Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 320 Changtai Bank

Chang Tai Bank ranks low among the more than 180 existing banks on Hong Kong Island, but it is considered the second tier among the dozens of local banks on Hong Kong Island. There are more than ten branches on Hong Kong Island, at least more than the current Wanli Bank.

Banks need to be strong.

The chairman of Changtai Bank is Zhao Changtai, who is also the founder of the bank. Compared with other banks in Hong Kong Island, which have decades of history, Changtai Bank is undoubtedly young. In this regard, even Wanli Bank cannot compare.

More than thirty years of history.

After thirty years of development, the total assets of Changtai Bank have exceeded 20 billion Hong Kong dollars. Of course, for banks, total assets are of little significance as most of them are not their own money.

Deposits are liabilities and loans are assets. If the two offset each other, there will not be much owner's equity left.

Zhao Changtai has three wives. Unlike other Hong Kong bosses, polygamy involves marrying several concubines. These wives are all one and only. When the first wife dies, he will marry a second wife, and when the second wife dies, he will marry a third wife. In short,

Zhao Changtai's life was very tough and he had to endure the death of his two wives.

Moreover, every wife has children. Zhao Xu was born to the third wife. The one who had a conflict with Li Weidong was Zhao Xu, the son of the third wife. However, he had two older brothers. The eldest brother was nearly fifty years old and worked in a bank.

The vice chairman is undoubtedly the heaviest among his sons.

But the third wife is still alive, so she naturally wants to make some plans for her son. She wants to let her son get a job in a bank so that she can make plans for the future.

But this son was so unsatisfactory that he made trouble every day. Apart from being interested in women, he had almost no other interests, which made him very unpopular with the old man.

Zhao Changtai is getting older, so he naturally needs to find a stable person to entrust his family business for the rest of his life. The successor cannot be changed casually, otherwise trouble may occur.

When Zhao Xu returned home, he saw the old man watching TV. He originally wanted to go into the room directly, but when his mother Cui Fenghua winked at him, he knew that the old man was happy today and asked him to come over and talk with him to please the old man.

"Dad!" Zhao Xu sat on the sofa next to the old man. Cui Fenghua squirmed his plump body and walked over and sat next to Zhao Changtai. From this look, he seemed to be three generations old.

"Well, you're back, have you finished the matter?" Although Zhao Changtai is over seventy years old, he is still in good spirits.

"We're almost done talking. Brother is dealing with other things over there, so I'll be back first!" Zhao Xu said honestly.

The old man asked him to follow the boss Zhao Bing to Singapore to discuss the establishment of a branch. He wanted to open Changtai Bank overseas and let him study at the same time.

But how could he take advantage of this kind of thing? How could someone as smart as Zhao Bing not know his intentions? Naturally, he would not really let him learn anything.

Brothers are likely to kill each other when faced with such a huge property, let alone half-brothers who want to seize the family property. Naturally, they cannot be soft-hearted and set up obstacles at every turn.

The two broke up on bad terms, and Zhao Xu returned home early, so he was able to meet Liu Jinhui at the airport.

"Humph, I asked you to broaden your horizons and learn from others' experiences, not to go to Singapore and pick up girls and drink!" Zhao Changtai said angrily.

Zhao Xu lowered his head and said nothing, but there was a flash of anger in his eyes, and he cursed in his heart that the boss was nothing. As soon as he landed, the old man knew that someone must have complained.

When the third wife, Cui Fenghua, saw that the old man was angry, she quickly said: "If you don't apologize to your father yet, Changtai, I think it's better to find someone to take care of him, otherwise I won't be so decisive!"

"Whose daughter have you fallen in love with again? Who can fall in love with him like this? You still think my old face is not shameful enough?" Zhao Changtai knew his son's character very well.

"Who hasn't been young? It's natural to get married. I met Cao Dong's daughter at the company's annual meeting a few days ago. I haven't seen her for many years. I didn't expect Chunluo to be so good-looking. She looks good to me.

!" Cui Fenghua said with a smile.

"From Cao Guojun's family?"

Zhao Changtai saw Cui Fenghua nodding and fell into thinking. He was the founder of Changtai Bank, but he was not the only founder, there were also several shareholders.

Cao Guojun is one of them, and this man's father was kind to him. When he was young, he entered Standard Chartered Bank. It was his father who led him into the industry. He has always been a master and apprentice. Later, he supported him when he raised funds to open a bank.

Second shareholder of Bank of Thailand.

After the old man passed away, Cao Guojun inherited the shares in Changtai, and he naturally became a director of Changtai.

But profit is the most ruthless thing. As the second shareholder, Cao Guojun naturally wants to do something, but he is not Lao Cao. Without that kindness, Zhao Changtai would not be able to give him this power.

Although Zhao Changtai's shareholding is the largest, after financing and listing, the equity has been diluted. It is not an absolute majority. Some things still need to seek support from the board of directors.

Cao Guojun is one of the people who has the ability to confront him. If they become in-laws, they will actually become people acting in concert, and many things will be easier to handle.

However, his son's reputation is too bad. If he doesn't get it right, he will become an enemy. This needs to be carefully considered. What's more, the important thing is that it conflicts with his choice of successor.

Zhao Changtai looked at Zhao Xu who was sitting next to him, and wondered in his mind, does he have this ability? Finally, he said: "I'll give it some thought!"

After Cui Fenghua heard this, the smile on her face froze. This was an idea she thought of that could bring down the boss, but the old man had to agree to this.

Zhao Xu also knew the daughter of Cao Guojun's family. When he was a child, he took the child with him when the two families moved around, so he naturally saw her. Later, when he got older, he saw less of her.

Although he is a playboy, it does not mean that he has a low IQ. He naturally knows what it means to marry Cao Guojun's family, but the old man is hesitant and does not dare to say more.

When it came to the conversation with the old man, he could only listen and couldn't interrupt, let alone refute, so he could only look at his biological mother with his eyes. Cui Fenghua had to rely on Cui Fenghua for this.

Cui Fenghua winked at Zhao Xu and told him to leave, otherwise it would be difficult to use her skills.

Early the next morning, before Li Weidong and Liu Jinhui got up, Luo Jialiang came over. He did not dare to disturb Li Weidong's rest, so he could only chat with Xie Ming downstairs and wait.

After Xie Ming informed him last night, he immediately conducted an investigation. Hong Kong Island is not a big place. Although it has a large population, it is only a few thousand. It is difficult to investigate ordinary people, but it is easy to inquire about a rich person.

Luo Jialiang is now a big figure, and he is somewhat recognizable in the entertainment industry on Hong Kong Island. He is usually very busy, but for the boss's arrangements, he must hurry up and do it no matter how busy he is.

After Li Weidong went downstairs, Luo Jialiang took the initiative to come over and said: "Chairman, this is the information we collected, as well as a photo of him, which I just confirmed with Brother Xie!"

"His father's Changtai Bank is still somewhat famous among local banks on Hong Kong Island, but he is not favored. Things in the big family are very complicated!" Luo Jialiang said as he handed the document to Li Weidong.

Li Weidong looked through the document and flipped through it. There were a lot of things in it, some of which were cut out from newspapers. This thing was made overnight, and it was already pretty good!

"Thank you for your hard work, three wives. Is this Zhao Changtai so arrogant to his wife?" Li Weidong asked in surprise as he looked at the document.

(End of chapter)