Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

The next Monday, Henry Kesak immediately contacted the other party through the method left by the Italian company and called the person to Jardine.

The Italian company is headed by a manager named Waterlen.

"Manager Waterlon looks more British."

It was not that Henry Caesar had never interacted with Italians. Although Italians could also speak English, they had a strong, strange accent that was not as authentic as Waterlen's.

Watlen nodded and said: "Chairman Caesar's guess is absolutely correct. I am indeed British."

"Manager Waterlen, isn't your Vitas company an Italian company?"

Henry Caesar was a little confused. It was very rare for an Italian company to hire an Englishman as a manager.

"What I manage is the branch office, which is based in Leeds. The company is headquartered in Italy, and I manage the branch office."

Watlen explained aloud that in fact, he only joined the company last year, and the company was not large. He had never been to the head office. This time, he received an order to purchase the shares of the telephone company from Jardine Matheson. He was still very surprised.

Previously, the company was not large in scale, so the capital it took over was naturally not much, but this acquisition involved at least tens of millions of pounds, a considerable amount in his opinion.

In this regard, Waterlen has actually already guessed that the company is probably an offshore company or a white glove company, which can be seen from the large amounts of funds that come in and out of the company's finances from time to time. Although the money has not passed through his hands, the data records will remain.

Watlen, who was just a small business executive before becoming the manager of this company, was very satisfied with the company's salary package. Therefore, although he was aware of some situations, he pretended to be ignorant and ran the small company in hand. , receiving a high salary from the company.

Some of Lin Baicheng's overseas offshore companies and funds are only registered in the local area, and by paying a fee, they leave a phone number with a dedicated person to answer it. Such an offshore company has a dedicated customer service person to answer the phone, but this customer service staff works for several offshore companies. The offshore company only needs to pay a fee every year and does not need to worry about the rest.

Some offshore companies have physical enterprises, which are just small businesses. The size of the company does not exceed one million US dollars, and there are usually only a few dozen employees. In this way, the usefulness of the enterprise will be greater.

For example, this time, if Lin Baicheng needs it, he can let an offshore company with a physical enterprise contact Jardine Matheson. Because it is nominally a branch of an Italian company, there is no need to worry about Jardine Matheson finding out the company information.

In this day and age, it is relatively easy for Jardine Matheson to find its branch in Leeds, but it is not so easy to find its head office in Italy. It will take at least a while, and it is hard to say whether it can be found.

"Manager Waterlen, may I take the liberty to ask what your company does? Also, why did you think of investing in Xiangjiang?"

Henry Caesar asked doubtfully, out of pure curiosity.

Watlen was well prepared for such a problem, so he said: "The parent company of the company is engaged in foreign trade, and the branch is a small business that makes clothing. This acquisition is the intention of the parent company."

"The most populous country on the mainland has decided to reform and open up. The company sees this as an opportunity. However, before it is sure whether the policies there will change, the company will not rush to invest there, so it decided to invest in Xiangjiang first. .”

"The market prospect of the telephone company may not be great, but the advantage is that it is safe and has a fixed profit every year. It is basically not affected by political, economic and other factors, so the company decided to acquire the telephone company."

"In fact, the company originally wanted to enter the power industry. Unfortunately, the Hong Kong Electric Group in Hong Kong has changed hands. China Electric Power is an industry owned by the Kadoorie family. It is extremely difficult to acquire it, so it targeted the telephone company."

What Waterlen is saying now is all the rhetoric prepared for him by the 'Head Office', and he is completely copying it.

"The annual revenue and profit of the telephone company is quite stable, and it is a very good investment target. The reason why Jardine purchased the shares of the telephone company was because it had the idea of ​​taking the company into a subsidiary."

"Currently, not only your company, but also someone has entrusted HSBC to acquire Jardine Matheson's shares in the telephone company, and the price offered is not low."

Henry Caesar also hoped that the company called Vitas could offer a high price and raise the price so that he could sell his shares at a high price.

"Our company is very sincere."

After hearing this, Watlen said directly: "According to our investigation, the current market value of the telephone company is less than 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars, and we will acquire the shares held by shareholders with a market value of 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars. I think such a high premium We will surely satisfy all shareholders.”

"Your company's premium is indeed not low, but the price offered by HSBC is also not low, and it also has accompanying benefits."

Henry Kaiser's eyes couldn't help but light up. He had never expected that Vitas would offer such a high premium. However, since the other party offered such a high premium from the beginning, it meant that the base price could be even higher.

No matter what, now that Vitas has offered such a high premium, if HSBC wants to acquire it, the price it offers cannot be much lower than this premium. Jardine's shares can be sold for a little more. .

"Chairman Caesar, this is already the highest price offered by the head office."

Watlen shook his head slightly: "The head office's evaluation of the acquisition of the telephone company is HK$1.5 billion. I will contact the shareholders of the telephone company at this market value. If I can acquire enough holding shares at this market value, of course it would be best. If the acquisition If not, the head office will abandon the telephone company. After all, the head office does not necessarily need the telephone company."

The reason why Waterlen quoted the highest price from the beginning was because the 'Head Office' asked him to do so, otherwise he would definitely tentatively and slowly increase the price.

Lin Baicheng's current shareholding in the telephone company is close to 30%. If he can acquire another 10%, he will almost certainly gain control of the telephone company. Therefore, the 10% shares command a high premium. For Lin Baicheng, the loss was limited.

Furthermore, Lin Baicheng's main purpose for asking the offshore company to contact Jardine Matheson was to raise the price and prevent Li Jiacheng from acquiring shares from Jardine Matheson at a low price and offering a high price. Whether Li Jiacheng chose to give up or choose to buy a higher price, Acquisition at a high price is a good thing for Lin Baicheng.

"Although the valuation of HK$1.5 billion is not low, it is not too high either. I am very optimistic about the phone company. The purchase price offered by the acquirer is not much lower than this price. Considering other benefits, if your company If I can't offer a higher price, I will have no choice but to sell the shares to HSBC."

Henry Kaesik was a little regretful, but he felt that Vitas might still quote a higher price. No one would quote the highest price from the beginning, and besides, Vitas had to inform HSBC of its quotation, so maybe Li Jiacheng can offer a higher price.

Watlen said: "Our Vitas company's offer is still very sincere, and I hope Chairman Kesak will consider it again."

"I will consider it. Manager Waterlen also asked to give Jardine a few days. Jardine will inform you as soon as possible after making a decision."

Henry Caesar wanted to retain the people from Vitas because he had to consider that Li Jiacheng would not add a penny. When the purchase price gap between the two parties was quite large, it was impossible for him to pay for the loan from HSBC. and loss of existing benefits.

Watlen responded: "Then I will wait for the good news from Chairman Caesar."

"I'll send Manager Waterlen."

Henry Kaeserk personally sent Waterlen and others out of Jardine Matheson. He did this mainly to show HSBC and let HSBC know about the existence of Vitas Company.

After Watlen and others left, they returned to the hotel where they were staying, and Watlen contacted the 'head office'.

Because of several relationships in the process, it took more than half an hour for Lin Baicheng to learn from Qin Lan the results of the negotiations between the offshore company team and Jardine Matheson.

Lin Baicheng was not surprised that Henry Kaiser did not immediately decide to sell his shares to Vitas. Even if Henry Kaiser wanted to sell, he would delay it for a few days to see if he could sell it at a higher price. As long as Henry If Kaiserk did not sell the shares to Li Jiacheng immediately, it would be a victory for Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan: "How are your recent contacts with the small shareholders of the telephone company?"

"Still negotiating." Qin Lan replied.

"Li Jiacheng's people are probably also contacting these small shareholders. You'd better hurry up."

Lin Baicheng reminded aloud that he had left Qin Lan in charge of the acquisition of the telephone company, so he only wanted the results, not the specific process.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

This acquisition is both an opportunity and a pressure for Qin Lan. After all, she is solely responsible for the acquisition this time. If it succeeds, she will naturally be praised by the big boss. But if she fails, the big boss will definitely not think very well of her, and she might even lose her current position.

There is a saying that if you don't advance, you will retreat, so for Qin Lan, this acquisition she is responsible for must succeed.

No longer mentioning the acquisition, Lin Baicheng asked: "How is the preparation for my sister's wedding going? Have you encountered any difficulties?" There are only about ten days left for the wedding on the 6th of next month. .

"The wedding planning went smoothly without any difficulties."

Qin Lan immediately replied that compared with the difficulties of acquiring a telephone company, the wedding preparations were very smooth. The main reason is that Lin Baicheng is not short of money and can just spend money on whatever he wants to buy, so there will be no difficulty.

"My parents, my sister, and Yu Feng, do you have any opinions? Remember to respect their opinions and give priority to their opinions. Especially when you get married, the family conditions of both sides are different. If Yu Feng's parents If you think it's too extravagant and wasteful, then moderate it and think more about how it feels to start a family."

The Lin family is marrying a daughter, and the other is marrying a daughter-in-law. However, the family conditions for getting married are incomparable to the Lin family. The Lin family is responsible for hosting weddings, so they must consider the reputation of the married family, lest Lin Shufang marry her father-in-law in the future. My mother-in-law is not easy to get along with.

Qin Lan said immediately: "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, the preparations for the wedding have always been in accordance with the master and his wife's ideas. The master and his wife also discussed it with President Cheng's parents."

"When I hear you say that, I feel relieved."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nod. This was Lin Shufang's wedding after all, he just needed to pay attention to make sure there were no problems.

"Are you ready for the share transfer documents I asked you to prepare?"

"It's ready, Mr. Lin."

Qin Lan replied with envy. She had read all the contents of the document and she was extremely envious of it.

Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan to prepare two documents, one for Lin Shufang and Cheng Yufeng as their wedding gifts.

Among them, Lin Shufang was given 4.4 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa, equivalent to 1% of the shares, currently worth about HK$500 million; and 1% of Galaxy Games, which has a current market value of nearly US$10 billion, with a 1% share. Valued at nearly $100 million.

Lin Shufang already owned 1% of Galaxy Games shares before, and this time she acquired 1% more shares. However, these 2% shares are in the restricted period and will not be sold until more than two months later.

As for Cheng Yufeng, it was only 1 million Hutchison Whampoa shares, but according to the current market value of Hutchison Whampoa, that is equivalent to more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This can be reduced and cashed out at any time, and it is not much different from giving cash.

Added up, the assets Lin Baicheng gave to Lin Shufang and Cheng Yufeng were worth HK$1 billion, which could be regarded as the dowry given to Lin Shufang by the Lin family.

Qin Lan did not envy Lin Baicheng's dowry to Lin Shufang. After all, Lin Shufang was Lin Baicheng's biological sister. But Cheng Yufeng was different. He just married Lin Shufang and immediately became a billionaire, the top rich man in Hong Kong.

In this era, there are not many rich people in Hong Kong with assets exceeding 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Cheng Yufeng's assets are enough to rank among the top 100.

"You can do what I asked you to do first. After Yu Feng signs, I will give them the share transfer document to sign."

What Lin Baicheng asked Cheng Yufeng to sign was a prenuptial agreement, and the assets in Lin Shufang's name belonged to her personally. If the two divorced in the future, Cheng Yufeng would not receive a penny of the assets in Lin Shufang's name.

However, the 1 million Hutchison Whampoa shares that Lin Baicheng gave to Cheng Yufeng were not included. Even if they divorced, the shares worth more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars would still belong to Cheng Yufeng himself.

Signing this kind of prenuptial agreement is of course unfair to Cheng Yufeng, but it is necessary, let alone Cheng Yufeng's dissent, even if Lin Shufang does not agree.

Either Cheng Yufeng chose to sign the prenuptial agreement and Lin Baicheng gave all the dowry that was due; or Cheng Yufeng or Lin Shufang did not agree to sign the prenuptial agreement, then Lin Baicheng would not give such a generous dowry.

Lin Baicheng would rather be considered stingy and not give too much dowry than to see Cheng Yufeng and Lin Shufang take away huge amounts of assets when they divorce in the future. At that time, Cheng Yufeng really had both people and money.

Lin Baicheng is very satisfied with Cheng Yufeng now, but people will change, especially after a person becomes rich, no one knows what he will become, so Lin Baicheng must guard against Cheng Yufeng.