Chapter three hundred and seventy first wind and clouds
After a rocky Friday, early on Saturday morning, major newspapers published a large number of reports on what happened yesterday, with the focus being on the Hong Kong issue and the stock market experience that plummeted from its peak yesterday.
Due to their different holdings, the major newspapers obviously have different views on these issues. As a result, the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang have divergent opinions and are very confused about the future of Xiangjiang.
There are also some media outlets that seem to deliberately want to muddy the water in Hong Kong. Their reports contain some insinuations and point the finger directly at Li Guangyu and the Li Group.
On Saturday morning, as soon as Li Guangyu entered the office, Gan Qin reported to Li Guangyu that some media reported that the Li Group had long lost confidence in Xiangjiang. Not only did it transfer a large amount of its business abroad, but it also shorted the Xiangjiang stock market in large quantities.
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The newspaper wrote, "The Lee Group is obviously pessimistic about the future of Heung Kong. We reported at the beginning of the year that after Starlight Real Estate Group, a subsidiary of the Lee Group, rushed to complete the first phase of construction in Tin Shui Wai, its remaining construction land was not available.
Instead of continuing to open up, it has aggressively entered the Baodao market and built three properties at once. From this, it can be seen that the Lee Group may no longer be optimistic about the economic development of Xiangjiang."
Later, he also described Li Guangyu's actions in the stock market, and he knew a lot about the inside story. He also refuted what Li Guangyu said at the press conference yesterday afternoon.
Pointing out that Li Guangyu's optimism about the economic development of Xiangjiang and the future of Xiangjiang is just to deceive the citizens of Xiangjiang. The Li Group and its allies have already transferred their main businesses to other regions.
After hearing what Gan Qin said about the newspaper, Li Guangyu knew that there was a British-funded consortium behind it to cause trouble. The newspaper itself was founded by British people, and it was also the largest English-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was quite influential among the elites in Hong Kong.
Li Guangyu himself cannot ignore this. If some of the later media are involved, it will be a troublesome matter for the Li Group and will not be conducive to the future development of the Li Group.
Li Guangyu told Gan Qin, "Gan Qin, please notify Liu Tianci and Zhou Liang Shuyi and ask them to refute this. We must make it clear to all walks of life in Xiangjiang that our Li Group has always been based on Xiangjiang.
We are full of confidence in the future development, and we ask citizens to believe that Xiangjiang’s future will be infinitely bright.”
Li Guangyu is very aware of the power of public opinion. Nowadays, the Li Group itself has indeed invested less in Xiangjiang. Instead, it has invested a lot of money in Baodao and Japan. Xingyue Real Estate Group is building two real estate projects in Japan at the same time.
Supermarkets also continue to expand in Japan.
Baodao is the largest investment location of the Lee Group, the construction of the Bentley Group's production base, and the construction of semiconductor companies. This time, the Starlight Real Estate Group is building real estate in Taipei, Taoyuan and Hsinchu at the same time. The supermarket group is in Baodao.
Baodao is even more radical. Every county and city is renovating its storefronts. By then, 10 supermarkets will be opened in Baodao at the same time.
On the contrary, in Hong Kong, the Lee Group has been very quiet this year and has not invested in any new projects. Only banks and supermarkets are expanding. Besides Tin Shui Wai, only one supermarket store in Mong Kok is undergoing renovation.
Once people with ulterior motives use this to attack the Lee Group and spark public discussion, it will be very detrimental to the Lee Group and may even give some people the feeling that the Lee Group wants to evacuate Hong Kong.
Li Guangyu specially convened a high-level meeting for this purpose, instructing the group's top executives to show externally that the Li Group has always been full of confidence in the future development of Xiangjiang. Internally, he should reassure the group's employees, especially middle- and senior-level employees, and let them understand the situation in Xiangjiang.
Don't worry too much. Believe in our group. As long as our Li Group is still there, there will be no problems with their work.
Li Xuemei said, "Li Sheng, if we don't take some practical actions this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the outside world to feel that our Li Group is optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang. We still need to come up with some plans in this regard."
Li Guangyu already has a plan for this. He will announce the plan for the time being. As for when the construction will start, we will wait until then. At least it will have to wait until the Hong Kong property market collapses. Land is so expensive now. Li Guangyu will not be taken advantage of.
, giving money to the Xiangjiang government in vain.
Li Guangyu said, "Didn't I say before that this Li's Building is just for us to temporarily use as an office? This time we have made some gains in the stock market, which is enough to support the construction of our new building. This time I plan to build a design with a height of 201
m, with four floors underground and 52 floors above, the Group Building is expected to invest around US$1.2 billion. I believe this news will let everyone know that our Lee Group is optimistic about the future development of Xiangjiang."
All the senior executives here know that the new landmark that is being built is the HSBC Tower, which has four underground floors, 46 floors, and a height of 180 meters. The Lee Group plans to suppress HSBC Bank here.
At the same time, everyone is also very happy. After the group's building is completed, it will be the largest investment building in Xiangjiang and the tallest building in Xiangjiang. This can also highlight the strength of the Li Group.
Li Xuemei asked, "Li Sheng, how did you arrange your time for this building?"
"Xuemei, regarding this building, we don't even have land now. This news is just to stabilize the current situation. I plan to officially start this matter at the end of next year. But you want to publicize it to the outside world. Our Li family
The group is actively doing the preliminary work for the construction of the group headquarters, and has invited Master Bei Jinming to design our new building, which will create a landmark building in Hong Kong." Li Guangyu said.
Li Xuemei said, "Li Sheng, I know what to do."
Li Guangyu then ordered Li Xuelan to open two more supermarkets in Hong Kong Central and Hung Hom. The stores should preferably be located near subway stations.
While Li Guangyu was actively responding to some people who were deliberately targeting the Li Group, some people also noticed this news, which filled their hearts with worry.
It's just a rumor in the newspapers, but the current layout of the Li Group is really as reported in the newspapers. Does this mean the Li Group has plans to completely withdraw from Xiangjiang?
The influence of the Li Group in Xiangjiang is huge. Once the Li Group chooses to withdraw from Xiangjiang, who knows how many families will follow them, and the economy of Xiangjiang will suffer a devastating blow.
After learning the news, Zheng Dong, the president of Xinhua News Agency, immediately contacted Fok Yingdong, hoping that he could contact Li Guangyu so that Li Guangyu could remain optimistic about Xiangjiang. He did not hope that some of the choices made by the Li Group would affect Xiangjiang.
The economy has been hit hard again.
Huo Yingdong knew very well that Li Guangyu had judged the current development a few years ago. At that time, he predicted that there would be problems in the current Hong Kong economy, so the Li Group and its allies would jump out of Hong Kong to avoid losses.
I really can’t blame Li Guangyu this time. Li Guangyu’s investment in the mainland is not small. Huo Yingdong himself can understand the choices of Li Guangyu and his allies. After all, they are all pursuing profits. Knowing that they will lose money, they will naturally run away.