Rebirth of the Tech Madman

"Making a fortune with silence" is a characteristic of the Kadoorie family. It moved from Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, to ​​Mumbai, India in the 18th century. Later, it followed the Sassoon family in Shanghai and successfully established its own business. The kingdom, passed down to the generation of Michael Kadoorie, is already the third generation. , Access to the latest chapter: ШШШ.79xs.СоМ.

His old father, Lawrence Kadoorie, the second-generation head of the Kadoorie family, who is 86 years old this year, is still in charge of the operation of this huge business machine with great vigour.

The Kadoorie family has two major assets, one is the China Power, which invested in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, and the other is Xiangjiang Shang_Hai Hotel Co., Ltd. If it is directly referred to by its "Peninsula Hotel" brand, it may be more widely known. . The Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon is the flagship hotel.

In the original time and space, people often only knew about Li Bancheng, who was ranked No. 1 in Xiangjiang, but in fact, the Jewish family Kadoorie was also one of the top ten powerful factions in Xiangjiang.

In order to expand its own "power kingdom", the Kadoorie family's China Power is different from other large companies in Xiangjiang. When others are still in the shadow of the uncertain future of Xiangjiang ≈ ▽79 Novel Network, m., its It has already actively entered the interior, and the grid-connected power supply with Nanyue Province is one of the earliest achievements.

After tasting the sweetness of the northward expansion, CLP Power has invested a lot in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant project. Xiangjiang Electric's participation is mainly to make up for the gap in clean energy and help Zheru Xiangjiang's computer business to enter the field of power management systems in a deeper level. The protagonist here is still China Power, which can also be seen from the proportion of shares.

As the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant project has been delayed due to human factors on the Xiangjiang River, the start of the construction is nowhere in sight. The Kadoorie family is clearly under pressure on cash flow. In the original time and space. The Peninsula Hotel was attacked by speculators on the stock market. This factor is a foreshadowing.

Therefore, Michael Kadoorie eagerly hopes that Tang Huan will exert the influence of "King of Xiangjiang" to promote the progress of the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant project, so as to reduce the pressure on the cash flow of his family; but he did not expect that Tang Huan would end up being a bit inexplicable. decision.

Watching Tang Huan’s mouth’s ‘lip’ and his mouth’s ‘lip’ being touched, he casually threw out 100 million, which was still US dollars, and Michael Kadoorie, who was troubled by the family's cash flow, was depressed. If I now have 100 million U.S. dollars in cash, I can calmly and slowly promote the construction of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant project.

Looking at Michael Kadoorie in a state of aphasia, Tang Huan said frankly: "The human heart is the most'elusive' thing. It may be harvested smoothly and quickly, or it may abandon you ruthlessly. I don't want to Because of this, I took a risk."

Michael Kadoorie's lips moved. He just wanted to say, "You have also invested in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant Project," but he swallowed it again, and Gein found it meaningless. Tang Huaneng’s children’s play generally spends 100 million US dollars to buy nuclear protection materials that will almost never be needed, and naturally he can maintain the gaseous grace in the construction progress of the Daya Bay nuclear power plant.

But then again. Although Tang Huan refused to come forward, he still played a role from the side. Michael Kadoorie couldn't do anything about it, nor dared to do it. He could only pinch his nose, follow the words of the richest man, and talk about the scene.

Tang Huan’s gaze was so sharp that he naturally saw the other party’s insincerity, so he put his heart to heart and preached to this partner: "I am still very optimistic about the future of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant, and I naturally hope that it can produce returns as soon as possible. If the Kadoorie family There is pressure on funds. I can provide financial help without interest. Anyway, everyone knows that the shares of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant are the best collateral."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan laughed, "Of course, I want to solemnly declare here that Xiangjiang Electric has no intention to replace the position of CLP Power’s second largest shareholder in the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant project. After all, CLP Power’s power supply network covers most of Xiangjiang. In the region, there is no need for Xiangjiang Electric to grab this piece of cake that is destined to be incompletely digestible."

Tang Huan’s straight-forward style has made Michael Kadoorie’s sense of trust always stable. Therefore, when he heard this proposal from the other party, he couldn’t help but shine, and immediately subconsciously tentatively said: "Mr. Tang is not Comfort me, are you really willing to borrow interest-free?"

"Are you friends? Compared to this relationship, that point of interest is really a vulgar thing. Of course, you can't borrow money beyond my ability." After Tang Huan showed his wit, he seemed to be inadvertently'exposed'. After a moment, "You should know that my fund flow has always been healthy, and I don't even need to deal with HSBC."

Upon hearing this, Michael Kadoorie couldn't help being awe-inspiring, and what Gein Tang Huan said was true. The wealth of the richest man was amazing.

In the course of the battle between Qinhe and Jardine, HSBC and Tang Huan'fighted' against each other; when Qinhe ate Yihe, the battle ended, and everything was settled, the two parties tried to make up for the rift, such as in HSBC's hands. The Jardine shares, Qinhe maintains the original settlement account of the Jardine One Series in HSBC, and so on.

But sometimes, once the sense of trust is lost, it is difficult to restore. One of the most obvious signs is that HSBC has always refused to re-allow the former Yihe executives such as Niubijian, who have surrendered, to enter the HSBC board of directors.

After going back and forth, the suspicions and rifts between the two sides grew. Until this year, the Qinhe Department almost cleared up all business dealings with HSBC, including the British employee's salary accounts.

In Xiangjiang'Hun', almost no one can completely bypass the existence of HSBC, unless he is a great immortal and does not have the secular needs of eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping.

But Tang Huan became the exception. Although he did not become immortal, he was a **** of wealth. When the entire system was established, the ‘door’ of money would be truly as many as ‘hair’.

In terms of loans, the United States and Japan are Tang Huan’s main sources of large amounts of funds, especially the latter’s Japanese yen loan interest rates are world-renowned for low. At the same time, the current stage is also a golden age for the banking circles of the United States and Japan to expand their business to Hong Kong.

And this was just a source of funds on the surface, not even Tang Huan's secretly speculative income.

Therefore, Tang Huan is qualified to be able to act regardless of HSBC's ‘color’—I am not used to you, so I still have a lot of funds to support diligence and operation and expansion.

There are more banks in Hong Kong than crucian carp crossing the river. Even the local services of Chinese banks are more considerate than HSBC. For overseas fund exchange services, Standard Chartered Bank happily takes over. And there are many other international banks to supplement.

With Tang Huan's IT solutions to assist in management, the business of Qinhe First Department has not been affected, but is full of vitality.

As for HSBC at this stage, it is essentially a native rich man whose base is in Hong Kong. Although there have been many attempts to expand internationally, it has not been effective. In Europe and even its home in the United Kingdom. They are all unwelcome; and after the United States acquired 51% of the shares of Ocean Bank of America, the loss was so severe that it was simply a blow to the stomach.

The reason why HSBC has repeatedly run into walls on the road to internationalization is that although it has been very successful in business, its system is still at the level of the British corporate regulations more than 100 years ago, and it does not meet the standards of modern companies. Information transparency is low, and even the most concerned data, the internal reserves, are unknown to outsiders.

In addition. To what extent HSBC's profitability benefits from the status of the quasi-central bank of Hong Kong, there is no way to accurately assess it.

This special ‘sex’ is not just for fun. As we all know, every economic system has to conduct various settlements at night after the end of daytime operations; although Hong Kong has three note-issuing banks-HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Bank of China, all funds flow to HSBC accounts during daily settlement. .

In other words, HSBC is counting money when sleeping with eyes closed. It and Hengfeng Bank, which it controls, have previously accounted for 60% of the retail market of Heung Kong Bank.

Relying on this monopoly advantage, HSBC, which is seeking a breakthrough in internationalization, can "hold it up" even if it loses blood and tears on Ocean Bank of America. Anyway, it is far across the Pacific Ocean, which is hard to detect on the Xiangjiang side.

The arrogant HSBC takes it for granted that even if it loses some of the business of the largest consortium in Hong Kong, the loss of Qinhe, the amount is not necessarily as horrible as Ocean Bank of America, which was dragged down by the Latin American sovereign debt crisis.

But after Heqin Hezhen became a stranger, HSBC still suffered a heavy blow. It can rely on the wealth of the landlord's family and don't care about missing a few transactions, but the loss of reputation can be a bit unbearable.

Don’t look at the “wave” of Heung Kong Bank’s bankruptcy still continuing, but the number is still large, and it is this kind of crisis that has brought the originally “aggressive” competition to a higher level. ', "HSBC even said that high-quality large customers like the richest man would kick it. Do you think you are better than the richest man and will receive attentive service?"

When such bad-mouthing arguments became more and more widespread, HSBC finally realized what it had missed, so it tried to make up for it, but it couldn’t find the “door” way, even HSBC. The news of huge losses in the United States did not know when it began to spread.

HSBC Chairman Shen Bi, who originally planned to retire successfully next year, is in a state of desperation. Originally, the completion of the fourth-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters Building would become a symbol of ‘sex’ glory during his time in charge of HSBC, but now no matter how you look at it, there is a bit of irony in it.

The third-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters building belonged to the Chicago school of design. It was 70 meters high and had 13 floors. It was opened in 1935. It was the largest building in the Far East at that time and was said to be the first air-conditioned building in Hong Kong. Things. So that after the Japanese army captured Xiangjiang in 1942, it was used as the "Government_Fu" headquarters.

After the end of the Second World War, with the rapid economic development and the rapid increase in business, the third-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters building was obviously insufficient for use, and reconstruction was imperative.

Shen Bi was very concerned about this and took it as his own political achievement and image project. He specially invited Norman Foster, a representative of high-tech architects and a master of the British construction industry, as the first. Four generations of Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters were designed. This old man is also the designer of the Xiangjiang International Airport that was opened in 1998 in the original space-time.

This building was rebuilt in July 1981 and completed in 1985 on May 20 this year. The fourth-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters was built on May 20 this year. The entire building is 180 meters high, with 46 floors and 4 basements, and 30,000 used. Tons of steel, and 4,500 tons of aluminum. And most of the accessories used in its construction are prefabricated-structural steel parts are made in the UK; glass, aluminum housing and floors are made in the United States; service facility components are made in Japan.

Therefore, the cost of reconstruction of the fourth-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters is quite staggering, as high as 5.2 billion Hong Kong dollars. It is the most expensive building in the world at this stage and the first building to cost 1 billion US dollars.

Shen Bi wanted to use these auras of real gold and silver to paint a perfect signal for his career. The cost of 1 billion US dollars can be compared with the news of various mismanagement. It suddenly became A great irony.

During the construction of the fourth-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters Building, HSBC temporarily moved to the Aon Chinese Building, also located in Central. Although the fourth-generation Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters Building has now been completed, it is impossible to move in immediately, and there are many trivial things to prepare.

Shen Bi deliberately went to see the process of HSBC's famous pair of bronze lions being relocated in front of the main'gate' of the head office. These two big pieces of Gein are not simple, they have rich historical connotations.

The third generation of the Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters was opened in 1935~www.wuxiaspot.com~ HSBC’s presence in China can be described as "flowers" everywhere, and Shanghai_Shanghai HSBC Bank naturally became a leader among them, even in front of the "door" The practice of placing two bronze lions was also learned by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

It directly copied the two bronze lions placed in front of the'door' of Shanghai HSBC Bank, and then placed it in front of its own big'door', and named it: the one with its mouth open and roaring is called "Stephen"— —“Steven” comes from Stephen, the general manager of the Hong Kong HSBC Headquarters. The suggestion of the copycat bronze lion was put forward by him; the other one was called “Stitt”——“Sidi”, which originated from the previous Shanghai _ Stitt, manager of the Hai branch-Shi Di's name.

When the Japanese army captured Xiangjiang in 1942, due to the shortage of supplies, these bronze lions were transported to Yokohama, Japan, along with the bronze statues of Victoria’s ‘female’ king and Hong Kong HSBC Bank Chief Minister Jackson, to be returned to the furnace to obtain the copper as munitions.

After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the two bronze lions in Hong Kong were discovered by the US military in the dock warehouse, so they were ordered by MacArthur to be transported back to Hong Kong.

The ability for a company to own such ups and downs of cultural relics is definitely an upscale and stylish thing, so Shen Bi pays such attention to it, but in the end he was at the gate of the big ‘door’, and he was speechless when asked by reporters. ;