Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 638 Quotation, anti-hand (two in one)

On the next Monday, Henry Kesak immediately contacted the other party through the method left by the Italian company and called him to Jardine.

At the head of this Italian company was a manager named Watron.

"Manager Watron looks more like an Englishman."

Henry Cassack was not unacquainted with the Italians, who, although they could speak English, had a thick, strange accent, not quite as authentic as Watron's.

Watron nodded and said, "Chairman Keswick's guess is absolutely right, I am indeed British."

"Manager Watron, isn't your Vitas company an Italian company?"

Henry Kessack was a little puzzled. It was really rare for an Italian company to hire an Englishman as a manager.

"I manage a branch office in Leeds, the company's headquarters is in Italy, and the branch office is managed by me."

Watron explained aloud that in fact, he only joined this company last year, and the company was small, and he had never been to the head office at all. He was still very surprised.

Previously, the company was small, so the funds it took over were naturally not much, but this acquisition involved at least tens of millions of pounds, which in his opinion was quite a large amount.

In this regard, Watron has actually guessed for a long time that the company is likely to be an offshore company or a white glove company, which can be seen from the large amount of funds in and out of the company's finances from time to time.Although the money has not passed through his hands, the data records will remain.

Watron, who was only a small business executive before becoming the manager of this company, was very satisfied with the company's salary and treatment, so although he was aware of some situations, he pretended to be ignorant and ran the small company in his hand , leading the high salary issued by the company.

Some of Lin Baicheng's overseas offshore companies and funds are only registered at the location, and by paying a fee, they leave a call with someone to answer.This kind of offshore company has a special customer service person to answer the phone, but this customer service works for several offshore companies, and the offshore company only needs to pay a fee every year, and the rest does not matter.

Some offshore companies have physical enterprises, but they are small enterprises. The scale of the company will not exceed the million-dollar level, and the number of employees is usually only a few dozen people, so the usefulness of the enterprise will be greater.

For example, this time, if Lin Baicheng has a need, he can let an offshore company with a physical enterprise contact Jardine Matheson, because it is nominally a branch of an Italian company, so there is no need to worry about being debunked by Jardine Matheson after finding out the company's information.

In this day and age, it is relatively easy for Jardine Matheson to find the branch in Leeds, but it is not so easy to find the head office in Italy. It will take a while at least, and it is hard to say whether it can be found.

"Manager Watron, may I take the liberty to ask what your company does? Also, how did you come to invest in Xiangjiang?"

Henry Cassack asked suspiciously, purely out of curiosity.

Watron was prepared for such a question, so he said: "The parent company of the company is engaged in foreign trade, and the branch is a small clothing company. This acquisition is the intention of the parent company."

"The country with a large population on the mainland decides to reform and open up. The company thinks this is an opportunity. However, the company will not rush to invest before it is sure whether the policy will change there, so it decided to invest in Xiangjiang first. .”

"The market prospect of the telephone company may not be great, but it is safe. It has a fixed profit every year and is basically not affected by various factors such as politics and economy. Therefore, the company decided to acquire the telephone company."

"Actually, the company originally wanted to enter the power industry. Unfortunately, Hong Kong Electric Group on the Hong Kong side has changed hands. CLP Power is also an industry under the name of the Kadoorie family. It is extremely difficult to acquire, so we aimed at the telephone company."

What Watron is saying now is all the rhetoric prepared for him by the 'headquarters', and he just copied it.

"The annual revenue and profit of the telephone company is quite stable, and it is a very good investment target. The reason why Jardine acquired the shares of the telephone company is also the idea of ​​​​accepting the company as a subsidiary."

"At present, not only your company, but also someone entrusts HSBC to acquire the shares of the telephone company in the hands of Jardine, and the price offered is not low."

Henry Cassack also hoped that this company called Vitas could offer a high price to raise the price so that he could sell his shares at a high price.

"Our company is very sincere."

Watron listened and said directly: "According to our investigation, the current market value of the telephone company is less than 11 billion Hong Kong dollars, and we will purchase the shares in the hands of shareholders with a market value of 15 billion Hong Kong dollars. I think such a high premium It will definitely satisfy the shareholders.”

"Your company's premium is indeed not low, but the price offered by HSBC is also not low, and there are side benefits."

Henry Cassack's eyes could not help but brighten. Vitas offered such a high premium that he did not expect, but since the other party offered such a high premium from the beginning, it meant that the reserve price could be even higher.

In any case, now that Vitas has offered such a high premium, if HSBC wants to buy it, the price cannot be much lower than this premium, and the shares in Jardine can be sold at a higher price. up.

"Chairman Kesak, this is already the highest price offered by the head office."

Watron shook his head slightly: "The head office's assessment of the acquisition of the telephone company is 15 billion Hong Kong dollars. I will use this market value to contact the shareholders of the telephone company. It is of course best if I can acquire enough holding shares with this market value. If not, the head office will give up the phone company, after all, the head office doesn’t have to have a phone company.”

The reason why Watron quoted the highest price at the beginning was because the 'Headquarters' asked him to do so, otherwise he would definitely tentatively and slowly increase the price.

Lin Baicheng now holds close to 30% of the telephone company's shares. If he can acquire about 10% more, then he will be able to obtain control of the telephone company. Therefore, the 10% shares are offered at a high premium. For Lin Baicheng, the loss is also limited.

What's more, the main purpose of Lin Baicheng's letting the offshore company contact Jardine Matheson is to raise the price, so as not to let Li Jiacheng buy shares from Jardine Matheson at a low price and offer a high price. Whether Li Jiacheng chooses to give up or choose to change A high price acquisition is a good thing for Lin Baicheng.

"Although the valuation of 15 billion Hong Kong dollars is not low, it is not too high. I am still very optimistic about the telephone company. The purchase price offered by the acquirer is not much lower than this price. Considering other benefits, if your company If I can’t offer a higher price, I can only sell the shares to HSBC.”

Henry Cassack felt a little regretful, but he felt that Vitas might quote a higher price. No one would quote the highest price at the beginning. Besides, Vitas had to inform HSBC about the quotation, maybe Li Jiacheng can offer a higher price.

Watron said: "Our quotation from Vitas is very sincere, and I hope that Chairman Kesak will consider it again."

"I will consider it. Manager Watron, please give Jardine a few days. After Jardine makes a decision, I will inform you as soon as possible."

Henry Kessack wanted to keep the people from Vitas, because he had to consider that Li Jiacheng didn’t add any money. With the purchase price difference between the two sides being quite large, he couldn’t have paid for the loan from HSBC. loss of existing benefits.

Watron responded: "Then I will wait for the good news from Chairman Kesak."

"I'll send it to Manager Watron."

Henry Kessack personally sent Watron and others away, and sent Watron and others out of Jardine Matheson. He did this mainly for HSBC to let HSBC know the existence of Vitas.

After Watron and the others left, they returned to the hotel where they stayed, and Watron contacted the 'head office'.

Because of the relationship between several hands in the middle, it was more than half an hour later that Lin Baicheng learned of the negotiation results between the offshore company's team and Jardine Matheson from Qin Lan.

Lin Baicheng was not surprised that Henry Cassack did not immediately decide to sell the shares to Vitas. Even if Henry Cassack wanted to sell, he would delay for a few days to see if he could sell at a higher price. It is a victory for Lin Baicheng that Caesark did not sell the shares to Li Jiacheng immediately.

Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan: "How's the contact with the minority shareholder of the telephone company recently?"

"Still negotiating." Qin Lan replied.

"Li Jiacheng's people are probably also contacting these small shareholders, you'd better hurry up."

Lin Baicheng reminded aloud that he would hand over the matter to Qin Lan to be responsible for the acquisition of the telephone company, so he only wanted the result and did not ask about the specific process.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

This acquisition is both an opportunity and a pressure for Qin Lan. After all, she is fully responsible for the acquisition this time. If it is successful, it will naturally be appreciated by the big boss.But if she fails, the big boss will definitely not have a good opinion of her, and she may even lose her current position.

There is a saying that if you don't advance, you will retreat, so for Qin Lan, the acquisition she is in charge of this time must be successful.

No longer mentioning the acquisition, Lin Baicheng turned to ask: "Regarding my sister's wedding, how is the preparation going? Have you encountered any difficulties?" The wedding on the [-]th of next month only has about ten days left up.

"The preparations for the wedding went smoothly without any difficulties."

Qin Lan immediately replied that compared to the difficulty of acquiring the telephone company, the preparations for the wedding went very smoothly.The main reason is that Lin Baicheng is not short of money, and he can buy whatever he wants directly with money, so naturally there is no difficulty.

"My parents, my sister, and Yufeng, do you have any opinions? Remember to respect their opinions and give priority to their opinions. Especially on the married side, the family conditions of the two parties are different. If Yufeng's parents If you think it is too extravagant and wasteful, then neutralize it and think more about the feeling of starting a family."

The Lin family is marrying a daughter, and the married family is marrying a daughter-in-law, but the family conditions of the married family are incomparable with the Lin family. The Lin family is responsible for hosting the wedding, and must consider the face of the married family, lest Lin Shufang marry in the future and marry her father-in-law. Mother-in-law is not easy to get along with.

Qin Lan immediately said: "Mr. Lin, don't worry, the preparations for the wedding have always been made according to the ideas of the old lady and the others. The old lady also discussed with President Cheng's parents."

"I'm relieved to hear you say that."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help nodding, this was Lin Shufang's wedding after all, he just needed to pay attention to make sure there was no problem.

"I asked you to prepare the share transfer documents, are you ready?"

"It's ready, Mr. Lin."

Qin Lan replied enviously, she had read all the contents of the document, and she was very envious of it.

Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan to prepare two documents, one for Lin Shufang and Cheng Yufeng, as their wedding gift.

Among them, Lin Shufang was given 440 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa, equivalent to 1% of the shares, currently worth about 5 million Hong Kong dollars; and 1% of the shares of Galaxy Games, which currently has a market value of nearly 100 billion US dollars, 1% of the shares Worth nearly $1 million.

Lin Shufang already owned 1% of the shares of Xinghe Game Company before, and this time she has an additional 1% of the shares. However, these 2% of the shares are in the sales restriction period, and it will take more than two months before the sale can be reduced.

As for Cheng Yufeng, there are only 100 million Hutchison Whampoa shares, but according to the current market value of Hutchison Whampoa, that is equivalent to more than one billion Hong Kong dollars.This can be cashed out at any time, and it is not much different from giving cash.

Added up, Lin Baicheng's assets to Lin Shufang and Cheng Yufeng's couple are worth 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, which can be regarded as the dowry given to Lin Shufang by the Lin family.

Qin Lan was not envious of Lin Baicheng's dowry to Lin Shufang. After all, Lin Shufang was Lin Baicheng's biological sister.But Cheng Yufeng was different, he just married Lin Shufang, and immediately became a billionaire, the top richest man in Xiangjiang.

In this era, there are not many rich people in Xiangjiang whose assets exceed [-] million Hong Kong dollars, and Cheng Yufeng's assets are enough to rank among the top [-].

"You can do what I asked you to do first. After Yufeng signs, I will give them the share transfer document to sign."

What Lin Baicheng wanted Cheng Yufeng to sign was a prenuptial agreement, and the assets under Lin Shufang's name belonged to her personally. If the two divorced in the future, then Cheng Yufeng would not get a penny of the assets under Lin Shufang's name.

However, the 100 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa shares that Lin Baicheng gave to Cheng Yufeng were not counted. Even if they divorced, the shares worth more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars belonged to Cheng Yufeng himself.

Signing this kind of prenuptial agreement is certainly unfair to Cheng Yufeng, but it is necessary, let alone Cheng Yufeng disagrees, even if Lin Shufang disagrees.

Either Cheng Yufeng chose to sign the prenuptial agreement, and Lin Baicheng gave all the dowry that should be given; or Cheng Yufeng or Lin Shufang did not agree to sign the prenuptial agreement, then Lin Baicheng would not give such a generous dowry.

Lin Baicheng would rather be thought of as stingy and not give too much dowry than to see Cheng Yufeng and Lin Shufang take away a huge amount of assets when they divorce in the future.At that time, Cheng Yufeng was really getting the best of both money and man.

It is true that Lin Baicheng is very satisfied with Cheng Yufeng now, but people will change, especially after a person becomes rich, no one knows what he will become, so Lin Baicheng wants to guard against Cheng Yufeng.

(End of this chapter)