"Yes, I am at an advantage in consuming the Kadoorie family's funds now, and I am not the one who is anxious. This is much better than working on China Power in the future." Bao Yugang nodded and said.
Although they are all consuming funds, I don't care about the outcome of the acquisition, and I don't need to consider how much the stock price will rise or whether a takeover bid will be triggered. I just need to desperately consume the funds in the other party's hands. In this case, I even You can deliberately raise the stock price and then cash out, but you can make a small profit.
"That's fine, I will take advantage of this period of time to win over some other shareholders, so as to ensure greater certainty." Kuok Henian said.
"Does Liang Zhonghao still choose to be neutral now? The 10% shares in his hands will still have a lot of influence once the shareholders' meeting is held." Chen Zhiwen asked. At present, both parties have their own advantages. In the case of competing for votes at the shareholders' meeting, one The influence of 10% of the shareholders is almost semi-decisive. Once you join your side, you will almost be sure to win. But if you still help the Kadoorie family, it will be much more difficult for your side.
"This guy has regretted it again recently. He probably saw that the price I offered was too high and wanted to take action, but I didn't reply to him because to acquire his shares, I would directly make a takeover offer." Robert Kuok sighed.
"Yes, if the Hong Kong government hadn't changed the regulations and acquired this 10%, it would have been a sure win." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, there was no way. When several British giants were acquired by him, the Hong Kong government would definitely protect them. Regulations are based on British capital, whether in previous lives or now.
"Acquisition is not possible, but Guo Sheng can consider other ways to exchange and let him support you. Bao Sheng, you can slowly play with the Kadoorie family in the stock market. Hong Kong Electric is already preparing to invest in a large-scale project in eastern Guangdong Province. The power plant will supply part of the electricity back to Hong Kong. Once this news is released, it will inevitably cause CLP's stock price to plummet. When the time comes, we will take action together and try to buy the bottom again." Chen Zhiwen said.
Hong Kong Electric was in the hands of the later generation Li Jiacheng. Although the benefits were very good, after decades of development, it was still on one-third of Hong Kong's land. Chen Zhiwen would not be like this. With such a large domestic market, he would be the number one power generation power in the future. No matter what, you still get a share of the pie. Especially in the 1980s and 1990s, the income of power plants was still very good. They could usually repay their capital in ten years, and the rest was earned.
Therefore, in the past few months, HK Electric's senior management has been discussing with Guangdong Province and Shenhai City, and finally decided to build a large thermal power plant in Shenhai City, part of which will be supplied to Shenhai City, and part to Hong Kong.
In fact, this project has little impact on China Power. Even if it does, it will not be reflected until many years later. However, the capital market mainly looks at future value and development trends. Such a piece of news is enough to make Central Electric Power’s The stock price plummeted.
"Well, it's time for me to take action." Bao Yugang nodded and said. Seeing Chen Zhiwen and Kuok Henian eating meat, he naturally wanted to succeed as soon as possible, and with the arrival of 80 years, he felt more and more The maritime shipping market is about to undergo drastic changes, and huge amounts of funds must be transferred to Hong Kong to achieve true safety.
"Is Hu Sheng still in the country?" Robert Kuok suddenly asked.
"Yes, he is still busy with the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, and he has also traveled to some cities regarding our investment plan. He probably has some goals. When he comes back, he will probably discuss it with us." Chen Zhiwen smiled. said.
Although the Hong Kong market has always made most capitalists jealous, it is obviously not suitable for Hu Yingxiang. This mainland infrastructure maniac is more interested in investing in the mainland. However, what is different from history is that because Chen Zhiwen acquired Hong Kong Electric, and he once revealed The idea of preparing to build a large number of power stations in the country made Hu Ying not prepare to invest in power station projects in eastern Guangdong Province. Instead, he concentrated on inspecting various major rivers in the country and preparing to build bridges on these rivers.
Although he indirectly robbed this infrastructure madman of his business, the Taishan Club investment plan proposed by Chen Zhiwen was enough to compensate the Hu family. Besides, every other province except Eastern Guangdong Province was short of electricity. If Hu Yingxiang still wanted to build a power generation Factory, you can go to other provinces.
"He is more comfortable and doesn't have much ambition." Bao Yugang said with a smile. He had chatted with Hu Yingxiang many times. He already knew that this old friend might not care much about "wealth" anymore.
"Just look at it, we can actually do this, but we don't want to." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. As ordinary people, many people imagine that once they have freedom of wealth, they will be completely free, but in fact, especially People who have earned a lot of wealth through their own efforts are unlikely to stop pursuing wealth.
Those who are less willing to struggle may generally be the rich second generation. Of course, this kind of thing is not necessarily a bad thing. Many big families are not afraid of the second generation eating, drinking and having fun, but they are afraid of the second generation working hard.
Hu Yingxiang's situation is different. He has earned enough wealth in Hong Kong, but when he knew that there was more wealth in Hong Kong, he transferred a large amount of capital to the mainland. In fact, he just didn't care about making more money in Hong Kong.
"Everyone has his own ambitions, but I still admire Hu Sheng." Robert Kuok nodded and said.
"In fact, there are many high-yield projects in China. After finishing dealing with the Kadoorie family, we can also prepare to make a few more investments in the mainland. I guarantee that we will not disappoint everyone." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In the 1980s, hotels or infrastructure projects all had high yields. However, the market was too big and required too much investment. Chen Zhiwen could not capture all of it. Therefore, except for a few with the highest returns, many other companies were introduced. Funds are the most cost-effective.
"Okay, then I'll take my leave first." Bao Yugang nodded and said.
"Okay." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
After the three people said goodbye, the next day, the stock acquisition office of the "Sugar King" of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange suddenly withdrew. Naturally, the Kadoorie family discovered this immediately. After coming for an hour, they also withdrew. The place of acquisition.
Naturally, the stock investors at the scene also knew about this. Both parties suddenly withdrew, which immediately caused panic, especially those investors who took over at high positions. Without knowing what happened, the stock price of the hotel plummeted in one day. The highest price dropped from HK$80 to HK$55.
On the next day, the stock price rose slightly, and it seemed that large capital was purchasing a small amount.
The decline continued on the third day.
It fell on the fourth day.
Article 5 rose slightly.
Time soon entered August, and the hot summer could not warm the cold hearts of many Hong Kong Stock Exchange investors.
During this period, hotel stocks were turbulent like ocean waves. I don’t know how many people wanted to jump in and make a profit, but ended up losing money.
CLP Building Headquarters:
"Brother, in the past half month, Robert Kuok's funds have made large-scale acquisitions and large-scale sell-offs in the stock market, resulting in serious losses on our side. Some of CLP's funds have also suffered some losses." Henry Kadoorie said .
"Constantly buying low and selling high, consuming our funds. The other party's traders should be top masters. They can't even play with those who make multiple profits." Michael Kadoorie said with some heartache, so much money Although he also got some stocks after buying it at a high price, it was really a loss. But now he has more than 25% of the stocks in his hands. He can neither sell nor give up. He is completely trapped. , but there is no other better way.
"One more thing. Hong Kong Electric has announced a cooperation plan with the Mainland. It plans to build thermal power plants in the Mainland and then transmit electricity to Hong Kong in reverse. This caused the stock price of CLP to plummet. Standard Chartered Bank just called to confirm. , although it is not said, the meaning is obvious, let us control risks." Henry Kadoorie said.
"Don't worry about this matter. We are also discussing cooperation with China. Even if HK Electric continues to cooperate with China, it will not directly affect us in the short term." Michael Kadoorie said.
Henry said hesitantly: "It's better not to announce this matter for the time being. We are working with nuclear power plants. From a global history, no one likes nuclear power plants nearby. If it is leaked, I am afraid it will cause certain problems."
"That's right, let's wait until the matter at the hotel is over." Michael Kadoorie nodded and said, "Liang Zhonghao seems to be avoiding me recently and suddenly traveled to Southeast Asia. That is Kuok Henian's territory. I am worried that he will betray us. .”
"Liang Zhonghao? If he is bribed by Robert Kuok, what about us?" Henry Kadoorie was shocked. As the major shareholder of the hotel, if he does not support the Kadoorie family, it will be troublesome.
"The most disgusting thing is that the man named Liang has always promised to stand by us, but at the last moment he actually hid." Michael Kadoorie said with some sadness. If the Liang family did not support the Kadoorie family at the beginning, then In the face of attacks from Southeast Asian capital giants, even if they want to preserve the family assets, if they really can't do it, they will give up voluntarily to get the maximum benefit. But now, the family has lost a lot of money and invested a lot of money. If it goes on for hundreds of millions of dollars, there is a high probability that it will end in failure.
"Now there is no possibility of escaping unharmed." Henry Kadoorie said with a frown.
"We can only take one step at a time." Michael Kadoorie sighed.
Galaxy Building:
"Sheng Bao, let me tell you some good news. The Kadoorie family has spent a lot of existing funds recently, and there is news from Standard Chartered Bank." Chen Zhiwen made an appointment with Bao Yugang and told him the good news.
Standard Chartered Bank lent hundreds of millions to the Kadoorie family, so it naturally has the right to supervise the flow of funds. However, this is a commercial secret and the bank cannot inform others. But as long as it does not involve too specific information, it is a very vague gray area. Besides, Chen Zhiwen doesn’t need such accurate data. A difference of tens of millions is not a problem, and in order to avoid legal risks, these things are done by his subordinates. Chen Zhiwen and Bill Winter, the senior manager of Standard Chartered, will not talk about this. Confidential information is always informed by subordinates and then reported to the boss.
"It's almost the same. I've spent 200 million Hong Kong dollars here. In this case, after I dispose of these stocks and cash them out, I will officially announce the acquisition plan for China Electronics." Bao Yugang nodded.
"Okay, everything goes as planned." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
Ten days later, when the hotel's share price fell below HK$40 again, two more news shocked the whole Hong Kong.
Robert Kuok officially announced that he had acquired 34.9% of the shares. According to Hong Kong government regulations, he can join the board of directors of the hotel and obtain two voting rights on the board of directors. He also publicly publicized that the Kadoorie family has devoted all its resources and energy to Invested in China Power and ignored the needs of big hotel shareholders.
Therefore, he officially announced the convening of the board of directors as a major shareholder, demanding the removal of the current board of directors and the re-establishment of a new top management. His intention to seize the opportunity is well known to everyone.
But this is actually within everyone's expectation. After all, the stock market has been playing for more than a month. I don't know how many people have profited from it, but another piece of news is even more shocking.
Pao Yugang officially announced that he already owns 22.8% of the shares of China Power. Because he is optimistic about the future development of Hong Kong's power industry, he plans to make long-term acquisitions in the stock market in cash until the acquisition reaches 34.9%. However, Pao Yugang He also stated that he would not compete for the management rights of the company.
But who would believe this?
Anyone with any brains knows that Pao Yugang aims to acquire China Power, and Kuok Henian's previous acquisition of the hotel was obviously just foreplay, or the two of them had discussed it, otherwise, one world's Sugar King, one world How could the Ship King suddenly attack the Kadoorie family at the same time?
As for the Kadoorie family, they were really unlucky to be preyed upon by two of the most powerful Chinese in the world.
Hong Kong, HSBC Headquarters.
Shen Bi personally received a guest who had not been here for a long time.
"Sheng Chen, I don't know what advice you can give me if you come to HSBC in person." Shen Bi said with a smile. Although he has been slapped in the face and cheated many times, he still needs to have the most basic dignity of the upper class.
"Mr. Shen Bi, I came here today to avoid another conflict." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Conflict? So, the siege of the Kadoorie family was indeed caused by Chen Sheng." Shen Bi said calmly: "At the beginning, I was very surprised why Robert Kuok would keep an eye on the hotel. Later, Pao Yugang took action. , I just understood, but if the two of them can cooperate like this, I guess there must be someone guiding them. The only person in the world who has this ability is Chen Sheng."
"Thank you for the compliment." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile: "Mr. Shen Bi, I actually don't want to be an enemy of HSBC, so I came here to communicate first while HSBC has not intervened much.
Bao Sheng was determined to abandon the ship and land, and no one could stop him. This actually enabled Mr. Shen Bi to change his strategy for ocean shipping. "
"So Bao Yugang chose China Power, which is a very good choice." Shen Bi nodded and said. Since he took office at HSBC, he has keenly discovered the possible crisis in the HNA market in the future, so he began to cut off HSBC's ties with many shipping companies. The company's cooperation also includes Bao Yugang, even if he is a director of HSBC. HSBC's boss has absolute control, but the relationship between the two is not bad.
"There are indeed many high-quality companies in Hong Kong, but there are only a few that can meet Pao Yugang's financial requirements. This involves the investment of Bao Sheng's lifetime assets. He will never give up, so any help to the Kadoorie family The consortium or bank needs to consider how much it can support, because if it fails, it will be a huge financial loss." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Sheng Chen is very resourceful. From Kuok Henian to Pao Yugang, everything is under your control. It seems that if the Kadoorie family company is acquired, Chen Sheng will benefit a lot." Pao Yugang said with a smile.
"Just becoming a shareholder, there may be some other cooperation." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"Well, I won't help the Kadoorie family anymore." Shen Bi thought for a while, nodded and said, facing three of the world's top Chinese, HSBC would not be stupid enough to go head-to-head.
(End of chapter)
