In Hong Kong, we build a global business empire

Chapter 411: 53 billion in available funds, I was stunned by my own wealth!
Over time, Apple's stock price may exhaust its upside potential due to continuous gains.

Coupled with the fact that Apple III had poor sales and serious defects, a stock price correction was almost a foregone conclusion.

Therefore, his strategy is: sell as soon as possible.

Although you won't lose money if you keep it, the room for growth in the next decade or so is too small.

He would not want to hold it for more than ten years only to see the final increase be a few times.

It would be better for him to get $300 million in cash now and use the funds to invest in other things. It is possible that it can become $30 billion or even more in a dozen years.

One night passed quickly.

The next morning, Lin Haoran came to the office of Huanyu Investment Company as usual.

As for other traders in the company, they also have their own task arrangements, which is to carry out short-term operations.

In short, it is to make profits by buying low and selling high.

The purpose of Su Zhixue's move is not just to focus on short-term profits.

More importantly, he hopes that through this method, these traders from Hong Kong can not only create profits for the company, but also become more familiar with and master the operating rules of the U.S. stock market.

After all, this is the United States, and the market environment is completely different from that in Hong Kong.

Through such practical operations, team members can better adapt to and integrate into the U.S. stock market, laying a solid foundation for the company's long-term development.

As for Walmart, the company's performance in the stock market is relatively average. In addition, the team led by Su Zhixue has long been accustomed to being the sixth in command in Hong Kong, and their trading operations will not be discovered at all.

Throughout the day, about 0.82% of Walmart shares were absorbed, which was neither too much nor too little.

Lin Haoran’s goal is to buy as many Walmart shares as he can on the stock market, with no upper limit!
As for what triggers the merger agreement?
Su Zhixue secretly acquired the company through the identities of multiple offshore companies, and even the United States could not find out.

He has no intention of taking control of Walmart, as that would be tantamount to destroying Walmart.

Allow Wellcome Supermarket, owned by the Hong Kong Land Group, to enter the US market and seize market share from Walmart?

Don’t think about it, this is America, not Hong Kong!

Even if they have the ability, they will be blocked by the government.

Therefore, the best strategy is to let Walmart be like another world and not interfere with its development.

In this way, when Walmart’s total market value rises to hundreds of billions of dollars, Lin Haoran can cash out secretly. How cool that would be!
He is not a person who is obsessed with controlling rights, unless the value of the other party is worth his controlling rights.

Obviously, Walmart today is not worth his controlling stake.

The same will be true for Walmart of the future.

Because he is not American.

Just like Tiktok, it has developed in the United States, but the US government already wants to reap the benefits.

Here in the United States, he just wants to invest and be a shareholder rather than be a behind-the-scenes controlling shareholder.

Unless Lin Haoran immigrates to the United States and becomes a real American.

But he didn't have this idea. He had already gotten used to life in Hong Kong and was very satisfied with it.

He has no plans to emigrate unless his assets are not protected in Hong Kong.

Even if he immigrated, Lin Haoran would prefer Singapore rather than the United States.

After chatting with Su Zhixue, the front desk clerk informed me that someone was visiting.

When I went out to ask, I found out that it was a representative of one of the companies that was interested in Apple shares.

Within the next half hour, representatives from all five companies arrived.

Lin Haoran greeted the five representatives with a smile and led them into a spacious conference room.

In the conference room, a long conference table is placed in the center, surrounded by comfortable chairs.

This is the conference room where the team usually holds meetings.

There is an abstract art painting hanging on the wall of the conference room, adding a modern feel to the entire conference room.

"You all have come from far away, it's really hard. Please take a seat." Lin Haoran greeted them warmly and sat down in the main seat.

The five representatives took their seats and looked at each other and the other competitors.

Since they chose to come, it is obvious that they all hope to obtain equity in the end and they came with a heavy mission.

Lin Haoran glanced at them, hoping that these people could get a good price.

"Mr. Lin, we are all looking forward to today's bidding. May I ask, can we start?" a representative asked impatiently, his tone full of confidence.

This representative was none other than the representative of the California consortium, Thomas Morton, who had previously spoken to Lin Haoran on the phone.

Thomas Morton felt particularly regretful when Lin Haoran called him back last night to inform him that the shares would be purchased by auction.

Because Lin Haoran had told him before that the deal could be done for $3 million, but he hesitated.

Unexpectedly, after only half a day, he regretted his hesitation.

Because $3 million is no longer Lin Haoran’s psychological price.

Since the other party did not agree to the price on the spot, he naturally had the right to raise the price. Seeing the other party's anxious look, Lin Haoran nodded and signaled the assistant beside him to distribute the prepared bidding rules to everyone.

The rules are simple: the base price is $3 million, each bid cannot exceed $ million, and the highest bidder will get the right to purchase Apple shares.

A few days ago, when Apple had just gone public, Lin Haoran's target price was just over 200 million US dollars.

A few days later, as Apple's stock became popular and the share price soared, his psychological price had risen to US$300 million. According to the exchange rate between Hong Kong dollars and US dollars, it directly increased by more than HK$500 million!
This is a pleasant surprise.

After all, more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars is not a small amount of money. Even if his net worth is now over 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, he would not say that 500 million Hong Kong dollars is a small amount of money.

"Okay, everyone has seen it clearly, right? Let's start now." After Lin Haoran finished speaking, he signaled everyone to start bidding.

The first representative gave the bottom line without hesitation: "3 million US dollars!"

Immediately afterwards, the second representative also quoted his own price: "3.05 million US dollars!"

The third representative directly called out a price of $3.06 million.

Through their bids, Lin Haoran knew that the upper limit of these people's prices could not be too high.

But he doesn't care. How much more is better is better. Whether it's 10 million dollars or 20 million dollars, he will make money!

The fourth representative did not say anything. It was obvious that the price had exceeded the price he had been offered when he came.

The fifth person directly called out a price of 3.1 million US dollars.

As soon as the price was announced, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense, and everyone's attention was focused on the fifth representative.

The other representatives looked at Lin Haoran, waiting for his reaction.

Lin Haoran smiled slightly and did not rush to express his opinion.

He was already satisfied with the price, but he wanted to see the reactions of other representatives.

Sure enough, the third representative took a deep breath and quoted a higher price: "3.15 million US dollars!"

When the price was announced, the other representatives all showed surprised expressions.

They didn't expect the bidding to be so fierce, with an increase of 5 million US dollars at a time. This is US dollars, not Hong Kong dollars!

The fifth representative was silent for a while, then slowly quoted his price again: "3.2 million US dollars!"

This price was far beyond Lin Haoran's psychological expectations.

He looked at the consortium representatives present, expecting even higher bids.

3.2 million is 3 million US dollars higher than yesterday's psychological price of 2 million, which means he has earned more than million Hong Kong dollars.

The first representative seemed to feel Lin Haoran's gaze. He took a deep breath and then quoted an astonishing price: "3.25 million US dollars!"

As soon as the price was announced, the entire conference room fell into a brief silence.

The other four representatives looked at this representative, their eyes showing their surprise, which also showed that these people had basically given up the bidding.

A smile appeared on Lin Haoran's face.

He looked at the representative and secretly admired Thomas Morton's strong financial resources, but also admired their willingness to spend.

After all, this price is far higher than the stock price in the secondary market.

From this, it can be seen that the consortium behind the other party has great confidence in Apple. In order to acquire Lin Haoran's shares, they are willing to do so!
However, he quickly regained his composure.

After the representative of Thomas Morton's family bid $3.25 million, there were no other bids at the scene. It was obvious that this price was already the highest price.

He knew that today's bidding had been a complete success.

He smiled and looked around at the five representatives, then announced: "Congratulations to the representative from the Thomas Morton family. You have successfully obtained the right to purchase 3.25 million shares of Apple at a price of US$587.2 million. Later, we will jointly sign the equity transfer contract to complete this transaction.

As for the other four, please convey my sincere apologies to the gentlemen behind you. Although we failed to reach a cooperation this time, I still look forward to the opportunity to work together in the future. "

Although the other four representatives could not hide their disappointment, they could only accept this established fact.

After all, in the business world, victory and defeat are common, and since they can't afford the price offered by others, they can't blame anyone for the failed acquisition.

After the four people left, under the witness of an authoritative team of lawyers, Lin Haoran signed a share transfer contract with the representative of Thomas Morton's family.

At noon that day, Lin Haoran received $3.25 million in funds directly from the Thomas Morton family.

Lin Haoran readily gave the other party the Apple stock certificate.

The transaction was completed in this way, and Lin Haoran temporarily stopped being a shareholder of Apple.

Nowadays, the US dollar is constantly appreciating, so the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar has been changing.

For example, this month, the exchange rate has stabilized at 1 US dollar to approximately 5.3 Hong Kong dollars.

Therefore, Lin Haoran actually received a return of approximately HK$17.23 billion on his shares in Apple.

Looking back at the beginning of the year, his investment was only US$10 million, which was approximately equivalent to HK$50 million based on the exchange rate at the time.

From 17 million Hong Kong dollars to more than 34 billion Hong Kong dollars, his final rate of return was an astonishing times!
Adding on to the more than HK$36 billion that Wanqing Group obtained through the sale of land and properties, his current available funds exceed HK$53 billion!
This does not include the funds from the Jardine Matheson Group.

If we consider the more than 10 billion funds available to the Jardine Matheson Group, one can’t imagine how wealthy he is now.

After calculating for a while, even Lin Haoran was stunned by his own wealth!
(End of this chapter)