Reborn in the red age

"Chairman, HSBC is having a high-profile party tonight. After they learned that you are coming to Xiangjiang, they want to invite you to today's dinner."

After spending a whole morning in the company, she learned in detail about the company's operations in the first half of this year. When eating with a group of senior executives at noon, Fang Wanzhen went out and came back with a gilded invitation letter. Tell Qingfeng Li about the invitation to the party.

I just arrived in Xiangjiang yesterday, and HSBC sent me an invitation letter at noon the next day.

It has to be said that as a local leader in Hong Kong, HSBC will get the news immediately if there is any slight disturbance.

Qingfeng Li didn't care much about HSBC's high-profile party and asked casually: "High-profile? How high?"

"All the four major families are present. In addition to the four major families, some famous families and companies in Xiangjiang will also be present."

"Oh? Really? In that case, you can go and have a look tonight."

This standard was indeed high enough, and it attracted Li Qingfeng's interest, and he planned to meet them, the local natives of Xiangjiang, tonight.

When attending such an occasion, Qingfeng Li's clothes would not be on display. Fang Wanzhen got Qingfeng Li's measurements and arranged for her secretary to go to the mall to purchase clothes for Qingfeng Li tonight.

In the evening, colorful neon lights shine on the bustling streets. This is a bustling scene that has not been seen in the mainland on the other side in the past ten years.

Li Qingfeng took Fang Wanzhen and other headquarters executives in the company's motorcade and got off downstairs at the Regent Hotel next to Victoria Harbour.

After taking a look at the neon-lit, splendid hall, Li Qingfeng and his party, led by the welcome lady from HSBC Bank, headed to the party hall on the second floor of the hotel.

"Teacher Li, long time no see. It's a great honor for you to come to our bank's party."

The news that Li Qingfeng and others had come in had spread early. The most important business of the bank was deposit collection and lending, and Lemon Company was a major customer of HSBC.

Zhou Shengxiang, the deputy general manager of HSBC Bank, had been waiting at the reception desk early. As soon as Li Qingfeng came up, he immediately greeted him warmly.

The last time he came to visit HSBC Hong Kong, the other party could not speak Mandarin. This time when he met Zhou Shengxiang, he could already speak fluent Mandarin. Li Qingfeng sighed in his heart that this guy was worthy of climbing from a poor boy to this position.

Qingfeng Li waved his hand and said politely: "Mr. Zhou, you are being too modest. Please greet the other guests. We will enter the venue and take a look around, so I won't trouble you."

"No trouble, no trouble. My main task tonight is to keep you company," Zhou Shengxiang said respectfully.

Now that he had said so, Qingfeng Li didn't say anything more and let the other party follow.

The entire second floor was booked for the banquet. When Li Qingfeng came up, many people were already there.

In addition to some business people invited to the dinner, there were also more beautiful girls such as female stars and models wearing sexy clothes.

Qingfeng Li was not surprised at all as to why there were so many beauties at the high-profile banquet. The higher the social circle, the more degrading it became. It would be strange if there were no such sexual resources at the banquet.

In the banquet hall, people kept coming up to Qingfeng Li while holding wine glasses and speaking broken Mandarin.

Zhou Shengxiang took Fang Wanzhen's place and stood next to Qingfeng Li. Whenever someone approached, he would accurately state the person's name and background and introduce him in advance to avoid embarrassment.

After briefly chatting with the business owners who gathered around him, Qingfeng Li found a place to sit and waited for the banquet to begin.

Not long after he sat down, Zhou Shengxiang came over with a girl with delicate features and wearing a semi-transparent and opaque plain sand flower bow tie.

"Director Li, you have just returned to Xiangjiang. You may not know much about this dinner held by our bank. This is Sisi, an employee of our bank's investment department. Before the event begins, I can help you make a brief introduction. "

This guy said it nicely. He said he was helping to introduce the banquet tonight. In fact, he was just a plaything prepared for Qingfeng Li. Whatever he wanted to happen tonight could happen.

Glancing at the woman named Sisi, I saw that she also had a round face, very similar to Hu Jiabao when he was twenty years old.

Qingfeng Li admired HSBC's details in his heart. HSBC must have investigated all the women around him. When he didn't know what type he liked, choosing a woman with a similar appearance to Hu Jiabao was undoubtedly the best choice.

With this service attitude, no wonder it can maintain its position as the largest commercial bank in Hong Kong all year round.

In this kind of banquet organized by HSBC, no cameras would be allowed in, and no one would go out and talk nonsense. Therefore, Qingfeng Li, who did not have to worry about being exposed, kept Sisi and let her sit next to him.

"Hello, Director Li, my name is Liu Siqi. I'm glad to serve you tonight." After sitting down, Sisi immediately introduced herself to Qingfeng Li.

Looking at this woman who was somewhat similar to Hu Jiabao, and hearing the ambiguous words, Li Qingfeng became interested. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he could just play with this Sisi.

Qingfeng Li raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile: "Serve me tonight? Can you do it all night?"

"The task I received tonight is to accompany you," Sisi said with a slight blush on her face, lowered her head slightly, and did not directly answer Qingfeng Li's question.

Looking at the other party's slightly red cheeks, Li Qingfeng was very curious, how did she blush for a second? Most people really can't learn this skill.

"Okay, please tell me about today's banquet first." As he said that, Qingfeng Li put his hand on Sisi's smooth thigh.

At a dinner party where there is no spotlight and it is not a matchmaking bureau, few people pretend to be gentlemen.

It's just a hand on the other person's leg. It doesn't mean anything. Someone over there has already started to hold his hand up and down, and some angry ones have already pulled the female partner away for unknown reasons.

"Okay, Director Li." When it came to business, the shyness on Sisi's face disappeared without a trace, and her big hands didn't move back and forth on her thighs. She began to explain to Qingfeng Li with a serious face: "Tonight This dinner is organized mainly to unite Hong Kong businessmen and raise funds to invest in Japan's stock market and real estate."

After Sisi finished the introduction, Li Qingfeng also understood the main purpose of this party. It was simply that seeing the Japanese market booming, HSBC wanted to form a bureau to bring in large sums of money to make money in Japan.

Today's Japan is in its most glorious economic era, and it is also the only country in the world that has achieved "wealth freedom."

The currency is appreciating, the stock market is skyrocketing, and the property market is skyrocketing. Even a dog can easily go to the bank and get a loan to speculate in stocks and real estate.

In this day and age, the first gift for many Japanese people is a gold watch, and cash is often used as a towel to wipe sweat. Even golf, which was exclusive to the wealthy, quickly became popular among the masses at that time. It is no exaggeration to say that in Japan at this time, if you hit 10 people with one stroke, at least nine and a half of them would be rich people.

To describe such an exaggerated life in terms of expansion is not an exaggeration at all.

From the perspective of investors in Hong Kong, Japan's economy is rising like a rocket. How long will it take to invest if we don't stop investing now?

Soon it was time for the party to start. After a simple opening speech, the president of HSBC Investment Department stood on the high platform and lectured to everyone about the benefits of joining HSBC Investment Bank and going to Japan to make a fortune together.

Half of the people below looked uninterested.

It’s not that I’m not interested in going to Japan to make a fortune, it’s that I’m not interested in joining HSBC Investment Bank and going to Japan to make a fortune. My family’s company has an investment department, so I can do things myself. There’s no need to give the money to HSBC. It’s just a hindrance. For the sake of HSBC, I just came here.

None of the so-called four major families came who could call the shots. All that came were the future successors of the second generation.

Qingfeng Li was also not interested. What he said above was not as interesting as Sisi's thigh next to him. It was boring, boring.

A banquet of this size is not for those who do private equity to raise funds. They will not talk about it at the top. They will pay attention to one point and stop at it. Those who have ideas will naturally understand it in the audience.

"Director Li, what do you think about investing in Japan?" After the above, Liu Siqi, a salesperson, immediately started to test.

Qingfeng Li casually replied: "Of course I am interested, but your bank meeting is late. Our company has invested in Japan on a large scale since the Plaza Accord."

"As far as I know, most of your company's investments are real estate. The largest investment is the purchase of a large number of real estate in Ginza. Buying a house is not as big as the return of being a developer yourself."

"Our company is in the high-tech field. Buying a batch of houses for real estate speculation is already the limit. We can't neglect our business and engage in real estate development, right?"

This is the right idea to enter the Japanese real estate field, and you can indeed make a lot of money, but the entry time is too late.

Enter the market now, and when the house is almost built, it will happen to be the time when the bubble bursts, and you will end up losing all your money.

Japan’s real estate pre-sale system is different from that in China and Xiangjiang. Pre-sale developers in China and Xiangjiang can get the full payment in advance, but it is different in Japan. Japan’s pre-sale houses can only charge 5%-10% down payment. And this money must be independently supervised by the Ministry of Justice as a third party and cannot be used by developers.

Moreover, the loan agreement signed between the home buyer and the bank can only take effect after the formal transaction of the house, that is, after the house is completed and inspected.

Therefore, in Li Qingfeng's view, the real estate project initiated by HSBC was destined to be a loss-making transaction and should never be touched.

Liu Siqi still refused to give up. Since real estate is not good, she would try to persuade her from the stock market: "You are a high-tech company. Since you don't want to do real estate business, you can also look at stocks. This time it will be handled by the president of our investment bank." The profit is guaranteed”

"Well, you are right, I will consider it." Qingfeng Li nodded perfunctorily, indicating that he would seriously consider it.

At this point, Liu Siqi stopped talking about investment, ordered a glass of wine, and started chatting with Qingfeng Li about romance.

At today's banquet, no one who could be valued by Li Qingfeng came, and he was too lazy to meet the second-generation people. After teasing Liu Siqi for a while, he realized that it was boring, so he called Fang Wanzhen and the others who were chatting next to him, and prepared to go home and sleep.

"Director Li, I don't know if I am interested in visiting your mansion tonight." When Qingfeng Li left, Liu Siqi, who had been taken advantage of by Qingfeng Li, stroked her hair and said sweetly.

"Sorry, I don't like bringing people to my house. Let's make an appointment next time."

After Qingfeng Li finished speaking, Liu Siqi was left stunned, and he left the banquet hall with Fang Wanzhen and others in a cool manner.

Seeing Qingfeng Li disappearing into the banquet hall without any regrets, Liu Siqi stamped her feet angrily.

He touched my mother all night and didn't even give me a chance to communicate in depth. Ugh, you scumbag.

After sending Li Qingfeng away, Zhou Shengxiang called Liu Siqi over and asked about the conversation she had just had with Li Qingfeng.

After listening to Liu Siqi's story, Zhou Shengxiang fell into deep thought. This is wrong. Is there really a man named Liu Xiahui? Don’t want anything delivered to your door?
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out the reason. Zhou Shengxiang simply stopped thinking about it and sent other types of women to him next time he had the opportunity.

If it doesn't work, just use the relationship with the wife. When Hu Jiabao comes to Xiangjiang again, he will send a set of accessories or something every now and then. The relationship with the big customer always needs to be maintained.

Just now Zhou Shengxiang was thinking about something, and Liu Siqi didn't dare to disturb her. Seeing that Zhou Shengxiang's eyes were no longer blank, she asked tentatively in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, do you think I have any work to do now?"

"Come with me, and I will introduce you to the young master of the Zheng family."

With that said, Zhou Shengxiang led Liu Siqi, who looked reluctant, towards the direction of the young master of the Zheng family.

Liu Siqi is very beautiful and has a good figure. She was reserved for Qingfeng Li in the past and she was never allowed to maintain customer relations. Now that Qingfeng Li is not interested in her, she must make use of her and not waste resources.

On the way back from Regent Hotel, Li Qingfeng asked about the company's investment in Japan in the past two years.

There are still one or two years before the network is closed, and Qingfeng Li has never paid attention to the situation there. Today it was brought up, and Qingfeng Li also wanted to know about it.

"Director Li, Japan's stock and real estate markets are too hot. The company's investment in Tokyo is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. I still don't know the investment situation there. I need to go back to the company tomorrow to check." Sitting there Fang Wanzhen, who was sitting in the back seat of Qingfeng Li's car, held her forehead and said.

It is now easy for Japanese banks to lend money. After purchasing a batch of properties, the investment arm of Lemon Company continues to mortgage loans to repurchase new assets, thus obtaining cheap chips.

After two consecutive years, the amount of money that Lemon Company originally invested in Japan has now increased many times.

This kind of continuous mortgage lending is very risky. Once the capital chain is interrupted, there will be a strong backlash immediately.

In other words, Lemon Company has sufficient cash flow. Otherwise, the investment department would not dare to play like this.

Qingfeng Li's harvest will be a terrifying figure when he retreats. (End of chapter)