Chapter 9: The Fall of the Son (2)

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Li Liwei and Niu Bijian briefly talked about the relationship between themselves and the joint trust.

"Oh, I see. Niu Bijian nodded, no wonder the tone of the woman in front of her was extremely confident, giving herself the feeling that she could enter the United Trust tomorrow as long as she nodded.

Sir New in Hong Kong in the 70s, together with the current Hutchison Whampoa Taipan Ma Shimin, was known as the Jardine Matheson duo, in the 70s Ma Taipan had already seen through the most fatal weakness of the Caesars family, because of the extreme fear of the Big 6 regime, the artificial distortion of the corporate strategy, believing that Jardine Matheson would inevitably decline in the future. Li Liwei looked at Niu Bijian opposite her with a smile on her face.

Ma Shimin was six years old and joined Jardine Matheson nearly a decade later, and the only thing the two had in common was that they both started at the lowest level of Jardine Matheson, worked in various branches of Jardine Matheson around the world, and finally rose to the senior management of Jardine Matheson with excellent performance.

However, Ma Shimin is not as good as the two generations of Jardine Matheson father and son, and the Jardine family is deeply involved in emotions and interests, after Ma Shimin entered the senior management of Jardine Matheson, he was accustomed to seeing the white-hot struggle between the senior management of Jardine Matheson for corporate strategy, and judged that the future of Jardine Matheson must be bleak, and he voluntarily resigned and left Jardine Matheson at the end of the 70s.

Before Ma Shimin's departure, countless people believed that Ma Shimin was the biggest opponent of Niu Bijian as the chairman of Jardine Matheson, and the news circle on Hong Kong Island had countless speculations about the reasons for Ma Shimin's resignation, and Niu Bijian was labeled as a countless despicable means to suppress Ma Shimin.

Even when Niu Bijian was defeated and left Hong Kong, there were still media who turned over the old news of the year and hyped it. thinks that Niu Bijian was swept away by the Kaisark family as self-reaping, and he re-enacted the experience of Ma Shimin being suppressed back then. It's really a report and a report.

Since Li Liwei came to invite Niu Bijian to return to Hong Kong to work, she naturally knows a lot about these insiders, and now Ma Shimin is doing a good job in Hutchison Whampoa, and Li Liwei deliberately mentioned Ma Shimin is definitely adding fuel to the fire.

After Sir Newton's departure from Jardine Matheson, Ma Shimin led Hutchison Whampoa to acquire HK Electric and advocated Hutchison's large-scale entry into the mainland. At present, Hutchison Whampoa's business is thriving and changing with each passing day, which shows that there was nothing wrong with Sir New Zealand's business policy for Jardine Matheson. ”

It is for this reason that the United Trust believes that Sir New is far-sighted, and that Jardine Matheson's dismissal of Sir New is definitely one of the most severe losses in the history of Jardine Matheson. Li Liwei slapped a sycophant.

After listening to Li Liwei's words, Enu Bijian's old spicy in the workplace couldn't help but feel grateful, and felt that this was the most objective evaluation of his experience in Jardine Matheson after he left Hong Kong.

"Miss Li is overrated. "I love Chinese culture. A rare Chinese phrase of humility came out.

"Miss Li, I don't know if Miss Li can give a more detailed explanation of the responsibilities of the position of President of the United Trust, and frankly, I am still very much looking forward to returning to Hong Kong, but I must have enough reasons to convince my wife. The unfair evaluation of me by the Hong Kong media hurt her so much that she never set foot on Hong Kong soil after leaving Hong Kong. Niu Bijian said.

Li Liwei sighed for a moment, and said with a straight face: "Sir New, what I say below has nothing to do with my own work at Korn Ferry International, but just a suggestion and reference for Sir New to make some friends. It cannot be used as a definite evidence of the terms of reference of the President of the Joint Trust. ”

Niu Bijian nodded in understanding.

"There are two main aspects to the duties of the Chief Executive of the Joint Trust, in addition to what Sir New has seen in the contract. Li Liwei paused. It's like sorting out your thoughts.

"First, United Trust is in the process of forming a large media group under which it will set up an independent subsidiary to be responsible for the satellite TV business. ”

Looking at Niu Bijian's somewhat puzzled eyes, Li Liwei smiled and continued: "I think that although Sir New has been away from Hong Kong Island for a long time, he is by no means ignorant of the recent situation in Hong Kong's business community. ”

"Strictly speaking, this matter has a direct relationship with Hutchison led by Ma Shimin, when Jardine Matheson was doing business in the United States, it had a close relationship with the American L1oyd's insurance company, and all Jardine Matheson's assets in the United States were underwritten by L1oyd's insurance company, and Sir New should be familiar with L1oyd's insurance company. Li Liwei asked.

Niu Bijian nodded and said, "Last year, when I went to the United States for business, I met with James Bradley, the president of L1oyd's Insurance Company, in Washington, D.C. ”

"L1oyd's Insurance Company repossessed the Western Union Satellite 6 Sir Niu should know better than I do. Li Liwei said with a chuckle.

Niu Bijian smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence.

In February 1984, Hughes produced the "Western Union Star 6" for Western Union, which was launched into the sky by the "Challenger" space shuttle, but the launch failed, and the satellite wandered into space.

After the launch failed, L1oyd's, the insurance company that insured the Western Union satellite 6, compensated Western Union for $750,000 in premiums, and the ownership of the satellite was transferred to L1oyd's.

Faced with this enormous loss, L1oyd's negotiated with NASA to see if the satellite could be recovered, and NASA recovered the Western Union 6 in November 1984 after collecting $2.75 million from L1oyd's insurance company.

Even in the new century, the recovery of satellites from space is a miracle of science and technology, and NASA's recovery operation has been made into a documentary to live on in history. After the successful recovery of the Western Union Star 6 and repaired by Hughes, L1oyd's Insurance Company sold the "Western Union Star 6" to the American Tray Satellite Company for $5ooo US dollars, but unfortunately the Tray Company went bankrupt soon after, and the satellite returned to L1oyd's.

In an effort to make up for the losses, L1oyd's plans to relaunch the Western Union Star 6 into space, and is now working with Huang and Ma Shimin to join forces with Hong Kong's CITIC Jia Xiaosheng to convince the Republic and the United States that they intend to use the Republic's cheap Long March series rockets to launch the ill-fated satellite.

At this time, Ma Shimin was going back and forth between China and the United States to facilitate this matter.

Niu Bijian showed a sudden look, Ma Shimin is qualified to promote this matter, and the connections accumulated in Jardine Matheson play a vital role, since this joint trust with a strong Chinese background also intends to enter the satellite TV industry, it is normal to find his own head.

"Second, the United Trust intends to acquire Hongkong Land or Jardine Matheson. Li Liwei dropped a large bomb straight out.

There was a soft "snap", and the contract in Niu Bijian's hand fell on the small table in front of the two of them.