Chapter 190
In the Municipal Building, a group of British officials in suits and ties walked out of the conference room. They had just attended the meeting hosted by Hong Kong Governor Randy Ho.
The stock market has been falling for three consecutive months. Investors have suffered heavy losses and stockholders are miserable. They can only put all their hopes on the government and seek help from the Hong Kong government to introduce policies to restrain the stock from continuing to fall.
Officials from the Financial Department, the Inland Revenue Department, the Taipan of HSBC Bank, and the heads of the four exchanges all attended the meeting.
Earlier, they announced a number of measures. The exchange resumed full-day trading, extended trading hours, relaxed stock loan and repayment deadlines, postponed the listing of new stocks, suppressed short selling, lifted foreign exchange controls, and promised that no stock income tax would be levied in the short term. wait.
The Governor of Hong Kong also came forward to reassure investors, saying that the stock market has completely returned to normal and Hong Kong's economy is promising, so there is no need to panic.
Under the "stimulus" of various measures, the stock market finally rebounded as expected, rising from 600 points to over 800 points.
The rescue measures have achieved good results.
Unexpectedly, it only lasted for a week. The big market makers saw the "opportunity" to take advantage of the situation to flee the stock market and sold their stocks in large quantities, causing the stock price to fall back to 600 points.
You can imagine the mood of the Hong Kong Governor at this moment.
As soon as the front-end commitment was made, the back-end was leaked by these big players, and the government's credibility also suffered a blow.
Everyone has not forgotten the "wild words" of the previous Hong Kong governor, and it is inevitable that they will be angry at this moment. The newspapers are now criticizing the Hong Kong government.
So they had to launch a second wave of rescue plans.
"Lin Wei is back." Fu Wenfan told Mike the news as he walked him out of the city hall.
Mike paused and kept walking, with a somewhat gloomy expression on his face: "You are right, this woman does have ulterior motives, but this cannot mean anything. The most likely reason is that she wants to use this situation to fight with us. Negotiating conditions, businessmen chasing profits, you think of her as too 'kind'."
Fu Wenfan frowned slightly and disagreed: "The current stock price is higher than the mortgage price. If she chooses HSBC, she will know that the stock is safe. Under such circumstances, she can completely pretend not to know. When the situation is determined, she can say that it was an error and have sufficient reasons to give Hengsheng an explanation. The fact that she came back so quickly shows that she will not give up on Hengsheng. "
Mike stopped . , looked at Fu Wenfan: "Jeff... let's make a bet to see whether she will choose to side with Hang Seng or abandon Hang Seng?"
Fu Wenfan was stunned for two seconds, and after a while, he said: "Sorry, I don't like betting. , I just said that there is a possibility that if Lin Wei chooses Hang Seng, the situation will be very unfavorable for HSBC."
Mike didn't say anything and continued to walk forward, passed through the glass door of the city hall, and stopped in front of the car. He said to Fu Wenfan who was following him: "Maybe she really wants to choose Hengsheng, but so what? If there is only one way in front of her, she will naturally have no choice."
The driver opened the door and Mike After getting into the car, he did not ask the driver to close the door. Instead, he said to Fu Wenfan outside the car: "The most important thing is that you have to believe that no matter what her choice is, it will not affect the ultimate goal that HSBC wants to achieve."
The car door closed. , bringing up a strong wind.
Fu Wenfan stood on the side of the road, watching the black luxury car slowly drive away from his sight, with a faint smile on his lips, and then turned back to the municipal building.
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Mike’s schedule was very tight, so he squinted for a while in the car. After the car drove to Central, he woke up on his own.
People from Dongfang Industrial had been waiting for a long time. Chu Aidong was sitting in a wheelchair, and behind him stood Chen Hengxi, Chu Yinghao, and a group of company executives.
Today is the opening ceremony of the Chinese Bank.
Chu Aidong has always been famous among the Chinese, which is inseparable from the Chinese Bank. Although the Chinese Bank was the land that Chinese businessmen bought together fifty years ago, Chu Aidong was the first person to own the property rights alone. This made him Became the first Chinese to actually own a building in Central.
If Yuan Guodong had not acquired Wheelock later, his myth would not have been broken until now.
No matter how powerful Lin Wei is now, her properties are only in Causeway Bay and Kowloon, and there are no buildings in Central.
She had the loudest voice at the old post office. Everyone thought she would finally have a real estate in Central, but Chu Aidong got it in the end.
This matter has always been talked about, saying that Queen Lin also made mistakes sometimes, which shows that she is not good at everything.
The so-called ginger is still spicy, even if he loses a leg, Chu Aidong still has a way to make Queen Lin feel weak.
This victory gave Chu Aidong enough face.
Now the old post office and the Chinese Bank have been renovated together, and the two pieces of land have been combined into one building to create the first skyscraper in Xiangjiang. It is 55 stories tall, 10 stories taller than the previously completed Fu Sheng Building, and covers an area of 2.4 million square feet. It is currently the tallest building in Asia.
Chinatown is bound to become a popular landmark building in Central, and will also bring Oriental Industries to a new level.
As soon as the news of the completion came out, Dongfang Industrial's stock bucked the trend and achieved growth.
"When I see you, I feel that we haven't seen each other for a long time." Seeing Mike, Chu Aidong showed a very kind smile. "At that time, I didn't think that it would take so long for us to see each other again."
Mike's eyes were fixed on the person in front of him. Building: "I would never have thought at that time that an old antique like you could build such an artistic skyscraper, which is indeed worthy of being the most advanced building in Hong Kong."
Chu Aidong laughed "haha" and said: "This is not mine. My son Ajie is solely responsible for the credit."
He called Chen Hengxi to the front and said, "He spent more than three years personally watching every link. This building can be said to be the best. He worked hard and the process was very difficult, and he encountered a lot of doubts and obstacles."
Chu Yinghao looked very sad. Although it was true that Chen Hengxi built the building, he acquired the land, and now all the credit has been paid. It’s Chen Hengxi’s.
Mike looked at Chen Hengxi and smiled: "Young people nowadays can always surprise people."
Chen Hengxi smiled and said without being humble or arrogant: "Thank you, I am probably more persistent, and I also want to thank HSBC for the original loan support. . "
Skyscrapers are not easy to build. They require high technology, long construction periods, and high costs. He borrowed money from almost all banks and endured huge pressure to build the building into what it is today.
The design draft that Lin Wei gave him was so perfect that he really couldn't bear to leave any regrets. He actually hoped that Lin Wei could come and take a look.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to contact her for some time.
It is said that he went abroad.
I miss you inexplicably.
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"What are you thinking about? Who are you?" Lin Wei flipped through the information with one hand and said to the person on the phone, "I have so many boyfriends, those named Tang and Song, how can I remember them? "
Listening to the voice on the phone, Lin Wei lowered his head and smiled: "Ah, Da Qiang, it seems that there is a little impression."
"I miss you very much" came a very brief sentence on the phone. , a low, clear voice, as soft as a gust of wind.
Lin Wei paused, and then said: "The work is important, and it is the critical moment. You have to keep an eye on these worms. You must pay close attention to Wu Siyan. If you let such a person go, I will be angry." Die."
Ye Jingen and Lin Wei have said it several times. This policeman named Wu Siyan has killed people on the street, raped, and extorted.
"Okay," Song Ye said with a slight smile, "I won't let anyone go. No one can escape the line we drew."
According to their previous plan.
Anyone in the police force who is involved in violent acts such as rape, violence, extortion, house grabbing, etc. will be put into prison for review.
Without the above-mentioned violence, if corruption and bribery are involved, HKD 50,000 is the limit. If the amount exceeds this amount, you will be held accountable.
50,000 may not seem like much, but in fact, this amount is already very high. It costs the same as a house.
They cannot catch all corrupt police officers, otherwise the entire police system will be paralyzed, and feasibility must also be considered.
Even so, there are still a considerable number of people to arrest, and they need to use special means and use the power of the army to achieve their goals.
Lin Wei has been worried that their operation will fail. If the news is leaked in advance, she doesn't know what will happen.
Therefore, even the people in the Independent Commission Against Corruption did not know their next move. Song Ye was personally responsible for the interrogation of the three Chinese detectives.
Because the evidence was conclusive, the Hong Kong Governor personally signed a no-bail order, and the three detectives have been waiting for the court's arraignment and punishment.
It has been too long, the heat has passed long ago, and everyone has almost forgotten about it. Now is a good time to take action.
The police took care of it, but the remaining gangs were the easiest to deal with.
Lin Wei didn't dare to say anything on the phone. Although anti-monitoring equipment was installed, she was still afraid of any accidents.
In the room filled with sunlight, the man lowered his head slightly, his calm face disappeared in the half-dark air, and his voice was very calm: "When I'm done... I want to go home."
Lin Wei was silent for a few seconds, Then she said with a smile: "Go back if you want. Who dares to stop you from going home?"
She heard the man on the other end of the phone take a deep breath, and then said in a slightly smiling voice: "If I still want to go beyond How about a moment?"
Lin Wei lowered her head, a smile curled up at the corner of her mouth, and her fingers unconsciously circled the table. She said in a soft voice: "Then I will wait for you to come back and see... how will you overcome it? "
She heard the breathing on the other side stopped for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, no more, I have something else to do, I will call you when I have time."
Lin Wei smiled and hung up the phone.
The phone was locked tightly, but the smile on the woman's face slowly faded.
She looked at the document in front of her, a little lost in thought, and her eyes gradually lost focus.
It wasn't until Wu Ming came in that she calmed down.
"Are you ready?"
Lin Wei put away the documents on the table and said, "Let's go."
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"You are much later than I thought," Mike put down the coffee, "I have been waiting for you for two days. , I thought you had changed your mind."
Lin Wei sighed and said rather helplessly: "To be honest, I didn't want to redeem the shares so soon, but if I want to pretend to be stupid at this time, then Shan Bo and I will. It's completely over."
"There are not so many things that have the best of both worlds in this world," Mike said slowly. "If you are indecisive now, you will only offend both parties. If you are smart enough, you should know which option is more beneficial to you."
Lin Wei held the rim of the cup and whispered: "I met Shan Bo and Manager Yang in the first year I came to Hong Kong City. It has been exactly eight years now. Not to mention how deep the relationship is, but we have helped each other to get here. There is nothing wrong with businessmen focusing on profits, but if you only focus on profits and ignore friendship, it will be difficult to go far."
She said and looked at Mike: "I did have some wavering before, but in the past two days, I have thought clearly. I'm sorry. I still can't turn my back on Hengsheng."
Mike smiled. There were many wrinkles on his face. When he smiled, he looked like a kindly foreign old man, but the sharp nose weakened this feeling.
He folded his legs, looked at Lin Wei calmly, and said with a smile: "There is nothing in this world that cannot be abandoned, only the price is not suitable. The HSBC board seat is just a way for us to express our sincerity. I heard that you have an acquisition According to Haaland's plan, HSBC will provide full loan support to Miss Lin."
Lin Wei was stunned.
Mike continued: "If HSBC is not enough, I will also provide Ms. Lin with other connections. I also know the person in charge of Harland and can help you connect, including with the government. I can also provide you with some help."
I Go...
Lin Wei was completely stunned.
This old guy really stabbed her in the veins.
Lin Wei was speechless at all.
It is said that HSBC has great wealth, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of connections. It is really a golden leg with no shortcomings in all aspects.
This is too testing. Her relationship with Hengsheng is not that good either.
After a long while, she finally made a sound, "With you like this, it's really hard for me to say no, but -" Lin Wei covered her pounding heart and closed her eyes, "But I had already thought about it before I came. No matter what conditions you offer, I can't waver. I can't even lie to myself. As for Harland, my life will be gained or lost, no matter what the final result is, I will admit it!" She almost gritted her teeth after saying this! , looking like he was afraid that he would regret it.
The expression on Mike's face froze for a moment. He looked at Lin Wei for a while and said calmly: "Do you know why HSBC can reach this point? That is, once the goal is determined, it will not be influenced by anyone and go all out. "
Of course Ms. Lin has the right to choose. You don't have to sell these 8% stocks now, but can you guarantee that you will never sell them? Can you guarantee that others will not sell them?" Mike said slowly, " Unless Hang Seng can hold on to those shares and not release any new shares, it will only be a matter of time.”
Lin Wei looked at him. She understood what Mike meant. They were eyeing Hang Seng. HSBC was also the big winner in this stock market crash. They had sufficient funds to acquire Hang Seng.
For the development of the bank, Hang Seng cannot keep releasing its shares, and small shareholders will not cash out forever. As long as there is an opportunity, HSBC will buy Hang Seng's shares.
Later, HSBC held more than 60% of Hang Seng's shares, almost unchanged for decades, and firmly controlled Hang Seng.
But this is not a good thing for the development of Hang Seng. The highly centralized control of equity will hinder financing and affect development.
If you pick out any old listed company at random, this situation will not happen.
Now, there is only one way to wait for Hengsheng.
"Ms. Lin, you can choose again," Mike's voice sounded again, "I appreciate that you can control your heart when faced with the temptation of interests, but if the outcome is determined and you still insist on it unnecessarily, then it is not a choice. Love is more important than righteousness, but it's stupidity."
Lin Wei slowly touched her forehead.
Headache.
Mike continued: "HSBC will acquire the 16 million Hang Seng shares held by Ms. Lin at a price of 20 yuan higher than the market price. We are sincere enough."
The current stock price of Hang Seng is 70+. If it is sold for 90 yuan, it will be about 14.5 Around 1 billion, Lin Wei had mortgaged 450 million at the beginning. After excluding these, Lin Wei can borrow another 1 billion today.
After a while, Lin Wei held her head and looked at Mike: "Does what you said before count?"
Mike smiled and said: "I have never received any doubts about my integrity."
He stood up and smiled at Lin Wei stretched out her hand: "I hope we can cooperate happily."
Lin Wei looked at the big hand in front of her, closed her eyes and sighed softly, and then slowly stretched out her hand.
Two hands, one big and one small, were held together.
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When Lin Wei left the HSBC Building, her feet were floating as if she were stepping on cotton.
After getting in the car, she took a deep breath.
"How is it?" Wu Ming asked.
Lin Wei closed her eyes, covering her heart, with a lingering fear in her heart: "Old thing, it's really hard to deal with. It was almost, almost, that my reputation in my lifetime would be ruined."
Wu Ming looked at the smile on her lips . , asked: "How much did it cost?"
Lin Wei immediately covered her face, covering the corners of her uncontrollably cracked mouth: "1 billion!"
"Not counting as a mortgage?" Wu Ming asked.
Lin Wei nodded, her face covered, and her voice could not hide the pride: "Making money is like having fun now, it's so easy, it makes me dizzy, I really don't know where to reason." After saying this, she actually said Couldn't help but laugh.
Wu Ming looked at her like this, and a smile slowly appeared on his lips.
The day after the contract was signed and 1 billion Hong Kong dollars was deposited into Lin Wei's account, Hang Seng took the lead in announcing the company's new articles of association before HSBC announced the news.
With the unanimous consent of the entire board of directors and 70% of shareholders, Hengfeng will implement the separation of company ownership and management rights with immediate effect. The company's management rights will be fully vested in the board of directors. No shareholder has the right to interfere with the management affairs of Hang Seng Bank.