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There's no need to call out unimportant people; they can be taken to the police station or court on the spot.

Since Lou Xiao'e didn't do that, it's clear she didn't want to generalize and condemn everyone.

During periods of transition between generations, the morale of employees within the group is unstable, making it more prone to problems.

Given the size of Hutchison Whampoa, any problem, no matter how small, would affect the entire structure.

It is believed that Lou Xiao'e did not want to see this situation, which is why she did not take them to the police station.

After all, they controlled Hutchison Whampoa for the longest time, and their presence was essential for a smooth transition of power.

"Smart!" Lou Xiao'e nodded appreciatively. "You were also acting under orders, so your past actions can be overlooked, but you must cooperate with us to ensure a smooth handover!"

"I will use the handover process as a performance evaluation. Anyone found deliberately causing chaos will be taken to court. And if I see your abilities, some of you may retain your current positions..."

A slap followed by a sweet treat!

Those present were all senior executives of management and Whampoa Group, a group of this size. How could they not see through this tactic?

Clearly, the first policy of this new group chairman is to recruit some and punish others.

Having figured this out, these executives decisively stated that they would cooperate with Taishan's actions.

Looking at these sensible executives, Lou Xiao'e nodded in satisfaction.

Meanwhile, the news of Hutchison Whampoa's change of ownership caused Li Ka-shing a major headache.

As early as mid-last year, Li Ka-shing sensed the signs of reform and opening up in mainland China and quietly began to lay out plans for British capital, with Wharf Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa being the targets.

The acquisition of Qingzhou Yingni at the end of last year was partly to complete its downstream real estate industry chain, but more importantly, it was to test the attitude of British capital.

Clearly, faced with the mainland's assertive attitude, British capital has begun to waver and is considering withdrawing from Hong Kong.

Li Ka-shing then decisively increased his stake in Wharf Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa, preparing to devour these two behemoths.

However, before he could even make a move, Hutchison Whampoa was taken over by Taishan Group!

This left him unsure of what to do with the Hutchison Whampoa shares he held!

Over the past year, Cheung Kong Holdings has quietly acquired a 1.2% stake in Hutchison Whampoa through the stock market for HK$7200 million.

Although it's far from enough for a board seat, it's a considerable amount of equity.

Losing nearly HK$50 within a year is acceptable.

As soon as the news of Hutchison Whampoa's acquisition by Taishan was released, the stock price surged by 4% instantly, and the investment immediately yielded a floating profit of nearly 300 million.

However, when the stock price surged by 4%, a massive sell order appeared and severely suppressed the price.

As expected, Xiaoshan will likely choose to sell its shares to cash out, and then buy back in after the market cools down.

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The question now facing Li Ka-shing is: what method will Xiaoshan choose to deal with Hutchison Whampoa?

Is it about dismantling the entire Hutchison Whampoa and selling off its assets?

Or will it follow the example of the Qi De family, continuing to digest and devour the entire Hutchison Whampoa?

If Xiaoshan were to dismantle Hutchison Whampoa, the value of its shares would undoubtedly increase further.

However, if Xiaoshan chooses to continue absorbing the industry, this long process will require continuous investment of funds.

While this will significantly impact Cheung Kong Holdings' funds, Li Ka-shing will also incur losses based on his 1.2% shareholding.

If you can't accept losses, then wait for your shares to be diluted!

Li Ka-shing is not afraid of losses, nor is he afraid of the dilution of his shares.

What I'm worried about is how long this money will be tied up.

Given Hutchison Whampoa's size, when will it ever end if Taishan Group wants to absorb it?

If other Chinese-owned companies were to acquire Hutchison Whampoa, Li Ka-shing would guarantee that they would absolutely dismantle Hutchison Whampoa and would have no chance of digesting it.

But Taishan Group is different!

The profitability of Taishan Cube and Taishan Block is enough to make Li Ka-shing tremble with fear, and Xiaoshan definitely has the strength to maintain the status quo of Hutchison Whampoa.

Xiao Shan has the ability, but Li Ka-shing doesn't!

Holding Hutchison Whampoa shares is currently a complete drag on Cheung Kong Holdings.

The tied-up funds prevented investment in other projects, significantly slowing down the group's growth.

Although Hutchison Whampoa's share price is currently rising, many people believe that Xiaoshan's intentions are clear and will not invest at this time.

Therefore, the stock price will definitely fall back.

At that time, Xiaoshan probably won't acquire his shares, and he won't be able to find a buyer like Wharf Holdings. Holding onto them will only trap him, and his capital will continue to be diluted and depreciated.

If the sale is to occur, Xiaoshan has already taken the initiative. Continuing to sell will not generate the expected profit and will also help Xiaoshan suppress the stock price by using its own shares.

7.5 Hong Kong dollars is the highest price Xiaoshan can accept. Buying shares at a price higher than this is just giving money away to Xiaoshan.

Moreover, apart from uninformed retail investors, no one would accumulate shares at 7.5 Hong Kong dollars per share.

Even if they spent all their wealth, they couldn't acquire the shares held by Xiao Shan and take away Hutchison Whampoa's controlling stake.

With an investment of 7200 million Hong Kong dollars, a loss of 50 and a profit of 300 million, after nearly a year of tinkering and planning, the meager profit was only 250 million Hong Kong dollars.

Although the interest rate is much higher than that of a bank deposit, it is still not enough for real estate companies.

It even affected Cheung Kong Holdings' expansion efforts, making it a complete failure as an investment.

Once Xiaoshan fully controls Hutchison International, Cheung Kong Holdings will likely face strong suppression, and Li Ka-shing's time is running out.

After two days of deliberation, Li Ka-shing finally decided to sell the shares.

There's absolutely no need for me to offend Xiao Shan right now!

Xiao Shan was not surprised at all when Li Ka-shing sold his shares.

Because Li Ka-shing is a competent businessman, he knows what to do and when!

In May 1979, the Iron Lady became Prime Minister of New York again.

John Bull's attitude will determine the fate of Hong Kong, especially at this sensitive time when 97 is approaching. The Iron Lady's election has indeed put considerable pressure on Hong Kong's Chinese-owned businesses.

This corresponds to the exhilaration of British-owned businesses in Hong Kong.

However, this has no impact on Xiaoshan.

Because he knew that the Iron Lady's glory wouldn't last long.

That day, Xiao Shan was chatting idly in his office when his secretary, Luo Huiling, came in and told him that Mr. Huo Guantai had invited him to his home the next day.

Although he didn't know why Huo Guantai had invited him over, Xiao Shan still readily agreed.

After all, this is the most popular capitalist in Hong Kong, and I am willing to give him face.

The next day, Xiao Shan took a car to Huo Guantai's home.

The Stone Estate on Sassoon Road in western Hong Kong Island was purchased by the Fok family in 70 as the residence of their eldest son.

Currently, most of Hong Kong's established wealthy families live on The Peak Road, while newly emerging wealthy families tend to cluster in Repulse Bay.

The Huo family seemed very out of place living in Bofulin.

Of course, the Huo family was indeed out of place.

At the peak of his career, Huo Guantai, a veteran real estate tycoon, resolutely chose to give back to his motherland.

During the founding war of China, he risked the execution of his entire family to transport supplies to the interior.

If they are caught red-handed even once with solid evidence, their entire family will lose their heads.

Although no evidence was ever found against him, after the war, he could forget about ever getting any more land in Hong Kong for development.

Although Hong Kong is a region with freedom of speech and democracy, it cannot allow Fok Kwun-tai to support the mainland in this way.

After that, Huo Guantai settled for second best and monopolized sea sand as a building material.

Without a supply of sand, no matter how much land you have, you can't build skyscrapers.

This will then have an impact on other industries.

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Upon arriving at Stone Manor, Xiao Shan discovered that the parking lot was already quite full of cars.

"Looks like Mr. Huo didn't just invite me today!" Xiao Shan thought to himself as he looked at the various luxury cars parked here.

The fact that such a top tycoon, who is close to the mainland, met with a wealthy Chinese man like him on the eve of Margaret Thatcher's election is quite intriguing.

"Mr. Xiao, this way please!" After Xiao Shan got out of the car, a butler came to lead the way for him.

Led by the butler, Xiao Shan arrived at a conference room.

There were already quite a few people in the meeting room at this time.

Among them were acquaintances like Zhou Aimin, the president of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong.

As Xiao Shan entered, everyone present nodded and smiled at him in goodwill.

Although some of them had no connection with Xiaoshan, they had still heard of Xiaoshan's reputation.

Even Huo Guantai nodded to Xiao Shan.

After Xiao Shan sat down in his assigned seat, he began to observe the people in the conference room.

Among the people present, the four people in the main seats were obviously of the highest status.

Apart from Huo Guantai and Zhou Aimin, Xiao Shan did not know the other two.

Later, through Huo Guantai's introduction, Xiao Shan learned that the remaining two were actually Zeng Sheng, chairman of China Merchants Group, and Chen Sheng, president of the Hong Kong branch of Bank of China.

Together with Zhou Aimin, they approached Huo Guantai to gather these Hong Kong Chinese capital investors, hoping to persuade them to invest in the mainland.

However, these Chinese investors are not like Fok Kwun-tai; they do not have Fok Kwun-tai's boldness.

So after some discussion, they decided to nominate a few representatives to go to the mainland and see the current situation there.

As for Xiao Shan, he had just returned from the mainland, so naturally he wouldn't go there again.

Moreover, everyone knows he's from mainland China, so he definitely wouldn't miss any investment opportunities!

After discussing the important matters, everyone began to chat in small groups.

With Zhou Aimin's help, Xiaoshan became acquainted with these Hong Kong Chinese capitalists.

Afterwards, Xiao Shan talked with Zhou Aimin and the other two about the reform and opening up.

After hearing what Xiao Shan said, Zhou Aimin and the other two were somewhat stunned.

They hadn't expected Xiaoshan to have such a deep understanding of the policies in mainland China.

All three stated that they would report the content of the conversation in Xiaoshan to their superiors.

After having lunch at Stone Manor, Xiao Shan and the others took their respective cars home.

Back home, Xiao Shan played with the twins while chatting with everyone in the chat group.

Zhang Chulan: "Group owner, I remember you said last time that it's already 79 where you are, right?"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "Yes, what's wrong?"

Zhang Chulan: "What month is it now?"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "May!"

Zhang Chulan: "I saw online that there was an oil crisis in July 1979. Could you take advantage of that to make some money?"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "Such a good thing? I'll arrange it right away. Maybe we can even take this opportunity to acquire two banks!"

Zhou Bingkun: "They can even acquire banks? That's amazing!"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "Bingkun, how are things going on your end? You must be over fifty by now, right? What level have you reached in your cultivation?"

Zhou Bingkun: "I'm almost sixty now! I'm only at the peak of the fourth rank, not even at the fifth! I might be the first person in the group to die of old age!"

Upon hearing Zhou Bingkun's words, Xiao Shan fell into deep thought: "Yes, what's the use of doing so many things if we can't improve our strength? We'll just end up as dust anyway!"

However, Xiao Shan is now at the sixth level, almost at the seventh level, which is better than Zhou Bingkun.