Chapter 348 Li Chaoren walks into a trap

"So, Mr. Newbijian, Jardine Matheson really intends to sell its shares in Hong Kong?"

Mandarin Hotel, when Li Jiacheng heard the news he wanted from New Bijian, his face was full of excitement.

"Of course, Mr. Li, you should be aware of the situation of Yihe."

"At present, we do not have the ability to keep the land."

"Jardine Matheson is in a very bad financial situation now, and we were taken advantage of by the other side."

At this moment, Niu Bijian shook his head helplessly.

"I understand, Mr. Newbijian. Then may I ask you to notify me when the sale is made? I am willing to raise funds and participate in the bid for the land."

"Please believe me, I will give Jardine Matheson a satisfactory price."

Li Jiacheng said seriously at this moment.

Niubijian smiled and looked at Li Jiacheng: "Of course, since we have decided to sell the land, we naturally welcome all offers from buyers."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Newbijian. I won't be polite with you anymore. Now I have to go and raise funds."

At this moment, Li Jiacheng no longer had the desire to continue chatting with Niu Bijian. His mind was now occupied by only one thing.

Make money!

After leaving the Mandarin Hotel, Li Jiacheng got into his car. He was not in a hurry to leave, but thought quietly in the back seat.

At this moment, there is no doubt that the outcome will be a fight between dragons and tigers, but Li Jiacheng doesn't care.

That is Island Land, which occupies the most central area of ​​land in Central, and the lease term is 999 years.

This can be said to be the fattest piece of fat meat in the entire Hong Kong real estate, the kind that is so fat that it is juicy.

He didn't ask to eat it all, even if he could just bite off a piece of meat, it would be a huge benefit for him.

Yes, bite a piece of meat, this is Li Jiacheng’s goal.

When Li Jiacheng heard Newby say that he wanted to buy land, he actually already had a plan in mind.

The land was too big, so big that he alone couldn't eat it all.

Not to mention that he had just mobilized funds to take over Hutchison Whampoa, so Li Ka-shing does not have many chips in his hands now.

However, this did not prevent him from coveting the fat piece of meat of land.

Yes, he definitely can’t finish the whole thing by himself, but what if there is a group of people?

One Cheung Kong Holdings cannot take over Swire Properties.

But if he added Sun Hung Kai Properties, Henderson Land Development, Pao Yue-kong, and the support of HSBC and Hang Seng, and combined the power of the entire Chinese capital, he didn't believe that he couldn't snatch the food from the tiger's mouth and take over Hutchison Whampoa.

With so much capital, after acquiring Hutchison Whampoa, the worst that can happen is that we split up the company.

In addition to the large amount of land in Central, Swire Properties also owns a large number of prime plots of land and buildings in other areas of Hong Kong Island, such as Causeway Bay, Sai Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui, etc.

In addition, many assets under Swire Properties, including Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Dairy Farm, Mannings Pharmacy, Wellcome Supermarket, etc., are all pieces of fat meat.

A few companies can easily divide up the giant company, Jardine Matheson.

Even if each company only gets a part of it, it will still be a huge profit for them.

But in this series connection, it is not so easy.

Li Jiacheng thought about it and decided that he had to go find Bao Yugang first.

Among the Chinese real estate developers in Hong Kong Island, Sun Hung Kai Properties, Cheung Kong Holdings and Henderson Land Development are considered the leaders, but there is no doubt that Pao Yue-kong, who acquired Wharf Holdings, is about to become the top player among them.

In Hong Kong Island, apart from Swire Properties, no other real estate company has better land than Wharf Holdings. For Bao Yugang, taking over Wharf Holdings was a great boost.

But this is not the most important point. The most important point why Li Jiacheng approached Bao Yugang is HSBC.

If you want to acquire real estate, it would be difficult to come up with such a large cash flow without the support of a bank.

Although Shen Bi is optimistic about Li Jiacheng now, there is no doubt that he cannot convince HSBC just by relying on Li Jiacheng's face.

Jardine Matheson must have considered HSBC, but now that it wants to sell Hutchison Whampoa to others, it can only mean that HSBC has rejected Jardine Matheson.

So I think HSBC is unwilling to get involved in this matter.

In this situation, Li Jiacheng understood that he had no chance on his own.

But if he joins Bao Yugang, it is not impossible for them to convince HSBC.

Given the relationship between Pao Yu-kong and HSBC, the battle with Wharf Bank was enough to make it clear.

HSBC granted Bao Yugang a personal credit of HK$1.5 billion without any collateral. What kind of support is this?
HSBC's support for Pao Yu-kong does not lie in Shen Bi alone, but in the fact that the entire HSBC senior management supports Pao Yu-kong. This is the real influence of Pao Yu-kong in HSBC.

Therefore, if you want to purchase the land, you must first convince Bao Yugang.

After persuading Pao Yu-kong, Li Ka-shing will then try to win over Kwok Tak-seng of Sun Hung Kai Properties and Lee Siu-kee of Henderson Land Development.

The reason for winning over Kwok Tak-seng and Lee Chiu-kee is not only because of their real estate companies, but also because the two have close ties with Hang Seng Bank.

You should know that although Hang Seng is a holding company of HSBC, it has relatively independent operating rights. The rise of Kwok Tak-seng and Lee Chiu-kee back then had a lot to do with Hang Seng's support for them.

Li Jiacheng believed that with the vision of Guo Desheng and Li Zhaoji, it would be impossible for them not to see the benefits of swallowing up the Hutchison Whampoa.

In addition, Kwok Tak-seng and Lee Chiu-kee have another advantage, that is, their good brother Fung King-sai is now the securities trading king of Hong Kong Island.

There are three founders of Sun Hung Kai, namely Kwok Tak-seng, Lee Chiu-kee and Fung King-sai. Sun refers to Fung King-sai’s “Sun Hung Company”, Hung refers to Kwok Tak-seng’s family’s “Hung Cheong Hong” and Kei is the name of Lee Chiu-kee.

However, later on, both Fung King-sai and Lee Chiu-kee withdrew from Sun Hung Kai Properties, but the three of them did not break up.

Feng Jingxi went into his favorite securities and founded Sun Hung Kai Securities, while Li Zhaoji started his own real estate company, Henderson Land Development.

It can be said that winning over Guo Desheng and Li Zhaoji also means winning over Feng Jingxi, who can help them fight against Dongfang International in the securities market.

Similarly, if Kwok Tak-seng and Lee Chiu-kee can convince Hang Seng Bank, then Pao Yu-kong, Lee Ka-shing and Hang Seng Bank can try to persuade HSBC at the same time.

Li Jiacheng couldn't think of any reason why HSBC would refuse.

Once this happens, with the combined strength of the four major real estate developers, Li Ka-shing, Pao Yu-kong, Kwok Tak-seng and Lee Siu-kee, plus the support of the two major banks, HSBC and Hang Seng, Li Ka-shing believes that they are bound to win over Hutchison Whampoa.

If that is still not enough, Li Ka-shing believes that he can continue to add people. Wu Yingxiang from Hopewell Holdings and Zheng Yutong from Chow Tai Fook are all top wealthy people with great strength and can be brought in.

All in all, the most important goal for everyone is to take a bite of the fat piece of meat of Jardine Matheson.

Of course, this time must be fast.

If Oriental International holds enough shares in Jardine Matheson Holdings after the negotiation, his plan will be in vain. Thinking of this, Li Jiacheng said to the driver without hesitation, "Go to the headquarters of Global Shipping."

In Bao Yugang's office at Global Shipping, Bao Yugang is handling the company's affairs.

Now that the Bao family has newly acquired Wharf Holdings, his right-hand man Wu Guangzheng has taken a group of people to Wharf Holdings to take over its business. Naturally, a lot of work has been vacant at Global Shipping.

Before the new person in charge takes office, Bao Yugang has to take over and handle a lot of business.

"Jingle Bell"

The phone on the desk rang and Bao Yugang picked up the call.

"Chairman, Mr. Li Jiacheng from Cheung Kong Group is here and he wants to meet with you urgently."

"Then let him in."

When Bao Yugang heard that Li Jiacheng requested an urgent meeting, he was a little surprised. Why did the other party come at this time?
Soon, Li Jiacheng walked in hurriedly.

"Mr. Bao"

After coming in, Li Jiacheng greeted Bao Yugang respectfully.

Bao Yugang smiled and said, "Jiacheng, why do you have to call me so politely?"

No matter how you look at it, Li Ka-shing helped Pao Yu-kong regarding the Wharf incident. Although Pao Yu-kong gave back to Hutchison Whampoa, the relationship between the two men was good at this point and they were no longer strangers.

Hearing Bao Yugang's words, Li Ka-shing smiled and said, "I am being polite, Brother Bao."

"Brother, I won't be polite with you this time."

"I came here this time because I have something important to do, and I want to get you to do it with me!"

"Big thing? What big thing?"

Bao Yugang asked in surprise.

Li Jiacheng whispered at this time: "Brother, have you noticed the recent changes in the stock market? Jardine Matheson is competing with Oriental International for the land."

"You must have noticed that, right?"

It is impossible for Bao Yugang not to pay attention to such a big thing.

When Bao Yugang heard what Li Jiacheng said, he had a bad feeling.

This old guy, no?

As expected, Li Jiacheng continued, "Brother, I just got the news that Jardine Matheson couldn't compete with Oriental International, and now they want to sell their shares in Hong Kong Land."

"Sold? Sold the land?"

Bao Yugang was a little surprised to hear Li Jiacheng say this.

Well, there is no news from Li Changhe, so how did Li Jiacheng know?

"Jiacheng, is your information accurate?"

Bao Yugang asked hesitantly at this time.

Li Jiacheng nodded: "Of course, this is what Jardine Matheson's boss, Niubijian, told me personally."

"Brother, are you interested in joining hands to take over Jardine Matheson?"

Li Jiacheng continued to ask at this time.

After Bao Yugang heard this, he was speechless. Wow, this was indeed his purpose.

"Take over Jardine Matheson? How can we have so much money? You know, I just took over Wharf Holdings. Even if there are two of us, we can't come up with that much money."

Bao Yugang shook his head and said helplessly.

Li Jiacheng didn't take it seriously and said seriously, "Brother Bao, this is what I think about this matter."

"It's not enough for us two companies alone. It would be better if we also add Sun Hung Kai and Henderson Land Development, and then we..."

Li Jiacheng told his plan, as such a thing could not be kept secret.

If you want to get these big guys to cooperate with you, you have to let them know your plan and make sure it is feasible, then they will cooperate with you.

What's more, he must get the support of Pao Yu-kang. With Pao Yu-kang's support, Li Jiacheng will be more confident in getting Guo Desheng and Li Zhaoji to join.

Otherwise, based on his own situation, Guo Desheng and Li Zhaoji may not trust him.

After hearing Li Jiacheng's plan, Bao Yugang was also shocked.

Wow, this guy’s plan is so meticulous.

If the plan he designed really goes according to plan, and HSBC and Hang Seng make a move at the same time, the guy from Changhe who is acquiring Hutchison Whampoa might be in danger.

But, Lao Li, oh Lao Li, you are walking into a trap!
Bao Yugang just shook his head helplessly at this moment.

"What's wrong, Brother Bao, do you think my plan won't work?"

Seeing Bao Yugang shaking his head, Li Jiacheng was a little surprised.

His plan is so perfect, could it be that Bao Yugang still thinks it is not good enough?

"Jiacheng, your plan is very good, and it sounds like it has a high chance of success."

"But, there is another reason for this matter of Oriental International."

"Jiacheng, just ask Shen Bi about this matter. I won't tell you in detail."

Bao Yugang shook his head at this moment and said helplessly to Li Jiacheng.

Li Jiacheng was confused when he heard this, then he frowned and walked out of the Global Shipping building with confusion.

“Go to HSBC”

After getting in the car, he said helplessly to the driver.

At this time, I can only go to Shen Bi and ask him clearly.

At the same time, in Global Shipping, in Bao Yugang's office, standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, after watching Li Jiacheng's car drive away, Bao Yugang returned to his desk.

Then he picked up the phone on the table and made a call.

"Ayang, come to my office right now!"

(End of this chapter)