"That's a good deal." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said that he actually knew this, and the most fundamental reason why OOCL was able to come back to life in the 80s was because of the help of the mainland. Otherwise, the billions of Hong Kong dollars in debt, with the loss of the shipping market in the 80s, it is simply impossible to survive, you know, a large number of ships and a large number of real estate in the corresponding industry crisis, is completely different.

When the real estate crisis appeared, although the house was seriously depreciated, it itself did not consume funds, and even relied on rent collection to make a profit, and continued to make profits, although the rent may also be affected by the real estate crisis, and there were some employee wages, but first, there were not many employees in the rent collection industry, and secondly, you could choose to dismiss some employees to relieve the financial pressure, unless it was a special state that was stuck in the unfinished house and could not be delivered.

Most of the enterprises that can't bear the real estate crisis, in fact, because the project is not completed, resulting in problems in the capital chain, but after all, there are still a few, and you can also sell at a low price if you are really ruthless, and someone will always want to lose a little money, and most companies are still no problem to survive with broken arms.

But the ship is another thing entirely, once the shipping crisis appears, when the order is not received, the shipping company has to maintain the ship, and find a port that can be berthed, both of which are very costly, the former is not maintained, the ship will be scrapped after a long time, the latter, under normal circumstances, the ship is in motion, suddenly a large number of ships need to find a place to park, the berthing fee near the port will only increase significantly, and even the employees can not dismiss a lot, these are technical workers, but also understand their own ship, If people go too far, they will also damage the ship.

Therefore, once the shipping crisis broke out, many companies would rather send the ship to be dismantled, rather than keep it, which is too expensive, and some of the ship kings in Hong Kong, including Bao Yugang, actually used the shipping crisis to buy second-hand ships when they were young, and then the shipping crisis took off after the end of the shipping crisis, but this time the shipping crisis in the 80s was obviously not ordinary, and many of the global shipping industry did not survive.

In the next few years, Oriental Shipping, which will lose nearly one billion yuan a year, will not survive unless a value like Chen Zhiwen continues to support, otherwise it is impossible to survive, that is, Huo Yingdong and the mainland are unlikely to use their own funds to support him, but if enough orders are given to ensure that it does not die, it can still be done, after all, after the mainland is reopened, the demand for shipping is getting higher and higher, and in the case of insufficient capacity on their own side, it is the same for anyone.

"Yes, on the mainland side, it is also necessary to expand the scale of offshore shipping, and OOCL, which is more suitable, is actually global shipping, and it will also get a large number of orders, even Bao Yugang Baosheng is not short of funds, so there is no need to invest in shares." Huo Yingdong explained with a smile: "On the mainland side, those who can take care of Hong Kong enterprises will definitely take care of a little." Chen Sheng has also invested a lot in the mainland over the years, and he must be very optimistic about the future economy and export scale of the mainland, since OOCL can get so many stable orders, as long as the shipping market recovers, then this investment will definitely not be lost. It's the same for Hisense Bank. ”

"That's fine, but I have my conditions." Chen Zhiwen said that he knew the future, and naturally knew that OOCL would be able to get through it, and also relied on its relationship with the mainland to become a global shipping giant in the future, even much stronger than Bao Yugang's global shipping, which was given to his foreign son-in-law after Bao Yugang's death, and the relationship with the mainland gradually estranged after the 90s, wasting such a golden opportunity. However, what will happen to Bao Yugang in this life is still a bit difficult to say.

For OOCL, investment is definitely not a loss, but the time span is too long, really only look at the rate of return, in fact, it is also very average, it is definitely not as good as the real estate industry in Hong Kong or the mainland, investing in this, mainly to give the mainland government, Fok Yingdong and the future governor of Hong Kong face, it is worth not making money to invest, but if you are too proactive, it will appear that your investment is not important.

"Chen Sheng, please speak." Huo Yingdong said with a smile, if there are conditions, it is basically negotiable, and this is half the success.

"According to the provisions of the Hong Kong Banking Law, if I want to arrange Hisense Bank for a loan, the investment shares can not exceed 16%, how much money to invest, we can according to the stock price in the recent period, Hisense Bank can also arrange a loan, the interest is normal." Chen Zhiwen said: "However, after OOCL has survived the current difficult period, then all of OOCL's loans in the future, Hisense Bank needs to have priority. ”

Under normal circumstances, this kind of investment to save a company that is about to go bankrupt will have a discount for investors, but now OOCL has fallen into a penny stock, and is almost about to be delisted by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a total value of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and if you buy 15.9% by yourself, it may be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars

"All of them? This seems to be a bit too high. After listening to Huo Yingdong, he was a little stunned, the loan of this enterprise is actually a resource, especially for large real estate enterprises or shipping companies, which can be used for interest exchange in many cases, after all, no matter how large the bank is, it also needs customers to lend money, and the loan of up to hundreds of millions or even more is enough for the bank to do a lot of things for itself.

Of course, this is also a two-way weapon, many banks will also use low-interest loans as their own resources, such as some shipbuilding countries, will use their own low-interest loans to attract shipping companies to their own country's shipyards to place orders, which is also a way for shipping companies to avoid high costs. If this point is locked by Hisense, it will not be smooth for the future development of OOCL.

"My requirement is that Hisense needs long-term cooperation,If you can't do it all,So what kind of ratio?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile that at least in the original history, OOCL could have survived, so it was impossible for him to really ask for a sky-high price, and it was enough to eat too much, and if he ate too much and was too ruthless, it would not necessarily have a better relationship.

"I can't make the decision on this point, I can only decide it to the Dong family." Huo Yingdong said that the Dong family didn't know Chen Zhiwen, so they entrusted him to be a lobbyist, but when it comes to such a big matter, the Dong family still needs to make a decision.

"Yes." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said: "This matter is indeed more important, I estimate that it will take a little time for the Dong family and the management of OOCL to decide, so let's do it, three days later, I will have a banquet for Huo Sheng and the two brothers of the Dong family at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and we will discuss it later." ”

Huo Yingdong and the Dong family are also very powerful figures in the future, and it is normal for them to invite themselves to dinner once.

"Okay, three days later, I will bring the Dong family to the banquet." Huo Yingdong nodded and said.

"OK, I'll see you in three days." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Subsequently, the two discussed the matter of investing in the mainland, but because the fields involved in the two are quite different, that is, in terms of real estate, Huo Yingdong does not seem to want to invest in China on a large scale, so there is not much in common.

After Huo Yingdong's Rolls-Royce left, Chen Zhiwen also met Liu Xiaoli who was walking, and she was about a month to give birth, and there were several "safety officers" around her.

After Chen Zhiwen approached, several people around him also retreated a few meters away, so that they could respond at any time and would not hear the boss's conversation.

"How does it feel to walk?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"It's okay, nothing abnormal, there is more fetal movement, it seems that the child must be more naughty." Liu Xiaoli said with a smile.

"It's okay to be naughty at all, it's too obedient, and you don't have your own independent concept." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile, ordinary parents like obedient children, but in fact, what can have major achievements in this world is that they were more naughty when they were young, although the latter is more likely to be not good at studying, but as long as the education is good, it can still be changed.

In the shopping mall, the majority of people who can succeed in starting a business are the latter, not to mention others, that is, a few people in the United States who quit school to start a business, and those who are too obedient cannot succeed.

Of course, for the big family, the offspring may only need to keep the deeds, both good and bad.

"It's okay to be healthy, and nothing else matters." Liu Xiaoli smiled and asked again, "What is Huo Yingdong doing here?" ”

Some well-known tycoons in Hong Kong, Liu Xiaoli also know each other, after all, they still need to meet occasionally.

"The OOCL thing, this company is going bankrupt, and they want me to invest in it." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Oh, is it troublesome?" Liu Xiaoli asked, although she didn't care much about Chen Zhiwen's business, there were still some things she needed to know, and she couldn't just ask and not know.

"It's not a problem, it's just a matter of how much you benefit, and this investment is not to make money, but to make good relationships." Chen Zhiwen said with a light smile.

In fact,Even if Hisense Bank can get a stable share of loan priority,It may not have much return in the future,Or that sentence,It is definitely not comparable to real estate investment in the mainland or Hong Kong,The real purpose of this investment,Or to make friends with the Dong family,How to say that it is also the future governor of Hong Kong,Chen Zhiwen naturally does not have to be afraid of him,But it will be more beneficial to make a good hand。 The other so-called requirements are just to make this "help" more in line with business logic, and at the same time, he Chen Zhiwen is not so cheap, as soon as Huo Yingdong came over and said it, he immediately agreed?

"There's a lot of stuff in there." Liu Xiaoli said.

"It's nothing, there are few companies in Hong Kong that can be valued by us." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

"Then this Dong family is very important?" Liu Xiaoli asked puzzledly, she has been in Hong Kong for more than two years, and she has also learned about the large enterprises in Hong Kong, and she doesn't think there is anything special about OOCL, that is, its peak is far worse than the Chen family.

"The Dong family is now in a relationship with the central government in the mainland, which is very unusual." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, in fact, he is also very curious, how did the Dong family brothers get in touch with the mainland, the relationship is still so good, you know, many of Hong Kong's rich people have taken refuge in the mainland, but it is incredible to be the governor of Hong Kong after the return, but this kind of thing, the Dong family will definitely not say, it can only be said to be a historical mystery.

"Oh, I see." Liu Xiaoli nodded and said.

"Let's go over there and walk on the grass for a while, and besides, don't go out too far, Hong Kong has been a bit chaotic in recent years." Chen Zhiwen said again.

In the 80s, there were several kidnapping incidents of Hong Kong tycoons, and there were those who died for this, Chen Zhiwen naturally attaches great importance to the safety of himself and his family, in addition to keeping a low profile on a daily basis, the security is also very strict, and he also commissioned a very professional international security company to guide and teach, from both hardware and software aspects to ensure together. At the same time, it has also achieved very strict control at the information level, once someone inquires about the whereabouts of family members and other information, they will be strictly investigated immediately, and there are awards for those who report them.

Anyway, if it costs like this, it will only cost tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars a year, which is just a drop in the bucket for the Chen family.

"Okay." Liu Xiaoli nodded, and then everyone followed behind the boss, forming a circular protective circle, when there are enough people, these people can stay away from the boss, and the daily actions of the boss's family will not have much impact.

……

On the fourth day, at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Chen Zhiwen met the current head of the Dong family: Dong Jiancheng.

As for the future special and prime ministers, they have now entered politics, faded out of the family business, and joined hands with some elites from all walks of life to edit the Basic Law after the return to the motherland in the future, and they are not currently in Hong Kong.

"Hello Chen Sheng." Dong Jiancheng met Chen Zhiwen under the introduction of Huo Yingdong, and he was also very polite and polite.

"Dong Sheng, hello." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "Sit down, this is my favorite teahouse, you can also taste it." ”

If you take the ordinary route, then coffee is obviously easier to make bigger, the taste is fashionable, and it is easy to be accepted by the general public, and drinking tea is not feasible, but it is no problem to go high-end, the real rich people in Hong Kong are still a group of older people, they will not consume indiscriminately, but they will not be soft when they meet the right one, and it is also more suitable to talk about business or chat between friends.

"When my father was still there, I often liked to come over to drink tea, and in the past few years, because the company has been busy, I don't have much time, and this time I still dragged Chen Sheng's blessing." Dong Jiancheng said.

"You're welcome, Mr. Dong's achievements in the Chinese circle are obvious to all, and I also admire them." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

Although Bao Yugang's business ability is still above other Chinese ship kings, but the difficulty of starting a business may not be comparable, you must know that the earlier the age, the more difficult the situation of the Chinese in Hong Kong, can play a piece of the world in the forties and fifties, are strongmen, in terms of social environment, at least many Chinese fleets in the Bao Yugang era have become a scale, and the latecomers will follow up, at least have a template, and then Li Jiacheng and the era of the Five Tigers of Real Estate, it will be much easier.

Let's just say Chen Zhiwen, if you travel to the 40s, then even if you know history, many things are difficult to operate, that is, in the 70s, at least on the surface, Hong Kong society is basically fair to Chinese and British capital, and this fairness is also won by countless Chinese people with blood and sweat.

"Yes, I also admire my father, but I am ashamed that when I took over OOCL, I ran it like this." Dong Jiancheng said with a wry smile.

"When encountering a market crisis, no one can avoid it, and this is also a natural disaster." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Chen Sheng is taking care of my face too much." Dong Jiancheng laughed and said, "Chen Sheng, Huo Sheng has already conveyed your request to me, and I came here today for this matter."

You should also know that the shipping industry, where bank loans go, is a lot of role and maneuverable space, can not be all locked, I can make half of the commitment, how? ”

"Half?" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while, and then asked, "Then how much do you need Hisense to give you a loan?" ”

"OOCL's current liabilities are almost HK$12 billion, of which about $4 billion is not high in interest, so it does not need to be replaced, and the other $8 billion was borrowed at high interest before 1983." Dong Jiancheng said: "We hope to be able to obtain a loan of 8 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the interest rate will be normal. ”

OOCL is a listed company, and although these debts are numerous and chaotic, they are all publicly announced, and even if others want to check them, even if they can't find out the exact figures, they can basically be estimated very differently, so there is no need to keep them secret.

"8 billion is too much, I heard that you are also talking with HSBC, so it's better to split this loan equally between Hisense and HSBC." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.

In the original history, it was HSBC that re-lented 3.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, plus Huo Yingdong's capital injection of more than 1 billion yuan and the Dong family's shares were cleared, and it has to be said that the second generation of the Dong family is really strong.

"4 billion!" Dong Jiancheng paused and said, "Chen Sheng, if you want to get so many loans from HSBC, their interest rate is very high, and I am afraid it will drag down the normal business of the entire OOCL." ”

"What I can give, that is, a normal loan of 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, if it is more, the risk will be too high, and it is indeed a bit difficult for my Hisense Bank to come up with so much money at one time." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

Now the conditions I have given have actually exceeded the help that OOCL has received in the past, as long as I can ensure that the other party does not die, I am not a savior, and I will not help unlimitedly.

Besides,Take out 8 billion Hong Kong dollars,It's really hard for Hisense,Although Hisense Bank has developed rapidly in the past two years,But after all, it's only in Hong Kong,Deposits have only risen to more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars,Take out 20% at once,It's really a bit impossible。

"Okay, then 4 billion first!" Dong Jiancheng nodded and said.

"But there is another premise, I need to know a series of OOCL self-help plans, and after confirmation, Hisense will release the loan." Chen Zhiwen said again. (End of chapter)