Chapter 780: Ministerial Candidates

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Walking out of the airport pick-up hall, everyone got into the commercial car, Zhang Ke told everyone about the car accident he saw before going to Sun Shangyi's house for dinner yesterday, and said: "The report on the car accident will be published in the Hong Kong New Weekly, and this issue of the New Weekly will be published before dusk today." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Of course, we didn't just want to put pressure on Ge Mingxin and Ge Yinjun's father and son......" Zhang Ke paused for a moment and said, "We have to do more. ”

In the history that has occurred, the Asian financial turmoil has not only drawn Southeast Asian countries and regions, RB, and HG into the abyss of economic crisis, but also dragged down Russia's economy, and the economies of Europe and North America will also be affected by the Asian financial crisis.

At present, the Asian financial turmoil has only ravaged East Asia and Southeast Asian countries and regions, and it seems that calm has been restored, and various financial data have shown signs of rebounding.

This is not that history has changed, but that the damage to the real economy caused by the Asian financial turmoil has not yet been completely revealed, and once the damage to the real economy is completely exposed, the short-term rebound of the financial market will come to an abrupt halt, and the financial market will fall further into turmoil.

Mr. Zhang has been exchanging views on this issue with Mr. Yip, who was appointed deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong in the middle of last year, and whose main responsibility is to provide advice on how the Hong Kong authorities can escape the financial crisis.

After the Asian financial turmoil temporarily calmed down in mid-December, Ye Zhenmin temporarily returned to his post in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, but he has not yet been deprived of his title of deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, and some sharp-eyed economists in China have clearly seen that the Asian storm has only subsided temporarily, and that the financial crisis will further evolve and worsen once the external conditions are suitable. Ye Zhenmin is the author of this view, and suggested that the State Council should be more cautious in its economic policies in East Asia and at home.

Everyone rushed to Ye Zhenmin's apartment in Beijing first. Zhang Ke's meeting with Ye Zhenmin this time was not only to exchange views on macroeconomic development, but also to take advantage of the situation to win the right to speak and even control over Hong Kong-listed companies Jiaxin Real Estate and Jiaxin Electronics, which allowed Chen Xinsheng, Xu Hongbo, and Ye Jianbin to come to Beijing together.

The 36-storey Schwab Building, located in the heart of Central, Hong Kong, is the iconic building of Charles Schwab in Hong Kong, and is home to two of the Schwab Group's most important listed companies.

As the chairman of the board of directors of Charles Schwab Group, Ge Mingxin usually works in the office on the 36th floor of the Charles Schwab Building, including the meeting room, meeting room, indoor golf practice room, and offices.

On the brown-red sandalwood office, there is a copy of the latest issue of Hong Kong's New Weekly, the cover of this issue of the new weekly is a photo of the car accident scene on Repulse Bay Avenue yesterday, and the lower edge of the red headline is dripping, as if indictment of the bloody tragedy, but it is not more dazzling than the headline content such as "The son of a rich man surnamed Ge caused death by driving dangerously, and he contacted the family of the deceased in private to get away with money."

Ge Mingxin saw the article in the new weekly, the blood in his chest surged, and he rang the bell to ask the secretary to notify Zhao Ziqiang, a senior adviser of the legal department, to come to his office. Zhao Ziqiang is the middle-aged lawyer who came forward on behalf of Ge Mingxin and Ge Yinjun yesterday, after Zhao Ziqiang arrived, Ge Mingxin handed him the New Weekly magazine, his face was gloomy, and his tone was cold: "We must sue the New Weekly for bankruptcy and closure......

Zhao Ziqiang read this report, although it was easy to directly name Ge Yinjun in the article and force New Weekly to retract the report and apologize publicly, but it is still unlikely that New Weekly will sue it until it goes bankrupt. Zhao Ziqiang did not dissuade him, and then he would talk about the lawsuit first, whether he could let the New Weekly go bankrupt and close its doors, that is another matter.

Ge Mingxin's anger was not so much a stimulus to the New Weekly report, but rather a surprise to Zhang Ke's words in front of the hospital yesterday.

What exactly do they want to do, such a report can't change anything, although it puts Jiaxin Group under a certain amount of public opinion pressure, but it will not have much impact on the car accident review, Ge Mingxin can't help but wonder, what do they want to do?

Soon, Ge Mingxin guessed Zhang Ke and Sun Shangyi's intentions.

Yuexiu Holdings held a press conference at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon to announce that it would acquire 3% of the shares of Jiaxin Electronics and 2% of Jiaxin Real Estate from Sun Shangyi, chairman of the group, and Ge Mingxin, director of the group, Yuexiu will pay for the acquisition in the form of private placement of shares, and said that it will continue to acquire the shares of Jiaxin Electronics and Jiaxin Real Estate from the open market or to specific individuals, and said that the first increase in holdings is in the past two months, and the increase in holdings does not exceed 10% of the total share capital, but does not rule out further increases in the future.

Yuexiu unabashedly revealed its ambitions for Schwab Electronics and Schwab Real Estate, and the car accident was just a trigger.

"Their target is the entire Schwab Group," Ge Yinjun didn't panic when he saw the text report of the New Weekly, but bought himself two pairs of Armani sunglasses - because the inside page of the New Weekly also published his photo, but after hearing Yuexiu Holdings' public statement, he angrily walked to the 36th floor of the Schwab Building, "They really don't know whether they live or die, and they actually covet the Schwab Group, so they are not afraid that they will not be able to eat and die?" ”

Ge Mingxin touched his chin, when the two listed companies of Jiaxin Electronics and Jiaxin Real Estate were at their peak, the total market value was as high as 40 billion, and after continuing the legacy, the shares of Jiaxin Electronics and Jiaxin Real Estate held by Ge Mingxin made him have a net worth of 10 billion. The Asian financial turmoil, although Hong Kong responded appropriately, but the financial market has also suffered setbacks, coupled with the Hong Kong property market since the late autumn of last year, there have been signs of collapse, so that Hong Kong's overall real estate stocks have suffered a heavy setback, Schwab real estate at this time is not even one-third of the heyday, Schwab Electronics's share price has also fallen by more than half, and the total market value of the two companies is even less than 20 billion. In order to solve the impact of the financial turmoil on other operating businesses, Ge Mingxin repeatedly reduced his holdings in two listed companies. At this time, the market value of the shares of these two companies owned by Ge Mingxin was compressed to about 4 billion, accounting for about 22%. In other words, the securities market does not fluctuate, and Yuexiu only needs to come up with more than 4 billion yuan to grab control of the two companies.

The foundation of the Schwab Group is these two listed companies, and once the control of Schwab Electronics and Schwab Real Estate is not in hand, the Schwab Group will become an empty framework.

Negatively affected by the New Weekly report, the stock prices of Charles Schwab Electronics and Charles Schwab Real Estate fell sharply, and the press conference held by Yuexiu Holdings was held after the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed at 4 o'clock.

"Will they make a false shot? Maybe they don't plan to do anything to Schwab Electronics and Schwab Real Estate Holdings, and besides, even if Yuexiu directly increases its holdings of 10% of the total share capital, it will have to use a huge amount of two or three billion yuan, and I don't think they may have such determination and patience. Ge Yinjun said.

It's useless to worry about it, and at the moment, we can only wait for Yuexiu Holdings to make a name for themselves before we can fight back, and we can't mess up because of a public statement by Yuexiu.

After leaving Ye Zhenmin's residence in Beijing, Zhang Ke and Zhai Danqing, accompanied by their entourage, got into the car and went to Xidan to meet Yi Yunfei, deputy secretary of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, while the others stayed at Ye Zhenmin's house for dinner.

Zhang Ke and Yi Yunfei met, and Yao Wensheng and Yi Xin -- Yao Wensheng's nominal fiancée also deliberately flew back to Beijing from Jianye and Shenzhen respectively. Yi Yunfei also specially invited Wang Xuchen, an official of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, to accompany him at home, just because Wang Xuchen's queen Cailing and Zhang Ke's cousin Liang Wenjiang had established a romantic relationship, and the parents of both parties also went to Haizhou to meet last year.

On the way to Yi Yunfei's house, Zhang Ke and Wanqing talked on the phone, she and her assistant Zhang Ting had flown to Beijing to arrive at Xu Xueping's house, and there was no plane to take Zhitong back to Haizhou today, and she had to stay overnight in Beijing.

Yi Yunfei's residence in Beijing is a courtyard house located at the west end of Chang'an Avenue, and many high-ranking officials of the central government live in this courtyard, and Yi Yunfei's rank is considered a low level among these high-ranking officials.

When Zhang Ke arrived, it was still early before the meal time, and Yi Yunfei invited everyone to sit down and talk in the east wing that was converted into a study.

"It will take half a month for the two sessions to be held in Beijing, but some of the results can already be seen by everyone. After Vice Premier Zhao Jidong straightened out, the restructuring of the State Council will be quickly launched, and now there are many discussions within the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Yi Yunfei invited everyone into his study and said straight to the point.

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications spun off the telecommunications business and merged with the Ministry of Electronics Industry and other departments to form the Ministry of Information Industry, which is almost an irreversible fact, and now it has aroused speculation: Who will be the head of the Ministry of Information Industry in the future?

Although Geng Chongyang, the current minister of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has many shortcomings, such as being self-serving, conservative in thinking, and impatient in temper, and does not have a good relationship with Vice Premier Zhao Jidong, of course it cannot be denied that he has made outstanding contributions to the domestic telecommunications industry, and he is one of the natural candidates. At this time, the minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry is up to the age limit, and he may have to take a back seat at the two sessions; Yi Yunfei was in charge of telecommunications business in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications at this time, but he had to go to the Ministry of Information Industry as a minister with a little less seniority, and the most likely thing was to serve as a deputy in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; At this time, we must not forget Ge Jiande, deputy director of the Planning Commission in charge of the information industry and concurrently head of the leading group for the development of the information industry. Between Ge Jiande and Geng Chongyang, Zhang Ke would rather Geng Chongyang be in charge of the Ministry of Information Industry. Although Geng Chongyang is quite dissatisfied with Kumho and is a staunch supporter of telecommunications monopoly thinking, compared with Ge Jiande, Geng Chongyang still stresses principles and party spirit.

Yi Yunfei looked at Zhang Ke's reaction and said: "Minister Geng Chongyang is also bound to win the position of minister after the restructuring, and he has even begun to draw up development plans for important positions, one of which is to establish Huaxia Electronic Information Industry Group Company, which will put Lianxin, Lianxun, Dongxing and other electronics companies and R&D institutions into the ...... of Huaxia Electronic Information Industry Group Company."

Hearing this, Zhang Ke took a breath, the so-called Huaxia Electronic Information Industry Group has not appeared in the history that has happened, probably because of the existence of Kumho, which prompted Geng Chongyang to want to form a state-owned heavy aircraft carrier for the electronics industry.