Chapter 112 Meeting with Kadoorie
Fanling Golf Course is affiliated to the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, which removed the word "Royal" from its name after the return of Hong Kong to China.

Fanling Golf Course is the oldest golf course in Asia. Many political celebrities have played golf here in the past.

Currently, the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club has two golf courses, a 9-par course in Deep Water Bay and an 18-par course in Fanling.

Liu Zhicheng is not a member of the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club, but he is queuing up to apply since he has not yet fallen in love with the program.

Because he was already a member of the Jockey Club, the golf club invited him to join many times, so he applied for membership.

Liu Zhicheng had only played golf a few times, but he had a great aptitude for learning and learned how to swing the club quickly, though his level was average.

A few days ago, he invited Kadoorie of CLP Power to meet through John Smith of Swire Group, and John Smith arranged the meeting place at Fanling Golf Course.

Although Liu Zhicheng and Kadoorie met twice at various gatherings, they were just acquaintances.

And this time it is a negotiation, so it would be better to have a middleman to avoid embarrassing either side during the stalemate.

"Mr. John Shi, you look very good both mentally and physically!" Liu Zhicheng greeted him warmly as soon as they met.

John Shi seemed very happy to hear this. He held Liu Zhicheng's hand and said, "I have been exercising more recently. Do I look like Popeye? Are you in better spirits and body than the last time we met?"

Liu Zhicheng naturally followed his meaning and said, "The change is indeed great, but the last time I saw you, you were in good health!"

The two were not in a hurry to play golf, but instead had afternoon tea in the club's lounge.

John Shi and Liu Zhicheng were also very happy to meet each other this time, mainly because what Liu Zhicheng did and his achievements were enough to make these British business tycoons feel fear and admiration.

John Shi was certainly not afraid, but rather admired the company more, because his Swire Group had absolute control, just like Liu Zhicheng's control over the Whampoa Group.

"Mr. Liu, you've been very popular recently. I often see you in the news. You've made British capital feel scared. Go check the holding status of your companies as soon as possible. I'm afraid that someone will snatch them away if you're not careful."

British financial groups like Swire originally wanted to fight on their own, with a mindset of minding their own business.

But Liu Zhicheng's fatal blow to Jardine Matheson made them completely sober. In order to avoid the war being drawn to themselves and conflicting with the powerful Chinese capital, they did not dare to take the initiative to jump out and make accusations.

Although they did not take the initiative to come to the fore, they all began to check their subsidiaries and strengthened the defense capabilities of their companies.

After all, the bloody lesson of the Jardine Matheson Group happened right before their eyes. If they are not alert, then they are not qualified to be the head of a consortium.

Under these circumstances, the heads of British financial groups issued orders to check whether the controlling stakes of their companies were safe and whether they were being targeted by anyone.

Deal with problems where they arise and strengthen your defenses to avoid having your controlling stake taken away from you while you are kept in the dark.

There are several major British financial groups in Hong Kong, each of which has one or two hundred subsidiaries or affiliated companies of all sizes, so it is inevitable that they will be targeted by those with ulterior motives.

The only thing that can be done now is to strengthen the controlling stake, unless they are some marginal enterprises that are dispensable.

Once a problem is discovered, the major financial groups will immediately resolve it and prepare for defensive measures.

If someone plots against you and you fall into their hands, the financial resources of the blockers are generally good, but if it is a capital strongman like Liu Zhicheng, it will be difficult to counterattack.

If the danger can be detected and resolved in advance, it will be much more difficult for someone to stop it.

For a time, Hong Kong was in turmoil, and many large and small blockades occurred. I don’t know how many Chinese capitals were depressed to death. They lay lurking for a long time, wasn’t it just to take over one or two companies?
As a result, before it had a chance to acquire a majority of shares, its holding consortium became alert during a major inspection, causing the plan to be discovered prematurely and fail.

Those people who had ulterior motives were so angry that they slammed the table and cursed. It was simply an unprovoked disaster!

"Mr. John Shi, the main reason is that they have diluted their shares too much, which has led to unstable controlling rights. If they are all like Swire, it will be impossible for those who want to stop them to do so." Liu Zhicheng said jokingly.

"Could it be that Mr. Liu has taken a fancy to Swire? That's right, the Swire Group has a Taikoo City, you will definitely like it." John Shi said with a smile.

"Will Mr. Shi John be willing to give it up?" Liu Zhicheng said, and he also laughed.

At this time, Kadoorie arrived late and hugged John Smith as soon as he came up. Then Liu Zhicheng shook hands with him warmly and said, "Hello, Mr. Liu."

"Hello, Mr. Kadoorie!" Liu Zhicheng shook hands and said with a smile.

When they sat down again, Kadoorie said, "Mr. Liu, what happened between us was all a misunderstanding. You should also know that oil prices have been high recently. I wanted to raise the electricity price, but the Hong Kong government refused. So I had to shut down some of the oil turbines to reduce losses."

Liu Zhicheng nodded as he listened, thinking to himself, is this because Jardine Matheson is afraid of his successful acquisition of Wharf Holdings and is therefore shirking responsibility?

After much thought, Liu Zhicheng felt that it was more likely that he would shirk responsibility, but now was not the time to come clean.

Then he said slowly: "I also know the difficulties of China Power, so I want to sit down and talk about this today."

"Mr. Liu, do you have any good ideas?" When Kadoorie heard Liu Zhicheng say this, he felt that he could solve the current problem.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "I can't solve other people's problems, but I think I can solve the power restriction problem in our industrial park."

"Mr. Kadoorie, for the power supply of the industrial park, I am willing to provide CLP with an additional subsidy of 1 milliwatt per kilowatt-hour to reduce CLP's losses."

Kadoorie pretended to drink tea, but in fact he was thinking about the pros and cons. If they agreed to Liu Zhicheng's plan, other factories could follow suit. After a while, Kadoorie held up two fingers and said, "2 cents, 2 cents per kilowatt-hour."

"If it's two cents, our loss will be too great and we can't afford it." Liu Zhicheng shook his head and refused.

Kadoorie also shook his head and said that if the power supply was to be liberalized, a subsidy of 2 cents per kWh would be required, but Liu Zhicheng insisted on a subsidy of 1 cent.

The two sides communicated for a while but failed to reach a consensus.

At this time, John Shi, who was standing aside, saw that the two sides had reached a stalemate, so he smiled and said, "Although there is a misunderstanding between you, harmony brings wealth. I suggest that you both take a step back and give a subsidy of 1.5 cents, how about that?"

Liu Zhicheng thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Seeing Liu Zhicheng agreed, Kadoorie did not insist and nodded in agreement because 1.5 cents could guarantee profits.

Afterwards, the three of them played a 9-stroke round of golf and ended today's meeting.

As long as there is no electricity restriction in the Yuen Long Industrial Park, Liu Zhicheng is willing to bear the slight loss, because it is because others have a monopoly position.

To be honest, Liu Zhicheng was unwilling to give up when recalling this blocking action of "killing one thousand enemies but losing eight hundred of his own".

China Power must find an opportunity to turn the tables in this situation, but it requires long-term planning.

During this period, Liu Zhicheng's continuous high-intensity work finally came to an end.

...............

Liu Zhicheng felt that he thought too much about the woman he loved, and he should just be like a bulldozer and push them down one by one instead of being timid and pretending to be a saint.

Today Liu Zhicheng decided to give it a try.

Lin Qingxia has been in Hong Kong for more than a month to film a movie, but she has not played the role of a good host. Liu Zhicheng decided to go and visit the set.

Sun Lina reported to her that Lin Qingxia, starring in the movie "Motorcycle Girl", was shooting on location in Temple Street.

Due to the huge investment from Orange Technology, this is a large-scale production with a budget of 200 million, so the shooting content is relatively detailed and the scenes are magnificent.

Since there was only one hour per day for location shooting, Lin Qingxia would be in Hong Kong for at least half a year making this movie.

Temple Street is located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is a distinctive street in Hong Kong and also the most famous night market in Hong Kong with a complex population.

Therefore, Temple Street became a famous street block in Hong Kong movies in the past, influencing almost a generation.

After Liu Zhicheng arrived at the filming location, Sun Lina introduced him to the director, Wu Siyuan. The butterfly flapped its wings gently again.

After a while, Wu Siyuan came over with a smile on his face, and Lina introduced the two parties to each other.

"Mr. Liu, welcome to your guidance!" Wu Siyuan was very polite when he saw that it was the big boss of the financing company who came to the set to inspect the filming work.

"I came here today just to see how movies are made!"

"Well, I'll take you there!"

Without saying a word, Wu Siyuan took Liu Zhicheng to a place for temporary rest.

Lina whispered something in Wu Siyuan's ear, and Wu Siyuan ran to the shooting site and announced that they should take a break and suspend the shooting.

Then he said to Lin Qingxia: "Ms. Lin, Mr. Liu is here to visit you."

"Yes!" the woman said generously.

She had actually seen Liu Zhicheng, surrounded by bodyguards, hear Wu Siyuan's words and then walk towards Liu Zhicheng's resting place not far away.

When Liu Zhicheng saw Lin Qingxia walking towards him, he thought: Wu Siyuan understands me quite well.

"Hello, Miss Lin! Long time no see." Liu Zhicheng said with a smile, and took a glass of water from his assistant and handed it to her.

"Long time no see. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Liu here today." Lin Qingxia had a smile on her cheek.

Just now Wu Siyuan made it clear that Liu Zhicheng came to see her, and Lin Qingxia was also a little pretentious.

Of course, Liu Zhicheng would not point out her little thoughts, but smiled and said naturally: "This movie is heavily sponsored by my company. I came to watch it today when I was free. I heard that Miss Lin was the lead actress, so I asked Director Wu to arrange for you to come and catch up."

When Lin Qingxia heard Liu Zhicheng say this, she just smiled.

In order to avoid embarrassment between them, Liu Zhicheng took the initiative to talk about the movie and asked, "Director Wu asked you to make a movie. How much is the salary?"

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