Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Because the Chinese New Year is about to come, there are only a few days left for various companies in Hong Kong to officially go to work.

Xiangjiang is about to usher in the Spring Festival holiday.

Of course, companies are different from company to company. Some companies may only take a day or two off, but the vacation time of large companies is usually not short.

Before the company officially went on vacation, Qin Lan reported something to Lin Baicheng, something related to Li Jiacheng and Cangjiang Industrial.

After several days of investigation, Qin Lan has learned that the main purpose of Cangjiang Industrial's loan of HK$600 million from HSBC was to acquire the Hong Kong Telephone Company.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell what business the Heung Kong Telephone Company does. The company is engaged in communications and telephone services, which are mainly divided into two categories. One is the fixed telephone service and the other is the phone booth service.

Among them, the fixed telephone business mainly involves installing fixed telephones according to customer needs, and then charging the call charges. The phone booth business involves installing fixed phone booths throughout Hong Kong and then selling phone cards.

The Xiangjiang Telephone Company has monopolized the entire telephone business in Xiangjiang. This company has monopolized the Xiangjiang telephone network for decades. It is an old company in Xiangjiang. Because of its monopoly and the indispensability of telephone communications, this company has Can make money steadily.

Heung Kong Telephone Company is a listed company. The controlling shareholder holds about 22% of the company's shares. The company's total market value is about one billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking high among the current listed companies in Hong Kong.

In this era before the Internet and mobile phones were popularized, although Xiangjiang Telephone Company had a monopoly on Xiangjiang's telephone network, the market size was limited, so the company's total market value was not too high.

If we wait until computers and the Internet are popularized, the telephone dial-up Internet service will appear. With the emergence and popularization of mobile phones, the call service will also appear. The prospects that these two can bring to telephone companies are unimaginable.

"How many shares of Heung Kong Telephone Company do we have now?"

After listening to Qin Lan's report, Lin Baicheng asked aloud.

As early as when Lin Baicheng decided to enter the mobile phone market, he asked Qin Lan to arrange for people to acquire shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

Once mobile phones are born and popularized, mobile communications will be a big market. Lin Baicheng may not be able to handle the foreign market, but there is no problem in Xiangjiang. He will definitely eat this piece of fat.

Therefore, Xiangjiang Telephone Company came into Lin Baicheng's sight.

At that time, Lin Baicheng was no longer a nobody, but the richest man in Hong Kong. If he were to acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company, not to mention whether British capital would block it, it would be difficult for the controlling shareholder alone, and the other party would definitely be furious.

In view of this, Lin Baicheng asked Qin Lan to arrange for people from Yum Securities to secretly acquire shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company in the stock market. In order to avoid being discovered, the amount purchased every day is very small, and once the stock price rises above a certain price, it is suppressed to prevent the stock price from rising per unit, so as not to attract the attention of the controlling shareholder.

This will take longer, but as long as Yum Securities does not leak the news, Xiangjiang Telephone Company will not notice that someone is secretly acquiring the company. After all, the daily transaction volume is very small, and they will only think that it is a stock investor. normal transactions.

Qin Lan replied aloud: "After learning that Cangjiang Industrial's target was the telephone company, I asked specifically. At present, we have acquired 27.3% of the telephone company's shares and are already the largest shareholder of the telephone company."

Lin Baicheng is already the largest shareholder of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. The reason why Qin Lan did not report this matter to Lin Baicheng before is because Lin Baicheng wants absolute controlling rights of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. It is best to hold shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. It is infinitely close to the 50% ratio.

Therefore, if it were not known that Cangjiang Industrial's target was Xiangjiang Telephone Company, then the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company's shares would have continued, and it would not report to Lin Baicheng until the shareholding ratio exceeded 40%.

At that time, whether Lin Baicheng continues to acquire shares secretly or suddenly acquires the remaining required shares in large quantities at a high price, he will be able to obtain the controlling stake of Xiangjiang Telephone Company.

"27.3% of the shares is quite a lot. Did the funds used exceed HK$300 million?"

Lin Baicheng nodded and asked. Before the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, he asked Qin Lan to investigate Xiangjiang Telephone Company. He knew that the market value of Xiangjiang Telephone Company at that time was nearly 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. He did not know what the current market value was a few months later. How much.

"A total of 258 million Hong Kong dollars was spent. Sometimes selling at a high level and buying at a low level can make a short-term difference and reduce costs."

Qin Lan asked Yum Securities to submit a detailed report, so she can now answer Lin Baicheng's questions.

"It's actually pretty good."

Lin Baicheng was quite approving of it, after all, it helped him save money. "So, what is the total market value of Hong Kong Telephone Company now?"

Qin Lan replied: "A little over 1.08 billion Hong Kong dollars."

"Li Jiacheng asked Cangjiang Industrial to borrow HK$600 million from HSBC, which was enough to acquire the Hong Kong Telephone Company."

Lin Baicheng silently calculated that based on the current market value of Heungkong Telephone Company, unless the controlling party is determined not to give up its controlling rights and competes with Cangjiang Industrial at any cost, Cangjiang Industrial, which has a large amount of cash, will definitely acquire Heungkong Telephone Company. Got it.

"Having said that, why would Li Jiacheng want to acquire the Heung Kong Telephone Company? Now that the real estate industry in Hong Kong continues to rise, he should invest his funds in this industry."

Lin Baicheng was a little confused. Of course, Xiangjiang Telephone Company is a good company. It has a monopoly on Xiangjiang telephone network business. The company has a stable profit of 30 to 40 million Hong Kong dollars every year. It is a hen that lays golden eggs. But it is different from the real estate industry. 10 A company with a market capitalization of HK$100 million will not surge to a market capitalization of HK$2 billion in just one or two years.

The real estate industry is different. If you invest 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, if the market is as good as it is now, one or two years will definitely be enough to double the principal, or even more than double the profit.

Li Jiacheng is optimistic about the Xiangjiang real estate industry, so in Lin Baicheng's opinion, after Cangjiang Industrial has more funds, it is more likely to invest the funds in the real estate industry. Whether it is acquiring property or purchasing land for development, it is a better choice.

"According to the information I have learned, Li Jiacheng contacted Jardine Matheson through HSBC to acquire the shares of Heungkong Telephone Company from Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson now holds 10% of the shares of Heungkong Telephone Company and is the third shareholder of Heungkong Telephone Company. The second largest shareholder has always had the intention to acquire Heung Kong Telephone Company."

"HSBC holds a large number of shares in Jardine Matheson and Land Company, and both companies owe a large amount of debt to HSBC. Therefore, if HSBC can help, Jardine Matheson may be able to sell its shares in Xiangjiang Telephone Company to Cangjiang Industrial or Li Jiacheng himself."

Qin Lan didn't know what Li Jiacheng was thinking, she just told what she knew.

"If Li Jiacheng is really optimistic about the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, then he will definitely choose to provide part of the funds himself and Cangjiang Industrial will provide part of the funds, so that he can maximize his benefits."

After saying that, Lin Baicheng shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about this anymore. What Li Jiacheng thinks has nothing to do with me. What I want to do is to acquire the Xiangjiang Telephone Company before him, not to let him acquire the Xiangjiang Telephone Company." past."

Qin Lan said: "Mr. Lin, if Li Jiacheng acquires 10% of the shares from Jardine Matheson, and then joins forces with the controlling party of Xiangjiang Telephone Company, the two shares will exceed 30%, which will pose a threat to us. So we It is best not to publicly acquire the shares of Hong Kong Telephone Company at this time, because even if you can acquire it at that time, you will have to pay a huge price."

"I understand what you mean."

Lin Baicheng quite agrees with this. In his current capacity, if he suddenly announces that he is acquiring Xiangjiang Telephone Company, even if the public acquisition is at a high price, the capital market will stir up speculation, not to mention the emergence of competitors. At that time, Xiangjiang Telephone Company The company's stock price cannot yet take off.

If it is just a pure investment profit, then doing so is actually a good choice. After the stock price rises, he can make a lot of money by selling the shares. But what he wants is the Hong Kong Telephone Company itself, not making money from stock trading.

"Qin Lan, how do you think it's better to deal with it?"

"Mr. Lin, I think you can use your personal connections to ask Mr. Bao Yugang and Mr. Huo Yingdong to help acquire some shares from the small shareholders of Xiangjiang Telephone Company. At the same time, we will increase our acquisition efforts from the stock market and strive to win in the stock market. Try to increase your holdings as much as possible before exposure."

"Since Li Jiacheng wants to acquire Heungkong Telephone Company, even if he acquires 10% of the shares from Jardine Matheson, he will not immediately make a public acquisition. It is more likely that he will acquire the shares secretly and strive to acquire Heungkong Telephone Company at the minimum cost. The company was acquired.”

"This will give us more time. However, when the two companies acquire shares from the stock market together, it will definitely cause an abnormal rise in the stock price, and let the controlling party know that someone is acquiring a large number of shares in the Heung Kong Telephone Company. Let Li Jiacheng know that someone is competing with him."

"But even so, at least it bought us a lot of time. At that time, our shareholding ratio must have exceeded 30%. If it can reach 35%, if you make a public acquisition at a relatively high price, you will definitely be able to increase your shareholding to If it exceeds 40%, neither the controlling party nor Li Jiacheng will be able to compete with you."

Facing Lin Baicheng's inquiry, Qin Lan expressed her thoughts that she had already simulated.

"This plan of yours is indeed a good one."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and found that Qin Lan's idea was not problematic and had a high chance of success. After all, neither Li Jiacheng nor the controlling shareholder of Heung Kong Telephone Company knew that he actually held 27.3% of the shares of Heung Kong Telephone Company.

One is in the light and the other is in the dark.

If you calculate mentally or unintentionally, it will be unjustifiable if you fail to succeed.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "It's almost the Chinese New Year now, and the stock market will be closed for another two days. Let's wait until after the new year."

Qin Lan suggested: "Mr. Lin, since we know that Li Jiacheng wants to acquire the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company from Jardine Matheson \u0026 Co., then why don't we find someone to join in? Even if we can't acquire Xiangjiang Telephone Company from Jardine Matheson \u0026 Co., Ltd. For the company’s shares, it would be good to help raise the price and make Li Jiacheng pay a greater price, which can also reduce the amount of funds left by Li Jiacheng.”

"This can be done."

Lin Baicheng agreed upon hearing this and said, "But it's best not to alert Li Jiacheng. After all, we still have to acquire shares from other small shareholders."

Qin Lan asked: "Mr. Lin, who would be more suitable to do this when you see it?"

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Lin Baicheng wanted to hear Qin Lan's thoughts.

Qin Lan said: "This person cannot have any direct connection with your company, and his wealth cannot be low. It is best to have a certain social status in Xiangjiang, so that he can compete with Li Jiacheng on the surface."

"In addition, you can communicate with Jardine Matheson through overseas companies. If Jardine Matheson decides to sell shares, it will definitely not care about the details of its competitors, even if it does not sell the shares to overseas companies for the sake of HSBC's face. , I will definitely be happy to have one more company to help raise prices.”

"Our purpose is just to delay time and make Li Jiacheng pay a greater price, so it is best if we can acquire the shares of Heung Kong Telephone Company. It doesn't matter if we can't."

"I prefer to communicate with Jardine Matheson through overseas companies. After all, asking someone with high wealth and social status to help will definitely make Mr. Lin owe the other party a favor, which is not worth it."

Qin Lan has done a lot of homework, so she speaks the truth. This is a quality she must have as the head of the secretariat. Otherwise, if Lin Baicheng, the big boss, cannot give an answer every time he asks her, he will definitely be dissatisfied and she will not be able to sit in her current position.

"Favors are indeed not so easy to owe."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly. Although it is easier to enhance friendship between people by going back and forth, there is no need to owe others favors for such trivial matters.

"Just do what you said, Qin Lan, and arrange for an overseas team to contact Jardine Matheson. I'll leave it to you to do the specifics."

Qin Lan responded: "Yes, Mr. Lin, I will report to you as soon as possible if there is any situation."

Lin Baicheng said: "Li Jiacheng, keep watching. I want to know about any progress there as soon as possible."

Qin Lan said: "I have always been stared at."

"well done."

Lin Baicheng was very satisfied with Qin Lan's performance. As Qin Lan continued to grow, he became more and more efficient in doing things, which made him satisfied with the ability of the secretary general.

Qin Lan was very happy to hear Lin Baicheng's praise. Only when the big boss is satisfied with her can her position be stable. She cherishes her current position very much. Not only is the salary and benefits high, but also because through this position she can come into contact with many people in the upper echelons of Hong Kong.

It is unlikely that the president of a small company will meet, let alone communicate with, HSBC executive Shen Chow.

As the director of Lin Baicheng's secretariat in Xiangjiang, Qin Lan had a lot of communication with Shen Porridge. Although they were all official communications, or even just helping to make appointments, it was important whether they had communicated with each other.

A few years ago, nothing major happened in Xiangjiang, and nothing important happened in the company under Lin Baicheng's name. They welcomed the Spring Festival calmly.