But then, that calculating spirit returned, and he suddenly changed the subject:
"But this price... I'm still not convinced! Seven billion? You're kidding! Ask the retail traders on the trading floor if they'd sell at fifty-eight yuan a share. I'll wait a little longer and buy at sixty or even fifty yuan. Can't I buy the stock? Why would I take your 20-point premium now?"
He once again used the excuse of "buying shares at low prices" as an excuse.
"Mr. Xiaolin!" Chen Bi's patience seemed to have worn thin. His tone was filled with cold insight and a sharp sarcasm. "Are you bargaining with me? These reasons of yours might be enough to fool laymen, but do you think they can convince the boss of HSBC?"
His voice suddenly rose, carrying the authority of a rule maker:
"What is HSBC's status? The cornerstone of Hong Kong's financial system! The guardian of order! Not some street vendor selling vegetables!"
"Do you think buying stocks is like buying vegetables, where you can be picky and choose by pound?" Chen Bi's voice quickened, pressing him:
"You want to buy enough shares on the market at a low price to control the Hong Kong Land Group? Dream big! Not to mention that you have nothing in your pocket right now, even if you really have 1 billion in cash, try it?"
Shen Bi's words are a stark analysis of reality, unraveling the truth:
"The 7.5% you hold, plus the panic selling by retail investors today, how much do you get combined? To get another 20%, how big a slice do you have to chew? Once your buy orders pour in, even if it's just a leak of the news, how will the market react? Will those investors, who are both afraid of and overconfident about the 'Kobayashi Tenwang' concept, continue to panic-sell, or will they immediately turn around and wait and see, perhaps even hoping that you'll drive up the price of this so-called 'Kobayashi concept stock' again so they can take advantage of the opportunity and sell it back to you at a high price? By then, will you really be able to get enough volume on the market for 70 or 80 yuan, let alone 60 yuan? This 20% held by HSBC is the key to the fastest, cleanest, and most direct control! Without us letting go, no matter how big your appetite, Kobayashi Tenwang, is, you'll only be spinning in the scraps! You'll never get a chance at true control!"
This cold and merciless analysis shattered all of Lin Huowang's previous bargaining illusions. Market sentiment, operating space, equity structure... Shen Bi saw through it all too clearly.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Huowang laughed silently. He had calculated Shen Bi's reaction. He finally stopped hiding his strategic intentions and said slowly:
"Boss Chen Bi is indeed a veteran in this field, and he made very thorough points."
Admitting that the other party's analysis is correct is the beginning of another attack.
"But the problem has never changed," Lin Huowang's tone still carried a kind of laziness and indifference, as if to say, "I'm just like this." "From the beginning to the end, I never wanted to take over this huge company, the Hong Kong Land Group! It's you..."
The voice suddenly became sharp, like forced grievance and dissatisfaction:
"It's you! Sir Newbigin! You called me late last night, saying you were loyal to your friends and wanted to stuff this piece of fat meat into my mouth. Now! It's you, Mr. Shen! You called me early in the morning, smearing a thick layer of honey on this piece of fat meat and forcing me to swallow it!"
He deliberately created a sense of impatience with being “forced to sell”:
"I don't like fatty foods, and I'm even more afraid of choking. Once something turns into intestinal poison, no matter how delicious it is, it's useless! I'm terrified of death!"
He suddenly changed the subject and made a seemingly "pragmatic" suggestion:
"In order not to block the way for Mr. Shen and Sir Newbigin, and to avoid putting you in a difficult position, I think the best solution is—"
"I'll sell all 7.5% of my stock immediately! I'll clear it out immediately! I'll take the money and go! Clean and simple! No worries or troubles! As for Sir Newbigin?"
The sound of the raging forest fire even carries a hint of a "friendly reminder":
"I heard him say he sold a lot of stock at high prices these past two days. The average price must be over 90, right? He's got hundreds of millions in cash on hand. Perfect! Let him use his own money to buy the stocks I'm selling! There's enough demand in the market, so the price will stabilize around 60. Your HSBC collateral will be safe, and he won't have to beg for mercy to sell his family property! Isn't that the best of both worlds? It saves everyone a lot of trouble!"
This knife is extremely cruel!
On the surface, it was a suggestion to withdraw and help out at the same time, but in fact, every word was like a poisoned dagger, stabbing hard into the weakest wounds of Jardine Matheson and HSBC!
“Hahahaha…” On the other end of the phone, Shen Bi burst into a clear laugh.
This laughter was not at all awkward, but rather filled with the admiration of a worthy opponent and the helpless open-mindedness of being outmaneuvered.
"Xiao Linsheng, Xiao Linsheng!" Shen Bi's laughter gradually faded, leaving only his sharp insight:
"Your skill of retreating to advance, stabbing and drawing blood, really opens my eyes... and sends a chill down my spine!"
He completely exposed Lin Huowang's trump card:
"Does what you say sound like a matter of course? But you know better than anyone that Newbijian's mere few hundred million Hong Kong dollars, facing the flood of panic selling of real estate across Hong Kong today, is of no use. It's a drop in the bucket! It's only enough to plug the hole of a single wave!"
Shen Bi's tone was filled with a cold sense of reality:
"What's more, if he really dares to use this life-saving money to rescue the market, the next person to be caught is you, the protagonist who caused the storm—'Xiao Lin Tian Wang'—who has voluntarily sold off a full 7.5% of Hong Kong Land Holdings shares! You don't even need to do anything else. Simply casually announce to the market when the liquidation is complete: Everyone, I, Xiao Lin Tian Wang, have sold all my shares in Hong Kong Land Holdings and withdraw completely!"
He described the horrific scene:
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