Not long after returning to the office of Jiuding Newspaper Company, Xia Yu got another piece of good news, Lin Shanyuan and others had analyzed the Jardine Consortium clearly.

Xia Yu couldn't wait to come to the economic research room and found Lin Shanyuan.

"Xia Sheng, this is the information that has been sorted out. ”

Seeing Xia Yu striding in, Lin Shanyuan smiled, picked up a large stack of materials that had just been packed up and handed it to Xia Yu and said.

Xia Yu took it with a smile, looked at it a few times at random, and probably had a bottom in his heart.

He smiled and said, "Professor Lin, your efficiency is very fast!"

When Lin Shanyuan heard this, he smiled heartily and explained: "The volume of Jardine Matheson is too large, and there are many companies, when I was doing the "Economy" magazine before, the Jardine Matheson Consortium was the focus of exploration, and most of these materials were collected a long time ago, otherwise, where would it be in a few days. ”

Xia Yu nodded silently, shook the information in his hand, and said to Lin Shanyuan: "You guys continue to be busy, I'll take a good look!"

"Xia Sheng, go slowly!"

After taking the information, Xia Yu returned to his office and began to understand the details of Jardine.

Although this stack of materials has been cut and screened by the Economic Research Office, it is still at least one centimeter thick, which shows the complexity of the situation and the strength of the Jardine Matheson Foundation.

Without further ado, Xia Yu took a sip of tea and quietly checked it.

"Rustle...... Rustle......"

With the sound of paper rubbing, time flew by, and before I knew it, two hours had passed.

"Xia Yu, do you want to take a break, your eyes will not be able to stand it after watching it for so long. ”

Seeing Xia Yu blink his eyes vigorously a few times, Li Qian, who was quietly staying aside and reading, came over and said distressedly.

"It's okay, I'm just done reading it!"

Xia Yu said with a smile, then closed his eyes and thought.

Seeing this, Li Qian walked behind Xia Yu and helped him press his temples.

Feeling the soft and warm touch coming from the back of his head, Xia Yu's heart relaxed, and he twisted his head playfully, making Li Qian's chest tremble violently.

"Oh, it's weird again, don't move, okay?"

Li Qian endured the strangeness and said coquettishly, but the movements in her hands did not stop, and continued to help Xia Yu press and rub her temples to relax.

Xia Yu didn't make any more jokes, quietly enjoying Li Qian's comfort, his brain was spinning wildly, and one by one the companies and related information of the Jardine Department skimmed through his mind.

The Jardine Matheson Consortium is the largest giant in Xiangjiang, with a huge number of companies, involving all walks of life, and reaching into thousands of households.

Although in the rankings, the Jardine Matheson Group, which best represents the strength of the Jardine Matheson consortium, is only ranked second, below HSBC.

But to think that HSBC is stronger than Jardine Matheson is a big mistake!

The market value of Jardine Matheson Group is not as high as HSBC, but there are also many companies on the list under the Jardine Matheson Group, such as Hongkong Land in fifth place, Wharf in 28th place, and more than a dozen companies in the top 100.

Between 100 and 500, there are dozens of companies established by the Jardine Matheson Group or belonging to its subsidiaries!

Although most of them are shareholdings and a small number of holdings, in terms of influence, Jardine Matheson Group is indeed no worse than HSBC!

In terms of finance, there is Jardine Insurance, as well as 46% of the shares, BK, and a number of other banks and securities companies with a stake.

In terms of retail department stores, the most obvious is the dairy company, which originally belonged to Chinese businessmen, but was robbed by Jardine Matheson in 1972 and then privatized.

The Dairy Farm Company has a lot of land, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the king of the land in Xiangjiang, but most of the land is not utilized, but it is drilled into retail department stores, and the first supermarket in Xiangjiang is opened by the Dairy Farm Company.

In terms of mechanical engineering, Jardine Matheson Matheson Machinery Group, founded in 1923, is one of the core companies of the Jardine Matheson Group, which specialises in the provision of electrical, mechanical and building technology service providers, product and procurement, contract engineering and technical services for the building, energy, transport and infrastructure industries throughout Asia.

In terms of construction works, the landmark is the subsidiary Gammon Construction Co., Ltd., which was also snatched by Jardine Matheson and privatized in 1975, and the famous Golden Gate Building in Hong Kong was rebuilt after Gammon Construction bought the Admiralty Barracks, and Gammon Construction is now the main contractor of many construction projects in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region, commonly known as the Grand Judge.

In the automobile manufacturing and trading industry, there is the Jardine Motor Group, which is mainly engaged in manufacturing, which owns Indonesia's largest car manufacturer and motorcycle manufacturer, and the automobile distribution company Renfu Hong Co., Ltd., which ranks among the top three in Hong Kong in the field of automobile sales and service, and is very strong, but it is worth mentioning that Renfu Hong Co., Ltd. was also acquired by Jardine Matheson in 1973.

In terms of real estate, not to mention, Hongkong Land Group and Wharf Group, Jardine Matheson's left arm and right arm.

In addition, there are two major property management companies, Zhibang Property and Yigao Property, as well as a number of property companies in Southeast Asia.

In terms of shipping, there are three most conspicuous companies, Jardine Matheson Shipping, Jardine Air Cargo Terminal and Jardine Airport Services, which are outstanding in various fields.

In terms of catering, Jardine Catering Group, whether it is KFC or McDonald's, has been won by Jardine Catering Group, so Jardine Catering Group is also a hegemon in the field of catering services!

In addition to some of the core companies mentioned above, the Jardine Matheson Group also has a stake in a number of companies.

Since entering 1970, Jardine Matheson has made great strides in development, acquiring and annexing other enterprises, and at the same time constantly establishing new subsidiaries.

However, although the strength of the Jardine Consortium is strong, Xia Yu is not afraid, because there are many weaknesses of Jardine Matheson!

Where did such a large amount of money come from?

Part of it is bank loans, some part is the profit of business operations, but some part is the income from letting its companies go public and cash out!

Cashing out will reduce the equity of its enterprises, but it can't let the enterprises lose control, so Jardine Matheson has engaged in cross-holding.

Jardine Matheson Holdings holds the Jardine Group, and the Jardine Matheson Group holds other enterprises.

In addition, Jardine Matheson holds a portion of the company, which in turn holds a portion of the company, and Jardine Pacific holds a portion of the holdings.

In this way, under the cross-shareholding, it can achieve control over its subsidiaries while holding a small number of shares.

But after so many years, there is still a problem!

According to historical development, under the rapid development of the strength of Chinese businessmen, the Keswick family found the crisis and established a third holding company, Jardine Matheson Strategy, in 1980, allowing Jardine Matheson Holdings, Jardine Matheson Strategy, and Jardine Pacific to cross-hold shares and maintain their rule and resist the acquisition of Chinese businessmen.

However, it was 1978, and the Jardine Matheson strategy had not emerged, so there was a natural opportunity.

After thinking about it, Xia Yu has selected two sniper targets, these two targets are not difficult to operate and are not small, but they are also within Xia Yu's tolerance, and they are the core enterprises of the Jardine Matheson Consortium.

When the time comes, as long as you do it, you can definitely make Jardine chickens fly and dogs jump!

"Those are the two goals!"

Xia Yu picked out the information of the two targets, looked at the names on them, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.