After the media conference, Zhao Chen left Multi-Function Hall through the side door.
Su Wantang followed him, holding the cup of Pu'er that had been refilled three times.
There are still faint lip marks left on the rim of the cup when he spoke on stage just now.
She didn't ask him if what he just said on stage was prepared in advance - she knew him too well.
Every word he said was what he had thought about many times in New York's late nights.
The news spread faster than he expected.
The meeting ended in less than two hours,
Almost all the headlines of several domestic mainstream Financial Media focused on Henglong Group's media conference.
The title of First Finance is the most direct--
"Zhao Chen's first public appearance: investment from Real Estate Transformation, Henglong's five-year strategy exposed".
Caijing Magazine's in-depth report starts from his personal experience.
The title is "Five Years of Zhao Chen: From Family Seizing Power to Global Capital Layout".
21st Century Business Herald put the focus on Philanthropic Foundation,
The title reads "One billion investment in western education, Zhao Chen: I have personally verified that knowledge changes destiny."
Several media outlets chose the same photo as their cover--
Zhao Chen is sitting alone on a dark gray high chair. Behind him is the huge LED screen that reads "Henglong Group's strategic plan for the next five years."
He leaned forward slightly and pushed the microphone aside, as if he had just finished speaking a sentence that did not require any modification.
The response from overseas media was equally swift.
The reporter from the Bloomberg Beijing Bureau sent the manuscript back to the New York headquarters immediately after the meeting.
The title is "Era Vanguard Zhao Chen returns to China for the first time, announcing Henglong's five-year strategy and one billion charity investment".
Reuters's report focused on his response to the broken promise--
"From Perfidy to One Billion Donations: The Price and Promise of Zhao Chen".
CNBC's midday show spent an entire section commenting on what Zhao Chen said at the press conference, "I chose the one that cost more.
Because that price can protect the interests of more people."
Host Morgan Brennan said on the show--
"If this sentence were placed in any business ethics textbook, it would be a classic case."
On the first trading day after the press conference, the stock price of Henglong opened moderately high.
The Buying Pressure in the pre-market Call Auction stage is much higher than the average level of the previous five trading days.
Opening Price stands directly above 104 Hong Kong Dollar.
The stock price fluctuated within a narrow range between 103 and 105 Hong Kong Dollar throughout the day.
Trading Volume is steadily enlarging, and all buyer seats are dedicated channels for domestic Top Public Funds funds and insurance asset management.
It closed at 104.5 Hong Kong Dollar, an increase of about 2.5%, and the market value officially exceeded 58 billion Hong Kong Dollar.
There was no surge, no gap-covering gap after the jump, just a smooth upward curve, standing firmly above 100 Hong Kong Dollar.
The market gave Zhao Chen a response in such an almost silent way.
Liu Mingyu sent a message to the Board of Directors group after the market closed. There was only one line -
"Henglong's stock price closed at 104 Hong Kong Dollar, with a market value of 58.5 billion Hong Kong Dollar."
Following is a screenshot of Wind Terminal. In the screenshot, Henglong and Time-sharing Chart are running above the moving average from beginning to end.
Shen Jue replied in the group with an emoticon of Thumbs-Up.
Song Zhongping followed with two words: "Received."
Independent Director Xu Yong quoted a sentence from a report by Bloomberg and posted it in the group:
"'The market is not pricing Henglong, it is pricing Zhao Zong's credit one by one.'
I read this article twice and think this sentence can be included in our annual report letter to shareholders this year."
At the same time, a new round of research reports from domestic securities firms were also released after the market closed.
Zhongxin Construction and Investment Hong Kong Stocks Strategy Team raised the target price of Henglong Group from 110 Hong Kong Dollar to 120 Hong Kong Dollar,
The title is "The two-wheel drive strategy is implemented, and the revaluation of hidden assets is underway."
The research report of Huatai Securities uses more academic wording--
"From investment holding platform to industrial investment group, Henglong five-year strategic analysis".
There is a paragraph in the report that Liu Mingyu circled in red pen:
"The essence of Henglong Group's strategic upgrade is to use the credit premium accumulated by Zhao Chen himself in the global capital market.
Transform from implicit endorsement to explicit industrial layout capabilities.
When this capability is solidified into organizational capabilities through five-year strategic planning and Philanthropic Foundation's institutional arrangements,
Henglong's valuation logic will completely switch from an 'investment holding platform' to an 'industrial investment group'."
The day after the press conference, Henglong Group welcomed the first batch of institutional investors from overseas.
Liu Mingyu made a brief announcement to the board of directors:
"New York The Hong Kong offices of two of the world's top asset managers and a Asia sovereign fund have made appointments for research next week at the same time."
He is confirming the specific visit time and agenda with the investment managers of several overseas institutions one by one. The reception plan on the table has expanded from one page yesterday to three pages today.
At the level of public opinion, the discussion about Zhao Chen's phrase "knowledge changes destiny" is still fermenting.
In addition to the front page of Financial Media, Xinhua News Agency and China News Service also followed up with a lengthy report,
There was not much focus on his personal wealth or the charity injection.
Instead, the focus was on the specific cases of teacher training in western China supported by Henglong Charity Foundation.
The article is accompanied by a photo--
Guizhou In a classroom in a rural primary school, a young female teacher is using multimedia equipment to teach students science lessons.
Note below the photo: The multimedia classrooms donated by Henglong Charity Foundation have covered nearly a thousand schools.
Zhao Chen looked at this photo for a long time.
A tugboat was slowly passing by on the river outside the window, the whistle was almost inaudible through the glass, and the office was very quiet.
In the photo, the female teacher is pointing her finger at the Saturn halo,
It suddenly reminded him that he was in Zhengfa University Library many years ago,
When I turned to the last page of "Financial Markets and Legal Regulation", there was also such a quiet twilight outside the window.
The phone vibrated on the coffee table. It was a message from Su Wantang.
Forwarded him the electronic version of this Xinhua News Agency report, with a brief sentence attached.
"The teacher in this photo is one of the first batch of students trained by our Philanthropic Foundation.
She wrote a letter to Foundation a while ago, saying that she wanted to continue her graduate studies and return to the village to continue teaching children after getting her degree.
She said that there was a little girl in her class who used the science knowledge she taught last month to...
I made a simple Solar Energy water heater using waste plastic bottles on the roof of my home.
It wants more children like her to know that knowledge can take them further."
The message box showed that Su Wantang was typing. After a while, she added:
"I chatted with her for more than half an hour.
She said that she actually wanted to apply for finance when she was in college, but later she was afraid that she would not be able to pass the exam, so she did not dare to apply.
I told her that you can try whatever you want to study in the future. Don't worry about tuition fees."
Zhao Chen's eyes moved away from the photo and landed on the last sentence of Su Wantang. His fingers paused on the edge of the screen for a long time.
Then, he sent a message back to Su Wantang.
"Please save this letter into the permanent file of Foundation for me.
In the future, if anyone says that Henglong Charity Foundation is just showing off, show him this letter and this photo."
Putting down his cell phone, he folded the Xinhua News Agency report.
Put it in the most convenient drawer on the right hand side of the desk--
Put it in the same drawer as Henglong Group last year's annual report and Era Vanguard's latest Schedule 13D Amendment Filing copy.
The lights of Jiangbeizui outside the window were extinguished in the night. In the classroom of Guizhou rural primary school, the Saturn on the Projection Screen cloth was still spinning quietly.