Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"Taipan, you should have spoken out just now. HSBC's position is a very important bargaining chip."

Shi Yadi Shihuaiya complained a little. Although he had already agreed that HSBC would not be openly hostile to Lin Baicheng, he was still a little dissatisfied.

"Chairman Shi Yadi, HSBC provided 3 billion Hong Kong dollars for this operation!"

Shen Chow reminded Shi Yadi Shihuaiya and the other three people that without the huge financial support of HSBC, it would be impossible for the four of them to acquire more than 30% of the shares of Hong Kong Electric Group in a short period of time.

The Hong Kong Electric Group has calculated the market value of HK$7 billion. 30% of the shares is HK$2.1 billion. What's more, they have acquired more than 30% of the shares and are currently acquiring stocks in the stock market. The HK$3 billion will not be enough in the end. There must be enough money.

Although the 3 billion Hong Kong dollars were loaned to the four of them, the fact that HSBC was able to lend them so much money was already a strong support to them.

"Shi Huaiya, please don't complain. Taipan's requesting HSBC to lend us so much money is already a strong support for us."

Henry Caesar tried to persuade them, but he did not want to see internal conflicts.

"Looking at Reeves's attitude, he is siding with Lin Baicheng. Should we follow the original plan and contact other directors of Hong Kong Electric?"

Michael Kadoorie said that it was true that they wanted to contact the management of Hong Kong Electric Group, but the most important thing at the moment was the management with director quotas. Only by recruiting a sufficient number of directors could they achieve anything.

At present, their British capital holds less shares in HK Electric Group than Lin Baicheng, but as long as they can get the support of more directors and control the board of directors, they can control HK Electric Group in a short time, and at the worst, they can compete with Lin Baicheng.

The best example is Wheelock. Wheelock is currently controlled by the Ma Bi family. John Ma Bi is the chairman of Wheelock. However, Zhang Yuliang’s Zhang family holds more shares in Wheelock than the Ma Bi family. But Wheelock is under the control of the Ma Sheng family. The fundamental reason is that the Ma Sheng family controls Wheelock's board of directors and has the support of more shareholders.

To control a listed company, it is not enough to control the board of directors alone, but also to control the shareholders' meeting. Although the shareholders' meeting cannot be held several times a year, the shareholders' meeting determines the number of directors. If the shareholding ratio is lower than a certain line, the board of directors will directly veto the board of directors' seats.

The management of each listed company usually has several directors, but these directors usually do not hold a large number of company shares, and usually only have a small number of shares for equity incentives. Such directors can be kicked out by the shareholders' meeting. of the board of directors.

Therefore, if you can absolutely control a listed company, you can control the board of directors through the shareholders' meeting, and then control the company. However, without the support of management and unable to control the board of directors immediately, it will take a lot of time to control the company.

John Ma said: "All directors in the management are in contact, but the financial manager and human resources manager are placed at the end. They should be Lin Baicheng's cronies and are unlikely to be on our side."

Michael Kadoorie said solemnly: "We must win over the two directors to stand on our side."

Henry Kasik sighed: "Originally, I thought that if we came forward together, Reeves would probably side with us, but I didn't expect that he would side with Lin Baicheng, and said he would not betray Lin Baicheng. It's really ridiculous. of."

"In the final analysis, the temptation is not big enough."

Shen Porridge said to the four of them: "Even though Reeves just refused, as long as the conditions you offer are attractive enough, I believe Reeves will still be on our side in the end. Now let Reeves go to Lin Baicheng No matter how loyal we are, as long as we get Reeves on our side before the next board meeting, we can deal a fatal blow to Lin Baicheng. Lin Baicheng would never have thought that Reeves, who tipped him off, would Betray him at the last moment.”

"Wonderful!"

Shi Yadi Shihuai couldn't help but applaud after hearing this: "This is a great move by Taipan. After Reeves reports to Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng will definitely trust him very much, and then focus on other directors, and will not think that Reeves will have problems."

Henry Kaesik couldn't help but said: "The idea is good, but looking at Reeves, the price we have to pay is not small if we want him to be on our side."

After hearing this, Shen Porridge said: "At present, you have spent more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars just to acquire shares. It will cost a lot to win over Reeves, but compared with the price you have paid so far, it is nothing. ?”

John Madan nodded in agreement: "Tai Pan is right, we must recruit two director seats as soon as possible and defeat Lin Baicheng on the board of directors."

Michael Kadoorie warned loudly: "Not only the board of directors, we also have to defeat him at the shareholder meeting, so our shareholding ratio had better exceed him."

Shi Yadi Shihuaiya shook his head: "The shares are the most important. If our shareholdings are not as large as Lin Baicheng's, even if the board of directors has the advantage, in the end it will only cause trouble for him and not be able to do much."

"We all know this. He can decide the composition of the board of directors and the retention of certain directors by convening a shareholder meeting."

All five people present knew these truths. That was why they wanted to acquire shares of Hong Kong Electric Group from the stock market and strive to surpass Lin Baicheng in terms of shareholding ratio.

It's a pity that all the shares held by large and small shareholders they found have been bought by them. The remaining shares of Hong Kong Electric Group are either in the hands of Lin Baicheng, retail investors, or some hidden shareholders. , they can now only acquire shares of HK Electric Group from the stock market.

After the five people discussed for a while, they left separately. They were not worried about Levi's snitching on Lin Baicheng. After they started to purchase a large amount of HK Electric Group's shares from the stock market and contacted the management of HK Electric Group, they knew that this matter could no longer be hidden and Lin Baicheng would know about it sooner or later.

Although they have left separately now, in the evening, they will still get together, and they will also meet with a management member of Hong Kong Electric Group who has a directorship. They have not only made an appointment with Levi today.

After Levis left the Peninsula Hotel and returned to Hong Kong Electric Group, he immediately called Qin Lan, the director of Lin Baicheng's secretariat in Hong Kong. He reported to Qin Lan the contents of the conversation about the British capital's meeting with him.

After learning about it, Qin Lan took it seriously and said that she would report the matter to Lin Baicheng in the evening. She would also convey Lin Baicheng's orders as soon as possible and ask Levi's to do something.

Qin Lan asked Levis to contact other current directors of Hong Kong Electric Group to find out what the specific situation is now, and at the same time stabilize the management so that the management should not be in chaos and not be tempted by British capital.

Qin Lan could only contact Lin Baicheng at night. It was now after three o'clock in the afternoon in Xiangjiang and after two in the morning in New York. The time in New York was about 13 hours later than that in Xiangjiang. It was impossible for her to contact Lin Baicheng suddenly in the middle of the night and early in the morning.

On the same day, due to the large number of British capital acquisitions of HK Electric Group's shares, HK Electric Group's share price surged 7.8%, closing at HK$5.78.

The main business of HK Electric Group is electricity. Although the company's stock price rises with the rise of the Hang Seng Index, the daily increase is not large, but it is relatively stable. Therefore, the 7.8% increase in one day is very important to HK Electric Group. The stock has already risen sharply.

Because no one intervened, British capital bought low and sold high on this day and acquired a large number of stocks.

New York.

Lin Baicheng got up at around eight o'clock in the morning, and soon received a call from Bill Harveys. He learned from him that Qin Lan from Xiangjiang had something important to report to him, and asked him to contact Xiangjiang as soon as possible.

When Lin Baicheng learned about it, he didn't know that something important had happened in Xiangjiang, otherwise Qin Lan wouldn't have let him contact her immediately.

Lin Baicheng complied and soon contacted Qin Lan.

"Mr. Lin, something happened at Hong Kong Electric Group."

"The senior class at Levi's contacted me in the afternoon and said that HSBC's senior class Shen Zhou was acting as an intermediary to help Shi Yadi Shihuai Ya, Henry Keske, Michael Kadoorie, and John Ma Tei make an appointment with him for afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel."

"Shi Yadi Shihuai Ya and the other four told Levi's Taipan that the four of them jointly established a company. Now this company has acquired a large number of shares of Hong Kong Electric Group and has become the major shareholder of Hong Kong Electric Group. They hope that Levi's Taipan can stand up. On their side.”

"Levi's CEO refused. He found out that Shi Yadi Shihuaiya and the others wanted to compete with Mr. Lin for the control of Hong Kong Electric Group. From the fact that they made an appointment with Levi's CEO, it seems that they wanted to win the support of the directors and gain the board's approval. Control."

Qin Lan told the situation that Levi's reported to him, and then added: "I have asked Levi's chief executive to stabilize the management of HK Electric Group. I don't know if it will be useful at the moment. In addition, today, the management of HK Electric Group The stock price has changed, rising 7.8%. It is obvious that large funds are purchasing the company's shares."

"Is there such a thing?! It seems that they are determined to go against me. Are they trying to show me some color?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help being surprised after hearing this, but he wasn't angry at all. He was just a little unhappy at most. He knew that he had had conflicts with these British-owned families and caused them a lot of losses. They were all enemies. If the enemy targeted him, he would certainly not be angry.

It's just that if there is no anger, there is no anger, but there must still be some dissatisfaction, and no one wants to be targeted.

Lin Baicheng silently calculated in his mind that he currently holds 570 million shares of HK Electric Group, and the total number of shares of HK Electric Group is 1.31 billion shares. 50% of the shares is 655 million shares. He is still 85 million short of 50% of the shares. share.

Lin Baicheng's shareholding does not need to reach 50%. As long as he holds 650 million shares, it is basically impossible for British capital to hold more than him at that time, and he will be invincible.

After getting the result, Lin Baicheng said: "Qin Lan, tomorrow morning over in Xiangjiang, you and my sister Lin Shufang will hold a press conference in my name to announce the acquisition of 80 million shares of Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a price of HK$6.5 per share. Lamp Group Stock.”

"Mr. Lin, are we really acquiring it or are we transferring our own stocks?"

Qin Lan asked aloud that it was not difficult to do so, especially since the 60 million shares purchased by Lin Baicheng were not held by him personally, but were placed under the name of the Lin Family Fund he established.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "If I can acquire 80 million shares with real money, my shareholding ratio will be unshakable, and I will be in an invincible position."

"OK."

Qin Lan first responded, and then asked: "Mr. Lin, what if we acquire less than 80 million shares at a stock price of HK$6.5? Also, what if British capital makes a public acquisition at a higher stock price than us?"

"If the British capital does not move and acquires less than 80 million shares for HK$6.5, it means that the British capital now holds a large number of shares, and I am in danger. There is no point in increasing the share price of the acquisition. I will only acquire as much as I can. If the British capital makes an acquisition at a higher stock price, then the acquisition price can be raised and the acquisition price is higher than that of the British capital, and the maximum price can be raised to HK$10 per share."

If the purchase price is raised to HK$10 per share, the premium will exceed 70%, which is enough in Lin Baicheng's opinion.

"I will go back to Xiangjiang today. You need to communicate with the directors of Hong Kong Electric Group, especially the management directors, to stabilize them."

"Okay Mr. Lin."

Qin Lan responded and expressed her understanding.

After that, Lin Baicheng told Qin Lan a few more things and then ended the call.

After finishing the call with Qin Lan, Lin Baicheng immediately contacted Bill Harveys and asked Bill Harveys to inform the private plane that he was planning to fly to Xiangjiang.

"Makoto-kun, what happened?"

Mao Liqingzi learned that Lin Baicheng was going back to Xiangjiang soon, so she guessed what happened there.

"Well, something happened over there in Xiangjiang."

Lin Baicheng said and told Maori Haruko what happened. Even though he was going back to Xiangjiang soon, there was not much time left.

After hearing this, Haruko Mouri said: "Makoto-kun, in fact, you already have enough shares. It is unlikely that British capital will exceed your shareholding. Therefore, the most important thing for you is to control the board of directors. This is the most critical."

"I know, I have asked Qin Lan to communicate with the directors, and I will talk to them one by one when I return. However, after all, I acquired Hong Kong Electric Group last year, and I cannot put all my hopes on those directors."

Lin Baicheng doesn't think he has much prestige in Hong Kong Electric Group, so he can't pin his hopes on those management directors. It's okay when no one competes with him for control of the company, but it's hard to say when the company changes, especially when the other parties fighting for control are several major British families, which have great influence.

"Cheng-Jun, you have to be careful about the Levi's boss. You can't trust him completely. It's true that he is on your side, Cheng-Jun, but if Yingzi makes an offer that he can't refuse, I don't think he will still stand on your side." Cheng-kun, this is your side."

Maori Haruko reminded her, she was worried that Lin Baicheng would completely believe Levi because of Levi's surrender.

"I understand what you mean, Haruko, and I will be more careful."

Lin Baicheng nodded thoughtfully. If Maori Haruko hadn't said that, he really wouldn't have thought so much and just regarded Levi's as one of his own. But Haruko Mouri's words are not unreasonable. In addition, Levi's is a British man. With interests and favors, Levi's may not be reliable.

On the American side, Lin Baicheng made some explanations, and he got on a private plane flying to Xiangjiang that day.

Although the main reason for coming here this time is that Christmas is coming soon, and there are many businesses in the United States that require Lin Baicheng's attention and supervision, but since there is an emergency, he must choose to go back. Even if things here are without him, there won't be much of a problem. He just plays a role in paying attention to it.