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Brandt and the others held a total of 21.5% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, which means they had approximately 86 million shares in total.

At HK$7.5 per share, Su Cheng needed to spend HK$645 million this time.

For Su Cheng, who now has more than 4.5 billion in available funds, this was a small matter.

That day, after the six people signed the contract, they each went home to get their share certificates.

Su Cheng then went to the Hong Kong branch of Halifax Bank to wait for them.

As one of the major British banks, Halifax Bank naturally has a branch in Hong Kong.

Before returning to Hong Kong, Su Cheng had also deposited some funds into Halifax Bank to facilitate easy access when he returned.

Before the bank closed, the five shareholders arrived at the bank.

Su Cheng also transferred the money to them very readily.

After the transaction was completed, Su Cheng took the share certificates back to Tianyuan Building.

Thus, this transaction was successfully completed.

From today onwards, Su Cheng's holdings in Hutchison Whampoa officially increased from 65.8% to 87.3%.

This shareholding has far exceeded the 75% shareholding requirement, and it is time to completely privatize Hutchison Whampoa.

But before that, Su Cheng wanted to talk to Wei Li again. In any case, he did not want Hutchison Whampoa to lose this important general.

Of course, if Wei Li really could not be persuaded, at least the team he had built up should be retained.

Otherwise, without a suitable person to hold the fort in the short term, Hutchison Whampoa would easily fall into chaos.

He also did not ask the five original Hutchison Whampoa shareholders to keep it a secret, because now there was no need to keep it a secret anymore.

So, not surprisingly, Wei Li would know about the stock transaction tonight.

The next morning, Su Cheng directly asked the driver to take him to Hutchison Whampoa headquarters.

At this time, in the chairman's office of Hutchison Whampoa, Wei Li was pondering alone. His heart was very chaotic, which had never happened since he took office at Hutchison Whampoa in 1975.

Last night, Brandi had told Wei Li about the transaction over the phone.

Wei Li did not expect that Su Cheng was so deeply hidden. Even though he already controlled 38.9% of the shares, he still did not reveal it at the last board meeting.

Now, he has taken down another 16.5% of the shares in one fell swoop.

That is to say, Su Cheng did not reveal his other shares. The shares that are now revealed on the surface have exceeded 55%.

How can this be played?

In the past, having many small shareholders was more beneficial to Wei Li's control of Hutchison Whampoa, after all, those people only held shares and had no right to speak.

But now, it has become a burden.

Under normal circumstances, a vote on the company requires more than two-thirds of the votes in favor to pass.

Because there are too many scattered shares, Su Cheng can completely control Hutchison Whampoa's right to speak with these 55% of the shares.

"Mr. Wei Li, you should be waiting for me.", Su Cheng walked directly into Wei Li's office and said with a smile.

"Mr. Su, I really didn't expect you to have such great ambition.", Now that things have come to this, Wei Li didn't know what to say.

Now, there are only two paths in front of him.

Either he leaves, or he continues to stay in office.

He was not willing to leave.

If he stays in office, he will definitely be controlled by Su Cheng.

This makes it very uncomfortable for him to manage a company.

Of course, there may be only one way to go, and that is for Su Cheng to kick him out.

"Ambition is out of the question. This is just my goal for many years. In fact, I have long had the idea of taking Hutchison Whampoa for myself. I have been putting it into action in the past few years. Now, it can be regarded as realizing the goal in my heart.", Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Then I don't know, Mr. Su, how do you plan to deal with me? Are you going to kick me out directly, or what?", Wei Li finally asked.

Thinking about these years, he has put in more effort to manage Hutchison Whampoa than ever before.

After all, the contract signed with Hutchison International stated that as long as the group is profitable, he can take 2.5% of the profit.

But now, Hutchison Whampoa has finally become profitable, but he is about to be kicked out?

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No one would be willing to do this.

"Mr. Wei Li, to be honest, I very much recognize your talent. So, here, I very solemnly invite you to continue to stay in Hutchison Whampoa. The previous salary and benefits will not change. However, the position of chairman is more suitable for me. As for you, I will appoint you as the chief executive officer of Hutchison Whampoa.", Su Cheng directly expressed his sincerity.

Becoming the first Chinese Taipan to take over a British-funded bank is a good title. Su Cheng is going to take it.

After all, Wharf is still fighting over there.

If he doesn't take over again, this title will be taken away by Bao Ship King.

Although this title has no practical benefit, it can give him prestige.

As long as he successfully takes over Hutchison Whampoa, he will have no less prestige than Bao Ship King in the Chinese business community in Hong Kong.

Anyone who sees him will give him face, and it will naturally be more convenient in terms of handling affairs.

Hong Kong, after all, is Su Cheng's base camp. If he can't get recognition in his base camp, then he has really failed.

"Mr. Su, the reason why I was able to turn Hutchison Whampoa around is because Hang Seng Bank did not interfere too much in my management in the past. If your excessive interference causes me to be unable to proceed with the operation of Hutchison Whampoa step by step, to be honest, even if I stay in Hutchison Whampoa, it is not as good as leaving here.", Wei Li shook his head and said.

For Wei Li, he is just a professional manager. He really doesn't care who owns the shares of Hutchison Whampoa.

What he cares about is whether the shareholders interfere with his management.

"If Mr. Wei Li you agree to stay, I promise that what I said at the board meeting before will still count. I will not interfere in the group's affairs at will. I will not interfere too much in the group's main development plan, and only exercise my supervisory power. I wonder how Mr. Wei Li feels?", Su Cheng continued.

Su Cheng himself was just an ordinary person in his previous life. How could he have any experience in business management?

In this life, after five years, he can be regarded as having some experience. If he is only allowed to manage a small company, it is okay, but he simply does not have the ability to manage a large company like Hutchison Whampoa.

If he really gives him the management rights of the group, he really has no confidence in managing Hutchison Whampoa well.

This is also why he likes to be a hands-off shopkeeper, so that professionals can do professional things to develop the company better.

"If it is really as Mr. Su said, and does not interfere too much in the specific development of Hutchison Whampoa, I will agree to your conditions!", Wei Li finally chose to agree.

Staying is just losing the identity of a Taipan. In fact, there is no difference from before.

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