The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 455 Showdown
Holding a glass of juice, Xu Guanwu wandered among the dinner guests, looking for Li Jiacheng's whereabouts.

A moment later, in the corner of the room, Xu Guanwu found Li Jiacheng who was talking to Mr. Shen Bi.

Seeing Li Jiacheng talking and laughing happily with Shen Bi, Xu Guanwu's expression changed slightly.

Before he figured out what Li Jiacheng thought of him, he still didn't want to see him climb up the giant tree like Shen Bi.

Xu Guanwu calmed down, walked over with a smile, "What are you talking about, so happy? Do you mind if I listen?"

"Of course I don't mind, Xu, long time no see." Shen Bi said with a smile.

"It's my honor to have Mr. Xu here, and I naturally don't mind." Li Jiacheng also said with a smile, from his expression and tone, there was no trace of anger.

But Xu Guanwu was not careless because of this, he has experienced too many ups and downs for being like them, who would easily write his thoughts on his face.

"Then I'd like to thank you very much." Xu Guanwu sat down with a smile and said, but he didn't speak again, but really pretended to be an observer.

"Xu, I haven't seen you for a while, what have you been up to recently?" Shen Bi asked with a smile.

Xu Guanwu spent half a year staying in the mainland last year, and spent some time with Lin Qingxia. When he came out to lead the overall situation again, it was almost the end of the year.It can be said that last year, he didn't put too much energy on his career, so he had little contact with Shen Bi.

"It's nothing serious, it's nothing more than busywork." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

"You are still so humble. Who doesn't know that the movie you invested in has achieved a super high box office, earning hundreds of millions of dollars, making people jealous." Shen Bi said with a smile.

"What is my little money to you? Your HSBC Bank is the real big banker, in charge of Hong Kong's right to print money. How much money you want can't be paid out." Xu Guanwu laughed.

"Just kidding, even if you have the right to print money, it's impossible to print it indiscriminately." Shen Bi waved his hands and said, "It's nothing compared to your real money. You can always make a lot of money."

"That's right, Mr. Xu's foresight in investment really astounds us." Li Jiacheng also said jokingly.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing, "Actually, I was just lucky. Mr. Li started from scratch and made it to the present step by step. He has real investment vision. Otherwise, Mr. Shen Bi would not have planned to hand over Hutchison Whampoa to is you."

After Xu Guanwu finished speaking, Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng showed extremely surprised expressions on their faces.

Shen Bi's selection of Li Jiacheng as the candidate to take over Hutchison Whampoa is still a big secret.The outside world is only rumored that Li Jiacheng wants to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, and everyone is laughing that he is simply a dream.

Because although Hutchison Whampoa's stock price is sluggish, its market value is actually far lower than that of Century Assets. Its assets exceed HK$60 billion.And Li Jiacheng's Cheung Kong Industrial is only 60 million Hong Kong dollars.He wanted to use [-] million Cheung Kong Industries to acquire [-] billion Hutchison Whampoa. He was simply too greedy to swallow the elephant, and he killed himself before swallowing it.

Therefore, for Li Jiacheng's desire to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, the outside world thought it was too child's play and did not take it seriously.But who would have known that Shen Bi had actually chosen Li Jiacheng long ago and was willing to give Hutchison Whampoa to him for free?

But now Shen Bi is only planning secretly with Li Jiacheng, and has not announced it.Because Hutchison Whampoa is so important, it can be called the leading large company among British foreign firms in Hong Kong.If the matter of the free gift to Li Jiacheng leaked out in advance, it would definitely cause a lot of shock in the Hong Kong business community.

Unexpectedly, the secret plan of Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng was revealed by Xu Guanwu at this moment, which immediately made the two of them very nervous.

What Shen Bi was nervous about was that once the British shareholders knew that he was going to give the shares to Li Jiacheng, a Chinese, for free, they would definitely get in the way.Even if he, the bank executive, is impeached, it is estimated that he will be labeled a "heroic traitor" by then, and will end up ruined in the end.

In fact, in the previous life, when Li Jiacheng acquired the shares of Hutchison Whampoa with empty gloves, the British businessmen in Hong Kong were greatly dissatisfied, and they scolded Shen Bi for betraying the interests of British investors.It's just that the contract had already been signed and the rice was cooked. No matter how much trouble they made, they couldn't change the facts. Therefore, after a period of tossing around, there was no further news.But at that time Shen Bi was still a little disgraced.

What Li Jiacheng is nervous about is that if the news leaks out, if it is known that he may have acquired Hutchison Whampoa, and that he obtained it by means of empty hands and white wolves, then a large number of businessmen will definitely come to disrupt the situation.

There are not many talented businessmen in Hong Kong, and Li Jiacheng cannot be one against a hundred.Besides, there are a lot of businessmen who have a good relationship with Shen Bi, a good relationship with HSBC, a good relationship with the Governor of Hong Kong, and a good relationship with major chambers of commerce.When the time comes to know that the news will jump out to compete with him, even if Shen Bi strongly supports him now, it will be difficult to say at that time.

And Hutchison Whampoa is very important to him, just like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate, swallowing Hutchison Whampoa, a large company with assets worth billions of dollars, has made him a hundred times more valuable since then.And if you don't get the Hutchison Whampoa company, although you can become a rich man in the future, it will be difficult to become a first-class top rich man.So he must not give up this opportunity.

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Seeing the extremely surprised expressions on the faces of Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng, Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling secretly refreshed.I thought that although you planned it secretly and thought it was a seamless and good plan, you never thought that I came from a later life, and your calculations are very clear to me.

After a long time, Li Jiacheng came back to his senses, and asked with an embarrassed smile, "Where did Mr. Xu hear the news? When did Mr. Shen Bi choose me to be the successor of Hutchison Whampoa? It was my wishful thinking to buy It's just Hutchison Whampoa."

"Oh?! Did I hear that wrong?" Xu Guan armed with a look of surprise, "You really weren't Mr. Shen Bi's choice, Hutchison Whampoa's internal successor?"

"This...Of course not." Li Jiacheng hesitated for a moment, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"You really didn't choose him as Hutchison Whampoa's appointed successor?" Xu Guanwu pointed at Li Jiacheng and asked Shen Bi with a smile.

Shen Bi also came back to his senses at this moment. Hearing Xu Guanwu's question, he couldn't help waving his hands in embarrassment, "No, no, you must have heard it wrong. Although Hutchison Whampoa is not doing well right now, we still believe that The ability of the company's top management has never thought about finding someone to replace it."

"So that's the case. Since you have no choice at all, Mr. Li Jiacheng was not selected at all. That's all right, let me manage Hutchison Whampoa." Xu Guanwu laughed and said, "I'll offer a price that is three yuan higher than the market price. How about the purchase price?"

Shen Bi couldn't help being embarrassed after hearing Xu Guanwu's words.If Xu Guanwu had said half a year earlier, he would have resold Hutchison Whampoa to him without saying a word.

But now he has actually selected Li Jiacheng, and the negotiation has already touched on the core issues.If we change course now, it will be too late.Even if he can afford it, Hutchison Whampoa can't afford it either.

"Okay, okay, I don't know how you know such a secret thing, but since you already know it, then this matter must be kept secret. That's right, I did choose Mr. Li as Hutchison Whampoa The successor." Shen Bi was embarrassed for a long time, but couldn't think of any other way, so he just had a showdown with Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu nodded, and the matter did not exceed his judgment, "Very well, I will consider keeping it a secret for you." He observed the expressions of Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng while talking.

Seeing Shen Bi, he had a relieved expression, while Li Jiacheng showed a puzzled expression on his face.Xu Guanwu already had an idea in his mind, "Mr. Li, do you have some doubts in your heart now?"

"That's right," Li Jiazhang originally wanted to shake his head and say no, but thinking of the experience of dealing with Xu Guanwu several times, he judged that Xu Guanwu is a person who likes to go straight and doesn't like going around in circles, so he simply nodded. , "Mr. Xu, with your wealth, your status, and your relationship with Mr. Shen Bi, you can compete with me for Hutchison Whampoa. Why do you want to keep it secret for us now?"

Hearing his question, Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling and waving his hands, "I'm lazy by nature, and I don't have the slightest interest in real estate. So even if Hutchison Whampoa was given to me for free, I wouldn't bother to ask for it. This is my sincere words, and Mr. Shen Bi can testify that he wanted me to take over this company a long time ago, but I refused."

Shen Bi nodded from the side, "That's right, Mr. Xu was indeed the first person I selected, but it's a pity that he has no interest in real estate management. Otherwise, Hutchison Whampoa would have been taken over by him long ago, and the company's performance would not be as good." So depressed."

"Since Mr. Xu is not interested in real estate, why would he invest in my company? And as far as I know, there are not a few real estate companies that Mr. Xu has invested in, such as Hopewell Land and Henderson Land, which are now large-scale real estate companies in the first tier of Hong Kong. The company." Li Jiacheng asked suspiciously.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling when he heard this, "Although I'm not interested in running real estate, I'm very interested in making money. Hong Kong is a very small place, and besides reclamation, there is no other way to expand real estate. So It can be said that every inch of land is precious, and with the development of Hong Kong's economy, Hong Kong's real estate market is bound to become more and more prosperous, so I choose to invest in real estate companies, and I am also willing to buy real estate as investment. In this way Explain, do you understand?"

Li Jiacheng nodded, and then asked suspiciously, "Then why did Mr. Xu choose the company below? There are so many real estate companies in Hong Kong, my Cheung Kong Industrial is just a small company."

"There are more talented businessmen in Hong Kong, why did Mr. Shen Bi choose you as the successor of Hutchison Whampoa?" Xu Guanwu did not answer Li Jiacheng's question directly, but asked with a smile instead.

All of a sudden, Li Jiacheng was dumbfounded when asked.

"The reason is very simple. Like Mr. Shen Bi, I admire your business talent very much. So although your company is only a small company, I chose it because of you." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "I remember I have explained to you before that I am not interested in running a real estate company. At that time, you were always dubious, but now that I have made it very clear, you should believe my sincerity, right?"

"But why?" Li Jiacheng asked more and more confusedly, "Since Mr. Xu knows that real estate in Hong Kong must be profitable, and he also said that he likes making money very much, why didn't he get involved in a real estate company?"

"After all, you are still worried that I will annex your company one day and take your Yangtze River Industry as my own." Xu Guanwu laughed and said, "That's good, I will make a gentleman's alliance with you, and Shen Bi Sir, as a notary. I can promise you that as long as you run the company properly and don't take measures to dilute my shares, I will not take care of the company's operations. How?"

"Are you really willing to do this?" Li Jiacheng asked in surprise.

(End of this chapter)