Mr. Rong from CEFC Hong Kong came to visit Lin Zuhui's office, which made Lin Zuhui very stressed. He was worried that Mr. Rong would like his Hengchang Holdings. If that were the case, it would be strange if Lin Zuhui didn't scold him.
Lin Zuhui is not Li Chaoren. His media and communication industry determine that he is the anchor of Hong Kong, so he is not worried about anyone who dares to put his little shoes on. Li Chaoren's influence is only economic, while Lin Zuhui's influence is
Comprehensively, he not only has strong economic strength, but also controls public opinion in Hong Kong. Even Sin Chew Daily, the largest Chinese newspaper in Malay, is his property.
Of course, Lin Zuhui still invited Mr. Rong to sit down on the sofa to save face, and then drank tea with him. He was not anxious about the purpose of Mr. Rong's visit to him, but instead talked about some gossip among rich friends, completely forgetting that this was
operating hours.
On the contrary, Mr. Rong could no longer hold it in any longer and took the time to say, "Lin Sheng, I'm here to ask you for help this time. You are the only one in Hong Kong who can help Huaxin with this!"
Lin Zuhui said calmly: "Look at what you said, I am a rising star in Xiangjiang, a junior of Li Chaoren. With Li Chaoren as a director of CEFC, what else can't be done!"
Seeing Lin Zuhui's intention to refuse, Young Master Rong suddenly looked a little decadent, but he still said: "Superman Li can handle it, but I think I should also listen to your opinion!"
At this time, whether it was for that reason or not, Lin Zuhui was naturally not afraid at all.
So, he smiled and said: "Then tell me, if you can help Huaxin, I will certainly have nothing to say."
Mr. Rong first revealed a "scandalous incident": In September this year, after the consortium headed by China Credit Pacific completed the backdoor listing, Mr. Rong was very ambitious and enthusiastically led a team to Europe, the United States, and Japan to promote their products (note: promotion
Zhongtai Stock (Zhongtai Investment Securities, which requires foreign consortiums to invest and entrust Zhongtai Investment Securities). At the beginning, he thought that he would be able to show off in front of Guilao and Toyo Fund. Unexpectedly, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Japanese institutional investors had no regard for him.
He ruthlessly criticized CEFC Pacific for taking advantage of its large backing and taking advantage of Jiuqi's transition to buy right and left in Hong Kong. Although it owned shares in blue-chip companies such as Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Telecom, it had no business of its own.
It cannot be used as a long-term investment object.
The overseas consortium listened to the evaluation of some overseas media and did not conduct a comprehensive and objective credit investigation on Huatai. The result was a lukewarm response. Only then did Mr. Rong realize that as a subsidiary of Huaxin Pacific, the image given to the outside world was that of a trust investment.
A company, rather than an industrial company, it is impossible for Huatai to control British-owned Cathay Pacific and Telecom as its own.
After hearing this, Lin Zuhui said calmly: "What are you going to do?"
Mr. Rong immediately said: "I would like to ask you to become a director of our Huaxin Pacific. I know that you are a true expert in the financial field. No one in Hong Kong can compare with you. And I, Huaxin Pacific, also want to own our own business through acquisitions.
And it is growing rapidly. So, I hope you can help us with our strategy!"
It turned out that Lin Zuhui was worried for nothing. In fact, it was because he had a guilty conscience and robbed Huaxin Taifu of the opportunity, thinking that Mr. Rong was here to collect debts.
But after thinking about it, how could this be possible? No matter how ignorant Mr. Rong is, he would not dare to make such an excessive request. Even if Lin Zuhui did not own Hengchang Holdings and was another owner with an unknown reputation, he would not dare to break the rules like this.
To be honest, Lin Zuhui's robbery of Hengchang Holdings is equivalent to cutting off more than 30% of the future of Heung Kong Huaxin Pacific. After all, the businesses of Hengchang Holdings are very high-quality: 40% of the car sales in Hengjiang and the rice and oil trade. In fact,
, it is already difficult to find such good high-quality assets.
Lin Zuhui said: "What does Li Chaoren say? He is also a master of acquisitions. There is no reason why he can't help with this kind of thing! Besides, CEFC is a representative of red chip stocks. I believe Hong Kong investors will still pursue it. If it raises funds through rights issues,
There should be no problem!”
Young Master Rong blushed slightly. He had also approached Li Chaoren, and Li Chaoren also agreed to take this matter seriously; but what he thought was that having more backers would give him greater strength.
What's more, in his heart, or in the hearts of Xiangjiang people, maybe Lin Chaoren is more powerful than Li Chaoren!
Mr. Rong said: "I think Lin Sheng has grown by relying on acquisitions, so I still hope you will join our Huaxin Pacific and give us advice!"
In response to Mr. Rong's repeated invitations, Lin Zuhui could only say: "Okay! But I still can't agree to serve as a director of CEFC, but I will give you some suggestions on your acquisition of the company."
There was a look of disappointment on Mr. Rong's face. He knew that Lin Zuhui did not want to serve as a director of Huaxin Pacific at the same time as Li Chaoru. However, he quickly changed because Lin Zuhui had agreed to help.
"Thank you so much!"
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later! Originally, I recently wanted to acquire a good company as a reinforcement of the group. But since you came to me for help, I will take it out and let you choose first.
!”
Mr. Rong did not expect such a good thing, and said quickly: "Thank you so much, just tell me!"
Lin Zuhui said: "Do you know anything about Asian Securities?"
Mr. Rong immediately said: "Wei Li's Asia Securities?"
Lin Zuhui nodded!
Mr. Rong said: "Lin Sheng, do you have any specific information?"
Lin Zuhui found a piece of information from the office cabinet and gave it to him. Mr. Rong read it carefully.
Asia Securities is now the securities company with the highest market capitalization in Hong Kong, with a market capitalization of 3 billion; second is Sun Hung Kai Securities, and third is Peregrine, which was established less than three years ago.
However, Asia Securities is not so much a securities company as a real estate company. After all, more than 80% of its assets and more than 70% of its profits come from the real estate business, which is why its market value is relatively high.
Speaking of the history of Asia Securities, we have to start with its predecessor, which was originally a property company - Dayuan Real Estate. This was a very small listed company with only tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars at the time. After being acquired by Weili, it injected
The assets of Asia International Corporation have completed the backdoor listing process. As a veteran of capital operations, it can be seen from the name of the company that Wei Li's purpose is to establish a first-class securities company in Asia and maneuver in the world of capital.
However, as time went by, Wei Li's wishful thinking was shattered before and after the stock market crash in 1987; after the stock market crash, Asia Securities had to fully acquire Huaguang Real Estate (owned by Zhao Congyan's family), so that Asia Securities almost became a real estate company.
company.
It’s a long story. Before the stock market crash, the Hong Kong stock market was on a rising tide, and the stock price of Huaguang Real Estate had soared to HK$2.275 per share. According to the earlier agreement between Wei Li and the Zhao family, through Asia Securities
It is quite advantageous to purchase a large number of shares at HK$1.65 per share. Asia Securities holds more than 35% of the equity of Huaguang Real Estate, and it needs to make a comprehensive closing proposal to all shareholders, which is only a formal requirement. Because of the stock price of Huaguang Real Estate at that time
The acquisition price has already exceeded the acquisition price of HK$1.8 per share, so naturally no one is willing to accept the acquisition. Under this situation, Asia Securities does not need to make any financial arrangements at all, it just waits for the acquisition documents to be issued and the acquisition period to end.
Unexpectedly, before the acquisition document was issued, the global stock market crash suddenly struck in October, and Huaguang Real Estate's stock price plummeted to a low price of HK$1.28 per share. According to the Takeovers and Mergers Code, Asian Securities must use the previous six months to
The highest price of the acquisition was HK$1.8 per share. In such a situation, Asia Securities had to rush to arrange finance to meet the acquisition needs. As a result, Asia Securities purchased more than 90% of the equity of Huaguang Real Estate and conducted a compulsory acquisition in accordance with the Company Law. It has been listed for 14 years.
Huaguang Real Estate was eventually privatized due to a change of ownership and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Securities.
Blessings always come with each other. With the rapid growth of the real estate market in the past three years, Asia Securities has been a blessing in disguise. It has made a lot of profits by relying on the high-quality properties of Huaguang Real Estate.
After a long time, Mr. Rong said: "It's indeed very good, but Wei Li holds 49.5% of the shares. If he has no intention of selling, he can't take it anyway!"
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Then go and ask. Wei Li is not from Xiangjiang, and he has a girlfriend from Australia. He may want to quit! If Watson Pacific can win Asia Securities, it will greatly strengthen its real estate business.
Financial strength.”
If Mr. Rong hadn't come to find him, Lin Zuhui would have thought about moving to Asia Securities, but he didn't have much interest. It was purely because the company's asset value was good, so he paid attention to it.
If Huaxin Pacific annexes Asia Securities, its strength will increase several times, and real estate will also have the opportunity to participate in the future. Of course, this does not refer to independent development of sites, but only shares in real estate investment.
Mr. Rong asked again: "The market value is already 3 billion. If it is a full acquisition, it will be more than 3.5 billion! Does Huaxin Taifu have insufficient funds?"
Hey, it’s like being a father and a mother at the same time.
Lin Zuhui said: "It's very simple. First, form a consortium to privatize Asia Securities. Then you, Huatai CITIC, will find an opportunity to raise funds through rights issues and redeem the shares of other consortia at a reasonable and profitable price. In this way, Huatai CITIC will fully acquire
Asia Securities.”
Mr. Rong's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "We also invite Lin Sheng to be the chief helmsman!"
Lin Zuhui waved his hand quickly and said: "Wei Li and I are not familiar with each other. You might as well let Li Chaoren assist you. It doesn't matter if our New Era Group takes shares. I can give you some ideas for your reference!"
Mr. Rong immediately became grateful! He also lamented that this trip was worthwhile. Regardless of whether the acquisition of Asia Securities was successful or not, he at least found a direction, a direction for Huaxin Pacific to grow.
Moreover, in his opinion, Lin Zuhui's grasp of the situation is very accurate. It would be very beneficial to CEFC Pacific to consult him.
Finally, Mr. Rong said: "Lin Sheng, I'm going to invite a few friends over the weekend. How about we all play golf together?"
Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "Of course, I have a very good relationship with Li Chaoren. We are just competing in business, and there is nothing private!"
Mr. Rong nodded quickly and secretly sighed at Lin Zuhui's intelligence. He only scratched the surface and others guessed it. He was also worried that it would be inconvenient for Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren to meet!
After Mr. Rong left, Lin Zuhui smiled and shook his head. After this battle, I don’t know how many Z-funds will come to Hong Kong for backdoor listings and ask for my help!
It seems that Li Chaoren was busy with these things in his previous life, and Guo Huonian was also involved.
Now, fortunately, I have also been involved in the big wave of "backdoor listing" of red chip stocks.
Of course, there are 1,000 Chinese-funded companies in Hong Kong, but less than 100 are capable of backdoor listing; what's more, there are only a few with the prefix "G" worth the help of Hong Kong tycoons like Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren.
In fact, for Lin Zuhui, participating in this kind of thing is also a good thing. On the one hand, making good friends with mainland companies, and on the other hand, he can legitimately participate in red chip stocks. These stocks have been very popular in recent years, as long as they are sold in time
If you lose it and cash out, it doesn't matter how you develop in the future.
As for how much help Lin Zuhui can do, in fact, this kind of backdoor listing is simply easy for him.
Who has the most shells in his hands is, of course, Li Mingzhi, who came to Hong Kong from Australia.
Li Mingzhi owns about 8 listed companies. As long as Lin Zuhui wants to touch him, he will basically be found out by the China Securities Regulatory Commission immediately. Because others can't see through his tricks, Lin Zuhui can see through his tricks.
At this time, Li Mingzhi’s trick has not been exposed by anyone. That’s because others don’t know that Li Mingzhi is the major shareholder of eight listed companies on the market. Li Mingzhi used concealment techniques to divulge himself to several listed companies.
The identities of the major shareholders were hidden, and assets were transferred back and forth behind the scenes. In the end, all the assets of the small shareholders were gone.
His tactics are clever, but as long as the Securities Regulatory Commission understands that he operates this way, it can request a suspension of trading and conduct a search on the matter.
In this way, Li Mingzhi will naturally sell his shell immediately, and the shell of Chinese investment in Hong Kong will be solved.