Why did Li Xuan dare to make a promise to Peterson, that the other party had the right to decide the entire Hilson-Lehman Company, so he was not afraid that he would not be able to lose the big deal in the future? You must know that the bankers on Wall Street are all profiteers who eat people and do not spit out bones, and as long as there are enough profits, they will even dare to pit the devil!

It is difficult for senior executives of commercial banks to take away all the huge deposits of their customers at least at once! And many of the business taken over by investment banks rely on the personal friendship between investment bankers and corporate management.

For example, in the past two years, although Blackstone has shifted its main focus to equity private equity funds, it was actually a traditional investment banking business when it was first established in '84. Just two years ago, Blackstone made a big deal - brokering the acquisition of Columbia Records by Japan's Sony Corporation.

The reason why Sony would let the little-known Blackstone be its acquisition consultant, instead of going to Morgan and Goldman Sachs, is because Peterson and Sony's president, Akio Morita, are very good friends.

Therefore, among Wall Street investment banks, there is often a senior partner who changes jobs and takes away a group of important clients. The decline of Lehman's traditional investment banking business was precisely because Peterson, Schwartzman and others left one after another.

A big reason why Li Xuan is not afraid of Peterson borrowing chickens to lay eggs, using his money to develop and expand his own strength, and then slapping his ass and leaving, is that the other party's age is not young. Peterson was born in 1926, which means he is 65 years old this year.

The position of chairman of Hilson-Lehman should be his last career before retirement. If he were to be forty or fifty years old and energetic and ambitious, Li Xuan would really not dare to let go of his freedom.

But even so, Li Xuan did not forget to give himself an insurance policy and let Zhuang Yuhai become the co-CEO of Hilson-Lehman. Although he couldn't veto any of Peterson's decisions, as long as the other party had any outrageous moves, he could report to Li Xuan as soon as possible.

And Zhuang Yuhai is also the next head of Hilson-Lehman that Li Xuan has set for him. Of course, if Zhuang Yuhai wants to succeed from Peterson, he also needs to take advantage of the transition period in the past few years to quickly accumulate enough prestige in the company and rebuild his network on Wall Street.

"Brother Hai, the purpose of my acquisition of Hilson-Lehman is naturally very clear to you, in addition to deepening my influence in American society, it is also to open a channel for financing from the US capital market! The 20 th century belongs to the United States, but I believe that the next 21 st century belongs to Asia!

Many people regard the listing of Oriental Games and the Oriental Research Institute as the climax of this colorful movement of the Oriental Group! But I don't think so, this is just an opening ceremony of a grand performance, and after the computer age, there is also the Internet age, and there is also the mobile communication age!

There is still a long way to go, and tens of thousands of our scientific researchers still have many wonderful ideas in their minds, waiting to be transformed into patented inventions that promote the progress of the times, and all of this requires strong capital to promote! This fish tank in Hong Kong is too small, and too many fish will die of lack of oxygen, so we need to borrow a big fish pond from others to raise fish!

Hilson Lehman is the one who communicates with the fishpond owner, and I hope you can bring a new 'Asian concept' to the Wall Street capital markets." This 'Asian concept' is not like the Japanese used to buy all over the United States, but to share with American investors countless attractive investment opportunities from Asia!" Zhuang Yuhai is many years older than Li Xuan, and Li Xuan specially called him big brother to shorten the distance between the two sides.

The acquisition of Hilson-Lehman by the Eastern Bloc has been approved by the US government three days ago and has come into effect. Zhuang Yuhai has also completed all the handovers in Hong Kong, and will fly to the United States tomorrow to take up his new role as co-CEO of Hilson-Lehman.

Before the other party took up his new position, Li Xuan deliberately set up a private banquet at home for him to practice, and also took this opportunity to exchange his long-term plans and prospects with the other party.

"Li Sheng, we Chinese have an old saying, it is called that the poor have distant relatives in the deep mountains, and the rich have distant relatives in the deep mountains! I have realized it in the past two days, and I have received no less than ten international calls from New York! Among them, there are not only my former colleagues in Solomon Company who came to inquire about the news, but also my former customers in the United States who came to me to ask me for the allotment quota for the IPO of Oriental Games!"

Although Li Xuan affectionately called him Brother Hai, Zhuang Yuhai was very aware of the position he should put as a subordinate. He was quite serious when he spoke, but he couldn't help but laugh out loud when he said it later.

"We Chinese pay the most attention to friendship, even if our customers are thousands of miles apart, we still do not leave them, and we cannot live up to others." Presumably, it is not easy for them to get your phone number in Hong Kong, even if the quota for the new share placement of Oriental Game Company is not available, the overseas allotment part of the Oriental Research Institute must leave a place for him!" Li Xuan replied easily.

"Should the Oriental Research Institute's overseas allotment also be left to the Americans? Can't the Oriental Games satisfy their appetite?" Zhuang Yuhai has been dealing with the follow-up of the LH fund these days, and has not paid much attention to the listing of the two companies.

"For a business that is sure to make money and not lose money, the more Americans are naturally the better! I also used the excuse that the acquisition of Hilson-Lehman and the listing of Oriental Games in the United States brought too much political pressure to me to give the reason why the Oriental Research Institute needs to stay in Hong Kong and be listed locally! Speaking of which, I would like to thank HSBC, they also helped us with a kick!" Li Xuan smiled heartily.

A few years ago, Li Xuan was not ready to list the Oriental Research Institute at all, but as the more core patents the company held, the more he could feel the strong pressure from all sides. So even if the Oriental Research Institute was not short of money, Li Xuan had to let the company go public.

Because only by becoming a public company subject to shareholder supervision can many outside questions about the safety of various hardware products produced by the Oriental Research Institute, including processors, be reduced.

Li Xuan never thought of letting the Oriental Research Institute go public in the United States, because that would mean that the company would have to accept the supervision of relevant American agencies in the future. You must know that the United States' scrutiny of the transfer of high and new technology is the most stringent among all developed countries, which will make the future development of the Oriental Research Institute more restricted.

However, such a high-tech innovative enterprise that has attracted global attention has long attracted the attention of all forces. Therefore, as soon as the news that Li Xuan wanted to keep the Oriental Research Institute listed in Hong Kong, he immediately received international calls from the United States and the United Kingdom.

The call from the United States was from his good friend and current Texas Governor George W. Bush, who immediately invited the Oriental Institute to list on the New York Stock Exchange. The call from the UK came from Baron Hawke, a new member of the British House of Commons and the former chairman of the Aikang company, who also came to invite the Oriental Institute to go public in London.

Although these appear to be two personal phone calls, they actually represent the will of the US and UK governments. Naturally, Li Xuan could not ignore it, and at this time, the public opinion and political situation in Hong Kong became the best excuse for him to shirk it.

Just three months ago, HSBC announced that it had moved its domicile from Hong Kong back to the UK. This move immediately sparked a large number of Hong Kong companies to follow suit, and they all moved their company domicile from Hong Kong to overseas.

And just when the tide of re-domiciling in Hong Kong's industrial circles has not subsided, the Oriental Group has not only spent a huge amount of money to enter the US financial sector, but also allowed its core subsidiaries to go public in the United States.

This exacerbated the huge anxiety of the entire market about the prospects of Hong Kong, and Li Xuan even received a call from Beijing. At this time, if the Oriental Research Institute chooses to go overseas again, the confidence of the entire Hong Kong economic community in the future may collapse in an instant!

Therefore, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in Hong Kong, Li Xuan took the initiative to stand up and start the IPO process of the Oriental Research Institute in advance. Through the news of letting the Oriental Research Institute stay in Hong Kong for listing, to save the confidence of the capital market in Hong Kong!

His statement can be described as impeccable, Americans and British can never say that Hong Kong's economic collapse is my business, so I can only acquiesce to Li Xuan's approach!