Chapter 500 Shen Bi was defeated (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

Getting up every morning, buying a newspaper, and reading the progress of Wheelock’s acquisition has become a must for Hong Kong people these days, just like the first thing everyone in the future will do after waking up. It's the same as looking at your phone.

  Wheelock's takeover case affects the hearts of every Hong Kong person.

  First, Jardine, Swire, Hehe International, Jiaku, Cheung Kong, Global, and the seven conglomerates gathered at Wheelock.

   Afterwards, Jiaku took the lead to withdraw, followed by Four Seas, Swire, Universal, and now only Jardine, Changshi, and Hehe International remain.

   Even near the end, a British consortium suddenly appeared.

  The whole process can be said to be ups and downs, which is dizzying.

   Just when the four parties started the final battle, it was revealed that on the second day of the meeting between Niu Bijian and Wheelock John Madden, Jardine issued an announcement to withdraw from the acquisition of Wheelock!

   This decision shocked everyone again.

  After the acquisition of Wheelock began, Jardine was able to win the most powerful competitor of Wheelock. After all, Jardine is the largest private listed company in Xiangjiang.

   But now, Jardine has also withdrawn?

   "Alas, after all, I missed the best opportunity!"

  In the Jardine headquarters building, Niu Bijian sat in his office, preaching with a helpless expression.

  He reported the acquisition of Wheelock to the overlord Henry Keswick of Jardine by phone.

  Henry Keswick finally decided to stop the transaction after weighing the gains and losses.

  Like many Heung Kong British consortiums at this time, Henry Keswick is actually not optimistic about the future development of Heung Kong, so during this period, Jardines actually put more energy on the acquisition of overseas companies.

  Including Davis Company in Hawaii in North America, Yiren Real Estate in England, Relis in South Africa, Middle East Transportation and Trading Company in Libya, etc.

   And these companies are negotiating at the same time.

  So Jardine, which looks glamorous in Xiangjiang, has already fallen into a huge cash shortage at this time, and there is not much spare energy to acquire Wheelock.

   What's more, with John Madden asking such a high price, Niu Bijian wanted to use this acquisition to leave his name in Xiangjiang's business history, but the Keswick family no longer needed this.

  So Henry Keswick firmly denied the acquisition of Wheelock.

"I think I'm going to call John Madden!" Bao Fuda didn't have much trouble in his heart. It would be good to be able to buy Wheelock, but if he couldn't, it would be nothing to Bao Fuda. loss.

  Nu Bijian nodded slightly, picked up the phone on the table, and dialed the number of John Madden's office.

   "Nubijian, I was just about to call you. What happened to the statement from Jardine this morning?"

  John Madden's tone was somewhat urgent.

  Jardine's sudden withdrawal made John Madden a little unexpected. At this time, the only ones who can take over Wheelock are Changshi and the half-dead Hehe International.

   "John, I'm really sorry, the Keswick family stopped this transaction, and I have nothing to do!"

   Hoo!

  John Madden let out a breath of turbidity in his heart, and preached calmly: "It doesn't matter, this can only be said to be Jardine's loss!"

   Then the two parties hung up the phone.

Not long after, John Madden received a call from Li Jiacheng. During the phone call, Li Jiacheng said that after lengthy internal discussions, Changshi finally decided to acquire all of John Madden’s shares in Wheelock for HK$480 million, and said that this was the final offer Well, if John Madden can't accept this offer, Changshi will have no choice but to withdraw from this acquisition.

  John Madden just pretended to think about it. After hanging up the phone, John Madden called Qi Dezun's office.

  This is the last test of Hehe International. If Hehe International still has no response to this matter, John Madden will decide to sell Defeng to Changshi.

  Qi Dezun sat in his office, heard the ringtone, picked up the phone, and heard that the other party was John Madden, and set his eyes on the calendar on his desk.

   There is still one day before Chu Huan's appointment!

   "Changshi has decided to buy Wheelock at a price of 480 million Hong Kong dollars. Qi Dezun and we are old friends. If you can make some more, I can sell Wheelock to you!"

  John Madden told Qi Dezun the current situation.

"My friend, thank you very much for telling me such important information, but you also know the current situation of our Hehe International, we really hope to get Wheelock, but the price of Wheelock is really too high now Now, if you, my friend, can set the sale price of Defeng to 180 million US dollars, I think we can start the next negotiation immediately!"

  Qi Dezun leaned on the sofa and preached with a complacent expression.

  Hearing Qi Dezun's offer, John Madden burst into anger in an instant. Even the 185 million offered by Changshi Li Jiacheng when he contacted him for the first time was 5 million Hong Kong dollars less.

   This is simply insulting!

   "Qi Dezun, the situation of Hehe International last year, shouldn't it scare you out of your courage? Now at this time, you actually told me that you want to buy Wheelock with 180 million Hong Kong dollars?"

   Facing John Madden's anger, Qi Dezun didn't say anything, but said calmly: "I'm definitely offering the most fair price, and Hehe International won't do it if we take advantage of it!"

   "Hehe!" John Madden laughed back angrily, and said, "Well, since this is the case, then we have to say goodbye!"

   After finishing speaking, John Madden hung up the phone directly.

   Little Ma Deng on the side saw this situation and said: "So Hehe International has also given up!"

  John Madden said coldly: "Hehe International didn't give up, but was rejected by us!"

  Xiao Ma Deng said: "If this is the case, now we can only sign a contract with Chang Shi!"

  John Madden nodded slightly, and said: "Then sign a contract with them. With HSBC backing them, Changshi is still very rich and powerful!"

  Little Ma Deng said: "Okay, shall we contact Li Jiacheng now?"

   "No, I'll contact him in the afternoon, we can't let him think that we have no other choice but to cooperate with him!"

  John Madden's serene sermon.

"yes!"

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  Afternoon, Changshi Headquarters.

  Li Jiacheng, Sheng Songsheng, Zhou Qian and the three gathered in Li Jiacheng's office.

  Li Jiacheng stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office, silently looking at the street scene of Xiangjiang outside the window, Zhou Qianhe walked back and forth a little anxiously, the cigar in Sheng Songsheng's hand had burned out but was still not extinguished by him.

   "It's been a day, and there is no news from John Madden. Could it be that he has signed a contract with the British consortium or Hehe International?"

  Zhou Qianhe stood up and preached with some urgency.

Only then did Sheng Songsheng press the cigar in his hand to death on the ashtray, and tried to calm himself down and said: "Probably not, at Hehe International, Qi Dezun only seemed more active at the beginning of this matter, but he didn't There was movement.

Although they sold a lot of non-performing assets last year, they also repaid a lot of debts. Coupled with the development of their own company, they should not have so much cash. , Hehe International is simply impossible. "

   Zhou Qian said softly: "What about the British consortium? The other party is willing to use 500 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire Wheelock. If John Madden agrees to their acquisition request, wouldn't we be drawing water from a bamboo basket again?"

At this time, Li Jiacheng turned around and said calmly: "I have always been suspicious of that so-called British consortium. You two say, does he really exist, or did Wheelock find him?" the child?"

   When it came to the end, Li Jiacheng's eyes were full of suspicion.

  Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng were both taken aback. No one thought that Li Jiacheng would have such an idea.

   "Actually, from the very beginning, I was a little skeptical. The timing of the opponent's appearance was too coincidental. He appeared when everyone was still in a stalemate, as if he was deliberately pushing us to make a deal with John Madden!"

   Li Jiacheng continued to analyze.

   "Boss, if this is the case, wouldn't we have been fooled by John Madden this time?"

  Sheng Songsheng never doubted Li Jiacheng's words.

Li Jiacheng smiled and said: "It's not really a fool. The negotiation at the beginning was indeed deadlocked. If there is no such external force, the current battle is still very fierce. Even if we have the support of HSBC, it is not the most favorable situation." competitors."

  Zhou Qianhe said: "But if this is the case, we will have to spend nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars more to get Wheelock. This is not a small sum!"

"Looking at it from the current point of view, this amount of money is indeed too much, but if it is spent on Wheelock, I think it is worth it. Let alone the value of the land under Wheelock, those freighters If we can find a suitable buyer, it will be enough to make up for our loss this time.

  Now the real estate industry in Xiangjiang is recovering, as long as we can get Wheelock, then these lands will be ours, and the value they create will far exceed the money we spend now. "

  Li Jiacheng preached with great confidence.

Although he started with plastic flowers, in the real estate industry, Li Jiacheng is no longer Wuxia Ameng. Although Changshi is only a real estate company in the middle reaches of Xiangjiang, Li Jiacheng believes that his research on the real estate industry in Xiangjiang far exceeds other real estate companies.

   As for Xiangjiang's real estate industry, Li Jiacheng is also full of confidence.

  So even now that he discovers that there are various illogical things in this matter, he still wants to get Wheelock at a high price.

  Only in this way can Cheung Kong stand out among many real estate companies in Xiangjiang.

   "So, now we are actually competing with Hehe International?" Sheng Songsheng asked.

  Zhou Qianhe shook his head and said: "No, if this is the case, we actually have no competitors. I always think that Hehe International is just a soy sauce this time, and has no real fighting power."

Li Jiacheng raised his forehead slightly, obviously agreeing with Zhou Qianhe's statement, "We don't need to focus on Hehe International or John Madden now, I believe John Madden will definitely call us this afternoon, Now our real opponent will be Zhang Yuliang.

   And Qi Dezun of Hehe International is the ally we need to win. "

   Now Li Jiacheng has already shifted his attention from the acquisition of Wheelock to how to fully control Wheelock after the acquisition of Wheelock.

"Now the three major shareholders of Wheelock, John Madden holds the most B shares and has the right to speak in Wheelock, Zhang Yuliang holds the most A shares, is the largest shareholder of Wheelock, and Hehe International is one of them. If If we can unite with Qi Dezun, then after we get the shares in John Madden, we can suppress Zhang Yuliang to the maximum extent, and then in his hands, we will fight for the equity of the three companies, Real Estate Trust, Federal Real Estate, and Xialiwen Development. !"

  Li Jiacheng told his Second General Hengha what he thought.

  In Li Jiacheng’s view, the most important assets of Wheelock are still the three real estate companies, Real Estate Trust, Federal Real Estate, and Harriman Development, rather than those shipping companies such as Wheelock Shipping.

   But the actual control of these three companies is in the Zhang Yuliang family.

  So after taking over Hui Defeng, Li Jiacheng and Zhang Yuliang became natural opponents, but Qi Dezun was an ally he could fight for.

  Sheng Songsheng said: "If you infer according to your boss, didn't Qi Dezun of Hehe International think of this a long time ago, and has been waiting for your call from the boss?"

  Li Jiacheng nodded slightly, and said, "I think so too."

  Zhou Qian said softly: "Then shall we wait for John Madden's call first, and then contact Qi Dezun?"

  Li Jiacheng waved his hand, and said confidently: "You can contact Qi Dezun now, and you don't have to wait for John Madden's call. I believe the other party will definitely call us this afternoon."

  Sheng Song said: "Then I'll call Qi Dezun and tell you, boss, you want to ask him out!"

  Sheng Songsheng's ability is that he can perfectly execute the tasks assigned by Li Jiacheng, and at the same time, in some details, he can fill in some loopholes in Li Jiacheng's plan more perfectly.

  Li Jiacheng nodded.

  Sheng Songsheng called Qi Dezun's office.

   After a while, Sheng Songsheng put down the phone and said to Li Jiacheng: "Boss, Qi Dezun has agreed to your invitation."

  Li Jiacheng smiled and said: "As long as we have the support of Qi Dezun, Wheelock can be firmly in our hands."

  Zhou Qianhe suggested: "Boss, although with Qi Dezun's support, we can firmly control Wheelock, but we should have more shares in Wheelock than if we have our own!"

   This is Zhou Qianhe's ability. He can always put forward the most appropriate suggestions when Li Jiacheng needs them.

Li Jiacheng nodded and said: "First get John Madden's shares in Wheelock, and at the same time reach a temporary alliance with Qi Dezun, and then use the alliance with Qi Dezun to suppress Zhang Yuliang and try to buy more Wheelock from Zhang Yuliang's hands." stock, at that time we can perfectly control Wheelock!"

   Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng nodded at the same time.

Jingle Bell!

  At this moment, the phone on Li Jiacheng's desk rang.

  Looking at the phone, Li Jiacheng smiled and said, "I think this call will be from John Madden."

   Zhou Qianhe and Sheng Songsheng nodded with smiles.

  Li Jiacheng picked up the phone.

   "Li Sheng, after consideration, we have decided to sell the shares of Wheelock to Changshi. We hope Wheelock will continue to create brilliance under the leadership of Changshi in the future!"

  John Madden preached to Li Jiacheng.

  Li Jiacheng smiled and said: "Thank you Mr. Madden for your appreciation, we Changshi will definitely bring Defeng back to the top!"

   Subsequently, the two parties agreed to release a statement tomorrow and hold a signing ceremony the day after tomorrow!

   After hanging up the phone, Li Jiacheng sat in his seat and let out a long sigh of relief, "It's finally over!"

  Zhou Qianhe said: "Although a lot of money was spent, fortunately, the final result is good."

  The other two nodded at the same time.

  Next day!

John Madden issued a statement with the help of Xiangjiang’s newspaper, saying that after careful consideration by the Madden family, and consideration of the long-term development of Wheelock, as well as the feelings of Xiangjiang people for Wheelock, they finally decided to sell Wheelock to Li Jiacheng. grow solid.

  Let Wheelock continue to stay in Hong Kong!

  As soon as the news came out, Xiangjiang immediately caused a huge sensation.

  No one thought that the final winner of Wheelock's acquisition would be Changshi, who had been little-known before.

But soon, the relationship between Changshi and HSBC was exposed by the media. The citizens of Xiangjiang who heard the news did not have any emotional changes. superior.

  What they are most concerned about is keeping Defeng in Xiangjiang.

  Things have developed to the present, it seems that the acquisition of Wheelock has come to an end!

   In fact, many people think so too.

  At the headquarters of Wheelock, the father and son John Madden and Little Madden have toasted to celebrate.

   "With this 480 million, plus the wealth we accumulated in Xiangjiang before, after returning to England, we can make a comeback!"

  Little Madden excitedly preached to his father.

John Madden smiled reservedly, and said: "Yes, Xiangjiang is still too small, and it is easy for people to be overwhelmed. It will be different when we arrive in England, where the sky is high and the sea is wide, and we can freely express ourselves. our capabilities."

   "Daddy, I suggest that before we leave, we should hold a reception and invite Niu Bijian and the others to participate. I really want to see their expressions at that time."

   This is a very shallow behavior to show the fruits of their victory, but John Madden thought that they would leave Xiangjiang soon.

   Show it when it’s time to show it, regardless of whether he is naive or not, as long as he is happy!

   "This can be available, and you will contact me when the time comes!"

  Little Madden smiled and said, "Okay, no problem!"

   At this moment, someone knocked on the door of John Madden's office, and John Madden's secretary walked in with a panicked expression.

   "Boss, something happened, just now Qi Dezun of Hehe International issued a statement."

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  HSBC!

  Li Jiacheng was in Shen Bi's office at this time, and the two opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate getting Wheelock.

   "After Changshi acquires Wheelock, it will immediately achieve a triple jump in strength. By then, Changshi Xiangjiang will no longer be just an obscure company!"

   Holding champagne in his hand, Shen Bi smiled and congratulated Li Jiacheng.

  Li Jiacheng said humbly: "All of this is due to your support, Mr. Shen. Without your support, it would be impossible for us to take down Wheelock."

  Shen Bi waved his hands reservedly and said, "It's better for you, Li Sheng, to be capable, otherwise, other people wouldn't have the courage!"

  Li Jiacheng smiled slightly.

   "By the way, although Wheelock will soon become Cheung Kong's company, there are still many problems with Wheelock. Have you figured out how to operate it?"

   Shen Bi asked Li Jiacheng.

  Li Jiacheng nodded and said: "I've already thought about it, we'll make solid preparations."

After listening to Li Jiacheng's development plan for Wheelock's future, Shen Bi showed a satisfied smile and said, "As expected of a talent we are looking for at HSBC, he can still consider things so thoughtfully at this time, which is not something ordinary people can do." Arrived."

  If ordinary people are at this time, they will probably start to celebrate, and they will not think about how to operate Wheelock after the completion of the acquisition of Wheelock.

   But now Li Jiacheng can still plan every step after the acquisition of Wheelock with a clear head, which makes Shen Bi very satisfied with Li Jiacheng's ability.

   This is why Shen Bi has always supported Li Jiacheng. The more he got in touch with Li Jiacheng, the more Shen Bi found that Li Jiacheng was a very capable Chinese.

   What Li Jiacheng lacked was a stage.

  Now I provide this stage for Li Jiacheng, just like the support of Bao Yugang from the former Dapan Sandas of HSBC.

  When Li Jiacheng grew into a giant in Xiangjiang, it was time for HSBC to reap fame and wealth.

  The more they talked, the more excited they became, and even talked about some details of the future development of Wheelock.

  Someone just happened to appear here at this time, interrupting the happy time of the two of them.

  Roy Bentley walked in.

  Seeing Roy Bentley, Shen Bi's face darkened, but Li Jiacheng smiled and nodded to Roy Bentley.

   "Thank you, Bentley's experience has helped us a lot!"

  Providing loans for Changshi is led by Shen Bi and signed by Sha Ya, but Roy Bentley, the general manager of the loan department of HSBC Bank, is the specific implementer.

  Roy Bentley shook his head and said, "I should apologize to Li Sheng. I couldn't help Li Sheng in the acquisition of Wheelock this time!"

  The complexions of Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng changed at the same time, and Shen Bi said dissatisfiedly: "Roy, what do you mean, this loan was personally approved by Sha Ya Dapan, don't you want to do something else?"

  Li Jiacheng was the one in a panic. Changshi and Wheelock had already finalized all the details of the negotiation, and the only thing left was to sign.

  If there is any problem with funding at this time, it is really an international joke.

   "What?" Roy Bentley smiled and said to the two: "Don't you two know? Just now, Qi Dezun of Hehe International has issued a statement!"

  Shen Bi and Li Jiacheng looked at each other, and they both saw panic in each other's eyes. Both of them are extremely smart people, and they felt a hint of danger from Roy Bentley's words.

   Qi Dezun of Hehe International issued a statement at this time, and Roy Bentley still had this slightly gloating expression.

  This is doomed that this statement is definitely not a good statement.

   Li Jiacheng, who was holding champagne, suddenly had a slight wrist vibration. He looked at Roy Bentley in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice, "Hehe International bought the shares of Wheelock held by Zhang Yuliang?"

In the Wheelock acquisition case, although Li Jiacheng paid attention to the existence of Zhang Yuliang, it was obviously more difficult to acquire the shares of Wheelock in the hands of Zhang Yuliang than in the hands of John Madden. After acquiring the shares of Wheelock held by Zhang Yuliang, it is still difficult to complete the control of Wheelock.

  So Li Jiacheng gave up the idea of ​​buying stocks from Zhang Yuliang at the very beginning.

  But everyone’s situation is different. Even if I get the shares of Wheelock in the hands of Zhang Yuliang, I can’t complete the control of Wheelock, but Hehe International is different.

  Hehe International is one of the major shareholders of Wheelock. If Hehe International can acquire the shares of Wheelock held by Zhang Yuliang, it will become the largest shareholder of Wheelock, and its voice will exceed 51%.

  Before they put all their attention on John Madden and forgot about it.

   Now Li Jiacheng thought of this matter.

  At this time, Li Jiacheng hoped that his guess was wrong.

Roy Bentley directly broke his fantasy: "Yes, just now, Qi Dezun announced through TVB that Hehe International has become the largest shareholder of Wheelock, holding more than 60% of the shares, and will immediately hold a meeting Wheelock's board meeting to discuss the future development plan of Wheelock."

   Having said this, Roy Bentley looked at the ashen-faced two people, and continued to increase the weight of the hammer on them.

   "Just now I told the Shaya Taipan about this matter, and the Shaya Taipan also officially stopped HSBC's loan application to Changshi, so I just said that I am very sorry!"

  Now that Hehe International has become the largest shareholder of Wheelock, it is useless for Cheung Kong to obtain the shares of John Madden and his son in Wheelock.

  What's the use of shareholders who don't have the right to speak?

  Shen Bi said with a bit of gaffe: "This, this is impossible!"

At this time, Shen Bi had already had a chain reaction in the mind of this incident. The successive failures would inevitably make him lose the only right to speak in HSBC. Give him a hard lap of Roy Bentley.

  Shen Bi understands that starting today, he may have lost the possibility of controlling HSBC!

  Thinking of this result, Shen Bi sat down on the sofa dejectedly.

   It was John Madden and his son who were at the Wheelock headquarters at the time who had the same movement as him.

  After knowing what happened from the secretary, the two of them were like eggplants beaten by frost, and the two sitting on the sofa understood.

   It's all over!

   Also, continue to code words~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)