Time slipped quietly into the deep winter of 1981.
Since Sioux City successfully took control of Jardine Matheson and Land Group, a short period of two or three months has passed in the blink of an eye.
At first, Su Cheng believed that by retaining the positions of Nie Bijian and Bao Fuda as executive directors of the two major groups, it would be able to gain their heartfelt support and smooth transition, thus avoiding unnecessary turmoil.
He originally expected that this tolerance would lead to harmonious coexistence between the two parties, but unexpectedly, things in the world are often unexpected.
However, reality gave Su Cheng a sober lesson.
He gradually discovered that his kindness was not cherished as expected. Instead of showing due gratitude and loyalty, Niu Bijian and Bao Fuda were secretly plotting unknown actions.
This made Su Cheng realize that shopping malls are like battlefields. Although compassionate people are kind, they often find it difficult to gain a foothold in the game of interests.
After successfully bringing Jardine Matheson and Land Group under his control, Sioux City has quietly laid many "secret moves" within these two groups, making almost every move of the group under his control .
He not only placed capable personnel among the top management of the two groups, but also gradually took over a considerable part of the key power.
After two or three months of careful planning and running-in, these newly joined senior executives quickly integrated into their respective positions, showing excellent work ability and adaptability.
Their arrival not only brought new vitality to the group, but also quietly began to weaken the original influence of Twisted Bijian and Bao Fuda, gradually eroding their power base.
During this period, Nian Bijian seemed quite submissive on the surface and managed Jardine Matheson as usual, without seeming to have made too many changes.
The Land Group's Bao Fuda behaved in a more low-key manner, almost with a "hide your strength and bide your time" attitude, making it difficult for people to glimpse his true intentions.
However, Su Cheng knew that there were often undercurrents surging under the calm water, and he must always remain vigilant to prevent unexpected events.
Bao Fuda originally worked under the management framework of Tuibijian. He did not show much resistance to the new owner Su Cheng at first. After all, in his opinion, this was just a new boss. That’s all.
As time went by, especially after two or three months of subtle changes, the attitudes of Nui Bijian and Bao Fuda began to show obvious differences.
Relying on his carefully arranged spies throughout the Jardine Matheson Company, Su Cheng gradually became aware that Nui Bijian maintained secret connections with British Jardine shareholders such as the Keswick family.
This discovery made Su Cheng alert, and he understood that there might be complex motives and plots hidden behind this secret relationship.
Through further investigation and the information returned by the informant, Su Cheng soon revealed their true purpose-a secret contest for his control was quietly brewing.
Faced with such a situation, Sioux City had to deal with it more carefully to ensure that it could firmly control Jardine Matheson and Land Group.
For Land Group, Su Cheng may have a certain intention to let go, because he understands that with his current control, it is almost impossible for Land Group to be taken back by British capital.
However, the situation at Jardine Matheson is completely different.
This is not only because of the huge value contained in Jardine itself, but also because it occupies a pivotal position in the hearts of the British consortium, which is a symbol of their pride.
Now, seeing Jardine Matheson falling into the hands of others, the British consortium is naturally unwilling to accept this reality.
Therefore, they began secret planning in an attempt to regain control of Jardine Matheson through various means.
This unwillingness and anger are driving them to secretly prepare for a fierce contest with Su City.
And Su City has also seen through all this.
The most aggrieved person is Simon Keswick, the leader of the Keswick family.
As a major shareholder of Jardine Matheson, he has long been dissatisfied with Nui Bijian's leadership, and has even had the idea of replacing him.
In recent years, the overt and covert struggle between Simon Keswick and Twisted Pik-kin has intensified, especially after Twisted Pik-kin's decision-making errors caused the Land Group to lose control of Wharf. He Yangxing's influence has increased significantly, and he has gradually gained the upper hand in internal fighting.
Simon Keswick was full of confidence and believed that he would be able to successfully expel Twisted Bikin from office after his term expired in just over a year.
However, what Simon Keswick did not expect was that Jardine Matheson suddenly emerged from Sioux City and captured it in one fell swoop.
This sudden change completely shattered his plan, making him feel unprecedentedly frustrated and unwilling.
In Simon Keswick's view, Jardine Matheson is not only an important part of the business map, but also a symbol of family glory. Now that it has fallen into the hands of others, how can he not feel resentful? , vowing to regain the lost ground?
In order to regain control of Jardine Matheson, Simon Keswick decided to take extraordinary measures.
He contacted Niu Bijian privately and made a major promise: once he successfully recaptures Jardine Matheson, he will voluntarily withdraw from the competition for the next chairman of the board of directors and fully support Niu Bijian in continuing to hold this important position.
This commitment is undoubtedly a timely help for Tui Bijian.
In the past two or three months, he has not only lost his status as the boss of Land Group, but his influence within Jardine Matheson has also gradually declined, and his management rights are gradually being eroded.
This constant sense of crisis made him hesitate at all to Simon Keswick's proposal and quickly agreed.
Nuan Bijian knew very well that under the strong leadership of Su Cheng, although his position as the executive director of Jardine Matheson seemed stable, it was actually in danger.
He was worried that one day he would be suddenly fired from Sioux City and lose everything.
Therefore, joining forces with Simon Keswick became his only hope to get out of trouble and regain power.
So, the two began to plan intensively.
They not only strengthened communication and collaboration with each other, but also actively contacted all British Jardine shareholders, trying to fight against Sioux City through united strength.
An overt and covert battle surrounding the control of Jardine Matheson quietly began.
Although Su Cheng only directly holds 31.26% of the shares of Jardine Matheson, but combined with the 25.8% shares held by Land Group, he actually directly or indirectly controls a total of 57.06% of the shares of Jardine Matheson.
Theoretically, this shareholding ratio has made it difficult for opposition forces such as Simon Keswick to shake Sioux City's position.
However, Simon Keswick and others did not give up. They turned to a more radical and united strategy.
They plan to unite all shareholders that can be mobilized to form a powerful alliance and jointly file a complaint with the Xiangjiang Securities Regulatory Office in an attempt to use legal means to determine that Sioux City's acquisition of Jardine Matheson is invalid.
In their hearts, the land of Xiangjiang is still the territory of their traditional forces, and everything should be dominated and decided by the superior British people.
This deep-rooted sense of superiority and territoriality drives them to regain control of Jardine Matheson at all costs. In order to achieve this goal, Nian Bijian was selected as the intermediary, responsible for coordinating the forces of all parties and promoting the smooth progress of this conspiracy.
He understands that he plays a key role in this power struggle. He must balance the interests of all parties while ensuring the confidentiality and success rate of the plan.
A battle of law and wisdom surrounding the control of Jardine Matheson quietly kicked off in the prosperous place of Xiangjiang.
After learning about the conspiracy of Simon Keswick and others, Su Cheng did not show too much worry. Instead, he sat on the balcony of his villa, frowned slightly, and muttered these secretly in his heart. Opponents are like flies that can't go away, which is really annoying.
Faced with such a challenge, Sioux City responded quickly.
He directly contacted Ma Shiming, a business elite who has demonstrated outstanding management skills since he took the helm of the Hong Kong Electric Group.
Under Ma Shiming's careful operation, Hong Kong Electric Group has not only achieved stable growth, but also successfully implemented a diversified development strategy, which has made the group's strength soar. The stock market value has proudly exceeded the HK$30 billion mark, ranking among the top 10 in Hong Kong. Among the top companies.
In view of Ma Shiming's brilliant achievements and extraordinary abilities, Su City decided to give him a new mission and let him take over Nie Bijian's position at Jardine Matheson.
This decision is not only a full trust in Ma Shiming's personal ability, but also Suzhou City's strategic plan for the future development of Jardine Matheson after careful consideration.
He believes that under the leadership of Ma Shiming, Jardine Matheson will be able to cope with current challenges and continue to develop.
In fact, there is a long history between Ma Shiming and Jardine Matheson.
Back then, Su Cheng had a keen eye and discovered Ma Shiming, who was just a middle-level manager of a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson. Now, in just a few years, Ma Shiming has grown into a business elite who can stand alone.
For such a transfer opportunity, Su Cheng is convinced that Ma Shiming will be full of interest and expectations.
Faced with Tui Bijian’s secret actions, Su Cheng decided to take decisive measures and first remove him from the core management of Jardine Matheson to avoid future troubles.
As for the Securities Regulatory Commission's follow-up handling of this matter, Su Cheng took a proactive approach and was not overly worried.
After all, the shares in his hands are real and stable, and his controlling rights to Jardine Matheson Group and Land Group are also undisputed.
Su Cheng has confidence in his heart. He knows that his status and strength are no longer comparable to those of the past. He is ready to deal with any possible moves by the Securities Regulatory Commission to favor the British.
He is looking forward to seeing how the China Securities Regulatory Commission will decide in this game of power and interests, and he will remain unchanged in the face of changes and stick to his position and principles.
Su Cheng has an open attitude towards the controlling stake of Jardine Matheson Group. If necessary, he cannot lose Jardine Matheson, but the premise is that the other party must pay a corresponding price.
In his eyes, although Jardine Matheson Group has a certain value, it is not indispensable. In comparison, Land Group is more important to him.
However, these are all considerations for the future. The current top priority in Suzhou is to solve the immediate troubles - to remove the "eating in and out" Tuibijian from the Jardine Group.
With his current strong controlling power in the Jardine Group and his status as the chief executive of Jardine, removing Ni Bijian from his post is just a simple administrative procedure for him, requiring only a paper announcement. It can be achieved.
Moreover, after two or three months of running-in, the senior executives he sent to Jardine Matheson have gradually been able to control the management of the group. Even if Tui Bijian is directly ousted, they will not have any influence on them. How much damage did Jardine Matheson cause.
So, on the day after receiving the intelligence news, Su City directly initiated a board meeting, which would be held the next day.
At this time, Nui Bijian still didn't know that his affairs had been leaked, and he still felt a little confused about Su Cheng initiating a board meeting.
He had always contacted other people secretly, so he never thought that Su Cheng had already known about his actions.
At nine o'clock the next morning, Su Cheng took Ma Shiming to the headquarters of Jardine Matheson.
In a conference room of Jardine Matheson, Su Cheng is sitting in the main seat as the chief executive of Jardine Matheson.
As the executive director, Nie Bijian sat aside. At this time, he also felt that Su Cheng's attitude towards him today was a bit strange.
What surprised him the most was that Ma Shiming, the president of Hong Kong Electric Group, appeared at the board meeting of Jardine Matheson Group.
Su Cheng looked at the more than 20 board members below without even looking at Nui Bijian.
At this time, Nui Bijian seemed to feel something was wrong.
However, at this moment, he still didn't know what happened. Even if he felt something bad, it was of no use.
When the time was up and everyone was gathered, he spoke.
"Everyone is here. As the chief executive of Jardine Matheson and as the absolute controlling shareholder of Jardine Matheson, I am now officially announcing something here. From now on, Mr. Nie Bijian will be officially dismissed as the executive director of Jardine Matheson Group. , From now on, Mr. Nie Bijian is no longer a member of the Jardine Group," Su Cheng said seriously.
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar on the scene.
No one expected that the meeting held in Suzhou City was actually to remove Ni Bijian.
Something big happened.
At this moment, many board members only have this idea in their hearts.
Tie Bijian, who has been in charge of Jardine Matheson for many years, no one expected that he would be directly dismissed just three months after the acquisition of Jardine by Suzhou City.
Tuibi Jian was also stunned. At this time, his mind went blank.
After a long time, Nie Bijian came back to his senses and asked: "Mr. Su Cheng, why?"
"Why? Mr. Nie Bijian, do you have the nerve to ask me why? "Look what this is?" Su Cheng threw some evidence in front of Nui Bijian.
Seeing these evidences, Nui Bijian finally understood what happened. What he had done was exposed before he succeeded.
At this moment, Nui Bijian's expression was a little decadent.
He knew that no matter how much he said, there was nothing he would be willing to do.
So, Guan Bijian stood up without saying a word and left the conference room directly.
The moment he walked out of the conference room, the secretary in charge of meeting minutes took a photo of his lonely figure.
This is the end of a business tycoon. (End of chapter)