Chapter 836 Invitation Failed
'You kid still know how to respect the old and love the young?'
The boat charter king couldn't help but complain, thinking about what an obedient child Yang Chen was when he first met him.
What now?
Alas, let's not mention it. He already regrets that he tried his best to support Yang Chen.
Well, this thought just flashed through the mind of the Charter King and then disappeared.
When it comes to regrets, he really has no regrets.
The more Yang Chen achieves in the future, the more he will be able to benefit from it in the future. Not only him, but also his daughters and grandchildren will also be able to benefit from it.
After all, the chartering king was one of the first people to support Yang Chen, and he had to return this favor no matter what.
Some time ago, Zheng Haiquan and others' impact on Universal and Wharf was just a pretense. Whether it was Universal or Wharf, the shares held by Charter King reached absolute control.
Apart from the book losses, there are no other losses at all.
Even if the charter king was angry, it has almost disappeared as Yang Chen recently purchased Universal's stocks on the market.
Now everyone knows that the charter king wants to abandon the ship and dock it, and Universal's stock price is falling day by day and can't stop it.
Yang Chen's current acquisition of Global Shipping's stocks will undoubtedly indirectly help him bear the losses of Global Shipping.
Based on this, he still had the nerve to blame the other party. Instead, he regretted not agreeing to Zheng Haiquan and others to sell the shares of Jardine held by Shang Yi.
Both of them tacitly agreed not to mention this. Yang Chen is now acting more and more sophisticated, a little bit cunning, but it is precisely because of this that the chartering king is more optimistic about Yang Chen's future.
After listening to Yang Chen's explanation, the chartering king didn't think about it carefully and asked directly: "Are you planning to let the real estate company enter the island country for development?"
Yang Chen nodded and said: "Yes, I wonder if you, Uncle Bao, are interested? If you are interested, then we can join hands to enter the island country's real estate."
"What do you think?"
During this period, the word "Charter King" was not only very prestigious in Asia, but also had great influence in European and American countries.
Although the island country is small, there are many chaebols in the country, and the power among various consortiums is very complicated. If foreigners want to get involved, they must compete with some chaebol forces.
There are three gangs of heroes. No matter how powerful a person is, there must be one or two partners around him. Once they encounter difficulties, they can help each other and take care of each other.
Yang Chen very much hopes that he can take the charter king with him and fly together, and use the influence and face accumulated by the charter king for decades to reduce some of the pressure for Land to enter the island country market.
"This" Facing Yang Chen's sudden invitation, the chartering king didn't know how to decide.
Now his main focus is on selling ships and integrating Wharf. Although he is optimistic about the real estate industry, he is only optimistic about Xiangjiang real estate.
As for the real estate in the island countries next door, to be honest, before Europe and the United States had to deal with the island countries and let the yen appreciate, the real estate industry in the island countries was not very popular. Although housing prices have been rising, the room for growth is very limited.
The chartering king patiently said: "Achen, have you ever carefully understood and investigated the real estate market of the island country? Your uncle Bao and I are in the shipping business, and we travel to various countries around the world.
Therefore, Uncle Bao and I have carefully understood the markets of various countries. The island country is so close to us. Needless to say, regarding the real estate market of the island country, Uncle Bao personally recommends that you understand it clearly before making a decision."
Although the charter king did not explicitly refuse, his meaning was obvious.
Regarding this, Yang Chen didn't want to say anything else or persuade the other party, because he knew why the other party was not optimistic about the island country's real estate.
Although investing in island country real estate is stable, compared with the returns brought by Xiangjiang real estate, it is not worth mentioning.
Now we are about to enter the 1983 year. No one can imagine that in two years' time, several major powers in Europe and the United States will join forces to deal with the island country with rapid economic growth.
Without strong military strength to ensure its own security, no matter how well the island country's economy develops, it is just a piece of meat in other people's mouths, which can be eaten whenever they want.
The reason why he invested in real estate in the island country was simply to obtain greater benefits after the Japanese yen was forced to appreciate.
If you want to grab meat from American capital, you don't have to be bold to get the meat. You have to pay attention to skills and not blatantly grab it from others. Once you go too far and make the predators on Wall Street go crazy, it will be over. Damn it.
Seeing that Yang Chen didn't speak, the chartering king originally wanted to say something more, but at this time, Shen Zong, the chief executive of HSBC Bank, had already arrived.
After Shen Cong came in, he did not greet the directors present, but went straight to his seat. Even though Shen Cong was just a wage earner, his position on the company's board of directors was unshakable.
Shen Bi sat in his seat and glanced at all the directors present. When he saw Yang Chen sitting next to the ship charter king, he was looking at him with interest. Shen Bi's mouth twitched fiercely.
A long time ago, he invited Yang Chen to join the board of directors of HSBC Bank. Although Yang Chen agreed, except for the first time he was present, Yang Chen was basically nowhere to be seen in the subsequent board meetings.
Yang Chen suddenly appeared today, naturally it was not for no reason, and he was not surprised, because Yang Chen had already called him to say hello before he came.
In fact, today's board meeting was specially held at Yang Chen's request.
After looking away, Chief Shen turned to look at his secretary and asked: "Is there any director who hasn't arrived yet?"
“Everyone is here”
Shen Porridge nodded, then stood up and said, "Dear directors, I suddenly summoned everyone here today mainly because there is something that needs to be decided by everyone."
As soon as Shen Zong finished speaking, several directors present subconsciously turned to look at Yang Chen, including the chartering king.
According to the charter king's understanding of Yang Chen, generally the other party would never take the time to participate in any board of directors for matters that had little to do with him.
Especially this time, the meeting of the board of directors was rather sudden. Usually, only when Shen Cong, the boss of the company, makes a big move, or at the request of a certain shareholder, will a special board meeting be held.
"Yang Sheng, today's board meeting was held at your request. How about you tell everyone what's going to happen next?"
Shen Porridge glanced at the director of Taikoo & Co., Ltd. with small eyes. Thinking of what Yang Chen was discussing with him, he really didn't want to get involved, nor did he want to convene this board meeting.
But there is no other way. Boss Yang is determined to poach meat from Taikoo Matheson. With the current cooperative relationship between HSBC and Yang Chen, he can only admit it by pinching his nose.
However, whether the board of directors succeeds this time depends on Yang Chen's own ability. Anyway, he does not intend to express any opinions.
Chapter completed!