(.) "That kid from the Li family rushed back." In a top business building in Hong Kong Central, a middle-aged man in a suit walks into a luxurious office. Slightly different from the offices of some of the wealthy, this office is full of Chinese elements, and when you enter this place, you will feel like you are in the gates of a courtyard house in Kyoto. Moreover, the designer also cleverly added the design of the Gusu garden to this almost 6o square office, which adds a classical atmosphere. Such an office is unique in the whole of Hong Kong, and its owner is Bai Fugui, the chairman of the board of directors of the famous Guangdong Group.

The middle-aged man who spoke was called Meng Jiang, and he was Bai Fugui's most trusted assistant. At this time, Bai Fugui was dressed in a Tang costume, sitting in front of the coffee table made of root carving, drinking tea leisurely.

"Hehe, fast enough." Bai Fugui tastes the tea in the purple sand tea cup made by the famous artist, this tea is bright and transparent, and faintly exudes a refreshing tea fragrance in the house, people who know how to see it at a glance, this is the top red robe, and it is the kind that comes out of the mother tree, the annual output is extremely rare, the price is more expensive than gold, and people who have no status can not get it even if they have money.

"What's this kid's reaction?" Bai Fugui gently put down the teacup, did not rush to continue the tea, seemed to savor the lingering fragrance in his mouth, and asked Meng Jiang at the same time.

Meng Jiang hurriedly replied: "It seems that he is a little angry, according to our people, this kid has been in the office for a while." ”

A smile hung on the corner of Bai Fugui's mouth, and he said quietly: "After all, you are still young, no matter how good your family background is, you can't go long just by luck." Meng Jiang, do you say that's the reason?

"What you said is this," Meng Jiang smiled and nodded, and then asked, "Do we need to call reporters for a press conference now?" ”

"What's the hurry?" Bai Fugui waved his hand happily: "Young people, it's easy to be hot-headed, as an elder to help the younger generation, it is our responsibility to teach young people." Give him more time to prepare, lest he be told that I don't give young people a chance. ”

Meng Jiang was slightly surprised, and then immediately understood Bai Fugui's intentions, and he gave Bai Fugui a thumbs up in admiration: "Boss Gao, you are really tall."

"Hahaha" Bai Fugui laughed very happily, and then continued to refill the tea cup with a leisurely look.

Don't listen to Bai Fugui's beautiful words, in fact, he is so uneasy at all. According to the usual practice, after the acquisition letter is issued, the acquiree needs to convene a general meeting of shareholders as soon as possible to announce the news, and the acquirer will also announce the situation to the outside world as soon as possible. But Bai Fugui didn't do this, but pushed this time backwards, although the law of Xiangjiang does not stipulate the time limit for this time, Bai Fugui can't find fault with it, if he joins Richard to operate according to the normal procedure, it will be announced at most a later day.

But here's the problem, although Bai Fugui is not the top rich man in Xiangjiang, his connections are no worse than those of Li Ren, and he has many positions, so he is very mixed in the business circle. Bai Fugui is no stranger to Li Ren's second son, who is known as a villain by the outside world, because Richard is not only a man of the year in the Xiangjiang business community, but also Bai Fugui has personally dealt with Richard at some parties.

Unlike his scheming father, it is inevitable that Richard will be arrogant as a young man, and judging from his several business methods, although Richard has business talent and vision that ordinary people do not have, he also has a habit of taking risks. Just like when Richard won Hong Kong Telecom, according to normal methods, Richard could not succeed at all, but he just used high capital operation means to make a "gamble" and finally became a winner.

Such a businessman, in the eyes of Bai Fugui, is more than enterprising and not calm. The reason why he took this opportunity to send the acquisition letter to Richard was to provoke the other party, as long as the other party is hot-headed, then he will inevitably make the wrong choice. From Bai Fugui's point of view, Richard's character flaws are very obvious, and what he will do next is obvious.

The arrogant Richard will never allow anyone to get his hands on Xiangjiang Telecom, let alone be fully acquired by Bai Fugui, whose assets are far less than his. In this case, the biggest possibility of Richard's character is to fundamentally cut off the possibility of Bai Fugui's acquisition of Heung Kong Telecom, so what is a fundamental cut-off? The easiest way is to hold an absolute controlling stake and recoup the shares in advance, so that the acquisition plan is completely ruined.

Of course, Richard can also have a face-to-face acquisition battle with Bai Fugui, but such a possibility is very small. Will Richard, who looks down on Bai Fugui at all, put himself on the same level as Bai Fugui? The answer is obviously no, so it can be judged that Richard has the best chance of using the former.

The best policy is to fight without a fight. It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do. If Richard really did this, although he could achieve the result of not fighting the soldiers, he would also get into trouble. This practice is pure "seed ticket", once verified by the ICAC, Richard will not only be invited to coffee, but even jailed. And this is exactly what Bai Fugui wants, this is the real purpose of his deliberate refrain from announcing it to the public for the time being, and wait and see the other party's reaction.

"Boss, what if he doesn't get it?" Meng Jiang asked a question, Bai Fugui was not surprised by this question, he had made careful preparations before doing this, and immediately laughed.

"If you don't get it, then you can do what you should do according to the procedure."

"But boss, we ...... funds." Meng Jiang hesitated, Bai Fugui this time is a private acquisition, with Bai Fugui's financial resources can not come up with so much money at all, the acquisition of Xiangjiang Telecom must also have at least 2.6 billion available funds, if the acquisition war really starts, this amount may increase to 15.6 billion or even more. As Bai Fugui's cronies, he knows very well that his boss will take out a maximum of 1oo billion yuan, and this amount is already the maximum amount that can be used.

2.6 billion and 1oo billion, the difference is simply world-wide. Once the official face-to-face confrontation is hard, it is almost a stone with an egg, and Bai Fugui's bold words have become the biggest joke in the whole Xiangjiang, and as long as people talk about Bai Fugui in the future, a hat that is not self-sufficient will be 100% buckled on his head.

"Money is not a problem" Bai Fugui smiled very proudly, seeing Meng Jiang's puzzled expression, he said: "I have already obtained 8o billion funds that can be used anytime and anywhere, and several other banks have agreed to lend me 3 billion yuan, and it is no problem to add this number if necessary." ”

"8o billion? 3o billion? Add another 3o billion? Meng Jiang was suddenly a little dizzy, these numbers add up to 14.6 billion, although it is 1oo billion less than the maximum 15.6 billion needed, but don't forget that Bai Fugui can still come up with 1oo billion, which means that there is no problem with 15.6 billion funds.

What's going on here? As a confidant, Meng Jiang suddenly felt that he couldn't understand his boss, when Bai Fugui asked him to do this, he didn't tell him that he had already gotten so much money, all along, Meng Jiang only thought that Bai Fugui wanted to take this opportunity to sort out Chad, and then take advantage of the other party's mistakes to fish in troubled waters. But who would have thought that Bai Fugui made such a big game in a blink of an eye, it was almost like a trick.

Opening his mouth, wanting to ask but not daring to ask, Meng Jiang was puzzled by who was behind Bai Fugui's support. As a confidant and cronie, it is best not to ask if there are some things that you don't know, which is also the reason why Meng Jiang has been important to follow Bai Fugui for more than ten years, because he knows very well that no matter how close the relationship between himself and his boss is, there is a red line that cannot be crossed.

But who would have thought that just as Meng Jiang was about to say goodbye and leave, Bai Fugui actually revealed part of the mystery to him. Bai Fugui asked Meng Jiang if he still remembered coming to Xiangjiang a few months ago...

Of course, these guests Meng Jiang is clear, because some of the hospitality work is in charge of Meng Jiang, and these customers seem to be very big, there are a total of four people on the other side, two Chinese and two foreign devils, Bai Fugui is almost accompanied by the careful hospitality of each other, as for what the other party is from, Bai Fugui did not say, and Meng Jiang did not ask.

"I can tell you now that one of Mr. Brown is a senior member of Goldman Sachs, and I can't say the identities of the other three, and a large part of the main source of funds for this acquisition of Heung Kong Telecom comes from Goldman Sachs."

When Meng Jiang heard this, he suddenly realized that if Bai Fugui hadn't lied to himself, then the 14.6 billion capital preparation he claimed was no problem. You must know that this money is an astronomical amount for the wealthy people in Hong Kong, but in the hands of Goldman Sachs, one of the world's famous investment banks, not to mention 14.6 billion Xiangjiang coins, they can take out 3.6 billion. Moreover, Meng Jiang also noticed that Bai Fugui did not tell him the identities of the other three, and only mentioned Mr. Brown of Goldman Sachs, so can it be said that the other three people have a bigger background than Goldman Sachs?

Letting go of his heart, Meng Jiang had a smile on his face, and just as he was about to say goodbye, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

Quickly stepped forward and picked up the phone, the voice of a foreigner on the phone, in a different Cantonese and mixed with English, asked if Bai Fugui was there.

"Boss, your phone." Meng Jiang gestured the phone to Bai Fugui, then covered the microphone and said, "It seems to be Mr. Brown's." ”

"Oh......." Bai Fugui hurriedly got up and walked to the table to take the phone, but he didn't talk to the other party immediately, but glanced at Meng Jiang.

Meng Jiang hurriedly said goodbye, and gently closed the door when he went out, and only after Meng Jiang left, Bai Fugui picked up the phone: "Mr. Brown?" I'm Bai Fu

"Mr. Bai......." The other party suddenly said a call, Bai Fugui listened quietly, and from time to time the voice of response came out of his mouth, and after a long time, he said: "I understand, I will arrange it immediately, please rest assured Mr. Brown, everything will go smoothly." ”

"Good luck"

"It's wishing us good luck," Bai Fugui replied with a smile, and then hung up the phone. Then, after thinking about it, he picked up the phone and dialed a number, and soon the other party was connected.

"Boss Zeng? I'm rich and white."

"Hehe, why does Boss Bai have time to call me today? Long time no see, Boss Bai, how are you now? ”

"Okay, okay, everything is fine, how is your health, Boss Zeng? Have you been playing golf lately? Bai Fugui chatted with each other like an old friend, and after chatting for a while, Bai Fugui took the initiative to invite Boss Zeng to drink tea together, saying that there was a "big business" to cooperate with Boss Zeng. Hearing the big business, of course Boss Zeng would not refuse, so he agreed, and the two made an appointment to meet at a time and place, and then Bai Fugui hung up the phone.

"I don't agree" At the same time, in Richard's office, Zhou Liwen vetoed Richard's "seed vote" method, he disagreed with Richard, because he felt that the risk of doing so was too great, not to mention that with Richard's financial resources, even if he fought a takeover battle with the other party, the possibility of winning was very high. Besides, Zhou Liwen, as a shareholder of Heung Kong Telecom and a friend of Richard, will not sit idly by in this situation, and if Zhou Liwen wants to help Richard, the other party will hardly have any chance.

"I can mobilize $1oo0 million to support you right away, and if that's not enough, just tell me a number." Zhou Liwen said to Richard.

"It's not a question of money or not." Richard gritted his teeth and said: "I can also take out this money, but the problem is that if the acquisition war starts, the entire group, including you and I personally, will suffer great losses, maybe this figure is billions, or even tens of billions, the problem is that these losses can be absolutely avoided." Besides, what ability does he have to buy Heung Kong Telecom? King Ming? I don't know how much money he has? It's a pipe dream, he is simply planning to use this clumsy means to make some gains in the stock market, and I will never let him succeed against such a guy. ”

Looking at Richard's angry head smoking, Zhou Liwen was a little silent for a while. Richard is not wrong in what he said, if Bai Fugui's acquisition is not sincere, or his financial resources cannot afford this acquisition at all, then the purpose is to use this acquisition to circle money in the stock market, so that Xiangjiang Telecom will lose a lot of money because of the acquisition.

This is not allowed by law, but there are many ways to avoid it, what to break it into pieces, find a vest to go into battle, etc., there is no need for Richard, a master of capital operation, to think of a way, even Zhou Liwen can come up with a few tricks casually.

However, although Richard's words were reasonable, Zhou Liwen was always a little uneasy in his heart. also blames Zhou Liwen, he didn't notice whether these things were born in his previous life, after all, the gap between him and Richard at that time was too big, not to mention that the information in Xiangjiang and Shanghai would not be specifically reported, and it was normal for Zhou Liwen not to recall.

But in any case, Zhou Liwen still disagreed with Richard's doing, according to him, it was too risky. With their current status and status, there is no need to take such a risk, even if they suffer some losses in the stock market, it is better than getting into a lawsuit, right? But who would have thought that Richard, who had been carried away by anger, couldn't listen to it, and in the end, Zhou Liwen had no choice but to stop persuading, and planned to wait for Richard to calm down in two days before talking to him.

Zhou Liwen temporarily left Richard's office, and his yacht had already returned at this time, but Zhou Liwen didn't have the heart to meet with his military brothers, but went to his office by the way. Entering the office, Zhou Liwen asked the secretary to make himself a cup of coffee, drinking coffee and smoking, he carefully pondered this matter born today, the more he pondered, the more he felt that this matter was extremely strange, not only felt a trace of conspiracy, but also had a deep sense of crisis.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Liwen felt that he still had to figure out the situation as soon as possible, so he picked up the phone and made several calls one after another, asking people to find out the bottom of Bai Fugui. He then continued to sit quietly in his office, waiting for feedback from all sides.

It wasn't until late at night that the phone finally rang, and when I picked up the phone, I saw that it was actually from the United States. Zhou Liwen dialed several numbers before, including domestic and foreign ones, but he didn't expect the first feedback message to come from the United States, so he quickly picked up the phone and asked, "What's the news?" ”

"There's a situation that might be of interest to you." Said the other side of the phone.

"Say," Zhou Liwen asked briefly.

"According to the bank's fund transaction information, Goldman Sachs transferred a $1oo billion fund to Xiangjiang a week ago, and the funds are now on HSBC's books, and according to Goldman Sachs' transfer report, the use of the funds is to use ...... as financial investment."

"Goldman Sachs is the one who mobilizes the funds, and who's in charge?" Zhou Liwen raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Brown Brown, president of the Asia-Pacific Investment Department, is not clear whether he led the investment for the time being, if you need to find out more clearly, you need to use other channels, and it may be ......."

"No, that's enough." Zhou Liwen vetoed the other party's suggestion, he knew that these other channels refer to the CIE mouth, with Zhou Liwen's current power and status in the United States, it is normal to use these channels to inquire about some news. However, he doesn't want to use this channel, because Goldman Sachs is not an ordinary investment bank, and the other party has a background in the US government. Moreover, this news is enough for Zhou Liwen, at least from this point of view, there is indeed someone behind Bai Fugui, and this supporter is Goldman Sachs. But the question is, how does Goldman Sachs, as an investment bank with an international economic strategy...

Will it participate in the acquisition of Heung Kong Telecom? even put people like Bai Fugui in front of the stage, this question made Zhou Liwen puzzled.

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