The Seeds Sown Unwittingly That Day Bear Bitter Fruit Today
Even after the cooperation, the two sides continued to engage in open and covert attacks, constantly scheming against each other.
Even the despicable tactics of John D. Diehard, who seduced the other's women and stole their honors, have been repeated by both sides countless times over the past century.
Perhaps a Jardine employee was previously unknown, but if he managed to seduce the mistress or wife of a manager at HSBC, he would definitely become a hero forever etched in Jardine's history.
Conversely, the same applies to HSBC.
In fact, Song Tianyao only took these as jokes.
For him, Jardine and HSBC were two behemoths. China businessmen who wanted to do business with the Britain had to learn to choose sides: either choose Britain or ally with Jardine HSBC Britain.
Starting with Lin Xizhen, the Lin Family has always followed in the footsteps of Jardine, and Song Tianyao doesn't even have the right to be compared to them.
If Song Tianyao wanted to find some help, he could only choose HSBC was still ranked behind Jardine at the time.
Chapter 317 A seed sown unintentionally becomes a fruit borne unavoidably today.
"Song Tianyao wants to swallow an elephant, to acquire Xizhen Properties through the stock market." Tang Boqi, who now has a thin layer of mustache and looks slightly more composed than before, sat opposite Lin Xiaoze's desk and drew a line in his notebook.
Two weeks ago, he attended a hearing held by the United States. United States Department of Commerce regarding the issue of Hong Kong wigs entering the United States. market. At the hearing, he saw Angie Perlis, the owner of Manifest Glory Trading Company, Shek Chi-yik, the Director of the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Administration Office, and Lou Fengyun -yun of the Long Light Wig Factory. None of the three showed any emotional fluctuations due to the United States Department of Commerce's suspension of Hong Kong wigs from entering the United States. market. They simply submitted various documents and materials to the United States Department of Commerce in turn. Most importantly, Tang Boqi also learned that United States Department of Commerce officials and the Director of the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Administration Office held a closed-door meeting before the hearing.
So before the hearing even ended, Tang Boqi knew that he had no chance left, not even the last bit. Shek Chi-yik's visit to the United States must have been for some other exchange of interests with the United States Department of Commerce.
When Tang Boqi heard the news that Shek Chi-yik, Angie Perlis, and several United States distributors who attended the hearing had a small dinner together afterward, he just smiled self-deprecatingly.
Angie Perlis, Song Tianyao's Britain wife, Shek Chi-yik, the Director of the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Administration Office, rightfully became the savior of Hong Kong's wig manufacturing industry.
The India, his uncle and son, and Tang Boqi were the destroyers who ruined Hong Kong's wig manufacturing industry and will forever be nailed to the pillar of shame.
From the moment he hastily fled Hong Kong back to the United States until he hired a lawyer to completely extricate himself from the storm, his father, Tang Shihu, did not scold him at all. The cunning nature of a small businessman made him even smug that his son had managed to avoid big trouble ahead of time. As for his brother's family in Hong Kong, he would naturally choose to keep his son safe and sound over his own son.
Gu Linshan saw and heard with her own eyes and ears that Tang Boqi was out of trouble before leaving the United States and returning to Hong Kong. She still had business to manage in Hong Kong, and before leaving, she told Tang Boqi to relax and adjust his mindset. She would accompany Tang Boqi on a trip to Europe to relax after she had finished her work.
However, Gu Linshan flew back to Hong Kong the day before, and Gu Linshan Tang Boqi followed in her footsteps the next day, returning to this free port in the Far East, a land of plenty.
He failed miserably in the wig industry.
Song Tianyao seized the opportunity to rise on Tang Boqi's corpse, but it wasn't over yet. If Song Tianyao had chosen to stop and focus on developing his fake hair business, Tang Boqi would never have dared to step into Hong Kong again. However, Song Tianyao's appetite seemed unusually large. He killed a group of factory owners and snatched an eight-month order from the United States worth more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars. All of this was just to make a bigger gamble.
He plans to swallow up a giant, namely Xizhen Properties, which has accumulated a large amount of real estate in the Central of Hong Kong Island!
Xizhen Properties is currently the Chinese-owned company with the most properties in the Central and Sheung Wan areas of Hong Kong Island. Apart from several major Britain companies, it can be said that Xizhen Properties is currently the number one Chinese-owned real estate company in Hong Kong Island.
As expected, this was in line with Song Tianyao's scheme. When he only had a small factory, he plotted to steal orders from the entire wig industry. When he held a huge fortune in the wig industry, everyone thought he should be satisfied, but this guy once again staked all his ambition and wealth to gamble on even greater profits!
If he were to seize Xizhen Properties, would he then consider occupying Government House?
Tang Boqi lost to Song Tianyao in the wig industry once, a crushing defeat, but it also made him realize the gap between himself and Song Tianyao, and see through Song Tianyao's character. This time, he is prepared to watch Song Tianyao fall in the stock market.
That's why he appeared in Lin Xiaoze's office to explain his views to him.
"At this moment, the order payments he holds are already worth over 30 million, which is almost equivalent to over 30 million Hong Kong dollars in cash. Adding the revenue from the machinery company, the cash reserves might be even higher. If he were to use his machinery company, machinery service company, and factory as collateral, considering only the profits and future prospects of these companies, it wouldn't be surprising if banks or banks lent him another 30 million Hong Kong dollars, or even over 60 million Hong Kong dollars. Add to that the cash support provided by Shengcai Machinery Likang Company, which is closely associated with him and controlled by Chu Xiaoxin, even if he couldn't raise 100 million Hong Kong dollars, it would definitely be enough to acquire 49% of Xizhen Properties's shares." Tang Boqi continued after Lin Xiaoze finished reading his notes.
Lin Xiaoze's secretary said that a young man had been trying to see him several times. Today, Lin Xiaoze finally had a moment of free time and let him into his office. What he heard was that the young man was telling him that a wig factory owner wanted to swallow up a giant by simply throwing money at the stock market and take over Xizhen Properties, which had been listed for more than 20 years by the Lin Family.
"Mr. Tang, do you think 100 million Hong Kong dollars is enough to take over Xizhen Properties?" Lin Xiaoze asked Tang Boqi with a half-smile as he closed his notebook.
Tang Boqi ignored the teasing in the other man's eyes and said calmly, "Mr. Lin, if you raise enough cash for Song Tianyao to invest in the stock market, and if you don't use cash to buy shares with Song Tianyao to prop up Xizhen Properties's stock price, 100 million would be enough. Hong Kong real estate stocks are currently at rock bottom. The Britain and British financial groups are not optimistic about real estate stocks. In order to expand its development, Xizhen Properties has issued new shares many times in recent years to raise funds. Those who bought Xizhen Properties's shares were all British-funded companies from the Jardine Group that were on good terms with the Lin Family. Perhaps now it's 0." The price of Hong Kong dollars 81 per share is not enough to entice those British- Jardine Group companies in the Jardine Matheson Group. However, as Song Tianyao drives up the share price to Hong Kong dollars 1, Hong Kong dollars 2, or even Hong Kong dollars 5 per share, will Jardine Matheson be tempted? Given the current sluggish property market and the shift in focus of British conglomerates, the Britain will not hesitate to forgo several times their profits out of consideration for your friendship. By the time you try to raise cash to repurchase shares from shareholders with Song Tianyao after the share price has risen to a certain level, it will be too late. It will only result in Xizhen Properties spending several times, or even more, the cash required to repurchase the shares than Song Tianyao himself.