Chapter 164 President of Heung Kong Telephone Company
After a busy day, with a mountain of work, it is finally finished at this moment.
On the boss chair, Shen Bi stretched his waist and twisted his stiff neck to relieve the fatigue from a day's work.
As the general manager of HSBC Bank, Shen Bi has a very heavy workload every day. Whether it is a big or small matter, urgent or not, he, the general manager, needs to understand, and many things need to be handled by himself.
Because of Chen Yi's affairs during the day, a lot of work was delayed. The financial industry is a job that cannot delay time, so he can only stay and work overtime at night.
Of course, for Shen Bi, working overtime is now commonplace.
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Hearing a knock on the door, Shen Bi moved a bit, got up from the boss chair, and walked towards the door.
When the female secretary saw Shen Bi coming out, she was slightly taken aback, and then said: "General Manager, I have just contacted Ms. Hai Lu, the president of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, and she said that she will report back to the London headquarters tomorrow, and she needs to go back for a week. "
Shen Bi heard the words, frowned and asked, "Did that Ms. Hailu say when she will leave Xiangjiang tomorrow? What time is the flight?"
The secretary replied: "It seems that tomorrow morning, Xiangjiang will fly directly to London. I didn't find out what time it is."
Shen Bi was silent for a while, and said: "Help me contact Ms. Hailu, ask her if she is free in the evening, and tell her that I have something important to look for her."
The female secretary said: "Ms. Hailu seems to be attending a party at the Peninsula Hotel. The general manager can go directly there now. I will contact Ms. Hailu again."
Shen Bi looked down at the watch in his hand, and found that it was past eight o'clock, almost nine o'clock, so he said: "Okay, you can contact me immediately, I will go to the Peninsula Hotel now, after contacting you, go back to rest after get off work." ,Today was tough."
"Okay, general manager" Overtime work is a job that every employee doesn't like very much, and the female secretary is no exception.
However, as the secretary of the general manager, she also knows that sometimes it is necessary to work overtime, especially when Shen Bi, the general manager, has not finished get off work, and she, the secretary, cannot leave early.
Confess things
Shen Bi put on his coat and went downstairs to the parking lot.
One week is too long. Today, after Chen Yi returned from HSBC, Xinji sent over the notice to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company.
Obviously, in Shen Bi's view, that little fellow Chen Yi is interested in the influence of Xiangjiang Telephone Company in Xiangjiang. As the only telephone company in Xiangjiang, the role of Xiangjiang Telephone Company is self-evident.
Just recently, news came out that Dadong Telegraph, the parent company of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, had sold its business in Xiangjiang.
If Dadong Telegraph really intends to sell the Xiangjiang Telephone Company, this is indeed an excellent opportunity. If the Xiangjiang Telephone Company can be acquired, it will greatly promote Chen Yi's future career effect.
This is the first request made by Chen Yi, and HSBC must meet it, otherwise the transaction between the two parties will be difficult to proceed.
However, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau is a truly giant company, and its influence is much greater than that of HSBC.
To sum it up in one sentence, that is, as long as it was once the sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, then there would be the existence of the Dadong Telegraph Bureau.
The communication industry plays a very important role in a country and society. Compared with the Dadong Telegraph Bureau, HSBC Bank looks a lot paler.
The Dadong Telegraph Bureau has a great influence in the communication industry, and even has a certain monopoly position in the communication industry in Asia. Just like Xiangjiang, the Xiangjiang Telephone Company under the Dadong Telegraph Bureau directly monopolizes Xiangjiang communications industry.
In comparison, among the many banks in the UK, HSBC is only in the middle and upper reaches, and its main business is mostly concentrated in Asia and Africa. Its UK and European businesses only occupy a small part.
Before the Asian economy was just developing and Hong Kong had not become an Asian financial center, HSBC's influence and voice were still very limited.
Therefore, regarding the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, Shen Bi had no way to contact the Dadong Telegraph Bureau directly, so he had to start with Xiangjiang Telephone Company first.
In a corner of the Peninsula Hotel lobby, Shen Bi met Ms. Hai Lu, the president of Xiangjiang Telephone Company.
As soon as they met, Shen Bi apologized with a sincere face, "Ms. Hailu, I'm very sorry to bother you."
Ms. Hai Lu gracefully picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the red wine, and lingered on Shen Bi for a while before she put down the glass and said with a smile: Mr. Shen is so anxious to see me, why is there something important? "
Actually, when she was inquiring about her at HSBC, Ms. Hailu had already guessed the purpose of Shen Bi's coming to see her.
As a subsidiary of the Dadong Telegraph Bureau, Xiangjiang Telephone Company does not have much business dealings with HSBC. Usually, even if necessary, Xiangjiang Telephone Company prefers Standard Chartered Bank.
The reason is nothing more than the fact that Standard Chartered Bank is more popular.
What is Miaogenzhenghong?
Let’s start with the establishment of Standard Chartered Bank. The English name of Standard Chartered Bank is not actually Standard Chartered Bank, but a “Standard Chartered Bank”.
Pay attention, license, these two words are very important.
What license? Whose license? This is a big deal.
The emergence of Standard Chartered Bank was established under the charter of the Queen of England. In the 19th century, as the largest country in the world, the influence of the British royal family was beyond imagination.
Standard Chartered Bank was established at that time under the charter of the Queen of England. Do you think its background is deep enough and big enough?
Therefore, many British companies, especially giant companies like Dadong Telegraph, will only deal with Standard Chartered Bank, not HSBC, even if they want to deal with them.
The existence of HSBC and its status today are largely dependent on Standard Chartered Bank. Because Standard Chartered Bank was established under the charter of the Queen of England, Standard Chartered Bank had a high political status in Hong Kong in the early days.
Later, in order to avoid the dominance of Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank had the status of equally sharing the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars.
In other words, the existence of HSBC is largely used to check and balance Standard Chartered Bank.
After World War II, as the international status of the United Kingdom declined, the royal family's brand was not as loud as before, and this is why HSBC came later.
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(end of this chapter)