Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

In fact, there are quite a few newspapers that photographed Jed and John on a night tour of Victoria Harbour, including Apple Daily, which was just founded last year.With the temperament of "Apple Daily", the headline "Comrade Sherman's Doubt and New Happiness Night Tour Victoria Harbor" was naturally posted on the front page the next day.Fortunately, Jed didn't have the habit of subscribing to "Apple Daily", otherwise he really planned to invite this reporter to participate in his creative studio.It was obviously just a normal business trip, but it was written as a love story by "Apple Daily".The conservative United States can't tolerate the true love of comrades, so they can only come to Hong Kong to temporarily avoid the limelight or something.On the contrary, the editorial department of "Ming Pao", which is a serious media, is guessing the real purpose of Jade's stay in Hong Kong. After all, with Jade's current identity and wealth, if he stays in a certain place for a long time, it must be because of some important event. right.

But when the editorial department of "Ming Pao" speculated about Jade's purpose, Jade and John had quietly appeared in Li Guobao's mansion.Li Guobao is the core member of the fourth generation of the Li Peicai family, and the Li Peicai family is one of the four major families in the colonial era after the opening of Hong Kong.In particular, the Li Peicai family has always been the leading family in Hong Kong's banking industry, which is why the Bank of East Asia has the current situation.It may be very difficult to get them to hand over their controlling stake in the Bank of East Asia. Now that Lin Fengsheng is waving the flag, I am afraid that he will only be humiliated if he goes this time.However, Jed guessed that the Lin and Li families would not really embarrass him in face, so he brought John to Li Guobao's mansion.

This is not the ancestral home of the Li Peicai family, but Li Guobao's own private property. It is neither in Repulse Bay nor in the middle of the mountain, but it is quieter.After all, Jade, Li Guobao, and Lin Fengsheng are all the focus of the finance and economics edition. If the three of them appear together, it may cause a lot of speculation.When the matter is not yet conclusive, the three parties actually don't want to pay too much attention.

"I never thought that Mr. Sherman's integration of East West Bank would be so effective after half a year." After all, Li Guobao was born in the banking industry, so he naturally paid a lot of attention to the very famous East West Bank in Chinatown.East West Bank was originally just a small and well-known small bank in the Chinese area of ​​Northern California, but after the acquisition by the Sherman family, they successively annexed some small and medium-sized banks in Southern California and even the Great Lakes region, making East West Bank the largest bank in the United States. The well-known Chinese bank has extended its influence to the entire Asian ethnic group.In a sense, Li Guobao actually wants to cooperate with East West Bank. If the two sides can form a banking alliance, it will be very helpful for both parties to expand the Asian and American markets.However, the news from Lin Fengsheng was that Jed Sherman planned to acquire Bank of East Asia and First Pacific Bank wholly, which made it difficult for Li Guobao to accept.No matter to some extent, Li Guobao considers himself Jade's senior, how can he be looked down upon by the juniors like this.

"It's not worthy of Mr. Li's compliment." Jade not only speaks Mandarin well, but also Cantonese is not a problem at all. "The Bank of East Asia has become a model for us and other Chinese-funded banks since it established itself in Hong Kong at the beginning of the century. I came here this time to seek advice from the mountain."

Naturally, everyone loves to hear good words. Li Guobao also showed a satisfied smile on his face, but he said modestly: "Don't dare to be, dare not be. Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth, but Mr. Sherman has such an industry at his age. It's enviable!"

"I don't know what Mr. Li thinks of the economy after Hong Kong's return? How about the Asian economy?" Jed suddenly asked.

Li Guobao was taken aback, but then he smiled and said, "Of course I am optimistic about Hong Kong's performance after returning to the motherland. As for the Asian economy, I am also very optimistic. Over the past few decades, the Asian economy has become the most active region in the world." .”

"Then how did Mr. Li see East Asia International Banking Group's acquisition of Bank of East Asia and First Pacific Bank?" Jed asked again.

This question obviously made Li Guobao very unhappy, and he said with a stern face: "Although I praised Mr. Sherman a few words, but don't raise your tail to the sky! The Bank of East Asia is one of the best Chinese-funded banks in Asia. It’s not the kind of small bank that is open to money! If Mr. Sherman wants to cooperate with the Bank of East Asia, I will naturally open the door and wait for you to come. But if it is for some invisible purpose, I, Li Guobao, messed up in Hong Kong After so many years, I am not a vegetarian!"

"Mr. Li, don't be impatient. I have a document here that I would like to ask Mr. Li to look at." Jade took out a document and gave it to Li Guobao.Since Jed is engaged in the investment industry, it is natural to have a group of analysts and data investigators.Under the suggestion of Jed, this group of people spent more than half a year analyzing the financial and economic conditions in Southeast Asia, and concluded that in the case of external forces, the financial system in Southeast Asia will collapse within a year, and within five years, the financial system will collapse. Difficult to recover from within.At the same time, he also expressed that the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia will inevitably affect Hong Kong, Hong Kong's stock market, foreign exchange market and even the local economic situation will be affected.Of course, this document is not the original, and Jed concealed some key data and exaggerated some consequences appropriately.Under the reminder of Jed's enhanced investigation document, Li Guobao also broke out in a cold sweat.To put it bluntly, Hong Kong's local rich are mainly involved in two major industries: finance and real estate, and other industries are just supplementary.Since Li Guobao came from a banking family, how can he not understand what this document implies?He is almost about to see a very tragic tomorrow. The foreign exchange market and the stock market both collapsed, followed by the complete collapse of the property market, and Hong Kong's economy returned to the 40s and [-]s overnight.

"Mr. Sherman is a bit alarmist." Lin Guobao put down the document in a cold sweat, "And what does this have to do with Huamei's acquisition of our two banks? Could it be that after the acquisition, everything will be fine in Hong Kong?"

What Jade was waiting for was Li Guobao's words, because this sentence means that Li Guobao no longer rejects being acquired, provided that the conditions can be negotiated. "This is not alarmist talk. The data in this report are all well-documented. Mr. Li may be able to come to my conclusion after spending a month. ——Of course, the result of my above analysis is not Under any external interference, I don't think the mainland government will give up Hong Kong, so I am still very optimistic about Hong Kong's economy. However, under the impact of the financial turmoil, it is inevitable that Hong Kong will have a few years of hard life. The reason why I sought Bank of East Asia , not only to allow East West Bank to occupy the Asian market, but more importantly, I want to spin off the investment department of Bank of East Asia and form a multinational investment bank."

"Mr. Sherman's ambition is not small." Lin Fengsheng interjected, "I just want to know what we can get?"

"East Pacific International Bank Group will purchase all the shares of First Pacific Bank and Bank of East Asia at market prices. From then on, the original First Pacific Bank will be reorganized into East West International Bank Singapore Company and East West International Bank Hong Kong Company. In the future, we will also establish Taipei and Shanghai companies. The First Pacific Bank brand will no longer be retained. The investment department originally affiliated to the Bank of East Asia will form a new investment bank with several investment companies under my name and Bank of Merrill Lynch. The one in Los Angeles will be called Hualin Investment Bank, while the one in Hong Kong will Part of the name will be called the East Asia Investment Bank. I wonder what Li Sheng and Lin Sheng think?"

Lin Fengsheng shrugged, "My father is not in the banking business, and I just accompany Li Sheng to make small troubles. If Li Sheng agrees to this acquisition plan, I, Lin Fengsheng, have nothing to let go of. I just hope that we will still cooperate in the future. Chance."

Li Guobao was a little hesitant. In fact, he knew very well that the cooperation with Huamei this time meant that his family would change from a banking family in Hong Kong to a banking family in the world, but at the same time they would lose their absolute control over the Bank of East Asia, which made him It's really hard to explain to my family.Li Guobao replied with some hesitation: "I have to discuss with my family before I can answer you. More importantly, Mr. Sherman, our family must occupy shares in the future company."

"The group company can't give you shares, but the Hong Kong company and the Singapore company can give you certain shares." Jade is naturally unwilling to let these two families get involved in his business, but the local branch can do so. Work with these cobras.In any case, Li Guobao is quite capable in running a bank.

Now that the three parties have their own tacit understanding, the following conversation will be more relaxed.Based on the reminder to his partners, Jade expressed very vaguely that he was uneasy about the political situation in Indonesia, and suggested that Lin Fengsheng should transfer his family business to Singapore or Hong Kong to avoid unwarranted disasters in future anti-Chinese incidents. "Lin Sheng, I heard that your family has monopolized most of Indonesia's agricultural and communication industries. Is this too dangerous for a country? What's more, the Chinese are a minority in Indonesia. You have monopolized too much of this country. Wealth, I am afraid that one day under the malicious guidance of the Indonesian government, destruction is in sight, right?"

Lin Fengsheng was not an idiot, of course he understood what Jade said. "Why don't I know? It's just that my father has a close personal relationship with President Suharto. He is sure that no one in Indonesia would dare to do anything to my family. Now, I am also worried."

"The three caves of the cunning rabbit would be great!" Jed would not force Lin Fengsheng to do anything, as long as he had some words to say.

After reaching a series of memorandums with Lin Fengsheng and Li Guobao, there will naturally be relevant personnel from the three companies following up the detailed negotiations.And Jade went to the ATV headquarters to sit in town. ATV's new media center will be completed next year, so the whole ATV is quite united.Jade named the new media center the Media Center of Asia (COCA). This news made the journalists in Hong Kong and even the Chinese community feel very excited.Although the Chinese have always considered themselves to be the center of Asia, many Chinese no longer have the confidence to say such words due to the decline after the Opium War.But now in Hong Kong, the Chinese compatriots of ATV have named their media center Asia Media Center, which naturally makes the Chinese happy, the Japanese are pantothenic acid, and the Koreans are biting small handkerchiefs while making soy sauce.The one thing that Jed asked Lin Jianyue was actually very simple. They planned to go north to the mainland to find a partner.Although Jade has circled three companies for Lin Jianyue, Huayi Brothers, Ryefield Music and Tangren Film and Television, but it seems that the progress is not so smooth. Jade plans to go to the mainland before the Christmas holiday.And Jed's plan has also attracted great attention in China, after all, Jed's identity is very special.