Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 467 Throwing a Melon

   After waiting for a long time, no British director appeared, Zhao Chuanwang couldn't help but said: "Old Bao, those ghosts won't come, right?"

The charter king raised his eyebrows, and then hehe smiled and said: "Wouldn't it be better if they didn't come, if they didn't come, we would save the trouble. Once the time is up, there is no need to vote, we will pass directly, anyway, I have already notified them. If you don't come, it means default."

   Today, Yang Chen himself has been to the Jockey Club. No matter whether the British directors object or not, he will pull Yang Chen in and make him the youngest director in the history of the Jockey Club board of directors.

  If Yang Chen hadn't become a director of the Jockey Club today, it would not be Yang Chen who would be embarrassed, but his sponsor, the famous charter king, how could his face be easily beaten by others.

  There are not many hard and fast rules for being elected to the board of directors of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. As long as everyone thinks that you can do it, your strength and influence are sufficient, you will be eligible to become a director of the Jockey Club.

Of course, if you want to become an official Jockey Club director, you still need a joint recommendation from several highly respected directors. This is the most difficult point. The big bosses have high vision, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get the recommendation of several directors. .

   This time, Yang Chen was recommended by the charter king. As long as there are no major accidents, the matter is basically settled.

  He Gambling & Wang: "Old Bao, I heard people say that the kid has a good relationship with Prince Charles now, is this true?"

The charter king glanced at He Gam & Wang with great interest. Seeing the other party's indifferent expression, he couldn't see why he came, so he nodded and said, "I don't know the specific situation, but I did see Prince Charles with my own eyes last time. I am very talkative with a Middle Eastern prince and Yang Chen, as for what relationship Achen has with them, then I don't know."

   After finishing speaking, Bao Daheng saw that He Gao & Wang did not speak, and could not help joking: "Old He, are you thinking about it?"

   When they came in just now, Yang Chen was hugging left and right outside, the spring breeze was very proud.

   He Gambling & Wang, who has always seen Yang Chen not very happy, actually took the initiative to ask about Yang Chen this time, obviously he had other ideas.

  Although the two of them don't have a deep friendship on weekdays, but they don't look up when they look down. He still has some understanding of He Gam & Wang Duo.

   He Gamble & Wang ignored the joking of the charter king, and glanced at Xu Shixun, who frowned, seeing He Gamble & Wang looking at him, Xu Daheng's brows furrowed even tighter.

After a while, He Gao & Wang Cai shook his head and sighed: "The child is old, I can't control it now, and I don't know what kind of soup that kid gave my wife, and now he is picking him up in my ear all day long. nice words."

  Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw He Gam & Wang Zi sang and performed, they were all human, and they didn't break the casserole to ask to the end.

   On the side, Zhao Chuanwang noticed something was wrong with his old friend. Seeing that Xu Daheng's face was a little displeased, Zhao Chuanwang calmly observed Hegai&wang.

   Intuition told him that there must be something between the two, and it might even be related to the little guy outside.

   Thinking of his own affairs, the corners of Zhao Chuanwang's mouth couldn't help twitching.

   "Cough cough" Xu Daheng coughed a little uncomfortably when he saw Chuan Wang staring at him, "Old Zhao, what are you staring at me for?"

   Zhao Chuanwang opened his mouth, and finally shook his head with a smile, not saying what he wanted to say.

  The Xu family is different from the Zhao family. If you don’t care about wealth or family background, none of you present can compare with the Xu family.

  The Xu family has been the top wealthy family in Xiangjiang since the father of the previous generation, Xu Daheng, and his father Xu Aizhou is the first generation of Xiangjiang's ship king, a period earlier than him and the charter king and others.

  In the early 1930s, Xu Chuanwang, Xu Daheng’s father, started from scratch, and after accumulating his first pot of gold, he resolutely switched to the shipping industry.

   The Shunchang Shipping Company of the Xu family owned dozens of freighters as early as a few decades ago. At that time, the Xu family's fleet was able to compete with such big companies as Jardine and Swire.

The    generation of ship kings is worthy of the name.

   It was only later that with the outbreak of World War II, Xu Chuanwang moved his family to Xiangjiang in the 1940s. Affected by the war, the Xu family moved from the shipping industry to the development and investment of infrastructure, aviation, and real estate.

  If the old man of the Xu family hadn't passed away, the shipping industry was booming in the 1970s, and it's hard to say whether the charter king can sit on the position of the world's first shipping king.

Compared with the Xu family's investment on land, in terms of shipping, the Xu family now only has the fleet left by the old ship king. Compared with his family, it is far worse, even worse than his Zhao family.

  After the Xu family entered the 1970s, the title of Ship King was lost.

  In later generations, by the end of the 1980s, the shipping industry gradually recovered and improved. The Xu family sold the shipping company they owned, and only cashed out a few hundred million.

   It is undeniable that the Xu family's situation is indeed much better than that of his Zhao family, but before that, the stock market in Hong Kong continued to be turbulent during this period, and now it has plummeted wildly.

   Affected by the general environment, and the Xu family's shipping company is also deeply affected by the shipping crisis, most of the Xu family's industries are heavy assets, and the cash flow is very limited.

   And He Gam & Wang was the only one in the crowd who was not short of cash. King Zhao Chuan was not stupid. He knew his old friend very well, and he had guessed the other party's plan to some extent.

  My old friend wanted to take over He Gambling & Wang Zhili, and let the Xu family get through this crisis calmly. It seemed that he had a wishful thinking on his daughter.

   This idea is really good, and it does work under normal circumstances, but he has forgotten who Miss He is by his side all day.

   His old friend seems to have overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent.

   Think about who is standing beside Yang Chen now, with the people and strengths of the charter king and Huo Daheng, do you need to take care of the Xu family in everything?

   At the time, a group of British directors finally arrived. The leader surprised the charter king and others, and it was Jardine's Taipan Wang Niu Bijian.

   Seeing this battle, the charter king and the others looked at each other, and their hearts sank.

  Under normal circumstances, as the No. 1 foreign firm of Heung Kong, Jardine's Taipan Niu Bijian would not come to participate in the board of directors of the Jockey Club unless it was necessary.

   Although the Jockey Club earns a lot of money every year, there are also many people who share the cake. Compared with the jumbo-like Jardine, it is enough to get stuck in the teeth.

   It is precisely because New Bijian does not show up much on weekdays that a group of Chinese directors can overwhelm the British directors in number.

   Now that the big guy is playing, I am afraid that this bone will not be easy to chew.

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   (end of this chapter)