Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 624 Target Telephone Company (Two in One)

Because of the approaching Chinese New Year, there are only a few days left for companies in Xiangjiang to officially go to work.

Xiangjiang is about to usher in the Spring Festival holiday.

Of course, companies are different from company to company. Some companies may only take a day or two off, but the vacation time of large companies is usually not short.

Before the company officially went on vacation, Qin Lan reported one thing to Lin Baicheng, one thing related to Li Jiacheng and Cangjiang Industry.

After several days of investigation, Qin Lan has learned that the main purpose of the 6 million Hong Kong dollar loan from HSBC for Cangjiang Industrial is to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell what business the Xiangjiang Telephone Company is in. The company is engaged in the communication and telephone business, which is mainly divided into two categories.One is the fixed telephone service, and the other is the telephone booth service.

Among them, the fixed telephone business mainly installs fixed telephones according to customer needs, and then charges telephone charges.The phone booth business is to install fixed phone booths around Xiangjiang and sell phone cards.

Xiangjiang Telephone Company has monopolized the telephone business of the entire Xiangjiang. This company has monopolized the Xiangjiang telephone network for decades. It is an old company in Xiangjiang. Can make money steadily.

Heung Kong Telephone Company is a listed company. The controlling shareholder holds about 22% of the company's shares. The company's total market value is about one billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking high among the current listed companies in Heung Kong.

In this era when the Internet and mobile phones were not yet popular, Xiangjiang Telephone Company monopolized Xiangjiang's telephone network, but the market size was limited, so the company's total market value was not too high.

If you wait until the popularization of the computer and Internet, the telephone dial-up Internet service will appear, and the mobile phone will appear and popularize, and the telephone service will also appear. The prospects that these two can bring to the telephone company are unimaginable.

"How many shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company do we own now?"

After listening to Qin Lan's report, Lin Baicheng asked aloud.

As early as when Lin Baicheng decided to enter the mobile phone market, he asked Qin Lan to arrange for someone to acquire the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

Once mobile phones are popularized, mobile communication will be a big market. Lin Baicheng may not be able to handle foreign markets, but Xiangjiang has no problem here. He will definitely eat this piece of fat.

Therefore, Xiangjiang Telephone Company came into Lin Baicheng's sight.

At that time, Lin Baicheng was no longer a small person, but the richest man in Xiangjiang. If he launched the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, let alone whether the British capital would block it, it would be difficult for the controlling shareholder alone.

In view of this, Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan to arrange for people from Yum Securities to secretly buy the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company in the stock market.In order to avoid being discovered, the amount of acquisitions every day is very small, and once the stock price is higher than a certain price, it will be suppressed to prevent the stock price from showing a unit upward trend, so as not to attract the attention of the controlling shareholder.

It will take longer to do this, but as long as Yum Securities does not leak the news, then Xiangjiang Telephone Company will not notice that someone is secretly buying the company. normal transactions.

Qin Lan replied aloud: "After learning that Cangjiang Industrial's target is the telephone company, I asked specifically. We have already acquired 27.3% of the telephone company's shares, and we are already the largest shareholder of the telephone company."

Lin Baicheng is already the largest shareholder of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, and the reason why Qin Lan did not report this matter to Lin Baicheng before is because what Lin Baicheng wants is an absolute controlling stake in Xiangjiang Telephone Company, and it is best to hold the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company Infinitely close to the 50% ratio.

Therefore, if it is not known that Cangjiang Industrial's target is Xiangjiang Telephone Company, then the acquisition of shares in Xiangjiang Telephone Company will continue, and it will not report to Lin Baicheng until the shareholding ratio exceeds 40%.

At that time, whether Lin Baicheng continues to secretly acquire shares, or suddenly acquires a large number of remaining required shares at a high price, he will be able to obtain a controlling stake in Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

"27.3% of the shares is quite a lot. Has the funds used exceeded 3 million Hong Kong dollars?"

Lin Baicheng nodded and asked. Before the acquisition of Heung Kong Telephone Company, he asked Qin Lan to investigate Heung Kong Telephone Company. He knew that the market value of Heung Kong Telephone Company was nearly 10 billion Hong Kong dollars at that time. how much.

"It took a total of 2.58 million Hong Kong dollars. Sometimes selling at a high price and buying at a low price can make a short difference and reduce costs."

Qin Lan asked Yum Securities to submit a detailed report, so she can now answer Lin Baicheng's questions.

"It's a good job."

Lin Baicheng was quite appreciative, after all, it helped him save money. "So, what is the total market value of Xiangjiang Telephone Company now?"

Qin Lan replied: "More than 10.8 billion Hong Kong dollars."

"Li Jiacheng asked Cangjiang Industrial to borrow 6 million Hong Kong dollars from HSBC, which is enough to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company."

Lin Baicheng silently calculated that based on the current market value of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, unless the controlling party is determined not to give up the controlling stake and compete with Cangjiang Industrial regardless of the cost, Cangjiang Industrial, which holds a large amount of cash, will definitely be able to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company in hand.

"Speaking of which, why did Li Jiacheng think of buying Heung Kong Telephone Company? Now that Heung Kong Real Estate is on the rise, he should invest his funds in this industry."

Lin Baicheng was a little puzzled. Heung Kong Telephone Company is of course a good company. It monopolizes the Hong Kong Telephone network business. The company has a stable annual profit of 4000 to 10 million Hong Kong dollars. It is a hen that lays golden eggs, but it is different from the real estate industry. 20 billion A company with a market value in Hong Kong dollars will not skyrocket to a market value of [-] billion Hong Kong dollars in just one or two years.

The real estate industry is different. With an investment of 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the current market is so good, one or two years is definitely enough to double the principal, or even more than double the profit.

And Li Jiacheng is optimistic about the real estate industry of Xiangjiang, so in Lin Baicheng's view, after Cangjiang Industrial has more funds, it is more likely to invest the funds in the real estate industry.Whether it is acquiring property or buying land for development, it is a better choice.

"According to the information I have learned, Li Jiacheng contacted Jardine Matheson through the relationship of HSBC to acquire the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company held by Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson now holds 10% of the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone and is the No. The second largest shareholder has always had the intention of acquiring Xiangjiang Telephone Company."

"HSBC holds a large number of shares in Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, and both companies owe HSBC a large amount of debt. Therefore, if HSBC helps, Jardine Matheson may sell its shares in Xiangjiang Telephone Company to Cangjiang Industry or Li Jiacheng himself."

Qin Lan didn't know what Li Jiacheng was thinking, she just told what she knew.

"If Li Jiacheng is really optimistic about the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, then he will definitely choose to contribute part of the funds himself, and Cangjiang Industrial will contribute part of the funds, so that he can maximize his benefits."

As he said that, Lin Baicheng shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about this anymore. I have nothing to do with what Li Jiacheng thinks. What I want to do is to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company before him, instead of letting him acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company." past."

Qin Lan said: "Mr. Lin, if Li Jiacheng acquires 10% of the shares from Jardine Matheson, and then joins forces with the controlling party of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, the two shares will exceed 30%, which will pose a threat to us. So we It is best not to publicly acquire the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company at this time, even if it can be acquired at that time, it will pay a huge price."

"I understand what you mean."

Lin Baicheng quite agrees with this. With his current status, if he suddenly announces that he wants to acquire Heung Kong Telephone Company, even if the acquisition is made public at a high price, the capital market will still hype it, not to mention the appearance of a competitor. At that time, Heung Kong Telephone Company The company's share price has yet to fly.

If it is pure investment profit, then doing so is actually a very good choice. After the stock price rises, you can make a lot of money by selling the shares, but what he wants is the Xiangjiang Telephone Company itself, not the stock market to make money.

"Qin Lan, how do you think it's better to deal with it?"

"Mr. Lin, I think you can use your connections to get Mr. Bao Yugang and Mr. Huo Yingdong to come forward to buy some shares from the minority shareholders of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. Increase your holdings as much as possible before exposure."

"Since Li Jiacheng wants to acquire the Xiangjiang Telephone Company, even if he acquires 10% of the shares from Jardine Matheson, he will not make a public acquisition immediately. It is more likely that he will secretly acquire the shares and strive to acquire the Xiangjiang Telephone Company at the lowest price. The company was acquired."

"In this way, we can give us more time. It's just that when the two companies buy from the stock market together, it will definitely cause an abnormal rise in the stock price, and let the controlling party know that someone is buying a large number of shares in Xiangjiang Telephone Company. Let Li Jiacheng know that someone is competing with him."

"But even so, at least it bought us a lot of time. At that time, our shareholding ratio must have exceeded 30%. If it can reach 35%, you will be able to increase the shareholding to a relatively high price. If it exceeds 40%, neither the controlling party nor Li Jiacheng will be able to compete with you."

Facing Lin Baicheng's questioning, Qin Lan expressed her thoughts that she had imitated a long time ago.

"Your plan is really good."

Lin Baicheng pondered for a while, and found that Qin Lan's idea was not problematic, and had a great chance of success. After all, neither Li Jiacheng nor the controlling shareholder of Heung Kong Telephone Company knew that he actually held 27.3% of the shares of Heung Kong Telephone Company.

One is bright, one is dark.

If you do mental calculations without thinking, if you don't succeed, then you can't justify it.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "It's almost Chinese New Year now, and the stock market will be closed for two days. Let's wait until next year."

Qin Lan suggested: "Mr. Lin, since we know that Li Jiacheng wants to acquire the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company held by Jardine Matheson, why don't we find someone to join us? Even if we can't acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company from Jardine Matheson It is also good to help raise the price of the company's shares and make Li Jiacheng pay a greater price, which can also reduce the amount of funds left by Li Jiacheng."

"It can be done."

Lin Baicheng agreed quite a bit after hearing the words, and said: "But it's best not to arouse Li Jiacheng's vigilance. After all, we still have to buy shares from other small shareholders."

Qin Lan asked: "Boss Lin, who do you think would be the most suitable person to do this?"

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Lin Baicheng wanted to hear Qin Lan's thoughts.

Qin Lan said: "This person cannot have any ostensible connection with your company, and this person's wealth cannot be low. It is best to have a certain social status in Xiangjiang, so that he can compete with Li Jiacheng on the ostensible surface."

"Besides, you can communicate with Jardine Matheson through overseas companies. If Jardine Matheson decides to sell its shares, it will definitely not care about the details of its competitors, even if it is for the sake of HSBC that it does not sell shares to overseas companies. , I’m sure I’d be happy to have one more company to help raise the price.”

"Our purpose is only to delay time and make Li Jiacheng pay a higher price. Therefore, it is best to acquire the shares of Heung Kong Telephone Company. It doesn't matter if we can't."

"I am more inclined to communicate with Jardine Matheson through overseas companies. After all, it is not worthwhile to seek help from someone with high wealth and social status, which will definitely make Mr. Lin owe you favors."

Qin Lan has done a lot of homework, so she speaks the truth. This is the quality she must possess as the head of the secretariat.Otherwise, if Lin Baicheng, the big boss, couldn't give an answer every time she asked her, the big boss would definitely be dissatisfied, and she would not be able to sit firmly in her current seat.

"Favours are really not that easy to owe."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly. Although it is easier to enhance the friendship between people, there is no need to owe others favors because of such trivial matters.

"Just do as Qin Lan said, arrange an overseas team to contact Jardine Matheson, and I will leave the specifics to you."

Qin Lan responded, "Yes, Mr. Lin, I will report to you as soon as there is any situation."

Lin Baicheng said: "Li Jiacheng, keep watching. I want to know the progress there as soon as possible."

Qin Lan said, "I've been stared at all the time."

"well done."

Lin Baicheng was very satisfied with Qin Lan's performance. As Qin Lan continued to grow, he became more and more agile in handling affairs, which made him satisfied with the ability of the head of the secretariat.

Qin Lan was very happy to hear Lin Baicheng's praise. Only when the big boss is satisfied with her can her position be stabilized.She cherishes this position very much. Not only is the salary high and the benefits are high, but also because she can get in touch with many people in the upper class of Xiangjiang through this position.

It is very unlikely for the president of a small company to meet Shen Porridge, the head of HSBC, let alone communicate.

And Qin Lan, as Lin Baicheng's secretariat director in Xiangjiang, had a lot of communication with Shen Congee. Although it was all business exchanges, or even just helping to make appointments, it was very important whether they had communication.

Years ago, there was no major event happening in Xiangjiang, and the company under Lin Baicheng's name also had no important events, and they welcomed the arrival of the Spring Festival calmly.

(End of this chapter)