Su Cheng briefly glanced at the following information about Swire & Company and Wheelock Group, and then paid little attention to it.
After reading this information, Su Cheng suddenly discovered that these top large companies in Xiangjiang are all short of money now!
A rich man like him who owns more cash than assets is rare in the world, let alone Xiangjiang.
Many of those so-called billionaires are actually fixed assets. As for cash, it would be difficult for them to get 10 million out in a short time.
"Xiao Ai, what is Nui Bijian's mobile phone number?" Su Cheng asked Xiao Ai in his heart.
"Master, 666777." Xiao Ai quickly said the number.
"Lu Qi?" Su Cheng laughed out loud, but he didn't expect that Guan Bijian would choose such a number.
In Hutchison Telecom's business hall, when purchasing a mobile phone, you can choose a number yourself. As long as the number has not been occupied by others, you can choose it.
Every big shot in Xiangjiang has a mobile phone number. Su Cheng specially asked someone to compile a phone list of celebrities, and then asked Xiao Ai to write down the information.
In this way, when Su Cheng wants to use it, he doesn't need to look through the phone book, which is much more convenient.
So Su Cheng took out his mobile phone and dialed the number.
Since the advent of mobile phones, landline phones are rarely used in Sioux City.
The only drawback is probably that this brick mobile phone is a bit big and it is impossible to put it in your pocket. Basically it can only be put in your bag.
In fact, the weight is not very heavy. It weighs about 1 kilogram, which is two kilograms, but it is too big to fit.
In addition, due to battery technology problems, you can basically only make continuous calls for about half an hour before running out of power, but it can last for several hours on standby.
So when you go out, you basically want to bring an extra spare battery and replace it at any time.
To this end, Hutchison Telecom's business office also specially launched a dual-battery package. Hutchison Telecom also made a lot of money selling batteries.
Su Cheng usually gives it directly to a bodyguard when he goes out. He only brings it to him when he has a phone or needs to make a call.
The phone was quickly connected, and an English sentence came from the other end of the phone.
The person who spoke was none other than the famous Taipan of Jardine Matheson Co., Ltd. Ni Bijian.
This was the first time Su Cheng called Niu Bijian on a mobile phone, so Niubijian didn't know who was calling him.
However, since the person who knows his number is definitely not a nobody.
Therefore, Twisted Bijian answered the phone without hesitation.
"Mr. Nie Bijian, I am Su Cheng. I am not disturbing you, am I?" Su Cheng said with a smile.
"It turns out to be Mr. Su. It's rare. I didn't expect Mr. Su to call me. Are you okay?" Tui Bijian was also surprised by Su Cheng's call.
Recently, news came from Haojiang that Nie Bijian already knew that Su Cheng had bought several villas from a real estate agency.
However, this matter is not a big deal to them.
After all, a transaction worth only three million is really a trivial matter for people of their level.
Nui Bijian also received news that Su City is preparing to develop on the Haojiang side.
It is not just Su City that has its own intelligence system. In fact, all major foreign banks and consortiums in Hong Kong have their own intelligence systems, but the intelligence they have is not as powerful as the intelligence system built by Brother Wu.
However, in Nie Bijian's view, if the future prospects of Xiangjiang are still unclear, there is no future for Haojiang. Although Jardine Matheson and Land have properties in Haojiang, their scales are not large.
In his opinion, investing too much in Haojiang is equivalent to losing money and is not worth it.
After all, the Haojiang of this era is so different from the Haojiang Su Cheng knew in his previous life.
"I do have something to do with you. I don't know when Mr. Nie Bijian will be free. Let's make an appointment to sit down and talk." Su Cheng said with a smile.
He did not directly say that the purpose of calling him was for that piece of land.
Because Su Cheng doesn't plan to say it for the time being, otherwise it will give him too long to think about it, and the other party will be prepared by then.
The best thing is to be able to cut through the chaos quickly and explain this matter clearly when the time comes.
According to the information obtained by Brother Wu, the maturity date of Jardine Matheson and Land Group's respective loans with Standard Chartered Bank is April 5.
In other words, they still have a week to prepare.
No matter what, they have to come up with this huge amount of funds before April 5th, otherwise, both foreign banks will lose part of their equity, and they will lose it at a low price.
Neither the Keswick family nor other shareholders will accept these.
So, in fact, even if they don't sell this land, they still have to sell other properties to prepare this huge sum of money.
As for borrowing money from other banks and paying it back to Standard Chartered Bank?
Basically impossible, because basically everyone else will know about this transaction in the future.
There are only a few banks in Xiangjiang that are capable of lending such a large sum of money, such as Huifeng Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Huaqi Bank, Hengsheng Bank, and Dongya Bank.
These banks basically share some sensitive information.
Therefore, it is basically impossible for Jardine Matheson and Land Group to take loans from other banks and then use them to repay the loans. No bank wants to take such a huge risk.
"Okay, Mr. Su's invitation, I have to make time even if I don't have time. I don't know when Mr. Su wants to meet? Where is the meeting address?" Su Cheng did not say the purpose of looking for him. Tui Bijian did not ask again, but directly asked about the time and place.
Su Cheng only has such a big face. The time and place are up to him. If it were anyone else, it would be enough to give him face by agreeing to meet.
"How about choosing the Joy Lai Restaurant in Central at ten o'clock tomorrow morning?" Su Cheng said with a smile.
Whether the location is the Jardine Maison headquarters, the Hutchison Whampoa Group headquarters, or the Su Group headquarters, it is not very suitable. Therefore, Su City simply places the location at Joy Lai Restaurant.
Over there is Su City's own property. It has a very soundproof private room and is also a good place to talk things over.
"Okay, Mr. Su, I will go to the appointment on time!" Nian Bijian agreed directly.
"Then, see you tomorrow!" Su Cheng said with a smile.
"See you tomorrow!"
The two of them ended the conversation with just a few words.
For some things, it is better to talk in person. After all, the phone has limitations.
For that piece of land, Su City is bound to win it.
Especially after learning about the current difficulties of Jardine and Land, Sioux City became even more confident. (End of chapter)