Hong Kong 1980: The Savage Era

Chapter 280 281 [The Scale of Victory and Defeat]

So he had lunch with Lin Yunxue for the next few days. Lin Yunxue also got a lot of useful information from Luo Qihong, which was of great benefit to her investment.

Luo Qihong knew very well that if he wanted to seduce a rich girl like Lin Yunxue, he had to give her some sweet treats, otherwise she would not be willing to take the bait.

He also thought about revealing this to Xu Jiawen, but he didn't believe that such a shrewd woman like Xu Jiawen would not be unaware of Lin Yunxue's existence. Besides, it was impossible for Xu Jiawen to divorce Lin Zuhui, otherwise the inheritance received by Xu Jiawen and Lin Luoqi would be reduced, which would benefit the Lin Luoxun brothers.

Luo Qihong also had no time to continue to be involved in the Lin family's affairs. Now was a good time for his company to expand. Except for the China Gas Company, all other industries were included in the expansion plan.

February 2, Chinese New Year
The villa is decorated with lights and red as the main color, giving it a festive look.

However, the Filipino maids do not like such bright colors, nor do they understand the Chinese people's love for the Spring Festival. They think that the Chinese Spring Festival is very special.

When the Filipino maids saw the red envelopes distributed to them, which contained 1 Hong Kong dollars, their faces were filled with smiles. They suddenly fell in love with the Chinese New Year and even thought of celebrating it once a month.

Luo Qihong was resting, lying on a rattan chair, looking at the sea in the distance, his mind empty.

Toot toot! !

The mobile phone beside him rang, and Luo Qihong closed his eyes and reached out to pick it up.

"Hello! What's the matter?" There are very few mobile phones on the market now, and they are only used by rich people, so the people who call are all acquaintances.

"Ah Hong, I heard that Li Zhaoji visited some small shareholders of the electric light company this morning and was prepared to spend a large sum of money to buy their stocks. It is estimated that Li Zhaoji's shareholding will be close to 35%." Bai Jinyan's voice came.

Luo Qihong opened his eyes in vain, frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's find a place to talk. It's hard to explain over the phone."

He also didn't expect Li Zhaoji to be so powerful. He only held more than 1% of the shares in January, but now his shareholding is close to that of the Swire Properties. In other words, Li Jiacheng no longer has any advantage, and this acquisition war is about to end.

Fortunately, Li Jiacheng has already reached an agreement with the Hong Kong Land Development and will not break his promise to give up the 34% stake. In this case, Li Jiacheng will not have the strength to interfere in Henderson Land Development.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel
There were many customers in the hotel at this time, most of them were Chinese, and most of them were chatting and eating.

Luo Qihong walked directly into the private room with two bodyguards, and Bai Jinyan was already sitting there waiting.

"Li Jiacheng should have also received the news. What's his reaction?" Luo Qihong asked directly as soon as he entered the door.

Bai Jinyan immediately replied, "Li Jiacheng has asked Hutchison Whampoa to intervene and is also actively acquiring shares in the electric light company. We received the news later than them because everyone was resting during the Spring Festival. I didn't expect Li Zhaoji to be so cunning."

"Humph! Originally Li Jiacheng thought he had a sure win, but now he's worried. Isn't he afraid that Li Zhaoji will sue him for 'concerted acquisition' to the CSRC and the Commission?" Luo Qihong sneered.

"Li Zhaoji is also acquiring shares through his subsidiaries, and in fact has exceeded 35%, so he will not sue Li Jiacheng." Bai Jinyan explained.

"Then the balance of victory or defeat is in our hands, isn't it?" Luo Qihong smiled even more happily. It was really an honor to be able to control the two tycoons.

"Yes! Li Jiacheng should find out soon that we hold 10% of the shares of the electric light company. Have you thought about how to deal with Li Jiacheng?" Bai Jinyan was also a little excited.

"Not yet, but I will definitely reject Li Jiacheng. The electric light company cannot fall into the hands of this man." Luo Qihong said firmly.

Li Zhaoji did not have big ambitions and only wanted to be a regional tycoon, while Li Jiacheng wanted to establish a global conglomerate and a global family, and the electric light company was one of his stepping stones.

If this springboard is missing, the speed of building Li Jiacheng's business empire can be slowed down to a certain extent, and even Li Jiacheng can be sniped.

Why snipe Li Jiacheng?
The first reason is that Hong Kong is too small, and the British financial groups have been almost eaten up. A business war between Chinese financial groups will soon break out. Luo Qihong needs to weaken the power of certain people in advance to prevent being sniped in the future.

The second reason is that Luo Qihong wants to seize Li Jiacheng's fortune, intercept his overseas investment projects, and build his own global consortium. Less competitiveness is a good thing for him, and Luo Qihong can make a lot of money in the acquisition of the electric light company, and these profits can continue to roll over several times.

The third reason is that Luo Qihong doesn't like Li Jiacheng. To be honest, Li Jiacheng is a bit hypocritical. He likes to eat other people's food and smash other people's pots.

Cheung Kong Holdings Office

Li Jiacheng had planned to visit some important figures on the first day of the new year, but now he has no way to leave. He had just met several foreign shareholders of the electric light company and was severely ripped off by these foreigners.

"We currently hold about 38% of the shares of the Electric Light Company, about 2% more than Li Zhaoji. Li Zhaoji is still buying shares, but he can no longer do so." Hong Xiaolian said in a serious tone, "According to analysis, there should be someone who holds 7% to 12% of the shares of the Electric Light Company. If we can win the support of this person, we can basically control the Electric Light Company."

"Have you found this person?" Li Jiacheng asked in a deep voice. This is an acquisition case involving more than 30 billion yuan. If it fails, the loss will be very heavy, and it will also be a great damage to Cheung Kong Holdings.

"Not yet, but this person started the acquisition a few months ago, as if he knew that a takeover war would break out." Hong Xiaolian reported some clues and personal analysis.

"Could it be that this person originally wanted to acquire the electric light company?" Li Jiacheng said.

"It shouldn't be. We have analyzed those companies that have had contact with the Jardine Matheson Group. None of them have shares in the electric light company. If this person wants to acquire it, he will definitely not bypass the Jardine Matheson Group." Hong Xiaolian said very affirmatively.

Li Jiacheng agreed with Hong Xiaolian's statement, "We must find this person before Li Zhaoji. This person is the biggest factor in winning or losing."

"Yes! My colleagues have canceled their annual leave and have all returned to work. We will find this person soon." Hong Xiaolian said with a heavy heart. She had a feeling: Li Zhaoji knew who this person was.

Henderson Lighting Company Meeting Room

Li Zhaoji sat in the first seat. His chances of winning were higher than Li Jiacheng's, but he still couldn't relax. No one dared to claim victory until the last step.

"Boss, Cheung Kong Holdings has already taken action and acquired 5% of the shares from five shareholders, which is 3.2% more than ours. If we can't acquire more shares and hold more than Cheung Kong Holdings, the acquisition will most likely fail." A bald executive said with a heavy heart.

Li Zhaoji knew it tacitly. He had already discussed with Luo Qihong that Luo Qihong would support him. He thought he was more likely to win Luo Qihong's support than Li Jiacheng.

Of course this is not 100%, but the possibility of change is relatively low.

"Is it possible to acquire some more shares of the electric light company?" Li Zhaoji asked.

The senior management replied, "It is very difficult and unlikely unless we launch a full acquisition."

Full acquisition!

The corner of Li Zhaoji's mouth twitched. The current market value of the electric light company was 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. Even if he sold all his companies, he would still be short of funds. Moreover, the market value of those companies did not all belong to him.

So, a full takeover is just nonsense.

"Find a way to acquire some more shares, any amount is fine, even one thousandth." Li Zhaoji said gloomily.

"Yes! We'll go right away." The senior executives agreed.

After the meeting, Li Zhaoji personally called Luo Qihong and said some good things, asking Luo Qihong to support him and that the conditions agreed upon before could be discussed again.

At this time, we must stabilize Luo Qihong and then mobilize funds to acquire those shares later.

(End of this chapter)