Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Yi fell into silence.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that Li Futiao would propose such a condition.

Li Yi's original intention was not to get too involved in this matter. He just wanted to tell these people about the market prospects of investing in infrastructure, and then let local governments in various places contact them.

Of course, if necessary, he can also connect the two parties.

To put it bluntly, Li Yi only wanted to be the elder of the moon, but never thought of being the groom himself.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, infrastructure investment is too cumbersome and complicated, and the investment cycle is long. Li Yi does not have so much time to do this.

If you have the time and energy, you can make a few short-term gains in the stock market and earn more than this.

On the other hand, it is to avoid suspicion. After all, when investing in infrastructure, you will inevitably have to deal with Jiang Longyin, Jiang Longze, and even your father-in-law. If you are not careful, you will be suspected of conveying benefits.

Li Yi is not short of money, so he naturally doesn't want to cause such trouble.

But at the same time, Li Yi also understood what Li Futiao meant.

To put it bluntly, Lao Li and the others just want a guarantee.
After all, they don't know much about the situation on the mainland, and they can't stay there for a long time to keep an eye on the project.

And infrastructure investment is notoriously high-investment and long-term. They are really afraid that there will be some duplication of policies there, and their tens of billions of funds will be wasted.

If you set up a company yourself and are solely responsible for investing in infrastructure there, then these concerns will disappear.

After all, everyone knows Li Yi's background, and the country is standing behind him. With Li Yi taking the lead, there is no need to worry about wasting money.

After thinking about this, Li Yi was silent for a while and said: "Lao Li, I agree to your conditions. I will invest 500 billion Hong Kong dollars to establish a new investment company specifically responsible for investing in the mainland. You are welcome to invest and participate!"

Although Li Yi has concerns, these concerns are not ineradicable, not to mention that the country is indeed in urgent need of a large amount of foreign exchange.

In addition, this condition was proposed by Li Futiao, so he could not refuse it directly, so he simply agreed.

"Okay, then my Li family will keep their word. Tomorrow, 100 billion Hong Kong dollars will be sent to Xingchen Company. In the new company, our Li family will only share the dividends and will not participate in specific business decisions!" Li Futiao said.

"It's the same for our He family. HK$100 billion will be delivered tomorrow!"

"We'll take care of the family."

With the Li family, He family, and Bao family proofing, other members of the chamber of commerce responded and pledged to raise a huge amount of more than 1200 billion Hong Kong dollars before the new company was established.

Subsequently, Li Yi had in-depth communication with everyone on the new company's equity distribution, organizational structure, operational concepts and other matters.

The meeting was not ended until the reception was about to begin.
At six-thirty, the sun turned westward, the temperature was not as poisonous as in the afternoon, and the cocktail party officially began.

This cocktail party was not only large in scale, but also of a particularly high level.

Not only all the members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce came with their families, but Dolson and the main backbone of the British-funded group were also invited.

Even the British Hong Kong government sent many people over, including Police Commissioner Maxley and Chief Inspector Lin Luolan.

Since representatives from Hong Kong Island's political, business and entertainment circles are present, tonight's cocktail party is no longer entirely a business cocktail party, but more like a big gathering of Hong Kong Island's upper-class circles.

Even in the eyes of Li Futiao, He Dongying and others, this cocktail party was more like the enthronement ceremony of the new king Li Yi.

Because from now on, Li Yi has become the undisputed king in the entire Hong Kong Island.
Although the scale of the reception was somewhat beyond Li Yi's expectations, fortunately, Chen Chuhong, Chen Chuying, Qinglonghui and others helped with the preparations, and people from SHIELD Security Company maintained order on site, so everything was well prepared.

And Li Yi is quite experienced in such cocktail parties, and he can deal with them easily and comfortably.

After a simple opening remarks, he left the warm-up task to the professional host, while he held a red wine glass and chatted with Li Futiao and others.

While everyone was chatting, Dolson came over with a wine glass. After having a drink with Li Yi, he asked to chat with him alone.

Li Yi did not refuse. Now that Dolson has established his own business and has placed the family's core business on Hong Kong Island, he will definitely become a part of the Hong Kong Island business community in the future.

In addition, this guy is a smart man and has chosen to side with Li Yi twice in a row. Therefore, in Li Yi's eyes, this guy is barely half of his own people now. He wanted to talk to himself alone, so Li Yi naturally wanted to give him this face.

Under the leadership of Li Yi, the two went directly to the small reception room upstairs.

After entering and taking a seat, Li Yi asked with a smile: "Tea or coffee?"

"Tea bar, you shouldn't drink coffee after drinking wine!" Dolson said.

Li Yi immediately brewed a pot of Longjing, and then poured a cup for each of them.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Dolson looked at Li Yi, and then asked: "Have you sent invitations to Maxley and others?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Li Yi said.

"It's really off-putting to see those guys on such an occasion."

Then Dolson blew the tea in the cup and continued: "Seriously Li, it's not a good idea to invite them to such a cocktail party. Even if you show kindness to them, those guys may not appreciate it!"

Li Yi heard a strong feeling of disgust from Doyle's tone, which showed how much he disliked Maxley, Lin Luolan and others.

"Haha, I don't need their gratitude. I just invited them for another reason!" Li Yi said.

"Can I ask what the reason is?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Dolson, you also know something about our Chinese culture. Do you know what the Tao of Confucius and Mencius is?"

"I know that Confucius and Mencius are two great wise men in your Chinese country. They have similar status to Socrates, Aristotle, Plato and others in the West, but I don't know much about their thoughts!" Dolson said matter-of-factly.

Li Yi smiled and said: "The essence of Confucius and Mencius is to emphasize the cultivation and practice of core virtues such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, and trustworthiness. You may not understand it this way, but let's put it this way, it is a kind of morality that is superior to the Western world. An idea based on the prevailing "hegemony" and the "kingly way" prevailing in the East."

"Domineering? The way of kings? The way of Confucius and Mencius?"

This series of unfamiliar words immediately made Dolson feel his lack of knowledge.

Looking at Dolson's confused expression, Li Yi immediately explained: "Let's put it this way, when the opponent is disobedient, just slap him with a big mouth, and domineering means that even if the opponent is obedient, he still wants to slap him. Just smoke, the important thing is to do whatever you want!”

"What about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius?" Dolson asked subconsciously.

"Inform the other party before you smoke!"

Dawson:! @#￥%……

I have to say something before whipping you. This is indeed a thought that is above "kingdom" and "tyranny".

Dolson is also a smart man, and Li Yi's words are easy to understand. He soon understood the reason why Li Yi invited Maxley and others to come over.

To put it bluntly, it is to show off your muscles to these people and tell them not to jump around, otherwise you will slap them.

Yes, that's what Li Yi thought. He wanted to invite them here on this occasion so that they could know the current strength of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Walking at night and keeping a low profile is certainly a virtue, but it also depends on the time and occasion.

At least now, for Li Yi and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, what is needed is not to keep a low profile.
After saying these irrelevant things, Dolson suddenly said: "Lee, I need your help!"

"What's wrong, the Sassoon family has declared war on you?" Li Yi looked at Dolson and asked.

"No, London has taken action. They want to completely block our Dolson family!"

Hearing this, Li Yi's expression immediately became serious.
(End of this chapter)