Chapter 505 Officially sniping the Chinese bus!
1980 2 Month 16 Day.
The first day of the first lunar month.
The mansion at No. 64 Kennedy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Yan's mansion.
This is where the majority shareholder and owner of Xiangjiang-China Bus, Yan Chengkun and his family, live.
Yan Chengkun was born in 1924. He is just 56 years old this year, so he is not very old.
He is able to monopolize the bus market on Hong Kong Island through Zhongba. Of course, his ability is not simple, and his relationship is not simple either.
He is also one of the Chinese promoted by the Government-General's Office. As early as January 1946, Yan Chengkun was appointed by the Government-General as the first Chinese Municipal Council member. In the 1s, he was the first member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of the Government-General's Office. The Chinese were extremely powerful for a while. Because he is the most powerful Chinese in Hong Kong, he has always been unkind to the Chinese staff appointed by the Governor-General.
When Bowen first took office as the Secretary for Transport in the Government House (equivalent to today's Secretary for Transport and Housing), he and Director of Transport Hui Shi-yan paid a visit to Yan Chengkun. After waiting for an hour, they were refused an interview. This affected Zhongba, the Gan family and Relations with the Government House Transportation System Operators.
Now in the early eighties.
In fact, compared with other Chinese-owned enterprises in Xiangjiang, the status of the Yan family is already far behind.
If not for history, it would not have been nearly swallowed up by Bailibao Company, a subsidiary of the Great Eagle Group owned by Law and Sons.
Later, most of the assets were sold to retain the controlling stake of China Bus.
Today, he, his eldest daughter Yan Jie Ling, his second son Yan Jieh, and his youngest son Yan Henry are all celebrating the New Year at home, enjoying themselves happily.
This morning, Yan Chengkun suddenly received a visit note from Wei Li, CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, a subsidiary of Empire Group.
Who is Weili?
Of course Yan Chengkun knows.
Wei Li was very famous in the early 1970s.
Later, he was the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, Taipan. He is still the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa to this day, and is rumored to be the fourth person in the Empire Group.
Now Wei Li actually wants to visit him?
Yan Chengkun felt a little uneasy.
It is normal if you go to visit the big shots in Xiangjiang by yourself.
A big shot came to visit him, which made him uneasy.
Yan Chengkun and Li Jiacheng are both from Chaocheng and are very good at doing business. However, the industries involved in the Yan family are much inferior to those of Li Jiacheng.
Compared with Li Jiacheng who swallowed up Hutchison Whampoa in history, it is even worse.
However, when it comes to China Bus, many people know Yan Chengkun.
Seeing her father's uneasy look, the eldest daughter Yan Jieling came over and asked.
"Father, what's wrong with you?"
"Mr. Wei Li, the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, wants to visit me, but I am not familiar with him."
It’s not that I haven’t seen it before.
However, the two sides are really unfamiliar.
The other party was coming to see him, so how could he not be worried?
"Father, are you afraid of Mr. Weili?"
"He is a white man. I am afraid of what he will do. I am worried about the company's affairs."
Of course he is not afraid of Wei Li.
What he was afraid of was Sir Yang behind Wei Li.
Once upon a time, he was as young as Sir Yang and did not pay attention to white people at all. However, when he was young, he was not as powerful as Sir Yang.
Some time ago, Sir Yang suddenly announced the cancellation of the public stall area. Yan Chengkun was very shocked when he saw this.
Are people who can do such a thing an ordinary person?
"company?"
Yan Jieling seemed to have thought of something.
"Father, are you talking about the China Bus?"
Yan Chengkun sighed.
Judging from the past two years, the Imperial Group has successively swallowed up Wharf, Hutchison Whampoa, Jardine Land, Heung Kong Electric Company, etc. Even the white executives of Jardine Land like Niu Bijian have died, so Chinese capital is nothing.
Capital is the most ruthless.
On this point, Yan Chengkun knows better.
At the beginning, Overseas United Motors from country Y wanted to take a stake in China Bus. He knew the terror of capital companies like Overseas United Motors. If Overseas United Motors was allowed to take a stake, China Bus would have lost the Yan family.
However, as long as it goes public, there is a possibility of losing controlling interest.
Yan Chengkun has been in business for so many years and has never experienced any ups and downs. In the face of powerful capital, sometimes there is really no way to fight back.
"Father, maybe you are overthinking it," Yan Jieling said.
"Let's first see why Mr. Weili came to visit."
bother you for something.
As the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, how could Wei Li, a busy person like him, pay a sudden visit to him?
While Yan Chengkun and his daughter were talking there, Yan Jie, the second son of the Yan family, came over and said, "Father, eldest sister, Mr. Wei Li is here."
At this time, outside the door.
Weili, who was wearing a suit, arrived in a Bentley.
Last night, Wei Li received a gift from his boss.
A villa in the middle of Taipingshan.
Weili was really surprised.
He knew how generous his boss was, but he didn't expect it to be so generous. After returning home last night, his wife was also excited all night long.
When it comes to working for his boss, and his boss Sir Yang is so generous, Wei Li naturally becomes more serious.
After discussing with Meris last night, he planned to meet with Yan Chengkun, the major shareholder of China Bus.
Yan Chengkun and his brother-in-law, his wife’s eldest brother Huang Wangcai, hold more than 35% of the shares together, and they are still the largest shareholders of China Bus.
However, the Imperial Group now owns 31% of the shares and is the second largest shareholder, not much different from the Yan and Huang families.
"Mr. Wei Li, welcome to the Yan family."
Yan Chengkun, his daughter, and two sons came out to greet him.
Weili is a professional manager, but his identity is indeed not simple.
Wei Li shook hands with Yan Chengkun and greeted the Yan family's children.
Everyone went inside.
It's still the first day of the new year, and the Yan family is really busy.
Inside, Weili looked at the surrounding environment and found that it was really good. This place was near Kennedy Road in Wan Chai. Weili had been here many times, but never to Yan's house.
When the Yan family greeted Wei Li warmly.
Wei Li said: "Mr. Yan, I am here to talk to you about the acquisition of China Bus."
Yan Chengkun has been awarded many honors by the Queen. In addition to being awarded the OBE and CBE in 1955 and 1961 respectively, he was also awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal and the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal in 1953 and 1977.
However, he is not a knight because he has not been awarded a knighthood and has not been promoted to KBE or GBE.
It is normal for Wei Li to call the other party sir.
Yan Chengkun thought it was something, but when he suddenly heard that China Bus was going to be acquired, he felt himself trembling.
Before Wei Li came, he seemed to have already guessed it.
However, when he heard it, he still felt different.
China Bus was his life's work, and when he suddenly heard that it was being acquired by another company, he was certainly different. However, he was still a big-shot person after all, so his reaction was not as strong as he expected.
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