1977: The beginning of the blind date with the daughter of the king

Chapter 554 Coopers & Lybrand
The next day at noon, in a small banquet hall of the Mandarin Hotel.

"Hello sir, this is a private party, please show me your invitation!"

Seeing some people in suits waiting at the door and even trying to sneak in, the security at the door decisively stopped them.

Seeing the other party leave angrily, the security captain came over and looked at his men with a serious expression.

"See? This is Mr. Bao's party. There are quite a few people who want to sneak in. Open your eyes wide."

"No one without an invitation is allowed in, and even if someone has an invitation, I have to check it carefully to prevent others from forging it."

"If anyone makes a mistake, don't blame me for being ruthless to you."

At the same time, inside the banquet hall, several women with delicate makeup were gathered together and chatting quietly.

"Do you think this little Baosheng will really show up today?"

"I think so. Isn't this the party he organized?"

"It seems that this is the first time that Xiao Baosheng has organized a banquet."

"I heard that the little girl is super pretty. Do you think it's true? I think it's a bit exaggerated."

"You'll see if it's beautiful or not in a moment!"

Although Li Changhe held the banquet this time mainly to welcome James and Matthews, and at the same time to help the two companies to cooperate with Standard Chartered Bank.

But since it’s a welcoming party, it can’t be too shabby. It can’t be just those few people from Standard Chartered Bank.

So this time, with Li Changhe's promise, a lot of invitations were sent out. Some of them were sent out by his senior executives, and some were sent to partners.

For example, Standard Chartered Bank sent out twenty invitations at once. On the one hand, it showed that they valued the company. On the other hand, Li Changhe didn't mind Standard Chartered having more senior executives so that they could get acquainted with some of his people and make it easier for mergers in the future.

Li Changhe also had someone send a message to HSBC. After all, this kind of thing could not be hidden from HSBC. Instead of hiding it, it would be better to invite them openly.

Although Li Changhe is not interested in HSBC, he has no intention of breaking up with it at the moment. In the short term, HSBC is still very useful.

"Here it comes, is that it?"

At this moment, someone whispered something.

Several women looked in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, from the door on the other side of the banquet hall, a tall and handsome young man walked in shoulder to shoulder with two middle-aged white men.

"so tall?"

"That handsome guy, isn't he Xiao Baosheng?"

"Everyone, I have something to do. I'll leave first."

A tall woman picked up the bag eagerly but elegantly, then walked forward in high heels.

She is full of confidence at this moment.

Putting aside her looks and family background, she has a big advantage in terms of height alone.

Xiao Baosheng looks to be about 1.85 meters tall. Her height is 1.7 meters, and even closer to 1.8 meters with high heels. This gives her a lot of advantages over those short guys.

But soon, the smile on the woman's lips gradually disappeared, and her expression became a little ugly.

Because there was already a group of people surrounding Li Changhe, all of whom were greeting them enthusiastically.

"Jim, Matthew, come here, let me introduce you."

"This is Mr. Ron, the boss of Standard Chartered Bank."

Although it was the first time that Li Changhe met Ron, he had seen Ron's photo before he came, so he naturally knew him.

"Good afternoon, gentlemen!"

Ron greeted the three people with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Ron."

"Vic highly recommended you to us. He said you are a very trustworthy partner."

"Oh, who is this?"

James then looked at a thin middle-aged man next to Ron.

"Oh, let me introduce you to them."

"This is Mr. Sanford Yung, the founder of Hong Kong Island Operas & Lybrand, also known as Sanford Yung. He is also my good friend."

Ron smiled and introduced Rong Yongdao to everyone.

"Hello, Mr. Sanford."

James and Matthews just greeted Rong Yongdao calmly.

They originally thought that the other party was some big shot in Hong Kong Island, or a senior executive of Standard Chartered Bank, but unexpectedly, he was just the founder of an accounting firm.

Li Changhe, on the other hand, was looking at the old man curiously at this moment.

He knew Rong Yongdao, who was also a descendant of a famous family. His grandfather was Liang Shiyi, Yuan Shikai's chief of staff, who later founded the Bank of Communications.

His grandfather was the second comprador of Standard Chartered Bank. The Rong family had a close relationship with Standard Chartered Bank, just like the Ho Tung family and Jardine Matheson in the past.

In addition, he also has a step-grandfather, Yung Wing, who is known as the father of overseas students. The first group of Chinese children studying in the United States was organized by Yung Wing after he persuaded Zeng Guofan, and it was he who led this group of children to study in the United States.

In addition, Rong Yongdao also has close ties with Global Shipping. He returned from studying in the UK more than ten years ago. At the beginning, his firm was very small and had no business.

Then he took over the financial outsourcing of Global Shipping and provided financial audit services for Global Shipping for five years.

These materials were recorded in the documents that Catherine submitted to Li Changhe.

Of course, the reason why Catherine submitted these was not because Li Changhe was investigating this person, but because of Rong Yongdao's accounting firm.

The accounting firm he founded, Operas & Lybrand, is one of the most famous accounting firms in Hong Kong. Li Changhe had previously wanted to select some accounting talents in Hong Kong, and Rong Yongdao and his accounting firm were among them.

The most important thing is that Li Changhe has always felt that this accounting firm of Rong Yongdao is very likely to be one of the four famous accounting firms in the future, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Because he remembered that PricewaterhouseCoopers was the merger of two accounting firms. It is unlikely that there would be such a coincidence in the world. This Coopers accounting firm was most likely the Coopers in PricewaterhouseCoopers.

"Hello, Mr. James, Mr. Matthews."

"But I came to the banquet this time to actually look for Mr. Bao."

"Mr. Bao, can we talk in private?"

Rong Yongdao asked Li Changhe at this time.

Li Changhe smiled and nodded: "Of course, that's perfect, Jim, you guys talk to Mr. Ron, I'll go talk to the side with Mr. Rong."

Afterwards, Li Changhe and Rong Yongdao came to one side.

Although there have been a lot of negative news about PricewaterhouseCoopers in later generations, when Li Changhe reaches his level, he no longer looks at these institutions with the perspective of his previous life.

For now, the accounting firm led by Rong Yongdao is indeed one of the high-quality firms in Hong Kong, and the most important thing is that Rong Yongdao is a very good person.

Bao Yugang admired him very much. He was an accountant who worked hard and had principles.

"Mr. Rong, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

After sitting down, Li Changhe asked with a smile.

Rong Yongdao said seriously, "Mr. Bao, you should be able to guess my intention. In the entire banquet hall, except for those girls who are dressed up and want to have other things with you, most of the other people want to cooperate with you."

"I am no exception."

"As far as I know, Mr. Bao's current companies are basically managed by professional managers. I think you must need a suitable accounting firm to audit the financial work of your companies." "Coopers Yong wants to take over this business and cooperate with you, Mr. Bao. This is also the reason why I asked Mr. Ron to bring me to the banquet."

"Oh? Cooperating with Coopers and Lybrand?"

“In fact, Coopers & Yong was on my shortlist before, but I remember that Mr. Rong was not very enthusiastic about the cooperation at that time.”

Li Changhe said softly.

Rong Yongdao sighed and said, "I'm sorry. In the past two years, I was dealing with divorce issues due to relationship problems with my ex-wife, and a lot of work was delayed."

"I know Mr. Bao is actually cooperating with an accounting firm in the United States, but the labor cost of using them is too high. In terms of labor cost, it is not as convenient as our local firm in Hong Kong Island."

After listening to this, Li Changhe smiled without commenting.

Rong Yongdao sighed when he saw this.

He knew that his reasons were weak.

"Then Mr. Bao, can I cooperate with one of your small companies?"

"As far as I know, you own a clothing group and have a factory on the mainland, right?"

“Can you outsource the audit work over there to us?”

Rong Yongdao spoke softly again at this time.

Li Changhe was a little surprised at this time.

"Mr. Rong, do you also want to take over that kind of small factory?"

After listening to this, Rong Yongdao shook his head and said slowly: "Actually, this is the case, Mr. Bao."

"You should also know that the mainland is undergoing reforms, and I am willing to contribute to the mainland. This year, we have established our first office in Shanghai, and we want to popularize modern accounting in the mainland. This is also my professional field."

"But you also know that most of their companies are currently state-owned, and their accounts cannot be made public to us for audit using our financial model."

"So at present we can only find some foreign companies to do this work, and then slowly provide popular science demonstrations to institutions in mainland China."

"But you also know that most foreign companies have their own accounting departments. Some small factories don't have them, but we can't afford to use them."

"So we don't have many partners to choose from, and among them, you, Mr. Bao, are the most famous one."

"If Yongdao can cooperate with you, it will at least become a very significant benchmark among joint ventures or Hong Kong-funded enterprises in the mainland."

"I think this will be very useful in promoting the accounting profession in mainland China."

"You should know that compared to businesses, I think the government actually needs accountants more. After all, I visited their financial system and found that there are many problems."

Rong Yongdao spoke seriously, and Li Changhe was somewhat shocked after hearing it.

I didn't expect that this old gentleman was so patriotic.

In that case, Li Changhe really doesn't mind cooperating with him.

After all, what he said makes sense. More than a decade of complacency in China has caused many financial knowledge and concepts to remain in the past. In fact, the government has the greatest impact.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Rong had such a strong patriotic heart. This makes me feel ashamed."

"Well, since Mr. Rong has said so, I will just consider it as my contribution to the mainland."

"The OEM factories in the mainland can be handed over to your firm, Coopers & Yong, for audit. In addition, we have several OEM businesses there that cooperate with state-owned factories. There will also be account transactions when the time comes. This part can also be handed over to Coopers & Yong."

Li Changhe said decisively at this time.

"Really?"

"In that case, thank you very much, Mr. Bao."

Rong Yongdao said seriously at this time.

"It's all for the country and the nation. I believe that you, Mr. Rong, are not doing this for money. Since you care about your country, I will naturally do my part."

Li Changhe responded softly.

Apart from anything else, these elite talents of the older generation are still quite patriotic.

"Hey, Mr. Bao, didn't you also go back to support the industry as soon as possible?"

"Come on, I think I'd better not bother you any more. I feel like a thorn in my side right now. I'm afraid many of the pretty girls here are cursing at me, an old man, in their hearts."

Rong Yongdao was in a good mood at this time and started to joke for a rare time.

He was experienced and had long noticed that the eyes of several wealthy daughters not far away were always on them, or to be more precise, on Li Changhe.

He is the number one rich son-in-law in Hong Kong Island today. How many rich girls don’t want to marry him?

"They"

Li Changhe smiled and said nothing.

At this moment, the beautiful Catherine swayed her body and quickly came to Li Changhe, then lowered her head and reported softly in Li Changhe's ear.

Seeing Catherine's actions, several rich girls not far away were so angry that their teeth were about to break.

Before they met Li Changhe, they didn't have such strong hostility towards each other.

But now that we have seen him in person, it’s incredible. No one would want to miss out on such a rich, handsome, and super wealthy son-in-law.

"No, I can't wait any longer!"

The tall beauty from before seemed to have made up her mind at this moment and was ready to take the initiative.

"Sorry, Mr. Rong, I have an important guest over there, so I have to excuse myself for a moment."

After hearing Catherine's report, Li Changhe said to Rong Yongdao with a slight apology.

"It's okay, Mr. Bao can go and do his work first, don't worry about me."

Rong Yongdao's main purpose this time had been achieved, so he naturally didn't mind Li Changhe's early departure.

Li Changhe nodded and then stood up.

"Let's go. I'll go talk to Mr. Kobayashi first. You can tell James and Matthews later."

Catherine came to tell Li Changhe the news that the special envoy from Japan to purchase oil had arrived.

But this time, the person who came was not Junichi Misugi. After all, Junichi Misugi was still in the United States, which was too far away.

The person who came this time was a negotiator sent by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, named Kobayashi Shunpei.

Just as Li Changhe was walking out, a tall and beautiful woman came towards him with a smile on her face.

"Hello, Mr. Bao, I am"

"Sorry, please move aside!"

Before the beautiful woman could finish her words, Catherine reached out to stop her. Li Changhe just nodded slightly and then walked away.

Li Changhe really had no interest in these women.

After all, Dong Ge had learned from his previous experience, so in comparison, he was less wary of those female stars.

On the one hand, it’s about sentimentality, and on the other hand, at least through the information from past lives, we can get to know some of the background of these women.

(End of this chapter)