Chapter 396 Is cooperation beneficial to both parties?
"Please!"

"No, please go to the living room first and wait for me to shower and change."

"Grandma, you will stay at home today. I will ask the kitchen to make abalone sauce for you."

Li Mingze ordered the servants to invite Zhou Xinian to the living room, and then he took a shower, especially applying a hot towel to his face, focusing on removing dark circles under the eyes. He changed his clothes, looked in the mirror, and went downstairs again only after he felt there was nothing wrong.

"Sir Zhou, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. My elder is visiting us right now. Please chat with her."

Today Zhou Xinian was wearing a red Tang suit, which made his face look particularly pale and bloodless. He leaned forward slightly and said, "It's my fault for coming here."

"Tea, please."

After the servants of the Li family brought tea again, Li Mingze asked Zhou Xinian why he came: "Sir Zhou, I heard that you were ill and had been in the hospital for a long time. Are you feeling better now? I wonder why you came today?"

"Alas, Brother Mingze," Zhou Xinian shook his head and smiled bitterly, pointing to the position of his heart.
"St. Mary's Hospital has issued a critical illness notice. Fortunately, an old friend gave me some advice and I went to Mingde Pharmacy to buy Niuhuang Angong Pills, which saved my life."

"Ah, doesn't Mingde Pharmacy sell Chinese patent medicine?"

"Yes. Who would have thought that it was Chinese medicine that saved my life in the end?" Zhou Xinian patted his thigh, "It's just that it's not convenient to travel now. If it wasn't for something important, I wouldn't come to visit you."

Zhou Xinian went around in circles and finally told his intention.

"Sir Zhou, please be frank. We are old friends too."

"Zhidi cheated me, I can't swallow this! Cough! Cough!" Zhou Xinian's hair and beard stood up, veins on his fingers bulged, and he hit the floor tiles hard with his cane, almost choking.

The doctor behind him immediately patted his back and anxiously reminded him, "Sir Zhou, you can't be so anxious and angry. It's not good for your health."

There was a flash of strangeness and pain in Li Mingze's eyes. He could be said to be empathetic, and his voice trembled as he comforted him: "Sir Zhou, your health is more important."

"Huh, I know." Zhou Xinian took a few breaths and returned to normal. "Whenever I think of this, my heart aches."

"The milk company is the wealth accumulated by my Zhou family over decades."

"But I was poached by Jardine Matheson with a trick. I was really upset. But, haha, what the foreign devils in Jardine Matheson Group would never have thought is that I, Zhou, now also have about 10% of Jardine Matheson shares."

Zhou Xinian looked at Li Mingze with a fierce look in his eyes, "Brother Mingze, the Li family owns more than 20% of the shares in Zhidi. If our two families work together, we may be able to take over Zhidi Group."

"Brother Mingze," Zhou Xinian said in a gloomy and sinister voice, "Haha, the foreign devils are targeting us, so we can't blame us for targeting them in return."

"If we can get the Hong Kong Land Group in our hands, hehe, it will be enough to make up for the losses of our two companies before, and it will be far more than that. The Hong Kong Land Group owns half of the good land in Central."

"With the Hong Kong Land Group in hand, our two companies' influence in Hong Kong will definitely be first-class."

Zhou Xinian's words were full of temptation. This was the reason why he rushed to find Li Mingze even though his body had not yet been fully recovered.

In particular, he had calculated that with the wealth of the Yili family, while the shares of Jardine Matheson were still in a good position, they could at least acquire 10 points; and with the wealth of the Zhou family, they could also acquire 5 points.

The two companies together can definitely acquire 51% of the shares, which exceeds Jardine Matheson's shareholding and become the largest shareholder.

At that time, you must spit out everything you have eaten from me.

He was not afraid that Li Mingze would disagree. This was a win-win situation for both parties. He did not believe that Li Mingze had no resentment in his heart.

The prime land of Tongluogu was bought by Jardine Matheson at a very low price. This is similar to what happened to Zhou's milk group.

Li Mingze was stunned when he heard this. This really hit the nail on the head.

The reason why he was furious today, or rather, he was giving up on himself, was because he felt that the Li family had lost most of their assets. Although he had shares of Hong Kong Land, the price had dropped 10 times, and he had no idea when it would go back up.

He was aware of what Aunt Huang Lanfang said today, but what he was most worried about was not the future stock dividends and earnings after acquiring shares in Hutchison Whampoa and becoming the second largest shareholder.

What he was most worried about was whether he could continue to be the head of the Li family.

If it weren't for the decisive support of his eldest mother Huang Lanfang, he, a son of a concubine, would never have become the head of the Li family.

He has been working diligently over the years and dared not do any risky business. He just collected rent, saved money to build a building, and continued to collect rent.

The only adventure was the TVB established by Li Ka-shing and others from the first wife's family.

But he also has his own calculations. Since the first wife owns TVB, she will not compete with him for the position of head of the Li family.

Who would have thought that man proposes, God disposes? He just had such a greedy thought, and ended up being dug into a deep hole by Zhidi, from which he couldn't climb out for a while.

Today, his eldest mother Huang Lanfang came to see him, perhaps to see his current condition and whether to let the third generation of the first house take his place and return the position of the head of the Li family to the first house.

The other two parties must also be on guard.
Li Mingze looked up at Zhou Xinian, and they smiled at each other.

After the two of them made their plan, they did not take action immediately.

The Hong Kong Land Group is one of the few real estate companies in Hong Kong with assets worth over 10 billion yuan, so it has to be cautious.

In addition, more power and money are needed to achieve the goal.

Zhou Xinian needs to unite the Zhou family, and Li Mingze also needs to convince the other three branches of the Li family.

After Zhou Xinian left the Li family, he first called together the Zhou family to discuss fundraising.

Then they approached the Bank of East Asia in Singapore to discuss a loan.

Everything went smoothly on his side. After all, as a Chinese knight, he had a very high status both in the Zhou family and in the Chinese circle.

Otherwise, he would not have become a director of several listed companies.

He gets a salary from each company.

After hearing Zhou Xinian's plan, Bank of East Asia generously lent 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which, together with the 100 million funds raised by the Zhou family, totaled 200 million.

Afterwards, Zhou Xinian once again approached the Luo Fuqi (father and son) company and secretly and slowly absorbed shares of the Hutchison Whampoa stock.

But things are not going well for Li Mingze.

He was not a direct descendant before, and he became the head of the family with the support of the eldest mother Huang Lanfang.

He has held this position for decades and is still clinging to it, holding on to it tightly and refusing to let go.

If he wasn't senile, how could the Li family's property suddenly depreciate and shrink by 10 times?

As a result, each branch of the Li family’s monthly salary was reduced by more than half.

Especially Li Mingze’s move this time, Huang Lanfang did not support him.

"Mingze, although Grandma is old and confused, she also knows what it means to stop when enough is enough, which is the long-term solution!"

(End of this chapter)