Chapter 287： : Meet and cut 1 and a half

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After Hardy and David reached an agreement, the two began to plan. David and HSBC contacted each other first.

As for Hardy, he hides in the dark to create public opinion.

after one day,

David Rockefeller met the people of HSBC in the hotel's living room. The leader of HSBC, Davier Sassoon, was a member of the Sassoon family.

The Sassoon family’s assets are also extremely large. After hundreds of years of accumulation, the assets may not be less than tens of billions of dollars. It is known as the Eastern Rothschild family, and even has a marriage relationship with the Rothschild family before.

Of course, the Sassoon family is also a big family. It is impossible for all assets to be in the hands of one person, but scattered among the hands of many family members.

The two parties shook hands and sat down to chat. David Rockefeller said: "Sassoon, I see on the investment directory, you plan to sell 17% of the shares. I don't know why HSBC has the idea of ​​selling shares?"

HSBC has long thought of this question, and any investor will definitely ask it like this. If you say that HSBC has a problem, the other party will inevitably lower the price. This is the simplest routine in the market.

Daville Sassoon smiled: "In fact, HSBC's financial situation has always been good. After all, we have the right to issue currency in Hong Kong."

"The Rockefeller family has shares in the Federal Reserve and holds the right to issue U.S. currency. I believe you know the value of the right to issue in one place better than me."

"This time HSBC wants to introduce shareholders, mainly to seek better partners to prepare for a broader market. Next, HSBC has a series of development plans to develop more business in the UK, enter the U.S. market, and enter the U.S. market. Other countries in Europe."

"Mr. Rockefeller can value HSBC. HSBC is actually very happy. We are willing to cooperate with a consortium like you. We believe that HSBC will have a better future, and your investment will be doubled."

The jewish little mouth kept talking, describing the deal as a strong alliance, but David Rockefeller was noncommittal after hearing it.

"I don't know what the current market value of HSBC is. At what price is this share going to be sold?" David asked.

"According to our calculations, HSBC has a market value of 330 million U.S. dollars and sells 17% of its shares, worth 56.1 million." Daville Sassoon said.

David shook his head.

"I don't think HSBC is worth 330 million now."

"HSBC's original main market was in China. Recently, the war in China is turbulent, inflation is extremely serious, and the financial order is on the verge of collapse. I heard that most of HSBC's banks in China have closed."

DaVille Sassoon's expression choked.

"It is indeed affected to some extent, but our base is in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's business development is very good. A large number of people have come to Hong Kong. Recently, HSBC Hong Kong's business volume has grown very fast."

David looked at Darville Sassoon.

road:

"A few years ago, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, they confiscated all of HSBC's assets. You took HSBC back only after Japan surrendered. At that time, HSBC only had an empty shelf."

"Although you filled up part of the funds and let HSBC reopen, but now it has only been three years in the past, how much HSBC is profitable, I seriously doubt the market value of 330 million you quoted."

"I have paid attention to the war in China. There have been several wars in recent months. The first man has lost most of his territory. I can hardly believe that he can win the final victory."

"If the east side wins, they will confiscate all the property, and our political consciousness is different, I am afraid it will be difficult for HSBC to return to China, so HSBC is equivalent to losing the original market."

"How serious the loss of the original market is for a company, I'm afraid I don't need to tell Mr. Sassoon."

"This is not the most serious. If the other side achieves a full victory, it is difficult to say whether Hong Kong can keep it. Once the other side takes back Hong Kong, all investment in Hong Kong will be wiped out, so this is a very dangerous investment."

David Rockefeller gave a list of reasons.

Sweat oozes from the front corner of David Sassoon who listened to it. From David's words, it can be heard that the other party has a very good understanding of the situation in Hong Kong and the eastern countries, and I am afraid that he has also seen his own intentions.

HSBC shareholders are not optimistic about the situation in the East now, so they thought of selling some of their shares in order to spread the danger.

Some people even plan to sell all of their shares directly.

For capitalists, it is their instinct to see profitable industries enter and escape in danger.

Few people would be foolish to watch the danger for the so-called belief. Such people are not qualified capitalists.

Since David now also sees the major problems with HSBC.

I am afraid that this deal will be difficult to conclude.

"What does Mr. Rockefeller mean?" Daville Sassoon asked.

"If you want to find a partner, you need to give a sincere price. I asked my economists to calculate. The current value of HSBC is probably only 130 million U.S. dollars." Mostly.

Hearing the offer from the other party, Daville Sassoon was first overjoyed, which shows that the other party is still interested in this transaction, at least not directly refused.

But the price is too low.

"Mr. David, HSBC has more than three million customers, with a capital volume of 580 million U.S. dollars, and this year's profit reached 12 million U.S. dollars. This profitability exceeds that of many major banks." Daville Sassoon explained.

"Risk and future." David said.

"Mr. Sassoon, in fact, what kind of investment is this? I believe you and I know well that this transaction is not a normal transaction, but a very risky gamble. Once it fails, all investments will disappear."

"For high-risk investments, every banker will be cautious and cautious. Only when the return may be far greater than the investment will someone be willing to make a very risky investment. I think this is also the true reason why HSBC sells its shares. Bar."

David didn't make any further detours, and directly pointed out the important points.

This time the negotiation was over, and both parties were not satisfied with the other's offer, but they did not reject it all at once, and it was a temporary stop.

Talking about business is a game.

It depends on how the two sides settled.

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the other side.

Hardy summoned the head of the Global Times newspaper in London.

He gave him a detailed account, and asked the newspaper to send people to Hong Kong to personally pass on the things Hardy explained.

Both parties act together.

At the same time, Hardy gave power to the US Global Headquarters and asked them to cooperate with the actions of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Then he called Henry to bring intelligence personnel to the UK, and asked the Global Times London newspaper to cooperate to investigate all the information about HSBC.

A few days later.

After multi-party cooperation.

The details of HSBC are before Hardy and David Rockefeller.

HSBC Bank was founded in 1865, and its shareholders include ten foreign companies, including British Steamship Company, Sassoon International, Baoshun International, Qiongji International, Pacific International, Shunzhang International, and Zenchen.

After more than a hundred years of development, there have also been changes in the meantime. Now the shareholders are more dispersed and become 18 companies. Among them, Sassoon Corporation accounts for 11.3% of the shares, the British Steamship Company accounts for 7.5% of the shares, and the Hong Kong-based ocean companies such as Jardine, Swire, and Hutchison It's also in it.

There are also some British and Indian businessmen mixed in.

The current president of HSBC, A.H. Sanders, is also a generation of legendary financiers. Hardy knew that he did not step down until the 1970s and led HSBC out of the predicament and developed into the largest bank in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

His successor is the famous Shen Bi.

It is precisely because of Shen Bi's help that Li Gongtan will rise up in later generations.

HSBC is headquartered in Hong Kong and is a building similar to the White House, with 46 branches in total, 16 in Shanghai, Peiping, Qingdao, Tianjin, Shantou, etc., and branches in the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India and other places. .

But during World War II, HSBC suffered a severe blow, including HSBC's Hong Kong headquarters and branches in Southeast Asian countries, all of which were confiscated by the Japanese, property confiscated, and banks closed. This caused HSBC to suffer heavy losses.

At the end of World War II, Japan surrendered, HSBC took back the banks, and the families invested money to restore business everywhere. In just a few years, it was far from the pre-war scale.

And after that tragic war, the people of East Asian countries are poor, where there is money in banks, and it is very difficult to carry out banking business.

HSBC’s largest business area, China, is still at war. Several major battles have now been fought. A certain bald head lost miserably. HSBC closed most of its domestic branches. It is also very dangerous whether other banks can keep it.

Sassoon and David Rockefeller said that HSBC’s savings in Hong Kong surged last year and made a profit of tens of millions of dollars. The real reason was that other banks withdrew their funds to Hong Kong. At the same time, the annual profit calculation was all attributed to Hong Kong. As for the loss, all the losses were allocated. In the loss of branches, that's why we made such beautiful data.

In fact, this is cheating, it is estimated that it is to sell a good price.

David looked at the intelligence and sighed in his heart that Hardy was able to obtain such detailed information in such a short period of time.

Although the Rockefeller family forces were dispatched, these materials could be obtained, but the speed was definitely not so fast.

Speed ​​is the advantage.

If you have information, you can have the initiative.

From this point, it can be seen that Hardy's success is not without reason.

"From these data, the price I gave 150 million may be a bit high. Although HSBC is now worth this price, the risk factor is too high. If Hong Kong falls and HSBC loses its main market, the value will be greatly reduced."

David finished speaking and looked at Hardy:

"Hadi, the risk is so high, why do you still choose to invest?"

"Do you think the North will not be able to win, or Hong Kong will not be captured?"

David was curious what Hardy thought.

Hardy shook his head.

"The North will definitely win. This is an unchangeable fact. In the early stage, the advantage of a bald head could not be won. Now the two sides seem to be evenly matched. In fact, the momentum of one side is like a rainbow, and the other is weakened. It is no longer a level opponent at all."

"Can Hong Kong be kept?"

Hardy smiled.

"This is the place to bet. It is possible to directly capture Hong Kong, or it is possible that the new government, in view of the international situation, chooses not to take back Hong Kong for the time being. The probability is half and half."

"HSBC shareholders dare not gamble. Those foreign banks that invest in Hong Kong are very scared. People abandon me and people take me. If you win the bet, you may get a hundredfold profit."

"Like you invested in President Johnson?" David looked at Hardy.

"Ha ha ha ha, it's almost the same." Hardy said with a smile.

David is not a gambler. He prefers to invest calmly. As the Rockefeller family, he has become a super consortium. The capital is already very rich. There is no need for radical investment. Steady progress is the most important thing.

Hardy like Hardy works hard from the bottom, in order to quickly accumulate capital ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is more willing to use radical investment methods.

After David knew about the risks of HSBC's investment, he actually had some plans to give up, but he found that he was affected by Hardy's passion.

Hardy once told him about his investment experience, many times with gambling elements, including investing in President Johnson.

He won the bet.

David wanted to try this time,

Can this guy bet again to win.

This game should be very interesting.

At most this investment failed, Rockefeller and Manhattan Bank could afford it, and David finally made a decision.

Play this one with Hardy.

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