HSBC's top management held a meeting in the morning, but did not discuss specific measures, and Shen Bi decided to act at the opportunity when he met with the two groups in the afternoon. Flash Dance

Shen Bi also knew that the situation could not be solved by meeting with either group alone, so he informed the senior management of the Li Group and the Jardine Matheson Group that he would meet with the two groups at 3 p.m. at the same time to decide which group to transfer the shares to.

At 2:45 p.m., Li Guangyu's motorcade arrived at the HSBC Building, which now looks old and does not seem to match the status of HSBC, so HSBC plans to build a new HSBC Building this year, and the investment is as high as 6 billion Hong Kong dollars, which will be the tallest building in Hong Kong after completion.

Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao also accompanied Li Guangyu to HSBC to participate in the acquisition of HSBC's shares.

When Li Guangyu just got out of the car, the car of Niu Bijian and others also arrived at the HSBC Building.

After Niu Bijian and his party got out of the car, they met Li Guangyu and his party outside the gate of HSBC Building. At this time, the staff who were waiting for them to arrive immediately greeted them and said, "Mr. Li Sheng, Mr. Niu Bijian, our chairman is already waiting for your arrival in the conference room. ”

Li Guangyu said, "Thank you for waiting here, let's go in." ”

Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao accompanied Li Guangyu into the HSBC Building, ignoring Niu Bijian and others. Flash Dance

After coming to the conference room, Li Guangyu said to Shen Bi, "Chairman Shen, why bother so much, our Li Group is very sincere, you just need to transfer the shares of these two groups to us, it will be beneficial to all of us." ”

Niu Bijian came in before Li Guangyu, Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao, and he followed in with people from the Jardine Group.

After Li Guangyu said this, without waiting for Shen Bi to reply, he said, "Mr. Li, I'm afraid that you will be disappointed this time." These two groups were also managed by us in the past, and the cooperation with HSBC has always been very pleasant, and I think HSBC will hand over the shares to us, which is also conducive to the management and development of the two groups. ”

Li Xuemei immediately retorted, "If you want to say that for the development of Xiangjiang Company, who can compare with Li Sheng, our major groups under the Li family started from scratch, but in just over two years, they have developed to the current scale." I believe that only when the two groups of Heung Kong Electric and Heung Kong Telephone are handed over to us will they be more beneficial to the two groups. ”

Several people in the Jardine Group heard Li Xuemei say this, and they really couldn't refute it. Li Guangyu is really dazzling in this regard, and his development in just over two years is worth the efforts of many generations of his family.

Nowadays, Li Guangyu's major groups have achieved good results, and even Jiayi Group has also benefited from the Xiangjiang stock market and Li Guangyu's major groups have achieved brilliant results, and the stock market value has also been rising, and now it has reached 294 per share, and the market value is close to 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Shen Bi saw the tension between the two sides, and immediately said, "Li Sheng, Mr. Niu Bijian, everyone sit, take a sip of tea first, we are talking slowly." ”

After Li Guangyu sat down, he said to Shen Bi, "Chairman Shen, our Li Group has always been very happy to cooperate with your HSBC. I hope we can continue to enjoy working together this time. ”

Niu Bijian didn't plan to let HSBC answer Li Guangyu's topic at all, otherwise their Jardine Matheson Group would be very passive.

"Chairman Shen, you must know that we have also had a very good time with you HSBC, and we have another person who serves as an independent director of your HSBC, and I hope that Chairman Shen can continue to support us in managing these two groups." ”

Shen Bi is also very helpless between the Li Group and the Jardine Group, although he is the senior king of HSBC and is in charge of the giant HSBC, but in the face of these two groups, he can't easily offend them. Now that the two groups have become a contest between the British-funded consortium and the Chinese-funded consortium, which side HSBC favors is not the result that HSBC wants.

Li Guangyu said to Niu Bijian, "Mr. Niu Bijian, I think you should look at Wharf, which is much more important than these two groups." ”

"Li Sheng, you don't have to worry about the problem of Wharf for us, we believe that Jardine Group has the strength to defend its group enterprise, and it is not something that just anyone can take it, Li Sheng should let it go as soon as possible." Niu Bijian replied.

Li Guangyu smiled and said, "Mr. Niu Bijian is really full of confidence in Jardine Matheson Group, I really hope that your confidence can be maintained forever." It's just that I don't know how much authority the Keswick family gave you to compete with our Li Group, you must know that the Keswick family invited you to be the chairman of Jardine Matheson in order to make money, not to throw money. ”

When Niu Bijian heard Li Guangyu say this, although his face was still confident, his heart was not so natural. The prices of these two groups have nearly doubled compared to before, and as public utility groups, their profits are limited by the Hong Kong government, and their profits are not allowed to exceed 15 per year.

Although the Keswick family now supports his plan of action, if the profits are not ideal in the future, he estimates that this position will not be stable.

Niu Bijian said, "Li Sheng doesn't need to worry about these problems, since I am doing this, I am naturally authorized by the Keswick family and Yi and other shareholders, and we are not like Li Sheng, for this group that I don't know if I can control, we have smashed out more than 8 billion, I don't know if Li Sheng will regret it in the future." ”

Li Guangyu said with a smile, "I don't care, anyway, this money is my own, as long as I am happy, I don't have to be responsible for anyone." Besides, it's only more than 800 million, and my group has earned back this aspect in half a year, I think Chairman Shen is very clear about our ability, and our Li Group's accounts are basically from HSBC. ”

Not to mention how Niu Bijian felt when he heard Li Guangyu's words, Shen Bi knew what Li Guangyu meant. Such a huge turnover of the Li Group is placed in HSBC this time, if HSBC does not help him Li Guangyu, then it will be difficult to say what will happen in the future.

Shen Bi said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Niu Bijian, regarding how our HSBC bank disposes of the shares of these two groups, our senior management has a meeting, and our opinions are also different, and we have not yet discussed a specific plan. And you want us at HSBC to give you an immediate answer. ”

"Now the battle between your two groups is no longer related to your two groups, I have received dozens of calls in the past two days, all about how to deal with the shares in our HSBC hands, and now my pressure is also very great. ”

Li Guangyu knows very well that the current situation in Hong Kong is very delicate, on the one hand, Britain and the mainland are negotiating the issue of Hong Kong, and on the other hand, the rise of Chinese-funded consortia has begun to impact the British-funded consortia. Especially Li Guangyu and others, the British-funded consortium is very protective of them.

Li Guangyu said, "Chairman Shen, if it is difficult for you to make a decision, we can completely carry out commercial operations, and whoever pays the highest price will transfer the shares to whom." In order to be able to solve your problems as soon as possible, I suggest that you can do it now. And we pay in person, so it's good for everybody. ”

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