Now it is about to enter 1979. It is also in this year in history that Li Chaoren took over the Hutchison Whampoa shares in HSBC almost for free and then successfully took over Hutchison Whampoa, shocking the entire Xiangjiang River.

Although Li Chaoren's luck was intercepted in this life because of Lei Yunrong's existence, Li Chaoren is still the businessman with top-notch vision and ability. After the commercial real estate was blocked, he specialized in industrial buildings.

Now Li Chaoren has become the real estate developer with the largest rental area of ​​industrial buildings in Hong Kong. With the rapid recovery of the real estate industry in recent years, the market for industrial buildings has also ushered in a sharp rise.

Therefore, Li Chaoren's net worth has also increased. Although he is not as good as in history, he has also become a major real estate boss in Xiangjiang.

However, this is not what Lei Yunrong cares the most. What makes Lei Yunrong feel a little depressed is that Li Chaoren and Chen Bi of HSBC Bank are fighting as hot as in history.

This forced Lei Yunrong to admit that the inertia of history is so great, and he also admires Li Chaoren's communication skills.

With Li Chaoren's superb vision, you can definitely see the value contained in Hutchison Whampoa. His current business situation will definitely make his desire for Hutchison Whampoa stronger, and he will definitely be more generous in transferring interests to HSBC or Chen Bi.

From the perspective of HSBC, although Lei Yunrong had deliberately made friends with them before, he had always been very happy to cooperate with them.

But now Lei Yunrong has grown into an existence that can compete with HSBC. It is impossible for them to increase Lei Yunrong's strength any more. These ghosts have resisted not taking action to suppress Lei Yunrong because of his ability to create a large amount of employment and tax revenue.

So compared to Lei Yunrong, Li Chaoren naturally entered Chen Bi's sight.

Li Chaoren is just right in strength. Not only is he easier to control and is also more obedient, but more importantly, he only has interests in his eyes, and what these ghosts like most is dealing with people who only have interests in his eyes.

Although these ghosts and old men are tacitly suppressing Chinese businessmen, it does not prevent them from dividing the power of Chinese businessmen.

Chen Bi is very clear that Lei Yunrong and Li Chaoren are not in the way. Since Lei Yunrong is so strong now, we will support Li Chaoren to improve his strength. What these Anglo-Saxons are best at is to engage in checks and balances as shit-making sticks.

Therefore, the probability of HSBC handing over Hutchison Whampoa's shares to Li Chaoren is even greater in this life, and even the time may be advanced.

Although Lei Yunrong had been planning Hutchison Whampoa for a long time, HSBC was indeed a mountain in front of him.

Lei Yunrong had previously arranged for Kowloon Securities' general manager Luo Zhang to secretly acquire Hutchison Whampoa's shares. So far, he has only 12% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares.

Even if you take down these shares, it is not easy, because it cannot attract the attention of HSBC, so the process is very slow, and it takes more than a year to make a long sale, which has caused Hutchison Whampoa's stock price to rise slightly.

But now it is a bit too late, so Lei Yunrong feels that he can no longer make small fuss like this. Relying on Kowloon Securities' current strength, he cannot fully cope with this acquisition.

This is also the reason why Lei Yunrong came to Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs and Lei Yunrong have worked together twice. Their service and professional abilities satisfy Lei Yunrong. The most important thing is that Goldman Sachs is strong enough.

This time, I directly faced HSBC. Ordinary institutions did not dare to take on this business at all. They could only find large foreign companies, and Goldman Sachs became Lei Yunrong's first choice.

But looking at the communication with Kenny Smith today, Lei Yunrong felt very bad.

Lei Yunrong is not complaining about Kenny Smith. He must be powerless to do anything about Goldman Sachs' decision. It is mainly because Goldman Sachs' attitude made him a little unhappy.

Although Goldman Sachs made this decision was the overall decision of their company, not just for Lei Yunrong, Lei Yunrong would not consider so much.

At the same time, this also gave Lei Yunrong a warning. He relied too much on Goldman Sachs for external acquisitions. If there was any accident on Goldman Sachs, Lei Yunrong didn't even find an alternative partner.

This is the disadvantage of putting eggs in one basket.

Just like this time, if Lei Yunrong’s acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa really needs the financial support of Goldman Sachs, he wouldn’t be fooled.

Although you can find another partner, it is the first time to cooperate. Lei Yunrong dares not trust others completely, and at the same time, they dare not give you huge financial support after the first cooperation. Even if they do, they will definitely have to go through a full investigation.

But this acquisition is relatively urgent, and it will only delay Lei Yunrong's major event.

So after this cooperation, Lei Yunrong will find one or several partners and cannot hang himself on the tree of Goldman Sachs. However, this time the operation against Hutchison Whampoa still needs to cooperate with Goldman Sachs.

On the other hand, Kenny Smith also gave a positive answer to Lei Yunrong's question:

"Allen, of course there is no problem with this cooperation, we Goldman Sachs will take it."

"Okay, the first two cooperations with Goldman Sachs have been successful. I hope this time will have ideal results."

However, when Kenny Smith heard Lei Yunrong's words, he smiled bitterly:

"Allen, although I don't know what your backup plan is, I don't feel optimistic about facing HSBC this time."

"Kenny, don't worry, HSBC is not without weaknesses. Although I am not 100% sure to defeat HSBC Bank and win Hutchison Whampoa, I think we can still meet him. What if it succeeds?"

"If it succeeds, you Goldman Sachs will become famous in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia."

"Okay, then I hope you can be so lucky this time, Alan. I will go to the América headquarters in person to get you enough financial support."

"Kenny, thank you."

"Haha, we are not only partners, but also friends. Didn't you say this in China? You are trying to get both your friends. Look, am I trying to get both your friends? "

Lei Yunrong replied with a smile:

"Think, of course, I just hope you don't get into me twice."

This ghost old man can even use idioms. Although he is a little incorrect, it can be seen that he is indeed working hard.

Lei Yunrong admired his professional attitude very much, which made him think again.

"Kenny, since we are friends who are both friends and now that we have finished talking about business, can we talk about private matters?"

"Allen, what do you want to talk about?"

"It's still a matter of digging you to work at Honor Electronics. I mentioned this to you for more than half a year last time. What are you thinking about?"

Kenny Smith didn't expect that Lei Yunrong was so persistent. He hadn't given a reply for so long, but it was actually the clearest answer. I don't know if Lei Yunrong pretended not to know or really didn't know.

"Allen, you see, I've gotten to this position and my work has just begun. I can't leave now."

"Kenny, the earth will still be transformed by anyone else. Even if you leave, your successor will continue to expand Goldman Sachs' influence in Asia."

"I also know that you may also want to expand your territory in Asia to return to America headquarters and look at the position of Goldman Sachs president, but you should know that this path is very difficult."

"Not to mention that the current Asian market is impossible to compare with Amerika and Europe. Even with Amerika alone, there are many people with strength and qualifications that are not inferior to you or even better than you."

"And the most important thing is that it is necessary to be the president of Goldman Sachs. You should know better than me that Goldman Sachs' president is not just a company's CEO, he has a very close relationship with the White House."

"And do you think you have an advantage in this?"

Kenny Smith didn't speak and quietly listened to Lei Yunrong's long speech.

In fact, he knows some things better than Lei Yunrong, but now he has reached his current position. If he doesn't try to attack the highest position, his previous efforts will be in vain.

The president of Goldman Sachs can directly enter the top leaders of the Amerika authorities, and even directly serve as the Secretary of Finance.

As the most developed country in the world today, Ameriga's finance minister can determine the economic direction of the world.

Even if you cannot enter the top government, the President of Goldman Sachs also has great influence in the economic field around the world, so how could Kenny Smith not be moved by that position?

Of course, this is also Kenny Smith's most ideal career plan for himself. He also knows that there are many competitors to that position, but he will not give up without trying it.

Seeing that Kenny Smith was silent, Lei Yunrong continued:

"You should also know some of our Honor Electronics situations. We rely solely on arcade products to make more than $500 million in less than a year. Not to mention this level, even in América, how many companies can be higher than this level?"

"What's more, arcades are just one of our products. As our product line gradually becomes richer, the profits created will definitely be greater. Being a co-star in such a company will definitely not bury your talent."

"At that time, it's definitely better than you at Goldman Sachs, whether it's money or status."

Kenny Smith said calmly when he saw Lei Yunrong saying:

"Allen, I understand everything you said, but I still want to give it a try."

Lei Yunrong didn't expect that after saying so much, Kenny Smith put up such a sentence that made him speechless and even depressed to vomit blood.

However, since Kenny Smith had already said this, Lei Yunrong knew that it would be of no use to continue speaking, so he decisively ended the topic.

This is also the last time Lei Yunrong has invited Kenny Smith. Since he has his own ideas, Lei Yunrong cannot force it.

However, Honor Electronics' development is rapid, and it is impossible to keep Co's position empty, and it is even more impossible to keep it for him.

"Well, Kenny, since you have your own ideas, I won't say much anymore. But we, Honor Electronics, will have more actions next year, so it's impossible to leave the position of the CFO empty."

"I understand, Alan, I'm grateful for your attention, because you have kept this position for me before, but I believe that Honor Electronics will definitely find a better and more suitable Chief Financial Officer than me."

"Of course at this time!"

"Uh...haha, Alan, you're really straightforward."

"Chief Financial Officer is a very important position. How could I find someone casually? Of course I have to find an excellent one. I originally thought that Kenny, you are very suitable, but since you are not determined here, the person I will definitely not be worse than you."

"Okay, I wish you a happy candidate soon, Alan."

After talking about both official and private matters, Lei Yunrong sat down for a while before leaving.

The specific cooperation agreement requires both parties to arrange for specific discussions. The two only determined the overall cooperation framework.

As soon as he left Goldman Sachs' gate, Lei Yunrong put away his smile and his face became a little serious.

After getting into the car, Lei Yunrong said to the driver:

"Not going back now, go to Lehman Brothers' headquarters in Xiangjiang!"


Chapter completed!