The Industrial Giant Reborn

"Chen Zhiwen? He asked me out at this time?" Li Jiacheng said with a frown.

"I guess it's for Wharf?" Zhuang Yueming said, "In the past two years, the real estate company under Chen Zhiwen invested a lot of money in various real estate projects, especially in Hung Hom, but in the past six months, the speed of land acquisition seems to have slowed down a lot. For some reason, but they must have a lot of cash in their hands."

"That's true. If this is the case, it makes sense. When the real estate market is rising, it starts to restrain itself. I thought it was because Chen Zhiwen was worried that the land price would go wrong again. It seems that he is also planning to use British capital again. Li Jiacheng nodded and said, "It's just that Wharf has been disturbed by us now, which may have affected his plan."

"No matter what, if he is also planning to buy Wharf, then I can sell my favor." Li Jiacheng said with a smile.

"That's right, then go and have a look in three days." Zhuang Yueming nodded and said.

Three days later, the Presidential Suite in the Hilton Hotel:

"Li Sheng, it's only been three months since we came back from the mainland, but you caused a big tsunami in Hong Kong?" Seeing Li Jiacheng, Chen Zhiwen immediately smiled and said, everyone is old friends, not only We have worked together a lot, and we even stayed in the Mainland together for a month. Among the dozens of people who went to the Mainland together that time, basically all of them have gotten closer, and those who are familiar with each other will only become better friends.

"I'm ashamed, Chen Sheng, don't laugh, what kind of tsunami is it to return home without a feather, it's far behind Chen Sheng's acquisition of Hutchison." Li Jiacheng shook his head and said.

"It's still different. What I bought back then was just a British-funded company that was in serious debt and almost went bankrupt. No matter how big it was, it would still be a mess. If I hadn't injected a lot of money, I don't know if Hutchison would exist now. What about it?" Chen Zhiwen said: "Hutchison was completely unwanted by no one back then. My acquisition was simple, but Li Sheng, you are hard on Jardine this time, which is enough to be recorded in the annals of our Hong Kong business. "

"If you lose, you lose. All history books are fake." Li Jiacheng shook his head and said.

"HSBC just intervened. Li Sheng is a real estate company. Under the pressure of HSBC, it is normal to let go." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Then Chen Sheng, did you ask me out today because of the Wharf stocks in my hand?" Li Jiacheng asked very "sincerely", he is also a smart person, so asking him out at this time must be for the Wharf stocks.

"Li Sheng is indeed a smart person. That's what I mean. I wonder how many Wharf stocks Li Sheng owns?" Chen Zhiwen asked.

"There are almost 9.8 million shares." Li Jiacheng said. He previously acquired 12% of the shares, about 10.5 million shares, and later sold some to cash out when the price was high, so much at present.

"Okay, I want to buy all the Wharf stocks in your hands at a price of 30 Hong Kong dollars per share. What does Li Sheng think?" Chen Zhiwen said again.

"30 Hong Kong dollars a share? Okay, no problem." Li Jiacheng agreed without thinking about it.

Before he came here, he guessed that it was very likely that Chen Zhiwen would buy the Wharf stock in his hand today, so he had already calculated the price in his heart, combined with his own investment and the current share price of Wharf, as long as Chen Zhiwen's quotation exceeded this Count, that's it.

"Li Sheng is very straightforward." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. The stock price of Wharf has fluctuated between 23-25 ​​Hong Kong dollars in the past two days. To buy about 10% of the stock at one time, 30 Hong Kong dollars is actually not too much. Otherwise, in At this point, go to the stock market for acquisitions. If a little money goes in or a little rumor comes out, the stock price may double again.

Li Jiacheng said with a smile: "Chen Sheng wants to teach us Chinese a lesson for these British-funded companies who only know how to dominate us. I, Li Jiacheng, do not have the ability, but I am happy to support Chen Sheng. If When Chen Sheng really gets the Wharf, when we develop some projects of Wharf, if there is an opportunity, I, Cheung Kong Industrial, would like to cooperate with Chen Sheng again."

"Okay, no problem." Chen Zhiwen nodded, no matter what he said was true or not, what Li Jiacheng said really made people feel very comfortable.

"Then I will send these stocks to your residence tomorrow. If the transaction is cut, when will Chen Sheng go?" Li Jiacheng asked.

"Li Sheng, wait for me a little longer. I still need to buy some more stocks in the stock market. This way, I can be more confident. How about seven days?" Chen Zhiwen said.

"Seven days? You, Chen Sheng, could it be that you have been planning for Wharf?" Li Jiacheng suddenly understood in his heart. No wonder when he bought it, he felt that there were too few liquid stocks in the market. When the stock price was high, there were many parties who were smashing it It is obvious that other major shareholders are taking the opportunity to manipulate the market.

"Yes, in fact, long before I took action against Hutchison, I have been absorbing Wharf stocks non-stop." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile, it's okay to tell Li Jiacheng now, after all, he will soon turn the table with Jardine , It doesn't matter what the secret is about to be revealed.

"So long? I wonder how many Wharf stocks Chen Sheng owns?" Li Jiacheng asked curiously.

"About 25%." Chen Zhiwen said.

"25%?" Li Jiacheng was taken aback. This ratio exceeded Jardine's shareholding. If he added his own 10% of the stock, it would basically be a sure win. There was only one problem, and he quickly Thinking of a possibility, he asked, "Chen Sheng, did you only make large acquisitions every time Wharf issued additional shares?"

"Yes, otherwise, it would be impossible to buy so many stocks without telling Jardine Matheson and so many financial experts." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

In the previous acquisition of Hutchison, the condition of Hutchison was so bad that it was able to acquire enough ratios, but even so, people found out in the follow-up that it is only suitable for the initial stage of the acquisition to suppress the stock price by releasing news or selling stocks. With the reduction of floating stocks and the increasing trading volume of stocks, it will definitely be discovered to a certain extent.

Although Wharf's Harbor City is a gold swallowing beast, it is not as bad as Hutchison back then. Even if it is slowly acquired, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be discovered, but when Wharf raises its own shares in the stock market to raise funds It's different.

The additional shares will be bought by stockholders or investment institutions. Chen Zhiwen also plays one of the roles. This is a normal transaction. At other times, it is only a small amount of acquisitions. Therefore, to this day, it still has not caused the stock market. any unusual fluctuations.

"No wonder when I investigated Wharf stock last year, I found that it had expanded its shares many times for financing, but it did not cause the stock price to plummet. It turned out that Chen Sheng was taking over on a large scale." Li Jiacheng said.

"Actually, there are only a few high-quality, large-scale British-funded companies in Hong Kong that are easy to acquire. It is normal for our goals to repeat themselves." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Yes, I see the same thing, hahaha." Li Jiacheng nodded and said.

"In that case, Li Sheng will help me keep it secret for a while, and then I will mobilize some funds, close to 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and it will take a few days." Chen Zhiwen said.

"No problem, don't worry Chen Sheng, I won't tell anyone about this." Li Jiacheng said.

After returning home, as soon as Li Jiacheng sat down, Zhuang Yueming walked past Ali with a fruit platter and asked, "Chen Zhiwen is looking for you because he wants to buy Wharf."

"I promised Chen Zhiwen not to tell anyone, including you." Li Jiacheng said with a light smile.

"Then if I guess it, it doesn't count as your telling." Zhuang Yueming said with a smile: "It seems to be the same as what I guessed. Since he told you everything, it means that you sold the stock to him. After the acquisition of Hutchison, it has been silent for more than two years, and it is ready to take action against British capital again."

"Let's talk about it in a week. Soon we will have a lot of cash in our hands. Now I am thinking about how to use this money." Li Jiacheng said with a smile.

Zhuang Yueming asked: "You don't want to buy another British company, do you?"

"Forget it, this failure can be regarded as a lesson. Now the whole market is very good. Once the news of the acquisition is leaked, the stock price will inevitably rise several times. Changjiang Industrial has no ability to continue to follow." Li Jiacheng shook his head and said: " It’s better to develop new projects normally, for a large-scale project like Huangpu Garden, it is estimated that it can earn more than one billion yuan.”

"That's right, it just so happens that Chen Zhiwen is going to attack Wharf soon, so let's see what Jardine will do?" Zhuang Yueming nodded and said.

Seven days later, Zhou Jiayang, who was in charge of the acquisition of Wharf, and Xu Jinhong, who was in charge of Galaxy Group, came to Chen Zhiwen's office together.

"Chen Sheng, in the last 7 days, we have acquired another 1.5% of the stock in the stock market. Now we have almost 27% of the Wharf stock in our hands. Adding the 10.2% that will be acquired from Li Jiacheng, we will have 37% The ratio is up." Yang Hui of the Zhou family reported.

"We already have a right of veto, let's see now, what will Niu Bijian do?" Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the acquisition of Wharf, since he came to Hong Kong after crossing, he has always wanted to make it happen. With a little capital, I started to operate slowly, and today, I can finally complete the final blow.

"Then we will announce it after we harvest the shares with Li Jiacheng?" Zhou Jiayang asked.

"Announce it." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

When Wharf shares became very sensitive due to acquisitions, there was no longer any opportunity to slowly lurking acquisitions. As long as a little more money enters the market, it will arouse vigilance, especially Chen Zhiwen's current status. Many people are speculating about him. Will it take action against Wharf or other British-funded companies, which has led to various anti-commonsense financial operations in the entire capital market.

In this case, it is natural to make a public acquisition. Even if you spend a little more money, the most important thing is to acquire the company quickly. Otherwise, you will lose a lot of time and cost. For the simplest example, Chen Zhiwen needs to prepare a lot If the funds are exhausted, then these funds cannot be used for investment, and the losses caused by this will be greater than the earlier high-priced acquisitions.

"Okay, then I'll go to Cheung Kong now and make a deal with Li Jia." Zhou Jiayang said.

Thursday, March 2.

An important piece of news once again detonated Hong Kong's financial circle: Li Jiacheng officially announced that the Wharf stock in his hand had been transferred, and the other party was Chen Zhiwen.

"Chen Zhiwen wants to buy Wharf" immediately became the headlines of the newspapers in Hong Kong. Even the former Miss Hong Kong, who was relatively troubled in the entertainment industry recently, was dating the Huo family's son, and was thrown to the corner.

After two years, Hong Kong's Chinese capital is sharpening their swords again, ready to face their British opponents.

In the afternoon of the same day, Galaxy Group came forward to officially announce that, including the shares of Wharf previously held, Galaxy Group already owns a total of 37% of the shares of Wharf. The reason for so many is also because they are optimistic about the future of Wharf.

At the same time, Galaxy Group will continue to purchase Wharf shares in cash at a price of HK$40 per share until the shareholding reaches 49.9%.

As soon as the news came out, Wharf's stock price almost doubled, from the early 20s to 50 directly.

Hong Kong, Connaught Building:

"Damn it, this Chen Zhiwen, we have already sold Wellcome Supermarket to him at a low price, and he still has the idea of ​​Wharf." Bao Fuda said angrily with his veins exposed.

"Suddenly there are 37% of the shares. It seems that as early as a few years ago, he was slowly acquiring the shares of Wharf. Otherwise, it is impossible not to be discovered with such a large trading volume." I was angry, but I calmed down quickly. Anger is useless and will only affect correct decision-making.

"It's been acquired a long time ago." Bao Fuda pondered for a moment, and said: "It seems that Chen Zhiwen made the move when Wharf raised shares for several times. We wondered at the time why the stock market was clearly not optimistic about Wharf's Harbor City plan at all. , but it happens that every time it raises funds, it can quickly obtain funds.”

"Sure enough, it's ruthless. It seems that Henry Keswick has been preparing for this matter since he was still in Jardine, and it took four years before he officially started it." Niu Bijian said with some emotion.

"Chen Zhiwen is much more difficult to deal with than Li Jiacheng, what should we do? Should we still look for Shen Bi?" Bao Fuda asked.

"Shen Bi, that old fox, it's not so easy to help, and you also said that asking HSBC to come forward to collect Li Jiacheng and dealing with Chen Zhiwen are two different things." Niu Bijian said with a frown.

Although the Jardine Group seems to be a large scale now, they, the insiders, also know that Jardine's overseas investment losses are too serious. During this period, they have been putting great effort into handling this matter. Maybe give another In one or two years, overseas business can be handled well.

And this period of time can be said to be the weakest period for Jardine in Hong Kong. Before Li Jiacheng made a move against Wharf, Jardine would not be unable to deal with Cheung Kong Industrial, but it would definitely affect overseas business, so I found Shen Bi helped.

But this time, the asset scale is no less than Jardine's Chen Zhiwen. Shen Bi can still be sure, but how can Shen Bi casually come forward when he is not sure about things.

Bao Fuda said: "Shen Bi may not be willing to help, but he is even more unwilling to face a Chen Zhiwen who bought Wharf. With Midea, Red Bull, Hutchison, Xinghe and Chen Zhiwen's overseas assets, if HSBC still wants to stabilize this Hong Kong For the number one throne, one cannot just sit back and watch Chen Zhiwen get Wharf."

"You're right to say that." Niu Bijian nodded and said.

Bao Fuda went on to say: "Even if Shen Bi doesn't stand up for us anymore, he can still provide us with funds, or some methods, and the group of people in Huo Duoli is still a bit of a level."

"Okay, then I'll go to HSBC now." Niu Bijian said.