You have to go to work even on Valentine's Day, this is what Lin Zuhui said to Guan Jiahui in the morning.
Of course, it might be possible to get off work early.
When I arrived at Wanhui Publishing House in the morning, the staff greeted me warmly. Everyone was in good spirits. There are probably two reasons:
First, the news that the company will give out a total of 200,000 year-end bonuses to all employees this year has been released and will be paid out together with wages tomorrow. This is undoubtedly good news for everyone who has only been employed for two months.
Secondly, the sales volume of "FHM" has climbed again and is close to 70,000 copies. It has grown in "adversity". Of course, it is also due to the fact that it has spent another 500,000 in advertising fees.
The sales volume of "FHM" determines the income of everyone in the company, so every employee of Wanhui Publishing House has a sense of responsibility and devotes his or her efforts.
When I came to my office, there was a copy of the eighth issue of "FHM" to be released tomorrow on my desk. The "Gang Girl" was the new beauty - Wang Zuxian.
The fact that Joey Wong became the eighth "gang girl" in "FHM" was promoted by Shaw Brothers Films, because Joey Wong has a movie released on the 19th of this month and wanted to promote it in "FHM".
At this time, "FHM" was very famous, with advertising fees of millions every month. Naturally, inviting female stars from Hong Kong would not be rejected or asked for remuneration; not only that, many female stars began to contact "FHM" proactively.
"Gang", hoping to become a "gang girl".
Unfortunately, no one took the initiative to ask him out for dinner. Lin Zuhui secretly scolded these actresses for being "ignorant"; after his youth campus magazine "GOOD" came out, he had to ask for some "facilitation fees" from the actresses he liked.
Just when Lin Zuhui was immersed in the wonderful "memories" with the celebrities, the phone on the table rang.
"Hello"
"Big brother, big brother, something big happened!"
"You were bitten?"
"It's not a big boss, it's a group called the 'Qiu Teck Puat Consortium', which published an advertisement in the newspaper: stating that it has purchased 14% of Wheelock's shares from the Madden family, and is now beginning to fully acquire Wheelock's shares from other shareholders;
The bid price is 6.2 Hong Kong dollars for A shares and 6.2 cents for B shares.”
Wheelock Stock is the only listed company in Hong Kong that owns AB shares. The prices of A shares and B shares are ten times different, but the votes are the same.
When the Marden family of Wheelock came up with this idea, the bosses of Hong Kong's listed companies were shocked and immediately wanted to follow Wheelock's example in setting up an AB share system. Among them was Li Chaoren's Cheung Kong Holdings.
How can this work? If everyone does this, isn't the Hong Kong stock market in chaos? The result is that the Hong Kong government urgently called for a halt, and everyone failed. But Wheelock, which had already implemented AB shares, became a fish that slipped through the net.
"Calm down, isn't it 6.2 Hong Kong dollars per share? Can you make some progress?" Lin Zuhui said calmly.
"Yeah, I'll listen to the boss."
Over there, Fang Jin felt relieved when he heard Lin Zuhui's calm tone.
You know, Great Wisdom Investment Company invested 19 million yuan to purchase Wheelock, and the cost price was only HK$4.3; according to the current purchase price, they have already made 40% of the profit.
The boss is worthy of being a boss, and his investment awareness simply daunts all investors in Hong Kong.
Lin Zuhui said on the phone: "Don't worry about it. Qiu Deba will not be like Wheelock. He is just a dragon crossing the river. There are countless local snakes in Xiangjiang. It is the Nanyang Consortium's turn to challenge."
Qiu Teck Puat ranks second among the richest Chinese in Sing Tao, second only to the Ng Teng Fong family, with family assets approaching tens of billions.
"kindness"
Putting down the phone, Lin Zuhui showed a proud smile, he could finally witness a takeover battle.
Not only can you witness it, but you can also participate.
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The Wheelock War is about to break out. Some smart investors will not hand over their chips to Qiu Deba immediately, but there are also some fools who will hand over their chips, but it will not affect the overall situation.
turn out to be.
If it weren't for the Wheelock War, most Xiangjiang people would not know that Wheelock's largest shareholder is actually the Cheung Yu-liang family.
Zhang Yuliang's father, Zhang Zhushan, started his business in Western medicine (the war fortune was made during the Korean War, so all of it was later transferred to Australia), and got involved in real estate in the late 1950s. In 1962, Zhang Zhushan's fourth son, Zhang Yuliang, built two buildings with family funds - the Federal Building.
The International Building (the two buildings were sold for 2.3 billion in 1981) shows how wealthy this family is. At that time, none of the four major families could compare with the Zhang family.
At that time, there was only one British-owned stock exchange in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and it was difficult for Chinese companies to go public. Zhang Yuliang decided to go public through a backdoor listing. He successively used the Federal Building and the International Building in exchange for 77% of the shares of Federal Real Estate owned by the Madden family.
From 1970 to 1972, Zhang Yuliang used part of the shares of Federal Real Estate and a large number of properties in exchange for the shares of the Madden family Wheelock; at the highest point, Zhang Yuliang held 40% of Wheelock's shares, while the Madden family held less than 20%.
%.
However, Zhang Yuliang has always kept a low profile and only serves as a director of Wheelock. The Madden family serves as chairman of the board of directors and president.
The Zhang family goes public through a backdoor scheme, and only wants the meat (the real thing), regardless of the shell (the name); this character is completely opposite to that of the Marden family, who only wants the shell, regardless of the fact that the meat has been hollowed out.
Because of this, the Madden family never felt that Zhang Yuliang was a threat.
Xiao Ma is well-known in Hong Kong for his great achievements. In 1980, he built Wheelock Building. His real estate trust had enough funds to build it alone; but he invited major real estate developers to participate, and the largest shareholder was Zhang.
family.
In other words, the funds in Xiao Maden's hands could have been used to build one building, but he insisted on building ten buildings. As for the proportion of equity, he did not care at all. What he cared about was that these ten buildings nominally belonged to Maden.
Den family.
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This time, the Madden family quietly transferred the shares to Qiu Deba without saying hello to the board of directors. Zhang Yuliang was probably furious: I am Wheelock’s major shareholder, with a large shareholding and great power. How could you do such a thing behind my back?
What about the big things?
At this time, Zhang Yuliang held 34% of Wheelock's equity. Logically speaking, the equity was very stable;
However, Qiu Teck Puat launched a comprehensive acquisition, which means that when the shares reach 51%, the acquisition can be declared successful.
Comprehensive acquisition is not privatization. It only needs to exceed 50% to declare victory and become the chairman of the board of directors.
Then again, Zhang Yuliang holds 34% of the shares. If he wants to defeat the Qiu Tak Pak consortium, he only needs to acquire 17% of Wheelock's shares, which is relatively easy.
After all, Qiu Deba only owns 14% of the shares.
But unfortunately, like the Madden family, the Zhang family also wants to fade out of Hong Kong and invest overseas.
So, how could they allocate funds to fully acquire Wheelock.
As for selling it to Qiu Deba, that is even more impossible. There is no such way in a takeover war.
Zhang Yuliang could only find a foreign player to take over his shares, and emphasized that the foreign player must defeat Qiu Deba. He must be a powerful player. He was not familiar with the charter king, but he was familiar with Li Chaoren, so he must find Li Chaoren.