When Li Guangyu arrived at Hutchison Whampoa, it was less than ten minutes before the meeting started. Li Guangyu was led by an administrative staff member to Li Ka-shing.
After Li Ka-shing saw Li Guangyu coming, he said: "Guangyu, I will ask for your support at the meeting later."
As for why Li Ka-shing said this, it is because Li Guangyu himself has reported 7.4% of his shares to Hutchison Whampoa. As for the remaining 8% of shares held by two funds, they have not been exposed for the time being.
Li Guangyu said: "Uncle Li, there is no problem. We have a happy cooperation with Cheung Kong Holdings. This is still the case with Hutchison Whampoa. I am relieved by your management."
Li Ka-shing still doesn’t know whether Li Guangyu still controls Hutchison Whampoa’s shares. He signed the acquisition contract with HSBC yesterday, and Li Guangyu also reported to Hutchison Whampoa yesterday that he holds 7.4% of the shares, which means that Li Ka-shing
Guangyu has been eyeing Hutchison Whampoa for a long time, but he just doesn’t know why Li Guangyu doesn’t buy it himself.
Then Li Guangyu and Li Ka-shing walked into the Hutchison Whampoa conference room together. Wei Li, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, who was now in the conference room, looked a little ugly. He turned Hutchison Whampoa from a loss to a profit, which was a time of rapid development.
, unexpectedly HSBC sold it to Li Ka-shing at half price.
Originally, HSBC didn't know how to manage a business. Wei Li was the leader of Hutchison Whampoa, and he had the final say in the entire group. Now that a boss suddenly came, his status was no longer guaranteed. In addition, Li Guangyu suddenly appeared.
Thinking that shareholders, Wei Li knew, the days of sticking to one's word in the group were gone forever.
At 9:30 a.m., all Hutchison Whampoa senior executives were in place to attend the meeting.
Li Guangyu just listened with a pair of ears today. He didn't plan to say anything. He also didn't think about running the company by himself. In 1982, when the stock market fell to the bottom, Li Guangyu sold Hutchison Whampoa shares.
Just mention about 25% to 30%, let Li Ka-shing develop the company, and Li Guangyu waits for the money.
Although Cheung Kong Group is the largest individual shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa today, Li Ka-shing does not serve as chairman of the group's board of directors for the time being. Because Hutchison Whampoa is too big and its business is too complex, before the specific situation of Hutchison Whampoa is understood, Li Ka-shing is
There will be no changes to management.
Li Ka-shing explained the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa and announced that Wei Li would continue to serve as chairman and chief executive of the group's board of directors, while he himself temporarily served as the group's executive director.
Li Guangyu also became a director of Hutchison Whampoa at the meeting, but Li Guangyu will not intervene in the company's management, mainly in name.
Li Guangyu didn't know the reason why Wei Li later resigned from his position at Hutchison Whampoa, but he can still guess some. It is estimated that Li Ka-shing was slowly marginalized in order to completely control Hutchison Whampoa. And Wei Li was slowly marginalized.
He was also the boss of Hutchison Whampoa. He probably left Hutchison Whampoa because he was unwilling to be a director without much real power.
Li Guangyu still values Wei Li's ability. You must know that Hutchison Whampoa was suffering from huge losses at that time. It was Wei Li who stepped forward and led Hutchison Whampoa to turn losses into profits. Li Guangyu's current company is very short of talents. Although Wei Li
Li is British, but his abilities are much better than many of Li Guangyu's vice presidents.
After the meeting, Li Guangyu came to his office with Li Ka-shing.
Li Ka-shing said: "Guangyu, Hutchison Whampoa is still very complicated at present. I'm afraid it will take a long time to straighten it out. Would you like to come to the group to take up a specific position, so that Hutchison Whampoa can join us as soon as possible?"
Get connected.”
Li Guangyu has no interest in coming here to manage. He has so many groups to manage, so how can he have time to deal with Hutchison Whampoa's affairs.
Li Guangyu said: "It's not that I won't come to help you, but you also know that I have many groups, and there are only a few people who can carry the weight. I don't have extra energy to deal with external affairs now, so I will bother you to worry about it here.
Already."
When Li Ka-shing saw that Li Guangyu really had no interest in managing Hutchison Whampoa, he put down his worries. He was really a little afraid that Li Guangyu would acquire Hutchison Whampoa. Nowadays, he couldn't beat Li Guangyu for financial resources.
Li Guangyu has no plans to manage Hutchison Whampoa. It is estimated that this is like investing in CK Asset Management. Li Guangyu is investing in Hutchison Whampoa again. Li Ka-shing still welcomes Li Guangyu's simple investment. Li Guangyu invested in CK Asset Management Co., Ltd.
For many years, I have never been involved in Changzhi's business.
After Li Guangyu talked to Li Ka-shing about Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison Whampoa, Li Guangyu came to Wei Li's office.
When Wei Li saw Li Guangyu coming here, he asked Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, what's the matter with you coming to my place?"
Li Guangyu said: "It's nothing, I just want to talk to Mr. Wei Li. I still admire your ability."
Wei Li was very happy to hear Li Guangyu say this. He was very confident in his abilities. Bringing such a huge group from huge losses to profitability is the best manifestation of his ability.
Wei Li said: "Li Sheng, although I have abilities, I am far behind compared to you. I only entered college when I was your age, and you are now the owner and owner of a tens of billions group.
Leader."
If we want to say who Wei Li admires most in Hong Kong today, then it is definitely Li Guangyu. Although Wei Li is very confident in his abilities and never thinks that he is less capable than the heads of the four major foreign banks and major groups in Hong Kong, but Li Guangyu is
The achievements he has achieved in the past two years are beyond what he could have achieved on his own.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Wei Li, Mr. Li Ka-shing and I are new here, and we are not very familiar with Hutchison Whampoa. Please pay more attention to the group's affairs."
Wei Li was a little unhappy when he heard this. Although he was still the chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa, he had two more big bosses in his head. Once they understood the situation of the company, he should step aside.
Although Wei Li was unhappy, he still said with extremely high professionalism: "Li Sheng, don't worry, as long as I am still on the job, I will lead Hutchison Whampoa to develop well."
Li Guangyu also knows Wei Li's mood. If it were Li Guangyu, he himself would not be happy. Who would want to be a general manager in this group if he can be the leader of a group.
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Wei Li, I also hope that you can do your job for Hutchison Whampoa's transit. I can't promise you anything in Hutchison Whampoa, but when Hutchison Whampoa completes the transition, you
As long as you are willing, you are welcome to come over at any time under my Li family."
Wei Li did not expect that Li Guangyu would come and invite him to work under his banner. Wei Li had never thought about this problem before. Now that Hutchison Whampoa will definitely be taken over by Li Ka-shing in the future, he will give up his position to others. He also
I really need to think carefully about my future.
Wei Li said: "Li Sheng, don't worry, I will definitely cooperate with Hutchison Whampoa. At the same time, thank you for your favor. As for the future issues, I haven't given it much thought yet. I will give you some advice after I think about it."
Li Sheng, please reply."
Li Guangyu also knew that Wei Li still needed some time to think carefully about future issues, and it was impossible to give him an answer right away.
Li Guangyu said: "Well, Mr. Wei Li, I look forward to you joining my group."