According to the grapevine, it was because the asset liquidation of Tiger Real Estate had been misrepresented in the outside world as a bankruptcy liquidation.
The Taiga and Leon families had a falling out. If they actually went bankrupt, it would screw over a huge crowd of people, not just the shareholders but also the suppliers, the contractors, the construction firms.
The chain reaction was so massive it stirred up widespread panic. The city chamber of commerce stepped in to host this charity banquet precisely to steady people's nerves.
After all, Tiger Real Estate's failed IPO had already drawn plenty of criticism. If it went into bankruptcy liquidation, who knows how many people would jump off buildings. So this time, the Taiga and Leon families actually joined forces to make the scale of this event huge.
