I don’t know if the charter king’s victory over Wharf gave Xiangjiang Chinese capital confidence. Less than two months after the Wharf War, Lee Shau Kei, one of the Three Musketeers of Sun Hung Kai, started a dispute with Jardine Matheson over the ownership of Towngas.
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At present, many of the leaders of these listed companies in Hong Kong do not hold much stock, some even only have more than ten percent, such as the former Wharf and the current China Gas. This also makes it very easy for Hong Kong to acquire companies during this period.
It’s also that Li Jianhui doesn’t have much money in his hands now, otherwise he would never let go of such an opportunity to wipe out Heung Kong Electric, China Electric Power, Towngas, Kowloon Bus, Heung Kong Telephone and other companies.
The people at the helm of these companies are very courageous. They feel that if they own more than 10 to 20 percent of the shares, they are safe, and they feel that no one will take over them in a hostile manner in the stock market.
The Wharf War has not awakened these proud British capitals. They thought that British capital was still the dominant force in Hong Kong and that the chartering king was just an accident.
Now Li Zhaoji's actions have finally awakened the four major foreign banks and other British capital leaders. Jardine Matheson has even announced that Jardine Holdings will cross-shareholding with Jardine Matheson Land to avoid a hostile takeover.
Swire Group also announced that the company will repurchase some shares in the near future and will issue Class B shares.
A company has two trading codes ab shares on the exchange. This involves different rights for the same shares. The shares are the same, but the voting rights are very different. The ratio of voting rights for class a shares and class b shares is 5:1.
Swire hopes to use this to control the company with a small amount of capital to avoid being attacked by Chinese capital like Jardine Matheson.
The two major groups Wheelock and Hutchison Whampoa also have similar actions, and they do not want to be the next target of attack.
They are not as tyrannical as Yihe. Faced with the current extremely aggressive Chinese-owned families, neither Wheelock nor Hutchison Whampoa can guarantee that they can escape unscathed.
Li Jianhui is watching the show from the sidelines and asking the investment department to take advantage of this rising trend to speed up cashing out. At this time, he does not have the funds or energy to play in the small pond of the Hong Kong stock market.
And despite the fierce talk of several major foreign banks, there are not many actual actions, especially the two paper tigers of Hutchison Whampoa and Wheelock.
In the previous life, one of these two houses was captured by Li Chaoren, and the other was captured by the Charter King.
Especially Hutchison Whampoa, which was acquired by Li Chaoren in a snake-swallowing-elephant manner in his previous life next year, which also brought his reputation to a peak, becoming the first Chinese investor in Hong Kong to own the four major foreign industries.
It's just that in this life, due to Li Jianhui's influence, the charter king won the Wharf two years ahead of schedule. Even if Li Chaoren wins Hutchison Whampoa, his reputation will not reach the height of his previous life.
Li Jianhui even suspected that Li Chaoren was already in contact with HSBC, but he didn't know whether the series of chain reactions caused by Li Shaoji's sudden move on Towngas would affect Li Chaoren's layout.
Li Jianhui did not let the investment department follow suit. The remaining funds continued to be operated according to the original plan, and the four major foreign companies could do whatever they wanted. Anyway, he would not send money to these major groups.
As for the battle between Chinese capital and British capital, Li Jianhui is unable to intervene now. He still develops his own industry. In a few years, he will slowly squeeze the market of British capital in Hong Kong and reduce the market share of British capital.
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Li Jianhui is sitting back and watching the storm, but there are people in Xiangjiang who can't sit still at this time.
At the office of General Manager Changshi, Li Chaoren frowned. If he hadn't been concerned about his own image, he would have cursed.
Previously, I laid out the Wharf warehouse, but Li Jianhui appeared halfway.
Now he is secretly arranging Hutchison Whampoa, and another Li Shaoji appears. Although the other party only attacks China Gas, the chain reaction caused directly increases the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa.
This made his plan to acquire the 22.4% shares from HSBC at a low price and become the largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa completely bankrupt.
After all, Shen Bi is just a senior migrant worker. He can properly take care of Li Chaoren within the rules, but if it seriously damages HSBC's interests, Shen Bi can't do it.
In this world, it may not be easy for Li Chaoren to win over Hutchison Whampoa, and he may even miss Hutchison Whampoa for the rest of his life.
As for the man of the hour, Li Zhaoji, as a well-known stock god in Hong Kong, he had actually achieved his goal before Yihe could react.
He has no intention of taking control of Towngas for the time being. Instead, he will work with the current chairman of Towngas to firmly protect the company from being acquired by Jardine Matheson.
As a result, the news from the outside world was spreading in a lively manner, but in the end it was the retail investors who were fooled. The big bankers only chanted good slogans, but did not take many actual actions.
The good news for Li Jianhui is that Huihong Game Company won the lawsuit against RB. Taidong Company stopped the production and sales of Space Invaders and at the same time compensated Huihong Game Company for infringement fees of US$500,000.
This news is a great deterrent to those who plan to copy the game ideas of well-known companies. It also protects the rights and interests of these companies, including Huihong Game Company, so that these companies can be motivated to develop better games.
Of course, this time the RB government has also established a very good image in the world, especially in terms of copyright protection.
On the eve of leaving Xiangjiang, Li Jianhui specially held a high-level meeting of the company, and Li Chunxue also came to attend this time.
It took a long time to go to London this time. There were various news about the current stock market in Hong Kong. In addition, the game company's tank battle was also going to be launched on the market. He needed to make some explanations.
"It is estimated that my trip to England will take about a month. The affairs of the two major companies are handled by the executive deputy general managers respectively. If there is anything, please contact the assistant, Ms. Chen Yulian. If there is an emergency, please contact my eldest sister, Ms. Zhang Li Chunxue."
After Chen Yulian returned to Xiangjiang, she resigned from her position as Zhou Jiayi's assistant and officially became Li Jianhui's assistant. Her current main job is to receive and distribute Li Jianhui's documents.
This time Li Jianhui will stay in London for a month, and Chen Yulian will naturally follow him. At that time, the documents from Xiangjiang will be sent directly to Chen Yulian.
As the legal representative of the two major companies and also the deputy general manager of the two major companies, Li Chunxue has the right to intervene in the company's affairs.
Especially when Li Jianhui left, this representative Li Jianhui supervised the normal operation of the company and handled some urgent matters.
After arranging the affairs of the two major companies, Li Jianhui also specifically told the senior executives of the two major companies to pay attention to their words and deeds and not to express political opinions at will.
In addition, investment companies are also advised not to buy shares of listed companies under the four major foreign banks for the time being, and mainly focus on companies such as Sun Hung Kai, Hang Lung, Hopewell Holdings, and Wing Tai.
As for the four major foreign banks' plans to play with different rights for the same shares in order to protect themselves, Li Jianhui can only say that he thinks too much. In the face of absolute strength, this aspect is completely useless. When the next opportunity comes, Li Jianhui will knock out the ones that once suppressed him one by one.
The four mountains in the Chinese business community in Hong Kong.