In addition to beheading Li Bancheng's right-hand man, Li Changsheng also beheaded one of his think tanks. This think tank is still a foreigner, Ma Shimin. He has been the president of Hehuang for more than ten years and has given Li Bancheng great help. It was from this person that Li Changsheng changed his usual thinking that people who are not of our race must have a different heart. In fact, foreigners can be used. When he is loyal to himself, what can he not use? As long as his ability is outstanding. You know, Li Bancheng's company has 80% foreigners, and his company has business in more than 50 countries. In this way, he will not be strongly influenced by any single market. "One fence with three stakes, one hero with three gangs." Naturally, legends are not created by one person. Li Bancheng is well aware of this. He entrusted his elite soldiers and generals with important tasks to brainstorm and strive to exert collective wisdom. At the same time, he is also familiar with the way of employing people that "only relatives are used, and careers will be damaged". Because of this, his group's top management has always been dominated by people with outstanding abilities at home and abroad. Even relatives who have been promoted must rely on their own excellent strength to be reused. It is with the help of capable generals that Li Bancheng's career has been able to grow day by day. In addition to "literary general" Huo Jianning and "military general" Li Junxia, Li Bancheng also had many eyes and ears in the early days of his business, such as Ma Shimin, who was respected by the founder of Huawei, Mr. Ren, as an "eternal teacher".
In 1979, Li Bancheng had business dealings with Jardine Matheson and met Ma Shimin during a small business negotiation. At that time, Ma Shimin was just an inconspicuous 767 salesman. During the chat with Boss Li, he said bluntly with emotion: "At present, my experience and ability still need to be learned by doing. But working in Xiangjiang Business, when you show your skills, you learn quickly." It was this seemingly inconspicuous sentence that made Li Bancheng look at Ma Shimin with admiration, and decided that he was a useful talent, so he paid special attention to him. In 1980, at the age of 40, Ma Shimin resigned to start a business, and established Dafeihan Engineering Company, which specialized in undertaking the Singapore subway project, and its scale became stronger day by day. Li Bancheng invited Ma Shimin to join his Hutchison Group several times, but was politely declined. That’s right, if you can start your own business and develop well, why do you want to work for others? Holding the firm belief that he would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, Ma Shimin "sworn to death" and even his partners persuaded him to be useless. In the end, Li Bancheng gritted his teeth and made a decision, directly acquired Dafeihan Company, and Ma Shimin was hired as the general manager of the group logically. After Ma Shimin took office, he really lived up to his trust, and his performance soared. In 1985, he assisted in the acquisition of Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Company, which ensured a stable cash flow for the group while focusing on real estate business: In 1987, led the acquisition of a 43% interest in Husky Petroleum in Canada. During this period, in order to ensure smooth operation, he persuaded the two sons of the Li family to convert to Canadian citizenship; In 1990, in cooperation with others, successfully (adch) launched Asia's first communication satellite. Ren Zhengfei praised that "this miracle was instigated by Ma Shimin, which can be seen from him." What people talk about in particular is the case of "selling oranges for hundreds of billions" in that venue. In 1992, Li Bancheng's telecommunications business in England suffered losses year after year and planned to withdraw and close it. But Ma Shimin believes that the European market is still profitable, and strongly advocates increasing investment to maintain it. Li Bancheng listened to Ma Shimin's suggestion and continued to retain the capital, which led to the acquisition myth seven years later. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions by Huo Jianning, the successor general manager, the telecommunications business that he planned to give up at the beginning was sold at a transaction price far exceeding the market price, creating a huge profit of 160 billion yuan for Li Bancheng. This is the beginning of this business story. The achievement depends on Ma Shimin's early foreshadowing.
Some people felt sorry for Ma Shimin, saying that if he stayed in the group for a few more years, he would be responsible for the hundreds of billions of credit. But Ma Shimin has no regrets: "To be honest, I am very happy for Hutchison, because this acquisition is definitely an unprecedented success." The subject changed, and he said again: "I bought a house in England, with a garden, and I planted several beautiful trees, and my friends liked them very much. These trees were not planted by me, but by my family. I'm just as happy." In our Chinese language, it means that the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade. The predecessors and future generations are equally happy. Ma Shimin has made great contributions to the expansion of Li Bancheng's overseas business territory by virtue of his smooth communication skills and natural attributes of Western cultural background, and is commonly known by the outside world as a successful example of "fighting ghosts with ghosts". That Huo Jianning was recommended by Ma Shimin to Li Bancheng. In the early 1980s, Ma Shimin, then the managing director of Hutchison Whampoa, went on a business trip to the island country. A colleague who understands accounting is needed to accompany me to help with some financial matters. In this way, Huo Jianning was seconded to participate in this trip to the island country. During the negotiation, Huo Jianning fought against the Confucianists with his tongue, and beat all the scholars with his skills. Not only is his accounting knowledge superior, but his eloquence is unmatched. Mr. Ma, who has experienced many battles, was taken aback: "I didn't expect this young man, who is usually quiet, to be a master negotiator!" Back in Xiangjiang, Ma Shimin strongly recommended Huo Jianning to Li Bancheng. After investigating for a period of time, Li Bancheng also had a good impression of this pragmatic young man. In 1981, "The Hong Kong real estate industry reached an unprecedented climax. Li Bancheng intends to take this opportunity to revitalize the Huangpu Dockyard under Hutchison. However, the land in Huangpu Dockyard was originally an industrial land. If you want to switch to commercial use, you have to pay at least billion in price difference. Considering that Hutchison has not made a profit for several years, the cost is indeed a bit high. Just when Li Bancheng was in a dilemma, Huo Jianning appeared. He said confidently to Li Bancheng: "Wait a minute, anyway, the land is already ours. Sure enough, two years later, the Hongkong real estate bubble burst. The entire real estate industry has collapsed, and there are real estate developers selling real estate in a panic everywhere. Li Bancheng also felt that there was no need to worry about it now. But Huo Jianning said: "It's time to act." In the end, Hehuang only paid the price difference of 390 million yuan, and then obtained the development qualification of Huangpu Dock. Is this the end?
of course not. Later, they built the Whampoa Garden, which is still a landmark building, on this land. In 1984, real estate picked up. Whampoa Garden—It was sold out as soon as it opened. Li Bancheng was overjoyed, thinking he made a profit this time. Unexpectedly, Huo Jianning persuaded him again. Huo Jianning suggested that Li Bancheng should not be in a hurry to rent shops, but wait until they are developed into a commercial center before renting them out as a whole. As a result, under Huo Jianning's careful planning, this project made Ji Bancheng a full 5 billion. In 1985, Huo Jianning was appointed as the executive director of Cheung Kong Group, in charge of the business development of Hutchison Whampoa (referred to as "Hutchison"). In this time and space, Li Changsheng dealt with that Ma Shimin several times, and successfully persuaded him to accept his invitation to become the president of the Asian Investment Bank, which is mainly responsible for foreign investment. "Ding dong! Congratulations to the master for cutting off his chief think tank Ma Shimin before the superman Li Bancheng, and rewarding the master with 10 business elites, all of whom came from Li Bancheng's Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd. In this way, Li Changsheng established his own business team by intercepting Hu and Li Bancheng, and rose on the corpse of Ji Bancheng! Although Li Changsheng’s previous investment in Apple and Microsoft failed, he believes that there are still many industry unicorns in the United States who are willing to accept Chinese investment. Of course, he will package his capital like a foreigner, so Ma Shimin is also looking at some of his contacts in Europe and America, which is more convenient to deal with such things. Li Changsheng chose the target and handed it over to Ma Shimin to execute. Over the years, they have invested in hundreds of industry unicorns in Europe and the United States, including Google, Yahoo, Oracle, Facebook, Twitter... The total income is several trillion, that is of course a later story. Now, Li Changsheng has handed over the business affairs to Ma Shimin and Huo Jianning, and puts more energy on the two major issues of ATV, especially the selection of Miss Asia!.