"Even 'directors' have their own strengths! Mr. Huo openly challenges Xiaolin Tianwang, targeting Jardine Land!"
All the reports closely linked Ho Chun-ting's move with Kobayashi Tenwang's previous "acquisition war". The words were full of praise for Ho Chun-ting's vision, courage and the true status represented by it, as well as comparison and ridicule of Kobayashi's "childish behavior of throwing money around".
The core of the fierce competition between the two was pointed out without any hesitation to the focus of the storm - Miss Liu Rumeng of the Guo family in Repulse Bay.
Two young tycoons are vying for the favor of a beautiful woman, spending billions of dollars, one to seize the false reputation of a small company, the other to directly seize the crown of the British leader... This dramatic scene of the peak competition of wealth instantly ignited the gossip passion of the entire Hong Kong Island!
In the streets, teahouses, taverns, factories and offices... everywhere there was excited discussion, even more heated than watching the finale of a Cantonese feature film back then.
The love, hate, and vengeance of rich young men and women, the astronomical struggle for capital, the head-on confrontation of status and identity... this is far more exciting and real than any comic!
"Now the fun begins! Master Huo is really good at this!"
"That's what a director is! A Hong Kong Land director! Sitting in Central collecting rent! Who are those directors of toy factories and sugar factories like Xiaolin Tianwang?"
"That's right! When fighting for a woman, of course you have to see who's more important! Young Master Huo will definitely win!"
"Hey, Xiaolin Tianwang must be furious, right?"
Almost less than an hour after the Asia Times reported that Henry Fok had taken over Hutchison Whampoa, an extremely tough and tit-for-tat response came from Kobayashi Tenmo.
Gao Qiaohao personally called several mainstream media outlets to break the news: "After hearing Mr. Huo's remarks, Xiao Lin found them ridiculous. A seat on the board of directors of Hong Kong Land Development? It's nothing! Xiao Lin would like to say that if Mr. Huo can afford a mere share of Hong Kong Land Development, can't I, Xiao Lin Tian Wang, afford one?
Since Mr. Fok is using this as a way to show off, then Mr. Kobayashi will immediately join in and acquire shares of the Hong Kong Land Group. He will also apply to become a director of the Hong Kong Land Group.
What's so difficult about this?"
Once these words were spoken, it was no longer a simple response, but a naked, unreserved, nouveau riche arrogance that showed he was going to confront Peter Ho head-on and buy up a lot of shares in the Hong Kong Land Development!
The target is directly aimed at the basis on which the other party shows off!
The news was like adding fuel to a raging fire, making the heat of the whole incident soar to its peak!
People were dumbfounded and couldn't imagine that this confrontation would escalate to this level in this way!
The Hong Kong stock market, the most sensitive and crazy nerve in this arena of fame and fortune, was the first to react.
After Kobayashi's explosive declaration quickly spread through the media:
"Tick-tick! Tick-tick! Tick-tick..."
The entire trading hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange seemed to have been lit with a fuse!
All the automated quote machines were screaming like crazy!
"Hey! Brother Hui! Buy! Scan for me immediately! Scan as many as you can! Jardine Matheson! Yes, shares of Jardine Matheson Group!"
"Ah! Right now! Place the order for me! Buy the land as quickly as possible! Buy it at the highest price! Go all in! Go all in!"
"Hurry, hurry! Don't worry about the price! Xiaolin Tianwang wants to buy a piece of land! Hurry and grab the goods! If you grab it, you will make a profit!"
The agents yelled into the phone at the top of their lungs, their eyes bloodshot with excitement and greed.
The traders on the floor were like soldiers on the battlefield, their eyes red with anger. They raised their arms high under the quotation board and frantically quoted their buying prices and quantities. The noise almost blew away the dome of the trading hall!
"'Xiaolin Tianwang stock'! Hong Kong Land is the next 'Xiaolin Tianwang stock'!"
"Nonsense! It will definitely explode!"
"Those junk stocks he had previously had multiplied several times, but this is Jardine Matheson! It's the leader! Follow Xiaolin-kun!"
"Hurry up and get on board! Don't hesitate! Whatever he buys will go up in value! Now he says he wants to buy Jardine Matheson!"
Countless telephone lines flooded into the securities firm from all directions.
The housewife pulled out her best-kept bankbook and, with trembling wrists, instructed her broker without hesitation: "Buy... Buy everything! Yes! Hong Kong Land! Whatever Mr. Kobayashi Tenwang buys, I'll buy!"
The order clerk's voice had become hoarse, and there was a long line of red telephones in the trading hall, each of which was tightly grasped by a hand with bulging veins.
The share price of Hong Kong Land Development Co., Ltd. soared on the trading board like a ignited rocket.
For a long time, the market value of the Hong Kong Land Development has been in the range of HK$3.5 billion to HK$4 billion, and its share price has been adjusted within the range of HK$6.5 billion to HK$7 billion.
Due to the deliberate suppression by Jardine Matheson, the share price of Hong Kong Land Group is stable, rarely experiencing sharp rises or falls, the dividend rights are low, and the share price of a single share is high. Therefore, Hong Kong investors have never been very enthusiastic about buying and selling Hong Kong Land shares.
However, today it opened at 66 yuan and broke through the 80 yuan mark in the blink of an eye.
A fisherman in a sweatshirt squeezed into the crowd, clutching a pile of fishy banknotes and shouting, "I don't care about Jardine Matheson! I trust Mr. Kobayashi's promise of wealth!"
Behind him, a teacher in a Dacron shirt had his glasses slipping down his nose, but he didn't bother to adjust them. He was standing on tiptoe, staring at the flashing quotation numbers, muttering to himself, "Calculator...excuse me...it's gone up over 25%!"
The mahjong parlor in Tsim Sha Tsui was filled with smoke. The gamblers who used to be addicted to dominoes and mahjong now had bloodshot eyes and gathered around a small transistor radio.
The stock market commentator on the radio was hoarse with excitement: "It's crazy! All of Hong Kong Island has gone crazy! Hong Kong's share price soared 38 percent in the first half hour of trading! Trading volume has exceeded the total for the whole of last year! All the brokerage houses' phones are busy! Those who didn't buy in are beating their chests and stamping their feet!"
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