Chapter 211

"Lin Wei, 26 years old, the richest man in Hong Kong, fled from mainland China to Hong Kong in March 1965. Now he owns five listed companies, including Xinbai Shipyard and Tianrui Insurance Company, and manages assets valued at About 6 billion pounds. She is proficient in four foreign languages, English, French, Japanese, and Korean. It is said that she can repair electrical appliances. She relied on this skill to start a business from scratch. She is proficient in cooking, fashion design, architecture, and drawing. She has been engaged in a milk tea chain. , clothing manufacturing, real estate, shipbuilding and other industries, she is not simply switching tracks, but has been opening up new tracks. There is not much correlation between industries, and she can connect them without any obstacles, and she has never failed so far. "

The pound has been falling in the past two years. After the Hong Kong dollar was decoupled from the pound in 1972, the exchange rate between the pound and the Hong Kong dollar has dropped from the original 13 points to more than 9 points. 6 billion pounds is equivalent to a valuation of more than 50 billion Hong Kong dollars. This is despite the shrinkage of Xiangjiang real estate. If calculated based on the highest asset value in 1973, Lin Wei's worth can reach 100 billion.

"26 years old, are you sure you're not kidding me?" The British man by the fireplace raised his head. He was probably around sixty years old. His body looked a little fat, and his belly was slightly protruding under his suit. There was a A gold embossed cane.

"The information we found is like this, and we have checked it repeatedly. The above is indeed her personal resume."

This is an English-style study room. Warm light shines down from the top of the head and shines on the four British men in the room. The waiter stood behind them holding a wine bottle, and the old-fashioned gramophone on the cabinet played melodious music.

The man on the side smiled and said: "Sounds like a genius. It reminds me of that madman Howard."

"I have seen a lot of geniuses. Most of them like her are the products of people exaggerating and artificially creating gods," said The man looked at the person opposite, "Mike, you should be familiar with her. How authentic do you think this information is?"

Mike, who had been silent, raised his head, looked at the other person, and showed a very decent smile: "Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Borders' information is correct. Lin Wei is indeed a very shrewd and capable businessman."

Wilson paused for a moment, with a trace of surprise in his eyes, but soon he revealed Smiling, "Since Mike said so, it's true," he said, looking at Borders again, "So this person is really capable of getting Harland out of trouble now?"

"At least according to her past experience. Experience, there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Haaland has been having a hard time relying on government relief. As a person in charge, he has been under tremendous pressure and doubts. In recent years, both the media and the conservative parties have been ridiculing him. To regain his former glory, if there is such an opportunity , it's really worth a try.

"Please allow me to remind you," Mike put down the cup of black tea and said, "Lin Wei's acquisition of Haaland has great hidden dangers. She is very hostile to us. She has repeatedly attacked and ridiculed the British Empire in newspapers. We are committing an act of aggression. Even during the Queen's visit to Hong Kong, she maliciously mocked her. She was also responsible for the previous turmoil with the Hong Kong Governor, which caused Britain's international reputation to plummet and made us repeatedly attacked. How can such a person take over Haaland? Such a century-old shipyard? The biggest possibility is that it will be sacrificed to China.

"This is different from what I understand," Borders said in the letter that she did this because she wanted to develop Hong Kong. Industry, she really loves that land, which is completely understandable. I don't understand, Mike, you said that capital has no borders, how can you use her position to attack it now? It's okay for others to say this. I have reason to doubt it. You brought your personal emotions into it."

"Interesting..." Listening to the argument between the two, the prime minister's friend looked at Borders, "Have you seen that Lin Wei?"

"No," Borders denied. , "I just read her letter."

The man held the wine glass and said with a smile: "I'm a little curious, what kind of person is this? It can make Mike so hostile, but also can make people who have never met him Borders in front of him was so convinced."

Mike glanced at him and said, "I have no interest in this matter. I am only concerned about national security, whether it is technology leakage or the employment of thousands of people. All questions should be treated with caution."

After he finished speaking, the study room was quiet for a few seconds.

"The military industry will definitely be divested, and there is no need to worry about technology. We will not let outsiders enter our workshops. This is beyond doubt. As for personnel placement, this can be negotiated. Now that we have reached this point, it must be Sit down and negotiate carefully. "

Borders just wanted to say that he was not against Lin, he just wanted to choose a way for Haaland to survive.

Now Haaland is on the verge of collapse. There are only two options. One is to be nationalized and let the state take care of it. The other is to be acquired by Lin Wei. They have no third way to go. Under the pressure of the oil crisis, there is no way at all. Other buyers are interested in Haaland.

Nationalization looks good, but in this future it is actually conceivable that they will have to rely on military industry orders to survive, other businesses will be slowly abandoned, and personnel will continue to be reduced.

Lin Wei's path is an unknown one that is full of imagination.

"Since you are so insistent, we can sit down and talk, but..."

Prime Minister Wilson changed his tone and said: "Whether she can support Haaland is not the point. Since she has money, then find a way to let her Her money serves Britain."

Borders froze.

Seeing his appearance, the other party continued: "I heard that businessmen are profit-seeking, and they like the business of making sure profits and not losing money. So why can't we? You should ask Mike more for advice on how to make that woman willingly work for Britain. Money."

"Willingly?"

Mike looked at him with a smile: "If the contract is signed well enough, she will be 'willingly'... "

Boss

, the gold has fallen!" Su Tianrui rushed into Lin Wei's office, looking shocked. Overly frightened.

Um?

Lin Wei raised her head from the document in her hand, but her eyes were attracted by the bricks on his waist.

Su Tianrui said excitedly: "Gold, I just read the newspaper and it has dropped from 200 US dollars last year to more than 130 US dollars!"

Lin Wei said "ah" and asked: "Where did your big brother come from?"

"Big brother " Big...what big brother?" Su Tianrui followed Lin Wei's gaze and looked at his waist, "You mean this Brick Phone?"

Oh, it's called Brick Phone now.

Lin Wei nodded.

"This is for making phone calls. It is very convenient. You can take it out and use it outside. You can make calls anytime and anywhere. Boss, you should also have one. You can control people in the company to do things outside. This phone is for you. People use... No," mid-sentence, Su Tianrui suddenly remembered the business, "I just said that gold has fallen."

Lin Wei sighed: "It has been falling for almost half a year." If you wait for his news, Lin Wei. I'm afraid it's over now.

When Su Tianrui heard what Lin Wei said, he felt relieved, sat down, and asked, "How much did you pay this time?"

After the last kidnapping, the boss no longer allowed him to get gold, and he was still sad for a while, but It is also understandable that Lin Wei was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he left the matter to others. After that, he stopped paying attention to the gold matter to avoid being sad. But today he saw the news of the gold plummet in the newspaper and was frightened. Gotta run over.

"Compensate?" Lin Wei asked confused, "How can I compensate if I didn't buy gold?"

"You didn't buy it?" Su Tianrui was stunned.

"After returning from Macau, I withdrew from the gold market." Lin Wei said.

Some money probably has no fate with you. Except for the millions of dollars she made in the gold market for the first time, after all, she did not make a penny in the gold market. The 300 million became a ransom first, and was later used by her. Donated it.

After returning from Macau, she withdrew all the 1 billion principal. After all, speculation was not a long-term solution. It was better to do business safely and locally.

It seems right now. A person can only know the general trend of the situation, but not the details. It is easy to stumble on this kind of self-confidence. If she had not withdrawn, her 1 billion assets would have been reduced by 30 to 40%.

Su Tianrui admired Lin Wei's "foresight". The boss was worthy of being the boss.

"Is there enough money to buy Haaland?" He also knew that Lin Wei was engaged in gold to buy Haaland.

Lin Wei played with the brick phone in her hand. Now that we have a brick phone, will smartphones be far behind?

It finally feels a bit like modern technology. She really can't stand today's technology.

"It shouldn't be enough." Lin Wei weighed the brick phone. No wonder the secretary had to hold it in TV shows before. It was really inconvenient. "Maybe it's a little bit worse."

She prepared 4.5 billion for the shipyard . , which is more than 500 million pounds. I don’t know how much they bid.

...

"1.5 billion pounds, and from then on, 30% of Haaland's income, excluding taxes, will be turned over to the British treasury every year."

The large conference room, filled with nearly a hundred people, suddenly became quiet.

1.5 billion pounds is equivalent to 14 billion Hong Kong dollars. There is no need to think about this matter carefully. Haaland, who has been losing money all year round, is not worth it at all. But this is not the most outrageous. The latter one is scary. He will take 30% of the income as soon as he opens his mouth. Pay attention What he is talking about is not profit but income, which is the income without throwing away the cost. The profit of a ship varies according to the added value. It is generally between 5% and 15%, or even lower. He directly asked for it. Taking 30% of the profit is not negotiation but robbery.

From the beginning, the other party showed his arrogance and high profile.

Boom...

it was the sound of someone pulling out a chair.

Giles stood up directly, raised his head and looked at the person opposite: "I think you need to think about it again. We are sincere and the entire team flew here for more than ten hours to negotiate with you, but if you If this is the attitude, then I'm sorry, today's meeting will end here."

After he said that, Lin Wei and others stood up one after another, and the sound of stools scraping against the floor was heard frequently in the conference room.

The first round of negotiations broke down in less than 5 minutes.

Harland's negotiating team was stunned. They thought they would at least have to engage in a verbal exchange. However, Lin Wei and the others did not give them this chance. They left very quickly. After Giles raised his head, everyone People immediately stood up and left the table.

The reporters waiting outside were still adjusting their camera positions when they saw Lin Wei and dozens of others walking out of Westminster Hall.

What's going on?

Reporters quickly gathered around and asked what happened.

But no one paid attention. Lin Wei asked Giles: "Is there a good restaurant nearby?"

Giles said: "I heard that there is a good Chinese restaurant, but I can't vouch for the taste. I don't like the Thames River here. I don’t know much.”

The two ignored the reporter’s questions and left the Capitol with dozens of people.

They finally returned to the hotel.

On the way to the restaurant, Giles said to Lin Wei: "You have to be mentally prepared. This is not an easy thing. If there is such a big battle on the other side, some people want to take you as the enemy." Blackmail, some people deliberately want to prevent this acquisition. "

The other party not only notified the media, but also held talks in places like the Westminster Parliament Building, just to attract big attention.

This is not a good thing. If the price for selling this century-old shipyard is not "good" enough and the British side is not given enough respect, media public opinion will deteriorate, people will be resistant, and the opposition will be very high.

Even if the acquisition is successful in the end, they may come out to cause trouble, including shipyard employees, and strikes and demonstrations are all foreseeable consequences.

"If it were easy, I wouldn't look for you," Lin Wei looked at the menu and said, "Most things in this world are difficult. Giving up is the easiest thing. The more difficult things are, the more slowly you have to do it. If it doesn't work today, it will be tomorrow. If it doesn't work tomorrow, it will be next year. I am ready for long-term negotiations, but I feel that they are a little too anxious and are not ready to endure with me."

Giles asked: "What's your bottom line? What is it?"

Lin Wei confirmed the dishes with the waiter and said: "I feel that they have a big misunderstanding of businessmen. Of course, it may just be a misunderstanding of Chinese businessmen. I am not here to do charity, nor am I here to save them. Rand's, I'm here to make money."

She was interested in the good piece of meat that was still edible, and they should keep the rest of the rotten meat for themselves.

Giles raised his eyebrows in surprise, spread his hands and said, "I thought you had feelings for shipbuilding. Now that you are diving into shipbuilding, it doesn't look like it's for money."

Lin Wei nodded suddenly when he heard what he said. , "So that's what they think?" She couldn't help but sigh, "No one's money comes from the strong wind. Every penny I have must be used wisely, otherwise no amount of money will be enough." "

You can make money only if you know how to spend. Spending money to beg for food is her standard for spending money. Doing charity does not mean spending money indiscriminately."

She only has 4.5 billion, which is not even a cent more. Even if they offer 100 billion, it will be useless.

"Now that you're here, stay here for two more days. There are many fun places here." Giles suggested.

The next day newspapers reported on Haaland's acquisition process.

They described this negotiation as a farce. It took less than ten minutes from start to finish. The initial direction of public opinion was that Lin Wei was arrogant, saying that she deliberately teased Haaland, who had no intention of acquiring, and humiliated the British side at the negotiation table. However, someone well-informed exposed Haaland's outrageous conditions, and the wind turned again. But this does not mean that Lin Wei has an advantage in public opinion, because there are all kinds of newspapers, and everything is said. Whether it was true or false, no one knew who was telling the truth, which caused Lin Wei to leave the venue early and became a mystery.

Lin Wei said nothing and did not accept interviews from reporters. She had no intention of starting a public opinion war with them. She was a spender, so there was no need to make herself so bitter and resentful.

Lin Wei had a lot of fun these days. I have to say that Giles was really good at playing. The places he took Lin Wei to were all very curious. Unexpectedly, the people in London had quite a lot of fun.

Lin Wei also saw the underground auction house that Armand had always been obsessed with in London.

"British-style auctions are the least technical, but secret auctions test people's psychology and analytical computing skills, and are more exciting." Giles and Lin Wei said.

Lin Wei took the quotation envelope from the waiter and said with a smile: "Does this mean you came here to pick up a lot of leaks?"

"How can this be considered picking up leaks? I used my wisdom, they have a reserve price Yes, they won't sell it below the reserve price," Giles defended himself.

Because it was very novel, Lin Wei tried a few, and later discovered that there were antique Chinese calligraphy and paintings. She asked Giles if it was real.

Giles said that the fake ones could be "after-sold" by them, so she felt relieved to take pictures. They were probably looted from China in the past. When she returned to the mainland, she could go back and amuse the old man. He liked these antiques.

"What is that?" Lin Wei realized that this time they did not introduce the auction items, but four or five waiters pushing trolleys towards the guests.

Giles explained: "The items cannot be displayed on the stage because they are too special. It may be because they are too big and inconvenient to show the information and photos to guests, or it may be inconvenient for public appearances."

Lin Wei nodded, curiously Watch as the waiter opens the lid on the cart.

Then they saw a metal plate and several connectors.

"What is this?" Giles was stunned.

The waiter smiled and said, "Those who are destined to know each other will know."

He then wanted to push the car away, but Lin Wei's hand reached over. She took the connector in her hand and looked at it for a while, and carefully identified the model. Then he looked at the waiter and asked: "How many tons?"

The other party looked at Lin Wei in surprise and replied: "As much as you want."

After hearing this, Lin Wei put the things down and watched the waiter move his lips, but didn't. What he said, he kept looking at the other person pushing the cart towards other guests.

"What's the matter?" Giles asked.

"Those are the hull steel plates and connecting parts," Lin Wei paused and added, "It's very likely that they came from Harland."

Giles was stunned for a moment, looked towards the opposite side subconsciously, and then turned around again He turned his head and looked at Lin Wei.

Lin Wei took the envelope and put her pen on the paper. But after writing the first number, she stopped, frowned slightly, and hesitated.

Giles's voice sounded: "Once there will be a second time. This matter may not be long ago. Neither you nor I are suitable to come forward. Let's leave first."

At another time, find someone else to catch it . evidence.

"I have to say, you are still a little lucky." The two of them left the table early and walked out. Giles couldn't help but say.

"It's too early to say this now. We still don't know who did it," Lin Wei thought for a while and said, "The best case scenario can probably be used as a bargaining chip in private negotiations. It depends on the extent of Borders' participation. And his attitude. "

If he knows about it, it goes without saying that he will be weak. The major shareholders will not let him go. If he doesn't know about it, it will be a management flaw. Whether he will compromise for the sake of reputation depends on his attitude. .

The two were walking out when Giles suddenly said: "Someone followed us out."

Lin Wei turned around. It was a man wearing a black gentleman's hat. He looked quite young, but most of his face was blocked by the hat.

She was stunned for two seconds, seeing a hint of familiarity in the other person, until the other person raised his head, took off his hat, and looked towards Lin Wei.

The two looked at each other.

Ron?

Lin Wei was stunned.

About a quarter of an hour later, Lin Wei and Ron were sitting on chairs next to the small square in the park.

"It's been almost 10 years, and I thought you had the ability to annex Fusheng." Ron held a bag of feed in his hand and fed the pigeons leisurely.

Lin Wei crossed her calves, leaned on the wooden chair, and said, "Then you really think highly of me. There is a saying in China that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. If Fu Sheng doesn't make mistakes, I won't be able to do that."

Ron was proud. A handful of bird feed came out: "Don't forget, that was your grandmother's last wish."