I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

Chapter 476 [Taking Wharf lightly finished! 】

Hearing this, Wu Xianshuo took out a bag that he carried with him, and opened it;

I saw it said: Follow the uncles to watch more, listen more, and learn more! Also, no matter what price Jardine offers, we have to pay 3 Hong Kong dollars per share higher than him, and it must be all in cash.

Wu Xianshuo passed the note to everyone. After reading it, everyone was full of confidence!

Jardine offered 50 Hong Kong dollars per share, but all of them were not cash, but stocks and bonds;

Even if Wu Guangyao's party offered 45 Hong Kong dollars in cash per share, there was a high probability that he would win!

This is why Wu Guangyao is worried about this team, that is, he is not willing to spend money;

Only Wu Guangyao knows that it doesn't matter if you spend hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, the value of Wharf is immeasurable!

As for calling Wu Xianshuo, who was still studying, to replace him, Wu Guangyao also wanted him to have some contact with these high-level officials;

After all, accidents can happen at any time!

March 1, Saturday afternoon.

Wu Xianshuo held a press conference on behalf of the Wu family, announcing that in the name of the family, he would spend HK$900 million in cash to acquire 17 million Wharf shares at a price of HK$53 per share, raising the family's shareholding to 49%;

The acquisition period is only on Monday and Tuesday, and the Wharf shares held by Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land will not be purchased.

"Mr. Wu, are you still studying?" At the end of the press conference, Wu Xianshuo had clearly become the focus of the reporters.

Everyone knows that Wu Guangyao's property is huge and brilliant. Who can take over this huge consortium?

This is something that everyone on Hong Kong Island is curious about. This acquisition battle is considered to be the acquisition with the largest funds and the most extensive influence since the opening of Hong Kong Island;

But Wu Guangyao asked his own son to replace him. Isn't this an answer?

Wu Xianshuo said gently: "You can just call me Mr. Wu Xianshuo, or you can call me Xiao Wu; I am indeed studying, a senior at Harvard, and I am about to graduate! This time I return to Hong Kong because this acquisition is a family acquisition, and my father hopes that there will be Family representatives and uncles participated together.”

"Then whose idea is it to set the acquisition price at HK$53 per share this time?" a reporter quickly asked, for fear of being preempted.

"It's the result of discussions with the acquisition team. My father is not in Hong Kong Island, and I'm just here to learn!"

Then, the reporters took turns taking turns, and some even asked sharp questions: "Mr. Wu, this acquisition is the first acquisition of a large British-funded company by a Chinese, which greatly boosts the morale of our Chinese people. What do you think of this?"

This reporter is obviously not particular, deliberately provoking confrontation between Chinese capital and British capital.

Wu Xianshuo finally did not disappoint Wu Guangyao in the United States,

He continued to say gently: "We don't have as many companies as you think. Over the years, my father has acquired too many companies from various countries, including Japan, the United Kingdom, France, the United States and other countries; to be honest, I personally think that these are just a kind of The performance of business behavior, our original intention is to expand the company's operations, and we have never thought of anything else."

A group of reporters did not expect Wu Xianshuo to be so polite at such a young age, and they lamented that Wu Guangyao has a successor!

All Wu Guangyao's staff officers also breathed a sigh of relief. Rong Bensheng, who was sitting next to Wu Xianshuo just now, wanted to take over this question, but Wu Xianshuo gave him a look, expressing that he would not mess around.

Jardine Matheson Conference Room

"Damn it!" Henry Keswick didn't expect to have no hope of success in the end.

All the executives were silent. In the face of absolute strength, it was really difficult to make a difference!

After a long time, Henry Keswick seemed to have made a big decision, and he relaxed a lot.

"Manager Niu Bijian, immediately arrange for the staff to work overtime overnight, divide the stock into multiple shares of small amounts, and then temporarily store them in the brokerage firm and agency company we have arranged for, and immediately cash out! Sell as much as you want, the more you make an appointment!"

"Yes, Taipan! However, the Wu family only purchased 17 million shares in total, and I'm afraid they will collect all of them soon."

Henry Keswick nodded, with some self-knowledge;

Most of the shareholders of Wharf are Chinese, which is not good for Jardine!

Therefore, once the Wu family initiates the same conditions, these shareholders will also choose the Wu family instead of Jardine.

"It doesn't matter! The stock market is hot, and we can definitely find opportunities to sell at high prices; if we don't choose to sell, then once the market is cold, Wu Guangyao may have to privatize Wharf, and the stocks in our hands will depreciate by then. We know how much it takes. So, while some stockholders are still dreaming of getting rich, we will empty out the Wharf stocks in our hands, and then use the money to rebuild a few buildings in the central district." Henry has calmed down, now that the defeat is over If it is determined, then it is time for Jardine to retreat.

At this time, it can be said that the senior management of Jardine He not only did not look down on Henry Keswick, but felt that Henry Keswick had done a good job!

Whoever it is, may not be as good as Henry!

But the enemy is really powerful!

On Monday, the stock market opened in the morning, but because Wharf Group’s stock had been suspended last Friday, it could not be listed on the exchange;

Therefore, the Wu family's team decided to handle the transaction through a stockbroker.

In fact, Jardine Matheson issued an announcement one day earlier than the Wu family. If the positions were reversed, the Wu family would issue the announcement first. I am afraid that the acquisition can be completed through the stockbroker early the next morning and declared a success;

However, as soon as Jardine Matheson released the news of the acquisition, some securities experts issued a warning: before the Wu family reacts, it is best to hold the shares and wait and see;

Moreover, most of the shareholders are Chinese. They have long been dissatisfied with Jardine's management of Wharf, and naturally hope that the Wu family can win this contest.

This is the fact, at 8:00 in the morning, the Wu family began to announce the acquisition;

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Wu family announced the end of the largest takeover battle on Hong Kong Island. The Wu family won the victory, holding 49% of the shares of Wharf Group.

At the same time, Jardine Matheson announced that it had conceded defeat.

In the battle of Wharf, it can be said that the Wu family was in a stable situation from the beginning, and it can even be said to be easy to win!

Unlike Bao Yugang in his previous life, he also experienced some twists and turns:

For example, to borrow money from HSBC, HSBC lent Bao Yugang 2 billion Hong Kong dollars;

For example, several days after Landmark announced the acquisition, Bao Yugang’s family hadn’t come up with an acquisition plan, and they were all waiting for Bao Yugang to return to Hong Kong.

At this time, Wu Guangyao had nearly 3 billion Hong Kong dollars in deposits in Everbright Bank, so the relationship with HSBC was not used at all!

HSBC Bank even took the initiative to approach Wu Xianshuo, saying that they can mobilize 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to lend to the Wu family at any time;

HSBC did this, naturally because they were worried about their relationship with Wu Guangyao being unfamiliar!

The battle itself was not very exciting, and Jardine Matheson was suppressed and beaten by the Wu family during the whole process;

However, the media disagreed with the point of view of 'not exciting', so they all expanded the effect of this acquisition!

Of course, not all praise the Wu family, there are also "negative" ones:

Some media said that, Jardine Matheson took advantage of Wu Guangyao's visit and launched a surprise attack. Although the young Wu Xianshuo is capable, he was still fooled;

Why do you say that?

It turned out that the media pointed out that Jardine Matheson secretly sold 10 million Wharf shares at a high price of 53 Hong Kong dollars, making a profit of at least 300 million Hong Kong dollars;

The Wu family did not need to pay 53 Hong Kong dollars in cash to buy it. Even if it was 45 Hong Kong dollars in cash, the citizens of Hong Kong Island were willing to sell it to the Wu family. However, Wu Xianshuo was really young, which caused the Wu family to lose 130 million Hong Kong dollars in vain.

Therefore, this media used the headline "The Ship King's Family Lost and Won, Jardine Matheson Broke Their Wrists with a Smile"!

"It's just grandstanding! Xianshuo, these are all reporters' tricks, don't pay attention!" Rong Ben comforted Wu Xianshuo because he was afraid that Wu Xianshuo would be the one to take the blame at a young age.

Wu Xianshuo said with a smile: "Uncle Rong filtered it! I am a student, no matter how much the media say, I will only accept it seriously. Besides, there is no media saying that Jardine Matheson lost to a 'child'. !"

"Haha! Don't bother, this media needs readers, so of course you can talk nonsense! Let's go, I will take you to Wharf Group to meet today."