"President Li, what's the important thing for you?"
"Mr. Li, I believe you also know some of the current market conditions. Many things here are complicated and cannot be explained clearly over the phone for a while.
I don’t know if Mr. Li is free at noon. I will treat Mr. Li to dinner at the Xianghua Hotel and communicate with you in person."
Li Jianhui knew very well what Li Jueshen wanted to talk to him. As the representative of the north, for the development of his own industry in the north, Li Jianhui would naturally not disgrace him. Anyway, he had no special arrangements at noon.
So I gladly accepted the invitation.
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In a private room at the Xianghua Hotel, only two people, Li Jianhui and Li Jueshen, were sitting. The two parties had a full discussion on the current situation.
Li Jianhui did not care much about the relocation of the headquarters of HSBC and Cathay Pacific. Although these two companies had some influence, they did not have much effect.
Especially at present, Xiangjiang Airlines' fleet size is more than twice that of Cathay Pacific. Hongya Airlines, which is controlled by the three major consortiums of Sun Hung, New Asia and Nanyang, is also starting to make efforts. In the next two years, the fleet size will be no more than that of Cathay Pacific.
It will be less than Cathay Pacific.
The market capitalization of HSBC is higher. Xinjian Bank and Bank of East Asia are not much worse than HSBC. Not to mention the relocation of the headquarters, there are no major banks such as HSBC, Xinjian, East Asia, Dao Heng, Wing On, Youlian, and K. Wah.
Banks could also fill HSBC's shoes.
As for the immigration of some people, Li Jianhui said: "President Li, everyone has their own ambitions, so why should we force it.
And this is not all bad. If these people develop well in the local area, they can also expand the influence of us Chinese in the local area.
For example, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, in the near future our Xinjian Education Group will build a school there that will focus on Cantonese teaching and cover primary and secondary schools.
And this is only the first one in Johor Bahru, but it will definitely not be the last. If possible in the future, such schools will be established in Cebu, Vancouver, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Eastern Europe and other places to expand the influence of our Xiangjiang culture in various places.
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Li Jue has long understood Li Jianhui's ambitions. Economic penetration alone is not enough. Now he is also thinking about cultural penetration.
Once such schools are established in various places, students who have studied there since childhood will naturally be close to the Xin Jian Department and the Tung Wah Association, which will also make the Xin Jian Department and even the Tung Wah Association more and more influential in the local area.
Moreover, Li Jueshen knew very well that Xinjian was a company that had a rigid rule, that is, senior executives must speak Cantonese and understand traditional Chinese documents.
At large-scale meetings of the Xinjian Department, all speeches are in Cantonese, and all major group documents are in Traditional Chinese. Being able to speak Cantonese and Traditional Chinese is the first condition for middle-level managers in the Xinjian Department to rise to the top.
Of course, there are some exceptions, that is, technical management talents, and the Xinjian Department does not have mandatory requirements in this regard.
Li Jueshen also knew from Li Jianhui's words that facing the current situation, Li Jianhui's positions were not consistent with theirs.
The departure of these people does not mean much loss to Li Jianhui. It can even be said that Li Jianhui is happy to see the results to a certain extent.
These people have greater influence in various places, and it is easier for Xinjian-related industries to enter and develop in these places.
"I also strongly support the expansion of our country's culture. However, the primary factor in the development of a place is its people. Once a large number of people leave, development will be impossible.
We have always hoped that this area can develop stably and prosperously and serve as a window for exchanges with the West.
As a business leader in Hong Kong and a representative of the global Chinese business community, Mr. Li is a leader in Hong Kong. At this time, we hope that Mr. Li can stand up and stabilize the public's confidence in Hong Kong."
"I have always regarded the Xiangjiang market as the foundation for the development of my industry. I will do this even if President Li doesn't tell me.
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And in fact, some of my properties have already been developed, such as Xinjian Real Estate, Hutchison Real Estate, Yijia Group, and my third sister’s Jianrong Real Estate Company.
Recently, we have been acquiring residential shops and even buildings that we are eager to sell, showing our confidence in the future of Xiangjiang to the outside world.
And I have plans to join forces with Li Guobao, Lei Juekun and others to visit the Jiayi live broadcast room in the near future to convey our confidence in the future to the outside world and calm the panic of the public."
Regarding Li Jianhui's response, Li Jueshen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Donghua Society is stable, there won't be any big problems.
And with Li Jianhui and others visiting the Jiayi live broadcast room, he also believes that the current situation can be stabilized.
In the past few years, Li Jianhui can be said to be the idol of a generation in Hong Kong and a weathervane in the business community in Hong Kong. No one in Hong Kong can compare with his influence.
At this time, large-scale acquisitions of residences, shops and even buildings by the Xin Jian Group and even Tung Wah Hui companies will inevitably lead to imitation by many companies, such as companies under Sun Hung Club, New Asia Club, Nanjiang Club, and Nanyang Club.
As long as these companies follow up, most citizens who originally thought about selling and leaving will give up their plans and choose to stay and wait and see.
“I am very grateful to Mr. Li for his support, and I firmly believe that Mr. Li’s decision will definitely reap rich rewards in the future.
At the same time, I also hope that Mr. Li and the senior management of his subsidiaries can visit the mainland more often, and I also hope that Mr. Li can increase cooperation and investment with the mainland."
In fact, the most effective way is for Xin Jian Department to invest heavily in the north.
Unfortunately, it is obvious that Li Jianhui is not very willing to get involved in the political whirlpool at this time. He will not go to the north or England at this time.
In terms of investment, he has not made any big moves recently. Now he is mainly cooperating with the Aodong Trading Group to be a good second-tier dealer.
As for the proposed major projects of the Yangcheng-Pengcheng Expressway, Pengcheng Airport and Shanghai Port, not to mention that the North has not approved it, even if it is approved now, he has no intention of immediately investing in large-scale construction.
“As a market with a population of more than one billion, the northern market has always been taken very seriously by me and the senior management of our companies.
Recently, the Golden Princess Cinema Line is accelerating its expansion in central cities in East and South China, and Hongyu Clothing, Jingyi Electrical Appliances, Taoda Group, etc. are also expanding their production plants to meet the needs of the northern market.
I also believe that as time goes by, the focus of my industrial development will shift to the northern market, and the scale of investment in the north will also surge rapidly.
In the past few years, I have also traveled to the north every year, and I can feel the vitality of the economic development in the north. If I have time, I will go to the major cities in the north to have a look and seek more cooperation."
Li Jueshen didn't know that Li Jianhui's nice words were more of a pushover. He obviously had no plans to go to the mainland in the near future.
He doesn't have a good solution for this. Now he just hopes that the negotiations can be concluded as soon as possible, so that his work will be much easier.
After seeing off Li Jianhui at the end of the luncheon, Li Jueshen immediately went to Yixuan Tea House, preparing to wait for Li Zhaoji's arrival.
Currently, the largest manufacturing industry in Hong Kong is Tung Wah Hui, with Sun Hung Hui ranking second. It is also a force that Li Jueshen needs to stabilize.
As long as these two forces are stabilized, the situation will not be too chaotic and economic development will not be greatly affected.