I have a thousand suites in Shenzhen

Chapter 158: Don’t want to be in the limelight (please vote for me)
The current Penguin Company is far from as powerful as it will be in the future. The market value in 2008 was just over 800 billion U.S. dollars, more than 2007 billion Hong Kong dollars, a decrease of 40 billion U.S. dollars from [-].

If there are investors willing to increase capital at this time, it will be very effective in boosting Penguin's development confidence, increasing its stock price, and improving the confidence of shareholders. I believe Penguin will not refuse.

In addition to increasing capital and expanding shares, stocks held by shareholders can also be acquired from shareholders.

What Yi Anguo covets most is the Penguin shares held by the South African newspaper industry.

If it can be acquired, it would be best. If it cannot be acquired, then dilute it and spend US$100 billion to severely dilute the shares of the South African Daily News.

In fact, to put it bluntly, even if Zhou Mengdie was sent to explore the way, Yi Anguo had no hope that Zhou Mengdie would be able to negotiate any results.

Zhou Mengdie didn’t know!She just wants to complete what her boss ordered and perform well in front of her boss, so that her boss will not underestimate her and that she is also someone who can help her boss do big things.

Zhou Mengdie successfully entered Penguin's office building and met Penguin's CEO Ma HuaTian.

"Brother Ma! I haven't seen you for a long time. Why are you still so handsome?" Zhou Mengdie said with a happy smile after seeing Ma HuaTian.

"Mengdie! Long time no see, you are getting more and more beautiful!"

On Ma Hua's painful face, there was no longer the usual sternness when facing subordinates, nor the seriousness when meeting with partners. What was left was just the intimacy of the big brother next door when meeting the little sister next door.

It turns out that Ma Hua Tong and Zhou Meng Die's family used to be neighbors. At that time, Ma Hua Tong had just moved to Shenzhen Town with her father. When she was thirteen or fourteen years old, Zhou Meng Die was even younger at that time, only two or three years old.

Ma Hua's father and Zhou Mengdie's father work in the same state-owned company, and they are both colleagues and supervisors.

When Zhou Mengdie was a child, she liked Ma Hua Tong, her elder brother, and Ma Hua Tong also liked Zhou Meng Die, her neighbor's little sister, and would take her to play with her when she was free.

Until later, Mahuatou's family moved away, and the two families moved around less, but they still kept in touch. After all, they were still fellow villagers!
"You graduated from college and didn't want to work in a shipping company. You didn't come to see me, so you just found a company to work. Do you not want to trouble me, or are you afraid that I won't be able to give you a good job?" Ma Hua Tong said slightly reproachfully. said.

"No, I just want to make a career on my own. I don't want to be under everyone's protection. I've grown up now! Of course I have to learn to be independent?" Zhou Mengdie said with an embarrassed smile.

"You! Forget it! I won't talk about the past, but you suddenly came to me today. Is there something wrong?" Ma Hua asked.

"Yes! I am working in a private investment company now. I am the boss's personal assistant. On behalf of my boss, I am here to discuss investment matters with you." Zhou Mengdie immediately said seriously.

"Brother Ma! Is your company still willing to accept investment now?"

"Private investment company! Are they the investors behind Jingjing Online Supermarket and Huaxing Technology Company?" Mahuatong thought for a while and asked.

"Yes, our boss is very powerful. Our boss is very optimistic about the development prospects of Penguin Company, so he sent me to come to you on behalf of the boss to discuss investing in Penguin Company." Zhou Mengdie nodded and said.

"We at Penguin Company actually don't need investment now. Of course, if your boss's private investment company comes to negotiate, I will definitely give you face. How much does your boss plan to invest?" Ma Hua Tong said slyly.

Business is business, and he never confuses business with feelings. In personal relationships, he can regard Zhou Mengdie as the girl next door, but in the mall, he will only regard Zhou Mengdie as a business partner or competitor.

"This depends on how many shares your company is willing to give up. Your Penguin Company is a listed company, and its current market value is just over 100 billion US dollars. How many billions of dollars our boss is willing to invest depends on how many shares you are willing to give up?" Zhou Mengdie was cautious. said.

Zhou Mengdie didn't go to college for nothing, and he didn't become a top student for nothing. He still knew some negotiation skills.

Mahuatong said with a bit of a headache: "Although our company's current market value is only more than 100 billion US dollars, that is because this year's economic situation is not good, and the current stock price cannot reflect the true value of our company."

"Furthermore, our company is in its initial growth stage and has great potential for future development, so the value of investment is huge."

"If your boss wants to use the current market value and stock price to invest in shares, it is a bit unrealistic."

"Well..., since our boss is optimistic about Penguin's development prospects, we can accept an appropriate premium. So what premium do you think should be? How many shares are you willing to give up?" Zhou Mengdie asked.

"At a minimum premium of 50.00%, we can give up 15% of the shares. If you invest US$[-] billion, we can let you hold [-]% of the shares." Mahuatong said after pondering for a while.

"The premium is 50.00%, and US$15 billion can only account for [-]% of the shares, Brother Ma! Are you sure you are serious?" Zhou Mengdie asked.

"Of course! I'm just giving you face. If it were anyone else, the price would be at least [-]% higher." Ma Hua Tong said with certainty.

"Brother Ma! If the price increases by [-]%, can we buy Penguin shares from the South African newspaper?" Zhou Mengdie asked.

"I'm afraid this won't work! The South African newspaper industry won't be so short-sighted. If the premium is [-]%, I'm afraid it won't tempt them." Ma Hua Tong thought for a while and said. "Then what price premium does Brother Ma think we should pay to impress the South African newspaper industry and make them willing to sell their shares of Penguin?" Zhou Mengdie asked again.

"How do I know this? If they don't want to reduce their holdings, you can't buy their shares even if you give them ten times the premium." Ma Hua Tong shook his head and said.

The South African newspaper industry is also a large company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. Penguin has no problem with its development prospects and financial reports. It is equivalent to a golden chicken that can lay golden eggs. As long as the South African newspaper company is not stupid, it will not be at this time Reduce holdings of Penguin shares.

"Then if our company wants to invest US$100 billion, how much shares can we hold?" Zhou Mengdie thought for a while and asked.

"Girl, are you kidding, or are you serious?" Ma Hua's head started to swell from pain and she said depressedly.

Good guy, Penguin's market value is only US$100 billion, but your company wants to invest US$100 billion, and you asked me how much share I can hold. Are you serious about investing?
"Brother Ma, of course I am seriously discussing investment cooperation with you!" Zhou Mengdie said seriously.

"It's useless to be serious, we don't want to sell the company." Ma Huatai said simply.

"Brother Ma, if you refuse to accept investment from our company, our boss will be very unhappy. If our boss is unhappy, he may set up another company, a company exactly like Penguin Company, to compete with Penguin Company." Zhou Mengdie still said with a very serious look.

"In addition, our boss will short Penguin's stock price. Our boss holds a large amount of Penguin's stock. It is not difficult to short Penguin's stock price."

"Moreover, Brother Ma, letting so many Penguin shares be in the hands of foreign investors is not in line with the long-term development of Penguin, so you should find a way to buy back Penguin's shares from the South African company."

"If Brother Ma has no money, our boss has money, and our boss is willing to cooperate with you."

"And our boss has the ability to help you develop Penguin Company better and become bigger and stronger."

Ma Hua Tong did not expect that Zhou Mengdie would not be able to acquire it, so she began to threaten him. Although she knew that this was not Zhou Mengdie's original intention and that she was just representing the company behind her to convey her intentions, she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.

At the same time, I had to sigh that Zhou Mengdie had really grown up and was no longer the little girl with a runny nose following him.

However, what Zhou Mengdie said is not wrong. Nearly half of the company's shares are in the hands of foreign investors, which is indeed detrimental to Penguin's development.

If some shares can be repurchased, it will undoubtedly be more beneficial to the development of the company.

As for what Zhou Mengdie said that his boss would open a company similar to Penguin's to compete with Penguin, Ma Huatai didn't take it to heart.

Penguin has now achieved this. Its status as the leader of Internet social software cannot be easily defeated by just investing in any company.

"I didn't say we won't accept investment, but you invested 100 billion US dollars when you came here. This is equivalent to buying our company in this package, so we definitely won't do it!"

……

Yi Anguo just regarded it as giving Zhou Mengdie an impossible task, so he didn't pay much attention to what kind of results Zhou Mengdie could achieve. He also didn't care too much. He had his own plan to deal with Penguin Company.

After a period of recruitment, Chen Xuejiao finally established all the departments needed by the investment company and deployed the manpower. The next step is to carry out the work according to the plan.

Just when everyone was not optimistic about the real estate market, the real estate company under Yi Anguo's name had begun to quietly expand, constantly expanding its scale and opening more branches.

At the same time, Anguo Property Company also began to go out of Shenzhen and Guangdong Province, and took over and bought a large number of unsold real estate for rental business.

The properties taken over by Anguo Property Company are mainly for rent after renovation, not for sale.

And qualified tenants can also receive a partial rent reduction.

For example, a tenant with a couple with school-age children can receive a monthly rent discount of 30.00%.

In this way, you only need to pay a rent of 2000 yuan a month, which is originally 1400 yuan a month, greatly reducing the tenant's burden.

The reason for launching such preferential conditions is that Yi Anguo hopes that parents can keep their children with them as much as possible to reduce the number of left-behind children. Children can enjoy father's and mother's love and grow up healthily under the care of their parents.

With the same rent, you could only rent two bedrooms and one living room, but now you can rent three bedrooms and one living room, giving your children more space to live and grow.

(End of this chapter)