In 1970, the Hong Kong government auctioned off the land reclaimed in Central, including a 30,000-square-foot lot, near Victoria Harbour, in an excellent location, before the oil crisis, the Americans were rich and arrogant, before the auction, they threatened to win, but at the auction, Hongkong Land grabbed the land at a record price of 5.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, which caused a sensation. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to the fact that this piece of land is indeed golden, there is another important reason, that is, if the Americans take it, the building will block the sea view of the Mandarin Hotel, causing its value to plummet.

This shows how important Mandarin Hotels is to Hongkong Land and is a world-class five-star hotel on a par with The Peninsula Hotel.

The property built on the land that Hongkong Land Group grabbed is the Recreation Building that Shen Chong used to make the exterior and gimmick of "Die Hard", this building was completed in 1973, and in 1974, Jardine Matheson moved its headquarters in, of which the 48th floor is the office of Taipan New Cliffor, where he overlooks Central and is proud of Hong Kong, has been more than five years.

As a public figure, although no one has yet figured out how much money he has, his preferences have long been clear, he loves food, not fancy clothes, cars, mansions, talented women, beautiful women, airplanes, yachts......

As a person who has never been to the Hong Kong Yacht Club, he suddenly appeared there, and then went to sea, not to see the king of the boat, but to see the king of the dragon?

When he heard the news of Shen Chong's departure to the sea, Niu Bijian was practicing golf putting in his office on the 48th floor.

"When did you go to sea?"

"According to the staff of the yacht club, around half past nine in the morning, I took the boat rented by the yacht club."

"Poor disguise." Neubijian, a typical Anglo-Saxon, tall and hard-lined, straightened up, tucked his golf club into his pocket, and said, "Did YC Pao's yacht go to sea a long time ago?" ”

"Yes, I went to sea last night and never returned to the dock." As the general manager of Hongkong Land, although Bao Fuda's position is lower than that of Niu Bijian, but at this level, there is no need to be too restrained, he sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said: "If Shen Chong sells his shares to Bao Yugang, what will we do?" ”

"Shen Chong is a greedy guy." Niu Bijian picked up the whiskey bottle in the window, poured the wine, and said: "Last year, the Americans said that he was a vampire from the East, and what they said was not wrong at all, even if they went to see Bao Yugang, they might not sell shares to him." ”

"But they are all Chinese, and Chinese people like to hold together."

"No, no, no, Pao Yugang became a British naturalized citizen in 1963, and he was canonized by the Queen, he is from our British Empire." Niu Bijian handed a glass of whiskey to Bao Fuda, then sat back at the spacious desk, and said: "A business involving hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, the impact of skin color is very small, Jardine can't satisfy Shen Chong's appetite, and Bao Yugang can't be satisfied either, he is playing tricks, let's compete with each other, and raise the price of the stock in his hand." ”

"Maybe you're right." Bao Fuda was thoughtful, he took a sip of wine, and said: "Hong Kong is so big, if you really want to meet in secret, you can go anywhere, there is no need to go to sea, everyone knows that Bao Yugang is the king of ships, even if you change 100 boats, you can't hide it from others, Shen Chong is deliberately letting us know that he is going to see Bao Yugang." ”

"This man is very cunning, and the local Chinese in Hong Kong see him as the embodiment of the god of wealth." Niu Bijian squeezed the wine glass, shook it back and forth, and said: "But Hong Kong is the territory of the British, and we only believe in God and not other gods. ”

"Davin, have you figured out what to do with him?" Bao Fuda changed his sitting position, moved closer to him, and said, "Shen Chong always let his investment managers contact us, and I have been avoiding it, which is very annoying. ”

"We can emulate the Opium War 140 years ago." The Neopyan family was a director of Jardine Matheson as early as the thirties, and he himself had been a soldier in Scotland for a period of time, and the superior was full of style, he took a sip of whiskey and said: "At the beginning, the British just wanted to trade peacefully with the Qing Dynasty, but they kept shirking and letting the petty bureaucrats do the perfunctory, so we sent warships to become the masters of Hong Kong, and since Shen Chong was not willing to cooperate with Jardine Matheson, we also sent warships to deal with him." ”

"It's not a war time, it's not the nineteenth century, Davin, you can't threaten people with force, that would damage the reputation of Jardine."

"Relax, I'm just making an analogy." Niu Bijian laughed, then shook his head and said: "I don't have warships, I don't have cannons, I will use political means to put pressure on Shen Chong, let him know the true strength of our Jardine Matheson, and at that time, he will know how to choose." ”

"The bureaucracy has always been very inefficient, and it will be too slow to use political means?" Bao Fuda is a professional manager who is not very good at politics, he is worried, drank all the wine in one go, and said: "Wharf and Hongkong Land rely on each other, and there is no room for mistakes, and there are rumors in the market that Bao Yugang will turn to Hongkong Land if he cannot control Wharf." ”

"Don't worry, I'll make Shen Chong feel strong pressure soon." Niu Bijian leaned over, grabbed the exquisite calendar on the desk with his hand, and said confidently: "I think this problem can be solved before the U month and U day." ”

Bao Fuda looked at the month and day marked with a red circle on the calendar, and asked; "U month U day, is there anything special?"

However, he quickly reacted and said: "This is the day when Jiayi TV is on the air? ”

"Yes." Niu Bijian nodded and said: "Shen Chong sent an invitation letter to the Hong Kong Governor's Office a month ago, asking Mr. Governor to cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of his television station, but after my persuasion, Sir MacLehose promised not to respond before noon on the U month. ”

"Just because of that?" Bao Fuda put the wine glass on the coffee table and said: "Shen Chong has a close relationship with the mainland, and he doesn't seem to care whether the Hong Kong governor is there or not. ”

"Of course it's more than that." Niu Bijian stood up, walked to the wine cabinet, poured a little more whiskey, and said: "Yesterday at the Mandarin Hotel, I met Mr. George and Mr. O'Neill, the former editor-in-chief of Asia Weekly, and Chen Songqing, the owner of Jianing Group, and chatted with them for a while. Do you still want it? ”

"No thanks."

"Mr. George told me a very interesting thing." Niu Bijian held a wine glass in his left hand and put his right hand in his pocket, with an expression of wisdom beads in his hand, and said: "He said that Shen Chong's TV station has a loophole in the regulations, of course, this is a small loophole, for the vast majority of people, it is meaningless, but for us, it is very useful, because I am an unofficial member of the Hong Kong Executive Council, I can use this loophole to make his TV station have a big scandal when it starts broadcasting." ”

"You go and contact Shen Chong again to see if he is willing to come out to see us, if he doesn't show up again, I will make him ugly."

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