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Tomorrow is Monday, so if you choose to exit Bank of East Asia, you need to make a decision today.

This way, they will be able to start secretly selling Bank of East Asia shares during tomorrow's trading day.

Huifeng Bank had promised them that if Li Peicai's family was willing to withdraw from the Bank of East Asia, they could delay the announcement of the news to the public as much as possible.

This way, they will have enough time to sell their shares.

And now that Bank of East Asia's shares are so popular, it is the best time for them to sell.

Once the decision of Huifeng Bank is announced, the shares of Bank of East Asia will no longer be so popular. What will follow is a drop in the share price, or even a sharp drop.

"Dad, we have signed many cooperation agreements with Lin Haoran. Once we choose to listen to Shen Bi, we will be breaking the contract. At that time, we will be completely offending Lin Haoran. In this way, it will be difficult for us to continue to stay in Hong Kong!" Li Guobin raised a difficult point.

Whether it is Huifeng Bank or Lin Haoran, the Li family cannot afford to offend them.

This is something that cannot be denied.

Even if the Bank of East Asia controlled by Lin Haoran lost to Huifeng Bank, so what?

Their main business is not banking.

If you offend Lin Haoran, it will be easy for him to take revenge.

"So, what I'm thinking about is how not to offend both sides. We can't keep the Bank of East Asia, but Lin Haoran is now the boss of the Chinese financial group after all. We should try to reduce the degree of offending him and find a relatively comprehensive balance." Li Fushu sighed and said.

He doesn't want to offend either side!
Although the Li family is considered one of the top wealthy families in Hong Kong, and even one of the four major families, their strength in the business world is far behind Lin Haoran.

The Li family had already established a good relationship with Lin Haoran two years ago.

If the Li Peicai family were to fall out with Lin Haoran at this time, even if the Bank of East Asia was really brought down by the Huifeng Bank in the future, it would be difficult for them to continue to survive in Hong Kong.

After all, although Lin Haoran is young, no one thinks he is a good person.

Even Jardine Matheson was forced to withdraw from the Hong Kong market because of him. If such a person was really a good person, the jungle law of the survival of the fittest would have long been gone in the Hong Kong business world.

At this moment, Li Guobin knew that the Li family was bound to withdraw from the Bank of East Asia.

He paced back and forth in the study room for a long time before he stopped and said, "Dad, now it is Huifeng Bank that is seeking our support, not simply asking us to take sides. In this case, there is room for discussion. We can't just do whatever Huifeng Bank says!

My idea is that Huifeng Bank wants us to withdraw from Bank of East Asia while we are stirring up trouble internally, and we absolutely cannot fully agree to this condition.

Can we choose to just withdraw from Bank of East Asia and then secretly confess to Lin Haoran that this matter was forced and Lin Haoran has no reason to blame us?

At the same time, we can also take this opportunity to terminate the contract with Lin Haoran, which can be regarded as a decent parting between the two parties.

In this way, we will not offend either party, and after cashing out, we will have enough funds and do not necessarily have to fight the banking industry. Perhaps, this is the best time for us to change careers.

Once the funds are recovered, we can at least take out 10 to 2 billion Hong Kong dollars with our savings over the years and the cash from our shares. In addition to establishing a new bank, the remaining funds will be enough for us to start a new business and enter a new industry!"

They are definitely unwilling to give up their old business. After all, in the financial industry, they have a large number of connections and reputation, which cannot be bought with money.

In the past, because Bank of East Asia's market share was not only surpassed by Hang Seng Bank but also declined, their family needed to focus all their energy on Bank of East Asia. In addition, due to their unfamiliarity with other industries, they have never dared to diversify their development.

However, now that Bank of East Asia no longer has this burden, they can take this opportunity to try to diversify their development.

As soon as Li Guobin finished speaking, the core members of the Li family at the scene looked at each other.

Yes, although Huifeng Bank put forward several conditions, especially wanting them to cause trouble within the Bank of East Asia, they don't necessarily have to agree to all the conditions.

Now it is Huifeng Bank that turns to the Li family for help, rather than the Li family turning to Huifeng Bank for help.

They are not stupid either, and they have long understood that Huifeng Bank's idea is to launch a commercial war against Bank of East Asia by both internal and external means.

Once the Li family withdraws from the Bank of East Asia, it will indeed have a significant impact on the Bank of East Asia.

Not to mention the long-term impact, the short-term impact is definitely significant.

Li Fushu was also a decisive person. After thinking it over, he said directly: "Okay, let's do it according to Guobin's plan. As for Shen Bi, we can have a second negotiation with them and try to minimize the impact on us.

As for Lin Haoran, I will also meet him in person and tell him the truth. He may already know that Huifeng Bank wants to deal with him. If we don't tell him, he may find out the truth through other channels. It will make us look like we are deliberately hiding the truth, which will only create more resentment. How about this, Guobin, we will split up. You contact Mr. Shen Bi and continue to negotiate with him in person. With your stable character, I believe you will be able to gain the maximum room for maneuver for our Li family. And I will go to meet Lin Haoran in person!"

"Okay, Dad, leave the Huifeng Bank to me." Li Guobin took charge of the matter.

As for Huifeng Bank, this is only the second time they have met, so it is enough for Li Guobin, the president of Bank of East Asia, to go.

But as for Lin Haoran, if he only lets Li Guobin go to meet him, Lin Haoran will definitely feel in his heart that the Li family does not value him.

If they had enough time, they could persuade Huifeng Bank first and then go to see Lin Haoran together.

But now there is not enough time and he cannot mediate again and again.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Fushu chose to meet Lin Haoran in person to explain to him that their Li family's withdrawal from the Bank of East Asia was really a last resort.

As for causing trouble within the Bank of East Asia, he really had no intention of doing so.

However, his Li family’s trusted aides must be taken away.

Even if he didn't take them away, Lin Haoran probably wouldn't be at ease with them staying in the Bank of East Asia.

Soon, Lin Haoran, who was at the Oriental Press Company, received a call from Li Fushu.

"Haoran, I have something important to discuss with you, but I hope to meet you in a more private place!" Li Fushu said seriously on the phone.

"Then come to the Fanghua Building in Wan Chai. There is an office on the 19th floor. We can meet there!" Lin Haoran thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, I'll leave right away!" Li Fushu said and hung up the phone.

Holding the mobile phone in his hand, Lin Haoran was a little surprised.

Could it be that the talks between Li Peicai's family and Jardine Matheson fell through, and Li Fushu decided not to betray the Bank of East Asia?
This afternoon, he came to Cui Zilong's office. While collecting intelligence, Cui Zilong collected some interesting information.

Unexpectedly, not long after he arrived, Li Fushu, who he thought might have betrayed him, actually called him and asked for a more private place to talk.

So, Lin Haoran thought of the Fanghua Building near the headquarters of Oriental Press, which is a property of the Hong Kong Land Group.

Previously, it was the internal high-level club of Jardine Matheson, but after the Hong Kong Land Group was acquired by Lin Haoran, it was temporarily shelved.

No matter what, he felt somewhat relieved that Li Fushu came to him in person. At least the matter was not as serious as he had imagined.

If the Li family does not abandon the Bank of East Asia, then it will be able to gain more strength in the competition with Huifeng Bank.

Before we can face the outside world, we must first stabilize the internal situation!

Half an hour later, Lin Haoran met Li Fushu on the 19th floor of Fanghua Building.

"Haoran, I'm sorry!" Li Fushu said this as soon as they met.

"Oh? Mr. Li, what do you mean by this?" Lin Haoran asked curiously, pretending to know nothing.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Shen Bi came to me yesterday and promised us a lot of benefits. He hoped that we could make trouble inside the Bank of East Asia and submit some confidential information to them. At the same time, he asked us to completely sell off the shares of the Bank of East Asia. I did not agree at that time.

At the same time, I want to tell you something, but I hope you don't leak it out. Huifeng Bank is planning to win over all the banks in Hong Kong to take advantage of the establishment of the Hong Kong Banking Association to isolate the Bank of East Asia and exclude it from the Hong Kong Banking Association. At the same time, it will let customers choose between the two. Once they do business with the Bank of East Asia, other banks will be uniformly prohibited from cooperating with this customer.

This measure is extremely cruel. Once implemented, Bank of East Asia will be isolated and helpless in the Hong Kong financial community, facing bad news such as customer loss and business restrictions.

After careful consideration, on behalf of the Li family, I have decided to withdraw from the Bank of East Asia. I do not intend to get involved in your business disputes, but I definitely have no intention of stabbing you in the back.

I came to see you today in the hope of laying things out to avoid a bigger rift between our two families. I hope you can understand what our Li family is doing." Li Fushu said, and sighed.

Originally, the Li family thought that Lin Haoran's acquisition of Bank of East Asia might be an opportunity for them to make further progress in the banking industry.

But they didn't expect that Huifeng Bank would come up with a solution so quickly, and it was a powerful attack at the very beginning.

He did not think that Huifeng Bank was bragging, because with Huifeng Bank's influence in Hong Kong's financial industry, they could really convince other banks to follow him to isolate the Bank of East Asia. (End of this chapter)