Niu Bijian frowned, then immediately returned to normal, and said: "Xu Sheng said with a smile, although the scale of Jardine Matheson is not small, but the cooperation between Hongkong Land and Jianing this time is as high as billions of Hong Kong dollars, and the loss is also very heavy.

This time, Xu Sheng was invited to discuss the debt problem in the restructuring of Hongkong Land's cooperation project with Jianing, and I hope Xu Sheng can support this, otherwise, Hongkong Land will really have problems, and it may be difficult for the Bank of East Asia's loan to be successfully recovered. ”

Niu Bijian said very casually, seeking cooperation in the front, but there was a small threat in the back, with the scale of the Bank of East Asia, if it really lost billions, I am afraid that there would be a big problem, even if Xu Zhi himself could inject capital to prevent it, the cost was very large.

Similar to a large company like Jardine Matheson, not to mention whether the government will let it fail, even its creditor bank will not force the company to a dead end at will.

The first is that if the large debt company really collapses, then all the debts of the banks will immediately become dead debts, and the debt company will have any hope of resurrecting itself if it is alive.

The second is the issue of reputation, banks are also in business, there are many partners, if one of the partners just encountered some difficulties, your creditor bank will sue the court to force the other party to repay the debt, which will be very unfriendly to the bank's business in the future.

For example, at present, the Oriental Overseas Company of the ship's king and Dong family has debts of more than $1.4 billion, but its total assets are far from sufficient, but Tung Chee-hwa still persuaded 17 creditor banks to carry out debt restructuring and re-persuaded several of these banks to lend to OOCL again.

Of course, if the company is at the end of its rope, or a fraudulent company like Jianing, it doesn't matter, any bank can go all out to collect the debt, and how much the cost can be recovered.

Xu Zhidao: "The Bank of East Asia is naturally willing to help customers out of the difficult economic moment, but this is only when it is unable to do anything on its own, and I don't think that the current Jardine Matheson has reached the point of exhaustion!"

"Xu Sheng, Hongkong Land's current external debt has reached 18 billion Hong Kong dollars, which the whole of Hong Kong knows that such a huge debt, coupled with the sharp drop in land prices in Hong Kong in the past year, has reduced rental income," said Niu Bijian.

Xu Sheng, you also have a real estate company, you should understand what I mean. ”

Hongkong Land has 12 buildings in Central, as well as some office buildings, hotels and other properties on the Kowloon Peninsula, as well as countless other land parcels and villas. Xu Zhi said with a smile.

Niu Bijian frowned and said: "Xu Sheng said with a smile, Hongkong Land's properties are the foundation of the entire Hongkong Land, and they will not be sold casually, besides, this kind of Grade A office building in Central, even if you want to sell, even if the current price is cheaper than before, you can afford to buy the whole building, and few people in Southeast Asia can sit on it." ”

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, he and Huang Jiheng have had some spare money recently, if there is a Central Building for sale, I think they will be very interested in learning about it." ”

"So, this is Xu Sheng's purpose?" Niu Bijian looked at Xu Zhi's cheek and asked affirmatively.

Xu Zhi shrugged and said, "No, it's just a deal, if you don't want to, then forget it." ”

Of course, Niu Bijian would not believe Xu Zhi's words so easily, but at this moment, after all, he was begging for someone, so he asked: "Mr. Xu, let's discuss how to cooperate!"

Xu Zhi still said negatively: "I still say the same thing, whether it is Jardine Matheson or Land, it has not reached the point of exhaustion, at present, you still have the ability to save yourself by relying on yourself, so I will not help, all the loans owed must be repaid on time in accordance with the contract." ”

Niu Bijian and Bao Fuda's faces were very ugly, and they asked fiercely: "It seems that Xu Sheng is determined to buy several Central buildings under my land?"

"Jardine Matheson's assets are not limited to these buildings in Central. Xu Zhi smiled and said: "South Africa's Relis Company, Golden Gate Construction, Hawaii's Dai Huisi, and Indonesia's PT Group are all good assets.

If Jardine Matheson is reluctant to sell its real estate in Hong Kong, can't these overseas assets either? If these assets are sold, I think it will be enough to solve the current financial problems of Jardine Matheson, right?"

"Xu Sheng investigated really carefully. As early as the 50s, after Jardine Matheson's 10 million pounds of assets in the mainland were cleared, the painful lesson made the senior management of the entire Jardine Matheson Department decide to start implementing the strategy of making money in Hong Kong and developing overseas.

It's just that over the years, the land that Xiangjiang used to hoard has become more and more valuable, and the scale of overseas assets has shrunk sharply due to the failure of a large number of investments, but after all, it is the development of China's Jardine Matheson Group for decades, and some rich assets still have some.

What Xu Zhi said just now is the current several large-scale branches of Jardine Matheson Overseas.

"Jardine Matheson is a global company and we will not sell companies overseas. Niu Bijian frowned and replied that although the scale of overseas companies is far less than that of Xiangjiang's Jardine headquarters and Hongkong Land, this is a guarantee of asset diversification.

Xu Zhi waved his hand and said coldly: "I don't want to do that, so I came over and asked me to lower the interest rate or delay the repayment of the loan, if this is feasible, then who will I go to for the loss of the bank?"

"Xu Sheng, then open the skylight and say something bright, which asset do you fancy in the Jardine Matheson Department, let's talk openly and honestly. Niu Bijian was silent for a moment, and took a step back.

Although Hongkong Land's assets are the core of the entire Jardine Matheson system, it is not impossible to sell, after all, it has reached the most dangerous moment of the Jardine Matheson system, and this is not the first time that Hongkong Land is preparing to sell assets.

"Well, in that case. Xu Zhi paused and said with a smile: "Then if I want the whole land, I don't know if the two of you can fulfill me!"