"As the saying goes, you can attack and retreat, Jardine Matheson Chairman Niu Bijian, and Hongkong Land's Managing Director Bao Fuda, these two people are very skillful, such a plan, no matter how to deal with it, it is very tricky." Tang Huan also exclaimed.

"What do you think is their ultimate goal?" There was uncertainty in his thoughtful tone.

"The recent period of time should have shown that Hongkong Land, which only owns 20% of the shares of Wharf, cannot do anything serious except quarrel with each other on the board of directors, and this part of the assets has become a chicken rib for Jardine Matheson." Tang Huan was very sure, "They should want the golden cicada to get out of their shells and throw away the shares in their hands at a high price." Of course, if you can keep Wharf, it's acceptable. ”

"The Heung Kong Securities Supervision Office is holding a meeting to study the purchase of Hongkong Land, and I don't know if there is anything to discuss." Zhou Mi smiled a little sarcastically, looked at the time and asked, "I'm going to contact Wu Guangzheng, the second aunt of the Bao family?" ”

"Jardine Matheson chose Saturday and Sunday, a time period when the funds are not easy to arrange, to launch the offensive, it can be described as well-intentioned, we have to appreciate it, let the situation ferment, so as to show the value of our help, and wait until I get to Paris." Tang Huan picked up his briefcase and prepared to go to the airport.

Christina also attended the International Independent Tanker Owners Conference, so she knew more about the whereabouts of the charter king, and Tang Huan, a stranger, soon met the target of the trip.

The charter king, who was over the age of six, had a slightly tired look on his face, and the sudden attack launched by Jardine Matheson in the Xiangjiang River, thousands of miles away, made him angry, just at the recent meeting of the board of directors of Wharf. Jardine Matheson Chairman Niu Bijian also talked and laughed with him. Presumably, the other party had already paralyzed himself by acting with evil intentions at that time.

Every merchant has his own set of business rules. The strategy of ShipKing is to obtain a bank loan contract with a charter party, and then sign a shipbuilding contract with a bank loan contract.

Specifically, bank loans are used to expand financial leverage, assets and liabilities, while long-term charterparties are used to ensure stable income and repay principal and interest.

Such a business model is more aggressive than its counterparts in Northern Europe and Greece. In this way, although the net assets of the charter ship king are not much, the total assets have swelled rapidly, and it has grown into today's world ship king.

The original long-term charter contract of the charter king, the customer group is mainly from Japan, its two major customers are "Japan Steamship" and "Japan Yamaguchi", the former almost closed down in June 1978, the latter developed according to the historical trajectory, and finally closed down in August 1985, the current situation can be imagined.

Although the charter king was not dragged down by these two major customers. However, the performance risk of the "long-term charterparty" has obviously increased, and the credit of the "bank loan contract" has been shaken. The fact that the "Japanese steamship" almost collapsed caused HSBC to reduce its investment in the shipping industry.

Otherwise, he would not have seized a series of opportunities such as the rise in world shipping costs caused by Egypt's recovery of the Suez Canal in the 1950s and the closure of the Suez Canal due to the Middle East crisis in the 1960s.

Now, the charter king has clearly felt the chill of the depression in the world shipping industry, transformation and diversification is the only way out, and Wharf is bound to win, but Jardine Matheson is repeatedly provocative.

Before Hong Kong, there was Jardine Matheson, and the strength of this old British-funded foreign firm was too strong.

And HSBC, which has a close relationship with the charter king, will end up on which side will it stand in this battle?

As its financial adviser, is it feasible for HSBC's company to provide solutions?

The charter king is changing his existing itinerary, such as canceling the meeting with the president of Mexico next Monday, so as to return to Xiangjiang as soon as possible, sit on the scene, and respond to the Jardine Matheson.

Tang Huan naturally knew that the charter boat king was pressed for time, so after a brief greeting, he took out a document directly from his briefcase and handed it to the other party.

The charter king took it with a puzzled look on his face, looked at it casually, and immediately became serious.

"My source of funds is a bank in Malaysia and the United States, which can definitely stand up to scrutiny, and it has nothing to do with Jardine Matheson, although Mr. Bao can rest assured." Tang Huan explained slowly.

"How do you have so many Wharf shares in your hands? Isn't it also interested in Wharf? The charter king asked slowly.

"A gentleman doesn't like people, I just saw this business opportunity at the beginning of the year." Tang Huan smiled slyly, "Jardine over there bid two shares of Hongkong Land and a bond, a total of 100 Hong Kong dollars, I expect that Mr. Bao will definitely be more bold, completely cash acquisition, and the bid will not be less than 90 Hong Kong dollars, Xiao Tang, I like to settle in the bag the most." ”

"It's terrifying." The charter king shook his head with a wry smile, "Since you plan to do so, you can stay in Xiangjiang and talk to my second son-in-law Wu Guangzheng in detail, why do you have to travel all the way to Europe?" ”

"For such a good customer as Mr. Bao, I am naturally obliged to provide after-sales service." Tang Huan's face turned straight, "Mr. Bao thinks that Jardine is desperately fighting with you for the Wharf and the final battle to the death?" ”

"Isn't that so?" The charter king looked at the young man in front of him with interest.

"Jardine Matheson is so aggressive, it may not have been used to provoke Mr. Bao to hide their true intentions of the golden cicada to get out of its shell." Tang Huan smiled playfully, "Maybe Hongkong Land has already arranged to store the shares of Wharf under his name in large brokerage houses and agency companies, and after Mr. Bao issued a response announcement, these guys called Mr. Bao day and night to express their strong support, so that Mr. Bao could unknowingly buy all the shares that originally belonged to the opponent Land." ”

As soon as he heard this, the charter king, who had experienced countless winds and waves in the business sea, and was almost invisible, couldn't help but change his face, and there was indeed such a seemingly positive reaction on the side of the Xiangjiang River, and he thought at first that he was so popular that the coping strategy had worked.

"Under the pressure of Jardine Matheson, Mr. Bao also wants to increase the shareholding ratio of Wharf to 49%, according to the price of 100 Hong Kong dollars, it is necessary to raise at least 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, such a huge number, it is estimated that only HSBC can provide support, I believe that HSBC is also willing to do this transaction, I don't know what kind of cash purchase price proposal is given by HSBC's Windory Limited, 103 Hong Kong dollars?" The intriguing look on Tang Huan's face became more and more obvious.

The charter boat king picked up the cup, was silent for a long time, and finally smiled loudly, "Xiao Tang, you have come to me all the way and hard, you must have something in your heart, you might as well say it openly." ”

"I have always admired a highly respected Chinese business leader like Mr. Bao, and I naturally look forward to sincere cooperation." After Tang Huan complimented a few words, he said his plan, "The shares of the two of us combined, should exceed 45 percent, I believe that with Mr. Bao's energy, there is no problem in quietly buying another part of the 51 percent, in order not to touch the shareholding ratio to reach 51 percent, it is necessary to start the compulsory comprehensive acquisition procedure and increase the financial pressure, Mr. Bao can leave me a small percentage of the shares, and then try to drag it on, as long as the Xiangjiang Securities Supervision Office does not question, We leisurely watched the cocooned Harmony and continued to stage a one-man show. ”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan stretched out three fingers, "After such an operation, while Mr. Bao got what he wanted, I also got great benefits, one is to earn a price difference from Mr. Bao, and the other is to mix a familiar face in front of Mr. Bao. ”

"It's heartbreaking that young people are so frank and open-minded." After listening to Tang Huan's suggestion, the charter king praised it repeatedly.

According to this line of thought, after the two of them had another in-depth conversation, Tang Huan got up and said goodbye.

He knew in his heart that although the two sides were intimately affectionate on the surface, they could not harm others and prevent people, and the charter king wanted to find out about himself, at least nearly 15 percent of the Wharf shares, and he had to carefully check whether it really had nothing to do with Jardine Matheson.

In any case, compared to the original time and space, the charter king relied on his own strong strength, and he crushed the past with ten strong forces, slashed and slashed quickly and slowly, and won a miserable victory, and his own appearance would at least make the other party recognize the situation and save at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, such a gap was enough for him to completely tear his face with Jardine.

Tang Huan went to Europe this time, naturally he wanted to meet Christina, who was pregnant, and after the female ship king saw him, she was very emotional, and she was appeased for a while before gradually quieting down.

"How's the acquisition of AC Milan going?" Tang Huan stroked Christina's hair and asked with a smile.

"It's not going very well, as you have analysed before, many people still have great expectations for AC Milan, and they say that there is no tradition of accepting foreign investment." Christina replied with some annoyance.

Tang Huan smiled, this situation was not strange to him at all. In the original time and space, the Premier League, which has received a large amount of foreign capital, is in full swing, and the declining Serie A, only Inter Milan and Roma have changed their courts, and the overall situation is still conservative.

After all, football is a money-burning game, and the Italian economy is much stronger now than it was a few decades later, with the rich pockets bulging and the tradition of family-run football clubs, there is really no room for foreign investment. (To be continued......)