Hong Kong Island is narrow, but there are many well-known luxury areas. Such as Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, Stanley, Shek O and other places.
The mansion where Jing Gao lives in Hong Kong is located in the seaside area of Stanley. It is about 10 kilometers away from the Deep Water Bay mansion of the Kadoorie family. However, the "birthday party" held on Friday night was at Victoria Peak
held in a mansion.
Jing Gao was riding in his extended version of the Maybach, accompanied by Assistant Dong Youwei, Jiuge Capital President Wu Jingshu, Morningside Bank President Wei Chenjun, Uber (Hong Kong Island) CEO Guo Lingyu, Bank of East Asia Chairman and CEO Li Guobao and his son
The three of them, accompanied by Erwin, the executive director and deputy chief executive of Bank of East Asia, went to the villa of the Kadoorie family.
Today, the economy of Hong Kong Island has long been reduced to real estate and finance. The Chinese people are familiar with the "four major families of Hong Kong Island": Li Ka-shing, Lee Shau Kee, who owns New World, the Cheng family of Chow Tai Fook, and the Kwok family of Sun Hung Kai.
Although the Kadoorie family is also well-known in Hong Kong Island and was once the richest man in Hong Kong, its assets and personal worth cannot compare with the four major families. Michael Kadoorie, the contemporary patriarch of the Kadoorie family, has an estimated personal net worth of 8 billion
The assets owned by his family are about US$400 billion.
The main businesses are two major businesses: electricity and hotels. Half of the electricity on Hong Kong Island is provided by CLP Holdings, which is owned by the Kadoorie family. The other half is provided by Li Huanggua. The market value of CLP Holdings listed in Hong Kong alone is as high as HK$200 billion.
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In addition, the Peninsula Hotel under its name is a well-known hotel brand. It was once famous all over the world for the international status of Hong Kong Island.
His family is also involved in: real estate, textile, finance, carpet, warehousing, construction, shipping and other industries.
The convoy was driving on a winding mountain road. Night had just fallen. In winter, the mountains were quiet and the mountain wind was howling.
The motorcade of Jing Gao and his entourage slowly stopped in front of an English-style villa. The sound of melodious music and lively voices could be heard vaguely.
The patriarch of the Kadoorie family, seventy-seven-year-old Michael Kadoorie, personally brought his nephew to greet him. Although Jing Gao was a young man and a junior, the capital strength he displayed was terrifying. He took the initiative to invite Jing Gao to attend.
Naturally, his granddaughter's birthday banquet cannot be neglected.
“Hello, Mr. Jing. Welcome.” Michael Kadoorie spoke fluent Cantonese, smiled, shook hands with Jing Gao, and exchanged greetings.
Jing Gaogao doesn’t understand Cantonese at all. He only watches old movies from Hong Kong and some of the words are familiar to him.
When Wu Jingshu was about to help Jing Gao translate, she was not only proficient in English and had a certified public accountant certificate. In the six months since she came to Hong Kong Island, she had already mastered Cantonese proficiently. To say the least, her language talent was outstanding.
Li Guobao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of East Asia, took the initiative and said: "Mr. Jing, let me translate for you." The 79-year-old man had a simple exchange with Michael Kadoorie. He is a member of the Hong Kong Island Parliament and a well-known big man.
Doctor, banker, "Sir, our Mr. Jing cannot understand Cantonese, so I recommend myself to be the translator for your communication."
There is a reason why Mr. Li took the initiative. The Bank of East Asia was a Chinese-owned bank founded in 1918 by the Li family and Chinese businessmen Jian Dongpu, Zhou Shoushen and other Chinese businessmen. In 1981, Mr. Li was succeeded by Jian Yuelong and served as the chief executive of the Bank of East Asia——
This is the de facto top position at Bank of East Asia.
The Lee family has long controlled Bank of East Asia.
However, after so many years of development, the Li family’s shareholding ratio in the listed Bank of East Asia is relatively small. Family members collectively account for 6.27% of the shares.
Before Jiuge Capital’s acquisition, the major shareholders were Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation with 19.01%, Bank of Spain with 17.3%, Malaysia’s Guoco Group with 14.15%, and the American hedge fund Elliott with 6.3%. The market shares outstanding were 36.97%.
Among them, Guoco Group and hedge fund Elliott are considered to be hostile to takeovers. Bank of East Asia has total assets of about HK$600 billion, but its market value is only HK$50 billion. Total assets and total market value are two different concepts.
As a listed company, Bank of East Asia has to acquire it based on its total market capitalization. Hong Kong dollars 50 billion is really not much, which translates to about US$6.44 billion. It is understandable that people are eyeing it.
But Idaka took the lead and acquired the shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Bank of Spain and Guoco Group respectively. He also purchased the circulating stocks on the market. Why did these shareholders sell the shares of Bank of East Asia? It is not that they are not optimistic about its future. In summary
The only thing I can say is: He gave me too much.
Currently, Jiuge Capital holds 82.6% of the shares of Bank of East Asia. The remaining shareholders do not exceed 5%. The hedge fund Elliott took the opportunity to sell part of its shares when the share price of Bank of East Asia rose.
The reason why the Li family has been able to control the Bank of East Asia for a long time is inseparable from the support of the major shareholder Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. But now the major shareholder is Jing Gao! Mr. Li's initiative is a matter of course.
In fact, on the way here, Jing Gao had already suggested that Mr. Li hand over the position of "chief executive officer". The Li family's long-term control of the Bank of East Asia is an important reason for its brain drain. Who can stand a boss who has not moved for decades?
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“Sir, thank you for the invitation.” With the help of Mr. Li’s translation, Jing Gao exchanged greetings with Michael Kadoorie at the door, and also met his sons Philip Kadoorie and Raffi Kadoorie.
After the polite greetings, everyone entered the villa together.
In the spacious British-style villa, guests had already gathered, and the invited band was playing cheerful tunes. All of them were dressed in gorgeous or elegant clothes. Jing Gao saw a mixed-race girl wearing a strapless long dress and a revealing dress.
The young women wearing formal dresses are all dressed up in a colorful way.
The protagonist of today's birthday party, the grandson of the Kadoorie family, Mary Kadoorie, is surrounded by a group of girls. Today is her eighteenth birthday. The girl is obviously of mixed race, with a height of more than 1.6 meters and a beautiful appearance.
Medium, wearing a white dress. Smiling and saying in English: "welce!"
Jing Gao nodded with a smile, took the wrapped gift from the accompanying assistant Dong Youwei, and gave it to her, "Happy birthday!"
"Thanks."
The three elders, Michael and Kadoorie, chatted with their granddaughter before taking Jinggao and his entourage to the rooms in the villa. The birthday party was just a pretext. Many celebrities from Hong Kong came today, specifically to talk to Jinggao.
We meet. Many people are very old and cannot stay at such a banquet. They will leave in half an hour at most.
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Marie Kadoorie was drinking, dancing, and enjoying her eighteenth birthday in the large living room surrounded by her friends. Most of them were descendants of the Kadoorie family, many of whom were famous.
A girl with deep features said: "Who is this young man? It's actually Mary's grandfather who went out to welcome him in person."
“He is a new face. There is no such person among the wealthy families in Southeast Asia.”
A young man in his twenties said: "It seems that he is a new rich man from the Mainland. The Mainland has developed well in recent years. However, these new rich people have been prominent for a while, but few of them can really pass on their wealth.
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After speaking, amid a burst of echoes and praises, I glanced at a mixed-race beauty in a dark blue dress not far from Mary Kadoorie. She had a slim waist and long legs. She had good looks and a first-class figure. She was a very powerful beauty.
It is said that she is a model who has just returned to Hong Kong from Hawaii. She is of Chinese, American and Vietnamese descent. She is only 20 years old this year and her name is Luna.
In the small circle of more than a dozen young men and women, another person said: "Sister Lingyu is following him, and most likely it is Jing Gao who has become famous recently. His Phoenix Fund is famous in the mainland."
Guo Lingyu was thirty years old at the time. She was born in the Kuok family in Malaysia. The rich Chinese in Southeast Asia had naturally gone to famous families. Her beauty made her very famous among her peers and juniors. Moreover, she had been in Hong Kong for a long time.
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Young people with some information channels can naturally guess the identity of Jing Gao. The man who can make Miss Sun of the Guo family restrain her light and follow him, and he is so young, who else can he be?
As Jing Gao's identity was exposed, the desire for communication in the small circle here was aroused, and all kinds of gossip about Jing Gao started flying.
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At this time, Jing Gao was already in the deepest room of this English-style villa, seeing various rich and famous people waiting for his arrival.
