Chapter 290： ：Benefit the people, 11 happiness

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Negotiations the next day.

When David walked into the conference room, he still had the newspaper in his hand. When he sat down, he put the newspaper next to him. As soon as the people from HSBC looked at this posture, they knew that the other party must have read the news.

HSBC's momentum has become even lower.

Bank runs and people make trouble.

This is a very important crisis event for a bank. There have been countless cases of bank failures due to a run in history.

Coupled with the shrinking business and the existence of bad debts.

HSBC can already be classified as an unsuitable investment company.

Before HSBC could speak, David first said: "I have no patience. You know that in the UK, the Rockefeller consortium can invest in many projects, including oil, mining, banking, tobacco, and so many."

"HSBC is just one of many companies, and now there are so many problems. To be honest, I have gradually lost interest in this investment."

"I now say an offer. If you agree, then trade. If you disagree, this investment will end."

"According to HSBC's total market value of 113 million, we want to acquire more than 51% of the shares."

David finished speaking and looked at the people at HSBC.

DaVille Sassoon frowned, "Mr. David, we did not intend to sell so many shares, and the price is..."

Before Darville finished speaking, David raised his hand to stop the other party, "My conditions are set out, and whether you agree or not is up to you. Okay, I still have a lot of things. The negotiation is here. If you agree, You can notify us again, if you disagree, there is no need to contact."

David stood up, nodded, and walked out.

The Rockefeller team left the meeting room with them.

People from HSBC were hanging out there.

DaVille Sassoon sighed helplessly. Now that HSBC is in this situation, there is the possibility of collapse at any time, and normal investors would not want it.

"Mr. Sassoon, what shall we do?" someone asked.

"Go back, discuss with the shareholders, sell those who are willing to sell, and keep the shares for those who are unwilling to sell." Daville Sassoon said grimly.

......

I have been fighting against HSBC these days.

Hardy also did a lot of things.

He reached a cooperation with a British shipping company. The name of the British shipping company was ‘Liverpool United Shipping Company’ and its predecessor was the famous ‘White Star Shipping’ company.

"White Star Shipping" don’t know?

It was the owner of the famous "Titanic". On April 15, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage.

Later, White Star went bankrupt and sold it to Carnard, another shipping company in Liverpool. Carnard was also hit hard during World War II. In order to survive and keep warm, several small Liverpool shipping companies were combined to form the'Liverpool United Shipping' in the past few years. company'.

Now this company owns more than 50 freighters, the small ones are more than 2,000 tons and the big ones are more than 10,000 tons, ranking among the top three British shipping companies.

They are on the investment list this time.

Hardy asked the president of Wells Fargo Bank to contact the other party. The other party heard that the Hardy Group was very interested, and the president led the team to negotiate with Hardy.

After two rounds of negotiations, Hardy invested 20 Freedom Ships and 5 Victory Ships and acquired 25% of the shares of Liverpool United Shipping.

At the same time, Hardy Shipping leased 50 free ships to Liverpool United Shipping. This lease can earn Hardy 10 million a year.

There is no need for seafarers. Britain has enough seafarers.

The United Kingdom is an island country that relies heavily on shipping. In the past, British colonies spread all over the five continents of the world. Shipping companies continued to transport supplies from all over the world to the British mainland. Now Britain needs to be rebuilt, needs to live, and still needs shipping companies to transfer supplies from other parts of the world. The country ships over, so for some time to come, British shipping will inevitably rise.

Hardy has become the controller or major shareholder of six shipping companies.

Hardy Shipping, Hong Kong Global Shipping, Bolloré Shipping in France, Mardi Shipping in Italy, Nile Shipping in the Netherlands, Liverpool United Shipping in the UK.

Several companies will cooperate in the future.

Counting now, Hardy Shipping Group can now be regarded as one of the world's largest shipping companies, with its routes all over the world.

also.

Hardy also acquired shares in some luxury goods companies.

Burberry.

Dunhill.

......

In fact, Hardy most wants to buy shares in Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce has two brands, Rolls-Royce and Bentley.

It's a pity that they don't sell it.

It’s pretty arrogant. If you don’t sell it, it’s fine. In fact, buying Rolls-Royce shares doesn’t make money at all. Hardy doesn’t seem to make money anyway. He wants nothing more than to like the brand.

It doesn't matter.

In the future, Rolls-Royce will go bankrupt and be acquired by others, and more than once, I will buy you again at that time, depending on how proud you are.

But Hardy still ordered a few cars from Rolls-Royce.

The six Rolls-Royce fourth-generation Silver Spirit roadsters are all customized and unique in color. Hardy personally selected them. These cars are for women.

As for he himself ordered one, and this car is not yet available, it is the latest Phantom IV designed by Rolls-Royce.

This car is specially built for Princess Elizabeth. The princess's new car is still being built. Hardy immediately liked the calm and atmospheric shape when he saw the drawing, and proposed that he also wanted to order one. Rolls-Royce was once again proud Express.

Not for sale.

Don't sell expensive and cheap.

This is specially built for the princess and is not for sale.

Hardy was hesitant in his heart, and finally found the relationship directly with the British Prime Minister. Hardy was a distinguished visitor from the US delegation to help the United Kingdom resume production.

The British Prime Minister was also a little embarrassed, so he had to call the palace and ask the opinions of King George VI and Princess Elizabeth of England.

The future Queen Princess Elizabeth is very big, saying that the people on the inspection group are all distinguished guests who come to the UK to invest and help the UK, and she has also heard of Jon Hardy. It is said that they have billions of dollars in assets. They come to support the construction of the UK. To order a car should be satisfied.

Moreover, this can also boost the British economy.

You know that a car costs hundreds of thousands of pounds, which is equivalent to more than 200,000 US dollars. Even now, Rolls-Royce is the most expensive car.

Princess Margaret was right next to her father and sister. Hearing this, she curled her lips and said: "That person named Jon Hardy really doesn't have a top hat. Rolls-Royce doesn't even sell it. He I still have to find it."

King George VI looked at the younger daughter and smiled, and then said to the eldest daughter: "The royal family is going to hold a dance party in a few days to entertain the aid group and the inspection group. I have already explained this matter. Next, you will be mainly responsible for it. ."

"Good father." Princess Elizabeth answered calmly.

Princess Margaret rolled her eyes and thought of that Jon Hardy. She said that after the prom, she should be able to see that nasty guy. If there is a chance to secretly humiliate him, it is estimated that her face will be wonderful by then.

With the consent of the British royal family,

Hardy owns a car of the same model as the future Queen of England, but he wants to get the car, I am afraid it will be a year or two later.

......

Five days have passed.

The matter at HSBC in Hong Kong has not calmed down yet.

Thousands of people gathered outside the door all day, chanting slogans to redeem the passbook, HSBC's door was closed and no office work was possible.

These people have a posture that you will never leave without giving money.

HSBC's normal business could not be carried out at all, and all activities were at a standstill. The management was unable to do anything and asked the board of directors for their opinions.

No one on the board of directors cares about whether to carry out business, and they are all considering whether to sell shares. Now the bank itself is in trouble, and there will be a major crisis in the future. Once Hong Kong recovers, HSBC’s most valuable banknote issuing rights will no longer exist. The branches in Southeast Asia cannot sell for millions.

They are all investors. When they see the danger of investment, what they think of is how to maximize their own interests and take advantage of the opportunity to sell their shares at a high price.

Sell,

This is already a consensus.

It is nothing more than a price issue.

Rockefeller's offer was too low, and it was far from reaching their expectations, but at this juncture, there was a run, which exposed all the problems they had covered up at once, and the value was naturally greatly reduced.

Conference room.

The atmosphere is not harmonious.

An HSBC shareholder stood up and said solemnly: "We have had a meeting for two days. I don't think it can be delayed any longer. The Hong Kong headquarters is crowded with people withdrawing money. More conflicts may break out at any time. I will report to the Hong Kong Police Department. He made a long telegram, but he said that he has done his best now, and he has no way to suppress these people with force."

"Everyone, whether you agree or not, I have already planned to sell. I am concerned about the future of HSBC, so I decided to terminate this investment. If you do not agree to the collective sale, then I will contact the person who wants to acquire the shares individually. "

Everyone frowned.

When a **** cracks, it means that the **** is not far away.

HSBC contacted David Rockefeller to inform them that they agreed with the other party's offer and were prepared to sell more shares because many shareholders were not optimistic about the future of HSBC.

In particular, the two largest shareholders, the Sassoon family and the Freeman family, are preparing to sell all the shares in their hands. Some families choose to dilute and sell some to avoid risks.

In the end, HSBC plans to sell 54% of the shares.

On the day of the transaction, David took Hardy with him and introduced to the people at HSBC: "This is Mr. Jon Hardy from the Hardy Group, I must have heard of you."

All HSBC shareholders have naturally heard of Hardy and shook hands with Hardy one after another.

David continued: "This transaction is very risky. I found a partner, so this acquisition was completed by Manhattan Bank and Wells Fargo Bank."

HSBC does not matter whether it is one acquisition or two acquisitions. They just want to sell their shares as soon as possible.

Hardy and David had already negotiated before coming. David did this business. A large part of the reason was that he wanted to try with Hardy. He was not a particular gambler himself, so David planned to put most of it Share to Hardy.

In the end, HSBC sold 54% of the shares, Wells Fargo bought 34%, and Manhattan Bank bought 20%. Hardy suddenly became the largest shareholder of HSBC, spending more than 38 million US dollars.

After the completion of the transaction, a board of directors was held to announce that Hardy became the new chairman of HSBC. Hardy discovered that the four major Hong Kong banks, Taikoo, Jardine, Wheelock and Hutchison, all have shares in HSBC, but not many, each with only 100% It's about four or five.

The bank changed hands, and HSBC President A.H. Sanders immediately brought a few vice presidents to the UK to meet the new chairman.

When they came here, they were very worried. I heard that the new chairman is the owner of Wells Fargo and they have their own bank. Will they replace them all?

When meeting with the bank's management, David specifically asked to follow along to see how Hardy is dealing with HSBC's current problems.

"Hello, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Rockefeller." Sanders respectfully greeted the chairman and major shareholders.

Then he reported the current situation of HSBC to the two major shareholders. In fact, Hardy had already touched on the situation of HSBC a long time ago. Hearing a more detailed report from Sanders, he confirmed a lot of his intelligence.

After listening to Sanders’ report, Hardy said: "The biggest problem now is the cashing problem, right?"

"right."

"I will help you solve this problem. Wells Fargo Bank and Manhattan Bank will temporarily lend a sum of money to HSBC, enough to pay all drafts and deposits. This matter must be solved beautifully. Anyone who comes to withdraw money must be paid to ensure HSBC's Credibility."

"Second, Hardy will send an assistant to the chairman. I don't know if you know Victor, so he will be the assistant to the chairman. At the same time, Wells Fargo and Manhattan Bank will each send a supervisory director to the management."

"Third, the management must be mentally prepared. The mainland business may be completely stopped. HSBC, which is still operating in Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places, must withdraw to Hong Kong as soon as possible to avoid sudden chaos caused by the incident."

"Fourth, with regard to the issue of Hong Kong companies selling assets, Mr. David's opinion and I are to take advantage of low prices and buy low-quality assets in Hong Kong, such as land, companies, luxury houses, docks, warehouses, buildings and so on."

"Every financial crisis is a great opportunity to make a fortune and counterattack. As long as we grasp this opportunity, we will earn countless times more than normal investment. The annual increase of 5% to 10% in normal investment is already very good, and the increase of 20% is already It is very good, and during the financial crisis, if you are optimistic about some projects that will rise in the future, the rate of return may be hundreds of times thousands of times."

"Finally, let me talk about your business. For the current management, I do not plan to make adjustments for the time being, but will conduct an assessment. I hope that everyone can continue to stay and serve HSBC through the Hardy Group assessment in the end."

After hearing this, the HSBC management all said that they must do their work with all their responsibilities.

The management meeting ended.

David's view of Hardy is that he is both good and bad. He manages hard-line and handles things simply and neatly. However, there is a question, when he agreed to borrow money from Manhattan Bank to HSBC, David asked immediately.

Hardy looked at David and said, "You are a major shareholder of HSBC. You don’t take the money and whoever takes the money, and you only borrow and pay interest. In fact, HSBC’s financial situation is not that bad. It’s just a run and cash flow shortage. Each of our two families put out 20 million yuan and put the money in the vault, and the situation immediately calmed down."

"When HSBC is relieved, the money will be returned soon."

David thought about it and agreed, "Well, I'll send a telegram for Manhattan to borrow 20 million to HSBC."

After David left, Hardy secretly laughed, and when the money arrived, the acceptance bills and savings slips he collected would be useful. It was more than 26 million U.S. dollars. Wait for the money. When I got it, I paid half of the money I bought for HSBC shares And I heard from Mr. Xu from the north that this time because of the rush, only so many were found, and it is estimated that there will be a batch.

If there are so many more, Hardy will exchange them for cash, then all the money for the acquisition of HSBC will be returned, which is equivalent to the HSBC bank in vain.

This should be considered another success for the empty glove White Wolf.

HSBC has so many Hong Kong assets. When the Hong Kong turmoil passes, these assets will inevitably increase sharply. By then, relying on Hong Kong assets alone will become the world's richest man.

HSBC has gotten into its own hands, and it will definitely not do the nasty things of future generations in the future. It will only benefit the people.

Happy Eleventh everyone.

Mid-Autumn Festival is late, it's not too late this time, O(∩_∩)O

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