"Old Xu, he didn't lie to you, he just didn't finish what he was saying." Li Xu interrupted, "He does technical work at the company, but every day when he gets home from get off work he has to do manual labor, like chopping wood and carrying water. Over time, his body shape has become what it is now."
Xu Xiangqian was startled. "Chopping wood and fetching water?"
Seeing that he didn't understand, Li Xu gave him a brief explanation of the lifestyle of the people in Tang County.
After hearing this, Xu Xiangqian's expression became extremely complicated. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence, "I think you should move to Hong Kong."
"That's what you think, not what we think." Li Xu responded bluntly.
Li Chen did do these jobs, but very rarely, less than five times a year.
Li Xu said this just to cover up the fact that he had learned martial arts.
Seeing that Li Xu was so resistant, Xu Xiangqian stopped talking about this topic and changed the subject to something else.
The three of them stayed in the hotel for two days and only went out on the third day to the Kowloon Stock Exchange.
As soon as they entered the door, they heard some stock investors talking about how someone bought Cheung Kong shares and made tens of millions in more than 20 days.
This made their faces darken.
Xu Xiangqian then warned the staff of the exchange, saying that if they dared to disclose his information again, he would go to another exchange.
This scared the staff quite a bit.
You have to know that Xu Xiangqian now has a lot of funds. If he conducts stock trading, the exchange can earn a lot of transaction fees.
This is the source of income for the exchange. If they lose such a large amount of income and the leaders above find out, they will definitely lose their jobs.
So the staff quickly made a guarantee that it would not happen again.
Seeing this, Xu Xiangqian stopped arguing with them and entered the stock market to acquire shares of Hutchison Whampoa.
This time, Li Xu invested 24 million and Xu Xiangqian invested 6 million, totaling 30 million.
They no longer use five times leverage, but ten times.
However, just one day later, their behavior was noticed by some people.
These people were shocked, and most of them thought that it was the charter king who was buying up the stocks.
Last September, the charter ship king and his second son-in-law joined the board of directors of Hutchison Whampoa.
The intentions of the charter king were already apparent at that time.
So now that someone is using a large amount of money to acquire Wharf Holdings shares, the first thing people think of is the ship charter king.
But the charter king was also confused.
How could he not know whether he was the one who did this?
So people from all sides began to inquire about the acquisition personnel.
Xu Xiangqian opened an account at HSBC Securities Investment Department, so the account number displayed to the outside world is HSBC.
Knowing this, it becomes much easier.
Newbigin, the chairman of Jardine Matheson and Wharf Holdings, and the ship charter king immediately called HSBC boss Stephen Sham to ask him for help in the inquiry.
Although these two people are enemies in the business world now, Shen Bi has a good relationship with them.
Most importantly, Shen Bi himself also wanted to know who acquired the shares of Hutchison Whampoa.
With Shen Bi's help, Xu Xiangqian's information was soon placed on the desks of the three people.
The most important thing is that Niu Bijian learned from Shen Bi that the shipping king was also asking him to investigate the person who acquired the stocks.
This news made Newbigin breathe a sigh of relief.
Because from this action it can be seen that the ship charter king did not know Xu Xiangqian.
As long as this is confirmed, it means that Hutchison Whampoa is still safe at the moment.
After reading Xu Xiangqian's registration information, Niu Bijian thought about it, then asked someone to arrange a car, saying that he wanted to go and talk to him in person.
In this way, Li Xu and the other two met this important figure in Hong Kong.
In fact, Newbijian had no choice because the amount of funds in Xu Xiangqian's hands was too terrifying.
The current share price of Hutchison Whampoa is less than 40 yuan. Even if Xu Xiangqian makes large-scale acquisitions, causing the share price to rise, it will not increase much if no one competes with him to buy.
In other words, Xu Xiangqian was able to get about 7.5 million shares in the end.
The problem is that the total number of shares issued by Hutchison Whampoa is less than 100 million.
This means that Xu Xiangqian can get at least 7.5% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares.
You should know that Hutchison Whampoa’s holding company, Hong Kong Land, only holds 20% of the shares.
The shares held by Charter King are similar to its own, and now the two sides are competing for controlling rights.
Both sides are relatively restrained now, but everyone knows that there will definitely be a day when they can no longer restrain themselves.
At that time, the importance of Xu Xiangqian's shares will be highlighted.
It can be said that whoever he sells shares to will have overwhelming power.
Some people may ask, since both parties are now competing for controlling rights, why don’t they follow suit when they see Xu Xiangqian buying stocks in large quantities?
The answer is simple: Swire Properties has no money and the ship charterer dares not make the matter public.
Previously, the shares of Wharf Holdings held by Hutchison Whampoa were less than 20%. It was not until last year that the charter king announced the shares he held and entered the board of directors of Wharf Holdings that Hutchison Whampoa increased its shares to the current number.
Knowing that the ship charter king was eyeing Wharf Holdings, Hong Kong Holdings only kept its shares at the same level as his and did not continue to purchase shares.
This is enough to illustrate the financial difficulties of Hong Kong Land.
Not only is Hong Kong's Jardine Matheson Holdings out of money, its parent company, Jardine Matheson, is also out of money.
If it has no money, how can it buy stocks?
The charter king did not dare to make the matter public because British companies were very hostile to Chinese companies at that time.
If the matter gets out of hand, other British companies might come to his aid, and his plan to get ashore would be in vain.
In order to avoid this situation, he has been quietly accumulating stocks, and no one has discovered it until now.
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