Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 423 421 [Convention Center]

"Disney?!" Lin Dongmei was shocked. Of course she knew Disney.

"That's a cultural symbol of the United States. Can you buy it?" Lin Dongmei is not a vase and she knows a lot about some things.

"Americans don't allow us Chinese to acquire the symbol of the company, but we can find an American company to cooperate with. They can be the legal person of the new company, and we can give them the chairmanship of the board of directors of Disney. The actual management rights will be in our hands." Li Wendi laughed.

Lin Dongmei said worriedly, "Even so, the acquisition will require hundreds of millions of dollars. Does our family have so much money? We should not tear down Peter to repair Paul. Moreover, Disney has suffered heavy losses in recent years and needs a large amount of restructuring funds."

Li Wendi smiled and said, "There is no shortage of funds. I have invested nearly $10 billion in the United States. When I acquired Haifeng Bank in New York State, I left a team there and injected a lot of funds, probably $1 million. Now the scale should have expanded by more than three times."

"." Lin Dongmei widened her eyes and was almost speechless. She didn't expect that Li Wendi had hidden so much property in the United States.

"Do you really want to give Disney to me?" Lin Dongmei said coquettishly. This is a super company. Once it is managed properly, it will naturally be a giant multinational corporation.

Li Wendi nodded. "But do you want to run it yourself?"

Lin Dongmei knew that Li Wendi was joking. There was a huge difference between giving her the management rights and giving them to her.

But she thought about it and felt that it was true. How could such a huge asset be given to her? If she had a son, maybe it would be true.

"Forget it, I'm still interested in securities, stock markets and finance." Lin Dongmei decisively refused what she couldn't get. Hengxin Investment Company was her base.

"Once Tiger Balm International in Singapore is on track, you can try to run it. If possible, you can let Hengxin Investment acquire some shares, about 20%, and you will be in charge in the future." Seeing that Lin Dongmei was in a low mood, Li Wendi talked about some practical things.

"What about Yeo Hiap Seng Group? When do you plan to start the acquisition?" Lin Dongmei asked.

"Yang Tianen, the second-generation heir of Yang Jinglian's (founder of the Yeo Hiap Seng Group) family, still has some ability. If we act rashly now, there will be big trouble in the future. But you don't have to worry, Yang Tianen has been in poor health in recent years. According to my investigation, he will not live more than 4 years." Li Wendi said.

"Then we have to wait another 4 years?" Lin Dongmei was a little impatient, but as a working woman, she knew clearly that acquiring a large company was never achieved overnight and required some time to wait.

“Wait a minute, our strength is growing stronger and stronger, Yeo Hiap Seng Group can no longer escape from my control.” Li Wendi said confidently.

Lin Dongmei nodded and her thoughts began to drift away.

After 84

Li Wendi recovered a large sum of US$10.38 billion from the U.S. stock market, so he personally went to Citibank to discuss the acquisition of Disney with William.

"Mr. Li wants to use the reputation of Citibank to secretly control Disney. This plan is not impossible, but Mr. Li needs to give the bank more benefits." William said frankly.

"Okay, then Mr. William, can you first tell me the possible conditions you may propose?" Li Wendi spread his hands and said. Such a large acquisition case certainly could not be decided by William alone.

"I personally think that the headquarters will definitely ask that the business of Mr. Li's company be handed over to Citibank." William asked tentatively, watching Li Wendi's face. "Mr. William, there are many partners in the world, and Citibank will not be my only choice. Moreover, this acquisition can bring good returns to your bank, not just me, so this request is impossible to agree to. However, I can hand over as much business as possible to Citibank under the same conditions." Li Wendi's attitude was also very tough. How could he let the bank take control?

"I understand what Mr. Li means. If the headquarters makes this request, I will reply like this." William said with a bad look on his face. He was taking advantage of this favorable situation to return to the headquarters and become a powerful senior executive. Now it seems that it will take some time.

"So how does Mr. Li plan to ask Citibank for help? Use its subsidiary to acquire shares of Disney?" William asked.

"You can acquire about 10% of the shares, and we will acquire more than 40% of the shares, and then we will set up a new company and distribute the shares of the new company according to the proportion of Disney's shares. Citibank will send someone to be the chairman of the board of directors of the new company, and I will arrange people to manage Disney." said Li Wendi.

Bank of China is a puppet in name only, and the Li Wendi family is the actual controller.

"Ok."

The two continued to discuss some details until after lunch, when Li Wendi left.

"I'm so lucky! I'm actually involved in the birth of a world-class family similar to the Morgans. I must seize this opportunity and become the boss of the Citibank headquarters in one fell swoop." William clenched his fists and said with determination.

Changxin Group Office

It was Zheng Yutong's first time to come to Li Wendi's office. Most of the time, the two of them discussed things in hotels, clubs, and golf courses.

Zheng Jiachun and Li Wendi were very familiar with each other, so he was not restrained at all and instead joked with Li Wendi.

"Wendy, I heard that the Trade Development Council applied to the Hong Kong government for land to build a new site, and obtained a piece of land near the sea in Wan Chai, and also obtained the right to reclaim land. Now they are looking for partners. Are you interested?" Zheng Yutong asked with a smile.

In the previous life, this piece of land was acquired solely by New World Development Company, which invested 18 billion yuan to build the Hong Kong International Convention and Exhibition Center, which was hailed as one of the five most outstanding representative buildings in Hong Kong in the 80s and brought great fame to Zheng Yutong.

In this life, New World Development was pulled into the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa by Li Wendi, and naturally there was a shortage of funds.

"Of course I'm interested. How much equity does Uncle Tong intend to give me?" Li Wendi said as he poured a cup of tea for Zheng Yutong and Zheng Jiachun.

"30%, how about it?" Zheng Yutong raised three fingers seriously.

"Okay! I'll ask Wheelock to send someone to sign a contract with New World Development." Li Wendi took a sip of tea.

A 3% share is not low. When Zheng Jiachun comes to power, perhaps we can take away more rights and interests from him.

"The progress of the old wing project of Miramar Hotel is good and it will be basically completed by 85." Zheng Yutong suddenly mentioned this project.

(End of this chapter)