Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1010 0995 [Bad News in Hong Kong]

"Snapped!"

The teacup fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

Li Zhaoheng stared at his subordinate Li Tianwang with his eyes wide open in disbelief: "Are all the things you said... true?"

Li Tianwang nodded: "Yes, that's right! Du Yongxiao teamed up with Rockefeller in the United States, Howard in the United Kingdom, and the stock market sniper Soros to cut off our retreat! To be precise, they acquired all of our Li Group's overseas assets. This news has now been spread, and soon our Hong Kong listed company's shares will plummet. Soros also came from the United States with a clear purpose, which is to acquire our Hong Kong assets again! Mr. Li, we are finished this time!"

"Impossible!" Li Zhaoheng swept all the teapots and teacups on the table like a madman!

Crackling!

It's like a flower.

Looking at the furious Li Zhaoheng, Li Tiansheng didn't dare to say anything more.

"How could this happen? I don't believe it! I don't accept it!" Li Zhaoheng muttered to himself. He raised his head suddenly and said, "Hurry up and tell Smith and Meng Qingsong to protect our Li family."

Li Tiansheng shook his head and said, "Lisheng, the current situation is no longer something that can be controlled by a few stockbrokers. Du Yongxiao is very wealthy and powerful, and he is bound to swallow up Li's and Cheung Kong Industries. This is not something you and I can control."

"I don't care! I don't care about anything! You're talking nonsense!" Li Zhaoheng stepped forward and grabbed Li Tiansheng's collar, glaring at him and said, "Listen to me, I don't care how powerful the Du family is, I just want you to help me protect the Li family! Yes, no matter what, we must protect the Li family!"

Li Tiansheng smiled bitterly, "Yes, Lisheng! I will do my best!"

At this moment, he was the only one who knew clearly that the chaebol alliance formed by Du Yongxiao was already unstoppable, especially when Soros came to Hong Kong. Once the news spread, the Ritchie Group, Cheung Kong Holdings, Henderson Land Development and other companies that had opposed Du Yongxiao all suffered misfortune.

Apart from anything else, the share price of Cheung Kong Holdings has also begun to plummet like Li's. The "Superman Li" who is famous in Hong Kong for his diligence and wisdom has now become an ant on hot pot, and is probably even more miserable than Li Zhaoheng.

……

"Quick! Spread the word. As soon as the stock market opens tomorrow, buy back the real estate shares of our Cheung Kong Group! You know, real estate is my lifeblood. I will never allow it to have any mistakes! Ahem!"

In the office, after Boss Li Jiacheng said this, he started coughing violently.

Song Bingshu, his trusted subordinate, was sweating profusely and said nervously, "But we have no money anymore! All the cash has been frozen by the bank! The rest has been given to Li Zhaoheng, and now we can't even take out a penny!"

"Uh, how could this happen?" Boss Li didn't bother to cough, and jumped up from his chair in surprise, staring with wide eyes: "Why did the bank freeze my assets? Those are all my things, why, what's the reason?"

Song Bingshu smiled bitterly and said, "It's the Independent Commission Against Corruption. They said that Cheung Kong Industries was suspected of commercial bribery and they wanted to investigate us."

"What?" Boss Li was shocked. "Isn't the ICAC on our side? Isn't that foreigner Bai Liqu a sworn enemy of Du Yongxiao? How could this happen? What went wrong?"

Song Bingshu hesitated for a moment and said, "That's right. As far as I know, Du Yongxiao has already subdued the foreigner Baili Qu. Now Baili Qu is serving him. He also instructed the ICAC to investigate us."

boom!
Boss Li seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt, his body was shaking, and he quickly reached out to hold on to the desk.

"Boss, are you okay?" Song Bingshu hurried forward to support him.

"I... I'm fine." Boss Li waved his hands with difficulty, his eyes dim, "Is everything you said true?"

"It's true. Not only us, but also the Li Group, Henderson Land Development, Far East Bank, Far East Securities, etc., all the companies involved in the anti-Du alliance are being investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption!" Song Bingshu said, "If nothing unexpected happens, the stocks of these companies will plummet tomorrow, and Du Yongxiao will swallow them all without hesitation. It is still unknown whether Li's and Cheung Kong Industries can survive in the future!"

Boss Li's lips trembled and his eyes were unfocused. "What did you say? Will my company... exist? Why can't it exist? I founded them all, they are just like my own children! No way, nothing can happen to them! Ahem!"

Boss Li covered his chest and coughed violently, looking painful.

Song Bingshu hurriedly patted his back and said, "Boss, don't be sad. Maybe we can still turn things around. If you are willing--"

"What do I want?" Boss Li asked hurriedly.

"If we are willing to submit to Du Yongxiao, maybe he will be willing to let us go, and Cheung Kong Industries can survive."

"What did you say? Do you mean that I should apologize to him and let him become the major shareholder and control me?" asked Boss Li.

Song Bingshu nodded. "This is the best scenario at the moment. Allow him to move into Cheung Kong Industries, and... you become his puppet."

"Impossible! Cough cough cough!" Boss Li was almost mad to death, his face was hysterical, and his eyes were blazing with fire. "A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated! How can I accept such an humiliation just to survive?"

Song Bingshu hesitated: "There is no choice now! In fact, it is not about your survival, but whether the entire Cheung Kong Group can survive. This is the key!"

A sentence to remind the dreamer.

Yes, what does it matter whether I can survive or not?
The continued existence of Cheung Kong Holdings is the key. If Du Yongxiao really swallows it, then he will have nothing.

Close your eyes.

Boss Li was torn between his inner thoughts and his desires.

A moment——
He opened his eyes, exhaled slowly, looked at Song Bingshu and said, "Is there really no other choice?"

"without!"

"Oh!" Boss Li let out a long sigh.

……

This night,
Countless people couldn't sleep all night.

Especially those big guys who stood at the pinnacle of the business world and formed the anti-Du alliance, tossed and turned, and even howled all night long.

It is said that overnight, the hair of Henderson Land Development tycoon Li Zhaoji turned white, and even his wife was shocked when he got up.

In ancient times, Wu Zixu's hair turned white overnight when he passed Shaoguan. Today, Li Zhaoji's hair turned white overnight when he heard the bad news.

Far Eastern Bank boss Qiu Degen is said to be bedridden due to a serious illness. Insiders say that Qiu Degen kept repeating one sentence on his sickbed: "I regret it! I regret it! I shouldn't have listened to that Li and Li! Now I'm getting my retribution!"

Far East Securities tycoon Li Zhaofu slipped and fell into the water last night. It is said that he was fishing at night on a luxury yacht when he learned that the Du Group was acquiring his assets overseas and that Soros was coming to Hong Kong. He shouted, "God wants to kill me!" and fell into the water with a splash.

Fortunately, someone heard the sound of water and jumped into the water to rescue him, and finally Li Zhaofu was salvaged from the sea.

According to people familiar with the matter, the boss was soaking wet, barely breathing, and dying. He was brought back from the brink of death through artificial respiration and other emergency measures.

After being pulled back, the first thing the big man said when he opened his eyes was: "Tell Mr. Du I'm sorry for you!"

In addition to these bigwigs and tycoons, there were also many big figures in the anti-Du alliance, who all tasted the so-called "pain" that night.

……

Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong Island.

In Hong Kong at this time, the Hilton Hotel is the industry's golden sign, even surpassing the old Kowloon Peninsula Hotel in terms of scale and facilities.

Jiang Ling'er was dressed seductively, with almond eyes and rosy cheeks, and wearing very seductive heavy makeup. She sat in the hotel car in a hurry.

"Does it have to be like this?" she asked.

"Yes. Miss Jiang, you have no choice now. Only Master Jiang can save you." The speaker was an old woman with heavy makeup and a shrewd look in her eyes. "I know you are a strong woman in Thailand and very famous there, but you are now in debt. How can you go back? In other words, even if you have saved the King of Thailand, so what? He has almost repaid you for saving him. For this, you have monopolized many businesses in Thailand. But now, your businesses have been fully acquired by the Du Group. If you don't have financial assistance, you will be left with nothing!"

This mama-san knew Jiang Ling'er's situation very well and hit her soft spot directly.

"To be honest, you came to beg me to help you contact a big boss. Now the only one I can think of is this young master general. He is very rich and generous. As long as you can make him happy, everything will be easy to negotiate." Mama-san persuaded.

In fact, Mama Sang knew very well that although this young master Jiang had some power, he could not help Jiang Ling'er much. But Jiang Ling'er was so arrogant before and looked down on others, which made Mama Sang very unhappy. Now was the time to destroy her prestige and let this arrogant woman know what the ways of the world are and what it means to have difficulties in dealing with things.

In addition, Mama-san also had bad intentions and wanted to make some money from Mr. Jiang by introducing Jiang Ling'er. After all, there are few top beauties like Jiang Ling'er.

Jiang Ling'er felt anxious and helpless.

She never dreamed that one day she would fall to this point.

It’s all that bastard Du Yongxiao’s fault!
Yes, it's all because of him!

Jiang Ling'er felt so angry when she thought of Du Yongxiao.

This time she contacted Li Zhaoheng and asked him to come from Thailand to seek revenge on Du Yongxiao. She thought that she could use Li Zhaoheng's power to form an anti-Du alliance and swallow up Du Yongxiao's Du Group. However, who would have thought that Du Yongxiao was the most cunning old fox, who actually raided their lair behind their backs and acquired all of their overseas assets with huge funds.

You know, at this time, in order to fight against Du Yongxiao, everyone transferred all the foreign liquid funds to Hong Kong, and the "loose guards" there gave Du Yongxiao a direct opportunity to take advantage of.

God knows.

How badly those people in the anti-Du alliance were harmed by Du Yongxiao this time.

Not to mention others, Jiang Ling'er herself was almost killed by Du Yongxiao.

Originally, she was a strong woman in Thailand. She made a lot of money by saving the King of Thailand and monopolizing Thailand's rubber, rice and other businesses. Now, she has transferred the company's funds to Li Zhaoheng to help them fight Du Yongxiao. Thailand's defense is weak and was caught off guard by the allied forces formed by Du Yongxiao. Now it is almost being acquired.

Jiang Ling'er was almost frightened to death when she heard the news.

She never dreamed that things would turn out like this. If possible, she would rather nothing had happened, and she would stay in Thailand honestly, be her own strong woman, control her own company and business, and then leave these assets to her son Xiao Tangyuan.

But now-——
In order to protect these things that belong to her, she had to ask someone to find this mama-san and introduce her to the rich young master of Hong Kong, hoping that he could help her.

She acted so servilely, like a dancer, that even Jiang Ling'er felt disgusted with herself.

But she had no choice.

Yes, in order to protect everything that belongs to her, she has to endure this.

"Okay, get off the bus, the others are already here, you go with them."

"Uh?"

As the mama-san spoke, a long white Rolls-Royce sedan stopped, the door opened, and five or six beautiful girls got out of the car.

Those girls are all quite pretty, some are pure, some are charming, just like the future young models, equally lovable.

Many men at the entrance of the hotel saw so many beauties, looked sideways, couldn't help swallowing, and wondered which man was so lucky.

"Don't look at them anymore. They all came to the banquet just like you and got to know Young Master Jiang. So don't think you're the only one. Many people are eager to curry favor with Young Master Jiang." Mama-san reminded Jiang Ling'er not to act like the strong woman she used to be and asked her to face the reality that she needed help from others.

Jiang Ling'er said no more. After hesitating for a moment, she got out of the car and joined the five or six girls.

When the girls saw her coming, they immediately looked wary. After all, Jiang Ling'er was so beautiful and as a competitor, she was very threatening.

Jiang Ling'er was feeling confused at the moment.

The prominent tycoons in Hong Kong were either attacked by Du Yongxiao as part of the anti-Du alliance, or watched the fire from the other side of the river and did not dare to help these people at all.

Du Yongxiao's deterrent power is so great that no one dares to provoke him. Moreover, now that the wall has fallen, everyone is pushing it down. It's already good enough that no one is adding insult to injury. Who would still help?

As for these, Jiang Ling'er has personal experience. Now those big guys see her as if she is a plague, afraid of causing trouble, who dares to help? Because of this, Jiang Ling'er will resort to this desperate measure and find this mama-san to save the country in a roundabout way.

Jiang Ling'er lamented her miserable life. How could she have fallen to such a state and suffered such a misfortune?

While she was thinking, she had already followed the girls into the hotel banquet hall.

The banquet has already begun. Celebrities from various Hong Kong families are dressed in expensive suits and toasting each other.

Except for Jiang Ling'er, the other five or six young models seemed awkward. They all came from ordinary families and had never seen such a scene before. They just felt out of place.

Especially those scrutinizing looks coming at them, plus the occasional comments, snickers and discussions about them, and not being able to understand what they were saying, she just felt very nervous.

"Hurry up, everyone. Don't let Mr. Jiang wait anxiously." Mama-san urged the girls to speed up and walk towards a nearby VIP lounge.

"You guys better be careful later. Young Master Jiang has a bad temper. You have to be careful with what you say and do--" Mama-san continued to remind everyone to avoid any accidents and she would have to take responsibility for them.

(End of this chapter)