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Volume 1 Chapter 626 The war has begun

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    "Lin Sheng, you are at ease in Egypt now. Since the news was exposed by the Hong Kong Economic Daily, we no longer have the comfort of hiding in the dark before. I heard that Dalia has returned to Hong Kong and went to see  Su Haiwen. Although we captured Wu Guangzheng and Su Haiwen in advance, we also asked them not to accept interviews from the media until the situation became clear, but the restrictions were limited to this. Considering the relationship between Su Haiwen and Dalia, he must have asked Su Haiwen.  I will answer truthfully, and everything will be exposed by then, and the war between us and Standard Chartered will begin completely!" On the other side of the phone, Song Nianhui's voice, mixed with excitement and anxiety, came from across the ocean.  Lin Xiaozhi poured himself a glass of wine, walked to the glass window, looked out at the charming morning scenery of Alexandria Harbor, took a sip, waited for him to finish speaking, and then replied with a smile: "I didn't expect this to happen.  No matter how long we hide it, it will only give us a little more first-mover advantage. When it comes time to fight for the controlling stake of Standard Chartered, we will have to go into battle naked and fight to the death with capital. " In order to win more than 100,000 shares held by the Shipping King family!  For 100 million Standard Chartered shares, Lin Xiaozhi made an offer that was 40% higher than its previous share price on the London Stock Exchange that day.  Of course, shouting a high price can only persuade white people who are unscrupulous for profit, such as Robert Home. For example, Qiu Deba was very determined not to sell his shares of Standard Chartered when Media Asia first contacted them.  In the end, although he probably didn't want to offend Lin Xiaozhi, a new Chinese tycoon, he reluctantly sold 5% of Standard Chartered shares to him, but not only did he ask for a high price, but he also had many additional conditions.  The meaning was clearly stated, and he owed a favor.  Su Haiwen and Wu Guangzheng, two super-rich people worth tens of billions and nearly 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, are even more difficult to impress with money. In order to win the shares held by the shipping king family, he even promised that no matter what happened, he would  No, Kowloon Bank will provide a large number of low-interest loans to the two companies in the future, and will cooperate with them to support each other. If it can acquire Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered will definitely provide more comprehensive financial support to the two companies in the future.  After increasing various conditions several times, Su Haiwen and Wu Guangzheng were finally persuaded to sell more than 8% of the Standard Chartered shares they held to him, although in terms of price, a single share was cheaper than buying it from Robert Home.  Some, but the latter did not put any conditions at all, but these few people got a lot of hidden benefits from him, which is only higher than Robert Home.  The Lin family wants to take control of Standard Chartered Bank, which is by no means an easy task.  The principle of one emperor and one minister is not only understood by Chinese people, but also by foreigners.  The current management of Standard Chartered will definitely be the most rebellious group. Even if they only own less than 10% of Standard Chartered shares, everyone knows that once Standard Chartered is acquired by the Lin family, they will definitely put their own people into the management and sooner or later they will  Clear them all out.  The ultimate goal of controlling Standard Chartered is capital. Song Nianhui naturally knows this truth, but there is also worry in his words: "We have been very secretive in the early stage. I thought we could delay it for at least another month or two without letting Standard Chartered's senior management notice.  , now that it has been exposed, the pressure on our side has increased dramatically. " Lin Xiaozhi understands his worries. Although they began to absorb Standard Chartered shares from the London Stock Exchange six months in advance, in order to avoid Standard Chartered's attention as much as possible, they not only prepared.  A large number of trading accounts have not been absorbed quickly. In the past six months, only about 11.4% of Standard Chartered shares have been absorbed from the secondary market, which is only more than what the current Standard Chartered management holds.  shares slightly more.  Subsequently, although the Lin family successively took over the remaining 8.27% of Standard Chartered shares from the shipping king family, the remaining 4.77% from Robert Home and the 5% of Standard Chartered shares given up by Qiu Deba, but together they  , they currently own only 29.44% of the shares of Standard Chartered. Although they have firmly secured their position as the largest shareholder of Standard Chartered, they are still far from being a controlling shareholder.  When Lloyds Bank acquired Standard Chartered, it once absorbed more than 39% of Standard Chartered shares, almost eating up all the outstanding Standard Chartered shares in the secondary market. But what was the result?  Standard Chartered invited three white knights, and persuaded most of the small shareholders who were on good terms with Standard Chartered management to sell their stocks to themselves or the three white knights. As a result, it took Standard Chartered management less than a month.  With the addition of three white knights, the shares held exceeded the absolute holding line of 51%, successfully repelling Lloyds Bank's hostile takeover.  Although Standard Chartered's "mediocre" performance in recent years has caused many retail investors and small shareholders to have dissatisfaction with the management, many of its institutional investors and major shareholders are deeply entangled with the interests of today's management.  There is no guarantee that Standard Chartered will summon new white knights to defend itself after the old three white knights 'betrayed', so even though Lin Xiaozhi and the others have taken nearly 30% of Standard Chartered's shares by relying on their first mover advantage in the past six months.  shares, but the outcome is still unknown.  Think about it?, Lin Xiaozhi then replied: "Since it has been exposed, there is no need to cover it up anymore, lest people look down on us, just take some time to announce the acquisition of Standard Chartered! I just happened to have it two days ago  The movie has been completed, but no one knows about it except the crew. Taking advantage of this time gap, I plan to go to the UK again to see if I can buy the shares of Standard Chartered held by Aberdeen, Schroeder and Lloyd in the future!  , you have to resist it in Hong Kong!¡± ¡°In addition to them, the largest shareholders of Standard Chartered are the British Aberdeen Asset Management Company (holding approximately 11.7% of Standard Chartered shares) and Schroders Group (holding approximately 7% of Standard Chartered shares).  . 62% of Standard Chartered shares), Lloyds Bank (about 6% of Standard Chartered shares), Qiu Teck Puat (about 8.17%) and the Goldstone family (about 8.74% of Standard Chartered shares)  ), holding a total of more than 40% of Standard Chartered shares.  Qiu Deba has made it clear that he is not prepared to sell his Standard Chartered shares to anyone, so he can just give up the fight.  The Goldstone family has been managing Standard Chartered Bank since they regained Hong Kong during World War II. Although they hold a small number of shares in Standard Chartered, they have always had unimaginable power of appointment and removal and influence over Standard Chartered¡¯s senior management. At least five of their family members are working at Standard Chartered.  High-level positions, two of which are directors, and three of which hold important positions in the Hong Kong branch and the London headquarters, can be said to be the biggest obstacle to Lin Xiaozhi's attempt to acquire Standard Chartered. Naturally, it is impossible to sell his shares to him.  In addition, the remaining three major shareholders, the British Aberdeen Asset Management Company, can fight for it, but the hope is a bit slim. According to Lin Xiaozhi's preliminary investigation, among the many institutional shareholders of Standard Chartered, only this one is prepared to hold it for a long time.  Standard Chartered Holdings.  On the other hand, Schroeder and Lloyd, these two companies should be able to win if someone offers a high price, which is also the goal that he is prepared to fight for personally.  In addition to their major shareholders, Standard Chartered still holds less than 30% of the shares in the hands of a number of small and medium-sized institutions and retail investors. These futures are also the focus of the two companies.  However, after their secret acquisition of Standard Chartered shares was exposed, Lin Xiaozhi and others were not as advantaged as Standard Chartered's senior executives if they wanted to win over Standard Chartered's small shareholders.  Fortunately, the Goldstone family that currently controls Standard Chartered does not have strong financial resources. According to prior investigations, unless they borrow a lot of debt, they alone can mobilize up to 3.5 billion pounds in funds to compete with Lin Xiaozhi in the short term.  The hostile takeover of Lloyds Bank in 1986 proved that the Goldston family, which had controlled Standard Chartered for half a century, was no longer able to maintain its privileges within Standard Chartered Bank unless it relied on foreign aid.  At first, because Lloyd's voice was not unified and he was not willing to compete for financial resources with the three white knights, he missed the opportunity to annex Standard Chartered. However, Lin Xiaozhi will not make this mistake.  "I know about Lin Sheng, and I will hold a press conference later to announce the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered Bank will definitely fight back at that time, but I can't stay in Hong Kong forever!" Song Nianhui responded.  Lin Xiaozhi frowned, understanding what Song Nianhui meant.  Once the comprehensive acquisition begins, Standard Chartered will inevitably devote all its energy to competing with the Lin family for control.  Kowloon Bank is the initiator of the acquisition, but Song Nianhui has been staying in Hong Kong. At most, it can only buy him a small amount of time. Once the other party notices that Song Nianhui has not done anything, he will inevitably be suspected of being missing, and he may be exposed by then.  His side's actions in the UK.  Lin Xiaozhi thought for a moment before answering: "It's a matter of how many days you can give it, but if it doesn't work out, you can go to Singapore first!" Song Nianhui on the other side of the phone was stunned for a moment, and after understanding what he meant, he immediately laughed.  Made a sound.  Yes, Standard Chartered didn't know when they had reached an agreement with Khoo Teck Puat. A trip to Singapore at this time would inevitably draw Standard Chartered's attention to Khoo Teck Puat, the former largest shareholder of Standard Chartered.  , thus buying time for Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s other major shareholders in British PR.  After understanding this, Song Nianhui smiled and agreed: "Don't worry, Lin Sheng, I will try my best to get a week for you!" A week is not too much but not too much.  He was just about to hang up the phone, but Lin Xiaozhi chased him: "Qiu Deba, you might as well go and visit again. Although he said he won't sell it, we can't give up. If the other party lets go, the price will be the same.  The conditions are up to you" After another pause, before Song Nianhui could react, he said decisively: "If necessary, you can use the second account!" Song Nianhui was silent for a while, and then he responded firmly for a while.  , hung up the phone.  Like all banks, Kowloon Bank also has a number of accounts with very high levels and authority. Among them, the two accounts with the highest authority are owned by Lin Xiaozhi himself, and one deposits money they laundered from the oil futures and foreign exchange markets.  The final funds will be??There are other hidden incomes of Kowloon Bank that are not convenient to be disclosed to the outside world. This fund is usually dispersed into multiple stocks and then laundered in the Hong Kong and Taiwan stock markets in the name of Kowloon Bank investment funds; while another account is  In Lin Xiaozhi's private treasury, in addition to his legal investment income shared with Media Asia Group, there was also a huge sum of money borrowed from Lin Baixin not long ago.  Unlike UCT Cinemas, which directly used Media Asia funds to acquire, after Lin Xiaozhi formulated two acquisition plans last year, because the funds involved in these two acquisitions exceeded 3 billion U.S. dollars, it was far from any corporate account in his name.  The funds above can afford it.  With no other choice, Lin Xiaozhi had no choice but to use the funds in his two secret accounts.  The first account he plans to use to acquire Standard Chartered, while the second account is intended to be used to acquire the American publishing company he is in contact with.  To operate two acquisitions at the same time, I thought I was fully prepared before, but after the implementation, I found that the preparation was still not enough. Lin Xiaozhi also thought about it for a long time before he decided to take the second acquisition first.  Plan to swallow a big gulp of it.   After learning that Sir Daria, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Standard Chartered Bank, went to Hong Kong in person, and the first thing he did when he arrived in Hong Kong was to visit his former friend Su Haiwen, Song Nianhui immediately hung up the phone to Lin Xiaozhi, and not long after negotiating with him, he notified  The Hong Kong media held a press conference and officially announced at the meeting, "some media friends have asked us before about the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank by Kowloon Bank that was exposed by the "Hong Kong Financial Daily" not long ago. At that time, because the conditions were not  Mature, so I have chosen to avoid answering this question for the time being. After discussions with Chairman Lam Hsiao-chi (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kowloon Bank) in the past few days, I will hereby hold a press conference. On behalf of Kowloon Bank, I will formally respond to external questions. At the same time, Kowloon Bank  Witnessed by many Hong Kong and Taiwan media friends, we will also admit that from now on, we will officially launch a comprehensive acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Group!" Even though many smart people have analyzed the truth from numerous clues before, the owner  Without acknowledgment, no one can be sure whether their speculation is true revelations or gossip.  Now Kowloon Bank finally held a press conference, and bank president Song Nianhui personally admitted at the press conference that Kowloon Bank would launch a comprehensive acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank.  After the recent revelations were confirmed, the sensation caused this time was definitely not comparable to the change of ownership of the Golden Princess. It was even comparable to the billions spent by Media Asia Group to acquire a theater chain in the UK. The whole of Hong Kong exploded in an instant.  For example, the editor-in-chief of the Oriental Daily News used an entire front page to express his shock and disbelief in the evening paper issued that afternoon: "Although all previous evidence showed that Kowloon Bank was conspiring to absorb Standard Chartered shares,  But when the news was announced by Mr. Song Nianhui, the president of the bank, the whole venue was in an uproar. All the media present, including myself, were convinced that this matter was destined to surpass 'Hutchison', 'Wharf' and 'Wharf'.  "When the large-scale acquisitions by British-funded consortiums such as Wheelock were launched, I was shocked and unbelievable" The editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Financial Daily", Mak Wah-chang, who was the first to discover and report the matter, even personally wrote an article for Kowloon Bank.  Standard Chartered¡¯s acquisition loudly applauded: ¡°¡­It¡¯s so magnificent. Since Li Jiacheng and Bao Yugang, Hong Kong businessmen have gradually been absorbed by British capital. Although their strength has increased ten to a hundred times compared with the past, no Chinese businessman can perform a snake again.  Swallow the elephant, British capital still controls the lifeblood of Hong Kong, Chinese businessmen are getting stronger every day, but they all lack a bit of courage. The acquisition of Standard Chartered by Kowloon Bank reflects the momentum of Chinese capital. Victory is gratifying, and defeat is glorious!  ¡± In the media, although there were cheers and cheers for Kowloon Bank¡¯s acquisition of Standard Chartered, if you look closely, you will find that many of them have seriously compared the strength between the two companies. In most Hong Kong and Taiwan media  It seems that after the miraculous development and serial mergers and acquisitions in recent years, Kowloon Bank has become one of the large local banks in Hong Kong. However, in terms of scale and foundation, it is more than one or two tiers behind Standard Chartered, the old British bank.  It¡¯s an order of magnitude. Therefore, although there are constant cheers, many media also euphemistically stated that even with the full support of Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s family, it is almost impossible to swallow up Standard Chartered unless the Lin family sells its holdings of Media Asia Group.  Maybe. After learning from Su Haiwen that the shares of Standard Chartered held by the Shipping King family had been bought by Lin Xiaozhi at a high price, Standard Chartered already knew that they were in trouble. Before they could come up with a countermeasure and contact the Lin Xiaozhi family,  Kowloon Bank had already held a press conference to officially announce the launch of a comprehensive acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank. In an instant, Standard Chartered's senior executives understood that compromises, negotiations and interests were a thing of the past, and the war had begun.
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