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After listening to Zhao Zhenbei¡¯s words, Henry Cizek finally understood the other party¡¯s purpose and felt relaxed.
To be honest, Jardine Matheson Group does have the intention to divest from Hong Kong, and has already begun to prepare for the divestment. However, the property of Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company is too large, and it is psychologically difficult to accept it to be sold to others.
Secondly, as a free financial center, Hong Kong¡¯s commercial advantages are still very obvious in Asia. Jardine Matheson Group is not willing to completely withdraw its assets from the city of Hong Kong. In addition, it is still a long time before 1997, so the divestment issue It hasn't been put into the schedule yet.
Now that Hong Kong Star Investment intends to take over, Henry Cizek feels that selling Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company is an acceptable business decision, but his dignity as a British Empire nobleman makes him a little embarrassed.
But after thinking about it carefully, Henry Cizek discovered that transferring Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company to Hong Kong Star Investment is really something that has to be done, because Hong Kong Star Investment has such a huge background! Just in a series of mergers and acquisitions in the United States a while ago, the total asset value of the transactions involved exceeded US$50 billion, and the actual capital invested by Hong Kong Star Investment reached US$30 billion.
Thirty billion U.S. dollars is a very scary number. It is already more than twice the total assets of the entire Jardine Matheson Group. At this time, Hong Kong Star Group is still waving checks everywhere for industrial mergers and acquisitions. You can imagine how strong their funds are. .
Henry Cizek once calculated the assets of Hong Kong Star Investment in private with his brother, and concluded that the total assets reached at least 150 billion U.S. dollars. Such a huge consortium was not something that the Jardine Matheson Group could withstand. !
Henry Cizek knew very well that as an emerging Chinese consortium in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Star Investment must establish its own asset system in Hong Kong, and it is natural to target Jardine Matheson Company under the name of Jardine Matheson Group.
Among the four major British-owned foreign banks in Hong Kong, the one with the most comprehensive and complete asset system is Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company. It would be abnormal if Hong Kong Star Investment did not choose Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company as its investment target.
Over the years, the local Chinese in Hong Kong, led by the Li family, have launched countless acquisitions against the four major foreign banks. In addition to the Jardine Matheson Group, many of the other three major foreign banks have been successfully acquired by them. Now it is the turn of Jardine Matheson Group.
"Mr. Zhao means that your Hong Kong Star Investment does not want to acquire the Jardine Matheson Group, but wants to take over the Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company that we want to divest from? This matter is not something I can decide. It must be approved by the board of directors first! "Henry Cizek felt confident and quickly responded to Zhao Zhenbei's words.
Zhao Zhenbei placed a cup of tea in front of Henry Cizek and made an inviting gesture before saying: "Most shareholders of Jardine Matheson Group are not optimistic about the prospects after Hong Kong's return. Presumably they are not optimistic about our takeover of Jardine Matheson Hong Kong." The company is still very happy. If no one specifically raises objections, I think Mr. Cizek should soon obtain the authorization from the board of directors! As the acquirer of Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company, we are not suitable for Hong Kong Star to appear. It¡¯s at the board meeting, so I hope Cizek can do your job well!¡±
One of the threats in Zhao Zhenbei's words is too obvious. Henry Cizek, as an old fox in the shopping mall, cannot fail to hear it. The form in front of him is stronger than the person. Henry Cizek knows that he has violated the other party's wishes. The consequences are not something Jardine Group can bear.
After drinking all the tea in front of him, Henry Cizek expressed his intention to submit to the other party's wishes in disguise: "I will convene a board meeting as soon as possible. I believe I can make a decision that satisfies Mr. Zhao! If there is nothing else As for the matter, I would like to say goodbye!"
Zhao Zhenbei then raised the cup, drank the tea elegantly and said: "I hope you, the Caesars and Jardines, will not try to pull any tricks, otherwise, in the end, you will only lose yourself. We at Hong Kong Star Investment have many other goals. I believe one of the other three major foreign banks will cooperate with us! Cizek is leaving! Wang Yu! Help me send Mr. Cizek out!"
The belief that Westerners put their interests first has shown its effect at this time. Although neither the Caesars family nor the Jardine family has officially come to the surface regarding divestment from Hong Kong, it is undeniable that they have always had such thoughts. .
When Henry ?i?ek left the castle, he was more or less angry because of Zhao Zhenbei¡¯s rude attitude and language. When did the nobles of the British Empire fall to the point of being angry with the Chinese consortium?
But this anger only lasted for a while.After all, compared to Hong Kong Star Investment, a behemoth with assets of hundreds of billions of dollars, Jardine Matheson Group is just a small shrimp. If Hong Kong Star Investment is offended, just the 30% of the shares of Jardine System will be enough. Jardine Group has fallen into an irreversible crisis.
A series of successful financial investment cases have shown how excellent the trading team of Hong Kong Star Investment is. In the end, even large companies like General Motors had to succumb to the strong acquisition by Hong Kong Star Investment and obediently sold off the Houston Aircraft Manufacturing Company. company as well as Opel cars.
"Compared to General Motors, what does Jardine Group mean?" Therefore, Henry Cizek did not maintain his anger for too long. Originally, Jardine Matheson Group had already planned to divest from Hong Kong. Since it wanted to divest, it would not be the same to whom Hong Kong Jardine Matheson Company was sold to?
Now Henry Cizek's only headache is how to convince his brother Simon Cizek and other shareholders of the group. After all, these aristocratic shareholders always thought that they were noble nobles of the British Empire, but now their assets are Facing the strong acquisition by the Chinese consortium, the psychological change was too fast.
So these aristocratic directors need a step to step down, and as the chairman of the group, Henry Cizek's duty is to find a step for shareholders to step down, so that they can feel a little better psychologically.
Not to mention how Henry Cizek went back to convince the other shareholders of the Jardine Group, Zhao Zhendong's mood was a bit ups and downs. He had been separated from Li Wanhua for some time, and now the two lovers were about to meet. Zhao Zhendong always had something in his heart more or less. Uneasy.
Accompanying Zhao Zhendong is Li Chaoyang, who is a bodyguard. As a person who has been married and had children, seeing his boss's rookie-like performance, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Once upon a time, he was not like his boss when he was about to meet. I am still at a loss when I meet my lover.
"Boss! You should calm down! You have to know that you are a big boss with a net worth of hundreds of billions. As a man, how can you show the slightest panic in front of the one you love? Boss, you just need to show off the momentum you have in the mall. Just do it little by little!" (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com