The two then sat on the sofa, sipping tea and chatting about some recent events in Hong Kong, but they didn't get to the point.
As time passed, Mo Zhexuan finally couldn't help but speak out the purpose of his trip.
"Mr. Chen! I'll be straight to the point. I'm here to acquire the 10% of Guanghu Real Estate shares held by HSBC."
"Mr. Mo! Actually, when you called me today to ask for a visit, I had a suspicion. I guess it was you who arranged for the Insect Investment Company that approached me to acquire Guanghu Real Estate last time!"
Shen Bi laughed heartily. When the little-known Insect Investment Company proposed to acquire Guanghu Real Estate, he became interested.
Through personal connections, he conducted a detailed investigation into the background of the Insect Investment Company.
I found that although the registered real estate was from the Cayman Islands, the registration time was in August of this year, which immediately felt strange.
Finally, I conducted a detailed investigation of Guanghu Real Estate and found out that it was more than a week ago.
An investment company called Xiaoqingting acquired 10.12% of Guanghu Real Estate's two small shareholders and made a judgment instantly.
After waiting for a day or two, Li Jiacheng actually came to him in person and proposed to buy the Guanghu Real Estate shares in his hands, which made him realize that something was unusual.
Although HSBC assisted Li Ka-shing in the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa, this time he chose to wait and see who else was secretly acquiring Guanghu Real Estate. It was unexpected that it was Mo Zhexuan, which was really surprising.
"Mr. Shen has a keen eye! Good! The Insect Investment Company was arranged by me. This is the second time I have failed. Last time I returned in failure. This time I want to leave happily."
Mo Zhexuan knew that he couldn't hide it, so he might as well admit it openly, which would make him appear more frank.
"Mo Sheng! You are the most outstanding businessman I have ever met. It's only been a little over a year! Your business empire has already expanded from finance, food, newspapers, and gold to real estate. This is truly a miracle."
"HSBC is very optimistic about you, so I can transfer 10% of Guanghu Real Estate's shares to you. And the asking price is not too high, just 100 million Hong Kong dollars."
Shen Bi calmly took a sip of tea and expressed his thoughts with a smile on his face.
"I believe there is no free lunch in the world. Tell me your conditions!" Mo Zhexuan's mind was very clear. How could it be possible to get the shares in HSBC so easily? There must be some additional conditions. That's for sure.
"My condition is that you completely break away from Hang Seng Bank and switch to HSBC. Then we can become close partners."
Deep down, Chen Bi now really regretted letting Hang Seng Bank break away from HSBC's control. He had never expected that this Chinese bank would develop so fast, especially with the complementary cooperation with Mo Zhexuan's companies, it was advancing by leaps and bounds.
"That's absolutely impossible. The relationship between Hang Seng Bank and me is like that of brothers, and I am also a shareholder of Hang Seng Bank. You can't transfer all my business to HSBC, but I can transfer part of it. Is that possible?"
Mo Zhexuan couldn't imagine that Shen Bi's condition was this. This meant that the recent rapid development of Hang Seng Bank had also caused HSBC to worry, so they put forward this condition.
"Mr. Mo! You should know the real reason why I put forward this condition, which is to prevent Hang Seng Bank from continuing to grow. So if you just transfer part of the business, that won't work. You can only choose one of the two." Shen Bi said in a tough attitude.
"I choose Hang Seng Bank, you should change the conditions!" said Mo Zhexuan.
"Okay! I won't force it. HSBC is very optimistic about the future development of Ruitai Securities, so they want to invest in it. They want to invest a total of 500 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire 51% of its shares. You can set the conditions."
Shen Bi's face instantly became extremely gloomy, and then he stated the next condition.
"That's absolutely impossible. If you are not sincere in selling Guanghu Real Estate shares, then I won't buy them!" Mo Zhexuan was almost pissed to death by Shen Bi's exorbitant demands. He actually wanted to acquire the controlling stake of Ruitai Securities for 500 million Hong Kong dollars. It was really too much.
"Mr. Mo! It was just a joke! I was wrong just now. What I said was 500 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire 10% of Ruitai Securities' shares. This condition is very generous, right?" Shen Bi is well versed in psychological tactics. He would first provoke the other party and then tell the real purpose. By comparing the conditions, he could achieve his goal more easily.
"Let me think about it!"
Mo Zhexuan hesitated for a moment. It was indeed possible to sell part of Ruitai Securities' shares.
After all, all you need to do is to gain control, and you can acquire 10% of the shares for HK$500 million.
This is equivalent to estimating the market value of Ruitai Securities to HK$5 billion, and this is just a preliminary bid. It is not impossible to ask the other party to increase it a little bit.
Just as he was about to raise the price, the mobile phone he was carrying rang. Seeing that the contact was Wang Pengfei, he immediately clicked on the answering button and heard Wang Pengfei anxiously say on the phone:
"Mr. Mo! I just got the news that Li Jiacheng of Cheung Kong Holdings personally went to Guanghu Real Estate's headquarters to discuss the acquisition with Li Guanghu. The one who secretly acquired Guanghu Real Estate must be Li Jiacheng."
"Okay! I understand."
After hanging up the phone, he looked at Shen Bi eagerly, and then said:
"Mr. Shen! I believe Li Jiacheng must have visited you and wanted to acquire HSBC's 10% stake in Guanghu Real Estate. I'm curious, why didn't you choose to sell it?"
"It's very simple. On the one hand, I know there's another organization that hasn't been exposed, and on the other hand, I just want to maximize my interests. Unfortunately, we were just one step away from reaching an agreement."
Shen Bi's face was full of regret. If the call had come a few minutes later, perhaps the two of them could have reached an agreement. Now it was too late.
"Thank you for letting me know! I'll take my leave then."
Mo Zhexuan would naturally not continue to acquire 10% of Guanghu Real Estate shares from HSBC if Li Jiacheng obtained 25% of Guanghu Real Estate shares from Li Guanghu.
Then we will soon get control of Guanghu Real Estate, so what’s the point of acquiring the shares held by HSBC!
What he is thinking about now is how to reach a deal with Li Guanghu, but this is destined to be as difficult as climbing to the sky. After all, he just sent the other party's son to a juvenile detention center, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the other party's enemy now.
But we have to give it a try no matter how difficult it is. I believe today's news was released by Li Guanghu himself. No one is a fool!
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