Chapter 115: Plotting for Asia Television! (Seeking Subscriptions)

"Are you saying that HSBC will once again strongly support Li Bancheng?"

Xu Renjie spoke subconsciously: "That's not right. If he had HSBC's support, why would Li Bancheng need to expend so much energy raising massive amounts of capital? HSBC could easily help him get it!"

Look, even a Hong Kong elite with a certain status like Xu Renjie understands the main reason for Li Bancheng's rapid rise; the greatest contributor is naturally HSBC Bank.

"With HSBC's influence, they don't necessarily need to use real money to support Li Bancheng!"

Wu Feng said with a smile: "Besides, I reckon Li Bancheng wouldn't be happy to raise funds through HSBC's channels either!"

"Oh, I understand now!"

Seeing Wu Feng's meaningful smile, Xu Renjie suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly: "Indeed, if I were Li Bancheng, I wouldn't want to be tied too tightly to HSBC either!"

Wu Feng just smiled without a word, though he felt quite a bit of regret in his heart.

His own strength was not strong enough!

In October of '87, there will be a world-class stock market crash.

And Li Bancheng will use this rare opportunity to establish his status as the richest Chinese person in one fell swoop, completely distancing himself from the other wealthy Chinese tycoons in Hong Kong.

In later generations, various media outlets sang praises of Li Bancheng's foresight, but those with discerning eyes know the truth.

This time, it was clearly HSBC Bank pushing Li Bancheng hard from behind again!

Otherwise, why did Li Bancheng choose such a perfect time, exactly a few months before the stock market crash, to reduce his holdings of group stocks while simultaneously raising massive funds as reserve ammunition?

By the time the stock market crash swept through Hong Kong and every industry was in ruins, he could just happen to bottom-fish for high-quality assets.

HSBC helped push Li Bancheng to become the richest Chinese person and the leader of the Chinese business circle in Hong Kong, naturally for its own purposes. Looking back from the perspective of later generations, HSBC clearly succeeded, and the profits were absolutely unimaginable.

Li Bancheng set a very bad precedent!

Holding the throne of the richest Chinese person for decades, how immense is his influence in the Chinese world?

Then, under his guidance, the wealthy tycoons of the Asian Chinese world deposited their money into HSBC Bank one after another.

They forcibly turned a British-funded bank into the capital circulation hub for the Asian Chinese world.

At the national level, this is a quite alarming and incredible thing.

Yet, such a thing happened in Hong Kong and the Asian Chinese world.

Even the proper Chinese banks over in Singapore couldn't compete with HSBC's influence in the Chinese world.

With such a foundation, wouldn't it be an easy task for HSBC Bank to enter the Mainland?

Not only that, but even the majority of overseas Chinese capital flows were under HSBC's supervision.

You must know, the Asian Chinese world's capital circulation hub before HSBC was called Pangaea Bank!

Just hearing the name, one knows this was a bank founded by Chinese people.

Also influenced by this, once the Mainland's economy developed, most of the rising tycoons would circulate and manage their overseas funds through HSBC.

If not for the fact that Great Britain was declining severely and HSBC was ultimately not one of the United States' own, there would be huge hidden dangers for the safety of the overseas funds of many Mainland tycoons.

Ju Factory is a good example; if not for luck, the boss would have been screwed over by HSBC in collusion with the United States. The leading private technology enterprise in the Mainland would have encountered an unimaginable disaster.

No wonder in many rebirth urban novels I read in my past life, the protagonist treated Li Bancheng as a foreign enemy.

Among them, the most efficient one was a novel where the protagonist had a simulator.

By establishing the Pang Donglai Model supermarkets and intercepting the two major opportunities for Li Bancheng's rise, he directly silenced Li Bancheng.

It's just a pity that Wu Feng doesn't have that kind of ability, nor is it possible for him to take all of Hong Kong to the Japanese stock market to get rich; such good things can only be imagined.

However, the approach provided by another officialdom novel seems quite feasible to him.

Wu Feng is somewhat hesitant about whether to do it; is it still too late at this moment?

Sigh, don't look at how he seems to be doing well for himself right now; if he really had to go head-to-head with those top-tier dignitaries and wealthy tycoons in Hong Kong, he would still feel very strained.

Especially with his status as a Big Brother of a triad, there are some industries he simply cannot enter.

Otherwise, with the speed at which he accumulates wealth, wanting to snatch Li Bancheng's opportunities for rise would not be a very difficult thing.

One is Hong Kong Electric, and the other is Kwai Tsing Terminal 6; both were among the most important cash cows Li Bancheng held to later achieve the status of the richest Chinese person.

After seeing Xu Renjie off, he had no heart to stay at the underground boxing ring anymore.

He let Zhang Yong, who was temporarily managing the boxing ring, open the underground boxing ring directly to the public.

Thinking about it, most of the public would definitely be interested in the underground boxing ring; charging a five-dollar admission fee, just by selling drinks, snacks, and fast food, he could probably earn quite a bit.

He can only make his subordinates suffer a bit!

Performing in exhibition matches is also quite exhausting; although Wu Feng has already equipped them with headgear and boxing gloves, after a match, who isn't sore all over and feeling uncomfortable everywhere?

Of course, if they persist with such exhibition matches, their own practical combat abilities will definitely improve significantly.

Later, even if there are no other ways to make money, going to fight in formal matches is also an option.

In private, Wu Feng had painted a big picture for them, and they were looking forward to that day arriving early.

Fortunately, Hong Kong is a capitalist society; as long as you have money, the procedures for all kinds of things are really not too smooth, as long as you give enough cash, it's done.

Although the environment of the warehouse where the underground boxing ring is located is a bit poor, it is much more down-to-earth than those high-end places; according to Zhang Yong, there is no problem.

Wu Feng did not ask too much; since he handed it over to his subordinates, he fully trusted their abilities.

Taking a car back to the Tuodi, in the third-floor office, he made a phone call to Li Xin.

"Big Brother, I found it, I found it! I have already collected sufficient evidence!"

In the receiver, Li Xin's voice was trembling slightly due to excitement.

You can't blame him for being like this; Li Xin was acting on Wu Feng's orders this time, and what he was investigating was the dirt on Far East Bank.

Once exposed, he would have to run away immediately; at the very least, he wouldn't be able to return to Hong Kong for several years.

Even Big Brother Wu Feng would likely suffer quite powerful suppression and warnings.

"It's good that you've collected reliable evidence!"

On Wu Feng's face, a hearty smile appeared: "You bring the evidence back first, and remember to keep it a secret. If there's an accident, you know the consequences!"

"I know, I know, Big Brother, you can rest assured!"

Li Xin's voice on the receiver was exceptionally firm: "This matter this time, I personally followed up and obtained it."

"Those few investigation company employees have already been arranged by me to go to Australia for a trip; they will return after the Spring Festival, so there definitely won't be any problems!"

"Alright, we'll chat when we meet in a bit!"

Wu Feng hung up the phone, his mood quite good for a moment, the previously gloomy emotions swept away.

This time, he sent his trusted Underling Li Xin to go out personally, the goal being to obtain some unfavorable evidence regarding Far East Bank, which would be very useful for his takeover of Asia Television.

Unexpectedly, the results came out so quickly!

In his heart, besides marveling at Li Xin's reliability in doing things, he also couldn't help but be surprised at Qiu Degen's audacity; was he really not afraid of competitors targeting him?

But regardless, this was good news for Wu Feng!

When Li Xin arrived, he directly handed over a document file bag: "Big Brother, I have not failed your mission!"

Wu Feng nodded, took it, opened it to look carefully, and laughed: "Good, good, good, you have performed a great service this time!"

"Work well; if you have the time and energy, the Pork Trotter Rice business over in Macau can all be handed over to you to manage!"

Li Xin was overjoyed, thanking him repeatedly and stating he would definitely work well and certainly would not let Big Brother down.

How could he not be happy?

What kind of explosive popularity had the Pork Trotter Rice business in Hong Kong reached?

The people over in Macau were even wealthier and more capable of spending.

As long as the Pork Trotter Rice business was fully expanded, a monthly income of a million would be on the low side.

Of course, wanting to accept this reward was not such an easy thing.

How to open up channels and how to avoid the gangs over in Macau looking for trouble was also a headache.

But this was just a happy problem; Li Xin left happily, calculating in his heart how to open up the situation.

Wu Feng put down the file bag and made another phone call.

The person answering the phone was the Manager of Fengrui Film and Television Company, who immediately took action upon receiving Wu Feng's instructions.

That evening, near the end of the workday, Qiu Degen had just planned to leave Asia Television when he received a message from his secretary: Fengrui Film and Television boss Wu Feng wanted to visit Chairman Qiu tomorrow.

"Wusheng from Fengrui Film and Television?"

Qiu Degen was somewhat surprised: "Did he say what matter he wanted to discuss?"

"No!"

The secretary shook his head and explained: "The one who called was the Manager of Fengrui Film and Television Company!"

"Oh, is that so? Then let's meet this film Dadaheng tomorrow!"

Qiu Degen spoke with a smile and exhorted: "Remember to keep this matter in mind; don't be impolite!"

After speaking, he left the office directly and took a car home.

After all, as a television station boss, he could be considered one of the Big Brothers of the Hong Kong entertainment circle; he had naturally heard of Wu Feng's reputation. He was the latest rising film Dadaheng, and his momentum was quite strong.

To say he wasn't interested in the film circle, even Qiu Degen himself wouldn't believe it.

It was a pity that he was old, and managing Asia Television was already somewhat beyond his strength; even if he had ideas in his heart, he didn't have the extra energy to toss about.

He wasn't even very satisfied with the situation at Asia Television.

But it was still that same reason; he was already old and didn't have the energy to toss about.

Soon it was the next day; Qiu Degen had just arrived at Asia Television by car when he saw a brand-new seven-seater official vehicle in the parking lot, along with four vans parked quietly to the side, like stars surrounding the moon.

Wu Feng got out of the car nimbly, and suddenly, from the four vans and the seven-seater commercial vehicle, over a dozen tough-looking young men appeared as if they were being dumped from a dumpling pot.

Most of them had dragons and phoenixes tattooed on their arms; one look and you knew they weren't the right sort.

The bodyguards and driver beside him subconsciously protected Qiu Degen, their eyes filled with vigilance and unease as they looked at Wu Feng's party.

"Chairman Qiu, I am Wu Feng of Fengrui Film and Television; I gave notice yesterday evening!"

Wu Feng spoke with a smile from far away, revealing his identity.

"Oh, so it is Wusheng of Fengrui Film and Television!"

Qiu Degen suddenly understood, his previously tense nerves relaxing abruptly. He looked at the group of Underlings behind Wu Feng and asked curiously: "Wusheng, what is this..."

(End of chapter)