The first day of sales does not represent the future, after all, this is how many days before the non-stop publicity attracted a large number of customers, the following days, the sales showed a downward trend, by the seventh day, the sales volume has been less than 500.

In seven days, a total of 8,000 units were sold, which is a very large number for Hong Kong, which has a population of less than 5 million, and if you put it in Japan, it is 160,000 units, and the United States will triple it.

Of course, it is impossible for Japan and the United States to sell in this model, firstly, because it is difficult for publicity channels to cover hundreds of millions of people at one time, and secondly, it is impossible for Hong Kong to have a production capacity.

Subsequently, Midea also sent 100 pieces of Game Boy to Sony, so that they began to work on the promotion in Tokyo, this cost is from Sony, Midea does not have the ability to promote in Japan, and there is no energy, it is better to hand it over to the dealer, and the cost, is deducted on each game console, but the price of both sides, is still in the game, high sales are the advantage of the United States, and low sales are the advantage of Sony as a channel, which follows the principle of market fairness.

Chen Zhiwen has never been worried about the potential of the Game boy, because several games in his hands are the chosen games, and before the advent of smart phones, they are all in the king of handheld games.

Ten days later, Midea received feedback from Sony, many people in Japan are very interested in this game, and the terminal price of 8,500 yen is nothing at all for Japan, which has entered the developed world.

The explosion of the handheld market is about to begin, and Midea Industrial Park has begun to produce the Japanese version of the game console in full force.

At this point, Chen Zhiwen only needs to wait, the company has reached its current scale, and many things no longer need him to ask often.

Hong Kong, in the Presidential Suite of the Grand Hotel:

"Bao Sheng, why did you meet at the hotel?" Chen Zhiwen looked at Bao Yugang with a smile on his face and asked curiously

Chen and Bao intend to get involved in Hong Kong's two major power groups, these two groups want to buy more money, Bao Yugang needs a certain amount of time to gradually dispose of the ships in his hands, and Chen Zhiwen needs to invest funds in the gold market, so the plan in 79 is to slowly absorb shares, and wait until a certain time to sell.

Therefore, the two basically meet every once in a while to discuss, but the hotel is owned by the Kadoorie family, second only to the assets of China Power, and Bao Yugang seems to have other meanings when he is here at this time.

"What does Chen Sheng think of this big hotel?" Bao Yugang asked with a smile.

"Bao Sheng doesn't want to buy this big hotel too, does he? Are you catching a dead mattress wool from a Kadoorie sheep? Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Yes and no, this big hotel, it is naturally good to be able to buy it, and it doesn't matter if it can't be acquired, but what I think is that the Kadoorie family has strong funds, and if I don't consume a little bit in advance, I am afraid that when I have a showdown to buy China Power, I am afraid that the pressure will not be small. But if someone first sneaks into the hotel on the stock market, forcing the Kadoorie family to turn around and buy the hotel's shares at a high price, and may even trigger the takeover offer, at that time, even if the Kadoorie family is not seriously damaged, but in terms of funds, it will definitely be very expensive. Bao Yugang said with a smile.

"It's a good move, but who's going to do it? The two of us had to keep a low profile before we started, and we had to find someone who had nothing to do with us. Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Later generations of Da Liu once attacked the stocks of the Grand Hotel Group, and the public opinion of the year even rumored that Da Liu's target was China Power, but Da Liu was just a sniper, and he retreated after selling the acquired shares to the Kadoorie family at a high price.

It is true that in the late 80s, Da Liu was not able to buy CLP, but the Kadoorie family at that time did use a large amount of CLP Power's funds to protect the hotel group, which means that if the same thing happens now, the Kadoorie family may still use CLP's funds in order to keep the hotel.

"I think so too, what does Chen Sheng think of Li Jiacheng?" Bao Yugang said.

"Li Jiacheng? I don't think so, this guy is a smart person, we told him about the hotel, I'm afraid he will think that we are relative to China Power. Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"Who's better to look for?" Bao Yugang asked.

"It's better to find overseas capital, so that it won't arouse suspicion, how about it?" Chen Zhiwen thought about it and said, in recent years, Hong Kong's economy has exploded, and domestic policies are becoming more and more open, many Japanese, Southeast Asian capital, Europe and the United States have come to Hong Kong to invest, some do trade business, and some directly invest in real estate, the hotel itself is a very high-quality real estate project, if it is acquired by overseas capital, it is not impossible.

"It's okay, I know some hotel tycoons in Europe, and it should be no problem to ask them to come forward, anyway, the funds are still mine." Bao Yugang nodded and said.

"In fact, if you can buy a big hotel, it's a good asset anyway." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Forget it, let's make sure of China Power first, there are many five-star hotels in Hong Kong, even if you want to buy it, you may have a chance in a few years, but there are only two power companies." Bao Yugang said.

Chen Zhiwen said: "Yes, the main thing is the power company, Bao Sheng, you also know the situation in the Middle East these days, right?" ”

"I heard." Bao Yugang nodded and said: "The situation over there is getting more and more chaotic, regional conflicts may occur at any time, and if it really happens, the price of oil is estimated to rise a lot." ”

"In terms of public opinion, there has been a long-term publicity, and the Hong Kong government does not dare to agree to the demand for a price increase between HK Electric and CLP, I estimate that the news will come out soon, and when the time comes, we will take action together, first greatly suppress the shares of HK Electric and CLP, and it is best to suppress it to make many investment institutions panic sell, so that we can also make a large acquisition." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Okay, then I'll listen to Chen Sheng's arrangement." Bao Yugang nodded and agreed, the total market value of the two major power groups is billions of Hong Kong dollars, and it is indeed difficult to secretly acquire enough shares for a showdown without taking some special measures.

"If this goes well, we will be able to officially launch the acquisition in the first half of next year." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile, anyway, for him, when the income from long gold is in hand, he will definitely attack HK Electric.

"Early next year?" Bao Yugang frowned and said.

"Is there anything wrong with Bao Sheng?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"It's nothing, I don't know how much money I need after the public takeover, if I rely on myself, it will be a bit difficult, I am just worried that HSBC will not give me a loan." Bao Yugang thought for a while and said.

"Are you worried that HSBC won't let us grow bigger?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"As far as I know, Shen Bi has this meaning." Bao Yugang nodded and said.

"There is not only one bank in Hong Kong, HSBC, and even outside Hong Kong, there are many banks, Bao Sheng, as the king of the world, it is not difficult for you to get a loan from an international bank, I can introduce a few to you." Chen Zhiwen shrugged and said.

"It's not necessary, I naturally know overseas banks, that is, these people are much more black-hearted than HSBC, but when it comes to the last resort, they can only let them take a bite, as long as they can get China Power, other losses don't matter." Bao Yugang is very open.

"Okay, if you need it, talk to me, and I can introduce it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said that Hong Kong companies basically give priority to loans from Hong Kong's internal banks, and one of the main reasons for this is to avoid foreign exchange fluctuations and losses when exchanging foreign exchange.

Another reason is that most of the overseas banks in Hong Kong are relatively dark and have higher interest rates, but then again, generally borrowing from overseas banks basically means that it is difficult to borrow in Hong Kong, and this kind of people have basically spread the business risk very high.

In the previous cooperation with Citibank, Chen Zhiwen also knew that Citi's interest rate was a little higher, but his prophetic advantage was too great, and it was more important to be able to get more funds, and it didn't matter if the interest rate was a little higher, but it was unacceptable for local Hong Kong businessmen.

"Thank you Chen Sheng." Bao Yugang paused and asked: "There is another question, some time ago, the Hong Kong government revised the conditions for triggering the takeover offer, from 50% to 35%, which is clearly to shield British capital, and the difficulty of our acquisition has further increased." ”

"It's a lot of trouble, but it's not an unsolvable problem, and we'll just see the trick when the time comes." Chen Zhiwen said.

Two months ago, the Hong Kong government revised the conditions for triggering the takeover offer, which was originally 50% to 35%, which doubled the difficulty of the acquisition, because as long as the funds were sufficient, it could acquire more than 40% or even 49%, which would absolutely control the entire company, but now once it reaches 34.9%, it can no longer be acquired, because the acquisition will trigger the takeover offer.

You know, when the takeover war breaks out, the stock price will inevitably skyrocket, and no consortium can afford to let the acquirer buy the remaining 65% of the shares at the previous highest price, but if only 34.9% is acquired, then the original management will easily influence the shareholders' meeting, making it difficult for the acquirer to get 50.1% of the votes, unless the company's current management is too bad for shareholders to centrifuge.

"Okay, then I'll prepare the funds first, and when the stock price of CLP falls, I'll take the bottom." Bao Yugang nodded and said that the Hong Kong government has set a law to protect British capital, and they can't change anything, so they can only make adjustments according to the new rules.

With the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, the international oil price once again exceeded the peak of $30 a barrel.

It was fast forward to September.

The handheld game boy began to export to Japan on a large scale, and although it had been prepared for a long time, the 300,000 handheld machines prepared by the entire warehouse were quickly sold out by the Japanese market, which had strong demand, followed by an endless order urging mode. However, the production of handheld computers is much more complicated than fans, and Midea Industrial Park has invested a lot of personnel, but it still can't keep up with the growth of orders, so the five assembly OEMs in Hong Kong and Wanwan have also begun to produce at full capacity.

At present, after deducting the distribution share to Sony, the Midea Group itself can earn $15 from an arcade machine, although the current profit of handheld machines is not as good as that of arcade machines, but the growth trend is gratifying, and the whole group finally has a non-arcade profiteering business.

However, for other industrial companies in Hong Kong, life is not so easy.

Hong Kong's land prices have risen sharply, industrial rental prices have also risen sharply, and at the same time, the rise in global oil prices has increased transportation costs and reduced overseas consumer demand.

However, even worse than the industry are Hong Kong's two power giants: Hongkong Electric and CLP.

Inside a building in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Michael Kadoorie was frowning at the brisk Seaport City not far away.

"Mr. Kadoorie, Mr. Governor rejected our proposed plan to raise the price of electricity, and they asked us to hold on for a little longer, and maybe soon the price of oil will fall." An assistant stepped forward and whispered.

"Have you hinted that the price of oil has risen nearly threefold, and if the price of electricity is not increased, then I can only turn off the oil-fired generator sets, and then there will be power outages in many places in Hong Kong, which will not be good." Michael Kadoorie said with a frown.

Although the current Governor MacLehose looks like a gentleman, he is very ruthless in doing things, and the achievements of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the past few years have made everyone dare not despise him, so it is better to send his men to express some sensitive things. Of course, his own subordinates will not meet MacLehose, but his assistants, and after the transmission of messages from both sides, the language will be much mellower, and only when there is almost an agreement, will they meet.

If it weren't a last resort, Kadoorie wouldn't want to do this kind of thing, but the international oil price rose too hard, up 300% in a few months, 10 times higher than 6 years ago, and about 30% of CLP's electricity comes from heavy oil combustion power generation, if the electricity price remains unchanged, the loss is huge, CLP may be able to bear it, but don't want to turn over in a few years, not to mention, the price of oil, there is no sign of recovery in the short term.

"I also hinted, but the Hong Kong government means that we, as a Hong Kong power group, should assume a certain social responsibility, and the whole society cannot afford a sharp increase in electricity prices." The assistant paused, and then said: "And the Hong Kong government also hinted that we raised prices last time in the oil crisis, but then the price of oil fell and the price of coal fell, and we did not reduce the price of electricity." ”

"Hmph, MacLehose doesn't seem to know that he is an Englishman anymore, and he fantasizes about becoming the first governor of Hong Kong in Hong Kong's history every day." Michael Kadoorie snorted coldly.

"But it's not good for us to deal directly with the Hong Kong government." The assistant said.

"Then let's have a few more regional power outages, especially those industrial areas, once the power is cut off, they will lose a lot, and when the time comes, in order to stabilize the power, they will naturally take the initiative to communicate with us." Michael Kadoorie said with a light smile. Regional power outages are the norm, not to mention Hong Kong, but also in Europe and the United States. As long as you insist that you didn't do it on purpose, and don't do it too often, the Hong Kong government can't say anything.

"So where do we cut off? Hong Kong's largest industry should be the Midea Industrial Park, where hundreds of containers enter and exit every day, as long as it is cut off for a few days, Midea Group is estimated to be in a hurry. The assistant said.

"A hand on beauty?" Michael Kadoorie was stunned, his brows had a hint of hesitation, and said: "Chen Zhiwen is not easy to mess with, Jardine has suffered in his hands, so let's change it to avoid trouble." ”

"That's fine, there are also a lot of factories in Hung Hom, we can start there first." The assistant suggested.

"Okay, but to avoid the industries of the big companies, just choose a path." Michael Kadoorie nodded and said, this kind of thing is also common in the world, many large power plants will be followed by natural disasters to increase prices, under normal circumstances, he would not do this, but now the Hong Kong government does not let him raise prices, then he can only take risks.

(End of chapter)