Li Hua, the "mediator" of the Liu Qiangdong case: self-made, his wife is comparable to a milk tea sister

Author 丨 City Boundary Yang Kai

Editor| Old Take

Liu Qiangdong's suspected sexual assault case has reached a stalemate, but more details about the case are gradually coming to light.

Recently, Reuters reported that an audio recording of the victims it obtained showed that after the incident, a personal assistant of Liu Qiangdong contacted Li Hua the day after the incident, hoping that Li Hua would act as an intermediary between the two sides and mediate the matter. At that time, Liu Qiangdong's personal assistant suggested that the victim woman first communicate with Li Hua, who is someone worthy of trust by both sides, and then make plans between the two sides.

So far, Li Hua has not made any response to this matter. Whether Li Hua really acted as an intermediary at that time is still unknown. However, Li Hua is indeed a classmate of Liu Qiangdong in tsinghua university's related courses.

People began to wonder, who is Li Hua involved in this matter? What kind of identity and status does he have to be considered a person worthy of trust on both sides?

Public information shows that Li Hua is the chairman of Shenzhen Real Estate Company- Excellence Group. Known for developing office buildings in the core areas of Shenzhen's CBD, Excellence Group ranks among the top four in Shenzhen's real estate industry and has been rated as one of the top 100 real estate enterprises in China by the China Index Institute for 14 consecutive years. However, because excellence group has not sought to be listed, Li Hua, a shenzhen real estate rich man, is quite mysterious and rarely enters the public eye, which is a typical representative of "making a fortune in a muffled voice".

In the 2018 Forbes China Rich List, Li Hua ranked 67th with a wealth of 24.84 billion yuan. At that time, Liu Qiangdong ranked 30th with 42.78 billion yuan. However, after Liu Qiangdong fell into a suspected sexual assault storm, Jingdong's market value was almost cut off, and Liu Qiangdong's wealth shrank significantly.

In addition to being students of Tsinghua University's related courses, Li Hua and Liu Qiangdong have also made generous donations to Tsinghua University. Mr. and Mrs. Liu Qiangdong donated 200 million yuan to Tsinghua University, and immediately made headlines, which is well known. Li Hua has previously donated 270 million yuan to Tsinghua University, but the low-key Li Hua has never been the darling of the spotlight. In fact, Li Hua has done a lot of good deeds in the field of public welfare, donating huge sums of money in both the Wenchuan earthquake and the Ya'an earthquake; in 2016, Li Hua won the "Pengcheng Charity Donation Individual Gold Award"; in 2017, Li Hua was elected as the vice president of the Shenzhen Charity Association.

Similar to Liu Qiangdong, Li Hua is also a typical representative of self-made. In 1987, after graduating from the Department of Mechanical Automation of South China University of Technology, Li Hua entered Shenzhen to work. In 1989, Li Hua resigned from public office and entered the business world, successively working in trading, stock investment and processing plants, accumulating rich business experience. In 1992, he began to enter the real estate industry. In 1996, taking advantage of the east wind of Shenzhen's economic development, Li Hua founded Excellence Industrial Development Co., Ltd., the predecessor of Excellence Group.

In 1998, Excellence Group's first residential project, Excellence Côte d'Azur, was launched, winning many awards such as "Influencing China's Top 30 Communities", creating a new modern coastal living model, ranking among the top five in the Shenzhen industry. The "Azure" series has become the key to the take-off of Excellence Group, and is known as "China's Real Estate Project Brand Value TOP10".

After 2009, Excellence Group opened the road of national expansion, won the shenzhen land king for many times, and was rated as one of the top 100 real estate enterprises in China by the China Index Academy for 14 consecutive years. As a big man in the circle, Li Hua's wealth has also risen.

In addition to real estate, Li Hua's investment is very extensive, and finance, Internet and industrial management are the focus of his investment. In star projects such as LeTV Pictures, Dianping, and Baidu Takeaway, Li Hua is present.

Another similarity between Li Hua and Liu Qiangdong is that they both married wives who are 20 years younger than themselves. Li Hua's wife Tong Xiaoyan is comparable to a milk tea sister.

In 2012, at Li Hua's daughter's 100-day banquet, Tong Xiaoyan made her first appearance. At this time, Li Hua was 46 years old and Tong Xiaoyan was 25 years old.

In contrast, Tong Xiaoyan became famous earlier than her milk tea sister and stepped into the entertainment circle. Tong Xiaoyan once joined the song and dance group "Young And Beautiful Girl Group", and then was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy, participating in film and television works such as "Island No. 7" and "Love Breaks Into the Door".

In 2009, Tong Xiaoyan ran for Miss Asia in Hong Kong, but later quit halfway through. In Hong Kong media reports, Li Hua was Tong Xiaoyan's rich boyfriend at the time.

Involving Liu Qiangdong's suspected sexual assault case may be the moment when Li Hua has the highest exposure.