Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 254 [Wharf Acquisition Battle 2]

In the office of Evergrande Real Estate, Lin Rongheng warmly received the visiting Li Ka-shing.

Lin Rongheng said: "Li Sheng, if you have nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall, if you have any suggestions for cooperation, I'm all ears!"

The relationship between the two is very normal, but they have not turned against each other. After all, although Lin Rongheng has robbed many of Li Chaoren's careers, they all settled ahead of time, and there has been no confrontation at all; and although Li Chaoren feels pressure from Lin Rongheng, after all, others are legal It is impossible for him to hate others because of legitimate business practices.

In the past few years, Li Chaoren has not completely declined after losing the original big opportunity; Cheung Kong Industrial has opened up a new broad road, which is to cooperate with factories that have land but no experience in property development.

With the prosperity of real estate, many factory owners are determined to develop their old-fashioned factories into the real estate industry. Li Chaoren officially took this point and went to lobby those factory owners to cooperate with him; The boss sells the land and gets [-]% of the profit from the development of the property.

In the past few years, Li Chaoren has successively cooperated with companies such as Henglong Real Estate, Quanli Foundation, Guangshenghang, and Nanyang Sand Field. Through this method, Cheung Kong has developed very rapidly, because Cheung Kong only needs to produce a small amount of foundation materials. Money, and through "selling off-plan flats" to support the war, you can share considerable profits with the cooperative company.

Wearing a pair of glasses, Li Ka-shing looked decent, and said straight to the point: "I want to transfer 300 million Wharf shares to Lin Sheng!"

Lin Rongheng had a happy expression on his face, and said with a smile: "I can't ask for it! Since Li Sheng is so helpful, I won't be stingy, so how about we trade at 55 Hong Kong dollars per share?" Lin Rongheng didn't care about the premium of more than 20%. Jardine announced the acquisition, which is more than 100 Hong Kong dollars per share.

Li Ka-shing did not expect Lin Rongheng to be so 'generous', so he said: "Yes!"

Both of them seem to know that the other party is a competitor at this time, especially in Hutchison Whampoa, so the two discussed about the Wharf share transaction, and after reaching an agreement, they separated.

After getting Li Chaoren's 300 million shares, Lin Rongheng's personal shareholding became 28%. Adding in the 5% of Qi Tak Real Estate, Li's acquisition was only 18% away.

Lin Rongheng didn't intend to wait a year or two before taking down Wharf Group like Bao Yugang did, so he planned to end the battle this year.

The Hongkong Land Company controls the administrative power of Wharf, and behind it is the giant Jardine Matheson. Before 1978, it can be said that it was arrogant. Take precautions, holding only 20% of the shares of Wharf Group-this has become the Achilles' heel.

It's not that Jardine and Land is ignorant of this situation, but this old British foreign company is too arrogant. In their eyes, Jardine and Land are very confident in acquiring Chinese-funded companies. The Milk Company is a lesson from the past. challenge yourself.

Jardine Matheson also has a colonial weakness. Lin Rongheng knows best that Jardine Matheson has a bad reputation in Hong Kong. When it controlled the Wharf Group, it adopted a high-exploitation policy, which made the Hong Kong British authorities very dissatisfied with it. The Hong Kong British authorities even warned Jardine: If Chinese capital comes forward to compete with Jardine for Wharf, under the same conditions, the Chinese in Hong Kong will never stand by and they will definitely favor the Chinese capital.This point is also very important to Lin Rongheng.

Lin Rongheng already holds 33% of the shares of Wharf, plus about 20% in the hands of Jardine Matheson, there are only more than 40% of the public shares in the world, so it is already difficult to absorb a large number of individual shares.

HSBC.

Lin Rongheng sat in Shen Bi's office with a relaxed expression, without the slightest tension before the war.

Shen Bi invited Lin Rongheng to this meeting, and Lin Rongheng guessed in his heart that he wanted to make peace; after all, the relationship between Lin Rongheng and HSBC was far less than that between Bao Yugang and HSBC.

Therefore, Lin Rongheng did not count on HSBC for a loan from the very beginning, nor did he need a loan himself.

Shen Bi smiled and said: "Mr. Lin is very confident. I am afraid that this acquisition battle is already a sure thing! Think about it, the 20 billion Hong Kong dollars invested in gold by Mr. Lin in HSBC has now become 30 billion Hong Kong dollars. Not used yet."

Lin Rongheng asked rhetorically: "If I borrow 20 billion Hong Kong dollars from your bank now to support my acquisition of Wharf, will your bank support me?"

Shen Bi's face was very calm, and he said: "Of course there is no problem, but we also have a merciless request!"

Lin Rongheng was taken aback for a moment, and immediately thought of a possibility, and then pretended to be calm and said: "Mr. Shen, please tell me!"

Shen Bi said, "Did Mr. Lin invest in an American bank?"

really!

It seems that HSBC is already investigating Haifeng Bank!
Lin Rongheng nodded and said, "That's true. Last year, I saw that Haifeng Bank was affected by the oil crisis, so I made a long-term investment. I didn't expect that HSBC Bank could inquire about things so far away."

A trace of doubt flashed across Shen Bi's face, and he quickly regained his composure, and said sincerely: "Our HSBC Bank wants to buy the Haifeng Bank shares held by Mr. Lin!"

Lin Rongheng didn't buy Haifeng Bank shares for Wharf, so he immediately shook his head, and Shen Bi's face froze.

"Shen Daban, I have sufficient funds and funds. You will soon see that the surname of Wharf Group is Lin! As for the investment in Haifeng Bank, I paid a full price of 10 billion Hong Kong dollars and a lot of favors. A long-term investment. Unless."

Shen Bi's expression was unpredictable, and when he saw something happening, he immediately asked, "Unless what?"

Lin Rongheng said: "Unless HSBC can resell 9000 million Hutchison shares to Evergrande Real Estate!"

Shen Bi was shocked, and couldn't help saying: "Evergrande Real Estate has already annexed Qingzhou Yingni, China Gas, and Hong Kong Electric, and now it wants to become the owner of Hehuang. Mr. Lin's appetite is really too big!",

There are you British guys who have a big appetite, so they directly asked for our Xiangjiang!
Lin Rongheng said calmly: "HSBC is a bank, and it cannot operate a large foreign company for a long time. Naturally, our Chinese investors want to take over Hutchison Whampoa. As for Mr. Shen Bi saying that I have a big appetite, this is true. Our Evergrande real estate investment After mastering Hutchison Whampoa, Qingzhou Yingni, China Gas, and Hong Kong Electric will form Evergrande infrastructure and belong to Hutchison Whampoa. The future Hutchison Whampoa will be a world-class large-scale group company. It can be said that this is a win-win situation The situation! After HSBC sold about 22% of Hutchison shares to us, there is still 13% of the holdings, and this investment will become an important high-yield investment for HSBC!"

Lin Rongheng talked about the future of Hutchison Whampoa, which made Shen Bi start to pay attention.

As Lin Rongheng said, HSBC is a financial company and cannot occupy Hutchison Whampoa for a long time. This is also their original promise.

"I need to think about it!"

"No problem! Although Haifeng Bank's investment is very important to me, it is not as important to me as Hutchison Whampoa; and Hutchison Whampoa is just looking for a good owner for HSBC. I believe in my ability in the business field. It can also get into the eyes of HSBC; and Haifeng Bank is the bridgehead for HSBC Bank to land in the United States. I am afraid you will never find a better American bank; therefore, compared with the internationalization of HSBC Bank, HSBC Bank And why worry that my rise will affect HSBC?"

Lin Rongheng's last sentence directly touched the heart of HSBC. The reason why they did not support Lin Rongheng was because Lin Rongheng was too aggressive, and the comprehensive strength of its industries surpassed HSBC.

Shen Bi said with a smile: "Mr. Lin filtered it. We, HSBC Bank, are an enterprise, and everything is based on profit."

Lin Rongheng was noncommittal. Although he had cooperated with HSBC many times over the years, neither of them had achieved the tacit understanding and trust of Bao Yugang and HSBC, as well as Li Ka-shing and HSBC in his previous life.

The reason is that Lin Rongheng is a Hong Kong escapee and a very aggressive businessman, and his industry is too strong.

(End of this chapter)