Chapter nine hundred and eighty first competition for interests
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Looking at the young face about one meter apart in front of him, Shi Yadi held it in his heart. He was so uncomfortable that he couldn't refute it!
Although in his heart he wanted to punch that hateful face and say, 'This is something that the Chinese government has never mentioned, so why are you pretending to be a wolf?'
Of course, this is just thinking in my mind!
"Mr. Liu, we are here today to discuss the ownership of Hong Kong Swire, not to quarrel with each other, right?"
In any negotiation, no matter how many people participate, there must be one good person and one bad person on either side!
Naturally, Swire Group is no exception this time. Standing behind Shi Yadi, the CEO of Swire Group, Bradley Bradley, is obviously the "red face" in charge of smoothing things over!
Liu Dong has no intention of holding on to something that happened half a century ago, because he has limited abilities and it is impossible for the Swire Group to pay even a small price for it!
Instead of having meaningless quarrels, it is better to get more advantages from the other party!
Liu Dong had been preparing for this acquisition for more than three months, but he didn't want to fail to get it right when he was about to succeed!
"If you weren't so aggressive, I wouldn't want to quarrel!" After a pause, Liu Dong waved his left hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!"
After he finished speaking, the serious atmosphere in the conference room that seemed to be frozen suddenly relaxed.
Then they sat down on both sides of the long conference table.
"Mr. Liu, you invited us to come to Hong Kong this time. I wonder what your plans are for the equity of Swire Hong Kong Co., Ltd.? Of course. If Mr. Liu is willing to sell these shares to us, I can assure Mr. Liu that
The Swire Group will definitely buy them all out at a price that is 10% higher than the market price!" Bradley said first.
At this moment, Shi Yadi looked at Liu Dong with obvious urgency and desire! You must know that Hong Kong Swire holds at least one-third of the entire Swire Group's assets. The Shihuai family will never allow them to lose this share.
Controlling rights of major assets!
"One percent?"
Liu Dong smiled and said, "Otherwise, I am willing to purchase 45% of your shares in Swire Hong Kong at a price that is 20% higher than the market price...!"
"Impossible! The Swire family will never give up the equity of Swire Hong Kong?" Shi Yadi said immediately.
"Impossible? Don't forget, sir, I now have the absolute controlling interest in the Swire Group of Hong Kong!" Liu Dong said without any sign of weakness.
Hearing his words, Shi Yadi and Bradley's eyes flashed with a hint of haze almost at the same time! This is also what they are most worried about Liu Dong. The other party has the controlling stake of Hong Kong Swire, making 95% of their methods ineffective.
, if you want to get back Swire Hong Kong, you can only buy it with money, or exchange it with conditions that satisfy the other party!
"Mr. Liu, it is impossible for the Swire Group to sell its shares. Moreover, even if Mr. Liu occupies the controlling stake of Swire Hong Kong, the employees in the company do not recognize Mr. Liu's identity as a mainlander. Instead, they have always controlled Swire Hong Kong.
The Swire Group, a joint-stock company, has an even greater advantage!" Bradley said softly but hard.
"Haha, yes, in terms of employee identity, I am indeed not as good as the Swire Group, which has controlled Hong Kong's Taikoo for hundreds of years. But I believe that no one will have trouble with money. As for the remaining ones, I will never keep them if they leave. Talents
There are many, and the earth will turn the same without anyone!" Liu Dong showed no sign of weakness.
In fact, this is what he thinks. If the Swire Group really intends to sabotage it from within and prevent Liu Dong from taking control of the company's management, then he will directly send a big move to win over the middle and lower-level employees with salary increases, and then
Fire all the upper-level managers who are unwilling to cooperate, and then recruit people from headhunting companies. At the worst, you can spend more money, as long as you can truly control the company!
Looking at Liu Dong, who was unable to get in any way, Bradley felt quite helpless!
Without the controlling stake in the company, it is really too restricted.
Because the opinions of the two sides were so different, the meeting was in danger of falling into silence just at the beginning.
But soon, after thinking for a while, Bradley said again: "We will exchange the shares of China Pacific Airlines held by the Swire Group for the shares of Swire Hong Kong held by Mr. Liu. I wonder if Mr. Liu agrees?"
Obviously, the Swire Group was not idle during this period. After some investigation, it also learned about Liu Dong's original purchase of Cathay Pacific.
It is natural to think that the main reason why the other party acquired the Swire Group was to get Cathay Pacific!
Of course, the Swire Group is right to think so. Liu Dong did plan this way at the beginning, but now when he sees that many businesses under Swire Hong Kong can be integrated with his own industries, Liu Dong's appetite
It expanded unconsciously.
Now he’s not just after Cathay Pacific!
At this moment, Shi Yadi's attention was entirely focused on Liu Dong. This proposal to exchange Cathay Pacific for Liu Dong's Swire Hong Kong shares was also the final plan they discussed when they rushed from the British headquarters.
Although it is a pity to abandon the promising Cathay Pacific Airways, it is worth it if it can be exchanged for the controlling stake of Hong Kong Swire! After all, among the three major businesses of Hong Kong Swire, the beverage department covering nearly 500 million people around the world is the largest of the Swire Group.
Valued.
Even if it ends up being divided by the Coca-Cola Company, it can still bring hundreds of millions of pounds of profits to the Swire Group every year, especially the high-growth Chinese market, which makes the Swire Group salivate!
But now if you want to get these profits, you must nod from the young man opposite.
Thinking of this, Shi Yadi felt uncomfortable in his heart! It was as if his most beloved cheese had been cut away by a yellow-skinned boy who he had never cared about, and the other party took the lion's share!
The most annoying thing is that the other party is still shaking his head after hearing their conditions!
"Don't Mr. Liu accept our proposal just now?" Shi Yadi's tone was full of anger.
"good!"
"Mr. Liu, you should not be too greedy. This is a sentence I often hear in the Chinese business community. Now I send this sentence to Mr. Liu! Moreover, the two conditions just now are also the last conditions of the Swire Group. If Mr. Liu
If you don’t agree, Swire Group will take extraordinary measures to safeguard Swire’s rights and interests!”
Even though he said this, Bradley himself knew how powerless his words were!
The controlling rights are not in their hands, even if they want to raise the banner of justice, it is a pity that Hong Kong is no longer ruled by the British.
However, the reason why Liu Dong invited the other party to Hong Kong for negotiations was because he did not want to see the second largest shareholder who held 45% of the company's shares and had opinions that were to the left of him.
There must be an exit from both sides, otherwise the future of Hong Kong Swire Holdings will only become hopeless due to the struggle for power and profit between the two parties.
Liu Dong doesn’t want to see his billions of dollars of investment go down the drain!
Therefore, Liu Dong gave the temporary secretary next to him a hint, and then the other party distributed the information Liu Dong had prepared to Bradley and Shi Yadi.
"This is the business division plan we have prepared. Can you two take a look?" Liu Dong said.
"Are you blackmailing?" Shi Yadi couldn't restrain the anger in his heart and said loudly after less than half of reading.
"Blackmail? How could it be possible? You took out 45% of Swire Hong Kong's equity and US$3 billion in cash, and then got all the rights and interests of the beverage department. I think it's fair!" Liu Dong said calmly.
"Mr. Liu, Swire Group wants to reach a mutually acceptable agreement with Mr. Liu calmly, but obviously, we cannot see such intention in Mr. Liu! If Mr. Liu still uses this document as a condition for negotiation
If so, then our talks today will not have any substantive results!" Bradley shook his head.
Although the beverage department alone is worth more than 7 billion US dollars, accounting for more than half of the market value of Hong Kong Swire. But they are never willing to hand over all the remaining businesses of Hong Kong Swire to Liu Dong just for the sake of a beverage department, and they also have to
With $3 billion in cash!
"It's okay, we can talk slowly!" Liu Dong said.
When it comes to the ownership of more than 10 billion US dollars in assets, he never expected to be able to sign a contract with just one meeting! It is enough to clarify the general conditions of both parties today!
Therefore, when both parties were unwilling to compromise, the first meeting broke up unhappily. However, after Shi Yadi and the others left, they also took away the submission prepared by Liu Dong!
Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the cars leaving underneath, Liu Dong always looked calm, but the stubbornness of Shi Yadi and Bradley still gave him a headache.
The two men's dedication to Hong Kong Taikoo was beyond his expectation.
"Dr. Liu, do we really want to give up the beverage department of Swire Hong Kong? It is a large enterprise covering nearly 500 million people, with great growth value and annual profits of more than 500 million pounds!" said Feng Jianhui, standing next to Liu Dong.
In fact, Liu Dong doesn't know the value of Hong Kong's Taikoo Beverage Division. This is a company that has the exclusive right to manufacture, promote and distribute Coca-Cola products in Hong Kong, Taiwan, parts of 11 states in the United States and seven provinces in mainland China.
Coca-Cola is a super giant with more than a dozen beverage brands and more than 200 million boxes of beverages! It is also a limited number of special manufacturers for Coca-Cola, a beverage giant with a global market value of over 100 billion US dollars!
It’s a huge value!
"I don't know the value of the Swire Beverage Division, but the Swire Group will obviously not give up easily. We want to completely acquire the other party's shares to avoid future constraints on the company's development. The price is too high! And now we are involved in the industry
There are already enough, there is no need to allocate more energy to engage in the beverage industry!" Liu Dong shook his head. (To be continued...)