It has been two days since I returned to Hong Kong Island. During these two days, Li Yi has been busy with investment settlement.
After all, his second round of investment was all centered around the appreciation of the pound. Now that the exchange rate of the pound against various currencies has basically stabilized, it is time for him to reap the fruits of his investment.
First there is London, which is the bulk of Li Yi's investment.
It is not only about whether Li Yi can make money, but also about whether he can pay off his huge debt.
Yes, it’s debt!
Although Li Yi has a lot of assets now, he also has huge debts.
The first is bank loans. The Royal Bank of the British Empire alone has loans of US$8 billion and HK$60 billion.
Moreover, the interest rates of these two loans are not low. One is 6.5% and the other is 6%. The monthly interest is hundreds of millions of dollars.
Furthermore, he has not yet settled the principal and interest of his last investment in London futures to investors, which can also be regarded as his liability.
Fortunately, this investment was of a wool-gathering nature, so everything went smoothly.
And in order to reap the dividends of this wave of exchange rate adjustments, Li Yi not only did not use the funds settled from the futures market, but also borrowed US$8 billion from the Imperial Bank and converted them into pounds.
These two funds are converted into pounds sterling, which amounts to 12 billion pounds. Now, after the exchange rate adjustment, it can be exchanged for 29.4 billion U.S. dollars.
With such a large sum of money, not only can all debts be paid off smoothly, but there can also be a lot of surplus.
Therefore, after the funds arrived, the first thing Li Yi did was to pay off the debt.
After all, in order to raise enough funds to harvest the wool, Li Yi not only borrowed money from the bank, but also used pound deposits for mortgage/loan. The relationship was very complicated.
And if he wants to transfer the funds back to the country, he has to get rid of these messy relationships.
Fortunately, Li Yi had already signed an agreement with the bank when he took out the loan, and he could repay the loan in advance.
Fortunately, Li Futiao's people were there to handle this investment, so he didn't have to go there in person.
On August 23, news came from Lao Li that after deducting these loans and interest, there was still US$14.996 billion left, and this money had been transferred back to Hong Kong Island.
But this is not the end, because the money also includes the principal and profits he brought from Hong Kong Island during the first round of investment.
You must know that last time, neither the company funds nor the members of the chamber of commerce, nor even the national funds were settled, and all the principal and profits were invested by Li Yi in the second round of investment.
Now that the funds here have been settled, it’s time to repay the principal and interest.
After deducting US$6.6 billion from company funds, US$4.075 billion from chamber of commerce members, US$1.15 billion from the state, and various taxes and fees, there is still US$2.4 billion left in Li Yi's hands.
In addition to the gains in London, Hong Kong Island has also gained a lot.
The amount of investment here is HK$94 billion, equivalent to 5.53 billion pounds.
Among them, the company has 60 billion of its own funds, most of which were borrowed by Li Yi from London.
Of the remaining RMB 30 billion, RMB 18 billion was borrowed by the company from local banks in Hong Kong Island, and RMB 14 billion was raised by members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce themselves.
Now the pound has appreciated by 62%. If converted into Hong Kong dollars, the total value is 152.3 billion.
In other words, in this investment, Xingchen Investment Company instantly earned HK$58.3 billion.
However, Li Yi could not get much of this investment into his own hands, because most of the funds belonged to the company, and Li Yi could only get dividends from the money that belonged to the company.
The only things that really belong to him are the commissions from members of the Chamber of Commerce and Huang Lixing, an individual shareholder, which add up to HK$6.5 billion.
When all funds are settled, the next step is to repay principal and interest to all investors.
The first to receive profits was Xingchen Investment Company. The total principal and profit attributed to Dahai Private Equity Fund was HK$63.585 billion, and the investment income of the company's own funds was HK$89.6 billion.
In addition, the income distributed to members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce from the two investments was HK$86.66 billion, and the comprehensive return on funds from the two investments reached 182%.
As for the company's two shareholders, Li Yi and Huang Lixing, in addition to receiving a large amount of dividends from the company, Huang Lixing invested 4 billion Hong Kong dollars, but ultimately received 11.2 billion in principal and profit.
Li Yi's gains are even more impressive. He earned US$2.4 billion in London, US$4.6 billion in New York, and nearly HK$8 billion in Hong Kong Island.
And this is just a financial gain, the real big deal lies elsewhere!
For example, in the British Isles, he acquired the Sheffield Steel Company on an almost wholly-owned basis. Based on the company's current market value, his stock value exceeds 10 billion pounds.
In addition, he also took 90% of the shares of New Territory Warehouse with the help of that idiot Gusta.
In the near future, this company's market value will be at least 100 billion.
What's more, he also acquired almost all the non-tradable shares of Hang Seng Bank and 15% of Huifeng Bank's shares, which are also valuable.
Of course, there is Greene Brothers in New York. Not to mention that he will receive a large amount of shareholder dividends at the end of this year. At the same time, the soaring stock price has also doubled his worth.
What’s more, he also earned US$1.15 billion for the country this time.
It can be said that in just over 5 months, Li Yi himself, his brothers and friends around him, and those who are willing to believe in him have all made a lot of money!
After the principal and profit are distributed, the next step is a carnival for investors.
This includes members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, other investors of Star Investment Company, and even employees of Star Investment Company.
It is said that when a person achieves enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven, and the current situation is almost like this.
As the news spread that the company distributed investment principals and profits to members of the chamber of commerce, almost all the media in Hong Kong were in a frenzy, and they all dug into the investment situation of Xingchen Investment Company.
At the same time, they also conducted interviews with members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
For a time, newspapers, magazines and even unscrupulous tabloids on Hong Kong Island were reporting on this matter.
Before everyone could recover, someone broke the news that Xingchen Investment Company had given super rewards to all employees in August.
According to reliable sources, Xingchen Investment Company will give all employees an additional half-year salary, and the management will reward each employee with a 500-square-foot fully furnished apartment!
Not only Star Investment Company, but also Star-related companies such as Aegis Security Company, New Territories Warehouse Management Company, Hang Seng Bank, etc., all received notifications of additional bonuses in the last few days of August.
However, the amount of bonuses distributed is not the same!
For a time, the entire Hong Kong media and people were in an uproar again. Everyone was shocked by the arrogance of Xingchen Company.
After the shock, there was envy, and then a large number of talents flocked to Xingxing-type companies, hoping to get a position, so much so that even a cleaning lady sweeping the floors had many people vying for it.
But Li Yi didn't care about these things. At this time, he was busy preparing to return to the mainland.
First of all, he really missed home after being out for so long.
Secondly, Jiang Xue will start school in one week. Not only will Jiang Xue need to go to school, but her mother-in-law Ye Lingyun will also have to go back to teach the students.
Therefore, I must handle things here as soon as possible and then send them back.
In the following time, Li Yi first arranged the investment plan for the second half of the year.
Compared with being cautious in the first half of the year, Li Yi asked the company's investment department to be more hands-off in the second half of the year. Whether it is a real estate company or other manufacturing company, as long as it is in good internal condition, it can invest.
In addition, Li Yi took advantage of the money in his hands and allocated another 10 billion Hong Kong dollars to the New Territories Warehouse, allowing them to carry out all-round construction of the New Territories Warehouse according to the previous plan.
At the same time, Li Yi used another amount of funds to ask the New Territories Warehouse Management Company to delist. He wanted to acquire the New Territories Warehouse as a sole proprietor.
The reason for this is mainly because he knows that there are many people and little land in this place when he first arrived, and the land resources will become more and more valuable.
The most important asset of New Territories Warehouse is land. The value of these lands will increase dozens or hundreds of times in the future. However, compared with the company's potential, the current stock price of the company is really hard to describe.
In this case, when there is no shortage of development funds, why let others share the company's shares for those three melons and two dates.
More importantly, Hong Kong Island has strict regulations on the equity composition of parent companies, and the shareholding ratio of major shareholders cannot exceed 37%.
Obviously, the New Territories warehouse has seriously exceeded the regulations.
In addition, Li Yi's previous incident of finding someone to hold shares on his behalf was exposed, which also had an impact on the company's operations, so he simply chose to delist the company.
Furthermore, in view of this regulation, Li Yi also made adjustments to Hang Seng Bank's shareholdings.
After some operations, Li Yi immediately transferred part of the shares to Jiang Xue for holding. As a result, although the combined shares of the two exceeded the holding amount, they did not exceed the shareholding limit of the major shareholder.
After doing this, Li Yi took his wife, children and relatives with peace of mind and embarked on the way home...
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