Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1806 Swire Group
In the afternoon of the same day, Duan Yun passed the Luohu Port by car and came to Hong Kong on the other side.

When they came to Yang Cheng's home, Duan Yun received a very warm reception again, and Li Yun was also invited to accompany Duan Yun.

"Mr. Yang, since we parted in Shenyang half a year ago, I have been waiting for news from you, but in the end there was no reply..." After arriving at Yang Cheng's home, Dan Yu said without any concealment. My own disappointment at the beginning.

For Duan Yun, since Yang Cheng did not help him raise funds, there is no need for Duan Yun to be too respectful to him, and in terms of strength, Duan Yun's current assets are stronger than Yang Cheng's. To put it bluntly, this time I came to Hong Kong for a banquet, it was only out of personal feelings.

"Mr. Duan, please come here this time, I just want to explain this matter to you." Seemingly seeing some dissatisfaction shown by Duan Yun, Yang Cheng explained with a smile on his face: "Let me tell you the truth." , in fact, with the capital flow of our group, it is very difficult for a single company to come up with 1.7 million US dollars, so I can only seek the support of my store friends in Hong Kong, but one of my friends strongly opposes this. For this matter, the two of us I have been arguing for a long time, but he is my friend for more than 10 years after all, and I cannot touch his interests for my own interests..."

"Touching his interests?" Duan Yun was taken aback when he heard the words, and asked, "How could my Volvo car project touch the interests of Hong Kong? Who is this friend of yours?"

"My friend is named Shi Yadi, and he is now the president of the Swire Group. I have cooperated with them a lot in the past, including real estate and finance. It can be said that he is my biggest partner in Hong Kong." Yang Cheng said .

"Shi Yadi, no wonder..." At this time, Li Yun who was sitting next to Duan Yun said in surprise.

"Is the Swire Group very powerful?" Duan Yun couldn't help asking when he saw this.

"The Swire Group is one of the four major British-funded foreign firms in Hong Kong. It is very powerful and can be regarded as the top consortium in Hong Kong. Moreover, they have a very close relationship with the British Hong Kong government. They belong to the hand that Hong Kong-British Securities controls the lifeline of Hong Kong..." Li Yun Sticking it to Duan Yun's ear, he introduced Hong Kong Swire Group in a low voice.

People in the country know that there are four major families in Hong Kong, namely the Li Ka-shing, Cheng Yu-tung, Lee Shau-kee, and Guo Tak-sing families. They are the most influential and powerful families in Hong Kong.

But in fact, there are still many British consortiums in Hong Kong. They control many industries in Hong Kong, and their wealth is not lost to the four major families.For example, the Swire Group, the controller behind Cathay Pacific, is the Swire family from the United Kingdom.

Since Hong Kong was occupied by the British in 1842, the main industries in Hong Kong have been monopolized by British-funded enterprises, and they control the economic lifeline of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Swire Group Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the parent company, British Swire Group Co., Ltd., and is also the holding company of Swire Pacific Ltd. listed in Hong Kong.

Swire Group opened an office in Hong Kong in 1870 and is now mainly engaged in aviation, real estate, trade, industry, tourism and shipping.Swire Motors Group is the sole agent of VOLVO cars in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Swire Enterprises Co., Ltd. established an office in BJ in 1993. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Swire Motors Co., Ltd. under the Hong Kong Swire Group. It is the main agent of Volvo (regal) cars in China.

After listening to Li Yun's narration, Duan Yun suddenly understood.

Obviously, Duan Yun's introduction of Volvo's production line into the mainland undoubtedly touched the cake of Hong Kong Swire Group.

Although the Swire Group is currently only acting as an agent of Volvo cars in Hong Kong and Taiwan, in fact, the Swire Group has been planning to bring Volvo cars to the mainland, and has even planned to set up an office in BJ, but at this time Duan Yun got The production line of the previous generation of Volvo cars, this is undoubtedly the failure of Swire Group's plan to rely on Volvo cars to enter the Chinese market.

Because for many Hong Kong companies, the development of mainland China is getting faster and faster. In the early days, many Hong Kong companies entered the Chinese market through real estate. Now, after seeing the huge potential of the Chinese auto market, they all want to expand the auto industry in China. Hong Kong Swire Group is one of them.

However, the plan of Swire Group has not been launched yet, and it is stillborn. Once the Volvo production line is settled in China, the imported Volvo cars represented by Swire Group will be impossible to talk about. No one will spend 2~3 times more tariff money to buy. Cars of the same model, and precisely because of this, it is reasonable for the Swire Group to strongly oppose the Emperor Group's investment in Duan Yuan's automobile industry.

Moreover, compared with the four major families in Hong Kong, the strength of the four British consortiums in Hong Kong is even stronger, because Hong Kong has not yet returned to Hong Kong and is still under the rule of the British Hong Kong government. The Swire Group is naturally the "direct descendant" of the British government, so No rich man in Hong Kong is willing to offend such a Hong Kong-funded consortium. Even Yang Cheng, who is well-known in Hong Kong, cannot go against the trend.

If he said that, Duan Yun could understand Yang Cheng's failure to make an appointment with him.

"Actually, through the last inspection in the Mainland with you, I feel that your group is really very powerful, and the Volvo project is really good..." Yang Cheng pondered for a while, and then said: "So if there are other projects If you need investment, I can still help..."

"You should know that what I lack is mainly foreign exchange. In addition, I also want to use Hong Kong as a window to the world to develop the foreign trade of the group company." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and then said: "Of course, I can also see that, Yang Mr. Yang really wants to help me, and at the same time, he also wants to make some contributions to the industrial development of our mainland, so no matter whether we have a business deal or not, I am willing to become friends with Mr. Yang. Even if you don’t do business, you will want to visit the mainland in the future Or play, I am willing to entertain and accompany."

"Thank you very much." Yang Cheng nodded, and continued: "Actually, although I can't directly invest in your automobile industry, I can also help you raise funds to Hong Kong. If possible, I would like to assist the subordinates of your group I don’t know what your idea is for the branch company to be listed in Hong Kong.”

"Help my group's subsidiaries go public?" Duan Yun was startled when he heard this.

Duan Yun never expected that Yang Cheng would be able to help his company list in Hong Kong.

You must know that until now, no mainland company has been successfully listed in Hong Kong. Not to mention in Hong Kong, even in the mainland, there are very few companies that can be listed. As one of the two cities in China, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is currently There are no more than 100 successful listed companies, which shows how difficult it is for companies to go public.

(End of this chapter)