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After receiving a call from Henry from Hong Kong in the morning, Andrew has been thinking about how to respond to the shameless Jardine Matheson Group.

Short-handed battles, all-out war. Tear each other down in the news media, expose scandals, fight for capital consumption in the stock market, operate the market. Such a fierce fight scene with real knives and guns is indeed a wonderful scene for the melon-eating audience.

But for both sides of the fierce fight, it is a lose-lose situation, and there is no good ending. It is also not advisable to lose one's mind and fight each other in a short-handed manner.

Narrowing the battlefield, with the 26% equity that has been collected, starting the acquisition plan of Wharf in advance, spending some more money, and the status of Wharf's largest shareholder will definitely be obtained. To a certain extent, it can also hit the prestige of Jardine Matheson Group and Nubikin in Hong Kong.

However, by opening up the road with funds and raising the purchase price, it can achieve the status of Wharf's largest shareholder. But at the same time, it will also give Jardine Matheson a chance to cash out at a high price.

If this is the result, Andrew is a little unhappy in his heart. Therefore, the acquisition plan of Wharf was launched in advance, and it was not adopted for the time being.

So what should I do? For a while, Andrew couldn't think of a perfect solution.

In the afternoon, Andrew received a rather unexpected call, and he was contacted by Hamdan, the second son of the Emirate of Dubai. After some pleasantries, Hamdan got down to business, asking Andrew about the prospects for a return on investment over the next two years.

For the consultation of the cooperative customer Hamdan, Andrew is still very confident and responds positively to Hamdan's consultation:

"In the next two years, the prospect of return on investment is promising, and a 50% annual growth rate is still achievable. ”

Hamdan said with a little excitement: "It would be good if we could achieve an annual capital growth rate of 50 percent! I believe in your investment ability and prospect forecast, so that my five-year construction plan can be started in advance."

Well, on the phone, it wasn't clear for a while. So, Andrew, can you arrange a time to come to Dubai in the near future and we'll get together and talk about specific investment matters in person. ”

For the investment negotiation request of a large customer such as Dubai Hamdan, Andrew of course has to meet the customer's negotiation request. Tomorrow, fly to Dubai. For Andrew's refreshing response, Hamdan appreciates it very much.

Although, Andrew's original itinerary was to go to Hong Kong tomorrow to deal with the follow-up problems of Jardine Matheson's forcible seizure of Victory Securities. But for a while, I couldn't think of a perfect countermeasure.

Andrew pondered: "Anyway, for a while, I didn't think of a more perfect countermeasure, so I went to Dubai Hamdan first, looked at his construction plan, and discussed follow-up investment."

Delay for a day, and then, fly to Hong Kong, presumably, there will be no major changes in Hong Kong. ”

Thinking about the time arrangement, Andrew contacted Henry Hong Kong and explained his new itinerary.

On March 4, just before noon, Andrew flew to Dubai. Hamdan was contacted and agreed to meet at the headquarters of the Construction Commission in Dubai at 1 p.m.

In the afternoon meeting, Andrew listened to the first draft of Hamdan's construction plan: from April this year, it is estimated that 1 billion US dollars will be invested in the development and construction of Dubai Port and its affiliated free trade zone and other facilities over a five-year period.

Dubai Port, located on the northeast coast of the United Arab Emirates and on the southeast side of the Persian Gulf, has been transformed into a brand-new and the largest free trade port in the Middle East.

Looking at the map of the Persian Gulf region in the Middle East, Andrew found the map location of Dubai, from the map, the port of Dubai is located at the intersection of Asia, Europe and Africa, and the superior location is indeed very conducive to the development of port entrepot trade.

In reviewing the renderings of Hamdan's port-building plan, Andrew found a flaw in the plan: to do port entrepot trade, there must be a lot of foreign residents from all over the world. In the first draft of the plan, the issue of the living quarters of the foreign residents was not taken into account.

After receiving Andrew's prompt, Hamdan also realized the flaws in the first draft of this plan. It is impossible for foreign residents from all over the world to stay in hotels, after all, the cost of hotel residency is too high.

But to let the foreign residents from all over the world mix with the local Muslims, that scene, in Hamdan's mind, it is certainly impossible to be harmonious. After all, there are many different taboos in the customs of Muslims.

After thanking Andrew for the reminder, Hamdan said with some annoyance: "It seems that it is still necessary to add a residential area project for foreign residents in the construction plan. Another unexpected overrun project, the original plan funds, a bit insufficient!"

Andrew asked a little surprised: "Hamdan, haven't you thought about the possibility of introducing foreign capital for such a large-scale national construction?"

Hamdan replied helplessly: "Just a few years after the establishment of the independent state, I am still very sensitive to the participation of foreign forces. The old antiques who are in power in China will not agree to foreign forces to participate in the country's construction projects. ”

"Oh, that's the case, the only way to do this is to raise the construction cost a little bit and ask the bidders to participate with the funds. Andrew replied casually.

The words "participation with funds", Hamdan immediately listened to it. After a little thought, Hamdan felt that the bidding conditions of "capital participation" were promising.

The construction cost of Dubai Port is 1 billion US dollars, and if the builder "participates in the bidding with 20% of the capital", then he can move 200 million US dollars of construction funds in the early stage of construction and ask Andrew to help invest and manage his finances.

It is entirely possible to transfer 200 million US dollars, 5 years of entrusted financial management, and with Andrew's investment ability, the return on funds will be doubled.

Hamdan was overjoyed: "Bringing capital to participate is a very lucrative idea." ”

After introducing the construction plan of Dubai Harbour, Hamdan and Andrew talked about entrusting investment.

This time, Hamdan's entrusted investment is much larger, $1.5 billion, starting from April 1 this year, the one-year entrusted investment time limit, income share, as usual.

"$1.5 billion" is also a lot of money for the Emirate of Dubai. Andrew was a little surprised by this, and jokingly said to Hamdan: "Senior, you have mastered the Dubai treasury?"

Hamdan said: "I am not qualified to control the Dubai treasury now, the "1.5 billion US dollars" is the total construction cost of Dubai Harbour, plus the cost of Dubai urban construction next year, I used the cost of 100 million US dollars in construction costs, from other departments, transferred over.

Yesterday, I consulted you about the investment prospects for the next two years, which is to strengthen this operational idea.

Junior brother, I will entrust you with the matter of entrusted investment, but you can't drop the chain for your senior!"

Andrew figured out the origin of the "$1.5 billion" that Hamdan commissioned to invest. For Hamdan's trust, Andrew was still a little moved:

"Senior, don't worry! I'll take care of the entrusted investment. ”

After having dinner with Hamdan in Dubai, Andrew did not delay any longer and immediately flew to Hong Kong, arriving in Hong Kong before midnight.

The next day, Wednesday morning, Andrew came to Pan Asia Building, his office on the top floor, and contacted Henry to discuss the countermeasures to deal with the Jardine Matheson Group.

Henry came to Andrew's office and first reported on the Jardine Matheson Group's movements in the past two days. Since the afternoon of the day before yesterday, the Jardine Matheson Group has begun to inquire about the business of several of our companies.

Judging from the information inquired by our intelligence team, the focus of Jardine Matheson's recent crackdown on us is likely to be the listing application of Shengli Securities, as well as Pan Asia Construction's bidding for several construction projects in Hong Kong.

For the suppression of Jardine Matheson, Andrew didn't care much. The delay in the listing application of Victory Securities has little impact on Andrew, and he is not the one who is in a hurry to make money from the listing.

Pan Asia Construction, bidding for several construction projects in Hong Kong, even if the bidding fails, it doesn't matter. For the construction project of Dubai Harbour, Andrew has negotiated with Hamdan. With 20% of the capital to participate in the bidding, Hamdan guaranteed to give Pan Asia Construction 4% of the construction project.

Since Jardine Matheson Group is suppressing the direction, there is not much pressure. Andrew thought about how to take the initiative to attack. First asked Henry, Wharf equity collection.

Henry Road: The equity of Wharf, we have concealed and collected 29% of the equity, which is similar to the equity held by Jardine Matheson Group, and the specific equity difference is within 3%.

Andrew Dao: The matter of dispersed collection of Wharf equity has been done quite well, continue to work concealment, disperse collection, and don't startle the snake for the time being. Waiting for Jardine Matheson Group's initiative to reduce its holdings, and when the time is ripe, it will be fatal.

Henry Dao: The business of the Jardine Matheson Group has little to do with our business, and we have no way to start in this regard.

So, my idea is to combat the arrogance of the Jardine Matheson Group. We can play our specialty in the stock market and snipe at their listed company stocks.

Andrew: Well, this can be tried, you do a stock sniper plan. In principle, the stock sniper plan does not require a rate of return, as long as it does not lose money. You can make the stock sniping scene more powerful, and I will give you a fund limit of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Andrew also thought about it, and was ready to withdraw $300 million from New York futures gold, and play a stock sniping game with Jardine Matheson Group in the stock market.