Chapter 572 The choice of interests (4000+ chapters~)
First, Xiangjiang Newspaper suddenly began to expose Wu Jianye’s private life, then Yaoguang Group, Yiwang Group entered the scene, and finally HSBC Bank entered the scene!
In the past, it was only the speculation of ordinary citizens in Xiangjiang that Yaoguang Group and Yiwang Group belonged to Wu Jianye, but now it is different. Things have become clear. Yaoguang Group and Yiwang Group belong to Wu Jianye!
Although the citizens of Xiangjiang had already been mentally prepared, when everything was actually presented to them, they still couldn't accept it for a while.
Among the top ten richest people in Hong Kong announced last year, Li Chaoren has begun to retain his first place. However, the citizens of Xiangjiang know that this is just Yao Guang and Yi Wang, the big boss behind the two groups. There is no public information.
The reason is that since the two major groups are not listed, there is no way to estimate the market value of the two major groups.
However, some data can also be found in some clues. For example, before the delisting of Yaoguang Group's real estate company, the market value was as high as 21.542 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking first among Xiangjiang real estate companies.
Ranked second is Changshi, with a market value of 21.206 billion!
In the past, Yiwang Group gave people the impression that the group's business in Hong Kong was very complicated, but there are also traces to follow. For example, the market value of Standard Chartered Bank, which was previously controlled by Yiwang Group, exceeded HK$13.5 billion.
There are also stocks in the hands of investors such as Cheung Kong, New World, Sun Hung Kai, and Henderson Land, the four major real estate companies, as well as the stocks of Chinese Land, which together have a market value of more than 9 billion!
Therefore, some people have asserted that if these two groups announce their market values, the net worth of the boss behind them will definitely exceed that of Li Chaoren.
Moreover, Li Chaoren once said in an interview: I disagree with the saying that I am the richest man in Hong Kong. There are at least five people in Hong Kong who have more wealth than me, and one of them is a young talent that I admire very much.
hansome!
Well now, with the war between Wu Jianye and the Xiangjiang Press Association, there is no longer a need to guess who is the real boss behind these two major consortiums.
So when HSBC got involved in this melee, all the people in Xiangjiang wanted to know who would win and who would lose in this battle!
However, the focus of this war lasted for less than two days before it was occupied by the news of the plummeting stock market in Hong Kong. Everyone suffered heavy losses. If ATV had not started broadcasting "The Legend of the White Snake" last night, it is estimated that the citizens of Hong Kong would have
The mood will become more depressed.
But just this morning, when everyone was still awake, the Yiwang Group, which was originally inferior to the Yaoguang Group in the hearts of the citizens, suddenly announced a series of bombshell news, waking everyone in Xiangjiang.
"Yesterday, Yuzhi Investment, a subsidiary of Yiwang Group, completed the acquisition of shares of Standard Chartered Bank. Now Yuzhi Investment has acquired more than 80% of the shares of Standard Chartered Bank. Yuzhi Investment announced that it will fully acquire Standard Chartered Bank.
According to the acquisition and merger rules of Hong Kong, Yuzhi Investment will acquire the shares of Standard Chartered Bank from shareholders at the highest share price of Standard Chartered Bank in the past six months. After completing the privatization of Standard Chartered Bank, Yiwang Group will move the registered place of Standard Chartered Bank to Hong Kong.
, let this century-old bank in Xiangjiang completely belong to Xiangjiang!"
"At the same time, Yu Zhi Investment, a subsidiary of Yiwang Group, also acquired more than 35% of the shares of many Xiangjiang newspaper groups such as Oriental Newspaper, Sing Tao News, Xin Pao, Ming Pao and so on yesterday. At the same time, Yu Zhi Investment
The investment has sold all the shares of these newspaper groups to Hong Kong Island Newspaper Company, a subsidiary of Yiwang Group. Afterwards, Hong Kong Island Newspapers will send directors to sit on the boards of directors of several major newspaper groups, and will propose the re-election of the chairman of the board.
Waiting for a series of reforms!”
The two pieces of news were like two depth bombs, thrown directly into the already boiling Hong Kong River. Everyone immediately thought that they had not woken up yet. How could it be so powerful!
Regarding the grievances between Xiangjiang Press and Wu Jianye, TVB financial experts have long pointed out that the reason why HSBC joined was because HSBC did not want the Yiwang Group to complete the successful privatization of Standard Chartered Bank.
Now, in just the past two days, Xiangjiang's newspaper group has been defeated, and Standard Chartered Bank is about to be privatized successfully. You must know that the person behind them is HSBC!
What is the status of HSBC in Hong Kong? It is equivalent to the central bank of Hong Kong. How could such a giant lose?
Everyone wants to see the fight between the richest man in Hong Kong and the largest financial group in Hong Kong. The two sides have to fight for 300 rounds. Why did HSBC lose in two days?
Is it because I didn’t wake up, or is it because HSBC can’t afford the knife?
HSBC failed!
Although everyone feels that this is unrealistic, the fact is now before everyone. Some people are even recalling, in their own memories, has HSBC ever failed?
When everyone understands that HSBC has never failed, then HSBC's failure this time is even more shocking.
Everyone was shocked by HSBC's failure, but they forgot another important thing, which was the moment when Hong Kong Island Newspapers announced that it had become the largest shareholder of Oriental Newspapers, Sing Tao Newspapers, New Paper, Ming Pao and other newspaper groups.
Starting from 2018, plus the Tiantian Newspaper that was acquired by Hong Kong Island News when it acquired Yulang International!
At this time, Hong Kong Island Newspapers has become the largest newspaper group in Hong Kong. Together with Hong Kong ATV, a subsidiary of Yaoguang Group, Wu Jianye has completely controlled the mouthpiece of Hong Kong's media industry!
However, there are still some top wealthy people in Hong Kong who know that although HSBC lost this time, the conflict between HSBC and Wu Jianye has also been completely established.
"The next generation is scary, the next generation is scary, the next generation is scary!" Zheng Yutong was sitting in his home, watching the news on TV and said three sentences "The next generation is scary," which was enough to show the shock in his heart at this time!
In Zheng Yutong's family, there is not only Zheng Yutong alone, but also Zheng Yutong's eldest son, Zheng Jiachun, now the head of New World.
At this time, Zheng Jiachun was watching the news on TV and was extremely shocked. In the past six months, Zheng Jiachun has actively engraved his name on the development of New World, so various acquisitions have emerged one after another. First, he launched an acquisition war against the established consortium Yongan Group in Xiangjiang.
, and ultimately failed to do so.
Later, it acquired the Ramada Hotel in America.
In Zheng Jiachun's opinion, this was already a very dazzling achievement, but in just two days, Wu Jianye's achievements surpassed his own several times!
If he had the idea of competing with Wu Jianye before, now, he has no choice but to admit that he is indeed not as good as Wu Jianye!
Sitting on the other side was Li Zhaoji. At this time, Li Zhaoji was also shocked by Wu Jianye's handiwork, but his mentality was the most relaxed among everyone present, because he was working with HSBC and several major newspaper groups in Hong Kong.
Not much business dealings.
"Brother Li, you are going to be in trouble this time!"
The person who can be called Brother Li by Li Zhaoji is naturally the richest man in Hong Kong, Li Chaoren.
At this time, those at Zheng Yutong's house were Zheng Yutong and his son, Li Zhaoji and his eldest son Li Jiajie and his son, Li Chaoren and his eldest son Li Zeju and his son, and the three brothers Guo Bingxiang, Guo Bingjiang, and Guo Binglian. Guo Desheng's health was getting worse day by day, and he no longer left the house. Sun Hung Kai has also been officially handed over to the three Kwok brothers!
Zheng Yutong and others brought together the successors they had trained this time to let them see how Wu Jianye conducted business operations.
Li Chaoren showed a wry smile. He naturally understood what Li Zhaoji meant. Among the four major real estate companies, only Li Chaoren's Changshi has the closest connection with HSBC.
It can be said that Li Chaoren's fortune was helped by HSBC. He himself is a director of HSBC, and Yu Zhi Investment, a subsidiary of Yiwang Group, is the second largest shareholder of Cheung Kong. Such a complicated relationship really makes him also Some headache.
Zheng Yutong said: "After Yiwang Group fully acquires Standard Chartered Bank, it will inevitably become a war with HSBC. Where should we go from here?"
Everyone looked at each other and saw a bitter smile in each other's eyes.
Li Zhaoji, who was still the most relaxed, smiled and said: "Anyway, I have no problem. Since Director Wu has acquired Standard Chartered Bank, for us at Henderson Land Development, having a closer partner is the best of both worlds!" "
Li Chaoren smiled bitterly: "Fourth brother, don't be too happy. Based on my understanding of Pu Weishi, this matter will not go away so easily. Whether Standard Chartered Bank can survive the next tricks of HSBC is still open to question. ."
Zheng Yutong nodded: "Yes, judging from yesterday's trajectory, Director Wu took the advantage, and then took advantage of yesterday's turmoil in the Hong Kong stock market to suddenly take action, catching HSBC off guard and directly taking over Standard Chartered Bank. With several major newspaper companies in Hong Kong, now that the Hong Kong stock market is slowly recovering, it is impossible for HSBC not to take action!"
Li Zhaoji still had a smile on his face: "Just do it. Director Wu can take down Standard Chartered Bank and several major newspaper groups so easily. This already explains a lot of problems. And based on my understanding of him, it is impossible for him not to do it." Give yourself a backup plan."
This is the biggest headache for Zheng Yutong, Li Chaoren and others, because they don't know what Wu Jianye's trump card is now, and HSBC will definitely take action. If the two sides really fight by then, will they be there? After understanding Wu Jianye's trump card, he didn't know how to deal with the next scene!
And today they are sitting here together to discuss a solution that is most beneficial to them. Now Li Zhaoji has clearly stated that this matter is beneficial to them, although he cannot say clearly that if the two sides really fight, he will I will side with Wu Jianye, but many of its meanings can already be deduced.
In the adult world, there are no multiple-choice questions, only interests!
But when all the interests are intertwined, you have to choose!
What everyone is afraid of now is that if Wu Jianye and HSBC really fight against each other and are forced to make a choice, what should they do?
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If Zheng Yutong, Li Chaoren and others still have multiple choice questions to choose from, then for Hu Ran, Ma Tingqiang and others, it seems that there is nothing left to choose from.
It can be said that the atmosphere in the board of directors of every newspaper company is bleak. Previously, they vowed to make Wu Jianye look good and let Wu Jianye see what it means to be an uncrowned emperor in Hong Kong!
But now, in just two days, Wu Jianye took off the crowns on their heads, rubbed them, rubbed them, made a bigger crown, and put it on his head.
At this moment, they felt that they had behaved like giant monkeys in the past few days, dancing happily in front of Wu Jianye, but they did not know that Wu Jianye looked at them as if they were pets in a cage.
Damn, don't give me anything to eat...
Soon, the directors sent by Hong Kong Island Newspaper will come, and everything in front of them will no longer belong to them. As for the promise given by HSBC that it will snatch back their shares for them in the future, they no longer have it.
How could you believe it?
The most important thing now is to save yourself!
At this time, only by praying to Wu Jianye to let them go can he possibly keep his ancestral property.
Everyone is initiating a relationship, hoping to invite Wu Jianye. Only by meeting Wu Jianye can it be possible to relieve Wu Jianye's anger.
But none of the contacts they contacted were useful!
All the news they received was that Director Wu was very busy recently and had no time to see them. At the same time, he also brought them news that made their hearts drop to the bottom. Two days later, the Hong Kong Island Press Association proposed to convene the board of directors of major groups!
Kill them all!
This is Wu Jianye, who will definitely retaliate. He has beaten them down, and Wu Jianye cannot give them a chance to breathe.
However, there are exceptions to everything. For example, when Master Jin’s lobbyist told Wu Jianye that he could sell the adaptation copyright of his novel to ATV at a cheap price, Wu Jianye still chose to meet Master Jin!
After all, Wu Jianye had to give face to some lobbyists, because the lobbyists Master Jin found were not from Xiangjiang, but from China!
Master Jin's martial arts novels, in the 1990s when film and television technology was still underdeveloped, were a powerful tool for conquering cities and territories in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia. If we could get the adaptation copyright of Master Jin's martial arts novels at a low price, for ATV
It's also great news.
At Wu's house, Wu Jianye met Master Jin who came to visit in person.
Neither of the two parties talked about what happened before, they just discussed martial arts novels together. As a senior martial arts fan, Wu Jianye was familiar with Master Jin's novels. The two parties chatted very happily, as if all the previous grievances had never happened.
Finally, when Master Jin left, the two agreed that ATV would bid for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon", "The Legend of the Dragon", "The Deer and the Cauldron", and "The Swordsman".
The exclusive rights to adapt seven Master Jin martial arts novels including "Jianghu" and "Blue Blood Sword" for seven years.
At the same time, Hong Kong Island Press will also sell part of its shares in Ming Pao Newspaper Group to Master Jin, which will guarantee Master Jin’s position in Ming Pao!
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If there are anyone who is in agony because of this acquisition, there are a few others including Lu Shaojie and others.
At this time, these people are really going crazy...