Reborn since 1993

Chapter 436 Borrowing the Road
The yacht departed from Victoria Harbour. The Victoria Harbour during the day is far less visually impactful than the night view.

Sitting in the yacht, Li Dongling could see many yachts, all of which were leaving the port and heading west towards Saigon or the open sea. The port city is now in its best economic period in the past few decades. There are many yacht owners, including some Hong Kong stars, who have gritted their teeth and bought a yacht.

Luxury cars, yachts, mountaintop sea view villas, and private jets are standard equipment for many wealthy people in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is now a den of extravagance and decadence in Asia and even the world.

Li Dongling looked back at Victoria Harbour behind him and felt that after Soros came to Southeast Asia, if the time was right, he could purchase some mansions, yachts and the like in Hong Kong City. In the future, Li Dongling would probably come to Hong Kong City more often.

When Li Dongling and Ning Wenke were on the yacht, there were still many paparazzi squatting at the port. It has to be said that these reporters and paparazzi in Hong Kong were really persistent in making big news. If they had not gone out to sea, they would probably have been unable to conceal the meeting with Peregrine, Taifook and BOC.

After the yacht that Li Dongling and Ning Wenke were on, several more yachts left the port and headed quickly towards the open sea.

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"What do you think of this dragon from the inland?"

In Yingke Group, Li Zekai, who had just returned from a phone call with his new lawyer girlfriend, pointed at the cover of the newspaper, which showed Li Dongling photographed in the trading hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and asked Yuan Tianfan, his most important adviser.

Different from the two low-key people in the Changjiang Li family, Li Zekai is a famous playboy in Hong Kong. He is in love with women who are lawyers, models and actresses. People like Zhao Shinan are not worth mentioning compared to Li Zekai.

Apart from not getting married, he has always been very generous. He gave yachts and villas as gifts, and also arranged bodyguards and other things. He did not give a car as he did not have much pursuit for luxury cars, but he liked private jets. He was one of the few wealthy people in Hong Kong who could fly his own private jet.

Yuan Tianfan, who was asked by Li Zekai, is in his forties. There may not be much news reported about him in the media, but he is quite famous among the wealthy people in Hong Kong.

When the Hong Kong Stock Exchange encountered trouble that year, it was Yuan Tianfan who turned the tide and solved the problem. He also became the youngest head of a mainstream exchange in the world.

After leaving the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Yuan Tianfan started his own business. With his abilities and connections at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, he naturally thrived. It is rumored that the mansion of a former Belgian foreign official, which he bought in Hong Kong for more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, was taken over by Alibaba boss Ma for more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

But among so many luxury homes in Hong Kong, Alibaba’s Ma chose to take over the luxury home of Yuan Tianfan, the most powerful and well-connected person in Hong Kong’s circle. What’s the story behind this? No one knows.

Both Li Zekai and his father wanted to recruit Yuan Tianfan. Li Zekai did not want the title given to him by the Hong Kong media. What he wanted was to surpass his father.

Under Mr. Li of Changjiang are a number of his right-hand men, such as Huo Jianning, who are well-known to the people of Hong Kong City. They fight for him in battles and capture cities. Huo Jianning is also known as the highest-paid professional manager in Hong Kong City.

The person in charge of Orange Telecom's listing in the UK now is Huo Jianning, the trusted general of Mr. Li of Changjiang.

Li Zekai wanted to surpass his father and had always wanted to recruit a group of top talents. To this end, he acquired the insurance company established by Yuan Tianfan at a high price and finally recruited Yuan Tianfan to Yingke.

As soon as Yuan Tianfan joined Yingke Group, he helped Yingke win multiple projects, acquired several insurance companies, and also won projects such as the Tokyo Metro. These projects were not small, but for Li Zekai, he was not satisfied with them.

Although the projects he is currently working on are not small and can make a lot of money if they are successful, Li Zekai knows that it is just a pipe dream to expect to surpass his father's Cheung Kong Group by relying on these projects.

Yuan Tianfan glanced at Li Zekai and naturally guessed what his new boss was thinking. In fact, his joining Yingke was also inseparable from Mr. Li from Changjiang. The two sides had known each other for more than ten years.

"Can't guess!"

Thinking of the information he had seen about Li Dongling, Yuan Tianfan said, "In recent years, there have been many heroes in the inland areas, and even in Hong Kong, they can make a name for themselves.

As for the founder of Dongling Hi-Tech, he has never failed since his debut, and he is a self-made man. Compared with the new generation in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia..."

Yuan Tianfan couldn't help shaking his head. He was not afraid of comparing goods, but of comparing people. He compared the new generation of wealthy families in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia with Li Dongling. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell the difference. "I'm afraid that only the older generation in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia can compete with this guy!"

After saying that, Yuan Tianfan saw Li Zekai's expression, which was somewhat indifferent. He thought about it and knew what was going on. Li Zekai's temper was not very good, but among the new generation of Hong Kong City, he was the most diligent one and also the leader among the new generation of Hong Kong City. Naturally, he was arrogant. What he cared about most was surpassing his father, but he did not regard other people as opponents.

Others are afraid of Li Zekai, but Yuan Tianfan doesn't care about that. He is on an equal footing with Mr. Li of Changjiang. Everyone knows that when he came to Yingke, he came to help Li Zekai. He only came here after Li Zekai invited him many times. He is completely different from Li Zekai's subordinates.

In Yuan Tianfan's eyes, Li Zekai is indeed outstanding. His performance in selling the TV station to Murdoch was truly outstanding. Among the new generation in Hong Kong, it is difficult to find a few who can be compared with him.

However, Li Zekai's debut cannot be considered as starting from scratch. When he established Star TV, his father invested tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in it. This starting point is almost higher than the end point of others.

In addition, this TV station had mediocre performance in the early stages. The reason why Murdoch was willing to buy it at a high price was actually because he wanted to use Star TV to enter the inland market. To put it bluntly, it was not for the Hong Kong TV market at all, but to borrow a passage!

After Murdoch acquired Star TV, he did not get what he wanted. Currently, Star TV can only be broadcast in some areas of Guangdong Province. Murdoch suffered huge losses. After more than ten years, he sold the controlling stake to a domestic TV station for tens of millions of dollars, leaving the market with a loss of nearly tens of billions of dollars.

In the past few years, Li Zekai has had many projects that have made him famous, but also many that have failed. After Soros came, his Tokyo subway project also encountered difficulties. It was only after his father stepped in and invested billions of Hong Kong dollars that his project was able to save his face.

But Li Dongling is completely different. Yuan Tianfan can't figure out how Dongling Hi-Tech has come out. To be honest, just looking at the information, at first glance, it feels that Dongling Hi-Tech seems to be on the cusp of the trend.

Whether it is the Li family in Hong Kong or other wealthy families, there are traces of their rise to wealth, especially with the help of the boom in real estate. However, Dongling Hi-Tech did not follow these conventional routines when it started out, but instead forged its own path, especially in the field of science and technology. Yuan Tianfan knew very well how difficult this was in Asia.

In other words, there is a ceiling for these wealthy families who have made their fortunes in real estate, energy, electricity, etc., because the pie in their industry is limited and it is impossible to expand indefinitely.

But the technology industry is unpredictable. Its industry ceiling is much larger than that of real estate. Companies like Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in Japan and IBM and Microsoft in America have exploded and are gradually surpassing traditional industries.

This is also where Yuan Tianfan cannot figure out Dongling Hi-Tech, because he cannot predict how high Dongling Hi-Tech will be able to climb in the future. The future path of a technology company is either to become a god or to fall. There is no third way!
Including Mr. Li, the boss of Changjiang, in recent years, he has also been investing in the technology industry, especially the telecommunications industry. British Orange Telecom is betting on 2G telecommunications. Changjiang Group spent nearly billion Hong Kong dollars to acquire the predecessor of Orange Telecom, and then changed its name to Orange Telecom, which shows how courageous it is.

Regardless of his reputation, Mr. Li of Changjiang has always had superb investment vision. In comparison, Li Zekai is still involved in traditional industries such as insurance and real estate. In terms of vision alone, Yuan Tianfan feels that he is several levels behind Mr. Li of Changjiang, who is in his seventies.

As for Li Dongling, he has never lost a single game since his debut, which shows how good his vision is. In the past few years, the PHS mobile phone, which was not expected by global telecommunications and mobile phone companies, has become a cash cow in Li Dongling's hands. It has been shipped like crazy all over the world, and he has become one of the top four mobile phone shippers in the world. Needless to say, his vision is so good? !
Li Zekai pushed the newspaper aside, unwilling to talk about this topic any more, and asked directly, "Do you think Dongling Hi-Tech will join the battle for Gangcheng Telecom?"

Yuan Tianfan shook his head. "It's hard to say. I still hold the same view. The dispute over Hong Kong Telecom is not only about money. The attitude of the Yanjing Post and Telecom Department is also crucial!"

"That is to say, both the inland and Gangcheng don't want Gangcheng Telecom to be acquired by foreign telecommunications companies. Then the local companies in Gangcheng have the greatest chance of acquiring Gangcheng Telecom, right?" Li Zekai said.

Yuan Tianfan nodded hesitantly, but still said, "Inland companies also have opportunities, especially if Dongling Hi-Tech takes action!"

"But this is the best opportunity for Yingke Group!" Li Zekai said, waving his hand. Once he acquires Hong Kong City Telecom, he will have the opportunity to obtain Hong Kong City Telecom, which has a higher market value than the Cheung Kong Group, and can fulfill his long-cherished wish of surpassing his father.

Yuan Tianfan looked at Li Zekai and said silently in his heart, Yingke wants to acquire Hongcheng Telecom. Without his father's tacit guarantee, which bank can lend money to acquire Hongcheng Telecom?
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"President Liang!"

Several yachts gathered together. Liang Botao, who originally thought that they were just going out to sea today and brought a fishing rod, saw Li Dongling, Ning Wenke, Lin Xianhui, and people from Bank of China Hong Kong City Company and Taifook Company on another yacht. He silently put away his fishing rod and had a vague feeling that a big order might be coming.

(End of this chapter)