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Chapter 122 The Neglected Big Boss B! (Subscribe)
Li Bancheng is definitely the most outstanding tycoon in Hong Kong Island in the past decade, no doubt about it.

His rise is truly legendary.

Especially as a Chinese businessman, swallowing up Hutchison Whampoa is definitely a major benefit to the Chinese business community in Hong Kong Island.

From then on, Chinese businessmen began to seize the excellent assets held by the four major foreign companies.

Hong Kong is like this, as long as you succeed, you will be proud of it.

They simply don't care about the process and reasons for success.

Coupled with the media's hype, Li Bancheng became an inspirational role model in Hong Kong Island.

Also because of his fame, this tabloid report became popular all over Hong Kong Island.

In particular, the title of the report is shocking and the content is quite shocking, not to mention.

Originally, a street tabloid with a circulation of barely a few hundred copies sold more than 50,000 copies in one go, which can be said to have soared to fame overnight.

If this overwhelming wealth is seized and the performance can be stabilized, a new first-class newspaper will appear in Hong Kong Island, and a small legend of getting rich quickly will be created.

"How is this going?"

As soon as Li Bancheng arrived at the office, an assistant brought him the newspaper.

After reading it, his face turned grim, and he shouted, "Have you figured out the situation of the newspaper behind this? How could they have the guts to publish it?"

"I figured it out. It's just a street tabloid, and the owner has no background whatsoever!"

The secretary's forehead was covered in sweat as he quickly replied, "As for the content in the newspaper, according to our investigation, the newspaper received an anonymous letter, and this is what it said!"

As for why this small newspaper dared to publish such content, he did not explain.

Isn't the answer obvious? Once such content is published in the newspaper, it will definitely cause a sensation.

If he were the owner of that tabloid, he would also take the risk.

"Spend money and ask that tabloid to remove the content!"

Li Bancheng said directly, "We need to hurry up and not let this tabloid circulate too widely!"

"Chairman, it's too late!"

The secretary lowered his head, ashamed, and said, "By the time we saw the newspaper, it was already selling like crazy!"

"Then sue them for making it up!"

Li Bancheng snorted coldly, "We must show our attitude!"

Watching the secretary's back as she left, he couldn't help but rub his eyebrows, feeling a headache.

This matter has little impact on the group company's fundraising, but it has a big impact on his reputation.

By mid-August 1987, his goal of raising funds through the four major listed companies had basically been achieved, and he raised more than 10 billion yuan in one go.

But if the stock market crash comes as expected and the situation is not much different from what is reported in the tabloids, then he will definitely be scolded as a lackey of HSBC, which is something Li Bancheng absolutely does not want to see.

In fact, the first person he suspected was his major financial backer HSBC.

Because in this way, he is basically completely tied to HSBC and there will be no possibility of jumping ship again.

Of course, he quickly dismissed the idea as the consequences of HSBC doing so would be too serious.

Is it possible that it is some other wealthy Chinese person?

There is definitely such a possibility, but it is unlikely.

If they had known about the possibility of a stock market crash, they would have certainly done the same as him, raising massive amounts of funds early on and preparing to buy at the bottom after the crash. There would have been no need to disclose such information in advance.

While Li Bancheng was pondering in his office, the other wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong also learned the news. They took the tabloid and read it carefully, not wanting to miss a single word.

"The content in this newspaper is most likely true!"

At the home of the charter ship king, the former world shipping king who successfully landed ashore ten years ago said affirmatively with deep eyes.

"How is this possible? Why would HSBC support Li Bancheng so strongly?"

The second son-in-law of the charter king exclaimed: "After all, HSBC shouldn't have bypassed you, father-in-law!"

"Haha, I'm old and my body is useless!"

The charter king was quite open-minded and said leisurely, "Whatever HSBC wants to do, I can't stop it!"

"Then, should we make some preparations?"

The second son-in-law said indignantly, "According to what the tabloid said, HSBC is very likely to nominate Li Bancheng to become the richest man in Hong Kong Island. What good luck!"

Even someone as lucky as him couldn't help but sigh with envy.

"We can reserve some funds. We can't let Li Bancheng take all the credit!"

Not only the charter ship king, but other wealthy Chinese people, after reading the content of the newspaper, made plans to reserve funds regardless of whether they believed it or not.

HSBC can fully support Li Bancheng, but if Li Bancheng wants to successfully become the richest Chinese in Hong Kong Island, he has to ask them whether they agree or not?

Not to mention the wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong, even the controlling families behind the British financial groups have reacted.

In fact, the British banks were the ones most affected by HSBC's growth.

Jardine Matheson and Wheelock suffered heavy losses in Hong Kong Island due to poor business strategies, and were squeezed hard by HSBC. Swire & Co. fared better, but compared to HSBC's influence, it was still severely outshined, which greatly displeased the families behind the major trading houses.

How did HSBC become such a dominant player?
Isn't it because they quickly built up a huge advantage by supporting the wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong?

Before, he was the king of chartering ships, then it was Li Bancheng, and now he is trying to make Li Bancheng the richest Chinese in Hong Kong Island. This shows that he wants to further expand his advantage.

In short, a tabloid ignited public opinion in Hong Kong.

Although the Chinese tycoons and British companies who controlled the economic lifeline of Hong Kong Island appeared to be unmoved on the surface, they were making frequent small moves in private. For a time, the undercurrent was turbulent and no one could predict the future situation.

As for the tabloid, I only made a few inquiries and gave up the intention of investigating further.

At first glance, it's obvious that this is the work of someone with ulterior motives. The person who delivered the anonymous letter erased his own traces very cleanly, so there's no need to pay special attention to it.

Not only the tycoons of Chinese tycoons and British financial groups in Hong Kong were reminded, but also many of the middle and lower-level wealthy people and rich people in Hong Kong suddenly realized it at this time.

They also acted quickly, either learning from Li Bancheng to reserve funds, or simply investing the funds in their hands in Li Bancheng and becoming followers to reap the dividends.

Of course, there are still some people who are taking a wait-and-see attitude.

After all, it's just a revelation from a tabloid, and no one knows whether it's an exaggeration or not?
But soon, top newspapers including Oriental Daily, Ming Pao and the newly emerging Mong Kok News reported the follow-up content almost simultaneously a few days later.

This time the content is still full of conspiracy theories, mainly talking about HSBC’s true purpose.

The article directly states that HSBC wants to be the behind-the-scenes emperor of Hong Kong Island!

Not only does he have the power to print and issue Hong Kong dollars, but if he also has the cooperation of the richest Chinese in Hong Kong, he will become the behind-the-scenes emperor of Hong Kong in terms of influence and actual power.

The article focuses on describing the flow of Chinese capital that Wu Feng had previously speculated about.

With the guidance of Hong Kong's richest Chinese man like Li Bancheng, HSBC will naturally become a capital circulation station for wealthy Chinese in Southeast Asia, directly replacing the previous Pangu Bank.

Once HSBC replaces the role of Pangu Bank, its influence and actual power will be incomparable.

Not only will Hong Kong's financial industry be thoroughly affected, but the capital flows of wealthy Chinese in Southeast Asia will also be affected and regulated by it.

In the future, this will likely extend to some of the mainland's overseas funds. By then, HSBC's influence and status will not be limited to Hong Kong Island.

Boom!

When such reports came out, it was as shocking as if a "little fat man" had been thrown into Hong Kong Island.

All readers who saw the content of the newspaper were so shocked that they were speechless.

Even the British financial groups and the wealthy Chinese people had their eyes wide open and their faces filled with disbelief.

At the same time, I was also shocked by HSBC’s amazing plan!

But in fact, HSBC executives themselves were a little shocked. They had not thought so far before.

But no matter what, the appearance of two consecutive reports with huge influence has severely stirred up the entire Hong Kong Island.

Apart from anything else, the citizens' desire to explore the matter was stronger than the scorching sun above their heads.

It can be said that a terrifying atmosphere of discussion was formed throughout Hong Kong Island in a short period of time.

This involves huge amounts of money and astonishing wealth, and even the invisible control of Hong Kong Island. Who dares not to pay attention?

As for the content reported by several major newspapers, like the tabloids before, they all received anonymous letters.

For the sake of sales and influence, they don’t care even if it slightly offends HSBC and Li Bancheng.

Even if the two families have the ability, it is obviously unlikely that they can come up with a hush money of tens of millions.

You know, this time all the top newspapers in Hong Kong were caught in one fell swoop.

Even with HSBC's power, it would not be easy to suppress it without knowing it in advance, let alone now that it has been reported.

Anyway, the law does not hold everyone responsible, so Hong Kong's top newspapers don't worry about being punished later.

At this time, it is hard to say whether HSBC and Li Bancheng are still in the mood to pay attention to the newspapers.

The impact of the incident was so great that not only did the news from Hong Kong quickly spread to the entire Chinese world in Southeast Asia, but even Japan and South Korea took the initiative to follow up on the report because the content was so explosive.

As for whether the mainland has been affected, it definitely has.

Unfortunately, the outside world had no idea about the mainland’s specific reaction, so no further mention was made.

Not to mention ordinary Hong Kong citizens, even the leaders of the Hung Hing gang are talking about it.

As a result, Big Boss B successfully defended the newly occupied Causeway Bay territory for three days and successfully planted his flag in Causeway Bay. The Hung Hing Headquarters immediately held a celebration.

Unfortunately, the hall masters who arrived early just congratulated Big Boss B, whose face was flushed, and then gathered together to chat about HSBC and Li Bancheng.

They all spoke with great excitement, and those who didn't know would think they had inside information.

Wu Feng was also involved, and he would express his shock and exclamation from time to time, as if he was really surprised by the information.

Only Big Boss B was left standing there depressed, unable to get involved at all.

How did he get involved?

Before, I was just hanging out in Tsz Wan Shan. I had no money or capital to invest in the stock market.

Without experience in this area, he naturally couldn't explain it clearly and could only be an unwilling listener. No hall master cared too much about his reaction.

(End of this chapter)