Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 22 [New Company]

Tuesday, March 10

John Madden, Chairman and CEO of Wheelock Group, announced at a press conference the day before that Wheelock Group had successfully acquired properties from Kam Hing Properties in Garden Terrace, Peak Road and other areas in Central, with a total value of approximately HK$15 billion.

As soon as the news was reported in the newspapers, the share price of Wheelock Company soared when the stock market opened on the 26th, rising directly from 3.8 yuan to 4.2 yuan, an instant increase of 0.4 yuan. Moreover, many shareholders in the trading hall had high hopes for Wheelock Company's shares, and shareholders were scrambling for Wheelock Company's shares.

Li Wendi was delighted when he saw the news. He could sell Hutchison Whampoa shares in a few days. He expected that the stock price would rise to 6 yuan without any problem, and he could make more than 20 yuan.

“I should have thrown all 60 in.” Li Wendi sighed and murmured, once the opportunity was missed, it would naturally be lost forever.

Now, it only takes a few days for a large amount of funds to be recovered. It is time for Li Wendi to consider the next stock to invest in.

It is not the right time to acquire companies like Jardine Land and Dairy Farm International yet, and there is not much point in acquiring them in advance. The acquisition war will start in late October 72, which is still a year away, enough time for Li Wendi to multiply the funds on hand several times.

Swire Properties, a subsidiary of Swire Group, has not yet been listed, so the investment does not bring much profit.

Most Chinese companies have not yet gone public, so there are very few targets for investment.

So, Li Wendi spent a morning researching and found that there was only one company that was suitable.

Hong Kong Electric Light Company!

This company does not have much capability in real estate development, but it owns a lot of land, such as the land in Aberdeen and North Point Power Plant.

Moreover, the company will recently cooperate with other capable real estate companies for development, and the stock price will rise slightly.

Although the sparrow is small, it still has meat!

Li Wendi naturally wouldn't mind, as long as there was money to be made.

With the hot stock market, stable public companies like Hong Kong Electric Company will also have a certain increase. Anyway, you can make money by investing money in the stock market. This is the consensus of all Hong Kong people.

In fact, Li Wendi didn't know that at this time even his cautious old mother bought stocks worth several hundred yuan, hoping to earn some money for the household.

Soon, Li Wendi received a check for 5 yuan from Chen Xingzhou.

Li Wendi is indeed not a good person. He plans to give 2 yuan of the money to his henchmen and put the other 3 yuan into his own pocket.

Who made him the boss? In fact, Li Wendi was quite honest. Other people in charge might have given them a few hundred dollars to get rid of them. After all, the henchmen at the Central Police Station received 3000 yuan.

"Haha!! Thank you, Mr. Chen!" Li Wendi put away the check and said with a laugh.

"Mr. Li, you're too polite. You deserve it." Chen Xingzhou was not arrogant. "It was a bit unexpected that we were able to recover 70 worth of jewelry. But I'm a little worried about the robbers in Lin Jianmin's hands."

"Are you worried that these robbers will escape?" Li Wendi asked thoughtfully. It would be of no benefit to anyone if the robbers escaped.

"Well, there's a good chance that Lin Jianmin has something to do with the robbers, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to get the robbers back," Chen Xingzhou analyzed.

Thanks to Li Wendi for deliberately guiding Chen Xingzhou, otherwise how could Chen Xingzhou suspect Lin Jianmin of playing tricks.

"But don't worry, I have warned Lin Jianmin that if the robbers escape, newspapers all over Hong Kong will report this incident, and even those foreigners will have a hard time. Lin Jianmin should not dare to let the robbers go." Chen Xingzhou added. Li Wendi nodded. What Chen Xingzhou said made some sense, but in this world, many people take extreme measures, and Lin Jianmin often does so. So he said with a deep face, "It's better to be careful. If something unexpected happens, who can you find to complain?"

"That's right! But I guess Lin Jianmin will kill all the robbers. This is the best way for Lin Jianmin to survive."

Chen Xingzhou stopped dwelling on this topic and talked about the main purpose of the meeting. "The real estate market is incredibly hot right now. Are you interested in doing real estate business together, Mr. Li?"

Hearing this, Li Wendi's eyes lit up at first, but then dimmed. He felt that Chen Xingzhou also wanted to use him as a tool. It would be impossible for him to make a big profit, but he would make a little money.

Li Wendi originally planned to salvage a listed company during the economic crisis in 73 and 74 and cultivate a talent pool. Now it seems that he can make arrangements in advance and use the power of the Chen family to attract some talents.

"How does Mr. Chen want to distribute the benefits?" Li Wendi asked with a smile.

Chen Xingzhou had already thought about it. "Twenty-eight split, you own 20% of the shares, the total capital is 100 million, Mr. Li only needs to pay 10, but you will take care of the subsequent collection of the building, how about it?"

It looks very attractive, but actually Li Wendi does not gain any advantage, because Li Wendi wants to be the bad guy, and taking back the property requires intimidating the owner. This is how Deng Jiaren offended Lin Jianmin last time.

If you climb many mountains, you will eventually encounter a tiger!

If you do this too much, you will definitely hit a wall.

"It's 15% to 1%. I'll invest yuan and I'll set the price of the property. The premium won't exceed %." Li Wendi glanced at Chen Xingzhou, but picked up the porcelain cup to drink water.

Chen Xingzhou raised his eyebrows. Li Wendi was a bit greedy. He had already experienced Li Wendi's tactics - using the opponent's force to defeat him. He was obviously not a 'strong limbs but simple mind' type of person. So after hesitating for a moment, he agreed. "Okay, there shouldn't be a premium for taking over the property, right?"

Chen Xingzhou didn't want Li Wendi to "earn the difference as a middleman". After all, this was his personal business and he didn't have that much money to spend.

Li Wendi smiled and told Chen Xingzhou the reason for the feud with Lin Jianmin, which made Chen Xingzhou embarrassed.

In Hong Kong, the underworld is not at the top of the food chain, not even in the first class. It is only in the middle class. It is ok to bully ordinary businessmen and civilians, but when it comes to the police management and big businessmen, they can only obey their orders.

"We are in business, so we have to make some money to ward off disaster. What do you think, Mr. Chen?" Li Wendi smiled warmly.

In fact, Li Wendi has been doing these businesses all the time, but on a very small scale, and the money earned is very limited.

"Okay, let's discuss the price of the property in the future. I believe we can make a lot of money and get the new company on the right track." Chen Xingzhou finally figured it out.

The reason for choosing Li Wendi as a partner is that Li Wendi knows how to advance and retreat. Unlike some people who are in charge, he does things that cross the line and otherwise implicates Chen Xingzhou, the partner. In any case, the Chen family are serious businessmen.

Moreover, Chen Xingzhou's situation in the Chen family is not very good. The eldest branch has already begun to control the family business, and it is difficult for his second branch to get involved. His father personally helped the eldest branch to take power, which made Chen Xingzhou somewhat disheartened.

Therefore, Chen Xingzhou wanted to use the robbery to temporarily slow down the eldest son's offensive, and at the same time steal some family assets to make plans for the future.

Li Wendi naturally didn't know about such things, and didn't even understand the situation of the Chen family. He used to think that the Chen family was just a passer-by in his life.

So, after leaving the teahouse, Li Wendi immediately arranged for someone to investigate the Chen family's situation, and also had someone investigate Chen Xingzhou's educational background and other detailed information, so that he could better analyze and update his plan.

(End of this chapter)