Luke Fraser's office is equipped with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on both sides, overlooking Victoria Harbor. The sea view is beautiful late at night.
After so many years of development on Hong Kong Island, the core areas are still the main island and Kowloon, and the most elite financial industries are basically concentrated here in Central.
Lanny Mellon walked in under the guidance of Luke Fraser's beautiful blond secretary. He exchanged dull pleasantries with Luke Fraser and sat down on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window at his invitation, waiting for the secretary to get on.
After getting the coffee, he couldn't wait to say: "Luke, we have to think about saving ourselves! The securities plan to increase sales discussed at today's meeting is very good! We can't count on the power of the New York headquarters!"
Just after the meeting ended, he made another phone call. Unsurprisingly, he failed to win support.
The Far East is still too far away from America's homeland.
Admittedly, it is undeniable that the Chinese market is a delicious piece of cake. But for the banking industry, this cake can be seen but never eaten. Therefore, those in the New York headquarters office of Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
There is no intention to increase investment here.
What does the trouble you, Lanny Mellon, have got to do with us?
Luke Fraser stood up, walked back and forth in the office, and refused irritably: "No. That's a stimulant. After being used, it will cause continuous harm to the business of Greater China in the next few years."
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Lenny Mellon was under a bit of pressure and said loudly: "Luke, this is our only chance. Otherwise, once Jing Gao's methods are used, we will not be able to hold on to next year's performance report. If Bank of New York's stock price is high
Come on, there are people who want to deal with us!"
Luke Fraser firmly refused again: "No. It's not that far yet."
"Then how long are you going to wait! My god!" Lanny Mellon put his head in his hands, extremely disappointed, stood up, and continued to press: "Luke, put away your damn foresight! Now is the time to save your life.
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Luke Fraser grabbed Lanny Mellon's shirt collar with one hand and yelled out of control: "Fxxk you! When did your troubles become our troubles! Labor and management have nothing to do with this.
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"Fxxk!" Lanny Mellon raised his neck and shouted at each other, "Isn't it our consensus to kick Phoenix Fund and Jing Gao out of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange? You only want profits and don't want to take any risks.
dross!"
"I never talked to you about the Phoenix Fund!" Luke Fraser roared and blamed the blame. "You have to deal with the trouble you caused yourself!"
It is nonsense to say that Lanny Mellon organized such a large-scale campaign to block Jing Gao, and Miying Capital in Hong Kong Island basically participated, and Luke Fraser, as the president of the Greater China region of the Bank of New York, did not know about it!
His idea is to get involved if there is any benefit, and to pass the blame if it doesn't.
Now we just need to get rid of Mr. Jing's hatred value.
Of course, Lanny Mellon was not happy that Luke Fraser used him as a gun and threw it away after using it. The two exchanged passionate words in the office, and the atmosphere was heated. While they were cursing, Lenny Mellon's cell phone
Ringed.
Lenny Mellon looked at the caller's name and hung up, then continued: "Luke, Fxxk oil grasshopper! This matter is our common trouble. You can't get rid of me. If I don't do well because of my poor performance this year,
If I am punished by the board of directors, I will definitely report it to the superiors. You are also involved in this matter. Just pray!"
"Sang oh, get it!" Luke Fraser was so angry that he flew into a rage. Lanny, the grandson, was like a dog clinging to him and couldn't get rid of him!
At this time, Lanny Mellon's phone continued to ring. Luke Fraser gasped: "Answer the phone." Even though he maintained his fitness habit, he would be entangled with Lenny Mellon.
I am also very tired.
Lenny Mellon was also a little tired from the fight. He hung up the phone first, stared into Luke Fraser's eyes for a while, and warned: "Luke, I advise you to think about it seriously! You can't afford the consequences."
After that, I walked out of this luxurious office with floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides.
He didn't see the resentment and anger deep in Luke Fraser's eyes behind him.
Of course you won't care if you see it. Because American thinking is cowboy-like. They like to use intimidation!
At that time, a certain big shot in the Eagle Sauce industry once said to his wife at a cocktail party celebrating his tenure: Half of the people who walked into this house were envious of us, and half were afraid of us.
The beautiful blond secretary appeared at the door and asked timidly: "Mr. Fraser, is there anything I can do for you?"
She just heard the quarrel in the office and the sound of items breaking.
Luke Fraser was sitting on the sofa and rubbing his face vigorously: "It's okay, Chris!" After the beautiful blond secretary went out, he sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for half an hour before finally making up his mind.
Mellon, what happened?
If his job is not guaranteed, he will go bankrupt! In America, personal bankruptcy is definitely not a romantic thing. It means that his current life will leave him. His wife will divorce him. He
Will lose his child!
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Lanny Mellon answered the call from Huang Bijuan, President of HSBC Greater China. She didn't say much on the phone, but insisted on meeting. He took the elevator down from the 68th floor of the Yangtze River Group Center and went to the nearby five-star
Meet at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
"Mr. Mellon, what are you worried about at the Bank of New York recently? Have you received any news?" Huang Bijuan is fifty years old this year. She is wearing an exquisite and fashionable Chanel suit, her hair is meticulously combed, and she still looks like a financial elite. But her face
His complexion was very poor, and he looked haggard and haggard.
A few days ago, after the results of the vote to replace the seats on the board of directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange came out, some people in the capital of Hong Kong Island immediately showed their favor to Jing Gao. When Jing Gao held a cocktail party in Stanley, many guests came.
At the same time, there are still a group of people who are worried about Jing Gao's revenge! In the previous series of actions to prevent Jing Gao from obtaining a director seat on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, she was at the forefront:
Years ago, at the Jockey Club HSBC cocktail party, she taunted Jing Gao's confidant Wu Jingshu for nearly ten minutes with a gun and a stick, angering Jing Gao with her words in person.
How could she not be afraid of this situation now?
At that time, everyone in Miying Capital took action together, and of course she was willing to rush to the front. But the voting results showed that they were not united internally, and some people ran away from the votes in the face of the interests given by Jing Gao. So she can count on "them"
"To protect her?"
The senior executives of Bank of New York's Greater China region have been meeting continuously in the past few days, and Huang Bijuan immediately smelled a dangerous atmosphere.
Lanny Mellon looked at the frightened Huang Bijuan, thought for a moment, and said: "After the voting introduction, I found Jesse Keynes of Goldman Sachs and asked him to help introduce me. I met with Mr. Jing. We talked about it.
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Huang Bijuan reacted instantly: "Ah...? It turned out to be Goldman Sachs who ran away from the ticket?" She said with a complaining tone: "Mr. Mellon, how could you and Mr. Jing break up? In this situation..., you don't know his character.
do you know?"
Lenny Mellon took a long breath, vented out the infinite frustration in his heart, sat on the sofa, and remained silent. Didn't he regret it? His heart was so full of regret that his intestines turned blue!
The place where the two met was the executive suite of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The silence between the two made the room full of pressure.
After a while, Lanny Mellon said slowly: "No matter what conditions I offer, Mr. Jing is going to punish us! Think about his temperament!" He played a little trick and used "we"
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The meeting between him and Jing Gao was private, and it was impossible for Huang Bijuan to go to Jing Gao for verification. Based on Jing Gao's past performance, it was possible for him to forgive Luke Fraser, but it was absolutely impossible for him to forgive Huang Bijuan!
"Huang, you don't have to worry about what kind of punishment Mr. Jing will punish you now. His first choice will definitely be to cause trouble with me. Our Bank of New York has been meeting recently to discuss how to deal with it. Your HSBC Bank wants to help us share the difficulties. We are now
People in a boat."
Lanny Mellon was able to stand out from a group of Mellon family members and become a director of the Bank of New York Greater China in his forties, which is considered quite good. He has been very anxious these days, but the basic
The policy is unmistakable: tie up Luke Fraser and win over Huang Bijuan.
He is not the kind of trash who will be destroyed as soon as he is frustrated or put under pressure. He will still actively save himself.
Huang Bijuan was silent. After a few minutes, she said quietly: "Mr. Mellon, you are right. Let's discuss what to do in detail."
Lanny Mellon said excitedly: "Okay! The top priority now is to maintain our turnover and profits..."
The two of them chatted more and more in the executive suite, and even opened a bottle of wine to drink together, just like two people hugging each other for warmth.
However, at about ten o'clock in the night, Huang Bijuan's secretary called her mobile phone, "Mr. Huang, something big happened. Someone on the Internet broke the news that the financial personnel detained in Huawei were fabricated by us in the frame-up."
Huang Bijuan's mind was like a bolt from the blue, and she held her phone stiffly.
Hug together for warmth, Lanny Mellon, who just felt a little warmer, was instantly chilled. He thought that the Bank of New York would be Jing Gao's first target, but Jing Gao's heavy fist hit Huang Bijuan directly.