Chapter 1425: Li Jiacheng, the Target

The month of October was extremely turbulent.

During this month, the mainland lost two major stars one after the other, so that only two of the ten great heroes were still alive.

It can be said that the fall of the two major stars had a huge impact within the mainland, and Xia Yu also specially called to offer his condolences.

One reason for not going in person is that the current internal situation on the mainland is very complicated. If he, a big capitalist, runs over there, he will definitely stand out. Even though his connections are already very strong, there are always people who don't like him. After all, it's only 1986!

The other reason is also very important. His father-in-law, Duke Carter Howard, is visiting his daughter and grandson in Hong Kong and plans to stay for a while.

As the son-in-law, Xia Yu naturally had to entertain his father-in-law.

Therefore, he, who had not really wanted to go out, directly ruled out any thoughts of leaving Hong Kong in the near future.

Just as Xia Yu was living a comfortable life in Hong Kong.

At Heathrow International Airport in the UK, Li Jiasheng, who had been receiving less and less attention from Xia Yu, got off the plane and was picked up by a team of black luxury cars. The destination was the London branch of the Cheung Kong Group.

On the way to the London branch of the Cheung Kong Group, in addition to Li Jiasheng and his eldest son Li Zekai, there was also a driver and a British man in the car in the middle.

This British man is one of Li Jiasheng's right-hand men, serving as a director of the board of directors of the Cheung Kong Group and the general manager of the company, Simon Murray!

Simon Murray retired and then joined Jardine Matheson & Co. and worked there for more than ten years.

It wasn't until the Jardine Matheson Group was acquired by Xia Yu that Simon Murray resigned and left, and was recruited by Li Jiacheng to serve as the general manager of the Cheung Kong Group.

A few months ago, he was entrusted by Li Jiacheng to go to London, England to establish a branch of the Cheung Kong Group and serve as its president, undertaking the most important international expansion of the group.

However, this time, he encountered a huge setback, so much so that Li Jiacheng had to personally rush over from Xiangjiang to check the situation on the ground and find a solution.

Therefore, in the car, Simon Murray apologised to Li Ka-shing with a guilty face: 'Chairman, I'm sorry to have let you down.'

Without knowing the real situation, Li Ka-shing did not blame him, but directly asked about the situation.

'Simon, tell me, what kind of problem have you encountered, and what is the current situation of the company?'

Simon Murray secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told him the situation.

'Chairman, before I came here, I just thought that it wouldn't be too difficult, only that the acquisition process would be more cumbersome.'

'Later, I discovered that the London real estate market is very large, with many commercial buildings and residential buildings. It is not as active in real estate transactions as Hong Kong, but as long as we want to acquire a project, there will definitely be competitors.'

'At first, we thought it was a coincidence, so we spent more money on the acquisition of the previous few property projects, and lost several million pounds.'

'But later, we realised that there was a huge dark hand behind it all, and the owner of this dark hand has an incredible amount of energy, to the extent that our company's business development is having a hard time.'

'I have been investigating the dark hand behind it with all my strength, but so far I haven't been able to find out.'

'Right now, the atmosphere in the company is not very good, the employee turnover rate is relatively high, and among the employees who remain, a sense of pessimism is also prevalent. I am doing my best to maintain it...'

After hearing Simon Murray's account, Li Jiacheng's face was heavy.

He adjusted his glasses, which had slipped down a little, and the power structure of Hong Kong as he knew it flashed through his mind.

The names of one family and one consortium after another flashed through his mind, and his brows unconsciously furrowed.

He couldn't think of anyone he had offended, after all, his Cheung Kong Group was entering the UK for the first time.

Even if he had competed with some people before in Hong Kong, none of them were powerful, and if they couldn't beat him in Hong Kong, they certainly couldn't in the UK!

If even Simon Murray couldn't find out anything, then this enemy must be someone from the top echelons of British society!

This left him at a loss.

With competition growing and the development environment shrinking in Hong Kong, leaving Hong Kong had been his set strategy, and moving to the UK had been an important step that he had carefully considered.

This step had to succeed, otherwise the future of Cheung Kong Holdings would become bleaker and bleaker, and the ceiling would become lower and lower.

Who was this person behind the scenes?

What is the purpose of the person behind the scenes against Cheung Kong Group?

What should be done? Who can break the deadlock?

Until he arrived at the company's headquarters, he had no thoughts on this series of questions, which made his mind a mess.

So he could only go to the acquired property projects after lunch break in the afternoon, led by Simon Murray, to take a walk and gain an in-depth understanding of the situation.

Over the next week, Li Jiasheng searched high and low for anyone who could help, and personally took charge of the acquisition of the two property projects.

But as Simon Murray had said, he was surrounded by invisible barriers and unable to break through.

Just as he was distracted, Simon Murray rushed to his office.

'Chairman, the person behind the scenes may have appeared!'

Ma Shimin walked into Li Jiasheng's office, holding something that looked like an invitation in his hand. His face was very serious, and his tone of voice was full of gravity.

Li Jiasheng suddenly stood up: 'Shimin, who is it?'

'Chairman, you'll know when you read it,'

Ma Shimin handed the invitation to Li Jiasheng without even taking a breath.

Li Jiasheng immediately took it, and found that it was a very exquisite invitation, full of an ancient and noble charm in its craftsmanship and design.

He opened the invitation and found that the content was not a normal invitation, but a very special sentence written in English.

'Kensington-Chelsea District, 25 Luster Street, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock sharp, waiting for you to come.'

This sentence did not contain any pleasantries or titles, but it could be seen that it was an invitation, with the basic elements of the time and place of the meeting all included.

Just this description, but it shows arrogance and contempt, even if Li Jiacheng's temper control is excellent, he couldn't help but breathe a little heavier.

But when he saw the seal on the letter, he suddenly froze.

Immediately, all the negative emotions from just now were left behind, and his gaze fixedly stared at the one word on the seal.

Rothschild

The Rothschild family, the dominant force in Europe?

After this thought came to mind, Li Jiasheng suddenly felt a tremendous pressure surging towards him from this simple word.

Unconsciously, his expression became bitter, and his brows furrowed tightly.

'Chairman, I have confirmed that this is indeed the symbol and seal of the Rothschild family. In the UK, apart from that family, there is no other Rothschild family.'

Simon Murray knew that Li Jiasheng had understood, and he couldn't help but add.

But this only increased the pressure in Li Jiasheng's heart.

'Why are they looking for me?'