Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 513: Dividing Yingke

Now that Li Zekai has agreed to sell his shares in Yingke, Lu Shaohua's goal can finally be achieved. But suddenly, Lu Shaohua feels that this is not a good idea. After all, Li Zekai now owns Yingke, the absolute controlling company. If his shares are acquired, Li Zekai will have to start all over again.

As I said, Lu Shaohua is not a heartless person. He may not care about relationships in the business world, but his relationship with the Li family is there, so Lu Shaohua still has to consider Li Zekai. So, Lu Shaohua suddenly decided not to buy Li Zekai's shares.

Of course, not planning to acquire the shares held by Li Zekai does not mean that Lu Shaohua has given up on Yingke. Lu Shaohua can completely acquire the shares held by other people.

"How many shares of Yingke do you own now?" Lu Shaohua asked, but did not directly state his plan.

"About 41%." Although Li Zekai didn't know what Lu Shaohua meant by asking how much shares he held, he still said it honestly.

Yingke's shares are relatively dispersed, and Li Zekai holds 41% and is the last shareholder, that is, the controlling shareholder, and has become the chairman of Yingke. But then again, 41% of the shares is not enough for absolute control, and absolute control requires more than 50%.

"Yes." Lu Shaohua nodded, and after a moment's silence, he continued, "In other words, in addition to the 41% you hold and the 15% I hold, the remaining 44% is in the hands of the market and other shareholders?"

"That's right." Li Zekai nodded and said.

Even a three-year-old child can calculate this number, let alone a smart man like Li Zekai, of course he can calculate it too.

"What are the proportions of the company's major shareholders?" Lu Shaohua asked further.

"They are 9%, 8%, 6%, 6%, 5%, 3%, 3% and 2% respectively. The remaining nearly 2% is in the market." Li Zekai did not hide anything and disclosed the holdings of several shareholders who could be considered major shareholders.

"Eight people?" Lu Shaohua frowned and asked.

"Ah."

Lu Shaohua stopped talking and fell into deep thought. After a long pause, he said, "If I buy out all the shares of other shareholders except the 2% in the market, then my shareholding will reach 57%."

Yes, if Lu Shaohua can acquire the shares held by the eight shareholders, plus the previous 15%, his shareholding will reach 57%. If it exceeds 50%, he will have absolute control, which means that Yingke will fall into Lu Shaohua's hands.

But can Lu Shaohua successfully acquire the 42% stake from those shareholders? Even if Lu Shaohua is the owner of Phoenix Group, people are people after all, with their own ideas, and some shareholders may not necessarily let go of Yingke's shares.

The problem arises here. Whether Lu Shaohua can acquire the shares held by Yingke's existing shareholders is an unknown. Now Lu Shaohua is making an assumption. If it is a successful acquisition, then Li Zekai should act completely according to Lu Shaohua's assumption.

"If you successfully complete the acquisition, then you will indeed own 57% of the shares," Li Zekai said lightly.

At this point, Li Zekai had roughly understood what Lu Shaohua meant, because Lu Shaohua had made it very clear. However, there was one thing that Li Zekai did not say, and that was Lu Shaohua's ultimate goal.

However, Li Zekai did not ask the question immediately because he knew that the time had not come for the mystery to be revealed. When the time came, Lu Shaohua would naturally tell him everything he was thinking.

"Oh! Then is it easy to convince those eight shareholders?" Lu Shaohua asked again.

Li Zekai shook his head, then nodded and said, "Half and half. According to my observation, among the nine major shareholders of Yingke, except for the 15% you own, five of the other eight are not optimistic about Yingke and are considering selling it."

After a pause, Li Zekai seemed to know what Lu Shaohua was going to ask next, and answered without waiting for Lu Shaohua to ask. "The five people I mentioned who might be willing to sell hold 8%, 6%, 5%, 3%, and 3% of the shares respectively. As for the other three, it's hard to talk, especially the one who holds 11%. He will definitely not sell."

"25%?"

Lu Shaohua frowned and muttered to himself. According to Li Zekai, the five people who might sell the shares together hold 25%, plus his own 15%, a total of 40%, far from more than 50%, which gave Lu Shaohua a headache.

"Well, it's 25%. Add your own share and it's 40%. " Li Zekai calculated it for Lu Shaohua.

"It's not enough." Lu Shaohua sighed, rubbed his aching head, and then clenched his fists, feeling very unwilling.

After Lu Shaohua said this, Li Zekai understood Lu Shaohua's meaning even more, and also vaguely understood Lu Shaohua's ultimate goal, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to make Yingke your subsidiary company?"

"That's right." Lu Shaohua did not deny that this was what he meant, but Li Zekai had revealed it, so Lu Shaohua did not intend to continue to play the mystery, and simply told his plan. "I want to make Yingke belong to the two of us, that is, you hold 41% of the shares, and I want to hold 51%, forming an absolute controlling stake, and then we will work together to sweep the other shareholders out of Yingke, so that we can solve Yingke's 'employee' problem."

After finishing speaking, Lu Shaohua paused and said, "As for other issues, I think you should believe in my ability. I can bring Yingke back to life. Of course, there is a prerequisite, that is, the plan is really successful, and you, the largest shareholder, do not stand up to oppose the measures I implement."

"..." Li Zekai didn't know what to say. His biggest headache was the Yingke issue. If Lu Shaohua could come back to life, how could he, Li Zekai, stand up and oppose it? However, in order to reassure Lu Shaohua, Li Zekai made a promise in person. "If you don't buy out my shares and let me continue to hold shares, and you can achieve absolute control, then I will do nothing and just wait for dividends every year."

Lu Shaohua wanted to merge Yingke into Phoenix Group. This was information, information that could make Yingke prosperous. How could Li Zekai stop him? As he said, he didn't need to worry about anything and just wait to get the dividends.

"Okay, if that's the case, then we can talk about the next plan." Lu Shaohua smiled, and then said, "As I said just now, if I can collect the stocks from the five shareholders, I will hold 40% of the shares. That's not enough, you have to sell me 10% first. Of course, this 10% is only temporary. After I hold more than 50%, I will get rid of the other shareholders and return the 10% to you. Of course, my goal is to hold 51% to form an absolute controlling stake. As for the remaining 49%, you can buy it if you want."

Some people may say that Lu Shaohua is just pushing the money away. In fact, Lu Shaohua has his own plans. As the saying goes, one should leave a way out for others so that everyone can make money. The relationship between Lu Shaohua and the Li family is there, that is, a friendship. Since they are friends, Lu Shaohua should not drive them away and should leave some money for the Li family to make.

That is why Lu Shaohua finally gave up buying out Li Zekai's shares and turned his attention to other shareholders in Yingke. As for the other 49% of shares mentioned in the end? Lu Shaohua also did not want to get involved. The reason was that everyone could make money together. If no one wanted to buy out Li Zekai's shares, why not be more generous and give them the last % of shares?

Li Zekai did not speak, his expression was very solemn, and he fell into deep thought. After a long while, he shook his head and said, "I don't want it anymore."

"Why?" Lu Shaohua asked.

"There are two reasons. The first reason is more direct. I don't have extra money to buy more shares of Yingke. The second reason is that holding too many shares may become a trouble in the future." Li Zekai's expression was extremely serious, especially when he talked about the second reason, Li Zekai's facial expression became even more serious.

Lu Shaohua is a smart man, and he understood why immediately. He, Lu Shaohua, was not afraid of changes after Hong Kong's return, but Li Zekai was not Lu Shaohua. He was afraid that holding too many shares would cause unexpected changes, so he chose not to have them.

"In that case, let's stick to the original deal. I'll buy 10% and return it to you, 41% in total." Lu Shaohua said with a smile.

"No, I will sell you 11% to make it an integer, 30%, and you can convert the 11% of the shares into cash at the market price." Li Zekai paused and continued. "Yingke will be incorporated into Phoenix Group, and I, as the chairman, will have to retire, but I can't sit idle, and the 11% converted into cash is just right for me to use for other things."

"Okay." Lu Shaohua agreed, then turned his eyes away, looked at Li Jiacheng and Huo Yingdong, and asked, "Now the two of us own 81%, and there is still 19%. What do you think? Do you want it?"

This is an opportunity, an opportunity given to them by Lu Shaohua, an opportunity for them to get involved.

"want."

"want."

This was a good opportunity. Both Ho Ying-tung and Li Ka-shing were smart men. How could they not want it? Almost at the same time, they both said it in unison.

Then, without waiting for Lu Shaohua to speak, Huo Yingdong spoke first. "Brother Li, don't say anything. I want 8%, and I'll give you the rest."

"Okay, then I'll take 10%." Li Jiacheng was also straightforward. He gave Ho Ying-tung a look of gratitude and said with a smile.

In this way, Yingke's shares were divided up by the four companies, and 2% of the 1% of market liquidity will be acquired and included in the accounts, turning the original 2% into 1%. The fate of Yingke is completely in the hands of the four companies, but these are all assumptions at present. The real plan has not yet been implemented, and it is still unknown whether it will succeed or not. It is still an unknown. We have to wait and see what the result will be.

But will the plan that Lu Shaohua mentioned fail?