My Age of Investment

"Li Yaozu recommended you to take over his position as the head of the Hong Kong office. He spoke highly of you and said that you are the best female professional manager he has ever seen, of course, referring to the financial field."

In Hong Kong, in the office on the 49th floor of the International Financial Center Phase II Building, Xia Jingxing sat in a large boss chair. Opposite him sat a woman in her early thirties with oily hair and a very neutral dress.

The woman smiled and shrugged, exuding a sense of freedom and ease all over her body, "I am very honored to receive such a high evaluation from Sir Li. Of course, I am also very grateful to Sir Xia for giving me this opportunity."

Xia Jingxing smiled and had no intention of correcting the other party's "Xia Sir" title which was full of Hong Kong Island characteristics. She could call him whatever he wanted.

He only cares about whether the woman named Ye Shuhui in front of him can take care of this big mess in Hong Kong.

"Did Li Yaozu hand over to you the report that he and his team started investigating last year?"

Ye Shuhui nodded slightly, "It has been handed over. I led the team to conduct a second round of research on the companies involved in the report."

Noticing Xia Jingxing's raised eyebrows, Ye Shuhui explained unhurriedly: "I need to understand the details more deeply before I can form my judgment."

The corner of Xia Jingxing's lips curled up, "How you do it is your business. I only care about the final result."

Ye Shuhui said nothing and her expression remained calm. She didn't know whether she was extremely confident or just pretending.

After chatting for a few more words, Ye Shuhui stood up and left.

At this time, Liu Xiaoduo just knocked on the door and walked in.

When she and Ye Shuhui passed each other, they looked at each other a few times.

Ye Shuhui also noticed the boss's secret, smiled, and nodded to him.

After the people left and the door was closed with a bang, Liu Xiaoduo looked back.

"What are you looking at? Have you never seen a woman?"

Seeing Xia Jingxing's unhappy look, Liu Xiaoduo chuckled, "Anyway, I have never seen such a handsome woman, with that hairstyle, that temperament, and that smile. As a woman, my heart skipped a beat when she glanced at her. "

"Are you in love with someone else? Brother Chun is no longer a fan?"

Liu Xiaoduo shook his head, "I'm no longer a fan. Brother Chun is far behind. There is no Mr. Ye!"

Xia Jingxing burst out laughing, and Liu Xiaoduo also smiled sheepishly.

"Where are the materials I asked you to collect and organize?"

"Here it is!"

Liu Xiaoduo raised a large pile of documents in his hand.

"Put it on my table!"

Liu Xiaoduo followed the instructions and placed the documents on the table.

"You go out first. Just bring the food in at noon. No one is allowed to disturb me in the middle."

Liu Xiaoduo nodded and said "Oh", quietly exited the office, and gently closed the door.

Xia Jingxing sat upright, picked up the documents on the table and started to read through them.

"Lai Kee Whampoa", "Yellow River Industrial", "Lai Kee Telecommunications International", "Lai Kee Port and Land", "Yellow River Infrastructure", "Yellow River Life Technology", "Chiskey Energy", "Hong Fu Industrial Trust", "Tom Group", "Electric Light Industry", "Lihuang Medicine"...

The cover of each document is clearly marked with the name. When opened, the text includes the financial reports of the past years, the recent investment actions of each company, the cash reserves in the account, etc.

The staff in the Hong Kong Island office had almost gone through these materials in the past year. Xia Jingxing actually knew the general situation, but before deciding to officially start, he couldn't help but read it carefully again.

Seven or eight hours passed. Xia Jingxing raised his head and let out a long sigh. He looked at the still dazzling sunset outside the window and sighed in his heart. The Plastic Flower King's family is very rich!

Excluding Chiskey Energy, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and Lihuang Pharmaceutical, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, there are as many as 8 Hong Kong listed companies controlled by the Li family, and there is another Hongfu Real Estate Trust. This company is quite special and belongs to the Real estate trust funds are listed on the main board in the form of fund units.

Among the eight listed companies, there are flagships such as Lai Kee Whampoa and Huanghe Industrial with a market value of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars. The net profits of these two companies each reached HK$30 billion last year;

There are also leather Internet companies like Tom that continue to decline. Today, their market value has only dropped by one to two billion Hong Kong dollars, which is far less brilliant than in previous years.

The main business of Huanghe Industrial is real estate development and rent collection, hotel industry, etc.;

Lai Kee Whampoa's business involves retail, Chiski Energy, ports, etc.;

Huanghe Infrastructure mainly focuses on infrastructure-related businesses. It is also the major shareholder of Electric Light Industry, and its main source of profit comes from Electric Light Industry.

Huanghe Infrastructure and Lai Kee Telecommunications International contributed 15% to Lai Kee Whampoa's main operating income.

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The various listed companies of the Li family enterprise have cross-shareholdings, all kinds of Russian matryoshka dolls.

However, all locals in Hong Kong know which two core companies the Li family is, let alone professional investors.

Huanghe Industrial, whose stock listing code is No. 1, has a market value of HK$334.2 billion as of yesterday's closing price. The Li family holds a total of 932.04 million shares of the company, accounting for 40.24% of the total share capital;

No. 13 Lai Kee Whampoa has a market value of HK$377.3 billion. The Lai family holds 2.19027 million shares, accounting for 51.37% of the total share capital;

The total market value of the two companies exceeds HK$700 billion, with the Lai family holding nearly half of the shares. They are the main source of wealth for the Lai family and the two most important platforms for holding and investing in other industries.

Several other larger listed companies include Lai Kee Telecom International with a market value of HK$54.3 billion, Yellow River Infrastructure with a market value of HK$64.1 billion, and Electric Light Industry with a market value of HK$93.2 billion. The Li family holds 65.99%, 84.82%, and 38.87% of the shares respectively...

A large part of the shares and equity of these three companies have been injected into Lai Kee Huangpu and Huanghe Industrial.

The three companies, Lai Kee Continental, Huanghe Life Technology, and Hong Fu Real Estate Trust, all have a market value of several billion Hong Kong dollars, slightly larger than the Tom Group, which is mainly managed by the second son of the Li family and Zou Xuan.

These four listed companies are leftovers from the Li family's industrial empire.

Xia Jingxing organized all the documents neatly and put them away, then rubbed his face, and the plan in his mind became clearer.

He picked up the landline phone on the table and dialed Ye Shuhui.

Three minutes later, Ye Shuhui appeared in Xia Jingxing's office.

Glancing at the documents on the table, Ye Shuhui smiled and said, "Sir Xia, you haven't gone out all day, have you been studying this?"

“Getting into the details and forming my own judgment.”

Ye Shuhui chuckled, and the big boss returned the words to her intact.

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business!"

Ye Shuhui crossed her hands on the table and looked like she was listening carefully.

"Your judgment is correct. Electric Light Industry and Huanghe Infrastructure should be crossed out from the short-selling targets. It is enough to add Liji Telecom International to Huanghe Industrial and Lai Kee Whampoa."

Xia Jingxing looked at Ye Shuhui with a gentle smile. He carefully read through the information for a whole day and thought about it for another day. He had to admit that this woman still had two skills.

Li Yaozu's plan was to include Electric Light Industry and Yellow River Infrastructure as short-selling targets. Before he could carry out the plan, he was transferred to develop the European market.

Ye Shuhui's face did not look complacent because her boss agreed with her plan, she still looked as calm as ever.

She said: "The Electric Light Industry was founded in 1889. At that time, Hong Kong Island was still a colony. Electric light was a product with a high technological content. Electricity was only supplied to dignitaries on Victoria Peak and street lights on the commercial streets in Central.

In 1983, on the eve of the return of Hong Kong Island, British-owned foreign companies sold the electric lighting industry, which was sitting around counting banknotes, to Lai Kee Whampoa at a low price.

After various shareholding transfers, the current major shareholders of Electric Light Industry are Huanghe Group and Lai Kee Whampoa through Huanghe Infrastructure. The current chairman of the board of directors is Li Huangtai's right-hand man He Jianning.

Electric Light Industry is currently one of the largest power supply companies in Hong Kong Island, the other company is China Electric Power.

From 1997 to the early 2000s, Hong Kong's economy was in recession for several consecutive years. Despite deflation, Electric Light Industry still insisted on significantly increasing electricity bills. At the same time, Electric Light Industry paid out high dividends to shareholders, and continued to be favored by all sectors of society. People criticized. "

Speaking of this, Ye Shuhui sneered, "But what's the use of criticism? This kind of company that involves people's livelihood is controlled by private capital. Even if it signed a profit control agreement with the government, it still increases prices and plays with the rules. Clearly.

From 1998 to this year, Electric Light Industry has increased electricity bills seven times, with a cumulative increase of more than 30%.

The Electric Light Industry charges HK$1.274 per kilowatt hour of electricity plus fuel surcharge, while another power company, China Electric Power, controlled by the Jewish Kadoorie family, charges HK$0.911 per kilowatt hour.

Electric Light Industry is 40% more expensive than Huaxia Electric Power! What a conscientious businessman, and he is from the same ethnic group as us.

There are only two power companies in Hong Kong Island, and each of them manages an area. Users in Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau and Lamma Island can only choose the power services of Electric Power Industry, while Kowloon and the New Territories are managed by Hua Xia Electric Power Company. In other words, Users have no choice! "

Xia Jingxing looked at Ye Shuhui and said calmly: "The profit control agreement will expire next year, and it will definitely be renegotiated this year. If the government requires a reduction in profits, the stock price of Electric Light Industry will definitely plummet."

Ye Shuhui shook her head, "I don't think so, most people are too optimistic, and some people talk about opening up the power market and introducing other companies.

Mr. Li has grandchildren. Will he not pass on these "rent collection" properties to his grandchildren in the future?

Why buy low-risk, long-term industries such as energy and ports, for the sake of passing them on to your children and grandchildren, and for generations to come? "