The shortage of funds in Jardine Matheson forced Henry Keswick to sell Heung Kong Electric in exchange for cash to ease the financial pressure on Jardine Matheson.

However, Henry Keswick did not want to sell Heung Kong Electric Light to Li Guangyu, which was too cheap Li Guangyu, and his market value soared to more than 7 billion Hong Kong dollars. Only now, the market value of Heung Kong Electric Light Group in the stock market is only more than 2.8 billion, which is two-thirds less than at the beginning.

Even Henry Keswick regretted it a little, if he had known this, he should have taken advantage of the high price to sell the shares to Li Guangyu, so that they would not lose so much.

It's a pity that Henry Keswick doesn't want to transfer the Xiangjiang Electric Light Group to Li Guangyu, and he has not found another group to take over in Xiangjiang, the Chinese family knows that Li Guangyu has taken a fancy to this group, and the current situation is not very good, they are not willing to throw so much money into it.

In the end, Henry Keswick came to HSBC and asked Shen Bi if he was willing to eat Heung Kong Electric Light Group.

Although Shen Bi has the intention to win the Heung Kong Electric Light Group, it is a pity that the current losses of HSBC in the stock market have to let him deal with it carefully, and the current situation in the stock market is not stable, so it is better to be cautious.

Shen Bi said: "Keswick, we at HSBC can help you contact and see if anyone is willing to buy the shares of Xiangjiang Electric Light Group, we HSBC have no plans to eat the shares of the Electric Light Group in your hands for the time being." ”

Now Shen Bi wants to sell some of the shares held by his investment department, and he can't understand the current situation in Xiangjiang, especially the sudden plunge in the stock market is a big blow to Shen Bi.

Henry Keswick said: "Shen Bi, which group are you going to contact to eat our shares, except for the Li Group and the He family Cao family associated with him on the Xiangjiang side, I have asked about it, and no one of them is interested in this." ”

Of course, Shen Bi is aware of the current situation, if he wants to eat the Xiangjiang Electric Light Group, only the Li Group currently has such cash, and the other groups can only take out loans. However, the profitability loan acquisition of Heung Kong Electric Group is not of much benefit to them, especially at this time.

Shen Bi smiled and said, "Keswick, why don't you sell to the Li Group, I believe they will be happy to take over your shares, and the cash can be guaranteed." ”

Henry Keswick said: "As long as there are people willing to take over, I will not sell to the Lee Group, when our group fought with them last year, it cost billions of Hong Kong dollars." Now sell them the price of cabbage, I don't want to give it to him, it's better to find trouble for him and fight with the Li consortium, so as to reduce the pressure on our British-funded consortium. ”

Shen Bi also hopes that there will be such a consortium to take over, Li Guangyu has long regarded the Xiangjiang Electric Light Group as his bag, if the Jardine Group sells it and lets other groups buy it, this is obviously a slap in the face of him Li Guangyu, and the Li Group will fight back for the sake of face, so that their British-funded consortium can watch them fight from behind.

Shen Bi thought about some of the consortia he was familiar with, and saw which one he could bring over to contain the Li Group, so that the Li Group would not keep pointing the finger at himself and others in Xiangjiang.

Shen Bi is very familiar with several major consortia in Japan, and once due to his work, Shen Bi has worked in Japan, Singapore and other places, and he knows the local consortia well. As for the Japanese consortium, he doesn't want to bring them in, the strength of these major consortia is far stronger than the Li Group, and their introduction is undoubtedly to lure the wolf into the house.

On the contrary, the Singapore side is more suitable, both belonging to the Commonwealth countries, and the arrival of the Singapore consortium has considerable benefits for the current situation in Xiangjiang. First of all, the pressure on the British-funded consortium will be reduced, and several major families in Singapore are all Chinese families, once they take over the Heung Kong Electric Group, it will be a huge impact on the unity of the Chinese family.

At present, the reason why the British-funded consortium is so passive is that the major families in Xiangjiang are united in the face of them, and they can unite in everything to compete with their British-funded consortium, so that the British-funded consortium does not have much advantage.

Especially now with the development of the Li Group, once there are families in Xiangjiang who want to continue to attack the companies under their British-funded consortium, Li Guangyu will definitely give them some help, and the current form of the British-funded consortium can no longer withstand the joint sniping of the major families in Xiangjiang.

Shen Bi said: "Keswick, my suggestion is to contact the local consortium in Singapore, your group also has a lot of connections over there, you can see if anyone on their side is willing to take over the Heung Kong Electric Group." Many families over there are still very optimistic about the development of Xiangjiang, and having their entry will also benefit us a lot. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Henry Keswick felt that he could only try it for the time being, and he didn't know if the family in Singapore would dare to come to Xiangjiang to take over the Heung Kong Electric Light Group in his hands, and the deterrent power of the Li Group was not small.

Henry Keswick said: "Shen Bi, this time I will not only contact the local consortium in Singapore, but also some consortiums in Australia to see if anyone is willing to come and take over. After all, Singapore is also a Chinese family, and it is not easy for them to come over to take over, but some consortia on the Australian side, they don't have so many concerns, and the Li Group has no influence in Australia. ”

Henry Keswick failed to do so on HSBC's side, so he could only see if there was a consortium within the Commonwealth to take over, and he was now in urgent need of funds to ease the financial pressure of the Jardine Group, if he could not return the funds as soon as possible, there would be some problems in the operation of his Jardine Group.

After Henry Keswick returned to the group, he immediately called the general manager of the group's administration department and asked her to contact the heads in Singapore and Australia to get in touch with the current consortium to see if they were willing to eat the Heung Kong Electric Light Group in their hands.

Henry Keswick also made a point not to reveal the Lee Group's attitude towards the Heung Kong Electric Light Group to those consortia, because he was worried that if these groups found out, it would make it more difficult for him to sell the Heung Kong Electric Group.

After the inspectors of these groups come, Henry Keswick will find a way to make them not have to report to the headquarters what the Lee Group thinks about the Heung Kong Electric Group, and just report the operation and financial situation of the Heung Kong Electric Group truthfully.

After the general manager of the group left the office, Henry Keswick contacted Wooden Schwyah of the Swire group and informed him of some of his plans, asking them to contact some of the consortiums they could contact in the two regions to see if anyone would come and take over.

Wooden Shihuaiya has been overwhelmed by the Li Group's offensive in the past two days, and he is naturally willing to make trouble for the Li Group.

Wooden Shihuaia said: "Keswick, your plan is good, I will ask the local person in charge of our group to contact to see if there is a consortium willing to come here to develop." ”

Henry Keswick said: "This time it is better to find a strong enough consortium to come over, so that the pressure on both us and your Swire Group will be reduced a lot." ”

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