Chapter 114 Complete the task within 75 days
“Don’t worry, boss, I am very familiar with these operations, and I will ensure that I will absorb Hong Kong Electric Group’s stocks without others noticing.” Zhang Qizheng promised confidently.
In this regard, Su Cheng still trusts him very much.
Zhang Qizheng completed the previous Wharf stock acquisitions and Hutchison Whampoa stock acquisitions very beautifully.
Nowadays, it should be easier to win over Hong Kong Electric Group, a company that few people are interested in.
According to the historical process, if Sioux City had not interfered with the HK Electric Group, it would have been until April 1982 that the HK Electric Group was taken over by Jardine Matheson Land in a "dawn raid" operation to massively absorb HK Electric's stocks in the market, and was eventually sucked into the market. He bought 220 million shares of HK Electric, accounting for 34.9% of the shares, becoming the largest shareholder of HK Electric Group and the controlling shareholder of HK Electric Group.
Until 1985, Land fell into a debt crisis and finally had no choice but to sell Hong Kong Electric to Li Chaoren.
However, in this parallel world, the history of Xiangjiang is destined to be changed. Jardine Land will no longer have the chance to win over Hong Kong Electric Group, and Li Chaoren will not be able to sit back and enjoy the gains.
Because, Hong Kong Electric Group was targeted by Suzhou City.
Can the company favored by Su City still escape? Of course it's impossible!
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Time soon came to August 5, 1978.
Today, 8 heads of oil-producing countries gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Hong Kong Central.
Of course they were invited by Zhang Qizheng to sign the contract.
It was naturally impossible for Su Cheng not to come when signing a contract with such a large sum of money. The contract was signed by him personally.
Also coming at the same time was Mr. Shen Bi, the senior manager of Huifeng Bank.
At this time, in a conference room of the Hilton Hotel, the heads of the commerce and trade departments of eight countries, including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Maple Leaf Country, Brunei, Oman, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, the heads of major countries may be calm. Some, and the leaders of small and medium-sized countries are waiting for the arrival of 10 o'clock in the morning with excitement.
Because the signing time is at 10 o'clock in the morning on August 5th.
Almost all of these people in charge came to Xiangjiang more than one or two days in advance to wait. The people in charge from Brunei, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates had already arrived in Xiangjiang on August 2, waiting to sign the contract. .
Although the crude oil sales market seems to be very stable, in fact, every crude oil producing country has more or less inventory.
Now, if this deal is negotiated, their inventory will be reduced a lot or even cleared out, which will also earn a considerable amount of revenue for the national finance.
A total transaction of 1.859 billion US dollars, converted into Hong Kong dollars, is 8.7 billion in funds.
This amount of money is a very large amount of money in this era.
For example, Brunei's GDP this year is only 1.942 billion US dollars. After signing a contract with Tianwen Oil Company in Sioux City today, they reached a business of 84 million US dollars. Relative to 4.3% of their GDP.
At 9:50 in the morning, Su Cheng and Zhang Qizheng belatedly entered the conference room.
Seeing Su Cheng, the responsible persons immediately became energetic and began to deal with Su Cheng one after another.
Although they secretly laughed at Su City's oil hoarding behavior, it did not stop them from wanting to make money from Su City at all.
"Welcome to Xiangjiang, everyone. Please forgive me if I didn't greet you well, then let's just go ahead and sign the contract." Su Cheng said to everyone with a smile.
In front of the round conference table, everyone sat down with an empty chair separated from each other. There was a contract in front of them.
Of course, the contract between each other cannot be read, and the price must be kept strictly confidential.
The contracts in each country are basically the same except for some price deviations. For example, after signing the contract, Su City needs to pay a 30% deposit to their account. After the crude oil is shipped, Su City will Settle the remaining funds.
If one of the parties to the transaction breaches the contract, it will be required to compensate 50% of the total transaction amount. Therefore, as long as the contract is signed, Su Cheng basically has no worries about this deal.
Worried that these countries will break the contract and default on the debt?
Don’t worry. If they default on the money, their reputation will be ruined. Therefore, no country will break the contract for this small amount of money.
There are also 8 contracts in front of Su Cheng. After he signs them, he will exchange contracts with the trade leaders of the 8 countries. At that time, he will sign and stamp the other contracts, and the contract will be considered completed.
The contract signing went smoothly. Afterwards, Su Cheng took photos with them one by one.
"Mr. Shen Bi, your Huifeng Bank will be responsible for the 30% deposit." After signing the contract, Su Cheng said to Shen Bi with a smile.
"Mr. Su, please don't worry. I have called Huifeng Bank and they are already carrying out the transfer operation." Shen Bi nodded.
These were all agreed in advance. For the sake of safety, Huifeng Bank will be responsible for the transfer of the 5 billion Hong Kong dollars in Suzhou City loans.
Of course, Su Cheng didn't care about this, but found it convenient for him.
Soon, the heads of the trade departments of various countries received notifications that they had received the deposit.
In this way, everyone said goodbye to Su Cheng happily. The mission of coming to Xiangjiang this time was completed.
Sioux City, with 8 contracts in hand, also left the Central Hilton Hotel in a happy mood.
After signing the contract, their cooperation was officially concluded.
In other words, Sioux City can let the chartered ship king help pull crude oil.
At noon that day, Su Cheng contacted the charter king again.
Still in the reception room on the 18th floor of Wheelock Building in Hong Kong, Su Cheng met with the charter king.
"Mr. Bao, then I will leave the crude oil transportation to you. Later on the contract, I will ask Mr. Zhang Qizheng, the general manager of Tianwen Petroleum Company, to sign a cooperation contract with your Global Shipping Group on my behalf. ." Su Cheng said directly.
"Mr. Su, please rest assured that we will transport your crude oil to its destination quickly, safely and completely." The chartering king assured happily.
After negotiating a business worth hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, the charter king is naturally happy.
"Then how long can you help me complete the transportation task?" Su Cheng asked.
“In the past few days, we have also calculated the time. Since the oil pulling places are not concentrated this time, and hundreds of VLCC ultra-large oil tankers need to be loaded for transportation, it will definitely not be possible in a short time. It can be completed. If you want the fastest speed, you need very precise tanker dispatching.
After a lot of calculations, we have come up with an accurate time, which can help you get it within 75 days. Bring back all the crude oil!" The chartering king was clearly prepared and gave Su Cheng a detailed answer.
75 days, today is August 5th, which means that all the crude oil can be brought back before October 20th.
This time is enough for Su Cheng.
So, he said directly to the charter king: "Okay, I'll trouble you, I hope our cooperation goes well!"
"The cooperation goes well!"
Xiangjiang The hands of the two Chinese tycoons were tightly held together.
(End of this chapter)