Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

  Chapter 993 Hang Seng Confidentiality System

   Hutchison Chairman's Office

  Li Chaoren managed to escape from the crowd of reporters and returned to his office.

  Li Chaoren was sitting on a chair, his chest heaving up and down, he seemed very excited, he kept breathing and forced himself to calm down.

   The reporter was found by him just now, but the other party was not afraid at all, and he was not afraid at all. It was obvious that someone was supporting him. Otherwise, how would ordinary reporters dare to oppose a rich man like him.

   Calm Calm Chill…

   At this time, anger is not the solution to the problem. Now he has no intention to investigate who is dealing with him secretly. The most important thing now is how to eliminate the influence.

  The next news about him shorting the Hang Seng Index and shorting major listed companies, no matter if it is true or false, will not miss the opportunity for major newspapers.

   If it is one or two newspapers, he can still handle it, but now it is obvious that all the media in Xiangjiang have the intention of taking this as a slap in the face.

   No matter how powerful he is, it is impossible for all the media in Xiangjiang to shut up. For the first time since joining Hutchison, Li Chaoren felt what it means to be aggrieved.

   "Chairman, this is the news published by that newspaper today, as well as several newspapers that reported bad news about our company."

  Li Chaoren picked up the newspaper and read it for less than a minute, then he was mad at the content on it. In addition to short-selling, the above even broke out some security incidents of his company.

  Real estate companies, especially in this period, have no shameful things in private, such as encountering some nail-biting households, in order not to affect the construction period, what means are usually used, needless to say,

  These things are generally tacit, and they will not easily talk about these unspoken rules.

   Similarly, the media and newspapers will not easily publish these news, because it is easy to offend many people at once.

   Several newspapers, half-truths, poured dirty water on him.

   You can imagine what situation he will face next.

   "Chairman, what should we do now?"

   "Although the sales of these newspapers are not high, things have gone out today. I believe that tomorrow morning at the latest, all major newspapers in Hong Kong will publish news that is unfavorable to our company."

  Li Chaoren took a deep breath and said, "This news cannot be allowed to spread, it must be stopped immediately."

After speaking, Li Chaoren instructed the general manager of Hutchison: "You should immediately call the major newspapers in Hong Kong, especially Ming Pao and Oriental Daily, as well as TVB and ATV, and ask them not to report unfavorable things about our company. information."

   "Chairman, there is no problem in other aspects, but Mr. Shao and ATV may not be able to handle it."

  Li Chaoren waved his hand and said, "I will call these two companies in person. You should contact those newspapers now."

  Since there is no way to completely ban news, it can only be limited in terms of influence. As long as the newspapers with large sales and influence in Hong Kong do not publish these news, no matter how noisy those small newspapers are, it will not affect the overall situation.

   At this time, a middle-aged man left the office.

   Before the middle-aged man could speak, Li Chaoren hurriedly asked, "Manager Cheng, have you found out who is shorting the company's stock today?"

   Manager Cheng said embarrassedly: "Chairman, I haven't found out who it is, but the funds for shorting us today all came from Hang Seng Bank."

   "What? Hang Seng Bank?" Li Chaoren was startled and couldn't help but said, "Are you sure it's Hang Seng Bank? Did you make a mistake?"

  Manager Cheng said: "Chairman, it is definitely Hang Seng Bank, but it is not Hang Seng Bank that is shorting our company, but someone else who has used Hang Seng Bank's channels to short our company."

   Hearing this, Li Chaoren couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's better if it's not Hang Seng Bank, it's better if it's not Hang Seng Bank."

   No wonder Li Chaoren behaved like this, mainly everyone knows who the boss behind Hang Seng Bank is. If that person wants to attack him, then the problem will be big. Thinking of the tragic situation before Jardine, Li Chaoren still has lingering fears.

  Li Chaoren: "Since it's not Hang Seng Bank, why can't we find out who is shorting our company's stock behind it?"

   "Chairman, I got the news because the person who shorted our company signed a non-disclosure agreement with Hang Seng Bank."

   "Chairman, you should know that since Hang Seng was acquired by Yang Sheng, it has always attached great importance to the confidentiality of customers, so it is difficult for us to obtain information from Hang Seng Bank."

  Li Chaoren got a headache when he heard this.

   Regarding the customer confidentiality system implemented by Hang Seng Bank, Yang Chen has fully absorbed the experience of Swiss Bank, and will not open any customer information to anyone or any force.

  Although major banks have so-called non-disclosure agreements, this kind of thing is completely useless to a big guy like Li Chaoren.

  Whether it is HSBC, Standard Chartered, or other banks in Hong Kong, as long as Li Chaoren is willing, one phone call can tell who is behind the scenes.

   But Hang Seng Bank can't do it. With Yang Chen as the backer, no one's face will be saved unless Boss Yang speaks in person.

   However, if you want Yang Chen to speak, you don't have to think about it. The secrecy system of Hang Seng Bank was formulated by the boss of Yang, how could the other party slap him in the face?

  Li Chaoren suppressed the urge to call Yang Chen, and said, "Okay, that's it, you go down and continue to investigate, and send someone to the Hang Seng Bank to watch and see if you can gain anything."

  Manager Cheng hesitated: "Then, Chairman, our previous plan is still there"

  Li Chaoren didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he quickly raised his hand to interrupt, and said solemnly: "Tell your people to stop and don't move."

Now there are rumors everywhere in Heung Kong that he is shorting the Hang Seng Index and the stocks of major listed companies. Even if these rumors are true, it is nothing. This is not something illegal or chaotic. Just tea.

   But he secretly wanted to buy his own stock. When the stock of his company fell inexplicably, once he sent someone to buy it, he would be suspected of manipulating the stock market.

   It’s good not to be caught. Once caught, if you are lucky, you may drink tea and pay a fine as a warning. If you are unlucky, the end will be quite miserable.

   At this time, another person walked in in a hurry.

   "Chairman, Mr. Aker has brought over a dozen shareholders here, and they want to hold a general meeting of shareholders immediately."

  Li Chaoren heard the news, and his head suddenly hurt again, "I see, you go and invite them in."

   Hutchison's share price fell by more than 70% inexplicably, and he, the chairman, could not sit still, let alone others.

   In particular, Hutchison experienced a stock price crash earlier. In 1973, the stock price of Hutchison fell to one Hong Kong dollar. No one cared about it, and it almost went bankrupt. Many shareholders still remember this experience.

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   (end of this chapter)