People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

As major British banks were acquired one after another, Li Ka-shing knew that his chances were running out.

He didn't dare to think about Jardine Matheson and Swire Matheson, because the current strength of these two major banks was much stronger than that of Hutchison Whampoa, and the financial group behind them had strong financial strength, which he, Li Ka-shing, could not covet.

Among the remaining British-owned foreign banks, Huifeng Bank, he even dared not think about it. Among such large British-owned foreign banks, Wheelock was the only choice.

Although Wheelock is a large family and business, it is obvious that the people behind it are much weaker than the consortium behind other major British banks.

Therefore, as long as Li Ka-shing seizes the opportunity, he might be able to covet Wheelock, one of the four traditional foreign banks in Hong Kong.

"I wonder if Mr. Su can talk well?" Li Chaoren suddenly had such an idea.

Since they can't compete with Su City, they can only show their good will.

To put it harshly, it’s just kneeling and licking.

If he gets the support of Sioux City, he might really have a chance to control Wheelock Group!

As soon as the idea came up, he felt more and more that it was very feasible.

"It seems that I have a chance to make an appointment with Mr. Su to see if I can get his support in this matter." Li Chaoren thought to himself.

Since you can't be the boss, being the second child is a good idea.

As for the chartered ship king, Li Chaoren is considered a friend with him and knows the situation of the chartered ship king very well.

With the current age of the chartered king and his four sons-in-law, the Global Shipping Group is destined to be separated eventually. When the time comes, he will naturally be able to surpass the Bao family.

Of course Su Cheng didn't know what Li Chaoren was thinking.

At this time, he was concerned about the situation of Melis taking office at China Bus.

After all, although he has great confidence in Mellis, there is no guarantee that Mellis is really suitable for managing China Bus.

Time soon came to September.

In September, Hong Kong had just weathered a typhoon and rain. After the rain, the weather in Hong Kong was fine and the weather was very good.

Melis has been in office for a few days and has gradually adapted to the management of Chunghwa Bus.

After all, although the market value of China Bus is much larger than that of Haw Par Company, in fact, in terms of business, Haw Par Company's business is much more complicated than that of China Bus.

Before China Bus developed the real estate industry, their business was mainly bus operations.

Melis easily became familiar with these tasks and got started quickly.

However, Chunghwa Bus is currently undergoing large-scale reforms.

Not only does it want to enter the real estate industry, but the bus industry itself has also undergone great changes.

Among them, replacing the buses that are about to be phased out is the first problem that Melis faced after taking office.

Zhang Qizheng and Su Cheng had discussed this problem before.

However, at that time, Su City planned to wait until Melis took office before handling the matter.

Now that Melis has successfully taken office, he naturally begins to face this problem.

Rear-engine buses are obviously not suitable for Hong Kong. As for front-engine buses, bus companies around the world have given up production again.

When buying a second-hand front-engine bus, you don’t necessarily have the quantity. Even if you have the quantity, it will become a scrapped vehicle in a few years.

So, buying a new car is the best.

But obviously, front-engine buses are almost impossible to buy new.

It is impossible for others to specifically retain the original production line just for your order of more than 100 vehicles.

It is rare in the world that a city with a topography like Xiangjiang can become an international city.

Therefore, only Xiangjiang is like this.

It is naturally impossible for these export-oriented bus manufacturing companies to change their designs for a city in Hong Kong, because the cost is not small.

But there are so many mountain roads in Xiangjiang that buying a rear-engine bus, coupled with the subsequent maintenance costs, is too cost-effective.

There are always repairs to be made, and maybe in the end the money earned from the bus won’t be enough to repair the car.

From this point of view, it is naturally impossible to buy the popular rear-engine buses.

Although the boss has said that the purpose of acquiring China Bus is not to make money mainly from the bus industry, but it must still achieve profitability. Who will do the loss-making business?
If China Bus can still lose money under his management, it is because of his incompetence.

In desperation, he could only ask Zhang Qizheng to see what he could do.

"Mr. Melis, I suggest you discuss this matter with your boss." After seeing what Melis was thinking, Zhang Qizheng suggested.

Then, he also told Melis the scene when he discussed this matter with Su Cheng.

"I do have an idea that can solve the problem of China Bus not knowing how to buy buses. I just don't know if the boss will support it." Melis shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He actually felt that his idea was not very reliable, so he did not report the matter to Su Cheng, but instead came to talk to Zhang Qizheng.

"Oh? Mr. Mellis, if you have any ideas, you might as well tell me and let me see." Zhang Qizheng suddenly became curious.

After all, he also served as the president of China Bus for a period of time. Although he has resigned now, he is still more concerned about the development of China Bus.

What's more, the nominal major shareholder of China Bus is Tianyuan Investment Company, and Zhang Qizheng is the general manager of Tianyuan Investment Company.

Of course, although China Bus is nominally under the jurisdiction of Tianyuan Investment Company, in fact Zhang Qizheng does not have the right to manage China Bus now. Instead, Melis directly deals with the boss of Su City.

"I heard that in the British automobile industry, sales have continued to decline since the Japanese automobile industry entered Europe, and many automobile brands are facing bankruptcy. The British automobile industry has experienced mergers before, because many automobile brands have With sales plummeting, we cannot continue to operate, so we can only stay together to keep warm.

But even so, the operating situation of British automobile companies has not improved, so my suggestion is to directly buy a bus manufacturing company that is on the verge of bankruptcy at a low price. In Xiangjiang, China Bus and Kowloon Bus have an annual demand of hundreds vehicle.

If we only rely on orders of a few hundred units per year, the bus manufacturing company will indeed not make much money, but we can only retain a production line for front-engine buses. The entire Nanyang is also a big market. If we can develop the bus market in Nanyang, even For other markets, we can still produce the rear-engine buses they demand. There is no contradiction between the two. "

Melis quickly expressed his thoughts.

Enter the automotive industry in one step.

However, he also knew that this idea was a bit naive. Purchasing a car manufacturing company specifically for a bus operating company was not reliable in any way. (End of chapter)