Through the wealth life

Chapter 832 is a foregone conclusion
The timing of the investment this time is indeed not very good, but the Lee consortium expects to win the right to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes during this period, so it chooses to win this right during this period.

Now is the only chance for their Li Family Consortium. Once next month passes, the chances of Tianyu Bank wanting to get the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars are very slim.

The acquisition of HSBC and Standard Chartered is also a lot of trouble, and there are many interests involved. The British government will not let other forces absolutely control these two banks unless it is absolutely necessary.

For example, the current Qiu Deba, although he is the largest individual shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Chartered Bank is still firmly in the hands of the British, and Qiu Deba has no decision-making power over Standard Chartered Bank.

A reporter from Hong Kong Economic News asked: "Ms. Li, today many English newspapers have spoken highly of the current financial situation in Hong Kong, and at the same time said that the new power becoming the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong will only cause turmoil in Hong Kong's financial situation, which is not conducive to Hong Kong's financial stability. and economic development, what do you think?"

Li Xuemei said with a smile: "I don't know what these newspapers and commentators base their judgments on. When Hong Kong's financial situation fluctuated last year, our Tianyu Bank has been working hard to maintain the stability of Hong Kong's financial situation. The two major banks with banknote rights are self-sufficient and ignore the difficulties of small and medium-sized banks and financial institutions in Xiangjiang. We have not seen any contributions made by these two banknote-issuing banks in this round of currency crisis."

Whether HSBC and Standard Chartered have contributed to the economic development of Hong Kong, this is certainly true, but their contribution is small and the profits are large, and they will not take into account the interests of Chinese-funded banks.

Whenever there is a financial crisis, these two major banks will not help Chinese-funded banks survive the crisis. They are more willing to eat these banks in a crisis. For example, Hang Seng Bank is now eaten by HSBC in this way.

These themes are the favorites of the reporters. This time, the Lee Consortium is obviously fighting with HSBC and Standard Chartered, so that they will not lack of coverage. Moreover, these companies are all well-known companies in Xiangjiang. This is very interesting, and they are not worried about the lack of sales of the newspaper.

Some of this public opinion war has been fought. As long as the Lee consortium does not win the right to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes for a day, this battle will not come to an end.

A reporter from Sing Tao Daily asked: "Ms. Li, I don't know what you think of Xiangjiang. You suddenly made such a big bet in London this time. I wonder if you have any exclusive news to share with us?"

These reporters would not think that the Li's Consortium was stupid. Before the situation was clear, they ran there to place bets. It must be that the Li's Consortium had the specific information, so they dared to make large-scale investments there.

And this investment probably won't affect their development in the mainland, otherwise the Li's consortium won't be so calm. The investment of the Li's consortium in the mainland is still expanding, and there is no news that they will withdraw from the mainland market.

They also hope to be able to grasp the news earlier so as to prepare for future development and allow themselves to make choices earlier.

Li Xuemei replied: "We don't have much information, but Xiangjiang is peaceful and stable. After returning to the mainland, there is no need to worry. Our economic system will not change, and with the support of the mainland market, Xiangjiang It will only get better in the future.”

The reporters have already got a lot of news from Li Xuemei's words. It seems that Xiangjiang's return to the mainland has become a foregone conclusion. It is estimated that Xiangjiang's negotiations have come to an end.

No wonder Li Guangyu chose to return to his hometown in Sichuan Province and England this month. Now he no longer has to face some difficult questions to answer, and he no longer needs to be in a dilemma about some things.

Due to the Xiangjiang problem, Li Guangyu never returned to his hometown in Sichuan Province or went to England in the past four years, just to avoid affecting the development of the Li Family Consortium.

The market scope of Li's consortium is too large, no matter which region's market it loses, it is somewhat difficult for Li's consortium to accept.

Only when the issue of Xiangjiang is settled, can Li Guangyu go to other places with peace of mind, so that no disturbances will be caused, and the forces of all parties will not intentionally embarrass the Li's consortium.

Li Xuemei's press conference not only included reporters from various newspapers, but Xiangjiang Jiayi News Channel also broadcast the whole process live, and some TV stations stationed in Xiangjiang also made video recordings of the other two TV stations, which will be broadcast on the news file.

Governor Youde also received news from the British government, asking the Administrative Bureau and the Monetary Authority here to approve Tianyu Bank to become the third bank with the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars.

He also met with Stick Sutherland and George Lavin yesterday. These two asked him not to approve Tianyu Bank's right to issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes, and told him a lot of reasons.

Youde himself doesn't care, and he also wants the Li's consortium and the Xiangjiang consortium to invest in the subway from Hung Hom to Tin Shui Wai. At this time, he is also willing to sell the Li's consortium a favor.

Besides, Yinglun has already agreed to it. If he insists on not agreeing, the trouble will not be small by then.

With the increasing investment of the Lee consortium in England, the influence in England is increasing day by day, especially with the Conservative Party headed by the Prime Minister is very close, Youde also hopes to be able to take a step closer in England, he does not want to offend the Lee consortium.

Now Li's consortium owns or will soon own three wholly-owned holding groups and companies in England, with a market value of more than [-] billion US dollars. The power of these three groups and companies in England is very terrifying, not to mention the support of Li's consortium behind them.

Moreover, Youde believes that the Lee Consortium is one of the forces that have benefited the most from the negotiations on the issue of Xiangjiang. Very lucrative profits were obtained.

Youde knew very well that starting from next month, Xiangjiang would no longer be in their hands.

As for the interests of HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, this is not something he needs to consider. Even the British government has given up, and Yoder will not care.

Now he needs to earnestly implement the orders of the British high-level, and strive to be transferred back to the headquarters after the end of this term. There is no future for him to stay in Xiangjiang for a long time.

As a political figure with lofty aspirations, Youde knows very well that in England, it is impossible for him to sit in a high position without the support of the consortium.

The Lee Consortium's power and influence in England are constantly increasing. This is a very good collaborator. Youde hopes to maintain a good friendship with the Li Consortium.

The reason why he proposed to build a high-tech park and a subway project in Tin Shui Wai this time is also to sell well to the Li's consortium, so that the Li's consortium can feel his goodwill.

Youde said to Xia Dingming, the financial management bureau who came to report: "Don't worry about the public opinion in the unexpected world. Since Yinglun has conveyed the decision, we must implement it seriously. You must know that we can't stay in Xiangjiang for long. We can only let Yinglun We can transfer them back because they attach importance to them. Since HSBC and Standard Chartered are unable to influence the local decision-making, we can’t blame us for ignoring their interests.”

Xia Dingming saw that Youde firmly supported Tianyu Bank to have the right to issue banknotes in Hong Kong dollars, and he could only implement Youde's order. As for the requests from HSBC and Standard Chartered, he said that he could do nothing.

(End of this chapter)