Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 628 [Beat the Cows Across the Sea]

May, Philippines.

In an office building, Ding Xuhuan, the head of the top Philippine family "Xu Huange Family", is conspiring with his Chinese assistant Cai Qiwen, intending to regain power in the "San Miguel Group" and regain the former glory.

Brother Ding Xu Huan sighed: "When the Marcos regime fell, I had to flee overseas for refuge, so I lost control of the San Miguel Group. Now, it's time to get back what should belong to the Xu Huan family! "

After finishing speaking, he showed a trace of ferocity. In his opinion, the Philippines is dominated by wealthy families. The major families control the political power and sit in the dealership in turn. The same is true in business. It is the world of the major families.When will it be the turn of a Spanish family to control the business magnates of the Philippines!
In fact, the San Miguel Group was founded by the Spaniards, and the founders have two families - the Soriano family and the Ayala family.

In 1980, Ding Xuhuan, a close friend of Philippine President Marcos, took advantage of the conflict between the shareholders Soriano family and Ayala family, and obtained the control of San Miguel Group with the support of Marcos.

In 1986, the Marcos regime fell, Ding Xuhuan also had to flee overseas, and San Miguel returned to the hands of the Soriano family again.

Cai Qiwen echoed and said: "It is not a big problem to win San Miguel Group. I have already contacted many shareholders and allies to absorb stocks in the secondary market. At that time, whether it is the company law or government power, Soriano Jr. will not be able to resist , it is logical for you to take back the San Miguel Group."

Brother Ding Xu Huan looked at his most proud assistant and said with satisfaction: "Okay, if I regain control of the San Miguel Group, you will be the first. At that time, you will not only be able to serve as an executive in the San Miguel Group, but I will also let you You are in charge of San Miguel, a listed company in Xiangjiang."

Cai Qiwen said modestly: "Assisting you is what I should do. Shengli Group belongs to Brother Xu Huan's family."

Brother Ding Xuhuan immediately laughed arrogantly.

"Ha ha"

Cai Qiwen laughed along with him, but behind his smile was more ambition.

Brother Ding Xu Huan took the position this time, what did he rely on?
In addition to that little government influence, it is more that he, Cai Qiwen, is looking for shareholders and allies to join them.

And these shareholders and allies are looking at Cai Qiwen's face, not Ding Xu Huan's face; that is to say, Ding Xu Huan is just a "mediocre" and "hollow head '.

This made Cai Qiwen secretly decide that the time is right in the future to win the San Miguel Group.

So the current him is just pretending to be false.

Using this mediocrity, first drive the Soriano family out of the Shengli Group, and when the time is ripe, let his allies join him, and then seize control of the Shengli Group.

San Miguel Group is a large business group in the Philippines. Several core businesses include:

Food Segment: Its products and services span the entire value chain, from animal feed, fresh chicken and fresh meat to processed meat, ready meals, flour, dairy products, biscuits and coffee, making it the most diversified food supplier in the Philippines today ; its strong brands including Magnolia, Purefoods, etc. are household names that have earned the trust of generations of Filipinos around the world.

Brewing field: San Miguel Brewery Company (SMB, Hong Kong translation 'San Miguel') is the largest beer producer in the Philippines. Today, it has ten strong and popular beer brand portfolios: Red Horse Beer, San Miguel Green Light, San Miguel Flavored, San Miguel Zero, Golden Eagle, San Miguel Extra Dry, San Miguel Premium Whole Malt, Cerveza Negra, Kirin Ichiban and its flagship San Miguel brand Light Pearson.Hong Kong San Miguel is a listed company, but its listed assets only include San Miguel’s business and assets in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and the Mainland.

The fields of real estate, infrastructure, energy, electric power, and finance, each of which has a huge business chain, together form the current San Miguel Group.

The market value of San Miguel's parent company is still as high as 25 billion U.S. dollars. Before the financial crisis, the market value once exceeded 60 billion U.S. dollars.

San Miguel Group Headquarters.

The president, Soriano Jr., soon discovered that the shares of San Miguel Group were abnormal, and immediately became anxious.

He knew that Brother Xu Huan's family had returned and was trying to regain control of the Shengli Group.

For a while, he felt a little helpless.

It turns out that the major shareholders of San Miguel Group have very scattered shareholdings. The largest shareholder, the Soriano family, holds only 18.5% of the shares. In theory, whoever owns more than 30% of the shares can control the board of directors.

Just as Soriano Jr. was at a loss what to do, a staff member walked in.

"BOSS, there is a vice president of Barings Bank, I hope to meet you!"

Little Soriano was stunned. He knew Barings Bank, but he didn't know why he was looking for him.

"Let him in!"

"Ok!"

The vice president of Barings Bank who walked in was Liang Botao who had just joined Lin Zuhui's banner. At this time, he had already adjusted his mentality and worked for Bole with peace of mind.

Chinese?Little Soriano looked at Liang Botao with some doubts.

"Mr. Soriano, I am Liang Botao, Vice President of Barings Bank. Nice to meet you!"

"Hello, is Barings Bank giving me a loan?" Little Soriano felt that he had grasped the key point, so he said urgently.

Liang Botao said with a smile: "We are an investment bank, and we rarely make loans."

Little Soriano suddenly said a little unhappy: "So, what do you want from me?"

Liang Botao said unhurriedly: "We heard that a battle for control of San Miguel Group is breaking out, so we are very concerned, because our Barings Bank has absorbed 12% of the equity of San Miguel Group, and we planned to make long-term investment. Now I am very worried that San Miguel Group will suffer from poor management due to internal friction. So I came to the door and hoped to obtain specific information."

"What, you hold 12% of the shares, why don't we know?" Soriano Jr. said incredulously.Then, he fell into ecstasy again.Because of his equity, coupled with the equity of Bahrain Group, he can stabilize his position.

Even, with such a strong strength, Barings Bank must be able to absorb stocks in the secondary market and thwart the conspiracy of Xu Huange's family.

Liang Botao smiled and said, "Don't you know now!"

Seeing Liang Botao's expression, little Soriano immediately said, "Is it really for long-term investment that you bought shares of San Miguel Group?"

"Of course, there is no doubt about it."

Little Soriano immediately said with enthusiasm: "Why don't I introduce you to the board of directors, as long as you promise me one condition!"

Liang Botao thought in his heart, this is simply an active move!

"What conditions?"

"That is to stand on my side and defeat Xu Huan's family together. I also hope that you will continue to buy shares of Shengli Group!"

Liang Botao said without hesitation: "There is no problem, but we will continue to purchase the shares of San Miguel Group after we have joined the board of directors!"

Little Soriano immediately said: "Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

For Soriano Jr., who is still in charge of San Miguel, this matter couldn't be easier; what's more, Barings Bank still holds 12% of San Miguel's shares.

a few days later.

Brother Xu Huan said in shock: "How did this Barings Bank get involved and become a director of Shengli Group?"

Cai Qiwen also had a huge wave in his heart, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the person who is scrambling for chips in the market with us now is this Barings Bank."

Brother Xu Huan immediately asked: "This Barings Bank is not strong, do you have the confidence to defeat them?"

Cai Qiwen smiled bitterly: "Bahrain Bank is not only powerful, it is very powerful. It itself is a world-class investment bank, but the boss behind it is even more powerful."

Brother Xu Huan was shocked and asked, "Who is it? Could it be a giant from Wall Street?"

Cai Qiwen shook his head and said: "The person who is not inferior to the giants of Wall Street, he is Lin Zuhui, the richest man in the world. And Barings Bank was an old bank with more than 200 years of bankruptcy three years ago, and then it was acquired by the world's richest man. It only took three years , Barings Bank not only got rid of the impact of bankruptcy, but doubled its business, and once gained nearly 10 billion US dollars in the Nikkei Index, it can be called a new overlord in the financial world.”

Hearing the impressive results of Barings Bank, Brother Xu Huan finally realized that something was wrong. With such a powerful force, if he could help little Soriano, then his hope of regaining the San Miguel Group would become slim.

After all, everything has to abide by business rules. After all, the Spain behind Soriano is not easy to mess with, and he can't grab it by force.

"What to do? Do you have the confidence to defeat them?"

Cai Qiwen shook his head and said calmly: "It's impossible to defeat, after all, they already own more than 30% of the shares. But..."

"But what?"

"However, we Chinese are behind the Bahrain Group. I need to contact them immediately. I believe that Bahrain Bank will not help little Soriano for no reason."

"Yes, yes, you are all Chinese, you will definitely not kill each other!"

At this time, Cai Qiwen suddenly felt that the sudden intervention of Barings Bank might be an opportunity for him.

After many twists and turns, Cai Qiwen finally met Liang Botao.

"Mr. Liang, I have long admired your name!" Cai Qiwen said politely as soon as they met.

Liang Botao invited Cai Qiwen to sit down, and then said: "Mr. Cai has won the award. I am just a reckless investor. Fortunately, I met my current boss to save me. Otherwise, I would not be here today."

Cai Qiwen said in admiration: "Mr. Lin is the pride of our Chinese people, and he has greatly increased the morale of our Chinese people in the world. His achievements are simply unprecedented, and people like me who have never met him are also very admirable."

Being the world's richest man for five consecutive years, this influence is far from comparable to that of Li Chaoren in his previous life.In his previous life, when Lee Shau Kee became the fourth wealthiest person in the world, he already had a great influence.

Today, Lin Zuhui has defeated American technology overlords like Bill Gates for many years in a row, and his influence can be imagined.

The important thing is that many people know that Lin Zuhui's wealth is underestimated, and Americans only count his listed company stocks.As for how much underestimation, no one knows.

Similarly, Lin Zuhui's investment in the American technology industry in the past few years has also increased his unlimited influence.

Liang Botao also said respectfully: "Our boss is indeed a legend! Mr. Cai, what is your purpose for coming this time?"

Cai Qiwen immediately said: "I want to ask, is Barings Bank's investment in San Miguel Group a long-term investment or is it an invitation to Soriano? Mr. Liang, you may not know that Xu Huan's family is preparing to take back the San Miguel Group's investment." Control, and I am his assistant. So, I am looking for you to understand the situation, if Barings Bank wants to invest in San Miguel Group for a long time, it may be more beneficial to your interests if the Xu Huange family regains control of San Miguel Group."

Liang Botao said without hesitation: "Our boss wants Xiangjiang San Miguel, a listed company, and Barings Bank still needs a seat on the board of San Miguel Group. As for who to support, it depends on Mr. Cai!"

Cai Qiwen was startled, he had been working for a long time to take back the Xiangjiang listed company 'San Miguel'!
Why do you say it was taken back? It turned out that in 1948, San Miguel Philippines bought Xiangjiang Brewery (the only brewery), and since then it has become the monopoly of Xiangjiang Beer. The business gradually extended to Taiwan Island and Macau, and even in 1990 In [-], San Miguel (Guangdong Province) was established as a joint venture with Guangdong Province.

In essence, Heung Kong San Miguel is the predecessor of Heung Kong Beer, just a name.

Although Cai Qiwen has some heartache, after all, his deal with Xu Huan is that if he helps Xu Huan, he will become the chairman and power holder of the listed company of Xiangjiang San Miguel; of course, San Miguel also has his position as an executive.

But he understands that if he does not agree, with the strength of the Bahrain Group, they have almost no chance of winning.

"No problem! We are all Chinese, so we should work together." Cai Qiwen readily agreed without hesitation for a few seconds.

Liang Botao said with a smile: "Mr. Cai is right. You cooperate with us to plan for your future. After all, everyone is Chinese. If you don't support you, who will you support?"

Cai Qiwen was shocked, and quickly said: "You are joking, I am also working for Brother Xu Huan's family." However, he added: "Of course, it is my honor to cooperate with Barings Bank. If there is a chance that day, I will I also want to visit Mr. Lin, he is my idol."

Liang Botao laughed 'haha' and said: "You are welcome anytime, I can introduce you on your behalf, after all we will be cooperative allies in the future."

Cai Qiwen said: "Yes"

He is not stupid. Barings Bank has absorbed so many shares and has become a director. Whether it is the one that falls now or the one that will fall in the future, it is very critical.

When the San Miguel Group held a board meeting again, a dramatic scene occurred. Soriano Jr. thought that his biggest ally, Bahrain Bank, chose to support Brother Ding Xuhuan, and he suffered a crushing defeat for a while.

Barings Bank is already a heavyweight shareholder holding 16% of the shares, and its influence is naturally astonishing, so Ding Xuhuan agreed without hesitation after learning about the conditions of Barings Bank.

For him, having the ally of Barings Bank is a pie in the sky; as for losing San Miguel, a listed company in Hong Kong, he doesn't have much heartache. San Miguel itself is not as influential as before, and other businesses are new. core.

At this time, Liang Botao was sitting on the board of directors of San Miguel Group, and he didn't feel ashamed of Soriano at all.Business is so ashamed. In fact, the purpose of Barings Bank from the beginning was to get Brother Xu Huan in the top position and make friends with Cai Qiwen.

Cai Qiwen is Chinese, and his ability is very outstanding. When the time is right, helping him to the top is the biggest goal.

(End of this chapter)