Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die! How can you offend Boss Li?"

After Li Jiacheng left, Liu Fu ran around the room anxiously.

"These Chaozhou people can't afford to be provoked, they hold grudges very much! Also, this Boss Li is very ghostly, and he never wants to suffer. He didn't get the land this time, so he will definitely not let you go! Ah Xiao, you You are still too young to know the dangers in the world, the more smiling you are, the more ulterior motives you have!"

"Master Fu, aren't you talking about yourself?" Du Yongxiao said, "Everyone says you are Maitreya Buddha!"

"Buddha! I'm telling you the truth, I didn't tell you a joke! You'd better deal with it!" Liu Fu walked up to Du Yongxiao and patted him on the shoulder. If you offend these dignitaries, you don't even know how to die!"

Liu Fu looked nervous, and Du Yongxiao's heart felt hot, knowing that he was caring about himself.

"Don't worry, Lord Fu, I've been caressing for a long time."

Liu Fu nodded, "Whether it's true or not, you can decide for yourself! Also, the red envelope I talked to you today must be delivered first. If you go bankrupt, I won't even have a hair!"

Du Yongxiao talked to Liu Fu a few more words, then comforted Liu Fu, and left Lu Yu Teahouse.

The jeep was waiting for him outside. Zhuang Dingxian, who was Du Yongxiao's personal bodyguard and driver, was smoking a cigarette. Seeing Du Yongxiao appearing, he hurriedly put out the cigarette butt, "Du Sheng, where are you going?"

"HSBC!" Du Yongxiao said, "I'm going to meet that foreign executive."

...

Others don't know, but Du Yongxiao knows that these wealthy Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong are not all prosperous at birth and rule the world.

Li Jiacheng is like this, Bao Yugang is like this, Huo Yingdong and others are like this too.

Behind their success, there is a foreign boss silently supporting them, and that person is Shen Bi, the boss of HSBC.

Before 1967, Hong Kong's economy was controlled by several major British commercial firms, especially Jardine, Wheelock, Hutchison Whampoa, Swire and other companies. Shen Bi is a banker with a unique vision. He broke the tradition, resolutely supported the development of Chinese businessmen, and led HSBC to go global. Only today's HSBC and the achievements of Hong Kong Chinese businessmen are possible.

At the beginning, Bao Yugang was planning to enter the shipping industry, but he lacked funds. Shen Bi took a fancy to Bao Yugang's business strategy. At that time, shipping companies used short-term rentals to make money. In this way, although the profit is high, the empty period of the ship is also long. Bao Yugang broke the tradition and leased the ship directly to the client. In this way, although the profit is less, in the long run, the benefit is actually greater.

Shen Bi liked Bao Yugang's strategy, so he strongly supported Bao Yugang. With the financial support of HSBC, Bao Yugang bought ships on a large scale, and became the world's shipping king in less than 20 years. Bao Yugang's success depends half on his own efforts and half on the support of HSBC.

After Shen Bi took charge of HSBC, he gave more support to Chinese businessmen. At that time, HSBC and Cheung Kong Group jointly built the Huaren Building, and Li Jiacheng left a very good impression on Shen Bi.

Later, due to heavy debts, the Qi Dezun family mortgaged Hutchison Whampoa, the largest company in Hong Kong, to HSBC.

Shen Bi has always wanted to find a reliable controller for Hutchison Whampoa, because he didn't want to simply cash out and make a profit. He hopes to hold shares in Hutchison Whampoa for a long time.

When Bao Yugang mentioned Li Jiacheng to Shen Bi, Shen Bi agreed immediately despite all the arguments.

Although Li Jiacheng was not a first-class rich man in Hong Kong at that time, Shen Bi recognized Li Jiacheng's ability very much. So Shen Bi transferred 90 million ordinary shares of Hutchison Whampoa to Li Jiacheng's Changjiang Group at a price of 7.1 yuan. This price is only half of the market price at that time. Li Jiacheng became the executive director of Hutchison Whampoa, and then the general manager of Hutchison Whampoa.

For this reason, Shen Bi made a profit of 540 million, and at the same time found the best family for He Huang. After that, under the leadership of Li Jiacheng, Hehuang's stock has increased dozens of times, and the dividends have been countless. As another major shareholder of Hutchison, HSBC also made a lot of profits. This also proved Shen Bi's vision.

With the support of Shen Bi, Chinese businessmen gradually took control of Hong Kong's economy in the 1980s, while the British foreign firms retreated steadily.

It can be seen from this that Shen Bi can be regarded as the big boss among the big bosses behind the rich in Hong Kong.

As someone who has experienced it, Du Yongxiao is of course aware of the importance of connecting with Shen Bi.

Originally, he had no reason to seek Shen Bi to "connect with him", but Li Jiacheng's sudden appearance helped Du Yongxiao find a good excuse.

...

"Du Yongxiao?"

In the office of the president of HSBC, Shen Bi was correcting documents when suddenly the secretary came in and reported that a young man named Du Yongxiao wanted to see him.

"I didn't ask him out, and I don't know him either." Shen Bi refused.

The secretary said: "He said that Mr. Shen, you must meet him. He just finished negotiating with Mr. Li Jiacheng about the acquisition of the land in Causeway Bay."

Shen Bi's eyes lit up, "I remembered, so this Du Yongxiao is that Inspector Du! It's very interesting, let him in!"

Shen Bi was already full of curiosity about Du Yongxiao, after all, being able to remain indifferent in the face of five million is not something ordinary people can do.

Soon Du Yongxiao was led into the office by the secretary.

"Hello, Taiban Shen, I'm Du Yongxiao." Du Yongxiao took the initiative to say hello.

Shen Bi sat on the chair and didn't get up, but looked at Du Yongxiao with his eyes, and after a while, he pointed to the sofa: "Please sit down."

Du Yongxiao smiled slightly and found a place to sit down.

Shen Bi asked the secretary to prepare coffee, and said here: "I didn't expect Mr. Du to be so young. I remember it well. Are you the inspector?"

"Yes, I belong to the Kowloon Police Station."

"Young and promising." Shen Bi nodded, took out a cigar and signaled Du Yongxiao, "One?"

"no thanks!"

Seeing this, Shen Bi lit one by himself, smoked it, and asked Du Yongxiao with the smoke from the spout: "May I ask why Du Sheng is looking for me?"

"If I say I'm here to ask for a loan, what does Taipan Shen think?"

"Hehe, what do you think? I'm a businessman, you can take out a loan, as long as you have a mortgage!"

"No collateral."

"No mortgage? It's a pity that our bank rules require mortgages!" Shen Bi shrugged, "So let's stop negotiating here!"

Du Yongxiao smiled, "Then let me put it another way - I'm here today to help you!"

"Uh, help me, what do you say?"

"I remember well, Taipan Shen, your position is only temporary, isn't it? The former Taipan asked you to take over temporarily because of his health! Then, are you interested... once and for all?" Du Yongxiao looked at Shen Bi, smiling like a fox .

Shen Bi's heart skipped a beat.

Du Yongxiao hit his mind.

That's right, now he is only acting as the Taipan, not the real Taipan.

For the ambitious Shen Bi, since he had already taken this seat, he didn't want to go any further.