It took a total of six days before and after, Zhao Qing returned to Mingzhu City in Lu Province, and the moment he got off the train, Secretary Du and Mayor Liu, who got the news, breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the amount of investment involved this time is too large, so big that the central high-level has called several times to inquire about the progress of this matter, but fortunately, on the second day of Zhao Qing's departure, the Citibank Pearl Branch Center sent the exchange of 200 million US dollars to their desks, which made them feel a little relieved at the same time, and began to suffer from gains and losses.

The amount of investment is too large for them to ignore, and this is not a trivial fight of millions or tens of millions of dollars. This is the largest amount of money invested in the country since the founding of the People's Republic of China, of course, provided that the contract is successfully signed.

However, according to the current situation, this matter can almost be decided, and the advance capital has entered the country, lying quietly on the bank account, and it is almost time to enter the real stage of negotiation and signing of the contract and execution between the two parties.

At this time, hearing the news of Zhao Qing's return, the two of them, as the top leaders of Pearl City, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts, and at the same time, they also had the purpose of wanting to meet Zhao Qing to discuss with them.

It's just that what they got was the news that Zhao Qing wanted to have a good rest and didn't see the guests for the time being, which made the two of them a little confused, but they couldn't force them to see Zhao Qing, not only did they have the most important part, but the main thing was that Zhao Qing would see their eagerness to grasp and obtain greater benefits, although the investment and construction were good, but after all, it was not a trivial matter, they were just the temporary masters of the city, and they couldn't do it in order to seek development and damage too many interests.

Of course, what made them even more impatient was that on the third day after Zhao Qing left Mingzhu, they had already learned through the liaison department set up in Xiangjiang in China that a shell company registered in the Cayman Islands had proposed to HSBC to acquire Hang Seng Bank, and the acquisition amount was said to have reached 3.5 billion US dollars, and the overall amount reached nearly 30 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This is not the most important thing, HSBC Holdings' London-listed parent company has been quietly acquired by 9.6% of the shares, which can already be said to be the second natural person shareholder of HSBC Holdings.

The shareholder has now made a request to be appointed to HSBC's board of directors and has sent a written message to the Financial Audit Commission in England and to the board of HSBC Holdings.

The international financial market has begun to be full of storms in the city in just a few days after the stock market crash, Secretary Du remembered what Zhao Qing said that night, how could he not know that this was Zhao Qing showing him his strength?

What's more, the consortium behind the Qiē, which has been speculated by the global banking community, is actually a Chinese, a young man who does not talk like a man.

If he still had some concerns in his heart when the central government issued a document, for fear that the central government would not investigate it clearly, but now that all his doubts have disappeared, such a person with strong financial resources, if he does not catch it at this time, then he does not know when he will encounter this kind of thing in the future.

Although he didn't know how Zhao Qing magically conjured up so much money to buy it everywhere, he knew that if the city he was in charge of wanted to develop rapidly, it must rely on Zhao Qing this time.

Of course, it's not that there are no other people to invest, it's just that their requirements are too high, so high that they exceed the bottom line that he can accept, which is the most unacceptable to him, and Zhao Qing's requirements are not much, although it makes him a little embarrassed, but it is not that he can't negotiate and press his requirements a little, of course, this needs to be compensated elsewhere.

Zhao Qing had already sued him for profit, and he could only say that Zhao Qing was treated as a businessman, and as for the righteousness, he could see that there was no restraint on Zhao Qing.

"Boss, the branch of HSBC Holdings in the United States has found me through the address we left, and I hope to meet with you formally to discuss the matter of joining the board of directors."

After receiving Zhao Qing's phone call, Li Weimin briefly asked Zhao Qing about his life in the mainland, and told Zhao Qing about the results of his work during this period.

"Have you sued them for our conditions?"

"The manager didn't dare to specialize in this matter, he has already reported this matter to the England headquarters, as for what decision they will make, I can't make an estimate now."

"So be it, what's going on on George Steve's side?"

"On the Xiangjiang side, HSBC did not directly refuse, depending on the situation is waiting for news from the headquarters in England, but it is said that Xiangjiang HSBC does not support the sale, but I don't know if this opinion can be supported by shareholders."

Then the two talked a few more words, Zhao Qing hung up the phone, thought about it and dialed another number to go out, quietly waiting for the phone to be connected.

"This is Kent's phone, who are you?"

"Kent, it's me, David."

"My dear friend, you're finally calling, do you know how hard I've been waiting for your call?"

"I'm sorry, Kent, I didn't mean to, the communication conditions here are really not flattering, I can only call you after returning to Mingzhu, I hope you don't get angry."

"Well, David, I forgive you.

David, have you figured out what to do? ”

"Yes, David, I will transfer the shares of HSBC to you, but I have to wait for the transfer of Hang Seng Bank, otherwise they will not agree to sell it in the future, and at the same time, ******** can help us as an accompaniment to the acquisition, hoping to make sense of those stubborn British."

Zhao Qing thought for a while and said on the phone, this is something they have discussed a long time ago, if it is just Zhao Qing's separate acquisition, it is not so safe to force them to take the seat of the Chinese director, after all, Hang Seng Bank is a golden egg, once they give up, they will lose a lot every year.

But if ******** join, it may be a different situation, and the main thing is that Kent will take over Zhao Qing's HSBC shares and contribute to their expansion of their share in the United States.

"Don't worry, David, they're already ready, and we're waiting for your authorization now, but I think the authorization can be signed when you return to Xiangjiang or the United States, and now they'll start working for you."

Kent on the other side of the phone heard Zhao Qing's words, smiled, and said that you didn't take it seriously at all. xh:.74.240.212