Spring Thunder Chapter 0271 Another target of erosion
Chen Youqin initially thought that Nan Yi might want a loan, but when he heard him talk about this and that, it was confusing and mostly flattering himself and the Chen family, without revealing the slightest intention of asking for a loan.
Since Nan Yi didn't mention it, he didn't bring it up either. It was possible that she was just paving the way for him, and Ms. Fang would naturally come to him later.
Nan Yi asked Chen Youqin to come out today so that he could get to know him first, see what kind of person he is, and also to form a preliminary impression.
After getting to know each other, Nan Yi was very interested in becoming regardless of age difference.
I stayed on the golf course with Chen Youqin until around three in the afternoon, when we parted ways and left.
Nan Yi did not go back either. He found a high-end closed sauna to take a good bath, and then found a skilled female technician to give him a massage. When it was almost half past five, he went to the Xiangkeng Club again.
In the early years, Xiangkeng Club was a club that only entertained American people. Whether it was the waiters or the guests who could come here, they were all American people. Even white people from other countries could not enter.
However, with the rise of the Jockey Club, the Hong Kong Jockey Club declined and was no longer so high and mighty. By the late 1970s, it had become a relatively ordinary club, and the bigwigs among the Eagle Country members were already in the Jockey Club.
However, there are still many nostalgic American people who often come here to sit.
Simon Kessack was one of them.
"Hello, Mr. Kesak, this is Adam Nan, President of Pan American Investments Asia Pacific."
"Hello, President Adam, Simon Kassack, Chairman of the Jardine Matheson Group." Kassack shook hands with Nan Yi and then made a gesture for him to sit down.
Nan Yi stood there, waiting for the waiter to pull up a chair, nodded to him in thanks, and then sat down.
"I like the weather in Hong Kong in January very much. It's neither too cold nor too hot. Especially in January 1976, the weather was very good. It was not like London where it rained almost every day."
"Yes, I like this weather too, but in January, I prefer to go to Miami for vacation, with sunshine, beaches and beautiful women in bikinis."
"The beach is nice. When I go to the beach for vacation, I like to play beach volleyball. But actually, I like football more. The English Football League One may be reformed to a more intense competition mode..."
First they talked about the weather, then the beach, then football, and after football they talked about food. Coming from a food desert, Kessack loves all kinds of food, and he can talk about it in great detail no matter where it comes from.
Even the steak they were eating could be described in tens of thousands of words, including the breed of cattle, origin, slaughter, transportation, cooking, etc.
The dinner lasted for two and a half hours, and the two of them didn't talk about a single topic.
After finishing the main meal and having dessert, Caesack invited Nan Yi to the cigar room.
In the cigar room, after Kesak put the cigar in his mouth, he asked, "President Adam, I have heard of Pan American Investment Holdings, the new major shareholder of Wal-Mart. You were established not long ago and your business has always been in China. How come you suddenly came to Hong Kong?"
"Chairman Caesar, although Pan American was established not long ago, we are quite powerful. We cannot limit our development to our home country. Just last month, we established the European Business District and the Asia-Pacific Business District. Since I came from Hong Kong, I was selected by the company to come to Hong Kong to set up the Asia-Pacific branch."
"President Adam is from Hong Kong?"
"Strictly speaking, I am from Xinxiang. I am from the mainland. Chairman Fang Mengyin of Fang Group is my grandmother." There is no need to hide what Nan Yi wants people to know, and he cannot hide it even if he wants to.
"I have heard of Ms. Fang. If there is a chance, please introduce her to me. Perhaps Hong Kong Land can cooperate with Ms. Fang in certain areas."
"I'm happy to do so." Nan Yi nodded and said, "This time I made an appointment with Chairman Caesar to make a deal with Jardine Matheson. If, I mean if, Jardine Matheson wants to give up its shares in Hong Kong Electric Lighting, please inform me. We at Pan American Investment Holdings are very interested in it."
"We do have HK$450 million worth of Hong Kong Electric Lighting shares in our hands, but we just acquired it in April last year, and it has been less than nine months. How can you think that we will give it up?"
“Chairman Caesar, let’s not beat around the bush. Since I found you, I must know something about your company’s situation. Plus, this is a sensitive period. I believe it won’t be long before your company, or even your parent company, Jardine Matheson, changes its place of registration.
Chairman Kesak, Pan American Investments is an American company.
Nan Yi deliberately emphasized the word "羙国". He was deliberately hinting at the confrontational relationship between British and Chinese capital. Rather than letting Chinese capital gain an advantage in the future, it would be better for his American-funded enterprise to gain an advantage.
Nan Yi has always sneered at the so-called Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong. Now that British and Chinese capital are in conflict, ordinary people in Hong Kong can still benefit from it. But when Chinese capital becomes the only dominant force in the future, they will act unscrupulously, forcing the Hong Kong government to take control of Hong Kong real estate and play with millions of Hong Kong people in their hands.
These bastards are really going too far. They eat all the food themselves and don't give the Nan family a share. Then they will smash the pot.
He will start to enjoy this pie from now on, and will do so until the first dozen years of the next century. He will reap the dividends secretly, and then in the future he will send his godson/goddaughter to come out with great fanfare to build some cheap real estate and low-rent housing to gain another wave of goodwill and the title of the hero of Hong Kong.
In this way, you have both the substance and reputation, yeah!
"If, and I mean if, if our company wants to sell, I will definitely contact you. However, our resale price will not be cheap."
"As for the price, we can discuss it in detail one day."
How could it be considered not cheap? When Swire Properties wanted to sell its shares in Dongdeng, it must have been in trouble, as the selling price was not decided by them.
After finishing the business, Kesak took Nan Yi to the billiard room of the club to compete with him in billiard skills.
Snooker, or English billiards, is something Nan Yi likes quite a lot, but he only knows the rules and likes to watch live broadcasts. He knows a lot about various techniques, such as left-hand stick, right-hand stick, low stick and high stick.
But fighting...he can only choose to believe that great force can create miracles.
As soon as Nan Yi started the game, Kesak shook his head helplessly. This player was just a beginner and was not at the same level as himself.
"President Adam, there are beautiful women here to practice with you. Would you like me to call one for you?"
"My grandson, you shouldn't be so mean." Nan Yi muttered to himself, and said, "Haha, sorry, my ball skills are too bad."
"Snooker is a gentleman's sport. In Eagle Country, it is a must for a gentleman to master." As Kessack said this, he hit a red ball into the bottom pocket with a low left shot and called the black ball by the way.
"In addition to skills, snooker also requires a sense of the overall situation and strategy..."
Bang, Kesak hit the black ball in. Without waiting for the caddy to come and pick up the ball, he picked the black ball out of the bag and put it in its place, and then continued to hit it.
This Caesar's ball skills are really good. Nan Yi actually had the illusion that he was watching Rocket O'Sullivan play.
Kesak hit the red ball and the black ball alternately until he missed the black ball on the ninth time, scoring 73 points in one shot.
"Chairman Kaisak, you fought really well." Nan Yi clapped his hands lightly and praised.
"It's all thanks to you for spreading the ball wide enough, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to play so well. Before this, my best score was 56 points."
"Hello, Mr. Kessack."
Just as Kesak finished speaking, a woman wearing a simple but very decent patterned top, with her bangs curled and tied in a bun at the back, and thin white lace gloves on her hands, came over holding a glass of champagne.
This woman looks a bit like the Bond girl in "Die Another Day" and the heroine in "Pirates of the Caribbean". She also has a bit of the aura of an Eagle Country noblewoman.
"Hello, Miss Boleyn."
Kessack greeted the woman and began to introduce them.
"Ms. Bolin, this is Adam Nan, President of Pan American Investments Asia Pacific. President Adam, this is Miss Catherine Bolin, from the Bolin family."
"Hello, Mr. Adam."
"Hello, Miss Boleyn."
Nan Yi reached out, held Catherine's fingers, and kissed the back of her hand.
The Bolin family, Nan Yi knew there was such a family. Eagle Country was Nan Yi's next target for development after the Xiong Country. He was studying the local customs and family power there.
The Boleyn family is known to the world and occupies a certain place in the history of the Eagle Country, all thanks to the two beauties in the Boleyn family, the elder sister Mary Boleyn and the younger sister Anne Boleyn.
Their father is just a businessman, but their mother is from the Howard family, so they also have half of the Howard family's noble blood.
The Boleyn family had always hoped to bring wealth and glory to the Boleyn family through these two outstanding daughters, so Mary became Henry VIII's mistress and Anne became Henry VIII's second queen.
The Howard family also produced a stunning beauty, Catherine Howard, who was the sixth queen of Henry VIII.
These three beauties all came from the Howard family. Although they once brought wealth and glory to the Howard family, their endings were all tragic.
After being expelled from the court, Mary lived a life of poverty, while Anne and Catherine were sent to the guillotine one after another.
Catherine Boleyn is a member of the Boleyn family, also known as Catherine. It seems that the previous generation of the Boleyn family hopes to repeat their ancestors' tricks?
But times have changed, the Howard family has become a thing of the past, and now they just live on the few estates inherited from them. Does the Boleyn family still want to have a second spring?
"You two continue chatting, I'll continue playing." Kesak said apologetically, then leaned over to continue playing snooker.
Did Kesak do this because he was very familiar with Catherine or he just didn't want to bother with her? Nan Yi couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Miss Catherine, shall we find a place to sit?"
"There is an open-air terrace on the second floor of the club. We can go up there." Catherine seemed quite interested and gladly accepted his invitation.
Passing by the bar, Nan Yi took a cocktail from the waiter's tray and followed Catherine to the second floor.
On the second floor, the wall was retracted three meters inward, leaving a large circular platform surrounded by a one-and-two-meter-high fence. There were several outdoor tables on it. There was no lighting, only a faint glow from the candles on each table.
This is a great place for a tryst and some private conversation.
"Catherine, shall we sit here?"
Nan Yi walked to a table and pulled out a chair.
"Thanks."
Catherine put the wine glass on the table first, put one hand on her chest, put the other hand on her lower back, gently stroked her skirt and sat down.
"Catherine, you don't live in Hong Kong, do you?"
"Yes, I live in London. I heard that the Chinese New Year is very interesting, so I came to Hong Kong for vacation to feel the Chinese New Year atmosphere here."
This answer is quite vague. There is a Chinatown in London. If you simply want to experience the Chinese New Year, you can go to Chinatown instead of running all the way to Hong Kong.
"Then you can enjoy it well. The Chinese New Year is very interesting. Originally, I should do my best to play the role of a good host, but unfortunately I have to go back to New York soon and I still have a lot of work to do there." Nan Yi spread his hands and said.
"hehe."
Catherine smiled and said nothing.
The two were not familiar with each other, so the conversation could only be general. Nan Yi brought up the topic of Eagle Country opera, and the two began to discuss the Sunday drama. During the conversation, Nan Yi also inquired about Catherine's background.
This Catherine is a novice. She handles conversations very well, but she always follows a routine. She should have received training in this area, but she does not have much experience. She is a lady who grew up in a manor and has a bit of decadent aristocratic air.
The kind of family that clearly has no confidence but continues to maintain its noble status, Catherine's Boleyn family should only have the title of nobility left.
After leaving the club, Nan Yi gave Ghost the task of investigating Catherine. If the Boleyn family was left with only an empty shell, the helpful Nan Yi planned to help Catherine maintain her noble dignity.
Nobility is not just a title, it must also have the pomp and ceremony to match the title.
They have a Rolls-Royce to drive and a Jaguar to tow, the dog rides in a Jaguar, the maid drives a Ferrari to buy groceries, the lawn mower drives a Porsche, and the person in charge of raising horses has to wear high-end clothes. Anything less than 100,000 pounds is not worthy of the Boleyn family's temperament.
By the way, the dog’s leash must be inlaid with a Cullinan diamond, and the bowl for dog food must be made of diamond. If you only use a porcelain bowl, the dog may not be a person, and the person will really be a dog.
