On February 10 of this year, that is, the third day after Li Heng returned to Hong Kong Island from abroad, a blockbuster news spread in the stock trading market.

Kowloon Port announced a suspension of trading, and the reason for the suspension was to conduct equity trading.

Immediately afterwards, Leighton & Co., which controls Kowloon Port, held a press conference to announce the transfer of 36 percent of their shares in Kowloon Port to Huasheng Asset Management Company.

They were followed by another foreign firm, announcing that it would also transfer its 19 percent stake in Kowloon Port to Huasheng Asset Management.

This was simply a thunderclap on the ground, which shook all the British-funded and Chinese-funded enterprises on the entire Hong Kong Island.

No one expected that Huasheng would take Kowloon Port down without saying a word.

If Huasheng's previous acquisition of the Telegraph and Telephone Company was a small test, then now taking Kowloon Port in one fell swoop is a big move.

This is not a public service enterprise with a market value of just over 100 million yuan like a telephone company, and the market value of Kowloon Port is currently close to 2 billion, which is the only existence among all the listed companies on the exchange.

Although the details of the transaction have not been announced, even according to the current market capitalization, Huasheng will pay more than one billion.

There have always been many people who have the idea of Kowloon Port, but the wealth and status of the Leighton family are there, and all these rich people can do is to buy a few outstanding shares from the market and become a minority shareholder. ap.

As for really letting them go to Earl Leighton to discuss the acquisition, then the result will be like Li Heng's first trip to the UK, and he won't even see his family.

In fact, a cargo port does not make much money at all, and what these rich people really look at is the large piece of idle land in the hands of Kowloon Port as a warehouse.

The importance of land may not have been evident when the population was small, but in recent years, as the population of Hong Kong Island has surged from hundreds of thousands to millions, the importance of land has suddenly become apparent.

So many people always have to live, and only when there is a house can there be a home, which is almost the most simple idea in the heart of every Chinese.

Now that it has been bought out like this, they don't believe that Huasheng will still use that vacant land as a warehouse like Leighton & Co. did before.

This also indicates that they can turn their eyes elsewhere in the future, how can they be willing.

After receiving this news, how much money does this company really have? This is also a big question that lingers in the minds of all the wealthy people on Hong Kong Island.

When they invested in the construction of TV factories and semiconductor factories before, they had already spent 500 million US dollars at one time, although the money would definitely not be used up, and they may not even use 500 million Hong Kong dollars, but as far as they know, the rest of the money is left on HSBC, Standard Chartered, and their own bank accounts.

This time, he threw out a billion or more money to acquire Kowloon Port, not that I don't know, if you do this, according to the shareholding structure of several Huasheng companies, Li Fangxiaoya, who is in her early twenties, is now the richest man on Hong Kong Island, and she is still a woman.

This conclusion shocked both the old and the new rich on Hong Kong Island.

Being ridden on the head by a woman was a groundbreaking time for them. Even if they know very well in their hearts what the situation is, the facts are the facts.

The husband of this rich woman does not hold any position in Huasheng Company, and he does not have even 0.1% of the shares in his hands.

At the same time, the head of the He family, who had returned from the eastern island again and was about to spend the Spring Festival at home, sighed heavily after putting down the phone in his hand.

He knew that the news that Huasheng wanted to buy Kowloon Port was relatively early, and he also knew that the young man could meet the Earl of Layton when he went to England this time, and it was the Governor who matched him to make the trip.

When he knew about this at the time, he thought that this young man was a little unscrupulous, and even the last time he saw Li Heng, he was just meeting a junior.

Unexpectedly, how long has it passed, and people have completed a feat that seems impossible in his eyes.

"Alas~ Huasheng can be regarded as having a complete foothold on Hong Kong Island now."

"Master, is Hua Sheng's surname Ying or Hua?" The housekeeper of the He Mansion, who had been standing silently on the side, suddenly asked.

"What's your last name?" Hehe, who knows what people's surnames are." Boss He smiled and shook his head: "From the perspective of the actual controller, it should be surnamed Hua, but if it is judged from the known shareholder, it should also be surnamed Ying, maybe this is the reason why the Governor's Mansion does not set up any obstacles to this transaction."

The current environment is like this, many industries on Hong Kong Island are in the hands of British-funded enterprises, and Chinese-funded enterprises that have only gradually developed over the years are often difficult to get into.

Just like the public service industry, which is almost all in the hands of foreign companies, it is even more difficult for the Chinese to buy it, not because of the money, but because even if you have enough money, the Governor's Mansion will restrict this kind of transaction and set all kinds of conditions for you.

For example, power plants, you like acquisitions? Yes, but how much power generation you have to complete every year after the acquisition, and how much revenue you have to invest in upgrading the facilities each year, these conditions are often important reasons for the Chinese to be discouraged.

Didn't you see that when Li Heng bought the telegraph and telephone company at that time, he said that he would invest 50 million yuan to upgrade and maintain the equipment as soon as he opened his mouth, which made the governor nod with satisfaction.

If it weren't for this, he wanted to buy the telephone company at that time, even if he had his previous investment of 500 million US dollars, the governor would not have agreed so happily.

"There may be more people with red eyes now."

"Hehe, don't have money and ability, who of you has any way, people don't take any crooked ways, look at Huasheng's TV factory and what semiconductor factory, because they can't recruit suitable workers, they apply to open a literacy class, and build a technical school.

This is actually the real consideration for the lower class people, those people who have learned skills in school, even if they don't work in those two factories, will go to other places, will there be a lot more opportunities?

I think it's better to practice your skills first than to be envious and jealous of others, because those of them only think about how to make quick money, and don't think about social attributes at all." Boss He said with some disdain.

When he is talking about them here, he is actually referring to some of the new rich people who have emerged in recent years, and Boss He still looks down on those people.

He was quite interested in the technical school that Huasheng was applying for, and he planned to talk to Li Heng, and their He family also wanted to participate in it, not to make money, but to make some contributions to the society.

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