Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 413 411 [Investment in Xiangjiang]

The share prices of all real estate-related companies in Hong Kong are now falling. This is the general trend and no one can stop it. If the prices fall a little more, Li Wendi will take advantage of the low prices to buy. After all, he had reduced his holdings of 10% of Cheung Kong New Group's shares before the disaster and now holds about 51% of the shares.

"The Huang Zuoyao family is backed by the United Overseas Bank. The branch office has estimated how long it will take the Huang Zuoyao family to raise all the funds?" Li Wendi was far away in Hong Kong, so of course he could not make an appropriate judgment based solely on the information he received.

"Within 4 days! Now the economies of various countries are recovering, Singapore is also developing rapidly, and United Overseas Bank is a bank with good reputation in Singapore and its business is doing well. It will be very quick to raise the first batch of funds." Zhang Wentao reported.

“Let the branch prepare the information. We can go to Singapore tonight and start research overnight. We will try to launch the acquisition tomorrow and catch the Huang Zuyao family off guard.” Li Wendi said thoughtfully.

If a strong dragon wants to overwhelm the local snake, it still needs to seize the opportunity. When Kwok Tak Puat attacked Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Holdings, he took advantage of time, otherwise Kwok Tak Puat would not have escaped so smoothly.

There are some differences between a sniper war and a real acquisition, but in general it is a war of money and time. As long as you grasp this factor, you will basically not lose.

Singapore at 8:12 PM
Li Wendi was welcomed by the branch staff and drove for nearly 40 minutes to reach the branch headquarters.

The company's conference room was full of people, and all the management, big and small, came to meet the big boss, Li Wendi.

"Okay, now that we have said all the polite words, those of you who should go home can go home, and those of you who should work overtime can stay on." Li Wendi waved his hand, signaling that the numerous employees could go home.

Then, under the leadership of middle and senior management, the noisy crowd began to disperse and the air in the conference room became much fresher.

"Let's get down to business. What's the current share price of Tiger Balm International? How many shares are held? How many shares does the other party hold?" Li Wendi glanced at the documents on the desk, not wanting to read them.

"The current share price is S$3.4. We hold about 27% of the shares, while the other party holds 30.3%, a difference of 3.3%," replied Lu Yisong, general manager of the branch, who was also assigned from the Hong Kong headquarters.

“Keep a close eye on the movements of United Overseas Bank and the Huang Zuoyao family, and report any suspicious actions to me. Also, contact CITIC Bank immediately and ask them to help us activate them. Do not let the Singapore government interfere with our operations.” Li Wendi ordered.

Businessmen are always desperate and will resort to despicable means. Sometimes these means are very effective and can delay the opponent's time or directly make the opponent make mistakes.

Therefore, Li Wendi was worried that the local bullies, United Overseas Bank and Huang Zuoyao's family, would do such shameless things, so he made defensive preparations in advance.

"Understood, boss! I will personally contact Gus, the head of Bank of America." Lu Yisong said. With Li Wendi present, he knew that he could only be a loyal executor.

"Hold a press conference at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to announce the acquisition plan of Tiger Balm International. The acquisition will be carried out at S$4 per share, and all settlement will be in cash." Li Wendi immediately gave the order.

"If the other party wants to use the shares of United Overseas Bank or other companies to increase their weight, you can contact Gus immediately and say that Changxin Company is willing to assist Bank Ambani in acquiring United Overseas Bank and help them stabilize Singapore's financial market." Li Wendi made arrangements for many situations.

The meeting did not end until 11 o'clock in the evening because Li Wendi was sleepy and needed a very good spirit to handle things tomorrow.

In the presidential suite of the hotel, Li Wendi, wearing a floral and white bathrobe, stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, holding a glass of red wine in her hand, looking out at the dark sea.

"Before coming here, I asked a friend to look up some information about United Overseas Bank and did some analysis. Would you like to listen to it?" A familiar female voice came from behind.

"Tell me about it." Li Wendi still didn't turn around, but the floor-to-ceiling window reflected the woman's appearance, figure, and clothes.

This woman was Lin Dongmei, the manager of Xiangjiang Hengxin Investment Company. Lin Dongmei was in securities and finance, so she could help with the acquisition. Since she was not an employee of the Changxin Group, she could not go with Li Wendi. Lin Dongmei did not want to meet her former colleagues and have intimate actions with her boss in front of them.

"The major shareholder of UOB is Wee Cho Yaw. He has a son named Wee Tien Ket, who is the helmsman of Wee Cho Yaw's family company. When Hong Kong's economy was recovering in 78, he used the relationship with UOB to borrow S$5000 million for the first time to invest in Hong Kong's cities and made a profit of S$3000 million."

"Having tasted the sweetness, Huang Tianji returned to Singapore and tried his best to persuade Huang Zuoyao and most of the family members, and borrowed another 2 million Singapore dollars from United Overseas Bank. Over the past few years of investing in Hong Kong, the Huang family company has borrowed nearly 4 million Singapore dollars from United Overseas Bank, totaling 2.8 million US dollars." Lin Dongmei talked about the secrets of the Huang family in detail.

This was of course a secret, but Lin Dongmei had a close friend who worked as a senior executive at United Overseas Bank. In addition, Lin Dongmei knew some traces of Huang Zuoyao's family in Hong Kong, so she dug deep and found out the whole story.

"Then what does your good friend want? If Huang Zuyao finds out, your friend won't be able to escape." Li Wendi asked seriously.

"She wants to find a job at Changxin Group," said Lin Dongmei.

As a senior executive in UOB, his position after transferring to Changxin Group cannot be low. He is also a key figure who has helped a lot, so Li Wendi certainly cannot treat him unfairly. "There is no vacant senior executive position in the group for the time being. Why not become the head of Singapore Hengxin Investment Company? It just so happens that our family company is in need of such a talent."

Seeing that the matter had been decided, Lin Dongmei teased Li Wendi, "Don't you want to meet my good friend? She is a great beauty, and she has rarely had a boyfriend. She is still single."

Li Wendi smiled and said, "It's not like I haven't seen beautiful women before. If she wasn't your good friend, I wouldn't hand over the Singapore company to a stranger."

"From the way she spoke, she seems to want to be transferred back to Hong Kong. After all, she is unfamiliar with Singapore." Lin Dongmei said tentatively.

Li Wendi thought for a moment and said, "It's a good thing for your friend to continue to stay in Singapore. The Huang family won't do anything to her. I will let the Americans take care of the new company and it won't have anything to do with the Changxin Group branch for the time being."

"Well, okay! Then I'll talk to her, what if she insists on returning to Hong Kong?" Lin Dongmei asked.

Li Wendi smiled and said, "You can make the arrangements. We have so many companies under our umbrella, we can go anywhere."

"This is the evidence she provided." Lin Dongmei took out a document from her handbag.

Li Wendi took the information and put it aside without looking through it.

Lin Dongmei asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Don't you want to take a look?"

Li Wendi shook his head and said, "If you show this evidence, will your good friend be able to escape? As long as Huang Zuyao's family has done business in Hong Kong, there is nothing I can't find. This evidence is not that important. There is no need to harm your friend."

Lin Dongmei was slightly stunned. She almost forgot that this was Singapore, not Hong Kong. If something happened, it would be difficult to save her friends. "I was negligent."

"It doesn't matter! If you do these things a few times, you will get better at them." Li Wendi pinched Lin Dongmei's nose.

"Stop pinching it. Li Xi's nose was pinched flat by you." Lin Dongmei complained, but did not knock Li Wendi's fingers away.

(End of this chapter)