Hongkong Land did fall into the pit dug by itself, and the popularity of the purchase increase action actually surpassed the charter boat king.

The British, who have been playing with financial capital for hundreds of years, are obviously more sophisticated, and seeing that the wind is not in the right direction and contrary to the goal they originally designed, they hurriedly delayed the transaction under various excuses, and waited until June 24, after Tuesday evening, they announced that the additional purchase had come to an end, and Wharf's shares resumed trading the next day.

It seems that the final battle for Wharf still came to an end at this point in time in accordance with historical inertia.

But how can the ripples caused by a stone thrown into a pond restore calm so quickly.

For example, Wharf's share price did not fall as quickly as in its previous life, and remained at the price of nearly HK$80 before the suspension.

Hongkong Land's purchase action can be said to have come to an abrupt end, and what kind of result will be in the end, whether there is a suspicion of market fraud, the outside world has been discussing this, and the Xiangjiang Securities Supervision Office is also under the pressure of public opinion, continue to discuss.

It is said that the reason why the West is developed is that it respects the spirit of contract in business practices, in other words, it abides by the rules of the game, but it would be too stupid and naïve to think that this is equivalent to fairness. As with media reports, truth is often only a part, and it may be the part that the recipient expects, which is the most clever means of deception.

Using information asymmetry, the old bird who is familiar with the rules plays with the rookie who knows little about the rules. There's no one who doesn't like that.

Right now. Jardine Matheson Chairman Niu Bijian. Hongkong Land's managing director, Bao Fuda, and some senior advisers are discussing how to find a plausible excuse within the framework of the rules to completely end this failed purchase operation, and at the same time avoid the condemnation of the current public opinion.

The charter king who raised huge sums of money from HSBC. Just buying 13% of Wharf shares from Tang Huan at a price of HK$90 alone cost HK$1.17 billion.

Such a large-scale cash flow naturally cannot escape the ears and eyes of people with intentions, not to mention that the British capital in Hong Kong is already complicated with each other, especially the old foreign bank like Jardine Matheson, and Niu Bijian served as a director of HSBC.

The maximum that the charter king can do is nothing more than to delay its information acquisition and let Jardine know later. As a result, in this rare time difference, Zhidi pinched his nose. Dragged on the purchase of several million additional shares of Wharf.

You know, Jardine Matheson relied on the sale of the Golden Gate Building to the Jianing Group at the beginning of the year, and at the same time sold some properties in the United Kingdom, so as to raise enough capital to support this layout.

"This Huading Investment Company, you got so many Wharf shares, you didn't notice it at all?"

"No way, there is always no shortage of smart people in this world, maybe people have already discovered this business opportunity and have this strength?" Bao Fuda sighed helplessly, "Don't dwell on this, let's quickly come up with a way to deal with the aftermath." ”

Discussion and discussion, these business elites, did not find a foolproof solution, but reached a consensus, can not let the outside world continue to talk about the continue, to divert the focus of public opinion, don't always chase Jardine bite, if you want to achieve this goal, then you can only muddy the water, and drag another party to the charter boat king.

The most likely thing is that they have quietly grasped the control of Wharf, so they should propose a "partial acquisition" to other Wharf shareholders.

"Let's deal with it like this first, isn't this ship king strong enough to raise funds, so use this question to embarrass him. ”

Niu Bijian sneered, and was even more angry at the fact that the charter boat king still held down the news after getting control of the Wharf, which led to the high-priced purchase of Hongkong Land becoming a useless act.

"By the way, bring HSBC in, they guys are too mercenary. Newbi said hatefully.

The countermeasures discussed by Jardine Matheson are naturally impossible for outsiders to know, but Tang Huan can also guess from the changes in public opinion in the past few days and the information in his previous life.

However, these disturbances have nothing to do with him, he has withdrawn from them, and the main capital focus in Xiangjiang is the big liar Jianing Group, as well as the next development of Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson.

Maybe the first capital game was too smooth, and the joy brought by success stimulated Tang Huan to become more and more energetic, and Zhao Yazhi and Guan Zhilin were tossed by him in turn to hang up the war-free card, and avoided the two residences from afar.

Fortunately, Tang Huan had a very important thing to be busy with, and his excess energy found a place to vent.

Compared with the disastrous victory in the previous life, the charter king now has won both the lining and the face, and naturally leads Tang Huan's favor, and specially proposes that he want to visit Zheru Xiangjiang Company.

And Tang Huan attaches great importance to this reception, he has a close relationship with Boss Huo, and the other party is the first heavyweight Chinese-funded wealthy businessman visitor, but after all, there is a human factor here, but the charter king is pulled over by virtue of his real skills.

Since he was going to be visited, Tang Huan naturally wanted to show the strength of his career and make sure that there were practical things to see, so he rearranged the product exhibition hall on the first floor, and at the same time equipped with explanatory materials.

In addition, Tang Huan also equipped Kodak's slide projector in the conference room, although it is not as good as the advanced conference system composed of computer PPT and projector decades later, it is enough for the current stage of the presentation.

Tang Huan accompanied the charter boat king and personally served as the explainer, and with the communication skills of the lotus flower, the old man changed from a complete stranger to a trainee who got a glimpse of the door.

Especially in the conference room, Tang Huan used slides to illustrate the role of microcomputers in the company's business processes. It also focused on the broad prospects of combining the traditional public switched telephone network with computer-based communication technology.

"It's really alive and learning. It was an eye-opener for me. The charter king laughed. "Xiao Tang worked so hard to explain high-tech to me, an old man who is not very receptive to new things, he must have some plans, otherwise I'm sorry for your shrewd brain. ”

"I'm a computer seller, and I'm doing marketing for you. Tang Huan also laughed, and then changed his voice and said: "Of course, there is also a small purpose, that is, I hope you will always help pay attention to the latest developments in the industry." For example, utilities. ”

"Utilities?" asked the charter king with some confusion.

Wu Guangzheng reacted quickly, and then took over the conversation, "Brother Tang won't take a fancy to the Xiangjiang Telephone Company, right?"

"I was really interested in it because I needed a platform for technology applications. Tang Huan bowed his head slightly frankly.

Under the auspices of Managing Director and General Manager of Nubi Kien and Land, Hongkong Land spent a lot of money and actively expanded in an attempt to rebuild and consolidate Jardine Matheson's leading position in the Hong Kong business community, including the acquisition of a 3/2% stake in Hong Kong Telephone Company in 1981 and became a major shareholder.

Arguably. Their investment vision is worthy of recognition. As early as 1925, the long-established Heung Kong Telephone Company was granted a 50-year franchise to the local telephone network.

But. The franchise was interrupted by the Japanese invasion in World War II and was restored after the war.

In 1968, the Company was granted an additional 20-year franchise that began in 1975, and in 1981 it was decided to lay the foundation for the development of the data communications industry.

In addition to the Bank's fixed-line business, Heung Kong Telephone Company also began to provide mobile communications services in 1983 through its subsidiary, Communication Services Limited, CSL Communication Services Limited.

However, the telecommunications franchise of the Hong Kong Telephone Company is limited to the local area of Hong Kong, and the external communication is handled by Cable &Wireless, i.e. the Great Eastern Telegraph Office.

In 1984, when Jardine Matheson decided to shift its focus from Hong Kong, it sold its shares in the Heung Kong Telephone Company to the British Great Eastern Telegraph Company, which in turn merged the two companies to form Heung Kong Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (i.e. Hong Kong Telecom) after the complete acquisition of the Hong Kong Telephone Company in 1988.

In 1994, the number of fixed network lines in Hong Kong reached 3 million, and the Hong Kong telephone number was upgraded to eight in 1995, but the franchise of Hong Kong Telephone Company also expired in the same year, and it could no longer monopolize the fixed network business of Hong Kong, and had to face competition from other new competitors.

As for the final fate of Heung Kong Telephone Company, under the influence of various factors, Li Zekai, who took advantage of the boom in technology stocks in 2000, borrowed a huge amount of US$11 billion through Yingke Digital Power, pocketed it, and merged it into PCCW.

In any case, before 1995, the Xiangjiang Telephone Company had a unique advantage by virtue of its franchise, and if it could be controlled and turned into a platform, it would be just right for Tang Huan to use the technology of combining computers and communications, such as the current pager application that can only beep, and he will also have the motivation to do it at that time.

A high-quality asset like Heung Kong Telephone Company cannot be acquired casually in the midst of an economic crisis by taking advantage of the fire, but it is still necessary to rely on an honest acquisition to gain control.

Seeing that Tang Huan was planning to do this, the charter boat king couldn't help but smile suddenly, "Xiao Tang is really bold in doing things." ”

"My funds mainly come from the United States, and I don't have to rely on HSBC, and some businesses can be a first-mover advantage through surprise attacks, so I ask you to keep it a secret. Tang Huan said meaningfully.

The charter king nodded, "Over-reliance on HSBC is indeed not a good thing." ”

Next is the luncheon, after the guests and hosts have enjoyed themselves, the charter king said goodbye and left, Wu Guangzheng stayed to talk about a business, "Brother Tang, your high-tech products are so advanced, we plan to purchase a batch to improve office efficiency." ”

"Customer first, Zheru's products and services will definitely make you satisfied. Another star customer, this is a succession of thanks, Tang Huan muttered in his heart, and assured with a spring breeze. (To be continued......)