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Currently, the largest shareholder of Jardine Matheson is the Keswick family. According to available information, the Keswick family may hold shares in Jardine Matheson through multiple accounts.

Therefore, even Wu Ge hasn't been able to ascertain the exact amount of Jardine Matheson's equity actually owned by the Keswick family. He only has a rough understanding that the Keswick family holds approximately 10% to 15% of Jardine Matheson's shares.

The Keswick family is also the most powerful shareholder in Jardine Matheson. Even the taipan (chief executive) of Jardine Matheson can be removed through a board meeting if the Keswick family is dissatisfied.

In addition, several other British-funded consortia, large and small, also control a significant number of shares in Jardine Matheson. Basically, the British-funded consortia on the surface control nearly 50% of Jardine Matheson's shares.

If it were someone else, seeing such a shareholding ratio in Jardine Matheson would definitely extinguish any desire to covet the company.

However, Su Cheng wouldn't. Instead, he chuckled at the current shareholder information of Jardine Matheson.

Don't look at how Jardine Matheson is now absolutely controlled by British-funded enterprises.

Just wait a few years and see what happens.

The British-funded consortia behind Jardine Matheson, like most British-funded consortia, are worried about the uncertainty of Hong Kong's future.

Therefore, in Su Cheng's previous life, by the late 1980s, Jardine Matheson moved its company registration from Hong Kong to Bermuda, and in the early 1990s, it moved the listing locations of the company and many of its subsidiaries from Hong Kong to Singapore or London.

Although Jardine's headquarters has always been in Hong Kong, it can be seen from these aspects how worried Jardine's shareholders are about the future of Hong Kong.

Therefore, don't look at how many shares the British-funded consortia control now, but sooner or later their positions will change.

At that time, some timid ones will definitely try to sell their shares.

Although Jardine Matheson can withdraw many industries from Hong Kong, Jardine's main business still relies on Hong Kong. The profits they obtain in Hong Kong are also the greatest, and it is impossible to completely withdraw.

Of course, Su Cheng's current focus is not on Jardine Matheson, because even in the future, it will be difficult to control Jardine Matheson.

His current focus is entirely on Hongkong Land.

The equity structure of Hongkong Land is completely different from that of Jardine Matheson.

In addition to the 26% stake controlled by Jardine Matheson, although there are many other shareholders who own shares in Hongkong Land, they do not hold many shares.

The second-largest shareholder is a British woman named Kuna Bustamante, who holds only 2.26% of the shares.

Subsequent shareholders can even become the fifth-largest shareholder of Hongkong Land with only 0.82% of the shares.

No wonder Jardine Matheson has always had absolute control over Hongkong Land. This 26% stake can indeed give them absolute control over Hongkong Land.

It can be seen from the investigated data that the total number of publicly controlled shares of Hongkong Land is only about 40%.

If there are no hidden shareholders, like Su Cheng, then it is equivalent to nearly 60% of Hongkong Land's shares being on the market.

With so many shares in the hands of retail investors or hidden manipulators, if Su Cheng starts planning now, it is really possible to secretly control Hongkong Land in the future.

Therefore, after reading this information, Su Cheng once again had ideas.

Originally, Hongkong Land wanted to poach Wen Yu, and he was just looking at what shortcomings Hongkong Land currently had in order to teach them a lesson.

But now, seeing the secrets between Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land, Su Cheng has the intention of controlling Hongkong Land.

Su Cheng had read an article in his previous life that Li Ka-shing also had the idea of taking over Hongkong Land in the late 1980s, and then joined forces with many Chinese real estate tycoons to secretly try to acquire Hongkong Land.

Unfortunately, at this time, Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson had been implementing the cross-holding plan for many years, and in the end, the Chinese consortium led by Li Ka-shing ended in failure.

After this incident, Jardine Matheson's control over Hongkong Land became even stronger.

The Hongkong Land takeover battle, which had been noisy for several years, came to an end with this result, which was one of Li Ka-shing's few failed acquisitions.

Li Ka-shing's failure does not mean that Su Cheng will fail.

Because now it is 9 years earlier than 1988.

At this time, Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land have only just begun planning in terms of cross-holding, and it can even be said that they have not yet officially acted.

Therefore, Su Cheng's opportunity is very great.

Moreover, Su Cheng's advantage is also very obvious, that is, he has a very large cash flow.

Given him enough time, he can slowly absorb Hongkong Land's shares through the stock market.

Even Jardine Matheson's shares can be absorbed simultaneously, so as to be used as a trump card in the future.

"It seems that Tianyuan Investment Company will be very busy next," Su Cheng said to himself.

Currently, Tianyuan Investment Company has many businesses. They are constantly acquiring international stocks with huge future potential, and the most important business is secretly acquiring shares of HSBC Group.

But now, Su Cheng has decided to add Hongkong Land to their tasks.

Of course, the property acquisition of Tianqi Property Company cannot be stopped. Controlling Hongkong Land does not mean that you cannot control more properties.

Rubbing his forehead, Su Cheng put the information aside.

After reading for two hours in a row, he was originally very energetic, but now he is a little sleepy.

It seems that he will have to find Zhang Qizheng again tomorrow.

The acquisition of the car brand has not been completely settled, and he will have to be busy with other things. Su Cheng is a little guilty.

However, since he has the idea of acquiring Hongkong Land, the sooner the better.

He knows that there will be a wave of property downturn in Hong Kong in 1982.

However, it is impossible to completely acquire Hongkong Land with just the year 1982.

Hongkong Land, a special company, requires long-term planning under the control of Jardine Matheson.

From now to 1982, secretly acquire a portion of the shares, and in 1982, taking advantage of the real estate downturn and the sharp drop in the stock prices of real estate companies, it may be possible to easily take Hongkong Land for his own use.

As a person who traveled from decades later, Su Cheng naturally knows that Hong Kong's real estate in the next ten or twenty years, even if it encounters a downturn, will quickly rebound and then continue to rise.

Looking at the time, it was already past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, so Su Cheng got up and prepared to take a bath.

It's so late, it's time to rest. (End of this chapter)