In 1970, the Hong Kong government auctioned the land obtained from reclamation in Central, including a land worth up to 30,000 square feet, facing Victoria Harbor. It was in a great location. There was no oil crisis at that time. The Americans were rich and arrogant. Before the auction, they threatened to win. However, at the auction, Land Group grabbed the land for a record price of HK$5.8 billion, which caused a sensation.

Land Land Group uses super high prices to seize food. In addition to the fact that this land is indeed gold, there is another important reason, that is, if Americans take it, the building built will block the sea view of the Mandarin Hotel and cause its value to plummet.

This shows how important the Mandarin Hotel’s Land Group is, and it is worthy of being a world-class five-star hotel that is as famous as Peninsula Hotel.

The property built by Land Land Group on the snatched land was the Kangle Building, which Shen Chong used to make the exterior and gimmicks of "Die Hard". This building was completed in 1973. In 1974, Jardine Wong moved its headquarters. The 48th floor is the office of Grand Ban Nübijian. He overlooked Central here and looked up to Hong Kong for more than five years.

As a public figure, although no one has figured out how much money he has, his preferences have been clearly understood. He loves food, does not love Chinese clothing, cars, does not love luxury houses, talented women, does not love beauties, airplanes, and yachts...

As a person who has never been to the Hong Kong Yacht Club, he suddenly appeared there and went out to sea. He didn’t meet the ship king, was he who met the Dragon King?

When he heard the news that Shen Chong had gone out of the sea, Nübijian was practicing golf putting in the office on the 48th floor. After hearing this, his hand shook and the ball became tilted.

“When did you go out to sea?”

"According to the yacht club staff, I took a boat rented by the yacht club at about 9:30 in the morning."

"Bad disguise." Nurbijian was a typical Anglo-Saxon man, tall and big with hard lines. He stood up and inserted his golf club into his goal bag, saying, "Did Bao Yugang's yacht go to sea long ago?"

"Yes, I went out to sea last night and never returned to the dock." As the general manager of Land Land Group, although Bao Fuda's position is lower than that of Newbie, he doesn't need to be too reserved when he reaches this level. He sat on the sofa, raised his legs and said, "What should we do if Chen Chong sells his shares to Bao Yugang?"

"Shen Chong is a greedy guy." Nookie picked up the whiskey bottle at the window and poured the wine, saying: "Last year, Americans said he was an Eastern vampire, and they were not wrong. Even if they went to see Bao Yugang, they might not sell shares to him."

"But they are all Chinese, and Chinese like to join in groups."

"No, no, Bao Yugang was naturalized in Britain in 1963 and was also enthroned by the Queen. He is a member of our British Empire." Nübijian handed a cup of whiskey to Bao Fuda, then sat back on his large desk and said: "The impact of skin color involved is very small. Jardine cannot satisfy Chen Chong's appetite. Bao Yugang cannot satisfy him either. He is playing tricks to let us compete with each other and raise the price of the stocks he has in his hands."

"Maybe you are right." Bao Fuda thoughtfully. He took a sip of wine and said, "Hong Kong is so big. If you really want to meet secretly, you can do anything. There is no need to go to the sea. Everyone knows that Bao Yugang is the ship king. Even if you exchange 100 boats, you can't hide it from others. Chen Chong deliberately lets us know that he is going to meet Bao Yugang."

"This man is very cunning. The local Chinese in Hong Kong regard him as the incarnation of the God of Wealth." Nubijian held the wine glass and shook it back and forth, saying, "But Hong Kong is the territory of Britain. We only believe in God, not other gods."

"DavIn, have you figured out how to deal with him?" Bao Fuda changed his seat, approached him a little, and said, "Shen Chong always lets his investment managers contact us. I have been avoiding him, which is very annoying."

"We can follow the Opium War 140 years ago." The Nübijian family was a director of Jardine Wong's foreign company in the 1930s. He himself worked as a soldier in Scotland for a while. The superiors were very stylish. He took a sip of whiskey and said, "At the time when Britain just wanted to trade peacefully with the Qing Dynasty, they kept refusing and letting the small bureaucrats do it perfunctorily. So we sent warships to become the masters of Hong Kong. Since Chen Chong was unwilling to cooperate with Jardine Wong, we also sent warships to deal with him."

"It's not the war era, nor the nineteenth century. DavIn, you can't threaten others with force, as this will damage Jardine's reputation."

"Let's relax, I'm just a metaphor." Nurbijian laughed, then shook his head and said, "I don't have warships and cannons. I will use political means to put pressure on Shen Chong to let him know the true strength of our Jardinet Company. By then, he will know how to choose."

"The efficiency of bureaucrats has always been very low. Will it be too slow to use political means?" Bao Fuda is a professional manager and is not very good at politics. He was worried and drank all the wine in his glass in one breath and said, "Waterland Whampoa and Land Land Group rely on each other and cannot be missed. There are rumors in the market that if Bao Yugang cannot control the Hutch Whampoa, he will switch to Land Land Group."

"Don't worry, I will soon let Chen Chong feel the strong pressure." Nubijian leaned over and grabbed the exquisite calendar on his desk with his hands, and said confidently: "I think this problem can be solved before U-day."

Bao Fuda looked at the U-month U-day marked with red circles on the calendar and asked, "Is there anything special about U-month U-day?"

But he quickly reacted and said, "Is this the day when Jiayi TV is on the air?"

"Yes." Newbijian nodded and said, "Shen Chong sent an invitation letter to the Governor's Office a month ago, asking the Governor to cut the ribbon for his TV broadcasting ceremony. However, after my persuasion, Sir MacLeho promised not to respond before noon on U-day U-day."

"Just because of this?" Bao Fuda put the wine glass on the coffee table and said, "Shen Chong has a close relationship with the mainland, and he doesn't seem to care whether the Governor of Hong Kong will be present."

"Of course it's not just this." Newbijian stood up, walked to the wine cabinet, poured a little whiskey, and said, "Yesterday, I met Mr. George and Mr. O'Neill, the former editor-in-chief of Asia Weekly, and Chen Songqing, the boss of Jianing Group, and chatted with them for a while. Do you still want it?"

"No, thank you."

"Mr. George told me something interesting." Nou Bijian held a wine glass in his left hand and his right hand was in his pocket, with a face like a wise bead holding his hand, and said, "He said that there is a loophole in the regulations of Shen Chong's TV station. Of course, this is a small loophole and does not make sense to most people, but it is very useful to us, Jardine Mahjong, because I am a non-official MP for the Hong Kong Executive Council. I can use this loophole to make a big scandal when his TV station is on the air."

"You go and contact Chen Chong to see if he is willing to come out to see us. If he doesn't show up again, I will make him look ugly."
Chapter completed!