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Lin Haoran's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Li Jiacheng's heart hard, making his face become solemn in an instant.

After all, he had high hopes for the acquisition of the Hong Kong Land Group and had been preparing carefully for it for several months.

The other party was able to so accurately speculate that he currently holds about 5% of the shares of the Jardine Matheson Group. Therefore, it is certain that the mysterious consortium that took the lead in taking action against the Jardine Matheson Group was none other than Lin Haoran.

At this moment, Li Jiacheng's mood was extremely complicated.

If what Lin Haoran said is true, there is really no need for him to continue targeting the Jardine Matheson Group, because it would only be futile.

What does it mean to have more shares of the Hong Kong Land Development than those held by the British financial consortium and Jardine Matheson?
This means that Lin Haoran’s shareholding in the Jardine Matheson Group has exceeded 30%.

And he, Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa together only own about 5% of the shares. How can they compete?

Looking at the young and energetic opponent in front of him, Li Jiacheng couldn't help but sigh: It's true that the new generation pushes the old generation forward, and each generation is stronger than the previous one!
He originally came here to seek cooperation, but he never expected that the final outcome would be like this.

Originally, he thought he could cleverly take advantage of the competition between the British financial group and Lin Haoran to profit from it, and eventually seize the opportunity to take over the Jardine Matheson Group in one fell swoop.

However, it now seems that all this is nothing but a mirage and ultimately just an empty fantasy.

At this moment, Li Jiacheng in front of Lin Haoran seemed to have suddenly lost his former high-spirited spirit and became listless.

He was indeed hit hard by Lin Haoran.

Recalling two years ago, Li Jiacheng was determined to acquire Qingzhou Yingni, but he did not expect that Lin Haoran had already taken the lead. Finally, with the mediation of Bao Yugang, he had to hand over his shares in Qingzhou Yingni to Lin Haoran.

Afterwards, he turned his attention to the Hong Kong Electric Company Limited, but fate seemed to always play tricks on him. This high-quality public utility listed company was also occupied by Lin Haoran in advance.

Now, the Jardine Matheson Group, which he had carefully planned for several months, was once again seized by Lin Haoran.

Faced with such a situation, Li Jiacheng couldn't help but feel despair: How can I continue to play this game?

At this moment, he should perhaps feel a little fortunate that Lin Haoran only graduated from the University of London in 1978, and had missed the best time when he returned to Hong Kong.

Otherwise, even Hutchison Whampoa and even Wharf Holdings under Bao Yugang would find it difficult to escape Lin Haoran’s control!

This guy is so scary. He specifically targets high-quality listed companies for acquisition!
Whether it is Ching Chau Cement, Hong Kong Electric Group, Kowloon Motor Bus, China Gas Company, or even the current Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land Group, Li Ka-shing is well aware of the qualities of these companies.

"It was you who stabilized the share price of the Hong Kong Land Development at the current level of around HK$74 per share, right?" Li Jiacheng continued to ask after a brief thought.

"Yes, I instructed my men to do this. With the proportion of shares we currently hold, the British consortium can no longer pose any threat to me. The Hong Kong Land Group is already in my pocket, so there is no need to increase my holdings further.

But I noticed that a competitor was continuously increasing his holdings in Hong Kong Land Group. In order to stop him from continuing to increase his holdings, I chose to directly raise the share price. Unexpectedly, this competitor turned out to be you, Mr. Li!" Lin Haoran admitted frankly.

After listening to Lin Haoran's words, Li Jiacheng sighed helplessly.

At this moment, Li Jiacheng felt a little at a loss.

After careful consideration, Li Jiacheng finally decided to return to the company to discuss follow-up strategies with the team.

The plan obviously needs to be adjusted, and continuing to dwell on the Landmark Group will be futile.

Although Lin Haoran did not disclose the specific data, Li Jiacheng was already convinced that the other party was not lying.

"Mr. Lin, in that case, I won't talk any more. I need to go back and think about the next strategy!" Li Jiacheng stood up and said to Lin Haoran.

There is no point in staying here.

"Mr. Li, excuse me for asking, how many shares of the Jardine Matheson Group do you currently hold?" Lin Haoran asked at this moment.

"Before I came, I held about 5.13% of the shares." Li Jiacheng told the truth without hiding anything.

"Mr. Li, if you are interested in selling, I am willing to buy your shares for HK$5 million. As you know, the current share price of Hong Kong Land Group is artificially raised by me. Although I already own enough shares, if Mr. Li is interested in selling, I am still willing to buy.

Of course, I won't force you. If you don't want to, forget it!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Prior to this, the share price of Swire Properties was actually hovering around HK$9 billion, and Lin Haoran's bid was slightly higher than this actual price.

If Li Jiacheng decides to sell his shares in the Hong Kong Land Development to Lin Haoran, although the profit will not be huge, at least he can guarantee that he will not lose money.

The reason why Lin Haoran wants to acquire the shares held by Li Jiacheng is that he is not short of funds now, and the reason why he increases his holdings in the Hutchison Whampoa Group is because he is full of confidence in the value of the Hutchison Whampoa Group and the future of the real estate industry in Hong Kong.

Although a real estate bubble will occur in Hong Kong in a year or two, it will only last for two years. After those two difficult years, the future of Hong Kong Land Group will be brilliant, so the more shares he holds, the more profit he will naturally make.

Moreover, it was still some time before the Hong Kong real estate bubble occurred. During this period, he could make adequate preparations to minimize the debt of the Swire Properties Group.

In this way, the Hong Kong Land Group will be able to weather this crisis unscathed.

The title of Hong Kong's biggest creditor will definitely be removed from Lin Haoran after he seizes the controlling stake in the Hong Kong Land Group.

Blind expansion during the peak period of real estate is not advisable!
"Mr. Lin, I need to go back and discuss with the company's senior management. I can't make the decision now!" Li Jiacheng did not agree directly.

"Of course, I'm waiting for Mr. Li's reply at any time!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Well, Mr. Lin, I'll go back first!" Li Jiacheng had no intention of staying here any longer.

He also had to go back and tell his subordinates to stop buying shares of the Jardine Matheson Group.

After all, before coming here, he instructed the securities departments of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa to continue to increase their holdings in the Hong Kong Land Development.

In the current situation, with the stock price so high, if he continues to buy, he will be the only one who loses.

In addition, Li Jiacheng also needs to go back and discuss whether to consider changing the target.

Jardine Matheson seems to be not bad either. Although it is not as good as the Hong Kong Land Group, it is still a representative of British enterprises in Hong Kong. If he can take over Jardine Matheson, it will be of great use to him.

However, this matter needs to be discussed with Shen Bi. If he can get Shen Bi's support, he thinks he can do it.

However, Li Jiacheng's idea was doomed to fail.

Today, with the special support of Bank of Communications, Li Ka-shing's strength can no longer be underestimated. He holds two of Hong Kong's top companies, Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa Group. His strength is almost comparable to that of Tsim Sha Tsui and Wharf Holdings under Pao Yu-kong.

However, what would it mean if Li Ka-shing successfully acquired Jardine Matheson again?
This means that the strength of the corporate cluster he controls may surpass that of Huifeng Bank.

Would Huifeng Bank be open to this? Obviously not.

Just as the leader of a society will never want to be surpassed by his subordinates, the same is true in the business world. The giants will never sit idly by and watch their position being threatened.

"Goodbye, Mr. Li!" Lin Haoran sent him to the door, watched him walk into the elevator, and then returned to his chair and sat down.

Judging from Li Jiacheng’s reaction, he has indeed given up his covetousness for the Jardine Matheson Group, which also means that Lin Haoran no longer needs to pay attention to the affairs of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Although he was not worried even if Li Jiacheng helped the British financial group of Jardine Matheson, after all, it is better to be safe than sorry.

Because if Li Ka-shing continues to increase his holdings and joins forces with the Jardine Matheson consortium, he will indeed be able to resist Lin Haoran's takeover of the Hutchison Whampoa Group.

Although the possibility of their cooperation is not high, what if Li Jiacheng sells the stocks to the British financial group for profit?

This is not impossible!
Li Jiacheng left Wanqing Building with mixed feelings. Lin Haoran sat on the chair and thought about what he had just talked about with Li Jiacheng. Then he left the office again and went to Su Zhixue's office next door.

At this moment, it is almost noon. I looked at my watch and saw that the stock market would be at lunchtime in ten minutes.

Su Zhixue was not in the office, so Lin Haoran was not in a hurry to find him. After the morning stock market trading time ended, Su Zhixue would naturally come back to the office.

Sitting in Su Zhixue's office, at around 12:05, I saw Su Zhixue coming in from outside.

"Boss, please wait a moment. I will collect some data and report to you." Seeing Lin Haoran, Su Zhixue was not surprised, but greeted him.

"Well, don't worry, you go ahead and do your work first!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

So Su Zhixue buried his head in his work, pressing the calculator while writing with a pen.

The stock market trading time in the morning is only two and a half hours, so there is actually not much data that needs to be counted.

After about five minutes, Su Zhixue finally put down the pen in his hand.

"Boss, let me report to you. At 11:30, we found that the trading volume of the Hong Kong Land Group had changed again. I guess that the unknown opponent has decided to make a move on the Hong Kong Land Group's stocks again.

I was originally planning to report to you, but considering that you were meeting an important client, and there was only half an hour left for trading in the morning, I decided not to report to you in a hurry. Instead, I participated in the acquisition a little bit, but not much. Since the other party suddenly entered the market, the total number of transactions in the morning was not much! "Su Zhixue handed a report to Lin Haoran. (End of this chapter)