Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 623 Discussion, temporary generation (two in one)

The day after the party, Haruko Mori was going back to Tokyo.

In the morning, Lin Baicheng took Haruko Mori to the airport in an extended Lincoln. Because the private plane happened to be parked here, the private jet took Haruko Mori there.

"Chengjun, you don't have to send me in, I just go in by myself."

When the car arrived at the airport, Haruko Moori said to Lin Baicheng before getting out of the car.

"Then I won't send you in, go back and have a good rest, and come back next weekend."

Lin Baicheng didn't insist on sending Haruko Moori in. His birthday is next Monday.

"Ah."

Haruko Mori responded, kissed Lin Baicheng goodbye, and got out of the car.

After seeing Haruko Mori walk into the airport, Lin Baicheng let the driver leave.

In the afternoon, Hutchison Hotel.

Lin Baicheng was drinking afternoon tea. He made an appointment with someone to have tea here in the afternoon, but the other party hadn't come yet.

"I'm so sorry, I'm late."

After a while, a person came over, but it was Shen Porridge, the top class of HSBC.

"Ban Shen didn't come late, I came early."

Lin Baicheng looked at his watch, and there were still about 7 minutes before the time he and Shen Congee made an appointment to meet. Both of them came earlier, but he came earlier.

Shen Congee sat down opposite Lin Baicheng: "I heard that Lin Sheng held a party yesterday?"

Lin Baicheng said: "That's the case, but the people who are invited are the executives of the company under my name, so it's an internal party."

Shen Congee said: "With this Hutchison Hotel, it will be much more convenient for Lin Sheng to hold parties and dinners."

"That's not true."

Lin Baicheng quite agrees with this statement.

The two were chatting, the tea art master came to make tea and then retreated, the two chatted while drinking.

After chatting for a while, Shen Congee got to the point, and said casually: "Lin Sheng, I heard that Mr. Wei Li is investigating the information of automobile companies in the UK. Hutchison Whampoa intends to invest in the UK and enter the automotive industry. Is there such a thing in the manufacturing industry?"

"The news from HSBC is really well-informed."

Lin Baicheng was slightly surprised, it had only been a few days, and he even doubted whether the news was disclosed to HSBC by Mai Lihao, but after thinking about it, he felt that the possibility was unlikely.This news is not big, even if Mai Lihose has interests with HSBC, it is not necessary to specifically inform HSBC of this kind of news.

On the contrary, HSBC is more likely to find out by itself. After all, HSBC is not only a giant in Hong Kong, but also a giant in the British financial industry.

Shen Congee smiled and said, "HSBC is a bank and has cooperation with companies in various industries, so the news is relatively well-informed."

No matter how HSBC got the news, since the other party already knew about it, there was no need for Lin Baicheng to hide it, so he nodded immediately and said: "Since Taipan already knows about it, then I won't hide it anymore, I really intend to let He Huang go British investment, entering the car manufacturing industry."

"However, at present, the British auto industry is seriously shrinking, and the market is occupied by Japanese cars. I also know that the auto companies there are having a hard time. Which brand technology Hehuang Jinjin wants to acquire in this industry needs to be carefully investigated and considered."

These can all be guessed, so Lin Baicheng did not hide them.As for the fact that the target is the Bentley brand, there is no need to tell Shen Congee.

"Lin Sheng is right. At present, Japanese cars are popular in China and occupy a large number of markets, but the prospect of this industry can be expected. With the improvement of people's living standards and technological progress, the cost of cars will increase. The lower it is, the more cars will become popular, Lin Sheng, your vision is as good as ever."

Shen Congee admitted that Lin Baicheng's vision is not bad, but a good vision is not necessarily useful. The investment in the automobile manufacturing industry is not small, and the pressure of competition is also great. It is hard to say whether Lin Baicheng will succeed in entering this industry.

"Ban Shen, you invited me to have afternoon tea today, and you also talked about the investment with Huang, but do you want to cooperate?"

Lin Baicheng asked aloud, he was not stupid, he couldn't see Shen Congee's intention.

"HSBC is not weak whether it is in Hong Kong or in the UK. Lin Sheng, if you want Hutchison Whampoa to enter the automobile industry, you can completely use HSBC to assist. With the help of HSBC, I believe that Hutchison Whampoa will not only be able to acquire the target more smoothly Enterprises can spend less money."

Seeing Lin Baicheng's question, Shen Congee explained his intention of coming, hoping that Hutchison Whampoa's investment could cooperate with HSBC.

Not to mention that if the acquisition entrustment is successfully completed, HSBC will definitely earn a lot of entrustment fees. After all, this is an acquisition worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

More importantly, once the acquisition is completed, Hutchison Whampoa will have an additional car manufacturing company in the UK. If the company's transactions are placed in HSBC, HSBC will only be able to earn more benefits in the future.

With Hutchison Whampoa's investment amount and volume, if the automobile company can get on the right track, it is likely to be billions of dollars in turnover every year, and the benefits that HSBC can absorb from it must not be small.

It is true that Lin Baicheng has Galaxy Bank at present, but Galaxy Bank has not yet expanded in the UK, and even if it expands, the development speed will not be so fast, at least the interests of several years can still be guaranteed.

After listening to Shen Congee's words, Lin Baicheng pondered for a while, and then said, "Dapan Shen, you should know that Hutchison Whampoa is not short of money for this investment, and there is no need for a bank loan."

"I know that."

Shen Congee nodded. Hutchison Whampoa made a profit of more than one billion U.S. dollars, and it has announced to the public. The stock price keeps rising, how could he not know.

Lin Baicheng said directly: "So, if we cooperate with HSBC, what can HSBC bring to Hutchison?"

"HSBC's network in the UK is absolutely incomparable to Hutchison Whampoa. If Hutchison Whampoa has an acquisition target, HSBC can help Hutchison Whampoa to complete the acquisition through the network."

"After the acquisition is completed, if Hutchison Whampoa wants to recruit talents for the automobile company, HSBC can also help to recruit a large number of outstanding talents for Hutchison Whampoa's automobile company."

"What's more, Hutchison Whampoa is not short of money at present, but the investment of the car company is very large. Not short of money now does not mean that it will not be short of money in the future. If the car company needs a loan, in terms of loan amount and interest rate, HSBC We will treat car companies as our most important partners.”

Shen Porridge spoke out all the benefits that HSBC could bring to Hutchison Whampoa. He didn't draw cakes, because he knew that this trick was useless to Lin Baicheng, and it was more sincere to tell the truth.

Lin Baicheng has to admit that if HSBC assists Hutchison Whampoa in the acquisition, the success of the acquisition of Bentley brand technology will indeed be greatly increased.If you can acquire better brands and technologies, then there is no need to acquire inferior brands and technologies, and sometimes the cost of time must also be considered.

Lin Baicheng asked: "Mr. Shen, if you cooperate with Huang and HSBC, what will you have to pay for?"

Shen Congee immediately said: "The normal cost of assisting in the acquisition is not counted. I hope that the turnover of the car company can be placed in HSBC. Apart from that, there are no other conditions."

Lin Baicheng immediately gave a discount: "It can only be the flow from the UK, and if the car company finds it inconvenient to cooperate with HSBC, then the car company will have the right to change the partner bank."

"If this kind of thing really happened, it must be that HSBC's service is not in place, and the car company naturally has the right to change the partner."

Shen Congee responded with a smile, without bargaining.

Nodding his head, Lin Baicheng said: "I have to go back and think about this matter, and I will give you an answer to Shen Daban in a few days."

"Okay, if Lin Sheng has any questions, you can contact me at any time."

Shen Congee didn't try to persuade him anymore, this cooperation is not a trivial matter, it's normal for Lin Baicheng to need time to think about it.

Afterwards, the two stopped talking about this matter and started talking about other things.

After a while, the two left Hehuang Hotel together, but they separated after going out.

Even though it was the weekend, Lin Baicheng still called Wei Li, Cheng Yufeng, and Qin Lan home on the next Sunday.

In the study, Lin Baicheng told the three of them about the conversation he had with Shen Porridge yesterday, and asked them for their opinions.

"The cooperation with HSBC is still beneficial. After all, HSBC is not weak. However, Downing Street actively invited Hutchison and Huang to invest in the UK this time. In addition, HSBC is not the only major bank in the UK. Therefore, Hutchison and Huang do not have to cooperate. HSBC cannot cooperate."

Among the three, Cheng Yufeng was the first to express his thoughts.

Qin Lan went on to say: "Hutchison wants to enter the automobile industry, the first acquisition target is the 'Bentley' brand belonging to Rolls-Royce, the best choice for this acquisition is to cooperate with the bank, and it is more likely to be completed through the bank's contacts and team Acquisition. As for the choice of bank, HSBC is indeed not weak, and we have cooperated with Huang and HSBC, so instead of choosing an unfamiliar bank, we might as well choose HSBC, at least we know HSBC quite well.”

"Willie."

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng looked at Wei Li.

Seeing this, Wei Li said: "I also agree with the cooperation with the bank, which is beneficial to our acquisition. As for whether to choose HSBC, there is actually no need to make a decision now."

"When I take the team to London for investigation, we can disclose the information to the outside world and let the bank contact us. At that time, which bank offers the best conditions and can help us the most, then we will choose which bank to cooperate with. That's it."

Although HSBC often keeps in touch with Wei Li and has helped him a lot, Wei Li knows that because he is the top class of Hutchison Whampoa, HSBC values ​​him and wins him over. He can get more.

Therefore, Wei Li has always been clear about right and wrong, and will not favor HSBC just because of his friendship with HSBC.

Of course, he will not favor HSBC, but Wei Li will definitely not deliberately make things difficult for HSBC, and on the same terms, he will definitely promote the cooperation between Hutchison Whampoa and HSBC, so that even Lin Baicheng, the big boss, will not say anything.

"Taipan's suggestion is indeed better. It is really unnecessary for Hutchison to choose a bank to cooperate with right away. The bank that will help Hutchison the most will be the one to choose."

After hearing this, Cheng Yufeng echoed, and then said: "What's more, I just thought that we still need to consider the attitude of Downing Street. If those have recommended cooperative banks, we also need to consider the suggestions of the other party. After all, we really want to If you invest in the UK, you also need to build a good relationship with Downing Street."

"Yufeng, what you just mentioned is something I didn't expect."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help nodding. There must be an interest group behind Mrs. Thatcher. If the other party recommends a bank to cooperate with him, he can't directly refuse, unless the bank's service is not in place or the asking price is too high, otherwise under the same conditions He must give the other side face.

Since Hutchison Whampoa chose to invest in the UK, it must establish a good relationship with the local officials. The ruling party headed by Mrs. Thatcher is the primary goal of Hutchison Whampoa's friendship.

Qin Lan nodded in agreement: "President Cheng is indeed more considerate."

"A good relationship with Downing Street is a must."

Wei Li didn't think there was a problem either. He actually thought of this, but he didn't have time to say it.But now it is definitely not possible to say that. Cheng Yufeng said it, but he said he thought about it but didn't have time to say it.

"If that's the case, wait for Wei Li to bring someone over there to investigate, and then release the news to find a bank to cooperate with. If there is no recommendation from Downing Street, let's see who has the best conditions; if there is a recommendation from Downing Street If the conditions are not much different, you can choose to cooperate with the other party.”

"As for HSBC, we will also give HSBC the opportunity to cooperate. We will inform HSBC of our first goal before the inspection, so that HSBC will have a first-mover advantage. The specific bank to cooperate with will depend on the ability of the other party."

Combining the ideas of the three, Lin Baicheng made a decision, and did not completely exclude HSBC.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Wei Li responded aloud, and he was personally responsible for this work.

Lin Baicheng said to Wei Li: "The company will invest a lot in the car company, and this car company will become one of the company's pillars in the future, so you have to make the acquisition more beautiful."

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will do a good job in related work."

Wei Li nodded and assured that he would definitely go all out.

Lin Baicheng said: "Today is already February 2th, you should arrange the work at hand first, and find time to leave after my birthday is over. Remember to contact Sir Mai before that, and ask Sir Mai to contact Downing Street. Communicate and set a time, I believe these should not be too detailed for me to say."

Wei Li replied: "I will arrange it."

"Your time to go to London will definitely not be short. During the time you leave, let Yufeng temporarily take over the post of Taipan."

As he said that, Lin Baicheng said to Cheng Yufeng: "Yufeng, the overseas expansion of Watsons is temporarily handed over to the people below. After Wei Li comes back and you complete the handover, it's not too late for you to come to the front line in person."

"Okay, Mr. Lin."

Cheng Yufeng was calm on the surface, but he was very excited in his heart.Now let him act as the top class temporarily. The intention of training him to succeed is very obvious. As long as he doesn't make a big mistake, then when Wei Li leaves office, he will have a great possibility to take over the power.

Although Wei Li and Qin Lan couldn't see anything on the surface, they both had their own thoughts. Lin Baicheng's intentions were obvious, so why couldn't they see it.

(End of this chapter)