We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

This New Year's Day is a shock to the people of Hong Kong Island.

This was originally a statutory rest day celebrated by the whole people. Who would have expected that starting from early in the morning, shocking news would come one after another.

The first is that Chen Songqing of Jiani Group, which has been searched almost every day recently, announced that it will invest one billion Hong Kong dollars to enter the semiconductor, electronics and other technology industries.

And this is only the first amount of funds, and additional funds will be added if necessary later, which reflects a wealthy person.

It's a pity that the Hong Kong stock market is closed today, otherwise Carining's stock will definitely grow significantly again.

Before the news about Jianing Group had been digested by the public, Shao's and Jiahe issued a joint statement.

The theaters of both parties have officially cooperated. In the future, the other party's films can be screened in the theaters of the other party, and the guarantee system will be completely abolished and changed to a share-sharing system.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that these two companies were overwhelmed by the pressure of Dongfang Film and Television, and had to change, from being bitter enemies to staying together for warmth.

It is in line with business rules. There is no sworn enemy, everything is profit.

The third one is China Gas Company. The company's board of directors decided to invest in Yunhua, China Electric and Lighting Group, and Asia Gas for targeted financing, and the proceeds will be used to develop markets in other regions.

Yunhua Investment belongs to the Luo family, China Electric Power and Lighting Group is also related to Luo Nianzhong, and finally Asia Gas.

This newly established company was jointly established by Luo Nianzhong and Li Sishu, with each party holding half of the equity. It is also the company with the largest share increase in this financing, which can be regarded as increasing the shares of Luo Nianzhong and Li Sishu at the same time.

Through this financing, the Luo family will become the largest shareholder of China Gas Company, accounting for more than 3% of the shares and owning 31.4% of the shares.

Just as the people of Hong Kong Island were discussing these three news, the Hong Kong government and Far East Group held a press conference.

The two parties announced plans to jointly develop Lantau Island and build a new airport. Far East Group invested a total of more than HK$1200 billion in these two projects, which shocked Hong Kong and Kowloon for a while.

Changshi Group, Li Bancheng's office.

Watching the live broadcast on TV, Li Bancheng said with emotion, "In the future, the business community on Hong Kong Island will be one super, one giant, and many strong.

One super giant is Far East Group, another giant is HSBC, and the rest are other top companies.

Regardless of whether HSBC admits it or not, as far as Hong Kong Island is concerned, Far East Group's influence is no less than that of it, and its financial resources are far superior to it.

As for internationally, the two companies are like ants and elephants.

But this is good, at least it is a good thing for Changshi and Li Bancheng himself. He can also drink a lot of soup and pick up two pieces of meat to eat.

In HSBC Shen Bi's office, this press conference was also playing on TV at this time.

Seeing Welch exchanging contracts with the Hong Kong government with a smile on his face, Shen Bi was in a daze for a long time.

"We must quickly sort out SITC Bank's accounts and speed up its acquisition plan of European banks."

SITC is a bank operating in New York State that HSBC acquired a few months ago in order to use it as a base to expand into the North American market.

"Mr. Taipan, we have just completed the acquisition of SITC Bank. Is it too fast in Europe?"

"Quickly? You must know that we are the wolves chasing behind now.

The limitations of Hong Kong Island are too great. If we want to develop, HSBC must spread its presence around the world and become a global bank.

Otherwise, we will live in the shadow of the Far East Group in the future, and even the fundamentals of Hong Kong Island will be affected."

In fact, HSBC's business has been impacted by Far East Bank. HSBC's main business is lending business, but now more and more companies choose Far East Bank for loans, especially Chinese and foreign companies.

In terms of attracting savings, in order to facilitate the public, Far East Bank and HSBC launched automatic storage machines at the same time three months ago, allowing cash to be deposited and withdrawn 24 hours a day. This benefit to the people immediately boosted the deposit business of the two banks. improved.

Benlit supports Shen Bi's behavior, but as the boss of the investment department, this matter is not under his control, so he can only express his support.

After the matter was finalized, Benlett said, "HSBC has invested more than HK$20 billion in Jiani. Should we reduce the loan?"

"Is that much?"

Shen Bi also didn't expect that HSBC's investment in Jianing would reach this level.

“What is Jianing’s current market value?”

"63 billion Hong Kong dollars. It should rise after the market opens tomorrow, and it should exceed billion Hong Kong dollars in the next few days."

After answering, Benlett continued, "However, Chen Songqing said that the consortium behind him is not optimistic about the semiconductor and other industries. If we insist on letting him enter this industry, we will need to rely on HSBC to borrow heavily for the funds."

If this one billion Hong Kong dollars is the final investment, he does not need funds for other businesses, and the consortium behind him will handle it."

Shen Bi leaned back in his chair and thought for a while, then said, "Far East Group has penetrated into our hinterland and is conquering our main business, so we must support a company to enter Luo Nianzhong's battlefield.

We are not the first choice for European and American companies, let alone companies from island countries, we don’t even have a chance.

Therefore, Hong Kong Island, where various policies have been introduced and technological buds are beginning to appear, is our main battlefield.

At this time, the only one who has the courage, ability, and willingness to compete with Luo Nianzhong is Chen Songqing, and we must support him."

Seeing Shen Bi's firm eyes, Ben Lit said hesitantly, "But if this investment doesn't work well...".

He didn't say anything else, but Shen Bi understood what he meant.

“I’ve learned a little bit about this industry, and as long as I spend a lot of money on research and development, there will be results.

Even if there is no decent product, the patent can still make some money.

And even if this company goes bankrupt, isn’t there still the Jianing Group?”

Shen Bi didn't know that it was his unmistakable misjudgment that almost cost HSBC his pants in the end.

The person he was discussing, Chen Songqing, was sitting in Jia Ning's office and was also plotting against HSBC.

Leaning back on the chair, enjoying the massage from the secretary, and watching Luo Nianzhong's report on TV, Chen Songqing was filled with envy.

Chen Songqing is already a tycoon in Hong Kong Island. He was even more famous in Hong Kong Island than Li Bancheng and others at one time, but he still can't compare with people of Luo Nianzhong's status.

Even though Luo Nianzhong didn't even appear in these two major projects, he was still the one mentioned most by the media.

It’s true that I’m not in the world, but the world is still a legend about me.

Just when Chen Songqing was sighing, the door of the office was pushed open, and his most trusted younger brother walked in.

"Brother Qing, HSBC's HKD 800 million has been transferred to our joint account. Should we buy equipment to build a factory and recruit talents?"

"Buy equipment? Build a factory? Why do you do this?" Chen Songqing said with a frivolous tone, then pulled the secretary over, patted her buttocks twice, and asked her to go first when her eyebrows were wet. out.

"Computer, why do we need to produce our own components? We just need to buy these electronic components and find a factory to assemble them."

If that doesn’t work, we can definitely find a European and American manufacturer to produce it, and then we can OEM it.”

"Huh? But then we don't need such a large amount of funds at all?" The younger brother was puzzled.

"Who said that? We don't want to recruit scientific and technological talents? You know that the salary of scientific and technological talents in Far East Group is not low. Set up an intermediary company and give me the salary of the assembly workers according to the salary of scientific and technological talents."

This time, the younger brother understood. Chen Songqing wanted to turn his left hand over to his right hand. In a circle, HSBC's money would become his own or Jiali's money, in order to boost Jiani's stock price.

But it’s HSBC that’s cheating this. If HSBC knows about it, why don’t we still have Carnegie on Hong Kong Island?

"But where is HSBC?".

Chen Songqing interrupted the younger brother's doubts. "Don't worry about HSBC, I will take care of it over there."

In his view, since HSBC can find themselves entering this industry, it shows that they do not understand this industry.

Moreover, HSBC's purpose is to bring trouble to the Far East Group.

Isn't it what HSBC hopes to see by quickly producing its own products and entering the market?

No one might buy your product at normal prices, so what if you sell it at a loss? As long as the sales volume is acceptable and HSBC sees hope, follow-up investment will come.

When the time comes, it will be put into operation to put the whole company on the market, and what if HSBC finds out something? Didn’t I help you make money in the stock market?

Throughout the day, almost all businessmen on Hong Kong Island were paying attention to the two major projects of the Far East Group and reached a consensus in their hearts.

That is, the Far East Group is no longer playing on the same level as these people.