Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings.

Chapter 1016 1001 [Future Crown Prince]

Du Yongxiao was very happy during this period.

I've never been happier.

Because he is with his son, Xiao Tangyuan.

There is no man who doesn't like his own blood.

Besides, blood is a magical thing.

Little Tangyuan was separated from Du Yongxiao when he was born, so logically the two should be strangers to each other.

Unexpectedly, when they met for the first time, little Tangyuan reached out for a hug when he saw Du Yongxiao.

The baby, who is over one year old and still learning to speak, looks so cute and adorable.

Du Yongxiao held little Tangyuan in his arms, and suddenly a feeling of pity and love arose in his heart.

Little Tangyuan leaned in his arms, touched Du Yongxiao's nose and mouth with his chubby little hands, giggled, and revealed his four little milk teeth. He was so cute!

Du Yongxiao couldn't help but stretch out his mouth to kiss his little face.

The unshaved stubble tickled his little face, and he laughed even louder.

Next to them, Jiang Ling'er, Datou Wen, and Zhuang Dingxian looked at Du Yongxiao in this state with different expressions and thoughts.

For Jiang Ling'er, she didn't expect that the meeting between father and son would be so "warm". They didn't seem like strangers at all. Blood relationship is indeed a magical thing.

Then, Jiang Ling'er thought of her previous plan. The reason why she had a relationship with Du Yongxiao and gave birth to little Tangyuan was to let little Tangyuan inherit Du Yongxiao's family business in the future.

But after she gave birth to little Tangyuan, her identity was exposed. More importantly, she realized that she couldn't leave her child, she couldn't live without little Tangyuan.

If she had followed the original plan, she could have left the child to Du Yongxiao when she escaped to Thailand.

No matter what, Xiao Tangyuan is Du Yongxiao's blood, and Du Yongxiao himself, as well as his parents, will treat Xiao Tangyuan very well.

Maybe the future will really be as she thought, the Du family will train little Tangyuan into a talented person. By then, even if little Tangyuan cannot completely inherit the Du family business, he will be able to obtain a large part of the industry. After all, he is the eldest son and grandson.

But Jiang Ling'er didn't do that.

She couldn't bear to leave the child.

She would rather her child follow her to Thailand and suffer hardships than give this piece of her flesh to the Du family.

How pitiful God is,

How hard it was for her at first in Thailand.

At that time, the child also suffered a lot with her.

Thoughts come back.

Jiang Ling'er looked at Du Yongxiao holding the little Tangyuan and making him laugh, and she couldn't help but smile.

Many knots, a lot of hatred, and a lot of negative emotions disappeared at this moment.

Yes, life is still beautiful.

Little Tangyuan has a father.
Also the best.

Datou Wen and Zhuang Dingxian actually had similar thoughts at the moment.

Although they are both police officers, their ranks are quite high, one is Chief Superintendent and the other is Senior Superintendent.

But they know clearly that with that little salary, they will never be able to live in a big villa, get rich, or let their future children become wealthy.

Their future path is to work in the Du Group after retirement, and then rely on Du Yongxiao's support to become shareholders of the Du Group in a legitimate manner.

Of course, in reality they are now shareholders of the Du Group, but their investment was made in secret. Du Yongxiao gave them shares, mainly Hengchuang Real Estate shares, because none of the other companies in the Du Group were listed.

It is precisely because of this that this time, Li Zhaoheng joined forces with many Hong Kong bigwigs, such as Li Jiacheng, Li Zhaoji, Qiu Degen and others, to form an anti-Du alliance to fight against Du Yongxiao. They stand on Du Yongxiao's side from the bottom of their hearts and hate the anti-Du alliance to the core.

The Anti-Du Alliance wants to bring down Hengchuang and swallow up Hengchuang, which means devouring the flesh and blood of their investment.

They are all hard-working office workers. Is it easy to make some money? Is it easy to make an investment?

The anti-Du coalition wants to make them lose all their money, which is simply outrageous!
Therefore, from the beginning to the end, they firmly supported Du Yongxiao, severely cracked down on Li Zhaoheng's gang, and actively collected evidence of their crimes, especially those in business, to get rid of them completely.

Now the anti-Du alliance has completely collapsed, the monkeys scatter when the tree falls, the Li family has declared bankruptcy, and Cheung Kong Holdings has suffered heavy losses. It is said that boss Li is running around borrowing money and is about to flatter many bank bosses.

Henderson Land Development is also heavily in debt. Fortunately, Henderson Land Development was founded by Li Zhaoji, Guo Desheng, and Feng Jingxi. There is strength in numbers, so it can still hold on.

The one who suffered the most was Qiu Degen, the boss of Far Eastern Bank.

He and Du Yongxiao were old acquaintances. When the anti-Du alliance was formed, he was not interested and even refused to participate because of their old friendship. Unfortunately, he was powerless and, blinded by greed, he wanted to defeat Du Yongxiao and divide up the Du Group. In the end, he embezzled 800 million yuan from the bank but was unable to fill the hole. He is now under investigation in the Commercial Crime Investigation Division.

The Far Eastern Bank also suffered a run on its bank account due to funding problems and was on the verge of closing down.

Just when Qiu Degen was heartbroken, Du Yongxiao put aside the past grudges, extended an olive branch to him, and called him to tell him that he was willing to invest 1 billion to acquire shares in Far Eastern Bank.

When Qiu Degen heard the news, he was surprised. He didn't believe that there were people in the world who would repay evil with kindness. Especially a tyrant like Du Yongxiao, how could he do such a charitable thing?
But the current situation is special. If Du Yongxiao had not injected 1 billion yuan into Far East Bank, his life's work would have been in vain, and he himself would most likely be imprisoned.

So Qiu Degen went straight to the point and asked Du Yongxiao what his request was.
There are always conditions for doing business, right?

Du Yongxiao's answer was also very simple. He wanted to be the largest shareholder of Far Eastern Bank.

Even if Qiu Degen closed his eyes, he could guess with his butt that Du Yongxiao would definitely do this and make such a request.

However, what Du Yongxiao said next made Qiu Degen drop his teeth in shock.

"I am the major shareholder, and you are still the president of Far East Bank. Apart from larger-scale investments, I will not interfere with any of the bank's business operations."

Just this simple sentence made Qiu Degen doubt his life.

Du Yongxiao became a major shareholder of the bank, but he did not seize power!
Why not seize power?

Qiu Degen couldn't help but ask himself.

If it were him or anyone else, they would fight for the bank's decision-making power at the first opportunity.

The desire for power is the biggest pursuit of every man. Du Yongxiao's answer is simple, "I don't have time! I don't have time to manage such a small bank, and I don't have time to take care of so many trivial matters."

This one sentence made Qiu Degen almost vomit blood.

The bank that he regarded as his treasure was not even in Du Yongxiao's eyes. To put it bluntly, Du Yongxiao simply looked down on it!
It's like Qiu Degen has a daughter who is extremely beautiful. He has to be on guard against people coveting her all the time. He is always worried and uses all kinds of means to do so. He never expected that one day someone will say to him, "I don't like your daughter!"

Qiu Degen has a thousand and ten thousand reasons why he doesn't understand.

Actually,
How can a sparrow know the ambition of a swan?

Du Yongxiao is now rich enough to rival a country. His investment in Africa alone exceeds the total assets of many Hong Kong tycoons. After all, how can a tiny Hong Kong be compared with the whole of Africa?

How could Du Yongxiao covet the tiny bit of assets of Far Eastern Bank?

This time, Du Yongxiao repaid evil with kindness by spending 1 billion to save the Far East Bank. His purpose was actually very simple. He needed to set up a bank in Hong Kong to manage the flow of assets of his companies. He no longer needed to rely on HSBC, Citibank, and Standard Chartered Bank, which could save a large part of the handling fees.

As for the so-called "old friendship", there may be a little bit, but not much.

But even so, when the news spread, Du Yongxiao's image of repaying evil with kindness and Wan Jia Sheng Buddha once again came to life on paper, and all major media newspapers reported on it in succession.

Du Yongxiao's personal image was further elevated against the backdrop of Qiu Degen.

Compared to Qiu Degen's "shitty luck" - how his peers described him, their words were inevitably a little jealous and hateful. Li Zhaofu of Far East Securities, who was also Du Yongxiao's "old friend" but took the initiative to betray Du Yongxiao, was not so lucky.

Under Li Zhaofu's manipulation, Far East Securities actively acquired Hengchuang Real Estate shares no matter how high the price was. In the end, it exceeded the company's limit and was in debt of 300 million!
Don't underestimate these 300 million.

It could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back!

For a securities company, a hole of 300 million yuan is not considered too big under normal circumstances. It can just find a few partners to raise funds.

But now——
The partners of Far East Securities were led by Li Zhaofu into the trap and joined the anti-Du alliance. Now they are all unable to protect themselves, so how can they care about him?

Li Zhaofu begged and pleaded for financial support from other Hong Kong tycoons and other group companies. At this time, Du Yongxiao said that whoever supports Far East Securities would be his enemy!

Just this one sentence directly locked in Far East Securities!
Even Hong Kong's most powerful tycoon, Fok Ying-tung, did not dare to easily fund Li Zhaofu.

Although Li Zhaofu has a deep connection with the Fok family, after hearing what Du Yongxiao said, Mr. Fok had no choice but to turn this "old friend" away.

Some people say that Huo Yingdong is not loyal.

Back when Huo Yingdong was still called "Feitingtai", he did business at sea. In the 1950s, he risked being banned by the British and raised money to help mainland China with medicines and other daily necessities. As a result, the Huo Group was retaliated by the British Hong Kong government, which prohibited all banks, including British and Chinese, from providing financial loans to the Huo Group.

The Huo Group almost went bankrupt due to lack of funds.

At this time, Li Zhaofu secretly helped Boss Huo to raise funds under the pretext of "we are all Chinese". Finally, he raised 2.5 million, which helped the Huo family overcome the difficulties.

It can be said that the Huo family and Li Zhaofu are friends for life and death.

But now, Li Zhaofu's Far East Securities has run into problems, but the Huo family has turned a blind eye to it. This is extremely inconsistent with the "loyalty" personality that Boss Huo has always established.

So rumors spread all over Hong Kong, saying what happened to Boss Huo, that he was not loyal and did not save Li Zhaofu and his securities company.

Others said that Huo was afraid of Du Yongxiao's revenge, so he did not dare to rescue Li Zhaofu. It was also said that Du Yongxiao appeared to be kind, but in fact he was cruel, otherwise he would not have the title of "Blood Hand Butcher".

Boss Huo knew he couldn't afford to offend Du Yongxiao, so he could only stand by and watch.

In response, Mr. Huo did not make any excuses.

Young Master Huo listened to these rumors, but couldn't help but stand up to explain -
The Huo family will always remember the kindness Li Zhaofu has shown them.

But this favor was repaid many years ago.

Ten years ago, Li Zhaofu was engaged in ocean trade and encountered a storm. All the goods on his eight cargo ships sank, and he was unable to deliver the goods to his partners in time. The other party demanded a high amount of compensation. It was the Huo family who stepped in to mediate and gave Li Zhaofu five million yuan to help him out of his urgent need.

Five years ago, Li Zhaofu cooperated with jewelry tycoon Zheng Yutong to develop a Mexican mine, hoping to enter the jewelry industry. However, he was blackmailed by warlords in Mexico, and the mine was not opened. In addition, he was blackmailed for 30 million yuan.

It was at this time that Mr. Huo stepped forward and found friends who had cooperated with him in Mexico to help Li Zhaofu cut the price to 15 million. In the end, the Huo family took out another 7 million to help Li Zhaofu make up the money.

Three years ago, Li Zhaofu founded Far East Securities and sought funds and support everywhere. In fact, the biggest supporter was the Huo family, Boss Huo!

In order to open this securities company, Boss Huo invested 30 million yuan in Li Zhaofu and only charged him an interest rate that was one percentage point lower than the bank.

It can be said that the Huo family has done its best for Li Zhaofu and Far East Securities.

This time, in order to reap huge profits, Li Zhaofu took the initiative to join forces with Li Zhaoheng and others, and was willing to act as his pawn. This touched Du Yongxiao's sore spot, which is why Du Yongxiao started to ban Far East Securities.

This is what Mr. Huo explained.

Everyone immediately understood that Li Zhaofu was not wronged!
I also understand that the Huo family has really done their best. Mr. Huo is the well-deserved benevolent and righteous big brother in Hong Kong. He was so in the past and even more so now.

Li Zhaofu didn't expect the situation to turn out like this.

Now even Boss Huo won't help him, and he has nowhere to go.

Do you want me to jump off the building?
Just when Li Zhaofu was discouraged and about to commit suicide, Huo called him and showed him a way out.
Go find the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.

The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) was established in 1948 and currently has 129 member unions and sponsoring unions, covering a wide range of industries, mainly divided into automobile and railway transportation industry, seafarer and port transportation industry, aviation industry, government agencies, public utilities, clerical and professional, tourism, catering and retail industry, service industry, manufacturing industry, shipbuilding machinery manufacturing industry, construction industry, etc. It has about 20 members, making it the labor group with the largest number of members in Hong Kong, China.

Of course, these contents are secondary, the most important point is——
As the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong, To Wing-hau is not only the "President of the General Chinese Chamber of Commerce", but he has also been nominated as the "Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions" this year!
When Mr. Huo said he would go to the Federation of Trade Unions, he was actually asking Li Zhaofu to save the country in a roundabout way and secretly go to Du Yongxiao to plead for mercy and be spared.

As the nominated "Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions", Du Yongxiao did not expect that Li Zhaofu would seek help in the name of the Federation of Trade Unions. The content of his request was very practical. If Far East Securities went bankrupt, 380 employees would be unemployed. 380 people would represent more than 300 families. They were the pillars of their families, so more than 300 families would be broken up.

When Du Yongxiao was nominated as the "Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions", the slogan was "Eliminate unemployment and revitalize the economy". Now if he had to watch Li Zhaofu die, the securities company go bankrupt, more than 300 people lose their jobs, and more than 300 families become homeless, wouldn't that be a slap in the face?

So later on, Du Yongxiao summoned Li Zhaofu late at night.

No one knows what they talked about that night.

Only later did the securities company receive capital injection and reopen.

Some people said that Li Zhaofu personally knelt down to apologize to Du Yongxiao that night, and Du Yongxiao forgave him and only then did he help him.

Eventually, the Du Group took the opportunity to swallow up the securities company. As to whether this was true or not, no one knew.

Now, Du Yongxiao and his son Xiao Tangyuan are reunited.

For Datou Wen and Zhuang Dingxian, it means that the Du Group finally has a future.
Crown prince!

(End of this chapter)