How did I become a god

Chapter 397 Birthday Banquet

Hong Kong Island is narrow, but there are many well-known luxury residential areas.Such as Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, Stanley, Shek O and other places.

The mansion Jing Gao lived in when he came to Hong Kong Island is located in the seaside area of ​​Stanley.The Kadoorie family's Deep Water Bay mansion is about 10 kilometers away.However, the "birthday banquet" on Friday night was held at the mansion on Victoria Peak.

Jing Gao rode his extended version of Maybach, and was surrounded by his assistant Dong Youwei, Wu Jingshu, President of Jiuge Capital, Wei Chenjun, President of Chenxi Bank, Guo Lingyu, CEO of Uber (Hong Kong Island), Li Guobao, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of East Asia and his son. Accompanied by Erwin, the executive director and deputy chief executive of the Bank of East Asia, the three went to the Kadoorie family's villa.

Today, Hong Kong Island's economy has long been left with real estate and finance.The "Four Great Families on Hong Kong Island" that Chinese people are familiar with: Li Jiacheng, Lee Shau Kee, the Zheng family that owns New World and Chow Tai Fook, and the Guo family that owns Sun Hung Kai.

Although the Kadoorie family is also a well-known rich man on Hong Kong Island and was once the richest man on Hong Kong Island, its assets and personal worth cannot compare with the four big families.The current patriarch of the Kadoorie family, Michael Kadoorie, has an estimated family fortune of around US$80 billion, and his family’s assets are around 4000 billion yuan.

The main business is two major blocks: electricity and hotels.Half of Hong Kong Island's electricity is provided by CLP, which is owned by the Kadoorie family.The other half is provided by Li Cucumber.The market value of CLP Holdings, which is listed in Hong Kong alone, is as high as 2000 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In addition, the Peninsula Hotel under its name is a well-known hotel brand.It was once famous all over the world for the international status of Hong Kong Island.

The family is also involved in: real estate, textiles, finance, carpets, warehousing, construction, shipping and other industries.

The convoy was driving on the winding mountain road, the night had just fallen, and the mountains and forests were quiet in winter.The mountain wind howled.

Jing Gao and his team's motorcade slowly stopped in front of an English-style villa.The sound of melodious music and lively voices came faintly.

The patriarch of the Kadoorie family, 77-year-old Michael Kadoorie came out to welcome him with his nephew.Although Jing Gao is a young man and a junior, the capital strength he displayed is terrifying.He took the initiative to invite Jing Gao to attend his granddaughter's birthday banquet, so naturally he couldn't neglect it.

"Mr. Jing, hello. Welcome." Michael Kadoorie, speaking fluent Cantonese, smiled and shook hands with Jing Gao, exchanging greetings.

Ika could not understand Cantonese at all.At most, he just watched old movies on Hong Kong Island, and some words were familiar to him.

When Wu Jingshu was about to help Jing Gao translate, she was not only proficient in English, but also had a certified public accountant certificate. During the six months since she came to Hong Kong Island, she had already mastered Cantonese proficiently.At least the language talent is outstanding.

Li Guobao, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of East Asia, took the initiative to say: "Mr. Jing, let me translate for you." The 79-year-old man had a simple exchange with Michael Kadoorie.He is a member of Hong Kong Island, a well-known doctor, and a banker. "Sir, Mr. Jing can't understand Cantonese. I recommend myself to act as an interpreter for your communication."

There is a reason why Mr. Li took the initiative.Bank of East Asia is a Chinese-funded bank founded in 1918 by their Li family and Chinese businessmen Jian Dongpu, Zhou Shouchen and other Chinese businessmen. In 1981, Mr. Li was succeeded by Jian Yuelong and served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of East Asia-this is actually the highest position in the Bank of East Asia.

The Lee family has long controlled the Bank of East Asia.

But after so many years of development, the Li family's shareholding ratio in the listed Bank of East Asia is relatively small.Family members together account for 6.27% of the shares.

在九歌资本收购之前的大股东分别是三井住友银行19.01%，西班牙银行17.3%，马来西亚的国浩集团14.15%。美国的对冲基金Elliott6.3%。市面流通股36.97%。

Among them, Guoco Group and hedge fund Elliott are considered to be hostile to the acquisition.The total assets of Bank of East Asia are about 6 billion Hong Kong dollars, but the market value is only 500 billion Hong Kong dollars.Total assets and total market capitalization are two concepts.

As a listed company, the Bank of East Asia must acquire it based on its total market capitalization. 500 billion Hong Kong dollars is really not much.The conversion is about 64.4 billion US dollars.It is justifiable to be stared at by others.

But Jing Gao took the first step and acquired the shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Bank of Spain, and Guoco Group respectively.And wantonly acquired the tradable shares on the market.Why did these shareholders sell BEA shares?It's not that I'm not optimistic about its future, but it can be summed up in one sentence: He has given too much.

Currently, Jiuge Capital holds 82.6% of the shares of Bank of East Asia.None of the remaining shareholders exceeded 5%.Hedge fund Elliott took advantage of the opportunity to sell some of its stake in BEA's rising stock price.

The reason why the Li family has been able to control the Bank of East Asia for a long time is inseparable from the support of the major shareholder Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.But now the major shareholder is Jing Gao!Mr. Li's initiative is a matter of course.

In fact, on the way here, Jing Gao had already suggested that Mr. Li hand over the position of "CEO".The Li family's long-term control of the Bank of East Asia is an important reason for its brain drain.Who can stand a boss who hasn't moved for decades?
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"Sir, thank you for your invitation." With the help of Mr. Li's translation, Jing Gao exchanged greetings with Michael Kadoorie at the door, and got acquainted with his sons Philip Kadoorie and Lafite Kadoorie.

After polite greetings, everyone entered the villa together.

In the spacious English-style villa, guests have gathered for a long time, and the invited band is playing cheerful tunes.Each dress is gorgeous or elegant.Jing Gao saw a mixed-race girl wearing a long off-the-shoulder dress.And young women in backless gowns.One by one, they are all dressed up.

The protagonist of today's birthday party, the grandchild of the Kadoorie family, Mary Kadoorie was surrounded by a group of young girls. Today is her birthday.The little girl is of obvious mixed race, about 1.6 meters tall, of medium appearance, and wearing a white dress.With a smile on his face, he said in English: "Welcome!"

Jing Gao nodded with a smile, took the wrapped gift from the accompanying assistant Dong Youwei, and gave it to her, "Happy birthday!"

"Thank you."

Migao Kadoorie, the three elders chatted with their granddaughter, and then led Jing Gao and his party to the room in the villa.The birthday party was just a pretext. Today, many celebrities from Hong Kong Island came to meet Jing Gao.Many people are old and cannot stay longer in this kind of banquet.People will leave in half an hour at most.

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Surrounded by friends, Mary Kadoorie drank, danced and enjoyed her birthday in the large living room.Basically, they are the younger generation who have contacts with the Kadoorie family.There are many famous families among them.

A girl with profound facial features said: "Who is this young man? Mary's grandfather went out to welcome him in person."

"It's a new face. There is no such person among the rich families in this part of Southeast Asia."

A 20-year-old young man said: "It seems to be some upstart from the Mainland. The Mainland has developed well in recent years. However, these upstarts have been prominent for a while, but few of them can really pass on their wealth."

After finishing speaking, amid a burst of echoes and praises, he glanced at a mixed-race beauty in a dark blue dress not far from Mary Kadoorie.Thin waist and long legs.Good looks and good figure.A very strong beauty.

It is said that she is a model who has just returned to Hong Kong from Hawaii, and has the blood of China, the United States and Vietnam.She is only 20 years old and her name is Luna.

In the small circle of more than a dozen young men and women, someone said: "Sister Lingyu is with him, and it is probably Jing Gao who has become famous recently. His Phoenix Fund is well-known in the mainland."

Guo Lingyu was 30 years old at the time and was born in the Kuok family in Malaysia. Naturally, all the rich and famous Chinese in Southeast Asia have been there.Her beautiful appearance made her well-known among her peers and juniors.Moreover, she has been working here on Hong Kong Island for a long time.

Young people with a little bit of information channels can naturally guess Jing Gao's identity.The man who can make Ms. Sun of the Guo family restrain her light and follow him, and he is so young, who else could it be?
After that, Jing Gao's identity was exposed, and the desire for communication in the small circle here was aroused, and all kinds of gossip about Jing Gao started to fly.

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At this time, Jing Gao was already in the deepest room of this English-style villa, and met all the rich and famous people who were waiting for his arrival.

(End of this chapter)