Chapter 356 Shareholder Mario
With the end of the groundbreaking ceremony, work on the construction site began in full swing.
Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye chatted with the project leader in the container office at the construction site for more than half an hour before leaving Tseung Kwan O.
The time is already past one in the afternoon. Except for the Tseung Kwan O Water Park in the distance, it is still a deserted scene.
So Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye went back to Central to have lunch together.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Central, the Hutchison Whampoa headquarters building.
Here, after Zhang Qizheng communicated with Wei Li about the specific matters, Wei Li directly called one of the shareholders of Hong Kong Electric Group.
It is a coincidence that one of the four shareholders is actually Weili's friend. Although he is not too stubborn, he is also the kind of friend who is relatively easy to talk to.
So, leaving this matter to Wei Li for the invitation was a mistake.
Originally, the relationship between them was just friends. If they were invited to chat, others would naturally not think too much about it.
So, another half an hour later, an Englishman named Mario arrived at the Hutchison Whampoa Group headquarters building.
"Mario, long time no see!" Seeing Mario, Weili greeted him warmly, and the two even hugged him.
Among European friends, hugging is normal and does not involve gender.
"Weili, it's been a long time indeed. It was more than a month ago when we last had dinner together!" Mario said with emotion.
Although there are many British people in Xiangjiang, there are naturally not many people in top circles like them.
Both Weili and Mario can be regarded as rich men in Xiangjiang.
Although Weili is just a laborer, his salary is quite high.
Not to mention too much, Wei Li still has assets worth tens of millions.
After all, Wei Li is now in his forties, and he has served as a senior executive in many companies. Naturally, he has saved a lot of money over the years.
Mario is also a shareholder of HK Electric Group, owning nearly 5% of HK Electric Group shares, worth more than 100 million.
Therefore, both of them belong to the wealthy circle in Hong Kong.
Mario is in his fifties. Although he is only a few years older than Weili, his hair is already half white.
On the contrary, Wei Li, who is already 46 years old, is still very well maintained, as if he is only in his thirties.
"Come on, Mario, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Zhang Qizheng, the general manager of Tianyuan Investment Company. You must have heard of his name." Weili introduced to Mario with a smile. road.
"Hello, Mr. Mario." Zhang Qizheng stretched out his right hand.
"Of course I know him. Mr. Zhang Qizheng is well known in Xiangjiang. He personally initiated the battle for Wharf and Hutchison Whampoa a few months ago, and finally succeeded in winning Hutchison Whampoa, allowing Mr. Su to successfully take over. "Hutchison Whampoa, Mr. Zhang Qizheng is definitely a master in the business world," Mario said in surprise as he stretched out his right hand and shook it with Zhang Qizheng.
In the eyes of many foreigners, the reason why Su Cheng has achieved his current achievements is because he has several particularly powerful generals in his hands, and Zhang Qizheng is one of them.
Some people think that if Sioux City did not have Zhang Qizheng, it would definitely not be able to win against Hutchison Whampoa.
After all, Hutchison Whampoa was originally one of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong. It can be said that being taken over by a Chinese would be a shame for their British-funded consortium.
Therefore, many foreigners originally hated Su City. However, after Su Cheng was promoted by the world's media as the recognized richest man in the world, these foreigners no longer hated Su Cheng.
After all, Su City is no longer on the same level as them.
"You two, let's go to the reception room in front and sit down and chat." Weili said with a smile.
“Okay!”
“No problem!”
The two of them followed Wei Li to the nearby living room and sat down.
Here, there are four sofas, two long sofas and two short sofas.
As the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, the office is naturally more elegant.
Moreover, Hutchison Whampoa is basically not managed very much in Sioux City now. The reception of important guests is basically handled by Wei Li. Therefore, the original executive office in Su City was simply handed over to Wei Li. He works in the executive office.
Sioux City does not necessarily go to Hutchison Whampoa once a month. It occupies an office of two to three hundred square meters, which is also a waste of space.
"Weili, I wonder why you came to me this time?" Mario asked curiously.
Actually, when he saw Zhang Qizheng, Mario had already begun to guess that it was not as simple as a gathering when Wei Li called him.
Otherwise, Zhang Qizheng probably wouldn’t be here.
"Mario, I heard that you plan to return to England to retire?" Weili asked instead of answering Mario's question.
"Yeah, I'm not as healthy as you. Look at me, I'm only in my early fifties, but half of my hair is gray. If I continue to work, no matter how much money I make, I won't be able to enjoy it in the future, so I simply plan to retire early and go back to my hometown to take care of myself,” Mario said with a smile.
In fact, Mario didn't tell the real reason.
The reason why Mario plans to quit Xiangjiang is because he is not very optimistic about Xiangjiang's future.
No, it should be that they are not optimistic about the future of British-funded enterprises in Hong Kong.
Because no one knows what Hong Kong will look like in more than ten years.
By then, if the British capital is forcibly confiscated, he will have nothing.
After all, major Hong Kong companies such as Jardine Matheson and Swire have basically experienced these things.
In addition, the current stock market is not very good, and he is afraid that the stock market will have a bear market for a few years in the future. Therefore, he simply plans to sell off all his Xiangjiang assets before the stock market has fallen much. Leave it in exchange for cash and go back to England.
In the circle of British wealthy people, many people actually have this idea.
“Yeah, actually, money is meaningless for your worth. More or less means nothing. You might as well retire early and enjoy life. In fact, I envy you. My assets Not as much as you, but I have a big family to support, so I will continue to work. Maybe when I make enough, I will retire early like you." Weili laughed.
"You are only 46 years old this year. I am seven years older than you, so you are not in a hurry. Besides, you don't look like an overworked person." Mario replied.
"Mr. Mario, I actually called you here because I heard from Mr. Weili that you were planning to sell the shares of Hong Kong Electric Group. It just so happens that our company has sufficient funds now, so I am considering investing in some fairly good companies in Hong Kong. If Mali If the price of Mr. Ao’s stock is right, I wouldn’t mind taking over Mr. Mario’s stock.” At this time, Zhang Qi was interjecting.
(End of this chapter)