We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

With the end of the groundbreaking ceremony, the construction site began to work in full swing.

Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye chatted with the project负责人 in the container office at the construction site for more than half an hour before leaving Tseung Kwan O.

The time was already past one o'clock in the afternoon, and apart from the Ocean Park in Tseung Kwan O in the distance, it was still a desolate scene.

So, Su Cheng and Yang Chaoye returned to Central together, preparing to have lunch together.

At the same time, on the other side of Central, at the headquarters of Hutchison Whampoa.

Here, after Zhang Qizheng communicated the specific matters with Wei Li, Wei Li directly called one of the shareholders of Hongkong Electric Group.

Coincidentally, one of the four shareholders was actually a friend of Wei Li's, although not the closest kind, but a friend who got along relatively well.

Therefore, it was a lucky coincidence that Wei Li was entrusted with the invitation.

Originally, they were friends, so inviting them to chat wouldn't make others think too much.

So, half an hour later, an Englishman named Mario arrived at the Hutchison Whampoa Group headquarters.

"Mario, long time no see!" Seeing Mario, Wei Li greeted him enthusiastically, and the two even hugged.

Among European friends, hugging is very normal, regardless of gender.

"Wei Li, it's indeed been a long time, it's been more than a month since we last had dinner together!" Mario said with emotion.

Although there are many British people in Hong Kong, there are naturally not many in their top circles.

Both Wei Li and Mario can be regarded as tycoons in Hong Kong.

Although Wei Li is just an employee, his salary is not low.

To say the least, Wei Li has tens of millions in assets.

After all, Wei Li is already in his forties, and he has served as a senior executive in many companies, so he has naturally saved a lot of money over the years.

Mario, on the other hand, is a shareholder of Hongkong Electric Group, holding nearly 5% of Hongkong Electric Group's shares, worth over 100 million.

Therefore, both of them belong to the Hong Kong tycoon circle.

Mario is in his fifties, and although he is only a few years older than Wei Li, his hair is already half white.

On the other hand, Wei Li, who is already 46 years old, is still very well-maintained, looking as if he is only in his thirties.

"Come, Mario, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Zhang Qizheng, the general manager of Tianyuan Investment Company, I believe you should have heard of his name." Wei Li said with a smile, introducing Zhang Qizheng to Mario.

"Hello, Mr. Mario." Zhang Qizheng extended his right hand.

"Of course I know him, Mr. Zhang Qizheng can be said to be well-known in Hong Kong. A few months ago, he personally initiated the Wharf battle and the Hutchison Whampoa battle, and finally successfully took down Hutchison Whampoa, allowing Mr. Su to successfully take over Hutchison Whampoa. Mr. Zhang Qizheng is definitely a master in the business world." Mario said in surprise as he extended his right hand and shook hands with Zhang Qizheng.

In the eyes of many foreigners, Su Cheng's current achievements are due to the fact that he has several particularly powerful generals in his hands, and Zhang Qizheng is one of them.

Some people think that if Su Cheng didn't have Zhang Qizheng, he definitely wouldn't have been able to take down Hutchison Whampoa.

After all, Hutchison Whampoa was originally one of the four major foreign firms in Hong Kong. It can be said that being taken down by a Chinese person is a disgrace to their British consortium.

Therefore, many foreigners were originally quite hostile to Su Cheng.

However, when Su Cheng was promoted by the world's media as the recognized world's richest man, these foreigners no longer hated Su Cheng.

After all, Su Cheng is now no longer on the same level as them.

"Gentlemen, let's go to the reception room in front and sit down to chat." Wei Li said with a smile.

"Okay!"

"No problem!"

The two followed Wei Li to a reception room next door and sat down.

Here, there are four sofas, two long sofas and two short sofas.

As the CEO of Hutchison Whampoa, the office is naturally more impressive.

Moreover, since Su Cheng basically doesn't manage Hutchison Whampoa now, the matter of receiving important guests is basically handled by Wei Li, so he simply handed over Su Cheng's original CEO office to Wei Li, allowing him to work in the CEO office.

Su Cheng may not even go to Hutchison Whampoa once a month, so occupying an office of two or three hundred square meters is also a waste of space.

"Wei Li, I don't know what you called me here for this time?" Mario asked curiously.

In fact, when he saw Zhang Qizheng, Mario had already begun to guess that Wei Li calling him here should not be as simple as a gathering.

Otherwise, Zhang Qizheng shouldn't be here either.

"Mario, I heard that you are planning to return to England to retire?" Wei Li didn't answer Mario's question, but asked instead.

"Yes, I'm not as healthy as you. Look at me, I'm only in my early fifties, but my hair is half white. If I continue to work, no matter how much money I earn, I won't be able to enjoy it in the future, so I simply plan to retire early and go back to my hometown to retire." Mario said with a smile.

In fact, Mario didn't tell the real reason.

The reason why Mario plans to withdraw from Hong Kong is because he is not very optimistic about the future of Hong Kong.

No, it should be that he is not optimistic about the future of British companies in Hong Kong.

Because, no one knows what the situation in Hong Kong will be in more than ten years.

At that time, if the British assets are forcibly confiscated, then he will have nothing.

After all, Jardine Matheson, Swire and other large Hong Kong companies have basically experienced these things.

In addition, the stock market is not very good now, and he is afraid that the stock market will have a bear market for several years in the future, so he simply intends to sell all his Hong Kong assets while the stock market has not fallen much and exchange them for cash to return to England.

"Mr. Mario, the reason I called you here is that I heard Mr. Wei Li say that you are planning to sell Hongkong Electric Group shares. It just so happens that our company has sufficient funds now, so I am considering investing in some decent Hong Kong companies. If Mr. Mario's share price is suitable, I don't mind taking over the shares in Mr. Mario's hands." At this time, Zhang Qizheng interjected.