211 Invested in Hang Seng
Currently, various charity dinners popular in Hong Kong are basically Western-style cocktails. This is not considered as a popular foreigner and poor Chinese, but this cocktails are more convenient for guests to communicate freely and do not have to be restricted by the table and room, so even Chinese tycoons are easy to accept.
The cocktail mode also has another advantage. Whenever new guests arrive, the guests who are communicating and talking will temporarily stop and politely give attention to the visitors. Truely capable participants will often get the respect they deserve at the first time.
When Zhou Wenqiang and Bai Yue'e walked into the reception hall, countless eyes immediately projected on them.
And not out of polite attention, many bigwigs in the Hong Kong business community were both interested and looked at this young man who had recently become famous in the Hong Kong and Kowloon business community.
When he moved to the top of Taiping Mountain at the age of 20, even the head of Zhong Qishen, the top three generations of the top Zhong family, looked at Zhou Wenqiang with interest, and compared his son with Zhou Wenqiang in his heart, and finally shook his head gently.
The eldest son of the Zhong family, who came from a prominent family, seemed to be ruthlessly crushed by this young man who started from scratch in any aspect, which made Zhong Qishen sigh.
Today, Zhou Wenqiang wore a well-equipped hand-cut suit, and the light belly-closing design perfectly outlined his figure. Bai Yue'e next to him wore a ground-to-earth emerald green evening dress, revealing her snow-white and shiny skin and proud career lines under her deep V-neck.
She was originally a stunning beauty who could easily hold her in both charming and erotic routes. This evening dress made her look as cold as a fairy, as charming as fire, and she was obviously more beautiful than the girls, but she was not aggressive. Many female guests present secretly called me pity. Not only did they not reject her, but they became more interested in getting along.
The female guests all want to know how strong the handsome and rich business genius Zhou is. I'm afraid only Bai Yue'e has the most experience...
Zhou Wenqiang glanced over and did not see Davidson's huge body that was more than two meters tall. Instead, he met several old friends such as the chartering king, Lei Yingdong, Li Jiacheng, etc.
Li Jiacheng's plastic flowers have been selling well recently. With the help of Shenzhou Company, it not only became popular in the high-end market in Southeast Asia, but also opened up a bridgehead in the European and American markets, and also earned his first 500,000 in his life, and was barely able to become one of the rich people in Hong Kong.
Originally, his wealth was not qualified to participate in a cocktail party of this level, but because his uncle was Zhuang'an and Zhou Wenqiang's partner, he was also invited.
Zhou Wenqiang took a glass of champagne from the waiter and raised his glasses to several old friends to show off, but instead of going over to talk, he looked at the two men standing not far away.
Both men are about fifty years old. They have kind-eyed eyes, often smiling in their eyes, and kind-hearted faces. They are the famous prominent family in Hong Kong and the head of the Chung family.
He comes from the Hong Kong drama "Famous and Prominent Family". In that drama, he was just the eldest son of the Zhong family. When he was young, he paid great attention to the living environment of the lower class. He is a good lawyer who is willing to speak up for the poor.
Like his father Zhong Zhuowan, he is a true elite among the Chinese in Hong Kong. He is not only a barrister, but also a family business is spread throughout the fields of trade, real estate and finance. At present, the Zhong family has been passed down for four generations and has become rich for four generations, and has already become a noble spirit.
Standing next to Zhong Qishen, Zhou Wenqiang's old acquaintance is also his current helmsman of Hang Seng Silver.
Zhou Wenqiang paid attention to Hang Seng Bank in his previous life and knew that He Shanheng was preparing to register Hang Seng as a private limited company at this time, and Hang Seng was experiencing the first period of great development in history.
An old man like He Shanheng would not do any useless work. He kept talking with Zhong Qishen, most of whom was talking about Hang Seng registration and preparing to change his name to the bank.
"Yue'e, go and chat with the ladies yourself. I'll meet the head of the Zhong family."
Zhou Wenqiang called the waiter to change a glass of red wine, walked to Zhong, and He and the others: "Chairman He, this should be the only prominent family in the Chinese circle in Hong Kong. The head of the Zhong family, Mr. Zhong Qishen, right? I have admired Mr. Zhong for a long time, so Chairman He wants to introduce me."
He said that admiring Zhong Qishen is not a lie. When Zhong Qishen was the eldest son of Zhong, he spoke out for the lower class many times and fought for the interests of the people. Under his leadership, he could convince his father Zhong Zhuowan and other powerful people and urge the Hong Kong government to implement the "Abolish the Slave Acquisition Act" as soon as possible.
Moreover, Zhong Kaishen is generous and has a very upright character. He is also a good partner for making friends. Although he is a little older, he can be a friend of his age.
"Zhou Sheng, we were talking about you just now. Where do you need me to introduce me? Mr. Zhong has been praising you all the time."
He Shanheng laughed. Beiwang Company is a major customer of Hang Seng. He said that, but he still didn't forget to secretly flatter him: "Mr. Zhong, I don't need to introduce this young hero, right?"
"A honest and honest man who never accepts fees, a business genius... If you want to say admiration, I should admire Zhou Sheng."
Zhong Qishen smiled and lowered his voice, "You did a pretty job in the Li family and it makes me feel so angry! People like this who started by selling opium should have this kind of fate!"
Even though he was over 40 years old, Zhong Kaishen was still the eldest son of Zhong back then, and he hated evil.
After shaking hands with Zhou Wenqiang with a smile, Zhong Qishen glanced at He Shanheng and said, "Old He, when looking for a partner, you should find someone like Zhou Sheng. In my opinion, the business we just talked about can be counted as Zhou Sheng last time, or if Zhou Sheng is involved, I will feel more at ease."
He Shanheng smiled and said, "I have this intention, but I don't know what Zhou Sheng is thinking."
"Zhou Sheng, Hang Seng will be officially registered as a private limited company with a registered capital of HK$10 million. After that, it will be renamed Hang Seng Bank to expand its business scope. However, with the current financial resources of several of our shareholders, it is still a lot away from HK$10 million. I was just talking about the investment with Mr. Zhong. If you are interested, you can also become a shareholder of Hang Seng and join the board of directors."
Zhou Wenqiang nodded secretly, as expected.
"Haha, Mr. Zhong and I have the same idea. I will feel relieved if the Zhong family is involved. Mr. He, how much funding gap is there now?"
He Shanheng smiled and said, "At present, several of our shareholders have raised HK$6 million, and there is still a gap of 4 million, but the corresponding shares are only 30%..."
"It doesn't matter. Beiwang Company intends to get involved in the financial industry and needs an entry port like Hang Seng. You can suffer some losses in the shares."
Zhou Wenqiang smiled and said, "And you guys are founders, so you should all share more shares. Only when you have more shares can you devote yourself to bank development and I can become this hand-off manager."
"I just don't know how much Mr. Zhong is planning to invest? I am a junior, so I can't compete with Mr. Zhong."
Hearing that Zhou Wenqiang was so polite, Zhong Qishen was satisfied and smiled and said, "The Zhong family itself also has financial business, but they don't care about the amount of shares. So Zhou Sheng, don't worry, I promised to invest, but it's actually to facilitate Lao He..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Wenqiang immediately heard the string song and realized the meaning of elegance.
Zhong Kaishen Ding is a quarrel with Ho Shan. The so-called investment is just an endorsement for Hang Seng.
Once Hang Seng becomes a formal commercial bank, its business scope will inevitably expand, which will affect all aspects of interests, and troubles will follow one after another. If the Zhong family endorsement is endorsed, a lot of troubles can be reduced.
Zhong Kaishen also completed an excellent investment, further establishing the Zhong family's position in the Hong Kong financial industry. Although he was helping Ho Shanheng, he actually had his own gains.
Since that's the case, he doesn't need to have any scruples.
Zhou Wenqiang smiled and said, "Then like this... Beiwang Company invested 3 million Hong Kong dollars and held 20% of the shares. Mr. Zhong invested 1 million Hong Kong dollars and held the remaining 10% of the shares. How about it?"
By this calculation, he will definitely suffer a loss. However, he "takes" more shares in front of Zhong Qishen, and he should have made some contributions. And as of now, the Zhong family, the three generations of prominent families, has obviously helped Hang Seng more than he, a new rich man, and he is actually benefiting from it.
Zhong Qishen obviously understood the truth of this, so he did not shirk it. He nodded and smiled, "Then I will accept Zhou Sheng's favor. If you are polite, I won't say much."
The three of them clinked glasses, looked at each other and laughed, everything was silent.
After chatting a few more casually, Zhou Wenqiang said: "I heard that Mr. Zhong rarely attends such gatherings. Even if he wants to do charity, he is always very low-key. Today, you are here to attend this charity party. Could it be that you also joined the Hong Kong Island Huayang Charity Foundation?"
"Haha, Davidson hopes that Mr. Zhong can join, but his invitations were rejected by Mr. Zhong this time. Mr. Zhong was willing to attend this charity party, but he was kind-hearted and consciously rejected Davidson many times, and he was a little disgusted."
He Shanheng smiled and looked at Zhou Wenqiang: "I heard that Zhou Sheng has put in a lot of efforts recently and wants to enter the upper class. Could it be that he is here to intend to join Davidson's foundation this time?"
Everyone is old, so naturally knows that Davidson, the honorary chairman, is actually the real helm of the foundation, and naturally he has seen some problems with this charity foundation. He asked Zhou Wenqiang that he also wanted to see if this little brother who rose like a comet has this vision.
Zhou Wenqiang smiled, but did not directly answer Ho Shanheng's question, but looked at Zhong Kaishen and said, "I am an amateur to the Charity Foundation and other things. I am just trying to hear how Mr. Zhong evaluates Davidson and Hong Kong Island Huayang Charity Foundation."
Chapter completed!