Early the next morning, some media in Hong Kong reported on Tianyu Investment Company's acquisition of shares in Swire Pacific, which highlighted that in the acquisition with HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, its investment department manager rejected the acquisition by the Lee Group.
The newspaper reporter also wrote a long comment, questioning why the two major investment companies were unwilling to trade the stocks they held on behalf of investors despite strong demands from investors to clear positions and stop losses.
The newspaper report immediately put HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank at the forefront. As soon as their securities departments came to work, they received many questioning calls from customers, asking the securities department to trade their stocks immediately, otherwise they would take action to protect their own interests.
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Many customers even went directly to the bank and asked them to take out the shares held on their behalf and trade them themselves. The investment department was even more dissatisfied with the personnel in these departments.
In Shen Bi's office, the manager of HSBC's investment department said to him: Chairman, we can't delay this incident any longer. The current reports about Li Group are very harmful to our bank. This time, customers came to the bank to question,
It will definitely be reported. If our investment department doesn't take action, I'm afraid our reputation will be ruined. Please come up with a way.
Shen Bi was quite angry at Li Guangyu's behavior. Every time he engaged in such business behavior, he always used the media group he controlled to fan the flames and facilitate his actions.
Shen Bi was naturally not happy on his side, but they really couldn't do anything to Li Guangyu. Although Li Guangyu always liked to do this, what Li Guangyu reported was the truth and he never slandered or slandered anyone. In the final analysis, this matter still harmed them.
Own.
Shen Bi asked: Do you think we should hold the shares of Taikoo Co., Ltd. ourselves, or transfer them?
The manager of the investment department said: Chairman, this issue needs to be decided by you. I can’t see clearly the current situation of the stock market. I will follow your orders whether to hold it myself or transfer it.
Shen Bi himself can no longer see the current situation clearly. His bank wants to make a profit. If he invests his funds in shares and suffers huge losses instead, the impact on him will not be good. He is currently in this position because of his superior position.
The problem in the secondary stock market is not easy to deal with. If there is another big loss, I am afraid that I will have to give up my position.
Shen Bi said: You should contact Wooden Shihuai immediately and ask him if he wants to take over the shares in our hands. If not, we can only seek transactions in the market.
Okay, Chairman, I will contact the Swire Group right away. After the investment manager finished speaking, he left Shen Bi's office. He needed to explain to the customers and also make a promise to them.
The shares will be sold soon.
When rumors spread in Hong Kong that the Lee Group was acquiring Swire Holdings, another piece of news that shocked Hong Kong came out. A consortium composed of the Singaporean Qiu family, the Kuo family and the Huang family were discussing the acquisition of Xiangjiang Electric Group with Jardine Matheson.
The citizens of Tongli only used this news as their talking point. The upper echelons of Xiangjiang were really shocked. They knew that Li Guangyu was determined to win the Xiangjiang Electric Group, but they did not expect that several families from Singapore would dare to take over the Xiangjiang Electric Group. Their courage
Commendable.
Just after this news came out, the phone calls of the heads of the major families in Xiangjiang began to get busy. Especially some families with good relations with those families became the target of many inquiries.
The first call Bao Yugang received was from Cao Wenjin, Li Guangyu's father-in-law.
Cao Wenjin said on the phone: Yu Gang, I know that you have a good relationship with those families, but our Xiangjiang Chinese family has always been on the same side. We don’t need you to take action this time, and please don’t do anything to us later.
Apply pressure.
Cao Wenjin was really angry this time. The big families in Singapore really didn't give him and others face. They knew clearly that his son-in-law was planning on the Xiangjiang Electric Group, but they still wanted to get involved because they were clearly not afraid of him and others.
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This time, He Zuozhi, Stanley Ho, Lord Cheng and several other people contacted him. This time they wanted to teach these families a lesson and make them understand that Xiangjiang is not just a place they want to come to.
Cao Wenjin really couldn't understand why these big families insisted on acquiring the Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Group even though they knew Li Guangyu's influence in Xiangjiang. This would obviously be difficult for them. They couldn't have known it.
Bao Yugang was also very embarrassed and sad at the same time. They were originally Chinese-owned families and they should unite more. He himself did not understand what benefits the Jardine Group had promised these families, so that they did not hesitate to offend Li
The consortium is also going to acquire Xiangjiang Electric Lighting Group.
Bao Yugang said: Wen Jin, don't worry, I will not jump out to stop your actions. This time it is indeed Deba and the others who did something unreasonable. I also tried to persuade him, but unfortunately he did not listen to our opinions.
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When Pao Yugang was facing Cao Wenjin's call, Wireless's Run Run Shaw was also answering the call.
He Zuozhi said on the phone: Lao Liu, I know that you have deep connections in Nanyang and good relations with several major families in Singapore. This time, I also hope that your TVB station can take a neutral position and not favor the Singaporean families.
He Zuozhi is mainly engaged in media. Now he is also the chairman of Xiangjiang Commercial Radio. He understands the importance of public opinion. This time, he will fill the loopholes here first. Li Group has Jiayi Group and Xiangyu Group plus him.
Commercial radio stations are enough to influence public opinion in Hong Kong.
My grandson has never suppressed Chinese-owned families in these years, and has also made many suggestions to many families in Xiangjiang, allowing many families to respond to the economic crisis in advance and reduce a lot of losses.
Now his grandson is competing with the British consortium. Unexpectedly, the Singaporean consortium is holding back, which makes him very angry. If his grandson hadn't been fighting with the British consortium, they wouldn't even be qualified to negotiate with the Jardine Matheson Group.
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Run Run Shaw knew that this time the Lee Consortium and the Singaporean consortium were completely in conflict, but he didn't know whether the benefits that the Singaporean consortium received from the British consortium were worth going against the Lee Consortium.
Run Run Shaw himself does not want to confront the Lee Consortium anyway. This time he will strictly maintain neutrality. No matter the Lee Consortium or the Singapore Consortium, they have nothing to do with TVB. He is still prepared for TVB to go to the stars.
Run Run Shaw said: Zuo Zhi, don't worry, our wireless company will not get involved in the fight between your two families.
The same scene happened here with Qiu Degen. Qiu Degen naturally would not let ATV get involved in the battle between the two major consortiums. The Singapore consortium may have received some promises from the British consortium, but ATV did not. And even if there are some benefits,
, I dare not accept it myself. The Li Group is not just talking about it in Xiangjiang.
While Qiu Degen admired the courage of the Singaporean consortium, he also felt sad for their decision. They didn't know whether the British consortium paid such a high price to invite them here, was it just for fun, or did they think Li Guangyu really promoted it to the outside world?
Peaceful.
Just kidding, if Li Guangyu is what he promotes to the media, how can his Li Consortium develop so powerfully? The tragedies of the original Li and the current British-funded consortia were not caused by Li Guangyu.