In the next few days, Li Guangyu has been busy with his marriage, and rarely even goes to the company.
After the invitation letter was made, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing spent a whole day writing it.
As for the upper-class families in Xiangjiang, Li Guangyu visited them one by one and sent invitations. Invitations from other families were sent by housekeeper Wu Wen.
As for the group companies, Li Guangyu only invited the directors and above on the boards of directors of major groups, the general manager of Kowloon Bus Company, and the deputy general manager and above of Tianyu Investment Company. The invitation letters for these people were sent by his assistant Zhang Ziyu.
On September 26, Li Ka-shing was the headline of every headline in Hong Kong. Just yesterday, Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings acquired 70 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa Limited from HSBC at a price of HK$7.1 per share and a cost of HK$639 million.
Equity, accounting for approximately 22% of Hutchison Whampoa, becoming Hutchison Whampoa’s largest individual shareholder.
This is the first Chinese company to acquire one of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong in so many years. Li Ka-shing also overshadowed everyone at this moment.
Li Guangyu thought that HSBC really valued Li Ka-shing enough to dare to buy it at a price of HK$7.1 per share. This price was equivalent to half of the current price of Hutchison Whampoa at most. It cost Li Guangyu nearly eight years to acquire 15.4% of the shares.
100 million Hong Kong dollars.
As for why Li Guangyu did not go to Hutchison Whampoa, the first reason was that he did not want to offend Li Ka-shing. After all, they both belong to the Xiangjiang family. Knowing that Li Ka-shing wanted to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, Li Guangyu went to grab it, which would damage the unity of the Xiangjiang family and spread the word that Li Guangyu was in the upper echelons of Xiangjiang.
But it's not easy to mix up.
If Li Guangyu goes to negotiate with HSBC, it is estimated that HSBC may not be willing to agree. Knowing Li Guangyu's trends, he will definitely enter the banking industry in the future and become a competitor with HSBC.
In this regard, HSBC executives are also very clear that with Li Guangyu's current influence and financial resources, once Li Guangyu enters the banking industry, he will definitely become a strong competitor for HSBC and compete for HSBC's market in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia.
When HSBC sold Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-shing, it was an ally. If it sold it to Li Guangyu, it would be an act of collaborating with the enemy.
Li Guangyu now holds 15.4% of the shares, plus 20% of the shares of Cheung Kong Holdings. Now he just watches Li Ka-shing develop and waits for the money to be divided.
In 1982, when both the stock market and the property market were at a low level, Li Guangyu would acquire some Hutchison Whampoa shares. The better Li Ka-shing would develop, the more money Li Guangyu would make.
Li Guangyu was originally busy with his own marriage. After all, there were only ten days left before the wedding. The fifth of next month would be the day when Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing got married, but the reporter did not let Li Guangyu go.
On the morning of the 26th, as soon as Li Guangyu came out of his home, many reporters gathered around him. They came to wait outside Li Guangyu's home early in the morning.
After Li Guangyu got out of the car, he was interviewed by reporters under the protection of bodyguards.
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked: "Li Sheng, just yesterday, Mr. Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Group became the largest individual shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa. As the second largest group of Cheung Kong Group, what do you think of this?"
Li Guangyu replied: "Mr. Li Ka-shing has done something that none of our families in Hong Kong have done. He is the first family head to acquire the main company of the four major foreign banks. I admire this very much. As the first member of Cheung Kong Group,
The second largest shareholder is also very happy about this acquisition."
xīng dǎo rì bàoThe reporter asked: "Li Sheng, Mr. Newbikin, the current chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson Group, and Mr. John Madden, the chairman of the board of directors of Wheelock, both believe that HSBC violated business rules, and their directors were not present. , voted to sell Hutchison Whampoa’s shares at a low price. What do you think of this?”
"I don't know much about this matter. Since it was voted by the HSBC board of directors, I don't think it violates business rules. HSBC is a banking industry, not an industrial group. They sold Hutchison Whampoa shares below the market price completely. That's understandable." Li Guangyu replied.
Li Guangyu knew clearly that when HSBC voted to sell Hutchison Whampoa, it deliberately avoided Jardine Matheson and Wheelock to avoid changes during the sale.
Shen Bi put a lot of effort into making friends with Li Ka-shing. You must know that doing so is undoubtedly a traitor in the eyes of the British consortium. A British bank actually helped a Chinese acquire a British company. Shen Bi also dared to do it. Today, several major British consortiums The chairman of the board of directors was very angry.
A reporter from Xiangyu Daily asked: "Li Sheng, some tabloids have now praised Mr. Li Ka-shing as the number one Chinese in Hong Kong. What do you think of this?"
Li Guangyu looked at this reporter specifically. It was okay for reporters from his own group to join in the fun and still ask such pointed questions.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Li Ka-shing took the lead in acquiring major companies under the British-funded consortium this time. Such an achievement is indeed worthy of such a title."
xīng dǎo rì bào After hearing this, the reporter immediately asked: "Li Sheng, you must know that since this year, you have been called the richest man in Hong Kong, and you are also the most likely to become the first person in Hong Kong. Now someone has given this title to Li Ka-shing Do you have any thoughts about sir?"
Li Guangyu is not interested in these titles. Nowadays, there are undercurrents in Hong Kong. Li Guangyu wants to be as low-key as possible, and it is better to have Li Ka-shing and others in the front.
Li Guangyu replied: "Whether it is Mr. Fok Ying-tung, Mr. Pao Yukang, or even today's Mr. Li Ka-shing, they all deserve to be called the number one Chinese in Hong Kong. And I am still too young. The current development of the group It’s not bad, it’s just luck, there’s no way I can deserve this title.”
The reporter from Xiangyu Daily was not happy to hear that his boss was so humble. Why couldn't his boss be the number one person in Xiangjiang? This man has been a legend in Xiangjiang for the past two years. After hearing his deeds, he came here after graduation. Work at Xiangyu Daily.
A reporter from Xiangyu Daily asked: "Li Sheng, you are too modest. You know, you have developed your family business into a market value of tens of billions in just two years. How could you do it just by luck?" I believe you will be recognized as the number one person in Xiangjiang in the future."
Li Guangyu is a little speechless about this young and beautiful female reporter under his banner. I want to keep a low profile. If you say this, these newspapers will report on it, so how can I keep a low profile? Even if you are my admirer, you don’t want to That’s what I say on such an occasion.
After hearing what the reporter from Xiangyu Daily said, reporters such as xīng dǎo rì bào and Oriental Daily began to ask Li Guangyu questions in this regard.
Li Guangyu responded to several reporters' questions on the grounds that he was young and inexperienced, and his abilities were far behind those of his elders.
When there were still reporters asking questions, Li Guangyu said: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I have to go to Hutchison Whampoa for a meeting, so your interview ends here."
Li Guangyu then rushed to the headquarters of Hutchison Whampoa Company under the protection of bodyguards.