The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 223 Taiban Shen Bi
Xu Guanwu also knows that "Jaws" has already been drawn down one after another in the past few days, and there are only [-] or [-] theaters still showing it, but the daily box office of tens of thousands of dollars has no impact on the overall situation at all.

"Jaws" has been released for two and a half months, and the box office has reached 4000 million US dollars, which is already a certainty. "Jaws" was the first movie to break $[-] million at the box office, breaking box office records set by films like "The Exorcist" and "Rocky."

Such an astonishing box office performance not only shocked Hollywood in the United States, but also shocked filmmakers all over the world.Just like "Titanic" raked in $18 billion and "Avatar" raked in $27 billion, people all over the world who heard the news, even if they hadn't seen the movie, were shocked by it.

For two consecutive years, the films invested in the United States have won the box office championship. Xu Guanwu once again successfully attracted the attention of the media. The reports about him suddenly increased, and some reporters traveled across the ocean to visit him in Hong Kong.

Xu Guanwu does not accept any interviews with foreign media.If you want news, buy it from my daily newspaper, he is too lazy to talk to these vampires.

After eating with Deng Lijun and others, Xu Guanwu called Liang Shuyi to HSBC to handle the repayment matters.

In order to help Lei Shidong solve the crisis, Xu Guanwu mortgaged [-] of his properties in exchange for a huge loan from HSBC.It's been five months now, and the interest has to be several million dollars.So it's too early to take advantage of the money now.

The film box office of 4000 million U.S. dollars, excluding taxes and other distributions, Xu Guanwu can get about 7000%, which is [-] two million U.S. dollars.

Although 20th Century Fox took 20% of the revenue, the reason why "Jaws" can achieve such a high box office also depends on [-]th Century Fox's hard-working publicity.

"Jaws" played in 850 theaters at its peak, but National Entertainment had just over 100 theaters.If Xu Guanwu and Lei Shidong's joint venture is used alone, it will take at least four or five months to reach the box office of [-] million US dollars, and the day lily will be cold by then.

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When they came to the headquarters building of HSBC Bank, Xu Guanwu and Liang Shuyi informed them of their intentions, and they were immediately taken to the general manager's office by the lobby manager.

A high-roller like Xu Guanwu, who is capable of loaning 4000 million US dollars, has always been the bank's favorite partner.

In the 70s, the general manager of HSBC was Shen Bi. This man was an out-and-out British man, but he specially chose a Chinese-style name for the convenience of communicating with Hong Kong people.

When Xu Guanwu saw the nameplate on the general manager's office at the door, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, feeling that the name was very familiar.

When he went inside and saw Shen Bi, he suddenly realized that it was him.

People say that Li Ka-shing is the richest man in Hong Kong and has unlimited business talents. He is called Superman Li!Turn your hands into clouds, turn your hands into rain!

!But in fact, Shen Bi is the real hero standing behind Li Ka-shing. He helped Li Ka-shing to swallow 22% of the shares of Hutchison Whampoa without spending a penny.

At that time, the market value of Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Enterprises was only 62 billion Hong Kong dollars, but the market value of Hutchison Whampoa was as high as [-] billion Hong Kong dollars.Li Ka-shing's move is undoubtedly a snake swallowing an elephant. If Shen Bi hadn't supported behind him, he would have choked to death halfway through the swallow.

Shen Bi also helped Hong Kong's No. [-] shipping tycoon, Pao Yu-kang, to successfully purchase Wharf. He cut off the fattest piece of meat from Jardine Matheson, which was tantamount to pulling a tooth out of a tiger's mouth, and severely damaged Jardine Matheson, the No. [-] British company in Hong Kong. The momentum of foreign capital.

Xu Guanwu has also read a little bit of Li Chaoren's prestige history before, and knows how he grew from a plastic flower king to the richest man in Hong Kong step by step.I understand that in the process of Li Ka-shing's rise, Shen Bi's help played an absolutely crucial factor.

Xu Guanwu remembers that Shen Bi realized Li Ka-shing's ability a few years later, when Li Ka-shing secretly absorbed shares in Wharf.At that time, the stock price of Wharf was sluggish, and its market value was far lower than its actual assets, so it attracted the attention of Li Ka-shing.

Li Ka-shing also values ​​the many land parcels under Wharf. As long as he swallows them, he will undoubtedly become the king of Hong Kong's real estate industry.

Faced with Li Ka-shing's continuous encroachment, Wharf chose to seek help from HSBC.Shen Bi's successor at that time was not Li Ka-shing, but the shipping magnate Bao Yugang.So he coordinated in the middle and asked Li Ka-shing to transfer the absorbed Wharf stock to Bao Yugang.

Bao Yugang successfully won Wharf, Li Ka-shing obediently let go automatically.Ling Bao Yugang and Shen Bi owed themselves an adult favor.

After that, Li Ka-shing cooperated with HSBC to rebuild the comprehensive commercial building of Huaren Bank.The cooperation between the two is getting closer and closer, and the friendship is getting better and better.Shen Bi was also very optimistic about Li Ka-shing's business talent, and he owed him a favor before, so he supported him in swallowing Hutchison Whampoa.

Xu Guanwu knew that this should only happen two or three years later, so he wondered whether he should hook up with Shen Bi to make a good impression on him and let him replace Li Ka-shing.

But on another thought, the real estate industry is not my favorite, and I am not interested in buying land, building buildings and selling houses.If you talk about making money, investing in high-tech companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Intel is more profitable, so you don't need to replace Li Ka-shing to become the richest man in Hong Kong.

But having said that, it seems that it is not bad to have a relationship with Shen Bi. After all, he is now the general manager of HSBC Bank and will become the chairman of HSBC Bank in the future.

And HSBC has the supreme authority in Hong Kong. To put it simply, the Taipan of HSBC is more powerful than the Governor of Hong Kong.

To put it simply, more than 60% of the currency currently in circulation in Hong Kong is issued by HSBC, which shows their status.

If you catch the uncrowned king of HSBC, let alone the Ma brothers in the future, you can speak loudly even in front of the Governor of Hong Kong.

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"Mr. Xu, hello! I've always wanted to see you, but I didn't expect my dream to come true today." As soon as we met, Shen Bi said very warmly, which surprised Xu Guanwu.

"Thank you for your praise, it makes me feel sincere and sincere." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, secretly thinking that this foreigner can speak Chinese well.

"You must have thought that I was flattering you. In fact, you are wrong. I really admire you and appreciate you." Shen Bi seemed to sense Xu Guanwu's perfunctory, and couldn't help but said with a smile, "Look, about you I have specially collected reports.”

As he said that, Shen Bi took out a folder, opened it, and sure enough, it was all about Xu Guanwu's reports.There are reports on the release of the movie "Rocky", the first issue of the revised "Daily Daily", reports on the Oscars and Golden Globes, and so on.

To be honest, when Xu Guanwu saw so many reports about himself, his first feeling was not happiness, but a little creepy.

"What is the use of this foreigner collecting so many reports about me? Is he secretly studying me? Damn, what is he trying to do?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but slander.

"Mr. Shen collected my reports more comprehensively than my father. I am really flattered." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "If possible, can I make a copy and give it to my father later. He I really like to collect reports from our brothers, and I think it is a very glorious thing."

"Of course." Shen Bi said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, I have read so many reports of yours, but there is still one thing I don't understand, can I ask you for advice in person?"

"Of course, you can ask." Xu Guanwu nodded and said.

"That's right, I'm curious to ask, how did you grow from a production handyman with a monthly salary of only a few hundred dollars to a super rich man worth hundreds of millions of dollars in less than two years?" Shen Bi was very serious. asked.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but froze when he heard this, "Damn, you are really straightforward to ask, but how should I answer you? Do I tell you that I came back from the future? I don't want to be considered crazy by you. Besides, I I also don’t want to be treated as a guinea pig and locked up in a laboratory for research.”

"Actually, I am surprised that I can achieve today's results. To be honest, if you had to tell me three years ago that I would become a rich man worth hundreds of millions of dollars, I would definitely scoff." Xu Guanwu said truthfully, "Actually A person's success still depends on chance. When the opportunity arrives, if you seize it, you will succeed. Many people have the opportunity, but they don't seize it. "

"Mr. Xu's words are very philosophical." Shen Bi nodded with a smile, "I originally wanted to get investment winning methods from Mr. Xu, but now it seems that it is better to be down-to-earth."

"Everyone's success cannot be replicated. It depends on both talent and chance." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "If there is really a way to win in investment, then there will be no poor people in the world."

"That's right, I'm too whimsical." Shen Bi smiled, "Okay, I know that Mr. Xu has business to do when he comes here today, why don't we finish the business first, and then we can chat."

"Okay, we are here today to repay the loan from a few months ago." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"I already know. Mr. Xu, you are really good. The box office of "Jaws" can exceed 4000 million US dollars, which is more profitable than many real estate companies in Hong Kong." Shen Bi said with a smile.

"It's just luck." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Does Mr. Xu plan to repay the loan in full, or in installments?" Shen Bi asked again, "To be honest, I want Mr. Xu to borrow more. Because you have the ability to borrow money and the repayments are very timely. The boss is the one our bank has always wanted to cooperate with."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He couldn't find any way to invest his own money, so how could he get a loan from the bank.

The Hong Kong film industry is too small to absorb the huge investment; American high-tech stocks are too risky, and Xu Guanwu doesn't want to take other people's money to take risks.So how much money you earn and how much you spend have always been Xu Guanwu's motto for managing money.

If it wasn't for helping Lei Shidong in the first half of the year, he would never have thought of getting a bank loan.

"Let's repay the loan in full. I'm still more cautious in financial management, and I don't like to owe money to the bank." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, you need to change your concept of financial management. In fact, our company also provides various financial planning plans, such as investment funds, stock trading, securities trading, etc. If you are interested, Mr. Xu, I can introduce them to you. "Shen Bi said with a smile.

After settlement, Xu Guanwu still has a deposit of 3000 million US dollars.If it only exists in the bank to eat interest, the profit for the bank is actually not big, but if it can persuade customers to invest in fund stocks, etc., the bank's rate of return can increase tenfold.

"Buying and selling stocks?" Xu Guanwu's eyes lit up when he heard it. It seems that Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Enterprises has a market value of only [-] to [-] million Hong Kong dollars, and he just took the opportunity to buy shares and reap the rewards.

Seeing that Xu Guanwu's eyes lit up, Shen Bi knew that he was interested, and quickly explained the stock trading business of HSBC.

Xu Guanwu was overwhelmed by the financial jargon that Shen Bi spoke of, and couldn't comprehend the beauty of it at all.But he also heard one thing, HSBC can really help him acquire the equity of Cheung Kong.

At this time, Changjiang Industry has not entered Shen Bi's eyes.What kind of person Li Ka-shing is, Shen Bi has no idea at all.

Therefore, when Xu Guanwu asked HSBC to help him absorb the shares of Cheung Kong Industrial, Shen Bi did not refuse at all, and agreed immediately.

This is a huge acquisition of up to 5000 million Hong Kong dollars, and the commission alone is as high as nearly [-] million Hong Kong dollars, which is a rare large-scale income for HSBC.

The only thing that disappointed Shen Bi was that Xu Guanwu still did not agree to the loan, and the acquisition was still carried out with his remaining savings.

(End of this chapter)