If you want to say that Wharf was swallowed by Xia Yu, in addition to the Jardine Matheson consortium, which forces were most shaken, there is no doubt that it is none other British-funded consortiums.

Swire, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wheelock, the three British-funded consortia, were all in the spirit of their own self-defeating mentality, and they all estimated in their hearts that the Chinese would not dare to expand the scope of attack on them after attacking the Jardine Matheson Consortium.

But Xia Yu's fatal blow completely frightened them.

However, in this case, it is even more impossible for them to take the initiative to jump out, clash with the Chinese capital who are in full swing, and lead the war to themselves.

It is not stupid to take the initiative to provoke trouble, but strengthening the defense is a must.

After all, the bloody lesson of the Jardine Matheson Consortium is happening right in front of them, and if they are not vigilant, they are not qualified to be the head of a consortium at all.

In this case, Norman Shi Yahuai, Qi Dezun, and John Madden have ordered to speed up the self-inspection of each company under their respective consortiums to see if any companies have been targeted, so as to deal with them in a timely manner, so as not to end up with the Jardine Matheson Foundation.

Don't say it, if you don't check it, you don't know, and you'll be shocked when you check it!

The three major British-funded consortia, each of which has subsidiaries or affiliated companies with shares, have one or two hundred, many such as Swire, large and small add up to nearly three hundred, and it is absolutely impossible not to be targeted by everyone who cares.

The problem was found, and the three major consortia immediately solved it.

was unintentionally calculated and fell into the back hands, if the attacker was someone like Xia Yu, even with the strength of the three major consortia, if he wanted to stop it, he would inevitably be powerless.

But when you find it in advance, it's not so difficult to solve the problem.

For a while, I don't know how many people were depressed to die, and they lurked for a long time, just to encroach on one or two companies, but because of the battle between Xia Yu and the Jardine Foundation, the other three consortia were alerted, resulting in the plan being discovered in advance and failing.

Those people have the heart to scold their mothers!

What a calamity!

Of course, in this series of investigations, there is one person who is the most uneasy, and that person is the helmsman of Hutchison Whampoa - Qi Dezun!

The top floor of Hutchison Whampoa's headquarters, the chairman's office.

Qi Dezun looked at the neatly arranged numbers recorded on the paper with a solemn face, and the more he looked at it, the worse his face became, and he even felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Because these paper records are the stock market transaction records of Hutchison Whampoa in the past six months, the turnover rate, turnover, trading volume, etc. are all on it, and the changes are clear at a glance.

Even in the last few pages, a few trend charts are specially described.

Just looking at the data for a few weeks or even a month or two can't see anything, but when the timeline is stretched to half a year, a lot of clues are revealed.

From these figures and charts, it can be seen at a glance that the trading volume is abnormal, some people are secretly absorbing shares, stocks are in and out, and the total number of public shares in circulation has been showing a downward trend according to the proportion!

Seeing this, Qi Dezun immediately thought of the tragic situation of Hutchison Whampoa in his mind, and then thought of the murderous Xia Yu.

How similar!

Could it be that the crocodile lurking in the water and getting closer is also Xia Yu?

Qi Dezun's heart was heavy, he took a deep breath, raised his head, looked at Wei Li, chairman of Hutchison Whampoa, who was sitting opposite, representing his will, and asked again: "Can you be sure who is secretly absorbing stocks? Is it Jiuding Securities?"

Wei Li was also in a heavy mood, he slowly shook his head and said: "Mr. Qi Dezun, I don't know who it is yet, and the problem has just been found out below, but I have already sent someone to investigate." ”

Speaking of this, Wei Li pondered for a moment and said his thoughts: "However, according to the data, the trading anomaly appeared in early February, at that time, Jiuding Securities Company was not established at all, and Xia Yu had not yet risen, so it was impossible to have this capital, so I think this lurker should not be Jiuding Securities Company." ”

Qi Dezun thought about it, nodded slowly, and agreed with Wei Li's idea, for some reason, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He suddenly realized that Xia Yu had left such a deep impression in his heart, and he had already regarded him as an equal object.

However, Xia Yu really deserves his solemn treatment.

Strength has nothing to do with age, along the way, Xia Yu's record of winning hundreds of battles, as well as the prestige of the killing, made him subconsciously ignore the fact that Xia Yu is a young man.

Qi Dezun shook his head again, and made himself vigilant again, even if it is not Xia Yu, the most prestigious person, it does not mean that there are no other bigwigs in Xiangjiang, he must not be despised by him.

After thinking about it, Qi Dezun thought that in this sensitive time period, it was still necessary to focus on stability, so as not to be like Old John, not only losing face, but also losing a lot.

"I will mobilize funds to increase my personal shares, and you continue to check to find out who is secretly absorbing shares, and notify me immediately after finding out, but there is one thing you have to remember, don't startle the snake!"

Qi Dezun solemnly instructed that he had already decided to cash out some of the unimportant properties invested by other families, and then go to the bank to get some funds, so as to increase his equity as much as possible.

After all, no matter how good other investments are, they are still not as good as their main business, if Hutchison Whampoa is taken away, it will be difficult to rebuild a foundation.

"Okay, Mr. Qi Dezun!"

Verry nodded solemnly.

Although Qi Dezun has retired, and now he is the chairman of the board of directors of Hutchison Whampoa, Qi Dezun is only a major shareholder at best.

But he was mentioned by Qi Dezun, and he was able to sit in the position of chairman of the board of directors, also because of Qi Dezun's equity, without Qi Dezun's equity representation, he would have to be laid off in minutes, so of course he respected Qi Dezun very much.

After Weiri left, Qi Dezun was in a depressed mood, walked back and forth in the office a few times, and finally came to the floor-to-ceiling window, and accidentally saw the HSBC Bank building in the distance, suddenly thought of something, and his face became solemn.

"No, now I have to go to Shen Bi, as long as he doesn't sell his equity to others, then I'm absolutely safe, if HSBC's equity is sold, it will definitely be a big trouble!"

Thinking that HSBC sold the equity of Wharf in his hand to contribute to Xia Yu's victory, Qi Dezun felt uneasy for a while.

He knows what kind of person Shen Bi is, this is a mercenary person, of course, the benefits of the plan are long-term interests, otherwise he would not be so close to Huazi.

Shen Bi can sell the Wharf shares held by HSBC to Xia Yu, just as he can sell the shares of Hutchison Whampoa held by the bank to others!

But unlike Wharf, HSBC only owns 13.5% of Wharf.

However, because of the stock market crash in 1973, HSBC saved Hutchison Whampoa, because of this reason, HSBC held 33.65% of the equity of Hutchison Whampoa, and the equity ratio exceeded him, and it was actually the largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa!

That is, because the law of Xiangjiang has decided that banks can only operate banking business, not real estate or shipyard business, so although HSBC holds so much equity, it can only be regarded as an investment and cannot participate in the operation.

But it is precisely because of this that he is even more uneasy.

He is very clear about the operation of Hutchison Whampoa over the years, and HSBC is also very clear.

Although with his efforts, Hutchison Whampoa gradually climbed out of the quagmire after the stock market crash in 1973, but after all, the injury was too serious and the investment was too miscellaneous, resulting in the ship being difficult to turn around and it was very difficult to rectify.

He also knew that Shen Bi was very dissatisfied with the current situation of Hutchison Whampoa, and if there were enough interests, Shen Bi might really sell the equity in his hand.

So for the sake of safety, he had to stabilize Shen Bi!

As long as the equity in the hands of HSBC is not sold to others, he is absolutely safe!