Chapter 693: Famous in Hong Kong: Chinese capital defeated British capital for the first time!

Chapter 693: Famous in Hong Kong: Chinese capital defeated British capital for the first time!

Chapter 693: Famous in Hong Kong: Chinese capital defeated British capital for the first time!
Problems with Wharf's other businesses, such as Harbour City, the office buildings under construction, residential buildings, and even the Star Ferry, are minor issues that can be remedied later.

But ports, like aviation, are the most important infrastructure in a region and may also involve overseas business, so we must be cautious.

After the shareholders' meeting, many reporters rushed forward to interview Yang Wendong. Considering the need for personalization and to stabilize the British employees within Wharf, Yang Wendong answered some of the reporters' questions.

In particular, he gave a detailed answer regarding the future employees of Wharf Holdings, stating that no employees would be moved at will to ensure the normal operation of Wharf Holdings in the future; at the same time, funds would be mobilized to speed up the construction of Harbour City to promote employment of more construction workers and alleviate the current large-scale unemployment problem in Hong Kong's construction industry.

This answer immediately made Wharf shareholders and reporters feel that the future was full of hope.

After the conference, Yang Wendong returned to the company. The employees in the entire Kangle Building also knew that their company had won. There were smiles everywhere. Many people greeted Yang Wendong after seeing him.

When he arrived at his office, he found that Su Yiyi had already arrived. When she saw Yang Wendong, she smiled and said, "I brought some food here. My mother cooked it."

"Aunt Guo is not young anymore, so she shouldn't do things herself." Yang Wendong replied with a smile.

Actually, Aunt Guo is not that old. After all, people in the 40s got married early. She was less than 20 when she gave birth to Su Yiyi. Aunt Guo is actually less than 50 years old now. She is neither old nor young. However, Aunt Guo worked too hard when she was young, which resulted in her poor health now. Yang Wendong also found the most powerful Chinese medicine doctor to take care of her.

Su Yiyi replied: "It's okay, the doctor also said that I should do something appropriate. I can't just sit at home and watch TV every day, right?"

"That's right." Yang Wendong nodded. Life lies in exercise. Exercise does not mean running a certain number of kilometers every day, or lifting a certain amount of weight. It means doing something. At the same time, there are also some goals on the psychological level.

The dishes prepared by Aunt Guo were also very simple, a plate of braised pork, a plate of green vegetables, a plate of carrots and pork, plus a bowl of tomato and egg soup;

It wasn't very good, but the two of them ate it with gusto, and it also made them recall the past;
When they were almost done eating, Su Yiyi asked, "Now that you have acquired Wharf Holdings, it feels like half of Hong Kong belongs to us. Now some people outside refer to our Yang family as Yang Half City."

"This is inevitable. I have been mentally prepared for it." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

The original Li Jiacheng in history was also called Li Bancheng in the 90s, but in fact, his performance at his peak was still not as good as that of Yang Wendong today;
Around 67, Changxing Real Estate relied on actual expansion, and in the following years, it also used the huge profits of Changxing Shipping in the shipping market to purchase a large number of properties and land. Even the buildings in Central are second only to Hong Kong Land in terms of number.

Now that Wharf Holdings has been acquired, although its properties on Hong Kong Island are a bit inferior, it has too much land and locations on the Kowloon Peninsula. Harbour City will become the first shopping mall in Hong Kong in the future, and its location is naturally top-notch. Except for not being in Central, it can be said to have no other shortcomings.

Su Yiyi continued, "Think about it, we all lived in wooden houses in squatters back then, and now, 15 years later, the changes are so great."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Yes, it's been 15 years. Time flies."

From 1958 to 1973, he took one step at a time and successfully built a huge business empire in Hong Kong with the help of the "Prophet's Golden Finger".
Su Yiyi added: "Many times, I was afraid that all this was a dream, but I also felt that with my perspective at that time, I probably wouldn't be able to have such a high-level dream."

"Yeah, ordinary people don't have such ambitions." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Don't think too much. Who knows, our Yang family may achieve greater success in the future."

Su Yiyi asked curiously, "Will there be any higher scores? Outside of Hong Kong?"

Su Yiyi usually doesn't ask much about Yang Wendong's business development plan, but she probably still knows something about it.

Yang Wendong said: "Yes, I may develop a little in Hong Kong in the future, but the main thing is to enter the overseas market. Although we look very powerful in Hong Kong today, we are far behind the large companies in Europe and the United States."

In the era without electronic technology and the Internet, all industries were traditional. Even if there were innovations, it was almost impossible for latecomers to surpass the giants in the past.
Only software and the Internet can grow exponentially in their dissemination mode, and their future trends are favored by capital, so wealth can grow explosively;
Before that, one could only catch up step by step. Even with the advantages of a time traveler and with the help of various opportunities, it would take a very long time to succeed.

The simplest example is the automobile industry. After the 50s, only one Hyundai has made it into the top ten automobile giants in the world. However, the premise for Hyundai to make it into the top ten was the full support of the Korean government. In addition, in order to suppress Japanese automobiles, the United States deliberately gave the Korean automobile industry many technical and policy benefits. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to succeed.
It was not until the new energy era several decades later, which was considered a technological revolution, that the global landscape was successfully changed.

Today's Changxing Group is still far behind overseas oil, automobile, heavy industry and financial groups. If it wants to reach these levels, its only chance is electronic technology;
However, under the butterfly effect, it is hard to say whether he can successfully invest in future electronic giants, and he is also uncertain how big his own industry can be, so he naturally has to take multiple paths at the same time, not missing out on opportunities in Hong Kong and the Mainland, and the same goes for overseas markets.

Su Yiyi smiled and asked: "We have so much wealth now that we can't spend it all in ten lifetimes, so why do we have to work so hard?" "That's a good question. I've asked myself the same question sometimes." Yang Wendong replied: "But we always have to pursue something in our lives. Without pursuit, there will be no desire, and life will be numb and meaningless, and people will soon become decadent;

Although we have endless money to spend, we still have to have a goal, and at our level, we can only keep moving forward;
Besides, if a large enterprise does not move forward, it will fall behind. There are tens of thousands of employees in the enterprise, and most of the time, they are all on the same boat and cannot stop. "

People need motivation to live, otherwise it would be too boring. So many politicians are pursuing the highest positions, and so many business people are pursuing more wealth. Few people will really retire just because they have earned enough money to achieve financial freedom.

Su Yiyi nodded and said, "I am worried about your health. Many emperors in ancient times died of exhaustion."

"Don't worry, I won't be too tired. I know my limits." Yang Wendong consoled her, "For me, health is more important than wealth."

Health is a person's eternal need. If you are not in good health, no matter how much wealth you have, it will be meaningless.
Many people even give up their life goals because their outlook on life has changed drastically after they have health problems.

Su Yiyi then said: "Okay, you have to be careful and don't get too tired. The Yang family still needs to rely on you for now."

"I know. In fact, I also hope to see Zhiwen and the others grow up soon." Yang Wendong said with a smile: "If they really grow up, they can start learning to take over the company's business."

Whether it is an ancient dynasty or a modern enterprise, the most important thing besides development is to train successors, otherwise, a thousand-year dynasty may be destroyed in an instant;
But the oldest of the children is only ten years old, so we need to wait for another ten years. I am still young, so there is no rush for the time being.

The news that Changxing Group successfully acquired Wharf Holdings immediately became the hottest news in Hong Kong;
"Changxing Group outsmarted Wharf Holdings and avoided a new 'Landmark Drinks Milk'"

"The final battle between the largest Chinese and British financial groups, the Chinese financial group won the final victory"

"The first financial group in Hong Kong has changed hands. Will Chinese capital take control of Hong Kong's economy from now on?"

"With the decline of Jardine Matheson Group, where will Yang Bancheng's next target be?"

Almost all newspaper companies in Hong Kong reported on the acquisition of Wharf Holdings in all aspects, basically with the cover headline and the content evaluation in the prime position of the following pages;
Countless people who pay attention to the economy, even some ordinary people, are also very keen to read the content of this kind of newspaper. Therefore, they all bought a lot of newspapers, because although the titles are similar, the content is still different. They read many commentators' judgments on the future of Hong Kong's economy and the analysis of the relationship between the two sides at the Huaying capital level. The content is full of praise;
Especially now that the Hong Kong economy is still not very good, although Changxing Group acquired Wharf Holdings, it did not make a large-scale acquisition on the stock market like Hutchison Whampoa, but used the shareholders' meeting, which did not have a great impact on the economy;
Therefore, at the social level, many people hope that Yang Wendong can continue to do something in the market so that the Hong Kong economy can improve and even get out of the economic crisis.

However, when reporters flocked to Kangle Building to conduct interviews, they found that there was no chance to meet the parties involved at all. It seemed that the previous speech at the shareholders' meeting was already the limit.

HSBC Building:

Shen Bi looked at the pile of newspapers in front of him. Even the British newspapers reported on the incident, and even seemed a little desperate, thinking that the British capital might be doomed. Some newspapers also attacked HSBC, believing that HSBC had no hand in the matter.

"How can these little guys trapped in Hong Kong know how much assets Yang Wendong has overseas? Even if HSBC comes forward, they are destined to lose." Shen Bi sighed.

Before Stephen Schmidt took over HSBC, he had considered that the core mission of HSBC after he took office would be to go international. On the one hand, this was to avoid the recurrence of the crisis decades ago. On the other hand, there was really nothing left for HSBC to develop in the city of Hong Kong.

During the investigation of overseas markets, Shen Bi also collected information about Changxing Group's overseas investments, market returns, etc., especially in the United States and Southeast Asia. The investment in these places is much larger than that of the Hong Kong headquarters.
There are also many British financial groups investing overseas in Hong Kong, such as Jardine Matheson, but most of their investments are in stable businesses with not very good returns. Although the scale seems large, there are no investment results and some even result in losses. However, the Changxing Group is just the opposite. A large number of its overseas investments have obtained rich returns, and its overseas factories are also extremely profitable.

This is just what is known, and there may be more unknowns. Shen Bi also knows that today's Changxing Group has far surpassed Jardine Matheson and HSBC in terms of scale;
Perhaps with the help of its status as a "quasi-central bank", HSBC could help Jardine Matheson, but the probability of success in the end is not high. Moreover, if HSBC really helped Jardine Matheson at all costs, there would be no practical benefit to HSBC, and it might even incur extremely high risks. Naturally, HSBC would not agree to it.

A female assistant said, "Mr. Shen Bi, the media thinks too simply. Now that the mainland and the UK have established diplomatic relations, coupled with what happened in 67, the future of Hong Kong will definitely be completely different from before."

"Well, don't worry about them. I am responsible to HSBC's shareholders, not to them." Shen Bi shook his head and said, "As far as I know, after Yang Wendong acquired Wharf Holdings, he may develop some of Wharf Holdings' projects on a large scale. You can arrange for someone to ask them about what HSBC can do to cooperate with them. In recent months, the economic crisis has had a significant impact on HSBC."

"Yes, Mr. Shen Bi." The assistant agreed.

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