Shen Chong's office is considered to be the most atmospheric office in Hong Kong because he uses an entire floor as a garden, while Nurture's office is considered to be the most imposing office in Hong Kong because he can overlook the whole of Central. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Since he took up the post of head office of Jardine Matheson, he would always stand behind the glass curtain wall of his office and look down on the surrounding buildings, because the feeling of stepping on everything and treating all beings like ants can not only make him enjoy the pleasure of power, but also provide him with a sober, independent and objective mind to face problems - as if God looks at the world.

However, that night, when the board of directors was over, he stood alone in front of the glass curtain wall with a glass glass filled with whiskey, looking at the brightly lit Central, his brows furrowed, without any pleasure, and without finding an objective and calm mentality.

The board of directors this time, very rare more than three hours to end, the abandonment of the Wharf is not too controversial, the controversial is how to face Li Kaiyuan's hostile acquisition, one side is a hardliner, ready to continue to buy back shares in the stock market, instead of to buy back the shares in Li Kaiyuan's hands, with a strong posture of losing both, warning all the consortium that wants to get involved in Jardine Matheson, one side is a moderate faction, asking for negotiations with Li Kaiyuan as soon as possible, with the least cost, to resolve this hostile acquisition.

Throughout the meeting, Simenke always spoke in a smooth and calm manner, but he never showed the true intentions of the Keswick family, and not only that, but he also did something that caught Niu Bijian off guard.

"It happened very suddenly, we lacked sufficient data and information to make analysis and judgment, and did not have time to do full thinking and communication, in this case, the resolution made by the vote may not be in the interests of the company, so I think the directors should leave the matter to the experts to solve, as we all know, Mr. Niu Bijian is very capable, is the world's first-class negotiator, he and Shen Chong have many contacts, understand the character and characteristics of the other party, I believe, he is fully responsible for this matter, Will definitely solve this matter perfectly.

Simonke's remarks made Niu Bijian very annoyed.

As the chairman of the board of directors, he has the right to choose the way to deal with hostile takeovers, but he doesn't want this decision-making power, because no matter whether he chooses to be tough or steady, there are a lot of negative problems, and people will always find an excuse to attack afterwards, and no matter how sharp Li Kaiyuan's rhetoric is, it is impossible for her to control Jardine Matheson in a short period of time, let alone threaten the position of Niu Bijian's Taipan, on the contrary, the Keswick family is the one who really threatens his Taipan status, so Niu Bijian took great pains to convene the board of directors. Giving up decision-making power - if the board of directors votes collectively on what action to take, it is naturally less responsible.

Once Li Kaiyuan's acquisition plan is realized, the Keswick family is the biggest loser, Niu Bijian thought that Simon would be very nervous and took the initiative to take power to deal with Li Kaiyuan, but he did the opposite, and kicked the ball back, and his remarks moved many directors at the meeting, and finally passed the authorization proposal, and Niu Bijian was solely responsible for resolving the matter.

It was clear that Simon was pushing Niu Bijian to the fire to prepare for his brother Henrik's return to Jardine Matheson.

Thinking of this, Niu Bijian was distraught, he raised his glass, took a sip of whiskey, and said in his stomach: "Damn it, if only this woman could buy a little more shares." ”

Indeed, if Li Kaiyuan had a little more shares, the situation would have been very different.

When Simon Keswick saw Lee Kai-won announce that she had 15. When the shares of Jardine Matheson were very nervous, because this data far exceeded the shares held by the Keswick family, which would seriously damage the influence of the Keswick family in Jardine Matheson, and it would take a lot of money to increase the number to the same number, but after O'Connor explained, he immediately became rational and calm, because the shares below 10 are not much pressure on the Keswick family, and with their family's financial resources and network, they are not afraid of competitors with the same shares.

If Li Kaiyuan really has 15. In that case, Niu Bijian can sit on the sidelines and watch the tiger fight, but now, this is a painless share, and the Keswick family only needs to exert a little influence on the board of directors to push Niu Bijian out to be cannon fodder.

On the one hand, there has always been no affection for the struggle for power, and on the other hand, Niu Bijian was already full of resentment towards Henrik.

Henrik's series of expansion moves that year, although Jardine Matheson became a world-class business group, but every expansion he presided over caused serious sequelae, such as the acquisition of Hong Kong Dairy Company by way of share exchange through Hongkong Land Group in 19 years, which greatly reduced Jardine Matheson's control over Hongkong Group, for example, before the stock market crash in 1973, Henrik issued new shares to raise funds, and then went to Hawaii and the Philippines to buy 40,000 acres of sugar cane plantations, the stock market crash and the world sugar market was sluggish, For example, in 1973, Henrik went on a buying spree of high-end real estate in London, and soon after, the first oil crisis hit the British economy hard, and the value of those properties plummeted......

Henrik faced all kinds of crises, not thinking about how to solve them, but choosing to retire in the prime of life, with the reputation of "Prince of Foreign Companies", returning to London with infinite scenery, enjoying the idle aristocratic life, leaving a mess for Niu Bijian, and when Niu Bijian spent five years and exhausted his endless thoughts, he just made the situation of Jardine Matheson Co., Ltd. improve, this guy actually wants to kill a horse gun to pick peaches?

You must know that according to the convention, after the senior class of Jardine Matheson takes office, he will also serve as the senior class of Hongkong Land Group and Wharf, with three crowns on his head, which is the most beautiful foreign executive in Hong Kong......

Forget about the black cauldron, the culprit still wants to make a comeback and snatch the throne of Taipan, how can Niu Bijian endure it?

Therefore, in any case, it is necessary to prevent the Keswick family from re-entering the Jardine Matheson Co

However, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, coupled with the mess of how to sell Wharf stocks and how to deal with it, Nubijian's heart is also at a loss......

He was worried, the phone on the desk rang, and the secretary reported: "Mr. Shen Bi is on Line 1."

Niu Bijian was stunned, HSBC held shares in Jardine Matheson, and Shen Bi was one of the board members, but he was not present at the board of directors just now, but just sent an agent over, and this agent did not say a word from beginning to end.

It's already more than ten o'clock in the middle of the night, what is Shen Bi calling at this time?

"Mr. New, would you like to come out for a drink?"

Lin Xingzhi, formerly known as Lin Shanmu, worked as a data collector in "Ming Pao" in his early years, went to the Cambridge Institute of Technology in the United Kingdom to study economics in 19 years, graduated and returned to Hong Kong in 1969, was appreciated by Jin Yong, invited him to serve as the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Ming Pao Evening News", in charge of the economic edition, in 1973, the Hong Kong stock market crash, the sales of "Ming Pao Evening News" plummeted, Jin Yong on the grounds that the public no longer pursues serious financial news, reduced the content of the financial edition, expanded the soft entertainment news and horse scripture content, Lin Xingzhi was very dissatisfied with this, so he left the "Ming Pao Evening News", He founded the "Hong Kong Economic Journal Financial News", and he had outstanding ability, and just in time for the opportunity of Hong Kong's economic take-off, he ran the newspaper well.

Before Shen Chong acquired Hong Kong Economic Journal, Lin Xingzhi served as the boss, editor-in-chief and author, writing "political and economic short commentaries" in newspapers, analyzing and commenting on the political and economic situation in Hong Kong and even the world.

However, Lin Xingzhi is good at writing short reviews, and long reviews, especially those involving large sums of money, are handled by Cao Renchao, another authoritative commentator at the newspaper.

Cao Renchao's pen name "Sicong", once worked in an investment company, with unique vision and outstanding writing, as early as October l977, Wharf's stock price was only 13. At the age of 5, he predicted in the Hong Kong Economic Journal that Wharf would become a popular investment in 1978, and soon after, Li Ka-shing attacked Wharf, and the stock price soared all the way to a high of 46 yuan, and Sicong became a "stock market fortune teller" sought after by Hong Kong stockholders.

That night, Cao Renchao was hugging his wife, sleeping with his head covered, but in the middle of the night, the phone rang loudly, waking up the dream, he didn't bother to turn on the light, groped a few times on the bedside table, grabbed the phone, and before he could speak, he heard Lin Xingzhi's excited voice.

"Ah Chao, hurry up and come to the company, I'm waiting for you in the office, there is big news, super heavy news, come quickly"

"Lao Lin, there is no big news about the three watches in the middle of the night." Cao Renchao looked at the alarm clock sleepily through the light leaking in through the gap in the curtains, and complained: "It's twelve o'clock now, and tomorrow's newspaper will already be printed, even if it's big news, I can't catch up." ”

"I stopped printing, you hurry up and come to the company to write a news commentary, and then reprint it when it's done."

"Lao Lin, are you crazy?" Cao Renchao suddenly sobered up and said: "Now stop printing, re-typeset and add content, and you may not be able to finish it until two or three o'clock, if you can't go on the market tomorrow morning, the sales of the newspaper will plummet, are you responsible?" You must know that you are not the boss now, you are just an editor-in-chief with the God of Wealth staring at you. ”

"It doesn't matter, I said hello to him." Lin Xingzhi was still excited, and said loudly: "What I got this time is the news of Shen Caishen, you hurry up, Shen Caishen and Jardine Matheson reconciled and I got the content of the agreement between the two parties." ”

Li Kaiyuan's bold words at the press conference in the afternoon are still echoing in his ears, and it has only been a few hours before he reconciled?

Cao Ren was so surprised that he quickly turned over and got out of bed, and asked while putting on his pants indiscriminately, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"It's true, Shen Caishen told me personally." Lin Xingzhi laughed and said: "You know, after the press conference in the afternoon, the content of the interview he gave me at noon became worthless nonsense, so I spent all night grinding with him in the investment department on the sixth floor, and the hard work paid off, and finally let him give me a big news." ”