Through the wealth life

Chapter 586 The Anxious Kadoorie Family

At [-]:[-] p.m. the next day, Xiangjiang Electric Group held a press conference to announce to the outside world that Xiangjiang Zhonghua Investment Company and Ho Investment Company had invested in Xiangjiang Electric Group.

The convening of this press conference made some forces in Xiangjiang feel uneasy. The news revealed here could not be more clear. The Lee consortium and the Singapore consortium have reconciled, and the Singapore consortium will no longer be their help in the future.

Among them, the Kadoorie family is the most tense. They have put most of the family's funds in the CLP Power Group, and the Xiangjiang Electric Group is their main opponent.

When the Singaporean consortium was in charge, they were not under too much pressure. Now that so many families have joined hands to control the Heung Kong Electric Group, it is too easy for them to expand the Heung Kong Electric Group with their abundant capital.

Facing these shareholders of Heung Kong Electric Group, Lawrence Kadoorie was full of worries about the future of CLP Power Group. He didn't think that his Kadoorie family could resist the alliance of so many families.

Lawrence Kadoorie is very clear that he can only rely on the British consortium at this time. Xiangjiang is still under British rule. As long as he has the help of the British consortium, he can keep the current market of China Power Group to a certain extent. .

It's not that he is unaware of the current decadence of the British consortium, but at present Xiangjiang has no extra forces for him to choose from besides the British consortium.

After receiving the news from the Hongkong Electric Group's press conference, Lawrence Kadoorie immediately contacted several representatives of the British consortium to communicate with them about the current relationship between the Singapore consortium and the Lee consortium.

In the box of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Shen Bi, Henry Keswick, George Lavine and Wooden Swiya came here one after another.

This time, apart from Lawrence Kadoorie who was more anxious, Wooden Szehuaia was also very nervous. The relationship between the Lee consortium and the Singapore consortium improved. Once the two of them joined forces, Swire Holdings would be out of control.

The shares held by those two companies have already exceeded 50%, which is very unfavorable for him to control the company. Maybe one day Swire AG will change hands.

The Singapore consortium was originally an opponent they found for the Li family consortium, but they did not expect to create such a big trouble for themselves now, which made them feel that the loss outweighed the gain. They even regretted finding the Singapore consortium to take over. If they had contacted Australia With the consortium coming, such a situation will not happen.

After sitting down, Lawrence Kadoorie said: "Shen Bi, Keswick..., you have heard the news this afternoon, right? Our living space. If this goes on, I’m afraid that we will all be squeezed out of the Xiangjiang market in a short time.”

Shen Bi and George Lavin are still relatively relaxed. It is not so easy for the Lee consortium to crowd out their two major banks, and the two of them control the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars. The Hong Kong government will not let them fall easily .

Henry Keswick and Wooden Scheer were in a much more serious mood. At present, Jardine and Swire are the only four major foreign companies. Wheelock and Hutchison Whampoa have long been taken over by the Lee consortium. , They are estimated to follow in the footsteps of these two foreign firms.

Especially for the Swire Group, their flagship Swire AG is already quite dangerous. Once the Singapore consortium transfers its shares to the Li consortium, the company will change hands in an instant.

Wooden Shihuaiya said: "Kadoorie, do you have any good suggestions?"

Now Shi Huaiya himself doesn't have much to do with the current situation. At this time, he can only hope that the Li's consortium will not look down on the Swire Group, otherwise they will definitely contact the Singapore consortium to acquire the shares in their hands.

Based on the Singapore consortium's transfer of shares in Heung Kong Electric Group this time, it can be seen that they have to pay a high price in order to make peace with the Li consortium. As for the shares of Swire, if the Li consortium proposes to buy , he believed that the Singapore consortium would not refuse.

Lawrence Kadoorie said: "I don't know if you are interested in China Power Group. I plan to give up some of the shares."

This time, Lawrence is going to let these people join the CLP Power Group. This will not only reduce the pressure on the capital of the Kadoorie family, but also have these groups to fight with him when facing the Xiangjiang Electric Group.

Of course, these few people are interested in investing in a company like China Power Group. The risk of this kind of investment is very small, and the rate of return is not bad, and it is very guaranteed. It is not like some industries that may lose everything.

Of course, they are also aware of Lawrence Kadoorie's plan, but they have always been in a state of hostility with the Lee Consortium, and the addition of the Kadoorie family this time can also strengthen their strength.

Shen Bi said: "Kadoorie, HSBC is still very interested in CLP Power Group. You also know that Li's consortium is getting stronger and stronger. In Xiangjiang, he can't tolerate big groups like us. He just wants to If he wants Li's consortium to become the sole overlord in Xiangjiang, I don't want to survive in the Xiangjiang market, I can't do it alone, and the only way to keep my business going in Xiangjiang is to report to the group for warmth."

For Li Guangyu's Sima Zhao's heart, the upper-level forces in Xiangjiang are very clear. Many families choose to stand on the side of the Li Consortium, and some other Chinese families also remain neutral. Whether the Li Consortium becomes the overlord of Xiangjiang has no influence on them. big.

Only top forces like them have become the thorn in the side of the Li's consortium. If they are not removed, the Li's consortium will not feel at ease.

And now in Xiangjiang, only a few of them are competing with the Li's consortium. Needless to say, the Chinese families either belong to the interest groups surrounding the Li's consortium, or belong to neutral forces, and other groups are almost suppressed by the Li's consortium.

Lawrence Kadoorie now has no choice but to integrate into the British consortium and face the pressure brought by the Li consortium together with them.

His family property is basically in the CLP Power Group. Once there is a problem with this group, his Kadoorie family will be finished. Laurence Kadoorie does not want the family property to be destroyed in his own hands.

Lawrence Kadoorie said: "Shen Bi, I agree with this matter, but we still need to negotiate some details. I don't want our China Power Group to be like Wellcome Supermarket. When you need capital injection, you At this time, the two major banks are thinking of stopping the loss and exiting, and the Jardine Group can only reluctantly end the operation of Wellcome.”

What can Shen Bi say about this? This matter is not something he can decide on his own. If they were the controlling shareholders of the bank, they would definitely not let Wellcome Supermarket go down. Unfortunately, he and George Lavin are both part-time workers. They are investing When the industry faces losses, it can only choose to follow the orders of the shareholders behind.

This is also the root cause of the frequent defeats of their British-funded consortium in the face of the Li's consortium. They simply cannot be twisted into a single rope, and the shareholders behind them have their own ideas.

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(End of this chapter)