Considering that today is also the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xinghua Society deliberately held the National Day reception at noon.
But now there is no Eastern Harbor Crossing that directly connects Eastern District and Yau Tong. Therefore, from Tseung Kwan O to Hing Wah Club on Queen's Road, Wan Chai, you have to go to Kowloon, which is quite time-consuming.
Therefore, Li Jianhui and Chen Yulian did not chat much with Wen Biyu, and they had no time to go to Diaojingling. They got in the car and headed towards Xinghuashe at about ten o'clock.
It's just that there was a little surprise at noon today. I didn't see Brian. Even the three chiefs, Xosos and others, didn't come.
It seems that the impact of the talks in mid-August was not that great, and compared to Yoder in his previous life after MacLehose left, Brian is obviously stronger and more insistent on local will.
You must know that after this meeting in the previous life, Youde, including several subsequent governors, attended this reception every year.
However, now because of Li Jianhui's butterfly effect, the situation has obviously become more uncertain.
Li Jianhui, who has participated several times, is actually somewhat immune to this. Those programmed words basically go in one ear and out the other, without causing any disturbance in his heart.
“In the past month or so, various kinds of news have been circulating in the market, causing uneasiness among many citizens.
Here, we once again promise that the economic system of Hong Kong will not change in the future, and everyone's interests will not be infringed upon.
And we will do our best to promote the return of peace to ensure prosperity and stability here.
At the same time, we also hope that everyone can visit the mainland more often and take a look at the changes and developments in recent years.
…”
As this speaker finished his speech, the luncheon officially began, and the atmosphere became lively at this time.
The people who arranged the seats today obviously put a lot of thought into arranging the seats. Li Jianhui took the couple Chen Yulian and Zheng Yutong, Li Zhaoji and his wife, Bao Yugang and his wife, and Guo Henian and his wife to sit at the same table, accompanied by Li Jueshen, the president of Xinghua Club.
At the tables to their left and right, there were several core members of major associations and their wives, and these tables were quite distinct.
The Nanjiang Conference is more embarrassing. They have no representatives at the main table. On such an occasion, they always feel a little out of place compared to other conferences.
Especially since even the Nanyang Association, which is not from Xiangjiang, has representatives sitting at the main table, but they do not, this is really uncomfortable.
But despite this, they couldn't say anything. After all, Li Jianhui, Zheng Yutong, Li Zhaoji and Guo Henian were all presidents of the association, but the president of their Nanjiang Association did not come to attend. No one can blame them.
Didn’t you see that Li Guobao, the head of the second largest family in Hong Kong, was not sitting at the main table? What qualifications do they have to have an opinion on this?
"Today, on the occasion of the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, I would like to toast you all and thank you for coming to the National Day reception."
The exchanges between Chinese people are most lively at the wine table. After three rounds of wine, they talk about some topics more openly.
When talking about enterprise development and competition, Li Jianhui said: "With the economic development in recent years, our Xiangjiang enterprises have made great progress.
But in my opinion, there are still big shortcomings. Although we are also one of the Four Tigers, our current per capita GDP ranks first among the Four Tigers.
But this is mainly supported by real estate and banking finance. In terms of core technology possession, we are far from being able to compare with the others.
If Xiangjiang's economy and our company want to develop well in the long term in the future, we must have our own core technologies and brands.
For example, our clothing industry has been the pillar supporting the economic development of Xiangjiang for 20 to 30 years. However, because it did not have its own brand, it gradually declined.
As for industrial competition, I can only say that if there is a market, there will be competition, and if there is competition, there will be development. Our companies must dare to compete with similar companies and stand out from similar companies in order to strive for more markets and development.
Of course, if you make money in business, you will lose money, and if you run a business, you will naturally exit when it expands. We cannot expect policies and the care of our peers to keep our business alive.
Instead, we must try our best to make our own industry bigger and stronger, and at the same time take the initiative in the upstream and downstream industries to form a closed loop and build a strong moat externally to maintain the stable and sustainable development of the enterprise."
No matter how good Li Jianhui's words are, he can't hide his desire to monopolize the market. Whether it is controlling core technologies and brands, or dominating the online game industry and building a moat, in the end, the purpose of development is to monopolize the market and maintain his own power.
Benefit.
Xinjian Department and even Donghua Club have obviously been working hard in this regard. Downstream sales channels have always been Donghua Club’s strength. In the upstream industry chain, Donghua Club is also constantly entering.
Compared to the behemoth Tung Wah Club, Sun Hung, New Asia, Heung Wah, Nanyang and even Nanjiang's industries are really not worth mentioning.
According to international classification, the Tung Wah Association is already considered a world-class business consortium. However, they are also local business consortiums and have some strength in their regions. However, in global terms, they are not enough.
The world's three major Silicon Valleys, except for California, London and Xiangjiang-Hsinchu, all have close relations with the Tung Wah Association.
Especially in London, with the support of Blue Maple Holdings and the Rose Consortium, a large number of semiconductor, computer hardware and software companies have gathered there, and it is now known as the Silicon Land of Western Europe.
As for the Asian side, it is a bit complicated at the moment. There are many semiconductor and computer hardware and software companies from the Tung Wah Association in the north of Hong Kong. The Hsinchu Science and Technology Park on the island is also developing rapidly. Most of the companies there are backed by capital from the Tung Wah Association.
Invest in shares.
Therefore, the outside world links the two parties together and calls them Asia's Silicon Valley, alongside California and London. However, due to current strength issues, even together they can only rank at the bottom.
If you still don’t feel that Tung Wah Club is already a world-class business consortium just by looking at this, then let’s rank it from some specific industries.
With the rapid development of Hongyu Clothing in the past two years, especially the promotion of the two major leagues in Asia, it has entered the top ten sports apparel companies. Its current market value has exceeded 30 billion Hong Kong dollars. If it were not for the impact of the situation, it would have broken through.
HKD 50 billion will not be a problem.
The top five real estate companies on the Hong Kong stock market are all real estate companies under the Tung Wah Association.
In the retail industry, the world has seen its strength in this regard, and it is still competing for the market in the North American market with the world's top two retail department store companies.
In terms of home appliances, in the Asian market, Jingyi Electrical Appliances and Datong Electrical Appliances already dominate the mid- to low-end market.
Jade Lion Group and Jaguar Group are also developing rapidly. Although they are currently unable to compare with comprehensive automobile groups such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Ford, General Motors, BMW, Mercedes-Benz Volkswagen, Peugeot Citroen, and Fiat, their strength can also be ranked among automobile companies in capitalist regions.
First fifteen.
Although it is only behind Toyota, Honda, Nissan and South Korea's Hyundai in Asia, it can still rank fifth.
In terms of transportation, Xiangjiang Airlines has more than 100 aircraft, becoming another top airline in the world.
Huangpu Shipping Group is also the world's top shipping group. Especially when everyone is reducing their fleets, Huangpu Shipping is increasing. Its strength and development potential are enough to attract people's attention.
In addition, there are media, cinemas, hotels, jewelry, games, communications, etc., all of which are at the top or first-class among their peers.
Li Bancheng's voice is nothing new in the market. The Xin Jian Department, except for marriage, can provide almost everything they need from birth to death.
Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the citizens who really live in Tianshui City and Huihong City will have some feelings, especially now that even the water company is controlled.
In these areas, water and electricity are all provided by Tung Wah Association companies, while education, medical care, daily shopping, home appliances, communications and travel are all provided by Tung Wah Association companies.
No matter how Li Jianhui whitewashes and excuses, in fact, in Yuen Long, Sai Kung, North District, and Tai Po districts, the Tung Wah Association has already monopolized the daily needs of citizens.
Of course, they are all businessmen. The eldest brother, let alone the second brother, whether it is gas or electricity, Tung Wah Hui only enters these four districts. The other districts, especially the core area, are Sun Hung Hui Towngas and Nanjiang Hui's China Gas.
Electricity and Xiangjiang Electric Light have a monopoly and do not infringe upon each other.
When Li Jueshen brought up the topic of enterprise development and competition today, he did not mean to control whether several parties had a monopoly. He only hoped that several parties would give up targeting Xianghuahui Enterprises.
Recently, the Xianghua Association has been under great pressure. On one side, it has been attacked in the stock market, and on the other side, companies have been aggressively acquired.
During this period, the Tung Wah Club not only lost Johnson Electric, but Wharf was also in danger due to joint attacks from Jardine Matheson, HSBC, the Kadoorie family, Swire and the Grosvenor Group.
This time, we are preparing to sell Kowloon Airlines, and we also hope that the funds cashed out here will prevent Wharf from being acquired by several British-owned companies and families.
The Huo family is also preparing to sell shares in Lisboa Tourism and Entertainment Company in exchange for funds to rescue Orient Overseas.
Huayi Real Estate was even braver and sold a number of properties to Jianrong Real Estate at a price three levels below the current market price in exchange for 135 million in cash, temporarily allowing itself to survive the crisis.
If Donghua, Xinhong, Xinya, and Nanyang still don't give up, I'm afraid that the Xianghua Society will really break up, and they may completely lose their industry and market in Xiangjiang.
Taking advantage of today's special day and rare opportunity, Li Jueshen still wants to help Xianghua.
He also did not want the Hong Kong business community to be controlled by neutralists and British capitalists, as that would be very detrimental to their future work.
However, he obviously overestimated his influence. Neither Li Jianhui nor Zheng Yutong, Li Zhaoji, and Guo Ho-nien had any intention of making peace with the Xianghua Society.
He also said that this is just normal market competition among enterprises and does not mean to target anyone in particular.
Li Jianhui even bluntly said that for some companies that only want to make money and invest elsewhere, but cannot make much contribution to the local economy and citizens, and have little core technology and competitiveness, closing is the best for themselves and the development of the local economy.
choose.
These words obviously angered the charter boat king at the same table. He said: "I know that Li Sheng was born and raised here, so I have always wanted this place to prosper and develop, and I have also made great contributions to the economic development here and its six million citizens.
However, we can't just take care of our small family, we must also think about the entire big family. I believe everyone knows what the north is like now and needs our help more than here.
I admit that in recent years, whether it is charity or investment, I have thought more about the north and ignored this side, but Li Sheng can't just think that we have no contribution to the economy here, right?"
I don’t know if it was because he drank mainland liquor, but Li Jianhui was also young and energetic. He didn’t care about the occasion and immediately spoke out angrily.
"Before Mr. Bao says this, think carefully about what your companies are doing. If nothing else, 25% of the employees in the two Wheelock Plazas open today were once textile companies and toy companies.
staff.
I would like to ask how these thousands of employees are without jobs, and what did their company bosses do for them when they were dismissed.
If this does not explain the problem, please go to Sham Shui Po and see more. When you are making a lot of money and acting as benefactors in other places, please leave a message to the citizens of Sham Shui Po who created wealth for you.
What?
Aren’t you talking about justice? Aren’t you talking about the nation? Are the hundreds of thousands of citizens in Sham Shui Po not our compatriots?
So don’t talk to me about these things from now on. I, Li Jianhui, was born here and grew up here. No matter what the outside world says, I, Li Jianhui, can pat my chest and say that I am worthy of this place and these six million citizens.
On the contrary, it’s you. Before I talk about this, please ask yourself: Whose support do you rely on to develop to this day? Do you deserve their support?
…”
This table had always been the center of attention. Seeing that Li Jianhui became more and more energetic as he talked, the eldest sister Li Chunxue sitting at the next table immediately came over and said:
"Jianhui, stop talking, go back and rest if your head is not clear."
Without waiting for Li Jianhui to respond, he immediately spoke out again: "Jianyang, come over and help Jianhui go back with Yulian. He is drunk now."
Chen Yulian felt like a mirror in her heart. She knew very well that this amount of wine was nothing to Li Jianhui, and it was impossible for him to get drunk.
What I said this time was actually to vent my inner dissatisfaction, especially because the other party used righteousness to talk about things time and time again, which made Li Jianhui completely annoyed.
However, she also knew that Li Jianhui did make it difficult for the other party to step down in such an occasion. If the dispute continued, it would probably involve some sensitive issues.
Whether it is for the stable development of the industry here or for the future market in the north, we cannot allow the aberration to continue to develop at this time.
It is quite appropriate for Li Chunxue to step forward at this time. Although Li Jianhui may not be regarded as the world's richest business leader, but in front of Li Chunxue, he is just a younger brother and must listen to Li Chunxue.
Li Jianhui seemed to have vented his inner feelings, so he did not say anything, but allowed Li Jianyang and Chen Yulian to support him and left the banquet hall.