Chapter 22: The Battle of Wharf

Wei Ming was in a very good mood after listening, "Okay, you have this heart, your father knows everything, and he will be very pleased" Wei Ming was very satisfied with Guo Yongren's answer.

"Yongren, what do you think about the future of Hong Kong" Wei Ming asked, don't look at Guo Yongren now has no industry, but he is also a member of a wealthy family, and he can still represent the opinions of some people.

"The reunification of the motherland is the wish of every Chinese son, and my father has told me a lot about this" Guo Yongren said this sentence with a serious face, Wei Ming nodded, yes, the Guo family still has a heart for the motherland.

The two chatted for a while, and their titles changed, Guo Yongren called Wei Ming Uncle Wei, and Wei Ming called Guo Yongren his nephew, and the relationship between the two was strengthened.

It was almost noon, Guo Yongren said goodbye and left, Wei Ming personally sent him downstairs, watching Guo Yongren leave in the car, Guo Yongren did not go home immediately, but went to Zhou Ji Restaurant for dinner.

Needless to say, Boss Zhou must be welcome, the same old way, still the same window position, still four dishes, one soup, two glasses of wine.

Guo Yongren still overpaid a tip of more than 100 yuan, and Boss Zhou personally delivered it to the door, and then transferred it to Fang Zhan's comrades-in-arms, bought more than a dozen cigarettes, and then returned home.

Guo Yongren's days continued to be regular, and exercising made his body begin to change again, and the original increase in height that had stopped was now starting again.

It turned out that it was suppressed by the unhappiness of business, and the pressure of being burdened in the bank, but now there is no suppression, coupled with systematic exercise, and nutritional supplements, the secondary development has begun.

Time flies quickly, it has entered June, during this time, Fang Bo has another job, that is, collecting newspapers, Guo Yongren ordered seven or eight newspapers to collect his own information.

At night, Guo Yongren was sleeping after reading the newspaper, and today was no exception, and he smiled after reading it, yes, this is about to start, and he is in a good mood, Bao Yugang has already left Hong Kong, and everything is developing according to the trajectory of history.

At the annual meeting of directors of Wharf in early June, the head of Jardine Matheson, Niu Bijian, asked the directors to introduce their recent major arrangements. Bao Yugang didn't suspect anything else, so he said his travel arrangements:

First went to Paris to attend the International Tanker Conference, and then Frankfurt to attend the Banking Conference (Bao Yugang is a director of HSBC).

Then pinch is London, he received a sincere invitation from the Chinese community in London to attend the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival, the villagers miss me, must go to see,

Finally, he flew to Mexico to chat with President Paudillo.

Niu Bijian, the head of Jardine Matheson, pinched his fingers and calculated, this trip is estimated to take more than ten days, and he is happy in his heart, and he is a godsend, so he holds the hand of the lord - I wish you a faster journey!

Before Bao Yu left, the Jardine Department began to raise ammunition, and as soon as the lord left, he immediately held a secret meeting to prepare to fire. After all, the Jardine Department is an old foreign company, and as soon as it strikes, it is an artillery onslaught.

On the morning of June 20, 1980, major newspapers in Hong Kong published huge advertisements for Jardine Matheson and its subsidiary, Hongkong Land, in which Jardine Matheson would exchange two new shares of Hongkong Land and a 10% weekly bond with a face value of HK$75.6, with a total market value of HK$100, for one Wharf stock. The current price of Wharf is HK$70, and the purchase price is HK$30 higher than the current price. Jardine is full of ambition.

The Wharf takeover war began, and the mountains shook for a while, the flames soared into the sky, and the whole Hong Kong was shaken.

The audience is dumbfounded, local tyrants!

That night, Guo Yongren looked at this report and laughed and shouted loudly, thank God for blessing, this time, there is no problem with his first pot of gold.

Bao Yugang is Bao Yugang after all, and after getting the news, he returned to Hong Kong immediately, and before getting on the plane, he talked to the head and deputy head of HSBC on the phone, and agreed to have breakfast together on the morning of the 21st.

As explained earlier, HSBC has huge interests in Bao Yugang's Global Group, and the reply is the second largest shareholder of Bao Yugang's Global Group, so although HSBC and Jardine Matheson are both British-funded foreign banks, their own interests are the first.

On the morning of the 21st, when the brothers met, Bao Yugang got a loan of HK $1.5 billion from HSBC, which shows how deep the connection between HSBC and Bao Yugang is.

"Lao Bao, I checked, there are customers in our securities department who hold 7 million shares of Wharf stock, you can receive it directly," Shen Congee, chairman of HSBC, took a sip of milk and said to Bao Yugang.

Bao Yugang was overjoyed, at this time, these seven million shares played a great role, "Lao Shen, you bother, I will meet him today and strive to take it directly" Bao Yugang said affirmatively, not dragging his feet at all

"Okay, let's go back to the bank now, I'll help you ask him over" Shen Congee didn't say a word, he agreed directly, and replied that he was the second largest shareholder of Bao Yugang Global Group, and he had vital interests and had to be helped.

The three of them didn't eat anymore, and returned to the bank directly, and the deputy head went to handle the loan business, and Shen Congee started to call in his office.

Guo Yongren's phone number is available in the securities department, Shen Congee wants to know very easily, it is not very long, the phone is connected, "Hello, this is Guo Fu" An old voice came.

"Hello, I'll look for Mr. Guo Yongren," Shen Congee asked politely

"May I ask where you are," Uncle Fang, who answered the phone, asked

"I'm from HSBC, and I'm looking for Mr. Guo Yongren in an emergency," Shen Congee said directly, reporting the name of HSBC, this year, there are not many people in Hong Kong who dare not to give HSBC face

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll call the young master" Uncle Fang said, put down the phone, and went to find Guo Yongren

Bao Yugang, who was sitting opposite Shen Congee, heard it very clearly, Guo Yongren, muttered in his mouth, Guo Fu, who will it be, the surname Guo he knows, there is no one named Guo Yongren, this is certain.

Forget it, no matter, as long as he is willing to sell the stock, then there is no problem, now is not the time to get to the bottom of it, now every minute is urgent for himself.

When Guo Yongren heard what Uncle Fang said, his face was full of joy, knowing that what he was waiting for was coming, he took a few deep breaths, went downstairs, and went to answer the phone.

"Hello, I'm Guo Yongren, who are you" Guo Yongren's voice came, very calm

"Hello, I'm Shen Congee, the chairman of HSBC, can you come over now, I want to talk to you about the Wharf stock in your hand, someone wants to buy it at a high price" Shen Congee didn't hide it, and went straight to the point.

"It's Wharf stock again," Guo Yongren said deliberately, paused for a moment, and did not speak immediately

The two people on the opposite side heard this word, and the two of them were nervous, at this time, they cared about Wharf stocks, but they were Yihe and Bao Yugang, and Bao Yugang was here, so it was self-evident.