In an office on the top floor of Ruitai Securities' office building.
Mo Zhexuan sat on the sofa, smoking a cigar and thinking secretly, while listening to Wang Pengfei's detailed introduction to the relevant situations encountered in the acquisition of Guanghu Real Estate.
"Mr. Mo! Standard Chartered Bank's 5% stake in Guanghu Real Estate has been acquired by a company called Green Investment. We're a step too late."
"HSBC's Shen Bi was very cunning. As soon as we went to negotiate with him, he asked us to reveal our true identities. No matter how much we offered, he remained indifferent."
"We are currently investigating the details of Green Investment Company. Public information shows that it is a company registered in the United States."
"I suspect this company is part of the same group that bought Guanghu Real Estate shares on the stock market three days ago. I'm afraid they want to acquire Guanghu Real Estate just like us."
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Wang Pengfei had a serious look on his face. If the Greening Investment Company was the same institution that acquired Guanghu Real Estate in the stock market three days ago, it would mean that a new competitor had emerged. Then, if they wanted to acquire Guanghu Real Estate again, they would have to go through a fierce battle.
"Your suspicion is correct. It seems someone has set their sights on Guanghu Real Estate. As for the Greening Investment Company, it must be a cover-up."
After smoking most of his cigar, Mo Zhexuan put it out in the ashtray, wondering in his mind who was behind this organization that wanted to acquire Guanghu Real Estate.
The first guess is Jardine Matheson, after all, this century-old foreign company was humiliated in Hong Kong last time, and maybe this time it was the other party who targeted Guanghu Real Estate.
But in the end it was ruled out. According to recent news, Simon Keswick moved the registered address of Jardine Matheson from Hong Kong to Bermuda, a subsidiary of the British Empire.
This means that Jardine Matheson, a conglomerate that has existed in Hong Kong for more than a hundred years, has completely become a foreign-funded company, and has also placed its development focus entirely on overseas markets.
Next, the other two surviving foreign companies flashed through his mind one by one, but he ruled them out one by one. Finally, he set his sights on a well-known real estate tycoon in Hong Kong, but still had no clue. Finally, he sighed helplessly.
"Pengfei! Who do you think is trying to snatch Guanghu Real Estate from us?"
"Mr. Mo! I've thought about it a bit, and I think it could be Li Shau-kee, Henderson Land Development's fourth uncle. The main reason is that he just received 2 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash from us. According to the news, Henderson Land Development is currently aggressively acquiring land in Hong Kong."
"So I think Li Ka-shing is the most likely acquirer of Guanghu Real Estate. He has the strength and capital to do so, and Guanghu Real Estate is indeed an excellent medium-sized real estate company. If Li Guanghu hadn't taken out loans to acquire land, it wouldn't have been in a funding crisis."
Wang Pengfei expressed his inner thoughts. In the past two days, the two sides seemed to have reached a tacit understanding in the stock market. As long as the share price of Guanghu Real Estate exceeded HK$150 per share, they would remain indifferent, but as long as it was lower than HK$150 per share, they would snap up shares.
"What you said is very likely, but whether Li Ka-shing is the acquirer or not, I am determined to acquire Guanghu Real Estate."
A cold light flashed in Mo Zhexuan's eyes. It is true that one has to consider personal relationships when dealing with the business world, but in the face of huge interests, personal relationships are really nothing.
And he doesn't owe Li Zhaoji anything? As for the other party's investment of HK$50 million in Ruitai No. 1 Fund, after a year, he will naturally give him a generous reward.
"Pengfei! From now on, buy Guanghu Real Estate shares from the stock market at all costs. As for the Guanghu Real Estate shares held by HSBC, I will personally negotiate."
"Okay! I'll set it up right away."
After Wang Pengfei left, Mo Zhexuan fell into deep thought.
It currently holds a total of 25.3% of Guanghu Real Estate's shares.
5.3% of the shares were acquired from Hang Seng Bank.
It cost a full 110 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a sky-high price.
You should know that at that time, the total cost of acquiring 10.12% of the shares from the two small shareholders of Guanghu Real Estate was only HK$125 million.
Although he has a very good relationship with Li Guowei, there are no fathers and sons in the business world, and no brothers in the battlefield. Business is business, and he would be grateful if the company could sell it to him at a high price.
Afterwards, after paying a huge amount of interest, he took back the 500 million loan contract for Guanghu Real Estate from Hang Seng Bank, which was another considerable expense.
Of course, all of this was accomplished through loans. Anyway, the debt owed to Hang Seng Bank was already more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, and an additional 500 million Hong Kong dollars in debt was well within the ability to bear, so it was naturally no big deal.
The thought of having to contact Shen Bi again gave me a headache.
This foreigner is a real old fox, he won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit.
Without paying a huge price, it would be a fantasy to get Guanghu Real Estate shares from the other party.
After thinking for a while, he finally decided to go and see Shen Bi. After all, starting from next year, housing prices in Hong Kong will rise rapidly, and land will be very expensive. Real estate companies in Hong Kong will make a lot of money.
Just relying on the plots of land owned by Guanghu Real Estate in Kowloon and Dapu, its market value can at least be increased from the current HK$2 billion. Conservatively speaking, it is not a problem to triple it.
Therefore, paying a small price to acquire Guanghu Real Estate will definitely be worth it. At that time, your own business will be able to enter the real estate market and you will be able to gain a foothold without starting from scratch.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, after communicating with Chen Bi of HSBC, he immediately went to the temporary office building of HSBC under the escort of bodyguards including Wang Erli.
"Mr. Mo! Hello! I am Monica, Mr. Shen's secretary. Mr. Shen is upstairs. Let me take you there!" A tall white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a white and blue dress, hurriedly spoke after seeing Mo Zhexuan.
"Okay! Thank you for your help." Mo Zhexuan nodded with a smile, greeted his bodyguard Li Erli, and asked him to wait in the reception room downstairs.
Walking into Shen Bi's office again, the scene from last time was still vivid in my mind. I hope that this time I can return with a full load rather than return in failure.
"Mr. Mo! Welcome to HSBC. The last fund raising by Ruitai Securities shocked the whole of Hong Kong! It's a pity that HSBC has its own securities investment department, otherwise I would have invested in it."
A hint of blue light flashed in Chen Bi's eyes. Since he learned that Mo Zhexuan was going to visit him, he instantly guessed his purpose and was even more surprised that the other party wanted to enter the real estate industry in such a short time.
"Shen Sheng! You're being too modest. How can my Ruitai Securities compare to HSBC's Securities Investment Department? Your global investments must be at least several billion Hong Kong dollars! How can a mere pearl dare to compete with the bright moon?"
Mo Zhexuan shook hands with the other party, and then humbly praised the securities department of HSBC. These large global banks naturally have investments in securities markets around the world, it’s just a matter of how much. Otherwise, how can the bank make money with so much deposits?
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