Andrew's two-week trip to Hong Kong has been put back on the agenda and will be there in two days.

Before heading to Hong Kong, Andrew visited Chelsea Football Club and held a meeting of the club's top management.

At the meeting, Andrew re-outlined the responsibilities of the club's various departments and set out the targets.

The Athletic Department, which is in charge of the team's competitive competitions, aims to regain promotion to the First Division this season. And set up a £300,000 upgrade bonus.

The marketing department is in charge of all business development of the team, ticket sales, advertising sponsorship, fan goods sales, etc. The goal for this season is to reduce losses. And set up a stage bonus to reduce losses.

The Youth Training Department is in charge of youth training teams at all levels, sets up an independent youth training budget, increases investment in youth training, and increases the youth training budget by 10% every year.

In addition, a fan affairs department is set up, and the heads of fan groups are invited to participate in the affairs of the fan affairs department, understand the demands of fans, and enhance the affinity of the team.

After taking care of the Chelsea Football Club, Andrew flew to Hong Kong on 2 September.

In the afternoon of the next day, at the chairman's office on the top floor of the Golden Gate Building in Hong Kong, Mr. Henry reported to Andrew on the first-half results of the three companies in Hong Kong and related matters.

Victory Financial Deposit Company, with a total deposit of 210 million Hong Kong dollars in the first half of the year, continued to invest in the Hong Kong stock market through Andrew's successful investment company, and held a market value of 240 million Hong Kong dollars in the first half of the year, with a 12% increase in funds. It has now moved to the Golden Gate Building.

Victory Securities, whose headquarters has also moved to Gammon Building, now has two business offices, located on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. The profit in the first half of the year totaled 14 million Hong Kong dollars.

In the first half of the year, the original general contracting business of construction in the first half of the year shrank sharply, and the business volume fell by 40%, especially in the Nanyang area, the business volume fell by more than 60%.

Fortunately, the construction general contracting business in the Middle East was launched in a timely manner, and in the first half of the year, it contracted 100 million pounds of highway construction supporting projects in Saudi Arabia. Gammon Construction lost a total of HK$9 million in the first half of the year.

After listening to Mr. Henry's report, Andrew was quite satisfied and thanked Mr. Henry for his hard work. I don't really care about the loss of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars in the first half of the year of Gammon Construction, after all, it has just been acquired for half a year, and the company has not been completely straightened out.

But he was concerned about the reasons for the sharp decline in Gammon's construction business and asked Mr. Henry if he had any findings.

In this regard, Mr. Henry had already prepared and came up with an investigation report.

1. The original cooperative relationship between Gammon Construction and Hongkong Land was unilaterally terminated by Hongkong Land.

2. The Gammon family, the former major shareholders of Hongkong Land and Gammon Construction, set up a new Kinmen Construction Company in Singapore, and with the strong support of Hongkong Land Nubi, poached the company's talents and grabbed market share.

3. With the current political and business heritage of Gammon Construction, it is difficult to resist the market impact of the new Gammon Construction Company in the traditional business area.

After reading the investigation report on the sharp decline of Gammon's construction business, Andrew pondered, it seems that Gammon Construction's troubles are not small!

If you fight for a tough tone, it's not impossible, at most it's a lose-lose situation, and Andrew can bear a loss of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. But if you have such a tough confrontation, you will have to invest a lot of money, which will affect next year's investment gold plan, which is a bit more than worth the loss!

If Gammon takes a step back for the time being, it is wiser from the perspective of interests. But I was so angry and defeated like this!

Andrew, who couldn't figure it out for a while, didn't make a blind decision. He said that he still had to think about it, and asked Mr. Henry to handle the company's affairs by himself, and then decide the problems faced by Gammon Construction.

After Mr. Henry stepped down, Andrew was once again caught in the trade-off between the interests and the righteousness of Gammon Construction.

After a long time of thinking about a decision, but still not being able to make a final decision. This made Andrew's mood irritable, and he couldn't help but curse softly: Damn, Landmark New Bijian and New Golden Gate Buildings are really making trouble for themselves.

Sensing that he was not in a good state now, Andrew stood up and walked to the window to look down the floor.

At this time, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was shining on the streets, and the heat was still scorching, but there were still many company employees who were in a hurry to sweat.

looked at the figure of the company staff downstairs hurriedly sweating and hurrying away. Andrew couldn't help but sigh, yes, all the hard work is to create a better life.

And isn't your own desire to be independent and not to work for the sake of life? Reaching your goal early is victory.

Why bother to deal with the gang of Hongkong Land and New Golden Gate Construction? After a few years, when you have achieved your goal and have two or three billion pounds of money, wouldn't it be more fun to look back and play with them in a heartbeat?

Having straightened his mind, Andrew made a decision on the issue of the Golden Gate building:

First, the Golden Gate building should be named Pan-Asian architecture.

Second, the strength and energy of the Nanyang region will be transferred back to fully protect and open up the huge construction market in the Middle East.

Third, in the Hong Kong construction market, deepen the cooperative relationship with Chinese-funded real estate companies, and carry out all-round cooperation. Set up your own real estate company, build and operate yourself. Fifth, it is necessary to strengthen the introduction of talented people of Chinese descent and make preparations for opening up the mainland market in the future.

After thinking about it in the middle of the afternoon, Andrew felt physically and mentally exhausted, and it seemed that he had to form a team of his own think tank to help him deal with the company's affairs.

After a short break, Andrew called Mr. Henry to discuss it, informed him of his plan for the Golden Gate building, and asked him to come and see it together.

After careful discussion, the two made some modifications and additions on the basis of Andrew's treatment plan:

First, for the long-term consideration, the power in the Nanyang region retains the basic framework in order to maintain a certain influence of the company in the local area.

2. Strengthen the power of public relations, intelligence and public opinion in Hong Kong and the Middle East.

Third, hire a professional manager who is proficient in construction engineering to take charge of the construction company's business.

It was decided on the matters of Pan Asian Architecture, and the specific matters were arranged and carried out by Mr. Henry. Andrew, who was relaxed, contacted his old friend Shen Bi and agreed to visit him at home in the evening.

Shen Bi, who has been rooted in HSBC in Hong Kong for many years, has huge connections in Hong Kong, whether it is the company's strengthening of political and business relations, or hiring his own Hong Kong think tank team members, Shen Bi has to be matched.

I prepared an antique watch of Longines and asked someone to do something, and my heart was coming. In the evening, when he came to Shen Bi's house, old friends met, gave gifts, and ridiculed, Shen Bi asked Andrew to call him senior.

Knowing that Shen Bi had not graduated from Oxford University, he joined the World War II army. Andrew pretended to be stupid and asked Shen Bi what class he graduated from Oxford, and Andrew got a block from Shen Bi's palm to punish him.

After a while of chatting and bragging, Andrew and Shen Bi talked about the difficulties of the newly renamed Pan-Asian building and asked for help.

Shen Bi still knows a lot about the situation after Andrew's acquisition of Gammon Construction. Now Andrew, an old friend and apprentice, came to ask for help and learn from the experience, Shen Bi couldn't help but help, so he agreed to Andrew's request for help.

In Hong Kong, most people in the political and business circles will sell him some face.

After talking about Pan Asia Architecture, Andrew asked Shen Bi to introduce some Hong Kong professional elites to him and form a Hong Kong think tank team. This introduction to the elite of the industry is very simple for Shen Bi, so he casually agreed.

For this, Andrew thanked for it. But then, Shen Bi jokingly complained to Andrew: Saying that Andrew is not righteous.

A few years ago, in the HSBC office, Andrew said that if there was a chance to make a fortune, he would take him with him. He also said that he would earn billions of dollars and share half of him, so that he would retire early.

But last year, you Andrew, who made hundreds of millions of pounds by himself, forgot all about the things that made him rich.

Listening to Shen Bi's jokes and complaints, Andrew remembered his own jokes back then. However, for Shen Bi's jokes and complaints, Andrew was very anxious to think of a countermeasure:

"Senior, I did say that I would make a fortune with you back then, but last year's was only a small fortune, so I am not embarrassed to inform you."

"What? Hundreds of millions of pounds! Andrew, you said that this is still a small fortune, so you can tell me what it looks like to be a big fortune. Shen Bi glared at Andrew.

Andrew looked very sure and replied leisurely: "Big money, how can there be billions of pounds." ”

Looking at Andrew's confident expression, Shen Bi realized that Andrew might really have grasped some big opportunity, so he asked eagerly: Is there really a lot of money?

Andrew: It's a lot of money, but now the time has not yet come, so we have to wait.

Shen Bi: How long do you have to wait?

Andrew: Probably in the second half of next year.

Shen Bi: Are you sure?

Andrew: If nothing else, I'm about 60% sure.

Shen Bi asked cautiously again: Really not joking?

Andrew affirmed: It's true, but the time span of operation may be relatively long, four or five years.

Shen Bi said excitedly: The time span of four or five years is better, let's cooperate.

Andrew joked: Yes, how much principal can you make, it's too little, but it can't earn enough capital for you to retire early and enjoy life.

Shen Bi: My personal principal is not the point, the partner I am talking about is on behalf of HSBC.

Andrew: Then forget about this cooperation, help you with personal friendship. I don't have the obligation or interest to help HSBC make money.

Shen Bi: Andrew, don't be in a hurry to refuse, this cooperation with HSBC to make a lot of money is very beneficial to me.

Andrew: What's that statement? Be more detailed.

Shen Bi: I will turn 50 next year. I am one of the only two candidates for the next chairmanship of HSBC, which will be the end of the year.

My strength is my management ability, but I am weak in my ability to invest in banks. And what you said, isn't this opportunity for a big fortune with a time span of four or five years from next year exactly tailor-made for me? The timing of the rise and consolidation is quite coincidental.

And, working with HSBC is also good for you. For example, it is conducive to opening up the relationship between Hong Kong's political and business circles, facilitating the concealment of investment funds, and providing the most convenient investment channels.

After listening to and thinking about it, Andrew said: Okay, since it is related to your future, then HSBC will cooperate next year.

However, first of all, I will only work with projects led by you, and I will lead the direction of investment transactions. HSBC can send trading operators to participate in specific matters such as the proportion of capital contribution and revenue sharing. Wait until you have confirmed your intention to cooperate with HSBC, and then discuss it in detail.

Shen Bi: Okay, a word is a certainty, thank you Andrew, I will prepare this matter carefully.

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