Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 651 Old Money
Today's charity dinner was attended by guests from all walks of life, including celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong.

But even among these people, there are still different levels.

As the host tonight, Xia Jiali would not take Ma Liang to greet every guest, because that would be too silly.

You must know that although Ma Liang is young, his situation is very special, far beyond that of ordinary rich brothers.

Looking around at the dinner party, there were only a handful of people worthy of Xia Jiali's personal introduction, and they definitely had to be those at the top of the pyramid on the ground in Xiangjiang.

No, Old Man Xia and Shi Meilun led Ma Liang to the middle of the banquet hall.

From the casual positions, chatting and laughing postures, and the gazes of people around him from time to time, it is obvious that the status of the people in the middle circle is the most respected.

"Ma Sheng, let me introduce you.

This is Martin, the second son of the Li family of Henderson Land Development, and this is Zheng Zhigang, the third generation successor of New World Group..."

Xia Jiali introduced it first with a smile. He had put a lot of thought into tonight.

Ma Liang was also shocked when he heard this.

Good guy, two of the four major families in Xiangjiang are here at once!
Moreover, the people invited were all from the younger generation, which was enough to show that this move gave him more face.

After all, Old Man Xia is not incapable of that. He can do it in minutes by inviting old guys like Li Shauji and Zheng Yutong.

But she didn't do that just because she didn't want to make Ma Liang feel uncomfortable.

After all, those old guys have been arrogant in Xiangjiang for most of their lives, and their momentum is extraordinary. If he, a newly wealthy man, felt particularly restrained when he saw him, wouldn't he be doing something bad out of good intentions?

Inviting the younger generation here not only completes the occasion, but also is appropriate.

Ma Liang greeted the heirs of the two major families very politely, especially the eldest son of the Zheng family, Zheng Zhigang, whose name he had heard from his sister Bing Meiren.

As for the descendants of the other two major families, they have never been seen.

It must be that the Kwok family of Sun Hung Kai Properties is currently in a turmoil within the family and is fighting fiercely. Naturally, they have no time to attend the so-called charity dinner.

The two young masters of Lao Li's family in Xiangjiang have been famous for a long time, so it is estimated that the noble man will not be able to come because of his busy schedule.

But Ma Liang didn't care. The so-called dinner party was just to show his face and make everyone look good.

Real social interaction is not at all superficial.

In the end, everyone still has to let their interests speak for themselves, just like Chai Daguanren, Limelight Queen and others, who gather because of interests and disperse when there is no interest.

The more elite you are, the more realistic it is, and no one will take vain social interactions seriously.

"Ma Sheng, this is Mr. Li Mingbin, the executive director of Bank of East Asia, and this is Mr. Lin Xiaoxian, the executive director of Lai Sun International...

The last one, I guess I don’t need to introduce him, Mr. Huo Qigang! "

Xia Jiali went on to introduce the others. These seemingly young people all had great backgrounds, and none of them had simple backgrounds.

To put it bluntly, they are all descendants of wealthy families in Xiangjiang, and these people can definitely afford it.

To be called a wealthy family by the world, it must be the best in terms of wealth and social influence.

The key is that if you are not rich for two or three generations, you will be embarrassed to call yourself rich after being rich for decades.

And the second and third generations coming today are all local snakes who have been tyrannical in Hong Kong for decades or even nearly a century.

For example, the Lin family of Lai Sun International has been rich for at least five generations. The contemporary head of the Lin family, Lin Baixin, is known as the Knitting King. The Lai Sun Group he controls is not only involved in many industries such as property development, hotels, media and entertainment, but many of its companies are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Together with its main subsidiaries, it is often referred to as " Lixin series".

Even the famous ATV is the property of their Lin family.

You must know that ATV was once as famous as TVB, and the Miss Asia beauty pageant it held was once comparable to Miss Hong Kong, which is evident from this.

Xia Jiali was fully prepared to welcome the arrival of Ma Liang, a newly wealthy man, and he definitely gave him enough face.

Although the second and third generations like Zheng Zhigang and Lin Xiaoxian have not yet achieved anything, the forces they represent behind them are all capable of shaking up Hong Kong with just a stomp of their feet.

The energy of a family cannot be easily judged by wealth figures.

The reason why wealthy families are called wealthy families is because they have been operating in one place for decades or even hundreds of years, and their background is by no means comparable to those of the Internet upstarts.

Wealth, power, connections, and political resources all take more than ten years or even decades to manage and accumulate.

Even Zhang Sanshi of Hillhouse Capital, after years of investing and becoming successful, still had to sigh: I have to be a friend of time!
Although this statement sounds like it is talking about investment at first, the meaning behind it is self-evident.

Only time can build a wealthy family.

The Li family, the Zheng family, the Lin family, the Huo family, etc., as long as there is no internal fighting in the family, each generation will have talents to take over, and the older these wealthy families become, the more unfathomable they will be.

It is also known as Old Money in the world.

And an upstart like Ma Liang is

Young Money's background is far from that of the wealthy.

Even though he invested in Twitter, which is now in the limelight, wealthy and wealthy people have professional teams to help manage their investment business, and they invest in many high-quality projects every year.

Just like Xiangjiang Lao Litou's investment fund, it has become one of Facebook's shareholders, and its assets are far more than what they seem on the surface.

If Ma Liang, a reborn person, hadn't disrupted the situation, Lao Li Tou would still have made a lot of money from Facebook like he did in his previous life.

The same is true for other wealthy families. After decades of operation, it is impossible for you to know how many properties they secretly have scattered around the world.

And Xia Jiali, as the top brother of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, naturally summoned these wealthy children not just for show.

What he really meant was that he wanted wealthy families to come forward to support Ma Liang.

After all, his first subsidiary of Young Money is about to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market, and he needs to rely on these Hong Kong wealth backbones to boost the stock price.

After all, the lingering lingering effects of the subprime mortgage crisis have not dissipated. The economy needs stimulation, and Hong Kong stocks need stimulation even more.

There is no one more suitable to build momentum than Ma Liang. With a shot in the arm, Hong Kong stocks may lead the world and be the first to recover.

So today it looks like the Jockey Club is hosting a charity dinner, but actually it's the big boss Xia Jiali who is helping to set the stage.

Ma Liang is not the first person to enjoy this honor. The last one was Xiao Ma from Goose Factory.

Just as Old Man Xia was exchanging pleasantries and enthusiastically making arrangements for the game, his assistant hurried in from outside the banquet hall and whispered beside him:
"Chairman Xia, King Gambling and Miss Zhou are here..."
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PS: It’s a new month. I originally wanted to write a few more chapters, but my body has not recovered yet.

The severe cold didn't heal, and my heart still felt uncomfortable.

Alas, it’s hard to put it into words.

(End of this chapter)