Chapter 42 Communication
When Liang Hongru led Li Wen and Xiao Tian through the hall to the small living room upstairs, most of the men and women gathered in three or five in the hall looked curious and questioning.
I don’t know if these big guys like to look down or let young people look up at them. Generally speaking, in the evening party, young people just shuttle downstairs, and the upstairs are the place for big guys.
Five or six people sat in the living room. When several people saw Liang Hongru and Li Wen's arrival, they stood up. Liang Hongru pointed to Li Wen and said to the people in the living room: "Let me introduce you to you. This is Mr. Li Wen who is about to return to Hong Kong to invest."
"This is Director Zhong Yuanshan, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee... This is our Deputy Director Huang Gang... This is our Secretary-General Liu Qingda... This is Mr. Ren Zhiqiang, President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority... This is Mr. Huo Tianxing, Deputy General Manager of the Huo Group.
Li Wen went up to shake hands with these people one by one to say hello. Li Wen, the four giants of the Liaison Office, the president of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and the deputy general manager of the Huo Group, recognized that this person would be the helmsman of the future Huo Empire. These people are all real big shots. If these people sneeze, they will catch a cold in Hong Kong.
After everyone sat down, they greeted each other for a while. Zhong Yuanshan said to Li Wen: "Mr. Li, you have received good news from Secretary Cheng. The State Council has approved your full subscription for the allocation of CNOOC in principle. The CNOOC Party Group has also voted, just waiting for Mr. Li to pass the information to go through the procedures. Secretary Jie Shicheng will lead a team to Hong Kong to sign a specific agreement with Mr. Li."
Li Wen understood mentally that the so-called information is the confirmation of his own funds. After all, CNOOC could not afford time, so he replied: "Director Zhong, please tell me to the secretary. I have prepared the funds and have started to build the company."
Zhong Yuanshan smiled and nodded, "Then we are waiting for Mr. Li's good news. If there is any help when Mr. Li set up the company, he can tell Deputy Director Liang. Our Liaison Office will do his best to assist Mr. Li,"
"Thank you, Director Zhong! We will hurry up." Zhong Yuanshan's words are equivalent to expressing support for Li Wen to the government, and Li Wen will not be rude.
Li Wen also vaguely learned that after the news that the Unico Petroleum Company that he suggested might have been indirectly controlled by the Japanese side was sent back by Cheng Sishou, the relevant departments immediately launched an investigation and have now discovered that Japan is ready to move towards the East China Sea area. The development of Chunxiao Oil and Gas Field is no longer just a simple commercial activity. The government urgently needs to take the lead in the development of the East China Sea area through CNOOC.
To develop Chunxiao Oil and Gas Field, CNOOC has to purchase deep-sea development equipment on a large scale, and these equipment can be settled in US dollars. It is impossible for the central government to provide such huge foreign exchange support to CNOOC alone. This is the reason why both CNOOC and two other oil companies need to be listed overseas first, but not listed on the A-share market first.
If Li Wen can really share some of CNOOC's financing funds, of course the government will not introduce it and show goodwill appropriately.
The political and commercial communication of the director of the Liaison Office of Zhong Yuanshan is shared by Liang Hongru, the deputy director, so the contact with Li Wen is Liang Hongru, the second in command, rather than Director Zhong Yuanshan, the first in command of the Liaison Office of Zhong Yuanshan.
Today, Zhong Yuanshan, Liang Hongru, told Li Wen about this news in front of so many people. On the one hand, it made Li Wen feel respected, and on the other hand, it also conveyed a news that Li Wen was supported by the central government to Hong Kong. The two Hong Kong representatives here are absolutely extraordinary.
When Liang Hongru saw that Zhong Yuanshan had already negotiated with Li Wen, he glanced at everyone, especially Ren Zhiqiang and Huo Tianxing, and said slowly: "Tonight, I took the opportunity of my daughter's 18th birthday to invite a few people to come, just to hope that they can get to know each other and understand each other. You also know the central government's policies, and we will not interfere in Hong Kong affairs. The purpose of inviting a few people here is to hope that the people here can communicate with each other and avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings. Here, I will declare that Mr. Li's investment in Hong Kong is entirely his personal behavior, it is just a pure commercial activity, and there is no political factor."
Li Wen was not clear. When the relevant departments of the State Council discussed his full subscription of CNOOC, the news soon spread to Hong Kong after learning that Li Wen would bring a large amount of funds to invest in Hong Kong.
After the economy of any place develops and matures, a group of powerful forces will surely breed in the process of development, and its industries will definitely be divided up by these forces. Although the competition among these breeding forces is still extremely fierce in the process of competition, this is just a local competition. Once an external force wants to enter the region, it may be squeezed by these forces, or even united to encircle and suppress it, or be absorbed by a certain company to strengthen itself. This depends on the attitude of each company.
Therefore, news that a mysterious gold that may have brought more than one billion US dollars of investment in Hong Kong was immediately put on the table of the big guys. Most Hong Kong rich people are unwilling to be involved in the political disputes of the central government. Their strategy is to be away from the edge of central politics and maintain a businessman's attitude.
Although more than one billion US dollars is not a big capital compared to the international market of Hong Kong, it will definitely not have any impact. The most important thing is that the news that the mysterious gold came to Hong Kong was from the central government, and Hong Kong was under the governance of the central government. Therefore, Hong Kong rich people have to explore the identity of the mysterious gold, and what attitude is the central government playing.
The appearance of Ren Zhiqiang and Huo Tianxing can be said to be a representative.
After taking a sip of tea, waiting for several people to digest the information, nodded slightly to Li Wen, Liang Hongru continued: "I believe everyone knows that Mr. Li has reached an intention to subscribe to a share allocation amount of US$500 million with CNOOC. We all know the difficulties faced by CNOOC, so I won't say much. What I want to say is that the central government is not an ungrateful government. Although Mr. Li's investment is purely his personal behavior, we will never interfere in the competition in the future, but we still hope that Hong Kong can give Mr. Li some convenience during this period."
Liang Hongru's words are very clear. We will ignore Li Wen's future commercial competition, but now, it is best for you not to touch him.
Li Wen only mentioned to Cheng Sishou that he would come to Hong Kong to build a company, but did not explain which industry he would enter. Therefore, Liang Hongru invited the president of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the future heir of the Huo family, who has always served as the bridge between the Communist Party of China and Hong Kong rich man, to let Li Wen communicate with them himself.
On the other hand, if Lee Wen wants to transfer such a huge amount of funds to Hong Kong, the HKMA will never sit idly by, so it is necessary to say hello to the President of the HKMA first.
Ren Zhiqiang exchanged glances with Huo Tianxing, and Huo Tianxing said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Deputy Director Liang, we are absolutely welcome to Mr. Li's investment in Hong Kong. No matter which industry Mr. Li intends to enter, there will definitely be no malicious competition."
Li Wen knew that the central government's statement was exchanged for the subscription of $500 million, but it was only effective for the current stage. However, Li Wen is not an ungrateful person. He knew in his heart that it was very rare for the central government to make such a statement. With this statement, if he really wanted to invest in the industry in Hong Kong, there would definitely be less resistance. This is the benefit of officials and businessmen.
Unfortunately, Li Wen's plan was not in Hong Kong. He cleared his throat. Li Wen said: "Thank you for the support of the central government! Thank you for your support! Since everyone is so honest, I can't hide it. Let's say that! In addition to completing the subscription of CNOOC share allocation, the company's main business direction will be to focus on international finance and some cross-border businesses. We can guarantee everyone that unless necessary, the company will not enter the industrial industry in Hong Kong, nor will it enter the Hong Kong stock market."
Li Wen's words are very clear: Don't worry, I will not compete with you in Hong Kong's industry, nor will I cause trouble in the stock market.
At this time, everyone felt relieved. Li Wen did not compete with these rich men. This was the result they most hoped for, especially Huo Tianxing and Ren Zhiqiang.
The Huo family has a special status in Hong Kong. It has contacted the central government very early, so for the past decade, the Huo family has been playing the role of the Hong Kong rich man and the central government buffer zone. Li Wen has already stated that he will not be involved in Hong Kong's industry, so he has also given an explanation to the rich man when he goes back.
If Li Wen dares to make such a guarantee in front of the four giants of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, I believe that the rich people have nothing to worry about, because if Li Wen violates his promise to enter the local industry to grab food in the future and is squeezed or even encircled, then they will no longer have to worry about what the central government says.
The HKMA is a public profit-making organization. Therefore, Ren Zhiqiang, as the president of the HKMA, is a master in the financial industry. No one knows the returns and risks of the financial market better than him. The news he received said that Li Wen's funds may come from the Nasdaq Futures Index, so he only regards Li Wen as a lucky person. If it were not for Liang Hongru's invitation, he would not have appeared here at all.
When he heard Liang Hongru's statement just now, he couldn't help but worry that Li Wen, the lucky one, would use this money to do whatever he wanted in the Hong Kong stock market. Now when he heard that Li Wen was going to do international finance, he breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: Is it really a newborn calf not afraid of tigers, and a temporary lucky one. Do you really think he can be so lucky for the rest of his life? But he didn't say much. As long as Li Wen doesn't mess around on his acre of three-point land, he wouldn't pay much attention to it. His main responsibility is to maintain the stability of the Hong Kong financial market.
Ren Zhiqiang said lightly: "Since Mr. Li has a lot of ideas about international financial industry, we are also a colleague. Mr. Li has just come to Hong Kong. If you need help, just talk. Zhiqiang will do his best to help."
"Thank you for your support!" Although he knew that this was just a polite word on the scene, Li Wen hurriedly expressed his gratitude. At the same time, there was indeed a place that needed the help of this veteran in the financial industry, so he said: "To put it, there are places that really need help from President Ren. I hope President Ren can help."
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