Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 558: Talents of Phoenix Finance

It was a foregone conclusion that General Lu Chang would be transferred to the Hong Kong Officials Group. Of course, Lu Shaohua had to arrange everything for him first. After all, time was running out. In another month or two, it would be 1997, the day when the Hong Kong Officials Group would move in. Lu Shaohua had to arrange everything before 97 arrived.

However, the person who was mainly responsible for arranging everything was the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Lu Shaohua was a director of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the founder of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He had the power to initiate high-level meetings of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. However, Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry to initiate the meeting. Instead, he went to the Fok family villa to visit Fok Ying-tung the next day.

There was no change in the Huo family villa. Lu Shaohua's arrival only added a little vitality to the Huo family villa, making the originally very quiet manor villa lively for a while, and then returned to its usual state, very quiet.

Not long after Lu Shaohua arrived, another convoy of three cars drove in. The owner of the convoy was none other than Li Jiacheng, the chairman and person in power of Cheung Kong Holdings.

Li Jiacheng was not called by Lu Shaohua, but by Ho Ying-tung. As for the others, Ho Ying-tung did not alarm them and only called Li Jiacheng.

"No need to be polite when you come to my place, just sit anywhere." As the host, Ho Ying-tung spoke first after Lu Shaohua and Li Jiacheng arrived.

"Haha!" Lu Shaohua laughed and fought back a little. He sat down generously and casually, saying, "I won't be polite."

"Ha ha!"

Li Jiacheng also laughed and followed suit. "That's right, we won't be polite. Those who are supposed to sit will sit down, and those who are supposed to eat will eat."

"Haha!" Huo Yingdong also laughed, pretending to be defeated by the two men. He sat casually, pondered for a moment, and then got to the point. "Xiaohua, last night I received a call from Brother Deng. I know a little bit about the specifics, but not in detail. Brother Deng meant to listen to you and do whatever you need me to do."

After these words were spoken, everyone reacted differently. Lu Shaohua had a faint smile on his face, and a bit of gratitude as well. But Li Jiacheng was different. He had a look of doubt on his face, and he almost had a question mark on his face.

"Thank you, Mr. Huo, for your righteousness." Lu Shaohua said sincerely, and then said, "It has been decided. My uncle will enter Hong Kong with the Hong Kong garrison at the beginning of next year and start the mission assigned to him by the top leaders of his country."

Lu Shaohua's words were certainly an opening remark, but he was also telling Li Jiacheng the details of the whole incident. Yes, he told Li Jiacheng in a vague way, because Li Jiacheng had a face full of question marks from beginning to end and had no idea what Ho Ying-tung was talking about.

Hearing this, Li Jiacheng knew what had happened. It was probably that Lu Shaohua's uncle would represent the top domestic officials and enter Hong Kong to begin preparations before the return. He also came with a mission, and it was a business-related mission.

Li Jiacheng is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart. Since Fok Ying-tung called him in his busy schedule, combined with the information revealed by Lu Shaohua, he could basically guess the general situation. However, he is a very strong-minded person, and did not interrupt to speak, but listened quietly, because he knew that Lu Shaohua would do what he should do.

This is indeed the case. Lu Shaohua did not disappoint Li Jiacheng and Ho Ying-tung. Soon, he began to talk about the next arrangements. "I asked my uncle to come to Hong Kong for an obvious purpose: to gain political achievements and to try to stabilize the economy in Hong Kong."

After a pause, Lu Shaohua lowered his voice and continued without waiting for Li Jiacheng and Huo Yingdong to interrupt. "The officials sent to Hong Kong have two main purposes. One is to maintain the economic stability of Hong Kong. To put it bluntly, it means to retain more businessmen and not let too many people leave. Another purpose is to complete the handover of some work before the return."

At this point, Lu Shaohua paused, as if to give Li Jiacheng and Huo Yingdong some time to react. After they both nodded to show that they understood, Lu Shaohua continued. "The second purpose is not very important, it's just some daily work handover, but I'm afraid that the officials in Hong Kong will not cooperate, so when necessary, I hope you two can come forward and put some pressure on me. This is not a big problem."

"That's not a problem. Although I'm a businessman, I still have a little influence." After saying that, Huo Yingdong glanced at Lu Shaohua. Seeing Lu Shaohua's grateful smile, Huo Yingdong couldn't help but sigh and said helplessly. "But things are not as simple as imagined. Xiaohua, you should know that I have a lot of industries in the UK. Even if I want to put pressure on the Hong Kong government, I can't do my best, otherwise I don't know what the British government will think."

Huo Yingdong had no choice. He had many businesses in the UK. Although he was happy to stand on Lu Shaohua's side, he couldn't ignore his own businesses. If he stood up regardless of everything, the consequences would be possible retaliation from the British government, and his businesses in the UK would be squeezed out and hit.

Needless to say, Li Jiacheng was the same. Although he was completely on Lu Shaohua's side, he also had a lot of businesses in the UK, so he had to calculate the gains and losses. "I'm the same as Brother Huo. I hope you can understand, Xiaohua."

Li Jiacheng's approach is to appeal to people's emotions and explain things to them with reason. It is also a very helpless approach. At the same time, it once again proves that "If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth". Consider yourself first, and then help others.

Lu Shaohua had already thought about the performance of Li Jiacheng and Ho Ying-tung before he came. He did not expect the two to give full support, but only hoped that they could help a little and did not dare to ask for too much.

"I understand." Lu Shaohua nodded, and then said, "I am very grateful for your words. This matter is actually not very important. With my influence in Hong Kong, I think the pressure I can create is enough."

After that, Lu Shaohua smiled, very tactfully, and then continued, "I actually have only one purpose for coming here today, which is about the economy. Do you remember the last time you visited Beijing, the senior leaders asked our Chinese Chamber of Commerce to do something?"

"Well, stabilize the businessmen." Huo Yingdong nodded, and then said, "I have also been working hard, and have achieved some results over the years."

"Yeah." Li Jiacheng also nodded. He also knew about this because he was present when the Chinese Chamber of Commerce went to Beijing last time and he also knew about the request from the top leaders.

"Yes, our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has tried hard, and this time my uncle came here mainly for this purpose. Our Chinese Chamber of Commerce has already laid a foundation, and there is no need to start from the first step. What he needs to do is to make everyone completely stable." After a pause, Lu Shaohua continued. "And to completely stabilize people's hearts, we need everyone's help."

"There is no problem with the mission." This time, Ho Ying-tung's matter was different from the last time. This time, the matter was within his ability. For both public and private reasons, he would not refuse.

"I will try my best too." Li Jiacheng was the same. He would not refuse this matter. Even if he did not consider the face of the top leaders of the country, he would agree for the sake of Lu Shaohua, because Lu Shaohua had solved many problems for him, Li Jiacheng, over the years.

"Thank you!" Lu Shaohua suddenly stood up from the chair, imitated the Japanese salute, and bowed deeply to show his sincerity.

Lu Shaohua has established diplomatic relations with Ho Ying-tung since the 1990s, and it has been many years now. Ho Ying-tung has never seen Lu Shaohua so grand. Now such an action is undoubtedly telling Ho Ying-tung that he, Lu Shaohua, cares very much about this operation.

Similarly, Li Jiacheng and Lu Shaohua have established diplomatic relations for quite some time, and it can be said that they were at the same time as Huo Yingdong, because when Lu Shaohua and Huo Yingdong met for the first time, Li Jiacheng was also present. And now Lu Shaohua's excitement also made Li Jiacheng realize that this time is different from the past.

"Xiaohua, there's no need to be so polite. Let me put it bluntly, I am also Chinese. I also want an economically developed Hong Kong to return to the motherland, not a Hong Kong where a large number of businessmen have left," said Ho Ying-tung in a heavy voice.

"Me too." Li Jiacheng also expressed his opinion.

"Thank you!" Lu Shaohua said sincerely again, and then he sat back down, and then he returned to his usual smiling face, and then he changed the subject and asked, "What do you think of Phoenix Financial's strength?"

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Both Henry Fok and Li Ka-shing were stunned, not knowing what Lu Shaohua was up to. However, based on their understanding of Phoenix Financial, it was a company with no bottom to it. Although nothing could be seen from the outside, its mystery was evident everywhere, making it hard to figure out the situation.

"It's very mysterious and unfathomable. Also, there are many financial talents, especially Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang, who have high attainments in finance," commented Ho Ying-tung.

Lu Shaohua smiled and nodded without saying anything. He shifted his gaze to Li Jiacheng, indicating that he should make a comment as well.

"A few years ago, Liu Mingzhang was hailed as an Asian financial genius, a shining new star. Although he has become silent now, I don't think his financial attainments have declined, but I think it was intentional." Li Jiacheng's words were very clear and his evaluation was very high.

"Ha ha!"

Lu Shaohua laughed loudly, arrogantly and proudly, and said after a long while, "Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing are both rare talents. It is also true that they are geniuses in finance. However, you two may not know that there is another person in Phoenix Finance whose financial attainments are as good as theirs. This person has never appeared in public. His name is Li Zongen. He is Liu Mingzhang's classmate and Li Yunqing's junior."

Lu Shaohua revealed all the inside stories of Phoenix Financial, not to show off the many talented people in his company, but to pave the way for what to say next. As for when to reveal the real purpose, Lu Shaohua was not in a hurry.

Both Ho Ying-Tong and Li Ka-shing were shrewd men. They knew very well that Lu Shaohua would not say these things without reason. Saying them now meant that he had other purposes. As for what the purpose was, they could not guess and could only wait for Lu Shaohua to say it himself.

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