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During the conversation, Shen Bi also made a special call to Erji Asensio, the general manager of Morley Fund Management in London, England, to ensure the accuracy of the matter.

Unsurprisingly, he naturally received a reply from Erji Asensio, who confirmed the matter and told Shen Bi that the transaction had been completed and that Morley Fund Management was no longer a shareholder of HSBC Group.

After confirming the news, Shen Bi also breathed a sigh of relief.

In his heart, he very much hoped that the relationship between HSBC Bank and Su Cheng would be closer.

Now, this transaction can be regarded as fulfilling Shen Bi's idea.

Just as Su Cheng and Shen Bi were chatting enthusiastically in the office, there was a knock on the door.

It was Shen Bi's secretary who came in. It turned out that the time for the board meeting had arrived, and the board members who should have come were almost all there.

"Mr. Su, let's go to the meeting room," Shen Bi said.

"Yes, let's go together," Su Cheng replied with a smile.

In the meeting room, there were already more than a dozen people, including Bao Zhaolong, the "Ship King."

As a member of the HSBC Bank's board of directors, Bao Zhaolong, unlike Su Cheng, attended almost every HSBC Bank board meeting, unless he was not in Hong Kong.

At this time, in the meeting room, all the board members were discussing what the purpose of Shen Bi's meeting was.

On the phone, the secretary did not tell them what meeting was to be held, only that an emergency meeting was to be held and that they hoped that those who could come to the meeting would try to attend.

Because of this, of the board members who attended this meeting, only one was unable to attend because he was not in Hong Kong, and the remaining board members actually came to attend.

Oh, right, there was another shareholder representative who did not come to the meeting, and that was the representative of Morley Fund Management.

Now that Morley Fund Management is no longer a shareholder of HSBC Bank, their company will naturally notify the person in charge here. Since they are no longer a shareholder, there is no need to continue to attend HSBC Bank's board meetings.

Seeing Su Cheng walk into the meeting room, all the board members present were surprised.

After all, although Su Cheng had already become a member of the board, they had long been accustomed to Su Cheng not attending board meetings.

"Mr. Su, why are you so free today?" Bao Zhaolong, as Su Cheng's friend, smiled and took the initiative to greet him.

"Today's meeting is related to me, so I came over. As for the content of the meeting, Mr. Bao will know later," Su Cheng said with a laugh.

"No wonder Mr. Su came to attend the meeting. It turns out that it is because the content of the meeting is related to you," Bao Zhaolong suddenly realized.

Other board members also came over to greet Su Cheng one by one. After all, it was rare to see this world's richest man on weekdays!

And Su Cheng also responded one by one.

Su Cheng knew every one of these board members. Although they were not familiar, he at least remembered their names.

Shen Bi sat in the main seat and cleared his throat, and soon the scene quieted down.

"The reason I troubled everyone to come here is to report something relatively important to everyone. Everyone should have noticed that the representative of Morley Fund Management did not come to this meeting. This is because, starting today, Morley Fund Management is no longer a shareholder of our HSBC Group," Shen Bi said slowly, looking at everyone.

Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion at the scene. After all, Morley Fund Management had always been one of the important shareholders of HSBC Group in recent years. Unexpectedly, they suddenly ceased to be their shareholders. This matter was too sudden.

And Bao Zhaolong seemed to have thought of something at this time.

"Chairman, may I ask why Morley Fund Management is no longer our shareholder? And who is its buyer?" A representative of a British consortium couldn't help but ask.

After all, Morley Fund Management was also a member of their British consortium. Now that Morley Fund Management announced its withdrawal, if the person who took over was not a member of their British consortium, it would be equivalent to a decline in the power of their British consortium.

Of course, merely taking over the shares of Morley Fund Management was not very threatening. They were more curious.

Share transfer is a very normal thing in itself.

These board members also probably knew that Morley Fund Management was currently encountering economic difficulties, but what they did not expect was that Morley Fund Management could find a successor. You must know that although it was only 3.58% of the shares, this part of the stock was worth more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, and there were very few people who could come up with such a large sum of money at one time.

"The person who took over the shares of Morley Fund Management is Mr. Su Cheng. From today onwards, Mr. Su Cheng will become the third largest shareholder of our HSBC Bank. Let us congratulate Mr. Su Cheng with warm applause. From today onwards, the relationship between our HSBC Bank and Mr. Su Cheng will be closer, which is a good thing for us and for Mr. Su Cheng," Shen Bi announced the answer with a smile without being long-winded.

Suddenly, there was a burst of warm applause at the scene. Everyone did not expect that the successor would be Su Cheng.

Previously, Su Cheng was not very interested in HSBC Bank, but he did not expect that he would take over, which did surprise many people.

"Thank you very much for your congratulations. Everyone is one of us, and there is no need to be too polite. My takeover of Morley Fund Management's shares is also a very unexpected thing. Originally, I did not know this company. They took the initiative to contact me, and it happened that I had a sum of usable funds idle, so I agreed to this transaction.

I am very honored to be a core shareholder member of HSBC Bank. The reason why I acquired HSBC Group's stock from Morley Fund Management is naturally because I am very optimistic about the future of HSBC Group. I believe that HSBC Group will have a very bright future with your management. Let us work together to develop HSBC Bank even better!"

At this time, Su Cheng also stood up and said with a smile.

In the meeting room, there was another burst of warm applause.

And the group's meeting secretary also quickly recorded the content of this meeting. As a listed company, the change of important shareholders must be announced to the public.

"Mr. Su, you are really hiding your strength!" A director of a British consortium sitting next to Su Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

This did exceed the imagination of too many people. A transaction of more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount.

But now, this transaction has been completed silently. These board members actually only belatedly learned about this matter after the transaction was over. (End of this chapter)