In the afternoon of that day, Li Guangyu discussed the joint venture with Yulon Group with several senior executives of Bentley Group in his office.
Gan Qin came to Li Guangyuhui to report: "Li Sheng, HSBC has sent a notice that the two loans of our Li Group with them will expire in one quarter. I hope we can be prepared."
Li Guangyu knew that HSBC was officially parting ways with the Lee Group. From now on, HSBC and the Lee Group would only be competitors. In the past, HSBC was indifferent to the Lee Group, but this time when Li Guangyu cooperated with HSBC, After bringing the Bank of East Asia with them, and letting all employees of the Lee Group choose Bank of East Asia for their business, they knew that the Lee Group wanted to make a career in the banking industry.
How could HSBC, which only wants to be the central bank of Hong Kong, be willing to let a predator like Li Guangyu come in and compete with them? This time Shen Bi not only wanted to call back the loan from Li Sheng Group, but also contacted his sworn enemies over the years. , Standard Chartered Bank is preparing to give Li Guangyu a head-on blow when he enters the banking industry, letting the Li Group know that the financial industry in Hong Kong is still theirs.
At this time, in Shen Bi's office of HSBC, several senior executives of HSBC came here.
One of the senior executives said: "Chairman, if we make this call to the Li Group this time, we are afraid that our relationship with the Li Group will take a turn for the worse in the future."
One of the British vice-chairmen immediately said: "We, HSBC and Lee Group, already had cracks when we cooperated with Bank of East Asia. Li Guangyu is ambitious, and his companies span several industries and are already the size of a consortium. Now, the only thing he lacks is the core bank of the consortium, and this time he is obviously going to enter this industry."
The reason why Shen Bi made such a decision was for this reason. He has learned a lot about this young man in the past few years. On the surface, Li Guangyu is humble and polite to everyone, and he looks very kind, but He is very domineering at heart and does not allow anyone to interfere with his business. At the same time, he wants to become the overlord of every industry.
In Hong Kong's banking industry, if Li Guangyu wants to become the overlord, then HSBC and Standard Chartered will be the two stumbling blocks for the Li Group. Li Guangyu will definitely compete with HSBC, and even step on HSBC's corpse to become the leader. How can Shen Bi be willing to do so?
Shen Bi said: "Since the Li Sheng Group has chosen to cooperate with the Bank of East Asia, it shows that the Li Group has begun to make preparations. Li Guangyu seems radical, but in fact you can find that he has not even taken a step to expand outwards, but has already done everything. Sufficient preparation, no matter whether it was his previous real estate group, automobile group, or even the current supermarket group."
The Chinese executive still did not want an important conflict between the Lee Group and HSBC. Now the Lee Group has become the glory of the Xiangjiang Chinese Capital Consortium. This legend who has developed in just a few years is leading the Chinese Capital Family. Conquering cities and territories in the market allows Chinese-funded consortiums to compete head-on with British-funded consortiums.
As a Chinese, he himself is very happy, so he does not want to face the pressure of the two giants, HSBC and Standard Chartered, before Lee Group Bank develops well.
I saw him say: "Chairman, I think it is too early for us to worry. There is no news from the banks of the Li Group. How can we compete with HSBC? I think our biggest enemy is still Standard Chartered Bank. They are us." Objects that need to be guarded against,"
Shen Bi will not listen to the advice of this senior executive this time. The reason why HSBC made him a senior executive of the bank is to win over the Chinese-owned families. Let him negotiate with the Chinese-owned families, which will be more conducive to the development of HSBC's business. This time Rather than win over Li Guangyu, Shen Bi still insisted on forming an alliance with Standard Chartered to jointly suppress the Li Group, especially to prevent it from entering the banking industry in Hong Kong.
Shen Bi said: "Li Guangyu cannot be treated with common sense. Each of his companies can generate profits quickly. God knows how much impact he will have on us when he breaks into the Hong Kong banking industry. This time we must do a good job Prepare to face the challenges from the Lee Group."
Shen Bi then ordered Chinese executives to contact Li Ka-shing, Pao Yukang and others, hoping to ensure that their business would be handled by HSBC.
As the charter king and Li Ka-shing supported by HSBC, Shen Bi is still very confident in retaining the business of their two groups. Even though Li Guangyu is the second largest shareholder of Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa, Shen Bi also has some Hopefully, the Chinese believe in repaying kindness. If Pao Yugang and Li Ka-shing turn around and transfer the group's business out of HSBC, their reputation will not be very good.
Shen Bi also said to the vice chairman present: "You contact the Hong Kong Economic Department and try to influence them not to issue a banking license to the Li Group. I will contact some British-funded consortiums to report to the Hong Kong government on the grounds of affecting the financial stability of Hong Kong. If necessary, we will contact the local authorities to prevent the Li Group from obtaining a banking license."
If other Chinese families wanted to enter the banking industry, Shen Bi would only pay attention to it. They would mobilize forces in this way. It is really difficult for him to feel at ease with the development of the Li Group. HSBC would be the happiest if the Li Group does not enter the banking industry. The faster the Lee Group develops, the better, and HSBC can make huge profits along the way.
It is a pity that finance, especially banks, is something that every financial group must control. In order to maintain its position in Hong Kong, HSBC can only try to exclude the Lee Group from the banking industry.
One of the senior executives said: "Chairman, this cannot prevent the Li Group from entering the banking industry. The Li Group does not lack funds. They are fully capable of directly acquiring a medium and large bank in Hong Kong. We are afraid that there is nothing we can do about it. We It’s impossible to stop other people’s normal transactions.”
Of course Shen Bi knew this problem. It was impossible to completely block the Li Group from the banking sector. He just wanted to delay some time. Bank acquisitions are quite troublesome. This is not like obtaining a banking license. You can start setting up operations right away.
Shen Bi said: "From now on, you should pay more attention to the trends of the Li Group in this regard. If they have an acquisition target, we at HSBC will also step in and try to delay their time. This will also allow us and Standard Chartered to do a better job." preparation."
After listening to Gan Qin's report, Li Guangyu said to Gan Qin: "I understand. Please reply to HSBC that our Li Group will repay their loan on the deadline."
Gan Qin said: "Okay Li Sheng, I will reply to HSBC immediately."
Du Yuemei, who was standing next to him, said: "Li Sheng, it seems that HSBC is starting to take precautions against us. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get another loan from HSBC in the future."
Li Guangyu said with a smile: "This is normal. Once our Li Group enters the banking industry, it will inevitably have an impact on the current banking industry in Hong Kong. As the overlord of Hong Kong, HSBC obviously does not want their status to be affected."
"Li Sheng, if we want to compete with HSBC, we are still missing something. Do you have any plans in this regard? Du Yuemei asked.
Li Guangyu said: "I have some plans in this regard. You don't have to worry. By then we will be at least on an equal footing with HSBC in Xiangjiang."