"How was the conversation with MacLehose?"

  After coming out of Fanling, Chu Huan directly drove back to No. 12, Mount Kellett Road, and Cao Yunshang walked out of the study room, which she basically regards as her work place now.

   "It's nothing more than testing each other. Obviously, the British government definitely hopes to stay in Xiangjiang, and is now seeking the support of some Chinese businessmen."

  Chu Huan took off his coat, sat on the sofa, and took the Coke from Cao Yunshang's hand.

  Cao Yunshang smiled when he heard it: "It seems that he found the wrong person!"

   "Although the meaning is not very obvious, but there must be thoughts in this regard, just deal with it, and it is not suitable to quarrel with him because of this kind of thing now!" Chu Huan said indifferently.

  Cao Yunshang agreed with Chu Huan's decision, and said with a smile: "Roy Bentley called home in the morning and said he wanted to invite you to HSBC in the afternoon!"

  Chu Huan didn't think much about it, smiled easily, and said, "This is the position of the top class just now, do you want me to see his majesty?"

  Cao Yunshang asked: "Now that Roy Bentley has taken the position of HSBC executive, is there no need to be so anxious about Alder Commercial Bank's entry into Xiangjiang?"

It has been almost a year since the Alder Commercial Bank of North America was acquired. According to Chu Huan and David Maxwell's idea, they want to find a personal commercial bank in Xiangjiang for acquisition first, and then enter Xiangjiang's bank as an opportunity. At that time, Chu Huan thought about Standard Chartered Bank.

However, after Chu Huan's investigation and analysis later, this is not appropriate. First of all, no matter how Chu Huan operates, Alder Commercial Bank must be a North American commercial bank. There is no way to change this unless Chu Huan registers Alder Commercial Bank. The land moved from North America to Hong Kong, or a tax haven.

   But it lost Alder Commercial Bank's advantage as a North American commercial bank.

So in the second half of last year, Chu Huan specially flew to North America and had an in-depth conversation with David Maxwell. In the end, the two parties agreed to expand its business in North America with Alder Commercial Bank as the core, as well as Europe, South Africa Businesses in the Americas, parts of Asia and other places.

As for Xiangjiang, Chu Huan wants to find a new bank for acquisition, so as to open up his own banking industry in other parts of Asia. Of course, this will not make Alder Commercial Bank give up its business in Asia, but it will change Alder Commercial Bank. development strategy.

According to Chu Huan's plan, the main target of the bank acquired in Xiangjiang will be his hometown and Africa in the future, while Alder Commercial Bank will be more concentrated in other places other than these two places. The most important thing is, Alder Commercial Bank really has no way to enter the banking industry in its hometown.

  Therefore, Alder Commercial Bank does not necessarily have to acquire a commercial bank in Xiangjiang first, it can establish its own office first.

  Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Alder Commercial Bank's layout in Xiangjiang cannot be stopped. It is the best way to do both. Our ancestors taught us not to put all our eggs in one basket.

   Moreover, after Roy Bentley took the position of HSBC bank executive, although he has performed very well before, his mentality will definitely change, so he cannot bet all the treasures on him alone. "

  Cao Yunshang was slightly taken aback, and asked, "You mean that Roy Bentley might cause trouble for you?"

  The relationship between Chu Huan and Roy Bentley is known throughout Xiangjiang. Now that Chu Huan said so, Cao Yunshang naturally has reason to be suspicious.

Chu Huan smiled easily, and said: "Power is a very good thing. It can make people forget many things in the past. Roy Bentley is a layman, not too noble. I promoted him at the beginning. , the most important thing is that he is not as good as Shen Bi, an ordinary opponent is worse than a strong opponent, so we should be more careful about this matter."

Chu Huan never believed that Roy Bentley would be the same as before after sitting in the top class of HSBC. Roy Bentley could not do without Chu Huan before, but now that he is in the top class of HSBC, Luo Ibentelli can accept the worship of the entire Xiangjiang business community, and only he will know how clear his head will be.

  Cao Yunshang nodded, and said: "No matter what, he is now the top class of HSBC after all, so he should be more careful."

  Chu Huan said on his forehead: "As long as it is not too much, I will give him face."

"Ok!"

  The two chatted for a while, and the servant at home informed that it was time to have lunch, so Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang came to the restaurant together.

   After lunch, the two were in Chu Huan's study, dealing with their own affairs.

   "Would you like to find some people for you at Jiaku, now you are doing these things by yourself, will it be too tiring?" Chu Huan said to Cao Yunshang with concern.

  Imperial Fashion Group is no longer a small group, and the affairs to be dealt with every day are as constant as stars, and Cao Yunshang is also busy with all kinds of feet.

  Cao Yunshang said: "Okay, what I need most now is a person like Xu Yi and a team led by her. If I have such a team, I can manage the companies under the group more easily."

Chu Huan analyzed: "The main battlefield of the Empire Fashion Group is Europe, North America, Japan, and Xiangjiang is second, so your think tank team should not be limited to Xiangjiang, the better choice is to look for it in several other places. A suitable helper, I will let Ma Jizu help you pay attention to this matter, and he will take the initiative to contact you when the time comes!"

  Cao Yunshang nodded and said, "Okay, this way I can relax a little bit."

   "By the way, although Fendi's designer Karl Lagerfeld has a bad temper, he still has abilities. You can reuse him!"

  Chu Huan suggested to Cao Yunshang.

The famous Lafayette Karl Lagerfeld in the later generations, whose status in the fashion industry is not as high as that of later generations, is the brand design of Fendi, and it is precisely because of his existence that Fendi has become the first-line brand of high fashion nowadays. In 1983, Karl Lagerfeld switched to Chanel, and this brand, which was not optimistic about the outside world at the time, regained its glory.

  Cao Yunshang said: "I have met this person a few times before. He has the common faults of a typical design talent. He is arrogant and unreasonable, but he can handle it!"

  Chu Huan smiled and said: "Hold him, and your Empire Fashion Group will not be too bad in the future!"

  Cao Yunshang was a little surprised that Chu Huan had such a high evaluation of this person, but she also understood that Chu Huan was definitely not the kind of person who was aimless, so in Cao Yunshang's heart, Karl Lagerfeld's importance has risen a few steps again.

   After the two chatted about Cao Yunshang's Empire Fashion Group for a while, Chu Huan checked the time and asked Qin Peng to prepare the car and head to HSBC.

  After arriving at the HSBC headquarters, Chu Huan went all the way to Sha Ya's office, the original Sha Ya's office.

  After Roy Bentley sat there and saw Chu Huan, he stood up on the chair and greeted him personally: "Director Chu, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

  Chu Huan said with a slight smile: "Mr. Daban really upset me when he said that. I was delayed by something in the morning, otherwise I should have come here in the morning!"

  Roy Bentley laughed loudly, and said affectionately: "It's polite to say these things between you and me, please sit down!"

  Roy Bentley did not sit in his office chair, but sat on the sofa in his office with Chu Huan, preaching with a smile on his face.

   "There are too many things these days. I have always wanted to meet and chat with Mr. Chu, but I didn't expect to have time until today."

   After Chu Huan took the Coke from Roy Bentley's secretary, he said with a smile, "Mr. Daban is too polite. As you said before, it's too polite to say these things between you and me."

After the two greeted each other, Roy Bentley said to Chu Huan: "To be honest, besides discussing how the two of us will continue to deepen our cooperation, there is one more thing I want to talk to Chu Huan about. Tell me, Mr. Chu, and I hope you will give me face, Mr. Chu!"

  Chu Huan's vigilance suddenly rose. Roy Bentley's current status, talking to himself in such a low profile, showed that this matter must not be easy to handle.

  Looking suspiciously at Roy Bentley, Chu Huan asked, "I don't know what Mr. Taipan is talking about?"

  Roy Bentley laughed, and said: "I have to promise to give me this face, Director Chu, before I can speak, otherwise, I won't speak!"

The more the other party said that, the more Chu Huan knew that this matter must not be simple, but at this time Roy Bentley had already lowered his attitude so low, if he still refused, it would not be easy. It is in line with the strategy I have set before to continue getting along with Roy Bentley.

   "Since Mr. Taipan has said so, what else can I say, let me tell you, whether it is going up the mountain of swords or going down into the sea of ​​fire, I will accompany Mr. Taipan all the way!"

  Roy Bentley was overjoyed, and said: "Chu Director, you said that!"

  Chu Huan nodded.

  Roy Bentley got up, went to his desk, and rang the speakerphone: "Rachel, let him in!"

After a while, the door of Roy Bentley's office was pushed open, and Roy Bentley's secretary Rachel walked in with a man in his sixties. The man was dressed in a black suit, with a humble expression on his face. smile.

  Chu Huan's face changed slightly after seeing the other party.

  Luo Gryphon from Great Eagle Real Estate!

   "Mr. Taipan, Director Chu!"

   After Luo Yingshi entered Roy Bentley's office, his posture was very low. He shook hands with Roy Bentley first, then came to Chu Huan's side, and extended his hand apologetically.

  Chu Huan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, looked at Luo Yingshi in front of him, with a smile that was not a smile, and then slowly set his eyes on Roy Bentley.

   To be honest, the appearance of Luo Yingshi surprised Chu Huan. After Roy Bentley made the call, he thought it should be the head class of a British consortium, but he didn't expect it to be Luo Yingshi.

Regarding the current development of Luo Yingshi, Chu Huan naturally knows that under the deliberate targeting of Zhulu Real Estate, the development of Yingjun Real Estate is obviously not as good as in another time and space. Chu Huan also knows that Luo Yingshi relied on Luo Yingshi for some reason. Shen Bi, but he didn't expect that now that Shen Bi had left Xiangjiang, Luo Yingshi would find Roy Bentley again.

   This is really a talent.

  Roy Bentley saw that Chu Huan did not shake hands with Luo Yingshi, but looked at him with a smile on his face.

  Chu Huan didn't say anything, just sat there shaking hands with Luo Yingshi and said, "So it's Luo Weng. It's been a long time since we saw each other. I didn't expect Luo Weng and Roy to become good friends!"

   Facing Chu Huan's attitude, Luo Yingshi was not dissatisfied at all, and with a smile on his face, he said: "This is Bentley Taipan regardless of previous suspicions, and it is also an honor for our Great Eagle Real Estate."

   "Haha, we are all friends, sit down and chat, sit down and chat!"

   Roy Bentley laughed and preached.

   Luo Yingshi sat across from Chu Huan, looking a little cautious.

Sitting next to Chu Huan, Roy Bentley said with a smile: "Chairman Luo told me before that there was some misunderstanding in business with Mr. Chu. I just thought that since we are all friends, what's the matter?" Let's sit together and explain the matter clearly, and naturally there will be nothing wrong, Director Chu, do you think I am right?"

  Chu Huan said with a smile on his face, "If it's a misunderstanding, it's okay to open up the conversation, but if it's not a misunderstanding but a deliberate calculation, then it's hard to say."

Roy Bentley and Luo Yingshi's expressions changed slightly. Roy Bentley thought he would make an appearance, but Chu Huan just promised himself again. The matter should be over easily. Let's meet each other, haha Just smile, isn't the matter resolved?

   Now it seems that this is not the case.

Luo Yingshi was also a little nervous. When he was called in, Luo Yingshi thought that Roy Bentley and Chu Huan should have made an agreement, but now that Chu Huan said so, it is obvious that he did not intend to make things so easy End.

   "Mr. Chu, what happened before was because I was in a trance for a while, and I hope that Mr. Chu will not remember the villain's mistakes."

  No matter what he thinks in his heart, now that Luo Yingshi has the opportunity to talk directly with Chu Huan, he naturally wants to reduce his attitude to the dust.

  If Great Eagle Real Estate continues to be suppressed by Chu Huan's competing real estate, let alone development, I am afraid that survival will be a problem in the future.

Roy Bentley said with a smile: "Chu Dong, Luo Dong has already told me that what happened before was indeed wrong with Eagle Real Estate, and he is willing to bear all the consequences, so Chu Dong has any request, feel free to mention it, I believe that as long as you can let Chu Dong extinguish your anger, Luo Dong is willing to do anything!"

  Luo Yingshi's heart sank slightly, and then he still smiled: "That's right!"

Chu Huan looked at Luo Yingshi calmly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Luo, there are Eagle Real Estate, and Zhulu Real Estate has them. If Eagle Real Estate doesn't, there are also Zhulu Real Estate. Why don't you think about it, Director Luo, what do you have?" Is it what I need?"

Luo Yingshi became more and more helpless, and what he was most worried about was this kind of thing. If he mentioned it himself, if the benefits he gave were small, the middleman Roy Bentley would not be happy, but if it was too big, Eagle Real Estate itself would not be able to bear it. rise.

After thinking for a long time, Luo Yingshi thought of something he had heard before, and said, "Mr. Chu, if possible, our Yingjun Real Estate is willing to sell the shares of Qingzhou Yingni that we bought before to Chu at the original price. Dong's Chinese property!"

  At the beginning, Zhulu Real Estate and Great Eagle Real Estate were in a cooperative relationship, because the battle for Qingzhou Yingni broke out in Xiangjiang, and Luo Yingshi wanted to get a share of it, so Luo Xurui was asked to buy Qingzhou Yingni's stock in order to make a fortune.

   As a result, Chu Huan's side ended the battle too quickly, so fast that they had no time to react at all, and finally these stocks remained in their own hands.

  The most important thing is, let Chu Huan know about this matter.

  The two parties have also changed from a cooperative relationship to the current Zhulu Real Estate targeting Great Eagle Real Estate.

  In Luo Yingshi's view, the root cause of all this is the stock of Qingzhou Yingni.

  Chu Huan sat there and didn't answer Luo Yingshi's words, but smiled and said to Roy Bentley: "Mr. Taiban, let's make an appointment to play together when you have time. My recent golf skills are pretty good!"

  Roy Bentley smiled and said: "Really? Then I have to learn from it!"

  Luo Yingshi gritted his teeth and said: "80%, our Great Eagle Real Estate is willing to sell the shares of Qingzhou Yingni to Director Chu at 80% of the original purchase price."

Chu Huan still did not answer him, but continued to talk to Roy Bentley: "By the way, Wolf Smoke Games is preparing to launch a video game console recently. This video game console allows ordinary people to play games in their own homes. Play the games you like, and still play the games you want to play, I think this product will definitely cause a sensation in the world!"

   No matter how low-key Wolf Smoke Games is, there is no way to keep a low profile in Xiangjiang. The succession of several popular games has already made everyone understand that Wolf Smoke Games is another company that Chu Huan found that can generate huge amounts of cash.

   In short, it is another cash cow company other than Fantasy Comics.

   That is because Wolf Smoke Games has not been listed nor plans to go public, and there is no need to explain its financial situation to anyone, otherwise everyone will go crazy because of the profits of Wolf Smoke Games.

   Now Chu Huan actually told Roy that Bentley Wolf Smoke Games is going to officially enter the field of video games, regardless of whether the product Chu Huan mentioned will really cause a sensation like what Chu Huan said.

  This commercial action alone means that Wolf Smoke Games has begun to expand its business territory horizontally.

  If it is really successful, then the capital flow of Wolf Smoke Game will be a number that will shock any bank.

   "What does President Chu mean?"

   Roy Bentley asked in surprise.

  I just took the position of the top class in HSBC Bank, what I lack is enough outstanding performance. Now that Chu Huan said so, it is equivalent to putting this performance in front of him.

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Naturally, I want to deepen cooperation with HSBC. According to our company's forecast, the sales volume of this product in Xiangjiang will be a very good figure. If HSBC is willing to cooperate, our company will be very happy of!"

   Still Heung Kong’s business!

Roy Bentley was a little disappointed when he was overjoyed. Everyone knew that Chu Huan's two cash-rich companies, Fantasy Comic Club, and the main battlefield of Wolf Smoke Games were in Europe, America and Japan. Shen Bi led a series of actions against Chu Huan.

  Let Chu Huan directly interrupt the cooperation between his company and HSBC in Europe, America, Japan and other places, and this cooperation has not yet restarted.

But no matter what, it is very important for HSBC to be able to win the business of Wolf Smoke Games in Xiangjiang. The most important thing is that Roy Bentley can completely follow the flow of funds from Xiangjiang. The general situation of the global capital flow of the wolf smoke game comes out.

   Naturally, Chu Huan also thought of this, but there is no way around it. In Xiangjiang, a bank of the size of HSBC can undertake the business of Wolf Smoke Games, and other banks are not as good.

However, it is not that Chu Huan has no plans for himself. Although he is talking about cooperating with HSBC now, he will not really hand over all the cash transactions of Wolf Smoke Games in Xiangjiang to HSBC, but only hand over a large part of it to HSBC. .

   And now, Chu Huan is not so concerned about his financial situation being known by HSBC.

   It's not because Roy Bentley took the position of HSBC executive, but because Chu Huan's current energy no longer needs to be so cautious.

  Seeing that Chu Huan and Roy Bentley were chatting happily, Luo Yingshi knew that Chu Huan was still not interested in his offer.

   Finally gritted his teeth helplessly: "50%, the lowest!"

  When Chu Huan heard the offer, he set his sights on Luo Yingshi, and said with a smile: "I will ask CMB to re-plan the bus route from Kowloon to Tsuen Wan!"

  Goal achieved!

The moment Luo Yingshi appeared, Chu Huan had a calculation in his heart. This was the first time Roy Bentley asked him to tell him something after he sat in the HSBC executive class. No matter what, he wanted to give this face .

   But his own face is not something that can be given just by saying it. The only thing in Luo Yingshi's hands that makes Chu Huan somewhat interested is the shares of Qingzhou Yingni.

  Since the other party wanted to make more money on this matter at the beginning, but now they didn’t make any money, and even lost half of it, which is considered venting.

   As for the adjustment of the bus route, it is enough to leave a stop for the industrial building of Great Eagle Real Estate.

   Seeing that Chu Huan finally agreed, Luo Yingshi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Director Chu, if you are willing, about the continued cooperation of the industrial building."

Chu Huan waved his hands and smiled, "Once you were bitten by a snake for ten years and were afraid of well ropes, let's forget about the cooperation. Now Zhulu Real Estate's own industrial building project is developing well, so we won't mix with Eagle Real Estate! "

  Luo Gryphon was helpless, after all, it was an extravagant hope.

   Afterwards, Luo Yingshi stood up and said goodbye, leaving only Chu Huan and Roy Bentley in the office again.

Chu Huan smiled and said to Roy Bentley: "Mr. Taipan, I have given you some face this time, but if this happens again in the future, I still hope that Mr. Taipan can discuss it with me in advance, otherwise, I will I would think that the relationship between Mr. Taipan and me is not as good as the relationship between Mr. Taipan and those people!"

Facing Chu Huan's exhortation, Roy Bentley felt dissatisfied in his heart, but still said with a smile: "Chu Director's words are out of line, you and I are the closest partners, However, the HSBC family has a big business, and Great Eagle Real Estate has a lot of loans in HSBC, in order to ensure that these loans will not go wrong, I can only seek the help of Director Chu."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Friends should help each other, just like Luo Yingshi and I were friends before, but I didn't expect such a friend to trip you up behind your back, so there is a difference between friends and friends. of."

   "Haha, it's only natural!"

   Roy Bentley laughed out loud.

  After the two exchanged pleasantries again, Chu Huan said that he would let Bao Tianming of the Wolf Smoke game contact HSBC, and then got up to leave.

  After leaving HSBC, Chu Huan returned to the Chinese Bank, and told Xu Yi and Wu Shuhan about the conversation he had had with Roy Bentley.

  Xu Yi first said: "I will inform Yan Chengkun, Bao Tianming, and Wen Mingzhang of these two matters!"

  Chu Huan nodded slightly.

  Xu Yi continued: "But boss, from this incident, we can also see that Roy Bentley has already begun to cultivate his influence in Xiangjiang!"

  Before this, Roy Bentley's biggest supporter was Chu Huan. Now that Roy Bentley is in the position of HSBC Taipan, the situation is completely different.

Chu Huan nodded and said: "It's understandable, but what happened this time is that Roy Bentley didn't completely forget what happened before. He chose to communicate with me directly instead of using HSBC's relationship to forcefully change this matter. Things, this is not bad, just keep an eye on it in the future!"

"Ok!"

  After this matter was finished, Wu Shuhan told Chu Huan another matter.

  The old lady of the Zhang family, Guo Geng, passed away yesterday!

   "Old lady Guo passed away!" Chu Huan was a little dazed when he heard the news. Guo Geng's death actually represented the beginning of the Zhang family's internal struggle for property.

   I just don’t know if the production dispute this time will be as big as it was in another time and space.

   "Zhang Yulin from Zhang Xingyetang came to the company in person this morning and invited the boss to attend his mother's funeral!" Wu Shuhan continued.

   "Hehe!" Hearing the news, Chu Huan smiled easily. Although Zhang Yulin is Zhang Yuliang's elder brother, Zhang Yuliang is at the helm of the Zhang family.

   Zhang Yuliang didn't inform him about this matter, but Zhang Yulin came to notify him in person, which shows how much Zhang Yuliang doesn't want to see him!

  However, Chu Huan had already created a good relationship between Mrs. Guo and her grandmother before. Now that the old lady passed away, he wanted to participate out of emotion and reason.

   "Call Zhang Yulin back and tell him that I will be there on time!"

  Wu Shuhan nodded.

  Chu Huan then said to Xu Yi: "Call Zhang Yuliang too, and tell me that I'm just going to attend his mother's funeral, nothing else!"

   How the Zhang family fights for property is their Zhang family's business, and it has nothing to do with Chu Huan. Since he has already obtained what he wants from Zhang Yuliang, there is no need for him to entangle with Zhang Yuliang.

   What's more, if Zhang Yuliang really wants to leave Xiangjiang, Chu Huan still wants the property in their hands!