The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 154 MacLehose warns again
Niu Bijian, who had just returned to the Jardine Building, threw his glass in anger at the news reported by his assistant. Just this afternoon, Li Jianhui's assistant, Chen Yulian, accused Jardine and Swire of wantonly creating rumors in the JiaTV live broadcast room, in an attempt to make Xin The capital chain of the construction department was broken, which caused the collapse of the Xinjian department, thus allowing Jardine and Swire to continue to be the overlords of the Xiangjiang business community.

The most important thing is that Chen Yulian produced a series of evidence to prove that Jardine and Taikoo are indeed manipulating behind this.

What is even more frightening is that Huihong Group, Wheelock Group, Hutchison Whampoa Group, Xinjian Group and Jiayi Group and other senior executives of the Xinjian Department have written petitions to MacLehose on behalf of their own company employees, demanding that the government severely sanction Jardine and Swire.

Feng Jingyao, chairman of the board of directors of Dao Heng Bank, Li Guobao, chairman of the board of directors of Bank of East Asia, Zhang Guangwen, chairman of the board of directors of Guanghua Construction Group, Chen Zhiyong, chairman of the board of Xinhui Group, and Ye Han, general manager of Haojiang Tourism and Entertainment Company, etc.

They all said that the era of the four major foreign firms in Hong Kong has passed, and Jardine and Swire's delusional attempt to restore the previous situation is nothing but a dream.

At the same time, the Xinjian Department also announced the third quarter financial statements of several of its major groups. The profits of Wheelock Group and Hutchison Whampoa Group far exceeded that of the second quarter.

Huihong Group released its financial report for the first time, which blinded the eyes of most people. Even Nubijian was shocked when he saw the above figures.

According to the financial report of Huihong Group, in the third quarter, the profit before tax was as high as 4.85 million Hong Kong dollars.

With this powerful gold-absorbing machine, it would be a joke for the Tianshui City project to collapse the capital chain of the Xinjian Department.

Thanks to the positive news, the market value of the already-listed Wheelock Group, Hutchison Whampoa Group, and Wheelock Land Group in the Xinjian Department has all soared, and many investors are even looking forward to the split and listing of Hutchison Properties next Monday.

With Xinjian's series of attacks, Newbijian knew that many of the backup players they prepared would not be able to use them, and they had to put aside the relationship between this public opinion and their company as much as possible.

In the face of Li Jianhui's massive actions, MacLehose must have an attitude. If the government does not ask this time, there is no guarantee that Li Jianhui will not spread some rumors without incident.

You must know that Li Jianhui wants newspapers to have newspapers, TV stations to have TV stations, and there is 14k behind him, so it is too easy to release some gossip.

Newbikin immediately asked the assistant to release a statement, saying that the senior management of Jardine was completely unaware of what Chen Yulian said, and that the Jardine employees who spread this information were just personal actions and did not represent the Jardine Group.

In addition, he also stated that Xiangjiang is the common Xiangjiang of more than [-] million citizens, no matter what kind of enterprise, it is to serve the citizens of Xiangjiang, not to compete for the hegemony of the business world.

Coincidentally, Taikoo also issued a statement at the same time, the meaning of which is similar to that of Jardine.

Seeing that the Xinjian Department was about to fight with Hong Kong British-funded enterprises again, MacLehose specially hosted a banquet for Li Jianhui, Li Guobao, Feng Jingyao, Shen Bi, Niu Bijian, and Shi Huaiya at the Governor's Mansion that night.

"Everyone, Xiangjiang's economy is developing rapidly. Now Xiangjiang is relatively sensitive. The current situation is hard-won. I hope everyone will not cross the line."

Li Jianhui said in a deep voice: "I just wanted to develop my own business with peace of mind. I didn't think about targeting anyone, but some people always stared at me, and I had no choice but to fight back.

I also hope that Mr. MacLehose will not treat things differently. I am afraid that this will chill the hearts of more than five million Xiangjiang citizens. "

Niu Bijian and Shi Huaiya immediately refuted, accusing Li Jianhui of fabricating out of nothing, slandering Jardine and Swire without definite evidence, and deliberately provoking the dissatisfaction of the citizens of Xiangjiang against the two groups, so as to hinder the development of Jardine and Swire.

Seeing the endless accusations of the two sides, MacLehose patted the table and said: "I communicated with you at the beginning of the year. Some commercial competition is your business, but you must not manipulate public opinion, you cannot Create a confrontation between the two sides, but you don't seem to take it to heart.

It has only been a few months, and you once again use public opinion as a spear to attack each other. What do you want to do? Do you think that the development of the enterprise is too comfortable, and you hope that government officials will come to your headquarters for a while. "

Feng Jingyao raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Mr. MacLehose, don't get excited. The current situation is still within the controllable range. It's nothing serious. Everyone is looking up and seeing you down. I would like to offer you a toast."

Li Jianhui, Niu Bijian and the others knew that if they continued to quarrel, they would not be able to please everyone, so they also raised their glasses of wine, which eased the emotional confrontation just now.

MacLehose glanced at Feng Jingyao with satisfaction. Although Li Jianhui and Li Guobao were in charge of a huge company, they were still younger and less tactful than Feng Jingyao.

As for Newbikin and the others, MacLehose has long been dissatisfied with them in his heart. If these companies had not put pressure on him through London, he would not have favored Hong Kong British-funded enterprises in some matters.

With a glass of wine in his throat, MacLehose said: "I know it's unrealistic to restrict your competition, but one thing is absolutely not to try to use public opinion to target each other.

To use an old Chinese saying, one thing is one thing, two things are not three things. If you keep manipulating and inciting public opinion over and over again, don't blame me for not being sympathetic. "

Listening to MacLehose's categorical words, both Li Jianhui and Niu Bijian understood that MacLehose was absolutely serious. If they played like this again next time, they might be strongly suppressed by MacLehose.

In order not to cause trouble for themselves, both parties will never use means of manipulating public opinion after speaking.

MacLehose can just take office himself, and the future will be handled by the future governor. As for whether the Hong Kong British-funded enterprises can keep the Xiangjiang market, it depends on the capabilities of these enterprises.

If they are squeezed out of Xiangjiang by Chinese-funded enterprises with so many advantages, it can only prove that the top management of these enterprises is incompetent.

Although the two parties wished that the other party's company would go bankrupt immediately, they seemed quite friendly at the dinner after this table, and there was no atmosphere of rivalry at the beginning of the dinner.

As for the public opinion outside, both parties indicated that they would stop early tomorrow morning.

In order to show that the misunderstanding between the two parties has been eliminated, Jardine and others will donate [-] million Hong Kong dollars to Tiu Keng Ling Secondary School for the improvement of the school's hardware facilities.

In response, Li Jianhui reached an agreement with Jardine and Swire that the products of Jardine's International Milk Company and Swire Beverages will enter Lane Crawford supermarkets and IKEA convenience stores.

Whether it's true or false, at least the attitudes of both sides are giving MacLehose face today. Perhaps only God knows whether the two sides can turn their battles into jades in the future.

(End of this chapter)