Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Wednesday, February 20th.

The stock market in Xiangjiang officially started trading today after a few days of rest, and the stock market opened.

At the same time, most companies in Hong Kong officially start working on this day, and the annual vacation is considered to be over.

However, today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, so the companies under Lin Baicheng's name are still resting on this day. Only some companies' factories have started working, and the management will not officially go to work until tomorrow.

Because of the time difference, Lin Baicheng also learned from New York in the morning that the international gold price exceeded US$890/ounce yesterday, which was only a little more than 1% increase from the price of US$900/ounce.

Lin Baicheng was certain that the price of gold during this period before his rebirth did not exceed the price of 900 US dollars per ounce, and was even far away from this price. However, his rebirth changed this result.

Obviously, including Hutchison Whampoa, Lin Baicheng made nearly 20 billion US dollars from it, which was the main reason for the gold price to break through higher prices.

Nowadays, the capital that is long gold futures is not satisfied with the long profit when the price is 850 US dollars per ounce or even lower, so it speculates the gold price even higher. Only with this much capital can we obtain higher profits and own the gold futures. More time to run around.

No matter what, if you look at the current gold price alone, Lin Baicheng's long orders were sold too early, and he made a lot of money.

However, Lin Baicheng has no regrets or regrets. Making less money means making less money, but the advantage is stability, and the profits have been pocketed. Besides, who knows if something bad would happen if he shipped it later.

Changes in international gold prices now have little to do with Lin Baicheng. Although Hutchison Whampoa has a short sale of US$800 million, the amount of funds is not large, and he believes that gold prices cannot keep rising and there will definitely be a correction. You will never lose money if you go short and extend the time.

Lin Baicheng doesn't pay attention to the changes in gold prices. Anyway, his subordinates will report any changes. Before he officially goes to work, he spends his time accompanying the beauties. After all, he is busy with the start of labor unions in the company.

Jardine Matheson.

Jardine Matheson \u0026 Co. had already started work today. In the afternoon, Henry Kaiserk received a vice president from HSBC. The other person said that he had a business to discuss with Jardine Matheson \u0026 Co. Jardine Matheson has many cooperations with HSBC, and the group owes a lot of money to HSBC. Henry Caesar will definitely give face to the vice president.

"Chairman Henry, let's get down to business."

After the two exchanged a few polite words, the vice president of HSBC got down to business.

Henry Kaesik gestured: "President Leian, please speak."

"Chairman Henry, is it true that Jardine Matheson holds 10% of the shares of the telephone company?"

Lei An, despite the fact that this is a Chinese name, he is actually not Chinese, but an authentic British person. "Lei An" is just the Chinese transliteration of his English name.

"The company holds 10% of the shares of the telephone company."

Henry Kaiser nodded. This 10% share was purchased from other large and small shareholders of the telephone company shortly after he came to Hong Kong the year before last, so he remembered this clearly.

Leian immediately said: "HSBC wants to acquire these 10% shares. I wonder if Chairman Henry is willing to transfer it?"

"President Lei An, why would HSBC want to acquire the shares of the telephone company? HSBC itself does not operate a business, and the development of the telephone company is quite satisfactory. I really can't think of HSBC's intention to acquire the shares of the telephone company. I would like to ask, is HSBC in the process of acquiring the shares of the telephone company? Help others acquire shares in the telephone company?"

Henry Kaiserk did not answer, but asked curiously. He did not think that HSBC itself wanted to acquire shares in the telephone company for investment.

"Since Chairman Henry has guessed it, I will no longer hide it. HSBC was indeed entrusted to acquire the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson."

Leian knew that if he wanted to acquire the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson, there were some things that he could not hide.

"really!"

Henry Kaiserk was not surprised. After nodding, he suddenly asked: "Did Lin Baicheng entrust HSBC to carry out the acquisition?" He knew that HSBC was dissatisfied with Lin Baicheng, but he also knew that HSBC and Lin Baicheng had business cooperation. As long as the benefits were sufficient, HSBC would completely It is possible to help Lin Baicheng do something.

"Chairman Henry, I understand your concerns. I can assure you here that HSBC is definitely not helping Lin Sheng acquire the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson. I can guarantee this with HSBC's reputation."

"But Chairman Henry, HSBC has the obligation to ensure customer information, so if you ask for customer information again, I will never answer again. I want to say sorry to you here, and I hope you can understand."

Leian knew Henry Caesar's concerns, so he explained it to Henry Caesar, and then blocked Henry Caesar's possibility of continuing to ask.

"I understand, as long as it's not Lin Baicheng."

Henry Kaesik nodded slightly, then changed the topic: "I'm sorry, President Leian, although I don't know who entrusted HSBC to acquire the shares of the telephone company in our hands, but Jardine Matheson will not sell these shares. , Jardine has Jardine’s plan.”

It was natural to refuse outright, but the sudden appearance of the acquirer made Henry Kaesik decide to acquire the telephone company in advance to avoid changes.

After hearing this, Leian said: "Chairman Henry, don't refuse in a hurry. How about you listen to my offer first?"

Henry Kaesik nodded: "For the sake of President Leian, I am willing to listen."

"Thanks!"

After thanking Leian, he said: "The entrusting party is willing to calculate the market value of the telephone company based on the highest share price of the telephone company in the previous three months, which means that the telephone company is valued at HK$1.132 billion. Based on this evaluation, the entrusted party Fang is willing to acquire the shares of Jardine Matheson at a premium of 10%, which is a premium of more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars, which is not low."

"The shares held by Jardine Matheson were acquired at the end of last year and the beginning of last year. At that time, the market value of the telephone company was less than HK$900 million, and 10% of the shares were worth HK$86 million. But now it can be sold for a high price of HK$124 million. Profit of HK$38 million."

"In about a year, the return rate of nearly 50% is already quite high. I think the entire Jardines will be satisfied with your ability, Chairman Henry."

Looking at the return on investment alone, an investment of 86 million Hong Kong dollars resulted in a profit of 38 million Hong Kong dollars a year. This rate of return is indeed not low.

"The return rate of less than 50% seems not low, but compared with some people, it is far behind."

Henry Kaesik shook his head after hearing this, and no longer lamented Lin Baicheng's exaggerated return on investment, but said: "I am still very optimistic about the prospects of the telephone company. I believe that after Jardine acquires the telephone company, the telephone company can Bringing more returns to Jardine, so I'm sorry about the sale."

Henry Kaiser currently has no idea of ​​selling the shares of the telephone company. Instead, he wants to speed up the acquisition of the telephone company. Furthermore, even if he intends to sell the shares of the telephone company, he cannot agree to it all at once. It will take at least a while. A high price.

Leian did not give up and continued to persuade: "Chairman Henry, the operation of the company is not smooth sailing. It is uncertain whether the acquisition of the telephone company can bring high profits to Jardine Matheson, but now the shares in the telephone company are sold and can be obtained immediately. High returns. If Jardine Matheson wants to invest, they can choose other companies and pocket the stable profits first."

Henry Kaiser: "President Leian, the acquisition of the telephone company is related to the development of Jardine. Although the profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is good, for Jardine, what is more important is the new profit growth point."

"Chairman Henry, let me tell you the bottom line. The client is willing to buy Jardine Matheson's shares in the telephone company at a premium of up to 15%, which is 10% of the shares in the telephone company at a price of HK$130 million. This is different from what the telephone company is doing now. Compared with the stock price, the premium is as much as 20%.”

Ryan offered a higher price.

Henry Kasik said simply: "President Leian, you don't have to bid anymore. No matter how high the price is, I will not sell the shares of the telephone company I hold."

"Chairman Henry, don't you think about it anymore?"

Leian knew that just as the price he offered was not the highest price, the shares of the telephone company were not for sale. Henry Kaiser's statement that he would not sell them no matter how high the price was was just rhetoric. If someone really offered a sky-high price, the other party would definitely Will sell.

Henry Kasik shook his head: "President Leian, I will make your trip in vain."

"Well, in that case, I won't bother you."

Upon seeing this, Lei An stood up and left without offering a higher price. This was just his first door-to-door visit. His failure did not mean that HSBC failed.

"I'll give it to President Leian."

Henry Kasik sends Ryan away.

After Leian left, Henry Caesar immediately called his secretary in.

"You ask someone to investigate who is entrusting HSBC to acquire the shares of the telephone company held by our group, and give me an answer as soon as possible."

Henry Kasik, who intends to acquire the telephone company, must of course investigate who this potential opponent is. Only in this way can Jardine Matheson respond and avoid acquiring the telephone company at too high a price.

"Yes, Chairman."

The secretary responded, and after seeing that Henry Caesar had no other instructions, he left the office.

HSBC, Taipan Office.

After Leian left Jardine Matheson, he returned to HSBC and reported to Shen Chow about his contact with Henry Caesar.

"Henry didn't offer a high price, but refused directly. It seems that he wanted to buy the phone company."

After hearing this, Shen Porridge made a judgment. If Henry Caesar just wanted to sell his shares at a high price, then his choice would be to offer a high price, and then HSBC would bargain, and finally end up with a price that everyone could accept. The price was settled, rather than rejected directly, so Shen Zhou was relatively firm in judging that Henry Kaiserk did not want to sell the shares.

Leian asked: "Taipan, shall we continue to contact Chairman Henry or the other directors of Jardine Matheson?"

Shen Zong immediately said: "Since we know that Henry's purpose is to acquire the telephone company, let's directly contact the other directors and let them support us."

"Taipan, if this happens, Chairman Henry will definitely be dissatisfied. Isn't it worth it for us to do this for Li Jiacheng's commission fee? After all, Jardine is an important partner of ours, and the Kaiser family has always controlled Jardine. Foreign trade."

Lei An said hesitantly. He didn't know that Li Jiacheng and Shen Porridge had a secret agreement, so he naturally felt that Li Jiacheng's commission fee was not worth HSBC's offending Henry Caesar.

"It's worth it. Just know that it's worth it."

Shen Zhou did not explain because only a few people at HSBC knew about the agreement with Li Jiacheng.

"You have to know that we are HSBC, and Jardine Matheson is our important partner, but Jardine Matheson needs us HSBC more. HSBC will still be HSBC without Jardine Matheson, and Jardine Matheson will still be HSBC without the support of our HSBC. But it may not be able to maintain its current scale.”

"I see!"

Leian nodded to express his understanding.

Ever since Li Jiacheng signed the agreement with HSBC, Shen Porridge had tried to find ways to help Li Jiacheng. He not only lent money to Li Jiacheng at low interest rates so that he could secretly increase his stake in Cangjiang Industrial, ensuring that Li Jiacheng would not be attacked and lose control of Cangjiang Industrial. Jiang Industrial's controlling stake.

After that, HSBC tried its best to help Cangjiang Industrial grow. However, Cangjiang Industrial is engaged in real estate business. Real estate development requires a large amount of land and a large amount of funds. With the market value of Cangjiang Industrial, HSBC cannot give Cangjiang Industrial a loan that exceeds the assessment. Quota.

The agreement between Li Jiacheng and HSBC is a secret agreement and cannot be announced to the public. Therefore, HSBC's help to Li Jiacheng cannot be made public. Shen Zhou is responsible for other small and medium-sized shareholders of HSBC. The prerequisite for helping Li Jiacheng is not harming HSBC. interests, otherwise his position in HSBC will be shaken.

Therefore, after discussion, Li Jiacheng and Shen Zhou decided to let Li Jiacheng step out of Cangjiang Industrial and control a separate listed company through Cangjiang Industrial. Li Jiacheng himself and Cangjiang Industrial each hold part of the shares of the telephone company to achieve the purpose of controlling the telephone company.

After taking control of the telephone company, HSBC can provide more loan lines to the telephone company and Li Jiacheng. With more money, Li Jiacheng can do more things.

Only after Li Jiacheng has more businesses can he develop and his assets continue to rise, which in turn will bring benefits to HSBC.

Therefore, Shen Zou is still very determined to help Li Jiacheng. Although it is not to the point of regardless of the cost, as long as the price paid is within the acceptable range, HSBC can accept some short-term losses.

Of course, if the price is too high, Shen Zhou will definitely let HSBC give up. Anyway, there are more than just telephone companies in Hong Kong's listed companies. If acquiring a telephone company doesn't work, then just find another one.

Lin Baicheng doesn't know this yet. Lin Baicheng only knows that Li Jiacheng wants to acquire the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson, so he arranged a team to intervene, but the person who arranged it has not yet arrived in Xiangjiang.

When the arranger arrives in Xiangjiang, he will contact Jardine Matheson and acquire the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson. It's best if you can acquire it. If you can't acquire it, raise the acquisition price so that Li Jiacheng can buy the shares at a greater price.