Rebirth: Rising Hong Kong Chapter 685

The charter king's decision-making power and execution power are still very strong. After a brief contact with Shi Zhijian, he persuaded the Hong Kong Huo family and the Xu family. In fact, he didn't need to persuade him personally, and the two families had no choice.

Immediately afterwards, what the charter king had to do was to represent the three major families of the Bao family, the Huo family, and the Xu family, to transfer 10% of the equity in Wharf to Shi Zhijian at HK$25 million.

Shi Zhijian, IOU!

Because 30 million in his hands has other uses.

In this regard, the three major families of the Bao family, the Huo family and the Xu family still have no choice!

Then, the charter king took the lead and jointly recommended Shi Zhijian to the executives of Jardine Matheson to serve as the executive director of the Wharf Port Company.

Shi Zhijian is very smart. The director position in this company can only belong to the "mid-range" level, so that the original directors, presidents, and general managers will not be evil, lest they cause you to stumble and wear small shoes halfway.

However, this position has real power and can be in charge of the middle and lower levels of the company, so it is easy to be accepted.

As the controlling consortium of Wharf, Jardine Matheson has no objection to this. The reason is very simple. The Wharf is in dire straits. No one wants to go to this mess. Since some people want to die, how can they refuse?

However, since the matter is a big deal, we still have to go through the procedures. Shi Zhijian, the director who is about to take office as a new officer, at least has to meet and communicate with the boss of Jardine Matheson.

Jardine is currently one of the oldest companies in Asia.

The founders, William Jardine and James Madison, were originally doctors and their job was to save lives and heal the wounded. At that time, the notorious East India Company needed to recruit two people on a large trading ship to help people see patients.

After a long time, they found that helping people to see a doctor makes too little money, while pulling things on the ship, doing trade, making more money.

So the two young men gave up their jobs as doctors and workers on ships, and went ashore to set up Jardine's and start trading. In this way, they started a business in Guangzhou.

As for the name "Jardine Matheson", they later plagiarized the name of the Chinese comprador capitalist Wu family "Jardine House", and won a lot of benefits by playing side balls.

At this time, it was still in the middle of the Qing Dynasty in China. At that time, Britain was known as the empire on which the sun never sets, and China was the lion of the east. However, this lion is closed to the country, and Guangzhou is the only place where foreign trade is possible.

As a result, Jardine Matheson became one of the first foreign companies to do business in China.

At that time, Jardine's business was to sell opium to China, and then buy a large amount of tea from China and sell it back to Europe. It can be said that Jardine's first pot of gold is original sin.

And Yihe was one of the main culprits that caused the Opium War. Lin Zexu, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, implemented a smoking ban in Guangzhou. So the founder of the Jardine Company, William Jardine, went to London himself to persuade the British to go to war with China, and urged the British to seize Hong Kong as a trading stronghold.

It can be said that without Jardine Matheson, there would be no Opium War and no history of Hong Kong becoming a colony.

After the outbreak of the Opium War, Jardine's headquarters moved to Hong Kong. After a long period of development, Jardine has become the No. 1 major British-owned foreign firm in Hong Kong.

At that time, Jardine, Wheelock, Hutchison, and Swire became the four major foreign firms, among which Jardine became the largest consortium in the Far East at that time.

In 1961, the Jardine Group was listed in Hong Kong and was highly sought after by the market. Jardine started with Hong Kong as its core and then expanded to the whole of Asia.

Jardine's business ranges from financial insurance, retail department stores, construction engineering, machinery manufacturing, automobile trading, to real estate and other industries.

Jardine also has two companies, Landmark and Wharf as its right-hand man. It was once the largest real estate developer in Hong Kong.

Jardine had a colonial economic monopoly on Hong Kong at that time, but due to the change of China's policy towards Hong Kong at that time, Jardine had been madly accumulating wealth in Hong Kong, and then transferring this wealth to various Asian countries for investment.

But now, Jardine Matheson finally got its retribution, and the steps were too big, and the eggs were involved, and they encountered a crisis in the capital chain.

This will be taken advantage of by Lizhaotian, inciting the dock workers to strike, taking the opportunity to lower the share price of Wharf, and trying to swallow Wharf in one fell swoop!

Faced with such a situation, this old-fashioned British-owned foreign firm cunningly wanted to use the method of "using China to control China" to use the three major ship kings to compete against Li Zhaotian.

The three ship kings pushed Shi Zhijian out and asked him to be the cannon fodder to "help" Jardine Matheson against Li Zhaotian.

How did the top executives of Jardine Matheson know that Shi Zhijian was a more dangerous person than Li Zhaotian. Shi Zhijian had no good feelings for this foreign firm from the very beginning. The most important thing is that he also has the heart to swallow the Wharf!

To be precise, this time Jardine Matheson is completely "bringing wolves into the house"!

The famous heir of Jardine Matheson, the British tycoon Mr. Keswick and Shi Zhijian agreed to meet in a Guangzhou snack street in Hong Kong.

This snack street is mostly filled with commoners who are eating here. A well-dressed, blond ghost like Keswick suddenly appears here, which seems a bit out of place.

At this moment, the 43-year-old Keswick, wearing a top hat and holding a civilized stick, invited Shi Zhijian to sit down in front of a dry fried beef stall, asked the boss for a pot of tea, then took the tea cup and opened it, Poured a glass for each of Shi Zhijian and himself.

"Dear Mr. Shi, I'm sorry to invite you to meet here. I'm looking forward to Haihan." Keswick handed the tea to Shi Zhijian and said politely.

Shi Zhijian took the tea and said with a smile, "It's okay, this kind of place is very down-to-earth."

"Really?" Keswick looked around and said meaningfully, "My parents used to work hard to start a business in Guangzhou! It is said that they like to eat Guangzhou's dry fried beef and rice rolls!"

Is this ghost still playing with himself?

Shi Zhijian smiled in his heart and said, "I didn't expect you, Mr. Keswick, to be so nostalgic. I think Yangxing will flourish in your hands!"

Keswick looked humble: "No, no, I just want stability now! Especially the Wharf incident can be resolved satisfactorily!"

In fact, this Keswick has great ambitions and talents. Since he took charge of Jardine, he has expanded blindly and wanted to surpass his ancestors to create his own glory, but the reality gave him a slap in the face, making him understand that his ancestors are difficult to surpass!

What's more, at that time, his ancestors did bad things. He was a half-baked villain who was not qualified to compare with his ancestors, and the environment of Hong Kong did not allow him to act recklessly!

"So I now hope that after Mr. Shi takes over the position of director of the Wharf warehouse, he can cut through the mess quickly and resolve the dockworker's strike first."

"Don't worry about this!" Shi Zhijian took out a cigarette, knocked it on the cigarette case, and handed it to Keswick.

Keswick waved his hand hurriedly and declined.

Shi Zhijian was not polite, he took one to his mouth, lit the cigarette with a lighter, raised his head and exhaled the smoke and looked at Keswick: "I already have a plan for this matter, and I will show my strength after I take office. !"

Keswick was delighted and felt that the strategy of "using China to control China" was about to be realized.

These stupid Chinese people just like to fight in the nest, then we British will let you fight!

Looking at Keswick, whose eyes were inadvertently showing contempt and pride, Shi Zhijian kept his face, raised his hand to ask for two dry fried beef, and then made a condition to Kesek: "But when I deal with the dock incident, I still need to Your bank will do your best to help!”

"It doesn't matter, just ask if you have any requests!" Keswick rinsed the chopsticks in his hands with tea. Damn, how could it be so dirty? Shouldn't it be contaminated with the saliva of these dirty Chinese?

Keswick regretted inviting Shi Zhijian to come here to remember bittersweet sweets. The harsh environment of this place made him almost unbearable!

"Nonsence!"

A big shirtless man next to him spit out thick phlegm at Keswick's feet.

Keswick's disgust was about to explode, and he raised his head and wanted to get angry at the **** man, but saw the **** man staring at him with his feet clasped on his face, and when Keswick reached his mouth, he held back.

"My request is very simple," Shi Zhijian smiled, flicked the soot, and looked at Keswick: "Give me another 10% stake in Wharf!"

"Ah? What?" Keswick almost jumped up in surprise.

Shi Zhijian pretended not to see Keswick's excited appearance, and said in a flat tone: "Don't worry, Mr. Keswick, I have no plans for Wharf, and the reason why I ask you for 10% of the equity is entirely to enhance the appeal of my directorship. If I own 20% of the equity, then I can more justifiably dispatch troops instead of tying my hands and feet!"

"Of course, if you don't trust me, we can sign an agreement in private, and I will transfer 10% of the equity to you after three months! Legal proof!"

Keswick hesitated, and at this time the boss brought up the fried dry fried beef.

Shi Zhijian pointed to Keswick and said, "If you still have any concerns, you can reconsider, or eat first!"

How could Keswick eat this kind of thing, he just pretended to pick a few chopsticks with his chopsticks and didn't put it in his mouth. What he likes is coffee, cheese, and precious caviar!

"Okay, I trust you! Dear Shi, who let us hit it off!" Keswick made up his mind.

He is reluctant to bear the wolf who cannot bear his children, and he does not want his strategy of "using China to control China" to die halfway.

Besides, there is legal protection, so what are you afraid of? !

"So good! I wish us a happy cooperation!" Shi Zhijian raised his teacup to toast Keswick with tea instead of wine.

Keswick also picked up the teacup and pretended to clink with Shi Zhijian, saying that when the use is finished, you will be swept out the door!

Shi Zhijian looked at the smiling Keswick, and when he said it, you would know what it means to lead a wolf into a room!

Kowloon, one thousand meters away from the "Oriental Daily" branch.

Wharf dock workers once again marched in the streets today.

In the past, demonstrations of thousands of people like this were not allowed by the British Hong Kong government, and riot squads would be dispatched to suppress them.

But today, this team is holding banners and howling wildly in the street.

"We need a raise!"

"We want to eat!"

"Wharf is rich and unkind!"

"Down with British imperialism! Down with the black-hearted capitalists!"

The slogans were so loud that many citizens who had not known the accident gathered to watch, and some warm-hearted, self-confessed sense of justice even took the initiative to join the parade.

In fact, such a huge parade is a mixed bag. To be precise, except for some dockers who came to help people with sacks of rice and noodles distributed by the behind-the-scenes messengers, many of them were young and dangerous boys arranged by Xie Yonghua. , and the gangsters.

Under the instructions of Xie Yonghua, these people fanned the flames in the team, deliberately created conflicts, mobilized the atmosphere, and held their children to sell miserably, crying bitterly! He was wearing bandages again, looking up at the pig's head that had been beaten with a blue nose and a swollen face, and shouted, "The sky has eyes! Down with the black-hearted capitalists!"

It can be said that these people are the well-deserved "atmosphere group" in the demonstrations of this era!

The leading figure in this demonstration was "Wang Kuifa", nicknamed "Stinky Fart". He was an out-and-out dock worker, mainly loading and unloading containers.

In this era, the container loading and unloading work was gradually replaced by manpower. Wang Kuifa is also working less and less and earning less money.

Not long ago, people from the Wharf Society found him and gave him 3,000 yuan to do as they ordered, and they guaranteed that there would be a reward after everything was done!

3,000 yuan is his annual salary. Wang Kuifa was immediately moved. He entangled the workers at the dock who complained about the company's oppression. The wharf strike begins.

At the beginning, Wang Kuifa was still a little uneasy, because if this matter became too big, it would probably cause everyone to lose their jobs.

But he himself was short of money, and he played a few games in the underground casino at the dock recently, and lost all his savings~www.mtlnovel.com~ has nowhere to go.

He was about to die and no one could save him, so how could he have the time to worry about the lives of others.

Wang Kuifa usually makes a fuss at the pier, but this time he made a lot of money to treat guests to dinner, and he smoked rice to make noodles. How could those bitter hahas have received such courtesy, and if they were fooled by Wang Kuifa's well-crafted words, he felt that he was being squeezed. Now, you have been fooled by the loss, and you want to engage in class struggle to defeat these black-hearted British capitalists!

Facts have proved that most people who can work hard at the dock are not enough brains.

They didn't even think about where would they go if the pier collapsed? Haven't even considered whether they were being used by others?

As soon as they closed their eyes and felt in the dark, they followed Wang Kuifa in a parade and waged class struggle!

With the huge momentum of the parade, these people were carried away by the victory again, thinking that even the government and the audience supported them, they represented justice, they were invincible, and they were invincible!

As soon as this superior mentality comes out, people become excited, jump up and down, and become more positive in the parade!

Chapter end

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