Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 912

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Du Yiheng came to the chairman's office of the Jardine Group Building, where he also met Michael Harris.

However, Du Yiheng, who saw Harris at this time, was taken aback, because Harris in front of him no longer had the strategizing momentum of the past, and he was not like the leader of the Hong Kong business district in the past, but was haggard and depressed. On his face, his brows lost all vigor, and he really turned into a vicissitudes old man.

This kind of Michael Harris is completely different from what Du Yiheng has in mind.In Du Yiheng's memory, no matter what the situation was, Harris had never been so embarrassed.

"Ha... Mr. Harris, what's wrong with you?" Du Yiheng asked in a daze.

Hearing Du Yiheng's voice, Harris raised his head slowly, as if he only noticed Du Yiheng's arrival at this moment.He gave a wry smile of incomparable desolation, and then said: "It's Du, hehehehe, hehehehe, this time, you can finally go to Qin Haoran's side, and you don't have to be shackled by an old man like me anymore."

Du Yiheng was even more astonished when he heard the words: "Mr. Harris, why do you say that?"

"Because I'm finally going to be kicked out of the position of chairman of 'Jardine'." Harris smiled wryly: "This time, Qin Haoran was really too ruthless, and hit my weakness all at once, huh Hehehehe..."

"Mr. Harris, I heard that the company lost a batch of very important goods. Is it related to this?" Du Yiheng asked.He is the person in charge of managing the Wharf warehouse. Even though he doesn't know the details of the "goods" in that warehouse, it's impossible for him not to know about such a big event.

Harris nodded, and said slowly: "The dozens of containers in that No. [-] warehouse were all snatched away last night. Those containers were filled with arms purchased from the United States and the United Kingdom."

Du Yiheng was stunned. There were dozens of containers of ammunition in Wharf No. [-] of Wharf. He had no knowledge of this!

Harris ignored Du Yiheng's surprise, but continued on his own: "The value of that batch of munitions is equivalent to 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, and they are going to be shipped to Taiwan. I didn't expect that they would be robbed."

Looking up at the shocked Du Yiheng, Harris smiled and said, "That's right, we 'Jardine' have been in the arms smuggling business since more than a year ago, those guys wanted to kick me out of the board but didn't What started after I succeeded was also facilitated by me.”

Du Yiheng was even more surprised, but with his agility, he quickly figured out the joints. Many people in "Jardine Harmony" and the Jardine family actually hope that Harris will abdicate, so that the candidate heirs they support will have more opportunities.On the board of directors that "forced the palace" at the beginning, Harris barely stayed in the position of chairman because of Du Yiheng's strong support.

However, Harris did not bear any grudges against those shareholders who wanted to oust him. Instead, he worried that if he really abdicated one day, his successor would not be able to survive the brutal business competition, which would put Jardine in trouble.So Harris decided to try his best to leave enough assets for "Jardines" while he was still in charge of the overall situation.

Crazy reserve of land for development in Hong Kong is one thing, and developing other businesses to earn more funds for "Jardines" is another.But now in this world, arms is the most profitable business, so it's no wonder Harris would think about it.

Since the main business of "Jardines" is in Asia, Harris naturally focuses on Asia.Here in Asia, the most tense thing is the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan. The two sides will even use force to bombard each other.Western countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States generally support Taiwan, which is in the capitalist camp.

As a result, Harris sent weapons made in Britain and the United States to Taiwan, thereby earning huge profits.

He made money in the arms smuggling business, and Harris used it in the "Jardines" land purchase plan.

As for the arms smuggling business of "Jardines", Du Yiheng guessed that the main shareholders of the Jardine family must know about it, but for them, as long as there is enough profit, even if "Jardines" sells drugs, they will not object.

But Harris and the others still kept this matter from Du Yiheng. After thinking about it, the loneliness in Du Yiheng's heart became more intense. He had done so much for Harris and "Jardines", and the others would be fine. Even Harris was on guard against himself.

Harris saw the flash of loneliness on Du Yiheng's face, and smiled wryly: "You blame me for hiding it from you, right? Hahahaha, this matter is indeed my fault, and I really don't want you to let this matter Know."

When Harris said this, it was tantamount to admitting that he was guarding against Du Yiheng.

"At the same time, I also blame me for being too eager for quick success. Over the past year, I have done so many times, and I have not missed a single shot, which made me relax and careless." Harris continued: "So I want to make a contribution to 'Jardine' as soon as possible. Accumulate more assets, so I asked for 20 billion worth of goods from there at once. I thought that after this operation, we could earn at least 20 million to [-] million yuan. Unexpectedly, these [-] billion goods, It’s gone in a flash, and it’s gone if you say no.”

Du Yiheng was silent for a while, and then said: "Who is it? Who stole this batch of goods?"

But Harris shook his head: "There is no clue, those people did too cleanly, and there is no one left alive on our side. However, they will transfer so many containers, and the movement will definitely not be small. If they want to move from If it is transferred by sea, it is impossible to hide it from our Kowloon Wharf, unless..."

"Unless it is a ship from 'Tianlang International'." Du Yiheng said: "In the whole of Kowloon, except for our Kowloon Wharf, only 'Tianlang International' has container handling equipment. Those people can move so quickly Of course, it is impossible to transfer that batch of goods through our Kowloon Wharf, that is, it was loaded on board from 'Tianlang International'."

"Qin Haoran..." Harris said: "I knew that guy Qin Haoran said he would make a move, so he definitely didn't just say it casually, but I didn't expect him to attack my batch of goods! How did he do it? Know that we do arms smuggling?"

Speaking of this, Harris involuntarily looked at Du Yiheng.Du Yiheng's face changed, knowing that Harris was doubting himself, he smiled wryly: "Mr. Harris, even if I knew these secrets, I would not tell Qin Haoran. have no idea."

"Anyway, it's useless to say anything now, we don't have any evidence to prove that Qin Haoran did this." Harris said with a dejected expression: "Besides, even if we have evidence, we can't tell it, otherwise, the whole of Hong Kong will know us If they are engaged in arms smuggling, the goodwill of 'Jardines' will be lost."

Du Yiheng couldn't help sighing: "Qin Haoran must have seen this point, his move is really too ruthless."

It’s like if you are a gangster, you have hidden a huge sum of money in your home, and one day the huge sum of money is stolen, and you can’t report it, otherwise the huge sum of money hidden in your home will be exposed.

"We haven't paid the payment to those arms dealers yet." Harris said: "Based on our current situation in 'Jardines', it is impossible to use the 20 billion to pay for that payment."

Harris has always waited for the money from Taiwan to pay to the arms dealers in the United Kingdom and the United States, but now that the goods are gone, what are they going to sell to Taiwan?And where is the money to pay the arms dealers?

Those arms dealers don’t have any good men and women. To put it bluntly, they are gangsters supported by the state. Originally, they sold arms with immediate payment and delivery. It was Harris who was able to persuade them to wait for "Jardine" to sell the goods to Taiwan. It was only paid after receiving the money. If Harris could not pay, these arms dealers might use mercenaries to deal with the Jardine family. Such consequences were not acceptable to Harris or Jardine.

"Then what should we do? We can't sell the shares of 'Jardines' to pay for this payment, can we?" Du Yiheng said with a frown. At this time, he was still working for Harris, so he had to find a way to share Harris' worries.

But I heard Harris say: "If it is really a last resort, we will not hesitate to sell the shares of 'Jardines'!"

"What about those lands? Most of the funds of 'Jardines' are used to purchase lands. Otherwise, let's sell those lands to raise funds." Du Yiheng suggested.

Harris frowned deeply when he heard the words. Selling those lands could indeed alleviate the urgent need of "Jardines", but in this way, all his hard work for so long would be in vain.

Originally, "Jardines" could also use those lands as collateral for loans from major banks.However, the banking turmoil in Hong Kong is getting worse and worse, and even HSBC, a leading British bank, is in a quagmire and cannot afford loans at all.

"There is no way. Now we can only raise funds by selling those lands." Harris sighed: "Du, you go and announce the news, find other companies, and see if they are interested in buying our land."

Du Yiheng smiled wryly in his heart, "Jardine" is going to sell the land in its hands, the development of this matter may have already fallen into Qin Haoran's calculations.Here in Hong Kong, isn't the most powerful real estate development company Qin Haoran's "New World"?Qin Haoran may have been waiting for "Jardine" to announce the news.

One trick after another, really one trick after another.

Du Yiheng knew clearly that it would be fine if Qin Haoran didn't make a move, but if he made a move, there would definitely be more than one move.

(End of this chapter)