Chapter 797 Feng Jingxi's cooperation

After finishing lunch, uncle Chen Liang and cousin Chen Bin proposed to take their leave, and Xia Yu directly arranged for the driver to send them back.

That day, Xia Yu didn't go anywhere. After arranging some things on the phone, he stayed at home, relaxed for a while, spent time with his parents, and had a very pleasant and comfortable time.

But happy times are always short.

Early the next morning, Xia Yu went to the Jiuding Building and gathered all the heads of his companies to hear their reports and deepen his control over the company.

After all, the business plate is getting bigger, and after more than two months, there will always be various problems, some of which require his authorization and approval.

Fortunately, Xia Yu is full of energy and has an excellent memory, so he can absorb a huge amount of information at once.

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Hong Kong Island, Jiuding Bank headquarters.

Xia Yu, wearing sunglasses and accompanied by Liu Tianci, inspected the bank's operations to gain a deeper understanding of its business volume and strength.

'Tianci, has there been any change in the shareholder information of Dao Heng Bank?'

After a long while, Xia Yu put down the documents in his hands and looked at Liu Tianci, who was quietly sitting to the side, and asked.

'Compared to last year, there have been some changes. This is the latest shareholding information I have collected, please take a look.'

Liu Tianci said, handing Xia Yu a piece of paper.

This was the information he had collected urgently after he had called him yesterday afternoon. It involved increasing the strength of Jiuding Bank, so naturally Liu Tianci would use 200% of his energy.

The information was not extensive, and Xia Yu finished reading it after just a few seconds.

There were 38.5% of the remaining shares of Dao Heng Bank on the market, all in the hands of Chinese shareholders, a total of ten Chinese shareholders.

The founder of Dao Heng Bank at this time was no longer among the shareholders. After the founder's death, his descendants had no interest in running the business and were unable to do so, so they sold all of their shares in the bank to Lloyds Bank at an early date.

Of the ten current shareholders, the Lee family owns the most, with 7.5%.

Next is Feng Jingxi's Sun Hung Kai Finance, with a 6.8% stake.

Next came other small and medium-sized Chinese families.

Xia Yu's gaze skipped directly past the Lee family and settled on Sun Hung Kai Finance.

He was not familiar with the Lee family, and it could be said that they did not have any friendship. Even because of the hostile competitive relationship between Global TV and TVB, the Lee family would definitely be hostile towards him internally. It would not be so easy to acquire the Lee family's stake. If other means were used, it could be obtained, but it would be a waste of time and unnecessary.

The best way is to increase his own shareholding to more than 67%. At that time, Dao Heng Bank will be under his control, and he can easily get rid of everyone.

In that case, Sun Hung Kai Finance is the best choice.

He and Feng Jingxi are close friends, and they were once comrades-in-arms in the same trenches, having besieged Jardine Matheson together. Feng Jingxi owes him a great deal. As long as he comes forward and asks for the shares of Dao Heng Bank, it will only take him a cup of tea to get it.

If he takes the 8% stake held by Sun Hung Kai Finance, Xia Yu's shareholding will reach 68.3%, directly crossing the absolute control line and exceeding it.

After putting the paper down, Xia Yu said lightly, 'Go make a phone call to Sun Hung Kai Securities and ask them to arrange an appointment for me with Feng Jingxi to see if he has time today.'

Liu Tianci smiled and said, 'Okay.'

After that, Liu Tianci walked over to the desk, took out the phone book, found the phone number for Sun Hung Kai Securities, and dialed it directly.

Xia Yu, meanwhile, leaned back on the sofa and thought quietly.

...

'Chairman, Feng Jingxi is not at Sun Hung Kai Securities, but is at Sun Hung Kai Finance. He says he has time this afternoon and will be waiting for you there.'

After a while, Liu Tianci came over to report to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu came back to his senses, nodded slightly, and decisively said, 'Then you go with me and try to get it today.'

'Okay.'

Soon, Xia Yu set off with Liu Tianci and drove to the Sun Hung Kai Finance Company, which was about 500 to 600 metres away.

Yes, Sun Hung Kai Finance Company is also on Hong Kong Island.

Feng Jingxi, as one of the top financial tycoons in Hong Kong, owns two financial companies, namely Sun Hung Kai Securities and Sun Hung Kai Finance, both established in 1973.

Before Xia Yu's Jiuding Securities appeared, Sun Hung Kai Securities could be considered the leader among Chinese securities companies, and Feng Jingxi was also respectfully called the 'Stock God' by the media because of this. Of course, the value of his 'Stock God' status was far less than Xia Yu, who rose to prominence later.

Sun Hung Kai Finance is a company that accepts public deposits and has some of the functions of a bank. However, due to restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong government, only wealthy people can be customers, because the minimum deposit amount for a registered deposit-taking company is 50,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The distance is only 500-600 metres, and even though traffic is relatively heavy in Central, Xia Yu arrived in just two minutes.

Perhaps knowing that Xia Yu would be there soon, Feng Jingxi even came downstairs on purpose. When Xia Yu entered, he immediately saw Feng Jingxi, who was beaming from ear to ear.

'Xia Sheng, it's been a long time, I've really missed you. Now that you've come to my company, it's an honour!

Feng Jingxi shook Xia Yu's hand tightly, shook it twice, and laughed loudly.

'Mr Feng, it really has been a long time. I'm still not walking around much, I'm sorry!'

Xia Yu laughed apologetically.

'Eh, Xia Sheng, you're being polite. I know you're busy with a million things. We'll get together again next time you're free,' Feng Jingxi said quickly, waving his hands.

'That's fine, as long as I'm in Hong Kong at the time, I'll definitely be there!'

Xia Yu laughed and agreed.

'Mr Liu, welcome!'

'Good afternoon, Mr Feng!'

After shaking hands with Xia Yu, Feng Jingxi shook hands with Liu Tianci and exchanged pleasantries.

'Xia Sheng, Liu Sheng, please come inside. I just received some pre-rain Longjing tea, you must try it.'

'Oh? Then I'm in for a treat, please...'

...

They chatted and sipped tea, and the atmosphere gradually became warm.

After Feng Jingxi poured tea for Xia Yu and Liu Tianci again, he asked, 'Xia Sheng, I wonder what brings you here this time? If there is anything I can do to help, just let me know. I, Feng, will do whatever I can.'

Xia Yu thanked him and said slowly, 'It's like this. I heard that Sun Hung Kai Financial holds some shares of Dao Heng Bank. I was wondering if I could buy them from you?'

Feng Jingxi was taken aback, and remembered the gossip that had been circulating in the past few days. He stared at Xia Yu and asked, 'Mr Xia, I heard that Lloyds Bank sold its shares, and that you were the buyer? I heard that the buyer was a large British family.'

Xia Yu did not buy the shares directly from Lloyds Bank. There was an intermediary, the Duke of Carter-Howard, who bought the shares and then transferred the ownership to Xia Yu. This happened just a few days ago, and since it happened in the UK, Dao Heng Bank's headquarters was not aware of the details. All that was known was the hearsay, so it was normal that Feng Jingxi was unaware of it.

Xia Yu smiled and said, 'It was indeed me. I entrusted a friend to help me buy it, and now the shares are all with me.'

Feng Jingxi suddenly understood, and then his heart rose with infinite emotion.

To be honest, it is difficult to acquire every health bank in Xiangjiang. Feng Jingxi has worked hard in the securities industry and naturally wants to establish a large empire in the financial industry. Otherwise, he would not have established the Sun Hung Kai Finance Company in the first place.

He also had his heart set on Dao Heng Bank, but Lloyds Bank simply ignored him, and he gradually gave up.

Unexpectedly, Dao Heng Bank also fell into Xia Yu's hands without a sound.

Thinking about Xia Yu's several banks nowadays, Feng Jingxi couldn't help but shake his head. They can't be compared. Why is there such a big gap between people?

Fortunately, he is still clear-headed and knows what kind of occasion it is.

He collected his thoughts and said cheerfully, 'Xiao Sheng, congratulations, you have another bank under your command. Since you need it, I will add icing to the cake. I will have someone prepare the contract now.'

'Then I will trouble you, Feng Sheng,' Xia Yu said gratefully.

Soon, Feng Jingxi told his subordinate to come in, instructed someone to draft the contract, and then asked someone to find the equity of Dao Heng Bank.

After about an hour, the agreement was signed. Liu Tianci directly wrote a cheque to Feng Jingxi from Jiuding Bank, which the latter gladly accepted.

The transfer price for the 6.8% stake was 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Feng Jingxi did not ask for an exorbitant price, and almost sold it to Xia Yu at cost, even losing a little. Xia Yu said that he would raise the price a little, but Feng Jingxi immediately changed his face and firmly disagreed. Xia Yu could only give up.

After seeing Liu Tianci put away the agreement and proof of equity, Feng Jingxi gathered himself together and suddenly proposed to cooperate with Xia Yu.

'Xia Sheng, I have a proposal for cooperation. I'm not sure if you're interested?'

Looking at the expectant Feng Jingxi, Xia Yu raised an eyebrow, leaned slightly forward, and made a gesture of invitation: 'I'd like to hear the details!'