Starting at six o'clock in the evening, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing greeted the guests outside the Peninsula Hotel. In the banquet hall, He Zuozhi, Cao Wenjin and Stanley Ho were responsible for accompanying the arriving guests.
VIP guests gathered at the Peninsula Hotel tonight, and heads of major Chinese families in Xiangjiang have come here. Due to Li Guangyu's continued increase in influence and his father-in-law Cao Wenjin's connections in Southeast Asia, many Chinese families from Southeast Asia are also here this time.
Among them, top Chinese families from Malaysia and Thailand came to Xiangjiang to attend this dinner.
While Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing were welcoming the guests outside, inside the banquet, the wives of the arriving family heads were also chatting in their own circles. Many of them would always go to Cao Zhou Meiqi first to take a look.
The little guy he is holding.
After Zheng Yutong's wife Zhou Cuiying came here, she looked at Li Songtao and said to Cao Zhou Meiqi with a smile, "Meiqi, this little family looks so cute."
Cao Zhou Meiqi smiled and said, "Sister Cuiying, isn't Zhigang from the Jiachun family very cute? You no longer manage the jewelry company and focus on raising your grandson at home. I envy you very much."
After Zhou Cuiying's eldest grandson Cheng Zhigang was born this year, she put down the management of Chow Tai Fook Jewelry Company and focused on taking care of Zhou Zhigang at home with her eldest daughter-in-law. She was in a very good mood.
Zhou Cuiying said, "Meiqi, now you have a grandson to take care of. After Weizu and Weide get married, you will be busy and you won't even be able to take care of her."
While these two were talking, Li Ka-shing's wife Zhuang Mingyue also came here. After saying hello to Zhou Cuiying and Cao Zhou Meiqi, she said, "Sister Cuiying, sister Meiqi, I really envy you to have a third generation. My family has two
The boy hasn't grown up yet. I don't know how many more years it will take before I can be like you and take care of my grandson at home."
On Cao Wenjin's side, there are many families related to shipping. Among them, Bao Yugang, Zhao Congyan, Dong Haoyun, Xu Shixun and other new and old shipping kings are all here talking about shipping topics.
Zhao Congyan asked, "Yugang, now you are focusing all your energy on Wharf and reducing investment in shipping. What do you think of the future shipping industry?"
Bao Yugang said with a smile, "I am just making multiple investments to spread risks. If you want to ask Cong Yan about his views on the future shipping industry, you are asking the wrong person. Wen Jin is right next to him. He must have some ideas."
Guess, he is now starting to reduce the number of fleets in his hands."
Cao Wenjin said, "I am also jealous of the profits of the real estate industry. It's not like you don't know the real estate industry in Xiangjiang today. Prices are rising every month. I am also learning from Yu Gang. It's just that I don't have the ability to acquire a group from a British consortium.
, we can only build a new real estate group by ourselves and let Coslight Group lead the development."
After hearing these words, those present here knew that Bao Yugang and Cao Wenjin were not optimistic about the shipping industry in the next decade or so.
Some of them have different views from Bao Yugang and others. They are still expanding the size of the group's fleet and still firmly believe that with the development of the economy, the shipping industry will only become more prosperous, and it is a good time for the group to expand.
Zhao Congyan asked Dong Haoyun, "Haoyun, the 5.67 million-ton giant ship ordered by your group in Japan is about to be launched. By then, your fleet's transportation tonnage will truly become the largest in Hong Kong."
Dong Haoyun was very happy that his fleet could surpass the charter king. He said, "It was because Yu Gang and Wen Jin were reducing their fleet that they gave me this opportunity. The news came from Japan that this giant ship
It will be ready to hit the water in mid-December.”
Cao Wenjin did not persuade these old friends to reduce investment in the fleet. After all, no one can be sure that global shipping will enter an ice age in the future. If the shipping industry continues to prosper and develop, few people will blame themselves for the reason.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, Li Guangyu said in his dinner congratulations, "Thank you to all the guests and elders for coming to attend Song Tao's full moon banquet. I also thank everyone for your care and blessings for him."
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After completing the speech, the evening banquet officially began. Li Guangyu came to the Governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose, and said to him, "Mr. MacLehose, thank you for coming today."
MacLehose said, "Mr. Li, you are welcome. I am not only representing myself this time, but also our Prime Minister, Mrs. Thatcher, and our Queen, asked me to send blessings to Mr. Li on their behalf. Her Majesty the Queen hopes that you will go to England next time."
When the time comes, I can take Mrs. Li and Mr. Li with me, and Her Majesty the Queen also wants to meet them."
Li Guangyu said, "Mr. MacLehose, thank you for Her Majesty the Queen and Prime Minister Thatcher's concern. Please tell Her Majesty the Queen that the next time I go to England, I will definitely take the condolences and Song Tao to Buckingham Palace to visit Her Majesty the Queen."
Later, Li Guangyu expressed his gratitude to Luo Decheng. Today, Luo Guangyu mainly accompanied Li Guangyu's guests from the Hong Kong government. After all, Luo Decheng himself is also a member of the Legislative Yuan.
Then Li Guangyu came to Xinhua News Agency Zheng Dong, China News Service Hu Wenbin, Sumitomo Qiying, and Fujiwara Shanjian to express his gratitude to them for coming.
The dinner didn't end until about 11 o'clock in the evening. After seeing off the major families in Hong Kong, Li Guangyu arranged for people to lead guests from other areas to the rooms prepared for them to rest.
When Li Guangyu asked Gan Qin to send Yilanli Herrington, who was attending the dinner at Goldman Sachs, she said, "Mr. Li, if you have time tomorrow afternoon, I hope to go to your group to visit you."
Li Guangyu said, "Ms. Herrington, I will be waiting for your arrival at Jiayi Building tomorrow afternoon."
Ilanli Herrington said, "Then I won't disturb you. I'll take my leave first."
The reason why Ilanli Herrington came to Xiangjiang this time was not just to represent Goldman Sachs to attend Li Guangyu's child's full moon party. This time she will come to serve as the president of Goldman Sachs China and be responsible for Goldman Sachs' offices in Baodao and Lisboa.
, Xiangjiang and future affairs of the mainland.
Goldman Sachs also took into account Li Guangyu's influence in these areas, so he specially sent Yilanli Herrington, who had a close relationship with Li Guangyu, to attend Li Songtao's full moon wine, send Goldman Sachs' blessings, and asked her to come
Serve as president of Greater China to facilitate contact between Goldman Sachs and Li Guangyu.
It was almost one o'clock in the morning when Li Guangyu returned home with Cao Weiqing after arranging for the guests. As for the little guy, He Jin had already brought him back to sleep.
At today's dinner, the little guy was also up to par. So many people came to see him, and some even hugged him. He suddenly came into contact with so many people, but he didn't cry too much and seemed very happy most of the time.