As real estate, shipping and the stock market have entered a trough, Hong Kong's economy has not developed very well this year, and there has even been some inflation. Even the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate has fallen from the peak of 5.03 at the beginning of the year to the current 5.14.
The constituent stocks of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Kowloon Stock Exchange are mainly real estate, financial and shipping groups, and the market is mainly in Hong Kong, so this year the Hang Seng Index and the Kowloon Index are at a low level.
On the Far East Exchange side, there are Huihong Group, Wheelock Holdings, Whampoa Holdings, Jiayi Group, Hutchison Real Estate, Bank of East Asia, Xinjian Bank, Chinese Real Estate, Kowloon Construction, Guanghua Construction, and Taoda
Group, Lane Crawford, Watsons, etc. as constituent stocks, the East Asia Index has surpassed the Hang Seng Index.
Although the East Asian index has some fluctuations due to the impact of the situation, overall, after the decline at the beginning of the year, the East Asian index is slowly rising.
This aspect is different from the calculation of large A-shares. The three major Hong Kong indexes are mainly calculated based on constituent stocks. The better the market value of these constituent stocks, the higher the index. As for those non-component stocks, they do not have much influence on the three major indexes.
Influence.
The main reason why the Hong Kong Exchange was able to crush several other exchanges was that its exchange had top Hong Kong companies such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, Jardine Matheson, Swire, Whampoa, and Wheelock as constituent stocks.
Faced with the current situation in Hong Kong, and the Bryan government had some other ideas, on December 15, a Hong Kong business delegation headed by Hong Kong Chief Executive Mr.
Take off from the German airport and head towards London.
This delegation is not like Li Pengfei. Everyone in this delegation is a well-known figure in the Hong Kong business community, including Li Jianhui, Li Guobao, Lei Juekun, Bao Yugang, Li Chaoren, Li Zhaoji, Chen Zengxi, Shi Huaiya, Newby
Jian, Huang Guangxing, Liu Xiaoyan, Li Qungang, etc.
Since he was traveling as a member of the delegation, Li Jianhui did not take his own special plane this time, but was with Kesos, Li Guobao and others.
As for the security personnel and some senior officials who were going to London who did not accept the invitation of Xosos, Li Jianhui asked Chen Yulian to take them there in advance on his special plane.
There were quite a lot of things going on in London this time. In addition to Chen Yulian and Li Zhipeng changing their identities, he also sent some talents to Zhou Zhipeng.
Among them is Xue Yiyang, vice president of Xinjian Holding Group, who will join Lanfeng Holding Group as executive vice president.
At the same time, there is Li Xiaobo, executive vice president of Huaxin Group, who will also serve as executive vice president of Blue Maple Technology Group this time.
Zhou Bingqian, vice president of Wheelock Holdings Group, was also transferred to England, but she went to Lip Holdings as executive vice president.
Liu Qingcheng, vice president of Xinjian Bank, was also transferred to Paris by Li Jianhui and will serve as vice president of Lanxi Holding Group.
Previously, because the idea was to develop these industries in secret to avoid suppression by some forces, Zhou Pengfei was basically in charge of these industries, and Li Jianhui rarely intervened.
Now that the situation has turned from darkness to light, Li Jianhui will naturally not let these companies escape his control.
In the past, replacing the presidents of major holding groups was just the first step. Now, a group of senior executives will be rotated slowly. The people transferred this time are the elites who joined the company when the Xinjian Department was established. Li Jianhui is also more relieved about these people, so that
After they enter these enterprises, it will be more conducive for him to control these industries.
Different from ordinary flights, the big bosses chatted very lively on the plane, especially about the topic of cooperation with the London business community.
Although the UK's domestic economy has not been very good in recent years, as one of the world's top economies, there are still many projects that can attract the Hong Kong business community.
The shipping charter kings here, Jardine Nubigian and Swire Pacific, also have ideas. They all hope to reach cooperation with some British multinational companies, especially the shipping business from Britain to Asia.
"Jianhui, I'm afraid it's mainly up to you to go over this time. You also know the situation of Uncle Lei and I. The current Baodao market has already made us cash-strapped, and we have no room for expansion.
As for cooperation, no matter whether it is Bank of East Asia, Chinese Land, East Asia Technology, or Uncle Lei's New Art City, Kowloon Bus, Kowloon Construction, Kowloon Technology, Golden Princess Cinema, etc., it will be difficult for the time being to cooperate with the British side.
What cooperation has the company reached?"
Li Jianhui was naturally aware of Li Guobao's words. In his opinion, the reason why Kesos chose London as the first stop this time was more of a political significance.
In Xiangjiang's business community, the main industries are real estate and finance. When the British economy is in a downturn, it is not a good time to invest.
Fortunately, the Bryan administration is also aware of this. This time the business delegation will not only go to London, but also to Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tokyo, Taipei, and Beijing.
Li Jianhui pays more attention to Taipei and the capital. This time, the biggest gain for the Xin Jian faction and his allies may be in these two places.
Lei Juekun on the side said: "National Security, this time we treat it as a free trip. In the past few years, our focus has been on the treasure island and the Southeast Asian market. When we are strong enough in the future, it will be time for us to enter the European and American markets."
Compared with Li Guobao, Lei Juekun has lived a more comfortable life in the past few years. After boarding the big ship of Li Jianhui, the Lei family's wealth has achieved explosive growth, and the industry has also achieved diversified development, no longer limited to real estate, through
Mutual holdings greatly reduce one's own pressure.
Now as the chairman of the board of directors of the two major groups, Kowloon Construction Industry and Golden Princess, he focuses his main energy on Baodao and the Southeast Asian market. As for Kowloon Bus and New Art City, he has stepped down from his position as general manager, and is appointed by Kowloon Bus and New Art City respectively.
Lei Zhaoguang and Huang Baiming serve as general managers.
"Uncle Lei, National Security Brother, there should still be some projects worth paying attention to during this trip to London. Especially this time we will have separate talks with the Grosvenor, Cavendish, Bute and other families. These families are quite famous in England.
It has great strength, and its expansion has been very fast in the past two years. It has many industries, and there may be some unexpected gains."
Naturally, Li Guobao and Lei Juekun knew a bit about the major families mentioned by Li Jianhui. They were all allies of Xin Jian in England, especially the Grosvenor family, of which Zhou Pengfei's wife was a member.
Since some things have been exposed, there is no need to hide them. Li Guobao and Lei Juekun also know that Li Jianhui and the British aristocrats have made a fortune in the London gold market. The three major families of Grosvenor, Cavendish and Bute
These are the families that made the most profits from that operation.
In the past two years, Blue Maple Holdings has jointly invested with several major families to establish many companies, such as Demaple Bank, Blue Maple Technology, Rose Technology, Jaguar Group, Blue Maple Cinemas, Lisa Investment Company, and Bauhinia Film and Television Media.
Group, etc., tied the interests of several companies to the Xinjian Department, and became a driving force for the expansion of the Xinjian Department in the British and even Commonwealth markets.
The two of them also look forward to gaining something after arriving in London. Now the business community in Hong Kong is either advancing or retreating. Although this year will only end in half a month, and the annual reports of major listed companies will not be released for another month.
But some media are already predicting the new list of the top 100 enterprises in Hong Kong, the list of the top ten families in Hong Kong, and the list of the top 100 wealth companies in Hong Kong.
Affected by this year's crisis, the forecast list has changed a lot, especially Hang Lung Chen's. Due to the double blow of banks and real estate, it is likely to fall out of the top five or even the top ten this time.