Jiang Ran glanced back at the villa behind him, a smile appeared in his eyes, thinking about the agreement he had reached with Feng Jingxi and his son in the villa just now, Jiang Ran was very satisfied with the result of this meeting. Fastest updates

Just now, after Jiang Ran took the initiative to raise the acquisition offer, after promising to maintain the majority of the bank's management and under the same conditions in the future, and hand over the benefits of Oriental Charm's share increase and listing to the Feng family father and son, Feng Jingxi assured Jiang Ran on the spot that he would use his influence to promote Jiang Ran's acquisition of Sun Hung Kai Bank.

Sitting in the car with a happy mood, Jiang Ran said to Ran Dong with a smile: "Now that Feng Jingxi's father and son have basically done it, the rest depends on you." ”

"Mr. Jiang can rest assured that as long as Mr. Feng fulfills his commitment, I believe that the mentality of Bailida and Merrill Lynch, and even the Arab banks will change. ”

After all, as the founder and largest shareholder of the bank, Mr. Feng will not ignore Mr. Feng's opinion with his influence on the entire management and decision-making level of the bank, whether it is the current shareholder or the Arab bank that wants to buy it. ”

As the initiator and handler of Jiang Ran's acquisition of Sun Hung Kai Bank, Ran Dong naturally hopes that this acquisition can go smoothly, and now that he has Feng Jingxi's promise, he is naturally extremely happy.

Jiang Ran glanced at Ran Dong, who was smiling, and said with a slight knock: "Although Mr. Feng Jingxi agreed to our conditions, many things still have to rely on our own efforts to do, don't always pin our hopes on others. ”

"The more critical it is, the more cautious you must be, and you must not be careless until things are really settled. Taking advantage of the current favorable situation, your acquisition team should act as soon as possible and complete the acquisition in the shortest possible time. ”

Jiang Ran's beating made Ran Dong's high mood slightly frustrated, and then he immediately nodded and agreed: "Yes! Mr. Jiang, what you said is true! After I went back, I immediately began to organize manpower, increase the intensity of the acquisition, and strive to complete the acquisition as soon as possible." ”

"Well, it's good that you know!" Jiang Ran nodded, "Although I promised Mr. Feng that the management would still be handed over to him after the acquisition was completed, but in the process of acquisition, I still hope to grasp as much equity as possible, which will be beneficial for us to better control the bank in the future." ”

Although Jiang Ran promised to hand over the bank to Feng Jingxi after the acquisition, this does not mean that Jiang Ran does not care about the control of the bank.

In fact, on the contrary, since he spent a lot of money and energy to acquire the bank, he naturally hopes to truly control it, so that it can become the financial engine of Ranfeng Group and Bluestar Investment, and accelerate the development of all his businesses as a whole.

However, on the one hand, he needs some attractive conditions to convince Feng Jingxi to support him in this acquisition, and on the other hand, for the time being, Jiang Ran really does not have a reliable person who can independently support the operation of a bank.

Therefore, Jiang Ran decided to simply hand over the management of the bank to Feng Jingxi for the time being, in exchange for the support of the other party in the acquisition, and complete the acquisition as soon as possible;

On the other hand, handing over the management of the bank to Feng Jingxi can also avoid the management chaos caused by the change of bank ownership to the greatest extent and affect the development of the bank.

Moreover, after the completion of the entire acquisition, Jiang Ran holds the absolute controlling stake in the bank, although he has relinquished the management of the bank, but as long as there is effective monitoring, he is not afraid that the development of the bank will be out of his control.

What's more, in the process, he also took the opportunity to develop and cultivate bank management talents that he could trust, laying the foundation for fully mastering the bank when the time is ripe in the future.

Hearing Jiang Ran's command, Ran Dong glanced up at Jiang Ran and replied thoughtfully, "I know, Mr. Jiang." ”

Jiang Ran looked at Ran Dong and was about to say a few more words, but the mobile phone with him rang, Jiang Ran pressed the words that had reached his mouth and connected the phone.

"Hello! I'm Jiang Ran. ”

"Ah Ran, I'm Qiu Degen. On the phone, Qiu De's voice was the same as that of Wan Yong.

"Oh, Mr. Qiu, is there something wrong?" Jiang Ran asked with a smile.

"Nothing serious. I just heard that your company has been in contact with some shareholders of the TV station for a while, and I want to know about the situation. As you know, we are now working on Miss Asia, and the shareholders of the TV station have used their influence to give a huge help. Qiu Degen said fairly.

Jiang Ran frowned slightly, he didn't believe Qiu Degen's words, it was obvious that as the largest shareholder and controller of the TV station, Qiu Degen was obviously very sensitive to the equity changes of the entire TV station.

At the same time, he obviously does not want to affect the operation of the entire TV station because of internal equity changes when ATV is now on the right track.

What's more, as the second largest shareholder of the TV station, although Jiang Ran still supports Qiu Degen's control of the entire TV station, as Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Group become more and more influential in the entire Hong Kong film and television media circle, Jiang Ran's voice in the TV station will definitely be further strengthened.

And now Jiang Ran suddenly began to contact the minority shareholders of the TV station to seek more equity, which had to make Qiu Degen think more.

Jiang Ran's mind turned slightly, and he understood Qiu Degen's concerns, "Mr. Qiu, I did arrange for someone to contact some shareholders of the TV station. ”

Although Jiang Ran knew Qiu Degen's concerns and fears, he did not deny that with his current strength and influence, he could completely bring anything to the surface without worrying about other factors.

"There is no other meaning, mainly because I have more liquidity in my hands now, and I want to find an investment point for these funds. It just so happened that there was still a lot of room for the 30% equity we had negotiated, so I wondered if I would take advantage of the surplus funds in my hand to acquire some of the equity. ”

Jiang Ran very directly pointed out the agreement reached between him and Qiu Degen that Ranfeng Group could own up to 30% of the shares, and found a reasonable reason for his acquisition.

In addition, he revealed in his words that he had abundant funds for the acquisition, and he also faintly showed his strength and determination, and was not afraid of high premiums and competition, and even faintly warned Qiu Degen to interfere in this acquisition.

I don't know if Qiu Degen knows the meaning of Jiang Ran's words, he still said calmly: "Oh, so that's the case." ”

"However, Ah Ran, you should also pay attention to the fact that our ATV is now just starting to get on the right track, and don't have a negative impact on the TV station because of the change in equity. ”

"Moreover, as a hugely influential TV station, we have a lot of say in propaganda and public opinion, but at the same time, we need to face more pressure from all sides. ”

"These pressures are sometimes not something that a single person or a consortium can bear, so I hope that we can maintain enough powerful and influential minority shareholders in our TV station, although they do not hold much equity, but they can greatly share the pressure of our major shareholders. ”

In the end, Qiu Degen already had a faint meaning of persuasion and warning. However, Jiang Ran also had to admit that Qiu Degen's words were very reasonable.

As a resource platform with huge influence in public opinion and publicity, TV stations will inevitably face political and public opinion pressure from all sides while holding a huge right to speak.

After all, there is no group that can ignore public opinion, and TV is obviously a very critical platform, and it is obviously not easy to resist the pressure from these various groups.

"Thank you, Mr. Qiu, for the reminder! Although Jiang Ran agreed with the other party's words in his heart, he didn't show it, and said in a calm tone.

Hanging up Qiu Degen's phone, Jiang Ran turned his head and asked Ran Dong, "How is our acquisition on ATV's side going now?"

"Mr. Jiang, we have contacted almost all the small and medium-sized shareholders of the TV station, but without exception, they have basically failed, and almost none of them have any intention of selling their shares. Ran Dong said to Jiang Ran a little helplessly.

At present, Qiu Degen holds the largest equity of Asia Television Station, and he alone controls more than half of the equity of the entire TV station and is the largest shareholder of the TV station.

In addition to Qiu Degen, the shareholders of Asia Television also include Jiang Ran, Jardine Matheson, Standard Chartered Consortium, Kadoorie and Xu Shixun family and other small and medium-sized shareholders, and it is these shareholders who greatly share the political pressure of the TV station.

Among them, Jiang Ran, as the second largest shareholder of the TV station, controls a total of 16.8% of the equity of the TV station, and the remaining other small and medium-sized shareholders together hold nearly 30% of the remaining shares.

Although the remaining small and medium-sized shareholders do not hold much equity in their hands, Asia Television Station, as the only two free-to-air television stations in Hong Kong, has a huge influence in the whole of Hong Kong and even among the Chinese in Southeast Asia.

This kind of influence is obviously an inseparable resource for many families and consortia, and therefore, although ATV's profitability is very poor, and even most of the time it is still in a state of loss, but these consortia and families still rarely plan to give up their equity.

After all, although it does not control the entire TV station, as a shareholder of the TV station, it is not difficult to rely on the identity and influence of the shareholders to ensure that the TV station is beneficial to its own family and consortium in terms of public opinion propaganda.

It is for this reason that although these small and medium-sized shareholders have little interest in fully controlling the TV station, they have no intention of giving up the power and influence of their shareholders.

As a result, ATV's shareholding structure is very stable, and basically all shareholders have no intention of selling their shares for the time being.

Although agreeing with Qiu Degen's opinion, Jiang Ran did not give up his plan to acquire more shares of ATV, frowned and continued to ask: "It's not okay to increase the acquisition premium?"

"No!" Ran Dong very simply rejected Jiang Ran's suggestion, "Among the remaining shareholders of the TV station now, except for you and Mr. Qiu, almost all of the remaining shareholders are some powerful old consortia and families in Hong Kong. ”

"The purpose of their ownership of a part of the equity is obviously not only for investment and profit considerations, but also for the TV station's public opinion and even political influence. ”

Jiang Ran nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and then ordered, "I know." In that case, you should not force it, and just keep in touch with these shareholders. ”

"On the one hand, it will allow us to grasp the movements of these shareholders in real time to give us a head start on possible future acquisitions, and on the other hand, it will deepen our communication and ties with these consortia and families, and lay the foundation for us to take full control of the TV station in the future when the time comes." ”

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