Feng Yaoguo, the department manager of Xiangjiang Lisheng Trading, like many ordinary citizens in Xiangjiang, usually invests his excess assets in stocks.
However, Feng Yaoguo is a prudent person, so the stocks he can buy are also the same. Most of them are among the top 20 blue chip stocks in Hong Kong, and Bank of East Asia is the stock that he bought with a large amount of money.
So during this period, Feng Yaoguo was in a very good mood. Chu Huan and the Li family were competing for the management rights of Bank of East Asia, which caused the stock price of Bank of East Asia to soar. Seeing that his investment was about to more than double, he even returned to the Bank of East Asia tonight.
When I got home, I bought some roast goose at Yong Kee and went home for a snack.
“Wow, Yung Kee’s roast goose, long live my dad!”
Feng Yaoguo came home. His daughter Feng Meixin, who had already returned from school, saw the roast goose in Feng Yaoguo's hand and immediately clapped her hands and preached.
"Where's your grandma?" After Feng Yaoguo gave the roast goose to Feng Meixin, he walked to the living room and saw TVB's "Happy Tonight" playing inside. Then he remembered that today is Friday, and at this time his wife should be keeping her husband.
Just watch "Happy Tonight" on TV.
"I'm coming!"
At this moment, Feng Yaoguo's wife Lin Di came to the coffee table with the freshly stewed pig's trotter soup and put it directly on it without putting it on the dining table at all.
Then Lin Di sat down directly and directed Feng Yaoguo: "Hurry to the kitchen and bring out the food. Don't delay me watching "Happy Tonight"."
Feng Yaoguo smiled, was this the Lin Di he was familiar with?
Without saying anything, he went straight to the kitchen and brought over the meal prepared by Lin Di. The family of three gathered around the coffee table to eat dinner and watch "Happy Tonight" on TV.
"Dad, why are you so happy today? You even bought roast goose?" Feng Meixin asked, holding a roast goose leg and devouring it.
Feng Yaoguo rubbed his daughter's head and said with a smile: "The stocks I bought have risen again, so naturally I need to eat more!"
Feng Meixin was only twelve or thirteen years old and didn't know much about this. She just nodded ignorantly, and then said innocently: "Then I hope that the stocks you buy will always increase in value!"
Feng Yaoguo laughed and said, "I hope so too!"
Lin Di, while watching "Happy Tonight" on TV, said to Feng Yaoguo without looking back: "I heard someone at the exchange today saying that Jiaku seems to have given up on acquiring Bank of East Asia.
, I think Bank of East Asia’s share price will definitely fall when the Hang Seng Index opens on Monday!”
Feng Yaoguo, who was smiling all over his face, suddenly changed his expression when he heard what Lin Di said. He quickly asked: "Who did you listen to? Is the news unreliable?"
Lin Di, like most of the maids in Xiangjiang, has no job. In addition to taking care of her family every day, she occasionally plays mahjong with other maids, or goes to the stock exchange to check on the stocks she bought.
When Lin Di heard Feng Yaoguo's serious voice, she turned around reluctantly and said: "It has spread throughout the entire exchange today, and I heard from Xiao Chen that Fengwu Securities has stopped acquiring Bank of East Asia shares!"
Feng Yaoguo's expression turned gloomy, and finally turned into a look of helplessness, and said: "I'm greedy, I wish I had sold it earlier!"
Lin Di said nonchalantly: "It shouldn't be too serious. Although Jiaku has stopped acquiring shares of Bank of East Asia, no matter what, Chu Huan must be the largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia now. I am on the exchange
I have heard from many people that even if they have not sold their shares, as long as Chu Huan is the major shareholder of Bank of East Asia, there will be huge room for appreciation of Bank of East Asia in the future."
After a pause, Lin Di continued to talk to Feng Yaoguo: "Besides, our family is not in a hurry to wait for money now. If it is not possible, we can continue to put the money in stocks and wait for the appreciation in the future!"
Feng Yaoguo also nodded and said: "Now it seems that this can only be the case."
Feng Meixin looked at Feng Yaoguo curiously and asked, "Daddy, is there no roast goose on Monday?"
Feng Yaoguo put away his disappointment and said with a smile: "As long as our Ah Xin wants to eat, we will have it on Monday too!"
Feng Meixin continued to be happy.
Lin Di also smiled happily when she saw this. She was not a greedy woman. She only paid 50 cents for playing mahjong. She also bought stocks like her husband. She only bought long-term products and rarely bought short-term products. In addition, Feng Yaoguo's
The workmanship is good, and their family can be considered a middle-class family in Xiangjiang.
Therefore, in their view, Jiaku's suspension of the acquisition of Bank of East Asia's shares is not that important, and they believe that Bank of East Asia's stock price will continue to rise in the future.
This is actually the mentality of most Bank of East Asia stock holders now. This is also the reason why Fengwu Securities and the Li family of Bank of East Asia were not able to acquire too many Bank of East Asia stocks in the stock market.
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Feng Yaoguo and Lin Di didn't take this matter too seriously due to family reasons, but some people were different.
At the Bank of East Asia headquarters located at 10 Des Voeux Road Central in Hong Kong Central, the president's office is still brightly lit at this time.
Li Fushu and Li Guobao, father and son, were sitting on the sofa and looking at each other. Both of them did not understand the behavior of Fengwu Securities today.
After pondering for a long time, Li Fushu said: "There are only two reasons. The first is that they have acquired enough shares of our bank or have the support of the majority of shareholders.
The second reason is that Chu Huan has given up on the acquisition of Bank of East Asia."
Li Guobao immediately said: "This is impossible. According to Chu Huan's character, how could he do such a halfway thing?"
Li Fushu's expression became serious and he said: "If he had not given up the acquisition of Bank of East Asia, then the only possibility was the previous one."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Guobao still shook his head and said: "This is impossible. I have contacted other shareholders of our bank today, and they still express their support for us very firmly, and
I have also asked some securities firms and there is no information about our bank’s large stock transactions today!”
Chu Huan's sudden withdrawal made Li Fushu and Li Guobao unable to figure out why such a situation occurred.
"Daddy, how trustworthy do you think those shareholders are?" Li Guobao couldn't help but start thinking about the dark side.
Since they couldn't figure out why Chu Huan gave up the acquisition of Bank of East Asia shares, they could only guess this way.
Li Fushu also scratched his head very much and said: "If this is the case, it would be really dangerous."
Li Guobao said: "There is one more thing. That is what daddy told me before, about the meeting between my uncle and Chu Huan at the welcome banquet of Kiura Kisaburo. Could it be that the two of them have reached some kind of agreement?"
Unknown conditions.
Even though my brother-in-law doesn’t have many shares of our bank in his hands, his relationship with other shareholders of Bank of East Asia is still very good!”
Although the two brothers Li Fushu and Li Fuzhao have a normal relationship and even have quite a bit of conflict, Li Fuzhao is Li Guanchun's son after all. Li Fuzhao can use the connections left by his father, and Li Fuzhao can do the same. What's more important is that Li Fuzhao is also the chairman of the Far Eastern Society.
Just this identity is enough for many wealthy families in Xiangjiang to give Li Fuzhao some face.
When Li Fushu heard what Li Guobao said, his expression changed at first, and then his expression began to soften, and he said: "The possibility of them joining forces is very small. Your brother-in-law is a very domineering person. If Chu Huan chose to go with him at that time,
If your brother-in-law cooperated, then your uncle's expression would definitely not be like that!"
At the welcome dinner for Kiura Kisaburo, Li Fushu had been obsessing about the situation at Chu Huan. When Chu Huan and Li Fuzhao separated, Li Fuzhao noticed that Li Fuzhao's expression was not very good.
And this just proves Li Fushu’s conjecture.
Li Guobao scratched his head and said helplessly: "What is going on? Does Chu Huan really want to give up our Bank of East Asia?"
Li Fushu shook his head and said firmly: "This is impossible, Chu Huan must have something we don't know about."
Li Guobao nodded. Now that he couldn't understand Chu Huan's intentions, he could only do what he could decide first.
"Daddy, do you think we should still do what we discussed with HSBC Shen Bi before?"
Li Fushu fell into silence again. This matter was really difficult to handle. According to the results of his original discussion with Shen Bi, he must have done what they had discussed later. Li Fushu had even thought about how to deal with it.
A member of the Bank of East Asia's board of directors said this.
Now that Chu Huan suddenly stopped acquiring shares in Bank of East Asia, he was caught off guard and naturally had to reconsider whether to implement the plan he had discussed with Shen Bi.
"What exactly is Chu Huan going to do?"
Li Fushu scratched his head, looking a little crazy.
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on Monday!
No. 10 Des Voeux Road Central, Heung Kong, Headquarters of Bank of East Asia.
Early this morning, many reporters had gathered at the gate of the Bank of East Asia headquarters. They were all here for today's shareholders' meeting of the Bank of East Asia.
The news of Jiaku's acquisition of Bank of East Asia was very popular and became the hottest news in Hong Kong at the moment, surpassing the news of Kiura Ikeura's coming to Hong Kong.
But just last Friday, Fengwu Securities, authorized by Jiaku, suddenly stopped buying Bank of East Asia shares on the stock market, causing the whole of Hong Kong to speculate on Jiaku's intentions.
"Let me tell you, do you have any inside information? What is Jiaku thinking? They used to look like they were bound to win the Bank of East Asia, but now they have suddenly stopped acquiring the shares of the Bank of East Asia. Did they actually get the Bank of East Asia?"
More support from shareholders, or are you ready to give up?”
Some reporters couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
"I don't know. Does any of you know? Please reveal it quickly. The Bank of East Asia's board of directors will be held soon. Even if you don't say it now, everyone will know it in a while."
Although this was a question, many reporters at the scene knew that it was asking reporters from "True News" and "Tiantian Daily" about this matter.
Reporters from the two newspapers "Zhenbao" and "Tiantian Daily" looked at the curious eyes of everyone, shook their heads with a helpless smile and said: "Everyone, we really don't know. If we knew, we wouldn't be like everyone today.
, I’m here to wait for news.”
When everyone thought about this, they could only give up on finding out any inside information from the reporters of these two newspapers. Several reporters who were familiar with each other gathered together and discussed in low voices.
However, with the arrival of many directors of Bank of East Asia, their discussions stopped, and they all asked the directors of Bank of East Asia if they knew what was going on?
In fact, these directors knew nothing different from these reporters, and they did not know what Chu Huan planned.
"Haha, everyone, if any of you can know Director Chu's plan in advance, remember to inform me in advance, I really want to know too!"
A director of Bank of East Asia replied with a wry smile.
"It seems that we can only know what Jiaku's plan is after Chu Huan arrives!"
Watching the director enter the Bank of East Asia building, many reporters at the scene also smiled bitterly.
Soon, everyone saw a silver-gray Mercedes-Benz arriving at the gate of the East Asia Building. When these reporters swarmed up, they saw that the person getting out of the Mercedes-Benz was not Chu Huan, but Xu, the manager of the Jiaku Secretarial Department.
When they were satisfied, these reporters all showed disappointed expressions.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It was the reporter from "True News" who reacted first.
"Manager Xu, before Jiaku made a statement that it would acquire Bank of East Asia, it suddenly stopped acquiring Bank of East Asia's shares last Friday. Does Jiaku have anything to say to everyone about this matter?"
Xu Yi said with a smile: "There is nothing to talk about. After careful meeting and research, our Jiaku found that now is not the best time to acquire Bank of East Asia. Moreover, our Jiaku also admitted that the current Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia has no confidence in Bank of East Asia."
The management of Bank of East Asia is very successful, so we, Jiaku, have decided to stop the acquisition of Bank of East Asia."
Wow!!!!
None of the reporters at the scene expected that it would be like this. Jiaku actually flinched. Jiaku, who had never been victorious in Xiangjiang and had never suffered a defeat, actually gave up on this matter?
Even though various previous signs had shown that this result was the most likely, when they learned the truth from Xu Yi's mouth, they still could not accept this result.
"Manager Xu, Manager Xu, may I ask if Director Chu already knows about this matter, and why did Director Chu not come today?"
A reporter quickly asked loudly.
Facing the various tape recorders in front of him, Xu Yi took a step back, and then said with a smile: "Our boss naturally knows about this matter, and without his approval, we would not have given up on the acquisition of Bank of East Asia. As for
The reason why our boss didn't come is because he has other important things to do."
After finishing speaking, Xu Yi walked straight into the headquarters of Bank of East Asia without answering any questions from the reporters at the scene.
In the conference room of the Bank of East Asia headquarters, other directors of the Bank of East Asia, including Li Fushu and Li Guobao, after learning about Jiaku's decision from Xu Yi's mouth, they also showed the same surprise as those reporters just outside the East Asia Building.
expression.
"Everyone, although our boss has given up on continuing to acquire Bank of East Asia, according to Hong Kong's "Company Law", as the largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia, we Jiaku still have to join the board of directors of Bank of East Asia, and I personally joined Jiaku
Representatives of the Bank of East Asia Board of Directors, you should have no objections, right?"
Facing the entire board of directors of Bank of East Asia in the conference room, Xu Yi preached calmly.
However, most people in the entire conference room were not thinking about Xu Yi joining the Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia at this time, because it was a done deal and there was no way to refuse.
What really puzzled them was why Chu Huan chose to acquire Bank of East Asia. Although everyone present did not want Chu Huan to fully acquire Bank of East Asia, they were still surprised when faced with Chu Huan's sudden withdrawal!
Just like those reporters thought!
Why did Jiaku, who was so arrogant in Xiangjiang, suddenly withdraw?
Although there was a lot of excitement between Jiaku and the Board of Directors of the Bank of East Asia over the matter of competing for the Bank of East Asia, everyone felt that this matter had not really officially started yet.
Is there definitely something wrong here?
Then everyone looked at Li Fushu, and they thought of the meeting that Li Fushu called for them the day before yesterday.
At that meeting, Li Fushu proposed a plan that could help them defeat Chu Huan and retain their management rights of the Bank of East Asia.
That is to issue new shares to HSBC in a targeted manner and introduce HSBC to the board of directors of Bank of East Asia, just like the previous acquisition of Hang Seng Bank by Bank of East Asia.
Regarding the acquisition, HSBC has a better reputation in the minds of these people than Chu Huan's Jiaku. When a run on Hang Seng Bank broke out, they had no choice but to ask HSBC for help. In the end, HSBC became the major shareholder of Hang Seng, but it did not
Take away the management rights of Hang Seng Bank's board of directors.
Hang Seng Bank also still maintains its independent operating characteristics.
If HSBC can acquire Bank of Asia now, for them, it should be like when HSBC acquired Hang Seng.
After discussion, the directors of the Bank of East Asia agreed to this matter. As a result, Jiaku suddenly announced that it would withdraw from the wholly-owned acquisition of the Bank of East Asia. It only became the company's major shareholder and only appointed one person to the board of directors of the Bank of East Asia. .
So now is it necessary for them to continue their previous plan to issue new shares to HSBC and introduce HSBC to the board of directors of Bank of East Asia?
It seems that this is no longer necessary!
Li Fushu met everyone's gaze and naturally knew what they were thinking. However, in the previous meeting, because at that time all the directors of Bank of East Asia thought that there was another hidden reason why Jiaku stopped acquiring shares of Bank of East Asia. So I agreed to Li Fushu's suggestion, and Li Fushu also told Shen Bi of HSBC about the news.
In this situation, even though Li Fushu knew that everyone already had other ideas in mind, he still wanted to put them forward.
"There is no problem with Ms. Xu joining the Board of Directors of our Bank of East Asia. It just so happens that there is another matter that needs a show of hands from the Board of Directors. How about we start now!"
Li Fushu preached with a complicated expression.
Previously, because of the approval of all directors, even if Jiaku held the largest share of Bank of East Asia, their side still had the advantage.
But now, as Xu Yi, on behalf of Jiaku, announced his decision to withdraw from the wholly-owned acquisition of Bank of East Asia, it is really unclear whether this resolution can be passed.
Xu Yi sat there and said with a smile: "Chairman, please tell me!"
Li Fushu then told Xu Yiting about their decision to issue new shares to HSBC.
After Xu Yi heard this, she also looked surprised. Although she had discussed it with Chu Huan and knew that Li Fushu must have obtained the support of HSBC, she did not expect that he actually wanted to introduce HSBC to the board of directors of Bank of East Asia.
"Sorry, Director Li, our Jiaku cannot agree to this matter!" Xu Yi naturally couldn't let this matter succeed. "Nowadays, the development of Bank of East Asia is very stable, and there are no new acquisition plans. It doesn't require a huge influx of cash, so I really don't see why the company needs to bring in new directors at this time."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As one of the core people in Jiaku, Xu Yi naturally knows that Chu Huan only temporarily gave up the wholly-owned acquisition of Bank of East Asia, not the real deal. gave up on the matter.
Nowadays, one Li family is enough to make Jiaku constantly choose to change their plans when facing this matter. If another HSBC is added, then Jiaku wants to fully acquire Bank of East Asia in the future. The idea will be even more difficult!
Since Li Fushu had already talked to Shen Bi on the phone before, he naturally couldn't break his trust with HSBC. After all, although Jiaku has given up on acquiring Bank of East Asia, in fact Jiaku has successfully entered the board of directors of Bank of East Asia. It is difficult to guarantee that they will not do so in the future. Will continue to acquire Bank of East Asia.
Therefore, after many considerations, Li Fushu still believed that it was very necessary to introduce HSBC at this time.
"Ms. Xu, I think your Jiaku's vote on this matter cannot represent the entire Bank of East Asia, because before Miss Xu became a director of the Bank of East Asia, our board of directors had already voted on this matter!"
Immediately after Li Fushu finished speaking these words, a director on the scene spoke out.
"Excuse me!"
Everyone looked at the director in unison.
"Director Li, I think the previous vote, although it was decided before Ms. Xu joined our Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia, was already the largest shareholder of Bank of East Asia at that time, and now Ms. Xu has joined on behalf of Jiaku
I think the resolution to introduce HSBC to the Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia should be voted on again by a show of hands!"
Li Fushu looked at the other party with a complicated expression. This was what he was worried about. As Jiaku announced that it would give up its wholly-owned acquisition of Bank of East Asia, in fact, in the minds of many people present, the relationship between Jiaku and them had changed.
After all, Jiaku is the largest consortium in Xiangjiang and the consortium with the most abundant cash flow. We were enemies before, but now we are partners on the same boat!
Having such a partner will definitely bring more advantages than disadvantages to Bank of East Asia.
Just thinking about the benefits brought by cooperation with Jiaku is enough to make everyone at the scene feel their hearts beat faster.
Under such circumstances, there is really no need to introduce HSBC to share everyone's cake.
Even though HSBC is the largest bank in Hong Kong!
"Yes, I think what Lao Liu said makes sense. This matter should be re-voted!"
Someone started and others agreed.
Soon the entire board of directors expressed such voices.
Although these people were speaking for him, Xu Yi looked at these people and still sighed in his heart. Such an occasion really taught Xu Yi a good lesson.
At this time, she was really glad that Jiaku didn't have to face such a situation.
Going public seems to have countless benefits.
But the biggest disadvantage is that the management rights of operators will also be severely restricted.
Just look at the current scene. As Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank of East Asia, Li Fushu has to consider the opinions of these shareholders and directors at this time and has to choose a resolution again.
At this time, Li Fushu also felt helpless in his heart. Such a scene was really not what he wanted to see.
But there was no other way. Many directors at the scene asked for a new resolution, and he could only choose to comply.
Moreover, the result of this new resolution is definitely not what Li Fushu wants to see.
Sure enough, the resolution of the Bank of East Asia's Board of Directors overwhelmingly rejected this proposal!
With the conclusion of the re-voting on this resolution, the Bank of East Asia's shareholders' meeting also ended.
"Miss Xu, Miss Xu, I am Liu Dezhi from Guangshun Trading Company, let's..."
Li Fushu sat there and saw that just after the board meeting, many directors began to actively look for Xu Yi to talk, and the feeling of powerlessness in his heart became more and more intense.
Just because of a new decision by Jiaku, the Board of Directors of the Bank of East Asia, which had been united before, was split in an instant.
"Daddy, what should we do?" After many directors left the conference room, Li Guobao couldn't help asking Li Fushu.
Li Fushu sighed deeply and said, "Go back to the office first. Shen Bi is still waiting for our good news."
Speaking of this, Li Fushu's expression became more and more bitter. At this time, he didn't know whether this news was good or bad for him, but he understood that it was definitely not good news for Shen Bi!
Even if there is such a reason for this matter, if it fell into Shen Bi's ears, it must be that they and his son played a trick on Shen Bi and HSBC.
In Xiangjiang, few companies have such qualifications!
Li Guobao said helplessly: "Dad, we just need to tell Shen Bi what happened just now. After all, it's not like we didn't handle this matter according to the results agreed with them?"
Li Fushu looked at Li Guobao who still didn't understand the key, shook his head and said: "It would be great if things were that simple!"