Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 895 I will seal the door of anyone who causes trouble for me
After being stopped by two Gurkha bodyguards, the foreign deputy general manager tried to push the two men away.

As soon as his hand reached the bodyguard's shoulder, he was grabbed.

Not to mention Chu Xiangqian's influence in Hong Kong Island, Linda herself is already the Chief Inspector of Yau Ma Tei Police Station.

Linda is not afraid of going to the police station or filing a lawsuit, and she is even less afraid that her British police superiors will cause trouble for her.

So as a bodyguard recruited by Linda personally and trained by Chu Xiangqian, the Gurkha bodyguard knocked the foreign vice president to the ground with a backhand.

His knee was still pressing hard against his opponent's back.

After Linda and the other four left, he let go of the other person and confronted the other bodyguard and the security guard who had rushed over.

Several security guards saw that the two men were wearing suits and had headsets on their ears, and they knew at first glance that they were bodyguards of the Qian family.

When I saw one of them, his hand was inside his suit. Even a fool could tell that he was holding the handle of a gun.

Anyone who dares to do this in public is either unscrupulous or has something to rely on.

The security guards were not drunk and they only received so little salary every month, so how could they possibly rush forward?
The manager hurriedly helped the foreign vice president up and whispered in his ear, "A few days ago, more than a dozen social organizations in Central and Admiralty, with thousands of people scattered throughout Hong Kong, just to help Mr. Chu find someone.

Finally the person was found, and the newspaper revealed that he was a Taiwanese intelligence officer.

Not only did the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Law Society, and the police force all come out to condemn Wan Wan, but no one from more than a dozen social groups was arrested.

Also, that night was the operation that Ms. Linda just directed in Central.”

The foreigner, who was originally angry, suddenly calmed down and behaved himself.

Killing a Yingguo person is a serious crime, but making a person disappear will eventually become a missing person.

Things are much simpler.

The foreigner took a deep breath, nodded helplessly, and signaled the security guards to move aside.

But he wanted to forget it, but after returning home, Alyssa became more and more angry.

I went to see the house in Jiafeng Building myself, and we had almost finalized the deal.

That damn Yingguo person actually had evil intentions, so that now the house has not been bought and the construction of a new home will be delayed for who knows how long.

The more Alyssa thought about it, the angrier she became. She picked up the phone and called Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian, who was chatting with Hader about radio and television licenses in the Chief Secretary's office, was startled when he saw Zhang Tianzhi knocking on the door.

Then Zhang Tianzhi walked over quickly and whispered, “Boss, Madam Alyssa is looking for you, saying that she was bullied.”

Chu Xiangqian was stunned. After such a big commotion a few days ago, how could anyone dare to cause trouble for Elisa?
After thinking for a while, could it be related to buying a house?

He smiled and said sorry to Hader, without avoiding him, when Hader stretched out his hand to indicate that it was up to him.

Pick up the phone on the desk and call Alyssa.

A few minutes later, Chu Xiangqian said helplessly, "Okay, okay, forget it if I don't buy it. It just so happens that there is a piece of land in Repulse Bay that has been idle for several years.

You call Ye Xiaoli and just build a bigger villa.

As for the four duplexes in Jiafeng Building, since they are not for sale, let them remain vacant. "

When Alyssa heard this, she immediately felt relieved, and was about to say that she would serve him well when she came back in the evening.

I heard Chu Xiangqian laughing and cursing in the microphone, and then he hung up the phone.

Alyssa pouted, and soon became happy again.

Hader also got the general idea and said with a smile, "I'm very familiar with Carl Klein of Landmark. Do you want to give him a call?"

Chu Xiangqian smiled and waved his hands, "He's just a vice president who forgets his loyalty when he sees profit. There's no need to owe him a favor because of this."

Hader nodded with some regret.

Chu Xiangqian said that he didn't want to owe Carl Klein a favor, but in fact he didn't want to owe Hader a favor.

Turning back to Zhang Tianzhi, he said, "Please arrange a dinner for me with Sir Zhou from the Dairy Company. Let's book it at Youguqi in Causeway Bay."

Zhang Tianzhi nodded hurriedly, but when he went out, he was thinking in his heart why Chu Xiangqian wanted to find Zhou Xiyuan.

Hader was also a little puzzled. After asking, he heard Chu Xiangqian say with a smile, "The dairy company's cattle farm and ice factory in Causeway Bay occupy a large area.

In recent years, Causeway Bay has been developing better and better, and the usable land in the East District is almost fully developed.

I just don't believe that as one of the shareholders of Dairy Farm, Swire Properties has never thought of acquiring all of Dairy Farm's shares.

Then delist and divest the dairy and retail supermarket businesses.

Develop the farms and ice factories in Causeway Bay and Kwun Tong into high-end residential areas.”

Only then did Hader realize that Chu Xiangqian had also set his sights on the milk company's land.

If there is an opportunity, I will buy the entire dairy company just like I did with Jardine Matheson.

If there is no opportunity, then be a shareholder first.

When the time comes that Swire Properties can no longer hold back and take action, he, as a shareholder, can act as a white knight and help Zhou Xiyuan and other Chinese shareholders to resist Swire Properties' acquisition.

Once he defeats Hutchison Whampoa, his status in the Chinese community in Hong Kong Island will be higher.

You can also take the opportunity to sell at a high price, buy it back at a low price, or even acquire more shares.

If Zhou Xiyuan and others finally lose confidence and intend to withdraw from the milk company, as long as Chu Xiangqian offers a price no less than that of Swire Properties, they will definitely sell their shares to him.

In short, as long as he has enough cash in hand, Chu Xiangqian will not lose no matter what.

It will also receive support from wealthy Chinese.

After all, no one knows whether their company will be targeted by foreigners in the future.

It would be a good thing for everyone if there was one more person willing to help the Chinese fight against the foreigners.

After thinking it over, Hader finally stood on the side of his own interests.

What does it have to do with him whether Swire Properties or Jardine Matheson will be cheated in the future?

The two companies hold shares in each other and help each other. With a minority stake, they control the two companies. Even if the British shareholders make money, they will not share a penny with them.

But Chu Xiangqian is a person who actually shares benefits with everyone.

Not to mention, there is no company that Chu Xiangqian is interested in that is not valuable.

He smiled and said, "Before you take action, I will secretly buy some shares of the milk company. Will it affect your plan?"

Chu Xiangqian shrugged, “If you have the money, buy it. However, if you want to develop the cattle farm in Central, it may take several years before you can really start.

From what I know about Zhou Xiyuan, he has long considered the milk company his family business, and it is not easy for him to let it go. "

Hader laughed, "It's just a few years. If you can wait, I'm sure it's OK for me too."

Chu Xiangqian gave Hader a thumbs up and said, "In a few years, when the Swire Properties plans to acquire the dairy company in full."

In order to resist Hong Kong Swire and Jardine Matheson behind it, Dairy Farm used every means possible. The competition between the two sides also caused the stock price to soar from around 130 before the war began to 290.

Afterwards, the Zhou family promised to give 1 share for every original share, and then split one share into 1 shares.

That is to say, if you had 1 shares before the split, it would become 1 shares after the split.

Among them, 5 shares were given by the milk company.

The purpose is to stabilize the confidence of shareholders and investors, and then raise the stock price so that Swire Properties can no longer afford to buy the property.

Or they feel that the cost is too high and the benefits do not outweigh it, and finally they quit.

At that time, the Dairy Farm Company had a profit of HK$3.9 per share and was in good profit situation.

The stock price naturally remained high, from more than 130 Hong Kong dollars per share to 290 Hong Kong dollars, which was indeed too high. It was too expensive and not very friendly to small and medium-sized retail investors.

After the stock split, the share price was HK$29 per share, and the stock price indeed soared.

Even though ordinary people don’t have much money, they may only take out a few hundred or a few thousand to gamble.

But there are so many people, and once the pursuit effect is formed, the stock price will rise unreasonably.

Swire Properties had no choice but to follow suit.

The price offered is equivalent to 1 shares of the original Hutchison Whampoa Company for every 12 share.

This is the final word.

Although the share price of Hong Kong Swire Properties was only HK$92 at the time, the share price only rose to HK$112 after the announcement of the acquisition of Dairy Farm.

But the size of the two companies is simply incomparable.

Hong Kong Holdings has been the stock king of Hong Kong Island for many years and is also the number one in the real estate industry.

There is also Jardine Matheson's support behind it.

The two companies also hold shares in each other and support each other, which enables them to control the Swire Properties Group with 22% of the shares.

But when economic times are good, both companies benefit.

When the economic situation is bad, both sides are dragged down.

For Chu Xiangqian, this is a good opportunity to bite off a big piece of fat from the two companies.

Even a full acquisition is not out of the question.
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In the evening, the atmosphere was great when I had dinner with Zhou Xiyuan.

Chu Xiangqian has indeed supported several local forces over the years.

Ye Xiaoli’s Mingda Group and Zhao Congyen’s Zhao International Shipping.

Not to mention the brothers He Zanyuan and He Zanxian, and He Chaosheng and Zheng Yutong, all of them saw their wealth skyrocket.

Zheng Yutong even directly entered the billion-yuan club.

So Zhou Xiyuan did not hesitate when Chu Xiangqian invited him to dinner. He also arrived at the Youguqi branch in Causeway Bay half an hour early.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian had nothing to do this afternoon.

I made an appointment with Hader this morning, and he will get the photo shoot for radio and television done as soon as possible.

I went to a pharmacy just two blocks away from Causeway Bay and stayed with Jin Xiu for half the afternoon.

As soon as I received the call, I arrived within 5 minutes.

After the meal, Zhou Xiyuan was satisfied with the dishes at the Youguqi branch.

They all say that the atmosphere and taste are better than the main store in Yau Ma Tei.

Chu Xiangqian laughed and explained that this restaurant was originally used to develop new dishes, and the customer group was specifically targeted at foreigners traveling to Hong Kong.

Once the dishes are praised by foreigners, we plan to open new stores in New York and London.

It's just that I've been too busy in the past two years, so it has been delayed.

He said he was too busy, but in fact, Chu Xiangqian felt that the money he earned from running restaurants in London and New York was nothing to him.

This way we don’t waste energy and can focus on expanding the restaurant.

Zhou Xiyuan and his eldest son Zhou Zhen couldn't help feeling sorry when they heard about it.

Chu Xiangqian was not very willing to expand his business in Europe and the United States at this time, because he knew that the society was very chaotic in the 60s and early 70s.

Discrimination is also serious.

It was not until the 80s that Magnesium Corporation realized that if it wanted to defeat the red polar bear, it had to be more open to accepting international capital and talent. That was the beginning of Magnesium Corporation’s golden 20 years.

At this time, even if you make a lot of money in Meiguo, you will basically not be troubled if you want to transfer funds out of Meiguo.

But in the 60s, if you wanted to make money in the industry, the unions were your biggest enemy, besides the government.

After Reagan came to power in the 80s, he was forced to crack down on labor unions and the Black Lives Matter Party that controlled them.

Then Reagan was assassinated.

But Zhou Xiyuan and his eldest son Zhou Zhen have always been thinking about transformation.

The Dairy Farm Company is indeed very profitable, but although its dairy products and retail supermarket businesses are booming, the company has always been restricted to Hong Kong Island.

The inability to expand means that the shareholders in the company will be focusing on trivial matters within the company all day long.

Chu Xiangqian could easily see the envy and regret in Zhou Zhen's eyes.

He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, are you interested in the catering industry?"

Zhou Zhen looked at his father and saw that the old man didn't give him any look. He knew that his father was also interested in the dishes and experience model of this Youguqi branch.

He smiled and said, “Hong Kong Island is too small, the competition is too fierce, and I don’t have Chu Sheng’s ability and vision.

We can only look for business in traditional industries such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.”

Chu Xiangqian smiled and nodded, “In fact, these industries may not seem to have high profits, but they are stable enough and the risks are not great.

Otherwise, when I first came to Hong Kong Island, I would not have cooperated with my old employer, the Duan family, who had great principles.

And to be honest, I have also explored the catering markets in London, New York and Los Angeles before.

Europeans and Americans actually like Chinese food very much, but their inherent eating habits force Chinese restaurant owners to westernize the taste of Chinese food.

Otherwise, it’s like I like to eat steak sometimes, but if you let me eat it every day, I will vomit in less than half a month.”

These words were spoken very sincerely. After Zhou Xiyuan and Zhou Zhen thought about it for a moment, they realized that what Chu Xiangqian said was indeed correct.

Then Chu Xiangqian said, "Come to think of it, I also own a Tanjia Restaurant and two Tianzhu Restaurants.

Let’s not talk about Tan’s cuisine. It’s a bit far from Hong Kong and I rarely go there.

The Tianzhu Restaurant had good business in the first two years.

But after the locals tried it, the novelty wore off and a large number of customers left.

Finally, it was also the Hong Kong style of Indian cuisine. My fifth wife even hired a Cantonese chef.

While retaining the core of Indian cuisine, which is the sauce, the new dishes introduced every month have basically become Chinese.

I have always wanted to take over my own clients, Tianzhu and Laoba's clients at once, but now it seems that I was wrong from the beginning.

Only by capturing the tastes of local people can we achieve long-term success.”

Zhou Xiyuan and Zhou Zhen, father and son, hurriedly raised their glasses to toast. They had never thought about these issues and reasons before.

If you blindly go to London or Los Angeles to open a restaurant, even a high-end restaurant, you can imagine that the probability of losing money is at least 70% to 80%.

But after Chu Xiangqian said that, and thinking about the Guqi branch and its obviously Westernized taste, it was like an open-book exam.

If this one can't be opened, then forget about opening a Chinese restaurant abroad.

When Chu Xiangqian confessed that he was optimistic about the milk company and that he and his woman were going to buy a house, he was tricked by a foreign vice president of the land.

I thought of causing some trouble for Jardine Matheson, and then I remembered that Jardine Matheson was also a shareholder of the Dairy Company.

Only then did I think about slowly acquiring shares of the milk company on the stock market.

If Zhou Xiyuan has no objection, he will also contact some small shareholders.

(End of this chapter)