Chapter 880 The Second Bank
When it was reported that Li Zekai and Zong Qinghou had invested in Standard Chartered Bank, and each held 3% of the shares of Standard Chartered Bank, the industry was stunned and speechless, and could not figure out how Lin Feng turned things around in a few days. Most importantly,
Depressed, I was still a reporter from "The Sun". Yesterday, they also photographed Lin Feng with a lonely look on his face, walking desolately alone on the streets of London at dusk. His back was as desolate as it was. Looking at Lin Feng at that time, it seemed as if
It's like the end of the world. But who would have thought that things would change so drastically in one day.
No matter how depressed the reporter of "The Sun" is, Li Zekai and Zong Qinghou's investment in Standard Chartered directly promoted the continuous rise of Standard Chartered Bank's stock price. At the same time, the families behind Li Zekai, Tang Jiacheng, and Zheng Zhiheng also announced that they would consider joining Standard Chartered.
After the bank stabilizes, it will enter into in-depth business cooperation with Standard Chartered Bank.
This declaration, based on the status of the three families in Hong Kong, also indirectly represents the attitude of Hong Kong's wealthy community towards Lam Fung's acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered Bank's stock price rose exponentially again, rising from 15 Hong Kong dollars to 15 Hong Kong dollars in just one hour.
57 Hong Kong dollars.
Looking at the soaring stock price of Standard Chartered Bank, the former directors of Standard Chartered Bank who sold their shares had dark faces. Looking at this situation, it would not be a problem even if the stock price doubled again. They had lost hundreds of millions of dollars invisibly. That's it.
In one day, their losses amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars, which is really unacceptable.
The only two shareholders who did not sell, Hans and Brooke, were not happy either. Although the stock price rose, their wealth also rose, but their original intention was to drive away Lin Feng. Now it seems that Lin Feng is full of tricks, and they seem to
It was impossible to drive away Lin Feng. Moreover, the two of them sensed a hint of conspiracy under the abnormal fluctuations in stock prices.
Taking advantage of Hong Kong's wealthy community's support for Standard Chartered Bank, Lam Fung came up with a trump card. He announced with a high profile that Standard Chartered Bank would annex local Hong Kong bank Liao Chong Hing Bank. After the merger, the bank's name was changed to a new "Second Bank", and its business will be based on
Mainly in Southeast Asia, and will open up the mainland market in the future.
This declaration was undoubtedly a Tokyo earthquake in the banking industry in Southeast Asia. No one expected that Standard Chartered Bank would suddenly annex Liu Chong Hing Bank. Previously, Liu Chong Hing Bank had been coveted by other institutions due to limited capital and wanted to acquire it.
Acquisition. However, since the Liu family owns 47.82% of the shares of Liu Chong Hing Bank and they will not sell it, foreign capital cannot acquire Liu Chong Hing Bank. Now that Standard Chartered Bank has annexed Liu Chong Hing Bank and renamed it "Second Bank", it is obvious that the Liu family
The family sold off all its shares.
When the shareholdings were subsequently announced, the outside world was shocked. Originally, the Liu family held 47.82% of the shares of Liu Chong Hing Bank before it was annexed, 9.66% of the shares were held by UFJ Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and 20% was held by the Hong Kong Mortgage Securities Co., Ltd.
The shares are now 70% held by Lam Feng personally in Liu Chong Hing Bank and 7.48% held by the Liu family. Two small shareholders, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Hong Kong Mortgage Securities Co., Ltd., saw an abnormal rise in the stock price of Liu Chong Hing Bank.
I sold it and chose to make quick money. After all, the stock price of the smallest local bank suddenly exceeded 70 Hong Kong dollars in an instant. This is really not normal.
The two companies hold Liu Chong Hing Bank originally to make money, not to develop Liu Chong Hing Bank. With such a high price now, it would be strange not to take the opportunity to sell it. The next company is naturally Lam Fung. Although they acquired two companies at a price as high as 70 Hong Kong dollars
The company holds a total of 29.66% of Liao Chong Hing Bank, which is a bit of a loss. However, compared with the new Standard Chartered Bank in the future, the acquisition price of HK$70 is quite a bargain.
And when this news came out, the outside world was even more shocked and horrified. No one expected that Lin Feng would do so many things in the past few days. He actually acquired Liao Chong Hing Bank quietly and obtained
Absolute controlling interest.
Faintly, some smart people began to notice the strangeness in this.
At the time of the final merger, Liao Chuang Hing's stock price was HK$70 per share, with a market value of HK$34.5 billion, and Standard Chartered Bank's stock price was HK$60 per share, with a market value of HK$78 billion. After the merger, Lam Feng originally owned 70% of the shares of Liao Chuang Hing Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank Lam Feng actually owned 17.99
% of the shares. After the merger, Lam Feng owned 33.93% of the shares of "Second Bank".
After the shares of Standard Chartered Bank owned by Li Zekai and Zong Qinghou were converted into the "Second Bank", the shares increased from the original 3% to 2.08%; the Liao family held 2.29% of the "Second Bank".
As for the two former directors of Standard Chartered Bank, Hans and Brooke, they each hold 4.85% of the shares of the "Second Bank". As for the so-called Abakramavich, he holds 16.64% of the shares of the "Second Bank"; Bao Pai
Li holds 10.05% of the shares of "Second Bank"; Robert Home holds 5.2% of shares of "Second Bank".
Standard Chartered Bank became the "Second Bank" after annexing Liu Chong Hing Bank. To the outside world, this almost seemed like a fantasy. Originally, everyone thought that Standard Chartered Bank was going to collapse. After Lam Feng, the former Standard Chartered Bank director and the
Under the influence of Russian tycoon Abakramovich, Standard Chartered Bank is likely to collapse. Who would have expected that in just a few days, Standard Chartered Bank would indeed be gone, but a "second bank" would emerge.
And it perfectly solved the talent crisis of Standard Chartered Bank’s original Hong Kong branch.
Of course, the more important point is that although Lin Feng’s shareholding does not occupy an absolutely dominant position, anyone with a discerning eye knows that except for Hans, Brooke, and the Russian rich man Abakramovich, the rest of the shares are
They all support Lin Feng.
Counting the shares of Bao Peili, Robert Houm, Li Zekai, and Zong Qinghou, Lin Feng owns 57.5% of the shares and still occupies the absolute dominance of the "Second Bank". In the "Second Bank",
Lin Feng still said the same thing.
Although Hans and Brooke were not angry after witnessing this result, their equity stakes were too small to have any effect at all. Moreover, after this merger, their shares were weakened to a certain extent, which made them even more worried.
People are unhappy. Now, it can be said that the two of them have no position in the "Second Bank". Of course, their only hope lies in the Russian tycoon Abakramovich. He also owns 16.64% of the shares of the "Second Bank".
Counting their shares, the three of them own a total of 26.34% of the new "Second Bank". Although it is lower than the 33.93% of Lin Feng's actual personal shares, it is not far behind.
If these allies of Lin Feng fall out with Lin Feng for some reason, they may be able to take advantage of it. - The beautiful thoughts of Hans and Bruce.
When the "Second Bank" was temporarily suspended and submitted to the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission for review, although the outside world admired Lam Feng's methods and was able to turn things around in such a difficult and dangerous situation, which was unusual for ordinary people, they still raised objections and believed that
Although this new "Second Bank" has good prospects, it still has no helmsman. Although Liu Liewu and Liu Liezhi, the former Liu Chong Hing Bank, can serve as the CEOs of "Second Bank", they can only serve as CEOs of even a small Liu Chong Hing Bank.
The ability of two people to barely maintain such a complicated "second bank" is beyond their ability to cope with it.
Unless Lin Feng can invite Peter, the former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, only Peter, who has worked at Standard Chartered Bank for more than 20 years, can reorganize the "Second Bank" and get the "Second Bank" back on track as soon as possible.
Operation. You must know that although Hong Kong's wealthy people have stated that they are willing to cooperate with the "Second Bank" on a deeper level, that refers to the normal "Second Bank", not the "Second Bank" that is in chaos and struggle.
But can Peter return to the "Second Bank" as CEO? The outside world is not optimistic. Previously, Peter had a close relationship with the former director of Standard Chartered Bank and stood on the opposite side of Lam Feng. How could he return to the "Second Bank"?
, working under Lin Feng.
"The Sun" declared that Peter would never return to "Second Bank" unless the sun came out in the west.
And this is what Hans and Brooke rely on. As long as Peter does not come back, Lin Feng will not be able to find a suitable candidate for president in a short time. At that time, the brand-new "Second Bank" will be without a leader, and two more banks will be added.
When the banks have just merged, there will definitely be chaos. That will be the time for them to strike again.
But to everyone's surprise, while everyone was still speculating on how Lin Feng would lobby Peter, Lin Feng and Peter had already held a press conference together, announcing in a high profile that Peter would return to "Second Bank" as CEO.
As an official, Pete will own 5% of the equity of "Second Bank". The company will increase its holdings by 68 million shares, which will be used as a reward in the future when Pete integrates the resources of the two banks and puts "Second Bank" on the right track.
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After this increase in holdings, the equity held by everyone was slightly reduced by 5%, with Lam Feng owning 32.23% of the shares. Although it seems that Lam Feng's shares are further diluted, in fact Lam Feng's control over the "Second Bank" is
Further enhanced. Judging from the tacitly ambiguous look between Pitt and Lin Feng at the press conference, it would be foolish for the outside world not to know that the two were actually acting before. Now it seems that it is obvious that what happened before
Everything is a plot, a plot to plot against the former directors of Standard Chartered Bank, and a plot to plot against Standard Chartered Bank.
After this arrangement, Lam Feng not only achieved complete control of the "Second Bank", but also completely changed the name of "Second Bank" to Lin. Previously, although Lam Feng acquired "Standard Chartered Bank", due to the original
The directors of Standard Chartered Bank have left too deep a mark on Standard Chartered Bank and have their own cronies in various departments. It can be said that although Lin Feng controls "Standard Chartered Bank" on the surface, his actual control over Standard Chartered Bank is by no means what it seems.
It can be said that the following can completely violate Lin Feng's decision. But now, the resignation of thousands of employees has just given Lin Feng the opportunity to insert his confidants.
Now Lin Feng has completely controlled the "Second Bank" in terms of equity and actual personnel, branding it as his own private bank.
Seeing this situation, Hans and Brooke, who still held the "Second Bank", were about to explode with anger. They never expected that Peter would wear a pair of pants with Lin Feng, especially when they thought that Peter had vowed to face them before.
They swore an oath and threatened to make Lin Feng look good and let Lin Feng know how powerful they are. But now they are completely standing by Lin Feng's side. This is a naked betrayal for them. Of course, Peter's betrayal is also reasonable. "
5% of the shares of "Second Bank", this is such a huge fortune, it would be strange if Peter did not betray them.
Damn it! - Hans and Brooke could only secretly curse Lin Feng's insidiousness and viciousness for actually offering such favorable conditions in order for Peter to rebel.
The arrival of Peter has greatly stabilized the floating hearts of the "Second Chant". After all, there was no real person in charge before. The employees of the two banks have been secretly competing, hoping that the people on their side can separate.
to a better department. Although Lin Feng is magical and has countless magical halos around his head, he is not omnipotent. In terms of meticulous management, Lin Feng can be said to be powerless. Fortunately, as soon as Peter took office, he successively launched various measures to emphasize
Everyone is equal before opportunities. As long as you have the ability, you will never be buried by the company.
The "Second Bank" also returned to calm in the shortest time. However, the outside world still has a certain degree of skepticism about it. Lin Feng "stole" in this way (the outside world believes that Lin Feng completely stole this old bank with more than 150 years of history)
How will the British side view Standard Chartered Bank? Although the Second Bank is listed in Hong Kong, it is undeniable that the British side still has a certain influence on it.
Just when the outside world was doubting, Lin Feng once again announced a surprising news - Britain's most popular prince, Prince William, will take up an important position in the "Second Bank" during the holidays.
Although Lin Feng did not announce that Prince William will hold any other position, Prince William's visit to the "Second Bank" itself represents a signal. This shows that the British side will not pursue Lin Feng's "stealing" behavior. This has a great impact on the outside world.
This is undoubtedly exciting news for investors.
The British royal family later admitted this, frankly saying that Prince William would work at the "Second Bank" during the holidays to increase social experience. - The British royal family was quite helpless about this. Prince William previously told Elizabeth II that he
Queen Elizabeth II was very happy when she went to work at Standard Chartered Bank. But who could have expected that Standard Chartered Bank would cause so many troubles later, and that it would be "stolen" by Lin Feng in the end.
But having already promised Prince William, the British royal family cannot go back on it. Moreover, Lam Feng’s acquisition is also a normal capital operation and is supervised by the Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission. In this regard, the British royal family cannot stop William, who has a rather tough attitude.
The prince went to work at the "Second Bank". What's more, don't forget, Lin Feng holds the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, which was personally conferred by the British royal family. If he objects, it will undoubtedly lose his own face.
Chapter completed!