This night in Xiangjiang is destined to be a sleepless night!
Just when the people of Hong Kong thought that their nightlife was coming to an end, a number of top oil tankers suddenly appeared in the Victoria Harbor of Hong Kong. Some people walking at night noticed this and became very curious.
But what happened next on these yachts shocked everyone who saw the scene.
Dozens of yachts lined up in a row, and then...the sky was filled with fireworks!
These fireworks lit up the dark night and shocked people's hearts.
Fireworks all over the sky bloomed on the yacht and then rose into the sky as if they were free of charge.
Those who had fallen asleep were also awakened by the shocking fireworks. They opened the curtains and saw this grand scene in the world.
Did you sleep until the Spring Festival?
Subconsciously, these people all thought so, and some even took out their calendars, only to realize that it was still tonight!
So, where do these starry sky fireworks come from?
There is a question mark in everyone’s mind!
At the same time, all the people on duty at the newspaper office received a call at this time. They did not sleep because they were still waiting for a call from Jardine or Chinese Real Estate.
When these people received the call from Chinese Real Estate, they immediately called the printing house to tell them the content of the front page headlines they had prepared.
All printing factories in Xiangjiang are destined to have a sleepless night tonight!
The fireworks at Victoria Harbor started in the early morning and lasted for exactly three hours. Afterwards, some people calculated that the cost of this fireworks show alone was at least 2 million Hong Kong dollars!
After enjoying the fireworks show all night, a question mark rose in everyone's mind!
what is this?
The morning sunshine always makes people feel comfortable, and the slightly salty air makes every Xiangjiang person who gets up early take a deep breath. They understand that this is another busy day!
However, there are still some people who immediately found the newsstand closest to their home. They wanted to know what the fireworks show was for early this morning. At the same time, they also wanted to know whether there would be anything about the Jardine Matheson acquisition today.
announcement of the case.
Liu Luanxiong is also one of them. The project of Chinese Real Estate to acquire Jardine Land is so big that Liu Luanxiong cannot participate at all.
But this did not prevent him from paying attention to this matter. At the same time, he also knew about the fireworks show in Victoria Harbor last night. Thinking of this time, Liu Luanxiong subconsciously thought that something important must have happened in the newspapers today.
At this time, Liu Luanxiong was not a well-known businessman in Xiangjiang in later generations. He was just the owner of a fan factory. He could not afford to drive a Rolls-Royce or even a Mercedes-Benz.
So Liu Luanxiong was driving a Ford at this time!
He got up early, left his residence directly without eating breakfast, drove his Ford car to a newsstand near his home.
"Boss, one copy..."
Before Liu Luanxiong could finish speaking, he had already seen the "True Daily News" placed in the most conspicuous position on the newsstand, with the headline on the front page clearly written.
"The most splendid fireworks in the history of Xiangjiang, the largest acquisition in the history of Xiangjiang!"
Throwing the coin in his hand to the newsstand owner, Liu Luanxiong directly picked up a copy of "True Daily News" and started reading it.
"The largest and most shocking commercial acquisition in the history of Hong Kong business, which is enough to change the pattern of Hong Kong, has officially ended. According to the latest news from this newspaper, Chinese Real Estate's acquisition of Jardine and Land has officially ended. The shares of both groups held by Chinese Real Estate have exceeded
0%, officially becoming its largest shareholder.
Mr. Wen Mingzhang, the president of Chinese Real Estate, specifically asked this newspaper to publish the news that the work of taking over the two groups will be officially launched today. He hopes that all directors of Jardine will go to the Jardine headquarters in Kangle Building at nine o'clock this morning for a meeting.
In addition, all directors of Land will go to Land's headquarters for a meeting at two o'clock this afternoon!
Finally, Chinese Land also announced that in order to thank Xiangjiang shareholders for their support to the two consortiums, Jardine Matheson and Land,
Dividends will be paid to shareholders of the two groups before the New Year in January next year, HK$1 per share for Jardine Matheson and HK$1 per share for Land..."
Looking at the contents of the newspaper in his hand, Liu Luanxiong could clearly feel his body trembling slightly.
This is exciting!
Although Liu Luanxiong had no sense of participation in this matter, for him, it felt like witnessing history.
In fact, it is not just Liu Luanxiong who has such an idea.
The Hong Kong Economic Journal on the newsstand had this report with the title "Witnessing history, Chinese Real Estate officially completed the acquisition of Jardine Matheson Land!"
Holding the newspaper in his hand, Liu Luanxiong looked into the distance. The streets of Xiangjiang in the early morning were already busy with cars, buses, rickshaws, and pedestrians.
"Hong Kong has changed!"
Liu Luanxiong returned to his car, started the car, and headed directly towards his factory!
At this moment in Xiangjiang, there are countless people saying the same thing as Liu Luanxiong.
"Hong Kong has changed!"
As the core of this incident, the Chinese community was naturally in a joyful atmosphere at this time.
Tsar Huo, Mr. He and others had already left after receiving a call from Chu Huan early this morning. They congratulated Chu Huan in their own way.
But for Jiaku, after having fun, there is busy work.
After all, if you want to successfully take over Jardine Matheson, one of the largest consortiums in Hong Kong, including its subsidiary Land, this is a very tedious task for any consortium.
So last night, Emperor Huo, Mr. He and others left, but Cao Yunshang and the others were working all night, and now a high-level meeting of Jiaku was held immediately.
Although it was announced to the outside world that Chinese Real Estate was acquiring Jardine and Land, in fact, without the help of Jiaku, Chinese Real Estate would not have been able to digest Jardine and Land in a short period of time!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, Cao Yunshang wanted to hold this meeting after Chu Huan came back, but Chu Huan said that since the acquisition has been completed, it must be completed before 1979
Takeover of Jardine and Land.
It’s less than a week away from New Year’s Day of 1980!
So Chu Huan asked Cao Yunshang to represent him fully and convened this Jiaku high-level meeting.
Of course, as the nominal successor, Wen Mingzhang of Chinese Real Estate and other senior executives of Chinese Real Estate also attended this meeting.
The huge conference room was filled with more than twenty people sitting in meditation, and everyone's eyes were focused on the core position.
The person sitting here before was Chu Huan, but now Chu Huan is still in London and has not returned, so the person sitting there now is Cao Yunchang.
"Everyone, although you have already heard the outcome of the matter through phone calls before, I still want to tell you in person that Chinese Land has officially become the largest shareholder of Jardine Matheson Land. At the same time, the group has also decided,
The specific affairs of taking over Jardine Land will be officially launched today!"
Cao Yunshang sat there with a smile on his face, but his eyes were very calm.
A few hours had given her enough time to release her joy.
Bang bang bang!!!!!
Warm applause erupted in the conference room. Not only did Cao Yunshang need to announce the news to everyone present, but they themselves also needed to hear the result with their own ears on such an occasion.
"The reason why the meeting is advanced is because we have to coordinate with President Wen Mingzhang to go to Jardine for a meeting. Today is the first day we take over Jardine. We can't let Jardine's board of directors say we are being arrogant!"
Cao Yunshang made a little joke.
There was laughter one after another in the conference room.
"Everyone, we have had a phone call with Director Chu early this morning. He will take a charter flight back to Xiangjiang today, so we still have a meeting to hold tomorrow, but don't worry, tomorrow's meeting will be after you go to work normally.
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Cao Yunshang has perfectly controlled the rhythm of the scene.
Later, Cao Yunshang asked Xu Yi: "Mr. Xu, have you completed the review of the talents that Director Chu asked you to prepare in Jiaku?"
Before the soldiers and horses were mobilized, food and grass went first. Chu Huan had already asked Xu Yi to start selecting the management personnel from the Jiaku talent pool to work for Jardine and Land a long time ago.
This screening is not only limited to the talent pool of Jiaku itself, but also includes the management personnel of all subsidiaries of the entire Jiaku system.
So this is a job with a huge workload.
Xu Yi nodded seriously and said: "The screening has been completed, now we are waiting for Mr. Wen to officially take over Jardine and Land!"
Cao Yunshang nodded, then looked at Wen Mingzhang and asked, "Mr. Wen, have you contacted Niu Bijian about taking over Yihe and Land?"
Wen Mingzhang's face was rosy at this time, and there was no trace of a man who had not slept all night. In the past, Chinese Real Estate was actually a company with a very weak presence in the Jiaku Department.
After all, at that time, Chinese Real Estate was just a joint stock management company, and there was no way to compare it with other companies in the Jiaku family.
But at this moment, it is completely different. Although Jardine and Land are still unable to compare with other subsidiaries of Jiaku in terms of profits, the significance of Jardine and Land is really too important.
From now on, Chinese Professionals will be the most prestigious and powerful consortium in Hong Kong!
"We have already contacted you. Although the other party is not in a very good mood, he has also expressed that he will definitely cooperate with our work!"
Cao Yunshang smiled and said: "It's understandable that you feel bad, and we don't need to be too harsh!"
The Chinese Bank was full of laughter and laughter, but there was no such atmosphere at Yihe and Land.
In fact, in the early hours of this morning, when Newbijian received a call from Henry Keswick, the mood of Newbijian and others was even more difficult to describe.
I thought I was sure of victory, but it turned out to be a complete defeat!
Such a psychological gap made it impossible for them to accept it in the first place.
Henry Keswick was even asked several times if this was true.
But the answer they got was affirmative. Even after they hung up the phone, when they recalled the conversation they had just had with Henry Keswick, Henry Keswick's tone was full of loneliness!
It is strange that Henry Keswick's tone is not lonely!
Although to the outside world, Jardine has been founded for more than a hundred years, in fact the history of Jardine can be traced back to 17@
This officially took over Jardine.
Then, under a series of operations by the Keswick family, Jardine Matheson and Land completed the mutual equity control situation.
It can be said that it has not been many years since the Keswick family officially took over Jardine, and it has only been 31 years as of this year, but the planning involved is not enough for outsiders to understand.
Now, seeing the country that his fathers worked so hard for change hands like this, Henry Keswick is really... so angry that he is about to collapse.
To this day, he can clearly feel the angry feeling that trembled all over his body when he received the call from George Thomas.
At that moment he felt like he was about to suffocate!
But everything is useless. Without the support of the British government, he can only choose to accept the result helplessly!
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Government House!
MacLehose had the habit of doing morning exercises, but this morning, MacLehose changed his habit. As soon as he got up, he asked the servant in the mansion to fetch this morning's newspaper.
Although he had received a call from Mrs. Thatcher last night and knew what happened.
But today he still wanted to read what was in the newspaper.
Very good, neither newspaper reported anything about the protest at the gate of the Hong Kong Government House last night.
"Have all those people outside the Hong Kong Governor's Office left?"
MacLehose asked his secretary.
The secretary nodded and said, "In less than half an hour after you received Ying Lun's call early this morning, those people left one after another!"
Having said this, MacLehose's secretary paused, as if he was hesitant to speak.
MacLehose asked, "Is there anything you want to say?"
The secretary said: "The time when those people left was such a coincidence. I think they must have acted in an organized manner."
MacLehose chuckled. He already knew this conclusion last night, but at the same time, such efficiency made MacLehose understand one thing very well, that is, what Chu Huan wants to do in Xiangjiang
The execution ability is really high!
Those people yesterday must have been deceived. It is impossible that all of them are Chu Huan's people, but these people can be persuaded to leave by Chu Huan's people again after the matter has been concluded...
....
"I guess that's the reason!"
MacLehose saw the news in the newspaper that Chinese Real Estate announced that it would pay dividends to Jardine Matheson and Land shareholders at the end of this year.
"But this is also good. At least after Chu Huan completed the acquisition of Jardine and Land, he no longer thought about delisting and privatizing like other companies in the past."
Whether it is Jardine Matheson or Land, their positions in the Xiangjiang stock market are too important. If calculated based on Chu Huan's purchase price, these two groups are the two companies with the highest market value in the Xiangjiang stock market.
More than HSBC!
It is true that with the completion of Chu Huan's acquisition, the stock prices of these two companies will definitely fall, but with Chu Huan as a big tree, it is conceivable that even if the stock prices of these two groups fall, they will not be as bad as
Wharf fell so seriously.
With the completion of Bao's acquisition of Wharf, Wharf's stock price has completely begun to fall.
At that time, Bao's purchase price of Wharf stock was HK$110 per share. The day after Bao completed the acquisition of Wharf, Wharf's share price fell to 74. The price per share of Hong Kong dollars was even as low as
to HK$7 per share.
It dropped by 3 Hong Kong dollars compared to Bao Yugang’s purchase price!
Land and Jardine Matheson will definitely experience such declines now, but for MacLehose, it actually has nothing to do with it. As long as these two consortiums are still on the Hong Kong stock market, then this represents the daily transactions of the Hong Kong stock market.
The quantity is still there.
Especially since these two groups are the only listed groups under Chu Huan's name, MacLehose believes that Xiangjiang stockholders must be very enthusiastic about the stocks of these two groups!
"Remember, this morning, contact Xu Yi from Jiaku and tell him that if Chu Huan comes back
When you arrive in Xiangjiang, please inform us as soon as possible. I want to make an appointment with Chu Huan in person!"
MacLehose's secretary noticed that his boss used "please!"
"knew!"
MacLehose nodded and made an appointment with Chu Huan at this time. Firstly, he wanted to discuss the future development of Hong Kong with Chu Huan. At the same time, he also asked Chu Huan not to do anything while he was the governor of Hong Kong.
Delist Jardine and Land and privatize them!
"By the way, have you notified the meeting schedule of the Hong Kong Governor's Office this morning?"
The secretary nodded and said: "We have been notified!"
Mai Lihao sighed. He was thinking the same thing. Chu Huan won and Xia Dingji resigned. Just when he received a call from Mrs. Thatcher early this morning, Mrs. Thatcher did not explicitly tell Mai Lihao on the phone.
Li Hao wants to remove Xia Dingji.
But he also said that when Xia Dingji was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, he seemed to have made no achievements. Not only did he make no achievements, he also often made some mistakes.
The words were not said clearly, but the meaning was clear!
However, the core issue of MacLehose's Hong Kong Governor's meeting this time was actually to discuss the selection of Xia Dingji's successor!
"Hong Kong has changed!"
MacLehose uttered this sentence that has been said by many people today!
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"Have you contacted Xu Yi?"
Li Fuzhao, the president of the Far Eastern Association, was walking back and forth in his office at this time, with a ferocious look on his face, looking at his secretary eagerly.
The secretary replied: "Not yet. Xu Yi's secretary said that Xu Yi is currently attending a meeting in Jiaku and has no time to answer the phone!"
That's right, as Chu Huan's secretary Xu Yi, she actually has her own secretary...
"Then have you told the other party that after Xu Yi's meeting is over, we will go to visit her?"
Li Fuzhao asked loudly.
The secretary replied with some trepidation: "I have told the other party about this, but the other party said that Xu Yi will be very busy today. As for whether to meet with us, they are not sure yet!"
"Trash!" Li Fuzhao glared at his secretary. This "trash" was naturally referring to his secretary. Even at this time, Li Fuzhao was not angry because Xu Yi didn't have time to see him.
Because Li Fuzhao understands that Xiangjiang has changed!
"We must contact Xu Yi as soon as possible. We must know how Jiaku arranged the two groups, Jardine and Land, although I think Chu Huan most likely will not delist these two groups and privatize them.
, but we still have to confirm this news personally from Jiaku’s mouth!”
In fact, both Jardine and Land are not listed on the Far East Club, but on the Heung Kong Club.
But now, the voices for the union of the four associations in Hong Kong are getting louder and louder, and Li Fuzhao has already regarded himself as the helmsman of the future union of the four associations.
Therefore, Li Fuzhao will never want Land and Jardine to be delisted and privatized. If this is the case, the impact on the Hong Kong stock market will be too great.
"Then I'll call the other party and ask again?" the secretary asked cautiously.
There is no one in the entire Far East Association who is not afraid of Li Fuzhao. Many people even call Li Fuzhao privately the Patriarch and Principal Li!
It’s because the other party is majestic enough!
Li Fuzhao glared at his secretary again, "Trash, you know that the other party is very busy at this time, even if you call again, will the other party be willing to give you a definite answer?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The secretary shrank his neck slightly and did not dare to speak.
"Forget it, I'll go up and wait in person and see when Xu Yi has time to see me!"
After saying that, Li Fuzhao picked up his coat and left his office.
Looking at the back of Li Fuzhao walking out of the office, his secretary couldn't help but sigh, Xiangjiang has really changed. Otherwise, how could their principal Li, who is the only one in the world, go to Jiaku in person?
Waiting for Chu Huan’s secretary to have time to see him!
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The meeting in Jiaku was over, and everyone went to do their own business. After asking Cao Yunshang for instructions, Wen Mingzhang also went to Yihe for a meeting.
Xu Yi followed Cao Yunshang to Chu Huan's office.
"Madam, now that the matter is over and you haven't rested all night, why not go to the boss's room to have a rest first. If anything happens, I'll come back to you!"
Xu Yi preached to Cao Yunshang.
Since Cao Yunshang came to the Chinese Bank yesterday morning, she has not rested for even a minute!
Cao Yunshang sat back on the sofa, stretched his neck, and said with a smile: "No, there must be a lot of things to deal with here. I hope that by the time Brother Huan comes back, we will have at least completed our work."
Everything that can be accomplished!"
Xu Yi advised: "Then you should at least wash up first!"
Cao Yunshang stood up on the sofa and said with a smile: "You really should wash up."
Xu Yidao: "Then I'll ask someone to bring breakfast!"
Cao Yunshang nodded, "You should also eat together. I haven't rested all day and night. Aren't you the same way?"
Xu Yi smiled and said: "Thank you, madam!"
Then one of them went to the lounge of Chu Huan's office, and the other left the office.
But half an hour later, the two of them were sitting together in the office again, eating breakfast.
"Madam, the company's phone number is almost buzzing now. People are either asking when the boss will come back or seeking cooperation. Even Li Fuzhao from the Far East Club has been waiting in the reception room for 0 minutes. Do you want to see him?
one side?"
Xu Yi took a bite of the buns and then asked Cao Yunshang.
Cao Yunshang smiled and said, "He actually came to see you, right?"
Xu Yi smiled awkwardly, Li Fuzhao did come to see him, but now that Cao Yunshang was in the company, he should tell Cao Yunshang about Li Fuzhao's visit.
Although, Cao Yunshang does not have any position in Jiaku.
But just from the fact that after Chu Huan left Xiangjiang, he left all the affairs of Jiaku to Cao Yunshang, we can see that Chu Huan trusted Cao Yunshang.
"I remember when I first met Xu Yi, Brother Huan told me that you were a love brain!" Cao Yunshang suddenly laughed.
This made Xu Yi even more embarrassed, his face turned red, and he said: "Madam, that is the boss who is slandering me!"
Cao Yunshang smiled and said: "But now you are a well-known strong woman in the business community in Xiangjiang. No one will say such things anymore. In fact, even Brother Huan told me that if the company does not have you, it must be
There will be chaos!"
Xu Yi was a little confused about what Cao Yunshang meant, but she was secretly glad that the relationship between her and her boss Chu Huan was innocent. Otherwise, just these words really left her at a loss to explain.
Already.
"Don't be nervous. What I'm saying is actually to tell you that although I am responsible for this matter, in fact, I do not have any position or shares in Jiaku, and I probably will not have any in the future.
So you are still helping Brother Huan with the Jiaku matter. Just like the matter with Li Fuzhao coming now, you should be responsible for it. Don’t worry about my relationship here!"
Cao Yunshang smiled and said to Xu Yi.
After listening to Cao Yunshang's words, Xu Yi sighed: "The boss is so lucky to have found you as his wife!"
Cao Yunshang also laughed after hearing this.
Xu Yi said curiously: "I don't know how the boss is celebrating this!"