In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 4 The opportunity to make money is here

In the blink of an eye, a day passed.

The next morning, Lin Haoran got up very early as usual.

A few days ago, he had instructed Lin Si to bring a copy of some mainstream media newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong when he delivered breakfast to him every morning.

Such as Oriental Daily, Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, etc.

The purpose of doing this is naturally to better understand the current situation in Hong Kong.

At the same time, he was also trying to find useful information from the newspaper.

A calendar is prominently hung on the wall, clearly marking today as September 1978, 9.

After finishing breakfast, Lin Haoran half-lay on the bed and started reading a copy of the Hong Kong Economic Journal.

The headline on the front page of the newspaper immediately attracted his attention.

"The charter king publicly announced that he already holds 15%-20% of Wharf Holdings' shares, becoming Wharf Holdings' largest shareholder!"

The article also includes the detailed speech made by the charter king in his public announcement, as well as the background of the acquisition.

The charter king said he had no intention of buying more Wharf shares.

Seeing this news, Lin Haoran's heart moved. In his previous life, he had learned about the Wharf acquisition war, so he was naturally very clear that the charter king's public speech this time was just a smokescreen to create an illusion.

All of this is to confuse opponents and shareholders and cause the share price of Hutchison Whampoa to fall from a high level to a low level.

Otherwise, it will be difficult for the charter king to continue increasing his holdings in Wharf Holdings.

Originally, it was Li Ka-shing who first took a fancy to Hutchison Whampoa. He secretly acquired 18% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, but the news eventually leaked.

As the actual controller of Wharf Holdings, Jardine Matheson Group naturally did not want to lose the controlling stake in Wharf Holdings, so it approached Shen Bi, the head of Huifeng, hoping that Huifeng could persuade Li Ka-shing to give up the acquisition of Wharf Holdings.

However, in the end, under the mediation of Huifeng's boss Shen Bi, Li Jiacheng did give up the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa.

However, with the support of Huifeng, he sold all the Hutchison Whampoa shares he had secretly acquired to Baochuanwang, which was equivalent to selling face to Baochuanwang and Huifeng, and also paved the way for persuading Huifeng to sell Hutchison Whampoa shares to him later.

Jardine Matheson is equivalent to replacing a stronger opponent, which is not worth the loss.

This is also the reason why the charter king was able to suddenly become a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa.

During this period, news of Li Ka-shing's secret acquisition of Wharf Holdings' shares was leaked. After Jardine Matheson launched a counter-acquisition, Wharf Holdings' share price had risen to as high as HK$49 per share.

Although the charter king is currently a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa, he is still a long way from being able to completely control Hutchison Whampoa.

After all, the major shareholders of Wharf Holdings are mainly British financial groups. Although the shares they hold individually are not as many as those of the ship chartering king, when they unite, the ship chartering king will not be able to seize the controlling rights at all.

Originally, Lin Haoran was still thinking about how to find opportunities to make a lot of money.

Now, isn't this opportunity coming?

Thinking of this, Lin Haoran became very excited.

As long as he could take advantage of the Wharf Holdings' purchase war to make a fortune for himself, he would have enough start-up capital.

Lin Haoran knew how crazy the share price of Hutchison Whampoa would rise in a few months.

"I didn't expect that after traveling through time, I would be able to personally experience such a classic acquisition battle. What a pity! If I had traveled through time a few years earlier, perhaps I would have had the opportunity to acquire Hutchison Whampoa." Lin Haoran felt a little melancholy.

If he were to travel back to the timeline of 1970, he would definitely have enough time to make plans, and he would be confident that he could compete with the charter king.

Unfortunately, it was already the second half of 1978, and the ship charter king had become a major shareholder of Wharf Holdings, while Lin Haoran only controlled a cement factory.

However, he quickly calmed down.

The most important thing for him now is to get enough start-up capital, and then take advantage of the Wharf acquisition war to obtain his own benefits.

Even if he couldn't acquire Wharf Holdings, what would happen? At least he could sit back and watch the fight, waiting for an opportunity to profit from it.

Moreover, he is still young and will have plenty of opportunities in the future.

As for how to obtain this start-up capital, Lin Haoran already had an idea when he saw the news. In any case, he must seize such a good opportunity.

By then, winning the competition for the successor to Wan'an Group will be a piece of cake.

Next, Lin Haoran read a few more newspapers.

Obviously, the headline in Hong Kong today is the news that the chartering king has become a major shareholder of Wharf Holdings.

All newspapers reported and analyzed this incident from different angles.

After all, Hutchison Whampoa is an old British company with strong strength and market value.

British companies have always been the most respected in Hong Kong. Although Chinese financial groups are gradually rising, there is still a big gap compared with British financial groups.

It is historic that the charter king becomes the major shareholder of a powerful old British enterprise.

Therefore, the charter king becoming a major shareholder of Wharf Holdings is a very controversial and hot news topic, and these media will naturally compete to report it.

After reading all the newspapers, Lin Haoran left the room.

The sun is very strong today.

Lin Haoran stood in the corridor on the third floor, looking at the turbulent waves of Pengcheng Bay a few dozen meters away, and was in a particularly good mood.

The workers downstairs are busy.

Although the current business is not as much as before, there are still many customers that Lin Hao Ning cannot interfere with.

Therefore, even though there are fewer old customers now, Huafeng Cement Factory still has a lot of business and will not make a loss in the short term.

He went directly down from the third floor to the second floor and came to the financial office of Huafeng Cement Factory.

The purpose was simple, he wanted to see how much money was in the account of Huafeng Cement Factory.

When Lin Wanan handed over the Huafeng Cement Factory intact to Lin Haoran, he knew that Lin Haoran was at a competitive disadvantage, so he specially left one million Hong Kong dollars in the company's account.

This is something that Lin Haoran's elder brother Lin Hao Ning didn't know.

From this we can see that Lin Wanan is very fond of his youngest son Lin Haoran.

"Ms. Lin, could you please give me a copy of the company's financial statements?"

After entering the finance office, Lin Haoran spoke directly to the financial director of Huafeng Cement Plant.

At the same time, he looked above Miss Lin's head.

Lin Xiya: [Loyalty: 75/100]

Lin Haoran was a little surprised. He didn't expect that a financial director would be so loyal to him.

This Miss Lin was also sent by his father to assist him.

Obviously, this person is much more trustworthy. At least he has not been infiltrated by Lin Hao Ning and should be loyal to the company.

"Okay, boss. Please wait a moment."

Soon, Lin Haoran had a financial statement of Huafeng Cement Plant for August in his hands.

After getting the financial statements, Lin Haoran first looked at the funds in the company's financial accounts.

Next, he needs to use a sum of money to profit from the Wharf Holdings purchase. The more money he has, the more he can earn.

Therefore, Lin Haoran came to the finance office specifically, with the primary purpose of understanding the total amount of funds he could currently allocate.

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(End of this chapter)