Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 790 Li Chaoren is worried

   Hutchison Whampoa Building on the other side

   When everyone left the company after get off work, Li Chaoren was still looking at the report in his office in his office.

After   Landland changed hands, Zheng Hiquan and others shifted their targets to major British-funded listed companies and Chinese-funded listed companies. Among them, Li Chaoren's Hutchison Whampoa and Changshi listed companies became key acquisition targets.

   In a short period of time, the downward trend of the stock prices of Li Chaoren's two companies was suddenly stopped by Zheng Hiquan and others.

It stands to reason that the stock price has stopped falling. As the big boss of the two companies, Li Chaoren should be happy in his heart, but when he thinks that Yihe still lost 40% of Landmark's shares, Li Chaoren couldn't bear it. Live frightened.

   He was not afraid of the Cheung Kong company he founded, because the Cheung Kong shares he held, although not fully controlled, were not far behind.

   Moreover, the shares he holds are personal shares, not cross-shareholding between two companies.

   On this point, there is no way for outsiders to put pressure on him through a third party, or other shareholders.

   But Hutchison Whampoa is different. Earlier, HSBC sold 22% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares to Li Chaoren at a low price, making him a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa in one fell swoop.

   Taking advantage of this stock price drop, Li Chaoren is also secretly absorbing Hutchison Whampoa's stock, but it must be added up, and the amount of shares held can only reach 30%.

   If it was changed to the previous one, holding 30% of the shares was considered a relatively safe ratio. You must know that in the early years, the major shareholders of many listed companies in Hong Kong basically had a share of more than 20%, and they could completely control a company.

   is no longer enough. Even if you hold 40% of the shares, it may not be replaced by others. The loss of Landmark not only rang a bell for others, but also caused Li Chaoren to sweat coldly on his back.

   The four major foreign firms in Xiangjiang, Jardine, Taikoo, Wheelock and Hutchison, of these four majors, Wheelock and Hutchison ranked last, and their strength is much smaller than the previous two.

   Of course, the dead skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and anyone who sees Hutchison Whampoa will be greedy.

  Li Chaoren is now afraid, afraid that the Hutchison Whampoa that he finally obtained, will be taken away by others in an instant.

   Looking at the right-hand man in front of him, Li Chaoren asked in a deep voice, "Have you checked it out? How many Hutchison shares have Hang Seng Bank acquired?"

   "should be close to ten percent"

   "So many" Li Chaoren couldn't sit still when he heard this number, and jumped up from the boss chair.

   "They didn't hide it at all this time, and under the banner of stabilizing the Hong Kong stock market and helping various strong listed companies to stabilize their stock prices, they frantically swept the tradable shares on the market."

   "Ten percent, ten percent..." Li Chaoren walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.

   In one day, he purchased 10% of Hutchison's shares in the market, so he couldn't be in a hurry.

   No one knows whether the other party has secretly acquired Hutchison Whampoa's stock before. If it continues tomorrow, then his position as a major shareholder will be replaced.

   For a time, Li Chaoren, who has always been calm and composed, could not help but show a rare nervousness.

   Think about how Yang Chen dealt with the charter king this time. In order to take over the Landmark, the other party would first seek trouble with the charter king, and force the charter king to sell the Jardine shares he held.

   You must know that the charter king had supported Yang Chen at the beginning, and businessmen only had interests in their eyes. This is not a lie. No matter how good a relationship is, once the two sides have entangled interests, it is a common thing to turn their faces.

   His relationship with Yang Chen was average, and his relationship with Father Xue was also average. If the other party really set his sights on Hutchison Whampoa, it would be a big deal.

   Relying on HSBC?

  Let's not say anything else, now the cooperative relationship between HSBC and Yang Chen, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he, Li Chaoren, is just a person supported by HSBC to manage Hutchison Whampoa, and he is completely incomparable to Yang Chen.

   The relationship between the two is clearly defined. Without the support of HSBC, Li Chaoren, as a Chinese, wants to control a British-owned foreign firm like Hutchison Whampoa, and the difficulty can be imagined.

  Although he wasn't sure if HSBC would help him or if Yang Chen was really eyeing Hutchison Whampoa, Li Chaoren felt that he still had to meet Shen Conge first.

   Sitting still and waiting for something to happen before reacting, this is not his Li Chaoren's character.

  Li Chaoren has been able to go from a plastic flower factory step by step to today. In addition to his extraordinary business acumen, he also has a particularly strong sense of urgency.

   Whenever a major event occurs, he can get results through various responses, and then make adequate preparations to obtain opportunities behind the crisis.

   Just do what he says, Li Chaoren is also a vigorous and resolute person, he can't sit still, he can only go to Shen Porridge and have a cup of tea to make him feel at ease.

  Xue Family

Father Xue looked at his daughter who was chatting with Mother Xue, flipping through the newspaper in his hand casually, holding it for a while, but he couldn't bear it anymore, Father Xue put down the newspaper and asked, "Yu Fei, Ah Chen, does he have any? Didn't tell you, when did he come back from Thailand?"

   Hearing her mother's question, Xue Yufei quickly turned her head back and said, "Achen didn't say anything, he seems to be quite busy over there, before he signed an agreement with the Australian government to develop Western Australia.

  The first batch of construction teams recruited from the inland side has already passed. Achen seems to attach great importance to Australian agriculture and animal husbandry. This time he went to Thailand to discuss cooperation with the Thai farming and animal husbandry tycoon Xie Group. "

   Father Xue frowned, showing a thoughtful expression, "Xie Group, does that sound a little familiar?"

  Xue Yufei said with some uncertainty: "It seems to be called Chia Tai Group. It is quite famous in Thailand. I heard from Achen that the Xie family is the first overseas Chinese businessman to invest in the inland after the reform and opening up in the inland."

   "It turned out to be Chia Tai Xie's family, why did I say it was so familiar?"

   Seeing her father's reaction, Xue Yufei asked in a puzzled way: "Dad, is this Xie family famous? Even Achen took the initiative to ask them to cooperate."

   Father Xue nodded and said: "The Xie family is indeed quite famous in Thailand. It is one of the best families in the Thai Chinese business community, and its main business is focused on agriculture and animal husbandry.

   A few years ago, after the reform and opening up of the inland, many overseas Chinese businessmen came to Hong Kong to inquire about the news. Due to the requirement of the share ratio proposed by the inland, many people hesitated and retreated.

  The Xie family was the first overseas Chinese businessman who accepted the request of the inland to invest and develop in the inland. At that time, the media on both sides of the inland and Hong Kong reported on the Xie family…”

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   (end of this chapter)