Although the chairman of the Jardine Matheson Group, Niu Bijian, is only a part-time worker, but since he became the chairman of the Jardine Matheson Group, he has always been the leader of the British-funded consortium, especially in the struggle with Chinese capital.

It is a pity that the fiasco of the confrontation with Li Guangyu in the stock market this time made the major shareholders of the Jardine Matheson Group completely lose their trust in him, and the Keswick family, the major shareholder of the Jardine Group, sent the heir Henry Keswick to Xiangjiang to take over the Jardine Group, hoping to make the Jardine Matheson regain its glory under its leadership.

At three o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th, Henry Keswick, who had just arrived from London, did not take a break and presided over a high-level meeting of the Jardine Group, which was attended by the senior executives of the major groups of the Jardine Matheson Group.

In the conference room, Henry Keswick announced the decision of the shareholders of the group to remove him from his position in the Jardine Matheson group, and from now on, he himself will attend the position of chairman of the board of directors and president of the Jardine Matheson group.

At the same time, Henry Keswick asked the senior management of the group to continue to lead the development of the group, the current difficulties are only temporary for the Jardine Matheson Group, and he is confident to lead the Jardine Matheson Group to new heights with everyone.

Although the high-level people present were excited to deal with Henry Keswick on the surface, everyone was not too interested in some of his slogans. The eldest young master, who has just come over, probably doesn't quite understand the current situation in Xiangjiang, and still thinks that Jardine Matheson will restore its hegemony in Xiangjiang in the 70s, which is not realistic at all.

If nothing else, it is the Li Group, and the Jardine Group will not be able to pass, especially when it is reported today that the Li Group and the British-funded consortium are in a confrontation on the stock market. There must be his own group in this, otherwise how could Niu Bijian suddenly be dismissed from his position, it is not that he has suffered a big loss in the stock market, which has caused the group to suffer heavy losses.

After the meeting, Henry Keswick deliberately carried out a work handover with Nyurbijian, and at the same time learned about the current situation of the Jardine Group.

Niu Bijian himself is very relaxed now, after the stock market crash yesterday, he knew that his position would definitely not be kept, and he was already prepared in his heart.

Over the years, for the work of Jardine Matheson Group, Niu Bijian has often been tired, and now he can take a good rest, especially these few confrontations with the Li Group, which made him feel a deep sense of powerlessness. Every time I think I can win, but every time I lose, it is I who loses. Now that he no longer has to manage the Jardine Group, he finally does not have to be on guard against Li Guangyu's attack on Jardine Matheson's companies.

Henry Keswick invited John Schwya, John Madden, Shen Bi, and Powell Wilson at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel that evening to discuss what to do with the list in their hands.

Yesterday afternoon alone, they Jardine Group filled in billions of dollars, even if they Jardine Group increased its business, it couldn't bear it, and this was only yesterday, as long as the market opened next week, it is estimated that they will need to make up the funds by then, and now there is no one to take over these lists.

This time in the stock market competition with the Lee Group, not only did Niu Bijian step down alone, but his Standard Chartered Bank senior Powell Wilson also received a reprimand from the London headquarters, and at the same time, a meeting was also being held there, and his tenure in Xiangjiang also entered the countdown.

And John Shihuaia and John Madden were separated from the heirs by the family and lost the qualifications of the family heirs.

Among the nobody, Shen Bi is better, they HSBC took over the list this time is relatively the least, and HSBC's profit is also quite strong, and the loss this time will at most reduce their HSBC profit by more than half this year.

You must know that last year, HSBC's profit exceeded 1.6 billion Hong Kong dollars, and this time they just took over the Li Group's 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, even if the stock market falls by half, their loss is only more than one billion, and HSBC is still with it.

In a private room of the Cultural Oriental Hotel, Shen Bi, Henry Keswick and others were discussing how to deal with the list in their hands.

Henry Keswick said: "Mr. Shen Bi, Mr. Wilson, we now have to find a way to get rid of the list in our hands as soon as possible, such a loss, our Jardine Matheson Group can not bear it, our group does not have so much funds to fill this hole, your securities department should think of a way." ”

Powell Wilson now feels that it doesn't matter, he is about to leave his job, and let the new chairman deal with these problems, even if he agrees, he will not have the right to call the shots at that time.

Shen Bi said: "Keswick, it's not that we at HSBC don't want to trade, but now there is no one to take over, and all the short orders in the market are almost extinct." If you want to find a receiver within a few days, I'm afraid it's difficult. ”

Henry Keswick's face was a little unpleasant, how could the major shareholders agree to such a suggestion from Niu Bijian in the first place, which has made the Jardine Group now face tremendous pressure, and a bad group is about to be finished.

Henry Keswick said: "Shen Bi, Wilson, we Jardine Matheson will not make any more margin calls anyway, if the stock market continues to fall, you can close the position." ”

After Henry Keswick finished speaking, John Shihuaia and John Madden also said that their group had also decided not to cover their positions for the time being, and they would close their positions if they fell.

Shen Bi's face was a little unsightly, these companies have a list of 23 billion yuan in their HSBC securities department, once they don't care, how can they HSBC trade out in a short time, even if they find a few groups to make up for the losses in the end, I am afraid that it will be difficult to do it in a short time.

Shen Bi said: "Keswick, you have to think clearly, we can find someone to trade, but if the transaction can't be traded, the loss is still yours, if you continue to control it, maybe when the time comes, the stock price will rise? ”

Henry Keswick would not listen to Shen Bi's suggestion and continue to fill it with funds, and when the stock market did not rise, his Jardine Matheson Group would be dragged down first.

Henry Keswick is ready to drag it out now, this stock market transaction is a bottomless pit, who knows what the situation will be then, anyway, this transaction is guaranteed by HSBC and Standard Chartered, let them hold it first, if they can't get rid of it in the end, they can only ask the family for help, unless Jardine Matheson sells some of its group companies, otherwise it is not able to make up for this loss.

Henry Keswick said, "Mr. Shen Bi, see if you can contact Li Guangyu to end this transaction." ”

Shen Bi was a little speechless, you are a fool to be Li Guangyu, he has been laying out this layout for more than a month, and he has just started to make money, how could he agree to such a request, it is just a joke.

Shen Bi said: "Keswick, I can't say that Li Guangyu ended this transaction early, if you think it's okay, you can contact Li Guangyu, if it happens, we will all thank you." ”

Henry Keswick also knew that it was okay, but he still had to visit Li Guangyu, he wanted to see what kind of person this young man who had caused countless troubles to the Jardine Group in the past two years, so that he could prepare himself after mastering Jardine Matheson.

Henry Keswick said: "I will go to visit Mr. Li Guangyu, as for the result, I think you yourself know, I still hope that your investment department can find someone to take over as soon as possible, our Jardine Matheson Group has no funds to invest in this anymore." ”

Shen Bi said to Henry and the others: "We will find people who are willing to take orders, and you can also think of ways from other places." For example, you can try to influence the government and ask them to be a middleman to see if you can get Lee Kong Woo to close the deal early, so that your losses will be less. ”

Henry Keswick was noncommittal about this, don't look at himself as a good mix in Xiangjiang, the influence in the UK is not too great, but the Li Group is over there, Du Yuemei has a good relationship with the current British government and the Conservative Party, and Shen Bi's proposal has no effect.

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