Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 179
Xiangjiang area, Mandarin Hotel.

This hotel is an asset of Jardine Matheson. It is somewhat ironic that Rong Renyi and Li Chaoren, two top Chinese businessmen on Hong Kong Island, plotted a shocking drama against Jardine here.

Speaking of Xiangjiang, who is Zhao Wenmu most admired?
There is no doubt that it is Rong Renyi, who is the top Chinese businessman in Hong Kong Island in terms of qualifications, strength, and reputation.

In terms of personal relationship, it is also the closest.

Apart from the Rong family, Li Chaoren came second as expected.

The richest man who jumped off the ship early and ran away, is still a very courageous business leader at the moment.

And will soon aspire to the throne of the richest man in Xiangjiang.

Unlike Rong Renyi, who is tall and looks quite bold, Li Chaoren wears gold-rimmed glasses, and an expensive suit is decent and elegant.

The five-star Mandarin Hotel is an important property of the Jardine Matheson Group. It is famous for its noble luxury and high-quality service. It has been listed as the top ten hotels in the world several times.

After the two big brothers exchanged simple greetings, they both stepped into the quiet Accord.

Zhao Wenmu and another middle-aged man entered behind them.

Zhao Wenmu originally thought that he would meet the eldest son of the Li family who once invested in Penguin but missed its future success.

After all, he is not familiar with the eldest son of the Li family, and he doesn't know that the other party is still a 15-year-old kid.

Naturally, it was impossible for Li Chaoren to bring a child to meet a big man like Rong Renyi.

What's more, the other party told him on the phone that he wanted to negotiate a big deal.

"Hello, Uncle Superman! I've heard about your legends countless times in the mainland and Xiangjiang, and I finally got to see the truth today. I'm extremely nervous. Please forgive me if I'm rude!"

After Rong Ren's introduction, Zhao Wenmu bowed to Li Chaoren respectfully.

"The mainland is really full of outstanding people and heroes! Xiao Zhaosheng is young and dignified, with extraordinary bearing, and his achievements in the future will not be inferior to you and me!"

Li Chaoren looked at Rong Renyi and said with a smile.

Naturally, Li Chaoren would not underestimate the young people from the mainland that Rong Renyi brought here on a special trip. These remarks were half-truths and half-false, not only as a compliment, but also as a recognition of Rong Ren's vision.

But he didn't expect Rong Renyi to nod in agreement with a very serious expression:

"Li Sheng, you have to work harder, or the young man will catch up soon!"

After the four of them were seated, before Li Chaoren could speak, Rong Ren kept asking:
"Li Sheng, are you interested in Hutchison Whampoa?"

Superman Li choked for breath.

Even though he was as calm as him, when he heard this question, he still couldn't help but stop his heartbeat for half a beat.

Then there was a thump, thump, and jump.

He looked at Rong Renyi.

The accompanying middle-aged man suddenly got up, looked around the room, and directly guarded the door of Ya Ge.

Rong Renyi asked this casually, with a calm smile on his face, but Li Chaoren could see the sincerity in his eyes.

The other party is not joking.

Yes, how could Rongsheng joke about such a thing? !
Hutchison Whampoa, eat it, and you will be able to stand on the top of Xiangjiang in an instant.

Take Cheung Kong as a snake to swallow the elephant, eat this behemoth, and then develop the attractive land resources in its hands into shopping malls, office buildings, and high-end residences, so as to realize the complementarity of the financial and real estate sectors.

Li Chaoren certainly imagined such a beautiful future.

However, the strength is insufficient.

How can it be so simple to swallow a whey that is ten times your own body weight?
HSBC is in full swing at this time, how can he win Hutchison from HSBC?This is tantamount to a fool's dream.

However, once Rongren came forward, things changed.

Rong Renyi has served as a director of HSBC for nearly 20 years. His network resources are immeasurable and he has a high voice within HSBC.

Moreover, Li Chaoren is also very clear that Shen Bi, the new head of HSBC in the past few years, intends to suppress the Rong family.

At this moment, Shen Bi definitely intends to re-befriend the Rong family.

With regard to the matter with Huang, Shen Bi is likely to sell the Rong family's face.

With the support of Shen Bi and Rong Renyi, it is no longer impossible to buy Hutchison from HSBC!
Thinking of this, Li Chaoren was emotional.

What a wonderful tomorrow is at hand!

Thinking of this, Li Chaoren no longer hesitated, he said firmly:
"Rongsheng, He Huang is what I wish for! If you can help me win He Huang, Changjiang will repay you wholeheartedly!"

In a flash, the boss immediately figured out why Rong Renyi did this.

Wharf!
"I am willing to sell 10% of the shares at a discount to Brother Rong to help you win Wharf!"

Li Chaoren quickly added.

Rong Renyi was about to respond, but was interrupted by Zhao Wenmu:
"Uncle Superman, you should have more than 10% of Wharf shares in your hand?"

He asked this bluntly and impolitely, which made Li Chaoren a little embarrassed for a while.

Rong Ren immediately smoothed things over:
"Amu, you don't know, as long as I have another 10% of the shares, I can join the board of directors of Wharf."

Li Chaoren laughed dryly, and said calmly:
"To be honest, Xiao Zhaosheng, I do have 18% of Wharf shares in my hand, but I also estimated that it is the same. Rongsheng should have 10% of the shares, which is enough to enter the board of directors."

Zhao Wenmu was not satisfied with this answer.

They all knew that for Rong Renyi, it was not enough just to join the Wharf board of directors.

He must take over 51% of the shares with a thunderbolt and absolutely control Wharf.

Otherwise, it is likely to face Jardine's counterattack.

As the current controlling party, Jardine has many ways to fight back, such as acquiring the shares in the hands of retail investors at a higher price, diluting the proportion of Rongjia's shareholding through private placement, adopting a poison pill plan, and so on.

Once the sword is on, Rong Renyi absolutely cannot give the opponent time to breathe.

Otherwise, it is likely to fall short.

Even if the acquisition is successful, it will pay a huge price.

This acquisition had a historic impact on Hong Kong Island, so many articles and self-media wrote about this merger battle.

Zhao Wenmu is no stranger to its ending.

In the previous life, Rong Renyi won miserably.

Although enlarged to ten or 20 years, the Rong family has made huge profits from this transaction.But at that time, the Rong family had a miserable victory.

Forced to take the remaining equity from retail investors, Niu Bijian and Li Chaoren at a very high price.

This time, Zhao Wenmu naturally did not allow this to happen.

What's more, once Hutchison Whampoa is eaten, Li Chaoren can become the richest man in Xiangjiang in an instant.

The benefits he can gain from this transaction are immeasurable!

Rong Renyi provided him with such great help, but he only sold 10% of Wharf shares to Rong Renyi.

It's for sale, not for gift!
Is it too greedy?

In this case, let yourself sing this bad face.

Anyway, I am young and ignorant.

Uncle Superman sure doesn't care, does he?

(End of this chapter)