optimistic about your bank's investment in some fields. I believe that there will definitely be opportunities to cooperate in the future!"
Kiura Kisaburo came to Chu Huan's manor this time in the hope of reaching a consensus with Chu Huan on helping the Japanese steamship. Now Chu Huan has clearly rejected this matter. As for the subsequent cooperation between the two parties, it is not possible.
He could only seek opportunities. After the two parties briefly chatted for a few words, Kiura Kisaburo stood up and left.
Kiura Kisaburo had his own mission when he came to Xiangjiang, and Chu Huan also had his own things to be busy with.
After bidding farewell to Kiura Kisaburo, Chu Huan came to Lu Yu Tea House and met Feng Xunfen, who had made an appointment!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Sorry to keep Feng Weng waiting for so long!" Chu Huan said with a smile.
Feng Xunfen also smiled and said: "Dr. Chu, you are so polite. I was the one who arrived first!"
Chu Huan did not exchange greetings with Feng Xunfen, but said straight to the point: "Feng Weng, I invite you here this time. In fact, our Jiaku prime minister has won Feng Weng's shares in the Bank of East Asia. If Feng Weng is willing to sell it,
, I am personally willing to pay a 30% premium to acquire Feng Weng’s shares in the Bank of East Asia!”
The smile on Feng Xunfen's face first disappeared and then reappeared, but the smile afterwards was a bit complicated. He did not expect that Chu Huan was attracted by their Feng family's shares in Bank of East Asia.
This is not good news!
He instantly thought of what happened when Chu Huan acquired Hua Ren Real Estate.
"Director Chu, your Alde Commercial Bank is about to enter Hong Kong. Why did you suddenly think of acquiring shares in Bank of East Asia?"
Feng Xifen did not reply to Chu Huan's decision to acquire shares immediately. Instead, he asked Chu Huan about the acquisition of Bank of East Asia shares.
In Xiangjiang now, except for Jian Yueqiang, no one knows that Chu Huan has no idea of merging Xiangjiang Local Bank and Alder Commercial Bank.
Chu Huan said with a smile: "After all, Alder Commercial Bank is a foreign monk and cannot compare with Bank of East Asia's foundation in Hong Kong. If possible, we naturally hope to acquire a local bank in Hong Kong!"
This is indeed the normal routine for foreign banks after entering Hong Kong... Feng Xifen had no doubts about Chu Huan's words, but still refused to Chu Huan: "Director Chu, I am very sorry. Our family has no doubts about Chu Huan's words."
We value the shares of Bank of East Asia very much, so the sale of Bank of East Asia shares may disappoint Director Chu!"
Acquired at a premium of 30%, this price is not low. The Feng Xianfen family holds about 18% of the shares in Bank of East Asia. The current market value of Bank of East Asia is 880 million Hong Kong dollars, and 18% of the shares is less than 160 million Hong Kong dollars. If it is
To be honest, a 30% premium would be HK$208 million.
Compared with the Feng family's original investment, it was equivalent to making more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
But Feng Xianfen still doesn’t want to give up his shares in the Bank of East Asia. Although the management rights of the Bank of East Asia are now in the hands of the Li family, Feng Xianfen, as one of the major shareholders of the Bank of East Asia and a director of the company, has a lot of experience in East Asia.
Banks are still very influential.
With the Bank of East Asia as their backing, the Feng Xifen family does not have to worry about other problems in the operation of their family company.
But if they sell their shares to Chu Huan, it will be equivalent to them losing the financial support of the Bank of East Asia. For the Feng Xunfen family, this is more important than the 30% premium proposed by Chu Huan!
The recent acquisition was really not going well.
Chu Huan silently thought that apart from Volkswagen International Investment and Jian Yueqiang's shares in Bank of East Asia, Chu Huan's acquisitions in other places were not very smooth.
The previous attempt to acquire the shares of Far East Bank from Wanguo Baotong was blocked. However, now he came to Feng Xunfen to acquire the shares of Bank of East Asia, but was also rejected by Feng Xifen.
This makes Chu Huan a little helpless, but compared to Wan Guo Baotong, Chu Huan is still very determined to win the shares of Bank of East Asia held by Feng Xunfen!
Feng Xunfen is not without his weaknesses.
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After Feng Xunfen's father passed away in the early 1930s, his 19-year-old son Feng Xunfen inherited his father's business.
Feng Xifen relied on his father's influence to run in the shopping mall, and expanded his father's business into Feng Xifen Group Co., Ltd., whose business covers real estate, industry, trade, transportation and communication and other industries.
In addition, Feng Xifen was good at dancing and graceful, and soon became a celebrity in Hong Kong's political circles.
In addition to being awarded the knighthood by Yingnuyu, he has also served as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council for a long time.
However, in the 1970s and 1980s, perhaps Feng Xunfen was too keen on government affairs to carry forward his ancestral business, and gradually handed over the business to his sons Feng Qingzhao and Feng Qingqiang who had returned from studying in North America.
By the mid-1980s, the Fung Group was actually in a serious financial crisis.
And this is also the reason why Liu Luanxiong was able to attack Chinese property buyers during that period.
It can still be seen from Feng Xianfen's resume that Feng Xianfen was very keen to hang out in the political circles of Hong Kong at this time. In fact, it is understandable that after reaching a certain level of money, Feng Xianfen naturally hopes to be able to work in the political circles of Hong Kong. The political circles have higher prestige.
Just like Jian Yueqiang!
"Feng Weng, you know that our Jiaku still has a lot of business in Europe, including England. Since we are doing business in England, we naturally have some friends in England, including Mr. Lawrence. If Feng Weng If you are willing to sell the Feng family's shares in Bank of East Asia to our Jiaku, I can also introduce Mr. Lawrence to Feng Weng!"
When Feng Xunfen heard what Chu Huan said, his expression suddenly changed and he asked tentatively: "Are you talking about Mr. Lawrence of the British House of Commons?"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "Yes, Mr. Lawrence is still very influential in Hong Kong. I heard that there are many officials from England in the Hong Kong government who were once students of Mr. Lawrence. Maybe they are I will also become your friend Feng Weng in the future!"
Lawrence looked at Chu Huan in surprise. At this time, all the top people in Xiangjiang basically had a consensus, that is, although Chu Huan was already the number one person in Xiangjiang, this did not actually mean that Chu Huan was the number one person in Xiangjiang. Huan can go smoothly in Xiangjiang, but on the contrary, some things are still very troublesome for Chu Huan.
The most important point is that Chu Huan has a bad relationship with senior officials in the current Hong Kong government, the most representative of whom are Chief Secretary Luo Bishi and Financial Secretary Xia Dingji.
In other words, if the business Chu Huan wants to do is related to the Hong Kong government, then Chu Huan's business will definitely be difficult to do.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But no one thought that Chu Huan already had such a deep relationship in England.
"Director Chu, is this not a joke?" Feng Xifen still couldn't believe Chu Huan's words. After all, this matter sounded a bit too magical now.
Chu Huan said with a smile: "Of course I can't joke with Feng Weng about this kind of thing. If Feng Weng has doubts, why not go to England in the next few days? Then I can ask Sir Lawrence to receive Feng Weng well. Weng!"
Sir Lawrence, a veteran member of the British House of Commons, also has a strong influence in the House of Commons.
At the same time, this person was also a key figure that Ma Jizu conquered in England.
England was the country where Ma Jizu spent the longest time in Europe, and naturally it was also the country with the most connections.
This is also why Feng Xunfen was so surprised just now.
In fact, Feng Xunfen was still in shock at this time. He always felt that this thing was a bit too magical. However, Feng Xunfen no longer doubted Chu Huan at this time. After all, at Chu Huan's position, it was impossible for him to be in this kind of situation.
Lie about things.
"Director Chu, you are really surprising!" Feng Xifen couldn't help but say.
Chu Huan didn't say much about this matter. He just smiled and said to Feng Xunfen: "Feng Weng, do you think this condition allows you to sell the shares of Bank of East Asia to our Jiaku?"
Feng Xunfen fell into silence. If it was just purely financial interests, Feng Xunfen could easily refuse Chu Huan's purchase of his shares in Bank of East Asia.
But if Lawrence now has the bargaining chip, then things will be different.
After all, the Feng Xunfen Group had not yet encountered a financial crisis at this time, and Feng Xunfen also focused more on the political world.
"Director Chu's offer is really hard to refuse!" Feng Xifen said with a wry smile: "But Director Chu, I still want to say sorry to you. For our Feng Xifen Group, Bank of East Asia
It’s so important that I really can’t find a reason to sell my shares in Bank of East Asia!”
Chu Huan raised his eyebrows slightly. Unexpectedly, he took out the Lawrence card and the other party was still unwilling to sell the shares of Bank of East Asia.
"Feng Weng, if you think the two conditions I have given you now are not enough, you can make more requests. As long as they are not too excessive, I can agree to them!"
If it had been before, Chu Huan would no longer say anything to Feng Xunfen at this time. He would definitely acquire a large number of Bank of East Asia shares in the stock market, and then strive to join the Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia. At that time, the Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia would be
Each member of the team was attacked one by one.
By then, Chu Huan still has great hope of obtaining the operating rights of Bank of East Asia, and as long as Chu Huan can obtain the operating rights of Bank of East Asia, Chu Huan will be able to take over the shares of the Feng Xunfen family and Li Fushu family in Bank of East Asia.
Just take it as you like.
But now Chu Huan doesn't want to do this.
When Chu Huan first entered the Xiangjiang business world, both Cao Wenjin and Jian Yueqiang told Chu Huan.
The business environment in Xiangjiang is very empathetic.
It's just that Chu Huan was new to the business world in Xiangjiang, so he didn't have to worry about these hidden rules and ran rampant in the business world in Xiangjiang.
But things are different now. Chu Huan has already stood at the top of the Xiangjiang business world. In other words, Chu Huan has now become a vested interest in various unspoken rules of the Xiangjiang business world. Therefore, Chu Huan has also been a rule breaker from the beginning.
Became the current rule keeper.
Unless necessary, Chu Huan will not take the lead in breaking the rules of Xiangjiang's business community.
Feng Chenfen fell into silence. He did not expect that Chu Huan would be so persistent in the shares of Bank of East Asia. He did not want to give up the shares of Bank of East Asia, and at the same time, he did not want to have any conflicts with Chu Huan because of this matter. After all, Feng Chenfen now
Fen Group also has a lot of business from Chu Huan's Jiaku.
"Director Chu, you also know what the shares of the Bank of East Asia mean to our Feng Xianfen Group. If we lose the shares of the Bank of East Asia, it means that our Feng Xifen Group has lost its largest cash support. Unlike Director Chu, we
The cash flow on hand is limited, so if something goes wrong, it will be a devastating blow to our Feng Xunfen Group!"
At this time, Feng Xunfen no longer hid and hid from Chu Huan, but instead expressed his truest worries.
Chu Huan frowned slightly, not doubting Feng Xunfen's worry.
"If this is the case, I can assure Feng Weng that even if our Jiaku acquires the Feng family's shares in Bank of East Asia, if there is a problem with the Feng Group in the future, our Jiaku will definitely help. As long as
As long as Feng Weng is still in the Feng Group, then the Feng Group will be our long-term partner in Jiaku!"
Chu Huan did not guarantee that he would always take care of the Feng Group. In fact, even if Chu Huan said so, Feng Xifen would not believe it.
It’s better to explain everything clearly at this time!
Feng Xunfen was really moved this time. Although Bank of East Asia was rich, Feng Xifen believed that Bank of East Asia was definitely not as rich as Chu Huan.
More importantly, if we can take advantage of this incident to deepen cooperation with Jiaku, then the development of Feng Xunfen Group will definitely be better.
"Director Chu has said this. If I still don't agree, it would be really disrespectful to Director Chu!"
Finally, Feng Xifen made up his mind and decided to sell the shares of Bank of East Asia to Chu Huan.
Chu Huan breathed a sigh of relief. After acquiring the Feng Xunfen family's shares in Bank of East Asia, Chu Huan became the largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia. The next step was to seek to join the board of directors of Bank of East Asia.
"Thank you Feng Weng. I believe Feng Weng will not regret today's decision!"
After Feng Xunfen made the decision, he felt a lot more relaxed and said with a smile: "I think so too. If possible, our Feng Xunfen Group also very much hopes to cooperate with Director Chu's Jiaku!"
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "No problem, Feng Xifen Group has a long history in Xiangjiang, and we in Jiaku also hope to cooperate more with such consortiums!" Chu Huan followed the flow of the sermon.
: "If Feng Weng wants to cooperate with you at that time, you can contact Xu Yi directly!"
"If that's the case, that would be great!" Feng Xunfen also said happily.
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While Chu Huan and Feng Xunfen were discussing the acquisition of the Feng family's shares in Bank of East Asia, Roy Bentley and Shen Bi were also discussing Chu Huan's affairs at HSBC's headquarters.
"I received a call from Sandy before. He has once again rejected Chu Huan's acquisition of shares in Far East Bank."
Shen Bi said to Roy Bentley happily.
Why Sandy Aldama successively rejected Chu Huan’s acquisitions? One is that they are still confident in obtaining the operating rights of Far East Bank.
The second thing is that Sandy did not tell Chu Huan that he had already met with Shen Bi from HSBC Bank.
Shen Bi also personally expressed to Sandy his willingness to help Wanguo Baotong obtain the operating rights of Far East Bank.
It was precisely because of Shen Bi's promise that Sandy Aldama had greater confidence in this matter.
"Okay!" Roy Bentley was also very happy to hear the news, "As long as Chu Huan does not enter the local banking industry in Xiangjiang, we can still accept an Alde Commercial Bank."
This is actually not something they can accept or not, but this matter cannot be changed!
Of course, when they say it themselves, they definitely can't say that.
Shen Bi's happiness was only maintained for a moment, and then he continued: "But we can't take it lightly. Although Chu Huan cannot get Far East Bank, it does not mean that Chu Huan, another local bank in Xiangjiang, has no ideas. We still need to pay close attention to this matter.”
Roy Bentley nodded and said, "Didn't you make an appointment to play golf with Chu Huan? Then I think you can explore Chu Huan's tone."
Shen Bi nodded, was silent for a moment, and said: "Roy, the current situation is different from before. Chu Huan's Jiaku basically has no weaknesses in Xiangjiang. I think the relationship between HSBC and Chu Huan is The relationship should also undergo some changes!"
Roy Bentley looked at Shen Bi doubtfully and asked, "What do you think?"
Shen Bi said helplessly: "In the past, my idea was that Chu Huan should never be allowed to develop, because then Chu Huan's Jiaku would replace our HSBC as the largest company in Hong Kong, and it would also weaken our HSBC Strength of control over enterprises in Hong Kong.
The current situation has proven that my decision was correct. It can be seen from the real estate industry alone. Since Chu Huan announced the establishment of the real estate project investment department last year, our HSBC loan income on real estate projects has dropped by 20 percentage points in the same period. .
This was after the real estate industry in Xiangjiang entered a period of rapid development.
Nowadays, real estate companies in Xiangjiang are more willing to cooperate with Zhulu Real Estate than to lend money to HSBC. This matter is worth pondering. Only by offering more favorable conditions to them can HSBC regain the lost market.
But because Chu Huan's Jiaku has no weaknesses, we have no way to target it. I have been thinking recently that since we are no longer able to curb the development of Jiaku, we should strive for cooperation with Jiaku , only in this way can we, HSBC, develop better!"
Roy Bentley was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Shen Bi would have such thoughts now. You have to know why Chu Huan supported him in the first place. Wasn't it because of Shen Bi's targeting of Jiaku?
Now Shen Bi actually wants to cooperate with Jia Ku.
"Mr. Shen, although what you said makes sense, we at HSBC have never thought of cooperating with Chu Huan's Jiaku before. However, Chu Huan ran Jiaku like an iron wall and did not introduce external funds at all, so we There has been no way to deepen cooperation with Chu Huan's Jiaku. Now that Chu Huan is stronger, how can he bring in our HSBC funds?"
Faced with Roy Bentley's inquiry, Shen Bi obviously already had an idea.
"Before, Chu Huan's Jiaku actually formed a closed loop. Coupled with Chu Huan's massive funds, we naturally had no way to join. But it is different now. Chu Huan wants to enter the financial industry in Xiangjiang. In this industry, HSBC is still the well-deserved number one in Xiangjiang, and it is also the bank most trusted by Xiangjiang people.
And this kind of trust is deep-rooted and cannot be changed by one person in a short period of time.
So I think we still have a good chance of entering Chu Huan’s Alde Commercial Bank Xiangjiang Branch!”
Nowadays, Shen Bi no longer expects to bring HSBC into the management of the entire Jiaku. He just hopes that HSBC can become a shareholder of Alde Commercial Bank.
By then, Alde Commercial Bank Xiangjiang Branch will have HSBC's genes. No matter how Chu Huan develops Alde Commercial Bank in the future, HSBC will be able to reap dividends from it.
Facing Shen Bi's proposal, Roy Bentley said with some uncertainty: "Will Chu Huan introduce us to HSBC?"
Shen Bi said confidently: "I think the possibility is still very high. The financial industry is different from other industries, and Chu Huan also introduced Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Bank to Alder Commercial Bank in Japan!"
Roy Bentley asked: "Then what conditions are you prepared to use to deal with Chu Huan?"