211 Invested in Hang Seng
At present, all kinds of charity dinners popular on Hong Kong Island are basically Western-style cocktail party mode, which is not to worship foreign culture, but this kind of cocktail party mode is more convenient for the guests to communicate freely, without being restricted by the table hall, so even the Chinese bigwigs are easy to accept.
Another advantage of the reception mode is that whenever a new guest arrives, the guests who are talking will pause for a moment and politely pay attention to the visitor, and the truly powerful participants will often get the respect they deserve in the first place.
When Zhou Wenqiang walked into the reception hall with Bai Yue'e, countless pairs of eyes immediately fell on them.
And it was not out of polite attention, many bigwigs in the business community on Hong Kong Island looked at this young man who has recently become famous in the business circles of Hong Kong and Kowloon.
At the age of twenty, staying at the top of Taiping Mountain, even Zhong Qishen, the head of the top Zhong family of the third generation, looked at Zhou Wenqiang with interest, and secretly compared his son with Zhou Wenqiang in his heart, and finally shook his head gently.
The eldest young master of the Zhong family, who came from a famous family, seemed to be ruthlessly crushed by this self-made young man in any aspect, which made Zhong Qishen sigh a little.
Today, Zhou Wenqiang wore a well-fitting hand-cut suit, and the design of the light abdomen perfectly outlined his figure, and Bai Yue'e next to him wore a floor-length emerald green evening dress, revealing snow-white shiny skin and proud career line under the deep V-neck.
She was originally a stunning beauty who could easily hold both charming and cold routes, and this evening dress set off her cold and glamorous like a fairy, dark and charming like fire, obviously glamorous and oppressive to all the women, but not aggressive, so that many female guests present secretly called me pity, not only did not reject her thoughts, but rose up the heart of climbing.
The female guests are very curious to know how strong the handsome and golden business genius Zhou is, which is probably only Bai Yue'e can understand best......
Zhou Wenqiang's eyes swept over, and he didn't see Davidson's huge body that was more than two meters tall, but saw several old friends such as the charter boat king, Lei Yingdong, and Li Jiacheng.
Li Jiacheng has recently sold very well in plastic flowers, taking advantage of the east wind of Shenzhou Company, not only swept the high-end market in Southeast Asia, but also opened up a bridgehead in the European and American markets, and also earned the first 500,000 yuan in his life, and has barely entered the list of the richest people on Hong Kong Island.
Originally, his net worth was not enough to participate in this level of drinking party, but because his uncle was Zhuang An and Zhou Wenqiang's partner, he was also invited.
Zhou Wenqiang took a glass of champagne from the waiter's hand and raised his glass to a few old friends, but did not go over to talk, but looked at the two men standing not far away.
These two men are both about 50 years old, a kind eyebrow, often smiling in his eyes, and his face is full of kindness, it is the famous family on Hong Kong Island, the head of the Chung family, Chung Kai-sun.
He came from the Hong Kong drama "Celebrity Family", in that drama he was only the eldest young master of the Zhong family, and when he was young, he was very concerned about the living environment of the bottom people, and he was a good lawyer who was willing to speak up for the poor.
Like his father Chung Cheuk-wan, he is a true elite among the Chinese on Hong Kong Island, not only a barrister, but also a family business in the fields of trade, real estate and finance.
Standing next to Zhong Qishen is also an old acquaintance of Zhou Wenqiang, who is currently at the helm of the Hang Seng Silver Horn, He Shanheng.
Zhou Wenqiang paid attention to Hang Seng Bank in his last life, and knew that at this time, Ho Shanheng was preparing to register Hang Seng as a private limited company, and Hang Seng was experiencing the first period of major development in history.
He Shanheng, an old Jianghu, will not do any useless work, he pulled Zhong Qishen to chat non-stop, mostly talking about Hang Seng registration and preparing to change the name of the bank.
"Yue'e, you go and talk to those ladies yourself, I'll go see the head of the Zhong family."
Zhou Wenqiang called the waiter to change a glass of red wine, and walked up to Zhong and He: "Chairman He, this should be the only famous family in the Chinese circle on Hong Kong Island, the head of the Zhong family, Mr. Zhong Qishen, right?" I have admired Mr. Zhong for a long time, and Chairman He can help me introduce him. ”
He said that his admiration for Chung Kai-sun was not a lie. When Zhong Qishen was still Zhong Dashao, he spoke up for the bottom people many times and fought for the interests, and it was under his leadership that he was able to persuade his father Zhong Zhuowan and other powerful people to urge the Hong Kong government to implement the "Abolition of Slavery Act" as soon as possible.
And Zhong Qishen is generous, extremely upright, and a good person to make friends, although he is a little older, he can also be a year-old friend.
"Zhou Sheng, we were talking about you just now, where do you need me to introduce you? Mr. Chung has been complimenting you all the time. ”
He Shanheng laughed. Beiwang Company is a big customer of Hang Seng, saying so, he still didn't forget to secretly slap a few sycophants: "Mr. Zhong, this young man doesn't need me to introduce more, right?" ”
"An honest and poor man who never accepts fees, a genius in the business world...... If you want to say admiration, it should be my admiration for Zhou Sheng. ”
Zhong Qishen smiled and lowered his voice and said, "The Li family's incident, you did a beautiful job, and it was out of my chest!" This is the fate of people like this who started by selling opium! ”
Although he is over forty years old, Zhong Qishen is still the same Zhong Dashao back then, and he is as jealous as hatred.
After shaking hands with Zhou Wenqiang with a smile, Zhong Qishen glanced at He Shanheng and said: "Lao He, if you are looking for a partner, you should find someone like Zhou Sheng." In my opinion, the business we just talked about can be counted as a share of Zhou Sheng, or with Zhou Sheng's participation, I will be more at ease. ”
He Shanheng smiled: "I also have this intention, but I don't know what Zhou Sheng thinks." ”
"Zhou Sheng, Hang Seng will be officially registered as a private limited company with a registered capital of 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and then it will be renamed Hang Seng Bank to expand its business scope. However, with the current financial resources of several of our shareholders, there is still a lot of distance from 10 million Hong Kong dollars, just now I was talking to Mr. Zhong about the matter of shares, if you are interested, you can also become a shareholder of Hang Seng and join the board of directors. ”
Zhou Wenqiang nodded secretly, sure enough.
"Hehe, Mr. Zhong and I have the same idea, with the Zhong family involved, I will be very relieved. He Dong, how much funding gap is there now? ”
He Shanheng smiled: "At present, several of our shareholders have raised 6 million Hong Kong dollars, and there is still a gap of 4 million, but the corresponding shares are only 30% ......"
"It doesn't matter, Beiwang Company intends to get involved in the financial industry, and it needs an entry port like Hang Seng, and it can suffer some losses on shares."
Zhou Wenqiang said with a smile: "And Dong He, you are the founders, so it stands to reason that you should share more shares." Only when you have more shares in your hands will you devote yourself wholeheartedly to the development of the bank, and I can be the shopkeeper of this hand. ”
"I just don't know how much Mr. Zhong is going to invest? I'm a junior, so I can't rob Mr. Zhong. ”
Hearing Zhou Wenqiang so polite, Zhong Qishen was satisfied, and said with a smile: "The Zhong family itself also has a financial business, but it doesn't care about the number of shares. So Zhou Sheng, you don't have to scruple, I promised to invest, in fact, it was for the convenience of Lao He......"
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Wenqiang immediately heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning.
Zhong Qishen must have a good relationship with He Shan, and the so-called investment is just an endorsement for Hang Seng.
Once Hang Seng is changed to a formal commercial bank, the scope of business will inevitably expand, and the interests of all aspects will be touched, and troubles will follow.
At the same time, Zhong Qishen also completed a good investment, further establishing the Zhong family's status in the financial community on Hong Kong Island.
In that case, he didn't need to have any scruples.
Zhou Wenqiang smiled: "So let's do it...... How about Beiwang Company investing 3 million Hong Kong dollars and owning 20% of the shares, and Mr. Zhong investing 1 million Hong Kong dollars and owning the remaining 10% of the shares? ”
In this way, he will definitely suffer. However, in front of Zhong Qishen, he 'took' more shares, which should have been paid, and at present, the Zhong family of the three generations of the wang family has obviously helped Hengsheng more than him, a newly rich man, and he is actually benefiting from it.
Zhong Qishen obviously understood this truth, so he didn't shirk it, nodded and smiled: "Then I will accept Zhou Sheng's favor, and I won't say much if you are polite." ”
The three of them clinked glasses, looked at each other and smiled, and everything was silent.
After chatting casually for a few more words, Zhou Wenqiang said: "I heard that Mr. Zhong rarely participates in this kind of gathering, even if he wants to do charity, he has always been very low-key. ”
"Hehe, Davidson hoped that Mr. Zhong could join, but he refused several invitations. This time, Mr. Zhong was willing to come to this charity gala, but he was only kind-hearted, and consciously rejected Davidson many times, and he was a little reluctant to go. ”
He Shanheng glanced at Zhou Wenqiang with a smile: "I heard that Zhou Sheng has put a lot of effort into entering the upper class society recently, could it be that he came this time to join Davidson's foundation?" ”
Everyone is an old man, and naturally knows that Davidson, the honorary chairman, is actually the real helmsman of the foundation, and naturally has long seen that there are some problems with this charitable foundation. He asked Zhou Wenqiang to see if this little brother who rose like a comet had this eyesight.
Zhou Wenqiang smiled, but did not directly answer He Shanheng's question, but looked at Zhong Qishen and said: "I am a layman to charitable foundations or something, and I want to hear what Mr. Zhong says about Davidson and Hong Kong Island Huayang Charity Foundation." ”
Zhong Qishen nodded with a smile, and was about to speak, when he suddenly looked up at the door: "I really said that Cao Cao Cao is here, Davidson is here......"