MacLehose said, "Now you two want to take over the Heung Kong Electric and Heung Kong Telephone Group. Judging from the current situation of HSBC, it is obviously impossible. I suggest that you each make concessions. Each of you can control one of these two groups. It also prevents everyone from hurting the harmony."
When Shen Bi heard what MacLehose said, he immediately echoed, "Li Sheng, Mr. Newbigian, you might as well consider Mr. MacLehose's opinion. This will be good for all of us and will not hurt the relationship between the Chinese-funded consortium and the British-funded consortium." Harmony, after all, Xiangjiang’s economic development depends on everyone working together to maintain it.”
Shen Bi is now completely relieved. In this way, HSBC will sell the shares of the two groups to the Li Group and the Jardine Group respectively, so that neither party will have to offend.
After listening to MacLehose's suggestion, both Li Guangyu and Newbikin fell silent. They were originally determined to acquire the two groups, but now it seems unrealistic. And to choose a group, this matter is in Li Guangyu's mind I also have some ideas.
Li Guangyu said, "Mr. MacLehose, your proposal is really sudden. We still need to discuss this issue now."
Nubigian also told MacLehose, "We at Jardine Matheson Group also need to discuss it, and we can't make a decision yet."
MacLehose happily said, "Okay, Chairman Shen, you can arrange an office for them respectively for Mr. Li and Mr. Newbigian to discuss. At the same time, there should be a telephone so that they can contact the group conveniently."
MacLehose is not in a hurry now. As long as the two groups can discuss, there will be no big problem. MacLehose also has to step forward. The influence of these two groups is too great now. Once they fight, Hong Kong's economy will be shaken. As the current person in charge of Xiangjiang, MacLehose did not want Xiangjiang's economy to have problems, so after learning that both the Lee Group and Jardine Matheson Group had come to HSBC, MacLehose rushed over immediately.
In a conference room of HSBC, Li Xuemei said, "Li Sheng, what should we do now? It is obvious that we cannot take control of the two groups this time. Neither the Governor nor HSBC will let us control the two groups at the same time." .”
Li Guangyu knows that now it is no longer just a controlling issue between the two groups, it has become a face issue between the Chinese-funded consortium and the British-funded consortium. Neither Li Guangyu nor Nubigian can afford to lose.
No matter who loses this battle, it will cause a huge shock in Hong Kong. MacLehose obviously does not want such a situation to occur. It just so happens that HSBC holds the key to the victory or defeat of the two groups, and at the same time does not stand on either side. MacLehose had the opportunity to mediate.
Li Guangyu said, "It doesn't matter. We didn't grab it this time. We will still have a chance later."
Li Guangyu knew that in 1983, the Jardine Group was quite cheating. He actually changed the group's registration address at that time. Originally affected by the 1981 stock market crash, the group's market value in the stock market was low. His change was even more devastating. Li Guangyu Prepare to grab another piece of meat from Yihe at that time.
Guo Fengtao said, "Li Sheng, which group's shares are we planning to acquire this time?"
Li Guangyu said, "This time we took over the shares of the Heungkong Telephone Group and handed over the Heungkong Electric Group to Jardine."
Li Guangyu won the Telephone Group this time to prepare for entering the mobile phone industry in the future. There are still a few years to go before Big Brother is coming out. Li Guangyu is not willing to let go of such an opportunity. As for the Electric Light Group, he will first let Jardine Group take over for him. I will wait until there is an opportunity in the future to acquire the Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Group.
Li Xuemei immediately said, "Li Sheng, it is not cost-effective for us to choose Telephone Group. Nowadays, Xiangjiang Electric Group is obviously much better. Why should we give up Electric Group to Jardine Group?"
"Xuemei, don't worry, how can I do a loss-making business? Look, in a few years, our telephone group will be able to leave the electric light group behind. I have many plans in the future that require the telephone group's help.
Support." Li Guangyu said.
While Li Guangyu and the others were discussing, Nubigian was also discussing with several senior executives and reported to the Keswick family over the phone.
After getting the answer from the Keswick family, Nubigian said to the senior executives here, "Now we can't control these two groups at the same time. The Keswick family requires us to ensure that the Xiangjiang Electric Group is controlled by us."
hands."
Chief Financial Officer Wei Jiali Deshawn said, "Chairman, I'm afraid that the Li Group will also keep an eye on the Heung Kong Electric Group. After all, the value of this group is much higher than that of the Heung Kong Telephone Group."
Nubigian was also troubled. He had been preparing for so many days and made a sudden attack after Li Guangyu left Xiangjiang. He just wanted to win the controlling stake of several major groups in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, he ended up in this situation.
Nubigian said, "This time the Keswick family also asked us to take over the Heung Kong Electric Light and the Heung Kong Telephone Group to Li Guangyu. This must not be allowed, even if the negotiations break down."
While Li Guangyu and the others were discussing, Shen Bi and MacLehose came to his office.
Shen Bi said, "Mr. MacLehose, thank you so much this time. If you hadn't come to the rescue today, we at HSBC really don't know what we would have done."
"Chairman Shen, don't be polite. I don't want a fierce conflict to break out between the Li Group and the Jardine Group. The current situation in Hong Kong is delicate. If one mistake is made, there will be turmoil. I am also walking on thin ice." MacLehose said.
Shen Bi also knows that there is a mixed bag of dragons and snakes in Hong Kong today, and some problems have aggravated the worries of all walks of life in Hong Kong. The current confrontation between Chinese-funded consortia and British-funded consortia is definitely not a good thing for the development of Hong Kong.
Shen Bi comforted him and said, "Mr. MacLehose, I think Mr. Li Sheng and Mr. Newbigian can appreciate your hard work and they will communicate well on this issue. After all, they don't want the British consortium and the Chinese
It would not be good for them to pit the financial groups against each other."
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Guangyu, Nubigian and others sat together again to discuss which group their respective groups planned to control.
Newbigian didn't wait for Li Guangyu to speak, and said directly, "Mr. MacLehose, our major shareholder, the Keswick family, does not want to affect the economic development of Hong Kong and is willing to give up control of the Telephone Group. We only need to control Xiangjiang Electric Lighting."
Just take control of the group."
Li Xuemei immediately said, "Mr. Newbigian, you will choose to take away the good group directly. Our Li Group also feels that it is better for us to control the Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Group. After all, this is related to thousands of households in Xiangjiang."
Life."
Seeing this, MacLehose said, "Mr. Li, can your Li Group take a step back this time? I know this is a bit unfair to you. We will compensate you in other ways. For example, on your acquisition of Jaguar, we will ask
Speed up negotiations there, and we still have some influence there."
Shen Bi did not want this negotiation to collapse, and said to Li Guangyu, "Li Sheng, we at HSBC still have some influence in England, and we are also willing to help you acquire Jaguar."
Li Guangyu was originally planning to acquire the Telephone Group, but he didn't expect that he could receive such benefits just because he was planning to squeeze out Nubigian.
Li Guangyu said, "Since Mr. MacLehose and Chairman Shen have said so, we are willing to give up our shares in Heungkong Electric and control the Heungkong Telephone Group."