The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 393 Heading to London
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 is even 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 the companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Kowloon Exchange are mainly real estate, financial and shipping groups, and the market is mainly in Hong Kong, so that this year the Hang Seng Index and the Kowloon Index are both in a trough.

Also on the Far East Exchange side, because there are Huihong Group, Wheelock Holdings, Whampoa Holdings, Jiayi Group, Hutchison Land, Bank of East Asia, Xinjian Bank, Chinese Land, Kowloon Construction, Guanghua Construction, Taoda Group, Lane Crawford, Watsons, etc., as constituent stocks, have made the East Asian Index surpass the Hang Seng Index.

Although the East Asian index fluctuated somewhat due to the impact of the epidemic, in general, after the sharp drop at the beginning of the year, the East Asian index is slowly rising.

This aspect is different from the calculation of big A-shares. The three major indexes of Xiangjiang are mainly calculated based on constituent stocks. The better the market value of these constituent companies, the higher the index. As for those non-constituent stocks, there is not much impact on the three major indexes. influences.

The reason why the Xiangjiang Exchange was able to crush several other exchanges at the beginning was mainly because the top Hong Kong companies such as HSBC, Standard Chartered, Jardine Matheson, Swire, Whampoa, and Wheelock were on the exchange as constituent stocks.

Facing the current situation in Xiangjiang, and the Bryan government had some other ideas, on December 12th, the Xiangjiang business delegation headed by Xiangjiang’s chief executive, Xosos, took a Boeing 15 of Xiangjiang Airlines from Qi De Airport took off, headed for London.

This delegation is not Li Pengfei and his ilk, each of them is a well-known figure in the Xiangjiang business circle, including Li Jianhui, Li Guobao, Lei Juekun, Bao Yugang, Li Chaoren, Li Zhaoji, Chen Zengxi, Shi Huaiya, New Bi Jian, Huang Guangxing, Liu Xiaoyan, Li Qungang, etc.

Since he was going there as a member of the delegation, Li Jianhui did not take his own special plane this time, but went with Xos, Li Guobao and others.

As for the security personnel and some high-level executives who did not accept the invitation of Xoss to go to London, Li Jianhui asked Chen Yulian to take his special plane to go there ahead of time.

There are quite a lot of things to do in London this time, apart from 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 Holdings Group, who will join Lanfeng Holdings Group as executive vice president.

At the same time, Li Xiaobo, the executive vice president of Huaxin Group, will also serve as the executive vice president of Lanfeng Technology Group this time.

Zhou Bingqian, vice president of Wheelock Holdings Group, was also transferred to England, but she went to Lipp 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 Holdings Group.

Previously, because they wanted to hide and 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 it has turned from the dark to the clear, Li Jianhui will naturally not let these companies drift outside his control.

It was only the first step to change the presidents of the major holding groups. Now a group of high-level executives will be rotated slowly. This time, the transfers will bring in the elites who joined the company at the beginning of the establishment of the Xinjian Department. After they enter these enterprises, it will be more conducive to his control over these industries.

Different from ordinary flights, the bigwigs chatted very lively on the plane, especially about the topic of cooperation with the London business community this time.

Although the UK's domestic economy has not been very good in recent years, as a top-ranked economy in the world, there are still many projects that can attract the Hong Kong business community.

The shipping charter king, Jardine Newbikin, and Swire Poetry also have ideas. They all hope to reach cooperation with some British multinational companies, especially the shipping business from England to Asia.

"Jianhui, I'm afraid it's mainly up to you in the past this time. You know the situation of me and Uncle Lei. At present, the Baodao market has already made us cash-strapped, and there is no room for expansion.

As for cooperation, regardless of my Bank of East Asia, China Land, East Asia Technology, or Uncle Lei's New Art City, Kowloon Bus, Kowloon Jianye, Kowloon Technology, Golden Princess Cinemas, etc., it will be difficult for the time being to cooperate with the British side. What kind of cooperation does the enterprise reach. "

For Li Guobao's words, Li Jianhui is naturally clear. In his opinion, the fact that Xoss chose London as the first stop this time has more political significance.

For the Xiangjiang business community, the main industries are real estate and finance. The British economy is in a downturn, so it is not a good time to invest.

Fortunately, the Bryan government is also aware of this point. This time the business delegation will not only go to London, but also to Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tokyo, and Taiwan's BJ City.

Li Jianhui still pays more attention to Taipei and the capital city. This time, for the Xinjian department and allies, the two places may be the most rewarding.

Lei Juekun, who was on the side, said, "Guobao, this time we will treat it as a free tour. In the past few years, we have focused on the Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets. When we have enough strength in the future, it is time for us to enter the European and American markets."

Compared with Li Guobao, Lei Juekun has lived more comfortably in the past few years. After joining the big ship of Li Jianhui, the wealth of the Lei family has achieved explosive growth, and the industry has also achieved diversified development. It is no longer limited to real estate. Through Mutual holding has greatly reduced their own pressure.

Now, as the chairman of the board of directors of Jiulong Jianye and Golden Princess Group, he has focused his energy on the island and the Southeast Asian market. As for Jiulong Bus and New Art City, he has stepped down from the general manager position. Lei Zhaoguang and Huang Baiming served as general managers.

"Uncle Lei, Brother Guobao, there should still be some projects worth paying attention to when we go to London this time, especially this time we will have individual talks with the Grosvenor, Cavendish, Boot and other families. These families are quite influential in England. Strength, and the expansion rate in the past two years has been very fast, and there are many industries under its umbrella, there may be some unexpected gains."

Li Guobao and Lei Juekun naturally knew a little about the big families mentioned by Li Jianhui. They were all allies of the Xinjian Clan in England, especially the Grosvenor family. Zhou Pengfei's wife was a member of this family.

Now that some things have been exposed, there is no need to conceal them. Li Guobao and Lei Juekun also know that Li Jianhui and the British nobles have made a fortune in the London gold market. The three major families of Grosvenor, Cavendish and Boot These are the families that benefited the most from that operation.

In the past two years, Lanfeng Holdings and several major families have jointly invested and established many companies, such as Defeng Bank, Lanfeng Technology, Rose Technology, Jaguar Group, Lanfeng Cinemas, Lisa Investment Company, Bauhinia Film and Television Media The Group, etc., tied the interests of several companies and the Xinjian Department together, and became a boost for the Xinjian Department's expansion in the British and even the Commonwealth markets.

The two also look forward to gaining something after arriving in London. Right now, the Hong Kong business community is going to retreat if it does not advance. Although this year is still half a month away, the annual reports of major listed companies will not be released until another month away.

However, some media are already predicting the new Xiangjiang Top [-] Enterprises List, Xiangjiang Top [-] Family List, and Xiangjiang Fortune Top [-] List.

Affected by this year's crisis, the prediction list has changed greatly, especially the Hang Lung Chen family. Due to the double blow of banks and real estate, this time it is likely to fall out of the top five, or even drop out of the top ten.

(End of this chapter)