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Chapter 239 The Peace Hotel
Chapter 239 The Peace Hotel
In the 20s, Sassoon Group had little room for development in India.For the ambitious and skilled Sir Sassoon, Shanghai, the largest city in the Far East known as the "Paradise of Adventurers", has long been his coveted treasure.
At that time, Shanghai was a tax-free port (referring to property tax, etc.), and the public concession only collected housing and land donations, which increased the profit margin.
Shanghai is a typical semi-colonial and semi-feudal city, and the British have a strong influence in the concession.Moreover, Xin Sassun Matheson Co., Ltd. has already established a considerable foundation in Shanghai, owns a large amount of real estate, and has become the largest real estate developer in Shanghai.
At the same time, Shanghai was also the commercial and financial center of the Republic of China. After the First World War, it was in a period of rapid development.These favorable conditions are not available elsewhere, and Shanghai is full of infinitely bright development prospects.
So Victor Sassoon decided to shift the business focus to Shanghai, and planned to "do a lot" in Shanghai himself.This is a major change in the new Sassoon Matheson's business strategy.
Before Victor Sassoon came to power, the New Sassoon Company was mainly engaged in the opium and cotton gauze business.
Victor Sassoon came to Shang Hai for the first time in 1923.When I first arrived, I was undecided about the direction of investment. I saw that Amway Bank was experiencing capital turnover difficulties, so I decided to invest in the reorganization of "Amway".
Victor Sassoon was interested in the scale of "Amway" and the position of the "Amway" boss, the Zao Ann Nord brothers, in the Ministry of Industry in the International Settlement.Fake "Amway", vigorously expand the new Sassoon foreign firm, annex "Amway" and its related industries.
Sure enough, more than ten years later, in 1936, the Arnold brothers withdrew from "Amway", and "Amway" became an enterprise of the Sassoon system.Since then, New Sassoon Mathesons has become one of the leading foreign firms.
Victor Sassoon established a firm foothold in Shanghai. In addition to continuing to operate import and export business, he also established a number of directly affiliated companies and invested in a variety of industries.
However, what made Victor Sassoon famous was his great success in real estate.During this period, Sassoon mainly used the method of renting land to build houses. This method not only maintained the benefits of natural appreciation and transferred the risks of operating real estate to the renters, but also after a certain period of time, the buildings on the land It also belongs to the landowner.
Victor Sassoon began building high-rise buildings in 1925.The Sassoon Building was built first. The Sassoon Building faces Nanjing Road and the Huangpu River, and is along the road on three sides. It has always been considered the best piece of land in Shanghai.
The Sassoon Building was designed by Yingshanggong and Matheson, all of which are reinforced concrete structures, and granite is used for the exterior walls along Nanjing East Road and the Bund.It broke ground in April 1926 and was completed on September 4, 1929.The Sassoon Building has a luxurious appearance and a superior location. It is also the first high-rise building in Shanghai. Therefore, after its completion, Victor Sassoon's "worth" became a hundred times, and he immediately became a "popular man" in Shanghai stalls. The new Sassoon The "reputation" of foreign firms has also been greatly improved.
Subsequently, Sassoon successively built Riverside Building, Metropolitan Hotel, Hamilton Building, Huamao Apartment, and Green Wenner Apartment.It accounted for 28 of the 6 high-rise buildings with more than ten floors in Shanghai before liberation.
During the rapid expansion of the Sassoon Group, Victor fully realized the important role of financial capital formed by the fusion of industrial capital and bank capital.
In 1930, the New Sassoon Bank was established, which is the financial management center of various enterprises of the Sassoon Group.
In 1935, due to the silver policy of the United States, the silver dollar currency system crisis occurred in the Republic of China. Victor Sassoon threw out the "Shanghai Financial Relief Plan" (referred to as the "Pound Bond Plan") through London Reuters to control the currency system of the Republic of China, in an attempt to put the The monetary system of the Republic of China was included in the scope of the British Pound Group, but it was shelved due to the opposition of the people of the Republic of China.
Also in this year, Victor Sassoon sold the new Sassoon company to Jiang Dedao. Apart from getting a huge amount of dollars, the only condition was to continue to be the head of the new Sassoon company.
Jiang Dedao didn't know the purpose of Victor Sassoon, but according to the rules of the system, within at least three to five years, the manager in charge of management would not betray even if Jiang Dedao ignored the industry.
So Jiang Dedao is very relieved that Victor Sassoon will be the head class of the new Sassoon foreign company. As for three to five years later, Jiang Dedao has already found a loyal and suitable candidate to replace Victor Sassoon.
"Boss, the food is ready, and I would like to invite the boss to accompany me to the Peace Hotel for dinner!"
Victor Sassoon said with a smile.
"I happen to be hungry. By the way, where is the Peace Hotel? The name sounds familiar?!"
Jiang Dedao was not looking for something to say, but he really felt the name was very familiar.
Victor Sassoon explained: "Boss, the Peace Hotel is the former Chinachem Hotel, which used to be my property. I feel that there are too many wars now, and I am deeply disturbed, so I changed the name of the hotel to Peace, hoping that the business will grow more and more. Well, of course the Peace Hotel is your property now, if you think the name of the Peace Hotel is not good, you can change it to another name!"
"No, I think the name Peace Hotel is very good, by the way, is there any other Peace Hotel in Shanghai?!"
The reason why Jiang Dedao asked this was mainly because Fa Ge made a film about the Peace Hotel, which seems to be from the period of the Republic of China.
Victor Sassoon said with a smile: "Boss, there was indeed a Peace Hotel ten years ago. The owner who opened the restaurant was a famous murderer. His rule was that whoever entered the Peace Hotel, whether it was good or evil, would get his money." Asylum! Later, I heard that I met true love, and sold the restaurant to Southeast Asia!"
"What about the restaurant now?"
"That Peace Hotel was sold to Sheng Aiyi, the seventh lady of the Sheng family! Now it has been changed to Paramount!"
"I've heard about Miss Shengqi's reputation for a long time. If you have time, please introduce me!"
"...Understand, I can arrange dinner today. Miss Sheng Qi was delayed by that surnamed Song, and she has not been married until now. As the boss, maybe she just waved, and Miss Sheng Qi would like to be with you. !"
"...Hehe, maybe!"
Jiang Dedao's main purpose was to find out the whereabouts of the Killer King and the others from Sheng Aiyi, and see if he could have a chance to sign in. As for Victor Sassoon's misunderstanding, he couldn't explain it, so he had to follow the trend vaguely!
Victor Sassoon is indeed very powerful in Shang Hai, and Jiang Dedao didn't have to wait long before Miss Sheng Qi arrived.
Victor Sassoon came over with his female companion and introduced Jiang Dedao emphatically. Miss Sheng Qi was surprised when she heard that Jiang Dedao was the behind-the-scenes boss of the new Sassoon company.
As for Victor Sassoon's female companion named Xiang Meili, she looks like a Chinese name, but she is actually an American girl, her English name is Emily Hahn, and she is a correspondent for the New Yorker magazine.Originally, he came to Shanghai to heal his wounds because of a love injury, but unexpectedly met Victor Sassoon, was knocked unconscious by a new Chevrolet car, and became one of Victor Sassoon's lovers.
This time Victor Sassoon specially asked Xiang Meili to accompany him for dinner in order to match Jiang Dedao, and also hinted to Sheng Aiyi that this was a blind date in disguise.
Sheng Aiyi Bingxue is smart, so she naturally understands the meaning. Ever since she knew that Jiang Dedao was the behind-the-scenes boss of the new Sassoon company, she has secretly agreed with her.
(End of this chapter)