Winner Takes It All, Resurrection 2009

"Fetion and Tengda merged?"

Tony Ma finally convinced the investors behind the scenes to do his best to support Tengda to overcome the difficulties. The most important thing is to withstand the pressure from the policy side and carry out a lot of lobbying to avoid being besieged.

Hong Kong has capable people in this regard, especially in the past few decades, with the network of personal connections they have accumulated. Just pick a few of them and they can get their message heard by the top leaders.

But the key issue is not whether the decision from above can be changed, but that someone has already set their eyes on the shares held by the capital behind Tengda. There was no such good opportunity in the past.

The special channel mode of the washing machine is a very common thing. To be honest, any company related to Internet finance and game value-added services must have a similar business.
It is just like the stones and weeds on the roadside, it can be seen everywhere and is nothing new at all. Because of the direct sunlight, half of the earth is always hidden in darkness.

Where there is demand, there must be a market. Black income often has low costs and terrifying profits. Who doesn’t like the excess returns brought by no-cost transactions?

The key point is that only Tenda was confirmed to have committed the crime, and its internal executives collectively came forward. With the witnesses and evidence put together, it is difficult for them to deny their debts. People who are not aware of the situation may think that Tenda is just being stubborn.

Playing self-exposure.

So when Tony Ma just returned to Pengcheng, he received a call from Liu Zhiping, "Mr. Ma, please don't go back to the company yet. There are a lot of people blocking the way here, including people from China Mobile..."

Mr. Ma had no memory of what was said afterwards. The only thought left in his mind was, "When did I end up like Zhou Hongyi?"

To be honest, Pengcheng's care for him was much better than Yanjing's care for Zhou Hongyi. At the very least, it caused a nationwide public opinion crisis and was suspected of being an organized violation of the bottom line.

They didn't even send anyone to invite him back for tea. Not only that, the Pengcheng government also took on the pressure from all sides, insisting that no interference with the company's normal operations would be allowed before a thorough investigation.

Even in Guangzhou, some people resisted the pressure and refused to give in during the decision-making meetings, and even stood up to express their opinions:
"Mr. Ma is an outstanding entrepreneur who has grown up under our own eyes. No matter how people outside accuse him, at least before there is clear evidence pointing to him, he is the one who manipulated the washing machine business.

You can't touch it lightly, comrades. It's not easy to cultivate an outstanding private entrepreneur, especially a company that can bring rich tax revenue and high-end jobs to the local area!

We must fully understand the difficulties they face in their operations and should not easily deny a company's contribution to the overall economic development environment because of the misconduct of a few individuals.

It is easy to arrest a person and sentence him, but who will cover the huge losses caused by this?
As a result, this year's economic growth business has been delayed. Who will fill the gap?
Ladies and gentlemen, putting aside some minor flaws in the development process, we must see that Tenda's revenue this year is expected to grow more than three times, and the tax revenue contributed to the local area will exceed 3.5 times.

It is not an exaggeration to call it the local economic pillar. Moreover, it is not just an economic account, it is also the image card of eastern Guangdong, and a banner to show the economic inclusiveness and construction achievements to the outside world..."

Tengda already has a large group of supporters in eastern Guangdong, in Shenzhen. In addition, the founding team is from Chaozhou, a place famous for its clique-like nature. At that time, Huang, the richest man, had bigger problems and the matter was more serious.

If his base was not in the north, out of our reach, we would have been able to deal with him.

In addition, with American capital suddenly investing in Tengda, many media and newspapers in the south launched a joint effort to try to reverse the unfavorable public opinion situation.

However, this incident was too big a deal. In the past, no company executive who had access to core information would go directly to Hong Kong to surrender to the supervisory department, and no mainstream media would hold on to him.

The Guangdong East Yamen frequently came forward to greet the people, but received little positive feedback. Most people agreed verbally, but did not stop their actual actions and continued to take ruthless action.

At the capital level, attempts to divert the topic by throwing out a big move in the entertainment sector, a tried and tested move, had no effect at all.

Whether it's a well-known celebrity getting divorced, a woman suspected of tax evasion, or something like Teacher Chen repairing a computer, a large number of videos and photos that the spectators love to see are "accidentally" leaked.

It's all useless!
Because the forces that control the channels of public opinion have never formed a unified stance, the means of using entertainment to divert the focus of public opinion only bring more benefits to the spectators who surf the Internet.

Nothing else has changed.

At this point, many people understood that Tengda’s former opponents and current enemies seemed to have secretly joined forces and were determined to bite off a piece of meat from Tengda through this incident.

Mobile Communications was the first to clearly propose settlement conditions, but it will definitely not be the last. If Tenda wants to get through this, it will be impossible without using some of its best resources...

Tony Ma returned home in a daze. Several heads of top domestic investment funds were already waiting for him at home. They were relieved to see him return safely.

It is just strange that Gaoling Capital, one of Tengda’s major shareholders, was absent for the first time this time. In fact, Zhang Lei also wanted to come, but the other companies joined forces to drive him out.

Now, Tengda’s shares have to be sold whether they want to or not, which actually means that the Yale Group of America is out of Tengda.

The lack of one person did not affect the information exchange between everyone. The situation was not optimistic. Lin Siqin, the head of BlackRock Fund, who joined for the first time, said in a deep voice:
"The fact that Mr. Ma can come back proves that the higher-ups have not made up their minds yet. We can't delay matters any longer and must cut the Gordian knot. The most urgent task is to shut up the man named Wang at ICAC.

In this regard, we can provide the necessary assistance to ensure that no traces are left behind.”

As things have developed to this point, it is already very clear that no one can sit idly by and watch Tengda, whose market value is nearly 2000 billion (and is continuously being sold off and shorted by institutions and retail investors), collapse.

Ordinary people are willing to take risks just for a few tens of thousands of dollars.

What's more, there are tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars involved, and especially when seeing the terrifying returns of Internet finance, no one can resist this temptation.

The head of a South African development bank jointly owned by many Hong Kong tycoons also said: "Boss Ma, you can't hesitate any longer. The company must also introduce someone with enough weight to take on everything in due time.

Only by shifting the focus, completing the separation at the company level, and pulling you and several other sensitive figures to a safe place, can we free our hands and feet to fight back. "

Mr. Ma was confused and asked subconsciously, "Who should I push out?"

"At present, only Mr. Liu or Mr. Zhang are suitable. Don't worry, we will come forward to persuade them. Isn't it just a few years in prison?
As long as the company can be saved, and public opinion cools down in the future, we can arrange for medical parole at any time. It is no problem for you to go to the United States or anywhere else, and we will also compensate you financially. "

Not everyone can be a scapegoat. If it is a small matter, you can just ask a department head to take the blame. But now things have become so serious that ordinary people can't handle it at all.

Only when President Ma himself, or his right-hand men, step forward and take full responsibility and calm the focus of public opinion can the next step be taken.

Of course, Mr. Ma was excluded first because no one knew how to bribe him. Even if he failed this time, he was still a real super rich man.

How much do you have to give him to make him willingly take the blame?

Since he is not capable, everyone can only settle for the second best and focus on Liu Zhiping or Zhang Zhidong.

But before they could take action, Tony Ma shook his head decisively, “No, Liu Zhiping cannot be moved. He is involved in too many insider events. Once he goes in, many people will try every means to use him as a breakthrough point.

Now the two sides have completely torn their faces apart, the hard drive is in Runhua's hands, and their goal is to go to Hong Kong."

Zhao Xiaofang, the head of a South African development bank, who had just spoken, was stunned and immediately made a suggestion, "Can we say hello to Guangdong East and try to keep the case handling power in the local area?

This way, we can prevent external interference, and Mr. Liu won’t suffer any grievances in there.”

"From what I understand, that's unlikely."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Siqin beside him shook his head and said, "Shangdatian has heard that Yanjing has repeatedly wanted to send people down, but now the strong resistance is almost unbearable. No matter who goes in, they will inevitably be taken away.

East Guangdong is seeking the possibility of joint investigation and it won't be delayed for too long.

I'll go talk to Mr. Zhang. I believe he will put the overall situation first."

Tony Ma was not sure, "Will he agree?"

The others spoke in unison, with similar meanings: “You have to agree even if you don’t agree!

Otherwise, everyone will die together. If he goes in, at least his interests will be protected, and he will still be a billionaire even if he comes out."

"Someone must be held accountable for this. Such a huge mistake proves that the management team has huge hidden dangers in their daily work. If he is not responsible, who will be?"

"That's right. As long as he is willing to take responsibility, not only can his shares be held by someone he designates, but we are also willing to make additional financial compensation."

"But it may not be easy to convince him. After all, it is hard to say whether they will stop until their demands are met." At this moment, another person walked into the villa. Everyone looked and saw that it was Chen Huilong, the chief administrative officer of Tengda, who was also one of the five tiger generals of Tengda and a co-founder who held shares.

The first words he said when he arrived put everyone's worries to rest. "I am willing to take responsibility for everything. As long as the matter ends with me, I will definitely not drag anyone down."

Tony Ma was so moved that he almost cried on the spot, “Brother, you!”

Although Chen Huilong seemed relaxed, he actually felt uncomfortable. After all, no one was willing to give up everything and take unknown risks. But if he didn't go, who could solve the problem?

But before he could open his mouth, another piece of news came, "Runhua has taken action in Xiangjiang. At the same time, a large group of people including the Huo family have joined forces to put pressure on them. ICAC has already been dispatched.

Just now, several Hong Kong-listed companies including Cheung Kong Holdings announced an indefinite suspension of trading. The matter became a big deal, and the Malayan government officially issued a notice demanding a thorough investigation into several previous insider transactions.

And seized and froze the assets of several companies in Malaya...

Mr. Li Bancheng, his fourth uncle, and the Zheng family went north together. The conditions offered by Yanjing were very heavy, so heavy that almost no one dared to agree.

The package of proposals, including the plan to build 100,000 public housing units, is aimed at breaking the current economic structure of Hong Kong.”

Tony Ma immediately frowned when he heard this, because he knew better than most people what the so-called 100,000 public housing plan was.

It is more radical than the cross-sea bridge, and is almost aimed at the lifeline of Hong Kong capital, whose core business is commercial real estate.

At the beginning, it was the capital close to the mainland, led by the supporters of the Huo family, that pushed for the development of more land to improve the living environment of Hong Kong residents and to create a new commercial center.

Housing environment and jobs have always been the biggest headaches for Hong Kong residents. However, with the impact of the wave of economic globalization, low-end industries have been eliminated in Hong Kong, and no new industries have emerged.

Industrial hollowing out is gradually occurring, similar to that in Europe and the United States, and most of the growing young generation cannot find suitable jobs due to factors such as the employment environment.

Not only are people oppressed by excessively high and even outrageous housing prices, but they also have to bear enormous pressure from the cost of living and cannot see the future at all.

Under the deliberate guidance of public opinion, most people vented their anger on the North...

In this environment, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is time to make changes, but vested interest groups are afraid that public housing plans will impact their existing interests.

Because the public housing plan is followed by a series of initiatives targeting education, technological development, the introduction of foreign mid- to high-end manufacturing industries, and the vigorous development of trade, and even re-export trade.

This will fundamentally change Hong Kong's economic model, which is mainly based on international finance and tourism, and behind the scenes will be a reshuffle of interests.

Of course Li Bancheng would not agree, but this time Yanjing had a lot of chips, so many that if they were all thrown out, they could kill countless people in an instant.

They are just worried that the local capital may become desperate and bring in British and American capital, which will cause complete disruption, so they still maintain the minimum mutual respect. If it were the mainland, they would have struck back with an iron fist long ago.

Where will I give you the chirping?

The Qingyun Group also took the opportunity to exert its strength and strongly support the public housing plan. If it can successfully build more than 100,000 improved housing units in Hong Kong, it will curb the rapid rise in housing prices.

In addition to providing ordinary people with decent jobs, it also reduces the cost of living. I believe that with Hong Kong's special geographical environment, it will soon usher in a second economic boom.

At the very least, there is absolutely no problem for this place to serve as Qingyun's scientific research base connecting the inside and the outside. Qingyun alone can utilize the resources of several universities such as Hong Kong Chinese University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to provide thousands or tens of thousands of high-quality jobs.

In the future, Nandian will use Hong Kong as a base for external expansion and inject new impetus into Hong Kong's development in the fields of energy, infrastructure construction, etc.

Everyone can see the benefits, but what does it have to do with Li Bancheng?
With the entry of Nanfang Electric, what will happen to Hong Kong Electric and Port Authority? Runhua is trying to get involved in basic businesses such as water supply, and ocean shipping wants terminal business.

The supporting commercial facilities of the public housing project will inevitably impact the monopoly of the retail business of a certain minister in his family. The benefits will be reaped by ordinary people in Hong Kong. Who will guarantee his interests?

Not to mention China Unicom and China Mobile, which have been eyeing Hong Kong's local telecommunications business. Once domestic capital is allowed to enter the market on a large scale, they will not even be able to maintain their last position in public opinion.

In the past, Hong Kong capital had huge interests in Tenda, but they never allowed QQ to enter the market. Now that Tenda is weak, if WeChat and Weipay are allowed in, will the Li family still want to play?

Not only would Li Bancheng not agree to such a thing, any other capital group based on Hong Kong's local business would not agree to it.

Squid Capital and the remaining forces of Dai Ying even jumped up in opposition. Poor four English symbol departments, they are really caught in a dilemma.

According to the rules, after obtaining a complete chain of evidence, they must summon or simply arrest the relevant persons involved in the case. However, each person involved is more powerful than the other, so how can they catch them?
The chief investigator in charge of the case wished he could stay at home and not go out, because no matter what he did, the consequences were beyond his ability to bear.

Follow the rules.

What to do if you want to have good luck when you go out?
Don’t say that Hong Kong has no luck. Even a Mercedes-Benz mud tanker can’t be hit!
If he doesn't follow the rules, public opinion will make him lose face, and the big capital behind him will not let him go.

He may go beyond the rules, or even follow the orders of certain people, turn a blind eye, and simply sell out the executive surnamed Wang. As long as the key witnesses and evidence disappear, he will at most be held accountable internally.

But the key point is that every clue has been uprooted. There is more than one stubborn guy in Tenda, and the piles of evidence are still in the hands of relevant mainland departments.

If Xiangjiang Capital had the ability to destroy the mainland portion as well, he would have accepted his fate, but the key point was that everyone knew that Li Bancheng did not have this ability.

The case could not be handled any further and it was impossible to arrest anyone, so we could only ask some middle-level managers who were in charge of the case to come back. Everyone just dragged on like this, waiting for the game from the north and outside to end.

"The only good news is that Lijiaopo has privately expressed their support for us to hold on.

These people have bad intentions and want us to completely break away from the North."

Li Bancheng mentioned this not-so-good news to Tony Ma on the phone, "They are secretly helping because they don't want Hong Kong's economy to transform smoothly.

Hong Kong, a city with high-end industries, scientific research base and the ability to compete for global trade share, should naturally become the financial center of Asia.

Li Jiapo is currently actively lobbying all parties, exerting pressure, and trying to muddy the waters..."

Tony Ma felt an urge to go "Alpaca!" in his heart. What was going on?

Li Zehua is in a similar situation. At the most critical moment, when he was just one step away from defeating his opponent, Temasek, once the most steadfast ally, was actually secretly supporting its competitor?

"If Chairman Li doesn't give me a satisfactory answer, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

During the communication with Li Jiapo, Li Yilong's attitude was very interesting, "It's no problem to suppress the influence of Hong Kong Capital in Southeast Asia.

There is no problem in curbing the ability of the squid capital to project power.

But Lijiapo's goal of replacing Hong Kong and becoming Asia's financial center will not change. You should not support the 100,000 public housing plan. It is beneficial for everyone to keep Hong Kong's industries hollowed out. "

Regardless of right or wrong, what matters is the stance. The actions of Qingyun, Runhua, Nandian and Yanjing are all aimed at turning Hong Kong into a new window to the outside world.

Pengcheng and Tengda opposed it, Lijiaopo also opposed it, and Yutai Capital had an ambiguous attitude and didn't know who to support for a while.

Lijiaopo will of course jump out to oppose it out of consideration for its own core interests.

In short, this is the nature of how the world operates. There are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal and unchanging interests.

"As long as Mr. Li agrees to give up his support for Hong Kong's economic transformation, Temasek is willing to support Tsing Yun. You have to know that those Hong Kong groups have left countless handles during their operations in Southeast Asia over the years.

Temasek is willing to persuade Malaya and Siam to jointly conduct an open investigation and make a statement and unconditionally hand over all relevant evidence to Yanjing, how about that? "

(End of this chapter)