Nowadays, Xiangjiang is full of news about Zhang Heng's acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa.

As one of the four major British-funded foreign companies, Hutchison Whampoa fell into the hands of a Chinese, which is undoubtedly very shocking for the British-funded enterprises in Hong Kong.

Founded in 1860, Hutchison & Co. was mainly engaged in the import and export trade of Indian cotton, British cotton wool fabrics, Chinese tea, etc., as well as the retail trade in Hong Kong.

However, since the merger between Hutchison & Co. and Whampoa Dockyard, Hutchison Whampoa's status among the four major British-funded banks has been greatly improved, and now it is the second largest British-funded foreign firm in Xiangjiang, with assets worth more than 7 billion Hong Kong dollars, and is one of the largest listed companies in Xiangjiang, which occupies a very important position in the hearts of British-funded enterprises.

However, this is undoubtedly an exciting turning point for the historical development of Hong Kong society.

Many people in British-funded enterprises questioned Shen Bi's idea, and Shen Bi directly replied positively: "A bank is not a charity, not a political institution, not a British club, a bank is a bank, and the purpose of a bank is to make a profit." Whoever can make money for HSBC is a good friend of HSBC. ”

The British "Times" analyzed in the newspaper: "In the past year, Zhang Heng, the proud son of the business world, has scored one after another in the major mergers and reorganizations of Hong Kong's business circles, which has made many British-funded companies in Hong Kong nervous. ”

Among them, there is an article that attempts to explore the reasons for the rise of Chinese businessmen in the context of the times.

As we all know, Hong Kong is a British colony, however, the vast majority of Hong Kong's population is still Chinese, and the British, who hold the political power and economic lifeline of Hong Kong, are ethnic minorities. Since World War II, especially in the sixties and seventies, the economic power of the Chinese has grown rapidly.

Now that 97 is approaching, with the powerful China as a backer, these Chinese businessmen are like tigers, and he dares to openly compete with British businessmen in the shopping mall in order to obtain greater economic benefits from the original British businessmen, which makes the British businessmen in Xiangjiang extremely uneasy.

Even the major shareholders of the world-famous Jardine Matheson Consortium have a feeling of stepping into a minefield, and British businessmen cannot help but sigh at the changes in the world.

At the same time, it is impossible not to admit that Zhang Heng, the pride of the sky, can be compared with the outstanding elements in the British business community.

Some of the references in the article are biased and contain the tone of the "British Empire", but they cannot change the fact that Zhang Heng acquired Hutchison Whampoa.

In the late 70s, the fledgling and ambitious Chinese-funded chaebols began to covet the control of British-funded companies and challenge the supremacy of British-funded conglomerates head-on.

Now Hutchison Whampoa has been acquired by Zhang Heng, and Zhang Heng has become the first Chinese to become the owner of the four major British-funded banks, breaking the situation of the economic monopoly of British-funded enterprises on Xiangjiang for nearly 100 years, and completely reversing the situation in which British-funded enterprises have an absolute advantage in Xiangjiang.

The Chinese-funded chaebol was also ready to move, which was an epoch-making change in the economic history of Hong Kong, and its far-reaching significance was gradually revealed and repeatedly mentioned after a few years.

And this time Zhang Heng really entered the hearts of the people of Xiangjiang as a businessman, for many young people, Zhang Heng is their idol, and the whole Xiangjiang does not know how many people worship because of Zhang Heng's deeds and Zhang Heng's bold declaration.

After a period of time, the public opinion in the outside world had a tendency to slowly subside, but no one thought that in just one week, because a couplet once again caused a storm of public opinion about Zhang Heng.

When a respected old gentleman in the literary world read Zhang Hengbing's article on the acquisition of Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa without seeing blood, he was amazed and wrote a couplet that was not neat: Master master and master move, superman and super wisdom and super blessing.

Soon this couplet spread out, and the name of "Superman" also spread among the people, and people called Zhang Heng Zhang Superman.

Soon, newspapers of all sizes competed to adopt it, and Zhang Heng's superhuman name spread all over Xiangjiang, which at least represented a public opinion tendency, and many people were admitting Zhang Heng's "master's skills and superhuman wisdom"

Zhang Heng was still surprised when he heard this, this title that was originally Li Ka-shing was now on his head, Zhang Heng did not object, Superman itself represents omnipotence, so that he can condense his godhead and create his own invincible myth in people's minds in business

Zhang Heng also appeared on the cover of "Time Magazine" again, Time Magazine called Zhang Heng "the pride of the sky", which contains the meaning of saying that Zhang Heng has today's achievements thanks to the blessing of the god of luck, and the British also use a sentence to describe Zhang Heng, that is, "one ounce (ounce) of luck is better than a pound of wisdom." From Zhang Heng's experience, which is more important to a person's achievement?

Zhang Heng just replied to this question:

"My successful career is basically based on hard work"

Of course, this is just Zhang Heng's self-humility, and now Zhang Heng is already famous in Xiangjiang, but Zhang Heng understands a truth, that is, when the water is full, it will be a loss.

Therefore, Zhang Heng wants to give others the illusion of relying on luck to achieve success, in fact, Zhang Heng believes that success not only depends on diligence, but also on people's vision.

A person with a good eye can judge and grasp the general trend of the market, and then through perseverance and hard work to lead to success, and he sees the opportunity is considered "lucky" by ordinary people

Many people only have a dull life, which may be an opportunity that cannot be judged, or cowering when they see an opportunity, or missing the 'first pot of gold' when the opportunity comes. There are also people who miss the opportunity when the opportunity comes, because they are calculating the small gains and losses at present, turning good things into bad things.

It is useless to rely on diligence alone, otherwise there are more than 10 hours a day and about 100,000 people working every week in Xiangjiang, why do they work diligently for decades and still have not got ahead?"

It took a long time for people to understand that Zhang Heng's "luck" was not something that ordinary people could have

Zhang Heng can always stand on the cusp of market transformation and lead the trend of new industries.

International vision, panoramic thinking, long-term vision, pragmatic innovation, the general trend of the market in the palm of the hand, this ability makes people breathtaking.

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Zhang Heng did not pay attention to the praise outside, but prepared to enter the Hutchison Whampoa.

Hutchison Group has a total of 8 listed companies, including Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Group, Watsons, Hutchison Properties, Metropolis Properties, Kwan Yik Warehouse, Anderson Daya and Harbour Engineering, and its businesses cover import and export trade, wholesale and retail commerce, commerce, container transportation, shipyards, warehouses and transportation, real estate, stone mining, construction, and investment businesses.

Therefore, Zhang Heng knew that it would not be easy to control this huge company, although Dongfang Real Estate had recruited a large number of talents, but there were almost no generals who were in charge.