After Nie Bijian showed his firm stance and surrendered to the established decision, his smooth takeover of Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group became unhindered and smooth all the way.
Faced with this situation, the Keswick family, the former major shareholder of Jardine Matheson Group, seemed powerless and unable to shake the established changes, even if they expressed strong opposition.
Although the Keswick family has long held part of the control of Jardine Matheson Group, its shareholding ratio has only remained in the range of single digits to more than a dozen. This appears to be a critical moment in determining the future direction of the group. Especially weak.
Even if they tried to unite other small shareholders to speak out, these efforts ultimately failed to produce substantial results due to a lack of sufficient cohesion and influence.
More importantly, Yihe Taipan Tuibijian's "first rebellion" undoubtedly added a decisive touch to this reform process.
His change not only weakened the Keswick family's influence within the group, but also paved the way for a smooth takeover by new management.
This change makes the future development direction of Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group clearer, and also marks the successful completion of a major power change.
In the early morning of the next day, the entire Xiangjiang City was filled with an unusual atmosphere. Citizens generally felt that the business structure of Xiangjiang had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The two giants, Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group, were successfully acquired by Sioux City Enterprises one after another. This series of mergers and acquisitions was like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake, causing waves.
As the dust of this series of transactions settled, the sphere of influence of the British-funded consortium in Hong Kong shrank sharply, while the Chinese-funded consortium took advantage of this opportunity to achieve a comprehensive surpass of the British-funded consortium and became the leading business community in Hong Kong. new dominant force.
This change not only marks the re-division of Hong Kong's economic territory, but also indicates that a new pattern of future business competition is about to unfold.
It turns out that although Hutchison Whampoa, Wharf and Hong Kong Electric Group have successively fallen into the hands of Chinese giants such as Sioux City and Pao Yugang, the British consortium still firmly controls Swire & Co., Ltd. He Yang Co., Land & Co., Hui Feng Group, Wheelock & Co., and many other industry giants have played a decisive role in the Hong Kong business community.
Even though Su Cheng is recognized as the world's richest man, his business empire spans the world, and his business scope extends far beyond Hong Kong, this did not immediately change the leading position of the British-funded consortium in the Hong Kong business community.
From the perspective of the British-funded consortium, the balance of the Hong Kong business community still tilts towards their side. Although the Chinese-funded consortium has strong momentum, it has not been able to fully surpass it.
Now, with the succession of Jardine Matheson and Land Group, the influence of the British consortium in the Hong Kong business community has suffered a major blow.
The balance of power between the Chinese-funded consortium and the British-funded consortium has undergone fundamental changes, and the balance has completely tilted to the side of the Chinese-funded consortium.
This means that from now on, the Xiangjiang business community has officially ushered in a new era - Chinese-funded consortiums have completely surpassed British-funded consortiums and become the new leader.
This news was like a bolt from the blue, shocking all sectors of society and lamenting the rapid and unpredictable changes in the business world.
Everyone was talking about it, and Su City once again became the focus of heated discussion among citizens after dinner. This incident undoubtedly adds infinite glory to the local people in Xiangjiang and makes people feel proud.
In the early morning, all major current affairs news newspapers were almost sold out, and citizens were eager to learn about this historic business change.
In contrast, those entertainment gossip newspapers that were popular in the past have now suffered from sales failure and no one cares about them.
At this critical moment, everyone's attention is attracted by Su City's acquisition of Jardine and Land. Such a commercial drama is far more shocking than any gossip.
While citizens were still discussing this matter and were immersed in the mood of being proud of local enterprises, Jardine Group and Land Group jointly held a press conference at the iconic Jardine Group Building.
The news announced at the meeting was concise but far-reaching: Mr. Su Cheng was officially appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson Group, also known as the Taipan of Jardine Matheson Group, and also served as the Taipan of the Land Group.
In this personnel change, Mr. Nie Bijian, the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Jardine Matheson Group, showed high integrity, took the initiative to give up talents, and stepped down to serve as the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Board of Directors of Jardine Matheson Group, continuing to contribute to the group. power.
As for the Land Group, Mr. Bao Fuda's position remains unchanged. He already serves as the executive director and general manager of the Land Group.
It is worth mentioning that the position of Taipan of Land Group has always been held concurrently by the Taipan of Jardine. Therefore, after Su Cheng took over as the Taipan of Jardine, he naturally took over the important responsibility of Taipan of Land Group.
At this point, the four pillars of the British business community - Hong Kong Electric Group, Hutchison Whampoa Group, Land Group and Jardine Matheson Group - have all come under the control of Sioux City.
The two giants, Wheelock Group and Huifeng Group, have also become the largest shareholders under Su City's careful layout, either openly or secretly. .
In the territory of Wharf, Sioux City also occupies a pivotal position, becoming the second largest shareholder after the Bao family.
As a result, among the British-owned business empires in Xiangjiang, except for Swire Pacific, which was able to maintain a certain degree of independence, the other giants were all subject to the direct or indirect influence of Sioux City to varying degrees.
It can be said that Su Cheng has quietly controlled half of the business community in Hong Kong, and half of the top companies are directly or indirectly included in his business territory.
At this moment, Xiangjiang can undoubtedly be known as the "Su Ban City", which demonstrates Su City's extraordinary achievements and far-reaching influence in the commercial field.
The major changes between Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group are like a business storm sweeping across Hong Kong, and even attracted close attention from the Governor's Office.
Faced with the weakening of the power of British-owned enterprises, there was a heated discussion within the Government House to consider whether certain measures should be taken to maintain the status of British-owned enterprises in the local area.
However, after careful consideration and comprehensive evaluation, the Government House finally chose to remain silent and adopted a non-intervention attitude towards the matter.
There are deep considerations behind this decision: Suzhou City is one of the most important foreign investors in the UK, and the European branch headquarters of its Su Group and Hutchison Whampoa Group are both established in the UK. , contributing a considerable force to the British economy.
If adverse actions are taken against Sioux City at this time, it will not only directly offend the business giant, but may also cause the UK to lose an important economic partner, causing immeasurable damage to the cooperation and interests of both parties.
Therefore, from the perspective of safeguarding the overall interests of the United Kingdom, the Governor-General finally decided to remain neutral and let market forces determine the future direction.
Inadvertently, Sioux City’s influence has risen to an unprecedented height, and its influence is so far-reaching that even a large national-level decision-maker is not allowed to use it when formulating foreign and economic policies. The relationship with him and his company will not be taken into consideration.
This fully proves Sioux City’s pivotal position in the global business landscape and its positive role in promoting international economic cooperation and exchanges.
After the successful integration of Jardine Matheson and Land Group, on the surface, these two industry giants seem to have maintained their original calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents and they are undergoing quiet and profound changes internally.
Sioux City cleverly placed more than ten senior executives within these two companies. These senior executives were like hidden chess pieces, not only penetrating into the management of Jardine Matheson, but also occupying positions in the Land Group. key position. This layout undoubtedly paved the way for Sioux City’s future strategic adjustments and market competition.
Each of these newly appointed executives holds real power. They are like seeds carefully cultivated in Sioux City and sown in the fertile soil of Jardine Matheson and Land Group.
Over time, they will gradually gain a deeper understanding of and control the core business and management processes of these two companies.
When the time is right, Sioux City will not hesitate to promote them to higher-level management positions to further consolidate their influence.
As for Nie Bijian and Bao Fuda, given that they have always been oriented towards the British consortium, it is difficult for them to devote themselves wholeheartedly to Su City's strategic vision. Therefore, Su City can only regretfully make a decision to remove them from their existing positions. Fired and fired from the job.
Although this move seems ruthless, it is a decisive decision necessary for the long-term development of the company.
In addition, Su Cheng also had a profound insight that although Twisted Bijian and Bao Fuda were remarkable in terms of management capabilities, they were too radical in formulating corporate strategies.
Take the defeat of the Wharf War as an example. Instead of learning from it, they chose to buy properties and land on a large scale when the market was high, and accelerated the pace of acquisitions of other companies.
This radical strategy that ignored market risks ultimately brought heavy financial burdens and huge losses to Jardine Matheson and Land Group when the market environment deteriorated and the stock market crashed.
Based on the detailed information provided by Xiao Ai, Su Cheng is keenly aware that if the current leadership continues to dominate the two groups, it will definitely hinder the long-term development of the company.
Therefore, he has already made up his mind to take decisive action when the time comes to pave a more stable path for the future of the company.
For Nie Bijian and Bao Fuda, they may not yet realize that their time in this position is running out.
Although Su Cheng's rise to power had a certain impact on them, they may still be lucky and think that this impact will not be enough to shake their position.
However, they were wrong.
Sioux City has quietly laid out the chess game, and their term of office is coming to an end.
In another parallel world, the Land Group's tragic situation of deep losses occurred between 1982 and 1983. It was a financial crisis caused by over-investment.
However, in the world that Sioux City lives in, fortunately, time is still stuck in 1981.
At this time, the Land Group had not yet made large-scale radical investments, so although it also suffered losses, the extent was far less severe than in that world.
It was based on this time difference and judgment of the current situation that Su City took decisive action and directly took control of the Land Group and Jardine Matheson.
This decision is undoubtedly accurate and timely. He made full use of the current favorable opportunity and avoided greater risks that may arise in the future.
Now it seems that Su Cheng’s choice was undoubtedly the wisest. The losses on the land he acquired were not serious.
As for the future plans of Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group, Sioux City is not eager to ask them to move their headquarters to Tseung Kwan O.
He understands very well that it is not the best time yet and he needs to wait for more mature conditions and opportunities.
Currently, although Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group have been ostensibly brought under the control of Sioux City, they are actually still in a state of semi-control.
Su Cheng knows that the key to truly achieving full control over these two giant companies is to completely eliminate internal unstable factors, namely, Bao Fuda and Twisted Bijian, two senior executives who still have different ambitions. Tube.
Therefore, Su Cheng is paying close attention to the development of the situation, gradually consolidating its influence, and at the same time looking for the right time to remove Bao Fuda and Twibi Jian from key positions.
Only then can he truly take over these two companies with profound heritage and strength and lay a solid foundation for future strategic layout.
After the successful integration of Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group, the heated discussion on this matter in Hong Kong society was like a tidal wave, which lasted for more than half a month before gradually subsided.
However, at the center of this public opinion storm, Su Cheng himself has maintained an unusually low profile and silence.
Many reporters heard the news and were eager to have an exclusive interview with this business giant to obtain first-hand information.
They tried various methods and means to get close to Su City, but they all failed.
Because Su Cheng had anticipated all this, the villa he lives in now is a high-end villa area completely controlled by his own power. It is heavily guarded and cannot be easily entered by outsiders.
Therefore, those enthusiastic reporters could only despair, unable to get in touch with Su Cheng himself as they wished, let alone conduct in-depth interviews.
Su Cheng, on the other hand, continued his leisurely and comfortable life in this state of near seclusion.
Not only is the villa area where Su Cheng lives in heavily guarded, but even the Tseung Kwan O headquarters base is also impregnable.
Anyone trying to enter this area without permission will be strictly checked and refused.
Tianhe Bodyguard Company is fully responsible for the security work here. With their professionalism and rigorous attitude, they ensure the safety inside the base.
For those reporters or visitors who try to get close to the base, they cannot cross this secure line of defense without permission from their superiors.
The security personnel of Tianhe Bodyguard Company will strictly follow the regulations and will never allow any unauthorized personnel to enter.
Therefore, whether for office or residence, the Tseung Kwan O headquarters base provides an extremely safe and stable environment for Sioux City and its team.
This high degree of security not only ensures the normal operation of enterprises, but also allows enterprises under Suzhou City to develop better. (End of this chapter)