Chapter Ninety-Seven: Hutchison Whampoa

After having lunch with the senior management of Xingyu Group, Li Guangyu came to Tianyu Investment Company next to Xingyu Group. Li Guangyu is here today mainly to understand how the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa has been carried out in the stock market in the past few months.

Li Guangyu came to Guo Fengtao's office and asked: "Fengtao, what is the current situation regarding the stock acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa?" ”

Guo Fengtao knew that Li Guangyu must have come here for this, and at the beginning of this year, he mobilized 900 million Hong Kong dollars to Tianyu Investment Company, just to acquire the shares of Hutchison Whampoa.

"Li Sheng, because the benefits of Hutchison Whampoa have not been good in recent years, there are still quite a lot of company shares sold on the stock market. After five months of slow absorption, we have spent HK$800 million to acquire a total of 15.4% of the shares. Guo Fengtao reported.

Li Guangyu heard that he had acquired so many shares, and now he is only afraid that he is the second largest shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa, except for the shares mortgaged to HSBC by the Qi Dezun family, he has the largest shares.

Li Guangyu asked: "Fengtao, what is the current situation in the Hutchison Whampoa stock market?" ”

"Li Sheng rest assured, the 15.4 shares we are divided into Tianyu Investment Company and Mengping Fund, as well as your personal and Xingyu Group's account holdings, plus we have acquired for a long time, the market value of Hutchison Whampoa's shares has only risen quietly, and it has not had much impact. Guo Fengtao said.

After hearing this, Li Guangyu said: "At present, we will not buy Hutchison Whampoa's shares for the time being, and you will set up three more offshore funds, which will be convenient for you to do more in the future." ”

For the establishment of offshore funds, this is very convenient, Guo Fengtao naturally has no opinion.

"Mr. Li, the offshore fund also asked you to name it. Guo Fengtao said.

Li Guangyu is really not good at naming things, so he thought about it and said: "Let's take Suzaku, Blue Bird, and Dapeng as the names of the three funds. ”

"Okay Li Sheng, I will handle it as soon as possible. Guo Fengtao replied.

Li Guangyu took into account the issue of the shareholding of some American companies, as well as some problems on the side of Xiangjiang. said to Guo Fengtao: "You inform Mr. Yuan Tianfan and ask him to set up a Jade Bird Investment Company in the United States, and then you transfer the shares of Hutchison Whampoa that you now hold in Xingyu Group." ”

Lee Kwang Woo is preparing to establish the headquarters of Dapeng Investment Company in Baodao, and the headquarters of Suzaku Investment Company in RB. Let several investment companies hold the shares of listed companies, especially the Internet industry in the future, and lay out the layout as soon as possible today, and in the future, according to the situation in various places, see which funds will buy shares.

"Okay Li Sheng, I will contact Yuan Sheng in the evening, and after I handle several funds, Yuan Sheng can set up an investment company there. Guo Fengtao said.

Li Guangyu thought that after the current investment company suspended the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, there was no other goal, and thought that next year, the charter ship king would fight with Jardine Matheson on the Wharf.

Li Guangyu said: "You will slowly buy the shares of Wharf, and after the mid-year meeting, I will mobilize some funds for your company." ”

Guo Fengtao was thinking that the company's funds were running out, but he didn't expect Li Guangyu to solve this problem for him.

"Okay Li Sheng, I'll arrange it. Guo Fengtao replied.

Maybe Li Ka-shing has already talked to HSBC, and the day after Li Guangyu returned to Xiangjiang, Li Ka-shing's phone called the company and invited Li Guangyu to have afternoon tea.

When Li Guangyu came to Taikoo Teahouse, Li Ka-shing had already arrived.

Li Guangyu walked in and said, "Uncle Li, I thought about visiting you in two days, but I didn't expect you to ask me out today." ”

Li Ka-shing said: "Guangyu, you are not here during this time, and we have no chance to find you for some things in our company. Didn't I hear that you came back yesterday, so I asked you to come out and meet you today. ”

Li Guangyu knew that Li Ka-shing was now busy communicating with HSBC and was preparing to buy the shares of the Qi Dezun family mortgaged to HSBC Hutchison Whampoa.

"With the leadership of Uncle Li, what can Cheung Kong do, I believe that Cheung Kong will definitely become a leading enterprise in Xiangjiang in the future. Li Guangyu said.

"Guangyu, you are full of confidence in me, I am currently in discussions with HSBC about our Cheung Kong acquisition of its shares in Hutchison Whampoa, so I would like to inform you. Li Ka-shing said.

Li Guangyu asked, "Oh, Uncle Li, is there any difficulty in this, do you need my help?" ”

Li Ka-shing is confident that as long as Li Guangyu does not interfere, he can buy Hutchison Whampoa.

Li Ka-shing said: "Guangyu, there is no big difficulty at present, that is, our group wants to borrow a sum of money from HSBC for this acquisition, and you are the second largest shareholder of our Cheung Kong, I should explain it to you." ”

"Uncle Li, I have no problem, I said at the beginning of the year that I agreed to this acquisition of Cheung Kong. If Cheung Kong Group has financial difficulties, I can inject capital. Li Guangyu replied.

Li Ka-shing also knew that Li Guangyu had strong funds, and he had no intention of letting Li Guangyu inject capital into Cheung Kong Group to dilute his equity. It is already his limit to let Li Guangyu control 20% of the shares of Cheung Kong Group, and he is not willing to get it and later become a part-time job for Li Guangyu.

Li Ka-shing said: "Guangyu, I appreciate your kindness, at present, there is no problem with the funds of Cheung Kong Group, and HSBC has also loaned us for the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, as long as the time is right, this company will belong to us." ”

Li Guangyu also did not think that he would control Hutchison Whampoa, let Li Ka-shing be the head, and the development of Hutchison Whampoa is also very good. Li Guangyu holds these shares and waits for dividends.

Although the shares are still a little small now, Li Guangyu is not in a hurry, in 1981, it was the time for Li Guangyu to take a stake in a well-known company in Xiangjiang. That is the market value of many companies has fallen by half, and Li Guangyu can slowly pick and absorb it.

Li Guangyu said: "Then I hope that Uncle Li and HSBC will complete this transaction as soon as possible, and then Uncle Li will be the first person to acquire a British-funded enterprise by Chinese capital." ”

Although Li Ka-shing didn't care about these false names, he was still very happy to hear Li Guangyu say this.

"Guangyu, those are all false names, if you are willing, with your current financial resources, it is easy to buy a company in the hands of a British-funded consortium. Li Ka-shing said.

Li Guangyu is not interested in acquiring several major foreign companies in Xiangjiang at present, and he plans to wait until 82 years, when the British-funded consortium will transfer out of Xiangjiang on a large scale, and Li Guangyu will not let go of that opportunity, and must bite off a piece of meat on the British-funded consortium.

Li Guangyu said: "Uncle Li, aren't I afraid of confronting the British-funded consortium? Uncle Li is still very good, he fought against Jardine Matheson last year, and this time he is ready to acquire the Hutchison Whampoa of the Qi Dezun family, and you have set an example for our Chinese family." ”

Li Ka-shing does not believe that Li Guangyu will be afraid of the British-funded consortium, the current market value of Li Guangyu's group is not weaker than that of the four major foreign banks, and the reason why Li Guangyu does not compete with the British-funded consortium is that he is afraid that he will not look down on the market here in Xiangjiang.

You must know that except for the development of Tin Shui Wai, Li Guangyu's Starlight Real Estate Group did not acquire land anywhere in Xiangjiang. Instead, it has invested heavily in RB to develop RB's real estate market.

"Guangyu, you are humble when you say this, at present, the only Chinese family can really compare with the British-funded foreign companies, but you are not willing to do it. Li Ka-shing said.

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