Chapter 25 Decision
"You are really, sitting in the bathtub to read documents." Li Kaiyuan pushed open the bathroom door and said, "Didn't you say you won't take official duties home?"
"If I don't look at these things, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep as I wash." Chen Chong smiled bitterly, raised his arm, placed the documents on the shelf next to the bathtub, and said, "I got off the plane yesterday, and the jet lag didn't turn upside down. I got up at U o'clock this morning, and I kept walking for 15 hours. I was so tired that I felt like a pool of mud."
"Then why don't you wash it and go to bed quickly." Li Kaiyuan complained to him and said, "What are you going to sleep in the bathtub?"
"It's very comfortable here, and I don't want to get up as soon as I sit down." Chen Chong moved his legs lazily and said, "The big house is good. This double bathtub with constant temperature and massage is even more wonderful. Otherwise, you can try it too. Bathing water on both sides is my always dream."
Li Kaiyuan gave him a blank look. The couple had an old couple, and there was nothing to be shy about. He said, "I have a cold and I'm afraid of infection. Next time."
"Okay, wait until I can regain my energy and have fun next time."
"I'm so tired that I'm still not changing my heart." Li Kaiyuan picked up the documents he put down and said, "I'll take them out for you to avoid getting wet. You can wipe them clean and come out to sleep."
Chen Chong struggled for a few times, forcing himself to break free from the constraints of warm water, climbed up from the bathtub, wiped it casually with a bath towel, wrapped it in a bathrobe, and walked out.
"Are you planning to open a bookstore?" Li Kaiyuan sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the bedroom, raised the documents in his hand, and asked, "I just took a casual look."
"Why do you have to say such things? I never hide it from you when doing things. I didn't tell you some things, just because I'm afraid you'll get annoyed." Chen Chong lifted the quilt, sat on the bed, and said, "I plan to merge the Hong Kong branches of the three time-honored publishing houses, Sanlian Bookstore, Zhonghua Bookstore, and Commercial Press, to establish a new large publishing house."
"These three publishing houses are all Chinese-controlled institutions, and it is very difficult to merge. Look at my father and the others, two half-dead film companies, have been merging. After more than half a year, they are still quarreling about trivial matters." Li Kaiyuan put down the document and said, "You might as well invest yourself and start a brand new publishing house."
"Building a publishing house is very simple, but it is difficult to achieve quick success in brands and channels." Chen Chong yawned and said: "These three publishing houses have decades of history and are well-known brands in the Chinese publishing industry. The simplified Chinese books they publish can be distributed nationwide through Xinhua Bookstore. These are advantages that are incomparable to new publishing houses."
"Then you are ready to argue slowly. I am the most impatient with the inefficiency of the mainland government." Li Kaiyuan stood up and said, "Go to bed quickly, don't wait for me, I'll go to bed with Tianbao tonight."
"ah?"
"The house here is too big. She just moved here and was afraid at night. She asked me to accompany her for a few nights."
"Okay, then you go." Chen Chong looked up at her and said, "I think Tianbao seems to have something to do. He has been depressed today. He is not as eloquent as usual. She was so excited that she ran around the room when she moved last time."
"It's a kid." Li Kaiyuan said uneasy, "We often fly around and stay in hotels everywhere. We're used to it. She just lived there and moved here again. She may not get used to it for a while.
“That’s right.”
"By the way." Li Kaiyuan walked to the door and turned around and said, "This afternoon, my sister suddenly asked me to go to her place, saying that it was a new batch of European summer clothes. I asked me to go and see. I met Bao Peirong, the second lady from the Bao family, at her place."
"Oh?" Chen Chong was excited and asked, "What did she say?"
"I didn't say anything, she asked a lot of questions." Li Kaiyuan turned his head and thought for a while, and said, "She has been asking me about Beijing's view on the future of Hong Kong."
"How did you answer?"
"To be honest, I don't know about the national affairs." Li Kaiyuan shrugged and said, "Before leaving, she asked me, are you going to buy Hutchison Whampoa yourself or are you helping others buy Hutchison Whampoa."
Where do you start with this?
Chen Chong's thoughts were turned and he immediately understood Bao Yugang's thoughts. He touched his chin and said to himself: "It's interesting."
"No matter how interesting it is, don't think about it. Let's take a break and think about it tomorrow."
"Go to go to bed right away, you go there first."
After Li Kaiyuan left, Shen Chong sat at the head of the bed, without any sleepiness, frowned and pondered.
The battle for Hutchison Whampoa is a classic war in Hong Kong's business history. The stock price soared from more than 30 yuan at the beginning of the year. When Bao Yugang and Jardine Magazine were in the forefront in June, the purchase price was as high as more than 100 yuan. Chen Chong initially arranged for Yuan Tianfan to buy Hutchison Whampoa stocks. The purpose was very simple, just to take advantage of the troubled waters and take the opportunity to make a profit.
But now it seems that I thought it was too simple at the beginning, and I still earn money. However, whether to make money from Jardine Magazine or Bao Yugang's money, I need to make a choice, because he is no longer a young man, but a real tycoon, and every move will be interpreted by others. Especially before I knew it, he had already put on the hat of a confidant in the mainland. Chen Bi asked him about the trends in the mainland. Bao Yugang's wharf was worried that he would buy Hutchison Whampoa for the mainland, which was a clear proof.
If you are doing business and only discussing interests, you would rather trade with Jardine Whampoa because it has many high-quality real estate. If you can get it, you can play a lot of tricks. And the stock can be used for premiums and exchanged for real estate, which is much more cost-effective than buying it with cash. He can use smoke bombs to raise the stock price through his "Xinbao Financial News" under his subsidiary, such as saying that he is interested in competing for the controlling stake in Hutchison Whampoa. With his wealth and hot reputation, the stock price will inevitably soar. When negotiating with Jardine Whampoa, he can chew more things.
But such an operation will inevitably affect the relationship between him and Pao Yugang.
Bao Yugang is a shipping tycoon, the world's ship king, and the toy of Shen Chong. He needs his ship to be transported to all over the world. Of course, this is nothing. Without his ship, and Dong Haoyun's ship, but Bao Yugang has an extraordinary relationship with the mainland. He is the overseas Chinese with the most frequent visits to Gong Deng. He has met him 15 times in total. You should know that Li Ka-shing has only been received twice. The Zhaolong Hotel and Ningbo University donated the autobiographical book "Bao Yugang Album" was written by Gong Deng. His cousin is also the current director of the Tourism Bureau, the veteran of the Overseas Chinese Office and the Foreign Trade Commission. The various human relationships implied by him have to be considered.
Even without mentioning favors, Hutchison Whampoa developed rapidly in the 1990s with total assets of over 100 billion Hong Kong dollars. It is one of the top consortiums in Hong Kong. It is worse than the situation. Jardinet, which even moved its headquarters out of Hong Kong, has more promising and has more cooperation potential.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Chong quickly made a decision. He picked up the phone at the head of the bed, dialed a number, and said, "Xiaoyu, in the future, Yihe Foreign Company will call again, and transfer them all to Vivian, and ask her to arrange Yuan Tianfan to contact us."
After making the phone call, Chen Chong jumped out of bed again, put on his slippers, walked along the corridor to the other side, pushed open the door, and said, "Yuan Yuan, you can send me a message tomorrow..."
"Strange gangster, get out quickly"
Chapter completed!