Break out of the courtyard

"Chief James, this is the testimony of your men, take a look!" The chairman of Jardine Matheson threw four pieces of paper on the desk of the chief of police.

The gloomy-faced police chief just glanced at the words on the paper, then took out four identical copies of the testimony from the drawer under the table, knocked them on the table, and then stared at the visitor coldly.

The chairman of Jardine Matheson picked up the two copies of the testimony and looked at them. He frowned and said, "Don't look at me like that. You didn't have this expression when you were bargaining with us."

"What do you want?"

"What are you going to do?"

The two asked the question at the same time, and then shut up at the same time, waiting for the other's answer.

After a moment, the chairman of Jardine Matheson spoke again, "I got this copy of the testimony from Financial Secretary Xia. He will not be involved in this matter. I will let you handle this matter on your own."

"Humph! There's a traitor in the police station, so I'll naturally be the one to deal with it. It's not up to outsiders to tell me what to do!"

"Is this the time to deal with those four Hong Kong police officers?"

……

The news that Peace Group became the largest shareholder of Huifeng Bank really caused a stir in Hong Kong.

Most of the Eagle Country guys are trying to find out the details of the Peace Group, not to mention everyone else.

There was no Internet back then, and information was relatively closed.

For example, the news about the five Eagle Country guys who died accidentally the night before yesterday was limited to a small circle and most people in Hong Kong Island did not know about it.

When Shen Bi and Financial Secretary Xia came over, they pretended to be “most people” and said that they had no idea that someone had died the night before.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. I have already communicated with the Commissioner of Police over the phone!" The Financial Secretary lied. "If he doesn't give you a satisfactory answer, I will tell the Governor of Hong Kong about this matter. I will never allow torture to happen."

"That police chief has a mental problem, Mr. Zhang, don't pay any attention to him!" Huifeng Bank Chairman Shen Bi echoed, "With Mr. Zhang's financial resources, if he really wants to kill someone, he can just hire a killer. Why do you have to do it yourself?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhang Heping waved his hands hastily to deny, "Murder is against the law, I won't hire someone to do it!"

Seeing that Zhang Heping did not pursue the matter of the police chief, Shen Bi hurriedly changed the subject, "Mr. Zhang, why do you suddenly want to acquire our Huifeng Bank?"

"I just came back from Japan," Zhang Heping said with a smile, "I saw that several Japanese financial groups have their own controlled banks, so I wanted to control one as well."

"I wanted to discuss this with you, but you went to Eagle Country." Zhang Heping lied a lot, "I thought I would issue a takeover notice first and slowly acquire the company over five years. I never thought that I would issue the notice at noon and receive 5 million shares of Huifeng Bank in the afternoon."

Shen Bi smiled and said, "I guess it's because Mr. Zhang is popular!"

"Chairman Shen, don't worry. I am not good at managing a bank. Huifeng Bank will still be handed over to you to manage." Zhang Heping said with a smile:

"However, in order to ensure the healthy development of our bank, I plan to have Heping Auditing Company move into Huifeng Bank to investigate related tax and legal risks. Do you think there are any problems?"

"This..." Shen Bi politely refused: "Our bank involves a lot of sensitive customer information, it is not convenient for an external company to review it!"

"I know you are helping special clients in South America and the Middle East to launder money!" Zhang Heping smiled wickedly and said, "I can pretend that I don't know about money laundering, but you can't leave any traces of money laundering. On the 1st of next month, Heping will come in for an audit. Just think of it as a foreign inspection department targeting us."

Zhang Heping said, looking at the silent Wei Daban, and said with a smile: "You still have 22 days to prepare for the inspection. Chairman Shen will not be unhappy with me because of this matter, right?"

"No!" Shen Bi was still shocked how Zhang Heping knew that their bank was laundering money, and from his tone, it seemed that he knew the true identities of those customers.

But the problem is that those special customers are all handled by someone he arranges one-on-one. Even if one customer's information is leaked, the others...

Shen Bi subconsciously looked at the silent Manager Wei, thinking that since Zhang Heping's men were able to find the Director of Health, the General Manager of the Land Development and others so accurately, someone must have leaked the information!

"Boss Wei, we will face the audit inspection in 22 days. Is there any problem?" Zhang Heping felt relieved when he saw Shen Bi's troubled expression.

"No problem, Mr. Zhang!" Boss Wei felt very uncomfortable being looked at by Shen Bi, but he had to show his loyalty at this time.

Unless he is willing to give up his position as general manager of Huifeng Bank!

His term "big boss" means general manager.

Although Mr. Wei's annual salary at Huifeng Bank was only over 5 million Hong Kong dollars, it could not stop him from earning a lot of gray income.

"The King of Chartering is here!" Zhang Heping said, and went out to greet him. He smiled and explained to the King of Chartering, "Not long after you left, I received news that Director Xia and Chairman Shen came to my house, so we simply had dinner together and told them about the listing of Hong Kong Island Telecom."

……

"It has not been confirmed yet!" Sha Zhixiang said to Director Wang who was far away in the capital while holding the phone:

"However, the latest news just came back from Hong Kong Island. Zhang Heping is having dinner with the chairman of Huifeng Bank, the financial secretary, and the charter king. The atmosphere of the conversation is harmonious and there doesn't seem to be any conflict."

"Okay, I will continue to verify it." Sha Zhixiang looked helpless, but his tone was still calm, "Director Wang, I think since Zhang Heping dared to interrupt the news on Hong Kong Island TV, it means that Heping Group has really become the largest shareholder of Huifeng Bank."

"I know Huifeng Bank has the right to print money, but even if it is confirmed that Zhang Heping controls Huifeng Bank, what can we do? Isn't there Standard Chartered Bank?"

"Even if Zhang Heping listens to you and controls the amount of money Huifeng Bank prints, will the Eagles at Standard Chartered Bank listen to you?"

"My opinion?" Sha Zhixiang thought for a moment and said seriously, "My opinion is that we should let those experts in China understand the world economic situation before speaking out. They should not make random comments about the money printing by the Hong Kong hawks. The hawks will not listen to them."

"The Hong Kong police did not look for Zhang Heping again. China Resources has confirmed again and again that the five Eagle Country guys died in accidents, and the possibility of homicide has been ruled out."

"I still don't know why the Hong Kong police said Zhang Heping was suspected of murder. Well... I will continue to pay attention to this matter."

……

"See for yourself!" The police chief took the chairman of Jardine Matheson into the morgue and said in a cold voice, "You and I both know that the five of them could not have died in an accident!"

"But the medical examiner and senior detectives have investigated the scene and ruled out homicide. How is this possible?"

"How could it be possible that the five of them died in an accident?"

"Why didn't they die earlier or later, but all died in accidents the night after that guy came back?"

"You ask me why I framed that guy?" The police chief suddenly grabbed the chairman of Jardine Matheson by the collar and said sternly, "It's all because of you!"

"If you didn't bribe me with 1000 million magnesium dollars to deal with that guy, would I get involved in your mess?"

"Take away the gun license, hum..." The police chief pushed the chairman of Jardine Matheson away with great force. As the chairman stumbled back, the police chief said helplessly and angrily, "Now, tell me, if you take away the gun license of the Umbrella Company, will they not kill people?"

"5000 million!"

The chairman of Jardine Matheson had just regained his balance when he heard the police chief speak loudly. However, the chairman of Jardine Matheson had a happy look on his face. "How do you plan to kill him?"

"Killing you is easier than killing that guy!" The police chief looked at the chairman of Jardine Matheson viciously, "Give me another 5000 million magnesium dollars, and I want to be transferred back to Eagle Country!"

“No!” The chairman of Jardine Matheson hurriedly dissuaded him, “You can be transferred to the Hong Kong garrison, so we can take care of each other! If you are transferred back to Eagle Country, we will be defeated one by one by his killers, and we won’t even have to pretend to die accidentally!”

"You won't give it to me?" The police chief stared at the old man, who was a head shorter than him, with a fierce look in his eyes. "I told you that killing you is easier than killing that guy!"

……

"Then it's settled!" Financial Secretary Hartley raised his glass happily. "Island Telecommunications will start acquiring Island Tramways in two weeks and go public through a backdoor listing!"

"cheers!"

Zhang Heping, Chen Shuting, the boat charter king and the two Eagle countrymen clinked their glasses together, and then tacitly remembered this special time period: two weeks!

In the following two weeks and 10 trading days, the share price of Island Tramways fluctuated from HK$3 per share to HK$72 per share, becoming a monster stock in the Hong Kong stock market!

Just when a group of retail investors were preparing to follow suit and chase the rising share price of Hong Kong Island Tramways, an announcement was issued:

Island Telecommunications Company will purchase 1.2% of the shares of Island Tramways Company from Air, Sea and Sea Limited for 51 million US dollars and go public through a backdoor listing!

There are some contents in this announcement that have not been taken seriously, such as the Hong Kong Island tram business being sold to Air, Land and Sea Limited.

With this move, the Zhang family legitimately made a profit of 50 million magnesium yuan from the more than 1.1 billion magnesium yuan in prepaid phone bills of Hong Kong Island Telecom!

The Island Tramway shares purchased by Zhang Heping, the charter king, Huifeng's chairman, and the Financial Secretary's assistant in the market-making in the previous two weeks will be transformed into Island Telecom shares through stock swaps when Island Telecom goes public through a backdoor listing.

The benefits involved cannot be told to outsiders.

October 10th, Monday morning.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange opened, and Hong Kong Telecommunications Company issued 1.4 million shares, accounting for 24% of the total share capital, with an issue price of HK$36, raising HK$50.4 billion.

The closing price that afternoon was HK$72, and the market value of Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company was HK$420 billion, or about Mg$67.7 billion, which was much higher than the Mg$49.6 billion of prepaid phone bills in the account of Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company.

Because those 1.4 million shares were issued for the capital increase and share expansion, in order to obtain a controlling stake of 51%, Zhang Heping not only did not make any money from this listing, but instead invested all the money he had previously earned from the sale of the Hong Kong Island Tram shells, only then was he able to maintain his 54% stake, with a market value of HK$226.8 billion, or approximately Mg$36.58 billion.

No wonder so many companies want to go public. With the transformation of Hong Kong Island Telecom, Zhang Heping’s net worth has increased by another 36 billion yuan.

Of course, the shareholding that Stepmother Investment Co., Ltd. publicly announced is 51%, so it has to be kept secret!

The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong government announced that Island Telecom held a 15% stake, while Charter King announced that it held a 10% stake. However, judging from the stock trading of Island Telecom in the following week, at least 13% was hidden by them.

In addition, Chen Shuting became the chairman of Hong Kong Island Telecom, and the position of general manager was handed over to Bao Wujun, the eldest son of the Bao family, who was responsible for developing overseas communications business.

As for the Eagles' spy, former general manager Trevon Frick still serves as assistant general manager, monitoring finances.

Not to mention how much the Financial Secretary and Chairman Shen made from this wave of IPOs, the market value of the 15% of Hong Kong Island Telecom shares owned by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong government alone reached HK$63 billion.

The key is that you can cash in at any time!

……

On the afternoon of October 10, Zhang Heping received a call from the general manager of Kai Tak Airport, and the former police commissioner James boarded the plane back to the United States.

Initially, Zhang Heping did not know that the other party was scared away. He thought that the listing of Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company had brought huge amounts of property of unknown origin to the Financial Secretary, which in turn forced the Commissioner of Police to leave.

On November 11, the Financial Secretary was replaced. The former Secretary, Xia, held a party at home. During the party, someone let the secret slip, and when it reached Zhang Heping's ears, he realized that he had overthought.

On the night of the accident, Zhang Heping did not interrogate the five people, so he did not know what role the police chief played in their plan and what his responsibility was.

Zhang Heping just confirmed that the five guys were the ones who paid the killers, so he killed them first.

The Commissioner of Police was not originally among the eight suspects selected by Zhang Heping. It was on the afternoon of October 8 that he panicked and took the Hong Kong police to the police station to arrest Zhang Heping and frame him. It was then that Zhang Heping suspected that it was a gun!

Then, Zhang Heping tested the issue using photocopies of testimonies from four Hong Kong police officers.

After receiving the copy of the testimony, the Financial Secretary took Shen Bi to see Zhang Heping that afternoon.

The Commissioner of Police, who received a copy of the testimony, dismissed and investigated the four Hong Kong police officers that afternoon.

Therefore, during the period of preparation for the listing of Hong Kong Island Telecommunications Company, Zhang Heping would often remind Shen Bi and others that the public security in Hong Kong Island needed to be improved, and the above needed to be changed first!

Finally, a brown-haired guy from the Eagle Country was appointed as the police chief.

As for the chairman of Jardine Matheson and the chairman of Wheelock, they are still on Zhang Heping's suspicion list, but they have not committed any dangerous behavior, so they have not been targeted by Zhang Heping.

After all, creating an accidental death for a person requires a lot of brain cells.

The five American guys who contributed money have all been dealt with, but those direct participants who received the black money will naturally not have an easy time. They have all been entangled by loan sharks recently!

……

Time quietly came to November 11. After Zhang Heping saw Chen Shuting, Tang Wei and others off at the airport and boarded the plane, he received a call from Yu Xuan, general manager of Heping Audit Company, reporting on the problems he had found during his stay at Huifeng Bank.

"Give them a notice of audit failure, explain the rectification items verbally, and keep it vague in writing. Tell them that they will be audited again in January next year, and there will be penalties if they fail again!"

"You are not needed to go to the overseas branches for the time being. Let's rectify Huifeng headquarters and make it compliant first."

After Zhang Heping finished the call, he received a call from Shen Bi, chairman of Huifeng Bank, and arranged a meeting in the bank's conference room.

When Shen Bi saw Zhang Heping coming, he wanted Zhang Heping to be more relaxed about the audit, but was rejected by Zhang Heping.

"Chairman Shen, I won't stop you from making money for our bank." Zhang Heping frowned and said, "But you can't leave any evidence for outsiders, what do you think?"

When Shen Bi heard the word "handle", he couldn't help but think of the five American men who died accidentally, and nodded guiltily.

Zhang Heping saw the other party nod, and he did not doubt it. He was very pleased and said, "That's right! We are just talking, and the people below are the ones who really do the work. Our strict requirements are also to protect them from being held accountable by foreign laws, don't you think?"

"There is one more thing. The Hong Kong government's land is no longer selling and its finances are tight. They originally wanted our bank and Standard Chartered Bank to print new banknotes, but the listing of Hong Kong Island Telecom Company has given the Hong Kong government a breath of relief." Shen Bi said with a little concern:

"You also understand foreign exchange, you should know that printing Hong Kong dollar banknotes like this is not a good idea!"

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