Chapter 871 The Fear of Bank of East Asia
When Li Zekai, Tang Zhiji, Zheng Zhiheng, Zong Qinghou and the others took Lin Feng's special plane, Lin Feng also started to act.
"How is Mr. Qiu? Are you ready to take over from the locked-up employee of Standard Chartered Bank's UK headquarters?" Lin Feng called Qiu Deba.
This time, a total of ten employees of the British headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank resigned, which almost completely paralyzed all the business of Standard Chartered Bank in the United Kingdom. The main reason for the decline in the share price of Standard Chartered Bank.
In order to deal with this talent crisis, Lin Feng thought of Maybank, which Qiu Depu once controlled Gundam Beng. Maybank was founded by Khoo Teck Puat, which owns Jinjian Bank in Malaysia. It has Bijian branch overseas. Although Maybank was taken over by the government after a bank run happened later, Khoo Teck Puat still holds a large stake. This time, Lin Feng hoped that Qiu Deba could help him find a bank employee who is skilled in Tianming business to replace the loss of the famous employee of the British branch of Standard Chartered Bank. And I know very well that although Malaysia speaks Malay. But English is the common language and the language of correspondence. Almost all employees of Maybank can speak English. Not a problem at all in terms of communication.
Although Qiu Deba was slightly embarrassed by Lin Feng's request. After all, it is not easy to find a young and skilled bank employee in just three days. However, as a former Malaysian rich man and now Singaporean rich man, he once founded Maybank, which has a very high reputation and authority in the banking industry in Southeast Asia.
Qiu Deba agreed to Lin Feng's request after hesitating for a while. After all, he still has a cooperative relationship with Lin Feng, and he also hopes that Lin Feng can take care of his underdeveloped descendants. This time he helped Lin Feng, Lin Feng owed him a great favor, and this favor cannot be repaid with money. Qiu Deba could imagine it. In the future, Lin Feng wanted to repay his favor. I will definitely do my best to help my children and grandchildren.
"No problem, Mr. Lin. These bankers are already on the plane to the UK. The locked-up staff will be able to start work before the opening of Standard Chartered Bank tomorrow morning. And they are the most skilled employees in Maybank and they all work in overseas banks. His experience can definitely adapt to the current job immediately." Qiu Deba said firmly.
Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. With this tenant to take over the business of Standard Chartered Bank's UK headquarters, the situation in the UK can be stabilized. As for Hong Kong. There are follow-up arrangements for the truly important Lin Feng.
"By the way, Mr. Qiu, thank you very much this time! I'm afraid this time has caused you a lot of trouble. I will always remember this kindness in my heart." Lin Feng said gratefully.
Qiu Deba smiled in relief. There are Lin Feng's words. He is satisfied! This time, he really spent a lot of effort and owed a lot of favors to help Lin Feng. It is really not a small number of staff who are skilled in business and proficient in English. The price involved is only known to Qiu Deba. But now with Lin Feng's words, all the sacrifices are worth it. At least. To put it bluntly, he could smile at Jiuquan.
"By the way, Mr. Lin has something I must remind you.
Most of the employees who have been named are bottom-level employees, and there are only a few management personnel, and they are all low-level management personnel. This time, the grassroots managers who left Standard Chartered Bank accounted for the mid-level managers and the senior managers. I can't help you fill in the vacancies of these talents. "Qiu Deba said helplessly.
For the banking industry, these middle-level, especially high-level management talents are needed by all walks of life. There is really no way for this kind of talent Qiu Deba.
Lin Feng nodded and understood that these talents are hard to find. But first stabilize the British headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank, and then we can only find these talents. As long as there is a skeleton in this bank, it will be fine. When. Then go to other places to poach corners! Isn't that what headhunting companies do?
"Okay, thank you Mr. Qiu! Take care of your health so don't think too much about it and enjoy your life. I believe your children will be blessed." Lin Feng said with a smile.
When Qiu Deba heard this, he had no regrets in his life. These words are also Lin Feng's disguised promise to help him take good care of his children and grandchildren in the future. Never let them disintegrate the kingdom created by Qiu Deba because of their competition for family property.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Feng called Bengang after sorting out his thoughts a little.
"Hello, is this Li Guobao, Li Dong? This is Lin Feng. Lin Feng called Li Guobao, Chairman of Xiangshu Bank of East Asia.
"Hi Mr. Lin, our bank has discussed your plan the day before yesterday in detail. Li Guobao said in a dignified tone.
Lin Feng heard that his palms were sweating slightly. Li Guobao's answer will be another key to success or failure this time. Two days ago, in order to solve the talent crisis caused by the directors in Hong Kong, Lin Feng approached Qiu Deba through him and transferred some experienced bankers from Maybank to London, England. This group of talents basically solved the problem in London, England. The bank's talent shortage situation. But in Hong Kong, there will be a total number of employees who will resign. It was only under the pressure of the Hong Kong government that this group of employees did not resign temporarily. However, these people have already informed the company (that is, Lin Feng)
. Must be elderly within the month. Otherwise, it will be reported to the trade union. Go to court to settle the matter
In order to cope with this crisis, Lin Feng had a quick look at the Hong Kong banking industry and took a fancy to the Bank of East Asia, which was established in Hong Kong in the old days and is currently the last bank in Hong Kong. Indigenous family bank. Bank of East Asia has been operating well in recent years and has always been the leader of local banks in Hong Kong. And what makes Lin Feng more important is that the Bank of East Asia's listed and tradable shares are as high as Wang Ji (it is not accurate, whoever has accurate information will help to tell) and its controlling family, the Li family, only owns the total shares of Bank of East Asia, and its current chairman Li Guobao only owns a stake in Gill and other members of the Li family collectively own the rest. This shareholding structure is undoubtedly very tempting. It is not difficult to successfully acquire Bank of East Asia. As long as you invest more money, you can successfully control Bank of Asia.
Therefore, Lin Feng secretly purchased hundreds of millions of shares of Bank of East Asia at a price of Hong Kong dollars per share (it was originally delayed in Hong Kong dollars, but the premium caused by Lin Feng's acquisition caused the stock price of Bank of East Asia to rise sharply). 100 million US dollars) became the largest individual shareholder of Bank of East Asia.
But for now, Lin Feng does not want to control Bank of Asia. After all, owning Standard Chartered Bank is enough to achieve his purpose of using the bank to resist financial risks. Moreover, the influence of Standard Chartered Bank is far beyond that of Bank of East Asia. therefore. Lin Feng's acquisition of the old shares of the Bank of East Asia was just to have the capital to propose his own plan to Li Guobao.
Lin Feng's plan is to cooperate with the two banks, and the Bank of East Asia will temporarily help Lin Feng's Standard Chartered Bank overcome the talent crisis. First, he will first allocate more bank staff to the Hong Kong branch of Standard Chartered Bank. Will return to Bank of East Asia. The benefit that Bank of East Asia has reaped is that Standard Chartered Bank will give up part of its Southeast Asian business and will jointly develop it with Bank of East Asia.
After all, the Bank of East Asia's business volume was mainly in Hong Kong and the Mainland, and it was rarely involved in other places. For the mainland, banks such as Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank occupy an absolute market share, and other banks are just leftovers. Under such circumstances, Lin Feng took the initiative to transfer part of the Southeast Asian business to the Bank of East Asia, which was already full of sincerity.
Therefore, in Lin Feng's view, Li Guobao should agree.
unexpectedly!
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin. It's very tempting to talk about your plan after our board of directors' research. But at present, our bank is not capable of digesting the Southeast Asian market. We think it's better to do a good job in our own market first, and then hope to enter other markets. Li Guobao said it very tactfully. But the meaning It was Li Guobao who disagreed with Lin Feng's plan.
Lin Feng frowned. He didn't expect Li Guobao and others to be like this. This is a win-win situation for both parties, but Li Guobao did not expect that Li Guobao would refuse.
"Mr. Li, I think this is a good thing for our two banks. Don't you think about my suggestion as the largest shareholder?" Lin Feng said slightly threateningly.
"I can't afford Liu, Director Lin. We have seriously considered that your proposal is not suitable for us." After speaking, Li Guobao hung up the phone.
stunned! At a loss! Even a little angry. Lin Feng never thought that he would be rejected like this. Almost without empathy. And it is under the condition that he is the largest individual shareholder of Bank of East Asia.
This is the headquarters of the Bank of East Asia in Hong Kong.
"Brother, you really decided to do this!" Li Guobao's younger brother Li Guozhang asked hesitantly.
"Well, it's decided. Guozhang, you should understand that Lin Feng is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He secretly controlled Standard Chartered Bank before, and he should have warned all of our banking industry. This person is too unpredictable. I am afraid to cooperate with him. You should know that our family's current holdings situation, if we cooperate with this kind of person, the Bank of East Asia may one day be named Lin instead of Li." Li Guobao's police officer said.
Li Guozhang nodded. It is true that Lin Feng's holding of Standard Chartered Bank this time is really unexpected. Even a little crazy. No one thought of it. A young man who was just rolling around in the four industries. Actually, in the blink of an eye, he became the chairman of a listed bank and became a banker. This is crazy! Moreover, Lin Feng acted too quickly and mercilessly this time. Direct holding is a signal to other banks. You should think twice before cooperating with Lin Feng. You may be swallowed by Lin Feng one day when you cooperate.
As for Lin Feng, who holds a sub-share in the Bank of East Asia, Li Shijiawu still has a way to deal with it.
It was Lin Feng's secret acquisition before, and by the time they realized it was too late, Lin Feng had already held the old shares. Now Lin Feng wants to buy through tradable shares. It's not that simple. At that time, they can take advantage of Lin Feng's acquisition of Bank of East Asia to drive up the stock price, forcing Lin Feng's financial resources to support the acquisition. What's more, Lin Feng's roots are in Standard Chartered Bank, and now Standard Chartered Bank is a pot of porridge. Lin Feng also didn't have the time and energy to waste with them.
At this moment, Lin Feng was also frowning. Bank of East Asia's refusal to let Lin Feng's plan fall through. Now how to do?