Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

HSBC, Taipan Office.

Shen Zhou entertained Li Jiacheng who arrived, and the two drank black tea.

Li Jiacheng said to Shen Chu: "Taiban, what do you think of Lin Baicheng's public acquisition of the telephone company?"

"The main thing is to see what you think, Li Sheng."

The close cooperative relationship between the two does not need to go around in circles. Shen Porridge said directly: "If you don't want to give up, Li Sheng, HSBC can give you some support, but I'm afraid this support cannot be too strong. After all, our cooperation cannot be made public. I have to explain myself to HSBC’s small shareholders and not mess around.”

"Furthermore, Li Sheng, you have to think carefully about whether it is worth it. Now Lin Sheng already holds nearly 32% of the shares. After this afternoon, the proportion of shares held can reach 35%. Do you want to acquire more than this?" I’m afraid it’s very difficult to acquire proportional shares, and even if it can be done, it will cost a lot.”

Over and over again, Shen Cong was still trying to persuade Li Jiacheng to give up the acquisition of the telephone company. The possibility of the acquisition being successful was really too low.

"I actually know what you are talking about, Taipan. If we want to prevent Lin Baicheng from acquiring the telephone company, unless the telephone company and Jardine Matheson can join forces in a very short period of time and then acquire a large number of shares at the same premium, there is no hope at all."

Li Jiacheng nodded to express his understanding. He could see the current situation clearly without analyzing it at all.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Shen Porridge asked aloud and said, "You should have acquired a lot of shares in telephone companies now, right?"

Li Jiacheng nodded: "Well, including the acquisition from the stock market, it is about a little more than 3.3%, nearly 5 million shares."

Shen Zong said: "You'd better make a decision early. If you sell the shares at the price that Lin Sheng buys now, you can make a profit of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars this time. It's worth your time."

"It's not that much, only about 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and I would rather acquire the phone company so that the profit can be greater."

Li Jiacheng couldn't help but shake his head. He knew very well that there was no way to acquire the telephone company now, so it was useless to keep the shares of the telephone company in his hands. Instead of occupying the funds, it was better to hurry up while there was a lot of room for profit. Sold.

However, the profit of 10 million Hong Kong dollars is not low, but compared with the benefits that will be brought in the future after acquiring the telephone company, Li Jiacheng feels that the profit of 10 million Hong Kong dollars is too small.

Li Jiacheng purchased the shares of the telephone company from other small shareholders at a premium, otherwise he would not have been able to buy as many shares of the telephone company in a short period of time.

"More importantly, I have to find other projects. The HKD 600 million that Cangjiang Industrial borrowed cannot always be kept in the account. The interest alone is an astronomical amount every year. I have to find other projects for these funds." Otherwise, other shareholders will definitely be dissatisfied, and Lin Baicheng will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble."

Cangjiang Industrial borrowed HK$600 million from HSBC. Calculated at an annual interest rate of 8%, the interest to be repaid in a year is HK$48 million, which is HK$4 million in interest every month.

The profit of 10 million Hong Kong dollars earned from the phone company this time is not enough to repay the interest for three months. Therefore, once the loan funds are not decided on a place to invest for too long, the daily interest loss will be a huge amount.

"As I said before, if you need any help, you can come to me."

Shen Porridge said aloud that he had no way to prevent Cangjiang Industrial from paying back interest, and it was impossible to do so. All he could do was help with human resources.

"I won't be polite, Taipan, thank you."

Li Jiacheng thanked him and held up his teacup as a gesture.

"You are welcome."

Shen Porridge drank lipstick tea.

After putting down the tea cup, Li Jiacheng said: "Taipan, do you think it is possible to contact the telephone company and Jardine Matheson and ask one of the two to come forward to raise the stock price of the telephone company, so that I can make more money and Lin Baicheng can make more money?" Bleeding?"

"I think it's unlikely."

If possible, Shen Porridge didn't mind letting Lin Baicheng bleed, but he still told the truth: "Lin Sheng's current shareholding ratio has exceeded 30%. After this afternoon, his shareholding ratio will reach at least 35%. Even if you join forces, your chances of winning are not good. And once control falls into Lin Sheng's hands, and you are hostile to him, he will most likely choose to increase capital and expand shares, allowing you to continue to invest money, otherwise you will wait for the shares to be If it is diluted, then your losses will be huge.”

"Although Lin Sheng's losses would be huge if he did that. The phone company's stock price would fall to an outrageous price, and he would also have to invest a lot of money. But in terms of capital, with his net worth, you can't afford it."

"And the most important thing is that it is difficult for you to decide to join forces this afternoon. Li Sheng, you can make your own decision. The telephone company cannot make a decision immediately. Jardine Matheson also has to hold a board meeting."

"Lastly, it takes time to raise funds. Even if the telephone company and Jardine Matheson seek loans from HSBC, it will take time to process the loan. It is simply impossible to complete everything this afternoon."

"And if there is no way to unite as soon as possible this afternoon to publicly acquire the shares of the telephone company, by tomorrow, Lin Sheng will only hold more shares of the telephone company. Maybe he can acquire all the needed shares in one afternoon."

In Shen Cong's view, the time is too short and there is little chance of raising the phone company's stock price. On the contrary, if it gets deeply involved, there will be great risks.

"I actually understand these principles, but I'm a little reluctant to do so. This is not the first time that a company I wanted to acquire ended up being acquired by Lin Baicheng."

Li Jiacheng sighed. He originally wanted to acquire Qingzhou Yingni Company, but in the end the company fell into the hands of Lin Baicheng. The acquisition of Qingzhou Yingni Company was okay. At least Li Jiacheng got a lot of land and got greater benefits. Unlike this time, he could only get some premium income from the stock.

"There is nothing we can do about it. Lin Sheng has strong capital, and there are only so many high-quality companies in Xiangjiang. It is normal for you to have the same goal. It's just that Li Sheng, your capital is not strong enough, so you often can't compete with Lin Sheng."

"Lin Sheng has strong capital. He can acquire the target early and slowly buy the target company's shares until he buys a certain amount, more than 30% of the shares like now. Then he can make a premium acquisition. No one can stop him. , unless it can be discovered from the beginning that he is acquiring shares of a certain company.”

Shen Cong said very objectively that he knew very well that Lin Baicheng could not only successfully acquire the company he wanted to acquire by doing so, but also without spending too much money. For example, Bao Yugang's acquisition of Wharf caused a lot of fuss at the beginning. In order to keep the company, Jardine Matheson also acquired shares. Then the company's stock price immediately doubled several times. Bao Yugang spent several times more money to buy Wharf. Acquired.

But Lin Baicheng is different. Taking the current telephone company as an example, nearly 32% of the current shares are probably not worth much even if there is a premium. The remaining 18 million shares are worth a lot of premium, but it is nothing more than an extra cost of more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars. That’s all, this is just a small number in an acquisition of a billion-dollar company.

"He's definitely getting stronger now."

Li Jiacheng was very distressed. He knew that Lin Baicheng was not dealing with him and Cangjiang Industrial was being suppressed to a certain extent. Fortunately, he still had some connections and HSBC was helping him, so there would be no problems with Cangjiang Industrial.

But if this continues and Lin Baicheng continues to develop while he stays still, then he will only become more and more dangerous.

"Let's not talk about him. Let's talk about what you are going to do next. Instead of thinking about how to deal with him, it is better to think about how to develop yourself first. Only when your strength reaches a certain level can you break up with him. Wrist qualifications.”

There is one thing Shen Cong didn't say, that is, only the stronger Li Jiacheng is, can HSBC's investment in Li Jiacheng be rewarded, otherwise the investment in Li Jiacheng will be in vain.

"I'm going to speculate in real estate."

There is nothing to hide about Shen Chow, so Li Jiacheng said: "Actually, I have had this idea for a long time, but I have never had much funds. The transaction of a building costs at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Now that there is no way to acquire a telephone company, Then these funds can be used for real estate speculation, as land prices have generally been rising in the past two years."

"When it comes to property speculation, Lin Sheng is a pioneer."

Shen Zong listened and said: "Last year, Lin Sheng asked Hutchison Whampoa to borrow more than 2.6 billion Hong Kong dollars to purchase building and shop properties. Later, whether it was the Golden Gate Building or the Federal Building, it made a huge profit, and other properties also made a fortune. Appreciated.”

"If those properties are sold now, Hutchison Whampoa can make a profit of at least one billion Hong Kong dollars. But judging from Lin Sheng's appearance, Hutchison Whampoa will not sell those properties for the time being, and will keep it secret. I just don't know what to expect. It’s time to start selling.”

HSBC gave Hutchison Whampoa a large amount of loans for this purpose, and it was said that it made a lot of money.

Li Jiacheng said: "It can be seen from this that Lin Baicheng is optimistic about land prices and believes that they will continue to rise, so he is holding back and not selling. This time, I hope that his judgment is correct and that land prices will continue to rise. , so that I can also make a fortune.”

Shen Chow reminded you: "One thing I want to remind you is that regarding the future of Xiangjiang, China and the country will definitely negotiate. By then, the future of Xiangjiang is uncertain, and the land price will definitely be affected most directly. It's a pity that the specific time cannot be determined. Be sure, otherwise you can escape before the news gets bigger."

"In fact, people with insight know that negotiations will happen sooner or later, but as you said, Taipan, we don't know when it will come. However, I think negotiations will definitely not happen suddenly, there will be preparations, and we will see when the time comes. Whose vision is right?"

Regarding the negotiations for the return of Xiangjiang, people from all walks of life in Xiangjiang actually have predictions. After all, it is now less than 20 years before the lease term of Xiangjiang, and China suddenly opens up to the outside world. The issue of Xiangjiang's return will naturally be discussed and action taken.

Once China and Britain begin negotiations on the return of Xiangjiang, the future of Xiangjiang is uncertain. Coupled with China's institutional problems, wealthy people will definitely be worried about the prospects of Xiangjiang. Many people will definitely choose to immigrate and leave Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang's economy will inevitably be affected. , among which real estate has been hit the hardest.

The simple truth is that when wealthy people prepare to immigrate and leave Hong Kong, they will definitely convert their assets in Hong Kong into cash, and real estate will definitely be one of them. There are a large number of real estate for sale, and there will be a large number of wealthy people who want to buy real estate. , it would be strange if house prices did not fall sharply.

Not everyone is Lin Baicheng. Lin Baicheng is a reborn person and comes from the future. Therefore, he knows that Xiangjiang will definitely return and the domestic economy will develop better and better in the future, so his stance is very firm and he knows what should be done.

But from the perspective of this era, Britain is still known as the British Empire and is a world power. Although it is not comparable to the United States and the Soviet Union, it is much stronger than China. China has just reformed and opened up, and its economy is very poor. It cannot be compared with Hong Kong, let alone compared with England, the gap will only be wider.

If a country's economy is poor, its military will naturally not be much stronger. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Britain is stronger and China is weaker. When the time comes to negotiate the return of Xiangjiang, China is likely to choose to compromise. During the return period, Still early.

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that many people even think that the negotiations between China and Britain on the return of Hong Kong will not be too big. The top leaders of the two countries will reach an agreement directly. Otherwise, Hong Kong's current economy will not be on the rise, but will be in a state of shock. bingo.

Some wealthy people will not stay in Xiangjiang, but emigrate directly and run away.

"I believe in your ability, Li Sheng."

Shen Porridge said with a smile, this is not a testing opportunity. If Li Jiacheng suffers heavy losses in this crisis, let alone the future. HSBC will not cooperate in depth with a loser, nor will it expect to start from a loser. Make money on yourself.

As for the failure of Li Jiacheng's acquisition of the telephone company, it was a crime other than war and is understandable.

"Thank you Taipan for your appreciation. I will not let Taipan and HSBC down."

Li Jiacheng smiled confidently. At this time, he could only be confident. No matter whether he was confident or not, he had to show this attitude.

"Daban, regarding real estate speculation, we will still need the support of HSBC. Since we are going to do it, let's do it big. I plan to take the purchased property to HSBC for mortgage and then use the loan to continue purchasing the property. "

"You can't do this more than once, and there's a cap on loan funds."

Shen Porridge understood what Li Jiacheng meant as soon as he heard it. It was nothing more than buying a property, getting a bank loan for the property, and then using the funds obtained from the loan to continue to purchase the property, and then taking the property to the bank to obtain a loan to obtain funds to buy new buildings. Property, the cycle repeats.

But in this case, the risk is too great. Once housing prices collapse, not only Li Jiacheng will suffer heavy losses, but even banks will also suffer huge losses.

“Thank you Taipan for your support!”

Li Jiacheng did not bargain, which did not surprise him.

This time, Li Jiacheng decided to take a little more risk because he wanted to make more money. Several companies he wanted to acquire were preempted by Lin Baicheng, and he couldn't compete with Lin Baicheng. The fundamental reason was simply that Lin Baicheng was richer than him.

If this continues, the distance between Li Jiacheng and Lin Baicheng will only become wider and wider until he is crushed by Lin Baicheng, at which time he may not even have a chance to resist.

Li Jiacheng didn't want to die like a frog boiled in warm water, so he had to take a risk and let his net worth grow explosively. Only in this way could he survive.