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Li Guangyu hurried back to his hometown to deal with Wu Wen's descendants, but the actions against the Li Group obviously did not stop.
At 9 a.m. on the 5th, U.S. time, Apple held a shareholder meeting, targeting the Lee Group.
Currently, Tianyu Investment Company still holds 15% of Apple's shares and is one of Apple's major shareholders. After Li Xingquan took over Liang Botao's position, he also served as a director of many companies in Silicon Valley.
Jobs resigned the year before last, but he still holds shares in Apple, and he also attended today's meeting.
In addition to Jobs, there are Apple's Steve Wozniak, representatives from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and several other board members.
As soon as Li Xingquan sat down, Steve Wozniak said: "Mr. Li, the reason for convening this meeting today is that many directors on our board of directors believe that you are no longer suitable to be a director of our company. You have violated our company's
We hope that Tianyu Investment Company will withdraw from Apple due to the non-compete regulations."
Li Xingquan naturally understands the non-compete agreement, but Tianyu Investment Company, Tianyu Financial Group and Phoenix Group have nothing to do with each other. It is not easy for these people to expel him from the board of directors.
He knows very well that Apple is just the beginning. Later companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, etc. will definitely try their best to expel him from the board of directors. If Apple gives in, it will probably cause a chain reaction.
Although everyone is well aware that Phoenix Group and Tianyu Financial Group belong to the same company, on the surface the two groups have no relationship and they will not be restricted by the non-competition agreement.
This is not what the Li Group is doing. Many consortiums are like this. The major consortiums in the United States also control major groups with funds. It is quite easy to avoid the so-called non-competition agreement.
Li Xingquan said seriously: "Wozniak, our Tianyu Financial Group is mainly engaged in the financial industry and is not engaged in this industry. I don't know where you start talking about this?"
Merrill Lynch representative Jason Wall said: "As far as we at Merrill Lynch know, your company also holds part of the shares of Microsoft, and its employees are also directors of Microsoft, and Tianyu Financial Group and Phoenix Group belong to the same company. I don't know that Mr. Li
What do you have to say?"
Li Xingquan smiled and said: "Mr. Wall, you should really fire the intelligence personnel of your company. Such information cannot be investigated clearly and will only cause ridicule to the outside world.
Our Tianyu Financial Group has never invested in Microsoft. As for the director of Microsoft being a member of our company, it is even more nonsense. I know that director, but our company is not qualified to accommodate him. Mr. Wang Jianming is the helmsman of a fund, which is better than mine.
The general manager of a small branch is much more powerful.
As for the Phoenix Group, our Tianyu Financial Group has no other relationship with them except business dealings. I don’t know where you got the information that they belong to the same company."
Apple's board of directors feel that Li Xingquan is too shameless. Who doesn't know about the companies owned by the Li Group? They are not ordinary American citizens. Any Hong Kong citizen can know the companies controlled by the Li Group. Now Li Xingquan actually opens his eyes to them.
Telling lies.
This time they are determined to kick Li Xingquan off the board of directors and, if possible, finally let them give up their shares in Apple.
They do not want the Lee Consortium to oppose them while holding a large number of shares in promising companies, allowing major American companies to help the Lee Consortium make money.
Apple is only their first step, and Microsoft, Intel, etc. will be their targets later.
Jobs said: "Mr. Li, your Phoenix Group can be said to be attacking on multiple fronts, so why are you holding on to our shares in Apple?"
Before Li Guangyu said anything, many of the shares in his hands would never be released. These are things that Liang Botao has repeatedly emphasized. These shares in his hands have greatly increased in value over the years. He believes that with the development of time,
These shares will definitely grow exponentially.
"Mr. Jobs, Phoenix Group is only our business partner. We, Tianyu Financial Group, are not qualified to be their shareholders. As for Apple, I am very optimistic about its future. If you take power, I believe Apple can achieve
For better development, it was a mistake when some people kicked you out as CEO."
Those present knew that Li Xingquan wanted to put a thorn in their side and sow discord between them.
They have no plans to bring Jobs back as CEO now. Apple cannot withstand his troubles.
Steve Wozniak didn't want Jobs to come back. He immediately said: "Mr. Li, I know you can't make the decision yourself. Everyone knows what the situation is. I hope you can contact me."
Mr. Li Guangyu, I believe Mr. Li Guangyu will make a wise choice. Although you are trying to avoid the competition agreement, we believe there is still a way to ask you out."
Li Xingquan was very angry at such a threat. He said: "You have no right to let us withdraw from our shares in Apple. I know how powerful the forces behind you are, but our Tianyu Financial Group is not a baby who can only be beaten passively. I believe
Our group legal department can protect our own interests."
This board meeting was destined to break up unhappy from the beginning. The views of the two sides were naturally opposed, and there was not a huge gap in strength between the two sides. The battle between the Lee Group and the American Group was destined not to be a winner in a short time. This might be possible.
There will be confrontation and competition for decades or hundreds of years, and there may also be cooperation.
After Li Xingquan left, the person in charge of Goldman Sachs said: "Morgan, Wall, I say such a meeting is useless. The Lee Group is not afraid of you Morgan Group and California Group at all now. The other party has become a climate now. Even if you try your best, you will not be able to do anything."
It may not be possible to kill the Li Consortium, and there will be a loss of 1,000 to the enemy and 800 to itself. If the Japanese consortium is behind, it may be 1,500 to itself, and your plan may not work."
This time, the California consortium, headed by the Morgan consortium, contacted the Morgan consortium. The Texas consortium is preparing to completely eliminate the influence of Tianyu Investment Company, the Li consortium, in Silicon Valley. In recent years, the profits of the companies invested by the Li consortium have been too great, and it has also made Tianyu Investment Company in Silicon Valley.
The reputation is extremely high, which is obviously not what the California consortium that regards Silicon Valley as its territory wants to see.
Unfortunately, it is not easy for them to clear out the Li Consortium. They hope to rely on the power of several parties to make the Li Consortium retreat on its own, but it seems that this is not feasible at the moment.
Merrill Lynch representative Jason Wall said: "We must suppress the development of the Lee Consortium in Silicon Valley, otherwise most of our technology companies will work for the Lee Consortium in the future. This is an absolute shame for us. I believe that the people of the country and
All forces are unwilling to see such a situation arise.
If the Li Group controls Silicon Valley, we will only be suppressed by the Li Group in the future. Some people at the helm still don’t understand that the threat to us from the Li Group is much higher than that of the major Japanese groups. If we don’t suppress the Li Group,
Consortium, we're afraid we'll never have another chance in the future."
The members of the Morgan family did not speak. It depends on how you interpret this. The Japanese consortium is backed by the Japanese government, while the Lee consortium is just rootless duckweed. From this aspect, the Japanese consortium obviously poses a greater threat to them.
However, the Li Group is currently developing too fast, and has already reached out to Eastern Europe. If the Li Group is linked to that country, it will be a huge blow to them.
Li Guangyu is well-known for his talent in business economics. If Li Guangyu gives them some ideas to help them get out of their economic predicament, there will be endless troubles. This is why they started to focus on suppressing the Li Group this year.
The reason is that the Li Group will never be allowed to focus too much on Eastern Europe.