wild 1995

Chapter 120 Information
After a long and boring flight, Di Ye and others arrived in Hong Kong at noon on April 4.

Although Diana and Charles had separated, she was still a princess in name, so the Hong Kong colonial government sent a commissioner to greet her. When she left on the shuttle bus, she specifically greeted Di Ye and said, "Mr. Di, thank you for your gentlemanly behavior in transferring the suite at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel to me."

"It's just a small thing."

In order to create a contrast with Xia Fangfei, Di Ye set himself as a person with high IQ and low EQ. He responded to Diana's thanks casually, then waved to Deng Yongqiang and Martin Keane and said goodbye: "Mr. Deng, Mr. Keane, see you at the wine party tonight."

"See you tonight."

Di Ye was also picked up by someone, but it was not Olivia, the assistant borrowed from Peregrine, but Liang Botao, the general manager of Peregrine. He drove a Mercedes-Benz S600, wore a dark black suit, sunglasses and white gloves, and at first glance looked like a professional driver.

"Mr. Di, Miss Xia, welcome back to Hong Kong."

Peregrine is the largest brokerage firm in Hong Kong, with assets of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Liang Botao is known as the "Father of Red Chips". Every time he goes on a business trip to the mainland, he is received by senior officials, and his status is not inferior to Pang John. Di Ye did not dare to be arrogant, and asked politely: "Why is Mr. Liang here? Where is Olivia?"

"She's preparing dresses for the cocktail party tonight and is too busy to take care of it. I just happen to be free so I'll act as your driver."

After Liang Botao explained, he opened the trunk of the car and helped carry the luggage while chatting: "The last time we met, Mr. Di predicted that the Hong Kong stock market would rise, which benefited me a lot. This time I came to pick you up at the airport to show my courtesy. I hope to get your advice again."

"Mr. Liang, you are joking. How can I give you advice? Has the Hong Kong stock market risen recently?"

"It has increased. On March 3, the last trading day before we met, the Hang Seng Index closed at 10 points. Yesterday's closing price was 7949 points, an increase of 8631%. Mr. Di, your vision is unmatched. I admire you very much."

"It's just a coincidence. If Mr. Liang has made some achievements recently, it is his own ability and has nothing to do with me."

This statement was half true and half false, because Di Ye had no detailed information about the Hong Kong stock market in 1995 in his memory. He only had indirect information - when the Asian financial crisis broke out in 1997, the Hong Kong stock market experienced a two-year bull market, and the Hang Seng Index even broke through 15000 points.

When the company was trying to acquire C-CUBE shares in March, Liang Botao had helped to hold the scene. In order to repay this favor, Di Ye used the aviation war between Cathay Pacific and Dragonair as a pretext to leak the secret and predicted that the Hong Kong stock market would rise. As for how and how much it would rise, it all depended on Liang Botao's own judgment.

Xia Fangfei had tried her best to get close to Diana on the plane. She was so exhausted that she did not join in the flattery between the two. After the car left Kai Tak Airport, she asked weakly, "Mr. Liang, did Olivia arrange an etiquette teacher for me?"

"I have an appointment. I am waiting in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel now."

"Where's the makeup artist?"

"That's also settled. Don't worry, Miss Xia. You are naturally beautiful. Even without makeup, you will still be radiant at the party."

Xia Fangfei had seen many Western-style cocktail parties in movies and TV shows before, and she longed for the atmosphere of singing and dancing, and the extravagance of life. She said with anticipation, "I don't expect to shine, but I just need to not embarrass myself."

Di Ye had no interest in the cocktail party. He asked Liang Botao about the recent financial developments in the mainland and found that the butterfly effect he created in the 327 Treasury bond incident was not enough to change history, because during the time he was in Europe, the plywood futures in Pujiang and the palm oil futures in Hainan Province were still in a mess.

However, not everything has changed, because Liang Botao heard that just yesterday, Bank of Communications completed its internal investigation into Tang Renrong and approved his resignation.

Di Ye was in urgent need of talented people and was overjoyed when he heard the news. He immediately called Tang Renrong and asked him to come to Hong Kong as soon as possible.

"Boss Di, my former secretary Wang Wenjie resigned with me. He is a master's graduate from Pujiang University of Finance and Economics. He has good abilities and a calm personality. After the new company is established, can you give him a job opportunity?"

When Di Ye went to Pujiang to participate in the 327 Treasury Bond Incident, he had dealt with Secretary Wang several times and had a good impression of him. He said, "Okay, if it's convenient, you can bring him to Hong Kong."

"Okay, I'll ask him to book the plane ticket now."

Liang Botao had been silently observing Di Ye through the rearview mirror. After Di Ye finished his call, he asked, "I didn't expect that Mr. Di actually recruited Tang Renrong. Could it be that he wanted him to come to Hong Kong to start a securities company? If so, then we will be competitors in the future."

Di Ye did not hide his intentions and explained: "I want him to help establish an asset management company instead of a securities company. Its main business is to merge and reorganize some mainland enterprises that I am interested in." "Is that so? Then we may have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"There must be."

Kai Tak Airport is located in Kowloon, and is only about 20 minutes' drive from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Central. Soon they arrived. Liang Botao introduced the etiquette teacher waiting in the lobby to Xia Fangfei, and then said to Di Ye: "Mr. Di, is it convenient for us to chat alone?"

"Fang Fei, please go back to the suite first. Mr. Liang and I are going to have a cocktail."

There was a bar next to the lobby on the first floor. The two walked in and found a corner to sit down. After ordering a few snacks and a cocktail each, Liang Botao said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Mr. Di, Peregrine was co-founded by Du Huilian and I. He is the chairman and has more shares than me, and has more say than me. Even if I don't agree with some things, I can't make the decision..."

Seeing him repeatedly trying to speak but not being able to, Di Ye guessed what was going on and took the initiative to ask, "Did Du Huilian leak my transaction information in your company to HSBC?"

Liang Botao nodded and added: "Not only the information of this transaction, but also the several times in March. He printed out the transaction records and gave them to Pang John without your permission. This seriously violated business ethics. I deeply apologize for this."

Things like brokerage firms leaking customer information without permission cannot be covered up by saying it violates business ethics. If Liang Botao did this, Di Ye would immediately turn hostile and never deal with him again. But if it was Du Huilian who did it, that would be a different matter.

When Di Ye was operating the 327 Treasury bonds, he deliberately chose to open an account at Haitong Securities in order to make friends with and recruit Tang Renrong. When he came to Hong Kong in March to operate the Japanese yen exchange rate, he chose to open an account at Peregrine. In addition to making friends with Liang Botao, he also had a bigger plan, which was to wait until Peregrine fell into crisis in 3 and take it into his pocket.

To complete this plan, the biggest help is not Liang Botao, but Du Huilian.

To Huilian's real name is Philip Tose. He is an old white British man who came to Hong Kong in 1972. In 1988, he co-founded Peregrine with Leung Pak-tao. It took only 6 years for him to develop it into a multinational investment company with assets of over 1997 billion. His ability is undoubtedly strong, but he is also the result of his success and failure. He is stubborn and nepotistic. He made a series of major mistakes during the Asian financial crisis in and was the culprit that led to Peregrine's bankruptcy and liquidation.

Such an excellent teammate must be held in high esteem and treated well, and he must never be allowed to suffer any injustice!
"Mr. Liang, those transactions in March were my proudest achievements. I have always wanted to show them off to others, but I was worried about being questioned. Du Huilian leaked the transaction records, which helped me solve a problem."

Di Ye picked up the exquisite glass, took a sip of the cocktail, and said with a smile: "I have never met Du Huilian. When I am free one day, please ask Mr. Liang to introduce him to me. I will thank him in person."

Seeing that he was in high spirits and spoke in a warm tone, Liang Botao breathed a sigh of relief, raised his glass and said, "Actually, you don't need me to introduce you. Du Huilian will also attend the princess's welcome reception tonight. He will definitely take the initiative to talk to you then."

"Mr. Liang is not attending the cocktail party tonight?"

"Our company only has one invitation letter."

"It's a pity."

As they had just got off the plane and were physically and mentally exhausted, Di Ye and Liang Botao chatted for more than ten minutes. After finding out some of Du Huilian's personal information, they said goodbye and went back to their room to rest.

Since the booked suite was transferred to Diana, Di Ye moved back into the Macau suite where he had stayed in March. After entering the room, he found that Xia Fangfei was receiving training from an etiquette teacher. He had no interest in these red tapes and went straight to bed.

About an hour and a half later, Di Ye woke up from his sleep, walked out of the bedroom and found Olivia coming. She had a typical Irish face, about 30 years old, not tall, only about 1 meters, with short brown hair, wearing frameless glasses, a slightly long face, thin cheeks, a high nose bridge, and thin lips. She gave people a serious and harsh impression. If she were to make a movie, she would be very suitable to play a villain like the dean or a witch.

Olivia was very reliable. Not only did she prepare dresses for Di Ye and Xia Fangfei, she also brought some matching jewelry, including several mechanical watches. She introduced: "Mr. Di, I think these watches provided by Patek Philippe and Jaeger-LeCoultre are very suitable for your temperament..."

Di Ye ignored those exquisite and luxurious mechanical watches, picked up the small square watch he had just taken off while trying on clothes, and said, "This electronic watch is the most suitable for me. I will wear it for the rest of my life and never change it."

Xia Fangfei was exhausted by the etiquette teacher and the makeup artist. She lay on the sofa like a salted fish to rest. Hearing this, she suddenly perked up and asked with a smile: "When I gave you this watch, you were still a pauper. Now you are a billionaire. Don't you really plan to change it?"

"No change."

Di Ye put the small square on his wrist with great care and said, "This watch is good in every way, except that the trademark on it is a bit annoying. When the time is right, I will buy it from Casio and give it to you as a return gift. How about that?"

(End of this chapter)