In Hong Kong, on the top floor of the Connaught Building, Niu Bijian, Bao Fuda and a group of high-level Hongkong Land executives were sitting together discussing something, and the two beautiful secretaries were constantly changing coffee.

Suddenly, the door was opened, and it was none other than Simon Keswick, the largest shareholder of the Jardine Matheson Group, who walked in.

"Simon, this is the high-level meeting of Hongkong Land Group, what are you doing here?" Niu Bijian said coldly after seeing the comers, the major shareholders belong to the major shareholders, but they also have to abide by the most basic rules, it is not a problem to participate in the shareholders' meeting, and it is okay to participate in the board of directors, but the company's high-level meetings, shareholders are not allowed to participate at will, otherwise, several major shareholders of many companies must not make a fuss? At most, what is decided at the high-level meeting is reported to the board of directors, and then the board of directors votes on it.

"How long are you going to hide it from me?" Simon Keswick didn't care about this so-called rule, no matter what happened to the company, he was ready to do his best to get back the management of the company first, and then solve the company's problems.

It's really too much bullying, I heard Simon Keswick say that he couldn't fight against Chen Zhiwen's financial resources, so he immediately didn't tell him anything, and kicked him out of the company's decision-making level, although he is currently only a major shareholder and has no actual position, but for so many years, he can often ask about the situation of Jardine and Land, and now that Landland is at its most dangerous, he has been marginalized, how can this not make him angry.

"What do you mean?" Niu Bijian asked.

"I asked someone to inquire in Thailand, only to learn that Hisense Bank had invested in Danong Bank as early as two months ago, and that was at that time, as the new major shareholder of the investor, they got the financial data of Danong Bank and discovered the problem of our land." Simon Keswick said lightly: "That is to say, before the loan, Chen Zhiwen was already ready to dig a pit for our land, and I warned you at that time, but unfortunately, you didn't listen, which caused today's consequences." ”

"At that time, I asked you to inject capital, but unfortunately, you didn't agree, I had no choice but to go to the bank to borrow, but the financial situation of the land, the finance department to do some optimization, who can lend you money?" Niu Bijian said. At this time, no matter what, it is impossible for him to admit that it is his own problem.

"I don't need you to explain it to me, I hope you can explain it to all shareholders next time at the shareholders' meeting." Simon Keswick said coldly: "I have used the rights of a major shareholder to convene a general meeting of shareholders in 10 days to discuss the removal of the incompetent board of directors. ”

"Simon Keswick? Do you think a shareholder meeting can threaten me? Don't forget, Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land hold 35% of each other's shares, and I control both companies, which means I have 35% of the voting rights in both companies. Neobi said angrily.

Although he also knows that his management is too poor, resulting in Jardine Land becoming what it is today, but in any case, he will not give up this position, Yizhi mutual control, in addition to preventing mergers and acquisitions by the Chinese-funded consortium led by Chen Zhiwen and others, another use is to hold shares of each other, hold each other's voting rights, as long as he is still in this position, then he can use the shares held by another company to protect himself, so that unless the other shareholders are all united, they are helpless against him.

"Really? Your 35% will only be 35% after all, and this setting has already been judged to be a violation overseas, and I am ready to abolish the voting rights brought by this mutual holding agreement to the Hong Kong government, which is absolutely unfair to other shareholders. Simon Keswick said coldly: "The Supreme Court has agreed to my application, and in view of the fact that Hongkong Land has changed from the most profitable group in Hong Kong to the current creditor, the Hong Kong government has agreed and will seriously consider my suggestion." ”

When he came to Hong Kong, he was naturally prepared for how to break the situation and control each other, and he had already communicated with Hong Kong's legal professionals a long time ago.

"You are crazy, once this mutual control agreement is broken, Chen Zhiwen will inevitably find an opportunity to acquire Hongkong Land immediately, and when the time comes, you will have nothing left." Niu Bijian was shocked.

In fact, the setting of Yizhi mutual control, in many overseas developed countries has long been allowed, this trick has been played a long time ago, the management or major shareholders through this method, can easily control two large companies, ignoring the rights and interests of all other shareholders and shareholders, the first person who thought of this trick is indeed powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, it also infringes on the rights and interests of other shareholders, because from a legal point of view, such mutual control, its essence is that there is no equity, but it obtains a monopoly control result, Naturally, it was abolished by the courts of Europe and the United States.

In Hong Kong, many laws and regulations are later than those in the West, Europe and the United States, and the government largely supports "free market" policies.

The mutual control model naturally infringes on the rights and interests of other shareholders, but the Hong Kong government also hopes to protect British-funded enterprises to a certain extent, and Jardine Land is the representative of British capital.

If Chen Zhiwen goes to the Hong Kong government or the Supreme Court, although the British in the Hong Kong government will not ignore it, they can delay it forever, but Keswick can't, he is also a big British capitalist, and he is also the major shareholder of Jardine Matheson, and if his identity goes, the Hong Kong government must seriously accept it.

But once the Hong Kong government breaks this mutual control, there will be no obstacles for Chen Zhiwen.

"You don't have to worry about it, once the mutual control is broken, you can prepare to leave Hong Kong and go back to the UK to retire." Simon Keswick said hatefully. The large listed company of his family was made like this by this group of people, can he not hate? If killing people wasn't illegal, he would have done it a long time ago.

"Okay, in that case, you're not in the company's management yet, please get out of here, right?" Niu Bijian said that he used to give the major shareholder some face, but now that there is a showdown, there is no need.

As the senior who has controlled Jardine Land for nearly ten years, his control over Jardine Matheson is also extraordinary, even if Simon Keswick removes him through the shareholders' meeting, it is not so easy for him to leave with peace of mind.

"So, I think we should talk more about it, alone." Simon Keswick said with a light smile, just in front of everyone, he released his trump card, just to deter this group of people and Niu Bijian, unless it is absolutely necessary, he actually doesn't want to move Yizhi Mutual Control to be lifted, this is the only way to stop Chen Zhiwen from forcibly acquiring Land, if it is really broken, the entire Jardine Matheson will also be finished, and the Keswick family will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"Okay, let's all go out first." New Bijian also calmed down, knowing that Simon Keswick was just trying to negotiate with him.

Naturally, everyone didn't dare to have any opinions, and they all went out obediently.

"How do you plan to deal with the third-party audit that Hisense Bank applied to the Hong Kong government?" Simon Keswick suddenly changed the question.

"Just insist that it was a mistake, but Smith's report is the most troublesome, he has a lot of internal financial data, he went directly to the Independent Commission Against Corruption to report, and invited a few media, and now the Hong Kong government can't suppress things if they want to." Seeing that Simon Keswick was not tense, he replied directly.

"In other words, this audit can't run away?" Simon Keswick said with a frown.

"Basically, during this time, the media began to hype about Jianing's affairs again, claiming that our land is the next Jianing, and the Hong Kong government does not dare to really let it go, otherwise I am afraid that international public opinion will not be able to get by." Niu Bijian sighed and said, Jianing's matter, for the Hong Kong government and the United Kingdom, is a shame, actually let a fraud company develop to such a scale, this is also a very rare case in the history of human business, Hong Kong's legal system is therefore doubted by many people, although Hongkong Land is not possible, but the international media will not specifically introduce Hongkong Land, it is really hyped, and the Hong Kong government can't bear it.

"Chen Zhiwen is really ruthless." Simon Keswick said: "You always think about the strong mutual protection ability of Yizhi Mutual Control, but you didn't expect that Chen Zhiwen would force Hongkong Land to death, right?" also deliberately borrowed an extra 3 billion to you, and then bought off the company's financial executives, got the evidence, and then killed Hongkong Land in one fell swoop. ”

"In this situation, there is no point in holding anyone responsible." Niu Bijian said.

"It's meaningless, so, I don't want to go to extremes, $1 million, this is the severance pay I give you, leave Jardine with peace of mind, you can choose to go anywhere in the world, what you did before, as long as you don't violate serious criminal law, I can not pursue it." Simon Keswick said, glancing at Neobijian.

Although hateful, but now is indeed not the time to waste time with him, if the two sides continue to fight like this, Hongkong Land will either go bankrupt or be acquired by Chen Zhiwen, Niu Bijian can afford it, he is just a worker, but their family can't.

"I need to think about it." Niu Bijian did not directly refuse, and now if the court agrees to Hisense Bank's audit of Hongkong Land's finances, or the Hong Kong government sends someone to audit it, it is easy to find out the problem, and many of the information of Hongkong Land, which is heavily in debt, is problematic. Originally, I wanted to survive until the real estate recovery, and there was more money in my hands, and no one would care about the previous violations, but now that I was caught by the bank, it was completely different, and if I couldn't get it right, if Hongkong Land was really bankrupt and couldn't pay off the debt, although he had the ability to escape legal responsibility, but this life would be over.

And now just slap your ass and leave, you can still get a sum of money, which is really good, although it is a pit, but if you don't do this, at the end of last year, the capital chain of Hongkong Land will be broken, and he will also be driven away.

"Okay, I hope you think it through as soon as possible." Simon Keswick nodded and said that he needed a smooth handover of the management of Jardine so that he could have the energy to deal with Chen Zhiwen, who was eyeing him.

Hutchison Building, Hong Kong.

"Mr. Chen, the Supreme Court has accepted our application, and I think it will soon agree to our financial audit of Hongkong Land." After Zhou Jiayang and Huo Jianning came to Chen Zhiwen's office, they reported.

"Well, it seems that our efforts in the media have not been in vain." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said that at present, the whole of Hong Kong is discussing the matter of land fraud, and the stock price has fallen like a note, and the Hang Seng Index has also been pulled down again, breaking the lowest record last year, which is also a great pressure on the Hong Kong government. In addition, the requirements of Hisense Bank's application are legal and reasonable, and the evidence is conclusive, and the court has no way not to accept it.

"According to the information given to us by Smith,Once audited,Just focus on large transactions and loans,You can quickly find a bunch of problems,Then Hisense will have a reason to directly ask for debt collection,If other banks follow up,Hongkong Land will definitely die." Huo Jianning said with a smile.

If you want to break the mutual control of Yizhi, you have to go to the court to fight a lawsuit, but there is no precedent in Hong Kong, this kind of thing can drag on for a few months or even longer, so these people have never thought about opening a gap from the stock market, and what they are doing at present is to suppress Hongkong Land to death and force Hongkong Land to go bankrupt. Only in this way can we put it to death and come back to life.

"Okay, then follow the plan and force Hongkong Land to go bankrupt, anyway, we just want to be in debt." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently, his family wants debts, he doesn't believe that others don't follow up, because if they don't follow up, the land will only pay back Hisense's family, how can other banks stand it, this was rare before, because of the big consortium, even if there is really a problem, the bank group generally has to find a way to remedy it.

There was a knock on the door, and it was a general secretary of the headquarters office who came in, saying: "Chen Sheng, I just received a phone call, Niu Bijian of Jardine Group, I want to see you. ”

(End of chapter)