Chapter 489: Future and Accounts

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"Dad, what's written on it?"

"See for yourself!"

"What? Wang Zheng invited you to the dinner party? Dad, you must not go, maybe this is the 'Hongmen Banquet' he prepared!"

Zhao Defang frowned, and after a slight sigh, "I don't think he dares to do anything in the banquet hall of the Peninsula Hotel, and I also believe that he won't invite me alone!"

"Jingle bell!"

Hearing the mobile phone ringing, Zhao Defang took it out and looked at it, and his brows suddenly wrinkled deeper. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info thought about it carefully, he still pressed the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Germany, what is going on with Wang Zheng of this era group?" a deep and slightly twisted male voice came from it.

"How do you know?" Zhao Defang said calmly.

Now the Internet is full of photos of press conferences. Now, I'm afraid that the whole of Hong Kong, no, it's the business community all over the world that Wharf is about to change hands!" After a pause, the voice on the other side of the phone said with a hint of lesson, "You are really, the Wharf Group was developed by my father-in-law with great painstaking efforts back then, and it is also the most valuable and promising asset in the hands of his old man, and it has only been passed on to you for a long time, and you have lost it...!"

"The surname is Su, you don't talk to me here. Wharf has nothing to do with you, and it hasn't lost its controlling stake yet!" Zhao Defang, who had a cold expression, interrupted him rudely.

"But the shareholding of the Times Group is more than 45% of yours, and once there are scattered shares in the market, people only need 2.3% to achieve control, and you need at least 5.1%. With such a big advantage, I really don't think about you!" said on the other side of the phone after chuckling.

"Are you calling this just to chill me?" Zhao Defang said coldly.

"Of course not... In terms of Chinese customs, we are also brothers-in-law, how can I see your jokes. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"It's not interesting... This time, in addition to asking about the situation, I just want to tell you that I also received an invitation letter from Wang Zheng, the boss of Times Group. So, if you want to come, see you at the Peninsula Ballroom at eight o'clock tonight......!

Hearing the sound of hanging up, Zhao Defang, who was continuously stimulated, was furious, and threw his mobile phone out.

As a result, there is no need to look at it, and the black apple is instantly shattered.

"Damn bastard!"

Zhao Zhuowen, who had lived under Zhao Defang's prestige for a long time, saw that his eyes were cracked at this time, as if he was going to choose someone to devour, and his father immediately became silent, and hurriedly took two steps back.

The secretary next to him also stood obediently to the side, looking at his nose and nose, and not daring to move.

And just when Zhao Defang was venting, Wang Zheng was holding his mobile phone and talking and laughing with Ma Yun opposite.

On October 8, 20 billion Huaxia coins acquired the Golden Eagle Trading Group, on October 17, 4.5 billion Huaxia coins acquired 75% of the shares of Intime Department Store Group, and on October 26, 150 million US dollars acquired 15 Chinese branches of Marks & Spencer. Now it's even more remarkable, the veteran real estate developer Wharf with total assets of 450 billion Hong Kong dollars has been won by you. Tsk, you're about to become a legend now!"

"Brother Ma, don't exalt me! In order to win the shares of Wharf, I am nearly 10 billion US dollars in debt! The pressure is huge!" Although he was complaining in his words, Wang Zheng had a relaxed smile on his face at the moment.

"What if you take all the high-quality assets, and if you have more debts, what's the point! Now that your Times Group is so active in acquiring various commercial properties, it doesn't really plan to devote itself to the retail industry, right?

E-commerce is the original sin of the overall decline of the retail industry!" Wang Zheng smiled.

"This is the general trend of social development, even if there is no Alibaba, there will be other e-commerce companies popping up!

"Cooperation?"

"That's right! Your Times Group is doing physical sales, and our Ali is a platform-based e-commerce, putting your products on our group's website for sale, combining online and offline, to ensure that your future financial resources will roll!"

"That's a good idea, but I haven't thought about it yet, after all, I haven't really won the battle of the Wharf Group!"

"With only 2.3% of the shares, your advantage is much better than Zhao Defang!"

"Superiority is not the same as victory! Okay, let's not talk about that. Brother Ma, have you received the invitation?"

"Got it, don't worry, I'll be there at eight o'clock in the evening!"

"That's good! I'm pointing to you to prop up the field for me!"

"Haha, you still use me to prop up the field for you. With Fourth Uncle Li here, who in Hong Kong dares not to sell your face. Moreover, now that you are the majority shareholder of the Wharf Group, anyone who wants to get to know you, an upstart in the business world, is afraid that they can now go from Pengcheng to Hong Kong Island!"

"Brother Ma, you can really comfort me! I don't think I'm so attractive now. ”

"No, I'll see it tonight. Okay, no kidding! I still have some things to attend to, so let's talk when we meet in the evening!"

"Okay, we'll talk in the evening!"

After hanging up, he took the phone and thought for a moment before Wang Zheng put it in his pocket.

"Mr. Ma Yun's phone?" Wang Kai handed him a cup of brewed tea.

After taking it, Wang Zheng nodded, "This guy is also shrewd enough, we haven't developed online yet, and his cooperation call has already come!"

Moreover, we have integrated the original online sales websites of Golden Eagle Trading Group, Intime Department Store and Marks & Spencer Department Store, although the influence is not great, but as long as our offline physical stores continue to expand, with the improvement of the logistics and distribution system, sooner or later we will become the enemy of Alibaba and JD.com, and Malaysia will certainly not turn a blind eye!"

After nodding in agreement, Wang Zheng groaned slightly, "Now we have laid the foundation for physical stores, logistics and distribution, and online websites, and if you want to do O2O, you only need to pay for it!"

"The boss doesn't want to use third-party payments like Alipay and Fortune Pass?"

"Finance is a big piece of fat, we have a chance to eat, why give it to others?" Wang Zheng squinted, "As for the matter of applying for a payment license, I have already asked Wang Ying for help, his family has a little relationship with the central bank, you can cooperate when the time comes!"

However, if the third-party payment wants to become bigger, the energy of our Times Group alone may not be enough. ”

Wang Zheng nodded knowingly. Alipay can become the No. 1 third-party payment software in China, mainly because Taobao is associated with millions of large and small merchants. Then Ali expanded Alipay's application format to dozens of large and small industries such as music, sports, software, and automobiles through equity participation and holding, and when the entire ecosystem was built, it snowballed bigger and bigger.

In the same way, Tencent's Fortune Pass is also, holding Yixun, investing in Kingsoft and Kingsoft Network, investing in Didi, Tongcheng.com, Meituan and Dianping, etc., the expanding Tencent ecosystem, coupled with the almost invincible QQ and prestige, makes Fortune Tong the second largest online payment platform after Alipay.

One relies on e-commerce and the other relies on the community, and with strong capital, both have achieved great success. Since then, other third-party payment platforms have much less influence. If you only rely on Times Group itself, his third-party payment platform will be at the level of Jingdong Baitiao in the future!

Facing a super cake that will reach 35 trillion yuan in the future, Wang Zheng doesn't want to be able to watch others swallow it on the side, and he only shares some soup and water on the side.

"If one Times Group is not enough, then we will continue to expand horizontally, through acquisition, holding and investment, to expand the entire third-party payment format, as long as we are willing to put our hearts, not afraid of not being able to catch up with Alipay and Fortune Pass!" After a pause, "Okay, about the future development of Times Group, wait for the annual meeting, the most important thing for us now is to win Wharf!" After a pause, Wang Zheng turned his head and asked, "Wang Fei, how much money do we have in our hands now?"

"There's still $265 million left on the ledger! Besides, the boss's five tons of gold haven't been touched!"

"Except for these, it's all gone?" Wang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

With the money the boss won from the Tianxia cruise ship, he bought a 19.8 percent stake in the Wharf Group held by eight groups for $4.4 billion. Of the $1.8 billion in cash, $1.62 billion is in the hands of 100 banks around the world, holding 7.2% of Wharf's shares, and the remaining $180 million is still in the bank. Sold a 17% stake in East West Bank, cashed out $2 billion, 150 million to acquire 15 branches of Marks & Spencer, and then spent another $630 million to acquire the properties of these 15 branches, and the remaining $1.21 billion to buy the properties of 27 large department stores in 9 second-tier cities including Quancheng, Island City, and Hangzhou. ”

In addition, half of the $1.8 billion spent on HSBC's 7.8 percent stake in Wharf was made from the past Taoyuan Resort, including Taoyuan Ji. The remaining $900 million is still owed to HSBC. ”

"What about the profitability of the Times Group itself? Baiweiju and Taoyuan Western Foods have made more than $400 million in profits every month. Coupled with the dozen or so Taoyuan Plazas that opened at the beginning, this profit adds up to 500 million US dollars per month, is this money all spent!"

"Yes, the dozens of newly acquired commercial centers, some of which are outdated and some of which are not large enough, need to be renovated, and we have to pay liquidated damages to the previous tenants after we renovate and expand these commercial centers. This, combined with the construction of the logistics system, the expenditure on the construction of farms, and the group's operating expenses, basically depleted the group's own profits. ”

"So that's all that's left for the $265 million?"

"If we deduct the $180 million deposited in major banks, we only have $85 million, about 600 million Huaxia dollars in reserve funds!"

"600 million! It seems that the top artworks auctioned by the major auction houses in the autumn this year are out of my share! It's rare that they still call me every day these days!"

After shaking his head and smiling, "Forget it!" Wang Kai, how are you busy with the loan? Our follow-up plans can all be pointed to it!"

"Boss, don't worry! Wang Dongsheng and Li Zhaoji have promised to help, and in a week at most, we will be able to get a total loan of US$9.8 billion from HSBC, Standard Chartered, Hang Seng and the Bank of East Asia, but only if we use the shares of Wharf in our hands as collateral!"

"What I expected a long time ago, mortgage it. Anyway, with the current profitability of our group, we are not afraid that we will not be able to afford it!"

Wang Kai nodded.

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