Victor sent a telegram to Hardy, hoping to meet Hardy and give him a detailed report on his work in Hong Kong over the past year.
Hardy called back and agreed.
Victor boarded a plane and came to England.
When Victor saw Hardy, he was very excited. It can be said that it was all because of the boss that Hardy could have his current status and become a big figure in Hong Kong.
"Boss, nice to see you again. I have a lot to report to you." Victor said.
"Sit down and talk."
Victor took out his notebook and began to summarize, starting from the time he arrived in Hong Kong, he reported on Hardy's Auction Company, the penicillin trade, the Global Times, the construction of the penicillin pharmaceutical factory, the purchase of houses and land, the situation of dozens of companies in the industrial zone, and so on.
I kept talking about the last transaction with Mr. Xu.
"I purchased more than 60 million bills and savings certificates from Mr. Xu, including more than 26 million HSBC bank notes."
"Mr. Xu hopes to obtain a large amount of medicines and weapons. This is the list they want." He handed the list to Hardy.
Hardy took the list and looked at it.
Medicines, medical equipment, weapons, ammunition, airplanes, battleships, cotton, food, cloth, machine tools...
Victor continued, "I exchanged the bills they had for 80 to 1 and paid them more than 700,000. The amount of materials they purchased was too large, and this amount of money was far from enough, so they wanted to repay the debt."
Hadi looked at the list and thought about the country's future situation.
It was really difficult at that time.
The country was not stable yet, with local wars breaking out from time to time. In 1950, the Americans came to cause trouble again, and the country had to enter into another, even more difficult war.
Look up at Victor.
I asked him to exchange the bills at a rate of 10 to 1, but this bastard raised it to 80 to 1. However, it is not his fault. A large portion of these bills are destined to be unexchangeable. Other banks are not easy to deal with and will definitely give countless excuses.
No one in the country has the ability to get this money, and no one else will do this. Only a gangster like Hardy will take over such a troublesome business.
Hardy handed the list to Victor.
"Give it to them. They can get all the stuff listed above. Contact Bill. He has smuggling channels. Have him ship it overseas."
Anti-aircraft guns and heavy artillery cannot be shipped directly to Hong Kong because there are no sales channels here. If someone investigates and cannot explain clearly, they can go through Africa or the Middle East, where there are more weapons needed.
After landing, the customer takes it away, and it is difficult to check how it is used, so it is transported to the East, which is more covert.
"The Security Aviation Club has a batch of aircraft engines. We can provide 100 sets, no, 160 sets."
When Hardy bought the airplanes, he bought a total of 16 types of airplanes, including fighters and transport planes, 10 of each type. He asked Colonel Beech to give him two sets of engines for each airplane, which meant that Hardy had 320 sets of engines in surplus.
They took out half of it and sold it, then turned around and said it was scrapped and thrown away.
Hardy recalled a documentary he had seen.
How many aircraft were there in the country when the country was just liberated?
There are probably about a hundred of them, and of all types: Japanese, American, British, Soviet, German, some are very old.
Among the 17 aircraft that flew over the square that year, there were several types, all of which were pieced together.
Later, on the Peninsula battlefield, the Americans dispatched planes, but we had no planes available, so we suffered a great loss.
Fuck you.
"Victor, tell them that we have 320 sets of engines and some spare parts for free," said Hardy.
Hardy had made up his mind. He would go back and scold Colonel Beach and then extort a few hundred engines from him. Damn it, I'm the general salesperson. What's wrong with me taking a few hundred engines from you?
Victor blinked and looked at his boss, wondering why the quantity was rising so fast.
"Boss, the other party is in a very bad condition now. It would be very dangerous if we lose too much money?" Victor whispered.
"It's okay, let them owe it. After they win, I don't believe a country can't pay back even this little money. Victor, when doing business, you can't just focus on the immediate benefits. You have to take a long-term view and see into a few years, a dozen years or even decades later." Hardy said.
Victor gave a flattering smile.
"I can't compare with your vision and courage, boss. I only know one thing, that is, it is right to obey your orders. Don't worry, boss, I will do everything you ask me to do properly." Victor said.
Hardy nodded.
I have to say that Victor's execution ability is still very strong.
"How's Ye-jin doing?" Hardy thought of his woman.
"The construction of the museum has started and is progressing very quickly. Miss Han is in charge personally and is very busy every day, but she also comes to the auction house occasionally to take a look. Recently, the auction house has received more and more antiques, especially from Mr. Kong. The amount of goods sent has been increasing. Whenever there are good things, Miss Han will come over to study them for a day." Victor said.
Hadi nodded, "Well, you should cooperate with Yizhen."
"Don't worry, boss. I will definitely do a good job for Miss Han." Victor said with a smile.
"Once things in the UK are over, I plan to go to Hong Kong to take a look. I don't think it will take long," said Hardy.
Victor was delighted.
"Boss, you are going to Hong Kong. That's great. I will make sure to arrange it."
Victor stayed in the UK for only one day and returned to Hong Kong the next day. He then notified Mr. Xu to come over and met Mr. Xu on the second floor in the evening.
"Mr. Xu, I asked the boss, and he agreed to repay you some of the supplies." Victor said.
Mr. Xu was overjoyed when he heard this.
"I wonder how much I can owe?"
Victor held up a finger.
"A million?"
Mr. Xu said happily.
Victor shook his head. "Ten million dollars."
duang~!
Mr. Xu felt as if he was overwhelmed by happiness. He would have been very happy with one million, but he didn't expect the other party to say it was ten million.
What is this feeling.
I thought I would be satisfied with just a steamed bun, but the other party brought out a big cake, a 12-inch double-layer one.
"I wonder what your conditions are?" Mr. Xu asked, still retaining some clarity of mind.
With such a large debt, the other party is expected to have more stringent conditions. Of course, as long as the conditions are not against the interests of the nation and selling out the country for glory, there shouldn't be any problem.
Now it was Victor's turn to be stunned.
condition.
The boss didn’t say.
He just agreed to pay the debt, without mentioning any conditions.
Now the other party asks.
He was unable to answer for a moment.
"Oh, that's actually the case. We have some understanding of your conditions, and we don't know what kind of guarantee you can provide now. How about this, you tell us what kind of guarantee you want and see if we can accept it." Victor kicked the ball back.
Mr. Xu was puzzled.
Is it still possible to do business like this? This has completely overturned his previous understanding.
Capitalists are all blood-suckers.
Why is it that this Mr. Victor in front of me, no, it should be the boss behind him, has a feeling of being generous and bloody.
Set your own conditions?
Have capitalists become so easy to talk to now?
"Okay, I'll go back and ask for instructions, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible, Mr. Victor. By the way, I wonder if you can provide the supplies and equipment I mentioned earlier?"
Mr. Xu asked.
“That’s all fine.”
"We can give you 50 boxes of anesthetic needles, morphine, and penicillin. You know that a penicillin factory has been built in Hong Kong. It is an industry of our Hardy Group. Once it is produced here, we can provide more penicillin."
"Sulfa, anti-malaria drugs, painkillers, medical alcohol, iodine, medical equipment... There is no limit on the quantity of these, depending on your needs."
"The anti-aircraft heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and heavy artillery you want won't be available in large quantities at one time, and they need to be transported to the Middle East first, so it will take a little longer, about four months to six months."
"Regarding the aircraft, we cannot provide the entire aircraft, but we can provide a complete set of aircraft engines, a total of 320 sets. We can also sell you some aircraft spare parts, and you will have to figure out the rest on your own."
"As for cotton, cloth, and machine tools, you can bring a detailed catalog and tell us how much material you need and what kind of machine tools you need, and we can purchase them directly."
Mr. Xu was stunned.
Weapon agreed.
We also sell aircraft engines.
This company has such a strong background that they can get all these things and dare to sell them to them.
"Mr. Victor, are you serious?" Mr. Xu asked in disbelief.
"Of course it's true. How can I joke about such a big thing?" Victor said.
Mr. Xu stood up excitedly, "Okay, I'll contact them right away to order a purchase catalog and discuss what kind of guarantee I can provide for you."
Mr. Xu said goodbye and left.
The news reached the upper levels.
The top management was very happy to be able to purchase these materials from Hong Kong, but when it came to the guarantee conditions, everyone fell silent.
What conditions can they offer to each other now?
It seems like they really don't have anything to show off, but they are actually bringing out real supplies, including things that others won't sell to them, and they are sending them over at great risk.
But I can't produce anything that others would like.
money?
no.
antique?
That is a national cultural relic.
land?
Under public ownership, it is impossible to sell land.
Open market?
That is not consistent with the political system.
And now it's a debt. It is said that if you borrow, you must repay. It is not difficult to borrow again. So what can you use to repay?
For a time, the leaders were very worried.
Everyone wants to be involved.
"They want foreign bank deposit slips and remittances, don't they? Keep looking, there must be quite a few."
"If we don't sell antiques, we can sell gems. Gems are not considered cultural relics."
"I don't know if they want the herbs. We can sell them. We can find a lot of finished Chinese herbs."
......
Let’s talk about the UK.
After Victor left, Hardy started paying attention to the negotiations between David and Huifeng. He did all these things in order to get more shares from Huifeng at a cheaper price.
When a company becomes a hot potato in the hands of its shareholders, they will naturally choose to sell it at a lower price. Now that the Hong Kong headquarters is in such a mess and people are in a panic, Huifeng’s shareholders are all worried and want to sell their shares as soon as possible to escape the vortex.
David meets David Sassoon for the second time.
Without waiting for David Sassoon to speak, David Rockefeller spoke first: "Mr. Sassoon, I saw the report on the HSBC incident in the newspaper. You refused to pay the acceptance bills and the deposit receipts of other branches, which caused thousands of people to besiege HSBC. I asked someone to conduct an in-depth investigation of your situation. You abandoned the bad accounts of other branches to make the Hong Kong head office look profitable. It is not the good development you said at all."
Sassoon said helplessly, "Mr. David, we are not refusing to pay. Our branch has been sealed, and we are indeed unable to verify the status of the acceptance bill and the archive. We are not refusing to pay, but we are just saying that we cannot pay for the time being."
David stood up.
"Well, that's your problem. I just want to say that raising the bank's valuation by getting rid of bad debts doesn't work for me. If I were to acquire shares, the amount of debt would have to be included in the calculation. I don't want to be the one filling the hole," said David.
"I asked someone to recalculate Huifeng's capital. According to normal calculations, the 150 million valuation I mentioned before was too high."
Sassoon naturally disagrees with David's statement.
HSBC has the right to issue currency in Hong Kong, millions of depositors, and banking qualifications in multiple countries, all of which are part of its assets.
The two sides exchanged sharp words but ultimately could not come to a conclusion. They agreed to continue the talks the next day. However, the next day's newspapers published another piece of news about HSBC, saying that HSBC Bank was smashed yesterday.
As Huifeng Bank refused to honour deposit certificates and acceptance bills, a large crowd gathered outside the head office. The Hong Kong police deployed a large number of police officers to maintain order, but they were still unable to suppress the excited crowd. Huifeng Bank was unable to operate for the past few days.
And just yesterday.
The crowd suddenly became more agitated and rushed into the human wall formed by the police. HSBC Bank tried to close its doors but was still rushed in by the crowd. Finally, there was a physical conflict between the agitated crowd and HSBC security guards, followed by smashing and looting.
Several security guards were injured.
Two male bank employees were dragged out by their hair.
A female bank clerk was so frightened that she almost had a miscarriage.
HSBC had no choice but to announce that it would suspend operations and reopen once a solution to the problem was found.