Chapter 119: Hutchison Whampoa Changed Hands
In the next few days, Li Guangyu has been busy with his marriage, and even the company rarely passes. 35xs
After the invitation was made, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing wrote it for a day.
As for the upper-class families in Xiangjiang, Li Guangyu visited them one by one and sent invitations. The invitations from the other families were sent by the housekeeper Wu Wen.
As for the group company, Li Guangyu only invited the directors and above of the board of directors of the major groups, as well as the general manager of the Kowloon Bus Company, and the deputy general manager and above of Tianyu Investment Company, and the invitation letters of these people were all sent by the assistant Zhang Ziyu.
On September 26, the headlines of various companies in Hong Kong took Li Ka-shing as the headline. Just yesterday, Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Asset Group acquired 70 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa Co., Ltd. from HSBC at a price of HK$71 per share and HK$63.9 billion, accounting for about 22 of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, becoming the largest individual shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa.
This is the first Chinese company in Hong Kong to acquire the four major foreign companies in so many years, and Li Ka-shing also overshadowed everyone at this moment.
Li Guangyu thought that HSBC really valued Li Ka-shing enough, and dared to buy it at a price of HK$71 per share. This price is equivalent to half of the current price of Hutchison Whampoa, and Li Guangyu's acquisition of 154 shares cost him nearly 800 million Hong Kong dollars.
As for why Li Guangyu didn't rush to buy Hutchison Whampoa, first, he didn't want to offend Li Ka-shing, after all, he also belonged to the Xiangjiang family. 35xs knew that Li Ka-shing was going to buy Hutchison Whampoa, and Li Guangyu went to grab it, which would damage the unity of the Xiangjiang family, and spread the word that Li Guangyu would not be easy to mix in the upper echelons of Xiangjiang.
If Li Guangyu goes to negotiate with HSBC, it is estimated that HSBC may not be willing to agree. You must know Li Guangyu's movements, and he will definitely enter the banking industry in the future, and he will become a competitor with HSBC at that time.
In this regard, HSBC's senior management is also very clear that with Rhiz's current influence and financial resources, once Lee Guangyu enters the banking industry, he will surely become a strong competitor for HSBC's market in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia.
HSBC's sale of Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-shing is pulling an ally, and if it is sold to Li Guangyu, it will be an act of capital enemy.
Li Guangyu now holds 154 shares, plus 20 shares of Cheung Kong Holdings. Now just watch Li Ka-shing develop and wait for the money.
When it comes to 82 years, when both the stock market and the property market will be at a low level, Li Guangyu will buy a part of Hutchison Whampoa shares, so that the better Li Ka-shing develops, the more profitable Li Guangyu will follow.
Li Guangyu was busy with his marriage, after all, there are only ten days left before the wedding, and the fifth of next month is the day when Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing get married, but the reporter did not let Li Guangyu go.
On the morning of the 26th, as soon as Li Guangyu came out of his home, many reporters surrounded him, and they came to Li Guangyu's house early in the morning to wait. Flash Dance
After getting out of the car, Li Guangyu was interviewed by reporters under the protection of bodyguards.
A reporter from Oriental Daily asked, "Mr. Li Sheng, just yesterday, Mr. Li Ka-shing, Cheung Kong Group became the largest individual shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa. As the second largest group of Cheung Kong Group, what do you think about this?"
Li Guangyu replied, "Mr. Li Ka-shing has done something that none of our families in Hong Kong have done, he is the first family head to acquire the main company of the four major foreign companies, I am very impressed by this, and I, as the second largest shareholder of Cheung Kong, am also very happy about this acquisition." ”
A reporter from Sing Tao Daily asked, "Mr. Lee Sheng, the current chairman of the board of directors of Jardine Matheson Group, Mr. Niu Bijian, and Mr. John Madden, chairman of the board of directors of Wheelock, both believe that HSBC has violated the rules of business, and their directors voted to sell the shares of Hutchison Whampoa at a low price without being present." What do you think about this?"
"I don't know what happened to me, since it was voted by the board of directors of HSBC, I don't think it violates the rules of business, HSBC is a banking industry, not an industrial group, and it is completely understandable that they are selling Hutchison Whampoa shares below the market price. Lee Kwang Woo replied.
Li Guangyu clearly knew that when HSBC voted to sell Hutchison Whampoa this time, it deliberately avoided Jardine Matheson and Wheelock, so as not to have a change in the sale.
Shen Bi took a lot of trouble to befriend Li Ka-shing, you must know that in the eyes of the British-funded consortium, there is no doubt that a British bank actually helped the Chinese to buy a British company, Shen Bi also dared to do it, and now the chairman of the board of directors of several major British-funded consortiums is very angry.
A reporter from Xiangyu Daily asked, "Li Sheng, now that some tabloids have praised Mr. Li Ka-shing as the first Chinese in Xiangjiang, what do you think of it?"
Li Guangyu deliberately looked at this reporter, even if the reporter of his own group came to join in the fun, he still had to ask such a sharp question.
Lee said, "Mr. Li Ka-shing took the lead in acquiring a major company under the British consortium this time, and such an achievement is indeed worthy of such a title. ”
After hearing this, the reporter from Sing Tao Daily immediately asked, "Li Sheng, you must know that since this year, you have been known as the richest man in Xiangjiang, and you are also the most likely to become the first person in Xiangjiang." Now someone has put this name on Mr. Li Ka-shing, do you have any ideas?"
Li Guangyu is not interested in these titles, and now that the undercurrent of the Xiangjiang River is surging, Li Guangyu wants to be as low-key as possible, and it is better to have Li Ka-shing in front of them.
Li Guangyu replied, "Whether it is Mr. Fok Ying-tung, Mr. Bao Yugang, or even Mr. Li Ka-shing today, they deserve to be called the first Chinese in Hong Kong. And I am still too young, and the development of the group is not bad, but it is also due to luck, I can never afford this title. ”
The reporter of Xiangyu Daily was not happy to hear that his boss was so modest, why can't his boss be the first person in Xiangjiang, this is the legend of Xiangjiang in the past two years, but he listened to his deeds, and came to work in Xiangyu Daily after graduation.
A reporter from Xiangyu Daily asked, "Li Sheng, you are too modest, you know, you have developed your family business to the scale of tens of billions of dollars in just two years, how can you just rely on luck to be able to do it, I believe that you will be the first person recognized by Xiangjiang in the future." ”
Li Guangyu was a little speechless about the young and beautiful female reporter under his banner, I thought about keeping a low profile, if you say this, these newspapers will report on the general trend again, how can I keep a low profile. Even if you're an admirer of mine, don't say that on such an occasion.
When reporters from Sing Tao Daily and Oriental Daily heard what a reporter from Xiangyu Daily said, they began to ask Li Guangyu questions in this regard.
Li Guangyu responded to several reporters' questions on the grounds that he was young and inexperienced, and that there was still a big gap between his ability and his elders.
When another reporter asked, Li Guangyu said, "Everyone, I'm sorry, I want to feel that Hutchison Whampoa is going to have a meeting, so that's the end of your interview today." ”
Later, Li Guangyu rushed to the headquarters of Hutchison Whampoa under the protection of his bodyguards.
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