After seven days of negotiations, the Kadoorie family finally reached a preliminary agreement with Bao Yugang and Guo Henian, Bao Guo and Guo Guo will buy the shares of China Power and Grand Hotel in the hands of the Kadoorie family with a sum of money in half a year, and now they will obtain the right to operate the two companies, as for the shareholders' meeting, there is no need to convene it again, both of them own 34.9% of the shares, and obtained the right to operate, basically ignoring the level of the shareholders' meeting.

As for how to acquire half a year later, it still needs to be negotiated, because the acquisition offer may be triggered, so either buy back shares in the name of the company, or sell to other investors, etc., but this is a matter of the future, for now, this acquisition of Grand Hotel and China Power is a perfect success.

After the news was announced, CLP's stock plummeted again, and many speculators who had bought at a high price and were ready to wait for the stock price to soar after the fierce war suddenly suffered heavy losses. The Kadoorie family, as if they suddenly disappeared from Hong Kong, no reporter can find them anymore, and the grapevine says that the family went to Canada, but no one cares anymore.

The Hong Kong stock market has also returned to calm.

In the next period of time, Guo Henian went back to Malaysia, Bao Yugang became extremely busy, CLP is a super company with cumbersome business, and the power business is one of the infrastructure of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong government and local governments have a lot of things to deal with.

After all, the Hong Kong government's international propaganda is the absolute freedom of capital, regardless of the difference between any national capital, and besides, the relationship between the neighbors in the north and Europe and the United States is getting better and better, and the Hong Kong government does not dare to give people a handle on many things.

So I can only make things difficult on some small things, but for Bao Yugang, it has no impact, if you make things difficult for me, I will hand over the matter to that group of British ghosts, you toss it yourself, anyway, the Hong Kong government does not dare to shut down the power plant.

It was soon early September, and the four original members of the Taishan Society met again.

The meeting place was naturally on Chen Zhiwen's "Century No. 1" yacht, there was no bikini, and it did not leave Hong Kong, but stopped in the middle of Victoria Harbour, opposite Hong Kong Island are all kinds of high-rise buildings, and Kowloon is much worse, but there are also a large number of buildings, especially various communities.

"Sooner or later, we're going to buy most of the buildings there." Chen Zhiwen raised a glass of red wine with a price of tens of thousands of bottles, and said with a smile at the three of them.

"Then you'll have to clean up the land." Bao Yugang said with a smile.

"Of course, but now is not the time." Chen Zhiwen said lightly.

"But now Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land control each other's shares, each controlling about 30% of the other's shares, and according to Hong Kong government regulations, it can be increased to 40% in two years, which basically cuts off the possibility of other acquisitions." Bao Yugang frowned and said.

"The difficulty is not low, so we can only wait for the opportunity, with the scale of Jardine Land, if they don't make mistakes, outsiders have no chance." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

After the Kadoorie family was acquired by a series of buyers, Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land used the same trick as in history to control each other. Chen Zhiwen actually knew that there would be this possibility for a long time, but he didn't intervene.

Nowadays, Hong Kong's land prices are high, the market value of Hongkong Land exceeds 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, if Chen Zhiwen acquires it, the amount of capital required will be sky-high, even if the income obtained from gold futures can do this, but the cost is too great, the current global market has too many opportunities to invest, although the value of the building in Hong Kong Central is high, but it is not so high that Chen Zhiwen will invest a lot of money in it, so that he has to give up opportunities elsewhere.

If the history remains unchanged, then 83-84 will be a good opportunity to acquire Hongkong Land, even if it changes, with the urine nature of the Jardine family, it is also possible to sell Hongkong Land in the late 80s, after all, in the original history, Jardine Matheson intended to sell Hongkong Land to a Chinese-funded consortium headed by Li Jiacheng before 87, but because of the 87 stock market crash and subsequent price problems, it finally failed.

"In Hong Kong, I am afraid that only Chen Sheng can clean up the land." Hu Yingxiang also said with a smile.

"The British capital in Hong Kong should have left a long time ago." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Chen Sheng, how much did you spend on this boat?" Guo Henian asked suddenly.

"It's almost 30 million US dollars, but this is also a bargain, and it may be 10 million more expensive normally." Chen Zhiwen said.

"So expensive? It's worth a 100,000-ton oil tanker. Bao Yugang said in surprise.

"The price of the ship is not comparable to the volume, just the rescue helicopter above, the price in the United States is four or five million dollars, the whole ship uses the same radar system as the warship, even if there is no satellite, it can measure the weather hundreds of kilometers away, and there is a small submarine below that can be used for escape or deep-sea exploration, and the various data of the entire hull are also very good, plus luxury decoration, forty or fifty million dollars are about the same." Chen Zhiwen said.

"It's a small Central building, if I don't want to." Hu Yingxiang said.

"There are many Central buildings, but our time is limited, and life is to be enjoyed." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Yes, Chen Sheng's opinion is also reasonable, but we people, when we were young, our achievements were too low, and we have been working hard, and now we have achievements, but people are also old, so we can only let our descendants enjoy it." Guo Henian shook his head and said.

"That's not bad, future generations enjoy it, it's more meaningful than us." Bao Yugang smiled and said: "Let's get down to business, now that I have obtained the management of CLP, Chen Sheng, according to our previous agreement, everyone can prepare to hold shares in each other, how about it?" ”

"Yes, then we can have HK Electric and CLP swap shares, so that we can also share each other's profits, and in the future, it will be much easier to invest in new power plants in China." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, this is the agreement between him and Bao Yugang before, because of the new law of the Hong Kong government, the majority shareholder holds a maximum of 40% of the shares of the holding company, which is not as good as the previous 49.9, if you want to get more benefits in the power market, you can bypass the law by obtaining 16% of the shares of the other party, so that you can also get a vote of one of the directors of the other party.

In fact, this method is not feasible in many developed countries, and the general anti-monopoly law will prevent this kind of mutual shareholding behavior of similar companies, but Hong Kong is full of monopolies, and fortunately there is a legal restriction on listed companies, otherwise the monopolistic behavior will be more exaggerated.

"Well, CLP's stock price is relatively chaotic during this time, we can trade at the price before the acquisition, and Hu Sheng and Guo Sheng can also participate if they are interested." Bao Yugang said with a smile.

Guo Henian shook his head and said, "I'll forget it, I'm not interested in the electricity market." ”

Hu Yingxiang also said: "I am the same, but if Bao Sheng wants to develop the real estate of CLP, he can cooperate with me." ”

"Okay, I don't have any experience with that." Bao Yugang nodded and said, the talents of the Bao family are basically related to shipping, and they don't understand real estate at all, and now the main energy is to smoothly take over the power generation business of the company, and the real estate sector, even if the profit is high, it is not capable of development, and considering the debt pressure of CLP, it is also appropriate to cooperate with outsiders.

"Actually, there's one thing I want to talk to the three of you about too." Chen Zhiwen paused and said: "The current price of Hong Kong's real estate market has exceeded the peak of 1973 by 30%, and I predict that it has reached the edge of possible problems, so you must be cautious if you want to invest in real estate." ”

"What does Chen Sheng mean, is it not to develop now?" Hu Yingxiang asked, as the top real estate developer in Hong Kong, in fact, he also feels that the current housing prices are almost to the limit of the market, but when there will be a crash, no one knows.

"That's not going to be true, but it's a short project." Chen Zhiwen continued: "My current Hutchison Real Estate and Wharf are all in this way. ”

Chen Zhiwen's three major real estate companies, once the original Galaxy Real Estate, basically began to transform, the recent business is to end the real estate projects in hand, sell for cash, some high-quality properties, such as the two Central buildings acquired from Wheelock, will not move, to the real estate model, and the same long-term rent collection as Land, the main business of the entire Galaxy Group, will turn to trade-based, investment as a supplement, by the way to collect some rent.

Hutchison and Wharf are trying to develop their own non-core land and quickly cash out cash to prepare for the future bottom, but according to the original history, the entire market will be in a period of sluggishness, that is, housing prices have been high, but the transaction volume is not high, everyone is holding on, during this time, if you use it well, you can also make a little money.

"If that's the case, I'll need to be ready." Hu Yingxiang thought for a while and said.

At this time, Guo Henian suddenly asked: "Chen Sheng, I originally wanted to buy a piece of land on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong recently, and use it to build the Hong Kong branch of Shangri-La Hotel. ”

"It's late, you start now, and when it is built, you may directly encounter a real estate crisis, and then the economy will be poor, and there will be no business." Chen Zhiwen said: "Under the Grand Hotel, in addition to the Peninsula Hotel, there should also be a lot of property land, you can consider selling some of it, now the price is high, you can return to the capital, and when there is a problem in the real estate market in the future, you can also buy the land needed by the hotel at a low price." ”

"Well, the hotel does have some land." Guo Henian nodded and said, the history of the hotel is also decades, this kind of enterprise in Hong Kong development, as long as it is not dead, basically there are many properties under it.

"In the past year or two, there should be nothing worth fighting in Hong Kong, and the acquisition of CLP and Grand Hotel is also the first success of our Taishan Club, and I hope we can make persistent efforts in the future." Chen Zhiwen smiled, raised his glass and said, "Cheers." ”

"Okay, cheers, celebrate our first success." Hu Yingxiang also said with a smile.

Red wine worth tens of thousands of dollars, there will be no taboos, even if you drink it in half a cup, there is no discomfort, Chen Zhiwen poured a little more after drinking, and asked: "Hu Sheng, how is the inspection in China during this time?" ”

"I released the news in China through the president of Xinhua News Agency, saying that I intend to build a joint venture hotel, and I received replies from more than a dozen cities in more than half a month, and they are all interested in cooperating with us, but I only went to Yanjing, Shanghai and Guangdong. Hu Yingxiang said.

"That shouldn't be a problem, you won't lose money on investments in these positions." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the current prosperous area of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou will be a very rare golden location in the future, and it will be cost-effective no matter what.

"There is another thing, I also proposed to build a resort hotel, Yanjing City and Yuezhou City did not reply accurately, but Shanghu City agreed, however, they did not agree to be in Puxi, so we could only choose a place in Pudong, I also went to see it over there, it was a bit desolate, and it was very troublesome for people in Puxi to cross the river." Hu Yingxiang continued.

"Pudong? Can you choose a piece of land on the edge of the Yangtze River? Chen Zhiwen asked.

"Yes, I went to see the Yangtze River, but Pudong's economy is much worse, although there are also a lot of people, but basically they all live in Pudong, go to work in Puxi, and overseas tourists go to Shanghai, and they also live in Puxi." Hu Yingxiang replied.

"It's okay, the traffic is not convenient, just get a ferry port, the location of the river mouth is very rare." Chen Zhiwen said.

"That's fine, but I'm worried that if a resort like this is built, it will be embarrassing if no one lives there." Hu Yingxiang said.

"It's not a problem, as long as it's luxurious enough, don't worry about no one living in it, and the transportation can also be improved, but the location of the Yangtze River is eternal, especially the location across the Yangtze River in the prosperous area of Puxi, which is absolutely unavoidable, just like the Harbour City over there, the whole of Hong Kong, is just this one." Chen Zhiwen pointed to the other side of the harbor city and said.

The location of Harbour City is directly opposite Central, the most prosperous area in Hong Kong, through a large number of Star Ferry, you can easily attract the flow of people on the opposite side, which is the basis of high value, and the future development of Tsim Sha Tsui will be a golden mecca.

"It's right to think like this, now in Pudong, as long as you have money and projects, you can get land, but in Puxi, it's a bit troublesome." Hu Yingxiang nodded and said.

"There are still too many people in Puxi, and it's okay to build a building, but it's unlikely to be a resort." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. It is indeed a very good harvest to be able to get a piece of land on the edge of the Yangtze River, the most prosperous future in Shanghai and Pudong, to be a resort, and this is just the beginning, Hu Yingxiang will continue to be active in the mainland, and such high-return investments will become more and more.

Of course, the return income of the hotel is still limited, even if it is a resort, the area is generally only a few hundred acres, therefore, Chen Zhiwen does not need to come forward by himself, tossing and building hotels everywhere in the country, which is not a great benefit, Taishan will share it internally.

If you want to hoard land, the best way is to use large factories, if large food factories, electronics factories, etc., as long as the output can be large, it is not a problem to ask for a few square kilometers of land at a time, which can not only drive a large number of jobs, but also reduce the cost of Chen Zhiwen's industries, and also generate a large amount of foreign exchange for the mainland.

As the most prosperous city in the mainland and the economic center of the Yangtze River Delta in the future, Chen Zhiwen naturally has investment plans, but things have to come step by step, and it is unlikely that he will invest in so many cities in the mainland at the same time.

"So, can I also invest in Shanghai and build a Shangri-La hotel?" Guo Henian was a little moved after hearing this, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to invest capital in Hong Kong, because this is the base camp of the Chinese, and it is not easy to enter here after the acquisition of the hotel, but he may encounter a new real estate market crisis.

was worried that he had no investment direction, but Chen Zhiwen analyzed the future of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, which naturally made him very interested.

"Guo Sheng, not only in Shanghai, but also in other big cities, your Shangri-La hotels can be invested in the past." Chen Zhiwen said.

"Won't you interfere with everyone's projects?" Guo Henian asked.

"No, the domestic market is too big, so many big cities, there are too many hotels needed, if you want to invest, each invests in its own, even if it can only invest in one project, it is who comes first served, as long as there is no conflict within the meeting." Chen Zhiwen replied.

Taishan Club's investment and each member's investment will not interfere, this is the most basic principle, as long as two hotels or supermarkets are not brain-dead to open two competitive projects together.

In the future, if there are any large-scale projects, such as super supermarkets and World Trade Towers, he will also invest alone.

"Okay, if you want to bring me with you for your project, just tell me, and I'll invest in my Shangri-La." Guo Henian nodded and said with a smile, now he also thinks that this Taishan will be good, a lot of news can be known in advance, and you can also join forces to fight the enemy, and when you don't need it, you can do your own thing.

"Does Bao Sheng have this idea?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

Bao Yugang shook his head and said: "I'd better forget it, I don't know about the hotel myself, just follow the Taishan Club, you need funds, just tell me." ”

"Well, Hu Sheng's time is also relatively busy, since we have reached a preliminary cooperation agreement with some cities in China, then we will send some professionals in this area to communicate with the mainland in the future, and wait until there are preliminary results, we will discuss, how about it?" Chen Zhiwen continued.

"Okay, I'm fine." Hu Yingxiang said with a smile.

(End of chapter)