Two hours before Li Shengrui and Zhou Lingling left Hong Kong for their honeymoon in Europe, Li Huawu and his party left Hong Kong by train to Yangcheng, where Li Huawu and his wife will be transferred to Ningbo, while his children will return to Beijing.

As early as a year ago, Li Shengchang and his wife both changed jobs, Li Shengchang entered the Beijing Military Region to work, while his wife entered the army affiliated hospital to work, and their children also followed their parents to the capital.

Li Shengrui and Zhou Lingling played in Europe for nearly three weeks, and soon after returning to Hong Kong, Li Shengrui became a director of the board of directors of Hang Seng Bank under the recommendation of Li Hualong.

At the end of March, the board of directors of Hang Seng Bank was held, and Li Hualong attended the board of directors of Hang Seng Bank.

At the board meeting, Li Hualong asked: "A few days ago, HSBC announced the acquisition of 41% of the shares of Miguo Ocean Millan Bank, I think everyone has heard about it, right?" ”

"How could we not know such big news. In a few months, HSBC will buy another 10% stake in Ocean Millan Bank to acquire a controlling stake in the bank. Li Guowei, vice chairman of Hang Seng Bank, smiled, "Chairman, you mentioned this matter in the hope that Hang Seng Bank would acquire overseas banks?" ”

"Yes. Today, Hang Seng Bank has a 3-5 share of the retail banking market in Hong Kong, occupying the first position in the market, while HSBC only has a 2-5 share. If Hang Seng Bank does not vigorously develop its overseas business, HSBC's market value will surely catch up with Hang Seng Bank in the future. I would suggest that in the next year, acquire a controlling stake in a small bank in the United States. I know that there are several Chinese-controlled banks in the country, although the scale of these banks is not large, buy one of them first, and when you are familiar with the operation of the commercial bank of the United States and make a profit, you can buy other banks......"

After this board meeting, Li Hualong and other members of the board of directors of Hang Seng Bank reached a consensus that Hang Seng Bank will develop into a global commercial bank. The main business is to serve the Chinese.

Historically, HSBC, the oldest bank in Hong Kong, has been active in overseas business in addition to actively expanding its financial business in Hong Kong and China.

In 1865, after the establishment of HSBC. It opened a branch in London and a branch in Japan the following year, becoming the first foreign bank in Japan's history.

In 1880, HSBC established a branch in New York, USA.

So, back in the 19th century. HSBC's branch network spans three continents: Asia, Europe and the United States. However, HSBC's focus has long been on Hong Kong.

In 1958 and 1960, HSBC expanded into the South Asian subcontinent, West Asia and the Middle East, with the acquisition of the Bank of England in the Middle East, but at this time, HSBC was still a regional bank.

The emergence of Li Hualong, a reborn person, gave HSBC no chance to control Hang Seng Bank, which made a major change in the development trajectory of HSBC and Hang Seng Bank.

As of now, Hang Seng Bank has a three-to-five-cent share of Hong Kong's banking snack market. HSBC only has a two-in-five share.

HSBC's management has realised that Hong Kong has limited room for development and that the only way to gain "room for survival" is to expand overseas.

At this time, the issue of the expiry of the New Territories 97 lease was beginning to plague the UK and Hong Kong governments, and HSBC, as the chief banker of the Hong Kong government, was well aware of the situation and actively promoted the group's internationalization strategy.

In 1977, when Shen Bi became Chairman of HSBC, HSBC began to plan and deploy the Group's internationalisation strategy, planning to establish strategic bases in Asia, the Americas and Europe. Form a strategic layout of the so-called "three-legged stool".

HSBC first expanded into the Americas, and in April 1978, HSBC reached an agreement with Ocean Mill Bank of the United States, which stipulated that HSBC could eventually acquire a 51% stake in Ocean Mill Bank.

However. The acquisition process dragged on for more than a year, during which time it was blocked by the New York State Commissioner of Banks, and the New York State government repeatedly investigated HSBC's internal reserves.

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One morning in late April, Li Hualong received a call from Li Xiaohe, who invited him to his home for dinner, but he didn't think much about it. I immediately agreed.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Li Hualong came to Li Xiaohe's home by car.

Li Xiaohe personally greeted Li Hualong at the door, and after meeting, he smiled and said, "Ah Long, how long have we not eaten together?" ”

"It didn't take long, when Sheng Rui got married, we would eat together soon."

"That time, we didn't talk much."

"Let's have a good talk today." Li Hualong said with a smile.

"Okay."

Before dinner, Li Xiaohe and Li Hualong chatted a lot of topics and talked about a lot of past things.

After dinner, Li Xiaohe personally made a pot of black tea.

"This tea was brought by a friend of mine from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)."

"When you smell it, you know it's good tea." Li Hualong picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, nodded and praised, "Good tea." ”

"If you like to drink, take some back, I still have quite a few here."

"Then you're welcome. Where is it produced? ”

"Didn't you just say that, Ceylon." Li Xiaohe smiled, gulped down a cup of tea, and sighed, "Aaron, I don't think I will live long." ”

Li Hualong was stunned when he heard this, he suddenly thought that in another time and space, at the beginning of TVB's establishment, Li Xiaohe had always been the chairman, and in the eighties, Li Xiaohe died, and Run Run Shaw became the chairman of TVB.

Li Hualong was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, don't talk nonsense, I think you are doing well......"

"My physical condition, I know, I have a heart condition." Li Xiaohe smiled unhesitantly, "Maybe we will have dinner together tonight, and it will be our last meal." ”

"Brother Li, don't be so pessimistic, now that medical technology is so developed, if you really have heart disease, as long as you cooperate with the doctor's treatment, your mentality is better, and you can live for another ten or twenty years, it is not a big problem."

"I'm in a good state of mind, it's okay, you don't need to persuade me." Li Xiaohe smiled, "I am ready to resign as vice chairman of the board of directors of Huayi Brothers, and I suggest that Xi Chongyi take over this position, to be honest, Xi Chongyi is quite capable." ”

"Brother Leigh, I don't think it's necessary. Say something unlucky, even if you ...... tomorrow After admission, you can also continue to serve as vice chairman of the board of directors. ”

"There's no need for that. I don't want to focus on work in the future, I want to spend more time with my family. ”

Li Hualong hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay then." However, I would like to ask you to continue to serve on the Board of Directors. ”

"Is it okay to let my wife be a director on the board?"

"Yes!" Li Hualong smiled, "It's better this way, otherwise, let my sister-in-law serve as the vice chairman." ”

"She's not as capable of a heavy instrument." Li Xiaohe smiled slightly, "She just serves as a director of the board of directors...... You can consider letting Xi Chongyi serve as the chairman of Huayi Brothers Media Group in the future. ”

"That's a good suggestion......"

A few days later, Huayi Brothers Media Group held a board meeting, and in the board of directors, Li Xiaohe took the initiative to resign as vice chairman of the board of directors and recommended Xi Chongyi to succeed him, which was unanimously approved by the board members. After that, Li Hualong suggested that Li Xiaohe's wife Li Lu Yanqun serve as the executive director of the board of directors, and this proposal was also voted on.

Huayi Brothers Media Group's announcement of the change of board of directors did not cause the stock price to fall, but slowly rose with the bull market.

On June 27, Lee Hyo-wha died of a heart attack.

The day after Li Xiaohe's death, a tabloid in Hong Kong reported that the murderer of Li Xiaohe's death was Li Hualong, who forced Li Xiaohe to resign as vice chairman of Huayi Brothers Media Group for his own woman (Xi Chongyi) to take the position.

Li Xiaohe's wife, Li Lu Yanqun, was particularly angry when she saw the malicious slander of the gossip newspaper, and when she was interviewed by the media, she publicly defended Li Hualong.

"Mr. Li Hualong is a confidant and friend of my husband. His resignation as vice chairman of Huayi Brothers Media Group was initiated by my husband, and Mr. Li also proposed that I succeed as vice chairman, but neither my husband nor I agreed. I hope that unscrupulous media will not maliciously slander Li Hualong. In the past two months, Mr. Li Hualong knew that my husband was not in good health, and came to visit my husband at my house many times, and every time they met, they had a very pleasant chat. My husband has always thought that he was proud to have made Mr. Li Hualong as a friend! Mr. Li Hualong's character has always been obvious to all. ”

Li Hualong did not defend himself, when Li Xiaohe was buried, he, as a friend of Li Xiaohe before him, personally helped Li Xiaohe and the soul, and at the funeral, he shed tears many times, which made the Hong Kong people see Li Hualong's affectionate side. (To be continued.) )