After Hehe International acquired Wheelock last year, it has been actively promoting the process of delisting and privatizing these two companies, and now it has achieved initial results.

   First of all, it is Hehe International. Qi Dezun has completed the wholly-owned acquisition of Huangpu Dockyard, and formally included Huangpu Dockyard as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hehe International.

This is different from another time and space. In another time and space, Hehe International under the leadership of Wei Li merged with Huangpu Shipyard. After paying a part of the shares of Hehe International, they exchanged for the remaining shares of Huangpu Shipyard. The two parties eventually merged into Hutchison.

   This time, with the support of Chu Huan's funds, Hehe International, led by Qi Dezun, directly acquired Huangpu Dockyard with cash, so the name was not changed in the end, and Hehe International was still called Hehe International.

It is precisely because of this acquisition and the acquisition of Wheelock that the shares held by Star Investment, the holding company of Hehe International, have increased significantly, and the minority shareholders of Hehe International have already held shares in Hehe International. It can be ignored.

  In addition, at this time, the three major controlling parties of Hehe International, Starry Sky Investment controlled by Qi Dezun, who was misunderstood by outsiders, and Chu Huan's Jiaku, the remaining one is HSBC, which is now in the transition from old to new.

   "Now if you want to complete the delisting and privatization of Hehe International, you only need to get HSBC's shares in Hehe International!"

  Qi Dezun first talked to Chu Huan about the delisting and privatization of Hehe International.

  Chu Huan said: "How is your connection with HSBC?"

  Chu Huan is not suitable to appear in the delisting and privatization process of Hehe International at this time, so this matter is still completed by Qi Dezun.

Qi Dezun said: "Sha Ya has been busy with the acquisition of Ocean Milan Bank of North America before, and did not talk to me in detail on this matter. I am going to talk to Roy Bentley in detail after he takes the stage. thing."

Chu Huan pondered for a while, and didn't say anything more about this matter. Although his relationship with Roy Bentley was a relationship of interests, now Roy Bentley is about to sit in the head of HSBC, the quasi-central bank of Xiangjiang. Whether the position can be the same as before, Chu Huan has no way to make a decision now.

  So before this matter is clear, Chu Huan will not tell Roy Bentley about the matter between himself and Hehe International.

   "Where is Wheelock?"

Qi Dezun said with a smile: "The situation of Wheelock is a bit complicated. In the past six months, we have basically adjusted the management of Wheelock. As for the listed companies under the company, apart from selling Lane Crawford to Ms. Cao After the Empire Fashion Group, there is no other action, but now many real estate companies in Xiangjiang have approached Wheelock, hoping to jointly develop their land with Wheelock, or want to buy from Wheelock. Take some land, and some shipping companies in Xiangjiang are doing the same thing, but they just exchanged the land for cargo ships."

   After entering 77 years, Cao Yunshang officially established his own Empire Fashion Group.

It owns the Printemps Department Store in Paris, France, the Printemps Department Store that is under construction in Japan, and the Lane Crawford and Ella Boutiques in Xiangjiang. At the same time, after the operation, the Imperial Fashion Group sold the Hua Department Store and Daxin Department Store under Lane Crawford to Zhu Xiaozhao chain of sea of ​​clouds.

  In addition, in addition to these, the Empire Fashion Group also has two brands, Fendi and Prada.

   Has become the world's top luxury goods group.

   With sufficient financial support, Cao Yunshang's development is smooth and rapid.

As for Wheelock, Chu Huan did not expect that a management reform would last for such a long time, but there is no way to think about it. In any case, Hehe International had Qi Dezun in charge, so it just needed to clean up some corpses. People will do.

But before that, Wheelock was dominated by the John Marden family and the Zhang Yuliang family. All the senior officials were basically their people, so it would obviously take a lot of money to get rid of these high-ranking old courtiers in the company. for a longer time.

   "Don't worry about these things for now, just complete the delisting and privatization of the head office, some real estate companies, and shipping companies!"

   These things cannot be completed in a short period of time, so after Chu Huan accepts Wheelock, he must continue to do this.

  Qi Dezun has no opinion on this, and the completion of the delisting and privatization of Hehe International and Wheelock, the parent company, is his last stroke in Xiangjiang's business history.

   "A Huan, even if these two companies have been delisted and privatized, if you want to take over smoothly, you will definitely encounter strong resistance. Have you thought about how to deal with it?"

  Qi Dezun reminded Chu Huan.

   Regarding this point, Chu Huan already had a plan in mind.

In the past, Hehe International and Wheelock, as the four major British-funded foreign firms in Hong Kong, had to overcome obstacles if they wanted to acquire them. Now that the two companies have merged and become one of the four major conglomerates in Hong Kong, the resistance to fully controlling them can be imagined Got it.

   "This is one of the reasons why Wheelock's management was adjusted immediately!"

  Chu Huan wanted to put these two companies under Jiaku's umbrella on the bright side, so the resistance he encountered was actually nothing more than two kinds.

   Resistance from within, resistance from without.

The internal resistance is caused by the management. Although Chu Huan is the number one person in Xiangjiang, not all the ghosts believe in Chu Huan, and even many ghosts regard Chu Huan as a provocation. Those who challenge their status in Xiangjiang.

  Those who have such thoughts still occupy the mainstream.

  So now Chu Huan asked Qi Dezun to take the lead in targeting Wheelock's management, and the previous reform of Hehe International's management is actually to solve the problem in advance for this internal resistance.

  As for the external resistance, it is the Jardine Maison and the Hong Kong government as the mainstream groups.

Chu Huan's current achievements in Xiangjiang have exceeded their bottom line. This is not what they want to see. If Chu Huan hadn't put his own business empire into an iron bucket, there would have been more business activities. Overseas, it is estimated that they have already started to attack Chu Huan by this time.

  Before Chu Huan participated in the acquisition of Wheelock, this is how the Hong Kong government took action.

  But for these external resistances, Chu Huan has already made preparations to meet them.

  So there will definitely be resistance at that time, but Chu Huan is confident that these resistance will not become a problem after he has been in business for such a long time.

  Qi Dezun said: "I hope everything will go well then!"

  Chu Huan smiled and said: "Everything will go well. I will give Mr. Taipan a big gift at that time. It can be regarded as thanks to Mr. Taipan for his contribution to Hehe International and Wheelock during this time!"

  Qi Dezun showed an interested expression and said: "Then I will wait and see when the time comes!"

   Then Qi Dezun told Chu Huan some specific details of the two companies. Although Qi Dezun had tried to simplify it as much as possible, it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon when the two of them finished talking.

  By the time Chu Huan arrived at Bijiashan Villa, it was already six o'clock.

  The situation here is the same as that of Chu Huan at No. 12 Mount Kellett Road before, it is very lively.

  After these few days of getting along, the relationship between Lin Weiliang, Ma Lanying and Lin Li has become less strange.

  When Chu Huan came here, not only they were there, but Lin Qingxia's elder brother Lin Chengsen and Lin Lixia were also there.

  Some of these people are sitting in the living room and chatting, while others are busy in the kitchen. At this time, they don't want outsiders to disturb their reunion time.

   "A Huan!"

   "Brother Huan!"

   "Brother-in-law!"

  Different titles come from different people, Chu Huan responded one by one with a smile, Lin Weiyun and Ma Lanying expressed their gratitude to Chu Huan here, and being able to find their family members in their hometown has completely resolved their worries.

   "Uncle, aunt, don't be so polite if you are a family. Otherwise, I always think I'm here as a guest!"

  Chu Huan said with a smile.

   "Yes, yes, yes, one family does not talk about two different languages!" Ma Lanying said happily, seeing her eldest daughter again made her extremely happy.

   After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Chu Huan and Lin Qingxia came to the garden.

   "Second uncle, elder sister, and brother-in-law have already decided to stay here for a few more days before returning to their hometown. They said that although this place is good, they are already used to life in their hometown and they don't want to change their current life."

  Lin Qingxia sat on a wicker chair in the courtyard, preaching with a complicated expression.

  Chu Huan sat next to her, and comforted: "Everyone has their own way of life. Since you have already chosen, even if you are family members, it is hard to say anything."

  Lin Qingxia nodded and said: "I understand, but Mom and Dad can't accept it, and don't want Eldest Sister and the others to go back!"

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "Look at you, uncle and aunt must not have persuaded the other party."

   "Yes!" Brigitte Lin nodded helplessly.

   "Okay, don't think about these things anymore. Since they are going back, you can accompany them around Xiangjiang during this time. Just call Shu Han if you have anything to do!"

   Chu Huan preached.

   "Thank you Brother Huan!" Lin Qingxia said.

   While the two were chatting, there was already a shout in the room about eating.

  Chu Huan and Lin Qingxia went to the restaurant and had dinner with their family.

  Although there were enough rooms in Bijiashan Villa, Chu Huan finally left here and left the space for his family.

  After leaving the Wubijia Mountain Villa, Chu Huan drove to Miao Kexiu's residence.

  Miao Kexiu had already fallen asleep, but when she saw Chu Huan coming over, she asked in her pajamas, "Can I make you something to eat?"

  Of course there are servants at home, but Miao Kexiu still hopes that Chu Huan can eat the dinner she prepared.

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "I have already eaten before coming here, so go to bed early!"

  Miao Kexiu nodded, and when Chu Huan came out of the shower, the two were lying on the bed. Miao Kexiu tentatively asked Chu Huan, "I heard from Sister Yunshang that grandma and her family have come to Xiangjiang."

  Although Chu Huan already has some affection for Mrs. Wu and her family, it is definitely impossible to say how deep in his heart.

But the girls around Chu Huan don't know about these things. From their point of view, this is Chu Huan's grandfather, his relatives in his hometown, and now they have come to Xiangjiang. If they don't see them, they must be Unreasonable.

   But if you go to meet, what capacity will you go to meet with?

   Without Chu Huan's nod, they could only be thinking wildly at home.

  Chu Huan understood their thoughts, and said with a smile: "After I finish dealing with Xiangjiang's affairs, I will take you to see her old man!"

  With Chu Huan's attitude, Miao Kexiu no longer has anything to worry about.

   There was talk all night, and there was a lot of movement.

   On the second day, after Chu Huan finished the breakfast prepared by Miao Kexiu, he drove directly to Huo Tsar's home.

  The meeting with Huo Tsar was very pleasant. Huo Tsar first asked Chu Huan how he felt about his hometown, and after hearing that Chu Huan had not changed his mind, he became happier.

   "Then this year's football invitational tournament, will you go back with me?"

  Huo Tsar asked Chu Huan.

  Before that, Huo Tsar wanted to let Chu Huan return to his hometown during the football invitational match with him, but Chu Huan couldn't wait, so he came to the present ahead of time.

   Facts are changing so fast that those who don't know now can't understand. In Huo Tsar's view, there will be no change between the invitational tournament at that time and the current situation in his hometown.

  But Chu Huan understood that with the official appearance of Mr. Zheng, the situation will undergo important changes, so he preached.

   "Go back, as long as Uncle Ho tells me the time in advance!"

   Seeing Chu Huan so happy, Huo Tsar was also very happy, and said with a smile: "No problem!"

  Leaving Mr. Huo's home, Chu Huan returned to the company.

  It was the same as usual when you left the company for a long time. Xu Yi and Wu Shuhan came to find Chu Huan with a stack of documents.

   These are documents that need to be signed by Chu Huan.

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evening!

  Chu Huan left the company, came to the Five Sacred Mountains Club again, and met Roy Bentley, who was full of spring.

   "Should I call you Mr. Taiban now?"

  After Chu Huan sat down, he laughed and joked with Roy Bentley.

  Roy Bentley laughed: "It's still early, it's still early!"

   "It's getting late, I just returned to Xiangjiang and heard that you have now started the daily work of HSBC, and Shaya's side has become a thing of the past!"

   Chu Huan laughed.

Roy Bentley picked up his glass and said earnestly: "Mr. Chu, this time I was able to sit in the position of HSBC executive, thanks to your help before. There were too many people around me, so it was inconvenient to talk about many things. Today This time, I sincerely thank you!"

  Chu Huan also picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "Roy, I'm just pushing the boat along the way. It's because of your personal ability that I was able to sit in the position of HSBC executive."

   The two drank the glass of wine tacitly.

  After Roy Bentley put down his wine glass, he smiled and said to Chu Huan: "Director Chu, HSBC will have some receptions next time, you must be there to support!"

  Roy Bentley's background in HSBC is not deep, which also leads to him not being able to perfectly control HSBC as soon as he comes up, like Shen Bi from another time and space.

  So in the early stage, Roy Bentley needs the continuous support of influential people in Xiangjiang, and Chu Huan is the supporter he must win.

  That's why I say this now.

  Chu Huan nodded and said: "It's natural. I will stay in Xiangjiang during this time. If you need anything, Roy, just ask."

  Although he knew that Chu Huan would definitely support him, Roy Bentley was determined to hear Chu Huan's personal promise now.

   "But I also hope that when I need your support in the future, Roy, you can fully support my plan!"

  With the support of HSBC, then Chu Huan will encounter much less resistance when he formally takes over the matter of Hehe International and Wheelock.

  Roy Bentley immediately smiled and said: "It should be, I have already said it before, the friendship between the two of us is forever!"

  Chu Huan raised his glass again with a smile.

  The meeting between the two was more about continuing to increase the relationship between the two parties, and there was no substantive content to talk about.

   Even so, the two talked until late at night.

   This time when he came out at Wuyuehui, Chu Huan didn't go to Miao Kexiu's residence, but to Gu Chengxi's residence. Many people hadn't seen each other for more than a month, so he must see everyone.

  Gu Chengxi and Miao Kexiu had the same worries, but after getting Chu Huan's affirmative answer, they also seemed very happy.

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   In the next few days, Chu Huan met with some Xiangjiang friends one after another, and by the way, dealt with the company's affairs that had been accumulated for more than a month, so that he had some free time.

   But it is only relative to these days.

   At this time, it has entered May, and the news of Xiangjiang has become lively.

  The first thing is naturally the news that HSBC Taipan Saya is about to leave.

  HSBC is the quasi-central bank of Xiangjiang. Every replacement of a taipan will cause quite a stir in Xiangjiang. After all, the taipan of HSBC can represent the economic development trend of Xiangjiang to a certain extent.

  If the first matter of Sha Ya’s resignation and Roy Bentley’s succession is already psychologically prepared, then the second matter of Hehe International and Wheelock’s delisting and privatization has caught people off guard.

  The four major consortiums of Xiangjiang, Jiaku, Jardine, HSBC, Hehe International-Wheelock!

  Nowadays, Chu Huan’s Jiaku is a private company and has not been listed. If Hehe International-Wheelock is delisted and privatized now, the sensation caused in Xiangjiang can be imagined!

  These two news became the mainstream of Xiangjiang during this period, Chu Huan simply paid attention to them, and then put them aside.

   Today Chu Huan brought Miao Kexiu to Mid-Levels, the villa where Mrs. Wu lived.

The old lady is in a complicated mood now. She originally thought that her grandson had a wife in Xiangjiang, and having a confidante would be good enough, but she never thought that when her grandson was eating here last night, she told herself that there would be another grandson-in-law coming to visit today. she.

   Not only this one, but there will be more in the next few days!

  The old lady couldn't bear it any longer: "Ah Huan, although young people are in good health, they should know how to restrain themselves!"

  Chu Huan smiled awkwardly. This is really the first elder to tell him about this kind of thing. Even Chu Duanqing had never told him about this before.

   Fortunately, the old lady is also a person who has come out of the old era, and has a relatively high degree of acceptance of these things. After talking about it, she stopped mentioning it.

   "Don't be nervous, the old lady is very nice!"

  Looking at the presents that Miao Kexiu was carrying, Chu Huan smiled and took some from the other party's hands, and joked.

  Miao Kexiu nodded seriously, but she didn't relax no matter how she looked, even when she entered the room, she didn't know which foot to take!

  Nervousness is an inevitable process. After the nervousness passes, it will be much better.

   It didn't take long for the old lady to calm down Miao Kexiu's nervousness. Seeing that they were chatting happily, Chu Huan didn't go over to talk to them.

  Chen Xincheng talked to Chu Huan curiously: "A Huan, uncle, I have read a lot of Xiangjiang newspapers and magazines during this time!"

  Chu Huan asked with a smile, "Can you understand?"

Although most newspapers and magazines in Xiangjiang still follow the normal style of writing, there must still be some Xiangjiang slang in the middle, and it is in the form of traditional characters, so Chu Huan asked this question .

  Chen Xincheng smiled and said: "Half and half, even those who are guessing and confused can probably understand the content inside."

  Chu Huan said: "Excellent, understanding the newspapers here will be of great help to your integration into this society."

  Chen Xincheng laughed and said: "This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that there are many reports about you, especially"

   Speaking of this, Chen Xincheng took a special look and found that his wife Zeng Hong was not here, so he whispered to Chu Huan: "I mean, your romantic history is written in those newspapers!"

  Chu Huan looked at Chen Xincheng's expression, and asked with a smile, "Shall I introduce some friends to uncle?"

  Chen Xincheng's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "Don't do it, I want to live a few more years, but I didn't expect Xiangjiang to be so open."

  Chu Huan chuckled and said, "Just wait, my hometown will be more open than here in the future!"

  Chen Xincheng thought of the situation in his hometown, and shook his head directly: "How is it possible!"

  Chu Huan didn't argue, and then chatted with Chen Xincheng about their new job search, and dinner began.

  Since then, this villa in the middle of the mountain has been very lively every day. Gu Chengxi, Zhu Xiaozhao, and Zhao Yazhi also came to see the old lady one after another.

   "Ah Huan, there should be no more?"

  Watching Zhao Yazhi go to chat with Zeng Hong and Chen Shuli, the old lady asked Chu Huan exhausted.

  Chu Huan sat on the sofa and said with a smile: "There are no more here in Xiangjiang for the time being, wait for the opportunity overseas!"

The old lady sighed and said: "Although I don't care much about your grandma, your grandson gave your grandma too much surprise. When I was in Shenghai, although some families also had such people, but this kind of thing is not very good after all.”

  Chu Huan said perfunctorily: "I will care about it in the future!"

Seeing Chu Huan's attitude, the old lady knew that it was useless to talk about it, so she could only smile and say: "But that's fine, I heard your sister-in-law talk about your Chu family a few days ago. That's the way it is with Fang. In the future, the incense of your Chu family will still depend on you to pass it on. Now that you have so many girls by your side, you should think more about your own incense.

   And I have met these girls, they are all good girls, you can’t”

  The old lady originally wanted to tell Chu Huan not to do anything sorry for others, but thinking of what Chu Huan is doing now, it seems that this standard has been reached.

   "In the future, do you know that you are not allowed to do things that love the new and dislike the old?"

  In the end, the old lady could only preach like this.

  Chu Huan regained his spirits immediately, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, loving the new and not hating the old has always been one of your grandson's good qualities!"

  Old lady: "."

"Forget it, let's talk about the incense of your Chu family. Although I don't know how big your business is in Xiangjiang, it seems that you have so many excellent girls around you, and now our food and clothing The business is definitely not small, so you still have to pay attention to this, it is best to let Yun Shang have the first child!"

   Facing the old lady's exhortation, Chu Huan agreed.

  After talking about this matter, the old lady told Chu Huan about Chen Xincheng, Chen Shuli, and Zeng Hong.

"Grandma knows that you want everyone to live well, but people can't rely on others forever, so you don't want to interfere in everything about your uncle and the others in Xiangjiang. Now everything you have given us has made us better than many people. It’s all good, if you give more in the future, it’s inevitable that your uncles will come up with a natural idea, this is not helping them but harming them.”

Obviously, the old lady's idea coincided with Chu Huan's idea. Now Chu Huan is in charge of their accommodation in Xiangjiang. The old lady mentioned before that they are not suitable to live in such a good place, but I was persuaded by Chu Duanqing.

  So the old lady didn't want Chu Huan to help them with the next work.

  In a nutshell, they are worried that they will become moths.

  When Chu Huan heard the old lady say this, he told the old lady what he thought.

  After listening to the old lady, she also agreed with Chu Huan's suggestion with a smile, and said: "This is the best. It is good to eat with your hands."

"Ok!"

   After chatting with the old lady for a while, Chu Huan and Zhao Yazhi left here together.

   "Grandma is very nice!" Sitting next to Chu Huan, Zhao Yazhi asked with a smile, "Brother Huan, can I come here often to see grandma in the future?"

  Chu Huan nodded and said: "Of course it is possible. The old lady has not been in Xiangjiang for a long time, and she is a little lonely. If you can visit her often, she will be very happy."

   "Yes!" Zhao Yazhi nodded happily.

The two chatted and returned to Zhao Yazhi's villa in Bijiashan. At this time, Lin Weiyun and others had already returned to their hometown, Chu Huan also sent them off, and Lin Weiliang and others returned to Taiwan Island, but their family had already agreed , will move to Xiangjiang in the future, so that it will be more convenient for them to return to their hometown to visit them.

  Chu Huan didn't have any opinion on this.

  After resting for a day, Chu Huan went to Sha Ya's farewell party!