In the middle of the headland in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 22 Salisbury Road stands an unobtrusive, light-coloured building complex that stands like a lion at the sharp tip of the northern shore of Victoria Bay, empathizing with the city's vitality and growth every minute.

The world-famous Peninsula Hotel, which was completed in 1928, is a world-famous building with brass interiors and spectacular lighting to give people the royal pleasure of a royal court from the lobby to the corridors and rooms.

From its construction in the late 20s to the 80s and nearly 60 years into its popularity, The Peninsula has been one of Hong Kong's top luxury hotels and a favorite venue for Hong Kong's celebrities.

Although this old 'aristocratic' hotel has gone through half a century of ups and downs, it is still the only international rating in Hong Kong - a six-star hotel, and it has the reputation of 'six-star peninsula'.

The Peninsula is controlled by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, a Hong Kong-listed company Limited ("The Hotel").

Lam Cho-fai may not be a native of Hong Kong, but like many Hong Kong 'natives', he was impressed by The Peninsula's reputation and status early on. In the understanding of the two generations, the Peninsula Hotel, inside and outside, there are celebrities. The memories of his previous life are too profound, which makes Lin Zuhui still retain a trace of awe for The Peninsula Hotel in this life.

Lin Zuhui, the two generations before Dafu, would never have imagined that one day, at The Peninsula Hotel, would become the owner of this splendid and prestigious hotel.

But after making a lot of money in the capital/real estate market, Lin Zuhui often spends a lot of money for the women and things he likes, which is a distinctive label of Lin Zuhui in Xiangjiang.

"The thick sense of history, antique" Lin Zuhui likes that taste very much, this time, Lin Zuhui likes the Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang, which has a symbolic meaning.

In this regard, Lin Zuhui told himself - at any cost!

Monday, May 4.

On this day, the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. held its annual general meeting, and the term of office of Chairman Michael Kadoorie had expired, and shareholders were required to re-elect a new chairman.

On this day, all the media in Hong Kong will focus on The Peninsula Hotel because there will be a 'dragon fight' here.

Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai, escorted by bodyguards, stepped into the Peninsula Hotel;

Under the guidance of the hotel staff, I walked towards the conference hall of the general meeting of shareholders.

As soon as they walked into the conference hall, the eyes of hundreds of people looked at the three of them in unison.

Everyone has a feeling - the air is almost burning, a sense of oppression in the hearts of every shareholder, today to decide the 'battle of the hotel', whether the 'old nobles' will win, or the 'new hunter' will win?

Everyone saw that Lin Zuhui had a confident smile on his face, and some media immediately named him a 'smiling assassin'.

"Michael, I'm very happy to be here today at the general meeting of shareholders of the Grand Hotel!" Lin Zuhui stretched out his right hand and greeted Michael Kadoorie first.

Although everyone is a competitor, at least they can maintain a superficial demeanor.

Mi Gao's serious face squeezed out a hint of a smile, and responded: "Lin Sheng, I'm also very happy that you can come to the shareholders' meeting today!" ”

There is still some gunpowder in his words, Lin Zuhui is not only here to participate in the shareholders' meeting today, but to participate in the election.

"I'm not just here to attend the shareholders' meeting, I'm here to run for the chairman!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

"NONONO, there is no such item on the agenda of the meeting, only the vote 'I am re-elected as chairman of the board of directors'!" Not to be outdone, Michael said.

This is true, it stands to reason that Kadoorie will be the first to vote for 'Kadoorie to be the chairman of the board'!

Of course, if the negative votes are greater than the positive votes, then it is naturally Lin Zuhui who will be elected.

Michael said this confidently, just to embolden himself.

Lin Zuhui shouted to a group of hotel executives: "Meeting topic materials, please give us three copies!" ”

The so-called non-angry and self-prestigious, the momentum is exuding, which is talking about Lin Zuhui's current state. Several high-level officials didn't dare to confront Lin Zuhui at all, and hurriedly arranged the location and handed over the information. The general manager of the Peninsula Hotel, named Weber (foreigner), is doing slightly better.

In any case, Cathay Pacific City is currently the majority shareholder, and the current situation is not one-sided.

With Lin Zuhui and others being placed on the rostrum, the shareholders' meeting officially began.

In the venue, the shareholders will be concentrated, unusually quiet, and the tense atmosphere accompanies everyone.

Master of ceremonies: "There are a lot of matters that need to be voted on today, and I hope that all shareholders will seriously consider it and cast their precious votes...... The first issue is whether Michael Kadoorie will be re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Grand Hotel..... Okay, now is the time for you to put your ballot in the ballot box in an orderly manner. After the voting is completed, we will count it on the spot! ”

In this round of voting, if Michael's opposition votes are greater than the approval votes, then Lin Zuhui's election as chairman of the board of directors is a safe one.

Moreover, Lin Zuhui is very serious, and he believes that he has a fifty percent chance of winning!

The reason is simple, he has never disappointed investors;

Coupled with the fact that he had done so much work beforehand, he felt that his chances of winning were far greater than Liu Luanxiong in his previous life.

As the clock ticked by, the voting was done, and into the statistical environment, tensions began to creep in.

Cathay Pacific City, which has 34% of the voting rights, must have voted against Kadoorie.

Half a year ago, near the end of the vote, the blackboard vote count turned out to be the same - 43%:43%.

Lin Zuhui smiled, he had already secured the second goal!

And Michael also discovered this problem, so it is already a great possibility for Cathay Pacific City to enter the board of directors of the hotel!

Of course, now there is some suspense about whether he can keep the chairman of the board of directors.

Three minutes later, the master of ceremonies excitedly said: "44.2% of the votes are for the Michael Kadoorie family, and 44.1% for Michael Kadoorie." Congratulations to Michael Kadoorie on his re-election as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Grand Hotel. ”

Lin Zuhui maintained his demeanor, walked up to Michael Kadoorie for the first time, and said, "Congratulations, Michael!" ”

Michael was also very excited at this time, and today he thought it was an absolute advantage, but he didn't expect that the advantage would disappear in the end, and he won this position by a narrow victory.

"Thank you!"

The audience applauded!

After all, Lin Zuhui and others have 34% of the voting rights in their hands, and only 10% of the voting rights actually support them; The Kadoorie family has only 13 percent of the voting rights, while those who support them have 31 percent of the voting rights.

Invincible, Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai did not have a look of disappointment on their faces, but showed a hint of surprise!

This surprised many shareholders!

However, soon a vote on an issue began, and everyone knew that Cathay Pacific City had not completely lost.

After a while, the master of ceremonies said: "The fifth topic is about the appointment of Cathay Pacific City to the board of directors and the dispatch of three directors. Vote, please! ”

At this time, the atmosphere in the conference room was tense again!

Only then did many shareholders remember that when Lin Zuhui first bought the shares of the hotel, his appeal was only to send shareholders to the board of directors. It turns out that the purpose of Cathay Pacific City is here!

Half an hour later, 50.3% voted in favor and 38% against.

Michael Kadoorie squeezed out a smile, copied Lin Zuhui's previous behavior, and took the initiative to congratulate him.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Many shareholders expect us to work together to develop the hotel better. Michael, it looks like we're finally back to where we started! ”

Michael suddenly said with a sense of relief: "Happy cooperation!" ”

In the conference room, there was even more applause this time!

.......

Following.

The media in Hong Kong have reported on the scene of the shareholders' meeting of the Grand Hotel.

"Kadoorie Family Wins 44.2%:44.1% and Elected Chairman of the Board"

"Lin Zuhui won 50.3%:38%, Cathay Pacific City sent three directors to the hotel"

Some media analyzed that at the beginning, Lin Zuhui's appeal was to send directors to the hotel, and now that the goal has been achieved, it should obviously be a complete victory.

There is also media analysis: Michael Kadoorie's voting rights are only 13%, but he can get the votes of the majority of shareholders, and it is obvious that he should have kept the country.

Some media pointed out that the reason why shareholders voted for Lin Zuhui was because he promised to cooperate with the Kadoorie family from the beginning, and investors also hoped to join forces to develop the hotel better.

Is that really the case?

Even Lin Zuhui himself did not dare to guarantee that his acquisition of the hotel was by no means to cooperate with the Kadoorie family, he had his own development philosophy, if the Kadoorie family did not cooperate, Lin Zuhui would instead kick them out of the hotel - launch a comprehensive acquisition.

At the board of directors of the hotel that day, Lin Zuhui, Liang Zhenxun, and Lu Donglai officially attended the meeting.

However, Lin Zuhui has already made up his mind in his heart, that is, in September, he will definitely promote the rights issue of The Peninsula Hotel to raise funds; It can both weaken the controlling stake of the Kadoorie family and obtain a development fund for the hotel.

At that time, Lin Zuhui's first big action was to take that money and take advantage of the impact of the global stock market crash to buy the remaining shares of The Peninsula Billy in Los Angeles, The Peninsula in New York, and The Peninsula in Manila.

At this time, half of the equity of these three hotels is in the hands of a local consortium!

The reason why Lin Zuhui did this was because he knew that the Kadoorie family in the mid-90s spent a full $1 billion to buy the remaining shares, which was obviously too much for nothing.

Although the funds from the rights issue may not necessarily accomplish such a big goal, Lim's ability to raise funds will certainly be able to accomplish this big goal in 1988, thereby increasing his influence at The Peninsula.

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Friday, May 8.

Lin Zuhui sat in the office of Hengjin Securities and began to think about developing a career in the financial field.

At present, Lin Zuhui's career should span four fields: real estate, media, clothing, and finance.

Real Estate: New Era Real Estate (Development Property), Chinese Real Estate (Rental Property, Securities Investment), Cathay Pacific City (Hotel Management)

Media: daily newspapers, magazines, comics, films

Apparel: Garment (crocodile shirt), Apparel retail (), Jewellery (Lukfook Jewellery)

Financial Sector: Hengjin Securities (Investment)

At this time, Lin Zuhui's real estate, media, and clothing fields were limited by financial problems, so they couldn't move, so they had to absorb it for the time being and stabilize it for a while.

Therefore, his eyes were set on Hengjin Securities again.

Lin Zuhui's previous life was in the financial field, so he once again re-examined his development in this industry.

Now he is no longer satisfied with just using Hengjin Securities to invest in the family business.

He thinks that there should be better development!

After a while, Lin Zuhui called Li Hao, the general manager of Hengjin Securities, into the office.

Li Hao, a native of China, 36 years old this year, graduated from a prestigious university in the United States with a doctorate in finance, originally worked as a middle-level in a large overseas bank, and was dug into it by Lin Zuhui with a salary of one million.

A salary of one million is only one of them, Li Hao is more concerned that Lin Zuhui is only in his twenties, but he has created a 10-billion-level consortium.

Lin Zuhui suddenly said: "Manager Li, do I have a reputation in the financial industry in Xiangjiang?" I want to hear the truth! ”

Li Hao immediately said: "Boss, you are very well-known on Wall Street in the United States, not to mention the financial circles of Xiangjiang!" ”

Lin Zuhui was stunned and said curiously: "Wall Street still cares about little Xiangjiang? ”

Li Hao said: "They don't care about Xiangjiang, but about you, the boss." After all, boss, you are too young, and they describe you as 'the Chinese who are best at manipulating capital'. ”

Lin Zuhui touched his nose, he didn't expect that he didn't go out of Xiangjiang, and his fame was already famous all over the world!

In fact, it is very easy to understand that a 23-year-old boy has built a '10 billion consortium' from scratch in three years, and this record can indeed be blown to Wall Street.

What's more, Xiangjiang is originally the financial center of Asia, and it is normal for Europe and the United States to pay attention.

And Lin Zuhui has been going all the way, and the impact on people seems to be 'good at finance', and Lin's financial trademark is also obvious - good releases, stock market fundraising, bank lending, speculation in securities, acquisition of companies, asset reorganization, etc., are basically closely related to financial knowledge.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "That's the case, I want Hengjin Securities to hold a party." In my own name, I invite Hong Kong and Macao celebrities to hold a 'fund' fund-raising party. The funds raised will be used to set up the 'Hengjin No. 1' fund, which will mainly invest in the securities of Heung Kong. ”

Li Hao was overjoyed, their management always thought that this securities company was only for the Lin family to invest in the family business, but they didn't expect the boss to change his mind now and plan to do business externally, which is a good thing.

"How much money does the boss plan to raise? After all, with your fame, there are bound to be many people who are willing to invest! ”

Lin Zuhui was stunned again, is he so fragrant?

"100 million funds are enough, the main thing is to test the water. Moreover, many of the people invited are actually a network I need, and I will send you the list of these people later, and you can also invite some more celebrities. As for the preparation of the party, you will lead the company staff to prepare, and I will supervise it. Let's set it for next Saturday! ”

"No problem, I promise that the party will be held very formally and grandly!"

"Let's have dinner at The Peninsula Hotel!"

"Congratulations boss!"

Lin Zuhui smiled and nodded, he entered the board of directors of the Grand Hotel, who did not say that he had won the victory.

......

On the same day, the Hang Seng Index closed at 2,800 points, and Lin Zuhui immediately made a judgment that the final madness of the stock market came.

In the remaining five months, Lin is not just waiting for the Hang Seng Index to rise to 3,900 points.

Rather, it needs to be planned, and a series of companies have a rights issue fundraising plan.

The more the market burns, the more conducive it is to raise funds through rights issues.

In his previous life, before the stock market crash, Li Ka-shing created a fund-raising plan of 10.3 billion yuan by spinning off the listing of HK Electric (HK Electric) and real estate (Jiahong), and then ordering its four listed companies to raise funds through rights issues.

Of course, after the stock market crash, the actual scale of funds raised was only five or six billion.

Lin Zuhui naturally can't show weakness, he plans to let a number of listed companies under his own also launch a large-scale rights issue to raise funds; Of course, the amount is estimated to be about three billion.

However, in order to achieve a 3 billion rights issue fund-raising scale, Lin Zuyao must also make a good layout, first of all, he, a major shareholder, also needs to take the lead in supporting, otherwise it will be difficult to convince investors.

And he himself has actually run out of ammunition, and even the stocks have been pledged, unless he shows his investment in blue chips and futures contracts, and may have to get a little loan.

However, once these are displayed, not only may they increase the unknown variables, but it is also not his original intention - to hide wealth.

Although Liang Botao knew that he had invested in a large number of blue-chip stocks, he was Lin Zuhui's adviser after all, and he would absolutely keep it secret, which was professional ethics.

After thinking about it, Lin Zuhui decided to use the crocodile shirt's holdings for a mortgage; The loan for his purchase of crocodile shirt shares was secured by part of the shares held by Wanhui Media and New Era Real Estate; And the shares of crocodile shirts also have enough value, which can at least allow Lin Zuhui to mortgage a loan of 500 million, and I believe that no bank will refuse such a high-quality collateral. In fact, there are still some shares of New Era Real Estate that are not mortgaged, and you can also choose to consider them when the time comes.

With this amount of money, he can start preparing for the full range of rights issues.

At this time, Lin Zuhui's personal loan amount was 1.78 billion.

Among them, 1.3 billion is the reception of the acquisition of crocodile shirts, of which 480 million are: 200 million loans for speculating in blue chips and futures contracts, 250 million for rights issues in New Era Real Estate, and 30 million for Hengjin Securities.

The value of the shares held by Lin Zuhui is 4.9 billion:

Wanhui Media 700 million (market value 1 billion, 49% shareholding plus warrants)

Crocodile shirt 1 billion (market value 1.38 billion, 73.5% shareholding)

New Era Real Estate 3.2 billion (market value 7 billion, 45% shareholding after overweight)

Therefore, even if he borrows at 50% of the price of stocks, he has no problem borrowing another 5~800 million.

What's more, Lin Zuhui has excellent reputation, and the loan funds are used for rights issues to raise funds, and the price of Lin Zuhui's own shares will increase accordingly.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui decided to solve the problem of personal lending next month (June), and at the same time, prepare for the rights issue plan of all listed companies.