Chapter 165 The Great Events of Prince Alcohol

Reason is the biggest feature of Hu Chuyuan, which allows him to find the way to live in this chaotic era, and allows him to find a safe place to live in the Qingzheng axe and the fear of human rights, but it also makes him lose a lot of fun that only belongs to men.

In short, Hu Chuyuan is not a very lustful man.

For his emotional life, he rarely pursues that kind of bizarre fantasy and **, but is particularly pragmatic, especially wants to spend his life slowly with Wu Shuzhen.

Whether you are rich, poor, smooth or difficult, you can spend your whole life like this.

Sometimes, he really can't let go of his concern for Pan Limei.

He thought that this is also good. Although it is a little unfair to Wu Shuzhen and Pan Limei, after all, they can be righteous together and spend the next few decades.

Wu Shuzhen is not only Hu Chuyuan's wife, but also his best assistant in the business field and even in the diplomatic world. The guests to visit later are Butterfield and Sir Catherk. Wu Shuzhen stayed and made a pot of tea for everyone, prepared some snacks, and the duty of a hostess.

These two gentlemen were already regular guests. Soon, accompanied by the guards, they entered the large study and sat down directly in the reception room.

When Wu Shuzhen was preparing tea, Hu Chuyuan asked two old friends about Britain and Hong Kong, and about their families.

After a while, everyone talked about the topic.

The feng shui takes turns. Today's Taikoo Yanghang has long been the first British-funded foreign bank. Its strength in China is second only to Wanqi Yanghang. However, in the world, relying on the huge colonies of the whole British Empire, Taikoo Yanghang is definitely the world's largest trading company.

The current Taigu Yanghang is very large. It is listed in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai, with a total of 24,307,850 shares, with a total market value of 237 million pounds. Hu Chuyuan holds a total of 9,770,500 shares through Fuguo, accounting for 40.195% of the total shares, which is also a million yuan. Undoussedly the largest shareholder.

Taikoo Yanghang currently operates eight major industries: financial investment, international trade, mineral resources, port shipping, department store retail, real estate, colonial planting, and ship manufacturing.

In the financial industry, holding 21.4% of the shares of HSBC, 34.97% of Royal Bank of Scotland, 12.56% of the shares of Exchange Bank of France, as well as a number of British regional and colonial banks, including several insurance companies and bond companies.

In terms of mineral resources, Scient Ocean Bank mainly invests in Australia and Africa, with a number of gold, iron ore, manganese and nickel mines, as well as two medium-sized oil wells, and iron ore and oil as the main investment direction.

In addition, Taikoo Yanghang has been the largest port operator and shipping company in the Asia-Pacific region through the annexation of British shipping companies and bird-moving ship companies, including ports in the Japanese and American markets.

Compared with the current momentum of Taikoo Yanghang, Yihe Yanghang has to convern a lot, and the market value is only 1/5 of the former.

Of course, the budget size of the two companies is also very different.

After reading the budget communiqué submitted by the two people for this year, Hu Chuyuan did not make a decision immediately and continued to take a sip of black tea.

After a while, he put down the budget communiqué of Taikoo Yanghang and said, "There is no problem with this one. Let's make a decision and try our best to win the gold mining rights of Transvaal. As for the final direction of several free states in South Africa, I don't think they can compete with Britain. As long as there is gold, they will still be defeated by Britain. However, it will take many more years.

Butterfield elegantly put down the black teacup and said, "Yes, according to the information we have received, Britain will not go to war with the Boers for ten years, but if it continues to be so deadlocked, the situation will be difficult to say. In addition, the relationship between the Boers and the Germans is too close, which is probably the reason why there will be a war.

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly and said, "No matter what kind of decision the British Empire will make, be sure to take down the gold mine in Transvaal first. As for the gold mines held by Rhodes, you have to find a way, whether subvert or plotting, joint ventures, in short...!"

Butterfield said, "Don't worry, I will do everything I can to force Rhodes to give me De Beers' gold mine, otherwise, I will forcibly buy his diamond mining company in the stock market."

What he said was elegant, but also full of bloody cruelty.

This is the business of this era, and the strong have everything.

Hu Chuyuan no longer has any problems.

South Africa and Australia are the main sites of the British Mining Company of Siko Ocean Bank, and it is impossible for them to make concessions.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "The market in southern Africa is not the most familiar location for us. If Rhodes is interested in cooperation, we can consider merging. After the merger, we will continue to inject capital and dilute his shares.

Butterfield sneered and said, "This is also a better way. Then, I will try my best to lobby him."

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, and then said to Sir James Keswick, "Now, let's talk seriously about Yihe Yangxing!"

Sir Keswick smiled decently and said, "I'm waiting for your good news, my distinguished Chairman of the Board of Directors!"

Humph.

Hu Chuyuan smiled strangely. If he remembers correctly, it was this man who shouted the most fiercely seven or eight years ago, threatening to let him get out of the beach and never get involved in the silk industry again.

The result is still quite tragic.

He thought that this is probably money that can make ghosts grind!

In a word, he is now also the largest shareholder of Yihe Foreign Bank. Three years ago, Yihe Foreign Bank and Taigu Foreign Bank were still fighting for the status of the first British foreign bank in the Asia-Pacific region, and the two sides were roughly the same in terms of industrial distribution.

Now there is a huge gap.

At present, Yihe Foreign Bank is basically only focusing on real estate and credit business in Hong Kong. At the same time, it relies on Hu Chuyuan's strength to operate international trade between Asia-Pacific and Europe. It mainly focuses on the silk industry, tea industry and hemp industry, and is also the largest silk and hemp textile distributor in Europe.

Hu Chuyuan is very clear about where Yihe Yangxing is going. He just doesn't think Sir James Keswick can take this responsibility.

Because Kesek is old.

Kaiserk is not only physically aging, but also his heart and thoughts are old. More importantly, he has lost his ambition and just wants to rely on Hu Chuyuan's position in China to maintain the current Jardine market.

Hu Chuyuan was not in a hurry to say anything, but was silent... He looked at James Keswick's white hair and old wrinkles almost indifferently. His close eyes made James Kesek panic, and even Butterfield secretly pinched a cold sweat.

The three people were silent for about a few minutes.

Hu Chuyuan suddenly opened his mouth, but he was slow and said politely, "Sir Keswick, I think Yihe needs to make more efforts to rebuild. It seems that you can recommend a few younger people to me to run some industries that need more vitality.

"Oh?"

James Keswick didn't say anything, but he understood what Hu Chuyuan was talking about.

He also thought silently for a moment, and finally replied, "My nephew, William Tony Keswick Jr. should be a good young man, and his friend, Mattson's grandson, Hugh Barton, is also a good young man."

Hu Chuyuan nodded without much expression and said, "This requires you to make your own decision, but you can tell them that what I need is a more courageous peace, just like Sir William Jardine once did. The future of Jardine is in the UK and South Asia, with the local industry as the main core. At the same time, it can also operate new banks and financial companies in hotels, retail department stores, food and textiles. It doesn't need to be too large. After all, Hong Kong Wells Fargo Investment Bank and HSBC are supporting it.

James Keswick nodded silently, stretched out his hand, and said to Hu Chuyuan, "So... let's make a conclusion, my respected Chairman of the Board of Directors!"

There is no doubt that this will be their last meeting. The next time they come to report the general account with Hu Chuyuan... it will be a young Kesek.

Hu Chuyuan stretched out his hand and shook hands with James Keswick, with cold blood hidden in his skin.

He has put forward his own request to shift the focus of Jardine to the British mainland, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Whether it can do this is a matter for the Scottish family of Keswick.

If they can't do it, Hu Chuyuan will not hesitate to change a family, or change a person, or force the Kesek family to withdraw from the Yihe family.

Hu Chuyuan's schedule is always very tight, and this meeting has been timed out.

The people waiting in the Yingbin Building are either rich or noble. There are Tu Renshou, who is preparing to go to Beijing as the imperial supervision of the Qing Banking Bureau, Qu Hongji, who is ready to take a step in the officialdom and go to Taiwan to serve as the second governor, and Yang John, the former U.S. ambassador to China, who is about to leave China, and the three bosses of the Ningbo Business Gang. Yang Qiao, Li Bi'an and Ye Chengzhong - they also want to build a bank, so they have to find Hu Chuyuan.

Waiting in the Yingbin Building of the Garden, even if you can't see Hu Chuyuan, you can communicate with other bosses. It's absolutely worth coming here.

Kang Youwei met Xu Run here. Before that, Xu Run didn't know who he was at all.

Before Hu Chuyuan could see them, they chatted by themselves. Qu Hongji also invited several Ningbo bosses to Taiwan to help and fund the establishment of a charity school. Several Ningbo bosses couldn't wait to flatter Tu Renshou - food and clothing parents!

Hu Chuyuan was about to send Butterfield and James Keswick away when Li Cunyi hurried in. As soon as he entered the door, he said to Hu Chuyuan, "Your Excellency, there are distinguished guests!"

This is great.

There are few people who can be called "noble guests" in Hu Chuyuan. Didn't you see that Taiwan's governor Qu Hongji waited for a quarter of an hour, and then it was his turn for Tu Renshou.

Hu Chuyuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Cunyi strangely.

Li Cunyi is also a general now. He led the Fuwei camp beside Hu Chuyuan and was stationed in the West Garden, responsible for protecting the Hu family. He came to report that someone came in directly from the West Gate.

Li Cunyi took a step forward and whispered to Hu Chuyuan, "Prince Chun came in person."

Hu Chuyuan's face sank quietly. Prince Chun came. He was indeed a distinguished guest, but the problem also came... He may only come secretly for one thing, and it was also the last thing Hu Chuyuan didn't want to ask.

He hurriedly sent Butterfield out, and then asked Chen Shanyuan, "Who else is behind?"

Chen Shanyuan reported one by one.

Hu Chuyuan ordered without thinking: "Please ask Tu Renshou and Qu Hongji to stay in the West Garden... I will invite them to enter the West Garden later. John Yang's schedule is scheduled for tomorrow, saying that I have something particularly important to do. I will go to the consulate in person tomorrow. As for those Ningbo masters... Let them come back the day after tomorrow!"

Chen Shanyuan hurriedly said, "No, the day after tomorrow is the quadrennial general manager's meeting. The general manager and big shopkeepers from all over the country are coming. I'm afraid you can't be busy!"

"This...!"

Only then did Hu Chuyuan remember.

The rules are the same. The big shopkeepers and general shopkeepers of each family meet every four years, with a big dividend, rewards for meritorious deeds, and punishments in public. Some things are family rules, rules, and old rules.

The shopkeeper made a small mistake. He was caught and reported. He was going to hit the board in public.

If the shopkeeper with the ticket number secretly raises a concubine, marries a concubine, and hides a private loan... That's even more, it is a direct punishment to go out, notifying all peers, and the collective will never use it.

For a big owner with a ticket number like Hu Chuyuan, if he marries a concubine, he has to explain the reason to the chief shopkeepers. Only with virtue, faith, righteousness and courtesy can such people do the ticket number business and convince the public.

This kind of conference is very important, especially for the Hu family, which will be held for four or five days.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a moment and said, "Let some Ningbo bosses not wait for the time being. My family is going to hold a meeting. Today, another distinguished guest will come. Let's postpone it until six days and tell them that there is no big problem here."

Chen Shanyuan answered and asked, "What about Mr. Yang John?"

Hu Chuyuan said, "Inviting him to live in the Yinghua Hall, I will make time to invite him to dinner in the evening and give him a meal by the way... The time is set at 8 p.m., let Tu Renshou and Qu Hongji come together and go together."

"This...?"

Chen Shanyuan was speechless and thought, "Master, you can eat this meal late enough, and you are not afraid of starving those masters to death.

After finally arranging all the personnel properly, Hu Chuyuan got up and asked Li Cunyi to accompany him to meet Prince Chun and the seventh generation of Style Lei.

Although this kind of thing is rare, the rules of the Hu family are very clear. When you meet such guests, you can go directly to the west gate and invite them to live in the Jinxiu Villa in the back garden of Nanyuan.

Hu Chuyuan all the way to the Jinxiu Villa in Nanyuan. Although the villa is small, it adopts a unique North British landscape layout, transplanting a large number of European shrubs, forming a small garden with both Jiangnan charm and exotic interest, and there is no artificial traces at all, as if living in the mountains.

Entering the Chunlan Hall of the villa, Hu Chuyuan saw Prince Chun, who was nearly 50 years old, sitting in the guest chair and tasting tea. There was a faint sense of uneasy, and he coughed heavily from time to time.

As soon as Hu Chuyuan entered the door, Prince Yi's eyes lit up. He immediately got up and arched his hand and said, "Lord Hu, I'm sorry to bother you!"

Knowing that the matter must be a particularly tricky thing, Hu Chuyuan was not relaxed and reluctantly smiled, "Your Majesty, I've kept you waiting for a long time. Please sit down."

Prince Yiyu also smiled reluctantly. He sat down again and said with Hu Chuyuan, "I haven't waited for a long time. What's more, your garden is beautiful in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the head of the Jiangnan Garden. Even if you don't come for a day, I will be happy to stroll around the garden alone."

Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "Well, you stay for a few more days. In fact, there is nothing else. The top of the garden is amazing in Jinxiu Villa. If you look here, other gardens in the south of the Yangtze River will not be able to enter your eyes.

Prince Yiyu sighed with deep approval and said, "That's true. I only have a few glances in your beautiful villa, and I am already convinced. I have never seen anything in my life. It can be said that it is a natural combination of Chinese and Western models. It integrates the beauty of the mountains and fields with the exquisite setting. It looks like the fun of the mountains and fields, but it is far better than the mountains and fields. It is by no means comparable to other gardens. It is known as the first garden in the south of the Yangtze River. It is absolutely worthy of the name!"

After listening to him, Hu Chuyuan smiled and said, "The prince cares so much about this garden. Is it that he wants to run the garden for the old Buddha?"

Yi Yu nodded silently and said yes, and whispered to Hu Chuyuan, "Lord Hu, you are a smart person. I secretly came to Shanghai to find you alone this time. You should be very clear in your heart. You don't have to talk nonsense, do you?"

"This...?"

Hu Chuyuan hesitated and smiled helplessly. If he wanted to say that he didn't know, Prince Chun still had to say it clearly.

Today, since Prince Yiqi has come, he is going to force Hu Chuyuan to take a stand.

Hu Chuyuan thought for a while, but still smiled again and said, "Your Majesty, if you need anything, please say it directly. I won't refuse. Even if it's inconvenient, I will find another way."

What he said was beautiful enough, and at the same time, he also left room for himself.

"Good!"

Prince Yi Yu was very happy. He immediately lowered his voice and said, "I would like to ask you for your help to set up the first garden in our Qing Dynasty for the Empress Dowager. How much does it cost? I would like to ask you to complete it within three years. Wait for the big deal to be done, and I will pay you back ten times the benefits.

Hu Chuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no third person here. I just want to tell you the truth. Money is not money, I don't care for a long time. I don't care about power or not. To be honest, I have never cared about it. If this can really be done, even if it is smashing the pot and selling iron, I will do it for you. The key to the problem is not the garden. Even if I set up a world-class garden for the Empress Dowager, if she doesn't really want to return to politics, what can you and me do to force her? You... I'm afraid I can't escape the disaster. I'm afraid I have to go into exile overseas!"

(to be continued)