Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 579 Knowing and Responding (Two in One)

"Taipan, you should have spoken out just now. HSBC's position is a very important bargaining chip."

Shi Yadi Shihuaiya complained a little. Although he had already agreed that HSBC would not openly be hostile to Lin Baicheng, he was still a little dissatisfied.

"Chairman Shi Yadi, HSBC provided 3 billion Hong Kong dollars for this operation!"

Shen Chow reminded Shi Yadi Shihuai Ya and the other three people that without the huge financial support of HSBC, it would have been impossible for the four of them to acquire more than 30% of the shares of Hong Kong Electric Group in a short period of time.

The Hong Kong Electric Group has calculated the market value of HK$7 billion, and 30% of the shares is worth HK$2.1 billion. What's more, they have acquired more than 30% of the shares, and they are still acquiring stocks in the stock market. The HK$3 billion will not be enough in the end. There must be enough money.

Although the 3 billion Hong Kong dollars were loaned to the four of them, the fact that HSBC was able to lend them so much money was already a strong support to them.

"Shi Huaiya, please don't complain. Taipan has already given us a strong support by asking HSBC to lend us so much money."

Henry Caesar tried to persuade him, but he did not want to see internal conflicts.

"Looking at Reeves's attitude, is he siding with Lin Baicheng? Should we follow the original plan and contact other directors of Hong Kong Electric?"

Michael Kadoorie spoke up and said that it was true that they wanted to contact the management of Hong Kong Electric Group, but the most important thing at the moment was the management with director quotas. Only by recruiting a sufficient number of directors could they achieve anything.

At present, their British capital holds less shares in HK Electric Group than Lin Baicheng. However, as long as they can get the support of more directors and control the board of directors, they can control HK Electric Group in a short time, and at the worst, they can compete with Lin Baicheng.

The best example is Wheelock. Wheelock is currently controlled by the Ma Bi family. John Ma Bi is the chairman of Wheelock. However, Zhang Yuliang’s Zhang family holds more shares in Wheelock than the Ma Bi family. But Wheelock is under the control of the Ma Sheng family. The fundamental reason is that the Ma Sheng family controls Wheelock's board of directors and has the support of more shareholders.

To control a listed company, it is not enough to control the board of directors alone, but also to control the shareholders' meeting. Although the shareholders' meeting cannot be held several times a year, the shareholders' meeting determines the number of directors. Board members whose shareholding ratio is lower than a certain line are directly controlled by the shareholders' meeting. Reject the board seat.

The management of each listed company usually has several directors, but these directors usually do not hold a large number of company shares, and usually only have a small number of shares for equity incentives. Such directors can be kicked out by the shareholders' meeting. of the board of directors.

Therefore, if you can absolutely control a listed company, you can control the board of directors through the shareholders' meeting, and then control the company. However, without the support of the management, if you cannot control the board of directors immediately, then control the company. The company will spend a lot of time.

John Ma said: "All directors in the management are in contact, but the financial manager and human resources manager are placed at the end. They should be Lin Baicheng's cronies and are unlikely to be on our side."

Michael Kadoorie said solemnly: "We must win over the two directors to stand on our side."

Henry Kasik sighed: "Originally, I thought that if we came forward together, Reeves would probably be on our side, but I didn't expect that he would be on Lin Baicheng's side, and said he would not betray Lin Baicheng. It's really ridiculous. of."

"In the final analysis, the temptation is not big enough."

Shen Porridge said to the four of them: "Even though Reeves just refused, as long as the terms you offer are attractive enough, I believe Reeves will still be on our side in the end. Now let Reeves go to Lin Baicheng." No matter how loyal we are, as long as we get Reeves on our side before the next board meeting, we can deal a fatal blow to Lin Baicheng. Lin Baicheng would never have thought that Reeves, who tipped him off, would Betray him at the last moment."

"Wonderful!"

Shi Yadi Shihuai couldn't help but applaud after hearing this: "This is a great move by Taipan. After Reeves reports to Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng will definitely trust him very much, and then focus on other directors, and will not think that Reeves will have problems."

Henry Caesar couldn't help but said: "The idea is good, but looking at Reeves, the price we have to pay is not small if we want him to be on our side."

After hearing this, Shen Porridge said: "At present, you have spent more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars just to acquire shares. It will cost a lot to win over Reeves, but compared with the price you have paid so far, it is nothing. ?”

John Madan nodded in agreement: "Tai Pan is right, we must recruit two directors as soon as possible and defeat Lin Baicheng on the board of directors."

Michael Kadoorie warned: "Not only the board of directors, we also have to defeat him at the shareholders' meeting, so our shareholding ratio had better exceed his."

Shi Yadi Shihuaiya shook his head: "The shares are the most important. If our shareholdings are not as large as Lin Baicheng's, even if the board of directors has an advantage, in the end it will only cause trouble for him and not be able to do much."

"We all know this. He can decide the composition of the board of directors and the retention of certain directors by convening a shareholders' meeting."

All five people present knew these truths. That was why they wanted to acquire shares of Hong Kong Electric Group from the stock market and strive to surpass Lin Baicheng in terms of shareholding ratio.

It's a pity that all the shares held by large and small shareholders they found have been bought by them. The remaining shares of Hong Kong Electric Group are either in the hands of Lin Baicheng, retail investors, or some hidden shareholders. , they can only acquire shares of HK Electric Group from the stock market now.

After the five people discussed for a while, they left separately. They were not worried about Levi's going to report to Lin Baicheng. After they began to purchase a large amount of Hong Kong Electric Group's shares from the stock market and contacted the management of Hong Kong Electric Group, they knew that this matter had already happened. If you can't hide it anymore, Lin Baicheng will find out sooner or later.

Although they have left separately now, in the evening, they will still get together, and they will also meet with a management member of the Hong Kong Electric Group who has a directorship. They have not only made an appointment with Levi today.

After Levis left the Peninsula Hotel and returned to Hong Kong Electric Group, he immediately called Qin Lan, the director of Lin Baicheng's secretariat in Hong Kong. He reported to Qin Lan the content of the conversation about the British capital's meeting with him.

After learning about it, Qin Lan took it seriously and said that she would report the matter to Lin Baicheng in the evening. She would also convey Lin Baicheng's orders as soon as possible and ask Levi's to do something.

Qin Lan asked Levis to contact other current directors of Hong Kong Electric Group to find out what the specific situation is now, and at the same time stabilize the management so that the management should not be in chaos and not be tempted by British capital.

Qin Lan can only contact Lin Baicheng at night. It is now after three o'clock in the afternoon in Xiangjiang and after two in the morning in New York. The time in New York is about 13 hours later than that in Xiangjiang. It is impossible for her to contact her late at night

I suddenly contacted Lin Baicheng in the early morning.

On that day, due to the large number of British capital acquisitions of HK Electric Group's shares, the share price of HK Electric Group surged 7.8%, closing at HK$5.78.

The main business of HK Electric Group is electricity. Although the company's stock price rises with the rise of the Hang Seng Index, the daily increase is not large, but it is relatively stable. Therefore, the 7.8% increase in one day is very important to HK Electric Group.

The stock has already risen sharply.

Because no one intervened, the British capital bought low and sold high on this day and acquired a large number of stocks.

New York.

Lin Baicheng got up at around eight o'clock in the morning and soon received a call from Bill Harveys. He learned from him that Qin Lan from Xiangjiang had something important to report to him and asked him to contact Xiangjiang as soon as possible.

When Lin Baicheng learned about it, he didn't know that something important had happened in Xiangjiang, otherwise Qin Lan wouldn't have let him contact her immediately.

Lin Baicheng complied and soon contacted Qin Lan.

"Mr. Lin, something happened at Hong Kong Electric Group."

"Levi's senior classmate contacted me in the afternoon and said that HSBC's senior classmate Shen Zou was acting as a middleman for Yadi Shihuaya, Henry Keske, Michael Kadoorie, and John Ma. The four of them invited him to have afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel."

"Shi Yadi Shihuai and the other four told Levi's Taipan that the four of them jointly established a company. Now this company has acquired a large number of shares of Hong Kong Electric Group and has become the major shareholder of Hong Kong Electric Group. They hope that Levi's Taipan can stand up.

On their side."

"Levi's CEO refused. He found out that Shi Yadi Shihuaiya and the others wanted to compete with Mr. Lin for control of the Hong Kong Electric Group. Judging from their appointment with Levi's CEO, they wanted to win the support of the directors and gain the board's approval.

Control.”

Qin Lan told the situation that Levi's reported to him, and then added: "I have asked Levi's executive team to stabilize the management of HK Electric Group. I don't know if it will be useful yet. In addition, today, the management of HK Electric Group

The stock price has changed, rising 7.8%. It is obvious that large funds are purchasing the company's shares."

"Is there such a thing?! It seems that they are definitely going against me. Are they trying to show me some color?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help being surprised after hearing this, but he was not angry. He was just a little unhappy at most. He knew that he had had conflicts with these British-owned families and caused them a lot of losses. We were all enemies, and the enemy was targeting him. Of course he would not

As for being angry.

It's just that if you don't have anger, you don't have anger, but you must still be unhappy, and no one wants to be targeted.

Lin Baicheng silently calculated in his mind that he currently holds 570 million shares of Hong Kong Electric Group. The total number of shares of Hong Kong Electric Group is 1.31 billion shares. 50% of the shares is 655 million shares. He is still 85 million short of 50% of the shares.

share.

Lin Baicheng's shareholding does not need to reach 50%. As long as he holds 650 million shares, it is basically impossible for British capital to hold more than him at that time, and he will be invincible.

After getting the result, Lin Baicheng said: "Qin Lan, tomorrow morning over in Xiangjiang, you and my sister Lin Shufang will hold a press conference in my name to announce the acquisition of 80 million shares of Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a price of HK$6.5 per share.

Lamp Group Stock.”

"Mr. Lin, are we really acquiring it or are we transferring our own stocks?"

Qin Lan asked aloud that it was not difficult to do so, especially since the 60 million shares purchased by Lin Baicheng were not held by him personally, but were placed under the name of the Lin Family Fund he established.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "If I can acquire 80 million shares with real money, my shareholding ratio will be unshakable, and I will be in an invincible position."

"OK."

Qin Lan first responded, and then asked: "Mr. Lin, what if we acquire less than 80 million shares at a stock price of HK$6.5? Also, what if British capital conducts a public acquisition at a higher stock price than us?"

"If the British capital does not move and acquires less than 80 million shares for HK$6.5, it means that the British capital now holds a large number of shares, and I am in some danger. There is no point in increasing the share price of the acquisition. I will only acquire as much as I can.

If the British capital makes an acquisition at a higher stock price, then the acquisition price can be raised and the acquisition price is higher than that of the British capital. The maximum price can be raised to 10 Hong Kong dollars per share."

If the purchase price is raised to HK$10 per share, the premium will exceed 70%, which is enough in Lin Baicheng's opinion.

"I will go back to Hong Kong today, and you need to communicate with the directors of Hong Kong Electric Group, especially the management directors, to stabilize them."

"Okay Mr. Lin."

Qin Lan responded and expressed her understanding.

After that, Lin Baicheng told Qin Lan a few more things and then ended the call.

After finishing the call with Qin Lan, Lin Baicheng immediately contacted Bill Harveys and asked Bill Harveys to inform the private plane that he was going to fly to Xiangjiang.

"Makoto-kun, what happened?"

Maori Haruko learned that Lin Baicheng was going back to Xiangjiang soon, so she guessed that something had happened there.

"Well, something happened over there in Xiangjiang."

As he spoke, Lin Baicheng told Maori Haruko what had happened. Even though he was going back to Xiangjiang soon, there was not much time left.

After hearing this, Haruko Mouri said: "Makoto-kun, in fact, you already have enough shares. It is unlikely that British capital will hold more shares than you. Therefore, the most important thing for you is to control the board of directors. This is the most critical thing."

"I know that I have asked Qin Lan to communicate with the directors, and I will talk to them one by one when I return. However, after all, I acquired Hong Kong Electric Group last year, and I cannot put all my hopes on those directors."

Lin Baicheng doesn't think he has much prestige in the Hong Kong Electric Group, so he can't pin all his hopes on those management directors. It's okay when no one competes with him for control of the company, but it's hard to say when the company changes.

, especially since the other parties vying for control are several major British families, which have great influence.

"Chengjun, you have to be careful about Levi's boss, you can't completely trust him. It's true that he is on your side, Chengjun, but if Yingzi makes an offer that he can't refuse, I don't think he will still stand on your side."

Cheng-kun, your side."

Maori Haruko reminded her, she was worried that Lin Baicheng would completely believe Levi's because of Levi's surrender.

"I understand what you mean, Haruko, and I will be more careful."

Lin Baicheng nodded thoughtfully. If Maori Haruko hadn't said that, he really wouldn't have thought so much and just regarded Levi's as one of his own. But Maori Haruko's words are not unreasonable, and Levi's is from the United Kingdom.

People, interests plus favors, Levi's may not be reliable.

On the American side, Lin Baicheng made some explanations, and he got on a private plane flying to Xiangjiang that day.

Although the main reason for coming here this time is because Christmas is coming soon, and there are many businesses in the United States that require Lin Baicheng's attention and supervision, but since there is an emergency, he must choose to go back. Even if things here are without him, there will be no

If there was a big problem, he would just pay attention to it.

(End of chapter)