Xu Guanwu also knows that "Jaws" has been painted one after another in the past few days, and only twenty or thirty theaters are still being released, but the box office of tens of thousands of dollars per day has completely affected the overall situation.

"Jaws" was released two and a half months ago, and the box office reached $240 million, which is already a sure thing. Jaws was the first film to break $200 million at the box office, breaking box office records set by films such as "The Exorcist" and "Rocky."

Such an amazing box office result not only shook Hollywood in the United States, but also shocked all shijie filmmakers. It's like "Titanic" swept $1.8 billion and "Avatar" swept $2.7 billion, and everyone who heard the news, even if they hadn't seen the movie, was speechless about it.

For two consecutive years, the films invested in the United States have won the box office, and Xu Guanwu has once again successfully attracted the attention of the media, and the reports about him have suddenly increased, and some reporters have traveled across the ocean to Hong Kong to visit him.

Xu Guanwu did not accept any interviews with foreign media. If you want news, buy it from my daily newspaper, he doesn't bother to deal with this group of vampires.

After having dinner with Deng Lijun and others, Xu Guanwu called Liang Shuyi to HSBC to handle the repayment affairs.

In order to help Lei Shidong solve the crisis, Xu Guanwu mortgaged his 20 properties and exchanged them for huge loans from HSBC. It's been five months now, and the interest has to be in the millions of dollars. So it's too early to take advantage of the money now.

The $240 million movie box office, excluding taxes and other distributions, Xu Guanwu can probably get 30%. That's $72 million.

Although let 20th Century Fox take 30% of the revenue. But the reason why "Jaws" was able to achieve such a high box office. It also relied on the propaganda of the 20th Century Fox Company.

"Jaws" was released in a total of 850 theaters at its peak, but National Entertainment only had more than 100 theaters. If Xu Guanwu and Lei Shidong were to be released in partnership, it would take at least four or five months to reach a box office of $200 million, and the daylilies would be cold by then.

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When he came to the HSBC headquarters building, Xu Guanwu and Liang Shuyi informed him of his intention, and was immediately taken directly to the general manager's office by the lobby manager.

A high roller like Xu Guanwu, who can afford to borrow $40 million, has always been the bank's favorite partner.

In the 70s, the general manager of HSBC was Shen Bi. This person is a native British, but in order to facilitate communication with Hong Kong people, he specially chose a Chinese-style name.

Xu Guanwu saw the nameplate on the general manager's room at the door, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and felt that the name was very familiar at that time.

When he entered the inside and saw Shen Biqi, he suddenly realized that it was him.

People say that Li Ka-shing is the richest man in Hong Kong, with unlimited business talent, and is known as Li Chaoren! Turn your hands over for the clouds. Cover your hands for the rain!! But in fact, Shen Bi is the real bull standing behind Li Ka-shing, and it is he who helps Li Ka-shing to empty the white wolf. Swallow a 22% stake in Hutchison Whampoa without spending a penny.

At that time, the market value of Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong was only HK$6.7 billion, but the market value of Hutchison Whampoa was as high as HK$6.2 billion. Li Ka-shing's move is undoubtedly a snake swallowing an elephant, if it weren't for Shen Bi's support behind him, he would have choked to death halfway through.

Shen Bi also helped Bao Yugang, the first ship king in Hong Kong, to successfully buy Wharf, and cut off the fattest piece of meat from Jardine Matheson, which was tantamount to pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth, and severely frustrated the momentum of Jardine Matheson, the first British-funded foreign firm in Hong Kong.

Xu Guanwu has also seen a little bit of Li Chaoren's prestige history before, and knows how he grew from a plastic flower king to the richest man in Hong Kong step by step. understands that in the process of Li Ka-shing's rise, Shen Bi's help played an absolutely crucial factor.

Xu Guanwu remembers that Shen Bi realized Li Ka-shing's ability a few years later, when Li Ka-shing secretly absorbed Wharf's shares. At that time, Wharf's share price was depressed, and its market value was much lower than its actual assets, so it attracted Li Ka-shing's attention.

Li Ka-shing also values many of Wharf's land plots, and as long as he swallows them, he will undoubtedly become the king of Hong Kong's real estate industry.

Faced with Li Ka-shing's continuous encroachment, Wharf chose to turn to HSBC for help. Shen Bi's favorite successor at that time was not Li Ka-shing, but the ship king Bao Yugang. So he coordinated in the middle and asked Li Ka-shing to transfer the acquired shares of Wharf to Pao Yugang.

Bao Yugang successfully won the Wharf, and Li Ka-shing was obedient and automatically let go. Ling Bao Yugang and Shen Bi owed themselves an adult please.

Later, Li Ka-shing cooperated with HSBC to rebuild the Commercial Complex of the Chinese Bank. The cooperation between the two is getting closer and closer, and the friendship is getting better and better. Shen Bi is also very optimistic about Li Ka-shing's business talent, and he owes him a favor before, so he supports him to swallow Hutchison Whampoa.

Xu Guanwu knew that this should happen in two or three years, so he pondered whether to hook up with Shen Bi, leave a good impression on him, and let him replace Li Ka-shing.

But then I think about it, the real estate industry is not my favorite, and I am not interested in these things of buying land to build buildings and selling houses. If you talk about making money, investing in high-tech companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Intel is even more profitable, so you don't need to replace Li Ka-shing to become the richest man in Hong Kong.

But having said that, it seems that he has a good relationship with Shen Bi, after all, he is now the general manager of HSBC, and he will also become the chairman of HSBC in the future.

HSBC has supreme authority in Hong Kong, and to put it simply, HSBC's Taipan is more powerful than the Governor of Hong Kong.

To put it simply, more than 60% of the currency currently in circulation in Hong Kong is issued by HSBC, which shows the status of the people.

If you catch the uncrowned emperor of HSBC, let alone the Ma brothers in the future, you can speak loudly even in front of the Governor of Hong Kong.

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"Hello, Mr. Xu! I've always wanted to see you, but I didn't expect my dream to come true today. As soon as they met, Shen Bi said very enthusiastically, which made Xu Guanwu a little surprised.

"Xiexie, your compliments make me honestly afraid." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, secretly saying in his heart that this foreigner spoke Chinese well.

"You must think I'm complimenting you, but you're wrong. I really admire you. Appreciate you. Shen Bi seemed to notice Xu Guanwu's perfunctory. couldn't help but smile and said, "Look, I've collected all the reports about you. ”

As he spoke, Shen Bi took out a folder, opened it and saw that it was all reports about Xu Guanwu. There are reports on the release of the "Rocky" movie, the first issue of the revised edition of "Daily Daily", and reports on the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. And so on and so forth.

To be honest, Xu Guanwu's first feeling when he saw so many reports about himself was not happy, but a little creepy.

"What is the use of this foreigner collecting so many reports about me, is he secretly studying me? Damn, what the hell does he want to do? Xu Guanwu couldn't help but scold.

"Mr. Shen collected more of my reports than my father. I was really flattered. Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "If I can, can I make a copy of it and send it to my father when I go back." He really enjoyed collecting reports from our brothers. I think it is a thing that is very glorious lintel. ”

"Of course." Shen Bi smiled and said, "Mr. Xu." I've read so many of your reports, but there's still something I don't understand, can I ask you for advice in person? ”

"Of course, you ask." Xu Guanwu nodded.

"That's the case, I'm curious to ask, how did you grow from a crew handyman with a monthly salary of only a few hundred yuan to a super-rich man worth hundreds of millions of dollars in less than two years?" Shen Bi asked very seriously.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but stiffen when he heard this, "Damn, you are a dead foreigner who asks really directly, but how should I answer you?" Do you tell you that I came back in the future? I don't want you to think it's a psychopath. Besides, I don't want to be treated like a white mouse and put in a lab for research. ”

"Actually, I was surprised that I was able to get to where I am today. To be honest, if you told me three years ago that I would be a billionaire with a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, I would absolutely scoff at it. Xu Guanwu said truthfully, "In fact, a person's success still depends on chance." When the opportunity comes, seize it, and you will succeed. Many people have the opportunity but do not seize it. ”

"Mr. Xu's words are very philosophical." Shen Bi smiled and nodded, "I originally wanted to get the investment winning method from Mr. Xu, but now it seems that it is better to be down-to-earth." ”

"Everyone's success is irreproducible, and it depends on both talent and chance." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "If there is really a way to win investment, then there will be no poor people in Shijie." ”

"That's right, I'm too whimsical." Shen Bi smiled, "Okay, I know that Mr. Xu is here today to do business, so it's better to finish the business first, and then we can chat." ”

"Okay, we're here today to pay off the loan from a few months ago." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"I already know. Mr. Xu, you are really amazing, a "Jaws" box office can exceed 240 million US dollars, which is more than many real estate companies in Hong Kong now. Shen Bi said with a smile.

"It's just luck." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Does Mr. Xu plan to repay the loan in full, or will he repay it in installments?" Shen Bi asked again, "To be honest, I want you to borrow some more money, Mr. Xu." Because a boss like you who has the ability to borrow money and repays the loan in a very timely manner is the object that our bank has always wanted to work with. ”

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, he couldn't find a way to invest in the money he earned, how could he borrow money from the bank again.

The Hong Kong film industry is too small to absorb the huge investment; U.S. high-tech stocks are too risky, and Xu Guanwu doesn't want to risk other people's money. So how much money to earn and how much to spend has always been the motto of Xu Guanwu's financial management.

In the first half of the year, if it wasn't for helping Lei Shidong, he would never have thought of getting a loan from the bank.

"It's better to repay the loan in full, I'm still more cautious in terms of financial management, and I don't like the money I owe to the bank." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, your financial concept is about to change, in fact, our company also provides a variety of financial services, such as investment funds, stock trading, securities trading and so on. If you are interested, Mr. Xu, I can introduce you to it. Shen Bi said with a smile.

After settlement, Xu Guanwu still has $30 million in deposits. If only the bank eats interest, the return on the bank is not large, but if the customer can be persuaded to invest in fund stocks and so on, the bank's yield can rise tenfold.

"Buying and selling stocks?" When Xu Guanwu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, it seems that at this moment, Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Industrial, with a market value of only three or four billion Hong Kong dollars, just took the opportunity to buy shares and enjoy its success.

When Shen Bi saw Xu Guanwu's eyes lit up, he knew that he was already interested, and hurriedly explained HSBC's stock trading business.

For the financial terms in Shen Bi's mouth, Xu Guanwu listened to it with a big head, and he couldn't understand the beauty of it at all. But he also heard one thing, HSBC can really help him buy the equity of Cheung Kong Industrial.

At this time, Changjiang Industry had not yet entered Shen Bi's eyes. What kind of character Li Ka-shing is, Shen Bi has no idea at all.

Therefore, when Xu Guanwu proposed to let HSBC help him absorb the shares of Changjiang Industrial, Shen Bi did not refuse at all, and agreed in one bite.

This is a huge acquisition of up to 150 million Hong Kong dollars, and the commission alone is as high as nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a rare large income for HSBC.

The only thing that disappointed Shen Bi was that Xu Guanwu still didn't agree to the loan, and the acquisition was still carried out with his remaining savings. (To be continued......)