Getting up every morning, buying a newspaper, and reading about the progress of Wheelock's acquisition of Eucalyptus has become a must-do for Hong Kong people these days, just like the first thing everyone in the future will do after waking up.
It's the same as looking at your phone.
Wheelock's takeover affects the hearts of every Hong Kong person.
First, the seven major conglomerates, Jardine Matheson, Swire, Hehe International, Jiaku, Cheung Kong, Universal, and Sihai gathered at Wheelock.
Subsequently, Jiaku was the first to withdraw, followed by Sihai, Swire, and Universal. Now only Jardine, Cheung Kong, and Hehe International are left.
Even when it was about to end, a British-funded consortium suddenly appeared.
The whole process can be said to be full of ups and downs and dizzying.
Just as the four parties were beginning the final battle, the day after news broke of the meeting between Newburgh and John Madden of Wheelock, Jardine Matheson issued an announcement to withdraw from the Wheelock acquisition!
This decision shocked everyone again.
After the acquisition of Wheelock began, Jardine Matheson was the most powerful competitor to take over Wheelock. After all, Jardine Matheson is the largest privately listed company in Hong Kong.
But now, Jardine has also withdrawn?
"Alas, I missed the best opportunity after all!"
In the building of Jardine He's headquarters, Niubijian sat in his office and preached with a somewhat helpless expression.
He reported the Wheelock acquisition over the phone to Henry Keswick, the Grand Prince of Jardine.
After weighing the benefits and losses, Henry Keswick finally decided to stop the transaction.
Like many British-funded consortiums in Hong Kong at this time, Henry Keswick was actually not optimistic about the future development of Hong Kong. Therefore, during this period, Jardine Matheson actually focused more energy on the acquisition of overseas companies.
These include Davis Company in Hawaii in North America, Yiren Real Estate in England, Raylis in South Africa, and the Middle East Transportation and Trading Company in Libya, etc.
And these companies are all negotiating at the same time.
Therefore, Jardine, which looked glamorous in Hong Kong, was actually already in a huge cash shortage at this time, and did not have much spare energy to acquire Wheelock.
What's more, under the circumstances of John Madden's asking price being so high, Newbrick wanted to use this acquisition to leave a name in Xiangjiang's business history, but the Keswick family no longer needed this.
Therefore, Henry Keswick firmly rejected the acquisition of Wheelock.
"I think I need to call John Madden!" Bao Fuda didn't have much trouble in his heart. It would be great to be able to acquire Wheelock, but if he couldn't acquire it, it actually wouldn't mean anything to Bao Fuda.
loss.
Newbikin nodded slightly, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed the number in John Madden's office.
"Newbikin, I was just about to call you. What happened to Yihe's statement this morning?"
There was some urgency in John Madden's tone.
The sudden withdrawal of Jardine Matheson caught John Madden by surprise. At this time, the only people who could take over Wheelock were Cheung Kong and the half-dead Hopewell International.
"John, I'm really sorry. The Keswick family has stopped this transaction, and there's nothing I can do about it!"
call!
John Madden let out a sigh of relief in his heart and said calmly, "It doesn't matter, this can only be said to be Yihe's loss!"
Then both parties hung up the phone.
Not long after, John Madden received a call from Li Jiacheng. On the phone, Li Jiacheng said that after lengthy internal discussions, Cheung Kong finally decided to acquire all of John Madden's shares in Wheelock for HK$4.8 billion, and stated that this was the final offer.
Well, if John Madden cannot accept this offer, then Changshi will have no choice but to withdraw from this acquisition.
John Madden just pretended to think about it. After hanging up the phone, John Madden dialed the number of Qi Dezun's office.
This is the last time to test Hehe International. If there is still no response from Hehe International, John Madden will decide to sell Defeng to Cheung Kong.
Qi Dezun was sitting in his office, heard the ringing, picked up the phone, heard that the caller was John Madden, and looked at the calendar on his desk.
There is still one day left before the time agreed by Chu Huan!
"Cheung Kong has decided to acquire Wheelock for HK$4.8 billion. Qi Dezun and we are old friends. If you can get some more, I can sell Wheelock to you!"
John Madden told Qi Dezun about the current situation.
"My friend, thank you very much for telling me such important information, but you also know the current situation of our Hehe International. We very much hope to obtain Wheelock, but the current price of Wheelock is really too high.
Well, my friend, if you can put the sale price of Defeng at US$1.8 billion, I think we can start the next negotiation immediately!"
Qi Dezun leaned on the sofa and preached with a contented expression.
Hearing Qi Dezun's quotation, John Madden was furious. It turned out that when Changshi Li Jiacheng contacted him for the first time, the 18.5 billion offered was 5 million Hong Kong dollars less.
This is simply insulting!
"Qi Dezun, the situation of Hehe International last year must have scared your courage, right? Now at this time, you actually told me that you want to acquire Wheelock with 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars?"
Facing John Madden's anger, Qi Dezun didn't say anything, but said calmly, "The price I gave is definitely the most fair price. We, Hehe International, will not take advantage of you!"
"Haha!" John Madden laughed angrily and said, "Well, since that's the case, then we have to say goodbye!"
After saying that, John Madden hung up the phone directly.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Maden on the side said, "So Hehe International has also given up!"
John Madden said coldly, "Hehe International did not give up, but was rejected by us!"
Xiao Ma said, "If this is the case, now we can only sign a contract with Changshi!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! John Madden nodded slightly and said, "Then sign a contract with them. With HSBC backing them, Cheung Kong is still very wealthy!"
Xiao Ma said, "Okay, shall we contact Li Jiacheng now?"
"No, let's contact him again in the afternoon. We can't let him think that we have no other option except cooperating with him!"
John Madden's calm sermon.
"yes!"
Afternoon, Cheung Kong headquarters.
Li Jiacheng, Sheng Songsheng, Zhou Qian and the other three gathered in Li Jiacheng's office.
Li Jiacheng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, silently looking at the street scene of Xiangjiang outside the window. Zhou Qianhe walked back and forth anxiously. The cigar in Sheng Songsheng's hand had burned out but was still not extinguished by him.
"It's been a day, and there's still no news from John Madden. Could it be that a contract has been signed with the British consortium or Hehe International?"
Zhou Qianhe stood still and preached with some urgency.
Sheng Songsheng pressed the cigar in his hand on the ashtray and tried to calm down and said, "Probably not. On the Hehe International side, Qi Dezun only seemed more positive at the beginning of this matter, but then he stopped.
movement.
Although they sold a lot of non-performing assets last year, they also paid off a lot of debts. Coupled with the development of their own company, they probably don't have so much cash, so in addition to the 4.8 billion Hong Kong dollars that we, Cheung Kong, can come up with
, Hehe International is simply impossible.”
Zhou Qianhe said, "What about the British consortium? The other party is willing to spend 500 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire Wheelock. If John Madden agrees to their acquisition request, wouldn't we be fetching water from a bamboo basket again?"
At this time, Li Jiacheng turned around and said calmly, "I have always been very suspicious of that so-called British consortium. You two, tell me, does he really exist or is he brought by Wheelock?"
Child care?"
At the end of the sentence, Li Jiacheng's eyes were full of doubt.
Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng were both stunned. No one expected that Li Jiacheng would have such an idea.
"Actually, I had some doubts from the very beginning. The timing of the opponent's appearance was just too coincidental. He appeared just when everyone was still in a stalemate, as if he was deliberately pushing us to trade with John Madden!"
Li Jiacheng continued his analysis.
"Boss, if that's the case, wouldn't we be fooled by John Madden this time?"
Sheng Songsheng would never doubt Li Jiacheng's words.
Li Jiacheng smiled and said, "It's not that we were fooled. The original negotiations were indeed at a deadlock. Without the appearance of this external force, the current battle situation would still be very fierce. Even if we have the support of HSBC, we at Changchun would not be in the most advantageous position."
competitor."
Zhou Qianhe said, "But if this is the case, we will have to spend nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars more to get Wheelock, which is not a small amount of money!"
"From the current perspective, this money is indeed spent too much, but if it is spent more on Wheelock, I think it is worth it. Let's not talk about the value of Wheelock's land, but those freighters
If we can find a suitable buyer, it will be enough to make up for our losses this time.
Now that the real estate industry in Xiangjiang is recovering, as long as we can get Wheelock, these lands will be ours, and the value they create by then will far exceed the money we spend now."
Li Jiacheng preached with great confidence.
Although he started with plastic flowers, in the real estate industry, Li Jiacheng is no longer Wu Xia Amon. Although Changcheng Real Estate is now only a real estate company in the middle reaches of Xiangjiang, Li Jiacheng believes that his research on the real estate industry in Xiangjiang is far beyond
Other real estate companies.
As for the real estate industry in Xiangjiang, Li Jiacheng is also full of confidence.
So even now that he discovered that there were all kinds of illogical things in this matter, he still wanted to get Wheelock at a high price.
Only in this way can Cheung Kong stand out among many real estate companies in Hong Kong.
"If you put it this way, we are actually competing with Hehe International now?" Sheng Songsheng asked.
Zhou Qianhe shook his head and said, "No, if that's the case, we actually have no competitors. I always think that Hehe International is just a fool this time and has no real combat effectiveness."
Li Jiacheng nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Zhou Qianhe's statement, "We no longer need to focus on Hehe International or John Madden. I believe John Madden will definitely call us this afternoon.
Now our real opponent will be Zhang Yuliang.
And Qi Dezun of Hehe International is the ally we need to win over.”
Now Li Jiacheng has already shifted his attention from acquiring Wheelock to how to fully control Wheelock after acquiring Wheelock.
"Now there are three major shareholders of Wheelock. John Madden holds the most B shares and has the right to speak in Wheelock. Zhang Yuliang holds the most shares and is the largest shareholder of Wheelock. Hehe International is among them. If we can cooperate with
Qi Dezun unites, then after we get the shares from John Madden, we can suppress Zhang Yuliang to the maximum extent, and then fight for the equity of Real Estate Trust, Federal Real Estate, and Charlie Wen Development in his hands!"
Li Jiacheng told his second general Heng Ha about his thoughts.
In Li Jiacheng's view, Wheelock's most important assets are still the three real estate companies, Real Estate Trust, Federal Real Estate, and Charlie & Lee Development, not shipping companies such as Wheelock Shipping.
However, the actual control of these three companies lies with the Zhang Yuliang family.
Therefore, after taking control of Wheelock, Li Jiacheng and Zhang Yuliang became natural rivals, but Qi Dezun was an ally that he could fight for.
Sheng Songsheng said, "If according to your inference, boss, Qi Dezun of Hehe International has thought of this a long time ago and has been waiting for your call, boss?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Jiacheng nodded slightly and said, "I think so too."
Zhou Qianhe said, "Then should we wait for John Madden's call first and then contact Qi Dezun?"
Li Jiacheng waved his hand and said confidently, "You can contact Qi Dezun now. There is no need to wait for John Madden's call. I believe the other party will definitely call us this afternoon."
Sheng Song said, "Then I'll call Qi Dezun and tell him, boss, that you want to date him!"
Sheng Songsheng's ability is that he can perfectly carry out the tasks assigned by Li Jiacheng, and at the same time, he can also fill in some loopholes in Li Jiacheng's plan more perfectly in some details.
Li Jiacheng nodded.
Sheng Songsheng dialed the number of Qi Dezun's office.
After a while, Sheng Songsheng put down the phone and said to Li Jiacheng, "Boss, Qi Dezun has agreed to your invitation."
Li Jiacheng smiled and said, "As long as we have Qi Dezun's support, Wheelock will be firmly in our hands."
Zhou Qianhe suggested, "Boss, although with Qi Dezun's support, we can firmly control Wheelock, but it's not as good as having it ourselves because our father has it and our mother has it. We should still control more Wheelock stocks!"
This is Zhou Qianhe's ability. He can always make the most appropriate suggestions when Li Jiacheng needs it.
Li Jiacheng nodded and said, "First get John Madden's shares in Wheelock, and at the same time reach a temporary alliance with Qi Dezun, and then use the alliance with Qi Dezun to suppress Zhang Yuliang and try to buy more Wheelock shares from Zhang Yuliang.
At that time we will have perfect control over Wheelock!”
Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng nodded at the same time.
Jingle Bell!
At this time, the phone on Li Jiacheng's desk rang.
Looking at the phone, Li Jiacheng smiled and said, "I think this call will be from John Madden."
Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng smiled and nodded.
Li Jiacheng picked up the phone.
"Li Sheng, after consideration, we have decided to sell Wheelock's shares to Cheung Kong. We hope that Wheelock can continue to create brilliance under the leadership of Cheung Kong in the future!"
John Madden preached to Li Jiacheng.
Li Jiacheng smiled and said, "Thank you Mr. Madden for your appreciation. We at Changshi will definitely bring Defeng back to the top!"
Subsequently, the two parties agreed to issue a statement tomorrow and hold a signing ceremony the day after tomorrow!
After hanging up the phone, Li Jiacheng sat in his seat and breathed a long sigh of relief, "It's finally over!"
Zhou Qianhe said, "Although it cost a lot more money, fortunately the final result is good."
The other two nodded at the same time.
The next day!
John Madden issued a statement with the help of Hong Kong newspapers, saying that after careful consideration by the Madden family, consideration of Wheelock's long-term development, and the feelings of Hong Kong people towards Wheelock, the final decision was made to sell the company to Lijiacheng.
Long and solid.
Let Wheelock stay in Hong Kong!
As soon as this news came out, Xiangjiang caused a huge sensation.
No one expected that the final winner of the Wheelock acquisition would be Cheung Kong, which had been little-known before.
But soon, the relationship between Cheung Kong and HSBC was exposed by the media. The citizens of Xiangjiang who learned the news did not have any emotional changes. At most, they admired Cheung Kong's luck that HSBC would see it.
superior.
What they were most concerned about was keeping Defeng in Xiangjiang.
Things have developed to this point, and it seems that the Wheelock acquisition has ended!
In fact, many people think so too.
At the Wheelock headquarters, father and son John and Madden Jr. had already toasted to celebrate.
"With this 4.8 billion, plus the wealth we accumulated in Xiangjiang, we can definitely make a comeback after returning to England!"
Little Madden excitedly preached to his father.
John Madden smiled reservedly and said, "Yes, Xiangjiang is still too small, and it is easy for people to be overwhelmed. But it will be different when we get to England. The sky is high and the sea is vast, allowing us to express ourselves freely."
Ability."
"Daddy, I suggest that before we leave, we should hold a cocktail party and invite Newbijian and the others to attend. I really want to see their expressions at that time."
This was a very superficial way of showing off the fruits of victory, but John Madden thought that they were about to leave Xiangjiang.
Show it when it's time to show it, no matter if it's childish or not, as long as it makes you happy!
"This is possible, you can contact me when the time comes!"
Little Madden smiled and said, "Okay, no problem!"
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of John Madden's office, and John Madden's secretary walked in in a panic.
"Bo, something happened. Just now Qi Dezun of Hehe International issued a statement."
HSBC!
Li Jiacheng was in Shen Bi's office at this time, and the two of them opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate getting Wheelock.
"After Cheung Kong acquires Wheelock, it will immediately achieve a triple jump in strength. By then, Cheung Kong will no longer be just an unknown company in Xiangjiang!"
Shen Bi held champagne in his hand and congratulated Li Jiacheng with a smile.
Li Jiacheng humbly preached, "This is all because of your support, Mr. Shen. Without your support, it would be impossible for us at Changshi to win Wheelock."
Shen Bi waved his hands reservedly and said, "Li Sheng, you have the ability yourself, otherwise, no one else would have the courage!"
Li Jiacheng smiled slightly.
"By the way, although Wheelock is about to become a long-term company, Wheelock still has a lot of problems. Have you figured out how to operate it?"
Shen Bi asked Li Jiacheng.
Li Jiacheng nodded and said, "We have already thought about it. We are ready to make preparations."
After listening to Li Jiacheng's future development plan for Wheelock, Shen Bi showed a satisfied smile and said, "He is indeed a talent that our HSBC has chosen. He is able to consider things so thoughtfully at this time. This is not something ordinary people can do."
of."
If ordinary people were to start celebrating at this time, they would not even think about how to operate Wheelock after completing the acquisition of Wheelock.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But now Li Jiacheng can still clearly plan every step after acquiring Wheelock, which makes Shen Bi very satisfied with Li Jiacheng's ability.
This is also the reason why Shen Bi has been supporting Li Jiacheng. The more he comes into contact with Li Jiacheng, the more Shen Bi discovers that Li Jiacheng is a very capable Chinese.
What Lijiacheng lacks is a stage.
Now that I have provided this stage for Li Jiacheng, it is the same as the support given by HSBC's former Taipan Sangda Shi to Pao Yugang.
When Lijiacheng grows into a giant in Xiangjiang, it will be the time for HSBC to reap fame and wealth.
The more they talked, the more excited they became, and even discussed some details about the future development of Wheelock.
Someone happened to appear here at this moment, disturbing the two of them's happy time.
Roy Bentley walked in.
Seeing Luo Yin Bentley, Shen Bi's expression darkened, but Li Jiacheng smiled and nodded to Luo Yin Bentley.
“Thank you, Bentley’s experience has been a real help to us!”
Although Shen Bi took the lead in providing loans to Changshi and Saya signed it, Luo Yin Bentley, as the general manager of the loan department of HSBC Bank, was the specific implementer.
Luo Yin Bentley shook his head and said, "I should apologize to Li Sheng. I failed to help Li Sheng in the acquisition of Wheelock this time!"
The expressions of Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng changed at the same time. Shen Bi was even more dissatisfied and said, "Luo Yin, what do you mean? This loan was personally approved by Sha Ya's boss. Don't you want to do anything else?"
Li Jiacheng was among the panicked ones. Now that Cheung Kong and Wheelock had already finalized all the details of the negotiations, they just needed to sign.
If there is any problem with funding at this time, it would really be an international joke.
"What?" Luo Yin Bentley smiled and said to the two of them, "Don't you two know yet? Just now Qi Dezun of Hehe International has issued a statement!"
Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng looked at each other and saw panic in each other's eyes. They were both extremely smart people, and they felt a hint of danger from Luo Yin Bentley's words.
Qi Dezun of Hehe International made a statement at this time, and Luo Yin Bentley still had this slightly gloating expression.
This means that this statement is definitely not a good statement.
Li Jiacheng, who was holding the champagne, suddenly had a slight vibration on his wrist. He looked at Luo Yin Bentley in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice, "Has Hehe International acquired the shares of Wheelock held by Zhang Yuliang?"
During the acquisition of Wheelock, although Li Jiacheng paid attention to Zhang Yuliang's existence, it was obviously more difficult to acquire Wheelock's shares from Zhang Yuliang than from John Madden, and even if the acquisition was
With the shares of Wheelock in Zhang Yuliang's hands, it is still difficult to complete control of Wheelock.
Therefore, Li Jiacheng gave up the idea of acquiring stocks from Zhang Yuliang from the very beginning.
But everyone's situation is different. Even if I get the shares of Wheelock in Zhang Yuliang's hands, I won't be able to control Wheelock, but Hehe International is different.
Hehe International is already one of Wheelock's major shareholders. If Hehe International can acquire the shares of Wheelock held by Zhang Yuliang, it will become Wheelock's largest shareholder and its voice will exceed 51%.
Previously, they put all their attention on John Madden and forgot about this matter.
Now Li Jiacheng thought about this matter.
At this time, Li Jiacheng desperately hoped that his guess was wrong.
Luo Yin Bentley directly broke his illusion, "Yes, just now, Qi Dezun announced through TVB that Hehe International has become Wheelock's largest shareholder, holding more than 60 shares, and will immediately hold a Wheelock meeting.
Feng’s board of directors meeting to discuss the future development plan of Huide Fung.”
Having said this, Luo Yin Bentley looked at the two people with ashen faces and continued to increase the weight of the hammer on them.
"I have just told Shaya Taipan about this matter, and Shaya Taipan has also officially stopped HSBC's loan application for Cheung Kong, so I just said I am very sorry!"
Now that Hehe International has become Wheelock's largest shareholder, even if Cheung Kong acquires John Madden and Son's shares in Wheelock, it will be of no use.
What is the use of shareholders who have no voice?
Shen Bi lost his temper and said, "This, this is impossible!"
At this time, Shen Bi had already seen the chain reaction of this incident in his mind. The successive failures would inevitably make him lose his only voice in HSBC. Looking at the man in front of him who was smiling happily, he still wanted to
Roy Bentley gave him a hard lap.
Shen Bi understood that from today on, he might have lost the possibility of controlling HSBC!
Thinking of this result, Shen Bi sat down on the sofa dejectedly.
The people who had the same action as him were John Madden and his son who were at Wheelock headquarters at this time.
After knowing what happened from the secretary's mouth, the two of them were like eggplants beaten by frost. The two people sitting on the sofa understood.