Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Snapped!

The golf ball flew out, landed on the green, and rolled down, half a meter away from the hole.

"Good shot!" A ghost said in fluent Chinese, "My dear Li, you are getting better and better at the game now, and I'm afraid I won't be your opponent in a long time."

"Haha, thank you for your compliment, Mr. Shen Bi! I learned how to play from you. If I have to talk about success, of course I can't do without you as a master!" Li Jiacheng, president of Cheung Kong Holdings, said with a smile as he adjusted his glasses.

"You're welcome! You Chinese people pay attention to the fact that the blue is better than the blue." Shen Bi handed the cue to the person next to him and called Li Jiacheng to sit down.

As the senior manager of HSBC Bank in Hong Kong, Shen Bi has been ambitious since he took office. He has not only carried out in-depth reforms internally, but also broke the rules set by the ghosts externally. Many colleagues scolded him as a "British traitor".

Shen Bi scoffed at the comments made by his peers. For him, finance is a cold game. There should be no distinction between national borders and nationalities. A successful banker can only see benefits and cold numbers.

Shen Bi thought this way, and he also did so, and his support for many Chinese businessmen was also driven by interests.

Investing in Chinese businessmen was Shen Bi's sharpest pawn since he took over as HSBC executive. By lending money to Chinese businessmen and investing in Chinese business enterprises, he boosted HSBC's performance by 30% in just one year, making rivals Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank far behind.

Shen Bi has always been very interested in the Chinese bigwig Li Jiacheng in front of him.

In Shen Bi's impression, there were not many people who could be interested in him, except for the wise and understanding charter king, who was the refined but ambitious Boss Li in front of him.

The two sat down, and the servant brought the juice.

Li Jiacheng took off his golf gloves, took a sip of juice and said, "Recently, I want to expand my real estate business, and I still need your help from Daban Shen."

Shen Bi smiled: "You know me as a human being, as long as there is a good project, I will definitely invest in it—how about it, tell me."

What Li Jiacheng wanted was this sentence, and he sorted out his thoughts a bit: "There is a piece of land in Causeway Bay, with a total area of ​​about 10,000 square meters. The location is very good, just in the center of Hong Kong Island. Re-plan the central area of ​​Hong Kong Island, and in this way, that piece of land will become very expensive!"

"I asked a construction company to make a deduction. If the land is developed into a commercial building, the total construction area will be about 30,000 square meters, of which the commercial area will reach 17,000 square meters, and there will be 180 independent shops. The rest can be planned as private houses and apartments. , such as buildings within buildings, penthouses, etc... If this project can take shape, it will drive the economic development of the entire Hong Kong Island in the future.”

Li Jiacheng knew Shen Bi's character and didn't like unrealistic deduction, so he carefully thought out every word and word, and finally expressed his importance to the project with exact numbers.

Sure enough, after listening to Li Jiacheng's plan, Shen Bi held his chin in silence for a while, and then raised his eyes to look at Li Jiacheng: "Dear Li, your plan is very bold and convincing, but the point is—can you Get that piece of land? If you can’t handle it, then what you said before will become Babylon’s castle in the sky.”

Li Jiacheng smiled: "Please don't worry, you have worked with me for so long, don't you know who I am? I never aim at nothing, let alone do things that I am not sure about."

After a pause, he said: "As far as I know, the land is now in the hands of a Chinese inspector. I have sent my men to negotiate with him and offer five million yuan to buy the land. If the guess is right, that Hua The inspector should have no reason to refuse. You also know that those servants are vulgar and have no business sense. As long as they see money, they can settle it."

Shen Bi laughed loudly: "You're right! I know a few of those Hua inspectors, all of them are vulgar, and they don't seem to have much education. It's okay to let them catch thieves. As for doing business, compared to Li Boss, come here, but it’s far away!"

Li Jiacheng wanted to be humble when he heard the words, but his eyes showed a hint of complacency.

In his opinion, the acquisition of the land is a sure thing, and five million is not a small amount. If it is put in front of that Inspector Hua, doesn't it scare him to death?

At this time——

Someone came over and said that a man named Song Bingshu had something to report.

"Hey, Big Class Shen, there must be good news! My subordinate is very capable, and I have already taken care of Inspector Hua in 1989." Li Jiacheng was very happy, and hurriedly called Song Bingshu over.

Shen Bi was also very happy and wanted to meet this talent named Song Bingshu.

Soon, footsteps sounded.

Song Bingshu grinned, covered his face, and walked over.

Li Jiacheng didn't notice any abnormalities yet, so he said excitedly, "Bingshu, do you have any good news to report?"

Only then did Song Bingshu let go of his hand, showing a pig-faced face: "I'm sorry, Boss Li, my subordinates are incompetent!"

"Huh?" Li Jiacheng was stunned.

Shen Bi was also stunned, turned his face and asked Li Jiacheng: "This is your elite?"

Li Jiacheng blushed, "Maybe there is some misunderstanding." Then he hurriedly asked Song Bingshu, "What's wrong with your face?"

Song Bingshu was ashamed, and only after Li Jiacheng questioned him did he tell the story.

Li Jiacheng and Shen Bi listened carefully, with different expressions.

Li Jiacheng was inexplicably astonished. He never expected that Du Yongxiao would not be tempted by the five million dollars, and even dared to beat up Song Bingshu violently.

Shen Bi had a curious expression on his face. Inspector Hua had seen a lot, and there were not many people who were not greedy for money, but this Du Yongxiao was a different kind.

"The specific thing is like this. Then Du Yongxiao didn't take us seriously at all, and he didn't take you, Boss Li, either. He told me that he wanted the land for you to meet him in person!"

Song Bingshu finally finished speaking, feeling a great humiliation, almost shed tears.

Li Jiacheng took a deep breath, without the slightest intention to blame, on the contrary, he comforted Song Bingshu: "Don't think too much, you have done your best! As for the acquisition, I will handle it myself. As for you, go home and rest first!"

"Boss Li, I—"

"Don't blame yourself! You are excellent, this is just an accident."

Li Jiacheng comforted Song Bingshu a few more words, and then watched him leave.

After they left, Li Jiacheng looked at Shen Bi.

Shen Bi also looked at him.

Li Jiacheng pretended to be relaxed and smiled, and said, "It takes a long time, and this inspector named Du is quite interesting!"

Shen Bi picked up the juice: "What are you going to do?"

Li Jiacheng also picked up the juice and made a gesture of clinking glasses: "I will meet him!" in a tone of contempt and disdain.

"I'm curious," Shen Bi said with a smile, "What kind of person is he who can dismiss five million?"