Reborn Tycoon Rise

In a quiet villa in Qingshui Bay, Xiangjiang, Zhang Yuliang stood in front of his desk, concentrating on writing calligraphy. This was one of his hobbies. When there were many things to do, writing calligraphy allowed him to eliminate some messy thoughts and let his body relax. Relax.

Three years ago, Zhang Xingye, the eldest son of the Zhang family, unfortunately passed away. Because he did not have time to prepare a will, his wife and the Zhang family broke out in a lawsuit over inheritance that shocked the entire Hong Kong. As a result, the huge wealth owned by the Zhang family was completely exposed in the mass media. before.

No one would have thought that as early as the early 1970s, the Zhang family had become the largest shareholder of Wheelock, one of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong. If the Zhang family had not kept a low profile, they would definitely have become the number one person controlling British-owned foreign companies. people.

After spending two years, the lawsuit was finally concluded, but the Zhang family was also facing a serious crisis. That year, they sold two buildings, the Federal Building and the International Building, and cashed out more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. The remaining hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars were distributed in proportion to Wheelock. All of them went to Australia.

The family inheritance of the super rich is not actually afraid of their descendants having fun, but they are afraid that one day, the second generation will suddenly decide to change their minds, start a new life, and prepare to show off their ambitions in the shopping mall.

This is the case with the Zhang family. Their wealth mainly comes from inheritance and they have no ability to expand. They suffered heavy losses after failing in Australia and were forced to return to Xiangjiang.

At the same time, Wheelock's performance plummeted due to the double blow of Hong Kong's future crisis and the global shipping crisis. If it hadn't been for the fact that it had sold a large number of properties and land and cashed out a lot of funds when the real estate situation was good in the past few years, it would have been a long time ago. It went bankrupt.

Now that the Zhang family has become known to the public, and John Madden has proven to be incapable of running the entire Wheelock, several conflicts broke out between the two parties on the board of directors, in order to prepare for further power grabs.

"Dong dong dong..." There was a knock on the door of the study.

"Hey..." Zhang Yuliang sighed: It's not easy to get some peace and quiet.

"come in!"

The visitor is Zhang Yurong, the third eldest son of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuliang’s younger brother.

"How's it going?" Zhang Yuliang asked.

Zhang Yurong said: "I have contacted some Chinese middle-level managers at Wheelock Shipbuilding, and they have promised that as long as the company stops paying year-end bonuses for any reason, they will go on strike immediately."

Zhang Yuliang nodded: "Okay, John Madden thinks that they British guys control all the top management, and I can't do anything to them. But he doesn't know that the current business community in Xiangjiang has long been dominated by the Chinese. As long as this strike If the scale is large enough, we can hold a shareholder meeting above board and vote to abolish the current group of British management."

Zhang Yurong said: "It's just that the prerequisite for us to incite workers to strike is that the year-end bonus cannot be paid. During this period, John's whereabouts are relatively mysterious. I heard that he was in contact with some people in Nanyang. I am worried that he will find new investors or new investors." Loan, this will affect our plans."

"Loan?" Zhang Yuliang said with a smile: "Now Wheelock's debt exceeds 3 billion. HSBC has begun to press for debts. Who dares to borrow money? As for financing, I guess there is no chance. Otherwise, last time John and his He won’t bow his head and borrow $4 million from us.”

"Second brother, it was the past, but it is different now. The future of Hong Kong has been determined, and the mainland government has also promised the policy of 'one country, two systems, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong.' Although most of the wealthy people in Hong Kong know the future of Wheelock, Nanyang It's hard to say over there, maybe someone will really be deceived by him." Zhang Yurong is a little worried. There are many rich people in this world, but not everyone is smart. When encountering huge benefits, no matter how highly educated, No matter how experienced you are, you will be controlled by "greed". Didn't Chen Songqing use this trick to easily trample the IQs of countless Xiangjiang bosses?

"What you said is possible." Zhang Yuliang thought for a while: "But based on my understanding of John Madden, even if he does get new funds, he may not use them to pay bonuses. This strike should It can still be successful, but you have to control it, and the basic maintenance of the ship cannot be stopped, otherwise we will be in a mess after taking over."

The Zhang family is not like Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang and Xu Zhi. They have huge financial and resources. If they want to seize control of Wheelock, they must proceed step by step through the shareholders' meeting.

First of all, the Zhang family has insufficient capital and it is impossible to purchase a large amount of Wheelock shares in the stock market. Second, Wheelock is now a giant ship that is very likely to sink. It cannot withstand too much trouble, even if the Zhang family really have forcibly controlled the board of directors, but the British people who have controlled Wheelock’s senior management for decades have not cooperated. Coupled with Wheelock’s current predicament, once the internal struggle becomes fierce, the entire company may be completely destroyed.

More importantly, the company's liabilities were huge. John Madden was the key figure in balancing the major creditor banks. Once he lost his supreme power and some banks asked for loans, it would immediately trigger a domino effect and the entire company would collapse.

Therefore, even if extreme measures like strikes are used, Zhang Yuliang does not dare to really damage the company's vitality. The maintenance of large ships is extremely important. Once the ship is stopped for a long time, it will be troublesome to operate it again.

Zhang Yurong smiled and said: "Then we will wait for the good news before the Chinese New Year!"

"Ding ding ding..." The phone rang. Zhang Yuliang stopped writing and picked up the phone leisurely.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Yuliang...what? You're not kidding..."

Zhang Yurong stood aside and was surprised and angry when he saw his second brother's expression suddenly changed after receiving the call.

"What's wrong, second brother?" Zhang Yurong asked urgently after Zhang Yuliang hung up the phone.

Zhang Yuliang sat down slowly and said after a deep breath: "The caller just now is Uncle Chen. He happens to be at the stock exchange. Hutchison Whampoa Group just made an official announcement, announcing that it has held more than 20 million Wheelock A shares. , more than 50 million B shares, holding a total of 13.5% of Wheelock’s voting rights. At the same time, it purchased A shares at HK$5.5 per share and B shares at HK$0.55 per share until the voting rights reached 34.9%.”

"Hutchison? Xu Zhi!" Zhang Yurong was also shocked: "He Xu Zhi has already controlled Hutchison and acquired Land, and now he actually wants to acquire Wheelock!"

"Greedy is true, but it is actually normal. Hutchison Whampoa holds so much cash, expansion is inevitable." Zhang Yuliang calmed down instead: "It's just that I didn't expect that John Madden, who cares so much about face and is so happy with success, would actually I am willing to sell all the stocks in my hands!"

"Then what should we do now? It's unrealistic to confront Hutchison. Do we also have to sell the stocks owned by our family?" Zhang Yurong said anxiously: "Second brother, we must make a decision as soon as possible. Hutchison's listed companies We never pay dividends. Once Hutchison acquires enough shares and controls Wheelock, the shares in our hands may no longer be worth anything."

"Don't be anxious at times like this." Zhang Yuliang kept tapping his fingers on the table, and after a while he said, "I'm going to see someone. Maybe he has a way."

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