Chapter 304 302 [China Bus]

The Spring Festival holiday in Hong Kong is only 5 days, starting from the first day of the new year when people start visiting relatives and lasts until the fifth day of the new year. Adults have no rest time at all.

The same is true for Li Wendi, but he is not visiting relatives, but some elders and friends in the business world. This may be more tiring. His mind is tense every moment, for fear of saying something wrong and offending others.

Although Li Wendi is so domineering in the business world, he is also afraid of having no friends and having enemies everywhere in the world. In this way, he will always be on guard against others and will die of mental exhaustion sooner or later.

After finishing these 'Spring Festival visiting games' and distributing red envelopes to the employees, Li Wendi returned to the office to read the newspaper and take a break.

At the same time, Zhang Wentao walked quickly into the office and excitedly said to Li Wendi, "Boss, Hong Kong Land announced publicly that it would stop acquiring Wheelock, but did not disclose the reason for the failure of the acquisition."

Li Wendi's eyes dimmed. He had expected this result. Listening to Zhang Wentao's statement, he seemed to be able to sense the disappointment of the Hong Kong Land Development. After all, HSBC supported Hutchison Group to mess things up, so the chances of the Hong Kong Land Development's success were not high.

In fact, HSBC’s actions could not be concealed from the Hong Kong tycoons, they just didn’t want to say it out loud. So if the Hong Kong Land Development successfully acquired Wheelock & Fung, where would HSBC’s face be? Who would still respect HSBC, the big brother, as before?
"What about Hutchison Group? Is there any action?" Li Wendi smiled.

"Hutchison Group is still busy with its merger with Whampoa Dockyard Company and probably has no time to react for the time being. But I heard that Hutchison Group has stopped acquiring shares of Wheelock Company." Zhang Wentao said after thinking for a while.

It seems that Hutchison Group was well prepared, otherwise it would not have shown little interest in the merger with Wheelock & Company.

Li Wendi smiled and said, "This time the Landmark Company will suffer a great loss."

Zhang Wentao said, "When two tigers fight, both are hurt. Hutchison Group should also suffer a lot of losses."

Li Wendi smiled contemptuously, "Hutchison Group will not be damaged, otherwise why would it be so focused on merging the Whampoa Dockyard Company?"

Seeing Zhang Wentao's puzzled expression, Li Wendi continued, "HSBC is behind the Hutchison Group. Getting an interest-free loan is just a small matter. Besides, when the big brother wants the little brother to do something, there is no possibility that the little brother will suffer a loss."

Zhang Wentao's eyes widened as he said, "Boss, do you mean that the merger of Hutchison Whampoa and Wheelock was orchestrated by HSBC? Do you not want the Jardine Matheson Group to be more powerful than it?"

Li Wendi said, "Of course, acquiring a Wheelock company is not a big deal, but HSBC is worried that it will not be able to stop the next series of acquisitions by Jardine Matheson. Wouldn't it be like watching Jardine Matheson grow bigger and surpass HSBC? Moreover, if rivals of equal strength fight, both sides will suffer. How could other bystanders miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

"HSBC used Bao Yugang to suppress Standard Chartered Bank. If given the chance, wouldn't Standard Chartered Bank want to return to its previous position?"

Zhang Wentao heaved a long sigh of relief. It turned out that a large acquisition was complicated and not a simple transaction.

Li Wendi looked at Zhang Wentao without any pride in his heart. If he was not a time traveler, he would not be able to see the ins and outs of this. He probably thought that an acquisition was just an acquisition and it was all about money. He did not expect it to be so complicated.

"How is the share price of Wheelock Group? To what price has it plummeted?" asked Li Wendi.

".I'll call and ask right away." Zhang Wentao suddenly came to his senses, but was stopped by Li Wendi, "Let's ask Manager Lin to come over. She should know."

"Yes!" Zhang Wentao was of course aware of the relationship between Lin Dongmei and Li Wendi, so in recent times, he has been very polite to Lin Dongmei, even a little flattering, because Lin Dongmei climbed into the boss's bed.

Moreover, the fight between Zhang Wentao and Zhao Hongcheng has begun to show signs. Zhang Wentao believes that Lin Dongmei may become the final key. After all, pillow talk is very powerful.

Lin Dongmei walked in with a smile, closed the door, and sat on Li Wendi's lap. "The boss finally summoned me. Where is my big red envelope?"

Li Wendi pinched her chin and said with a smile, "I am very fair. Everyone has a red envelope. Didn't you get yours?"

"Don't play dumb! I'm talking about my exclusive red envelope." Lin Dongmei put her arms around Li Wendi's neck and spoke charmingly, which was completely different from her usual cold image.

Li Wendi rubbed his palm on the other side of his thigh, with a primitive expression on his face, "Do you want to rebel? Do you believe that I will bring you to justice on the spot?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Dongmei looked around the office and said, "I'm not afraid of you. Come on, who's afraid of who? Anyway, the company is full of rumors."

Li Wendi quietly took out a red envelope from his pocket, waved it in front of Lin Dongmei's eyes, and said, "Here is your gift, and where is mine?"

Lin Dongmei snatched the red envelope, kissed Li Wendi on the face, and said, "Your gift will not be realized until tonight."

She pulled out a check from the red envelope, without even looking at the number, and said disappointedly, "Why a check? I want something else."

"I also want to buy you something else, but my fiancée is always staying at my house, so where can I hide the gifts? If she finds out, how can I explain it? Besides, my sister often runs around in my study, so I can't hide anything at all." Li Wendi spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll take the check first, but I have to make up for the gift." Lin Dongmei put the check back into the red envelope and put it in her pocket.

"Okay! I'll take you to Central tonight and buy whatever you like." Li Wendi straightened his face and asked, "How is the share price of Wheelock Properties?"

Lin Dongmei still hugged Li Wendi and said, "The stock price has plummeted, from 6.4 yuan to 5.2 yuan. The drop is huge, and this is just two hours."

"It seems that many investors are going to suffer heavy losses again." Li Wendi said with a wry smile. No matter in which era, retail investors have always been the leeks.

Lin Dongmei felt even less about it, and recounted her own contribution, "I helped you get more than double the profit in this snatch battle. Now you have more than 700 million funds in my place. Do you want to use it?"

Li Wendi shook his head and said, "I don't have any other good investment projects for now, so you should take charge."

Lin Dongmei hesitated for a moment and said, "Aren't you buying a jewelry company for Huang Lixin? How come you are not short of money?"

Li Wendi was slightly stunned. "What? Are you jealous? Or do you want to have your own company? Get out of my control?"

"Who doesn't want to be rich? Although no one dares to make things difficult for me at Changxin Real Estate, I still want to be able to operate securities independently. This is my expertise." Lin Dongmei said with pursed lips, staring at Li Wendi.

Li Wendi thought about it for a moment and felt that he should not favor one over the other. After all, "what is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the uneven distribution of wealth", and there always needs to be a balance.

"Okay! The funds will come from your 700 million. As for the staff, you can find them yourself, but you still have to continue to hold the position at Changxin Real Estate Company." Li Wendi said, "You can coordinate the working hours yourself." Lin Dongmei happily kissed Li Wendi on the left cheek, "Thank you, boss! I will definitely work harder for you in the future."

Li Wendi became very lustful, so the two of them started doing things in the office that no one wanted to see.

A few days later, Li Wendi suddenly received a letter from a lawyer, which stated that the script he wrote had infringed on Run Run Shaw's right to reputation, and that Li Wendi should immediately stop the infringement and apologize to Run Run Shaw, or apologize in the newspaper.

After reading the lawyer's letter, Li Wendi was a little confused. It seemed that he had never written that thing.

No, Zou Wenhuai, it was him who did this, right? !

So Li Wendi called Golden Harvest Entertainment Company and asked Zou Wenhuai to explain the matter.

As a result, Zou Wenhuai simply added Li Wendi's name to the script, and if Li Wendi didn't agree, he would not write it anymore.

Li Wendi cursed inwardly and told Zou Wenhuai about the lawyer's letter that Run Run Shaw had sent to him. Zou Wenhuai directly said that Golden Harvest Entertainment Company could be responsible for the matter, but Li Wendi said not to pay attention to Run Run Shaw.

Li Wendi hoped that Run Run Shaw would make things bigger, so that the box office of the movie would be more famous and Run Run Shaw's image would be more three-dimensional.

In fact, there is no infringement of reputation rights by changing the name of a movie like this. Even if there is, Li Wendi is willing to pay compensation.

We can also learn from Run Run Shaw’s rogue behavior. After the court made the judgment, he just refused to pay the money and refused to do the work.

After Li Wendi hung up the phone, the scene of Run Run Shaw smashing things in the office appeared in his mind, which made him even happier. Run Run Shaw finally got his due.

When Li Wendi was happy and wanted to start working, Lin Dongmei walked in and said, "Boss, I have something that you are very interested in."

"What's the matter?" Li Wendi said with a smile, "Don't play dumb, I won't guess anyway."

Lin Dongmei curled her lips and said, "I heard a rumor that the Hong Kong Electric Company is preparing to take over the China Bus Company."

Li Wendi was stunned for a moment, and then the memories of his past life kept turning over in his head. There seemed to be no information about this. Could it be the butterfly effect?
One is in the electricity business and the other is in public transportation, two industries completely unrelated. Why did the Hong Kong Electric Company initiate an acquisition of the China Bus Company?
Forget it, let’s solve the problem first.

"Do you mean to buy stocks and wait for them to rise?" Li Wendi asked with a smile.

Lin Dongmei ignored Li Wendi's joke and said seriously, "We can definitely help China Bus Company resist the takeover by Hong Kong Electric Company, and then become a director of China Bus Company, and perhaps even take over China Bus Company in the future."

"This is information I got from Mr. Zhang (Zhang Wentao). China Motor Bus Company has a large number of car parks in Causeway Bay, North Point, Quarry Bay and other places. These are all high-quality land. If they can be developed into residential buildings and commercial buildings, Changxin Real Estate Company can make a lot of profits."

Hearing this, Li Wendi suddenly realized that the Hong Kong Electric Company owned an old power plant land of more than 30 square feet in North Point, and next to it was the China Bus Company parking lot. The two plots of land together had an area of ​​more than square feet. If it were built into a residential area, the profits would be astonishingly large, and there would also be a large number of shops for rent.

Perhaps this is exactly what the Hong Kong Electric Company was thinking.

Li Wendi had also wanted to take action against China Bus Company before, but unfortunately the company was firmly in the hands of Yan Chengkun, who relied on the "franchise" regulations to have some advantages in the acquisition battle.

"How much money does Changxin Real Estate have left?" Li Wendi became serious. Perhaps this was a good opportunity to join the game.

"More than 4400 million! This includes the funds recovered from the Sheung Wan Building." Lin Dongmei replied.

Li Wendi was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid 4400 million is not enough, but we can buy some at a low price."

Lin Dongmei nodded. "If it's a takeover battle, Yan Chengkun's brother-in-law Huang Yaonan is a good entry point. I think the electric light company will look for Huang Yaonan. Huang Yaonan holds 8.35% of the shares of China Bus Company. However, once they look for Huang Yaonan, it will definitely alarm Yan Chengkun."

"Don't worry about the electric light company and Huang Yaonan for now. Let's buy some stocks and secure our position," said Li Wendi.

"Yes! I'll arrange it right away." After receiving the order, Lin Dongmei left the office immediately.

The traces of the previous life have become somewhat unrecognizable.

In the original history, the acquisition of China Bus Company was initiated by Palibao Investment Company (formerly Yongchangsheng Real Estate Company). Now Yongchangsheng Real Estate Company has become a member of Dasheng Real Estate Company, and China Bus Company was acquired by Hong Kong Electric Company.

There were many reasons why Palibao Investment Company failed to acquire China Bus Company, the most important of which was insufficient funds. Before it had sufficient strength, it approached Huang Yaonan to acquire shares, which alarmed Yan Chengkun.

Li Wendi knew that the Hong Kong Electric Company was financially strong and might be able to make up for the shortcomings of the previous life's Bailibao Investment Company. However, it would not take too long for the news that Lin Dongmei had found out to reach Yan Chengkun's ears.

He has already smelled the gunpowder of the acquisition war. This may not be as big as the battle for Wheelock and Company, but the scale will not be too small and the profits to be obtained will not be small.

Li Wendi really wanted to call Hu Jinyan and ask him to help buy shares of China Bus Company, but doing so would likely cause the share price to rise and cause unnecessary trouble.

If people thought that Changxin Real Estate wanted to take action against China Bus Company, Changxin Real Estate could only cash out and leave, because it was indeed no match for Yan Chengkun of China Bus Company.

It would be better to give up personal interests and let Changxin Real Estate Company reap the profits.

A few days later, Connor, the boss of the electric light company, approached Huang Yaonan and acquired 3% of the shares at a premium of 8.35%, holding 21% of the shares, while the Yan family held 28% of the shares.

This may seem like a small difference, but in fact it is quite different.

As expected, Connor got 8.35% of the shares, which even shocked the stock market. The stock price immediately rose from 7 yuan to 8.3 yuan, an increase of 18%.

(End of this chapter)