Chapter 1542 New Year Is Here!

On the first day of the New Year in 1984, two major events happened in Xiangjiang.

Or three big things.

The first thing was that at 9 o'clock in the morning, Niu Bijian, the director of Jardine Matheson, issued a brief statement at the press conference of Jardine Matheson, stating that he would resign from all positions in the Jardine Matheson line.

Niu Bijian has been in Xiangjiang for many years. Jardine Matheson has become more prosperous in his hands, but it has also struggled in the past few years and made many mistakes.

Everyone has two sides to this person's evaluation. They think he has mixed success and failure, but he is definitely a trend-setter of this era.

No one can ignore the influence that Nu Bijian had on Hong Kong in these 10 years.

I originally thought that this would be the end of an era, and the next step for Jardine Matheson would be to look to Simon Keswick.

In fact, the middle half of the process was indeed guided by Simon Keswick, the new boss of Jardine Matheson and Land Group.

He explained to reporters his future approach to managing the company.

Keswick said that he believed that the failure of overseas investments was an important factor affecting the stock price of Jardine Matheson Group, so he will sell a large number of overseas assets in the next year to reduce losses.

Immediately afterwards, the Land Group will also significantly reduce its investment in Xiangjiang, especially investments other than real estate, in order to concentrate its advantages on the development of the real estate business and strive to once again shake off other companies that have caught up and protect itself. The status of the first real estate company in Xiangjiang.

Keswick is certainly not all talk and no action.

He still has something to offer.

At the press conference, he announced two decisions.

Before the Spring Festival, Landmark will place 72 million shares of Jardine Matheson shares held at HK$12.3 per share, which is expected to cash out HK$880 million.

After selling so many shares, Land's stake in Jardine Matheson decreased by 25.3% from 42.6%.

At the same time, Jardine Matheson also sold part of its Land shares at market prices, thus reducing Jardine's shareholding in Land from 30% to 25%.

The two companies hold about 25% of each other's shares, which seems a bit dangerous, but in fact this strategy of separating the two companies is the best for them.

Jardine Matheson is actually a comprehensive company, and their overall business is still profitable.

If Land had not suffered too much losses in Heung Kong, it would not have affected Jardine Matheson, which held 30% of its shares, and the stock prices of both companies plummeted.

Now that they are separated and all non-real estate businesses of Land and Land have been sold, Land and Land will focus on developing real estate in the future, while Jardine will continue its stable business policy.

So on the surface, Keswick's strategy was a great benefit, which made the reporters present very excited, wondering if the Jardines were going to take the lead in the rise.

Xiangjiang's economy has been sluggish for too long. If the powerful Jardine Matheson takes the lead, it will definitely be a good sign.

To be honest, although the Kirin Group has been in the limelight in recent years, in the eyes of many old-school Hong Kong people, Jardine Matheson is the number one company in Hong Kong.

If they take the lead, I believe there will definitely be many grandparents who will buy in and follow suit!

Seeing the reporters' happy and excited expressions, Keswick smiled coldly in his heart.

Of course he knew what everyone was thinking, but he could only say that these people were simply too naive.

With Xiangjiang in such a mess, how could Jardine Matheson fall into it again?

Just wait, you will know in a few months what I am going to do!

When he announced the end of the press conference with a smile on his face, reporters wanted to gather around and get some inside information.

Unexpectedly, Niu Bijian, who had not said a word since explaining his resignation, suddenly picked up the microphone in front of him.

"Delay everyone some time." Niu Bijian raised his voice a little.

The reporters who swarmed towards Keswick were stunned when they heard this, then stopped and turned to look at him.

None of them wanted to interview Niu Bijian anymore, because he was already in the past tense and would no longer work in Xiangjiang. What was there to interview?

Nu Bijian didn't care either. He smiled slightly and said, "Now that Jardine Matheson's press conference is over, I want to announce another private decision of my own."

Seeing the reporters pricking up their ears quickly, New Bijian did not look at Simon Keswick's ugly face and said directly: "My next job is not to go to the treasure island, but to the United States to serve as the United States. .Serves as executive vice president of the Disneyland Company in China, responsible for the operation and development of Disneyland."

"oh!?"

A group of people became excited almost instantly.

Using the posture of running for 100 meters, they caught up with Nu Bijian and thrust the recorder and camera in front of him, extremely violently.

"Mr. Taipan, why do you want to go to Disneyland?"

"When did you have contact with Mr. Jun?"

"Is this what is called no acquaintance without fighting? Master Jun appreciates your strength, so he poached you?"

"Have you ever considered that working for a former enemy would make your life difficult?"

"Daban, you have no experience in managing a game park before. What are you going to do when you go to Disneyland? In other words, what are you going to do with Master Jun?"

"Mr. Niu Bijian, please tell me!"

"..."

If Keswick just thought that New Bijian was a bit uninteresting, now he was completely robbed of the limelight.

Moreover, New Bijian had just announced his resignation from Jardine Matheson, and immediately went to work in the company of his old enemy Yin Jun. Isn't this a slap in the face of Keswick?

Seeing New Bijian talking eloquently to the reporters, Keswick turned around and left.

Just wait and see!

When you mess up things in the United States, Yin Jun won't miss the old relationship like I do, and you will cry then!

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It was a big event for Niu Bijian to announce his resignation and next stop.

It was also a big event for Keswick to explain his reforms to the Jardines for the first time.

But these two things combined were not as big a sensation as the third thing.

Because on this day, Stanley Ho, chairman of Macao Entertainment Group, announced in a high-profile manner in Austria that he would personally cross the sea today to apologize to his old brother Ye Han and ask him to forgive his mistakes over the years. I hope he can smile. Forget grudges.

Good guy.

After hearing the news, more than 300 reporters came to Austria alone, while Jardine Matheson's press conference only had more than 60 reporters.

These reporters followed Stanley Ho from Omen to Xiangjiang and to Ye Han's villa on the top of the mountain.

In fact, more than 100 reporters were crowded at Ye Han's villa. They all wanted to see if Ye Han would let Stanley Ho in.

After all, over the past few decades, the feud between Stanley Ho and Ye Han has become a daily routine for people in Hong Kong, and many people have simply grown up listening to their stories.

Stanley Ho has a stubborn temper, and Ye Han's temper is even more stubborn.

Ye Han has suffered so many losses at the hands of Stanley Ho over the years. The two have long been life-and-death enemies. It was the utmost restraint not to open fire directly.

Now that Stanley Ho has been affected by gambling, he wants to apologize to Ye Han. Can Ye Han spare him so easily?

Everyone doesn’t know it, but they hope to know it sooner.

The live TV broadcast was divided into two groups, one party was at the door of Ye Han's villa, and the other party followed the fleet and motorcade all the way to Ye Han's villa.

Many people watching the excitement felt that it would be better if Ye Han embarrassed Stanley Ho on the spot, and then Stanley Ho got angry.

But things are not what they thought.

When the reporters on the mountain received the news that Stanley Ho's motorcade was already on its way up, the door of Ye Han's villa, which had been closed, suddenly opened slowly.

Ye Han, wearing a bright red Chinese robe, stood at the gate with his family in person.

The reporters were in an uproar.

This way, he must be waiting for Stanley Ho.

Going out to greet him in person and bringing his family with him is a pretty high treatment!

Ten minutes later, Stanley Ho's motorcade arrived at the door of the villa.

Seeing Ye Han standing there, Stanley Ho quickly stopped the car at the door, got out of the car quickly, and strode towards Ye Han.

Stanley Ho happened to be wearing a red Chinese robe today. When the two stood together, they looked very in tune.

The moment the two of them clasped their hands, the camera and camera flashed.

The two of them did not hug each other, and there were no tears on their faces. On the contrary, their expressions were a bit serious, but this kind of expression was the most sincere.

It would be too fake if you hugged each other and cried as soon as you met.

How could decades of grievances and resentments dissipate so easily?

After shaking hands, the two smiled and said a few words before returning to the villa hand in hand. During this period, they did not say a word to reporters or issue any statement.

This made the reporters who had been waiting for so long quite depressed.

You know, we have been brewing for such a long time, and you just deal with us like this?

At least, let's issue a joint statement. Tell us how you got in touch again and how did this happen?

But no one wants to leave.

After all, what impact the reconciliation of the two gambling kings will have on the Macau gaming industry and the high seas gambling industry is simply too eye-catching news.

Stanley Ho did not disappoint them either.

After lunch, after Stanley Ho's car drove out of the villa gate, he stopped the car and said a few words in front of the reporters who were chasing him.

"Brother Han and I are old friends. Although we can't go back to the past now, I hope we at least won't become enemies."

"There is nothing happier than letting an old friend forgive me. I am very happy today, and I hope Brother Han will be happy in the future!"

"The boat gambling business? I didn't say anything in detail. Everything is decided by Brother Han himself, and I can't interfere."

"Brother Han will not return to Australia Entertainment Group in the future, but he promised me that he would give me some advice when I need his help!"

"The gaming industry in Omen must change? That's what you said. We think it's pretty good. The high seas gambling model probably won't last long."

"..."

Stanley Ho's words contained a lot of meaning.

Everyone was not fools, so of course they heard that Ye Han had accepted his apology and was willing to give in on the high seas gambling ship.

But although Ye Han started gambling on the high seas, big bosses from all over the world were already involved. Is it so easy to quit?

Ye Han could forgive Stanley Ho and shut down his gambling boat, but others would not buy into Stanley Ho's fault.

Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. No matter how attractive Ye Han is, he can't make them all obey.

Gambling on boats is such a profitable business, who is willing to give it up?

However, seeing Stanley Ho looking so confident, everyone wondered if there were some undisclosed secrets?

This matter is really interesting, and it is necessary to explore it further!

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