We're building a super chaebol in Hong Kong

Through more than a year of understanding, Su Cheng already knew that although Jardine Matheson and HSBC Group were both British-funded enterprises, the controllers behind the two companies were very different.

HSBC Group knew that Chinese-funded consortia would inevitably develop and might even replace the status of British-funded consortia in the future. Therefore, HSBC Group is now taking the route of attracting Chinese-funded consortia and does not antagonize them. For example, ship king Pao Yue-kong, Li Ka-shing, Su Cheng and other Chinese bosses all have good relations with HSBC.

On the other hand, Jardine Matheson is constantly confronting Chinese-funded enterprises, believing that Chinese-funded enterprises are their biggest competitors. For the glory of British-funded consortia, they are unwilling to allow Chinese-funded consortia to infiltrate Jardine Matheson's board of directors, so they are very hostile to the rising Chinese-funded forces.

However, they are ultimately a group, and although they seem united on the surface, everyone has their own situation, and naturally have different ideas in their hearts.

Mr. Collis Metrovich is like this. Although he is also part of Jardine Matheson's British-funded consortium, he is not optimistic about the future of Hong Kong, believing that there are too many uncertainties in the future of Hong Kong.

In addition, there are no heirs in the family who can support the overall situation, so he had the idea of selling off his assets in Hong Kong as soon as possible.

However, 3.89% of Jardine Matheson's shares is not a small number after all. He wanted to sell it through the market, and he was not in Hong Kong, so the difficulty was not small. If he was not careful, he could ruin Jardine Matheson's stock. At that time, other Jardine Matheson shareholders would hate him to death.

And those British-funded consortia did not intend to take over the shares in his hands.

Therefore, he could only set his sights on Su Cheng.

After all, everyone knew that Su Cheng was rich and keen on acquisitions and investments.

I guess you are not very optimistic about the future of Hong Kong. To be honest, I also have this concern, but after all, I am a Hong Konger. Even if the future development of Hong Kong deteriorates, it still cannot change the fact that I am a Hong Konger. Most of my major industries are also in Hong Kong, so even if the future prospects of Hong Kong are unclear, I will still support the development of Hong Kong."

Su Cheng rambled on so much, in fact, he revealed a theme, that is, it is not impossible for me to buy your shares, but the price must first impress me.

"Mr. Su, if we follow the price on the Hong Kong stock market, the Jardine Matheson shares I hold are worth about HK$800 million. I'll give way, HK$780 million, I'll sell all my shares to you. I wonder what Mr. Su thinks?" Mr. Collis Metrovich thought for a while and tried to offer a price.

"Mr. Collis Metrovich, I can't see how sincere you are. You should be calculating based on yesterday's closing price, but as far as I know, last week, Jardine Matheson's stock price was only about 93% of yesterday's.

These days, Jardine Matheson's stock has been pulled up by some people, and the trading volume is not much. I suggest that if Mr. Collis Metrovich wants to sell at a high price, it is better to slowly ship the goods on the stock market. When the price is high, sell a little. Maybe in three to five years, you will be able to sell all your Jardine Matheson shares, and the price will be good!" Su Cheng shook his head and smiled.

Su Cheng's meaning was already very clear. He was very dissatisfied with the price offered by Mr. Collis Metrovich. If he offered such a price, then he would not be interested at all.

After all, now it was Mr. Collis Metrovich who was asking Su Cheng to buy his shares, not Su Cheng who wanted to request to take down Mr. Collis Metrovich's shares. The nature was completely different.

Therefore, after listening to Su Cheng's words, Mr. Collis Metrovich was not in a hurry to continue speaking, because he knew that it had come to the time for bargaining.

What kind of price would be appropriate?

If he gave too little, he would be reluctant to sell, and if he gave too much, the other party would be unwilling.

Let's see what the other party's intended price is first.

Thinking of this, Mr. Collis Metrovich looked up at Su Cheng and asked, "Then I wonder what price Mr. Su can offer? Although I very much hope to sell Jardine Matheson's shares to Mr. Su, I will not sell them randomly. If the price is not suitable, then this deal can only be a pity that it cannot be concluded."

Mr. Collis Metrovich was not sure whether Su Cheng was really not very interested in Jardine Matheson's shares, so he also wanted to try to threaten him.

In fact, he still hoped that he could reach an agreement with Su Cheng on this matter today. If he reached an agreement, then he would be able to enjoy his old age. With such a sum of money, it would be enough for his family to develop and grow in the UK.

Seeing that Mr. Collis Metrovich had passed the buck to him, Su Cheng said calmly, "Mr. Collis Metrovich, I will not let you lose too much. I offer HK$700 million, which is the highest price I can offer.

To me, Jardine Matheson's market value is not worth HK$20 billion. Its future prospects are far worse than Hutchison Whampoa and the Su Group, which I control.

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If Mr. Collis Metrovich can agree to this price, then we can close the deal today. If you cannot agree, I think our transaction should end here.

Mr. Collis Metrovich can look for other buyers. I believe there will always be people who are interested in Jardine Matheson's shares."

However, Su Cheng was not threatened by him, because he had already seen through the thoughts of the British businessmen.

Those British businessmen who wanted to withdraw from Hong Kong were basically very pessimistic about the future of Hong Kong, so they withdrew from Hong Kong as soon as possible, but for a while they found it difficult to find a suitable taker, so many times they were forced to close the deal at a price that lost a lot.

Su Cheng was betting that Mr. Collis Metrovich had the intention of selling Jardine Matheson's shares urgently.

It's foolish not to make a profit when there's an opportunity.

Su Cheng kept emphasizing that he was not very interested in Jardine Matheson in order to make this profit.

If this profit can be eaten, it can save 100 million Hong Kong dollars. How sweet!

Mr. Collis Metrovich was silent after listening.

He began to struggle in his heart whether to sell at such a price and take this opportunity to completely break away from this place of right and wrong in Hong Kong. (End of this chapter)