Chapter 33 Wharf ends
Wang Xiaoming was originally an economic news reporter for Ming Pao, but now he is an entertainment reporter, although he has the spirit of hardship and hard work, but because he has not dug up valuable news for a long time, the editor-in-chief transferred him to the entertainment news category, hoping that he can use the spirit of hardship and hard work to dig out more lace news of stars.
Today, Wang Xiaoming received a call from his girlfriend Xiaofang, who works as a waiter at the Peninsula Hotel, saying that a female celebrity was secretly dating a man at the Peninsula Hotel and asked him to hurry over.
When Wang Xiaoming came to the Peninsula Hotel, he was just about to go in but saw two people who surprised him, Shen Bi and Niu Bijian, two British-funded bigwigs as former economic reporters, still knew, as a news reporter's sixth sense told him that there was big news, this was his opportunity to return to the economic news department.
So he immediately found his girlfriend Xiao Fang, who was a waiter at the Peninsula Hotel, and found the waiter who was about to serve in Shen Bi's private room, and spent 100 Hong Kong dollars to let him exchange with his girlfriend, and then excitedly grabbed Xiao Fang's hand and said, "Xiao Fang, wait a while, you must remember what the people inside said after you go in, and then come back and tell me, okay?"
Xiaofang hadn't seen her boyfriend so excited for a long time, so she said in an affirmative tone, "I will definitely remember it............
When Xiao Fang came back to tell Zhang Heng the content of their conversation, he excitedly shouted, "Big news, big news, there is hope", and then told Xiao Fang not to tell others about this, and then immediately went back to the Ming Pao headquarters to report.
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Ming Pao reported the incident in the newspaper on the same day
"Shen Bi, Newbi Jian secretly met Chinese businessmen Bao Yugang, Li Ka-shing, and Zhang Heng, what did they ...... about?"
"The king of ships at sea, Bao Yugang, reduced the ship and landed to seize the Wharf"
"Real estate upstart Li Ka-shing wants to win Wharf"
"Teenage comic genius Zhang Heng enters the real estate industry to win Wharf"
"Hong Kong Chinese businessmen Bao Yugang, Li Ka-shing, and Zhang Heng conspired to seize Wharf, and the British-funded Chinese businessmen faced off at the peak, who was the master of the ups and downs in the end......"
"Jardine Taipan coerced Zhang Heng, and the young genius Zhang Heng let Jardine Taipan Niu Bijian talk to Jardine Taipan and let him come over......"
Other newspapers reprinted it, and this day was full of such news everywhere in Xiangjiang.
The business community in Xiangjiang, whether it is British or Chinese, has unprecedentedly closed this war
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Zhang Heng returned to the Oriental Real Estate Building and invited Yuan Tianfan to talk about today's events.
The two discussed it, Zhang Heng wanted to buy the Wharf shares on the market at a high price at any cost, so as to win the controlling stake in the Wharf, Yuan Tianfan persuaded Zhang Heng that it was difficult to acquire Wharf shares on the market now, but he could find a way from Bao Yugang's side.
Zhang Heng thought about it for a while, looking at today's situation, Bao Yugang does not have too many Wharf shares in his hands, at present, Jardine Matheson has mastered 30% of the Wharf shares, plus the support of HSBC, Bao Yugang may give up this acquisition, why not buy Wharf shares from Bao Yugang.
Zhang Heng took out the business card that Bao Yugang handed him when he left today, and made an appointment with Bao Yugang according to the contact information above.
Despite this, Zhang Heng still instructed Yuan Tianfan to buy Wharf shares at a high price on the stock market just in case.
On the afternoon of the next day, Bao Yugang and Zhang Heng made an appointment in an inconspicuous hotel, and before they came, Bao Yugang had already guessed that Zhang Heng must be looking for him for his own Wharf shares.
After a brief greeting, Zhang Heng immediately expressed his intention to acquire 10 million shares of Wharf owned by Bao Yugang.
Bao Yugang thought for a while and asked, "Can I know how many shares of Wharf Zhang Sheng has?"
Zhang Heng knew that Bao Yugang had not completely given up Wharf, and if he did not have many Wharf shares, he might want to buy his shares in turn.
After all, Wharf is too important for the charter king who is about to reduce the ship and land, so Zhang Heng said, "I have 40% of the shares of Wharf in my hands, and I am still 10% short of completing absolute control of Wharf." ”
Bao Yugang was shocked, 40% It seems that Zhang Heng has been planning for a long time, Bao Yugang can't help but secretly admire this young real estate rookie in his heart, he and Niu Bijian were already doomed to failure at the beginning.
Bao Yugang thought about it for a while and agreed to transfer the 10 million Wharf shares in his hand to Zhang Heng, because this was a good thing for both families.
For Zhang Heng, accepting 10 million shares of Wharf from Bao Yugang, coupled with Zhang Heng's original shares, can already complete absolute control of Wharf, so that Zhang Heng can firmly control this Wharf with unlimited potential and strong assets.
As for Bao Yugang, he bought Wharf shares at a market price of 30 yuan and sold them to Zhang Heng at 65 yuan, making a profit of 350 million Hong Kong dollars at once.
There was no chatter and bargaining, two equally shrewd men hit it off, and a deal that decided the fate of the old British-owned company was decided in this humble hotel.
The final result was that Zhang Heng controlled this old British-funded enterprise worth 7.5 billion yuan for less than 1.5 billion yuan, becoming the first Chinese businessman in Xiangjiang to acquire a British-funded enterprise.
At present, Zhang Heng has a total of 55% of the shares of Wharf, and Zhang Heng immediately came to Wharf Group with Yuan Tianfan to hold 55% of Wharf as the reason, and asked for a general meeting of shareholders three days later.
The next day, Zhang Heng held a press conference at the Peninsula Hotel, announcing in public that Oriental Real Estate had acquired more than 50% of Wharf's shares, and had reached an actual control of Wharf, and would soon hold a general meeting of shareholders to reorganize the board of directors.
When the news broke, the Hong Kong media caused a great sensation and rushed to report on this major event in the Hong Kong business community.
"Industrial and Commercial Evening News" said, "The acquisition of Wharf by Oriental Vocational Real Estate is like dropping a bomb, sounding the clarion call for Chinese commercial banks to counter-charge British foreign firms." ”
In a commentary, the Hong Kong Economic Journal pointed out: "Oriental Real Estate has completed the acquisition of Wharf for less than HK$1.5 billion from the end of February.
Being able to control such a large company and have such a large asset at such a low purchase price can be regarded as a major victory for Mr. Zhang Heng........."
Ming Pao said, "Mr. Zhang Heng is not only a comic genius, but also a hot figure in the real estate stock market." ”
Zhang Heng's entry into a large British-funded enterprise has also attracted the attention of the international media circles.
In a news commentary, Newsweek said: "Zhang Heng, a genius comic king worth hundreds of millions of dollars, first entered the real estate industry and acquired Wharf, an old British-funded large enterprise, becoming the first Chinese to acquire a British-funded enterprise."
In the cheers, Zhang Heng was not intoxicated and complacent.
The world says: "It is easy to start a business and it is difficult to keep a business", "a lesson from the past, a teacher for future generations". The most typical lesson is that Wharf has a lot of resources, and there is the support of Jardine Matheson behind it, and now it has not developed, Zhang Heng does not think that he is much better than the current chairman of Wharf in terms of management, so he can't take it lightly.