Chu Huan did not stay in North America for long. After attending the NBA preseason meeting in New York, he returned to Los Angeles. After hanging out with Kelly in Los Angeles for a few days, Chu Huan returned to Hong Kong.
As soon as Chu Huan arrived in Xiangjiang, Xu Yi appeared at No. 12 Mount Calais Road.
"Boss, the battle for Wharf has become public!"
Just this piece of news made Chu Huan sit up straight and asked Xu Yi excitedly: "How specific is it?"
It can be said that Chu Huan has been waiting for the Wharf acquisition battle to enter the second stage in the past two years. Before this, because of Chu Huan's participation, the battle for Wharf was already different from the development in another time and space.
In another time and space, the highest share price of Wharf during this period was only HK$60 per share, but now the share price of Wharf has exceeded the level of HK$80 per share.
This was of course due to the surprise troops sent by Chu Huan. It harassed both of them so that neither of them dared to stop the acquisition of Wharf stocks.
Xu Yi said: "Just this morning, Land announced that it had acquired the Wharf shares held by Jardine Matheson Securities. This decision also increased Land's holdings of Wharf shares to 27%. This is in line with the announcement in May that Bao Yugang announced
The Wharf stocks held by Duo were roughly the same. In addition, during this period, Jardine Matheson sold all its shares in Yinglun Yiren Real Estate, and was also looking for a buyer for the Excelsior Hotel they held.
If you want to continue to withdraw cash, it should be to cope with the possible acquisition war that will happen next.”
This is still somewhat different from another time and space. In another time and space, when the Wharf acquisition war developed to this period, Land held only 20% of the Wharf shares!
Chu Huan asked: "During this period, how many shares did Jardine and Land sell, and how many shares did we absorb?"
Xu Yi shook his head and said: "Not too much. Obviously Niubijian is very careful. Although before this, there have been rumors that Jardine and Land are going to sell off a large number of shares, but in fact they have not done too much.
, In addition, we are worried that they will discover our intentions in advance, so the shares we have increased in Jardine and Land during this period are not too many!"
After hearing this, Chu Huan felt a little helpless. Originally, he thought that after the Wharf acquisition war broke out, he could accept more shares from Jardine and Land, so that he could take advantage of the chaos of the Wharf acquisition war.
At that time, it acquired Jardine Matheson and Land.
But it is obvious that Newbijian is not a fool, and is also guarding against other people's plans for Jardine Matheson and Land at this time, so every time he sells the stocks of these two companies, it is not too much, but more of a choice.
Selling unimportant properties under the Jardine Matheson Group to obtain funds, he continued to compete with Bao Yugang for control of Wharf.
"Now the whole of Xiangjiang knows that Yihe needs cash. If the Excelsior Hotel is sold now, the price will definitely be lowered. And Yihe needs funds, so the sale of Excelsior Hotel will not be very smooth!"
Chu Huan analyzed the current situation.
Xu Yi showed a complicated smile and said: "Boss, you may have guessed wrong on this point. Someone has already announced that he is ready to take over the Excelsior Hotel, and the price is very impressive!"
Chu Huan was stunned for a moment and asked: "Who doesn't have a brain at this time?"
Xu Yi said: "It's Jia Ning Chen Songqing who you have always been very optimistic about, boss!"
Chu Huan was speechless. Chen Songqing really knew how to deal with this. Originally, in another time and space, in January next year, Yihe sold its own Kinmen Building to Chen Songqing's Jiani.
At that time, the price reached a record price of HK$998 million, which caused a sensation throughout Hong Kong.
Now that the Kinmen Building is under the name of Jiaku, Jardine naturally cannot sell it, so they chose to sell the Excelsior Hotel in Wan Chai, but they did not expect that the successor would still be Jia Ning.
If this matter was done by someone else, Chu Huan's evaluation of him would be that he had no brains, but now that it was Chen Songqing, everything was different.
Chen Songqing, who has just become the chairman of a listed company, actually has only two purposes in everything he does now. The first is to show his muscles to the outside world, and the second is to increase the stock price of Carin!
The most lively business news in Hong Kong today is the Wharf acquisition war. If Chen Songqing's Carin is involved, it will definitely be popular. In this case, the whole of Hong Kong will pay attention to Carin, a listed company.
"Where did they get so much money?" Xu Yi, who didn't know Chen Songqing, asked helplessly.
Chu Huan smiled easily and said: "It's nothing more than a bank loan. He can't conjure money out of thin air!"
Xu Yi said: "Boss, there are always rumors in the market that Jianing Chen Songqing is supported by foreign consortiums, such as the President of the Philippines and the Central Bank of Moscow. Now these rumors outside are really well-founded!"
Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "Don't think about Chen Songqing's matter for now. It won't have much impact. Yihe is a big ship. Now it seems that there is only the Wharf acquisition war, but in fact Yihe is a big ship.
He's overseas investments have not been very successful, which has also led to the rising debt of Jardine. The sale of an Excelsior Hotel will not play a big role in this matter!"
Xu Yi nodded.
Chu Huan said: "The most important thing now is that Land and Land cannot be allowed to give up Wharf. As long as they do not give up Wharf, we have hope that in this melee, we can get the two Hong Kong properties we want, Jardine and Land."
company of!"
In the Wharf acquisition war in another time and space, Jardine finally found that they could not compete with Bao Yugang, so they decisively sold their Wharf shares to Bao Yugang, which also made Jardine in this acquisition.
Although the Wharf was lost during the war, a large amount of cash was gained.
Xu Yidao: "Now it seems that this possibility is not too great, but it is indeed possible. The most important thing is to let them know that in the Wharf acquisition war, they have more advantages than Bao Yugang!"
The situation at this time is different from that at that time. The body that Zhidi is trapped in now is far deeper than that in another time and space, so in Xu Yi's opinion, Yihe will not give up Wharf at this time.
"What's going on with Bao Yugang?" Chu Huan became concerned about the other protagonist in the Wharf takeover battle.
Xu Yidao: "Bao Yugang has not yet responded to what Landmark announced this morning, but I think they will respond soon. Now it depends on how many Wharf shares Bao Yugang gets!"
Chu Huan nodded. The number of stocks in Bao Yugang's hands was very critical. If the stocks he held were too much more than Land, Land would not be able to compete with them.
"How many do you estimate they should have now?"
Xu Yi said: "It will not exceed 32%. For more than a year, we have been competing with them for Wharf's stocks and then selling them. In the process, we intentionally passed Wharf's stocks through the stock market or other
The method is to sell it to Land, so the increase in the Wharf stock held by Land will definitely exceed that of Bao Yugang!"
After hearing this, Chu Huan felt relieved and said with a smile: "This is enough. Now it depends on the competition between them."
Xu Yi asked: "Boss, do we need to do anything about this matter now?"
Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Since they have made it public, there is no need. Now neither of them can afford to lose in this battle. Even if we are not there, the fight will be in full swing!"
Xu Yi nodded.
Chu Huan continued to ask: "How is the situation with Du Huilian?"
Before leaving Xiangjiang, Chu Huan gave a total of three tasks to Volkswagen International Investment, which was in charge of Du Huilian.
Represented Bank of East Asia in its acquisition of Wing On Group.
Acquired Kwong Sang Bank for Yunhai Group.
In the name of Volkswagen International Investment, invest in small and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong.
Xu Yi said: "Public International Investment contacted Fengwu Securities, and both parties have begun to secretly acquire shares of Yong'an Group. In addition, Li Tianying went to Mr. Guo Desheng and asked Feng Wanju of Guangsheng Bank about the possibility of acquiring Guangsheng Bank.
Sex, Feng Wanju has not replied at this time.
Finally, there are three small and medium-sized enterprises in Xiangjiang that Volkswagen International Investment is contacting at this time, namely Yang Zhao’s Xuri Garment Factory, Zhang Lianxing’s Juchuan Company, and Liu Xiangshang’s Lijin Machinery Factory!”
These three companies, including Yang Zhao's Xuri Garment Factory and Zhang Lianxing's Juchuan Company, were both companies assigned by Jiaku, while Liu Xiangshang's Lijin Machinery Factory was added by Chu Huan.
Compared with later generations, these three people are definitely not as famous as the four major families in the real estate industry.
But in later generations, they will also be important people in Xiangjiang's business community.
In later generations, Yang Zhao was known as the "King of Jeans" in Xiangjiang. Although Qingjin Clothing also had its own denim clothing, it was a complete set. It was different from Yang Zhao's Xuri Clothing, which specialized in jeans. In the 1990s,
In 2010, it even acquired Australia’s Jeanswest.
At the same time, Yang Zhao also invested in the real estate industry in Xiangjiang in the later period. In addition, in 2012, he was elected as the president of the Xiangjiang Chinese Chamber of Commerce!
In addition, Yang Zhao was not a native of Xiangjiang, but was smuggled to Xiangjiang in 1967.
No relatives, no connections, starting from scratch!
Zhang Lianxing's Juchuan Company is even less famous in Xiangjiang. In fact, it is not very famous in later generations. His company's main project is the sales of car antennas.
However, this person's experience is also quite interesting. Like Yang Zhao, he came to Xiangjiang illegally, but Yang Zhao was born in 1967 and he was born in 1974. In addition, he was an engineer in his hometown.
The last Liu Xiangshang is much better than the two before him... in terms of assets!
Liu Xiangshang is an overseas Chinese from Indonesia. He came to Xiangjiang with his family in 1972. When Liu Xiangshang first came to Xiangjiang, he went to night school and worked in a machinery factory. After seven years of hard work, he founded Lijin Machinery Factory at the beginning of this year!
The main project of Lijin Machinery Factory is the die-casting machine, and the reason why Chu Huan paid attention to this person was actually not only because Lijin Machinery Factory later acquired the Italian IDRA Group...the world's leading die-casting machine
business.
The most important thing is that the later Tesla full-model die-casting machine was designed by the group IDRA, that is, Giga
Press,Giga
The emergence of Press is said to have rewritten the history of global automobile manufacturing!
And Giga
The design and manufacturing of Press was officially the work of Liu Xiangshang and IDRA General Manager Ferrario at the time, so even if Chu Huan acquired IDRA in advance, he might not be able to produce Giga
Press.
In the year when Chu Huan was reborn, the market value of Lijin Machinery had approached 20 billion Hong Kong dollars!
“How did these three companies respond!”
Chu Huan asked Xu Yi.
Xu Yi said: "Yang Zhao and Zhang Lianxing are still hesitant about our investment. Liu Xiangshang is interested in our investment, but he doesn't want to release too many shares!"
Chu Huan smiled. If we look at the market value of the three group companies in later generations, among the three, Liu Xiangshang should be the least willing to let Jia Ku take a stake. But now, because Liu Xiangshang's Lijin Machinery has just been founded, he is the most lacking among the three companies.
In terms of capital, Lijin Machinery in particular is still the least popular heavy industry in Hong Kong!
"Call Guo Desheng for me and tell him I'll treat him to dinner!"
Since Chu Huan has handed over these three things to Du Huilian, Chu Huan will naturally not interfere with them. But Guo Desheng came forward this time, whether it was for the sake of his daughter-in-law or his own face, this meal
All meals are required!
"yes!"
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Yung Kee!
"Uncle Guo, thank you for the Guangsheng Bank matter!" Chu Huan expressed her gratitude to Guo Desheng with a red wine glass.
Guo Desheng laughed loudly, holding the wine glass and said: "Ah Huan, it's meaningless for you and me to talk about this. But Feng Wanju has not replied yet, so I can't guess what he is thinking."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chu Huan said without paying much attention: "It doesn't matter, we have informed him of this matter, and our intention has been fulfilled. As for whether the other party is willing to sell
, it’s no longer important!”
A long time ago, Cao Wenjin told Chu Huan that worldliness is a very important thing when doing business in Xiangjiang. The hostile takeover in Xiangjiang started with Liu Luanxiong, Zheng Jiachun and other second-generation businessmen in Xiangjiang.
Now that Yunhai Group has discussed the acquisition of Guangsheng Bank with Feng Wanju in advance, this can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of Yunhai Group. As for whether Feng Wanju agrees or not, it is actually not important to Chu Huan and Yunhai Group.
If before, Chu Huan was not very concerned about the acquisition of Guangsheng Bank with Yunhai Group, but it is different now. Zhu Xiaozhao is pregnant. Even to celebrate this matter, Yunhai Group must acquire Guangsheng Bank.
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"So Ah Huan, you are determined to acquire Guangsheng Bank?" Guo Desheng looked at Chu Huan in surprise.
Chu Huan nodded and said: "That's right, there is no need to discuss this matter."
Guo Desheng thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, Ah Huan, I would suggest you meet Feng Wanju in person. Although this person's mind is no longer in the business world, as long as he is in Xiangjiang, in fact, whether it is in the business world or in the
In the political world, if he has your support, he can develop better!"
Chu Huan nodded. Although Guangsheng Bank was inevitable, if it could be acquired in a peaceful way, it would be a good thing for Chu Huan.
"Okay, I'll call him then!"
This answer made Guo Desheng a little surprised, and then he smiled and said: "So, are you really planning to make your relationship with Yunhai Group public?"
Although Li Tianying had told Guo Desheng before about Chu Huan's current attitude towards Yunhai Group, she was still a little surprised to hear Chu Huan come forward in person.
Chu Huan said with a smile: "There is nothing to hide, and of course we will not disclose this matter deliberately. When the time comes, everyone can guess as much as they want!"
After hearing this, Guo Desheng nodded and said seriously: "Actually, this is quite good. Although Ah Huan, you don't need to worry about anyone in Xiangjiang now, but the beauty in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. It's too arrogant.
Not very good indeed!”
Chu Huan didn't say anything about this. Xiangjiang is still too small for Chu Huan. In the future, Jiaku will definitely fully enter the market in his hometown. What will the public opinion trend in his hometown be like in the future? Chu Huan will also
I know it in my heart.
So this is the important reason why Chu Huan will not deliberately disclose his relationship with Yunhai Group.
"Well, A Huan, what do you think of the thing I told A Ying before?" Guo Desheng saw that Chu Huan had already had a certain idea about the matter of Guang Sheng Xing, so he mentioned the thing he had told Li Tianying.
The thing is, if Yunhai Group acquires Kwong Sang Hong, Sun Hung Kai very much hopes to cooperate with Zhulu Real Estate to jointly develop the residential land in Kwong Sang Hong!
Chu Huan also knew about this matter from Xu Yi before. Now facing Guo Desheng's inquiry, Chu Huan nodded and said: "I have no opinion on this matter. At that time, it will be a joint development in the name of Zhulu Real Estate and Sun Hung Kai Properties."
, or both parties jointly create a company for development, Uncle Guo can just discuss it directly with He Bingguang!"
Regarding this matter, Chu Huan really has no idea. Anyway, Zhulu Real Estate will not develop the residential market alone to get scolded. It hides its merits and fame. It makes the money by itself. It doesn't matter if the development name is given to Sun Hung Kai.
!
Seeing that Chu Huan had no objection, Guo Desheng immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll thank you first, Ah Huan!"
Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "Uncle Guo said this and went out of his way!"
After the two chatted for a while, they separated in Yong Kee.
At this time, at the Global Shipping Headquarters, Bao Yugang was also discussing the Wharf acquisition war with his eldest son-in-law Su Haiwen and second son-in-law Wu Guangzheng.
"Dad, Land has now brought together the Wharf stocks of Jardine Matheson Group. It is obvious that they are ready to go to war with us. It seems that we also need to be more prepared for this matter!"
Wu Guangzheng is the most concerned about acquiring Wharf!
Bao Yugang did not express his position on Wu Guangzheng's words, but asked him: "How many shares of Wharf do we hold now?"
Wu Guangzheng said: "32% is 5% more shares than Land!"
Bao Yugang nodded and said: "5% is already quite a lot. According to Wharf's current stock price, it won't happen overnight for them to catch up with us. The most important thing is that they don't have so much cash in their hands. Now
The advantage is still on our side!"
Bao Yugang has always understood that completing the acquisition of Wharf will never happen overnight. In another time and space, the entire Wharf acquisition war lasted for two years.
During this period, after Landmark announced this matter, Bao Yugang did not respond immediately, but was still developing itself slowly.
Because Bao Yugang understood that Landmark did not have that much cash to increase their shares in Wharf over his own. When Landmark announced a series of rights issues and other measures to raise funds, Bao Yugang just gave his first
respond.
"During this period, you will be responsible for transferring the Wharf shares held by our family to Longfeng International."
Although Bao Yugang will not directly respond to Land's actions at this time, he will definitely take some actions.
It's just that this action, in another time and space, would have to wait until the 1980s. Now Bao Yugang has moved this action forward based on the situation at this time!
That is, Bao Yugang made a "She Tunxiang"-style acquisition through Longfeng International Investment Co., Ltd., an originally inconspicuous listed company of his, raising funds through the issuance of new shares and other methods, and purchased it from his family at a price of HK$55 per share.
Enter Wharf shares.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The predecessor of Longfeng International is Longfeng Investment Co., Ltd., which was founded in 1918.
The original business was securities investment and lending, and later became a subsidiary of Wheelock Group.
In the 1960s, it was gradually acquired by Bao Yugang and transferred to the Bao family.
Bao Yugang used the company's listed status to raise funds and lend loans to its shipping companies. Longfeng International gradually increased its investment in ships and built its own fleet.
Bao Yugang acquired the Wharf shares held by his family through Longfeng International and received support from HSBC and Li Jiacheng.
HSBC subscribed for some of Longfeng International’s new shares, while Lijiacheng’s Cheung Kong Holdings underwrote 20% of Longfeng International’s new shares.
At this time, Bao Yugang's equity holdings in Wharf through Longfeng International had increased to 30%, and he still maintained his status as the largest shareholder of Wharf.
Bao Yugang sold the Wharf shares held by his family to Longfeng International, which reduced his personal financial burden and was conducive to retaining his strength and dealing with Land Management to the end.
When Bao Yugang completes this decision and announces it to the public, it will actually be the final moment of the Wharf takeover war!
After Wu Guangzheng listened, he immediately nodded and said: "Understood!"
Then Wu Guangzheng asked: "Then do we need to take any other actions?"
Bao Yugang said: "Keep an eye on the location. If the other party acquires Wharf's shares, then we will follow. If not, then wait. I always feel that there is something weird about this matter!"
The timing of Japan's capital entering this acquisition war and its subsequent actions were really weird, which made Bao Yugang very prepared in this matter.
"Maybe we can complete our action of abandoning the ship and landing without paying too much cash!" Bao Yugang said suddenly.
Wu Guangzheng and Su Haiwen were both a little stunned. They read the key point in Bao Yugang's sentence, that is, Bao Yugang was talking about abandoning the boat and landing, rather than acquiring Wharf?
"Daddy, do you have any other ideas?" Wu Guangzheng asked uncertainly.
Bao Yugang nodded and said: "I have been calculating this matter for a while. To complete the Wharf acquisition battle, we need to pay too much, but the decision to abandon the boat and land is absolutely necessary.
So I have been looking for a balance point.
Now I think I have found this balance!”
Su Haiwen and Wu Guangzheng immediately asked: "What is the balance point?"
Bao Yugang said: "We very much hope to get the Wharf, and Land is definitely not willing to give up the Wharf, so before this, both of us have been struggling with this matter, but this also made both of us have doubts about this matter.
The focus of attention has become narrow, why must the focus be placed on the Wharf?"
Facing Bao Yugang's final inquiry, Su Haiwen and Wu Guangzheng were both a little unresponsive and did not know how to answer Bao Yugang's question.
"If, I mean if..." Bao Yugang began to answer their questions and said: "If we can reach a settlement with Land, that means we give up the acquisition of Wharf, and
They can pay us for a commercial building worth the same value as the Wharf shares we hold today.
In fact, we can also use this transaction to complete our plan to abandon the ship and land!"
After listening to this, Su Haiwen immediately smiled and said: "This is a good method. Now Wharf's stock price has exceeded 80 Hong Kong dollars. It is really hard for me to imagine that when this acquisition war really comes to a head, Kowloon will see red."
What kind of sky-high price will the stock price of the warehouse reach?
But if we can follow what you said, daddy, this will undoubtedly be the best result for us!"
Wu Guangzheng had a different opinion and said: "Dad, I don't think this matter is likely to succeed. The properties that Land can exchange for our Wharf shares are undoubtedly the core properties of Land in Central. If we want
Let Land complete such a transaction, they will not agree!"
Su Haiwen said with some dissatisfaction: "Everything can be discussed. It is not good to say that it will not succeed before we have even discussed this matter!"
Wu Guangzheng said tit for tat: "Doing something you know you can't do, in my opinion, is a waste of time. Maybe in the process, Landmark has completed the acquisition of Wharf stocks without telling us. At that time, the situation was very different for us."
It’s even more disadvantageous!”
"Daddy just said that if you want to surpass us in Wharf stocks, you need to use a lot of cash. We will definitely find out. There is nothing to worry about!"
Su Haiwen preached loudly.
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Bao Yugang stopped them in time.
"Okay, what is going on with this matter now has not yet been decided. The other party is not in trouble yet, but we are already quarreling internally. Do you want outsiders to laugh?"
Seeing that Bao Yugang was already angry, Su Haiwen and Wu Guangzheng immediately did not dare to say anything.
In the end, the three of them did not discuss a specific strategy. In the end, they could only decide to wait and see before talking.
However, Bao Yugang's actions actually made Landmark start to become suspicious!