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Peninsula Hotel.

Cafe.

"My bottom line is commercial electricity."

Zhang Guobin raised his legs, stirred the coffee cup with a silver spoon, and negotiated with a serious face.

Since Kadoorie invited him to talk, he definitely intends to cooperate. If he doesn't even have the idea of ​​cooperation, there is no need to talk anymore.

The progress in the New Territories has met expectations. The main reason is that the ghosts are not clean up and down, which leads to problems with the justices of the peace sent.

It is undoubtedly a wise choice that the batch of corruption lists obtained earlier has not been disturbed. It is not a coincidence that the people on the list are bumped into, but an inevitability under the general environment.

From the perspective of the times, those who sincerely consider the well-being of the city of Hong Kong Island should stand by Mr. Zhang's side. This is not because Zhang Guobin himself is arrogant, but because he is on the right side. One way, or be arrested and expelled, there is no second way.

Kadoorie is still fighting for it: "China Power Group's sale of Daya Bay nuclear power is a beneficial choice for both parties, and this is the last concession I can make."

"The settlement price can be discussed again, and the contract will be renewed every three years, and it will be raised according to the increase in electricity prices in the New Territories."

Zhang Guobin shook his head and refused: "This concession is the bottom line before the electricity is laid in the New Territories. As the power lines in the New Territories are rolled out, I think your bottom line should be lower every meter. The bottom line, be more flexible, like this You and I will both earn money, otherwise when the New Territories circuit is laid, your bottom line will become waste paper."

Zhang Guobin's eyes were sharp, and he was tit-for-tat: "Do you think you can still prevent HK Electric from entering the New Territories? After the circuit is laid, the villagers in the New Territories and the directors of HK Electric will do the rest for me. Hit, I You are not afraid of beating at all, it is you who should be afraid!"

"Besides, I don't need to fight at all!" Zhang Guobin softened his tone again, flicking his finger on the coffee cup: "The history of Xiangjiang's 30-year power monopoly will be rewritten!"

"I let CLP act as an agent for commercial electricity, not because I really need you CLP to do something, but I just want to make friends with Mr. Kadoorie!"

Zhang Guobin stretched out his white palm, with a gentle face: "CLP is an agent of commercial electricity in the New Territories, in exchange for HK Electric entering the New Territories for residential and industrial electricity."

"Mr. Kadoorie, do you recognize me as a friend?"

Kadoorie held a gentleman's stick in his left hand, put a pocket square on his chest, stared at the front for a long time wearing glasses, and finally raised his right hand slowly and said: "Mr. Zhang, I am very happy to be friends with you. I have always admired Chinese business. Wisdom, harmony makes money, peace is the most important!"

He chose to compromise.

Zhang Guobin smiled and let go of his hand: "I also appreciate the gentlemanly demeanor of the British, and please ask Mr. Kadoorie not to fight at the meeting next time."

He decided to cooperate.

Kadoorie blushed slightly, pretending not to hear, stood up and said, "Please wait until the circuit in the New Territories is completed before signing the cooperation agreement between the two parties."

"No problem. I firmly support the decision of the Hong Kong government. I wonder who is talking about it now?" Zhang Guobin pretended to ask casually.

Kadoorie sighed: "At present, the strongest British capital is HSBC."

Thirteen days later.

Hong Kong Electric Group and Guobin Construction have completed the laying of the power grid. Since the Electricity Association announced that nuclear power will be banned from crossing the boundary, international hot money and British capital have begun to short the stock price of Hong Kong Electric. The stock price of Hong Kong Electric fell 7% on the worst day. once affected market confidence.

International hot money earned more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars in profits, washing away the hard-earned wages of the citizens of Xiangjiang. The confrontation of capital is often silent, and there is no uniform smoke, but it is enough to destroy many families.

Sometimes Huazi wants to win not only for one person, but also for the supporters behind it.

At the end of the month, Zhang Guobin held an industry meeting as the acting chairman of the Electric Power Association, and was elected as the new chairman of the Electric Power Association with two-thirds of the votes.

Chapter 420 Assimilation of ghosts

After Zhang Guobin was elected as the chairman of the Electricity Association, CLP Group issued the "New Territories Power Cooperation Plan", stating that the two major power groups, CLP and HK Electric, will cooperate in the supply of nuclear power in the New Territories and Kowloon, and that CLP will sell the commercial supply of Daya Bay nuclear power , HK Electric directly supplies civil and industrial nuclear power.

This is the first cooperation between the two major power groups, and it is the first time to break the regional monopoly. HK Electric's share price soared by 10%, reaching an unprecedented price of 7.2 cents per share, exceeding the acquisition price of [-] cents during the war.

Because the stock price is dominated by expected earnings, the price during the acquisition war reached a phased peak, and then fluctuated again, maintaining at a little over 6 yuan per share. This time breaking through the 7 yuan mark is another new peak.

New Territories, Sha Tin.

Huo Xingyetang Resort, football field.

Zhang Guobin wore sports shorts and a sweatshirt, and stepped on sneakers to kick a world wave.

"Snapped!"

The wave ball headed into the goal.

Huo Guangtai stopped chasing the ball, bent over and supported his knees, and gave a thumbs up: "Good wave!"

Hu Yingxiang and Bao Yungang sat on the grass.

Mr. Bao patted the floor and said, "Young people are aggressive."

The four sat down to rest.

Hu Yingxiang took a sip of water and said, "Abin, I heard that you have just been elected as the chairman of the Electric Power Association?"

Zhang Guobin panted heavily, and said indifferently: "It's just an industry association."

"Mr. Bao is still the chairman of the Shipping Association!"

"Hundreds of ships under his command, that's called Bakuan!" There are more than forty large ships in the global shipping industry, but there are hundreds of freighters in the entire shipping association.

Xiangjiang is a port city.

The shipping industry ranks No. [-] in Asia. The shipping association controls one-third of the world's commercial shipping capacity, which can directly affect global shipping prices.

"Global Shipping" lives up to its reputation.

Bao Yungang showed a down-to-earth smile on his fleshy cheeks, twisted the bottle cap with his right hand and said, "I established the Shipping Association by myself. At that time, Mr. Gui said that he wanted to set up an industry association, so I launched it in advance."

"As soon as the old ghost sticks out his butt, I know what kind of fart they are going to fart. How can I give them a chance?"

"However, you took the Electric Power Association back from the hands of old ghosts. It's different! You have the ability!" Bao Yungang praised: "It's embarrassing for us Chinese in front of international capital."

"Hehe, Mr. Bao, thank you."

Zhang Guobin drank water and said with a smile: "As the younger generation, we can only learn how to fight back!"

"International hot money has suffered heavy losses in the past few days." Mr. Huo said suddenly.

Zhang Guobin replied respectfully: "If you tell them to eat it, you will spit out all the profit!"

This wave of Hong Kong Electric stocks has been gratifying. Shareholders in Hong Kong Island who had suffered heavy losses before, but who did not use leverage to liquidate their positions in a panic, can basically recover and earn a little more.

The market will regain confidence in HK Electric. HK Electric has a bright future and its stock price will definitely be stable.

Mr. Huo said: "This time HK Electric broke the regional monopoly, in fact, it wants to monopolize the whole of Hong Kong. If there is no third company entering the game, the monopoly is still a monopoly, but since it is a monopoly, it must bear social responsibility. gone."

Zhang Guobin knew what he meant, nodded and said, "Brother Tai is right. Hong Kong Electric will try its best to keep electricity prices down. When the nuclear power plant is completed, it will adopt preferential electricity prices for the New Territories to support the industrial development of the New Territories."

As industries in the New Territories develop, electricity consumption will naturally increase in the future. This is purely a matter of mutual benefit.

The relationship between capital and modern society is to achieve each other and act as a fuel for the economy, especially when it can make a big cake.

How Zhang Guobin handles the inside story of the Kadoorie family is actually irrelevant to the Chinese tycoons, the most important thing is that the Chinese capital win!

Hu Yingxiang has also been engaged in construction in the Mainland recently, and the construction is in full swing, earning a lot of money. Guobin Construction follows the investment in the Mainland and develops in a low-key manner. As time goes by, the power of Chinese capital will only become stronger.

"However, there must be more than HSBC behind the British capital in Hong Kong Island!" Zhang Guobin sat in the Mercedes-Benz, smoking a cigar, putting his arm on the car window, and thinking quietly while smoking a cigarette.

The Tiger Head Mercedes drove out of the resort with six Crowns.

Hutchison Building.

Sitting in front of the chair, Li Chenghao said with displeasure on his face: "Bing Ge, the entire New Territories is our people, and China Power is blocking my place. How about distributing commercial power to China Power?"

"This money is for nothing!"

Zhang Guobin stood up with a smile, and put a cup of tea in front of the table: "A gambler who has no winning percentage will recklessly overturn the table, and a short mule without status will use a knife to chop his opponent to the ground!"

"We are destined to be winners now, and winners must pay attention to bearing. Don't look at Gui Lao's majesty now, it's just the last madness."

"We want to win over those white ghosts with the attitude of being the master. We can fight for what we can. After all, the old ghosts have run away and will take a lot of money with them." Zhang Guobin talked eloquently, and Li Chenghao drank tea and thought: "Bin Brother, are you picking up horses?"

Zhang Guobin smiled and said: "It can be understood in this way!"

"Kadoorie is someone to win over."

84 years ago, Xiangjiang Capital fled in panic, causing the property market to collapse and the economy to decline, which was almost a financial crisis.

So, it's ok to drive away ghosts!

But I want to keep Guilao's money!

In the final analysis, there is only one way to go, that is to use Chinese capital to eat British capital, but there are several ways to do so. One is to completely annex the British capital, and the other is to assimilate the British capital into "Chinese capital in Hong Kong". When you start to succumb to the Lihua policy and keep your capital in Xiangjiang forever, what is the difference from Chinese capital?It's just that people's skin is different.

These two routes do not conflict at all. For example, the acquisition of Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Electric is to eat British capital, and the cooperation with CLP is the beginning of assimilating British capital. Capital representatives, except for skin color, are almost indistinguishable from Chinese capital.

Zhang Guobin has already keenly noticed that Kadoorie is a soft bone, so he must train him well!And he was able to acquire Hongkong Electric and Jardine because of the opportunity of the times. When the economy is re-stabilized and it is still under the rule of the British Hong Kong government, training ghost elders will become the most effective way.

"Besides, HSBC is just a bank. Even if it has money to pour water into the rivers and lakes and intends to disrupt Xiangjiang, how can it be against me?" Zhang Guobin thought to himself: "Li Jiacheng, there must be a person behind Kadoorie, a person who is embodied ! instead of capital!"

"Kadoorie is a breakthrough to find out this person!"

"Your Highness."

Taiping Mountain.

Mansion.

Wearing a suit, Kadoorie held a cane, bowed and said, "CLP and HK Electric are helpless, alas."

Edward, Heath deeply agreed, nodded his head and said: "What happened in the New Territories can be learned from the past. HK Electric uses ignorant villagers to disrupt government order..."

"I hope the Hong Kong government can send police force." Kadoorie sighed.

"If this is the case, CLP will not have to give in."

Edward shook his head: "The situation in the world is different. The Hong Kong government cannot allow the June [-]th riots to happen again, otherwise it will become a shame for Great Britain."

"But just give up the power supply rights in the New Territories." Kadoorie sticks his cane, looking unwilling.

Edward persuaded: "At least we have won the right to sell commercial electricity."

"CLP didn't pay for the construction of the nuclear power plant, but it still got some benefits."

Kadoorie resented: "The nuclear power plant project should be ours!"

Edward, Heath bowed and apologized: "I made an improper decision on this matter."

night.

Kadoorie left the villa in the middle of the mountain by car. The car was driving on the road around the mountain. He squeezed his palms and said, "Migao!"

"Is the cook at home preparing dinner?"

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror, turned the steering wheel, and said seriously, "Don't worry, sir."

"Today we prepared roast squab and roast goose, sir, are you satisfied?"

Kadoorie twisted up a white towel and wiped the beard at the corner of her mouth.

"It would be even better if I could have another piece of roast duck, after all, fish and chips are a bit off my appetite."

The driver was wearing white gloves and said politely: "No, sir, your personal doctor said that you already suffer from high blood pressure, high blood lipids, and high blood sugar."

"Try to minimize your fat intake."

"Oh that's it!"

Kadoorie sighed, "Then help me find a private doctor!"

Also a member of the Kadoorie family, the middle-aged driver is also the nephew of the boss, so he can only shrug his shoulders and pretend he didn't hear.

The Kadoorie family has Jewish ancestry and their ancestors lived in Baghdad, the capital of Yinlak. They went to India to do business in the 18th century. Later, they made a fortune in Shanghai and bought the Guangcheng Power Plant in Yingzi’s hands. They started to do electricity business for the first time. During the war, the business suffered losses. , escaped from Xiangjiang to do the power plant business, first provided power to the Peninsula Hotel, and later developed into the China Power Group, and acquired the Peninsula Hotel, accepted the canonization of the British Lord, and became a member of Xiangjiang British Capital, but his family has always been in Doing business in Asia, rooted in the Chinese cultural circle, has long been half-Chinese.

I will participate in activities every year and festival, and donate to a dragon boat team. Every Dragon Boat Festival, I will go to the dragon boat competition.

However, after Edward Heath submitted the monthly report to his ancestors, he received an order from the Sixth Bureau, hoping that Xiangjiang could obtain the construction drawings of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.

This is the most dangerous and difficult order that Edward has accepted in the year since he came to Xiangjiang.Because this is not a mission to be carried out in Xiangjiang, but to enter the Guangdong Province area.

Comparing Xiangjiang to the front line, Guangdong Province is behind the enemy lines!

"This task can only be entrusted to Sir Kadoorie." The CLP Group has cooperated with the HK Electric Group and can send people into the mainland in the name of security inspections. They are the best candidates to act as spies.

Edward weighed again and again, invited Kadoorie to have dinner at the Peninsula Hotel, informed him of MI[-]'s decision, and promised to send MI[-] spies to cooperate.

The leather shoes on Kadoorie's toes trembled slightly, but he leaned over and replied, "The Kadoorie family is willing to serve you!"

On this day, Kadoorie did not leave the Peninsula Hotel at all. In the evening, he met another distinguished guest. He stood in the corridor to greet him, bowed and said, "Mr. Zhang, the Peninsula Hotel welcomes you."

Chapter 421 "London Bridge Project"

Zhang Guobin sat on the sofa in the hotel, took a glass of red wine, lowered his head and sniffed the wine: "Very good fruity aroma, Mr. Kadoorie."

"This is a bottle of 76-year-old Lafite. If Mr. Zhang is interested in red wine, I can buy some for you." Bordeaux is the best grape producing area in the world.It is highly praised by the European and American wine circles and has been prosperous for a long time, so there is no chance of acquisition.