The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 157 Industrial Restructuring
Just when everyone was waiting for a good show, the Xinjian Department and the British-funded company did something that surprised them.

On October 10, HSBC, Jardine and Swire jointly donated HKD 21 million to Tiu Keng Leng Middle School, and HSBC also donated HKD 500 million to Tiao Keng Leng Primary School alone.

Then in the afternoon, Lane Crawford and IKEA Convenience Store signed strategic cooperation agreements with International Milk Company and Swire Beverage Company.

If it weren't for April 4st, they would have thought it was April Fool's Day. In the past two years, Li Jianhui has always been the first person to target the Hong Kong British-funded consortium. Although the two sides would not talk about bloody feuds, there are quite a lot of enmities.

Now that the two parties have suddenly reached a cooperation, it seems that all the previous grievances have disappeared, which really makes the citizens of Xiangjiang unbelievable.

Some investment institutions secretly said that it was a pity that they had already ambushed Xiangjiang Aircraft Engineering Company in the stock market, and they were waiting for Li Jianhui to make a move. Looking at the interaction between the two parties now, I am afraid that there is no chance to make a lot of money on this in a short time.

Naturally, Li Jianhui will not hold a lot of money and not sell it. On the afternoon of Monday, the 23rd, the Kowloon Bus Company held a press conference. Xinjian Investment Company acquired 6000% of the original second largest shareholder Sun Qiyong at a price of 17.5 million Hong Kong dollars. shares, becoming the new second largest shareholder of Kowloon Bus with 20.3% of the shares.

At the same time, the Kowloon Bus Company also announced that in order to improve the traffic lines between Tseung Kwan O and Tin Shui Wai, the company plans to build bus hubs in the two places, and at the same time, it plans to purchase 100 public buses to meet the needs of the new lines.

According to the resolution of the company's board of directors, the company will raise [-] million yuan in the market to support the development of this plan. At that time, Jiulong Holding Company and Xinjian Investment Company will subscribe in the same proportion.

The response from all walks of life was relatively flat. Lui Jue-kun and Li Jianhui were allies. Kowloon Bus has been strengthening the lines between Tseung Kwan O and Tin Shui Wai for more than a year, which once caused dissatisfaction among other shareholders of Kowloon Bus.

Because the profit from the opening of the lines in these two places is far from comparable to that in the urban area, the stock of Kowloon Bus has not only failed to follow the rise of the market for more than a year, but has also fallen a little bit.

The entry of Xin Jian Investment Company this time has also strengthened the control of both parties on Kowloon Bus. In the future, I am afraid that it will accelerate the tilt towards Tseung Kwan O and Tin Shui Wai.

On the same night, the Xinjian Department finally released two big news. Wheelock Shipping and Huangpu Rudder Company merged to form Huangpu Shipping Group, of which Hutchison Whampoa holds 61% of the shares, and Wheelock Group holds 39% of the shares. .

It owns Huangpu Shipping Company, Huangpu Port Company and Huangpu Shipping Company.

At the same time, Lane Crawford, Watsons, and IKEA also merged to establish E-Go Retail Group, which owns four brands: Lane Crawford, Watsons, IKEA and E-Go.

Xinjian Investment has 3 million Hong Kong dollars and IKEA Convenience Store holds 41% of the shares, Wheelock Group holds 32% of the shares, and Hutchison Whampoa holds 27% of the shares.

In addition, the Xinjian Department has also adjusted the names of the major groups. The current Wheelock Group has been renamed Wheelock Holdings, and the director of the company, Wei Li, will serve as the chairman and president of E-Go Retail Group.

Hutchison Whampoa changed its name to Whampoa Holdings, and company director Clay Johnson became chairman and president of Whampoa Shipping Group.

So far, the two foreign firms were basically split and reorganized by Li Jianhui, and the chairman of the Xiangjiang Exchange was shocked by the news that night and lost sleep.

Based on his understanding of Li Jianhui, once Tesco Group and Huangpu Shipping Group complete the reorganization, they will inevitably go to the Far East Exchange for listing, which will be a great blow to the Xiangjiang Exchange.

To put it bluntly, the so-called Wheelock Holdings and Huangpu Holdings are now empty shells. Once they lose the shares of those companies, they can directly withdraw from the stock market. If the relationship between the various companies in the Xinjian Department is not too complicated , There is absolutely no need to keep these two companies.

In the morning of the next day, the Xinjian department still did not stop. This time, the target was directed at Xiangjiang Air Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd., a company established in 1971. Defeng Group ranked second, accounting for 35% of the shares, Hutchison Whampoa and Swire tied for third, each accounting for 25%.

This company was mainly managed by Jardine Matheson before, but now Li Jianhui has resold the shares held by Wheelock Holdings to Whampoa Holdings, making Whampoa Holdings surpass Jardines and become the largest shareholder of the company.

On the same day, Clay Johnson asked Xiangjiang Air Cargo Terminal Company to hold a board meeting. The intention was quite obvious, that is, he wanted to control this company in the hands of Huangpu Holding Company.

The situation in Xiangjiang has become completely lively due to a series of actions by the Xinjian Department. Facing the newly established e-buy retail group, it is difficult for Wellcome Supermarket to fight against it. It is difficult to shake the hegemony of Xiangjiang's retail industry in a short time.

The establishment of Huangpu Shipping Group made this group immediately become one of the leading shipping companies in Xiangjiang, and its strength is enough to be compared with Global Shipping and OOCL.

Moreover, Huangpu Shipping Group not only has a fleet, but also has ports and shipyards.

For more than a century, the main business of Huangpu Shipping Company has been shipbuilding and maintenance. Although the shipbuilding is not so good now, the maintenance is still very good.

Moreover, with the phased closure of the Whampoa Dockyard and its relocation to Tsing Yi, there is a large area for Hutchison Land Group to develop. You must know that in the previous life Li Chaoren relied on the establishment of Whampoa Garden here to obtain a considerable profit.

In the office of the president of Wheelock Building, Zhou Jiayi reported to Li Jianhui the reorganization and renaming of various companies in the past few days.

"At present, we have basically completed the renaming of several major companies, but after the reorganization, these companies still need a period of time to adjust, especially the Huangpu Shipping Group. After the merger of the two parties, the comprehensive utilization of the fleet needs to be further adjusted."

Li Jianhui didn't expect much fighting power from the two major groups immediately after the reorganization. He gave the two major groups a year to integrate and optimize their internal operations, especially the shipping group, which is currently in a contraction period and does not need to be busy expanding.

E-buy is better. Although it is merged, several subsidiaries operate relatively independently. It only needs some integration in logistics, transportation and product procurement. With Wei Li's ability, Li Jianhui believes that he can lead this group well.

"What's the mood outside now, have the stock prices of Wheelock and Whampoa rebounded?"

In the past few days, the two major groups have been in chaos, and the market is worried that these two companies will become empty shells in the future, so that many institutions directly ship and leave, so as not to be trapped by Xinjian's investment in time.

In the past two days, the stock markets of the two major companies have been quite cold, and a red line on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has dropped straight down.

"Lanfeng Investment (Xiangjiang) Company, Yuntao Investment Company, and Xingsha Investment Company have quietly inhaled in the stock market. The stock price has stabilized now, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back up in a short time."

"That's enough. Tell Zhou Pengfei to make plans for the three investment companies in different directions. Don't just focus on the companies of our Xinjian Department and allies."

No matter Liu Shunqin, Zhang Wenquan, or the general manager of Lanfeng Investment (Xiangjiang) Company Joseph Rodman, they were not aware of their relationship with the Xinjian Department, and they followed Zhou Pengfei's arrangement.

However, there are people from the Intelligence and Governance Office in these major companies, so Li Jianhui can clearly understand what's going on here.

(End of this chapter)