Wang Liming nodded and said: "HSBC once promised us to lend us 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it will be returned at one time after 5 years, and we can use this money, but HSBC has been saying that it is going through the internal procedures, and I have urged it several times!." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "You immediately contact Shen Bi and ask him to hurry up, and if you drag it out, the matter of Haifeng Bank may go wrong!"

At the last moment of the Wharf hegemony in the previous life, Shen Bi directly approved Bao Yugang's loan of 2.1 billion Hong Kong dollars after answering a phone call, and now it is only 1 billion and it is procrastinating, obviously deliberately delaying time.

Wang Liming said: "I understand, then I will arrange for someone to buy some HK Electric shares in the stock market now, and then suppress the stock price when HSBC's funds arrive, so as to make an all-out purchase." ”

Xu Zhidao: "Then let's do it first!"

"Knock knock......" There was a knock on the door.

"Come in. ”

Huo Jianning, the new assistant, walked in and said, "Xu Sheng, I just received a call from Zhang's family from Federal Real Estate, Zhang Yuliang asked you to have coffee at the Peninsula Hotel!"

Xu Zhi nodded and smiled: "Okay, I know, this may be the most expensive coffee in the history of Xiangjiang!"

……

In 1985, Li Jiacheng pressed the ship king Bao Yugang, and was ranked as the richest Chinese in Asia by Forbes for the first time, and the Li family also became the first family in Xiangjiang.

But in an interview with a reporter, Li Jiacheng publicly stated that he was only the richest man on the surface, and in Xiangjiang, his assets exceeded his by more than a palm.

Although this may be an exaggeration, but in Xiangjiang, invisible rich people are everywhere, Zhang Yuliang is one of them, if it were not for the outbreak of the Wheelock War in 1985, most Hong Kong people would never have imagined that Wheelock, one of the four major British-funded foreign firms, its largest shareholder is actually a Chinese family.

The Zhang family has been doing business in Xiangjiang since the beginning of the 20th century, starting by selling Western medicines, and began to get involved in real estate in the 50s, and in 1962, Zhang Yuliang, the fourth son of the Zhang family, built two buildings in the Central District with family funds, the Federation Building and the International Building.

In the 60s, a Chinese family was able to buy two plots of land in the core area of Central, and then build two buildings with their own funds, of which the Federal Building was the tallest building in Xiangjiang at that time, and the strength of the family can be seen.

But such a family, such a big investment, because they used their own funds, the media and ordinary people at that time did not know about their existence at all, and the low-key behavior was amazing.

Later, Zhang Yuliang sold two buildings to the Madden family's federal real estate in exchange for his shares, and by 1970, Zhang Yuliang owned more than 77% of the federal real estate shares.

From 1970 to 1972, the Zhang family went public again through a backdoor listing, exchanging Wheelock shares with Federal Real Estate, Mid-Levels Mei Dao, Huayuantai and other properties, and at its peak, the Zhang family held as much as 40% of Wheelock's shares, while the shares of the Madeng family, the Wheelock holding family, were less than 20%.

The Zhang family is the opposite of the Madden family, the Zhang family is extremely low-key, as long as its flesh (real), regardless of its shell (name). John Madden, on the other hand, is a great achievement, as long as its name is not counted, regardless of the fact, it cooperates with each other to form a perfect balance.

It was not until the later generations of Wheelock that serious losses broke out.

At this moment, John Madden, because he was not optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang, still went his own way when Bao Yugang wantonly reduced ships and landed, and wantonly took advantage of the opportunity of Bao Yugang's low-price sale to expand the fleet, and at the same time spent hundreds of millions of dollars in several major European shipyards to order new ships.

"Make money in Hong Kong, develop overseas" - in this regard, Wheelock and Jardine Matheson are the same.

In order to raise funds for the purchase of the freighter and at the same time reduce Wheelock's assets in Heungjiang, the sale of the federal and international towers became inevitable.

……

The Peninsula Hotel:

Zhang Yuliang is a middle-aged man who is almost 40 years old, much younger than Li Jiacheng, it is hard to imagine that at such an age, he is willing to live behind the scenes all the time, not caring about reputation.

When Zhang Yuliang saw Xu Zhi coming, he stood up and shook hands and smiled: "Xu Sheng, I have admired your name for a long time!"

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I'm just taking advantage of the situation, but I can't compare to a big family like the Xiang Zhang family." ”

Zhang Yuliang said: "These of us are just traditional industries, and we are all inheriting the wealth of the previous generation, maybe some of them are carried forward, but more of them are just kept, but they can't compare to the people who start a business." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It is also a kind of ability to keep it, and I don't expect them to carry it forward much from my descendants, and it would be good if they could keep their ancestral business." ”

Zhang Yuliang laughed and said: "Xu Sheng is really interesting, now parents want their children to become dragons and phoenixes, Xu Sheng, you are actually the opposite." ”

"It's not necessarily a good thing to be too sharp. Xu Zhi said with a smile: "It is much more difficult to defend the country than to fight the country, and the inheritance of the rich family is not afraid of losing the family, but afraid that the descendants who think they are powerful will invest in their ancestral property." ”

"Makes sense!" Zhang Yuliang nodded and said, "I was taught today, it seems that the descendants of our family also have to be disciplined!"

Xu Zhi smiled: "It's just a matter of talking, let's talk about business!"

"Okay, this is the income and expenditure details of the two buildings in recent years, Xu Sheng can take a closer look first. Zhang Yuliang handed over a stack of documents.

"Okay, I'll see first. After speaking, Xu Zhi looked at it slowly.

Twenty minutes later, Xu Zhi said: "It's almost over, I've read the approximate main data, let's discuss the details!"

Zhang Yuliang nodded and said: "Xu Sheng wants to acquire the two buildings of the Federation and the International, the price will not be discussed first, but this transaction needs to be flexible." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "How to work around?"

Zhang Yuliang said: "Although the federal and international buildings are the assets of Wheelock, Xu Sheng did not make a direct transaction with Wheelock, but my federal real estate first bought from Wheelock and then resold it to you. ”

"Yes. Xu Zhi agreed directly without thinking about it, the Madden family and the Zhang family have been entangled for more than ten years, and the interests are inevitably complicated, he just wants to buy two buildings, the only thing he cares about is the price, and he doesn't want to know anything else.

And theoretically speaking, Wheelock is a listed company, and the high-level sale of assets and major shareholders at a low price is already an infringement on the interests of many small shareholders, but since John Madden can agree, there must be some insider dealings.

Zhang Yuliang was quite surprised, and said with a smile: "Okay, Xu Sheng is really decisive enough." ”

Xu Zhidao: "I only look at the results, and the process in the middle is none of my business, so naturally I don't ask." Now let's talk about the price, right?"

Zhang Yuliang said: "2 buildings, 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars. ”

Xu Zhi said: "It's too expensive, you must know that the transfer of the Golden Gate Building at the end of last year was only 715 million Hong Kong dollars." ”

"Xu Sheng also knows that it was last year!" Zhang Yuliang said with a smile: "The land price and housing prices in Xiangjiang have risen a lot this year. ”

Xu Zhidao: "It's true, but your two buildings can't compare to the Golden Gate Building, and the price is still too high." ”

Although the Federal Building and the International Building are located in the same Central as the Golden Gate Building, the Golden Gate Building is even better in terms of prime commercial location.

Zhang Yuliang asked, "Then I don't know how much Xu Sheng is willing to bid?"

Xu Zhidao: "1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars." ”

"It's too low. Zhang Yuliang shook his head and said: "That's it, Xu Sheng, our Zhang family still has a lot of land in Kowloon and Sha Tin District, these areas are not small, and they can be used to develop residences, Xu Sheng, as long as you can take it all at once, I can make concessions in terms of buildings." ”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Now the land in Xiangjiang is not cheap, these can be regarded as high-quality assets, Zhang Sheng is really ready to sell them all?

Zhang Yuliang nodded and said, "People won't leave." ”

"Understood!" Xu Zhi nodded, if the person did not leave, it naturally indicated that the assets were leaving, so he said: "In this case, I won't talk about the price today, I will send someone to verify all the land information, as long as the price is right, I can take it all." ”