Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 201 Chapter 230~231 [Smiling Assassin vs Veteran Noble]

In the center of the coastal headland in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, No. 22 Salisbury Road stands a group of light-colored buildings that are not eye-catching in appearance. They sit like a lion on the tip of the north shore of Victoria Bay, and feel the vitality and growth of the city every minute. .

This well-located building complex is the world-famous Peninsula Hotel completed as early as 1928. The interior metal decorations of the hotel are all cast in brass, with spectacular or chic ornate lighting, from the lobby, corridors to The rooms give people the noble enjoyment like a royal court.

The Peninsula Hotel was built in the late 20s until it was nearly 20 years old in the 80s. It can be regarded as the top luxury hotel in Hong Kong, and it is the most popular place for Hong Kong celebrities to hold grand events.

Although this old "noble" hotel has experienced half a century of ups and downs, it is still the only international-rated six-star hotel in Hong Kong, and it has the reputation of "six-star peninsula".

The Peninsula Hotel is controlled by Hong Kong listed company 'Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd. (referred to as Grand Hotel)'.

Although Lin Zuhui is not a native of Hong Kong, but like many Hong Kong 'natives', he was impressed by the reputation and status of the Peninsula Hotel very early on.In the acquaintance of the past and the past, there are celebrities inside and outside the Peninsula Hotel.The memory of the previous life is too deep, which makes Lin Zuhui still retain a more or less awe of the Peninsula Hotel in this life.

Lin Zuhui, the second generation before becoming rich, would never have imagined that one day, he would become the owner of this magnificent hotel with the most prestigious status in the Peninsula Hotel.

But after earning a lot of wealth in the capital/real estate market, Lin Zuhui often spends a lot of money for the women and things he likes. This is a distinctive label of Lin Zuhui in Xiangjiang.

'The sense of history and antique flavor' Lin Zuhui likes that taste very much. This time, Lin Zuhui's favorite is the Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang, which has a symbolic meaning.

In this regard, Lin Zuhui told himself - at any cost!
Monday, May 5.

On this day, 'Hongkong Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd.' held its annual general meeting of shareholders. The term of chairman Michael Kadoorie had expired, and the shareholders needed to re-elect a new chairman.

On this day, all the media in Hong Kong will focus on the Peninsula Hotel, because there will be a 'fight between dragons and tigers'.

Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai stepped into the Peninsula Hotel under the escort of bodyguards;

Under the guidance of the hotel staff, they walked towards the meeting hall of the shareholders meeting.

As soon as they walked into the conference hall, hundreds of people looked at the three of them.

Everyone has a feeling - the air is almost burning, a sense of oppression in the hearts of every shareholder, today will decide the 'Battle of the Grand Hotel', whether the 'old aristocrat' will win or the 'new hunter' will win ?
Everyone saw a confident smile on Lin Zuhui's face, and some media immediately gave him the title of "Smiling Assassin".

"Mi Gao, I'm very glad to be able to attend the shareholders' meeting of the Grand Hotel today!" Lin Zuhui extended his right hand and greeted Michael Kadoorie first.

Although everyone is a competitor, at least they can maintain a superficial demeanor.

Mi Gao squeezed out a smile on his serious face, and responded: "Lin Sheng, I am also very glad that you can come to the shareholders' meeting today!"

There is still some gunpowder in the words. Lin Zuhui is not only here to participate in the shareholders' meeting today, but to participate in the election.

"I'm not only here to attend the shareholders' meeting, but also to run for the chairmanship of the board of directors!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

"NONONO, there is no such item on the agenda of the meeting, only vote 'I am re-elected as chairman of the board of directors'!" Mi Gao said not to be outdone.

This is true, logically it is true that Kadoorie should be the first to vote for 'Chairman of the Board of Directors'!
Of course, if the negative votes are greater than the positive votes, then Lin Zuhui will naturally be elected.

Mi Gao said this confidently, just to embolden himself.

Lin Zuhui shouted to the executives of the big hotels: "Please give us three copies of the meeting topic materials!"

The so-called non-anger self-prestige and exuding aura refers to Lin Zuhui's current state.Several senior executives didn't dare to confront Lin Zuhui at all, and hurriedly arranged positions and handed out materials.The general manager of the Peninsula Hotel is called Weber (foreigner), and his performance is slightly better.

In any case, Cathay City is currently the major shareholder, and the current situation is not one-sided.

With Lin Zuhui and others being arranged on the rostrum, the shareholders meeting officially started.

In the meeting place, all the shareholders will concentrate, it is unusually quiet, and the tense atmosphere is accompanied by everyone.

Master of Ceremonies: "There are many matters that need to be voted on today. I hope that all shareholders will seriously consider and cast their precious votes. The first issue is whether Mr. Michael Kadoorie will be re-elected as the chairman of the board of directors of the 'Grand Hotel'. Well, now Please put your ballots in the ballot box in an orderly manner. After the voting is completed, we will count it on the spot!"

In this round of voting, if Mi Gao's negative votes are greater than the positive votes, then Lin Zuhui's election as the chairman of the board of directors is a sure thing.

Moreover, Lin Zuhui is very serious, he believes that he has a [-]% chance of winning!
The reason is simple, he has never disappointed investors;

Coupled with the fact that he had done so much work beforehand, he felt that his chances of winning were far greater than that of Liu Luanxiong in his previous life.

As the hours ticked by and the votes were done and into the statistical environment, tensions began to creep in.

Cathay City, with 34% of the voting rights, must have voted against Kadoorie.

When I was half a child, the voting was drawing to a close, and the voting statistics on the blackboard turned out to be even - 43%: 43%.

Lin Zuhui smiled, he has secured the second goal!

And Mi Gao has also discovered this problem, so it is very likely that Cathay City will enter the board of directors of the big hotel!

Of course, there is some suspense about whether he can keep the chairman of the board of directors now.

After 3 minutes, the master of ceremonies said excitedly: "44.2% of the votes are in favor of Michael Kadoorie's family, and 44.1% of the votes are against Michael Kadoorie's family. Congratulations to Mr. Michael Kadoorie for being re-elected as the chairman of the board of directors of the Grand Hotel .”

Lin Zuhui kept his demeanor, walked to Michael Kadoorie immediately, and said, "Congratulations, Michael!"

Mi Gao was also very excited at this time. He thought it was an absolute advantage today, but he did not expect that the advantage disappeared in the end, and he won this position with a narrow victory.

"Thank you!"

Applause!

After all, Lin Zuhui and others have 34% of the voting rights, and those who actually support them only have 10% of the voting rights; while the Kadoorie family only has 13% of the voting rights, while those who support them have 31% of the voting rights.

Invincible in one battle, Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai did not show disappointment on their faces, but a hint of surprise!
This surprised many shareholders!

However, soon after the voting on an issue began, everyone knew that Cathay Pacific City had not lost completely.

After a while, the master of ceremonies said: "The fifth issue is about Cathay City joining the board of directors and sending three directors. Please vote!"

At this time, the atmosphere in the conference room became tense again!

It was only then that many shareholders remembered that when Lin Zuhui bought the shares of the hotel at the beginning, his request was only to send shareholders to the board of directors.It turns out that the purpose of Cathay City is here!

The answer was announced half an hour later, with 50.3% of votes in favor and 38% of votes against.

Michael Kadoorie squeezed out a smile, copied Lin Zuhui's previous behavior, and stepped forward to congratulate him.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Many shareholders expect us to work together to develop the hotel better. Mi Gao, it seems that we have finally returned to the situation at the beginning!"

Mi Gao suddenly said with a sigh of relief: "Happy cooperation!"

In the conference room, there was even bigger applause this time!
The next day.

The Xiangjiang media have reported the scene of the shareholders meeting of the big hotel.

"The Kadoorie Family Surprised 44.2%: 44.1%, Elected Chairman of the Board of Directors"

"Lin Zuhui won by a big score of 50.3%: 38%, Cathay City sent three directors to the hotel"

Some media analyzed: Lin Zuhui's appeal at the beginning was to send directors to the hotel, but now that he has achieved his goal, it should be a complete victory.

There are also media analysis: Michael Kadoorie's voting rights are only 13%, but he can get the votes of the majority of shareholders, obviously it should also keep the country.

Some media pointed out that the reason why the shareholders voted for Lin Zuhui was because he promised to cooperate with the Kadoorie family from the very beginning, and the investors also hoped to join forces to develop the hotel better.

Is this really the case?

Even Lin Zuhui himself can’t guarantee that he did not buy the hotel to cooperate with the Kadoorie family. He has his own development philosophy. If the Kadoorie family does not cooperate, Lin Zuhui will kick them out of the hotel instead—launch a comprehensive acquisition .

At the board meeting of the hotel that day, Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai officially attended the meeting. At the meeting, Lin Zuhui still behaved very modestly and did not express any opinions.

However, Lin Zuhui has already made up his mind, that is, in September, the Peninsula Hotel will definitely promote the rights issue to raise funds; it can not only weaken the Kadoorie family's controlling shares, but also obtain a sum of development funds for the hotel.

At that time, Lin Zuhui's first big move is to take the money and take advantage of the impact of the global stock market crash to buy the remaining shares of the Peninsula Hotel in Los Angeles, the Peninsula Hotel in New York, and the Peninsula Hotel in Manila.

At this time, half of the equity of these three hotels is in the hands of the local consortium!
Lin Zuhui did this because he knew that the Kadoorie family of later generations spent a full US$90 billion to buy the remaining shares in the mid-10s, which was obviously too much for nothing.

Although the funds from the rights issue may not necessarily achieve such a large goal, Lin Zuhui's ability to raise funds is so strong that he will definitely be able to complete this large goal in 1988, thereby increasing his influence in the Peninsula Hotel.

Friday, June 5.

Lin Zuhui sat in the office of Hengjin Securities and began to think about developing a career in the financial field.

At present, Lin Zuhui's career should span four fields: real estate, media, clothing, and finance.

Real estate field: New Era Real Estate (property development), Chinese Real Estate (rental properties, securities investment), Cathay City (hotel management)

Media fields: daily newspapers, magazines, comics, movies

Apparel: ready-to-wear (crocodile shirts), apparel retail (IT), jewelry (Lukfook Jewellery)

Financial Field: Hengjin Securities (Investment)

At this time, Lin Zuhui's real estate, media, and clothing fields were limited by financial problems, so he couldn't move, so he had to absorb it temporarily and stabilize it for a period of time.

Therefore, he set his sights on Hengjin Securities again.

Lin Zuhui was engaged in the financial field in his previous life, so he re-examined his development in this industry again.

Now he is no longer satisfied with just using Hengjin Securities to invest in the family business.

He felt that there should be better development!

After a while, Lin Zuhui called Li Hao, the general manager of Hengjin Securities, into the office.

Li Hao, a native of Huaxia, is 36 years old this year and has a Ph.D. in finance from a prestigious American university. He used to work as a middle-level manager in a large overseas bank, but was recruited by Lin Zuhui with a salary of one million.

A salary of one million is just one of them. Li Hao is more concerned that Lin Zuhui is only in his twenties, but he has created a consortium of tens of billions.

Lin Zuhui suddenly said: "Manager Li, am I well-known in Xiangjiang's financial circle? I want to hear the truth!"

Li Hao immediately said: "Boss, you are very well-known in Wall Street, not to mention Hong Kong's financial circles!"

Lin Zuhui was stunned and said curiously: "Wall Street still cares about the little Xiangjiang?"

Li Hao said: "They don't care about Xiangjiang, but they care about the boss. After all, you are too young, boss. They describe you as 'the Chinese who are best at manipulating capital', and they stick to you with your small fortune and leveraged buyout." Label."

Lin Zuhui rubbed his nose, he didn't expect Xiangjiang to go out, and his fame has spread to the world!
In fact, it is easy to understand that the 23-year-old boy built a 'ten billion consortium' from scratch in three years, and this record can indeed be blown to Wall Street.

What's more, Xiangjiang is already the financial center of Asia, and it is normal for Europe and the United States to pay attention.

But along the way, Lin Zuhui's influence on people seems to be "good at finance". It's all about financial literacy.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "That's right, I want Hengjin Securities to hold a party. In my name, I invite celebrities from Hong Kong and Macau to hold a 'fund' raising party. The funds raised will be used to establish 'Hengjin Securities'. Fund No. 1, which mainly invests in Hong Kong’s securities.”

Li Hao was overjoyed. The management had always thought that this securities company was only used by the Lin family to invest in the family business. It was a good thing that the boss had changed his mind and planned to do business abroad.

"How much money does the boss plan to raise? After all, with your reputation, there must be many people willing to invest!"

Lin Zuhui was stunned again, is he so fragrant?
"1 million funds is enough, mainly to test the waters. Moreover, many of the people invited are actually contacts I need. I will send you the list of these people later, and you can also invite some social celebrities. As for the preparations for the party, you will lead the company staff in the preparations, and I will supervise it. The time is set for next Saturday!"

"No problem, I guarantee that the party will be very formal and grand!"

"Let's have the dinner at the Peninsula Hotel!"

"Congratulations boss!"

Lin Zuhui nodded with a smile. He entered the board of directors of the big hotel, no one would say that he won the victory.

On the same day, the Hang Seng Index closed at 2800 points, Lin Zuhui immediately made a judgment, and the last madness of the stock market came.

In the remaining five months, Lin Zuhui is not just waiting for the Hang Seng Index to rise to 3900 points.

Instead, it needs to plan the rights issue fundraising plan of a series of companies under its umbrella.

The hotter the market is, the more conducive it is to raising funds through rights issues.

In his previous life, before the stock market crash, Li Ka-shing created a fund-raising plan of 103 billion by spinning off Hong Kong Electric (HEC) and real estate (Jiahong) for listing, and then ordered four of its listed companies to raise funds through rights issues.

Of course, after the stock market crash, the actual fundraising scale was only 6 billion.

Naturally, Lin Zuhui can't show weakness. He plans to let many of his listed companies launch a large-scale rights issue to raise funds; of course, the amount is estimated to be around 3 billion.

However, in order to achieve a 30 billion rights issue fundraising scale, Lin Zuyao must also make a good plan. First of all, he, the major shareholder, also needs to take the lead in supporting it, otherwise it will be difficult to convince investors.

In fact, he himself has run out of ammunition and food, and even the stocks have been pledged, unless he shows his investment in blue chip stocks and futures contracts, he may have to get a little loan.

However, once these are displayed, it is not only possible to increase unknown variables, but it is also not his original intention - to hide wealth.

Although Liang Botao knew that he had invested a lot of blue chips, he was Lin Zuhui's advisor after all, and he would absolutely keep it secret. This was professional ethics.

After much deliberation, Lin Zuhui decided to use his shares in Crocodile as collateral for a loan; his loan for purchasing the shares in Crocodile was mortgaged by part of Wanhui Media and New Times Real Estate; and the shares in Crocodile also had sufficient value , which can at least allow Lin Zuhui to mortgage a loan of [-] million yuan. I believe that no bank will reject such high-quality collateral.In fact, New Era Real Estate still has some shares that are not mortgaged, and you can choose to consider it at that time.

With this amount of funds, he can start to prepare for the whole department's rights issue fundraising plan.

At this time, Lin Zuhui's personal loan amount was 17.8 billion.

其中13亿是收购鳄鱼恤的接待，其中4.8亿分别是：炒蓝筹股和期指合约2亿贷款、供股新时代地产集资2.5亿、恒金证券本金0.3亿。

The value of shares held by Lin Zuhui is 49 billion:
Wanhui Media 7 million (market value 10 billion, 49% shareholding plus warrants)
Crocodile shirt 10 billion (market value 13.8 billion, holding 73.5%)

New Era Real Estate 32 billion (market value 70 billion, holding 45% after the increase)

Therefore, even if the loan is at 5% of the price of the stock, it is no problem for him to borrow another 8-[-] million.

What's more, Lin Zuhui's excellent reputation, coupled with the use of the loan funds to raise funds through rights issues, the stock price of Lin Zuhui's own holdings will increase accordingly.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui decided to solve the personal loan problem next month (June), and at the same time, prepare for the rights issue plan of all listed companies.

(End of this chapter)