HSBC's senior management held a meeting all morning but did not come up with any specific measures. Shen Bi decided to play it by ear when he met with the two groups in the afternoon.
Shen Bi also knew that in the current situation, meeting with either company alone would not solve the problem, so he notified the senior management of Li Group and Jardine Group that he would meet with the two groups at three o'clock in the afternoon to decide which company to transfer the shares to. group.
At 2:45 p.m., Li Guangyu's motorcade arrived at the HSBC Building. This old-looking building does not seem to match the status of HSBC Bank. Therefore, HSBC plans to build a new HSBC Building this year and invest in it. It costs up to HK$6 billion and will be the tallest building in Hong Kong after completion.
Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao also accompanied Li Guangyu to HSBC to participate in the acquisition of HSBC's shares.
Just when Li Guangyu got off the bus, Nubigian and others' car also arrived at the HSBC Tower.
After Nubigian and his party got off the bus, they met Li Guangyu and his group outside the door of the HSBC Building. When the staff outside to greet them saw this situation, they immediately came up to them and said: "Li Sheng, Mr. Nubigian , our chairman is already waiting for your arrival in the conference room."
Li Guangyu said: "Thank you for waiting here, let's go in."
Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao accompanied Li Guangyu into the HSBC Building and ignored Nubigian and others.
After arriving at the conference room, Li Guangyu said to Shen Bi: "Chairman Shen, why bother? Our Li Group is very sincere. You just need to transfer the shares of these two groups to us. This is good for all of us."
Newbigian came in ahead of Li Guangyu, Li Xuemei and Guo Fengtao, and he followed with people from the Jardine Group.
After Li Guangyu said this, without waiting for Shen Bi's reply, he said: "Mr. Li, I'm afraid you will be disappointed this time. These two groups were also managed by Jardine and HSBC. It has always been a pleasure to cooperate, and I think HSBC will hand over the shares to us, which will also be conducive to the management and development of the two groups."
Li Xuemei immediately retorted: "When it comes to the development of Xiangjiang Company, who can surpass Li Sheng? Our major groups under Li's started from scratch, but in just over two years, they have grown to their current scale. I believe that it will be more beneficial to both Heung Kong Electric and Heung Kong Telephone Groups if they are handed over to us."
After hearing what Li Xuemei said, several people from the Yihe Group really couldn't refute it. Li Guangyu was so dazzling in this aspect, and his development in just over two years was worth the efforts of several generations of many families.
Nowadays, Li Guangyu's major groups have achieved good results. Even Jiayi Group has benefited from the favorable performance of the Hong Kong stock market and the brilliant achievements of Li Guangyu's major groups. The stock market value has also continued to rise, and now it has reached 29.4 per share. Seeing that The market value is close to HK$3 billion.
Seeing the tense situation between the two parties, Shen Bi immediately said: "Li Sheng, Mr. Newbigian, please sit down and have a sip of tea first. We will talk slowly."
After Li Guangyu sat down, he said to Shen Bi: "Chairman Shen, our Li Group has always been happy to cooperate with HSBC. I also hope that we can still cooperate happily this time."
Nubigian has no intention of letting HSBC answer Li Guangyu's topic, otherwise Jardine Matheson Group will be very passive.
Newbigian said: "Chairman Shen, you have to know that our Jardines are also doing very happily with your HSBC. We at Jardines still have one person serving as an independent director at HSBC. We hope that Chairman Shen can continue to support our Jardines." Take charge of both groups."
Shen Bi was helpless to be caught between the Lee Group and the Jardine Matheson Group. Although he was the boss of HSBC and was in charge of the giant HSBC, he could not easily offend these two groups. Nowadays, the two groups It has become a battle between the British-funded consortium and the Chinese-funded consortium. Whichever side HSBC favors is not the outcome HSBC wants.
Li Guangyu said to Nubigian: "Mr. Nubigian, I think it's better for you to look at the Wharf, which is much more important than these two groups."
"Li Sheng, you don't need to worry about us about the Wharf problem. We believe that the Jardine Group has the strength to defend its group enterprise, and not just anyone can take it away. Li Sheng had better let go as soon as possible." Newbigen replied.
Li Guangyu smiled and said: "Mr. Newbigian is really full of confidence in Jardine Matheson Group. I really hope that you can maintain such confidence. I just don't know how much authority the Keswick family has given you to interact with us." In the competition between the Li Group, you must know that the Keswick family asked you to be the chairman of Jardine Matheson to make money, not to waste money."
When Newbigian heard Li Guangyu say this, although he still looked confident on his face, he felt less natural in his heart. Now the prices of these two groups have nearly doubled compared to before, and as a public utility group, their prices Profit is restricted by the Hong Kong government, and annual profit cannot exceed 15%.
Although the Keswick family currently supports his plan of action, if the profits are not satisfactory in the future, he estimates that this position will not be stable.
Newbigian said: "Li Sheng does not need to worry about these issues. Since I am doing this, I am naturally authorized by the Keswick family and other shareholders of Jardine. Besides, we are not like Li Sheng, who does not pay for this company." Knowing whether the group could hold a controlling stake, it spent more than 8 billion. I wonder if Li Sheng will regret it in the future."
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "I don't care. Anyway, this money is my own. As long as I am happy, I am not responsible to anyone. Besides, it is only more than 8 billion, and my group has only half a year." As far as earning money is concerned, I think Chairman Shen is very aware of our capabilities, and our Li Group’s accounts are basically taken from HSBC.”
Not to mention how Nubigian felt after hearing what Li Guangyu said, Shen Bi knew what Li Guangyu meant. The Li Group's huge turnover was placed in HSBC this time. If HSBC didn't help Li Guangyu, then what would happen to him? It's hard to say what will happen in the future.
Shen Bi said: "Mr. Li, Mr. Nubigian, regarding how HSBC will dispose of the shares of these two groups, our senior management met and had different opinions. We have not yet discussed a specific plan. And you We also hope that HSBC can give you a reply immediately."
"The battle between your two groups is no longer related to your two groups. I have received dozens of calls in the past two days, all about how to deal with the shares in our hands at HSBC. Now I am under great pressure. It’s also very big.”
Li Guangyu is very clear that the current situation in Hong Kong is very delicate. On one side, the British and the mainland are negotiating the Hong Kong issue, and on the other hand, the Chinese-funded consortium has begun to rise and has begun to impact the British-funded consortium. Especially people like Li Guangyu, the British-funded consortium has They are very defensive.
Li Guangyu said: "Chairman Shen, if you have difficulty making a decision, we can completely carry out commercial operations. Whoever offers the higher price will transfer the shares to whomever. In order to solve your troubles as soon as possible, I suggest you do it now The operation can be carried out. And we pay in person, which is good for everyone."