At the end of August, the top of Taiping Mountain in Hong Kong is green and crowded with people...

Nubijian lifted up the blinds of the office, and the bright sunlight shone directly into the room from the top of the sky. The potted plants placed on the windowsill became more and more verdant under the bright yellow light.

Outside the window, a tree-lined path that can only accommodate two lanes winds towards the top of the building next to the corner of the building. Outside the path is a steep cliff that is hundreds of meters high. It goes down along the mountain. The high-rise communities in the Central Ring Road are densely crowded on the narrow coastline between the foot of the mountain and the Victoria Bay.

The office where Newbiejian is located is the Mid-Level Hotel in Hong Kong, which was built in the 1930s.

As early as the 1940s and 1950s, the Banshan Hotel was the top hotel on Hong Kong Island. However, as Hong Kong's economy began to take off in the late 1950s, skyscrapers covered the Central Ring Road at an extremely rapid speed. Due to the poor natural conditions on the top of Taiping Mountain, the hotel was expanding at a high cost, and the Banshan Hotel gradually declined.

The Banshan Hotel is located in an excellent geographical location. It is located on the hillside of Taiping Mountain, Hong Kong, with luxury houses everywhere. Standing by the hotel, by the window, you can see the entire Central Ring Road and most of Victoria Bay.

When the Mid-mountain Hotel was built, the Hilda family used trucks of explosives to blow up a platform in the mountains. If it were placed in a popular environment, it would be impossible to start such a highly destructive engineering project.

In 1984, the Sino-British joint statement that decided the future of Hong Kong was announced to the public, and the remarks about the 1997 period in Hong Kong were noisy, and the British Hilda family, the property owner of the Banshan Hotel, also became a member of the tide of withdrawal from Hong Kong.

Since 1985, the Hilda family has begun to contact buyers of Banshan Hotel.

The Banshan Hotel covers an area of ​​less than 30 acres. It consists of several three- and four-story split-level buildings. The building area of ​​all buildings is just over 10,000 square meters. It divides more than 10,000 rooms of different sizes. Compared with the large hotel with hundreds of rooms, Banshan Hotel appears to be an extra small one.

Because of the location, the external quotation of Banshan Hotel is as high as HK$700 million. Excluding the construction cost of the land price exceeding HK$60,000 per square meter, it is considered to be the veritable land king in Hong Kong in the 1980s.

Of course, after the rise of the Republic of New Century, compared with the land on the top of the mountain, the price of the hotel in the Mid-Season was fair and conscientious.

As the saying goes, success is Xiao He and failure is Xiao He. As a hotel, the expansion project of Banshan Hotel is extremely difficult, and as a private mansion, the area of ​​more than 20 acres is a bit too large.

Especially in the 1980s when the 1997th National Congress was popular in Hong Kong, the mainstream for rich people to withdraw investment in Hong Kong was not the same. How could they spend more than 80 million US dollars to buy a piece of land with a small area and unknown prospects?

Before Liang Yuan decided to take action, there were many inquiries from Banshan Hotel. None of the customers who really had a tendency to trade were asked.

Newbijian thought of Liang Haiping standing on the open-air viewing platform of the hotel's top suite, pointing to the blue water of Victoria Bay at the foot of the mountain, and said proudly: "It's good to work here. There are mountains, water, grass, and trees. It looks much better than the large cement lumps in Central."

Is this a waste of resources? Not far from the Banshan Hotel, it is the residential community of a group of Chinese and foreign giants in Hong Kong. The luxury houses of Hong Kong's Li, Guo, Zheng, Caesar, Hilda and other families are all nearby.

The residence of the Governor of the Hong Kong Governor and the British Commander of the Hong Kong Army is also on Baijia Road behind the hotel. How could Liang Haiping, who lives in such a good place, actually use it for office?

However, the relationship between Deutsche Bank and this group is really intriguing. Newbijian glanced at the agreement placed on his desk to provide commercial guarantees for the transaction.

If it were not for Deutsche Bank's strong guarantee, even if United Trust paid the first purchase payment, it would not be enough to convince the Hilda family to allow Liang Haiping to build a large-scale construction and directly close the hotel and change it to Yuan Jia's office in Hong Kong.

Although not all the acquisition payments are paid in one lump sum, but one period every six months, the total purchase payments of 81 million US dollars in three periods are enough to prove the group's ambitions.

If United Trust successfully acquires Hong Kong Land, it will become the largest property landlord in the Central region. At that time, the so-called group office location is not a casual choice. I really can't understand the strategic ideas of the senior management of this group. Nv Bijian shook his head slightly.

Thinking about the morning when I was parking, I didn’t know my new employee and said in the parking lot: No one would brag about the mid-mountain mansion to me in the future. When that place is only worthy of being my mother’s office, Nvbijian smiled again. If the cost issue is not considered, the company’s corporate style is really high.

He stomped his feet gently, and the extremely solid texture of the land under his feet reminded Nuo Bijian. No matter how unadjusted the facts seem, whether you believe it or not, you are currently working in the original Mid-mountain hotel.

A crisp phone ringing sounded from behind, and Nubijian withdrew his gaze and complicated mood from the distance, walked quickly to his desk, and started to call.

"There is a traffic jam in the Central? No problem, no problem. We are all always in love, so why do you use Yueying to call us specially?" Nvbijian said with a big laugh.

"I've been dealing with the company's daily affairs in the morning, so I don't have to go out and I don't delay any official duties. Yueying is too polite."

Half an hour later, a tall blonde with snow-skinned skin and blue eyes walked into Newbijian's office under the guidance of his secretary.

Putting down the documents in his hand, Niao Bijian greeted him with great enthusiasm. After a hug, Niao Bijian asked with concern: "Ling, Old Kate's health is fine."

Ling Yueying's real name is Kate Cottana. He was born in a Scottish family. However, because he was born in Hong Kong, he loved Oriental culture very much. When he was in Hong Kong, he used Ling Yueying's Chinese name whether he signed documents or paid taxes to shop. Over time, he didn't know much about his real name in Hong Kong business districts.

"My father is in good health. When I called me last weekend, I was in Africa and was about to climb Mount Kilimanjaro." Ling Yueying said with a smile.

"Old Kate is blessed. With a capable daughter like you, you can retire with confidence. It's not like me. I have to continue working hard for life when I am old." Nvbijian said with emotion.

"I'm bullying my niece, right? I don't believe that my uncle is working hard for life this time when he returns to Hong Kong." Ling Yueying said with a smile.

When Kate was the vice chairman of HSBC, it happened that Niu Bijian was in charge of Jardine. As the actual ruler behind Hong Kong society, Niu Bijian and Kate both belonged to the same group in the same small circle, and the relationship between the two has always been very harmonious.

Even after Newbijian lost to Hong Kong, Kate did not break off relations with Newbijian. Before Liang Yuan instigated Newbijian to return to Hong Kong to rename his name, Kate's position in Scotland National Insurance Company was in the middle of contact.

Old foxes like Nübijian are naturally completely immune to the indirect attacks of equal degrees. Haha, Nübijian shifted the topic to the Mid-mountain Hotel.

"Thank you for Yueying's help in the middle of the central coordination, otherwise the stalemate between me and the Hilda family on price will last for a long time."

The acquisition negotiations for Banshan Hotel were led by New Bijian. Liang Haiping just set the general framework. The initiator of the acquisition proposal only said that it should not exceed US$90 million, and then threw the matter aside.

"It's just a little effort. I'm kind of polite, but I always thought my uncle would use HSBC's power to complete the guarantee to reach a deal. I didn't expect that my uncle had such a harmonious relationship with Deutsche Bank."

First-class people in Hong Kong's business districts all scoffed at the reason why Nübijian returned to Hong Kong to work. However, Nübijian returned to Hong Kong for more than a month. Except for reorganizing a small investment bank, the rest were all regular work and after get off work, occasionally visiting old friends. They looked a little bit old and half-retired, and there was no abnormal trend at all.

This acquisition of Banshan Hotel is the first time that Nvbijian has made a move in the Hong Kong business world. In addition to the old ways, Ling Yueying's true intention is the most important thing to touch Nvbijian's true intention.

HSBC has always regarded Hong Kong as its own private place. HSBC really can't understand what kind of activity capabilities a former top business person in Hong Kong like Newbijian has.

"Yueying, it's not my business to issue a guarantee for the transaction this time." Newbijian said with a wry smile.

"However, if I say I don't know anything, Yueying will definitely not believe it." Nuo Bijian said as he stared at Ling Yueying's eyes.

After hearing what Nuo Bijian said, Ling Yueying nodded involuntarily, with a little more anticipation in her eyes.

"But no matter whether Yueying believes it or not, I don't know anything. My uncle is just working hard for life this time when he returns to Hong Kong."

Due to the confidentiality agreement, Newbie could not reveal any verbal remarks about the acquisition of Hong Kong Land, but HSBC played a decisive role in whether United Trust can successfully acquire Land.

HSBC was established in the Republic, Wusong and Jardine Mahjong, closely linked to the modern history of the Republic, and had hundreds of years of connections. The relationship between the two is far from being described as deep. If Jardine Mahjong had not had a very firm strategic concept of withdrawing investment in Hong Kong, Liang Yuan would not have put his ideas on a behemoth like Jardine Mahjong.

After all, the national strength of the Republic at this time is no better than HSBC in terms of pure economic indicators. Once HSBC supports Jardine Map wholeheartedly, the acquisition will be destined to be a silence.

Newbijian is also well aware of the role of HSBC, so he deliberately controls the speed and pace of news disclosure. At present, HSBC is suspicious about the abnormal relationship between its own company and Deutsche Bank, which is the most in line with the company's interests.

At that time, the acquisition war begins. Faced with the same huge Deutsche Bank, what kind of efforts should be used to rescue Jardine or even whether to rescue Jardine will definitely cause quarrels within HSBC, and this division is undoubtedly what Newbijian hopes to see.

Ling Yueying was almost angry by the old guy in front of her. She actually waited for such nonsense with great anticipation.

"It seems that the rewards this company has to pay for your uncle are very generous." Ling Yueying finally put back the unreasonable words of how much they paid for you that slipped to your mouth, and replaced them with a more peaceful statement.

In the UK and the United States, it is a rather rude thing to ask about other people's income and age. After Ling Yueying said this, Nvbijian laughed and shifted the topic to traffic jams in the Central.

"Yueying just talked about traffic jams. Did she encounter a parade of supporters of the democratic movement?" asked Nubijian.

Ling Yueying took a deep breath invisibly to calm her slightly irritable mood. Thinking of her father's advice when she left, the most important thing in the market is to stay calm. For a large enterprise that has experienced a hundred years of ups and downs, calmness is the twin that complements profits.

Nodding, Ling Yueying said: "Since last week, the number of people participating in the parade has suddenly increased. When I came here just now, I encountered the support team of the dock workers of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions. Maybe it was because the team encountered some small problems. They were blocked at the intersection of the Central Ring Road for half an hour."

Having said that, the doubts in Ling Yueying's eyes were obvious.

It’s not that Hong Kong workers have not crossed the street, but they are all using slogans such as shortening labor intensity, reducing labor time, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and even capitalists exploiting damn things. At present, dock workers, construction workers, service industries, etc. under the Hong Kong-Korean Federation of Trade Unions have been changing their flags and changing their flags to show off their democracy and freedom.

There are individuals who betray the class, but there are never classes that betray interests. Although Ling Yueying didn’t know this famous saying by the first Prime Minister of the Republic, any person with a heart will notice the inconsistency in Hong Kong’s support activities. (To be continued...)

ps:(/_＼)Shamely ejaculate, try hard to make rituals
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