Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 635 Hutchison Management's London Trip ([-])

Hutchison Whampoa.

At nearly five o'clock, Yuan Tianfan and Lin Shufang came here to look for Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng knew the purpose of the two people's visit, and asked directly: "How much has my shareholding been reduced?"

Yuan Tianfan replied: "A total of 4600 million shares were sold."

"So, in the recent period, a total of nearly 3500 million shares have been reduced?"

Lin Baicheng raised his eyebrows. Now Hutchison Whampoa's total share capital is 4.4 million shares, and 4600 million shares is just over 10%. In this way, he still has about 35% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares.

Yuan Tianfan nodded: "Yes."

Lin Baicheng turned to his sister Lin Shufang and asked, "Sister, what is the average selling price this time, not counting the 1100 million shares before?"

"After deducting transaction fees, the average price is 130.25 Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Shufang has been following up on this matter, so she was able to answer it immediately.

Lin Baicheng did a mental calculation after hearing the words. If there are 3500 million shares, it is about 45 billion Hong Kong dollars. This is not counting the previous 1100 million shares. The average selling price of this part is also higher than 11 Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 12 billion Hong Kong dollars. .

Yuan Tianfan asked aloud: "Boss Lin, the closing price of Hutchison Whampoa today was 116.48 Hong Kong dollars, a drop of 4.6% that day, but still higher than 110 Hong Kong dollars, so should we continue to reduce our holdings next week?"

"As long as the stock price is higher than 110 Hong Kong dollars, then continue to reduce holdings."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said: "However, when it is closer to 110 Hong Kong dollars, the speed of reducing holdings should be slowed down. Don't let the stock price crash. I think you are more professional than me in how to do it. There is something you should know, Hutchison Whampoa There will be good news in the future, and the stock price will rebound, so sell a lot of stocks after the rebound occurs.”

Lin Baicheng's so-called good news is of course Hutchison Whampoa's large investment in the UK. Entering the automobile industry is a good news, not to mention the good news of short selling. The stock price of Hutchison Whampoa will definitely rebound after a sharp drop.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Yuan Tianfan did not ask what the specific benefits are.

Lin Baicheng said: "As for the remaining number of shares, after thinking about it, I decided to keep 1 million shares. If I can reduce my holdings to this point, I don't want to sell the remaining [-] million shares. If I can't reduce Hold here, there are more stocks left, that's okay."

Lin Baicheng decided that he would hold 1 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa in the future, about 22.727% of the shares. Even if there is a capital raid and wants to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, he can quickly Increase the shareholding ratio.

After Hutchison Whampoa adjusts to a certain price, Lin Baicheng will let overseas funds or companies secretly buy Hutchison Whampoa shares from the stock market and increase their shareholding to nearly 50%, but on the surface he only holds Hutchison Whampoa shares. 1 million shares of Whampoa.

If he is careful, Lin Baicheng can even buy more Hutchison Whampoa shares and increase his shareholding ratio to more than 50%, but he must be careful in doing so, so that the regulators cannot find out.

Although the regulators of Hong Kong's financial market are just like that now, the regulators will definitely become more and more perfect, and will receive more and more attention. The barbaric growth stage will pass sooner or later.

"Good Mr. Lin, I will try my best to reduce your holdings to the remaining 1 million shares."

Yuan Tianfan responded, although Lin Baicheng said that it would be fine to have more shares left, but only if it can be done can he show his ability.However, there are still more than 5000 million shares to be sold, which is indeed not an easy task.

"I'll wait and see."

Lin Baicheng nodded with a smile. If Yuan Tianfan can do it, that would be the best.

This was what Lin Shufang and Yuan Tianfan wanted to talk about, so after the report, they left.

Lin Baicheng continued to work in the office, and didn't leave until it was almost six o'clock.

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London.

Because of the time difference between Xiangjiang and London, Xiangjiang was seven or eight hours faster than London, so when the plane that Wei Li and his party took landed in London, it was only after five o'clock on Friday evening.

When Wei Li and his party came out of the VIP passage, they saw some people who came to pick them up.Not to mention that Wei Li knew the person in charge of Hutchison Whampoa's London branch, just because they held up the four traditional Chinese characters "Hutchison Whampoa" signboard, you can know that they are here to pick them up.

"Dapan, welcome to London."

The head of Hutchison Whampoa's London branch is Zorro Munglin, a native of London.

"Manager Zorro."

Wei Li shook hands with the other party, and then looked at the two middle-aged men with extraordinary temperament, each followed by a person behind them. "Who are these two?"

"Teacher, let me introduce you."

Zorro Munglin immediately pointed to each of them and introduced: "This is Wendana Thompson's economic advisor from the Prime Minister's Office, and this is Thyssen White, director of the Trade Department. They are mainly responsible for investment promotion. Taipan, they are The Prime Minister arranges to pick up the plane and is responsible for the reception work."

"Mr. Thompson, Director White, this is our Wei Li Taipan from Hutchison Whampoa, in charge of all Hutchison affairs."

Subsequently, Zorro Munglin introduced Wayley to Wendana Thompson and Thyssen White.Zorro Munger did not introduce whether it was the civil servants who followed the economic adviser and the director, or other members of the team who followed Wei Li.

"Mr. Thompson! Mr. White! I'm Wei Li. It's a pleasure to meet the two of you. Thank you for coming to pick me up at the airport. I also thank the Prime Minister for your kindness."

Wei Li was very polite and the two shook hands respectively.

"Hello, Mr. Webley!" "Nice to meet you, Mr. Webley!"

Both Wendana Thompson and Thyssen White expressed enthusiasm.

Thyssen White said aloud: "This is not a place to talk. I have already prepared a hotel for the Taipan and his party. I think everyone is tired after flying for more than ten hours. Please go to the hotel for dinner and rest first. The Prime Minister will Tomorrow, at 11:30 noon, we will invite the Taipan to have dinner in Downing Street, and we will communicate with each other then." The Downing Street here, of course, refers to No. 10 Downing Street.

"Thank you Prime Minister for the invitation."

Wei agreed, saying that he could have a business meeting with the Prime Minister, which he could not have imagined before, and he was a little excited when he thought about it.

The number of personnel has been calculated, so the convoy that came to pick up the plane is enough to take everyone away at one time and go to the hotel.

After arriving at the hotel, Thyssen White asked Wei Li if he wanted to have dinner first. After learning that he could, he invited Wei Li and others to have dinner together, and left after dinner. Wendana Thompson and Thyssen White each The civil servants brought in remained as liaison officers, saying that Wei Li and the others could contact them through these two if they had anything to do.

After dinner, Wei Li restrained the whole team and did not allow everyone to go out to play at night, so as not to cause trouble.

Afterwards, Wayley called Zoro Munglin to his room to speak.

Wei Li asked, "Manager Zorro, is there any progress in the investigation of the domestic auto companies?"

Zorro Menglin couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this: "Dapan, it's not that I don't try my best, it's because we and Huang were just a small company the year before last, so we didn't have much influence in London. Now the company's Although the scale has increased, our influence in London has not changed, so it is difficult to find more detailed information about those auto companies, especially about Rolls-Royce."

"I know this, and Boss Lin knows it too. He won't blame you."

Wei Li nodded to express his understanding, but then changed the topic: "However, understanding is understanding, but it is a fact that you can't do things well. Even if Mr. Lin doesn't blame you, it is impossible for you to satisfy Mr. Lin. You say yes no?"

"Yes, Taipan said so."

Zoro Munglin naturally nodded, he knew that Wei Li was beating him.

Wei Li said: "Tomorrow I will meet with the Prime Minister to discuss the company's preparation to enter the auto industry. I hope there will be a good result. If we can get the support of the Prime Minister, then the company's investigation and acquisition of auto companies will be smoother. I hope At that time, you can cooperate with me to do this work well.”

"This involves an investment of at least hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr. Lin attaches great importance to it. Lin Baicheng will definitely come in person when signing the contract. Therefore, Manager Zorro, you have to make achievements. Otherwise, if Mr. Lin is dissatisfied, you should know as a result of."

Wei Li didn't want the staff of the branch to affect the acquisition work. He was very concerned about this acquisition, and he didn't want any accidents. He only wanted to complete the task smoothly.

"Don't worry, Taipan, I will do my best for the company."

Zorro Mongling immediately responded. At this stage, he is already a company executive, and he is not willing to lose this job. After resigning, he may not be able to find a more satisfactory job than he is now.

"Well, I believe you."

Wei Li nodded. He will observe whether the other party is doing his best. No matter how nice the words are, it still depends on the actual actions.

"How is the development of Watson's supermarket, a subsidiary of the group, in the UK?"

"There are now eight supermarkets in the UK, of which there are three in London. The population in London is denser and the economy is better. At present, the company's operations are normal, and now it has started to make profits every month."

Watson's supermarket can't make money in the first month of opening. At the beginning, because of the lack of reputation, there are fewer people, not many sales, and the cost of purchasing goods is slightly higher, so the profit margin is lower. The net profit is a negative number.

As the flow of people increases to a certain level, the sales volume increases greatly, and the purchase cost decreases, the profit and loss of the supermarket will start to reverse, from loss to profit.

Wei Li asked: "Did the supermarket encounter any troubles that were difficult to solve during its operation? Or, did you find any problems?"

"The supermarket will encounter some problems in the process of operation, but they are all minor problems, and we have solved them one by one."

Zoro Munglin answered aloud, and continued: "Although there is no big problem now, it is foreseeable that as the monthly profits of supermarkets are getting higher and higher, some people will definitely see the profit prospects of this market. By then Someone is bound to enter the market and compete with us."

"It's unavoidable."

Wei Li thought it was normal at the time, but in any industry that can make money, there will always be competitors, and it is basically impossible to achieve monopoly. To become the leader of the industry and eat the fattest piece of fat is already very good.

"If the company's entry into the automobile industry goes well this time, the company's influence in the UK will be greatly increased in the future, and the company will definitely make contacts. Even if there are competitors at that time, it will not be afraid. The company has the confidence to ensure fair competition. The main thing is to see The management ability of the person in charge of your branches and supermarkets is gone."

As long as Hutchison Whampoa can stabilize the market value of tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, then Hutchison Whampoa is not a small company, and it has a large proportion of assets in the UK. Such strength is enough for Hutchison Whampoa to own in the UK. With a certain amount of influence, there is no need to worry about being suppressed from the official level.

Today, the exchange rate between the pound and the Hong Kong dollar is around 1:10.5, fluctuating up and down on the basis of 10.5.The exchange rate among the British pound, the US dollar, and the Hong Kong dollar is roughly that 1 British pound is equal to 2.5 US dollars, and 1 US dollar is equal to 4.2 Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, this is an approximate exchange rate. The exchange rate fluctuates and will fluctuate up and down. If there is a huge change in the economy of any country, there will be even greater fluctuations in ups and downs.

Hutchison Whampoa's current market value of more than 500 billion Hong Kong dollars, if converted into British pounds, is nearly 50 billion pounds. Even if it is in the UK, it is definitely a huge group company.

As long as the market value of Hutchison Whampoa can be stabilized above tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, in this period that has just entered the 80s, a company worth one billion pounds can definitely be considered a big company.What's more, Hutchison Whampoa's market value is definitely not as low as tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars. The company's current net assets alone are nearly 250 billion Hong Kong dollars.

After speaking to Zorro Monglin, Weyley asked him to leave.

After Zorro Munglin left, Wei Li went to bed and rested, but at one o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock he set rang on time, and he contacted Xiangjiang after he got up.

It was Lin Baicheng who Wei Li contacted, and the two agreed on this time to contact each other, so Lin Baicheng stayed at home this morning until he received Wei Li's international long-distance call.

"Mr. Lin, I'm Wei Li. We arrived in London in the evening."

"Well, how about over there?"

"The Prime Minister's office is an economic adviser named Wendana Thompson, and the Trade Department has also sent a director named Thiessen White. We are currently staying in the hotel they arranged. Tomorrow I will go to Downing Street to share with the Prime Minister. Lunch, there should be discussions then."

"Okay, after you finish talking, contact me, I want to know the process."

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

"It will depend on your performance then, Wei Li."

"I won't let you down, Mr. Lin."

"Well, it's early morning in London, you should go to bed early, there will be an important meeting tomorrow, good night."

"Good night. No, it should be good morning, Mr. Lin, then I will rest first."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Li didn't lie down immediately and continued to sleep. He just woke up and got refreshed. He couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he thought about how to deal with it tomorrow.

Of course, Wei Li didn't think too long. After all, he was going to meet the prime minister tomorrow, so he must go there in good spirits instead of looking listless. Appearance is still very important.

(End of this chapter)