Luke Fraser's office has floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides, overlooking Victoria Harbour. The sea view is beautiful late at night.
After so many years of development on Hong Kong Island, the core areas are still the island and Kowloon, and the most elite financial industries are basically concentrated here in Central.
Lanny Mellon walked in under the guidance of Luke Fraser's beautiful blond secretary. He exchanged dull greetings with Luke Fraser and sat down on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window at his invitation, waiting for the secretary to get on. After getting the coffee, he couldn't wait to say: "Luke, we have to think about saving ourselves! The securities plan to increase sales discussed at today's meeting is very good! We can't count on the power of the New York headquarters!"
Just after the meeting ended, he made another phone call. Not surprisingly, he failed to drum up support.
The Far East is still too far away from America’s homeland.
Indeed, there is no denying that the Chinese market is a delicious piece of cake. But for the banking industry, you can see the cake but never eat it. As a result, those at Bank of New York Mellon's New York headquarters had no intention of increasing their investment here.
What does the trouble you, Lenny Mellon, have got to do with us?
Luke Fraser stood up, walked back and forth in the office, and refused irritably: "No. That's a stimulant. After being used, it will cause continuous harm to the business of Greater China in the next few years." .”
Lanny Mellon was under a bit of pressure and said loudly: "Luke, this is our only chance. Otherwise, once Jing Gao's tricks are used, we will not be able to survive next year's performance report. If Bank of New York's stock price is high Come on, there are people who want to deal with us!"
Luke Fraser firmly refused again: "No. It's not this far yet."
"Then how long are you going to wait! My god!" Lanny Mellon held his head in his hands, extremely disappointed, stood up, and continued to press: "Luke, put away your damn foresight! Now is the time to save your life. !”
Luke Fraser grabbed Lanny Mellon's shirt collar with one hand and yelled out of control: "fxxk you! When did your troubles become our troubles! Labor and management have nothing to do with this. !”
"fxxk!" Lanny Mellon raised his neck and spat at each other, pushing. "Isn't it our consensus to kick Phoenix Fund and Jing Gao out of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange? You only want profits and don't want to take any risks. dross!"
"I never talked to you about the Phoenix Fund!" Luke Fraser snarled, blaming the blame. "You have to deal with the trouble you caused yourself!"
It is nonsense to say that Lanny Mellon organized such a large-scale campaign to block Jing Gao, and Miying Capital in Hong Kong Island basically participated in it, and Luke Fraser, as the president of Bank of New York Greater China, did not know about it. !
His idea is to get involved if there is any benefit, and to pass the blame if it doesn't.
Now we need to get rid of Mr. Jing's hatred value.
Lanny Mellon certainly wasn't happy for Luke Fraser to use him as a gun and throw it away after using it. The two exchanged passionate insults in the office, and the atmosphere was heated. While he was cursing, Lanny Mellon's cell phone rang.
Lenny Mellon looked at the caller's name and hung up, then continued: "Luke, fxxk oil grasshopper! This matter is our common trouble. You can't get rid of me. If I don't do well because of my poor performance this year, If I am punished by the board of directors, I will definitely report it to the superiors. You are also involved in this matter. Just pray!"
"Sang oh, take Beach!" Luke Fraser was so angry that he flew into a rage. Lanny, the grandson, rides like a dog clinging to him and can't get rid of it!
At this time, Lanny Mellon's phone continued to ring. Luke Fraser gasped: "Answer the phone." Even though he maintained his fitness habit, he was still very tired from being entangled with Lanny Mellon.
Lanny Mellon was also a little tired from the fight. He hung up the phone first, stared into Luke Fraser's eyes for a while, and warned: "Luke, I advise you to think about it seriously! You can't afford the consequences." After that, he walked out of this luxurious office with floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides.
He didn't see the resentment and anger deep in Luke Fraser's eyes behind him.
Of course I won't care if I see it. Because American thinking is cowboy style. They love to use intimidation!
At that time, a big shot in the Eagle Sauce industry once said to his wife at a reception celebrating his tenure: Half of the people who walked into this house envied us, and half were afraid of us.
The beautiful blond secretary appeared at the door and asked timidly: "Mr. Fraser, is there anything I can do for you?"
She just heard the quarrel in the office and the sound of items breaking.
Luke Fraser was sitting on the sofa and rubbing his face vigorously: "It's okay, Chris!" After the beautiful blond secretary went out, he sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for half an hour before finally making up his mind.
Mellon, what happened?
If his job is not guaranteed, he will go bankrupt! In America, personal bankruptcy is definitely not a romantic thing. But it means that the current life will go away from him. His wife will divorce him. He will lose his child!
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Lanny Mellon answered the call from Huang Bijuan, president of HSBC Greater China. She didn't say much on the phone, but insisted on meeting. He took the elevator down from the 68th floor of the Yangtze River Group Center and met at the nearby five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel.
"Mr. Mellon, what are you worried about at the Bank of New York recently? Have you received any rumors?" Huang Bijuan is fifty years old this year. She is wearing an exquisite and fashionable Chanel suit, her hair is meticulously combed, and she still looks like a financial elite. But his complexion was very poor, and he looked haggard and haggard.
A few days ago, after the results of the vote to replace the seats on the board of directors of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange came out, some people in the capital of Hong Kong Island immediately showed their favor to Igao. Many guests came to the cocktail party held by Cheng Gao in Stanley.
At the same time, there are still a group of people who are worried about Jing Gao's revenge! In the previous series of actions to prevent Jing Gao from obtaining a board seat on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, she was at the forefront:
At the Jockey Club HSBC cocktail reception two years ago, she taunted Jing Gao's confidant Wu Jingshu for nearly ten minutes with a gun and a stick, angering Jing Gao in person.
How could she not be afraid of this situation now?
At that time, everyone in Miying Capital took action together, and of course she was willing to take the lead. But the voting results showed that they were not united internally, and some people ran away from the votes given by Jing Gao. So can she count on "them" to protect her?
The senior executives of Bank of New York's Greater China region have been meeting continuously in the past few days, and Huang Bijuan immediately smelled the danger.
Lanny Mellon looked at the frightened Huang Bijuan, thought for a moment, and said: "After the voting introduction, I found Jesse Keynes of Goldman Sachs and asked him to help introduce me, and met with Mr. Jing. We broke down. !”
Huang Bijuan reacted instantly: "Ah...? It turned out to be Goldman Sachs running away from the ticket?" She said with a complaining tone: "Mr. Mellon, how could you and Mr. Jing break up? In this situation..., you don't know his character. do you know?"
Lanny Mellon took a long breath, letting out the infinite frustration in his heart, and sat on the sofa, silent. Doesn't he regret it? I feel so regretful that my intestines are blue!
The two met at the executive suite of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The silence between the two filled the room with tension.
After a while, Lenny Mellon said slowly: "No matter what conditions I offer, Mr. Jing is going to punish us! Think about his temperament!" He played a little trick and used "we" .
The meeting between him and Jing Gao was private, and it was impossible for Huang Bijuan to go to Jing Gao for confirmation. Based on Jing Gao's past performance, it is possible for him to forgive Luke Fraser, but it is absolutely impossible for him to forgive Huang Bijuan!
"Huang, you don't have to worry about what kind of punishment Mr. Jing will punish you now. His first choice will definitely be to cause trouble with me. Our Bank of New York has been meeting recently to discuss how to deal with it. Your HSBC Bank wants to help us share the difficulties. We are now People in a boat."
Lenny Mellon can stand out from a group of children of the Mellon family. He is a director of the Greater China Region of the Bank of New York in his forties, which is considered to be quite good. He has been very anxious these days, but his basic policy will not go wrong: tie up Luke Fraser and win over Huang Bijuan.
He's not the kind of trash who's done when he's frustrated or pressured. He will still actively save himself.
Huang Bijuan was silent. After a few minutes, she said quietly: "Mr. Mellon, you are right. Let's discuss what to do in detail."
Lanny Mellon said excitedly: "Okay! The top priority now is to maintain our turnover and profits..."
The two of them chatted more and more in the executive suite, and even opened a bottle of wine to drink together, just like two people hugging each other for warmth.
However, at about ten o'clock in the night, Huang Bijuan's secretary called her mobile phone, "Mr. Huang, something big has happened. Someone on the Internet broke the news that the financial personnel detained in Huawei were framed and fabricated by us."
Huang Bijuan's mind was like a bolt from the blue, and she held her phone stiffly.
Hugging each other for warmth, Lanny Mellon, who had just felt a little warmer, was suddenly chilled to the bone. He thought that the Bank of New York would be Jing Gao's first target, but Jing Gao's heavy punch hit Huang Bijuan directly.
He... looks like a clown!
