As soon as Wang Zichuan entered the office building, he found a portrait on the wall of the luxurious hall, pacing under the huge oil painting, Wang Zichuan smiled, is this the Qi Dezun who single-handedly built the micro Hutchison into a giant Mac?

Ma Jizhong stood quietly behind Wang Zichuan, and he knew a lot about the legendary figure Qi Dezun.

Wang Zichuan smiled: "It's really strange, Hutchison Whampoa has changed hands, why is his portrait still hanging here?" ”

Ma Jizhong immediately replied: "Hutchison International was founded by Mr. Qi, although it was acquired by Cheung Kong Industrial, but because Mr. Qi passed away 4 years ago, we Chinese pay attention to 'the dead are the greatest', so no one has proposed to replace the portrait." ”

"I see, presumably General Qi's life is also full of legends!" Wang Zichuan was moved by the fact that the portrait he saw was not a gentleman's dress, but a general covered in medals.

Ma Jizhong said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Qi is British, joined the army as a teenager, and was assigned to serve in the Far East, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, Qi Dezun came to Hong Kong with the Royal Artillery Corps to serve as an artillery officer. In December 1941, Hong Kong fell due to the defeat in the Battle for Hong Kong.

During the fall of Hong Kong, Mr. Kei became a Japanese prisoner and was imprisoned in the Sham Shui Po concentration camp, but soon after being rescued by the Dongjiang Column, he successfully escaped from the camp with another artillery companion and a member of the Volunteer Regiment, and finally reached the Allied positions in Chinese mainland safely. ”

"That's how he got his medal?"

Ma Jizhong nodded and replied: "Perhaps Mr. Qi's escape from the concentration camp greatly encouraged the British army, which was repeatedly defeated, and he was awarded the Military Cross by the British Court in 1942, and the British army fought several victories with the assistance of the Chinese army, and Mr. Qi was awarded the OBE in 1943." ”

"This is 40 years ago, no wonder the portrait is so handsome!"

Ma Jizhong complimented: "I think Mr. Wang's future achievements will not be inferior to Mr. Qi...... After the end of World War II. He returned to Hong Kong in 1947 and joined the business world, joining Hutchison & Co., a third- and fourth-rate British firm. ”

"At that time, Wheelock held half of the shares of Hutchison & Co., and in 1954 he became chairman of the board of directors of Hutchison."

Wang Zichuan listened quietly, as if he had forgotten about the meeting.

Seeing that Wang Zichuan was very interested, Ma Jizhong was greatly encouraged, and quickly organized in his heart, and systematically expounded the development history of Hutchison from the time and year as the basis.

"1963. Mr. Qi acquired the shares of Hutchison & Co., Inc., a listed company of Wheelock & Company, through IWC, and changed its name to Hutchison International in 1965, with himself as chairman. ”

"Since 1960, Mr. Kei has embarked on a series of acquisitions through the issuance of new shares, during which he acquired long-established foreign firms such as Watsons, De Hui Bao and Tai Ho & Co., which formed the core of Hutchison International's expansion of import and export trade, wholesale and retail."

In 1969, Mr. Qi raised HK$72 million through the issuance of preferred shares and acquired a 30% stake in Whampoa Dockyard. Control the company. ”

In 1970, Hutchison International acquired the large warehouse group Kwon Yick Warehouse through Whampoa Dockyard, and the two companies owned large areas of land in Hung Hom, Kowloon, and North Point and West Wan on Hong Kong Island, respectively, and Hutchison International became the largest landowner in Hong Kong. During this period, the number of companies controlled by the group has grown from 30 to more than 200. ”

Mr. Kei has also been an investment in Hong Kong's future, having advocated for the construction of the Hung Hom Cross Harbour Tunnel, which was funded by the Hong Kong government. However, the construction was opposed by the Financial Secretary, Sir Kwok Pak-wai, and as a result, the construction of the Cross Harbour Tunnel was financed by Hutchison International on its own. ”

In 1967, Mr. Kei and Sir Shaw and others co-founded Television Broadcasts Limited. Since then, he has served as vice chairman of the company's board of directors, which led to the famous TVB. ”

Mr. Kei has also served as Chairman of Hong Kong Oxygen Corporation, Vice Chairman of Cross Harbour Tunnel Limited, and a director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), The Dairy Farm Company, Hong Kong Textile Mills, Towngas, OOCL Container Group and Ocean Park, among others.

"In 1975, due to excessive expansion, Hutchison International borrowed goods for investment activities on a large scale for many years, but encountered the cooling of the stock market boom and the global oil crisis, which caused the stock prices of listed companies in the Hutchison system to depreciate sharply. In addition, the company had borrowed Swiss francs earlier, but suffered a double blow due to the sharp appreciation of the Swiss franc, which put the company in financial difficulties. The market capitalisation of the company fell to HK$340 million, equivalent to only 4.7% of its heyday in 1973. ”

In September 1975, Hutchison International held a general meeting of shareholders to ask shareholders to issue HK$175 million in rights, but was rejected by the shareholders represented by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and the board of directors was finally forced to accept HSBC's HK$150 million injection to acquire a 33.65% controlling stake. HSBC resold it to Li Ka Shing of Cheung Kong Group in 1979. ”

Wang Zichuan plucked out his ears, Ma Jizhong said so much at once, he was only interested in the wireless TV station just mentioned.

"Who will take over Mr. Qi's shares in TVB?"

Ma Jizhong was stunned for a moment, swallowed back the words of the introduction, shook his head and said, "I don't know this?" ”

"What are those two yellow-skinned monkeys doing?" A foreigner in his forties held a civilization stick and pointed at Wang Zichuan and Ma Ji standing under the portrait.

Sun Hang, who had just entered the hall, frowned unhappily, he was also a yellow-skinned Chinese, and reminded: "Mr. William, that Mr. Wang is a shareholder of the company. ”

"Humph! The whole company is filled with a disgusting atmosphere! William, a foreigner, was bored and led a group of people away.

Wang Zichuan looked calm and asked, "Who is he?" ”

Ma Jizhong said carefully: "Mr. William is the vice chairman of the board of directors and the representative of the British-funded group. ”

"Hello my husband, I am Mr. Li's secretary Sun Hang, please take care of me when we meet for the first time!" Sun Hang stepped forward with a smile on his face, he was no stranger to Wang Zichuan.

Wang Zichuan smiled: "Hello Secretary Sun, I remember that we met. ”

Sun Hang said with a smile: "I didn't expect Mr. Wang to have such a good memory, congratulations to Mr. Wang, Mr. Li is very interested in your film and television city project." ”

Wang Zichuan smiled and asked, "Is today's meeting presided over by Mr. Li?" ”

Sun Hang made a gesture of invitation and said, "Yes, the content of today's meeting determines the future development of the company, and the meeting is presided over by Mr. Li himself, and I hope Mr. Wang will take care of it." ”

Wang Zichuan touched his nose, Li Jiacheng must be in control of the victory now, how to take care of him, and said modestly: "Hehe, Secretary Sun said with a smile, I just came here to make soy sauce this time!" ”

Soy sauce? Sun Hang was confused, and quietly instructed an entourage behind: "You go and inquire where there is a soy sauce seller nearby, and investigate it for me." ”

"Mr. Wang, please!"

"Secretary Sun, please!"

Ma Jizhong stayed outside the conference room, which was a special meeting room for shareholders, and representatives and relatives were not allowed to enter.

Hutchison Whampoa's conference room Wang Zichuan is the first time to come, the luxury Cheng dù beyond his imagination, the projector equipment needless to say, the office door is the most advanced identification technology, will never let people bring in eavesdropping equipment, the whole room is only a long table, on both sides of the fresh bouquet on the top, in the middle is hollow, placed a few plates of unknown grass and trees......

Compared with the conference room here, Tengfei Entertainment is simply not worth mentioning.

Wang Zichuan found his seat, a little behind, there were four or five seats behind him, and it seemed that the seat ranking was determined according to the size of the shares held.

"Huh? How is Lin Baixing? Wang Zichuan looked at the name on the vacant seat next to him, and was very surprised, this Lin Baixing held a little more shares than himself.

Wang Zichuan glanced back, Zhao Jun? I don't know! Gu Yu, I don't know! Qiu Mingli, En...... This seems to be Qiu Degen's son!

It seems that he is not the only one staring at Huangpu Industry!

"You're not Wang Zichuan...... Mr? As soon as Lin Baixing sat in his position, he saw Wang Zichuan shaking his head, and he was also surprised, this kid is not the big boss of Tengfei Entertainment? How did he become a shareholder.

Wang Zichuan smiled: "Mr. Lin, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

"Haha...... It's really a place in life where we don't meet! Lin Baixing helped the gold wire glasses and praised: "Mr. Wang is young and promising, he has such great achievements at a young age, and my old man is red-eyed." ”

"You are Wang Zichuan?" Qiu Mingli walked over with interest, the old man of his family has mentioned the young man in front of him the most, of course, it is a negative teaching material.

Wang Zichuan nodded reservedly, Qiu Degen was almost angry with him recently, and I believe that this middle-aged man had no good impression of him.

Qiu Mingli said with a smile: "I have long persuaded the old man to enjoy happiness at home, but he didn't listen, I heard that you taught my old man a hard lesson, and you did a good job!" Now the old man's attitude has moved a lot, and our family has to thank you for this. ”

Wang Zichuan blinked, immediately held Qiu Mingli's outstretched hand, and said: "Brother Qiu, I won't tell you, I often advise Uncle Gen to pay attention to rest, the old man is old and can't stand the toss, Uncle Gen takes care of me as a nephew, how can I bear to let him work for the old man." ”

Lin Baixing's eyes flashed, and he was secretly annoyed, Qiu Degen, an old fox, had afternoon tea with him a few days ago, and he didn't leak a breath at all, he almost fooled him, it seems that he intends to retire, in this case, he doesn't have to rush to get up and be slaughtered.

Qiu Mingli nodded to Lin Baixing: "Uncle Lin! ”

"Mingli, let's sit down and talk about it when we have time, I'm very interested in the 1% stake in your hand."

Qiu Mingli smiled: "What Uncle Lin said is that I am also very interested in the 2.1% stake in your hand. ”

"Stinky boy, don't let the old man at all!"

"Ahem...... Everyone, be quiet! (To be continued......)

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