Chapter 482
"Zhenting, what are you talking about? Are you so happy?"
Just when Yang Chen and Huo Zhenting were about to finish chatting, a person appeared in front of them.
Huo Zhenting stood up with a surprised look on his face, looked at the visitor and asked, "Brother Jianhua, why are you here free?"
Hearing Huo Zhenting's address to the visitor, Yang Chen also stood up. The visitor was none other than the now-famous Mr. Dong, the future first chief executive of Xiangjiang, and one of the big bosses who spanned both political and business circles.
At this time, the old Ship King Dong had handed over all the family businesses to Mr. Dong last year due to physical reasons. Normally, Mr. Dong would basically not be able to participate in such activities.
After all, the old ship king suddenly retired, and during the time when Mr. Dong took over, he couldn't spare the energy to deal with these things.
Huo Zhenting had not seen Mr. Dong very much at many cocktail parties before. Now when he saw Mr. Dong appearing here, he was naturally surprised.
Mr. Dong smiled and did not explain anything to Huo Zhenting. Instead, he turned to look at Yang Chen who had stood up and was looking at him.
"Mr. Dong, hello." Seeing Mr. Dong looking at him, Yang Chen took the lead in greeting him. For a middle-aged man who was already two rounds older than him and about ten years older than Huo Zhenting, it was not easy for him to call him brother.
Something like that.
Mr. Dong stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Hello, Yang Sheng, I have heard your name a lot during this time. I have never had the chance to meet you. I finally met you today..."
Yang Chen: "Mr. Dong is too generous, it's just luck."
"Haha" Seeing Yang Chen's modesty, Mr. Dong smiled and said nothing more. He had already received the news that the Zhao family would split up the Huaguang Group, and Yang Chen would take over most of the Zhao family's ships and Asian business.
As the Zhao family retreats, Yang Chen, the newcomer who takes over the Zhao family's fleet, may soon take over the Zhao family's position and become another new shipping king in Hong Kong.
Although Yang Chen, the shipping king, is at the bottom, considering the other party's age, if the other party is determined to enter the shipping industry at this time, the impact on the Dong family will definitely not be small.
In particular, the other party also had a good relationship with the Dong family's rival, the chartering king. The Bao family and the Dong family have always been the eldest and second brothers. The former chartering king was very powerful and had the support of HSBC, the largest banknote-issuing bank in Hong Kong.
So much so that no matter how hard the Dong family works, they can only languish behind the charter king, with no end in sight.
It was not until the shipping crisis came that the chartering king changed his style, abandoned his ships and docked them, and sold his ships on a large scale, which finally gave the Dong family a glimmer of hope.
With the Dong family's large-scale acquisition of ships around the world, the Dong family has now become another family to become the world's shipping king after the king of chartered ships.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.
At this time, although the world shipping crisis was becoming more and more serious and obvious, the Dong family was not aware of this, or in other words, the Dong family deliberately ignored it.
The temptation to become the world's shipping king was so great that the Dong family borrowed heavily to get on the throne.
And because of everyone's confidence in Dong Ship King, the Dong family's crisis did not reveal itself amid the shipping slump.
As the chartered ship king abandoned his ship and docked, his focus continued to shift from the shipping industry to real estate and other industries. The Dong family has been frantically expanding its fleet in the past two years, and now Dong Ship King has become a veritable world shipping king.
As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer a country but difficult to defend it.
Regarding Yang Chen, the new shipping king who may rise at any time, Mr. Dong has no reason not to get to know him carefully and get in touch with him.
At Huo Zhenting's invitation, Mr. Dong immediately gathered at a table with Yang Chen and others.
After chatting for a while, Mr. Dong suddenly smiled and said: "What a coincidence, I am here today because of you, Yang Sheng. I can't help but envy Uncle Bao's regard for Yang Sheng."
"Uh..." After hearing Mr. Dong's words, Yang Chen could only smile bitterly, not knowing how to answer.
When it comes to the position of director of the Jockey Club, even Mr. Dong was not qualified to enter when the old Dong Ship King was still alive. But now, Yang Chen, a young man less than twenty years old, actually has the opportunity to enter the Jockey Club.
Board of Directors.
To be honest, this would be hard for any second-generation kid in Xiangjiang to accept.
Of course, people like Mr. Dong who have taken over the family business cannot take what they say from the other person's mouth seriously.
A director of the Jockey Club is nothing compared to the Dong family's fleet, and is not worth Mr. Dong's attention at all.
Because he wasn't too familiar with him, Yang Chen didn't show much enthusiasm for the future chief executive in front of him. Although he would be very good in the future, that would be more than ten years later.
In more than ten years, Yang Chen didn't even know how big a giant he had grown into.
Maybe by then he would even be tired of being the richest man in China, and the richest man in the world would be done with it too.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong, under the policy of one country, two systems in the interior, a local government in Xiangjiang, a place where capital is concentrated, really cannot defeat the capitalists.
Look at the plans launched by Mr. Dong in later generations after he came to power. As long as they hinder the real estate tycoons from making money, basically none of them will be passed.
The administrative power here in Xiangjiang is far inferior to that in the interior. A spark cannot compare with a bright moon.
Since ancient times, in the inland land, there has been a saying, "The county magistrate who ruins the family, the prefect who destroys the family."
The people do not fight against the officials. This has been the case since ancient times.
Although with the changes of the times, the situation in feudal society where an official could decide a person's death with a single word has disappeared.
However, after all, the official system has lasted for thousands of years. In the eyes of the common people, under the idea that the world is not as big as the official, no matter how rich you are, as long as you go against the will of the superiors, you will only have a cool life.
It is difficult to be an official in a capitalist society, especially local officials, who sometimes have to suffer a lot.
Unless Mr. Dong can be like Comrade Chuan Jianguo of American imperialism, also known as "Te reliable", he can jump to the top position like Comrade Te reliable.
Once you sit in that position, you will be great. Even if you play Twitter, leaders of other countries cannot play that thing. They have to learn how to use the "high technology" of Twitter.
It's a pity that Mr. Dong doesn't have that strength, and it's impossible to have that opportunity. Being able to serve as chief executive is already the biggest opportunity. No matter how high it is, don't think about it.
After all, in the end, the main reason why Mr. Dong failed in later generations was that his position under his butt was not high enough, so he was disgraced by a group of capitalists.
Even if a group of real estate developers can't handle it, there's no need for him to be afraid. Enthusiasm is enough. If you are too enthusiastic, it will make others think you have some agenda.
Chapter completed!