Chapter 149 (2/2)
He was appointed chairman of HSBC in 1977 and retired in 1987. During his tenure, HSBC's profits grew rapidly and its business development reached its peak.
He has a vigorous and bold style and has a close relationship with Chinese business people. In 1979, he sold all the common shares of British funded Hutchison enterprises held by HSBC to Changjiang industry;
In 1980, he used HK $2 billion to support Bao Yugang to buy the controlling stake in jiulongcang, and successively recruited a number of Chinese members, such as Li Chaoren and Deng Lianru, to the board of directors of HSBC.
In 1985, he also spent 5 billion yuan to build the HSBC head office building, and another US $3.1 billion to buy 51% of the equity of the US ocean Miran bank, which shows the strong strength of HSBC under his management. Therefore, Hong Kong calls him ”Taipan king”.
For the most famous baozixuan in HSBC's history, I have heard many stories about him, and there is no intersection. But today I saw that there should be some politeness.
Steamed stuffed bun Xuan stretched out his hand and said, ”Hello, senior! I've heard of your name for a long time, but I haven't been able to see it. ”
When Bao Yugang was confused, Shen Bi also held out his hand and said, ”Hello, younger brother!”
He also said to Bao Yugang, ”Bao Sheng doesn't know! Bao Sheng and I are alumni. ”
Bao Yugang: ”remember, you are all students of Oxford University.”
Shen Bi said to Bao Zixuan, ”how are you familiar with Huo Yingdong?”
Knowing what the old boy was worried about, baozixuan said, ”I met him for the first time today, so I talked more.”
Shen Bi thought that's good, so that everyone can talk. Otherwise, we can only talk about business.
Shen Bi: ”there are many Oxford alumni in Xiangjiang. We can get together more often. It's not necessarily a good thing for some people to have more contact.”
Steamed stuffed bun Xuan knows the worry of the British. In fact, what he doesn't know now is. Some of his problems have been reported to Downing Street. The British don't want to let Xiangjiang go, so some big entrepreneurs in Xiangjiang must be the priority targets.
Baozixuan has no complicated family affairs and has no concerns in the mainland. He is the boss of Xiangjiang's largest enterprise. All this makes the British see that he can be brought to the British side.
Bao Zixuan: ”I don't have much time in Xiangjiang, as long as I'm on call.”
Shen Bi: ”that's settled. We'll get together more in the future. HSBC has a thank you dinner on January 3. You're going to attend it! You are now the biggest customer of HSBC. ”
Bao Zixuan: ”I will go. Please rest assured.”
After chatting with Shen Bi for a while, Bao Yu took him away. It's also interesting to think of these tycoons like Xiangjiang. Many parties are held from Christmas to new year's day every year, but they also need to be organized by people with appeal. Otherwise, who will pay attention to you!
At this time, the driver said on the stage, ”dear ladies and gentlemen, our bidding activity will begin soon. Please keep quiet for the time being. Thank you for your cooperation. ”
Steamed stuffed bun Xuan got a number plate when he just came in. This is the number compiled by the Hong Kong government according to everyone's invitation, which is prepared for the current auction.
The Hong Kong government now has too many refugees to help, resulting in insufficient financial allocation. Now all the rich people in Xiangjiang have come here. Why should they take some money out of them.