Li Ka-shing discussed it with people like Kong Rende, but they couldn't make the decision. The real decision-maker was the core class of the Chinese Association. Their families are not hundreds of years old. Some of them are more than a thousand years old. Now the most important people in the Chinese Association are
The six prominent families are the Li family in Longxi, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Pei family in Hedong, the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Lu family in Fanyang, and the Zhuge family in Langya. These six families have a history that exceeds the year before last. After these years of development, although overall
It is not as powerful as the Skull and Bones Society, but its foundation and system are becoming more and more complete.
In addition to the six aristocratic families at the top, there are more than a dozen families in the middle class. The strength of these families is almost the same as that of the four major families of Jiang, Song, Kong and Chen. Further down are the fifth masters of Qin and Li Ka-shing.
The price offered by the Chinese Association to Li Cong was to make Li Cong a second-class family, in the same class as Kong Rende. It’s no wonder that Li Ka-shing is embarrassed to talk about it. Although the Chinese Association has a longer history, is it now that they live by looking at history?
Well, although your six major families have a distinguished past, and some of them have been royal families, but what's the use? Now you rely on strength to speak, and people still want to stand out under the roof. Is such a thing possible?
On the surface, the assets of the Chinese Association are only hundreds of billions of yuan, but how could Li Cong believe that these thousand-year-old guys only have this little asset? For example, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the GDP of the Qing Dynasty was 30% of the world's GDP, but the government
Its tax revenue was only 80 million taels of silver. At that time, Britain's GDP was only more than half of China's, but its tax revenue was nine times that of China, and its government revenue was twelve times that of China. This means that a large part of China's wealth
They were not taken away by the Manchus, but fell into the hands of the people. Most of them are probably from these aristocratic families.
Judging from the large amount of property that the Kuomintang brought to Taiwan after its defeat, it was still a very small part. Therefore, the wealth held by these ancient aristocratic families was not just a tiny bit. If you had to calculate it, their total wealth was no less than that of the Skull and Bones Society, but their last
One thing that the Chinese Association does is to keep a low profile, so the Chinese Association can only be a second-rate organization, not even as good as some powerful European families. Li Cong is a Chinese after all, and has heard of these nobles of the past, so of course he will not offend them, so listen
When Li Ka-shing said this, he didn't refuse directly, but he didn't want to act based on other people's looks.
"This matter is a bit big. Shibo also knows who I am. I only want to be friends with people who sincerely make friends. I will think about it for a few days. After all, this is not a small matter. I have to pay attention to it in the United States.
Now is not the time for me to make the decision alone." Li Cong thought about it for a long time and gave an ambiguous answer.
This answer is consistent with Li Cong's style. Not to mention that Li Cong would never agree to the price offered by the Chinese. Even he himself didn't think it was very good. If he had the same status as the six aristocratic families, Li Cong might consider it, but now I'm afraid
Forget it, although several major families have the most precious metals in the world, the world is now dominated by the US dollar, and the precious metals in your hands are not as good as the US dollars. There is no need for Li to break up with the United States over this.
"Of course, my nephew needs to think about it. I happen to have something that I need my nephew to help with. Recently, I just sold some of my shares to cash out, so I have some spare money on hand. It just so happens that we old guys are also here.
I wonder if my nephew’s financial affairs in the United States are convenient for us old guys to come and join in?” Li Ka-shing tentatively said, after all, this international financial matter is not the focus of Li Cong’s investment, nor is it convenient for us old guys to join him.
You know what Li Cong means.
Li Congbie looked at the good old man in front of him thoughtfully. It was not that he had not invested in financial bonds, but most of them entrusted the Skull and Bones Society to invest. Hundreds of billions of dollars were invested every year, and the income was also 15%.
Between 20% and 20%, this is the Skull and Bones Society's own income. The guy in front of me obviously wants to take advantage of this. I think that the Skull and Bones Society will compete with the European Rothschild family in precious metals.
High and low, this is when money is needed. The Hong Kong consortium has too much and can't afford it. Hundreds of billions of dollars can still be spent. Although it won't help the overall situation, if the Skull and Bones wins, it's still okay to make a few small bucks.
Besides, these people also suffered a lot when they took over Hong Kong. If they refused even this, it would appear that they were not very friendly, and they had just recognized relatives.
"Shibo must be aware of the fact that several big bankers over there started borrowing money. However, the rate of return on this money is not low. I feel that the annual rate of return can be around 10%, but the risk is not small. I hope
Shibo can think clearly." Although the 10% return rate is not very high, they also understand that if they can earn 100 billion U.S. dollars a year with 100 billion U.S. dollars, is it worth it? A large investment
A 10% return is already very high.
After hearing this, Li Ka-shing said nothing on the surface, but he was already overwhelmed in his heart. He could take out about 20 billion Hong Kong dollars. Doesn't this mean that he could earn 2 billion Hong Kong dollars by the end of the year without doing anything? Besides, the bonds are still good.
Sell at any time, although some economic companies also have this proportion of profits, but which company dares to accept tens of billions of investments.
"My nephew is so refreshing, but our funds here are limited, so I'm afraid we won't be able to catch the eyes of your American friends. We'd better ask your nephew to help smooth things over. Of course, we will give your nephew a 20% profit." Li Cong also said.
I didn't come here for profit, I just thought that I was just a middleman. The Skull and Bones Society also needed money, and I had money here and wanted to invest, so I just took this opportunity to see how much foundation the Chinese Society had.
"It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. I wonder how much your Hong Kong and Macao consortium can contribute?" Li Cong deliberately looked contemptuous. Li Ka-shing also understood this. Compared with the common people, these so-called rich people are indeed in the sky.
He has gone underground, but compared to Li Cong and the big bosses of the Skull and Bones Society, his tens of billions of family assets are not as good as their daily income. Such an old fox has long known what to say to whom he meets, so naturally he will not
He would become annoyed because of Li Cong's look.
Li Ka-shing thought about it in general and said, "Our Hong Kong and Macao consortium can probably spend about 300 billion Hong Kong dollars. If it is more, it may affect Hong Kong's capital market. Our friends from the mainland can spend about 500 billion yuan. No.
Knowing this little bit of wealth, can I meet your requirements?"
Now Li Cong looked at them with even more contempt. It's no wonder that after dealing with the world's largest organizations, Li Cong's vision has become much higher. The total amount is only more than 100 billion US dollars. The Skull and Bones Society alone
The gifts given to myself this year have already amounted to more than 200 billion US dollars. If I really give away more than 100 billion US dollars, I don't know what they will think of me.