Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 816 The whole family has become popular

On the fourth day of the New Year, Chu Xiangqian got up early in the morning and prepared to attend Standard Chartered's New Year board meeting.

Originally, this New Year meeting should have been held at the end of December 63, but after Chu Xiangqian became a shareholder of Standard Chartered.

I suggested several times that since we are in Hong Kong Island, we must respect Chinese customs.

The New Year meeting will be held after the Chinese New Year.

To put it bluntly, he was testing the attitudes of major shareholders such as Malaysia, London Standard Chartered headquarters, and Royal Bank of China on the Standard Chartered board of directors.

In the first three years, except for a few small shareholders, naturally no major shareholders were willing to agree with him.

After Chu Xiangqian talked about it for two years, he was unwilling to mention it again.

Even at regular board meetings, he would ask attorney Wilson Wong to represent him.

Huang Dazhuang was even asked to accompany Aiyuan, who was in Hong Kong Island at the time, to attend the board meeting at the routine meeting in the middle of last year.

It is said that the Malaysian government representative, who has always had a bad relationship with Chu Xiangqian, directly scolded Chu Xiangqian for disrespecting them as directors or representatives after the meeting.

Unfortunately, last year Chu Xiangqian had already had a good cooperation with McDonald of Royal Bank because of the champion horse, so their relationship was naturally much closer than before.

And the horse that Morgan Jr. called "the winner" had already won the first two stops of the Triple Crown in Magnesium.

In the next three years, Chu Xiangqian will use 20 thoroughbred horses every year to trade 30 winning horses with McDonald.

Far closer relatives than the Malay government.

In the second half of last year, Morgan Jr. began secretly purchasing shares of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong Island. After half a year, Morgan had bought 5.1% of the shares from the stock market and other shareholders.

The reason why he didn't continue buying was simply because Chu Xiangqian had only held 5% of Standard Chartered's shares in recent years.

Since even Chu Xiangqian, who had never failed before, had not made any move, Little Morgan might as well join the game first and then see what Chu Xiangqian would do in the future.

In addition to the total amount of more than 8100 million US dollars raised from last year's horse racing auction, Standard Chartered wanted to retain this huge amount of funds.

On many matters, Chu Xiangqian didn't need to mention it again, and she began to accommodate him on her own initiative.

This is why the first board meeting of the new year was held on the fourth day after the New Year.
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When he goes out, not only Nick Cheung, Billy Chow, Tony Jaa, but also Yuen Wah act as bodyguards.

Even Olivia and Kumiko, the ninjas who had been living peacefully in Hong Kong Island, dressed in women's clothes and acted as secretaries to protect him closely.

The reason why there are so many bodyguards is simple.

Bridge, who came to discuss the horse race auction on the first day of the new year, called everyone together and held a board meeting that afternoon after leaving the Hilltop House.

The outside world has no idea about the arguments and compromises during the period, but Chu Xiangqian learned it from Bridge who came to have dinner again that night.

After Bridge did the math for them, the directors of the Jockey Club finally decided that if they cooperated, they could rely on Chu Xiangqian's special auctions to attract horse owners from all over the world every year, although they would earn less in commissions.

But the value of this auction company will increase year by year as each auction goes smoothly.

One option was to earn several million dollars a year, and the other was to earn tens of millions of dollars in the future. Four people on the board of directors chose to cooperate on the spot.

But in fact, the entire board of directors, including Bridge, has 12 people, and Bridge, the head of the board of directors, has the privilege of one vote being equal to two votes.

But even so, it's still 6 to 7.

But at this time, Bridge casually said that it didn't matter if they disagreed to the cooperation, and he would take the four directors who agreed to cooperate with Chu Xiangqian to establish a horse auction company.

The four directors immediately showed expressions of surprise, followed by ecstasy.

But the other seven were not stupid either. After a little thought, some of them compromised or even surrendered to the enemy.

If all 11 directors object, then those who oppose will have the confidence to continue talking to Chu Xiangqian.

But now with Bridge, 5 people have defected to the enemy, and even if the remaining 7 oppose, they can no longer unify the influence of the Jockey Club to influence Chu Xiangqian's decision.

In this case, not only did some people immediately change their attitude, but Bridge's suggestion to invite Chu Xiangqian to join the Jockey Club and become a member of the board of directors was approved on the spot.

The vote was still 11 to 2.

The two diehard foreign directors now felt like they were stabbed in the back.

Bridge looked at the two men and sneered, knowing that these two compatriots would be so determined to cause trouble for Chu Xiangqian.

It was nothing more than jealousy of Chu Xiangqian's wealth, and resentment that he was awarded the Grand Cross at such a young age.

Become a true lifelong noble.

Moreover, there are only 100 Grand Cross medals in total, and its status is far higher than the other four levels of knighthood.

At the same time, these two people are also Margaret's admirers, which makes them even more disgusted with Chu Xiangqian.

Bridge thought to himself, just wait and see how Chu Xiangqian deals with you two idiots when he officially joins the board of directors.

So Bridge didn't say much. He just said that two resolutions of the board of directors were passed today. Then after the meeting, he hurried to the big house on the top of the mountain to find Chu Xiangqian to take credit.

Chu Xiangqian took Bridge to the study, chatted for a while, and then left the guy at home for dinner.

Bridge has lived in Hong Kong Island for many years and knows that for the Chinese people, being invited to a family dinner means that the relationship is very close.

During this period, Bridge also specially invited Xue Jinglan, Feifei, Gangsheng and Aiyuan to join the Jockey Club as members.

As executive director of the board, Bridge does have the power to personally invite candidates, and the chances of the selection committee rejecting someone he recommends are virtually zero.

Otherwise, it is hard to say whether those who do not give him face will still be members of the selection committee next year.

Xue Jinglan is 100% qualified to become a member. Firstly, she is the official person in charge of the Chu Foundation and has tens of millions of dollars in funds under her control.

In recent years, the annual donations of money and materials have exceeded one million, and last year it exceeded 500 million.

Although donating so much means Chu Xiangqian earns more, he must rely on charity to offset more taxes.

But this money is actually donated to help widows, single mothers and orphans.

If Xue Jinglan is just a member and wants to, there are many charities that will help her lobby the members of the Jockey Club's selection committee.

Secondly, let alone the condition that she must be the owner of the horse, Xue Jinglan can choose any horse in the Kowloon Jockey Club. Chu Xiangqian would be willing to give all of them to Xue Jinglan.

Xue Jinglan was a little hesitant, as she really didn't like showing up in public.

In addition to my personality, I was also somewhat incompatible with the living habits of Hong Kong Island because I was born in Beijing.

After giving birth to Chu Jingrong, such thoughts became less frequent. After all, Xue Jinglan had been in Hong Kong Island for three years.

She knew quite a few wealthy wives, including Lan Gang and Fei Bo's wives, who would often take her shopping.

Later, because of charity activities, some wives of prominent families repeatedly invited her to play cards, drink tea, etc.

She was gradually getting used to the life of a rich man's wife. Last year, Chu Xiangqian donated another 30 million US dollars to the family fund, which was at her and her baby son's disposal.

If this news gets out, saying that she is one of the top ten richest women in Hong Kong Island, there will be no problem at all.

Her husband's love and the confidence brought by hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars made her understand clearly why her man always looked down on the local prominent families.

There is really no comparison. In just a few years, my man has created more wealth than two or three generations of local prominent families.

If it were me, I wouldn't like to have any contact with those pretentious local gentry.

As for whether the 3 million US dollars was wealth she created, in Xue Jinglan's eyes, what her man gave her was hers.

If you have the ability, you can marry a good man.

However, Xue Jinglan hesitated, but Gangsheng, Feifei and Aiyuan urged her to join the Jockey Club.

Although Gangsheng is usually very honest, she is only a young girl in her early 20s after all, and she will still have some thoughts about being in the spotlight.

As for Feifei and Aiyuan, they made up their minds without thinking twice. After becoming members of the Jockey Club, they would pester Chu Xiangqian to ask for a good horse.

Their husbands and elder brother are big horse owners, with two Triple Crown horses under their names, so it is hard for Feifei and Aiyuan not to know about things related to horse racing.

Naturally, I understand how glorious it is to be a champion horse owner.

So there is no need to ask for their opinions.

But the three Hong Kong students knew that even if Chu Xiangqian did not object, Xue Jinglan, as the eldest sister or sister-in-law, would not join.

No matter how many ideas these three of them have, as long as they do not agree with Xue Jinglan's position, their future life will definitely not be easy.

Although Xue Jinglan was unwilling, she could ignore Feifei and Gangsheng's opinions, but she had to consider her sister-in-law's thoughts.

In this way, Chu Xiangqian not only became a director of the Jockey Club, but his three daughters-in-law and younger sister also became members of the Jockey Club.

If those wealthy businessmen, famous lawyers, and famous doctors who have been dreaming of becoming members for years but have never been able to become members knew about this, they would definitely go crazy with jealousy.

As soon as Chu Xiangqian agreed, news spread the next day, the second day of the Chinese New Year, that he would set up an auction house with the Jockey Club.

Moreover, this year's horse racing auction should be held after the Lantern Festival, which is early March.

Now, on the second, third and fourth days of the Chinese New Year, whenever he went out, Zhang Tianzhi and four other bodyguards would protect him closely.

News about him began to appear frequently in the outside world, and many people were still speculating about how much the auction amount would be this year.

And how much money he can make after the two auctions last year and this year.

Even if the profit is only 10%, based on last year's auction amount of over 8 million US dollars, it would be 800 million US dollars, or 3650 million Hong Kong dollars.

If the profit exceeds 20%, it would be HK$7120 million. In Hong Kong these days, even for foreign companies, it is rare to have such an annual profit.

If the profit exceeds 3%, the wealth of most local wealthy families that have been running the business for three generations may not exceed million.

Xue Jinglan even began to feel uneasy, so she called the villa in Wong Tai Sin and asked Olivia and Kumiko to come over.

The two female ninjas appeared at the ranch in Los Angeles at the beginning, so Xue Jinglan not only saw them both, but also learned from Yi Xiantian and her master's wife that these two female ninjas were very good at hiding and stealth.

By the way, Linda was also called to the top of the mountain. From now on, when Chu Xiangqian goes out, the mobile force commanded by Linda will have two groups of people who will drive around Chu Xiangqian's car.

The remaining members of the mobile team were divided into three groups, guarding several main roads on the top of the mountain 24 hours a day.

Chu Xiangqian felt helpless about his wife's behavior, but he did not stop her.

Just treat it as an exercise. In case she is not in Hong Kong Island in the future, Xue Jinglan has experience in this area and will be able to handle possible dangers properly.

But Linda also took the opportunity to spend a whole day at the top of the mountain.

So early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year, Kumiko and Olivia had actually already entered the big house on the top of the mountain.

The Gurkha mercenaries in the mobile group were responsible for perimeter security.

On the second day of the New Year, Chu Xiangqian did not need to pay New Year's greetings to his elders because all his relatives were in the capital.

I called Qianmen Siheyuan early in the morning, but no one answered. I knew that my second uncle and third uncle did not go home.

There are really not many friends and relatives in Hong Kong Island who are worthy of him visiting to wish them a happy new year.

So I went to Hong Zhennan's house in the morning, and he went home before 10 o'clock.

The reason why he went to pay New Year's greetings to Hong Zhennan was, after all, because Chu Xiangqian recognized him as his senior brother.

Logically speaking, I must take the initiative to wish Hong Zhennan a happy New Year.

In the past few years, Hong Zhennan had never asked Chu Xiangqian to do anything for him, except when he introduced his cousin Hong Sanbao to Chu Xiangqian when he first came to Hong Kong from his hometown in the mainland.

As for the affairs of the martial arts club, after Hong Zhennan's health gradually recovered, he also helped Chu Xiangqian take care of the affairs of the club.

But Hong Zhennan refused to take the position of president again, and only used the name of Senior Brother Chu Xiangqian to assist him in handling the affairs of the guild.

Chu Xiangqian took the reputation, and Hong Zhen did the work.

Since they all know how to advance and retreat, Chu Xiangqian will naturally not lose face for Hong Zhennan.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian knew that the only thing Hong Zhennan wanted him to help him with was to take care of his beloved son Hong Xiaobao.

In fact, Chu Xiangqian does not need to worry about this. He just needs to help Hong Sanbao and Aji, Hong Zhennan's eldest disciple, to take the position. Unless it is a big deal in the future, when Hong Xiaobao grows up, he can just leave it to Hong Sanbao and Aji.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian would still give more advice and suggestions to Hong Xiaopang for the sake of his face.

Hong Xiaobao, like his biological father and his cousin Hong Sanbao, has been chubby since childhood.

Even though he is ten years old now, he not only doesn't seem to be losing weight, but he looks fatter than when he was a child.

Nowadays, not only does no one think that being fat is a problem, but people actually think that being fat is a blessing.

But Chu Xiangqian came here several decades later, so it was difficult for him to say much to Hong Zhennan and his sister-in-law. But he told Hong Sanbao and Hong Zhennan's daughters that there would be no problem with their status.

Hong Sanbao nodded with a sad face and accepted the task of supervising and teaching his cousin to practice martial arts in the future.

The eldest daughter of the Hong family has grown up now, and she nodded repeatedly in response to Chu Xiangqian's instructions.

Chu Xiangqian also said a few more words to Hong Xiaopang. Although this boy is fat, he is actually quite cute.

"Xiaobao, if your brother Sanbao tells me that you are not serious about your training, I will punish you like your father did, but I will not just pretend."

Hong Xiaobao wrinkled his chubby face and nodded with a bitter face, just like his cousin Sanbao.

(End of this chapter)