Question Mark Carsen Yeung

Bermingham, the Premier League carson yeung His huge fortune surfaced. Once arrested for being suspected of money laundering, he was surprised by the outside world. Behind billions of billionaire Carsen Yeung, the source of his wealth, his style of action, the reason for his arrest... Leave a string of questions.

Two years ago in October 15th, Carsen Yeung appeared for the first time as the chairman of the Premier League Bermingham football club. The new boss from Hongkong is busy shaking hands with everyone and smiling.

"Well, he really made himself president." ESPN (entertainment and sports TV network) reporter at that time reported, "if a baby with a blue nose is at the scene, he will kiss on a little face."

No Chinese ever bought the Premier League club, but Carsen Yeung did it under the eyes of the British. In February this year, after Bermingham won the Premier League Cup, the Chinese, who were less attractive to the British, became more and more beautiful. He told reporters after the news conference: "we Chinese people," Kou Li "is in the heart, strength, know it!

Carsen Yeung's "strength" is indeed complicated and confusing. In 2007, because of insufficient funds, Carsen Yeung failed to buy the whole team and only got 29.9% of Bermingham football club. Two years later, when he launched again and finally succeeded in acquiring it, Bermingham wondered where the East was, and the British reporter even went to Hongkong to see it, but he could not find the ugly man.

So far, no Western media can tell the story of the outsider very clearly. And Carsen Yeung himself is always a short sentence: "when I was 16 years old, I went to London to work, and I returned to Hongkong when I was 19 years old. I went back to business. After 31 years of hardships, I finally realized my dream, from a poor poor child to a Premier League club. It's my pleasure. "

However, for the huge amount wealth The source or business experience of the "billionaire" has always been a matter of concern to journalists.

Looking back, in addition to the secretive sources of wealth, Carsen Yeung is not all low-key. Over the past few years, Carsen Yeung has shown great wealth on occasions such as banquets and parties. In Hongkong, he has a value of 200 million of the peak house. He will also get himself the headline of his magazine richweek. As far as possible, he goes all out to enter the hot spot of public opinion, which he claims to love football circles.

Before that, he was just one of those people who made a lot of money. Riches People. Even about his name, there are two versions of "Carsen Yeung" and "Yang Jiacheng".

But good luck is coming to an end. In the 38 season of the Premier League, which ended in May this year, Bermingham only scored 39 points and was embarrassed to downgrade. The media believed that the loss brought to Carsen Yeung by this campaign amounted to HK $800 million. As a result, McLeish, the manager of the team, also abandoned the team and went to the Aston Villa, the worst enemy of the city, which brought Bermingham's fans to a low point.

For Carsen Yeung, more unfortunate things followed. Just last week, the most sensational news came out: Carsen Yeung was arrested by the Hongkong police. The reason for the accusation was money laundering, which was "daring to dare not write".

July 24, 2010, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, 2010 football friendly, Bermingham 0:2 Liaoning Hongyun. Original sin of wealth

When Carsen Yeung, who was released on bail, walked out of the police station, a large number of Hongkong journalists were waiting for him. After that, the media convoy followed his motorcade so that a 45 minute chase took place on the 12 kilometer highway.

Carsen Yeung has always been very mysterious. In 2009, the British telegraph reporter went to Hongkong to investigate, and how the doorman informed him that he had not seen him for five years, and the secretary was puzzled. "I do not know where he is, nor do I expect to see him in the next few days." The reporters who had nothing to do had to describe the scene of the office: a St. Andrew stadium hung on the wall, and a front page of the newspaper with Carsen Yeung pictures on it.

The telegraph reporter wrote: "in Hongkong's current political class, Mr. Yang is rumoured to be a big player in the Macao casino. Some people say that his money is earned on real estate. Some say it is from Hongkong stock market. But it's hard to find someone who knows him or even sees him. Even Mr. Yang's Bankside Consultants, a public relations firm in London, did not have a resume of the client.

According to reports, Carsen Yeung used to be a hairdresser in Le Salon, a frequented Hongkong hairdresser (Hongkong called "flying hairpin"), and became a boss in Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon in 1994. His shop is expensive, with a haircut of HK $four hundred or five hundred, and it is said that monthly net profit can reach hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars. But around 2000, the hairdressing business ended.

Yang also made investments in real estate, but failed. He invested two units and ten parking spaces in Fukang garden in Fanling building in 1997, and the total purchase price was 14 million 500 thousand Hong Kong dollars.

According to court information, Carsen Yeung was repeatedly chased by banks during the period from 1997 to 2003, and the tax bureau, credit card companies and lawyers had all recovered from him about 250 thousand Hong Kong dollars. According to Hong Kong media reports, Carsen Yeung, who is already a speculator in Macao, specializes in "small price stocks" (that is, low price stocks), "purely speculative business". When it comes to "Ma Zi", that is to say, the "Alan Lee", which is followed by the dealer, is said to be different from the four wives of Liang Anqi, Macao gambling king He Hongshen, and Wu Wei, a casino owner.

In 2004, Carsen Yeung seized the opportunity to develop in an instant. In the year when Macao casino was listed on the stock market, Yang's investment company would be a shareholder in Macao's Greek mythology casino. After the release of the news, the stock of Mr Obama rose 100 times in one month, and Carsen Yeung made a profit of 100 million. So far, the transaction is still regarded as a doubtful related transaction.

Carsen Yeung had been prosecuted by regulators for money in the stock market. In 2004, he was fined more than 40 thousand yuan for breaches of rights and interests Disclosure Ordinance, but the crime of "manipulating the market" was not valid. In addition, Carsen Yeung also shares the same concept of holding a good holding of the Macao concept, and has turned into a coal mine of the Han Bao group (now known as the Energy Holdings). In 2006, Han Bao group bought a controlling stake in a coal mine in Inner Mongolia, and its share price soared by 40%.

Carsen Yeung has registered many companies and is registered on British Virgin Island. So far no one knows about his total assets. He has three registered companies in Hongkong, but few people know what kind of business he is running. After being promoted to Hongkong's new rich, Carsen Yeung moved to the top of Baja Road, where he lived in 200 million of the market capitalization. He was next to the financial secretary, Consul General of the United States and Joseph Lau.

Bermingham in charge

From a flying boy and a horse boy to a 100 million investor, Carsen Yeung created the myth of wealth. But he rarely mentioned this experience to the media, nor was it known to most people. It was not until 2007 that Carsen Yeung flew to England with his horse and talked with the Premiership team about the acquisition.

Carsen Yeung has been involved in football since 2005. The billionaire injected Hongkong's first league team "pengma wanderer" and became the boss. He even once became the head of the Hongkong Football Association (Hongkong Football Association). At the same time, he also began to try to set foot in the international arena, and invited Yu Huaiying, who had a personal connections in the players' trading and Premier League clubs, who later became his right-hand man and helped to deal with Bermingham's affairs in England. In 2007, he invited former England star Mcmanaman to become a director of his own company (Hongfeng International Holdings, registered in the tax havens, British Cayman Islands and listed in Hongkong), and was widely reported.

Carsen Yeung still follows the old routine. In 2007, after he bought part of Hongfeng international stock, Wang Feng released a news announcement that he would buy Bermingham football club, and announced that Mcmanaman would be executive director. These news stimulated Hongfeng shares to skyrocket, and Carsen Yeung's investment increased 120 million Hong Kong dollars instantly.

Later, in the name of Hongfeng international, Carsen Yeung and Premier League Redding, Wigan and Sheffield on Wednesday to discuss acquisitions, although all failed, but Hongfeng international stock has been steadily rising due to these good news. Despite his constant rise, Carsen Yeung's money was still insufficient when he wanted to buy Bermingham, and he could only buy 29.9% of the club's shares, so that he could not achieve the purpose of holding.

In 2009, Carsen Yeung made a comeback. Despite the high price, the British still do not trust him. The British media, such as the telegraph, reported that "Hongfeng international has not made any profit in the past four years." Bermingham, a fan leader, said, "fans want to know more about... Where did he get the money? " On the side of Hongkong, the media revealed that the acquisition of funds was based on the fact that Hongfeng international continued to issue new shares.

Carsen Yeung's connections played a role at this time. At that time, a half yearly loan of up to 57 million pounds was injected into Hongfeng international, and the provider was Hongkong Jin Lifeng securities company. According to Forbes, Pollyanna Chu, executive director of the company, has a good relationship with Carsen Yeung. The former is the head of Macao Jinbao casino.

Another transaction which is closely watched by Hong Kong media is that in June of the same year, Shenzhen SASAC bought 6.52% of Hongfeng international, which stimulated the latter to rise sharply in the stock market.

In October, Hongfeng international bought 81 million shares of bosmin Gore brothers and Sullivan, the largest shareholder of former Bermingham, with a stake of 94%, and Carsen Yeung became the new boss of Bermingham's city team. What made the fans sad is that after the takeover procedure started, team coach Bruce jumped to another team. A fan confuses on the Internet: "it's hard to say that" Carson Yeung "and Yu Huaiying can bring changes to Bermingham, or they are not real football lovers. We must trust this new host and live up to everyone's expectations. "

Give full play to the limelight

"One emperor, one courtier". After Carsen Yeung entered the Bermingham club, he changed management personnel, including the beautiful lady who was loved by the fans. On the other hand, Carsen Yeung also showed his ostentation, promising to offer 40 million pounds to buy players during the window period when he made his debut.

In Hongkong, Hongfeng international changed its name to Birmingham International Holdings Ltd in January last year, and announced that "in the short term, the team will become the largest source of revenue for the company." As the Premier League club owner, Carsen Yeung moved his company office to the highest global trade plaza in the whole city. He doubled the rent and instructed his employees to wear suits and suits every day.

In February 2011, Carsen Yeung came to the peak of his reputation in life. In a final that led to the loss of many external gamers, Bermingham knocked out a big upset with a score of 2 to 1, beating the Premier League Arsenal, and winning the League Cup again in 48 years. Bermingham fans were in ecstasy, while coach McLeish said the Hongkong boss was "a lucky mascot for the team". In the Chinese world, the media have launched pictures of the Hongkong billionaire's excitement at the stadium, calling Yang "China Abu".

Some commentators believe that in the football world, club bosses can not only show off their wealth, but also get more social resources. The most typical example is Berlusconi, President of Italy AC Milan, whose influence on football has been pushing him to become prime minister of Italy.

Carsen Yeung is no longer low-key. According to reports, people in financial circles say, "Carsen Yeung wants others to know that he is rich." In a charity event, he had photographed a pair of white gloves that Michael Jackson wore. But he needed help from the staff to wear them.

Carsen Yeung has a well-known saying that the "Yao Ming effect" is created in the Premier League. Yang will also say repeatedly that he is very enthusiastic about football and needs to make modest contributions to the development of Chinese football. In Hongkong, he is a very hospitable person. He sometimes pays for professional players to play private games. He loves to host Party dinner and relatives, and loves to show famous cars and yachts. Some financial celebrities have also been guests of these events.

In addition to football, Carsen Yeung also stepped into the media world. At the beginning of 2009, he bought a series of losses in successive years, the Hongkong old daily newspaper, and then invited the staff of the newspaper to the banquet. At that time, the big boss was very generous and produced hundreds of thousands of raffle tickets. The employees of the "newspaper" got 150 thousand yuan, and some of them drew 90 thousand yuan. "No winner gets 10 thousand per person. Yang also told everyone not to quit work."

In the mainland, Carsen Yeung is also very active. He invited Wu Zheng, founder of Sun Media Group and Hongyan capital group as the new vice chairman of the club, and jointly established the Bermingham charitable foundation with the China Welfare Foundation for the disabled. He made the first commitment to donate fifty million yuan. Yang also invested in China and Hong Kong magazine "rich weekly". The first cover of the magazine is about the boss's topic: "Carsen Yeung, the billionaire".

In addition, Carsen Yeung also bought the mainland aviation media agency "Taiping International Creation", and reached a cooperation agreement with China Putian, which made the industry surprise. Taiping International is a registered overseas company and has cooperation with Tianjin airlines. Its net asset value was only about twenty million yuan at that time. Rumour has it that Carsen Yeung is also interested in sports gambling in the mainland.

Arrested in the first instance

Recently, Carsen Yeung hired the senior correspondent of Xinhua news agency, Tian Bing Xin, as the president of the newspaper. In the past, Carsen Yeung has been the focus of the newspaper. In April of this year, Carsen Yeung held 30 seats to celebrate her 100th birthday. "The newspaper" wrote, "Camilla (daughter name) is a name that has penetrated beauty and wisdom. No matter where the lovely little life is, it is the focus of the whole audience, which makes the wide banquet hall full of a peaceful and auspicious atmosphere.

But in other media, Carsen Yeung has been criticized for being "mean". When he was the chairman of Hongkong's "pengma wandering" team in 2005, there were players who told the media that "wages are low in professional teams". In addition, according to reports, Yang became a "newspaper" boss after the financial tsunami in the name of the staff to reduce wages, the "newspaper" also appeared to be delayed, delayed wages.

In all kinds of gossip, Carsen Yeung's luck is coming to an end. This summer, Bermingham's failure to defend the class will compete in the secondary League next year, which means that the amount of income it will get will be greatly reduced. Bermingham Global Holdings issued a profit warning, "trademark and player registration value impairment of up to 870 million yuan." After that, share prices plunged 20%.

After Bermingham's demotion, many reporters found that Carsen Yeung suddenly disappeared and no one could find him. Then, when Carsen Yeung's news came again, he was arrested by the police in Hongkong. At that time, the police directly went to his mansion and arrested him. The businessman, known as "the famous British light in Hongkong", was taken away by the police when he was a big guest at his house. He sat on the picture of the police car, "not very lonely but heavy."

In fact, a week ago, two key figures resigned from the Birmingham International Holdings Ltd. At the end of last year, Carsen Yeung's executive and veteran Yu Huaiying of Bermingham also resigned.

About the reason why Carsen Yeung was arrested, the Hongkong media generally reported that the direction was related to money laundering, but there were two different versions of the details. One is that between 2001 and 2007, 600 million Hong Kong dollars were suspected of money laundering (another 700 million Hong Kong dollars). Carsen Yeung has three accounts with frequent cash transactions, which was reported to the Hongkong police two years ago. The second is that three months ago, when dealing with the transaction, the bank found that the flow of capital in Carsen Yeung bank account was unusual, including the cheque of the financial institution, and the cash involved in tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. The bank thought that there was something suspicious in the flow of funds and reported it to the police.

The police said they had searched their offices and offices in Hongkong.

Subsequently, the Eastern District Court of Hongkong conducted a trial on Carsen Yeung. Carsen Yeung was charged with five counts of money laundering and so on. After the trial, Carsen Yeung's family paid a bail of 7 million HK dollars, and Carsen Yeung went home. The court will be reopened in August 11th. It is reported that if Carsen Yeung is guilty of money laundering, he can be sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and a fine of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

For many years, Carsen Yeung, who left the mysterious space of speculation to the outside world for the first time, fell for the first time in the spotlight.

Behind them is still a series of questions.