On March 20, Li Guangyu did not go out after having breakfast. Instead, he sat down at the coffee table and looked at the newspapers delivered today. Li Guangyu’s family currently subscribes to Xiangyu Daily, Industrial and Commercial Daily, and Xiangjiang Financial News.
.The first two are from his own newspapers, and the Xiangjiang Financial News is more helpful for Li Guangyu to understand the economic trends of Xiangjiang.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Li Guangyu got up and got into his car, accompanied by his bodyguards, to HSBC Bank.
At this time, Tian Yuhang, the account manager of HSBC, was already waiting in front of the HSBC gate, waiting for Li Guangyu's arrival. Yesterday, Li Guangyu contacted HSBC about the real estate group's need for a loan, so Tian Yuhang was waiting here.
Li Guangyu got out of the car and walked towards Tian Yuhang and said, "Tian Sheng, I'm so sorry, please wait here."
Tian Yuhang said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, you are a big customer of our HSBC Bank. If you want to come to our HSBC Bank, how can I not welcome you here?"
Li Guangyu knew that the reason why HSBC was so polite to him was because the accounts of several of Li's major groups were handled by HSBC. Now that Li Guangyu's company is developing so fast, HSBC is now bent on trying to tie Li Guangyu up.
On the HSBC ship.
Li Guangyu, led by Tian Yuhang, came to Shen Bi's office at HSBC Bank.
When Shen Bi saw Li Guangyu coming, he said, "Li Sheng, it's really not easy for you to come to HSBC. I still remember the last time you came here was more than a year ago."
Li Guangyu said: "Shen Sheng, if I come to HSBC for nothing, wouldn't that cause trouble for you? And usually if I come to HSBC, it means that my company is in trouble and needs HSBC's helping hand.
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"Li Sheng, that's all you can say. Why are you causing trouble to us when you come to HSBC? If we had more customers like Li Sheng, we at HSBC would really have no worries in Xiangjiang." Shen Bi said.
"Shen Sheng, the reason why I came to see you today is mainly because I want to use the shares of Starlight Real Estate Group as collateral for a loan of HK$1 billion. Shen Sheng, do you think there is a problem?" Li Guangyu asked.
"Li Sheng, you haven't been to our HSBC bank for a long time, so you don't know the situation very well. According to the development of your company, you are currently a VIP customer of our bank. At the same time, Li Sheng has a loan of less than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars in our bank without any need for any
Mortgage." Shen Bi explained.
After listening to Shen Bi's explanation, Li Guangyu realized that there were benefits to this. It seemed that HSBC's bargaining chip to win over him was high enough.
Li Guangyu said: "Thank you so much, this is really a surprise!"
"Li Sheng does not need to be like this. As long as Li Sheng can maintain such a long-term cooperation with HSBC, we at HSBC will definitely support Li Sheng's development." Shen Bi said.
Li Guangyu immediately replied: "My various groups have been very happy to cooperate with HSBC, and I have no plans to cooperate with other banks at the moment."
"That's great. Regarding Li Sheng's loan issue, I will make arrangements. When the time comes, Li Sheng will sign."
"Thank you then. This really solved a big problem for me." Li Guangyu said gratefully.
"Li Sheng, do you have any big plans next?" Shen Bi asked.
"No, the main reason is that the real estate group is short of money to develop Tianshuiwei, so I came here to seek your help." Li Guangyu replied.
Shen Bi was puzzled. If Li Guangyu had not made any big moves, why would he still need to take out a loan if the profits from his Xingyu Electronic Game Group and Xiangyu Culture Group were enough to support the development of Tianshuiwei?
Shen Bi asked: "Li Sheng, if you just develop Tianshuiwei, it seems that you are not short of funds."
"Well, it seems that Shen Sheng knows my subsidiaries quite well. Our two groups only support the construction of the group headquarters building this year. As for the real estate group, they have to rely on themselves. As for the profits of the two groups, The two groups will use it for the group's own development." Li Guangyu said.
When Shen Bi saw what Li Guangyu said, he stopped asking questions in this regard.
Instead, he asked: "Li Sheng, what do you think of the Xiangjiang issue?"
Li Guangyu knew that Shen Bi was still a figure who wanted to retain British rule in Xiangjiang, so he said: "Shen Sheng, the question you asked is too big. I just want to develop my company well, and other things are not what I should consider." .”
Seeing that Li Guangyu was unwilling to answer this question, Shen Bi didn't ask any more questions. He was just the chairman of the bank and could not represent the British government. As long as Li Guangyu continued to cooperate with HSBC, others could favor the British government. Even better, it doesn't matter if you don't favor the British, as long as you don't explicitly support the mainland.
Afterwards, Shen Bi and Li Guangyu chatted for a while about some current affairs in Xiangjiang, and then Li Guangyu said goodbye to Shen Bi.
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After handling the HSBC loan, Li Guangyu, accompanied by his bodyguards, drove home in a motorcade.
Li Guangyu was sitting in the car, thinking about the conversation he had just had with Shen Bi. Li Guangyu didn't have a good opinion of the most famous Taipan king in Hong Kong.
Shen Bi helped Li Ka-shing and Pao Yugang acquire British-funded consortiums in 1979 and 1980 respectively. From a Chinese perspective, he was a complete traitor. During his time in charge of HSBC, he had always been kind to the Chinese and even allowed some Chinese to Become a director of HSBC.
However, when it comes to the Hong Kong issue, Shen Bi was absolutely staunch in his support of British personnel, proposed exchanging sovereignty for governing power, and still wanted to put Hong Kong under British rule.
Li Guangyu is really helpless now. He just wants to develop his own business well, why is it so difficult? Both the mainland and the British side want him to stand up.
Li Guangyu rarely had lunch at home today, so He's mother arranged for Li Guangyu's lunch early.
When Li Guangyu arrived home, it happened to be time for lunch. As soon as He's mother saw Li Guangyu coming back, she immediately arranged to bring out the lunches prepared for Li Guangyu one by one.
When Li Guangyu saw the dishes prepared by He's mother, he smiled and said to He's mother: "The food at home is better, the food outside always doesn't taste like this."
Mother He said: "Master, if you think the food outside is not delicious, you can go home for lunch from now on."
Li Guangyu said to He's mother: "He's mother, the food outside is just not as good as the food at home. There is no need for me to toss myself back and forth just to eat the food cooked at home."
Mother He immediately said: "Master, if you are busy, I can make it and have it delivered to you."
"Mom He, no need, it's not good with so many people in the company. Besides, the ones outside are fine too. You don't have to go to such trouble," Li Guangyu said.
When Wang He Yunfang saw what Li Guangyu said, she stopped insisting.
This is Wu Wen's report from the side: "Master, after you went out today, the China News Agency called and hoped to visit you at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
Li Guangyu felt a headache after listening to Wu Wen's words. The British mainland had not finished yet, and Baodao was coming to visit him again. What was going on.
Li Guangyu said to Wu Wen: "Grandpa Wu, please call China News Agency back. I will be at home waiting for President Hu's arrival tomorrow."