Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 172 The Rong Family Plans Wharf (2)

Xiangjiang area, Rong family villa.

"Niu Bijian is already starting to fight back."

Rong Zhenbang frowned and said.

Niu Bijian, chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson, is also the chairman of the board of directors of Hongkong Land and Wharf.

"How many shares did Superman Li agree to sell to the Rong family?"

Zhao Wenmu asked.

Li Chaoren still holds a 20% stake in Wharf.

It is impossible for Rong Renyi not to have considered this point when he started this equity battle.

Even if Zhao Wenmu thought about it with his toes, he knew that some kind of agreement must have been reached between them.

Moreover, this matter is just history to him. In his previous life, Li Chaoren sold 10% of Wharf shares to Ship King, and he still knows this.

However, this time he miscalculated.

After all, the history he knows is only a result after the event, and it may not be the same thing at all during the event.

"Li Chaoren? Didn't he sell the shares to the Rong family?"

Rong Zhenbang said in surprise.

Zhao Wenmu was even more shocked!

Didn't the ship king and Superman reach an agreement in private?

He looked at Rong Renyi.

When Rong Ren looked at his surprised eyes, after a moment of astonishment, he said with a smile:

"I only hit him around. Superman said that the shares in his hand would not be sold to Jardine."

Uh, only then did Zhao Wenmu realize that things turned out to be like this!
The two big brothers just reached a tacit understanding, Li Chaoren will not support Jardine, that's all.

"Amu, how do you know that Uncle Superman has shares in Wharf?"

Li Chaoren and Jardine's fight for the control of the Wharf Warehouse, there are not many people who actually know about it. Ordinary Xiangjiang citizens, at best, have only heard a little bit of information.

This has a lot to do with Li Chaoren's low-key and cautious approach.

The question that Zhao Wenmu asked naturally, "How many shares Li Chaoren agreed to sell to the Rong family?" Although it was a question sentence, it expressed two messages very firmly.

First, Li Chaoren has a lot of Wharf stocks in his hands.

Second, Li Chaoren agreed to sell the Wharf stock to the Rong family.

All he questioned was how much it sold.

This is why Rong Zhenbang is not curious, and Zhao Wenmu knows too much about the inside story among the rich and powerful in Xiangjiang.

However, before Zhao Wenmu could answer, Rong Zhenbang immediately said:

"Do you think Uncle Superman will agree to sell the stock to the Rong family?"

Rong Zhenbang is not a novice in the mall, everyone has their own secrets, even the closest people can't tell them.

He rashly asked Zhao Wenmu why he knew these inside information, and Zhao Wenmu might not be able to answer him inconveniently.

Whether it is refusing to answer or just making up a reason, it will hurt the relationship between them.

"Yes, Amu, do you have any reason to ask Superman to sell me his shares?"

Rong Renyi also sat up straight, looked at Zhao Wenmu and asked seriously.

Li Chaoren has 20% of the shares in his hand, and the total of the two companies is 40%. In this way, the difficulty of increasing his holdings to 51% of the shares will be greatly reduced.

He couldn't help being indifferent.

In the past, because the personal relationship with Li Chaoren was not so close. After all, in business, everyone wants to make money. After thinking about it, he gave up buying the shares of Wharf in Li Chaoren's hands.

However, Zhao Wenmu always has a new and fresh idea.

He was so sure just now that he had some insider dealing with Li Chaoren, maybe he really had a different opinion?
Thinking of this, Rong Ren's eyes became more eager.

Zhao Wenmu thought for a while, and then answered:
"Mr. Rong, Hutchison Whampoa."

"He Huang is very attractive to Li Chaoren, and only you have the ability to help him eat He Huang."

Those two simple words echoed lightly in the huge study room.

For a while, there was silence.

It was as if the air flow had stopped.

Rong Zhenyi and Zhao Jing, who were chatting enthusiastically in the corner, stopped suddenly, and then suddenly realized that the study room was eerily quiet.

The second girl turned her head to look at the three people who were sitting around talking on the other side.

I saw Zhao Wenmu gently sipping the coffee in his hand.

Rong Zhenbang opened his eyes wide, motionless as if petrified.

Rong Ren frowned and stared out the window, but also did not move at all.

The two girls didn't dare to vent their anger.

After a while.

"Hutchison Whampoa."

Rong Zhenbang murmured.

"Hutchison Whampoa."

"Yes! Hutchison Whampoa!"

He stood up abruptly and said loudly.

Rong Zhenyi and Zhao Jing trembled in fright.

Hutchison Whampoa is one of the old foreign firms in Xiangjiang, once second only to Jardine Matheson.

It is composed of Hutchison & Co. and Whampoa Dockyard, and is controlled by the British Kidezun family.

The Qi Dezun family was ambitious in the 60s, and once controlled more than 360 companies. After that, the Hong Kong stock market rose sharply, which made it very profitable.

They also saw the opportunity of Xiangjiang with more people and less land, aggressively acquired land, and moved the shipyard to Tsing Yi Island in Hong Kong, freeing up a lot of land for real estate development.

It's a pity that Hutchison Whampoa's front line is too long at this time, and many companies acquired have financial problems one after another. Although they have made a lot of money in the stock market, they still cannot fill this bottomless pit.

In 1973, there was a big stock market crash in Xiangjiang, and then the world energy crisis, and Hutchison Whampoa fell into financial crisis.

At this time, HSBC Bank injected 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars to save Hutchison Whampoa. The condition was to obtain 33.65% of Hutchison's shares. HSBC became Hutchison's major shareholder, and Whampoa Company left Hutchison.

In 1977, Hutchison and Whampoa merged again, but the newly formed Hutchison Whampoa still suffered losses.

Even so, Hutchison Whampoa still has many high-quality assets, especially the rich reserves of land resources.

Such a company naturally attracted the covetousness of many Xiangjiang businessmen, and Li Chaoren was no exception.

In other words, Li Chaoren, who is best at real estate, is particularly eager.

If Li Chaoren wants to win Hutchison, he naturally needs the full support of HSBC.

As for Rong Renyi, he has worked closely with HSBC for many years, and he himself is a member of HSBC's board of directors, with a decisive voice.

Zhao Wenmu only needs to say the four words "Hutchison Whampoa", and many things will be solved easily.

The rest of the matter, the Rong family and his son don't need to mention anything.

"Hehuang is indeed very attractive to Superman. If he can eat Hehuang with a snake, his Cheung Kong Enterprises will completely secure the top spot in Xiangjiang!"

Rong Ren sighed.

Before that, he didn't think of Hutchison Whampoa.

Maybe Li Chaoren didn't think of it either.

Or maybe Li Chaoren thought of it, but suffered from no way out.

But this is not important anymore, no matter whether Li Chaoren thinks of He Huang or not, he has the confidence to persuade the other party to win He Huang.

Because Li Chaoren had no choice.

What God does not take, is to be blamed.

No one can refuse such a big lump of pie.

And if Li Chaoren wants to win Hehuang, Rong Renyi's help is indispensable.

The Rong family took Wharf, and Superman took Hutchison Whampoa.

What a win-win cooperation!

"Good! Good!"

Rong Ren clapped his hands and laughed, then dialed a number.

"Hey, Superman, it's me, Ei Renichi, do you have time for tea tomorrow?"

(End of this chapter)