In a quiet villa in Qingshui Bay, Xiangjiang, Zhang Yuliang stood in front of his desk, concentrating on writing calligraphy, which is one of his hobbies.

Three years ago, Zhang Xingye, the eldest of the Zhang family, unfortunately passed away, because he did not have time to prepare a will, which led to the outbreak of a lawsuit between his wife and the Zhang family that caused a sensation in the inheritance of the entire Xiangjiang, and as a result, the huge wealth owned by the Zhang family was completely exposed in front of the mass media.

No one could have imagined that as early as the early 70s, the Zhang family had become the largest shareholder of Wheelock, one of the four major foreign banks in Xiangjiang, and if it weren't for the Zhang family keeping a low profile, they would definitely be the first person to control the British-funded foreign bank.

After spending two years, the lawsuit was finally over, but the Zhang family also faced a serious crisis, and when they sold two federal and international buildings, they cashed out more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, and all the hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars after being distributed with Wheelock were invested in Australia.

The family inheritance of the super-rich is actually not afraid of the fools of eating, drinking and having fun with the descendants, but is afraid that one day, the second generation will suddenly decide to change his mind, be a new person, and prepare to make a big career in the shopping mall

This was the case with the Zhang family, whose wealth came mainly from inheritance, and they simply had no ability to expand, and suffered heavy losses after encountering ashes in Australia, and were forced to return to Xiangjiang.

At the same time, Wheelock also fell sharply due to the double blow of the future crisis of Hong Kong and the global shipping crisis, and if it had not relied on the good real estate situation in the past few years, it sold a large number of properties and land and cashed out a lot of funds, and would have gone bankrupt by now.

Now that the Chang family was already known to the public, and John Madden had proven incapable of running the entire Wheelock at all, several clashes broke out between the two sides on the board of directors in preparation for further seizure of power.

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

"Hey......" Zhang Yuliang sighed: It's not easy to be quiet.

"Come in!"

The person who came was the third child of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuliang's younger brother Zhang Yurong.

"How's it going?" asked Zhang Yuliang.

"I have contacted some Chinese middle managers of Wheelock Shipbuilding, and they have promised that if the company stops paying the year-end bonus for any reason, they will go on strike immediately," Zhang said. ”

Zhang Yuliang nodded: "Okay, John Madden thinks that these British guys control all the high-level leaders, and I can't help them, but I don't know that the current Xiangjiang business community has long been the world of Chinese, as long as the scale of this strike is large enough, we can hold a shareholders' meeting in an open and honest manner and vote to abolish the current group of British management." ”

Zhang Yurong said: "It's just that we can incite the workers to strike only if the year-end bonus is not paid, and John's whereabouts are relatively mysterious during this time, and I heard that some people in Nanyang are in contact, and I am worried that he will find new investors or new loans, so our plans will be affected." ”

"Loan?" Zhang Yuliang said with a smile: "Now Wheelock, with a debt of more than 3 billion, HSBC has begun to come forward to force debts, who dares to borrow money, as for financing, I guess there is no play, otherwise, last time John would not have bowed his head to borrow $4 million from us." ”

"Second brother, before but before, now it's different, the future of Xiangjiang has been decided, and the mainland government has also promised the principle of 'one country, two systems, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong', the prospect of Wheelock, although most of the rich people on the Xiangjiang side are clear, but it is difficult to say on the Nanyang side, maybe there will really be people who will be fooled by him. Zhang Yurong is a little worried, there are a lot of rich people in this world, but not everyone is very smart, when encountering huge interests, no matter how high the education and experience, it will be controlled by "greed".

"It's possible what you're saying. Zhang Yuliang thought about it: "But according to my understanding of John Madden, even if he really gets new funds, he may not be able to take out the bonus, this strike should still be successful, but you have to control it, the basic maintenance of the ship cannot be stopped, otherwise we will be a mess after we take over." ”

The Zhang family is not Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang and Xu Zhizhi, who have huge financial resources and resources, and if they want to seize control of Wheelock, they must go through the shareholders' meeting step by step.

First of all, the Zhang family's capital is insufficient, it is impossible to buy a large number of Wheelock shares on the stock market, and second, Wheelock is now a giant ship that is very likely to sink, it can't withstand too much toss, even if the Zhang family really forcibly controls the board of directors, but the people who have controlled Wheelock's top management for decades are British, these people do not cooperate, coupled with Wheelock's current predicament, once the internal struggle is fierce, the whole company may be completely finished.

What's more, the company's debt is huge, and John Madden is a key figure in balancing the major creditor banks, and once he loses his supreme power, some banks ask for loans, which will immediately trigger a domino effect, and the whole company will collapse.

Therefore, even if the extreme means of striking are used, Zhang Yuliang does not dare to really hurt the vitality of the company, the maintenance of large ships is extremely important, once it stops for a long time, it will be troublesome to operate again.

Zhang Yurong smiled: "Then wait for the good news before the New Year!"

"Ding Ding Ding ......" The phone rang, Zhang Yuliang stopped writing and picked up the phone leisurely.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Yuliang...... What? You're not kidding......"

Zhang Yurong stood aside, and saw that his second brother's face suddenly changed after receiving the call, and he was very surprised and angry.

"What's the matter, second brother?" It wasn't until Zhang Yuliang hung up the phone that Zhang Yurong asked urgently.

Zhang Yuliang sat down slowly, took a deep breath and said: "It was Uncle Chen who just called, he happened to be on the stock exchange, and just now Hutchison Group officially issued an announcement, announcing that it has held more than 20 million A shares and more than 50 million B shares of Wheelock, holding a total of 13.5% of the voting rights of Wheelock, and at the same time acquiring A shares at HK$5.5 per share and B shares at HK$0.55 per share, until the voting rights reach 34.9%. ”

"Hutchison, Xu Zhi!" Zhang Yurong was also taken aback: "He, Xu Zhi, has already controlled Hutchison and acquired Land, and now he actually wants to acquire Wheelock!"

"Greed is true, but it is actually normal, and with so much cash in his hands, expansion is inevitable. Zhang Yuliang calmed down instead: "It's just that I can't imagine that John Madden, who cares so much about face and is so happy, is actually willing to sell all the stocks in his hands!"

"Then what should we do now? It's unrealistic to confront Hutchison, do we also have to sell the shares in our family's hands?" Zhang Yurong said a little anxiously: "Second brother, we have to make a decision as soon as possible, Hutchison's listed companies never pay dividends, once Hutchison acquires enough shares and controls Wheelock, then the shares in our hands may no longer be valuable." ”

"The more times like this, the less anxious you should be. Zhang Yuliang kept knocking his fingers on the table, and after a while, he said, "I'll go see someone, maybe he has a way." ”

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