Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 35 [Alliance of Interests]

The confrontation between "Modern Daily" and "Oriental Daily" is becoming more and more fierce; both companies are recruiting news practitioners in Hong Kong. Not only that, but even the news has begun to sparkle. Everyone has their own opinions, and the smell of gunpowder is full.

Lin Rongheng put down the "Oriental Daily" in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh that he was really haunted. Because of the "Oriental Daily", some people were worried that Landmark would lose its footing, and began to cash out the shares of Landmark while they were high, and the stock price of Landmark was stagnant.

Calling Zhang Jiancheng to the office, Lin Rongheng said, "The news about Landmark's 'Central Redevelopment' plan will be sent to me tomorrow."

The current Lin Rongheng is really a 'stove master sweeping the yard - minding his own business'. If Landmark rebuilds or does not rebuild the Central, the newspapers will take care of it. However, in order to make a profit on his own stock, Lin Rongheng can only find a famous person in Heung Kong to take this The plan is thrown out to stimulate the stock of Landmark.

As for whether Landmark attaches importance to this plan or not, and when the plan is implemented, it is not so important; the important thing is to tell shareholders that Landmark has this capital, and Landmark's share price should be worth more.

Zhang Jiancheng said: "Well, we hired a professor of architecture from the University of Hong Kong to write this article, which must be more convincing!"

The next day, "Modern Daily" once again detonated public opinion in Hong Kong. A professor from the University of Hong Kong used the 'heart of Central' to describe Landmark's position in Central; The idea of ​​a city within a city has attracted the attention of many real estate circles.

On the same day, the stock of Landmark was smashed up again, and the price had climbed to HK$19.5 per share; Lin Rongheng bought the HK$2000 million at the average price of HK$16.5 per share, and now it has made a profit of HK$3 per share, an increase of 18.2%. On the profit of about 360 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Oriental Daily"

Ma Xilong looked at the "Modern Daily" in his hand and felt a deep sense of frustration.

"Oriental Daily" is aggressively recruiting people, "Modern Daily" is also aggressively recruiting people, and the modern newspaper office is even more high-profile. It is said that it has loaned 100 million Hong Kong dollars to Liao Chongxing Bank to expand the scale of the modern newspaper office.

There is also an important message here, that is, Lin Rongheng has caught up with Liao Liewen, the chairman of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, which makes Ma Xilong become cautious; everyone knows that the Hong Kong associations are supported by the Chamber of Commerce, and the chairman of the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce , Although the status is not as high as the chairman of the Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce, but it is not something that a horse family can provoke.

The more you think about it, the more headaches you get. If you knew it earlier, it would be better to start in advance!

"Also, what the hell did these executives come up with! The Central Land King is so important to Landmark, how could it be possible for a US-funded consortium to be filmed? It seems that our "Oriental Daily" is going to make a joke." Ma Xilong looked helplessly. Author of an article written by a professor from the University of Hong Kong hired by Modern Daily.

"Now it seems that if you want to beat "Modern Daily", you have to compete in terms of the size of the news gathering and editing team. Huh, I want to play this game for a mere 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and I underestimate Ma Xilong too!"

Ma Xilong has decided to use the money to win the "Modern Daily"!
Jardine Matheson.

Henry Keswick has also noticed the recent news about Landmark, who is also the head of the three British giants of Jardine, Wharf, and Landmark.

Henry Keswick was also attracted by plans such as 'Central Heart' and 'Pedestrian Bridge'. Although this required a huge amount of money, the Jardine Consortium would definitely not be able to come up with it at this time, but it did not hinder the preparation of this plan.

However, a Chinese-language newspaper spared no effort in advocating for the Landmark Company, and there must be some hidden secret behind it; therefore, Henry Keswick invited a group of Landmark executives to hold a meeting.

An executive pondered for a moment and said: "At the end of May, there was a sudden acquisition of our Landmark shares in the market, involving a capital of about 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. I was wondering if there would be some connection!"

Henry Keswick immediately asked, "Have you found out who is buying it?"

The executive shook his head and said, "It's HSBC Securities operating, we can't find out. But I have a guess, right?"

Henry Keswick said: "Tell me about your analysis!"

The executive nodded and said: "I guess this person may be the boss behind the "Modern Daily", a 20-year-old Chinese boy. Therefore, the "Modern Daily" recently tracked reports about the 'Central Land King' and advocated that we Landmark's determination to win must be to release good news and drive up Landmark's share price."

The executives of Landmark suddenly realized that this was the case!

This is a very clever move (in this day and age), even if Landmark did not win the auction in the end, the owner of Modern Daily could sell his stock in advance and flee at a profit.

Most importantly, Landmark is truly determined to win!
And now, after the "Modern Daily" added a fire, it can be seen that Keswick's determination has become more firm.

Henry Keswick tapped his fingers on the table and said slowly: "So, which young man has 120 million shares of Landmark, accounting for 2.5% of the total share capital of Landmark. It's not too much, since he wants to increase our Landmark We are also happy to see the stock of the company, after all, it is also in our interest. Besides, this 'Central Redevelopment' plan is very useful for the development of our Landmark, and I am afraid it is also out of his hands."

Everyone thought about it too. Someone helped Landmark to raise the stock price for free, and the boss was naturally happy to see it.

An executive said worriedly: "However, Landmark's determination to 'Central Land King' has also been exposed. I'm afraid those US-funded consortiums, Japanese consortiums, and Australian consortiums will deliberately raise our prices!"

Keswick pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, the US-funded consortium was determined to win this land this time! As for other consortiums, when the price reached a certain height, they did not have the courage to bid."

A group of executives think about it too. The only two consortiums who can compete for the king of this land are the two consortiums, and everyone will not back down. It is difficult for these off-site factors to interfere with the two.

After the meeting, Henry Keswick did not do nothing, he called a trusted executive to meet the auctioneer of this auction.The purpose is very simple, that is, I hope the auctioneer will favor Landmark when the hammer falls.

Hong Kong is now a British colony after all, and these government auctioneers are basically British, so naturally they can stick together.The auctioneer can get an extra income without taking too much risk, so he naturally agrees.

Meanwhile, Henry Keswick decides which HKU professor to hire to write news about Landmark's 'Central Redevelopment Plan'.

"I hope whoever is smarter and makes good use of this news!" Henry Keswick said to himself.

It is naturally in the interests of Jardine Matheson to speculate on the stock of Hongkong Land. At that time, it will be able to cash out part of the increase and use the funds for overseas investment.

(End of this chapter)