Chapter 404 Standard Chartered Bank

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Standard Chartered Bank's CEO, Sin Bode, agreed to meet. He said the time and place are up to you!"

"Then tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, I'll entertain him here in person. ”

Zhang Lei nodded, "I'll let him know later." ”

"Are you alright?" asked Guo Shouyun.

"Not for now!"

"That's good, come with me to play badminton. It's been a long time since we've competed. ”

"Yes, but I'm not going to show mercy. ”

"Less bragging. Wait until you beat me. ”

When the two were changing clothes, Zhang Lei asked again: "It's the Lunar New Year soon, are you going back to the United States?"

"The West doesn't have the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival, so I won't go back. ”

"Then you will go to our house for the Spring Festival, right?"

"Forget it. You all have to go home to your parents, so I won't bother. By the way, does the company have employees who don't go home during the Chinese New Year?"

"Absolutely. Employees from outside East Asia, such as Ken and Foster, do not have the habit of celebrating the Spring Festival, and of course they do not have to go home. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, "You can go back and inform me later, and I will organize everyone to celebrate the Spring Festival together at the company's headquarters tomorrow night." If you want to go, you can go, and if you don't want to go, you don't have to force it. ”

"Okay!"

"Let's go!"

The two walked to the lawn behind to play badminton for a while, and left Zhang Lei here for lunch at noon before sending him away.

Originally, the plan was to go to Golden Harvest in the afternoon, but considering that it would be the New Year's Kitchen soon, the company was on holiday, so I gave up.

At ten o'clock in the morning, a black BMW sedan slowly drove in after the gate of Guo Shouyun's villa was opened.

Looking at the young man standing on the steps in front of the door, wearing a loose dark blue knitted jacket and a white T-shirt, with a tall figure and a smile, and a touch of vicissitudes in his temperament. Xian Bode tidied up his suit, put on a warm smile, and pushed the car door and walked down.

"Mr. Sanders, welcome!"

Pete Saunders is the English name of Sin Bode.

"It is a great honor to be invited by Mr. Guo and to be a guest here!"

The two shook hands with each other warmly and politely.

"Mr. Sanders is gracious, please come in!"

"Mr. Guo, please!"

Arriving at the reception room, after Rebecca left, the person serving tea and water was replaced by Matthew.

"Mr. Su Wen Guo likes to drink black tea, it seems to be true. ”

"Hehe, I do like to drink black tea, and only when a distinguished guest like Mr. Sanders comes to the door, I will specially bring out the treasured special Wuyi black tea to entertain you. ”

"Then I'm a little flattered!"

Mr. Sanders joked. Please!"

"Please!"

After the two of them each took a sip of their teacups, Xian Bode glanced at the young man opposite and said straight to the point: "Mr. Guo specially invited me to come, I don't know what is the matter?"

"It's very simple, I want to negotiate a deal with Standard Chartered Bank!"

"Oh, can you elaborate on that?"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "I hope to be able to get a $3 billion commercial loan from Standard Chartered Bank for five years with an interest rate of no more than 8%!"

Xian Bode's eyes flashed, "What does Mr. Guo want to use as collateral?"

"Shares of Hanhua Holdings!"

"With the strength of GCA, a $3 billion loan is really fine. However, what I am more curious about is that the Mangzhong Fund has obtained a rich harvest from the capital market this time, why does Mr. Guo still need a loan?"

"Although the harvest of mango seeds is abundant, it is not enough! In addition, I am not the same as Hanhua!"

"In this case, Mr. Guo has made a big move again?"

Looking at Xian Bode, who was staring at him, Guo Shouyun smiled dumbly, and waved his hand, "There are many opportunities to make money, but there are very few who can get rich returns." With the US-Iraq war almost a foregone conclusion, the opportunities in the capital market have long since disappeared. ”

Having said that, Sin was still a little skeptical. It is no wonder that Guo Shouyun's several operations in the capital market have left a deep impression.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you say it, I'm very interested in the Chinese market. I plan to make an investment, but I don't have enough money in hand, so I want to get a loan from Standard Chartered. ”

"Yes, I don't know which industry Mr. Guo is interested in in China? Maybe we can help with Standard Chartered!"

Glancing at him, Guo Shouyun smiled and said, "Electricity... With the rapid development of China's economic law, the demand for energy, especially electricity, will increase exponentially, and this is a market with huge potential. It just so happens that our Anping Group is mainly in the power industry, so naturally we will not turn a blind eye to the Chinese market. ”

"I see!"

"In addition to the three billion US dollars, Anping Group itself will also raise external financing, and if Standard Chartered Group is interested, it can participate. ”

"Standard Chartered Bank is also exploring the Chinese market, and it is also very hopeful to cooperate with a powerful multinational company like Anping Group. Xian Bode nodded.

"It's our pleasure!"

Sin Bode smiled, "Mr. Guo, recently GCA appeared in the list of shareholders of Standard Chartered Bank, and holds 6.72% of the shares, and it will continue to grow. I wonder if Mr. Kwok plans to invest in Standard Chartered or if he is ready to acquire?"

Although he had tried his best to calm his tone, he still couldn't help but tremble slightly when he said the word 'acquisition'.

"If I were to say buy, would Standard Chartered be willing?"

Xian Bode's pupils constricted instantly, everyone knew that Guo Shouyun, who had just made a lot of money from the capital market, was holding a huge cash flow of tens of billions of dollars, if he really planned to buy Standard Chartered, it would be much better than the Bank of Scotland and Barclays in the eighties.

Although the latter has more capital, the decision-making level is bloated and inefficient, and the execution is certainly not as good as Bruce Guo, who can make decisions on everything.

"Is Mr. Guo serious?"

After seeing the vigilance in Xian Bode's eyes, Guo Shouyun decisively changed the topic.

"Hehe, just kidding, Mr. Sanders, don't be nervous. The reason why GCA invested in Standard Chartered was that it was relatively focused on the future development prospects of China, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Middle East market, and Standard Chartered's business mostly accounted for a large proportion in these emerging regions, especially in China, so we invested in Standard Chartered. In fact, in addition to Standard Chartered, we have also invested in more than a dozen financial institutions such as Bangkok Bank in Thailand, United Overseas Bank and DBS Bank in Singapore, and Maybank in Malaysia. ”

"I hope Mr. Guo is joking. Standard Chartered does not want to be acquired by any capital!"

"I've never been tough. Therefore, I also respect Standard Chartered's choice. After a pause, "Tonight, I will organize a New Year's banquet at the headquarters of Hanhua, and if Mr. Sanders has time, he can go together." ”

"I really want to go. But I promised my wife to go home with her, so I'm sorry!"

"It's okay, it's human. … How long will it take for Standard Chartered to give me accurate information about the loan?"

"A week. ”

"Okay, just a week. A week later I hope to get good news. ”

"I think so!"

After a brief chat, Guo Shouyun sent Xian Bode out the door. Looking at the back of him leaving, Guo Shouyun squinted slightly.

"It seems that this Sin Bode will be an obstacle to Hanhua's acquisition of Standard Chartered!"

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head, it was too early to consider buying Standard Chartered. After all, Hanhua and Phoenix have no more than 15% of the total Stake in Standard Chartered. It's never too late to wait until it's more than 30%.

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